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Woman's Independence.
The increase In the number of self
supporting women, especially notice
ably in our large middle class, is creat
ing a new problem, the economic as well
as moral significance of which is inter
esting, savs Sara Y. Stevenson, in July
Lippineott's. If women became men's
intellectual equals whilst retaining
their moral superiority, a serious com
petition must be established, in which
the nonsmoking, nondrinking and gen
erally more orderly employe must sur
vive as the littest in the struggle for ex
istence. On the whole, however, the
close contact in which men and women,
are brought through education and co
exertion is beneficial to both. It adds;
to woman's strength, clearness of judg
ment and business capacity, whilst bj r
increasing his respect for womanlg un
derstanding it tends to raise man's
moral standards to a level nearer to her
awn. Pessimists have claimed that the
"new woman" in exchange for her re
cently acquired fields must lose the
sliivalrous attentions granted to her
grandmothers. But so long as men and
women depend upon each other for love
and happiness there need be no fear of
that. Indeed, such a fear would imply
that modern man has stood still when
woman lias progressed. Such a thought
cannot be entertained. Man is not like
ly to refuse the dignified, well-informed
woman who sympathizes with his high
est aims and who strives with him to at
tain them the physical protection and
the courtesy which he has so lavishly
bestowed upon the woman described
by Mr. Kipling as the woman who
"never could know and did not under
stand."
In 1557 Postmaster General Iloratio
King, of President Buchanan's cabinet,
appointed Melvira E. Stone postmis
tress at the little village of North Ox
ford, Mass. Miss Stone was the second
woman ever appointed to that position
in the United States, and has held the
position ever since—for -12 consecutive
years. She is said to have held the of
fice for a longer term than any other
person in the country. She is a cousin
of Clara Barton, of the Red Cross, with
whom she used to make mud pft's in
their early days. Political parties may
come and go, but no administration has
yet ventured to disturb the manage
ment of the North Oxford post office.
Three lads who mistook William
Rarnes, a wealthy resident of Port Nor
folk, for a sea serpent and shot him
through the chin while he was swim
ming were arraigned before a magis
trate and tlicir cases continued one
week. Parsons, the boy who fired the
ehot, declares that he and his compan
ions were frightened by the antics of
Barnes, who Is an expert swimmer, and
when headed for their boat feet for
ward,spurting water, they thought him
a ferocious monster of the deep, and
fired. Barnes will recover.
One of the girls in the mills at YVa
tervillc, Me., several months ago wrote
her name and address on a piece of
cotton. The other day she received a
letter from a lady in Arizona, who said
that the cloth had been purchased by
Uncle Sam, and was being cut up for
garments in a school for the Apache
Indians there. It was but a few years
ago that ihe Apaches, ihe most cruel
and fiendish tribe North American
Indians, -were taking scalps instead of
making shir's.
What a cosmopolitan city New York
is was strikingly exemplified the other
day in Jefferson Market police court.
Two men were answering to a charge of
fighting on. Seventh avenue. One of
them was a Belgian and the other a
Swiss. The policeman who arrested
them was a German, the court inter
preter u Greek, the judge an Ameri
can and a policeman who went to L.e
assistance of his brother officer in stop
ping the fight an Irishman.
Clarence Baker, a local barber of Lin
coln, Neb., after five attempts to get
into the I nited States regular service
has been accepted. He was examined
. the mornjng and was found to be
four pounds under w eight. lie was told
to drink as much water as his stomach
could comfortably hold and return after
dinner. Ilis weight was satisfactory at
the afternoon examination, and he was
accepted.
DEMOCRATIC MANAGERS.
Tnlk of a Shirt In the Control of Na
tional Affairs In the
Party.
Humors continue to be circulated
from St. Louis of certain mysterious
combinations in politics which have for
their object a change in democratic na
tional leadership. Ever since it was
decided last May in that city, at an
informal conference of democratic na
tional committeemen, to put a younger
and more active politician than Sen
ator Jones, of Arkansas, at the head of
the national organization, gossip has
busied itself in Missouri over the ul
terior and hidden significance of the
shift about to be made in party man
agers. Ex-Gov. William J. Stone, it
was unanimously agreed, was to be
Mr. Jonas' successor as head of the
national committee, and with his ad
vancement it was confidently predicted
n new and powerful factor would be
created in democratic politics. What
role Mr. Stone would play in the presi
dential struggle of 1900 was, of course,
not clearly defined; but hints have not
been wanting that he would dispute
with Col. Bryan not only the control
.of the machinery of next year's na
. ional convention, but even the nomi
nation for the presidency itself.
