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10 BLOODED STOCK. Pleasing Sights at the Kentucky Expositions. THE COUNTRY FOR HANDSOME HORSES IjKxixgt<»n, Ky., September B.—[Special Correspondence.]—The old-time Kentucky faira had their charms, and last week I tried to dost ribo them as best 1 could from a rcmin |ocent standpoint, for they live now only in the memory of the few sentimentalists who |ovo the old times and the old ways and yearn for a drink out of the old spring or the well where the hoys' Bps were wet with a lib Hon from the old oaken bucket. The old fashioned fair is a thing of the past, and the centralizing influence of the times has been at work upon the idea which evolved it. The fair of today, in Kentucky, is really an exposition and is ruled by business rather than social interests. The Lexington fair now in progress at this place is the metropolitan fair of Kentucky and, therefore, of the United States. Better than any of the others it represents the modern idea while it clings some what to the old cus toms, and dor* not forget the ancient hospi tality <>f the land. Thera are other fairs throughout central Kentucky, pleasant enough !n their way, and all of them are enjoyable *md attracting people from their own and the surrounding counties to witness the fine dis plays in the ring or to flirt with the buxom maidens on the amphitheatre or under the trees. But all of them are mere appetizers for this great feast of good things or vKo rem nants left after it is omt. And all of them ure following afar off the fashions asset by Jjexington. Even Bourbon county, whose lair is the oldest, the mod. conservative, and perhaps the most enjoyable of all, has taken second place, and holds that only by < oming < loser than any others to Ila*, methods in vogee lu re. Mahomet has come to the mountain. The breeders of horse 1 ami cattle, of sheep and pigs, of ducks ami gee c and fowl even nay little attention to the awards < Lowliere, but wn t to sec who carries off the blue ribbon at the Lexington fair. So then? ao* trotters mid i.treis, buggy horses and draught animals and Shetland ponies and saddle stock and eombim d hordes to go in harness or under the s.idch and even what is < ailed the “park pore ” on exhibition, and a foreign can be suited in anything of the kind he wants from a pair of carriage horses to a street car mule m a breeding jennet. I never anywhere knew of so many Kinds of horses anyw here as la ic. 'There are competitive rin. for < very conceivable sort of a horse, or quasi horse, ex cept the Zebra, and I shouldn't woiidei if a premium was offered next year for tin best apecimen of that animal, and have a dozen en tr:r . H least for the prize. ( amols also may be in time included. K cutin ky. perhaps, more than any country in the vorld, nos made a study of the horse find hr d him according to Darwinian prim i ple..->. Outside the regular thoroughbreds mid tlu* trotters there are other breeds just as veil marked for special purposes ns they ’These m< <<ld fashioned pacers who beget pa cers and inflict upon the world a saddle gait whi* h is as torturesonio as the .shambling jork id an Arab’s <mm I but, strangely enough, the vers acme oi delight to a woman. Thun there arc saddle hoiscsof great speed and wonderful beauls whose colts will be as certain to go the gaits of tln ir sires as the sun w ill lie to rise. Many of these will take the rider along at a foui minute) gait so easily that lie may hold a fullgla of water in his’imnd and never spill a drop. Then there is the “combined" horse who know all the fine points under the sad dle aud will not budge out of a sternly suuare trot when the narness is buckled on him. . All those inherit. their qualities from their ancestors, ami though old Ihminark himself was a thoroughbred, not one Os his progeny has over failed to show a saddle gait. But the “park” horse In more the result of education than of breeding. Perhaps in time lie will be bred, hut as yet lie is trained, and there are men who make their living by train ing and selling these animals. Go into (’mi tral park in New York or Lincoln park in (’hi rago any tine day when the children of fashion are giving themselves an airing, and tlie road ways are throw ed w ith line vehicles and hand some horses. Keo this young scion of a w ealthy house mounted on his nettled steed go canter ing by. Now watch the horse shy at a passing phaeton with ladies in it, and go prancing side wise along < h:imping his bit ami arching his 11 s k. and threatening at every moment to throw his rider, who keeps his.seat with superl) grace, ami holds a tight rein on his C itirsvr. These are all “park” horses, who are trained to do this sort of thing, and any < hild can ride or drive them without any fear of consequenci s. The purpose of the performance in each vast' is to make a display and w in applause and admiration from tin* h\ slanders. Il is a species ol cheap glory which fa diionablo people iue w illing to pay for and horsemen are willing to cater to so long as it brings good dollars to their pockets A good “park* horse must be docile ami in telligent, wide between the ryes and mild in look when not excited He must has can arching net k and a full mane and tail, a gios .y Coat, a stylish form, a good appetite ami tine digestion. He must be a jolly, good nalnred. vivacious follow without sluggishness of either apprehension or motion. He must bo rather promi o! himself and his education, apt to learn and quit kto respond to th<' proper signal. 