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TWO SHARP QUAkERC.
A Story Which Is az Good To-Day as
Was Forty Years Ago.

Story which Is az Good To-Day as 1T
Was Forty Years Ago.
There is a story OF two Quakers, one
of whom practIced underwriting on
marine risks. This was before the days
OF insurance corporations. The other.
a merchant, receiving an invoice 81 a
shipment OF merchandise from the East
Indies, went TO the underwater and
agreed with him on terms for insur-
ance. Nopapers were passed and only
a memorandum of the terms was
made. longer time than was
usually consumed in such voyages as
that on which the ship was bound went
by without any tidings from her, and
the merchant became anxious, but did
not want to stir up the underwater for
the policy, for fear that he, also being
aware of the ships hardness. might
exercise his legal right to back out OF
the bargain. Nor could the merchant
look elsewhere for insurance, as, being
compelled to name the day of the ships
sailing, other underwriters would de-
cline what seemed to be an unsafe risk.
and all the quicker il one of the guild
had already retreated. Thus tossed
between doubts aad fears, the mer-
chant waited until, one day, he received
tidings Of the ships loss. At once he
wrote to the underwrit Ter:
Eriend Rieharti Thee need not make that
policy the AramlatA have heard Z ON the
ship. Tny friend, ions DOE.
Friend Richard. receiving the no
tice. said to himself, "Ah, ha. The
ship has got in, and John hopes to
save his premium" And at once he
wrote:
Friend John-Thee 70 too late The policy
was made several weeks SGD. Thy friend,
RICHARD ROE
It was perfectly true that the policy
had been made. but had not been signed
and delivered simply because friend
Richard had put il of. So he took it
to friend John with a demand for the
premium. which was paid without
further delay, and with the money was
presented a statement of the claim for
the insurance money CONSERVATION
and an animated dialogue followed, in
which the second persons singular OF
pronoun and verbs we're disloeated in
the well-known style of our friends the
Friends. The matter, 50 the story goes
on. was referred to other Friends for
adjustment. and the loss was equally
divided between merchant and under
writer-BostoH Transcript
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LATER.


THE Grand Lofge Of the Knights of Ply
thias opened it's sixth annual session at
Minn 'apolis on the l1tA
A BUFFALO bull Weighing 1900 pounds
was kill d ty pa ty Of hunters on the
18th near Oak 3 Dicaey Co, Dako;a
NEARLY three-fourths of the Indi'ns Of
the lower Brule agen' y signed the govern
ment treaty on the 1Ish
THE summer residence and all the farm
buildings and crops Of John johnson, the
Milwaukee banker were burned on the 18th
Loss 500. 600
In the Grand Army OF the Republic
parade az Columbus. o., on the 18th there
were 20. 600 veterans in line.
GEN. HARB SON gave his letter OF accept
ance OF the Republican nomination for the
pres.d ncy 10 tie public on the 12th
THE4E were forty-eight new cases Of yel-
low fever at Jacksonville. Fla, and eleven
deaths on the 18th Total cases 6s4. total
de Gths 80
CHARLES CASSNa. Ct Norman county
was nom mated for Congress by the Demo-
Gratis OF the 9th Minnesota district, a; Fer
gus Falls on the Ii b.
The .tionaI Bank of Lowell, Mich, was
closed on the 18th by L. ex miners
AFAEFUL fatal ty occurred in Wilkes tuu-
mel OF the Montana cen'ral rai,road, 20
rnles from Helena on the morning of tae
llgh. The tunnel Is nearly completed so
that the two headings were only about 20
feet apart The niyhs gang were putting
In their last charges There were 50 men
in the south headiag aud % in the north
Charges OF giant powder had been pisoed
on both 81 les and il " The calculation TO
set them OF simultaneously. but by some
misunderssandl-g the charge in the north
heading was fred Just as the pen On the
south side were leaving FOR place OF safe
II The explosion was fearful fairiy shak-
in tn m plasains a1t covering work nan
win rocSs and boufdsrs Ten were killed
and six wounded
At the 9Th annual meeting &C "a. ettto-
rial association Of Dako.a. htid IN the
Grand Canyon Hosel in the grand canyon /
OF the Y lowstons Park on Friday. the tn
day Of S pHente-, 1855. the follow NJ
officers wsre eie ,aei: Presid mt George W.
Horn. Brookings; LIST Vice Pres't ] 9
Ii ext. Parker: 5 scretary. George Schlos-
ser. Bluut; Treasurer. II u. Williamson.
F.Rndrsau ENecu i've COMMITTEES, IL L
sill. Of Aberdeen. Chairman; s II Bronson.
Howard; +. J. Corey, Radh=ld. E 3 Miisr.
Perre; James E R1wfnS Sarg snt pe.s-
ga.es to NAtional Convention. Frank Crane,
Of WaterGown AMI J. NJ shannon. CT Ha-
ron Aluernates, W " Goddard. OF Sioux
Fails. and Frank E Everss of Oneida The
COT E1istee on resolO;.ons submitted their
report st SAILS Lake Tho National Jour-
dist OF Chicago was chosen a. tue olAcsaJ
nrgsn
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The Great EspIos.v ives.

