FREELAND TRIBUNE. 1 PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. THOS. A. BUCKLEY,! EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE: MA 1N ST REE T ABO VEC EN THE. SUBSCRIPTION" KATES: One Year $1 5" Six Months 75 j Four Months— Two Mouths 25 Subscribers are requested to observe the figures following the name on the labels ol their papers. By reference to these they can ascertain to what date their subscription is paid. For instance: Grover Cleveland 2 4 June96 means that Grover is paid up to June 28. 1800. FREELAND, PA., OCTOBER 10. 1895. The three Republican organs of Wilkesbarre an' charged by the Leader and the Newsdealer with demanding money from the Republican county com mittee in return for their support of the county ticket. The sums asked for were 8000 by the Record , 8500 by the Times and 8300 by the Telephone. The organs, it appears, did not get their price, and. since the news leaked out. they have made indignant denials that money was at any time demanded. The Newsdealer, however, puts their honest} to a test by repeating its charges and offering to substantiate them if the organs will take the question into court. A "non-partisan judiciary" is about as stale a cry as "protection to Ameri can labor," and it has about as much weight in influencing the votes of ordinary citizens. There may be some people with a meagre quantity of brain matter who really believe that Luzerne should gratify this non-partisan plea and allow one of the seats on the bench to be filled by an Inexperienced lawyer simply because that lawyer is a Republi can, but the intelligent voters of the county prefer to see there a man who has had twenty-two years of active practice in the courts of Luzerne and who will have confidence enough in his ability, if elected, to sit as judge in a murder trial. It is all well enough to recognize the younger element in politics, but when it comes to selecting men for responsible positions, where sound judgment, ability and experience are required, such as are demanded in the controller's office, tho largo majority of the public will prefer by several thousand votes some one who has those qualifications, and their choice will naturally fall upon Squire Fennel*, who as burgess and councilman of Ash ley, and in his private life, has had the opportunities and availed himself of them to fit him admirably for the con troilership. A county with 250,000 population wants something more than a boy to manage its affairs, scrutinize the thousands of bills that are to be passed upon and keep guard over its finances. Mine bossing nowadays is counted a right fair job, and before you vote to raiso one of this class any higher just stop and think a moment. Ask yourself if a young man who was maimed for lib by an explosion in the mines, and whose disablitles prevent him from earning a living by manual labor, is not as much entitled to the position of recorder of this county as a mine boss. The Demo cratic nominee, James J. Maloy, our townsman, lias the education and tin ability to perform the duties of recorder. That is unquestioned. He is also the only candidate for a county office south of Nanticoke. He is the first Frceland citizen over recognized by any party on a county ticket. Consider those few ' reasons and then ask yourself why you should vote for a stranger, a mine boss, in preference. The Slavonians of the borough of Ed wardsvillo have organized a Democratic club, with eighty-five members to start with. The Polish voters are also ar ranging to organize in the same town, and the leaders of those nationalities assure the county committee that no less than 300 Slavonian and Polish voters in Edwardsville will cast straight Demo cratic ballots at the coming election. Heretofore, in that town, they have vot ed solidly with the Republicans and kept the latter in power year after year. In return, the party which was benefit ted by their votes lias repeatedly refused to recognize them and will not allow one of thorn on the local ticket, They now propose to cast their fortunes with Democracy, the old reliable party that recognizes all elements which contribute to its success. i There is not aorepresentative of the veterans on the Republican county ticket. The convention, of course, had an opportunity to nominate either Trout man, Westover, Osborne or Yost, all old soldiers, but these men did not line up with sufficient collateral and were left sucking their thumbs. Last year's majority gave Republicans the. idea that they can do without the veterans' vote this year, and accordingly the candidates