1 have seen such a one driven through the streets of Lexington w ithout reins or bridle and obeying the mere motion or the touch of a w hin. He would shake his head ami paw the earth with his cars laid back; he would rear up and shy. or would settle down to a jog trot at the motion of his driver's hand. Os course such horsea are rarely found and sell for very high prices, but fashionable people must lune them. All these kinds of horses have place here, and contend not only for the tdTvred, but for more substantial rewards. The eyes of the whole country arc upon them; nu n from New York and Ban Francisco are . <zlng at their performances. This one max not win ' the coxi ted prize, but tomorrow bo may he hold to a Chicago Crassus tor enough to makt his ow ucr happy tor a year to come. And it is so with tin* cattle also. There are hig breasted Ihirhnms, and round bodied llorvfords, and polled \nguses with their hhort necks and compact frames, ami huh' Jerseys with delicate muzzles ami great, soft, melancholy eyes, and shu|M'h ears. tinted in hide like a creamv shell and giving pro-a. e ot their butter making qualities. And (here are line sheep with the fleeces freshly washed. CotawohU and Soilthdowns; and nogs ot all accepted breeds, every one w ith a pedigree longer than your arm. tn a long row there are two-story houses, made of lattice work, where in tine fowls and rabbits and pigeons are placed to await the award of the judges. And the lusty nicks and mild mannered jen nets over in the rolling pasture yonder, in front of the grand stand, wait patiently for their merits to be passed upon. It is more like a state fair than a inert* county meeting, and the best of everything from luscious ntaids on down through the gamut of men. and horses, and donkeys, and hogs, and squashes, is brought hero for exhibition. The fair grounds arc just outside 11m city limits on the west side of town, and but a few rods from the deimt of the Cincinnati Southern railroad. Street cars run from any part of tow n and set the visitor dow n at the stairway leading up to the grand stand, and a hundred noisy bacKmen are always ready to take you from the|Pha*nix hotel to the sani nolnt for fifteen cents. But saint and sinner, ) lives and La/avus alike prefer the worst' dem ocraUe conveyance which jolts them all along together for a nickel. And on the nmrnrtig of m d.»y like this has borne a long procession of excursion cars can be seen at any time almost >’oing out in th.it direction loaded to the guards v Ith |»eoplc. The seats are crowded and many h’.amlu in in the pas.sig. ways and on the 1- ard which runs along the side. And all < la»vs and vonditiuus uiny have representa t»\ on a sing'.e car. The drummer may air l.ts chci k next to the soft peach-blow counten ance of a dainty bluegrass belb . and l iiimd Ktat.s s ah; may s” by the side ot a horny l and< u son of toil fre.-Jt from t’a harvest • si “El we g.-out with them a busv s. one would gre. \ U p,.-. through the large Coining fi■ mh,l i ,J,, |jkc tl <• d’C'iiig of n mighty ticai y lull, ami it bos s atmg room foi seven i iiE UJTKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1887. thoii.vmd i»»->p|e, i’y high n«M nit willhcowr tiowiiig with the throt;/. The waving of gaudy fans and th< nodding of rnoYiy lo ads make it seem, as we come closer to it. like a vast b»*<i of animated blossoms, ;ts ind>-< dit Is. It is built ■ in the form < f a rresc< nt on cm* side of an ex ; cclluit mile track, and a we ride up • i .sttrot | t(!T pa-M.‘s ip . taking a spin <<ver tb« l;i>l quar ter to heat up for the coming trot. The dust rises from his nimble f xu-falls in little puffs lik(* exploding slu ils ami box ors like a < loud behind the vision of whirling w heels which speeds by us. Just in front of the stand a circle one-eighth of a mile in circumference surrounds the pa vlllion where the judg» s and the board are located. This is in the center of a small mound sloping up to it and sodded thickly with bluegrass. On this knoll a hundred or so distinguished people stand about or sit in chairs on the sward. To get in among this convocation of the elect requires a special badge, for at the little gate which opens into it stands a policuunan specially detailed to keep the sheep and goats apart. Underneath the amphitheater are baggageroomsand booths of all kinds —some private and others public dining rooms or lemonade and cigar stands. Not a drop of liquor can be had on the grounds for lovo or money, unless you find some gentle granger with a bottle of native wine in his lunch basket. Any person heard swearing or making a bet will be at once ejected by the police and debarred the privilege of returning. The form of gambling to be seen is at a shed over near the ladies’ cottage, where the walk ing cane fiend has his forest of sticks, at which you may pitch rings to your heart’s con tent and take out whatever one your ring en circles. Get out in front of the stand on the knoll T have spoken of and look about you. All along, the Mlipsc banks of seats rise tierabove tier and all full of men and women. There ate |H*rbaps a thousand of your friends there, yet you • an scarcely recognize a half <Tozen ot them. The constant motion of the people and the roaring murmur of voices for the moment bow ilder you, and neither the sight nor the attention can long be fixed on one spot. Those about, you can be easily recognized, but not those upon the huge stand. There are monos prominence from all over the state rubbing elbows with you and the band is filling the air with music. The promenade around the top of the stand is one continual throng of movings people, and there the young lover are congregated, purshing their way through the crowd with locked arms and brushing past hundreds of other couples in their way. And the broad j>a«swav along the bottom of the seats is filled in like manner, only there are no lovers there. These young souls, filled as they are with bliss, want to get as near he t ven as possible and a host of them are going up and down the stairs which lead to the observatory on top of the edifice. In the ring the judges arc deciding the merits of a score of sin k ling colts, and over in