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2 GROVER AM) FRANKIE. On Their Way to the Great Pied mont Exposition. ENTHUSIASM ALL ALONG THE ROUTE. St. Loris, October 2.—At Vende venter place, b< fort the nwr■'.< n of Mayor Francis, here Prehident and Mrs. < levoland are quietly rest hr.', a crowd <‘olle< to<l < . y this morning to < .u< h the iirst gliixjp •• of the city •> gu< i Shortly after lb o’clock Mr. Cleveland and his wife, a< <-onipann d by Mayor Fran< is anti wife, appeared, and were driven to Wash ington avenue Presbyterian church. in the street and near the church many peo ple had assembled, but away was easily made , through the crowd, and ns the party passed to the door of the church, the spectators un covered their heads, but made no other den * onstration. The auditorium of the chunk was < rowded and ;• the pr< passed down the able, many of the congregation arose. A pew in the fruit center of the auditorium was aocoi'ded them. There werenospoci j arangements.and the us ual service was conducted without < hango. The musical programme was noted for itssim plic.ity, and was ■ iven by the regular choir. After lew preliminary announcements, Rev Dr Brooks n ul his text from Bth chapter of Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, 31st verse. Si . Lot i p October 3.—Till this morning the president las bc< nt he. guest, of Mayor Francis, but today and tomorrow he belongs to the neo ph-. Fam r weather could not be asked. The bkies ar* clear ami the gentle north winds are B'liin t>'ntly •••»«»! to make light overcoats <!<•• kiiahlo. The president’s carriage, drawn by a •piartette of ri<hly r-aparisoned. high-stepping Hack horses, and followed by live, other carriap s provided for his 1 raveling « ompanions an I the local com mittee in charge, v e h*- I the Francis mansion, in Vande\< nh r place, a few minutes before 10 j o’* lock. V In. 15 the president ami Mrs. . Cleveland appeared at the door ol the man ion and were AI’I'LM I'l.n BY A < IJOWD OF LAbIES and children that hud gathered in the park in front of the iv .idem c. There was a notice- HbJe absence ol men, ami the dresMß <>l the people in<li* atial a pre ponderamo oi the bettor classes. Major ('. < Rainwater ruh-wd the can iagc \\ it h the pre- 'uh hl -mil wile, and in a few minute , they were moving briskly toward the fairgrounds < scortrd by a squad of mount <»<l polic* and the citizens committee in car -I'iages. ISo mishap or incident occurred to mar the pie i-ant. morning drive, and at 10:45, the party arrived at the gate of the fairgrounds. Illi; JHUVE TO THE I Allt OK'H NI>S was made at a trot It was children’s day, j and tin* youngsters wen* out in gn at for< e. They, with their mothernurses and friends, ] packed ihi'M-aifoti tin- amphitheater and the surrounding promenade to the number of sixty thousand A brass band in a pagoda in the center attempted to make if -* II heard, but the shrill voi< d • on.•• at ton made every thing but tho ba drum inaudible. The visitors did not alight. Alter driving round the am phithe.ih i track a halt was made, ami Mrs Cleveland w« pi in ted by the lady superin tendent of the kindergarten s<-bools with a handsome basket of flower-’. Tim children, )<*<! by tlm bands. st»n*g “ I lull Columbia,” and the rorfoge, after a drive through the fair grounds. inad< its way back to the < ity, where tliey went directly to tho Merchant’s ex change. Mim. (’h'velnml did not accompany the president to the exchange, but was left en route al the residence of the mayor, whom blib went to that of Mrs. Scanlan, one of so ciety's leaders, where tho ladies ol St. Loui.-; had an appointment to pay their respects. On arriving at the Merchants' (exchange, the pr< dent wa ’ taken to the directors’ room whore a large number oi representative eiti rons. from the interior of the state, were intro duced to him by counties. Whf n this ema inony was uvrr. ihe pr sidmit was escorted to tho main hall of tho (’'.change. Tho immense room, which is 225 feet long and 150 wide, was jammed to its utmost capa<- Ity with people, mid the president had ditli< al ly in getting from the reception room to (ho vlatform. On tho first appearance of the presi dent loud cheer , went un from the entire mul titude, mid as Ln nscended- tho platform the Cnthusin in was intense. Frank (oiienne, pre ident of the Merchants' nxchange, introduced Mayor Fram is, and de •dared this the most auspicous day for St. Louis in her history. Mayor Francis then welcomed the president to Ike < ity and state, and after another e.\| !<• Bion of cheers, tho president responded as fol low s. THi: I’l.-t.hint- \ r's sri i on. If lam . p.<•( dt > make an extended speech ©U thi o- t . -'ll, .' am a!: -.id that I shall disappoint you. and lbi>. I Imu’ ibe soirj to do, alt t having Bticcet disi at L. . through luiich tribulation, in Manding hue ( face with my >l. 1-otds friends. '1 lie tribulation of w hich 1 ak has arisen from ti e extreme kiudne of ava -t numl er of the American people and the eoi ’Jal i ivi(Hti-»m» tlu v have tut Iler 1 me t<« stop and m v tl> mon m\ way to x »u. Your (Mix wa the <«l» > « live lolnt of my travel in this-lin-ctk'n, but It ha*- *-.-mutimes seemed to me that ex • \ tow li Vi tv. uW a biugton Hint here h. bi • n repn '< nt< <1 -e. being directly on my route and It has b.sui l-a d lo rmivmce their kind and ud! u Bti'-tir i lfi:'t n that it would not tn‘ entirely cn Within the hm. tmy d to jmy them a x islt. I expert!! ' anxthim 1 might say comeridng your s’ dr oi < i \ mtlu’way «-t laudation orrongint uUtiou wo. <1 hai'llyt- ual your owni-timatc theie tubji 11*- Ib; !i< \ t-tie I ? was a lime when st Jamis was the dctci m. d an I zealous rival of Chicago. 1 d» n t know wlu thcr this < out< ntion cntlnui x : oi nut. but 1 I p. it de c . U - sou can luudl) expo, t l-uikci- <-n t.? take -i h > in sueli a c mtc.'t, we are intt rested lo the i xt<nt that such a struggle fui I t > the grow: and impn>v. nn-nt of the country fU ' I ; dcilul <1 ie< .h ox i -molit- ly ami Low i-pa.llly Amcrir.m on-igy. and bustling tn- em i y utill • s tweiy hvh h ! -ir<’l<’.JU'iit ot municipal giowth ami how < \ x u-i ml typ v of t !;-■ woild s pep i .uiun is as- im-aud to te. t purp-v of Ami n, an ex pansion. lamin- tcm bad lof what Isuppivio be the nu t tl.ai nio:o It . n one half your voters a:e Off ’ U I 'th ;C t pMV'.il.'. r. '1 hr ;-i\»wth an I <4 vom city m every way lUdu a.r I think, that th i n lition of yo-ar popu billon t! u m de app t v; it, is by no means to l*e •ii pn c at -J and mx vatton dutlnv a long icm d«-KA i a v-.-- ;• ’ ■ i'i'i;..i. has led me !■• know tl.rxa’. .. b» any roinnnmi’y of ivduxti un liu nd and thrifty im n and women who come from j son k •I‘ ’ nd new hon s with u«- who in vest ill im c iltirrusldp and w o tv- Ball'- ’ and e uti nt with tho tr eoom i t onr wx cumin’, and x’jth c m lix. - fill InsUUdL Tiir lit e b eiuilx drawn bvlwc nt'.iem and n i ' BV-mnla.l • n.■*, who <*k our sit-".. > for pm i *-'>•- ...i-h. . d •turtumvv aud disa,t\a UQ-C 1--< U b -lv p. inn 1 ■ ope 1 m , w ill tH i i ■ y •.x t ■< i .-h -.:-"i of v 1 : • b.a* Im eu d in tor m. Lou s I y us n tnmli. i d t h z ns, n- ’AI- ’ :>s ■ •.. I ■ ■ -- -f V’.: -‘.V kind rt:i I v.ib . I luma .