witli war records were ruthlessly pushed aside and those with the open purse given a welcome greeting. John E. Perkins, the Democratic candidate for coroner, is a popular (1. A. R. man who served his country well when help was needed. This, with his ability to per form the coroner's duty, gave him a standing before the convention of his party which the delegates were prompt to appreciate, and they thereby recog nized the veterans of Luzerne, but not with the braggadocio that characterizes Republicans when they happen to give an old soldier a place on the ticket. Subscribe for the TRIBUNE. Americans Mistreated In China. J. 11. Hendry, who has reached Ta coma from China, where he has trav eled for many yejirs, traveled overland from Shanghai to Foo-Chow last year with two Englishmen. They were subjected to repeated in dignities. Several times they were com pelled to demand an audience of Chi nese otlicials to obtain information as to routes. The common Chinese hooted them and would render no assistance. On two occasions the mandarins re fused them an audience because tliey would not kneel to them. In other cases the officials, after offering 1 them tea and pipes, would ask them to leave as soon as possible. "Americans have no idea of the hatred of foreigners preva lent among Chinese," said Mr. Ilendry. "Even their dogs howl at European garb. In Foo-Chow placards were posted during my residence there of fering one hundred dollars reward for the head of each foreigner taken into the city. It is my firm opinion that missionaries accomplish very little in China. They court danger by going into the interior and should confine their work to treaty ports, where they have some protection." In the Midst of Alarms. Fatents for alarms are in great va riety in the patent office in Washing ton. One of them is set off by escap ing gas, another is designed as a safe guard for the unsophisticated visitor in the city hotels, llis effort to blow out the gas tilts a delicately-balanced elec trode, closing the circuit and giving no tice in the office of the hotel. An alarm in the office of a cemetery gives notice of an attempt to rob a grave. There are several devices for connecting rail way tracks with wires so that no train can enter a block while another train is on it. One of these stops the enter ing locomotive, shuts off its steam au tomatically and spills sand on the track. A new application of electricity is for a jail cell, the walls of which are composed wholly of bars, giving as much light and ventilation as possible. The bars arc of hollow pipes, carrying heat in winter, and arc connected with a battery. If the prisoner saws through one of them the circuit is broken and an alarm sounds. llioii and lofty jumpers have become so common nowadays that Sam Patch, if ho were to reappear in ono of his phenomenal performances, would fail altogether to attract notable attention. Of course accidents and loss of life are often the result of tho foolhardy at tempts at long-distance jumping, but this fact does not seem to abate in the least the feverish desire for notoriety on the part of adventurous persons in this particular field of competition. In the remote western states some re markable exploits in this line have been recorded. In one case certain bicyclists leaped from a high railway bridge into the river below, just byway of diver sion, there being no spectators to stim ulate them by their applause; but as a rule, exhibitions of this character have a mercenary motive, and would not be given if it were not for tho pecuniary profit they are expected to yield. TIIE Young Men's Christian associa tion of San Francisco lias seut the fol lowing petition to the city board of su pervisors: "We, the undersigned citi zens of this city and county, pray to the honorable board of supervisors to enact and enforce that it be unlawful for ladies to wear bloomers or knicker bockers, or any attire unbecoming the fair sex. We consider the above wear ing apparel—and we believe all good Christians will uphold us in our theory a perpetual menace to the good mor als of this city. We have consulted eminent physicians, and they all agree that it is unhealthy for ladies to ride bicycles. Furthermore, we have great compassion for the fair sex. Hoping our prayer will be received and special attention be given by your honorable body," etc. THERE is a good deal of information given to the world that is quite unasked for. A curious statistician has put him self to the trouble of counting the number of steps he took in walking | during the whole year. The