the Hpot oi pasture beyond, others are tying the ribbons ou the sheep and hogs. Beyond you to the north and east the city is spread out be fore you with its many steeples rising out of a nest of trees and a wihlerncss of houses. Long lines of stables mark the confines oi the ground, and off to the light of thc*stand in temporary buildings all maimer of faun ma chinery is whirring away moved by half a doz en portable engines. Baek of the stand the floral hall rises, a cir cular brick building shaped like the cyclo ramas we, «ee in cities. It has three galleries running around the entire building. On the lower one all sorts of farm and garden produce and flowers are exhibited, and in the center of it is a fim* fountain playing from amidst a forest of ferns and potted plants. On the second gallery fancy articles of needle work, etc., are on dress parade, and jutting out into the central space is a balcony whereon a fine string band makes music all daylong. The third gallery is devoted to pictures. Some loan collections, others ent< red for premiums. Up all the stairways, and around all the gal leries, is the tripping of feet and the murmurs of voices, for this, too, is thronged with visi tors. And back of the floral hall is a fine grove of trees where hundreds of vehicles are placed out of the wav, and hundreds of hospitable lunches are spread upon the grass nt. noon. The ancient hospitality has not altogether died away. If we go back to the stand we find herds of cattle and magnificent rings of horses, alter nating with the heats of trotting races and listen to enthusiastic shouts as the premium is awarded, or some young trotter conn's in win ner of the In at. And so the bright Septem ber day is quickly passed, and we go hack to tow n delighted with the splendor of the new time , but sighing a little for the honest com fort of plainer joys of the olden days. Falcon. riKirs peak lightning. Hon a Signal Observer llnd Ilia Finger Tips thimc in an I !«'<-( rienl Storm, Special Correspondence Glo'»c Democrat. Philadelphia, Pa.. August. 12. —Sergeant Luther .M. Dey, now in the signal service in Phila delphia, spent a year fur the government at Pike s peak. His experiences there must io as interesting to scientists as to the general public, for they arc un like any ever published about that monarch of American mountains. “1 whs in the signal service house on the summit when lightning telegraphed itself up the mountain and struck the building, he said recently. “The w ire v. ft grounded five feet from the west wall. T.io bolt ph w >»l a ftirrow from the end of the w ire to the stone wall. t\so feet thick, and tore out of it a hole eighteen inches square. Then it flashed around the room, melted and ruined some of our instruments and went out of the east win dow. ’The air so 'med full of electricity a the time, but not one of ub whs injured. “Not long afterwards I saw the most worn e ful clcvtrieal stoan I have ever head of. The atmos phere had appeared loaded with electricity all one aileinoon. Hierv whs a pinging sound in the air,as if the whole universe was a great hive of bees. When tl c »iiii went down ! saw a thousand jets of electric fiamv rising from the w ires down the moun tain. t w ent outdoors. M\ hair rose up. My mus tache poked into my nose. 1 took my hain’B fiaiu my pockets and clvetiic flames two inches long started from each finger tij \\ h» n 1 held them down the flumes disappt ared. I walked up mid down w ith my hands in the air, hr excited as n child. When 1 came under the telegraph wire the flames went out w-here 1 wns and disappeared be fore mid behind me. This “Bioim” lusted half an hour." But from Sergeant Dey’s talk, there are real dan gets on the mountain, once in winter time he de scviided the great i inter, for Pike’s I‘eak is an ex tinct Vohane Hnlf vay down the Ude of the crater hi a i i ' : > \c ni hundred fe, t along the >lippery sm inev of louse snow, saving hhuH- fb\ cHteh'n :un a bowlder. The snow was vv v deep, and far down the mountain he saw inuk* of m uutain l : .o s After horns of aw ful sufledu ; and Mru. i’liug in snow Links he reached the trail and got back h the station. •Tin house' has wallstno I et thick." continued Honivaut Dey. ‘ There are several roonis—one fi r instruments, one or slevping and two used as stoic room mid kitchen respect vely. The roof is an chore i by gre.it (H’-’es. tu! race it against the wind, which is terrible, sometimes blowing 100 miles an bo r. Six months’ previsions and six mouths' sup- ■ ply of wood are taken up every fall from timber i !’uo The leik’.sten miles from Mauituu, and sv v vt on fi( in ('dorado Aprays." • Bn’.’ said the sergeant, lighting hts pipe again. •ti e view from the station was nmgnitue n. Wo could see the smoke of Denver, the city of Pueblo, and the trains on the plains twenty iniba away very clearly. Wo could tee In Old Mexico, the Hjianish jx'ftk«, capped with snow, mid glistening iko knights in arnur, I.X miles away. More thana dozen times we have kx'ked ter. ter down Inflow us at thunder storms raging in a sea of black clouds. “l*t me tell you a word of poor Captain Crvvin. lie was a friend of General Ba.cn, and came west for his health. Be wa-a Manxman, and on the peak in the government service The doeton s.iy lie died of a boil in the lung*, a very rare disease. Life on the peak is lunelj. There are few birds and animals. Bears are seen oecAalounlly, and vultures and the miserable, ghastly looking Bra ky mountain magpies and thrush, s. It snuws every month in the yea U l e in a wlic.t ar< yal c.iglc soars over the i range The ntuu"-plu. ro la A rare up there that the | men of tlie signal olllce have t- spend one n o uh on . i ■ -ummii. i -1,1 c tret ab \ • th ••sea. ami then one . month 7 set t lower, nt r'oh nuio >pring-s. ' Pike's Peak is the high* -i m unuiiu In (he world I ou which civilized invn live all the year round. •- • , Mrs. Cluirh s Smith of J lines, o. wrlteO.shi I have used vvt ry remedy for Sick Headache I , could I.C.U- of Ln- the | >st fifteen years, but . U.irn i > I ttlo Liver 1 ill* did tno m »rv good | han al! the rvM. Unglue t’oi N«»lc. •.Hr, rowerLUcr nnd vn-mo. o' a-irwv i lot tsdv Wid teke lumber m| a* htern. 