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1 BURNED THE STOCKADE Trouble Between Miners and Convicts in Tennessee. \ Prison Destroyed and the In mates Sent Away. A XasbviUe (Tenn.) dispatch says that the scenes enacted at Briceviile, Coal Creek and Oliver Springs one year ago when the free miners roee up in anm against convict la bor and, captaring the prison stockade, ap plied the torch to them, have been repeat*! at Tracy City, the ito^kade at the branch prison there being burno i. In this case the convicts were not released, but the 39) men were taken from the stockades and mines placed on board box cars and ssnt to Nash ville. The wires were cut by the miners to prevent communicati >n between the local representatives of the I'ennesses Coa 1 , Iron and Railroad Company and the home office in Nashville, and all the engines in the rail road yards were held for a similar purpose, but the convicts were guarded. At & o’clock a. m. a committee of miners awoke E. O. Nathurst, Superintendent of the mines for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, and asked him that the miners be allowed as many hours' work in each week as the convicts. Mr. Nathurst replied that be would su unit the matter to the company anl do what he could. The committee then left, and Mr. Nathurst, knowing that a secret, oath-bound organi sation had been formed some weeks ago for purposes unknown, at once began to suspect trouble. He went to Deputy Warden Bur ton. and together they began to circulate among the miners, who were gathering in groups, and to try to influence them to keep quiet. At S:30 o’clock an organized body of 150 men, 100 of them armed, advanced" on the stockade. To capture it was the work of a minute. Without undue confusion every E ieee of property belonging to the Tennessee oal, Iron an t Kaiiroid Company was care fully removed to a safe distanc*, and the convicts who were in the stockade were led out under guard. Then the torch was applied, and at 9 tfclock the buildings were a mass of flames. The miners at once proceeded to the mines, took possession of the convicts, marched them to the railroad station, and loaded them in box car.-'. Next the telegraph wires were cut and a guard was placed over every engine in tha yards to prevent it from carrying the news down the mountain. Between Sewanee and Monteagle the con victs cut the train in two, and ten or fifteen made a break for liberty. Several shots v^re fired. Mat Wilson, white, was killed, and Tom Smith, colored, wounded. Six or eight made goo t their escape. The train was held at Cowan until orders to come on were received from.Nashville. There has been much dissatisfaction among the tree miners at Tracy City be cause of the lease systetn, which allowed the bulk of the work to be done in the mine by convicts. Yet the miners at Tracy City have been among the most conserva tive in the State, an 1 the company has had very little trouble with them. They have been determined to support no party or can didate in the coming election that was not pledged to the prompt abolition of the sys tem. Governor Buchanan stated that the convicts would be brought to the main prison at Nashville and kept \^ntit a new stockade could be built, when they would be returned, a-i had been done at Coal Creek. More Convicts Released. At 8 o’clock in the morning between 15d and 290 miners made a sudden descent upon the prison stockade at Inman, Marion County, Tenn., after capturing,on their way to that place, fourteen guards who had been ordered ixom Nashville to assist the regular guards in defending the stockade from invasion. The miners stopped the train at a trestle, and, taking charge, ordered the engineer and conductor to take the train back to Victoria. The mob then continued on their way to the mines at aud, surprising the guards on duty stockade, compelled them to surreu der, a task that .vas attended with little difficulty, although the guards numbered sixty-five. The next step was to call out the guards and convicts who were in the mines. When they appeared they were told to march to Victoria, aud they complied with the order. It was the intention of the mob to lay the stockade in ashes, but they were asked by Mr. Anderson, the Superin tendent, not to do it. They said they would not bum the stockade, but would tear it down, and with this threat they left the place. When they came to Victoria they male the convicts enter coke cars, and when everything was ready they gave the train men instructions to proceed. The 275 convicts driven out of Antnan ar rived in Nashville at night, and were taken to the prison by the .State officials, the lessees