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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-13

Harrison is determined to run the
campaign himself. He slammed the
door of the White House in the faces Of
Quay and Dudley. He'll slam 1t behind
himself this time.-Elmira On. W Ga
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-13
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his utterances are strong and clear
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BY lowest menial spurned.
For Cleveland and for Stevenson
Wen raise this battle cry
Till from the dome at Washington
Their banners proudly fiyl
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-13

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What the President Thinks.
The opposition Of Mars is q picayune
affair In comparison with the opposition
Of Platt.-Philadelphia Record
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-09-13

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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08

His mouth was absolutely open to shut
down on my neck and finish this story
for me. | could feel his hot breath on
my face, when the wolves made rush,
and one of them absolutely seized nv
foot. The grizzly rushed after them
furiously. Now was my opportunity.
With superhuman exertion rose upon
my uninjured knee, and half-scram bled,
half rolled into the pen. Before was
well in | could hear the huge brute
coming on run. l crawled another
foot further-too late-no; | reached
the trigger with the tips of my fingers,
and down shot the ponderous door,
scraping the grizzly's nose as it fell.
81 was shut up in the bear pen. How
the brutes did rage outside. hundred
times they walked around and around
the pen, the bear officiating as chief
mourner and the wolves skslking after
him and bowling dismally. As for me,
lay stretched on the ground inside and
laughed and cried, and cried and
laughed, for my nerves were gone all to
pieces, and had spell of what would
have been mysteries if ! had been a
woman. Sometimes l varied the per-
Torrance by fainting comfortably
away, with such blessed sense of
security; and when l walked again |
cried and laughed some more. staid
there and kept house in that bear-pen,
l don't know how many hours After
awhile fusillade Of shots aroused me,
and I saw my friend the grizzly rise
upon his launches. Then some more
shots sounded and he fell, with faint
struggling motions of his arms. The
wolves rushed at him fast, but few
more shots scattered them; and then
came John with three of the neichbors.
When ask you not to go next time
maybe ysu1l listen said John. He's
a funny fellow, that John. You see NV
horse had gone home, and then John
gathered IN some of the neighbors and
went to Took for me. They found where
] had been thrown and where the bear
had dragged me. They had never ex.
pected To find me alive, and there was
in the bear-pen. We'll. my broken leg
was serious matter, but it healed at
last, and you can scarcely tell any
difference in my walk. could show
You the scars on my shoulders made by
the grizzly's teeth. When a change in
the weather is brewing those places
hurt me yet, and the memory is Sc
vivid for moment | fancy myself ly-
ing in that bearpen with huge Rocky
Mountain grizzly .wo fee: away. lteh
you that helpless foolish tears come tc
my eyes when / think of it."-St Louis
Embellishments
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08

At last, through the partially open
door, a glimpse of DIR. Richards was re-
vealed- II is thought that he was upon
the point of addressing the mob. He
quickly shut the door, but did so little
too late, for one of the rioters rushed
forward and fred
The ball passed through the door and
into DIR. Richards side. 1t is said that
the person who fred this shot was the
husband of the young woman whose
body had been stolen; but there is no
evidence at this day to prove it.
The occupants of the house then
began to retreat through the rear of
the yard. 1t was an exciting scene
which none of the participants are
likely to forget
In the evacuation of the house anoth-
er well-aimed ball dropped one of the
students. He died soon after. He was,
according to common belief, the pnn-
cipal in the crime. Although Dr. Rich
ards lived for some years afterwards
and did heroic work in fighting the ter
rible cholera scourge, there is no doubt
but that the injury received in the riot
was responsible for his early death, and
for the untimely ending of brilliant
and useful career.
1t was also here that Lovejoy and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08
OLD ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, ST.
CHARLES.

