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All About lightning.

l. AS to the term "forked lightning,
the representations of it given by ar
fists, which resemble the so-called
thunderbolts placed in the hand of
Jupiter, are quite absurd. The flash,
when photographed, exhibits itself as
line which is continually changing its
course, and is described as Intensely
crooked" by very careful observer.
1t never proceeds for time in a
straight line, and then turning at a
sharp angle, going on further in an
equally straight line, as is represented
in pictures. The forking of it is very
marked and this occurs by side-flashes
passing off from the main track and
eventually losing themselves. like the
ramifications of tree roots. Occasion
ally the lightning appears to start
from point from which several flashes
diverge in different directions.
.. "Sheet lightning" Whenever a
flash passes from cloud to cloud
or from cloud to earth, the light
produced by it illuminates the
sky in the neighborhood, and the
more intense the flash the more
brilliant and extensive the illumina-
ton. At times sheet lightning has
been proved to emanate from an ordi-
nary storm, distant more than one hun
dred miles from the point of observa-
tion. 1t Is, however, maintained, and
apparently with good reason, that oc-
casionally lightning of the sheet"
type, such as what is called summer
lightning" takes place without any
thunder, so that in such cases no ac-
tual thunder storm is in progress.
3. "Globular lightning" This is a
rare phenomenon, and one which no
one has as yet been able to produce in
the laboratory, whereas the phenomena
of the two previous types are easily
produced The general description of
the occurrence is that luminous ball
is seen moving very slowly, not touch
ing any object, and eventually break
appearance of several flashes of ordina-
ry lightning. 1t is reported that per-
sons have gone out from a house into
a street to follow such ball and watch
it's movements, so that the occurrence
must have lasted at least a number of
seconds. Ordinary lightning, as is
we'll known, is practically quite in
Simultaneous. The size of the ball on
different occasions has varied from that
of an orange TO that of large glass
lamp globe, or even larger. Many
physicists refuse to believe any ac-
counts of this manifestation of electric
al discharge, but the reports of it are
too numerous and circumstantial for us
to consider them entirely baseless.-
LonQnlull'S MLQdzi1le.
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vivid day of the mightiest military power
that was ever called into eXistence.

vivid day of the mightiest military power
that was ever called into existence.
II was spectacle OF superlative
grandeur by whatever standard it was
measured. In point of numbers il was
immense, and but for the excellent man
agemcnt of its organizers and directors
itwould have been unwieldy. From IL
O'CLOCK in the forenoon till after sunset
this memorable march was kept up,
column after column passing the grand
stands with wonderful precision and pre-
senting to the spectators n succession of
military tableauX, each one in its turn
possessing some peculiar and distinctive
trait of the State frem which it came.
Names sturdy men displayed the pine
cones of their forests; Wisconsin 5
contingent carried badger Yer
mont's gallant comrades adorned
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their l1ossuths with sprigs of green
TO remind us of their green mountains;
the Ilinoisans bore banners on which
the names and faces of their great citi-
zens, Lincoln, Grant, and Logan, were
conspicuous; and so on through the long
list of all the States represented. There
were 45,5OO veterans in line. II was the
largest procession the &. A. Il. has ever
turned out. The President, the Gov
.ernor of Massachusetts, and Gen. Sher-
man reviewed the procession from a
stand I'm Ccplcy Squtre. Undeniably
the most gallant figure of tho day, and
the one most heartily and continuously
applaudcd, was Gen. Alger.
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20 express my thanks TO the oficers Of the
various departments for their uniform
courtesy In responding to my demands made
upon them In relation 10 their departments.
To Assistant Adjutant General james T.
Sterling am greatly indebted for his as
sistance. 50 cheerfully and zealously given
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cheap rates they lose in having to buy
new suits"
Then both laugh sardonic, diaboli-
cal. ironicnl laugh, which only board
ers can understand and appreciate
Philadelphia Times.
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'lIE Grand Army Of
Boys in Blue has
come and gone, and
every one of them
feels like taking off
his hat To the Hub.
IL is the first time
they have ever, as a
body, tested Boston
hospitality, and they
found il not wanting.
IL very b ody went
away praising Boston
and BoStonians 10
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at the disposal OF the comrades OF the Grand
Army OF the Republic was measured only by
the time between the dates when Won as
sumed the Office and when you will have
laid IL down.
IL have in any manner merited the con-
fidenco which you have placed I'm me, and
my Official action has been satisfactory to
the members OF the organization. am more
than pleased, and abundantly rewarded for
the labor.
desire la as public a manner as possible
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Tho New Omccrs.