having informe 1 the Governor and Board of Prison Inspectors that they would have nothing to do with them. iiovernor Buchanan announced his d_c termination to use every lawful means in his power to preserve order when the ap plication in proper and legal form was made to him bv the civil authorities. The Ten nessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company officials stated that they would reopen the mines in a few days, as soon as they could organize a force to worK the ovens, and that convicts might not be used again at these miues. graphic eommtnneattoa witn *t>e eneritts of the Counties of Hamilton, Knox, Roane, Morgan and Anderson. These officer* were directed to summon as many men as mignt ba deemed advisable and to go at once to Oliver Springs and Coal Creek. The Sheriff of Anderson County, the county in which toe two mine* are situated, was reached with the greatest difficulty, owing to the lacx of telegraphic facilities. He sent a reply to the effect that be was powerless to act in the matter, and positive orders were for a second time given him. Coal Creek Also Captured. At 10 o’clock p. M. the news reached Nasb> ville that the troops at Coal Creek had also surrendered to the free miners after a bloody fight. The battle began at 2 o’clock P. M. All night long the miners had gathered on the mountain sides and in the valleys. They stole in from secret and hidden paths. They poured in over the rocky ridges of the mountains. They came in wagons and on horseback. They stole locomotives and trains and swept to ward their mountain rendezvous. Every man was armed and some doubly armed. Not only did they carry guns, pistols and knives, bat some had dynamite. In the stockade, called Fort Anderson, stood Colonel Anderson with about 15'J militia and guard. He had sent word to the miners that he would never surrender. They asked him again and again to come to terms. He said no surrender every time. The first assault was after repeated warn ings. It is known that it was bloody, and that several miners were killed. The wires were cut, and the meagre information first came by courier. The message brought was that some of the convicts were captured by the min-rs, and that in a sally the militia recaptured them. A second attack followed. This resulted, despatches stated, in death on both sides. The third folio A-ed, and the booming of the Gatling gun of the militia and the howitzer of the miners was heard miles away over the hills and mountains. In the third at tack the despatches say. Colonel Anderson was captured. Night came on. and in the course of the darkness the final attack was made. Coal Creek fell, and the reign of terror and of anarchy in Tennessee was complete. The troops sent from Nashville and other points were unable to reash the scene of tne fight, the trains having been stopped by reason of the destruction of the tracks and small bridges. The excitement thougbouc Tennessee was intense, anl from many quarters came offers of assistance, but arms were scarce, and there were more men than guns. NO RAIN IN THREE TEARS. Seventy-Six Ttioautnd Cattle Dead in seven Mexican Ranches. There iz great suffering among the people ■nd the live stock in the State of Zacateoa, Mexico, owing to the prolonged drought. Although bountiful rains have fallen in all parts of Mexico during the past two weeks that section has not been blessed with a drop of moisture for nearly three years. There have been enormous losses of cattle. Tbe following is a list of the larger ranches and the number of cattle on them which have died from lack of water and grass: Sierra Hermosa, 20,000; Tetillas, 10,000; Gnada De Las Coritntjs, 10,000; El Fuerte, 6000; Pastelera, 5000; Poza Hondo, 10,000; Mezunite y Nori, 15,000. ALL ON BOARD LOST. Twenty-three Persons Drowned by the Foundering of • Steamer. The British ship Thracian, which had just been completed at Glasgow, and which was being towed to Liverpool, was lost off the Isle of Man. Her crew of twenty-two men went down with her. The Captain’s wife •was also on board the vessel. She was owned in Nova Scotia. The six children of the Captain and his wife were awaiting the arrival of their parents on the landing stage at Liverpool when the news of the disaster was broken to them. Free Miners Repulsed. The excitement among the free miners in Anderson County, Tenn., which was inten sified by the developments first at Tracy Citv and then at Inman, resulted in the holding of secret meetings at which tne de cision was reached that a bold effort should be made to release the convicts at the Oliver Spring mines. These mines are four or five miles distant from the Coal