other famous abolition leaders made
several of their most powerful pleas.
1t is doubtful if another Illinois town
contains to-day more quaint and inter-
esting "characters" than does st.
Charles Certainly none other has con-
tanned more in the course of its history.
Prominent among these should be
mentioned "Old Peter Burchell," the
presiding genius of the old tavern, the
ruins of which are still standing, black
ened by time and overgrown by vines
This was the rendezvous of the old
time democratic politicians Of this con-
gressional district, which then included
Chicago and Galena.
When Long John Wentworth wanted
to carry the district for congress, he as
sembled the democratic minions in
Pete's barroom and there renewed his
strength for each conflict. Pete was a
willy and efficient lieutenant, a crude
but natural master of men, and his in
f1uence was as powerful as his ac-
quaintance was extensive. The cara
vans of teams hauling grain to Chicago
and returning with lumber and sup.
plies always stopped over" with Pete
Burchell and departed charmed with
his ready wit and rude logic.
His tavern was also the center for the
"big dances" and other important So
cial festivities. The old ballroom, in
which these grand occasions were cele-
brated, has now fallen into complete
decay, and the sounds of its revelry,
like the voice of the genial host, are
now but memories.
One of the latest of these picturesque
characters" to pass from the streets of
the old town into the beautiful ceme-
terry, which commands one of the most
delightful views on Fox river, was
Mother Howard" whose fame as
''seer," or fortune teller. made the town
a sort of Mecca for those in search of
knowledge not to be gained by the
ordinary avenues. Her powers of 6ivi-
nation were certainly remarkable.
But new spirit is abroad in the old
town. A new railway has purchased
the magnificent private park of an old
resident and converted it into one of
the most charming excursion points
accessible to the worlds fair city. 1t
has been appropriately named "Potta-
wattomie park" for where the tribe of
that name once launched their war and
hunting caSoes and lit their council
fires, the tired inhabitants of the great
city now retreat for day of rest and
pleasure, picnicking under the great
trees, dancing in the grand stand" of
handsome boathouse, or rowing, in
the swift cedar boats, upon the beauti-
tul Fox to SCOTS ford, where the reso-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08
A strange Creature.

One of the most unfortunate animals
in the world is the babakoto, or, as
grown up people with lots of time to
spare like to call him, the Indris brevi-
candatus. call him unfortunate be-
cause he labors under the great disad
vantage of resembling monkey with
out the chief JOY of the monkeys life
the one that compensates the monkey
for his lack of beauty-which is, in
brief, the ability to swing about on
trees with his tail. The reason why
the babal1oto cannot swing by his tail
is that he has no tail worth mention
ing, and it is no doubt due to this fact
that all the babal1oto can do is to sit in
a tree and whimper and wall. If you
wish to see the babakoto in the full lux
ury of his woe, You must go to NADIA
gascar. viii Their he has gone to live, to
be rid, no doubt, of the saucy apes of
Central Africa, who are said to have
made cutting and uncomplimentary re-
marks about his caudal shortcomings.
-Harper's Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08
The Tourist in italy.

A yearly income of twenty million
dollars is handsome return to get for
the trouble of entertaining strangers.
This, it is said, represents the amount
of gold spent in Italy every year by
tourists and visitors from foreign coun-
tries. Travelling American millionaires
and others contribute about a third of
the total amount; Englishmen and
others the remainder. The calculation,
which is made in report on Italian
trade issued by the British embassy, is
probably sufficiently correct. Italy Oh
tains this amount of gold over and
above her earnings in other ways; and
the sojourner in the land is the only
gold mine. He is certainly exploited
with zeal and thoroug hness which it
would be difficult to surpass. Perhaps
the opportunity might be taken to ask
that such profitable customer should
be treated a little more tenderly.
Neither Italian hotels nor Italian rail-
ways are perfection; nor is Naples quite
such a clean city as it might be.-St.
James Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08