1 VLxxa A B ai.x, lie Mai;etta st.. TOLD BY TELEGRAPH. Fve Men Killed and a Large Warhouse Burned. AN OLD COUPLE’S GENEROUS GIFT. Boston, September 7.—At about ten o’clock this morning, a schooner loaded with naptha was lying near the wharf opposite John-If. Cunningham's great oil store, near the Chelsea end of Chelsea bridge. Four men wercou deck and one below. Suddenly there was a puff of black smoke and then a tremendous explosion, and a man on the bridge saw the deck of the vessel rise into the air. In the midst of flame and smoke were the bodies of four men. They wore hurled high above the schooner and then fell back into the flames. The fifth man jumped overboard and was drowned. The flames quickly sjiread to Cunningham’s store house, which was soon destroyed. Meanwhile the burning hull drifted around against the drawbridge and burned away the draw. This shut off tlie Boston fire department and pre vented them getting to the Chelsia side. The storehouse was 150 feet long by 50 wide and four stories high. It was filled with oil. The People Have a Jubilee on Its First Trial. Toledo, 0., September 7.—Tonight was de voted to a natural gas jubilee in honor of the arrival of the new fuel in Toledo, it being piped from Hancock and Wood county fields, and stand pipes wore erected on tlio principal street corners, cacli bearing a roaring torch of flume as big as a haystack, burning under a pressure of 300 pounds to the square inch, which makes the city as light as day. A gram! open-air meeting was held, the audience numberin'' fully 15,000peoplo. Mayor Hamil ton presided nnd cx-I'residedt It. B. Hayes was the orator of the occasion. in the course of his speech, Mr. Hayes read a communication, written in reply to his own inquiry, from Professor Edward Orton, state geologist, regarding the permanency of the natural gas supply. Professor Orton thinks the supply will finally fail, but that it will be years before there is any diminution of the present production from the deep strata. Ho declared, emphatically, that the supply in the great fields of northwestern Ohio ami Indiana will last much longer than the Pittsburg Ib id, because swells of Trenton field, which acts as reservoirs for the gas, cover hundreds of square miles, while in Pennsylvania they are of much less extent, the comparison being the same ns between an isolated mountain and a vast mountain plateau. Professor Orton expressed the opinion that cities that have once used this fuel will never go back to coal, but their plans will be perfected for making fuel gas from coal very cheaply, so that it will bo more economical to use than coal, the use of which ho anathemizes as very wasteful, un clean and unhealthy. Accident to a Gunner. 11 UNTSvii.LE, Ala.,Sejitcmber 6.—This mom- P.oy Sisk and Boek Stral, two boys aged about Hi, were limiting doves near the city, Sisk’s gun was accidentally discharged, the whole charge striking him In the face, blowing off his nose and the top of his skull, causing instant death. Mrs. Cleveland's Answer to tlie New York Invitation. New York, September 6.—Mrs. Cleveland has delined the invitation to present Hags to the New York lire department in the follow ing letter: lixi'.i ctivr Mansion, Washington, Septembers, lss7._ iion. Abram S. Hewitt, mayor, New York City; Hou. It. Beekinun, pie.ident board aidermen, Hon. .James E. Fitzgerald,—Gentlemen: I have re ceived your pleasing note, requesting me, on behalf ot the donors r,f certain flag:, to be presented tu the New York lire department, as well us In behalf of the citizens of New York generally, and the executive and legislative branches of the city government, to deliver the colure mentioned by the lire departmeni on such a day in September as shall suit my convenience. It would certainly afford me a pleasure to contribute, in any degree, to the significance of this occasion, and to the satis faction of the brave and gallant men whose sendees tire thus to be recognized. I hope, however, that I shall not be misunderstood when I base my de clination of your kind invitation upou my unwill ingness to assume that 1. r.s the wife of a president, ought to parth'ipnte so prominently in a publtegere mony In which lie took no part. lours very truE, FltA.Nl l» FeLSO.M t’l-liVB'.ANls The letter is in Mrs. Cleveland’s own hand writing. Meeting of the Supreme Court—The Case Postponed. New York, September 7.—The extraordi nary general term of tho supreme court, or dered by Governor Hill for appeal from judg ment of the conviction ot Jacob Sharp, con vened this morning. It appeared that Judge Yau Brunt had al ready had something to do with the Sharp trial mid on on that ground Stickney thought thm. three instead of four judges 'would be enough. Tho three judges held consultation and agreed that Judge Van Brunt should form a iiart of the bench. ‘1 don’t want tho prisoner to be admitted to bail meanwhile,” suggested tho district at torney. •■Well,” curtly replied Mr. Stickney. “I am not quite mad yet. 1 may get out of my mind between this and Tuesday and do some thing funny, but I don’t, as a rule, make use less applications for tho mere knowing that I will be denied them.” Texas Fever Killing Cattle. Chicago, September 7.—The state live stock commissioners have discovered that Texas fever is killing off cattle in the southern part of the city at a rapid rate. Professor Law is of the opinion that the shipping of Texas cat tle to tho north should bo t> r< mibitod by tho government and by all state authorities, as only in that way can native cattle be protected from the Texas fever. How tho New Public School Law is Evaded in Ohio. Cincinnati, September 7.