number ho finds to have been 9,700,100, or an average of 20,740 steps a day. Going still further into the details, he de clares that over 000,000 of these steps were taken in going up and down stairs. The learned gentleman neg lects to state, however, what benefit be or his fellow creatures will derive from these careful computations. A PROMINENT geologist, who has been looking into tho formation of the bed of the Ohio river, forty-three miles be low Pittsburgh, says the old river bed is three hundred feet above the present water level, and he finds there stones of Canadian granite, whose nearest home now is on tho Canadian side of Lake Ontario. In the glacial gravel lie came across a rough arrow head, which he attributes to the glacial period, per haps three hundred thousand years ago. OWING to the scarcity of haj* the [ farmers in Niles, Mich., are cutting peppermint plants. Experiments have indicated that they give better results than timothy hay when fed to stock. Growers of peppermint have realized over one hundred thousand dollars this season from the oil. A TOBACCO famine is imminent in the United States. This will be joyous news to the women who abhor the nasty weed. PELTED WITH STIC KS. Rooters for the Champions Assail the Cleveland* in Baltimore. Baltimore, Oct. B.—The two-time clianiiyons yestorday made their first appearance on the home grounds in the Temple cup series. They had no trouble in placing the gametotheir credit. But two Clevelandites got beyound first base and another died at second. Esper pitched magnificently and was grandly supported, Keeler especially distinguish ing himself. Cuppy, too, pitched a good game except in the third inning, when five of the Baltimore's nine hits were bunched, aloug with his two bases on balls. There was a large police force on the grounds, but they had nothing to do as there was no disposition shown to in terfere with the players. Nor was there any particular commotion among the rooters, no noise-making device other than lusty voices being allowed in the incloure. After the game, however, there was a little excitement outside the grounds when the Cleveland club en tered its stage. Pelted with .Sticks and Stones. ! A crowd of several thousand persons had congregated in front of the club honse. Half a dozen of the over zealous , rooters who had become exasperated at the reports sent out from Cleveland to the efl'ect that the Baltimore players had been assaulted by patrons of the game in that city, began firing sticks and stones at the vehicle. The players lay down on the seats or upon the floor of the omni bus, and the missiles went wide of their intended marks. The Ruffians Fined. Three of the ruffians who were guilty of the dastardly attempt to injure the visitors were arrested, and the omnibus, with a number of policemen in charge, drove hurriedly away from the grounds, and arrived at the Carrollton hotel with out further incident. Later in the even ing the three stone throwers were fined s•"> and costs and given a severe lecture by Justice Murray at tiie Central Police station. The justice announced that if any more cases of a similar nature come before him he will not deal so leniently with the offenders. Attendance, 9,100. The scorco: Baltimore, 5; Cleveland, 0. UNCLE SAM ON THE ALERT. Prize-Fighters Cannot Meet In Indian Territory. Washington, Oct. B.—The managers of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight will meet with as effectual opposition at the hands of the United States government as they did with (iov. Culberson of Texas if they endeavor to pull off the big fight in the Indian Territory. The United States statutes are sufficient to prevent the fight, and steps looking to that end are now being taken by the interior de partment, and should the managers of the affair invado the Indian Territory they will be ejected as intruders. The class of people that will be brought into the territory to witness the fight are considered a demoralizing element to the Indians, and their presence is not wanted there. United States officers of the ter ritory will be instructed to see that the statutes are enforced and the fight pre vented. Ample means will be furnished to these officials to eject the Intruders and the chiefs of the live civilized tribes will be instructed to co-operate with the United States officers in the matter. Offi cials at Washington laugh at the absurd ity of the statement that the principals of the fight will join the Cnoctaws or some other tribe to enable them to suc cessfully cope with the authorities and pull off the mill. Such action on their part would not aid them in the least in the fulfillment of their object. WILLIAM W. STORY DEAD. Tho Distinguished Sculptor Dies in Italy. Rome, Oct. B.