imagine himself looking at the House
of the Seven Gables, which Nathaniel
Hawthorne's weird fancy has immortal
lied
The adobe-like walls of the ancient
church and the old-fashioned red brick
of the old Gothic house are characteristic
of the architecture of the entire town,
and give it perhaps more antiquated
appearance than it really deserves.
Wherever one may wander in the ram
bling old town, buildings of these de-
scriptions are sure to be in sight The
accompanying illustration is an excel
lent pencil sketch of one of the humber
of these pioneer dwellings.
To the earlier inhabitants of st.
Charles this leafy common is instinct
with varied associations 1t was the
village forum, and consequently the
scene of almost every important and
stirring event which touched the public
life Of the community. Here was the
scene of the most exciting episodes in
the pioneer history of the state; and
but few rods from the square is still
standing the little weather-beaten
frame cottage in which the students of
the first medical school in Illinois with
stood the siege of an Infatuated mob.
A physician named Richards was the
founder of the medical college. He
was universally conceded to be a man
of unusual learning, courage and abil-
ity, and the school was we'll patronlzed
from the start, as there was naturally a
demand for more doctors in so new
country. The school oacounters it's
greatest difficulty in obtaining bodies
for dissection. The pupils were as in
terested as their teacher in seeing that
an occasional body was provided for
their instruction, and were doubtless
not always particular to fully acquaint
DIR. Richards with all their plans along
this line. Certainly this seems to have
been the case in regard to the unfor-
innate proceeding which preeipitated
the riot and ruined the school An over
zealous student. in conspiracy with GER
tain daredevil companions. drove
secretly to a settlement near Sycamore
and eXhumed from the grave the body
of young woman. Through the care
lessness of the ghouls the suspicious of
the community were excited and the
mischief was Immediately discovered.
A formidable posse of citizens from the
outraged district was Immediately or
gained. Mounted and armed. they i'm
vaded st. Charles. Gathering in the old
common several of the leaders melted
their followers to violence and revenge.
1t was in vain that some of the most
prominent and influential citizens of
the county made eloquent pleas for
reasonable measures and couaseled
against violence and bloodshed. The
excited mob was determined and made
an assault upon the house in which Dr..
Richards, his family and several stu.
dents were intrenched The building
was bombarded with stones, briclbats
and every kind of missile which the
uob could pick up
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blissful Inconsistencies. When be-
gan to find myself again, the loud
bowling. deep growing and screams of
rage startled me back into the world.
found the grizzly standing over me,
while all around, not more than twenty
yards away, were great, gaunt, hun
CRY wolves.
"They had gathered In great num-
bers, and saw in moment what had
saved my life thus far. They were
afraid to venture upon the bear while
he held his prey, and he could not
begin devouring his captive while they
stood around strong in numbers and
emboldened by famine. Whenever the
grizzly put his head down to take hold
of me the wolves instantly began to
crowd nearer, whereupon he raised his
head with a warning growl, and they
fed to a safer distance. This occurred
not once or twice, but dozen times.
The very fact that am here to-day,
gentlemen, is due to gang of wolves
that would have torn me into good
many fragments if they could have
had their way.
But the brief respite came to an
end. The bear, tired of being defraud-
ed of his meal, decided to drag it to
some more secluded place, and there
feast at his leisure. He made one last
charge upon the wolves, and then,
rushing back, seized my shoulder again
and started off in a trot. A few mo-
ments of agony were followed by an
other fainting spell, and once more,
happily, ] was unconscious. When | re-
covered the same bowling, raging
pandemonium was going on around
me. Added numbers had made the
wolves more courageous, and they were
had not yet begun to devour me. He
would stand over me and growl for a
moment, and then make onslaughts
upon the enemy, scattering them like
chaff.
LAS | turned to watch him in one of
these violent attacks was startled to
find that | was lying just before the
door of one of brother Johns bear-pens.
1t was little house, built and rooted
with logs securely clamped together.
The door was raised and fastened to
the lever that connected with the trig-
ger inside AT first my only thought
was of the grim joke it would be upon
Johns bear-trap to have his brother
devoured by bear right in front of it.
Then something else occurred to me.
The bear came back and stood over me.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08
TRAVELLING IN ALASKA.
It Is Difacult and rerilous in the Extrer

II Is DifficuIt and PcriIous in the Extreme
A recently retsrYed traveller from
Alaska, Mr.. Israel c. Russell, says that
he met with enough adventures in his
journeys to satisfy the most venture
some geographical explorer The ex-
plorers got along mostly by climbing
over the steep walls Of ice and snow,
and across immense fields of ice In the
climbing, steps were cut in the ice, and
the members of the party slowly and
painfully dragged themselves up that
way. At almost any time false step
would have precipitated the party thou
sands of feet down the frozen precipices
On one occasion they were descending,
when they found that an avalanche had
carried away the steps which they had
made in going up, The inpromptu
staircase was destroyed for three hun
bred feet, and they had to lower a man
by rope to chop ont another. there
being no other way of getting down.
Such accidents as this were not uncom-
mon. Avalanches were continually fall
ing. rushing down the slopes with the
speed of railway trains and with
audible twenty miles away.
One night about II O'clock the party
was passing over bad place in the
Agassiz Glacier Two men were in the
lead, drawing sled. Suddenly they
disappeared, having fallen into assure
in the ice A projecting ledge about
twenty feet below luckily caught them,
else they wonld never have been seen
again. They We're hauled out with
ropes.
In the same neighborhood. the next
day, the party were travelling over
great ice field, and Mr. Russell. turning
tolook back over the way he had come
was startled to see that the greater
part of the field had disappeared. leav-
ing an enormous hole of unknown
depth. Another time one of the men
tumbled into a crcvasse. or narrow slit
in the ice. and was only saved by the
pack fastened to his shoulder which in
terrupted his fall through a twist in
the frozen tunnel which had yawned
for him.
One would think such dangers suffi-
cient to chill the ardor for adventures
in the most enthusiastic arctic explorer.
1t looks fine 10 return with hard-earned
laurels, but the chances are great
against the laurels, and in favor of the
ardent traveller finding an ignominious
grave in some ice hole. or at the bottom
OF some unsupported precipice.-Har-
per's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1892-07-08
AN OLD ILLINOIS TOWN.
St Charles Once the Metropolis Of
the Prairie State.
Now 1t Has Almost as Many Ruins, n
Proportion to Its Size. as Rome
"Reminiscences of Early Days
In the West.
Especial Chicago letter.