« ird assoefan s , » tbrr er d.iy< I d em mx Wit expt- ilx hetonatc : It w ill: y ual a tie- . When l’M-Hm .d.wti; Os and piodtlits y .ruts •Mi i sain un . a,. <» u tn n v on exh.bith-;’ Thrve or four limes during the delivery' of the president’s at every pause in ' fact, some vo co yrojnred “three \-h-. ers for Grux er Ch wLii.-l, ami the huig* of tho mul titude lespom’.vd. A band greeted the close ©f bi, remarks with a national air and the ■ »ir ideut’a party t'ded on! tl entrance that nad Uen kept open by thvpolun'. The stmts vx ro ' mini I with p’e quo mid it w..s with d * ■ n.-.y that Mr. ( .< v< ..nd vx as gotten to h' On u there, citizens pressed to Ji's ...I . a ..I I Xtvn L -.1 till ir h inds in x ain •‘w n t si t. v ot* t vt EE ” •’1 win "Feet you all later, ’’ t>.v.d the iWi si det*’, “Lot not h< re.*’ 1 • t i. p.< ;■.< n- f..-aturo of tl e dei"r.i- ti -n \X u 1!" airax v t ;is j.-.s, v . u h lamp mid nwning »s»>t la : g a ’ i .mchit g tree of piping, Miele al Mutt < itiers g” at aiclies vveio throw uuer< .• ficin curb to curb Those bcro n nn. .on uTil globe”. the effect us which, ©\« i.•' v. W sliding. An hoar was gievn ter lunch and rest, Mini at thicc • \ k Mrs. t'h ve’aud, lax r«\ • ■i’.ii hr. ’ and. th. d 'or.s of the rec- ■' ticn ’ . . ■■_ i ai:.d 1! e p.! ; La? i thi hm.u« of the p;\ dent ai d li s w * 1 V 1 ' Mrs. t lowland received th. 11 1 't. - >..u .> 1 th,. uii.Mi,. of B | at . e ) 11 ; ' '>■■■' •- »■!> . ..uiJv'.ivr. Mrt. CRu land w .s lUCIfI Y < 1. VD IN VU K SI li\H e!K tihkhiuii th. t of red i> >.l,ud s and given haves, 1c tt med utn decollete Uixumtd liberally With law, and hud full Uw • filccvi’H to thft elbows, several rows of coral ’ bc.:t-b adorned her Hhapely nock, and a di;v --| inoiid brilliant glittered at her throat. A | scon; of leading society ladies of St. Louis, Iwaulifni in face and figure | ; and richly clad, assisted her. The police arrangement 3 in ide the hotel I were excellent, and the line moved past the I president freely ; but oiit'dde a s- ' lie w t, to be ' witnessed, the oddity of w hich it would be hard to overstate. Ihe street was narrow, and through its middle ran the double track ol tho i busy street rail wav. An at tempt was made to keep the thousands of waiting victors in Im”, | six or eight abreast, but ( ’. < r\ half minute thi ; was broken by the passage of cars. These fought their way through the. crowding ma • s i together on ( a h sid< , and mrciiig hiindii ds ’ out of their places. Behind each car a crowd . followed and t<>olc the abandoned place sin tho , I line. 'l’lie next car pushed many of those for ward toward the hol'd, with tiie natural result I of crowding an cpial number out of line in < j front. There was a liberal sprinkling of la- j di< s in the throng, and an ad.ini.rtiiic of conn- ' trymen of a pure western type who had come long distances to >a c tin: pr< .-id< nt. The president received, as he always He has become very expert in the discharge of his part'd t lie work, and manages to greatly , facilitate the pa cci;p‘ of the line, inspired hj»- parently only t>y a desire to give the coveted opportunity to as great a number a., pos ible. If he ever gets fatigued his appeal uh - fail ; to give evidence of the fact-. Submitting, tvs he doos, good-naturedly to the familiar, often boisterous salutations of many who approm.h him, he takes tho liberty s* im times to give a j loiterer with a grasp of his hand a sturdy pull in 1 lie direction lie ought to move, and ofl'-n with half a dozen words manages to an v. ■ r in kind greetings of as many callers. At half-past seven this evening the presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland, with their seven traveling companions, were escorted by the new re.< option committee through the ilJumi nat( d streets of the city. It. is safe t<. say that not less than |so,<hm> per,-ons w ”re. in waiting along the line of i ide, to see tho city’s guests. At the expoition they were conducted through the exhibition halls, hut had no op . portunity to see anything of interest, in fact, I It was with much (iillicuity that tho police es | cort was able to ch ar the passage and keep the crowd back behind them. In the auditorium of Music hall, wlicrc the party occupied reserved boxes in company with Ihe committee, <HI more’s band, of sixty pieces, played several selections, tho lirst be ing “Shower of Roses.’’ During the perform ance ol this piece a hanging .screen at one side "f the Stagi? was let fall, exposing a beautiful life-size oil painting of Mrs. Clovelaud, paint ed by a Washington art ist. From the letting down of the screen to the end of the piece rose leaves continued to fall irom the ceiling, high upon the picture. The presidential party r* ach' d the hotel at ten o’clock, and were serenaded by tho Ifendriek’s association, assisted by po litical chibs from all wards of tho city, and I from many towns from a disiaii' e. '1 in- en nade proper was given by several singing so- ■ eicties and they and the proci of which • j they formed a part, numbered fully The president was introduced to tin’ sere ihklcis by ( <dom I David Caratb, and ad dressed them as follows: V'cllow-ritizenH- For the com pl uno nt, you have tenden d us, you may be aue we are duly apprc< in ti ve hnd grateful. It adds anothvi m the p.casing in< id< nt-which will muku our xi. it lo M. Lou.s kindly remembered. Though Ihe trip which we have undertaken is one ol ? i hi < ‘eiug and soHnl int« r< oir.‘C with the p-nph who have extend' d to us their liCHity welcome, it would be ah' elation on my part if I should appear to ignore the la' ! Unit this evidence ot triendliuesH and < oiirl<"-y w hich 1 now acknowledge are tendered l-ythoo- who em not only my l< How-citizen-, •■’it mciuhcts of the political party lo which I belong. J hope I may say, without oflensc i» in., that J am glad l<> s-e you ami that 1 mu phid to believe that tin? heartiiic: s of your «t< s>mii>trutioii betrays, lo some extent, your democratic enthusi asm. I feel like < onfcFsliig n» you tonight that what 1 linvi • enot i his x si <•■ ;nt ry :ul .’ p• ph -mce I left honm Ims, if possible, incr>;u-r<i inv tense of i< ponsibiliix a a pubis officer and as a member of a great |M?lili< id parly. My olh'lai <lutv I owe to all the iHOpIc of the hind, and xx hi-tln r it is w< II or Hl pc lonmMl, primarily coneern-. tla ni and nc tis their public servant. But I cannot fail in rnv duly to the country wlthoul dis ri'diting j >u and the party of t heir choice, the <-.-n>i< catimi • - hotil I '-onsti’.dn me to that eotine of oltlciai conduct a it |ts given me. to discern it, which is marked out by the needs of the propio and the good • -i themn ti v. This let.da, in my ojinion, directly to the adoption of the ih an Iph s and praclii i s of the true dcnmeii'.rv. It beh »«»vvs us all (<> goard ; gain ;. blind, selfish and ourvH-mnmg puty icchng, icg ird- IcsMand thougbil. ts of t!?o <-om:lry’s mt l/arc. and w hii’h leads um :i wax I tom good c J ;zrn hip as w. II a* true d. inoerai y. 