Creek mines, where the soldiers have for months been guarding the two hundred convicts employed in digging coal there. The miners intended to destroy the stockade and other buildings by fire after they had set the con victs free, and thus for the second time in a year strike a strong blow at convict labor. Arming themselves with guns and rifles, they made the attack at 3 o’clock in the morn ing. The guards, some twenty-five in num ber, were game, and volley after volley was exchanged, the result being the wound ing of several men, three of them being guards and the others miners. One man, a guard, received a mortal wound. During the firing the convicts were considerably excited, but the officials kept a close watch upon them, and after the de parture of the miners quiet was restored. Governor Buchanan was notified, and troops were forwarded to Oliver Springs from Chattanooga and Knoxville on special trains. The troops reached the stockade at Oliver Springs by night, and immediately went into camp. During tbe afternoon a band of 100 miners, armed with Winchesters, took possession of a tram on the Knoxville And Ohio Road, at Coal Creek, bound for Clinton, where they hoped to be able to intercept the reinforcements; but they were too late, Oliver Springe Captured. The victory of the guards at Oliver Springs over the free miners, as detailed above, was followed the same night by a Second attack upon the stockade, with Bifferent results. Eight hundred miners \ssembled at Oliver Springs at night, com- Eellei the soldiers and guards at the prison Eoczade to surrender, captured the stock- Me, burned it, and forced the troops to Enduct the convicts to Clinton for trans- prtation to Nashville, via Knoxville, lit was the general impression among lople distant from the scene that a terrible \ht would take place, because the guards t Oliver Springs had repulsed several hun- Ud men in the early morning. However, L opposing forces were so large that, b?- Iring surrender was preferable to aimost Itain annihilation, the fifteen guards au t Enty-eight soldiers decided to give way. Having excelled the convicts and their bro tec tors at this place, the miners, who ■were strongly reinforced, expressed their in dention to make an attack upon Coal Creek, live miles distant, where nearly 2X) convicts Ivere in the stockade, guarded by probably 125 men and forty guards under tne com- oand of Colonel Anderson. Great pressure was brought to bear upon .tovernor Buchanan to oail out the entire National Guard. Before deciding upon or- pring the State Guard to the aoaoe of the LgybXs .Governor Buchanan lonened _tele- The Troops in Control. On the following day Tennessee troops, tinder the command of General Carnes, reached Coal Creek, took possession of the village and relieved the beleaguered soldiers at Fort Anderson. Prior to the arrival of General Carnes the miners ambushed a detachment which went over the mountains under command of Ma jor Carpenter within a quarter of a mile of Fort Anderson, killed three of the soldiers and forced the rest to retreat. General Carnes, with 1200 men and a six- inch and a Gatling gun, reached Coal Creek about 9 o’clock a. m. He capture! the out- po-ts of the insurgents without opposition, placed 200 of the miners under arrest, and threatened that if General Anderson was not delivered up by 1 p. m. he would ex terminate the prison-rs. The miners promised to bring Anderson in by 1 o’clock, but the hour passef and he did not appear. Then General Carnes again threatened retaliation, and at about 5 P. M. Anderson was delivered up. General Anderson had been captured by five men coming under a flag of truce. He was enticed from Fort Anderson into the village by a promise of safety. Turning the corner he met a mob who took him to the hotel and produced a letter to his lieutenant, which was an order for the surrender of the stockade and fort. Thou~h threatened with hanging he steadily refused to sign the paper, and asked only that he be shot, and his grave marked so that his family could find it. At 7 o’clock P. M. a special train bearing the bodies of the men who were killed in the battle at Coal Creek in the morning, three men who were wounded and 12 > volunteers who had gone to the front, rolled into the de pot at Knoxville; 3030 people were gathered about the station, and the excitement was higher than at ang time since tha trouble began. When the tram stopped the men poured out of the coaches and formed in a line, through which their dead comrades were carried in military style. The com pany formed with arms reversed and marched behind the bodies to the Court House. Not until the arrival of