The chief interest in tho encampment
surrounded the election of grand officers
and the location for the next encamp-
ment. General Wheelock G.. Veazy, Of
Vermont. was elected Commander-in-
chief. and the next convention will be
held In Detroit. Richard f. Tobin, Of
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JAKEY-Mudder, tink got me vun
of dem silk shirts to wear dis hot
vether. Mrs. Epstein-Vell, Jake, if
you get vun. get black vun; dey look
so much cleaner after you haf worm dem
A couple of months or so.
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unique and impressive. Such a parade
would be impossible in any other coun-
try than this, for no other country could
muster the same number and kind of
men, soldiers, yet civilians, SCARED vet
.eranS Of hundreds of battlefelds, gath
'ered from the farms and workshops Of n
continent, 10 remind us for a brief but
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A Joke for Boarders.

you've left your old boarding house,
/ see"
"Yes, too expensive. Mrs. Hash
feeds her boarders so we'll that they
are continually outgrowing their
clothes. and what they save in the
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THE sky. "ltS great city ana great
people, was stock expression heard on
every hand.
The crowning event of the encamp-
smen4 was the procession. This was
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at all times. and 10 Quartermaster General
John Taylor, Judge Advocate General Aus
tin, and Inspector General Griffith for their
aid whenever called upon. Sincerely in f.,
q. and L., GEORGE HOPKINS.
Adiutant General
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S31 900. The Grant monument fund was
shown TO have been increased by S9S1. 76
since the last encampment, and TO amount
TO Sl1, ,ll4.55.
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BEFORE great victories can be en-
joyed great battles must be fought.
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TRAMP! TRAMP! TRAMP!
MONSTER PROCESSION OF THE
G. A. r. IN BOSTON.

All Former Paradc- Thrown I'm the shade
-AdJuiant General Hopkins Report
shows Large Gains i'm Membership
General wheeiock a. veaxey Elected
Commander for the Coming Year.
ESPECIAL BOSTON LETTER
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RUSSIAN students still sing "God
Preserve the Gar" but they don't say
in what.
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III you give q fiddle to fool don't
grumble about the music afterward.
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Next Lesson-"Entering the Kingdom. q"
Luke Is: 1890.
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Report of Adjutant General Hopkins.

The following is Adjutant General
Hopkins report:
Russell ]. Alger, Commandcr-in-c chief:
CoMRADE-1 beg % submit the following
report OF the business transactions of the
Adjutant Generals office, and membership
and progress and condition of the order for
the year just closed. Owing 10 the fact that
the Twenty fourth National Encampment
is held two weeks earlier i'm the year than
the preceding encampment, the reports from
some of the departments are not as full as
they would have been had moro time been
given TO the posts in the various depart
ments 20 make their reports. When you as
sumed command of the Grand Army OF the
Republic there were forty-two depart
ments, with GIL posts, and a membership
i'm good standing OF $50, $50. The CONSOLE
dated report for the quarter ending June 30.
1890, shows forty-thrce departments. with
the provisional department of Indian Terri
tory and Oklahoma. and a membership in
good standing of 427,Ds1. being "A net gain OF
Two departments, AGA posts, and 47,116 COM
rades.
The following table gives the strength OF
the several departments. and the gains OF
each i'm posts and membership between
June 30 1850, and June 30 1890.
These tables show that on June 30. 1890.
there were i'm the several departments 7,17S
posts. with a membership of 800 ,3Sj. The
gains since June 30. 1889, were $50 posts and
Pr members. The losses were 20 posts
and ISL members.
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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY
CONSIDERED.

a Scholarly Exposition of the Lesson
Thoughts Worthy of Cam Reflection
Half AN Hours Study of the Scriptures
Time Well Spent.
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WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.

The lesson for sunday. Aug. ~, may be
found In Luke Is: l-i4.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
SHE CONFESSES.
Harley Russell Was Murdered By
a Woman.
Mrs. Holden Tells the Story Of the Crime
For Which Her Husband Is Sem
fenced to Hang.