—Tho law abol ishing separate schools for colored pupils in Ohio, has been obeyed tn some places bj- keep ing colored schools open as before, but designa ting them a- branches or district schools. At Lebanon, Ohio, upon the opening of tho schools, a colored teacher found himself prac tically deserted, all his pupils having gouoto tho .white school for enrollment. The same thing happened at Oxford, Ohio, where White pupils have become displeased with the invasion and some have loft school until tho matter is settled. Two Destructive t’oiitlagi'iitionsln liuslivlUe Ind Ollier Blazes. Hvshville, Ind.. September B.—Two de structive tires occurred here yesterday, burn ing two dwellings entire, damaging outers and destroying several barns and old woolen mills containing machinery to the value of about forty thousand dollars. There was no insur ance on anything. Tho wind was blowing a high gale, and at one time it was thought the city would bo destroyed, but tho dames were finally subdued. Tho fire started in a stable belonging to William Havens, and is supposed to have been started by tramps with a view to burglary, as several of them were arrested while robbing houses during tho progress of the tiro. The total loss is estimated at from seventy-five to one hundred thousand dollars. ' The l’r< eident’s Niitne Omilted from tlie Or -1 der Iteliitlug to Salutes at the Iteview. riiii.Ai'Et ritiA, September 9.—Commander Harper, of the Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the llepublic. has just issued an order for a Grand Army demonstration in the military parade on next Friday. Para graph seven of the order is tho cause of com ment. It reads ns follows: Ju passing tlie tevieuit h xtaitil. or v hlle being re vl. srJ bv i leu ei'.aut <1 •uen.l I‘hillp S. Sheridan, Vntted States aruiy. none but i-.-t eotnuiauders will salute, aud the post eolo - will !>■. dipped. As the parade will be reviewed by President Cleveland, and General Sheridan will l« in command of the line.it is claimed by some I veterans, not Grund Army men. that the namo I of President Cleveland should have lioen in : serted in that paragmidi of the order, and that ■ it is a direct slight of the chief magistrate in not doing so. Grand Army men,'however, aie all of the opinion that the matter was an 1 oversight, and that no slight was intended. Doplornl le Accident to Throe Meu Working in a Tunnel. New York, SeptemWr 9.—Thomas Kelly, Michael Crone and an tin r man. named Wal lets, were buried alive this ev vui in a new 1 a |U< d.t t nt Korth ikere. They were ■ A lieading i-being (•■•t ihi.. gh a s ratum of strong enough to prevent it from caving in. This afternoon Engineer Thompson thorough ly examined tills section of tho work, and pro nounced it safe. He returned tonight, about six o’clock, and examined it again, with the same result. He had scarcely loft the tunnel, however, when it caved in with a tremendous crash, burying tho three men mentioned un der one hundred and twenty feet of earth. There is positively no hope of rescuing them alive. A large force of laborers was imme diately set to work, but it will be impossible to reach the bodies of the entombed men for two or three days, at least. An Old Couple Give Their Propertyto Spread the Gospel. Indianapolis, Septemlier, 9.—A Wabash special reports that at AVarsaw, Ind., today. Chaplain C. C. McCabe, secretary of the board of missions of the Methodist Epis copal church, received, in behalf of the board, the largest private donation ever made to that body, or for missions, in the history of the church. The gift consits of property in War saw valued at $130,000, ami the donors are Elijah Hayes and wife. The. property com prises their entire possessions. Mr. Hayes asked only an annuity of SSOO, which, how ever, was made SI,OOO. —•" The Orders of Parade ot the Grand Army Amended. PHtLADELiittA, September 10.—The order of Department Commander Harper, of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be observed on Friday next, the day of parade of the or ganization, which has provoked considerable criticism, owing to omission of any reference to President Cleveland, was explained as ■fol lows today by Colonel Thomas J. Stewart, as sistant adjutant general, department of Penn sylvania, Grand Army Republic, who framed the order. The order as issued, read as follows: In i«ssing tho reviewing stand, or while being reviewed by Lieutenant General PhilipH. Sheridan, t ailed States army, none but post coimnaiidtre wih salute. Post colors will be dipped. Colonel Stewart said today: “It is all wrong to imagine that we intended to Blight the president. The order issued con cerns only the Grand Army of the Republic and is in every sense correct. It was issued solely for the information of the grand army men who were anxious to know whether or not they were to be reviewed by General Sheri dan. General Sheridan will review them and that’s what the order says. But in saying so it does not ignore the president, pr if it does, it was not so intended. However, in order that there may be no mis construction of that section of order, there has be-n issued from headquarters a supple mentary order, including the president in the salute. The supplementary order reads: In passing the reviewing stand, at Brood and San som streets, whore the c diimn will be reviewed by the president of th; Vnlted States, or while being reviewed by Lieutenant General Philip H. Sheri dan, I’nited States army, near the point of dis missal, none but post comman lers wills.ditto. Post colors will be depped. Comrades will march by without saluting, ami eyes to the front. Local Option in Missouri. St. Lours, September 8. —Elections on the question of local option were held in nine counties of this state yesterday, seven of which voted in favor of it. This makes thirty prohi bition counties in the state and eighteen others will vote on local option soon. Arrival of Mormons. New Yom:. September B.