this train was it possible to get a correct statement of the bat tie and the exciting incidents leading up to it. Five men were killed in all. The dead militiamen are: J. T. Waltha 1. of Knoxville, railway clerk, aged 22; Bruce Givens, farmer, Knox County, aged 39; militiaman of the Second Regimsnt (nam- unknown) and sup posed to be from Chattanooga. The wounded are. Thomas L. Carty, lawyer of Knoxville, soot through the left groin, in juries may prove fatal; Samuel G. Heiskei, prominent lawyer and Democratic poli tician, slightly injured; John Milton, laoorer, slightly wounded. Two miners were killed. They are George Miller, of Coal Creek, and George Neil, of Oneida. Tenn. John Wilson, a miner of Coal Creek, was slightly wounded in the heel. J. M. Gaur, a business man of Knox ville, aud one of the volunteers, was badly injured by falling over a ledge of rocks. Volunteers from all parte of the State hastened to the scene of the insurrection, and guns and ammunition were supplied by the Federal authorities an 1 the authorities of adjoining States. Mass meetings were also held throughout the State, at which reso lutions condemning Governor Buchanan tor his inactivity were passed. Federal Arms Furnished. On applicatiou of Governor Buchanan the Secretary of War ordered 600 stand of arms to be sent at once from Indianapolis to Knoxville where they were distributed to the forces gatheriug at that point. Thirty thousand rounds of ammunition came with the guns. The lack of arms has been an em- bfex/a^sing feature of the situation, as the ivOTunteers have armed themselves with whatever weapons they could procure. NEW YORK AT THE FAIR. The Handsome Building Now Being Erected at Chicago. The New York State Building at th« World’s Columbian Exposition is now in course of construction in Jackson Park, Chicago, according to the plans of Messrs THE LABOR W< MAULS OF THOUGHT. THIRTY PERSONS DROWNED Wreck of a Russian Steamer in the Volga. The steamer Grigorieuff, plying upon the Volga and its tributaries, has been wrecked at Nizhni Novgorod, Russia. The vessel car ried a number of passengers, and great excite ment prevailed among them when the vessel struck. A heavy storm was prevailing at the time, and many of them jumped over board and attempted to reach tne shores by swimming. Many of the crew also jumped overboard. Thirty of the passengers and crew were drowned. Many of those on board floated ashore in chairs, tables, etc., while the more cool-headed, who waited for the small boats to be launched, were landed without difficulty. Everythtno is possible in this country. But supposing it happened that a man who was once a messen ger hoy should be nominated for President, would he run? THE MARKETS. Late Wholesale Prices of Country Produce Quoted in New York. 34 BEANS AND PEAS. Beans—Marrow. 1S91, choice $ — Medium. 1891. choice.... — Pea. 1891, choice — White kidney. 1891 .choice 2 75 Red kidney, 1891, choice. — Yellow eye, 1891. choice. Lima, Cal., per bush., Green neas, 1891, per bush... 1891, bags. 1 60 1891, Scotch — BCTTEK. 200 1 70 @*2 25 @2 09 @200 @ 2 SO @ 3 00 @ — @2 05 @ — @ 1 65 Creamery—St. &Penn,extras 23- 24 St. & Penn., firsts 21 @ 22^ Western. firsts 21 @ 22* Western, seconds 19 @ 2ii Western, thirds 17 @ 18 State dairy—half tub?, aua pails, extras Half tubs and paii£, Ists. 22 @ — 2) @ 21 Half tubs and pails, 2ds. 18 @ 19 "Welsh tubs, extras 21 @ 21^ Welsh tubs, ists i9 @ 26 Welsh tubs, 2ds 17V£@ Western—Ini. creamery. Ists — @ W. Im. creamery, 2ds... 16 <« 18 W. Im. creamery, 3is... 15 @ 15-^ Western Factory, firsts 16 @ I67-3 W. Factory, seconds ... 15 15}* W.Factory and dairy,ojs 14 @ 9)4 9 V® 8?ts <9 6^@ 7 5 @ 6 3 @ 43/n 1 @ 2 20^@ 21 19}4.5 -0 — @ — ■FRESH. . . —ttidTrrrc^rrv% - -TV THE NEW TORE BUILDING. M^Kim. Meade & White, architects, Neu York City. The building covers an area ot 14,538 teet, exclusive of terrace and porticos, which cover an additional area of 3776 feet. Apex of tower roofs, ninety-six feet. ihe building is in the style of Italian Renaissance, a villa in character, rec:angu- Jariu form, approached on the south by a flight of fourteen step?, forty-six feet wide, giving access to a grand terrace fifteen by eighty feet, from which the loggia or open vestibule, forty-six feet by seventeen feet six inches, is reached. In the selection of the stvie of the building the architects and the Board of State Managers were guided bv several conditions of climate and sur roundings, and after careful reflection, be lieving that in t'ae school of tbe Italian Renaissance the best opportunities exist for a successful comoarison with the larger buildings of the Exposition, they decided to adopt it in the design. Partaking of the domestic as well as tha palatial, this building will form, not only a headquarters for the State of New York, but a house for the comfortable reception and entertainment of rizirors from all over th* world. 