On the way to Joliet penitentiary
Mrs. Ann Eliza Holden made a confess
ion to Dr. J. D. Knott that it was her.
self and son, Edwin Holden, that killed
Harley Russell; that she dressed in AL
bert Dunham's clothes and wore his
shoes; that she held the horse while
Edwin Holden shot Russell. She says
Calvin Holden knew nothing about the
killing until after it was done; that
Dunham was in bed and took no part
whatever, but that she had made threats
against Russell in Dunham's presence.
She admits having got the Honselman
revolver on Friday before the
shooting, and that she took it home on
Sunday morning, after the shooting.
ll'efore leaving the Jail there her son,
NJ lyin Holden, threw his arms around
her neck and implored her in Gods name
to tell who did the shooting and save his
life. She said the reason why she did
not tell the correct story in the trial at
Monticello, ILL.,, was that she feared a
mob would hang her and Edwin. They
did not want any new trial, but were
very anxious to get off to the peniten-
tiary at once. just what effect her
statement will have and how far it will
90 toward saving the lives of Calvin
Holden and Albert Dunham remains to
be seen.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
FACTS AND FICTION.
A Protective Tariff Is Not Even an "Hono
able Kind Of Thieyery."

A Protective Tariff Is Not Even an "Honor-
able Kind of Thievery."
In one Of Shakespeare's plays, THE
Two Gentleman of Verona" the hero,
Valentine and his servant Speed, are
captured by band of outlawed robbers.
Valentine tells them, in response to
their questionings, what kind of man
he is, and he paints his character so at
tractively that one of the cut-throats
says:
BY the bare scalp OF Robin Hoods fat frlar
This fellow were king for our wild faction.
The servant Speed, then remarks
Master, be one of them;
1t Is an honorable kind OF thevery.
After some parley, and rather for
nidable show of force, Valentine con-
sents to be their king,
Provided that you do no outrages
on silly women and poor passengers.
This was agreed to, for the outlaws
say: "We detest such vile, base prac-
tees"
An honorable kind Of thievery So
it was, if for no other reason than that
it did not pretend to be any thing else
than thieving. The men who practiced
1t did not boast OF their patriotism; they
were not protecting" or fostering"
any one else; they did not sneak upon
their prey under the cover of law;
they did rot claim that their levy was
not tax; they simply took what did not
belong to them whenever they were
strong enough. They lived by thievery,
and they knew it, and they acknowl-
edged it. 1t was honorable thievery."
Leave off the adjective and there re-
mains scientifically accurate definition
of protection. The men who live by
protection do boast loudly Of their pa
triotism; they talk of protecting and
fostering the industrial interests of the
whole country, meaning thereby, them
selves; they work in harmony with, and
under the sanction of laws which they
have bought and paid for; they insist
that their sway is not tax upon the
rest Of the community; they take what
does not belong to them and would have
other people believe that they are con-
ferring benefit upon those from whom
they take it. They live by thievery
But it is not honorable thievery."
And the man who consents to be king
over this wild faction" must sell him
self body and sonl-must be ready to 60
all lengths
But the robbers of the play condemned
''outrages on silly women and poor pas
sengers" as ''vile, base practices" Not
so the modern and improved" brigands.
They are as cold and cruel as Satan.
The weak and the helpless are their
special prey. They delight to get hold
of the poor passengers"-the poorer
the better. He must be very poor in
deed, who isn't poorer after they get
through with him. They rob him Of
shelter and clothes and food and medi.
cine and tools and furniture and carpets
and blankets, and they have the nerve
to tell him that it is all for his good!
But day of reckoning is coming.
When it does come people will be al
lowed to keep what belongs to them
and those who object to such a state of
| things will be forced to adopt the pro
fession of honorable thieving'-whict
will be vast improvement over the
present situation.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
LUMBER DUTIES.
Senator Mcpherson Attempts to Reduce
the Cost of the Western Farmers Home.