—The steamer AViwonshi, which arrived yesterday, brought about 4JXJ Mormon immigrants. • WILKES BOOTH. How His Young Friend Was Frightened When Lincoln AVas Killed. Washington, August 30. Tho New York Tribune’s Washington special says: “Al though more than twenty two years have passed since tliat fatal shot was fired in Ford’s theater, one frequently hears Incidents related which have a bearing on the tragedy or the chief actors in it. John Wilkes Booth was almost as well known in Washington as Mr. Lincoln, and lie hud a multitude of devoted friends. Not long ago I heard an ex confederate officer relate some of his personal recol lections of the assassin. Among other things he staid:‘l lived very close to history—blood-stained as it was —in those terrible days. I saw that the war was virtu ally over, and that the south was lost. Weary of the hopeless struggle, I returned to my Maryland home and obtained a place as postmaster at one of'the lit tle river towns on tho north bank of the Fotomae. In those days a good deal of contraband mail was sent across tho river and through the lines under cover at night. I knew Boo'li well, and, like most young men, I admired him. A few nights before the assassination he came to my house late in a state of considerable excitement. He said that he had a lot of important letters which must be scut through the lines thnt night. Whin the letters were brought in I found that they filled sev eral bags, and I told Booth that it liquid be Impossible to ship them all at once without dis covery. He insisted that it was a matter of life and death, and that if I could not get the mail across the river he would undertake the job himself. 1 pront ised to do the best I could, nnd lie and his compan ions role oil'. Shortly afterwards I spent several days in Washington, and was much with Booth. He was irritable and preoccupied, and drank a good deal, but neither his excitement nor his tippling struck me, who knew him so well, as very unusual. I was with him until the morning of that terrible day, and that night, when the intelligence of the awfurcrime spread like wildfire through the city, a horrible abyss seemed to open at my feet. “ ‘Bootli’s midnight visit to my little postoffice, my open, continuous and intimate association with him in Washington for several days, th’e fact that I bad in my possession a magnificent photograph for which he sat during that time, all these circum stances filled me with dread. I knew that if I fell under suspicion and was arrested in that time of horror and excitement, it would be probably im possible for me to convince anybody that 1 was not privy to the erime. I succeeded in e c iping from the city and in avoiding suspicion, but for many weeks I lived In constant terror: but I was innocent. I learned afterward that none of tlie contraband letters, about the forwarding of which Booth ex pressed so much anxiety, contained a hint of the dreadful crime for which he at that time doubtless was making preparations. If such had been the case, I doubt not that swift warning would have been sent to Washington and the tragedy averted.’ ” Fresh Air. We do not condemn the theory orthe practice of resorting to fresh air,mountain retreats,quiet country homes, seaside ramblesand bathing, or the various mineral springs as restoratives to failing health. No doubt there are many who have been greatly relieved by all these favorite resorts, and some very justly claim they have been cured. But the number is legion that find no comfort, no relief to their weakness, their aches, their pains, in such grasping at straws in their struggle to save themselves. Tho following letters illustrate this point and shows tho wisdom of the one most interested in the case. A patient in Grand Junction, Tennessee, on April 20.1886, wrote the following: “Aly family doctor said I ought and must go to Hot Springs and stay there months. My good brother came down from Middle Tennes see to see me, and ho also tried to persuade mo to go and spend three months at the Springs. I declined to do so on the ground that I knew more about Hot Springs than cither of them. I just simply told tlionf that I intended to stay at home and use Compound Oxygen, and be wl’iere I could get fresh air. 1 believe three months at tlie Springs, taking that contaminated air in all the time would kill me. 1 have been there once, and it was a fruitless trip,aye worse. On the other hand I have as much confidence in Compound Oxygen, as I would hat e in giv ing beef ami bread to a starving maji. Tho Compound Oxygen that I used over a year ago did me much good. I wanted to be moving to some other country all the time, and could not control myself about eating and many other things. 1 find much relief iu these respects alter using the Compound Oxygen. A volume of nearly two hundred pages, on ; "Compound Oxygen—lts mode of action nnd 1 results." will be mailed free to every inquirer i ou receipt of address; and if particularly in terested in the cure of any special disease, a moiiograpli on that will lx) sent. Address Drs. Stark' y \ I’alen, 152'J Arch street, Philadel phia, I’a. Ea ■ rv nt n young mid old, who want t • • • ounbmize and yet have bis clothes rut to onler, should try tho Plymouth Huck Pants C ■.. ot Boston, an old and reliable concern. A trial i rder will convince tl.c most S'-cptical that tliey can obtain wonderfully g od cloth in,,, pane-, whole suites or ovei'.eats, cut to viib r, of these manufactures, at prices bas' d upon lowest wliolsalc ■■ alue. See their card ill niiotl er eolv.inn. an 1 i.<i them •• <e- t< for ui .