200 @ 2 75 1 25 @2 00 — @ — — @ — 2 50 @ 3 00 1 75 @ 2 25 — @ - — (Ol — 200 @ 3 00 7 @ 11 — @ — — @ — 7 @ 12 — @ — — @ — — @ — s id 9 8 00 @20 00 50 @ 2 53 2-5 @ 26 24 @ 24}$ 20 @ 23}* 14 @ 18 Of 1 @ 10 - @ 12K 12 @ 12K 12 © 13>a — @ — — @ 10 @ 11 60 @ 85 50 @ 60 1 25 & 1 37 1 12 @ 1 25 30 @ 40 SB KILLED. — @ - 17 @ 18 — @ — 16 @ 20 — @ - 13 @ 13^ 13 @ 13^ 7 @ 13 17 @ — — @ 17 17 @ 18 1 75 @ 2 00 (g — @ - — <d — — <A - 1 50 @ 1 62 4 5) @ 6 00 — @ — — @ — 200 @ 2 25 75 @ 1 00 75 UB 1 00 75 @ 1 00 «t — — @ — — @ — 75 @ 1 00 — @ — . 50 @ '5 . 33 @ 40 4 30 @ 4 45 4 85 @ 500 . 82K@ 83 . 65 @ 69 — @ - . 57 @ 58 , 41 @ 42 — @ — . 75 @ 85 — @ 55 CHEESE. State factory—Full cream, large size white, fancy.. Full cream, colored, fancy Full cream,good to prime Part skims, choice Part skims,good to prune Part skims, common.... Full skims.... EGGS. State and Penn—Fresh Western— Fresh, fancy Fresh, fair to prime FRUITS AND BERRIES— Apples—Nyack pippin, bbl. Orange pippin, per bbl. Up River, per bbl.*..,,. Pears. Sugar Top, per bbl.... Bloodgood, per bbl Bel), per bbl Grapes—Western N. Y., Ca tawba 5 lb. basket \ Western N. Y., Concord. Peaches. Md. & Del., crate... Huckleberries, per quart Jersey per quart Md. & Del. per quart Blackberries, per quart Jersey, per quart Gooseberries, prime green, qt. Raspberries, red, Jersey, pint. Currants, per quart Watermelons, per 100 - Muskmelons, per bbl HOPS. State—1891, choice, per lb... 1891. prime 1891, common to good.. 1890, common to choice.. Old odds LIVE POULTRY Fowls—Jersey, State, Penn. Western, per lb Spring Chickens, local, lb.... Small to medium Roosters, old, per lb Turkevs, per lb Ducks—N. J., N. Y., Penn., per pair.••••••••••••• Southern, per pair Geese, Western, per pair.... Southern, per pair Pigeons, per pair DRESSED POULTRY—FRE! Turkeys—Selected hens, lb. Mixed weights Toms, fair to prime Chickens—Phila., oroiers... L. I. broilers Fowls—St. and Penn., per lb Western, per lb Ducks—Western, per lb .... Eastern, per lb ... Spring, L. I., per lb—. Geese—SpringEastern.per id Squabs—Dark, per doz Light, per doz VEGETABLES. Potatoes—Southern, seconds, Norfolk, bbl Eastern Shore, per bbl, L. I., in bulk, per bbl.. Cabbage, L. I., per 100 Norfolk, per barrel..... Onions—Western, per bbl.. estate, per bbl Squash—Marrow, per barrel, L. I., yellow, barrel L. L, white, barrel Peas, S. Jersey, bbl. basket Long Island, per bag.. Cucumbers. Norfolk, crate. Long Island, per 100.... String beans. L, I., bag Tomatoes, Acme, etc., crate.. Grant, etc., per crate GRAIN, ETC. Flour--City Mill Extra Patents Wheat—No. 2 Red Rye—State Barley—Two-rowed State... Corn—Ungraded Mixed Oats—No. 2 White Mixed Western Hay—Good to Choice Straw—Long Rye Lard—City Steam 7.50c @ — LIVE STOCK. Beeves. City dressed 6 @ 8)$ Milch Cows, com. to good.. .20 00 @48 00 Calves, City dressed 9 @ 12 Sheep, per 103 lbs 4 25 @ 550 Lambs, per lb ^ Hogs—Live, per 100 lbs 6 00 @ 6M> Dressed ® American street railroads ear men. f W ore hen are not allowed to work on the streets in New Bedtord unless taey have been naturalized. The United States manufactures 65,0'JO hat* every day, while England manufac tures about 40,000. The shoe salesmen of Baltimore have been organized, and have affiliated with tha American Federation of Labor. Organizers for each State of the Union have been appointed by tbe Carriage and Wagonmakers’ International Union. The strike in the Elmira (N. Y.) iron and steel rolling mill has be»n declared off, after having been in force two years and two months. A tote is being taken by the local brew ery workmen’s unions throughout the coun try whether or not to join the Knights of Labor in a body. One of the busiest men in New York is President Samuel Gotnpers. of the American Federation of Labor. His mall averages over a hundred lettsrs a day. Supervising Architect Estkrbrooke, of Washington, says that the new Eight- Hour Law will cast ths Gavernment #V 000.00J more a year on its building cen- tracte alone. The boss coopers and manufactures of staves and other coopers’ supplies of Illinois, Indiana and Michigan have combined to fight against the manufa'ture of barrels by convict labor. The Philadelphia, Healing and New Eng land has reduced the pay of section men to $1.25 a day. They formally received $1.50. The company has also discharged about on;* half the men in tho Hartbrd car shops. The annual mteting ol ths New Jersey State