Too much importance should not be
attached to these whisperings from St.
Louis of a covert or open campaign to
transfer to other shoulders than Col.
Bryan's the burdens of party leader
ship. Gov. Stone's abilities are unques
tioned and his political ambitions are
doubtless far reaching; but there is
nothing in his attitude so far to indicate
that he hopes to displace Col. Bryan
as the recognized leader of the. western
and southern democracy. Indeed,
whatever Mr. Stone's personal inclina
tions may be, he is too good a politician
to invite the difficult and unequal
struggle involved in any attempt to
break Col. Bryan's present hold upon
the party. Though Mr. Stone's eleva
tion to the temporary chairmanship
of the national committee was accom
plished without friction recently at
Chicago, his choice for the post in
no way challenged Col. liryan's pres
tige; nor did the ex-governor's elec
tion qualify in the slightest the easy
mastery shown by the Nebraska leader
both in influencing the committee's
deliberations and in shaping, as its
mouthpiece, next year's campaign pol
icy through his Auditorium speech.
The odds against Mr. Stone in a con
test for the party leadership would,
under present conditions, be practically
overwhelming. As an expansionist he
is clearly out of touch with the bour
bon sentiment of a party which has
acted pretty consistently on the theory
that the chief business of an opposi
tion is to oppose. Suspected of luke
warmness to the cause of silver, he has
incurred the hostility of the extremist
free coinage organizations which have
undertaken the burden of keeping the
party loyal to the platform of 1890. In
volved in dealing with eastern politi
cians of the Tammany stripe, he is
distrusted by the southern leaders, who
since Mr. Cleveland's election in 1892
have lost faith in alliances of any sort
between the south and the east. More
over, as a committee room politician,
pure and simple, how could the Mis
souri ex-governor be expected to hold
his own against a rival who not only
knows the tricks of the cabinet, but
can enforce his purposes and policies
through a gift of oratory which few
American politicians have been fortu
nate enough to command.
To our way of thinking, no vacancy
exists at present in the important post
to which Mr. Stone is thought by his
St. Louis friends to aspire. Nor, if Mr.
Bryan's political activity continues,
will the placard "Leader Wanted" be
lning out at democratic national head
quarters for some time to come. —N.
Y. Tribune.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
C?' William MeKinley was the "ad
vance agent of prosperity" for a fact.—
Indianapolis Journal.
EVThe old-school democrats of Ken
tucky never thought the day would
come when they would be obliged to im
port their principal speechmaking tal
ent.—Washington Star.
ICPBryan indorses the regular demo
cratic ticket in Kentucky, but adds that
he doesn't know anything about it.
That's a valuable certificate of recom
mendation. —N. V. Press.
IC'The able democratic editors are as
suming an assured tone when speaking
of John I*. Altgeld which seems to in
dicate that they have his obituary al
ready in type. —Chicago Tribune.
P"Mr. Bryan says he hoped to unify
the Kentucky democrats. Mr. liryan's
previous successes as a unifier were not
such as to have emboldened a less
sanguine disposition.—Albany Argus
(Dem.).
ICT'Mr. Bryan says the party is first,
the platform second and the nominee
third. The party that stood first with
Bryan in 1592 was that of Weaver, and
his versatility may again be displayed
in 1900. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
tCIn response to the threatened re
fusal of eastern democrats to contrib
ute to a campaign fund if Mr. Bryan
shall be nominated, the Bryan leaders
say in that ease they will raise the cry
of "a poor man's campaign" and make
their candidate popular on that line.
With his experience in handling gate
money, Mr. Bryan ought to be able to
finance his own campaign.—lndianap
olis Journal.
in?After Bryan has swallowed the
democratic candidate for governor of
Kentucky to help his own canvass for
t' » nresidcntinl nomination, he lias the
! *i claim it as an act of sclf-re
nuiiciuni If it were true, as Bryan
says, that he has "no personal or polit
ical interests to be considered when
democratic principles are at stake," he
would get out, and thus give the demo
cratic party a chance to make some sort
if a showing next year.—Troy Times.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1899.
FLOOD OF PROSPERITY.