• hi • of 1 vi t -an pe «, linen iapc-ii • asiire, and full particulars about taking n.> usun-a. LABOR DAY. Demonstrations by the Working Men of the Country. 25,C00 MEN IN LINE IN NEW YORK. New York, September s.—Labor day, be ing a legal holiday, all down-town exchanges, banks, bankers’ aud brokers’ offices and down town offices wqre closed generally. Many other business houses also closed up for the day, but some had to remain open. Courts and public departments were closed, and business of municipal departments was at a stand-still. Flags floated from many buildings throughout the city in honor of the day, and the streets were thronged with sight-seers from an early hour. The labor parade was the feature of the day. Fully 25,000 men, belonging to nearly every trade organization in the city, were iu line. John Alorrison. carpenter, and a master workman of the Knights of Labor, was grand marshal. In the ranks were printing presses in opera tion; baker's ovens in full blast; a number of large safes, sailing boats fully equipped and a group of “squaws” represented by cigarette manufacturing girls. The procession was headed by a platoon of mounted police, and the route was down Broadway from Thirteenth to I'outh street, to Fifth avenue, to Union square. Notwithstanding the tabooing of red flags, there were many of them in the line, but the red in each case was relieved by colors less suggestive which, in letters of gold, told which labor organization was carrying it. No dis tinctly socialistic flag was tube seen. Chicago, September 5. —The celebration of labor’s holiday promises to be the most success ful yet held in this city. At an early hour men in the undress uniforms of their respect ive orders, organizations, and societies began to assemble at their rendezvous for the custom ary parade, and the streets through which the procession was to pass were packed with eager t' longs of sight-seers. Manufacturing and building operations were very generally sus pended for the day throughout the city, ami the desire to make the day memorable was very generally evinced. Nearly every labor organization in the city was represented in the line of march, which was gay with appropriate banners and mottoes and musical with strains of countless brass bands. It is estimated that from 25,000 to 30,000 men participated in the parade. Boston, September s.—There is almost a general suspension of business. A large in flux of suburban visitors and a grand process ion of workingmen marked the celebration of the early hours of labor day in this city. Cincinnati, September s.—Labor day was celebrated here this afternoon by a great par ade, in which there was no effort at display except in numbers. In this respect, the result was gratifying to the managers, as the number in line was generally estimated at from 12,000 to 15,000. The Lady Franklin assembly, com posed of women, was represented bv members riding in two large wagons. The day was not a legal holiday, but many manufactories were closed. Indianapolis, Ind., Septemberr a.— Labor day was observed in Indianapolis by a general cessation of work in tho mechanical trades. During the morning a parade was given through the main streets by the various labor societies, several thousand men and two hun dred women being in line. Following these came industrial displays on wheels, probably the best the city has ever seen. Philadelphia, September 5. —Labor day, though not a legal holiday in this state, was generally observed by labor organizations. No general parade, but two monster picnics were held aud thousands enjoyed all sorts of sport aud pleasure. Tlie Movement Believed to be of Great Im port. Birmingham, Ala.. September 5. —[Special.] The strike of the brakemen on the Louisville and Nashville railroad continues, and this morning the strikers were joined by the yardmen at Decatur. It is now pretty generally understood that the strikers are led by serac men who were among the ringleaders of the rioters at the east St. Louis riots two years ago. One of these men this morning t hreatened to cut the water tanks and draw the pins from the ears. He was ordered out of the yard, and promjitly left. Strikers admitted that there were two many officers here for them to do any damage to the cars and they would make the attempt at this remote station. A squad of officers was at once sent to Bangor with, instructions to watch the track closely and wire here in stantly if any damage' was discovered. An engine with a coach attached, having a num ber of well armed men and six bloodhounds on board is standing in the yard tonight ready for any emergency. If the strikers attempt to destroy the company’s property they will cer tainly be caught. WORK OF THE STORM. Toledo, September 7.—The tornado which visited this section yesterday originated in southern Michigan. It first struck Sylvania, a village ten miles north of here, blowing down two gas well derricks and wrenching a boiler from its brick foundation. Three horses in a pasture were killed by falling trees. All tall trees were leveled. One farmer had fifty acres of fine timber all blown down. A brick school house, at Michie, was destroyed. The track of the tornado was south by east from here along the line of the Toledo and Ohio railroad, and is from one to two hundred yards wide. No fences or tall trees are standing. Corn is scattered and houses and bains are unroofed for miles. At Waterville, and other villages to the southward, much damage was done and the total damage will amount to many thousand dollars. No loss of life is re ported. The slate roofsof a numberof buildings were badly damaged and the towering chimneys of the main building of the insane asylum were blown down, crushing in the roof. The total loss to the insane asylum is SB,OOO. Dr. Em bury, assistant superintendent of tho asylum, was driving into the grounds at the time. His wife and little