—William Wetmore Story, tho distinguished American sculp tor, died suddenly and painlessly yester day at the country house of Ids daughter, the Marquise Peruzzi, at Valiumbrosa. llis health had been failing since the death of his wife last year. William Wetmore Story was born at Salem, Mass., February 12, 1819. lie studied law in the law school at Cambridge un der his father. Justice Story of the supreme court of the United States, and published several legal works, among which were a treatise on "Contracts Not Under Seal." DID NOT KNOW IT WAS LOADED. A Boy Discharges a Gun, Killing His 1 Brother and Wounding His Sister. Tunkhannock, Pa., Oct. B.—Three children of S. E. Barrowcliffe, near Laceyville, were playing rabbit hunting with a gun supposed to bo unloaded. The 11-year-old boy, standing higher than his 5-year-old brother, pulled the trigger, tho load going through the lattor's shoulder and into the thigh of his 10- year-old sister. Tho little boy died in stantly. Tho girl will recover. ELECTIONS IN CONNECTICUT. Result of tho Voto at. a Number of Small Towns. New Haven, Conn., Oct. B.—Elections were held yesterday in 104 out of the 108 towns of the state. These are known as the little town elections. Four cities also elected municipal officers. Out of 130 towns reporting, ninety-three gave republican majorities. Forty-four voted no license, and forty-two did not vote on tho license question. I*lll Into Port for Repairs. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 7.—The large sidewheel steamer City of Jacksonville of the Clyde line of the St. Johns river service put into this harbor late yester day afternoon with her rudder disabled. As the sea was running rather high when the accident occurred, tho captain thought it prudent to run no chances. The damages to the steamer are slight, and she will probably proceed on her journey to-day. Cargo Damaged by Fire. Panama, Oct. B.—The Pacific Mail steamer City of Panama, which arrived hero yesterday, reports that when she was between Fonsala and San Benito fire broke out in her hold, and that before the flames were extinguished considera ble damage was done to the cargo. Big Lumber l ire. j Green Bay, Wis., Oct. B.—Fire yester day destroyed the docks of the Murphy Lumber company together with millions of feet of logs and lumber und a number of buildings. Loss $100,000; insurance • $07,000. The fire was caused by a spark from a tug. SOME QUEER NESTS. The Architecture of Hirds Is Very Won derful Indeed. A curious Australian bird is the little rock warbler (Origma rubricata), whose method of nest constructing is prob ably unique among birds: Mr. Gould writes: "The true habitat of this species is New South Wales, over which part of the country it is very generally distributed, wherever situations occur suitable to its habits; water courses and the rocky beds of gullies, both near the coast and among the mountains of the interior, being equally frequented by it; and so ex clusively, in fact, is it confined to such situations that it never visits the forests, nor have I ever seen it perching on tho branches of the trees. It does not even resort to them as a resting place for its nest, but suspends the latter to the ceilings of caverns and the under surface of overhanging rocks, In a manner that is most surprising; the NEST OF TIIE ROCK WARBLER. nest, which is of an oblong, globular form, and composed of moss and other similar substances, is suspended by a narrow neck, and presents one of the most singular instances of bird archi tecture that has yet come under my notice." Dr. E. P. Ramsay has also given an account of the species in the Wide Bay districts: "The rock warbler is a very pleasing and lively little bird, and seems to love solitude. I have nevei seen it perch on a tree, although I have spent several evenings in watching It. It runs with rapidity over the ground, and over heaps of rubbish left by floods, where It. seems to get a good deal of its food. Sometimes it will remain for a minute on the point of a rock, then, as if falling over the edge, it will repeat its shrill cry, and dash off into some hole in the cliffs. "The nest is of an oblong form, very large for the size of the bird, with an entrance in the side about two inches wide. It is generally suspended undei some overhanging rock, and is com posed of fibrous roots interwoven with spiders' webs; the bird evincing a