"How terribly new everything is here;
I'd like to see building that has some
faint resemblance to ruin, or at least
one that looks as though it might be
out of its teens." exclaimed a ruin-hun-
CRY traveller, as we stood looking at the
new tall buildings which tower sky
ward on Dearborn street, Chicago. Re
had spent much time abroad and the
newness oppressed rather than exhilar-
ated him.
"Well, come with me-" replied, and
within eighty minutes we will be in
town which has almost as many ruins,
in proportion to its size, as Rome"
"All right, I'm with you, was his an
swer
Accordingly we FASTENED to the sta
ton and purchased tickets for the
dreamy old town of St. Charles, Ill.
A little more than one hours ride
over the level prairie brought us 70 a
small depot, saudy in fresh red paint
and surrounded by the grasslesa ri
and bare environments Of a new cation.
And you call this old?" exclaimed
my friend; why, the bald newness of
everything is positively offensive"
wait until ! have shown You the
whole town" replied, land remember
that there was time when this place
was ahead of Chicago in population, in
dustry and prospective prosperity. Set
tiers pushed on in contempt past the
mud flats about Fort Dearborn for a
chance to secure location near the
busy mills of st. Charles. the liLeliest
town on the Fox river "
Five minutes walk from the depot
brought us under the magnificent old
trees of the village common.
AT our right hand, as we enter the
corner of the park, is an ancient church,
built of native fat quarry stone, plas-
tered over with rough mortar, which
has fallen off in many places, giving it
a very blotched appearance The win
dows are boarded up and the flock of
cooling doves which inhabis its square
belfry are the only signs of life about it.
The entire premises are incosed along
the side street with high wall of the
same material as the churth. Next to
the church, which was the birthplace OF
the religious sect known as Free Meth
odists, and later on was famous nest
Ing place of spiritualism, stands an i'm.
mense red brick house, with towering
gables and chimneys. Onenight almost
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about grizzly-hunting, but had a lit
tie experience in that line that wasn't
pleasant, ! assure You. You have all
told your hunting stories; now give me
a chance, and if mine don't lay it over
all of them I'll stand the cigars.
81 have lived in San Francisco, as you
know, about fifteen years. During all
that time my recreation was confined
exclusively to little sails on the bay or
fishing excursions. / had never been
able to get off on a hunt, though You
all know that am fonder of hunting
than anything else in the way OF sport.
But the spring business was little
dull for awhile, and l had an oppor-
tunity to visit my brother in the north
ern part of the state. l took along one
of the finest guns you ever saw and
complete hunting outfit, for my brother
had written that game was plentiful,
and was resolved to have a full month
of unlimited hunting.
THAT brother of mine is queer fell
low. He went with me on two or three
excursions and then grew tired of it
and staid at home with his vines and
stock. You were liable to find almost
anything in those woods, he said. Such
'depredations had been made on his
sheep that he had been forced to build
bear traps and dig pitfalls for the
wolves on every side of his farm. He
had caught no bears yet, but wolves
had been captured nearly every day.
Still, for several days | brought home
4 III
though several times ] saw wolves
lslxulking after me as ! carried my
trophies home. had been there about
q week, | think, when one morning as
Twas getting ready to ride forth on my
usual jaunt my brother begged me not
to go, and said he felt as though some
thing would surely happen. John is a
funny fellow about things like that
always having premonitions. laughed
at him and gayly told him what direc-
ton l was going to take, so that he
could trace me up if failed to put in
an appearance, and l rode away,
whistlinR as went.
Before / had gone mile saw fine
buck, but got a very poor shot and
only wounded it. / felt certain, how
ever, from the way the blood was pour
ing, staining the ground as it ran, that
it was badly wounded and must as
Euredly drop very soon, so | rode after
it as fast as ] could, trailing it easily
by the blood-stains. l had shot the
deer ON the mountain side. 1t ran
along the side of the slope for perhaps
quarter of a mile and then suddenly
struck down the mountain. And so,
following it, came at last to the edge
of the valley, with its large timber and
heavy underground. Just as entered
this valley l came upon the PROSTATE
trunk of an enormous tree which had
apparently fallen several months be-
fore, turning out a huge mound of clay
with its roots. The trail of blood
showed that the deer had leaped over
the trunk, but my horse was no jumper,
and l began hastily circling around the
tree.
GAS l turned the angle of the clay
mound at its root, with vicious snort
an enormous grizzly sprang up erect
ont of the shadows and faced me with
jaws open. This apparition and the
sudden 'squatting of my horse occu-
pied one second. Before the next Sec
Ond was over my horse had jumped