Senator Mcpherson Attempts to Reduce
the Cost of the Western Farmers Home.
Senator Mcpherson, of New Jersey,
is dissatisfied, as well he may be, with
the wood schedule in the Tariff bill now
before the Senate. He has proposed
substitute for that schedule which will,
if adopted, make the following changes:
Cabinet and house furniture of wood,
finished, so instead of 35 per cent.
Manufactures of wood, or of which
wood is the principal component part
not specially enumerated, 80 instead of
35 per cent
Manufactures of cedar wood, ebony
mahogany, rosewood, etc, 80 instead of
20 per cent.
Timber, hewed and sawed, and timber
used for spars and in building wharves,
free, instead of 10 per cent.
Timber, squared or sided, free, instead
of 4 cent per cubic foot
Wood manufactured and not spe-
cially enumerated, free, instead OF 20
per cent
Sawed boards, planks, deals and all
other articles of sawed lumber, free, in
stead of 81, 81. 50. 81, s., 80, s., S. so per
| 1000 feet
Hubs for Wheels posts last blocks,
wagon blocks, car blocks, gun blocks,
and all like blocks or sticks, rough
hewn or sawed only free, instead of 20
per cent
Slaves of wood, free, instead of 10 per
cent.
Pickets and palings, free, instead OF
90 per cent
Lathes, free, instead of 10 cents per
1000 pieces
Shingles free, instead Of S5 cents per
1000.
Clapboards, free, instead of S1.50 and
81. 90 per 1000.
Pine or spruce logs, free.
If any foreign nation, from which we
may import these articles shall put an
export duty upon them, our tariff duties
are to be maintained at the present fig
ure, as against that nation.
Mr. Mcpherson has performed this
not very difficult feat of improving upon
the Tariff bill reported from the Finance
Committee AS his plan, however, does
not aim to ''check importations, it $
extremely improbable that it will be
followed.
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Murdernns Work of Indiana,

Oscar Pfatenhaiser, thirty-two years
old, was shot and killed on the 17th
inst while working at the Unknown
Mine, a few miles from Chloride, n. NJ.
The same day Fred Baubach was shot
and killed at Silver Mountain Mine,
twelve miles from Chloride, it is presum-
ed also hy Indians Moccasin trails wero
traced in the vicinity. A posse has left
Chloride to warn the miners and get
information as to the killing of both
N
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
SUNDAY EXCURSION TRAIN
Crushed Into the Rear Isy n Switch Engine
-Four Killed and Several Injured.


-Four Killed and Several Injured.
At eight o'clock Sunday evening .
switch engine on the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad ran into tho
rear OF an excursion train on the Illinois
Central road, near Eighto nth street,
Chicago. The collision ,suited in
frightful tragedy. For time the con-
fusion was so great that even an approx
innate idea OF the loss Of life was impos-
sible to obtain. Within half an hour four
mangled corpses had been dragged out
of the broken timbers and twisted iron
that marked the spot where the colli-
sion had taken place. by this time
it had also been ascertained that at least
three people were seriously injured and
six others slightly. Tho collision took
place near Douglas Park, and the vic.
tins were Sunday ,Wcursionists just
reaching the city on their way homo
from an afternoons outing. The freight
train crew, when questioned, asserted
that they passed Millard avenue under
clear signal. Millard avenue is only
short distance from where thb,
smash-up occurred, and the freighs I
crew claim that when the crash
came the red lights on the rear OF the
Illinois Central train were burning with
extreme dimness. The excursionists
were on the third section of train city
bound from Addison, ILL.,, town eight
teen miles from Chicago, whore there is
a large picnic ground much frequented
by Germans. Two Illinois Central
coaches were telescoped and third
badly shattered. The four dead were
two sisters named Gilman and two young
men, identity unknown. OF the injured,
one who gave her name as Miss Pilgrim,
was in dying condition when taken
from the wreck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
ANOTHER CALAMITY.
a Frightful Wreck on the Reading
Railroad.
ears That at Least Fifty Passengers
nave Been Killed, While Thirty More
Have Been Injured.