The composition Of some Of the mod
ern high explosives is as follows;
Dynamite-75 parts Of nitro glycerine
and - Of infnsorial earth Daaline-
90 parts niteo-glycerine and - Of nitro
ceIlulose Or gun cotton. Rendrock-
40 parts nitro-glycerine, 80 nitrate of
potash or soda. 10 of cellulose and Z
Of paraffnc. Giant powder-96 parts
of nitro-gIycerine. 48 Of nitrate of
potash or soda, 8 Of sulphur and 5 Of
resin or charcoal. Mica powder
parts nitro-glycerine and IS Of pull
verified mica Tonite-524 parts Of
gun cotton and AZ Of nitrate Of 5aryta.
Blasting gelatine-S2 parts Of E:tro-
glycerine AM 3 Of gun cotton. hsias
powder-75 parts Of nitro gIycerine. q
Of wood fiber. ) Of carbonate Of mag
nesia and Of nitrate Of soda Racka-
rock-77.7 parts of chlorate OF potash
and 22.3 Of ro-benzol. Engineering
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THE EAST,

A PTRE on the 9Th at Cattaragus. n Y.
destroyed thirteen buildings. TIE loss was
large
Is the First district of New Hampshire
Aicnzo Mute tRepl was nominated for
Congress on the 5th. in Pennsylvania
Second district. George P0ss Dem !;
Twenty sixth, ". l. Sc1tt DENY renom-
mated
on the 5th Colonel George /. Perkins
aged one hundred years and one month,
died in Groton. Conn, Of old age He was
treasurer Of the Norwich & Worcester
railroad for fifty years.
COrNTERFEIT one dollar silver certifi-
Gates were circulating in Brooklyn, n Y,
on the 9Th.
DEMOCRATS Of Massachusetts, in conven-
tion at Springfield on the 5th nominated a
State ticket, headed by w. f. Russell, Of
Cambridge. for Governor.
FRosT in New Hampshire, Rhode Island
and Vermont did great damage on the 9th.
OK the 9th the wife Of John McCune, a
farmer Of Mastic township, Pa, COM
mitted saicide BY hanging because her
husband accused her OF making poor
bread
THE death of Lester Wallack, the vet
eran American actor, occurred on the 9th
from a stroke OF apoplexy at Stamford,
Conn. He was sixty-eight years Of age.
OK the 9th Charles Amsden, of Pana-
cook was nominated for Governor of New
Hampshire by the Democratic convention
in session at Concord.
IL Connecticut and Massachusetts frosts
had on the 9Th practically ruined the wheat
and tobacco crops
Or the 9TH the official vote Of the recent
election in Vermont Was given as follows:
Dillingham; Rep 4, 252; Shurtleff Dem },
20,Ssl; Seely pro-, l,295; scattering, 6.
Dillingham's plurality, 27.S11; majority,
q. $50; Republican gain over 1884, $50;
Democrat gain, ts}9.
THR firm Of Charles Vogt & Co. Of New
York, importers Of china, failed on the
9Th for 100000
H f Mason, lumberman at Ellsworth,
Ne. failed on the 9Th for sI25. 900.
WILLIAM CARROLL, Of Providence, r. l.,
a mill operative. beat his wife to death on
the 9th in a quarrel over money.
II a drunken row az New York on the
10th John Flynn, nineteen years old,
stabbed and killed his father, aged sixty
two years.
f. c BURLEIGH, Republican candidate
for Governor. received about 20.0O0 plurali-
" over his Democratic competitor in the
Maine election on the 10th Congressman
Reed, Dingiey, B0utelle and Mrliken were
reelected by increased pluralities, and in
al the towns and counties Republican
gains were reported. One hundred towns,
which gave the Republican ticket "A 900
and the Democratic ticket 900 four years
ago give the Republicans y, 600 and the
Democrats q, 900. A heavy falling of OF
the Prohibition vote was noted.
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pTTH AND polN /.