pref erence for those webs which contain the spiders' eggs, and that are of a greenish color. The moss does not as sume tho shape of a nest until a few days before it is completed, when a hole for entrance is made, and the in- j side is warmly lined with feathers; but when finished, it is a very rugged struc ture, and easily shaken to pieces. The birds take a long time in building their nests; one found on the 6th of August ' was not finished until the 25tli of that month; on the 30tli three eggs were taken from it. "Of the Australian cliff swallow, the 'fairy martin' of Gould and other writers, Dr. Ramsay records an in stance in which he found a mass of nests fastened under an overhanging rock on the banks of tho Bell river. 'I counted,' he says, 'upward of one hun dred nests, all built together so closely j NEST OF THE FAIRY MARTIN. that many of tho entrances alone were visible, the nest itself being built round by others." Mr. Gould has given the accompany ing remarks on the species as noticed I by him in Australia: "I observed it throughout the dis trict of tho Upper Hunter, as well as in every part of tho interior, breeding in various localities, wherever suitablo situations presented themselves; some times their nests are constructed in tho cavities of decayed trees; while not in frequently clusters of them are at tached to the perpendicular banks of rivers, the sides of rocks, etc., general ly In the vicinity of water. The long j bottle-shaped nest is composed of mud , or clay, and, like that of our common j inurtin, is only worked at in the morn j ing and evening, unless the day bo wet | and showery. In the constructing of the nests these birds appear to work In small companies, six or seven assisting in tho formation of each nest, one re maining within and receiving the mud brought by the others in their mouths; in shape tlicir nests are nearly round, but vary in size from four to six or seven inches in diameter; the spouts of some being eight or nine inches in length."—Good Words. Tho Schoolmaster's Roast. Ly, tuy school The children, good and bad. I rule; The children rule their mothers. Sol The mothers rule tho men, you know; Tho men with ballots—understand— Eloctthe ones who rule the land: l So, consequently, from my stool The world and ull therein I rule. —U. C. Hodge, in Urooklyn Eagle. SMASHES ALL RECORDS. N. Y. Central Covers 436 1-2 Miles in 0 Hours and 47 Minutes. \ Stronff Ilcndwlnd and a Heavy Train Make It the Most Itemarkable Trip on Record—The Rest Time on English Roads. No prouder man ever stepped out of a locomotive cab than Roadmaster Wil liam Otis as he released his grasp on the throttle of the iron horse which, under his guidance, had whisked a New York Central train from New York city to Buffalo, a distance of 436% miles, in the anprccedented time of 407 minutes, or 5 hours and 47 minutes. The record breaking trip is all the more remarkable from the fact that it was made in the face of a strong wind blowing thirty miles an hour, and over i stretch of track that was in spots un even and depressed. Further than this 'he engine sped along with a traiD weighing fully half as much more than 'he English train which has held the record for sp many years. The official time of the run is: Left Grand Central station, New York, 5:40:30 a. m.; arrived East Buffalo sta tion, 12:84:54 p. m.; elapsed time, 0:54:27. The actual distance traversed was 436% miles, and the actual running time (ex clusive of stops to change engines), (3:47:00. This makes the average rate of traveling 04% miles an hour. The English record was 68% miles an hour. Two stops were made in order to change engines, at Albany and at Syracuse. The run of 88 miles from Syracuse to Rochester was made in 73 minutes. The passengers on the train consisted of 11. Walter Webb, third vice presi dent of the road; W. J. Arkell, of Judge; General Superintendent Edgar \an Etten; William Buchanan, super intendent of motive power; George H. Daniels, general passenger agent; Wil liam Otis, roadmaster; August Sinclair, editor of the Railroad Engineer; Prof. I*. F. Dudley, railroad expert; 11. E. Leonard, private secretary to Chauncey M. Depcw; Maj. Jacob Amos, | cuse, and Julian Ralph, magazine writer. Tiro trip from New York to Buffalo was made without accident, the only delay occurring near Spuytcn Duyvil, where the train was delayed eight min utes on account of some repairs which were being made co a bridge at that point. The four coaches used were also of the same weight as those used on the Empire State express. Mr. Webb's private car weighs