'l’lio recepticn to Mrs. CJrveHnd this noon given by Mrs. M.iry Si.mlan was atlended by about 150 guests, the mo t fashionable and beautiful women of St. Louis. Mi-. Cleve land arrived at the. house shortly after noon and was met a! the carriage door by a band <-f children, little girls of a Sister's s;bool acre’s the way. The bcajitiful lawn vjs dotted with their little forms and they drew around the mistress es tho white lion. <•. as three of their number presented a ship of crimson roses. Leaving this arene, Mrs. Cleveland was vs coiled to the north end of the grand parlors of the Scanlan mansion, perhaps the. mot maeuiticentlv and la-tc'nllx tiuni-.hod private house in the west. The ladies wen' presented to Mrs. Cleveland by Mis. Scanlan, md she pressed tbeir 1 amis and had some pleasant word for each as they passed. \tier meeting all. she was escorted to the slate dinner room and seated at. laid© with the hostess and four favored guests, Thu table was haiidsuinviy decorated with llowers and fruit. . At a number of tables at lliu t-ide ut the room the oilier guests were seated. W hen hinclicvn was furui-hed the Catholic ...-.Uns and teachers of the schools of the neighborhood were pit 1 filed to Mrs. Clevvhiud, s!i<'remaining seated at the tabic ! and on arising '-he xvas <•>. oiled immediately i tohvr carriage, which was almost buried in i flowers, th('gilts <>f school chddivn, and was 1 <IIIV <-11 to Lllldell hotel. Sr. Lot is. Mo.. October I Fair w ather. I light nolllivi lv winds, \ci ribc. •» c.i. tel ly, cool ! stationary temporal me “Clex eland w i-.itnvi ' 1 —in short. the president and Mrs. t 'lex eland. despite ; th('eontinuuus rouml vi star - panghd hosj i talify which they l:a\ cxpvrit ■< ed, are in ex cellent health and spirit”. One old lady bei aum so cutb.u.’.i tie that she attempted TO Kiss THE rUrsIHEN r. but he d(‘rlim tl. and she was moved dow n the linet ewikh red. The r< crptmii ox <-r. the psol dent hurried to his c.irri.i ;o through a side en traiK'u. and was di i\( ii to the excursion boat j ,‘Citpof Baton Rouge.’ lying at the foot oi i Chestnut street. Tho trip was ' i gotten up as a relict for the president and Mis. | i Clrxelaiul irmn the almost comtant »<mnd of j receptions and other more or L-sox n ting if' 1 ' tix itivs ashore, and m this regard was a de- I ' ebb d success. Mr-.si>sippi rix er scenery, though not a< in ‘ spiring as scenery has an absorbing interest <»( its own for strangers, a ad < an nowhere be seen |so well ns from the deck ot a steamer. Ihe i boat run down >l»e im about eight mih'*. uirned 1 mid reached the landing again at half vast I?. I An avcompanyin" uwuistvii boat filial artil- I lory salutes, while tugs. Mourners nd loco- 1 motive s on both shores aid t heir best w itb >tv.uu I w bistlcs to make the trip into:« o ,ng. ami tin \ * succeeded. At the turning point stands ini -1 ivense re'iiiig null x-tablisl.im nt w nidi abo I form a Lu ,s <»t >< rit s ol railway tracks • Morovt r at this time s> \ cml st< am vessels wore lying nt the wharf as the president’s boat appiv.w lu d, an idle locomotive s;a\u a pxxuli.ir i whistle, m miTvikiN of \ cuow ixa cock. A tag mi the river itsponded in kind. A locomotive on the cast bank cau*ght the i ry, and two or three others up and down ihe stream echoed it : then steamers at the landing and tin ally a dozen or more wh.-des of the ' mills opened their throats, and “co. k-a-doo d!e-doo?' hoarse, shrill and nisyv. in every tcat 'of tho gamut, c.uuv fiom the i< nr qnai• i t< is of the compass. In the vvvnnig the president and Mrs. Clev eland witnessed the gland street p v'.artit I the j “X oiled Prophet,” illustrate gbv tvventx two floats some ot the ex t uts of * Pub -11 al histerv. Iw'di'h ng v\ ith the davxn <»£ Li>- l tore, the expulsion of Lu it. r. Fgvpti.m k iv tivity.sc* nt sot E.xod .s. Ph in plv:<. l.vontfiuf Datra l, •hun'.s.md Josiah s Rf< war seem sand ending with tl u famous lb bh; i ; ' h t. i !■’ i'h’u' on movi l without iv.’c.- rnption mid was about an hour in poking. | Thioughout its hiigtti it was iilu- I ininnted with iv. iad lights b, - ' s.Jvs tl-a glare from a hvndn 4 thousand gas jets, especially ertu ted for tl.o carni val. Crowds a’ong the .no cl n; ,i. h w»ro x. iy deii'v Er in Fourth to Sixteenth sinn t. along | Washington avenue, was a ,.| hmiiA;■■.;x , leaving ©curcely rwm ouv.igh for tho floats to pass by. ■ Al V o’clock the Led car liad p.. >» dby tin' THE MEEKLY CCIxS’J ITLTICN, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1887. Lin<]< Il hotel balcony, and tin: ) resilient and Mi... < levcland v.ere imniediatel ,'conveyed to in - Mm hams’ exchange building, in the great hall of which was to be lie <1 the Veiled I I'ropliets’ ball. 'J hey w.je rcceivid in the library rwm, v.hh-h had lx < n ■ ;>< iajly and ■ elegantly furnished for the <>c< a-.ien. After short tie y were escorted to the ball room i Frank Caicnne, president of the exchange | and Mast,r Francis 1< ading, and President and Mis. ‘ F'. eland immediately behind, followed Ly memljcrx of the recepihm committee and their wit< s A trumpet call signalled their ap i preach and they marched around the hall to the mu‘‘Hail to the Chief.” As the honcaed gm-sts were seated, an andi | cnee of l idii .s < ntered in full dress costume, ; roundly applauded. .Mis. Cleveland was at tired in a ruby velvet dress, low neck and short i,0.. . cutsquare and a necklace of diamonds. For a few moments those on tho door gathered near the platform, but soon re- ■ sinned the promenade. Chicago, October s.—Tho train bearing Pre idem Cb land .md wife pulled slowly into tlies Alton depot at!) o’clock. I At that hour thero were two hundred men, ! women, boys and girls standing around the lit tle three corned frame depot, which looked dis- I mal in its coat of weather-beaten drab paint, ft is a two-story frame structure, with two small waiting rooms, in each of which stove; i ftiniished a slight heat for tho crowd of per- ' sons who hail bc-como chilled while standing ■ <m the outside, looking at the rusty cars on two sides, the small frame buildings near by the too, ring elevator, or bulletin boards covered with highly colored pictures of theatrical at- 1 tractions. r\s the presidential carriage camo in view, . a cheer went up from tho masses that filled the i stim.'ts as the carrriago advanced, but the de meanor of tho crowd at this part of the line of march was in striking contrast to the unceas ing din of cheers that greeted tho president fiirtlict <m. ' There was no music until tins pro ne ion got to Twenty-third street. The crowds did nothing but look at the president ami Mrs. Cleveland, ( lose, behind tho president’s car i lago l amcthe Milwaukee Light Horse Squad ron and Battery I’’., Fourth Artillery, United States Army. Tho crowd yelled itself hoarse cheering for the president. XVhen the second divi-ion swung into line at thocorner of Michi gan aveime and Twenty-third street, down ! Twenty-third, West XVabash avenue and ’ Thirty-iiflh street the people were packed as never before iu tho history of Chicago and on tho tons of houses and in windows wore crowds of eager faces, and from roof.' floated streamers,evidently im provised hurriedly for tho occasion. Down at Twenty-second street, where the procession began,there was a repetition of the depot scene i and a man might as well have attempted | to walk through a brick wall as to force his way in to the midst of tiiis fence of men and wo- i im ti A long tho line of m .roll the masses were noisy, though orderly, and for tho most part ' k'pt. tho line of the curbs on either side, but ' ten thousand .young -Americans, from five to I ■ twenty years old, defied the cavalry, infantry. ‘ i artillery ami police, and broke through all ’ lines ami over all restraints; clung tocarriages, ! and when diitt n from one, fastened them- i selves to another; dodged blows from the batons I ol p'dice ; t an around and even under the horses of the. ( scort, and suffered everything, ajmar ently, but death or mutilation rather than keep in line. It was thought that human ' possibilities in tho way of exultant crowds had reached tho culmination at St. Louis, but it was a. matter of remark among tlm \ isitors, that in point of numbers, t’hieaao had gone beyond. Her domonstra ti'oi seemed to tho visitors to comprehend her entire population. .Mis. Cleveland became fatigued and left the carriage at the I’alincr house, being escorted directly to her rooms, where she rested quietly for several hours. Iteports that she had been taken suddenly ill were circulated, but they were unfounded. Mrs. Cleveland was very tired, but nothing more serious. Wie n the pres ident's carriage I'cached tho auditorium building, a signal was given ami the revenue cutter, Michigan, which lay in the liarbor jiiet opposite with bunting ilying from every p >int, tired a presidential salute of twenty-oiic guns. This was tho signal to the crowd of 10,i»“) people to overrun the crossing and .- warm like ants toward the stand in their eagerness to see Um president. When tho pie-idi iit alighted from his carri age and made his way to the stand lie and a few oilieinls with him wore almost pushed Over tba railing by a mob of aldennen and ward polil's clans behind v. ho engaged in an insane gto for the front. I he procession moved slowly on, when sud denly there was a crash of timber, and hall'a Initialed people, who had squeezed themselves on the rcportei ’ t tbles, wore precipitated to the platform in a bunch. No one was serious ly injured, though the incident almost created a panic. The people behind heard the crash and began to l ush away front the snot. Women ereamed and a sceuo of confusion, lasting sevt ral minutes, followed. In tho meant lino the president, who had b. , n standing, hat in band, grew pale from the exertion of keeping his place in the jam, and tho mob behind was eb ared back a trifle. th:. I'lusiims r s siwceit. It v as soon after the election of ISSI. that an old resident of your city «iisearnei tly urging me to pay souuvi-ii. 110 rii.lmo oi to nieet all object o.s that were started and insisted, with unyielding I e timieity. that the invitation should be accepted. At last, and after all persmi i in seemed to fail, he vehemently bloke out with tliisdeelaialion: *T’eo pbe up w here I live, don't think a man is tit f>r pre, idem wlm I a never s -eii cideneo." 1 have often thought ot im - meident, >im e that lune, and some tin e- win n I have tell that I was n ■< lining tor lie p,o,<le m l puli’u w itmeail that might be dom or nil that I would like to do, I have womb red wit tlier tbii would not have gone eu better it I bad vis ted i :■■■'. o. My ainazem; ut is t really increased when I rre.ill a little ree, nt ln-tmy. In' ISI3. the town of flticug.i I w.t- c.i.'. r,"mi'i 1. I |un Hie ,;Ue-ti n ~f imoipw attou tbirt en \otes were vast, one of whteli was in the negatives We loi.otknow the reason which ec niati -I i h.'< i It i .a mhisa.lver-i vote, bnt if he were In ;e lay. 1 believe be wm; d> ■ heartily ashamed of it. In five it y . ait r it-iuc< r ,«>r..ti<>ii a- a tow n, I t'ldea o held H- lir-t .1. <t u I'm't"w n ollivors, end i we me mid that the total tmte mi that occasion was twenty-eight. Wc look in vain fur any tracoof hoedli is iii those days, though w.e are told that the | lirsi btti bli ng const rm b’d alter the e-lablishment of tl o tint n wa; a log in : l. Y> n palliation, in IS,:;, when Tliitngo was uteorpt a’e 1 a city, was ‘l,<H.H>. t he nuntla f of It- inliabitmit.-in I>7l was :'>W),o3o, m upw -lid-, ami tl 0 valuation ot it- pis p sty p.ttii tibh .' 0 millions. Its itumen-e grow Tt ami volume ofbusin- -s had then made it a inarvi 1 among modern i Kies. St this tint" it was i isite lby a dire ful catniuif y, w it h< .ut j aral’el in oxt< ntanililestrin - lion, w hich thlcat'm -i all 1s p O’.uise of grentne-s and apparently ended its career. InOt t berof that i t ear a re oi em red w biclt bunted over an area w itr.lu the city of tweiHy-one hundred acres, kilhsl AX) p ’rsoiis, consumed g •.Cnh' buildings, made home . 10 ski people, an t .1 -Iroyed properly oi the j \.tl .. of tv .. him Ire l milliondollm-'. FheufoHow- I ed an . xti:>>iti.ii ot. tt rprl-o mil luwv.'ry as un : p’.ral elas t ~ d-a u rwuieb . alb d them forth. Tile clti'eti- <fi lie go lost UO li'.a in Imnentatioii, ' ml not fora mem m.laltlej 10-e faith In the sun destiny . f their city. Alm -t mnoii' it-1 ml cr; they commenced bust m—. au lip on its a-li. -th- > begun to build. Six i. n \, i.rs b.o e. i a—. •!, ami it o e has arisen here a I . is ma iv fold more lop'.ilous, more beautiful nn.l 1U I p: -; • O'.t“. tliwu you lost in IS7I. Who lime a m at, r i:.-.lit to be p’lotid and satisfed titan tho , :t■. • io of < li:<-.leX ci l ave -aid that a president . -ml tto- ■. Tlilea ;o. I mil here to see it and its li. dilml I", la rce hearted people But lieennse your citv i-s.> annt mid your inter, s - huge and ini i pr am. I know you will allow me to suggis: that I I.a. e loti at 1'...; a a w.ly sou ought to se * and know I more about. In p .mt ot fact, it would bo I Well lor sou to k-ep your c. c- ; closely upon it all the time. Yo'ttr servants i It .da.•ent- tie Ties me tllel to protect i s mr intet. ’-and ahi s our llorts to advaitee vmir Pie-IWK. S and w. 1! being. Yourhnstlitigtradean< ; your ss.'.uin cea-mm- i, lit its oi him 1 and brain ' wilt t y aid tl e:' -alts s. •. : r\o utiles-wisdom ; gtd le- tie jol • ofyour Roveriunent, and m-.'-s sour’.. e l-.•' ■■ mdedat tlie I'.tplt.il ol the uiili.in. ; ; It will I <• v ell for yon to forget that i:> the perform ance of s tnr|olit. al duties, wit.i iliaightfulness ■ and I tout uu lott-in ih, re t.o- not t>-’s a siig: „■ l , n-t be c. -- I‘s-o Pr. but tho ini;s>r!.int o 1: .a l."Il ot .. ' < j ' It wan I o’clock when the crowd began to i di-per-o. Ths re was such a jam that tho j president could not leavo tho' platform for | sometime. Finally, however, he got away. I faint with hunger and exertion and was : .’. ■itto t! e I‘iihni’T lu"i-i t.'t.n dinner and ‘ prot are f< r the rrsception In hall an hour. This’iigh some rsvcisilght ot the city author- I Bic-, there wore only six pol-menu n,u the de- I ' not this im rnhig on tho atrival of th train Karie.; l't< ' dent Cleveland ai dno provision ; was tnads'f or as, rce to licasl ihe piMce-sion, and eb. ar im' sticets. The tv,suit was een'u | sion and great delay. Vi. ally. Captain Gnr t ratson. ot tlie First Ch<v eland Troop, came to the r'setts'. He deta.lcd I ’.atooi s from bis comp.iny to clear the way. ami mn mg the en tire nnite this tine troop ]vrt. r.ned ti e duty of poll.s'ami sated the city from disgrace, i'his las l ba- > reatesl a gsKitl deal es talk, and many coninlimente have liet'ii paid to the Troop which is made up of wealthy young men s f tho s ity of Cleveland. XVrtU vuo bunting, it .utic vUeer, erashuig flirotigh the great r< tunda, a mob of 100,000 j.