Many p50rie have just anough
conscience to keep tlsem tolerafly mis-,
cradle all their lives.
Love making is one Of tho ats In
which experience Is not essentlas to-
success. Merchant TraUelcr.
Poverty often deprives a man d5
all spirit and virtue. 1t is hard for an
empty bag to stand upright.-F'rank-,
Tia.
II necessity be the mother OF in
ventioa. there are a great many half
orphans in the Patent Office. Puck.
1t is perfectly proper TO carve out
your own fortune. but you should not
chisel other people in doing it-boS-
ton Bulletin.
The man who can make $4,000
year az general thing can't save
cent. while the man who is thrifty and
else is seldom so gifted that he can
earn airy thing at ali.
The laborer with ten children
keeps out of debt on $40 a week.. while.
mary an unmarried bank otfleis-i with
500 a week can't get aloDs without
helping hims - to tie bark > tunds-
-Griefs arr ike lhss beings that en-
dure them-the lii le Gsles are the most
clamorous and noisy; those OF Older
growth nd greater magnitude are gen~
orally tranquil and sometimes siie9i-
Owe should remember that the
brain weighs about twenty times n
much as the tongue, and. therefore,
there Is no physiological law which
requires vs. to tell all We know.-BW
Nye.
One man is spending all the money
he can earn in taking a girl to the
theater and sending her flowers. in The
hope that he may eventually make her
his wife. and his neighbor is spending
all the gold he has saved 10 get a
divorce.
Every permanent state Of mind IS
largely the effect of habit Just rs we
can perform ~ action so continually
that il comes 70 he habitual. 80 we can
encourage conditions Of mind till they
too come to be habits of thinking and
even of feeling.
Have you Good Times among
your magazines?" asked lady Gus
toner. NO" responded the cler<,
II scarcely get time to read at all. :
When informed that Good Times was
( the name of magazine he wished that
he had been posted in current litera-
tuTe.
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were from precincts giving large prOhiDl-