The tiiiod Time* Have Mnile the l)em
ocrat* C'eane The! r C alamity
Honilug.
Among the many indications of pros
perity none are more remarkable, than
the car famine on the eastern and mid
western railroads. For two years the
output of new cars has been prodigious,
and yet there are not nearly enough
to handle the freight. The suinmel
wheat crop, it should be understood
has not yet begun to move, nor are
corn, potatoes, apples, hops and the
otherstaple crops oft he area mentioned
ready for shipment. So the glut of
traffic is mainly caused by shipments
of manufactured articles. The call for
these is larper than has ever before
been the case in the history of the coun
try, particularly for manufactures >4
iron, and despite an increase of price
along some lines we cannot see any
signs of an abatement in the volume
of demand. People who have lately
visited the east speak of the condition
of business there us surpassing any
thing that was promised even in the
most sanguine speeches of the McKin
ley orators three years ago. The strikes
that are happening among railroad men
are none of them against a reduction
of wages, but are carried on either for
the sake of a fairer ratio of pay toward
the new business done or in protest
against the overwork which follows an
effort to keep up with orders or to pet
relief from a congested demand upon
manufacturing facilities. They do not
alter the fact that money was never
so plentiful, industry so active nor de
mand so great. On the contrary, they
emphasize it.
When the commercial uplift first
brought the country out of the slough
of despond into which the Gorman-
Wilson bill had plunged it the demo
cratic fashion was to account 'for pros
perity by the prices realized for wheat
owing to the failure of the crop in
India and other places on the plobe.
No such explanation is possible now,
and that is the reason the democratic
journals have dropped the prosperity
discussion. They never allude to bet
ter times, except in their affidavits of
circulation and advertising, but are do
ing their best to raise issues against the
administration which will cause the
people to forget what they owe to it.
But the task is bound to prove too
great for partisan ingenuity. What
ever views the workingman may hold
on the subject of "imperialism" he
knows when he is well off and is quite
capable of voting to keep himself in
that comfortable situation as long as
he can.—San Francisco Chronicle.
SILVER SENTIMENT WANING.
Other Isxtie* Arc Now EnKnsrinn th«
Attention of tin- Majority
of lit- in of r<l tn.
Straws indicative of the political drift
are numerous, and they are uniformly
adverse to Bryanism and the extreme
silver element. One is not inclined tc
attach much importance to the Sarato
ga meeting of Van Wyck boomers. It is
impossible to discover anythinp inspir
iting in the record or personality ot
the ex-judge of Brooklyn. But the talk
in his favor among prominent south
ern democrats serves, at any rate, tc
impress the silver hotheads with the ne
cessity of studying popular sentiment
instead of assuming it. Politicians can
not make or dictate issues. If the peo
ple are not interested in silver it if
worse than idle to force that issue upon
them. With silver Bryan's political feft
tunes are inextricably involved. Sil
ver makes Bryan a logical candidate;
with the subordination of that ques
tion he becomes the most illogical ol
candidates. The Saratoga conference
is making itself ridiculous by the sol
emn advocacy of Van Wyck, but its real
object is to undermine Bryanism.
At Syracuse a conference of silverite?
and faithful Bryapites has just been
held. The leading spirits are not knowr
to fame, but it is noteworthy that they
quarreled among themselves and adopt
ed a platform that cannot suit the ultra
element of the party. Anti-imperial
ism, trusts and popular election of sen
ators are given as much prominence as
silver. The radicals bitterly fouplit this
declaration, but they were outvoted.
Thus was silver stabbed in the house
of its warmest friends.
After all. Bryan may not have sc
royal a road to a renomination as he
fondly imagined a few months ago. Dif
ficulties are multiplying, and the cloud
on his political horizon is already big
ger than a man's hand. Gen. Jackson,
of Tennessee, may be too optimistic in
saying that the party is about to right
itself and throw Bryanism overboard,
but a hard fight will be made. It is a
mistake to suppose that only the gold
democrats are opposed to Bryan and
free silver. There are plenty of "repu
lars" and ex-silverites who perceive the
folly of bourbon ism and defiant disre
pard of facts. These will have their
representatives in the convention and
will be heard with respect and involun
tary interest. —Chicago Post.
C7\Vhen the republicans gather to
gether next year there will be no un
certain sound as to *he money question.