<- pb: ii. -hed like w ild beasts at I‘r - id' tit < . .eland and bis wife this alien on at the Ihilmer house. J twas a reception to the gen- < ral public and the chief magistrate, with his : radiant companion, had just descended the main stair, a. e. So thunderous was it that score of perspiring I trumpe ter.' sieined making a dumb show. In vain did police with clubs in band attempt to stop the rush. The rope barriers had been swept away at the fir.-t onset. It was well that a nook of safety had !.■•< n provided for Mrs. Cleveland. Immediately to the right of | the staircase was an alcove almost bidden in silken bunting and waving green plants. Into ; this she was hastily thrust, while the presi : dent, giving a single sweeping glance at the : surging crowd, plunged into its midst and sturdily shouldered himself, by sheer strength, ; into the place it had been de- ided he should .stand. Three times did files of j brawny dismounted cavalrymen seize ‘ the ends of one of the ropes that | had been dashed to the floor and strive to drag I back the eager multitude. Only with the aid j of a double cordon of police—the front line I backing against the crowd and the second ■ rank pushing their bltic-coated comrades for ! ward—did the lasso maneuvre of the soldiers bring the faint semblance of order. The presi dent was meanwhile shaking hands right and 1 left, till he was red in the face and UTI. COLLAR LAY LIMF ABOVE HIS black Prince Albert coat. Behind him and slightly to his right, standing at the entrance I to the alcove, a couple of stops above the I crowd, was Mrs. Cleveland, laughing merrily I at the president’s plight and bowing and smil ing good-naturedly at the crowd. She was . surrounded by a bevy of staid matrons, richly dressed, but all in .lark colors. In striking contrast was Mrs. Cleveland’s light, sky-blue silk bodice and Japan trimmed with "fleecy lace, a finger wide, to match. Her glossy . pompadour coiled hair and fluffy bangs were without ornament, but below glittered | a delicate neck chain and the lace that living I I from her shoulders was canght together at the line of corsage with a magnificent rosette of diamonds. Long inousquetairo gloves ot tan and slender serpentine , bracelets completed tho costume. Mrs. Cleveland looked tho persouifica • tion cf youthful health and Iteaufy as she step ped a little nearer her husband, when the first, appearance of flic line had begun to be formed j of the. people. At the head came a detach ’ ment of union veterans bearing aloft tlie tat ; tered bullet-riven battle flag of the 11th Kan sas Volunteers. A striking scene ensued. i While the president warmly greeted tlie old soldiers, one after another, tlie color-bearer I stepped forward to Mrs. Cleveland and gently ! lowering the old flag bado her clip off one of its precious shreds as a memento of the day. . I The w ife of the president gracefully complied ; and while the spectators went wild xvith en thusiasm, displayed her trophy proudly to ladies at her side. The president shook hands ' w ith redoubled vigor and an actual count at that juncture showed his gait to bo 101-. T V-SEVEN HANDSHAKES PER MINUTE. ' .Simplicity and lack of ostentation wore dis- I tingiiisliing characteristics of the reception to i President and Mrs. Cleveland this evening at tlie Columbia theater, where only those were admitted who had been formally invited by ; tho committee of citizens charged with that i duty. Ten thousand tickets hail been issued, I each admitting one man and his complement of ladies. 'I lie vicinity of tlie theater was jammed with curious spectators, who eyed closely the occupants of carriages rolling up one after another to tlie main entrance of tlie theater. No one had been admitted before the advent of tlie presidential party, and people who camo in carriages, as well as those who camo otherwise, were compelled to wait in lines stretching fully a block on the sidewalk in either direction from tho the theater. Within was a scene of rare loveliness. Barring a liberal display of stars and stripes, tho decorations were wholly composed of natural Howers and foliage, and the effect was •strikingly rich but subdued. Hoses predomi nated. not less than 70,000 having been utilized. The floor had been laid throughout the house level witli the stage and was beauti fully carpeted. Tho stage itself had been ar ranged to represent the reception hall of a modern mansion, though the walls were nearly hidden in tho profusion of ferns and palms. The president himself was in full dress. Mrs. Cleveland looked queenly in a loose-fitting, simply made, reception gown of dark mistletoe, green plush, cut moderately low and quaintly trimmed at the neck, and short sleeves with ancient lace. In her hair she wore a diamond brooch of exquisite workmanship. A neck lace of diamonds sparkled at her throat, while around her waist, contrasted with the rich, green plush hung a girdle of old-gold heavy cord and tassel. It seemed that she would never tiro of w elcoming the people who glided by her, proceeding either to the balconies or homeward rejoicing, and tho jiresident was no less gracious. A more noble picture it would be hard to find than that of the thrice hapny pair as they stood tonight the center of admir ation at tlie Columbia theatre. Chicago. October 6.—Swarms ot people again tilled all approaches to the rainier house this morning, eagerly watching for a glimpse of i’resident Cleveland when lie should emerge for the drive to the International Military en campment. Crowds of workmen and shop girls on the way to their daily tasks forgot for the time being tho toil before them, and press ed forward through tlie jam of country people and well dressed city sightseers. lie was accompanied by Mayor Roche, Gen eral Terrv, and a dozen lesser dignataries. I'.arlyas it was, and threatening as was the day, the sidewalks along the entire route were : lined with people, including thousands who, notwithstundlng their strenuous all day and evening efforts. all day yesterday, had failed txzsee tlie presithnt or his wife in the general confusion prevailing. The enthusiasm, however, was electric. Such bright faces, in the same numbers, were nevor seen before There must have been fifty thousand men, women and children gathered within a few blocks of the station. All streets leading to that thoroughfare were choked up completely w ith the press of human beings. Above the heads of the crowd could bo seen helmeted military. They were a fine lot of men. in all four companies, cavalry and artillerv. Their arrival occasioned a sensa tion, which grew more and more tumultuous as the presidential equipage appeared on the scene. Tlie crowd was entirely good natured. Itsone w ish seemed to bo to expre s respect for tlie president and his lady. Although bois terous at times, as all crowds are. this one. was on its good behai ior, and readily obeyed the requests of the police to stand back and leave a . '< arspare through which the president might pass. A- tho president’s carriage moved away the military formed around it, and the tumult uous crowd with wild cheering fell in behind. Tho president took oil his hat the moment he got into tho carriage, and bowed and smiled as roaring cheers wont up. Ho seemed well pleased with his welcome, and