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warncr's War Cry.

General A. l.. Warner OF Ohio, the active
spirit In the Bi-mctallic convention which
meets in Chicago August 1, was at the Grand
Pacific hotel, Chicago. last week. In confer.
cncc with local silver men ON tho arrange
lhetts NJ the ehnven'ion General Warnef
SAID. =,
'.1he battle OF bi-mctallsm has been fought
in the forum OF the world; argument Is passed.
What Is needed Is decided action. We expect
n large convention. There will be many earn
est men prcsent--mcn who understand the
subject thoroughly. rhc country Is aroused
ms ii never was before. a ,epse Of alarm IL
manifest all over the country ~ the possibili.
tics Of the establishgrent of 4 single gold
standard. The prssc:it financial condition u
largely artificial and niiioutits nipost TO pub.
lie crime. The gold men should Dc held re-
sponsIble for It, lie Is fool who Is made y
believe that the present money strlngcncy Ia
due to the In ,rease Of si,000,00O monthly TN
der the sherman purchase law"
Speaking OF the much mooted question Of
the repeal OF the law, he said:
''It will not be repealed without satlsfac-
tors substitute"
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THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

On the 25,h the Mitchell bank at Milwau-
sec closed its doors, Its deposits amount 10
learly 8, ,Oet, 900, assets %, ,Oo0,000.
A, Indianapolis the Indianapolis National
,auk and the Bank OF Commerce closed their
ioors. Joint liabilities 6, 500, COO.
Three banks at Louisville, Kentucky, elsc
failed on the 25th. They aru the Merchants
National, the Fourth Natloaal and the Louis
gille Deposit bank. None of the failures are
,onsideresi bad ones. Depos,tors IN the two
,ational banks will te paid in full. and The
oss TO stockholders will not be more than 6.
per cect Ia either case.
The situation on the New York stock eS-
change on the a6th was critical and panic
was narrowly avertcd. The news that the
Erie railroad had gone into the hands of .
receiver was largely Responsible Tor the
break in stocks which fei from to points.
Il. l. Nicholas " Co, brokers, assigned,
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oaEsa,Mo WORDS.
tsotsrAef ora.s Takes ~ 0ptiAissie
t.sx of AHAifs.

tssx Of Aahtrd-
bmiha, July 2i.-jau,es Grant of Denver,
pfeaident Of the 0maha and Grant Smelling
works, gives out All interview which will DO
much 10 allay the panicky feeling and re-
move false Impressions In regard to tho silver
intercsts:
@CondItions arc not nearly 80 bad As ono
might believe from tho reports" Mr.. Grant
said. "Onr stnciter will probably continue
Without appreciable curtailment OF force.
We will be able to handle the low grade ores,
although It Is not certain that We can arrange
satisfactorily with mine owners who have cx-
elusive silver ore. We have project on foot,
however, which will, think, result in keep
ing tnost Of these mines which aIe our Gus
toners g5.hs .,.,
ave will take the ore and refine 1t on au-
day margin, SO that 1t will be paid for at the
same relative price ut which silver stands
when ready for the silver market As bullion.
The smelters do not care to continue In the
speculative business so long aa silver 10 liable
70 ke anywhere whcn the bullion Is ready to
be delivered.
This, with our other ores, will probably
keep all our men at work. We will go right
along with our other ores, lead, copper and
gold, for thi. trouble does hot affect them at
all. The exclusive silver ores, of course, we
cannot handle without some kind Of COM
promise as TO the price. The situation In
Colorado is not thoroughly understood. One
would Imagine that nothing but silver ia he.
Ing mined there. The fact is that there are
plenty Of mines which produce gold, copper
and lead enough to make the silver question
Of much less Importance than it would other
wise bo imagine Tint .wc could Ignore ex-
elusive silver mines, should We SO desire, and
go right on with the mixed ores.
There is no reason for smclters or miners
to believe that congress is going to consplrc
for their ruin. There is and always will be, a
call for bi-metallism. In fact no party has
dared to go before the people opposed In
platform TO silver as money metal Ordl-
narlly commerce demands 1t, and do not
lpck for any action which will be calculated
u aesttot It ard tedutc \ to'he leTei, Of a
commodity Tor the arts. We will always have
a market for 1t as n money metal, / am sure,
and 1t does not matter that the price may
be cheap. Colorado can stand cheap silver ns
well as Nebraska can stand cheap corn and
wheat"
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could be don. by sluss...; and the,