forty tons more than an ordinary coach, and it is calculated this weight just about equals tlio weight of tlvi passengers carried by the Em pire State express. The English record was made by a train weighing 106 tons, whereas this train weighed 175 tons. A BABY'S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. Unhurt by a Journey Tluough tho Air from a Fourth-Story Window. Little Agnes DriscoH, the twenty threc-inonth-old daughter of a Brook lyn (N. Y.) fireman, distinguished her self by jumping from a fourth-story window to the ground, seventy feet bo low, and escaping without a scratch. Hlio was at the window watching some children at play in the back yard,- when she jumped or turned out into the air and went turning over and over to tho ground. Her mother saw the awful plunge aud fainted, but Grandma Dris coll rushed down the stairs to do what she could for her darling. The baby lay for a moment on her side. Then she turned her head and looked up to ward the window from which she had fallen with an appealing glance, as if she expected her mother to come to her by the route she had tuken herself. After that she got up on her feet and ran to meet her grandmother. No in jury was found on her body that re quired even a plaster. In her fall tho baby struck a clothesline strung about six feet übove the ground. This broke, but its resistance was sufficient to save the child's life. FACES IN THE MOON. Startling Discovery Said to Have Ileeu Made Scouted at by an Astronomer. Prof. S. W. Burnham, an astronomer, says he has been unable to discover on the surface of the moon the silhoutte faces of Gladstone and Delia Fox, as re ported by Miss ICimbark as plainly vis ible at Bear lake in Wisconsin. "My observations from Lick observatory, in California," said Prof. Burnham, "never showed the outlines of any face. Of course this view was through a powerful telescope. With the naked eye often the full moon appears to have on the surface tho shadow of a face, and this, undoubtedly, has given rise to the popular phrase of 'the man in the moon.' But this is the first time that a woman was supposed to be up there too. Now that woman is getting into evorthing perhaps it isn't surpris ing she has reached the moon/' TROLLEY CAR VS. LIGHTNING. Ilrooklyn's Car of Juggernaut at Laid Meets its Match. Lightning struck a trolley car of tho Nassau Railroad company of Brooklyn, N. Y., early the other morning near tho penitentiary, and nearly all the thirty three passengers were rendered uncon scious by the shock. The electric cur rent also rendered tho conductor and motorinan helpless. Tho car was brought to a stop by the bolt, and tho next minute fiamos burst out on the buck platform. Mrs. Charles Berger, of Union avenue, near Meserolo street, one of the passengers, was taken to her home seriously hurt. The other pas sengers were able to go to their homes without assistance. The car was bad j ly damaged. Elcctrlo Locomotive's Fust Time, j Electric locomotive No. 1, of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, has attained a speed of 01 miles an hour in the Bal timore tunnel. The burst of speed was made on the heavy grade of the tun nel, and the engineers said it was equivalent to 75 miles on a level track. EGGS WORTH A FORTUNE, That of tho Groat tuk Is Valued at Fif teen Thounand Dollars. How would you like to own an egg valued at $15,000? That was the price recently paid by a wealthy collector of rare birds' eggs. This particular egg was that of the great auk, and there arc only sixty eight of this extinct bird's eggs in exist ence. Two auks' eggs are in this coun try; one is owned by the Academy of Natural Science in Philadelphia, and the other is in the collection of Vassar college. The former collection held for many years among its treasures the rarest of all eggs—an egg of the Cali fornia condor—but it mysteriously dis appeared a few years ago, and it is supposed some scientific sneak thief thought it no sin to transfer the treas- THIS EGG IS WORTH $15,000. ure to his own collection, where he is holding it for a rise in price. It is quite a fad nowadays to collect rare and curious eggs and vast suras are paid by wealthy collectors for the delicate little ovals. One of the largest private collections in the world is that of Mr. J. Parker Norris, a well-known lawyer of Philadelphia. He lias spent more than $20,000 for fine specimens of egg shells. One must know many things about birds and their habits in order to make a valuable collection of eggs. Hun dreds of books have been published on the subject of