ho might well bo, for it was royal. Mrs. Cleveland wore a black traveling dress and looked fresh and charming. On the way to the national encampment this morning. President Cleveland expressed a desire to see the historic site of the Uaymnr i ket massacre. The president’s carriage wa ' turned from Washington boulevard and drivs en rapidly to the scene, whore Mayor Roche I tleseribed the details of the terrible tragedy. ; The president viewed the scene with profound interest. A ludicrous incident occurred at the entrance to the encampment grounds. The president's carriage got STI CK IN THE MTD. There was not a moment's time to spare.and the i prancing bay- were smartly lashed with tho . whip. It was nip and tm k with mud th.it was made thick and sticky by rain during the 1 ight. Finally, the vehicle containing tlie ■ chief magistrate of the nation gave a terrific i lunge forward, and was gone from tho laugh , inp: cheering crowd. A rapid drive past two | or three thou<;iu 1 troops drawn up in line, a I thundering salute from the artillery, and bows : and smiles to a couple of tiiousands of spc. ta i tors in tlie stands, completed tho ceremonies I at the ciu ampnient. Mrs. Cleveland g.ici out from tho windows I of her car with a decided int rest that height <■", .1 when t't • p: sident stepped from the in oming train m an adjoining track and hi ;-kly wa \» dto her side. .At once a el.urus of entreaties went up for them to conte out t u tl.o platform. •■We want to see Mrs. Cleveland." and “three diet rs for Grover.” were the cries. XVheu Mrs. Cleveland in her green traveling dress and the president, with head uncovered, appeared nt the rear doer of tho train, a rnightv eh. er rolled through the dep t. Just then ti e train began to move, a bur-t of sun shine lit up tl.o scene, and while the multi tude yelled itsejf hoarse the president and bis fair young wife w'avvd a farewell to Chicago. Milwaukee, October th—Up to today Mil wauke* had been only once lionorcd by the presence, as her guest, of a prcsld.nt of the United States. Today the < ity is glowing with patriotism over its second opportunity to do honor to a chosen rulerot tho people'. MTten the train finally drew into the depot and the presidential car was .brought abreast , of the temporary platform uj on which tlie president was to alight, an immense crowd 1 ' cheered repeatedly and ■SWAYED AX’D MTIGEII ABOUT THE DEPOT ; platform. A presidential salute was lire.! by ' a battery on shore, mid the revenue st. amcr i | Andy Johnson opened her ports and echoed a ’ response. The pre-arranged plans were quietly I put in operation, and an escort of distinguished visitors took up its position. Tlie military : presented a fine appearance. It was the larg : est parade of militia that has been sen in Mil i waukee since tlie great reunions in Ibso. As j tlic procession traversed the line of march there I were frequent bursts of cheering, and the pres- ■ ident bowed repeatedly and lifted his hat: in i response tn tlie cordial salutations. Buildings on both sides of tlie streets traversed by the , procession were tastefully decorated w ith the , national colors, evergreens, etc., some of the ' designs being unique as well is tasteful. On . Wisconsin street, opposite their club rooms, the Janeau club, an organization com- | posed of young democrats, erected ' a graceful arch of evergreens ‘ bearing the word, “Welcome,” and pictures ot ; Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland, and along the walk | in front of its quarters was a reviewing stand, from which members of tho club and their ' ladies greeted the president and his wife, and showered flowers upon them. Government buildings were also decorated witli national colors, and with portraits of tho and his wife. From the courthouse reviewing stand the procession resumed its march to Schlitz park, where the hand-shaking feature of the uro gramme was arranged to be carried out. 'Be hind the presidential carriage all the way up I to the park trudged a grizzled old Irishman, I holding aloft a banner inscribed with the words, | “The President and the Constitution.” He I had walked to Milwaukee all tlie way from i Neenah, Wis., w ith his flag for this purpose. He gave his name as John Sexton. At Scblitz park there was an avenue of arches formed of gas jets, large lyres of punctured gas pipes be ing placed above the center of each arch. Though it was broad daylight tlie gas was lit, and against a background of trees, pre sented a very pretty sight. Tlie president was ; stationed on the platform in the main pavilion i inside the park, surrounded by the citizens’ i committee. Some slip in arrangements caused ! considerable confusion, the crowd becoming ' masted inside the, building in such a manner that people could not get out, while they kept pouring in like a stream. At one time the president and party were in danger of being swept ol! their feet by the surging throng, but the police finally managed to keep the crowd in check. Tlie president’s reception lasted an hour. He was to tired of j handshaking, as he himself observed, that j most of the time Ito kept his hands behind him and simply bowed as tho people passed. Many of them wore not satisfied witli this, however, and persisted in touching his clothes w ith their hands. From Scblitz park the party drove to the exposition building, and thence, after a brief rest, to Plankinton house. Mrs. Cleveland had left her husband curly in the afternoon, and at 8 o’clock dined at the rosidenee of John L. Mitchell, resident mana ger of the Soldiers’ home. Tho dinner party was confined to the chief guest and ten ladies. From here Mrs. Cleveland was driven to the residence of James K leek, on Grand avenue, where she gave a public reception lastinguntil !) o’clock, when she was driven to tiie Plankin ton house, where she. listened to tlie toasts, at the Merchants’ banquet, front tiio balcony of tho dining hall. Just 350 guests sat down at tlie banquet ten dered by the Merchant’s association, this evening to the president, including leading republicans, democrats and mugwumps, from all parts of the state. Tho dining liall was elaborately decorated w ith ferns and palms. The guests remained standing until the arrival of the chief guest of the evening. Mr. <'leve land entered on the arm of Mr. C. E. Andrews, president of the. Merchant's association. He was received w ith applause. At 10 o’clock. Mrs. Cleveland appeared in the balcony of the dining room to listen to tho toasts and’res ponses ami was gieeted with great applause. Immediately after tho applause had subsid ed, Mr. Andrews made an address of welcome. As President Cleveland rose to respond' he was greeted with vociferous cheering. Mr. Cleveland said: I feel like thanking you for remembering, on this occasion, the president of the United States; for J am sure you but intend a respectful recognition of the dignity and maortaneo of the high office 1 may be for the time Ixading bi 11 .st for you, and lor the American people. It is a high ofli. c. because it rep resents the sovereignty of a tree and mighty nation. As an Amcrienu citizen, J can choose fr. m the mass of fell iw countrymen to assume fur a time this re sponsibility and this duly. 1 aektiowlcdge with patriotic ratistaetion your tribnte to the office that belongs to us all. And because it belongs tu nil peo ple, the obligation is manifest on their part to main tain coustauf and continuous wati lifiiluessand inter est concerning its care and operation. Their duly is not entirely done whi n they have exercised tlieir suffrage and indicated their choice of an meumbent, nor is their duty performed by settling dow n to bit ter malignant and sen. oless abuse of all that is done, or attempted to be done, by the incumbent selected. The acts of an administration should ’.’