were from precincts giving large prohioi-
tion majorities.
OK the 9TH the Hatfeldx Of Logan
County, w. Va. who were trIsd for the
murder Of the Mccoy family at jackson,
Ky. were acquitted
JUDaE JAMES N. GREER on the sth declined
the nomination for Vice President on the
ticket Of the American party.
PRAIRIE fires were doing great damage
on the sth north Of Bismarck, d. r.. and II
was rumored that an entire family had
persisted
A BATTLE on the sth in HiIlardsville, Ala,
between whites and negroes resulted in
seven Of the latter being killed. A dispute
over taking water from well caused the
tragedy
FoR the week ended on the sth the per-
centage or the basel ball clubs In the Ma
tional League was as follows: New
YORK, .f51; Chicago. .564; Detroit, $50;
Boston. .532; Philadelphia, 5O4: Pittsburgh,
40; Washington, .367; Indianapolis, .363
American Association: St Louis, 663;
Philadelphia, .636; Brooklyn, .6i3; Cincin-
natl, $50; Cleveland. .427: Baltimore. .405;
Louisville, .965; Kansas City, .3i2 West
ern Association: Des Moines, $50; st.
Paul, .64S; Omaha, sci; Kansas City, $50;
Milwaukee, 40; Sioux City, 40; Chicago
$50; Davenport. $50
Is San Francisco on the 9th fire do
stroyed property valued at 81, 80 900. The
burned district embraced five blocks
II st. Louis on the 9th four men COM
mtted suicide from various causes
JosEPH ROBERTS, eonfidentis. clerk OF
Taafe a. Gray, St Louis real estate deal
ers, absconded on the Sth with els, 900 OF
the firms money
IN Montana prairie fires had on the 9th
b a ..
five miles, aud the fire had assumed such
dimensions as TO battle all attempts to keep
il under control
A FREIGHT train dashed into the John
Robinson circus tram at Corwin, o., on
the 9th, and four of the circus men were
killed and eighteen wounded. tive fatally.
OK the 10th "Lotta,m the actress, pur-
chased the Grand Opera House at st. Paul,
Mimi, paying therefor $4,000
On the 10th Edward Chamberlain, pris-
oner in the White County Ind.) jail await
ing trial for murder, had tasted for nine
teen days.
Ok the 10th the twenty-second annual
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic commenced at Columbus, O.
CoSeREssIoNAL nominations were made
as follows on the 10th. 7. B. Bullane By
Ffth Missouri district Republicans; James
X. Chalmers by Second Mississippi dis
trict Republicans; Charles Z. Hooker by
Seventh Mississippi district Democrats
(renominated) w. Z. Mason by Third Ill-
nois district Republicans Crenominatedl.
A FREIGHT train near Wadsworth, o., on
the 10th dashed into the rear OF O passen
ger train carrying veterans and others to
the Columbus eRcampment, and the
wrecked cars rolled down { n enibsnkment
Four men were killed instantly; two
young women whs were injured had since
died, and twenty other persons were badly
wounded.
PARTS Of Augusta, Ga, were submerged
by water on the 10th, and the river was at
the highest point ever recorded and still
rising.
The larger pr 'tion of the town OF Dalles,
Col, was buried on the 10th.
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MANY WERE MANGLED,

A Freight Train Dashes Into Disabled