Federation of Traces has taken place in the Assembly Charmer of the State House at Trenton. Sixteen local unions were represented from Paterson, Newark, Jersey City, Camden andTrenton. Of the 11,00 >,001 womei in Italy nearly 2,000,000 are employed in industrial labor, and over 3,003,000 in agriulture. They are in the majority in the cot t>n, linen and jute industries, and in the sil trade there are 117,000 women employe, and but 17,700 men. Comparatively more children are em ployed in Rhode Island tUn in any other State of the Union. The ppulation is 345,- 000, and not less than 5273 children, between ’ ten and fifteen years, are working in mill* and factories. Their wags are from sev enty-four cents to $6 per week. At a meet in i iu Boston if the represeta- tives of the Knights of Laior, Central Li bor Union and Building ’ira ies Council, a committee was appointed md instructed to visit every labor organiz iton in Massachu setts and solicit funds foi the Homestead men. The organizations igreed to raise •820,000 for the strikers. A HUMAN VAjIPIRE. The Perpetrator ot I)r«.clfut Crimes to be Taken to W&hiiijgton. The (Penitentiary Board at Columbus, Ohio, has directed its Secrtary to notify the National authorities that Jimmy Brown, the insane United States plsoner, must be removed from the prison vithin the next thirty days. Brown’s case is one of the most noted of the prison. T»wnty-flve years ago his crime was the tab of the Nation. He was charged with being i tampire, and it was alleged that he Ired on human blood. Brown is a Portuguese, ad when about twenty-two years old he shipei as cook on a fishing smack from Bosta for a trip up the coast in the summer f 1867. There was a crew of about thirt men, and one of the men disappeared. 1 was thought that he had fallen overbord. Next the mate was missed. Two aays atterward his bdy was found hidden in the bold, and nea it the body of the saiior. There were smalcuts in various parts of the bodies. The men set a watch and were rewarded by seeing Brown stealthily' see? up to the bodies and move them to anoker part the hold. He was place d in iros, taken bacic to Boston, and tried for mvder. The de fence was insanity, but the ary brought a verdict of guilty and Brownwas sentenced to be hanged. A few daysoefore the day set for the execution Presideu Johnson inter fered and oruered him remov i to tbe Gov ernment Insane Asylum at Vasbingcon. Betore the transfer was (fecteit Brown killed one of his keepers wh a chair, anci when discovered he was lapmg his victim’s blood. He was sent to W.snington anl again back to the Bay Stas Penitentiary for fifteen years. He never iw the light of day, being confined in a dungeon and alone. When the Government lade arrange ments for the transter of :s criminals to Columbus, Massachusetts insisted that Brown te taken along, a arriving at Columbus be stabbed a gu-d with a fori. He will be removed to Wasbgton. A FATAL FESIVAL. Six Persons Killed and I any Injured by an Kxplosion ot ireworks. The festival of St. Anselii was closed at Cesa, Italy, with fireworkdn the market place. A crowd of sever hundred had gathered around the spot’here the Are. works were set off. A hich of rockets were set too near a ourni: ‘‘wheel,” and was ignited. The rods werfriven in all di rections through the crow; carrying with them fire and panic. Six men were struck in t face or neck by the rods, and were soadly torn and burned that they have see died. The sparks set fire to the light owns worn by several girls, aud before thire could be ex tinguished four of the yoi* women were senonsly injured. In tha .nic many chil dren were trampled. Seven men suffered fractes of arms or legs while they were stggling in the crowd, and some twentfive or thirty women were more or less isred. 71 003 4 Small people like to be made much "of. The candle not seen until it is Uirhtcd. “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper.” The man who buries his talent bur ies himself. Nobody can be happy without first being useful. When children get hungry they cry for bread, not pie. The cross we pick out for ourselves is always the heaviest. Our best successes are built upon a foundation of failures. An optimist is a man who believes that all eggs will hatch. The worst thing about some men’s failures is the failure of conscience. A pessimist is a man who believes that all the chestnuts have worms in them. The money that is the root of all evil ic the money that is in another’s pocket. The children of a millionaire never get much acquainted with their father. The fly is an instructive preacher, when he takes a sip of molasses with out getting his foot fast. The best time to pray for grace to keep from fighting is before you get int quarrelsome company. A good many people lose their souls because they are foolish enough to be- live that money can buy anything. It is because of tbe possibilities of eternity that so many incomprehensi ble things have to happen iu this world. There are heathen parents who ex pose their weak and sickly children to wild beasts. How much worse are they than the parents in our land who do not provide wholesome reading for their children?