.otto ap proved, e.s a matter of course. f. r no better rc isou than that it repr. nis a political party; but more unixitriotie than all others are those who, having neither p.arty discontent nor fair ground of criticism to excuse or justify their conduct, and because of personal disappointment, who misreptesent for sensational purposes and who profess to see swift destruction in the rejection of their plans of govcinmeut il managemeiit. After all we tied have no fears that the American people w ill permit this high office of president to suffer. There is a patriotic sentiment which, in the midst of all piiriy feeling amt all party disappointment, w ill assert itself and will insist that the office which stands forth ■ pe. p’e's w ill. shall, in all its vigor, minister to their prosperity and wclfaie.’’ Milwaukee, October 7.—Tho day opened bright and beautiful after a regular down-pour of rain during the night, ami everything tend ed to make tlie few remaining hours of the president’s stay in Milwaukee of a most pleas ant nature. AVhcn tlie cavalcade arrived at tho Soldiers’ I homo | MAIMED VF.TEB XNS WERE DRAWN IT IN LINE I and saluted the president and his w ife as they drove down the line and grounds, cannon on I tlie green sward in front of the homo building i meanwhile booming forth a presidential salute. : The time left before the departure of the train was so brief that no stop was made, and the I carriages drove very rapidly through the south ; side of the city and up into the residence por ! tion of the seventh ward to Lake park, where I tlie handsome driveway '.cd down to the North ’ western depot. A large crowd had gathered I about the decorated pavilion on the platform ! for fully an hour before the dtstinguislied : party arrivedaud when the president’s carriage I ante into view it was greet'd with a round of I cheers which continued until the train left the depot. Tlie appearance of Mrs. Cleveland on the platform, was the signal for an especial out l burst of enthusiasm from the ladies, who I waved their handkerchiefs and parasols in : accompaniment to tlie . heeling. -Mi s. Cleve land looks bright and fresh, notwithstanding tlie continual round of receptions and levees w hich she lias undergone, and smiled sweetly as she accompanied her husband to tho car. ■ Colonel Vilas was also the recipient of a burst I of applause as he stepped out of his carriage and vanished into the president's car. Madison. XVis.. October 7.—The president’s : train left Milwaukee according to the iliuntina- I ted special time schedule halt an hour late. ' The town of tw o hundred thousand inhabitants I covers an area of forty-two square miles, and there seemed to boa wish on the partof the au thorities to show the president c.eryouo—both of inhabitants and square miles. Hence tho delay The inn to Madis. n was charming. . It was through a lake and hill country, whoso ■ lands are as fertile as thoseof Italy. Villagers along tho way speed the passing train with their cheers, and in several instances stations and streets were adorned with evergreens and I streamers. President Cleveland said: Aller a week sprat m travelhn.l in vbltlo'.- thejw t la of the Ki. al west. WC l.axc WUIC to TCst ' t ' ; the c»p«nTofWiKon»tn, known M tire m st I anti i ivii’.n' We have come to s.vy’.ur lake.; ivi i tT- • well d<se:v.-<t. i,-. ar-a .t t.'tm.l. rtx; d .t v■; ■ need <-r tlesire re? T so mv.eh that we do not .arc to , ■ .1.-ta xc 1 ;.<".gli\ve see tU.in at iht.r h the first time, they arc not unknown to us. We I know you «t U>« «esi oftbo national g ven rent , ' tl'ro.i... y. ur kl’.o-.v tow n-r.tan, win ha-,!u::e lit: r , to Ills heme and to bn .J.I. is bv li.e I mo® mccev.r.;l and conaclentious perfoinw.me of ' . an imp> rtant pubk. latynn.l has urr., I. us lie bus re.-eis eo. H e r s ect and eetcem o:' every citizen who desires the welfare of his < ot.ntre So • , our deilre P> actually s.e you.mi dto kr. n you’t et . j ter, is perfectly nat ord. It seemed to me’ w ben I I planned the trip, which we have undertaken, that’ M I- n >’.'l be 1 , r place at wbit’h to ira';- •ur iii :st p for re t. I i.avc always observed tiutt v. l’t :i n ti: in want-, to <lo something of this kind, ’ .unquiie re-.c.ly :nd away t > justify it. So when I eonecived the idea of staying ut .Mr.dlson : over Suinl.iv, and t 'stiug the kiu.lness of li.r citi zens and the h isp.tal t ■ of the postmaster general, all 1 luul to ib. was to imagine that we wo".l.l be very much fatigued when w e r a-bed here, and in : need of tl.e rest 1 was dele mined we should I have. ‘thus, we are here, and tired <nouglf to Justify ray plans. 1 ~t:i ;:: ■<only satisfied t ’.ut all ; the d- eriptionx of yon-' ity. w.th which I have been iiivi.rr-d, have f ile 111 .Ive rae an adequate id■ :> i.f li-1.":iu;y; ol it< I.ioa lun i plea-ant streets ; and of its lue public and private buddings. 1 am. I aheady prepared to venture the as. ertion, based : upon very slight observetions, that this is tl. • homo or a kind, hearty an I hospitable people. The iu. I’tiene? upon the community of such a university usliasitssc.it here, t c alma m .ter of hundreds of. u.-eful and educated meu s. uttered throughout our cnti:o western cmn'.ry. is greater than nt a first gl.mec H’piecfati d It o-ers a ■ enain relin "inent and cultivation which ran. rein al homes within' its spj . . the nur- .- lie ■ea ly'.ind intellireut citizenship, lex p;et I . heartily cn.ioy my stay here and to always lu ' aftel: : sh pleasiug recollections ot your city and its inhabitants. Madison,Wis., Octobers. —This is good fish i ing weather, and the president and his com ; panions have gone fishing on Lake Mendota. The president’s fishing party returned at six ' o'clock. They had excellent luck and brought between thirty and forty good-sized fish as i trophies. The party, clad in water- i proof garments, 'betook themselves ' again to tho rowboats and continued their I snort imtil nearly dark. The president caught eight black bass, the two largest being re spectively four and a quarter and four and a half pounds. These were the heaviest fish caught, The total catch was twenty-one black bass, thirteen pickerel and a few white bass and perch. The president fished for black bass and Bill Dunn, his oarsman and local authority on fish ing matters, declares, with emphasis, that he (president) certainly does know how to handle a rod. A COLLECTION OF HOBROES’ I Human Skins Used for Purses, Slippers and Other Things. From the Philadelphia News. I notice with surprise that there is consider able ado iu Paris over the fact that two purses were made from pieces of the skin of the recently be headed murderer, Pranzini, and presented to police I officials, who are threatened with removal in conse i quence