Even thus early the republicans of lowa
liavedeclared t hilt "the monetary stand
ard of this country and the world is
gold." Tliey further declare that "tin
permanence of this standard must be
assured by congressional legislation,
giving it the validity and vitality of pub
lie law." The western republicans are
in the van upein the moni'y question
and they will be closely followed b\
their brethren in the east.—Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
rrit is a wonder that our meddlesome
"aunties" have not protested to the
Mexican government against the war
that is being made on the Yaquis. But,
of course, they won't. They could nol
make a political point against. Pits'
dent McKinley.—Cleveland Leader.
FIVE DEAD, TEN WOUNDED.
Itemrit ol' a Itlot Inatlualrd by Kx
< uhun Soldier* Itecaiise of Iteiuy in
Hri-civlng tlie Anirrirau Gratuity.
Santiago ile Cuba, Aug. 24. Five
men are dead and ten wounded as a
result of a tight Tuesday nipht be
tween {"endaj'nues and disappoint eel
Cuban soldiers at Cuevitas. three miles
from Santiapo. where the payment of
the Cuban troops is progress*iiij. Five
thousand ( iibaus had gathered there
te> receive pay, and after three davs
only 580 had been paid. Thousands
who had been disappointed at other
points had come to Cuevitas, as the
last place of payment in the province.
The imperfect list causes great dis
satisfaction and a rumor circulated
that' the paymaster would leave on
Wednesday alarmed the men who had
not been paid. They began to collect
in groups and to show their annoy
ance. Finally their threats became
serious.
( apt. Baliat with 20 gendarmes was
present to preserve order among the
and the I'nited States
j troops protected Col. Moale, the offi
| eer having charge of the payments.
I Suddenly Capt. Baliat, who was
mounted, was surrounded by a mob,
struck by stones and bottles and shot
in the arm. His men fired a volley
into the mob, three persons being in
stantly killed and IT! wounded, two
of whom died yesterday morning.
Col. Moale's guard promptly sur
rounded tttc money office, but took no
part in the fighting. For a few min
utes there was a lively conflict, car
bines and machetes being used freely.
Capt. Baliat was the only gendarme
wounded. All the dead were colored
Cuban soldiers.
Wednesday morning payment was
resumed under a hcav\ guard. There
are r'lniors that a force is being organ
ized 1o attack the pay office, but these
are probably unfounded.
There is no doubt that the inacurate
list will cause a great deal of hard
ship. Many veterans have vainly fol
lowed the United States commissioner
for six weeks, only to find that their
names are not listed.
SMASHED THE TARGET.
A Tent ol a New "»llcil Mioii'n tliat It
Could Mnli a Haltlefchip.
New York, Aug. 21.—At the Sandy
Hook proving ground yesterday an
experiment was made with a dynamite
shell which tnciled to prove that if it
had struck a battleship the latter
would have been sunk. The experi
ment was one of those ordered by the
board of ordnance and fortifications
and took place in the presence of mem
bers of the board. Maj. Heath, who is
in charge of the defences at Sandy
Book, and Willard S. Ishain. the in
ventor of the projectile. The shell,
made from about 900 pounds of ex
plosive gelatine, was fired from nn
ordinary 12-incli ritle mounted on an
Improvised carriape behind a shield.
The eharpe used for firing it was com
posed of common brown prismatic
powder. About 200 feet in front of
the pun a piece of Harveyized steel 12
inches thick and specially treated was
plaeeel at an angle of 45 degrees to
the line of fire. lichinel it was a thick
backing of oak, ami behind the oak
was a small mountain of sand, the
whole calculated to be stronger than
a battleship's side.
The shell struck anil exploded with
a terrific report. The steel target
was blown clear up the oak backing
and lay 17 feet to one side and at
right angles to the line the shot had
followed. Part, of the oak backing
anel the sand behind it were blown
away. Only four pounds of steel frag
ments of the shell were found. Mem
bers of the lionrd expressed satisfac
tion with the experiment. The most
destructive explosive known was used
in the shell. Tt was composed of PS
pi'r cent, of nitro-glyeerin. 8 per cent,
of gun cotton as an absorbent and t
per cent, of camphor. It is estimated
to be 25 per cent, more powerful than
No. 1 dynamite.
THE TANNERS' TRUST.
Pimm lor a Great < oiiiiiliie ol Leather
TO all lilac Hirer* are Porlceled.