birds' eggs. Uncle Sam's government has published a few of these books, and nearly all of them are costly. Mr. C. W. Crandnll, of YVoodside, N. Y., has according td the Philadelphia Press, been quietly adding rare eggs to his big collection for the past seven teen years. This remarkable collection contains curious eggs from all parts of the world. Here are eggs of the casso wary, from Timbuctoo, and the queer yellow eggs of the rliea, or South American ostrich, contrast with green black emu's eggs and the yellow-ivory of tho African ostrich. Then there arc 15 species of eagles' eggs, while the eggs of the Lapp owl rest by the side of those of the little Indian pigmy owl. Many beautiful gyrfalcon's eggs from Iceland and other rarities adorn the collection, which includes, in all, 20,000 specimens, sets of eggs of 000 species of North American birds and 300 foreign. The amount of work which the gathering of so many eggs represents, not to speak of the risk of life, is im mense. Looking upon a mere set of gyrfalcon's eggs in a cabinet, one must think of the intrepid collector, who de scended a rope on some dizzy height to obtain them, in order to appreciate the spirit of adventure which animates the egg-gatherer. The gathering of eggs of the birds familiar to everyone is both cruel und unprofitable, and no sensible boy or girl will rob the nest of a robin or a wren. If you can afford it, collect the rarest eggs, but, if you cannot get those that are most curious, don't attempt to start a collection with the common eggs that every one has seen in the country at some time or other. A TRIAL OF STRENGTH. How Dim Boy Can Kuslly Keep Four Men at Buy. Here is a good experiment for boys who would like to beat four men in a trial of strength. Procure two brooms and a long rope. Ask two men to hold each broom tightly by tho handle, keeping them parallel to one another and about a yard distant. Tie firmly to one handle the end of a rope or strong cord, then pass tho cord several times round both handles—say five times, as in the picture—tuking care not to cross the rows. Now holding in both hands the other extremity of the cord, you may inform the men holding the brooms that you are going to force the brooms to come together, no matter how hard the men may try to keep them apart. To do this, you need only draw the cord, the effort j'ou will thus make being multiplied by the number of turns to the rope, as in the case of a pulley, helping you to obtain the desired result. Put just as in the case of a pulley, what is gained in strength is lost in momentum. You will require, to draw the brooms together the distance of a yard, a rope five times as long, or five yards. If this experi ment is tried on a polished floor, it will be very amusing, as the men will have difficulty in overcoming the resistance of the rope, and a very young child or a delicate girl will be able to conquer the efforts of the four most vigorous men among the company.—Once a Week. Average Katrs of Speed. One who has made a study of the subject states that the average rates of speed attained by certain traveling things are as follows: A man walks thre? miles an hour; a horse trots se.en; steamboats run eighteen; sailing vessels make ton; slow rivers flow four; rapid rivers flow seven; storms raovo thirty-six; hurricanes, eighty; a rifle ball, one thousand miles a minute; sound, eleven hundred and forty-three; light, one hundred and ninety thou sand; electricity, two hundred and eighty thousand- oiEßsrpsmps Foreign Ministers at Con stantinople Act. Vessels of tho Powers Now There Will Take Their Positions Along the Quay at Once —Rigorous in quiry Into Recent Disturbances De manded—No Further Outbreaks. Constantinople, Oct. B.—lt is stated on what is seemingly good authority that the representatives of the powers have ordered the warships here of the nations they represent to take their positions along the quay to-night. The representa tives of the foreign powers who held a conference yesterday and decided to send a collective note to the porte, to-day for warded ttie note. It demands that a rigorous inquiry be held into the recent disturbances, the release of inuocent persons who have been imprisoned, aud a cessation of arrests. Demands of the Powers. Constantinople, Oct. 7, via Sofia, Bul garia, Oct. B.