daughter were with him. His buggy was overturned aud all three were thrown out. The doctor held on to the horse, which, witli the vehicle, was lifted and carried several rods. His wife and child w ore carried over a hundred feet and dropped into a ditch of two feet of water, from which they were res cued unhurt. The Wabash train met the cen ter of the tornado and the smoke stack of the locomotive was carried off. Storms in New York. Utica, N. Y., September 7. —A severe’storm passed over Worcester, Otsego county, today. Amos Carroll was lifted off his feet by the wind, thrown against a barrel, twenty-five feet distant and killed. Two other men were severely injured, and four houses and barns were destroyed and crops suffered greatly. A heavy storm, doing considerable damage, is reported from Saratoga, Binghampton and other places in the state. Tornado In Ohio. Toledo, Ohio, September 6.—Word has been received from the new Northwestern insaneayslum, four miles from the city, that atorr.alo struck the place just alVr dark, seriously injuring thebuildings and demolishing one or tWo. Telephone lines are prostrated and there Is no direct communication. The buildings cost about a half million dollars. Consumption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, hav ing had placed in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma and all throat and lung affections, also a positive and radical cure for nervous debility and all nervous complaints, after having tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suflcring, I w ill send free of charge to all who desire it, this recipe, in German, French or English, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. Noyes, 119 Rower’s block, Rochester, N. 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I IstekrM w* j IL-3 T-JRHUMII-.re CAPITAL PRJZE, $150,000. “We do hereby certify that we gupervise the arrangements for all the Ylonthly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State lottery Company, and in person manage and control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honestv, fairness and in goad faith toward all and we authorize th c Company to use this certificate, with fac-jiuiilcs of our signatures at tached, in its advertisements. ’ Commissioners. We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will pay all Prizes drawn in The I/juisiana State which may be presented at our counters. J. 11. OCLI’SBY, Pres. Loivsiana Nat’l Bank. PIERRE LANAIJX, I’res. State Nat’l bank. A. ISA LUU IN, Pres. New Orleans Nat’l Bank. CAUL KOHN, Pres. Uiifon National Bank, T TNI'REFEDEXTED mi!ACTION ! U OVEIUL4LF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED. Louisiana State Lottery Company. Ineofporareil in ISCB for 25 years by the Legisla ture for Educational and Charitable pnrjioses—with a capital of 81,000,000—t0 which a reserved fund ot over 8550,000 has since been added. By an overwhelming popular vote Its franchise was made a part of the present State Constitution adopted December 2d, A. D., 1879. The only Lottery ever voted on and indorsed by the people of any State. It never scales or postpones. Its Grand Single Number Drawings tab. place monthly, and the Semi-Annual Draw ings regularly every six months (June and December.) A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO IVIN A FORTUNE. H NTH GRAND DRAWING, CLASS K. IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC. NEW EORLANS. TUESDAY, October 11, 1887— St2oh Monthly Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE $l5O 000. 4® Notice. Tickets are Ten Dollars only. Halves S>s. Fifths. 83. Tenths, 81. LIST OF PRIZES. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF 8150,0008150.000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50.000 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20.000 20.000 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 30,000 20.000 4 LARGE PRIZES OF s,<>jo 20,000 20 PRIZES OF 1,000 20,000 50 PRIZES OF 500 2',,000 100 PRIZESOF 300 30,000 200 PRIZES OF 200 40,000 500 PRIZESOF 100 &0.000 APPROXIMATION phizes. 100 Approximation Prizes of j. 300 830,000 100 “ “ 200 20,000 310 “ “ 300 30.000 1,000 Terra n J “ oo 00.000 2,179 Prizes, amounting t 05535,000 Application for rates to clubs should be made only ot the office of the Company in New Orleans. For further information write clearly, giving full address. POSTAL NOTES, Express Money Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary letter. Currency by Express tat our expense) addressed M. A. DAUPHIX, . New Orleans, I.a~ or M. A. DAUPHIN, ’ Washington, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La» REMEMBER Generals Leuuregard and Early, who are in charge of the drawings, is a guaranteee of absolute fairness and integrity, that the chances are all eoual. and that no one ean pos sibly divine what number will draw the Prize. REMEMBER that the pavmenr of all Prizes is GUARANTEED BY FOUR NATIONAL BANKS of New Orleans, and the Tickets era signed by the President of an Institution, whose chartered rights are recognized in the highest Courts; therefore, beware of anv imitations os anonymous schemes. sun wed wky Rli H PHOT! B. FOR GENTS ONLY, MB T"V /Dover's pr kage 10c. Novelty Co., l ull am. O Name this paper. sept. 18 26t Grand Thing for Agen!s--BIG PBJIT& —Viised by everyone. 8.1 sat sic’,.t. New style of I‘o ketanl ll' i.-.ho’.d !• 'ls. ceud 75 cents sos Bi.mplea, or stamp for cir< i>'ar. C. A. BOYCE, Springfield, Mass. Name tills pajer. rth t— A month : - 3 itr.i.iabi.e VU fc—k I—-X Live Young Men or Ladies, in d)UU I hr o . P. w. ZIE'.I.I RAI O. • 7- i cbc. in .t-L, Phiiad' lnhla. I’s, Nemo this paper. sept 1 ■ w!Bt cow Deafness Cured. Pv u-ing the Invrnti- -of al*i:Al M IN !y »hlch ’ ih- ,- L N'. ■•.' I ore ;■ . reported, B. N. HI 1 -7 to I AU DUI M CO., <. E'l-t 11th St., Nev York. Name this paper. sep U wk Ha