Excursion Train AZ wadsworth o.
Four Persons Killed Outright, Two said
to Have Died of Their Injuries and Many
Others Badly Hurt.
CLEVELAND. O., Sept. 1.-THE fourth
section of train No 5, Vest bound on the
New York, Pennsylvania a. Ohio road,
carrying Grand Army veterans from
Youngstown and vicinity to the Ma
tional Encampment at Columbus, suffered
a mshap at / o'clock yesterday afternoon
at Rittmann, small station three miles
west OF Wadsworth The train con-
sisted of nine ears. The connecting rod of
the locomotive drawing the special broke
near Rittman, and after much difficulty
the train was stopped on a curve. While
waiting for repairs TO be made freight
train No. IS, which had been following
the special. Numbered down the heavy
grade at the rate of twenty-five miles
an hour. and, although warning was given,
it was impossible to avert the collision.
The locomotive of the freight plunged into
tie rear coach of the special, smash
ing four cars, two of them being
completely demolished. The excursions,
lists had notice of the impending
danger and all succeeded in getting out of
the cars before the crash came, but as
they hurried down the embankment the
wrecked coaches rolled upon them, killing
four persons outright and injuring twenty
three others more or less seriously. The
names of the killed are:
Barney Bolinger, Gallon, o. eng neer OF the
freight who jumped against the bank and fell
under the wheels Of his own engine; Will m
Cochran, Caledonia, o., brakeman Of the
freight train, killed outright; John Shook,
Youngstown; Samuel Brace, Youngstown.
The injured are:
Miss Ina Tucker Austintown, seriously hurt
Internally, since reported dead; Miss Gwen,
Garfield, o. seriously hurt and since reported
20 have died; Charles Hogle. Youngstown, leg
broken; Daniel McFadden, Homegrown, back
injured Thomas Marland, You. gstown, both
legs injured Mrs. Sarah Mary n, Youngstown
injured internally; Chris De bic, Youngstown,
injuren about the head; Mrs. D. Callahan,
Youngstown, injured in the breast; Mrs j. l..
Botsford, Youngstown, leg injured: Miss Jones,
Youngstown, injured in side and foot; Mr..
Snyder Young stown, injured in side; Mrs.
DR.. Hughes Berlin Center, O., injured
in side; Or. J. r. CsssGo Garfield O., injured IN
leg and side; Mrs. Hugh Manchester, Garfield,
o. both legs broken Jonas Men, Aust n own,
o. injured IN head and legs; Eli Nef Austin
town, o. head injured; l. NichoiO New Lis
bon, O., injured In head. leg ana breast' John
CAN'T Jackson, o., seriously iniurcii Mrs. Nc
Farlard. CoiJsvi4e, O., slightly hurt; Mrs. WI
SON. Sharon, Pa. (wife Of tie postmasterl, in
1ured in back and hiT. viii die; +. Gerhardt
Gallon, o., cut in the aSe; William Ludt, leg
lbroen; Mrs. Alice Wilson, seriously injured
and will probably d e.
The injured were taken to farm houses
and to the nearest station. where surgical
attention was given them The accident
is believed TO have been unavoidable, as
fiagman was sent out 20 stop the freight
An inquest viii be held at once.
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FRom WASHINGTON.