Shoemakersville, station on che
Reading railroad, fifteen miles north OF
Reading, Pa, was the scene of a terri.
bic railroad wreck Friday evening.
Many were injured and number killed.
The Associated Press representative has
had an interview with one OF the pas
sengers who went down in the wreck
and who was but Slightly injured. This
gentleman says that when the passen-
ger train left Reading the cars were all
well filled. Among them were
many ladies. He sat in the front
part of the last car. This is
his story: THE train was going at q
lively rate of speed. The passengers ap.
peared happy crowd, many of them Ia
dies, chatting and laughing after days
pleasure at The Berks County Fair. I
was viewing the country through which
we we're passing, when suddenly there
was a terrible crash. / was hurled from
my seat, while the cars rolled down
the twenty-foot embankment, and was
thrown from one side of the car to the
other, when, splash! one end went into
the water, and was thrown against the
side OF the car with a force that partial
ly stunned me. | quickly recovered my
SELF and managed to climb upon the
seats on that side Of the car which lay
against the embankment, / was a
eisoner in the car unable to get out,
and while | was nursing my sprained
ankle and wrist out of joint, | realized
that was in scene Of veritable hor-
ror. Around and about me were
human beings struggling in
the water, screaming in their
fright, and some almost dragged me
back into the water again. A few saved
themselves as | did, and the remainder
struggled in the water and then quietly
sank out of sight" Up to midnight
thirteen bodies have been recovered.
Five bodies are exposed to view in the
wreck They are pinned under the tim
bers. The wreckers Of Cresson and
Reading have arrived and are
hard at work. The Associated Press
Agent has just had direct COM
munication with his representative at
the scene of the wreck and the latter
says that conservative estimates Of
the number of killed is forty or fifty.
1t is almost impossible to estimate the
exact number and the full horror of the
situation will not be known before
morning. At II o'clock Mail Agent
Greenwald's body was taken out follow
ed by the horribly mutilated bodies Of
two Mahanoy City fremen, on their way
home from the Chester Convention.
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TARIFF EXPRESSIONS.



Senator Blackburn shows How Wages VIII
Inevitably Fall.
During the debate in the Senate on
the 23d of August Senator Blackburn
said some things which should be very
carefully pondered by all who love lib
erty. He proved concldsively, by the
original bills, that at least two manu-
featuring, establishments - Landers,
Frary & Clark, OF New Britain, Conn,
and the Northampton CuteryCompany--
were in the habit Of selling their goods
more cheaply in foreign markets than
in this country. Then he went on and
discussed the whole subject. especially
in connection with the wagesSan raw
material questions But no clearer
statement of the dangers involved in
the continuance of the protective sys-
tenn has been made in recent years than
that with which the Kentucky Senator
closed his speech. He said:
l have said that wages are higher here and
always will be higher, no matter whether
We have free trade CT low tariff or protec-
tion, and this proposition, I think, is true,
unless under the operation of unequal and
unjust class legislation we shall ultimately
reach that point where the men Of moderate
means who are now engaged in business on
their own account become so Impressed and
harassed bv tho large establishments doing
business of the same kind as TO drive them
ont of business and compel them to ioln the
grand army of laborers who are seeking
work for waoes
Wheneyer wa reach that noint under tho
oneration OF these laws the inevitable ten.
dencv of which. as everybody knows. is to
crush the little establishments and build up
tha great ones-wbenaver we reach noint
where thc small establishments now con.
Quoted bv proprie ietors who contribute their
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
A Family Poisoned,

A few days ago an agent was around
selling suction pumps in the north end
Of Vermillion County, III. He sold
pump to Henry Warner, farmer living
a few miles south of Rankin. The fam
lily consisted of husband, wife and three
small children. The pump was put
in the we'll near the kitchen, and
some time after they commenced
to use the water the entire family was
taken violently i'll. A physician who
was summoned Immediately pronounced
it case of poisoning. The little girl
died, one of the boys can not live and it
is doubtful if Mr.. Warner can recover.
Investigation showed that trough on
rats had been put in the pump at the
store.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1890-09-27
News Items.

THE New Zealand House of Repre-
sentatives has approved the renewal for
one year Of the contract for carrying the
mails between New Zealand and San
Francisco.
AN important arrest of counterfeiters
has been made at Eschwege, Prussia, and
the members of the gang are now on
trial. Thirty-fve thousand coins and a
large quantity of forged notes and
dividend warrants have been discovered.
Some OF the leaders of the criminals
escaped arrest
THE Austrian war ship Taurus, with
crew Of sixty-nine men and four Off
GERS, has foundered in the Black Sea.
LoRING X. LOOMS, Chicago stock
broker, has absconded with $500 be.
long to his business associates.
EFT. MURPHY shot and fatally wound.
cd Charles Brown at Seattle, Wash.
They were clerks in the same store, and
Brown had insulted Murphy's wife.
THE American ship Challenger los,
twelve men who were washed overheard
In o hurricane September l.
Mrs NJ. j. Person, Of Memphis
Tenn, suicided by shooting herself be
cause another woman had won her nus
bands affections.
FRANCIS BIRK, who. after being intro
duced by George Deistel into his famil,
ran away with Mrs. Destel, was sho
and killed by Deistel In New York.