thereof. I did not know that the French j were ovei-sqeamish in such n alters, and I certainly ’ was not aware that we bad advanced beyond them i in the indifference with which wo view the horri ble. I ara certain that all of jo.i shuddered when you read how tho crowd that surrounded the guil - lotine ft u ;ht for opportunities to dabble their band kerchiefs in the blood which had spurted from Pranzini’s headless trunk, 'that was simply dra matic ghastliness. But tlie more practicsl glmstli i nes.s w hereby the woman-slayei’smurvelously white j skin—which, It is said, iwinated lus victims and lured them to tlieir doom—w as put to a better use than it had over known lefore, awakened, lam sure, no .sympathetic horror iu this country, or cer tainly in this city. Pranzini’s body was given over to tho doctors, and when once wo have made that dispasition of a corpse, wc-don’t Ijother ourselves about what be comes of it. We know in an indefinite sort of way that medical students hack at them in order io accustom themselves to a like treatment of the liv ing. We know that some of our fellow men have their bones scraped clean and then w ired together, and forever after dangle in a doctor’s closet or in a college class room. Bnt of the ra.my other service able uses to which some of our defunct brethren are put we know but little. I remember that t'.vo.ot three years ago I incidentally referrel to a promi’ nent physician of this city wearing shoes made from, the skin of negroes, lie still adheres to that cus I tom, insisting that the tanued hide of an African ! makes the most enduring ami the most pliable I leather known to man. I Only last week I met him upon thestreet with a : brand new pair of shoes. 1 looked at his foot wear, ias I always do—his pedal coverings have an irresist ’ ible lascinat ’o i for me—and said with a smile, “Is the down trodden African still beneath your feet?” In tlie most matter-of-fact way and without the shadow of a smile he answered, “I suppose you mean to inquire if I still wear shoes made of the skin of a negro. 1 certainly d>, and I don’t pro pose changing in that respect until I find a leather that is softer and will last longer and present a bet- Itrappc.irance. I have no sentiment about this mutter. MA.yu I a soutl-erner—in tho American reuse of that Word —I might be accused of being ac tuated by a race prejudice. But I am a foreigner by birth, although now an American citizep by uat- I uializati. n. I fought in the rebellion that tho blacks might bo freed. I woul d use a white man’s skin for the same purpose if it were sufficiently thick, ..nd if any one had a desire to w .-ar my epi dermis upon his feet after I have drawn my last breath he has my ante mortem permission.” The doctor’s shoes always exhibit a peev.li trly rich lustrousness iu their blackness. He assures mo that they never hurt his feet. The new pair he was using when I last saw him. emitted no creaking sound, and appeared as comfortable as though they had been worn a mouth. Their predecessors, ho told me, had been in constant use for eight mouths. II - obtains the skin from tlie bodies of negroes which have been dissected in one of our big medi cal colleges. Tire best leather is obtained from the thighs. The soles are formed by placing several layers of leather together. The skin is prepared by a tanner at Womelsdorf, sixteen miles from Read ing. The shoes arc fashioned by a French shoe? maker, of this city, who knew nothing of the true character of the leather, but who often wonders at its exquisite smoothness, and says that it excels the finest French calfskin. Do not for a moment think that this doctor pte- I seats an exceptional case of oue who puts the hu man skin to a practical use. Medical students fre quently display a great variety of articles in which the skin or bones of some dissected mortdl has been gruesomely utilized and in bursts of generosity they sometimes present these to their friends, who prize them highly. One of the du lest dudes in town car ries a match safe covered with a portion of the skin of a beautiful young woman who was found drown ed in the Delaware river. It still retains its natural color. Another young man with whom lam ac quainted carries a cigar case made of negro skin, a ghastly skull and cross bones appealing on one side in relief. One of the best known surgeons in this country, who resides in this city, has a beautiful in strument case entirely covered with leather nrado from an African's skin. A young society lady of of this city wears a beautiful pair of d irk slippers, the remarkable lustrousness ol whose leather inva* : riably excites the admiration of her friends when j they see them. The young doctor who presented j them to her recently returned from an extended ' foreign tour, and he told tier that he had purehased j them from Turk in Alexandria and that he did not ’ know what st >rt of leather they were made of, but lie suppose-i it was tlie skin of some wild animal. As a matter of fact, the skin came from a negro cadaver .-.•. l.lcli cnee was prone on a Jefferson college dbsectingtable, and tire leather eras preiaretlln Womelsdorf. Tho rosettes on the slippers were ■ d 'tly f.tshi -nod from the negro’s kinky hair. You n ay think all this very ghastly and very : dreadful, but, as the d ictors say, it is nothing when ■ you become accustomed to it. Medical men natu ' rally become callous in such matters, and death I loses for tlicin many of its terrors; until, of course, they theniso'.ves have to look the grim monster I lr. t'.ic i■' .e. I have sren young medical students who w. :< most fastld.o is in ordinary matters place I tl.eu ligl ted cigars on the ba 0 skin of the corpse I they w. :<j . u ting while they p cred more clos. ly at 1 tiie artery they were studying, and when the exam ination was completed, pick up the weed and renew I tlreirsm.kiiig. And even in thismatter of tlreutili ration of the human skin medi. al men hax-eancient pre. . <’c:i: o guide tbem. In Palermo, Italy, tho . judge .-i. o.i benches covered with the skinsoi 1.. al ' :■-.■> who l ave been executed k#r ollen?cs itgt.i: > uv law. Can you imagine a spectacle more j cuk ukitcd tv strike terror to the hearts of evil-tbrers? I'll OICTANT ISATTI.E IN AFBIC X. la nd n Dl-ratelr to New York Sun. A win. ago it v. us rejiortcd that Mwanga. the 1 king . fUgandcg who lias made lilmself famous by mt;; Bishop 11. nuin.raa and Luudr.-ls oj : nat.vct.it’--.. had s-.-iit an array north to eat up h l-vUviuy, Kabl.;; 8.-.a, the king of Unyoro, The 1.-. - ng • who r< tu::i-.l t" Zanzibar lost week, af ter lufuim . g EuiinPashatl.it Stanley was comln it to hi- r.-lu-r. raj- the war I as been a 1 ot and bloody str-.ic-’le, and that Mwanga, who sits In the . rat of ;- r tnat thirty six c i.,. .-ri- ,• kings of Uganda j ha'.-'Oct":. I, has been bally defeated. The nil-.-is f Uganda ter centuries have l.ecu ! b?.”.’intlj- s-.-c.-sful In warfare. Even f-.iyorc i with it- •>'■ ■>.> inhabitant and its tiro-.<l king?, 1 who came fro.:i the warlike Cialliui of East Africa. ' j has long le. :i ll’.tle m >re tl.au a suzerahity of U-gun , -A. . ."I. L now tl.e ai y i -.ll>lo 1.. . I . o . , ,' K. b. ilc-o. -.»air Sam.-IB k says ..a; d-.-plsvd’Ly Mtcsa, tl.-r fa- , tl.c-r X! u:i,a, a j-eis-jg wvrtLy ouly vfeuu- [ tempt.