THE Commissioner Of Education reported
on the sth that eight million children daily
attended the public schools Of the coun-
try during the past year.
THERE were 1874 business failures in the
United States during the seven days end
ed on the 1th, against 1876 the previous
seven days.
The exchanges at twenty-slx leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the Sth aggregat ed
Ss0j 579. Ia. against SsO6. SIS, l49 the pre-
yious week. As compared with the CORE
spending week Of 1887 the decrease amount
Ell 70 le.7 per cent
Mn. CLEyELAND's letter accepting the
Democratic nomination for President was
made public on the 10th. He heartily in
3orsed the National Democratic platform
aud discussed campaign issues
THE report of the Department of Agri-
culture for September | makes the aver
age condition of corn 93.2; wheat, 77.3:
oats, Sc; rye, O. 5; barley, 500; buck
wheat, 81; potatoes, 9lG and tobacco 81
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

FLOODS in Japan have destroyed one
hundred and eighty houses at Mayosagori
and drowned fcrty-six people.
CYCLONE on the 9Th at Havana, found
cred vessels of the coast, two sailors being
drowned, damaged wharves, destroyed
property and injured many persons.
On the 9TH nine persons were killed and
many injured in a collision of railway
trains near Dion, France.
On the 9th the houses formerly oc cupied
by evicted tenants on the Clanricarde
estates in Ireland were torn down by tho
landlords orders. Some Of tho houses
were owned by the tenants.
ADyICEs OF the 9th say that in the recent
cyclone in Cuba fifty persons lost their
lives at Sagua, while the damage done TO
dwellings and warehouses in the city was
great. The village of Pueblo Nuevo, in the
neighborhood of Sagua, was literally wiped
out.
On the 9th twelve hundred men en-
ployed in the cotton-mills at Bolton, Eng,
went on a strike against new system Of
weighing cotton.
4 REGULAR slave traffic was on the 9th
being carried on between the islands Of
Pemba and Madagascar by vessels carry
ing the French flag.
THE Customs Department OF the Cana
dian Government decided on the 9TH TO en-
force fine of 800 against the American
schooner Gladiator, seized while towing in
Canadian waters
IL the City of Mexico an earthquake
shock occurred ON the 9TH, but no damage
was done.
IT was shown on the sth that for the fis-
cal year there was deficit of 1888, 900
in the treasury Of the Dominion of Canada
FLooDs in the south OF Spain had on the
o. ~ q nv,1
enormous damage to property.
DISPATCHES of the Sth say that during
storms many vessels of the French fishing
feet were destroyed on the south coast Of
Iceland and fully one hundred fishermen
lost their lives.
OK the 9th the famous Star and Garter
Hotel at Richmond, a London (Eng)
suburb, was partly destroyed by fire. The
loss was very heavy.
Or the sth the fourth Of a series of muir
ders occurred in London. In every case
the victim has been a woman, whom the as
sassin has waylaid at night and butchered
in most iendish manner
BETWEEN Vera Cruz and the City OF
Mexico railroad traffic was suspended on
the 10th on account OF the fallinE OF the
Mettac bridge, and in other parts Of Mex
leo swollen rivers and creeks had forced a
suspension of traffic. Houses had been
thrown down at Orizaba and several lives
had been lost.
THERE were two earthquake shocks at
Vostizza. on the Corinthian gulf, on the
10th Nearly every building in the place
was more or less damaged, many houses
were in ruins and several persons were
killed
DURING recent hurricane in Cuba a
Government -Jat with all on board was
lost. At Isabel de Sagua forty three bod
les had been picked up on the beach, and
at Cardennes wharves and vessels were
des troyed and the city inundated, entail
ing property loss Of 81. 0Oo, 900
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THE smallest watch in America is
said 20 be one which a New York deal
er has just received from Switzerland.
The dial and works are just the size Of
a silver half dime. II is a complete
watch in every respect. is stem
wiudcr and stem-setter. and the works
are full-jeweled. II Is inclosed in a
hunting-case Of eighteen karat gold
and keeps accurate time Ii was made
in Ia Chaux-de-Fonds. Switzerland.
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TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.
One Man Killed and Seven Hurt, -Four
Fatally, at Glendale, ID. t.

ELLESDALE d. T., Sept. 6.-The boiler
Of Goulette & Lessons thrashing outfit
exploded near the Manitoba depot, and Of
ten or twelve men who were working
near it, eight were either killed
outright or badly injured. G. j.
Goulette, one of the owners, was
blown six rods. He was badly scalded and
bruised, but not fatally hurt. An old man
named Mclean was killed. Four young
men named Mckenzie, Johnston, Mem
DRY and Griffin, sons of prominent
citizens, were terribly wounded and
will hardly recover. The other two
who were injured will undoubtedly
recover The explosion scattered fire in
oil directions and in few minutes the
prairie grass was blazing around the vic
Tins of the disaster, some OF whom would
have persisted in the flames but for the ar
rival of the people in the neighborhood
who had heard the noise.
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THOMAS McNAUGHT. ;. ;. C.. hon
orary colonial secretary Of the Scottish
Home Rule Association. has arrived in
New York from Edinburgh. tie is on
q tour through the States and the Do
minion Of Canada for the purpose Of
organizing committees among his coun-
trymen resident on this side Of the
water. 10 obtain assistance in the
political warfare Scotchmen are fight
ing to regain their ancient right Of
making their own laws and expanding
their own money. He wants 70 raise
q Parliamentary fund Of 100000 for
that purpose.
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
A PLuCKY sHERlEf,
How Mob in Ashland Was Prevented
from LynehIng A Prisoner

How Mob in Ashland Was Prevented
from LynehIng a Prisoner.
Early tho other morning a crowd of
yearly two hundred men gathered within
few blocks Of The COUNTY jail at Ashland,
where Dan Richie, the murderer OF William
Amrine, was confined. and were all ready for
the signal 10 make rush for the jail when
Sheriff Breen advised them that ne had
twelve deputies inside the bars who would
shoot to kill IL any man attempted to enter
The mob thereupon dispersed because no
one OF sufficient courage could be found to
take the lead against the force in the Jail
Toe sheriff's determined stand saved the
prisoner from terrible fate, as the mob
was bent on lynehing him The examina-
ton Of Richie was held before Justice
Metgher, the charge being murder, and he
was bound over