—The representatives of the six powers have sent a collective note to the Turkish government calling atten tion to the inadequate measures taken by the police authorities to maintain public tranquility in Constantinople and its suburbs and demanding tho prompt institution of a rigorous inquiry into the recent rioting, bloodshed and whole sale imprisonment of Armenians hero. They demand the release of all prisoners who are innocent of wrongdoing and the cessation of arrests. Said Pasha, who is now minister for foreign affairs, has called at the different embassies and has presented to the representatives of the powers a communication from the Turkish government, repeating the as surance that a plan for reform in Armenia has been accepted by the porte. It hh not believed, however, that this will satisfy the powers. Another Outbreak Avoided. There have been no further excesses, although ft feeling of great disquiet still prevails and fresh demonstrations on the part of the Armenians are feared. The Armenians who are still inside the patriarchate church here, in which they sought refuge after tho rioting of last week, fired some shots at noon to-day and it was feared that another outbreak was imminent. The police watching the building promptly notified the military authorities, and a strong force of troops was sent to the spot. Tho soldiers im mediately blockaded all the adjacent streets. This caused a panic among the inhabitants of that quarter, and they fled from their homes in all direc tions. The Turks then entered the quays, and expelled from them all Ar menians they could find. LHtcr, it is claimed, the bodies of four Armenians were found. Placards To Excite the Populace. One feature of the polico work is at tracting considerable attention. It is re called that the gendarmes, while making arrests, repeatedly told the persons taken into custody to "call upon England to deliver you." Those who know the ways of Turkish officials say that this shows that the police were instructed to impress upon the minds of the Armeni ans that Great Britain was unable or unwilling to assist them in this emer gency. Many quarters of Stamboul have been placarded with notices inciting tho populace against tho "infidels." The police, it is true, tear down these placards, but thoy are either unable or unwilling to do so before they have been widely read and have had the effect an ticipated upon the Mohammedan popula tion. It is not claimed that the govern ment is responsible for this agitation, but the work is going on, and the gov ernment, apparently, is unable to put A stop to it. TERRELL DKNOUNCED. Resolutions Passed by Chicago Ar menians Demanding His Recall. Chicago, Oct B.—Minister Terrell, who represents the United States at Constan tinople was denounced in strong lan guage at a meeting of the Armenian National union, held at Odd Fellows' hall Sunday. The union passed resolu tions demanding Terrell's recall. FATHER WAGNER INDICTED. Ho 31 ay Escape Punishment by Hav ing Married Miss Stoidel. St. 'Joseph, Mo., Oct. B.—Three indict ments have been returned by the grand jury against Dominiek Wagner, the priest. They are for assault, betrayal and abduction, but it is probable that they will be nolle pressed as tho priest having married Miss Stehlel Saturday night, she cannot be compelled to appear against him. It is said the grand jury is considering charges of embezzlement preferred by members of the congrega tion, the allegation being made that ho is short $2,000. TRENTON POTTERIES CLOSED. Trouble Between (lie Manufacturers and Employes. Trenton, Oct. B.—Nearly all the sani tary ware potteries in this city closed down last night, owing to a difference between the manufacturers und the em ployes as to whether the latter should be responsible for had ware until the time it leaves the gloss kilns and whether manufacturers may employ apprentices. Dangerous s."> Counterfeit. Boston, Oct. B.—An almost perfect counterfeit $5 silver certificate of the is sue of 1880, which bears a portrait of Gen. Grant, has been extensively circu lated in Boston. The counterfeit was jiut forth by two young men, a good description of whom is in the hands of the police. The bill is the same that the city of Toledo, 0., fras been flooded with. Tlie Mariposa Abandoned* Montreal, Oct. B.—Gulf advices state that the government steamer Lord Stan ley which has been standing by the steamer Mariposa, stranded in the Straits of Belle Isle, has abandoned the wrecked steamship and is now on its way to Quebec with Captain Cave and the re mainder of tho crew of the uufortuuate vessel. Captain ilasseit Improving. YY'ashington, Oct. 8. —Captain Bassett continues to mend, and this morning his physician stated that unless some new complication should ariss his patient would recover.
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