New York, Aug. 24.—The tanners of
the east and middle west who have
been in this city working for a com
bination of upper leather manufactur
ers since August 1. are confident that
in a few days their organization will
be effected. The combination, they
say, will include nearly all the calf
skin and cowhide leather manufactur
ers between Wisconsin and the At
lantic ocean with the exception of sev
eral large tanneries in Milwaukee, and
will be known as the American Hide
and Leather Co.
In the statements issue-d to possible
purchasers, the authorized maximum
issue of capital stock is placed at $17.-
500,000, and $10,000,000 of (i per cent,
gold bonds. The real estate, machin
ery and buildings are valued at $7,000,-
000, raw material and finished product
at $0,000,000. The average earnings
for the last ten years of 23 concerns in
the proposed combination are set at
$1,600,000.
A S3<v»00,000 (iliiM < onihine.
Martinsville, Tnd., Aug. 24. —Manu-
facturers representing 92 per cent, of
the window glass manufacturers of the
country have organized a combine
which will be capitalized for s'lo,ooo
- It will be known as the Amer
ican Window Glass Co. anel will be in
corporated next week in both New
Jersey and Pennsylvania. The manu
facturers are to receive 40 per cent, in
cash for their holdings and 00 per cent,
in the trust.
ICoot TOt-aiift Kiislite**.
Washington. Aug. 24.—Secretary
Root returned to this city last nipht
from his visit to the president at Lake
Cliamplain. That the campaign in
the Philippines is to be pushed vigor
ously is evident from a remark the
secretary made to the reporters. lie
said that every man belonging to the
twenty regiments of volunteers now
being recruited will eat his Christmas
dinner in that country. Regarding
the reports that Gen. Merritt is to
-ueceed Otis in command of the troops
in the Philippines, Secretary Root was
noncommittal.
A REMARKABLE REPORT.
nfdlral 111 rector ol' a Mute Innnne
.%») I■■ in l» AI leyjrd to Have l.rd a
I.il»- of Crimp and Immorality.
San Friineiseo, Aug. 24. —The state
bewrel of lunacy commissioners met
here Wednesday to hear the report of
liov. Gape 011 the result of the investi-
JTT!TI <lr 1 s of the board into the condi
tions existing - at the Agnew asylum
for the insane, situated near San Jose,
Santa Clara county. Gov. (Jape's re
port is doubtless one of the most start
lii.fr papers of its kind ever presented
to a similar board for its considera
tion. It is based principally 011 the
career of Dr. Sponagle, medical direc
tor of the asylum, previous to his in
stallation as such. As a result of the
investigation Dr. Sponaple and two as
sistants, Drs. Stocking and Cristal,
have been removed, the assistants not
being charged with anythinp more
prave than incompetency.
The investipation of affairs at Ag
new was the direct result, of the birth
of a child to one of the patients. Sen
sational charges were made and the
investigation followed. Gov. Gape in
cluded in his report the testimony of
reputable people tending to show that
Sponaplc's career was one of gross
immorality and crime. Gov. Gape as
serts that in 1*92, while Sponaple was
a resident of Fresno, in this state, lie
was accused of tryinp to defraud a
Philadelphia insurance company,
whose medical examiner he was, out
of SIO,OOO, with the assistance of a
Mrs. Skinner, whose husband was dv
inp of consumption. The consump
tive's life was insured and shortly
after the first payment, was mailed to
Philadelphia lie died. Suspicion arose.
The insurance company made an in
vestigation and succeeded in pettinp a
confession from Mrs. Skinner showing
that a conspiracy existed. The mat
ter was dropped on Mrs. Skinner's
promise to turn state's evidence if
necessary.
The povernor says that Sponaple
was accused of criminally assaultinp
a woman patient. The charpes, while
almost conclusive, did not result in
anythinp and Sponaple left Fresno the
nipht after the charpes had been dis
missed. Gov. Gape further asserts
that I)r Sponaple was also accused, at
one time, of havinp murdered a Mr.
Tliurman, to whom he owed money,
rnd that several women patients of
TV. Sponaple have made charpes of a
serious nature apainst Sponaple. who
was attendinp them professionally.
The report of the povernor is of such
a character that it is unprintable, but
shows Sponaple up in even a worse
lipht than the forepoinp. The lunacy
commissioners adopted the report and
ordered the dismissal of Sponaple,
Rtockinp and Cristal. Dr. .1. 11. Crane,
of Santa Ana, Cal.. was appointed to
succeed Sponaple as medical director
of the asylum.