—[Indianapolis (lud.) Rain’s Horn. INDEMNITY DE ANDED. The State Depart men Asks Nicara gua to Pay $2000. The Government of Nirngua, Central America, has been asked • Secretary ot State Foster to pay $23,(Xindemnity for ill-treatment of Dr. Myer, lAmericau citi zen. Dr. Myer went to iciragua four months ago to make exolitions. A re port was circulated that hfas a conspira tor, and one night he was T to choose be tween death and leaving t country. He choose the latter. He wasot allowed to depart in his own way, butts arrested and sent to the coast in a car w seven Nicara guan political exiles. While the Doctor was ifiicaragua all his letters were opened by Government. They included one from Ue.l States Min ister Shannon under thUnited State; eeal. G. A. R. ENCANMENT. Sixty Thousand Veters Kxpected at the Opening in Whlngton. It is expected that 103,1 people will visit Washington at the mieg Grand Army encampment, 63,000 whom will be veterans. The encampmenipens Septem* berl9th, and Chairman Eds says there is no lack of money to providsr tbe enter tainment of the big crowd. „ number of buildings are being put up be used as sleeping barracks, two of Ich will pro vide for 30,000 men. The fing of such a large number of people is neght task, but the arrangements which been made promise well. The railroi are making great preparations, and exp to ba taxed to their utmoct capacity. Tbarade on the last day of the meeting wile a monster one. The aged King and Queen denmark, fol lowing the wish of their sucta. recently placed on exhibition tbe Oniflcent gift* which they received at thaiebration ol their golden wedding. Almione hundred thousand people took portunity. adva^e of tbe op- 11 Tien It is Well to be a Zebra. Nowadays, when the colors of ani mals aud their uses for the purposes of recognition and protection are forcing themselves upon the attention of all naturalists, it is not wonderful that an animal so conspicuously marked as the zebra should have com manded a large share of notice. Much as it has been con-idered, however, I do not think that we have yet learned all the lesson s that it has to teach us. That its bold and vivid stripes should bo of immense service for re cognition may be accepted as beyond dispute. The statement of Mr. Francis Gallon, that on a clear moonlit night these vivid stripes melt into invisibil ity, and to au eye not absolutely focused to the animal itself, but to ob jects in its immediate vicinity, it is quite unseen, even when so near that its breathing can be heard distinctly, proves most indubitably their im mense protective value. As be says: “If the black stripes were more numerous it would be seen as a black mass; if white, (hen as a white one; but their protection is such as exactly to match the pale tint which arid ground possesses in the moonlight.” Prima facie, this is hardly what one would have expected, but when point ed out by a competent and trust worthy observer, even a slight knowl edge of the laws of light proves it to be true. Let any one notice at what a short distance a lady in a galatea dress with broad stripes becomes in visible in the moonlight, and he will be at once convinced of the truth of Gallon’s remark. Professor Henry Drummond further says: “When we look at the coat of a zebra, with its thunder-and-lightning pattern of black and white stripes, we should think such a conspicuous object designed to court rather than elude attention. But the effect in nature is just the opposite. The black and white somehow take away the sense of a solid body altogether, and the two colors seem to blend into the most in conspicuous gray, and at close quar- •ers the effect is as of bars of light seen through the branches of shrubs. I have found myself iu a forest gazing at what I supposed to be a solitary zebra, its presence betrayed by some motion due to my approach, and sud denly realized that I was surrounded by an entire herd, which was all in visible until they moved.” By this I understand Prof, Drummond to refer to his observations iu tbe day-time, as Mr. Gallon speaks only of the moou light. 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