CELESTIALS ARE BARRED.
fien. Oti* Applies (lie i lilnese lixrlti
■ ion Aft to tlio ■ 'lilllppillc Inland*.
Washinpton, A up. 24. —The state de
partment has been informed through
a diplomatic channel that (Jen. Otis:
has applied the Chinese exclusion laws
to the Philippines. The information
was a surprise to the authorities here,
both state and military, as the m.itt 'r
has been under consideration for ::ome
time and it was not known that ' ien,
Olis had put the exclusion law into
force.
The first intimation in that direc
tion came in a disoateh received a few
days apo from tin 1 Chinese consul at
Manila, tellinp the Chinese legation
here that the exclusion law apainst
Chinese had been applied to the Philip
pines.
The state department knew nothing
of such an exclusion, and made in
quiry of the war department. The
military authorities, however, were
equally without information as to
Gen. Otis' course. Accordingly the
Chinese officials were advised that any
action taken by (ien. Otis in applying
the exclusion laws to the Philippines
was not the result of instructions sent
from here, but was doubtless due to
an exercise of his authority as pover
nor pcneral of the Philippines. What
further step the Chinese authorities
will take has not been determined.
In this connection the state depart
ment has received an Important letter
from Mr. Williams, our former consul
at Manila, who still remains there in
a confidential capacity lie says the
native Filipinos are strongly opposed
to Chinese labor, and in ids opinion
the exclusion of the Chinese from the
islands would aid in bringing the wai
to a close. lie places the Chinese
population at 52,000. which is consid
erably more than other estiina*'*.? tinrr
official sources.
The Chinese government has shown
more anxiety as to the course ot '.his
government toward the Chinese in the
Philippines than towards those in
Cuba or other parts of the world,
mainly because the Philippines ar3 sc
r ear China anil larg?' numbers of Chi
nese are established there. They
carry on the bulk of the retail trade,
have an extensive quarter in Manila
and send out travelinp salesmen,
carving packs, to the remote interior
of the islands.
1 ' fatality.
Big Rapids. Mich.. Aug. 24.—.T01in
Penning, of this city, was drivinp yes
terday with two daughters of John
Draper. A Detroit, Grand Rapids &
Western train struck the rip at May
nard's crcssinp. The oldest pirl was
killed and the other may die. Penn
ing has a bad scalp wound. lie wa*
carried 40 rods on the cowcatcher.
< IvnT'd lie Vocicty's Name.
Des Moines. la.. Aug. 24. —Gen. Rob
ert St. George Drvenforth. of Wash
inpton. was yesterday re-elected com
mander-in-ehief of the I'liion Veter
ans' union without opposition, (ien.
George I". T.udley. of South Dakota,
deputy commander-in-chief; Gen. W.
b. French, of Massachusetts, second
deputy commander. The other offi
cers heretofore elected, will be here
after appointive. A new constitution
was adopted, changing the name to
"I'nion Mattlenicn. or I'nion Veterans'
union " Each state shall lie a division
each.command a regiment.
ASTONISHED THE DOMINIES.
Sensational Rxanlt fff m Fancy Drru
rosluinr at a 7lliil«tr rial (•alherlne.
Judge E. 11. Martindale, of Indianap
olis, Ind., owns one of the handsomest
residences in that city—a large stone
mansion hidden from the street by a
thick grove of trees. It was in this
house that one of the most exciting
functions ever known in the Hoosier
capital took place many years ago, the
true story of which is now printed for
the first time. The judge, who was one
of the leaders of society and at the
same time was a pillar in the Presby
terian church, had issued invitations
for a fancy dress ball, which at the
last moment he had to withdraw be
cause of the presence in this country
of a large body of Presbyterian dele
gates from (ireat Britain on their way
to an international conference in the
west.
They were to be entertained at the
judge's on the night set for the ball.
Jt so happened that every guest re
ceived his notice save one, a merchant
named Woodward, who was on a trip
through the northwest. It also hap»
pened that Mr. Woodward had hit up
on the most startling disguise of anj
planned. He had bought a comple»»
costume of a Sioux war chief and in
tended making up as nearly like the
original as possible.
Mr. Woodward did not return to In
dianapolis until the evening fixed for
the ball, and, therefore, to save time,
put on his costume at his office and
drove to the Martindale residence in
his carriage, which he dismissed at
the gate. Through the trees and shrub
bery he glided stealthily until he
reached the house. Looking through
the window Mr. Woodward saw some
persons whom he knew and many of
whom he did not, but everyone was in
ordinary evening dress.
"They've unmasked," soliloquized
the war chief, "but I'll have my fun
just the same." Thereupon, stepping
upon a ledge, he made one spring
through the open window and landed
in the center of a group of Scotch del
egates, meantime brandishing a genu
ine tomahawk and Tittering shrill and
Mood-curdling war whoops.
The effect was astounding to the
masquerader. Some of the guests
fainted, others crept under the tables
and sofas or fled to t.he upper stories
of the house. It took only an instant
for Mr. Woodward to discover that a
terrible mistake hail been made. In
order to preserve his identity and
make his escape he gave a few more
whoops, executed a fearful danee and
darted out of the window into the
darkness.
It was explained to the foreign
guests that one of the Indianapolis In
dian triboK was evidently restless, but
that no further trouble need be fear
ed. As for Mr. Woodward, his side c.t
the story was not known for nearly
20 years afterward. —Philadelphia
Post.
SUNKHAZER FLIES OF MAINE.
Wor»t Than Jersey Momcinltoea and
KIUKIIIK HUK" Have .\O Cliunco
with Them.
Since reading in the newspapers of the
kissing bug and his doings all the people in
rural Maine have taken to capturing bugs
andinsectsof all sorts and bringing the speci
mens to town tor examination by newspa
per men and naturalists. Countless are the
kinds of bugs that have been taken to
Bangor in bottles, boxes and preserve jars,
and the captors all seem to be sorely dis
appointed when told that instead of the gen
uine kisser they have a moth killer, a lace
winged Hy, or something quite common and
harmless.
A man came from Veazie to Bangor the
other day with a ferocious-looking bug
corked up in a preserve jar and claimed the
credit ol having captured the first kissing
bug in that part of tne country. It was not
the famous kissing bug that he had, but a na
tive bug somewhat resembling a small lob
ster with wings.
"I don't care a hang," declared the Veazie
man, when told that he must try again.
"These tellers kin lick the stuflin' out of
Suukhazers, and that's what none of your
common bugs kin do."
Not many people living far away from
Bangor know what a "Sunkhazer" is like.
It is a ferocious big fly that infests the flats
and meadows about Jiunkhaze deadwater,
a place in the Penobscot river where the
water is slack and where millions of logs
are rafted. The Sunkhazers are the pest
of the loggers, upon whom they feast to
their heart's content, and nothing can drive
them awav. They are four times the size of
the famed mosquitoes of Jersey, and any
Maine man will back one of them against 3
dozen kissing bugs in a fair stand-up fight.
Maine folks have, probably, no kissing bugs,
but so long as the Sunkhazers survive they
will not feel lonesome.—N. Y. Sun.
Co«lj- Called for n Cut.
Col. Cody, the eminent scout, helped to
build a church at North Platte, and was per
suaded by his wife and daughter lo accom
pany them to the opening. The ministel
gave out the hymn, which commenced with
the words: "Oh, for ten thousand tongues
to sing, etc. The organist, who p.'ayed by
ear, started the tune in too high ir key and
had to try again. A second attempt ended
like the first in failure. "Oh, for ten thou
sand tongues to sing my great—" came th«
opening words for the third time, followed
by a squeak from the organ and a relapse
into painful silence. Cody could contain
himself no longer, and blurted out: "Star!
it at five thousand, and mebbe some of the
rest of us can get in." San Franciscc
W ave.
Trace*.
Sorrow had left its marks on her faee,
but she still showed traces of her forme?
beauty.
In fact, the bitter tears had washed ofl
only a couple of streaks.—lndianapolis Jour
nal .
Nil DPRpernndum.
Mistress—You once went to a fortune
teller, Kitty? Did she teil you anything
that came true?
Maid—No, ma'am; but I'm young yet!—
Puck.
I" r ° r Sak e of Fun ,
Mischief is Done.'' j
A vast amount of mischief is done, 1
too, because people neglect to keep their j
blood pure. It appears in eruptions, 112
» dyspepsia, indigestion, nervousness, I
t kidney diseases, and other ailments, •
I Hood's Sarsaparilla cures all disease* J
« promoted by impure blood or loiu state |
tof the system. Remember 4