nothing could be done BY clubbing; and the,
woxd not shoo.
The guards could have Used their gnns and
slaughtered many, bit Jailor Crews ordered
them TO retreat to. the inner corridor and
slammed the door In the faces ~ the leaders
Of the crowd. This door Is but d thin steel
plate and the guards saw at once that II
would be broken down within few minutes.
They hid away the keys to the different
wards and then allowed the vast crowd to rush
into the main court OF the jail. One of thc
leaders dcmardcd the keys, but Ctcws re-
yised 10 give them up and the mob proceeded
to hunt for Arata,
The crowd had moi been IN the jill long
before 'hc Information was given that Arata
was In the cooler" and the same sledgers
who broke In the front door were soon at
work on this cell. The cell has but one solid
iron door, but this is OF great thickness, and
1t required hslf nm hohf 10 get through II.
When the Interior 81 the cell was open to
the view Of tho crowd, Ara,a was standing
coldly In the middle Of the cell, cool and
calm, and seemingly indifferent to the fate
awaiting him.
$50 to hell, you fellows. What you been
making so much noise about / am the
wrong man, he said
That's Araia. That's he,r cried several,
and two or three grabbed him and ierked him
out into the corridor.
Get over this as soon as you can" boy
grabbed his hair.
"Donr pull my hair XIII me II you're
going to-" he yelled
More like rag than a human being, the
murderer was dragged, knocked. pulled out
into the open air, where he wos received WIN
yrlls OF .a'isfacti6n. The murderer was car,
ricd quickly 10 Santa Fe avenue and acros,
the street After few minutes waiting q
rope was produced and thrown over the limt
OF n cottonwood tree! Ready hands made
moose at .bc lower end. Arata stood first in
stupor OF fear and then struggled like Q
wild beast at bay. Some one struck him Q
blow in the neck, lie stopped struggling.
"What have you to sayt'
"Tell my mother not TO cry" said Arata.
"Did you murder Lightfooti'
Yes; hurry up and get through with me" i"
he painted.
lie was quickly strung up, md after few
convulsive Jerks n number OF shots were fired
into his body.
Tie mob was not yet satisfied and pro
ceejed to drag the body through
the streets. The leaders, followed by a tire.
meudous throng proceeded down town Al Il
O'Clock they reached tho corner Of Seven
teer,h md curtis streets where the almost
naked body was again suspended. 1t was cut
down In short time by the police.
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POWDER ron BIG GUNS.
It Isn't at All Like tho Explosive Useta
In shooting Birds-

| It Isn't ut All Like tho Explosive Users
In shooting birds
So much to%dor was consumed In
New York harbor during tho naval
roview that it is in order to present
a few facts concerning the thunder
making Hompound. All men-of-war
are provided with magazines and
shell rooms. They arc situated
under the water line. and can be
quickly filled with water by opening
the flood valves Each charge OF
powder Is kept in separate bag and
each bag In q separate can, which is
composed OF copper and Theoretically
scaled. Well-kept magazines can be
flooded scores of times without In
Jntlng the powder. Powder that
had been submerged for months In
the sunken American men-of-war at
! Samoa was found, upon its recovery
to be as perfect in every respect as=
on the day 1t was put aboard those
| ships.
All implements used in tho hand
ling OF powder on warships arc com
posed Of copper. Persons entering q
magazine ore compelled to don suit
Of clothes and slippers especially made
for tho purpose All fires are haulod
under she galley stoves and no smok-
ing is allowed about the decks when
the powder is being put aboard.
Gunpowder is composed Of three in
gradients charcoal, saltpcter and
sulphur. Tho proportions OF the
Ingredients vary considerably, ac-
cording 10 the use for which the COM
position is intended
Tho charge OF powder for y cannon
varies from ono-fourth to one-tonth
the weight of the projectile. rays the
| Cincinnati Commercial-Iazettc With
tlie old-fashioned smooth-bore guns.
firing tho round shot, it is sometimes
AS high as one-third, but in modern
guns it has boon demonstrated thnt'
the velocity is not much increased
when tho charge is greater than
one-fourth. Tho intensity OF the
force Of gunpowder is highly variable
at different portions of the path
along the bore, boing very great
along the seat OF the shot and rapid
ly declining toward tho muzzle-
EQUAL velocities will bo impartod
only when at different pointe in the
path along tho bore the respective
intcnsities are proportional to tho
columns of metal. '
Tho size of grain in gunpowder is
6nc of tho most important points to
be considered as modifying tho OK
plosivcness OF powder. Although o
charge of powder appears to explode
instantaueously, yet both ignition
and combustion are comparatively
gradual; tho fsps is communicated
from one grain to another, and each
burns in concentric layers until 1t iss
consumed, so that com mbustion OF tha
grains is not simultaneous. For ench
gun. or charge OF gunpowder. there
is size of grain which produces
maximum velocity with minimum
initial strain. But as each kind Of
powder has to bo employed In moro
than ono piece OF ordnance it Is nee :
essary to select that size which will
best suit all OF them.
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s.nator Vance An fight.

Senator Vance makes public an open letter
which he has written to the Farmers Alliance.
Vance says he is pleased at the action OF the
Alliance In urging senators md representa-
tivcs to stand by the present silver purchns-
Ing law ultil some satisfactory substitute Ia
adopted He says ychrs ago he urged upon
farmers he Importance Of such an organza-
ton MS would enable Item TO make their vast
hut di.jointed strength felt Promptly and ef.
fcicntly in legislation, and that the preserva-
tion Of silver In the currepcy is vital issue!
He declares that the Use of silver and gold, Id
cuual tcrms as the basis of currency is n nc
ccs>ity, and asserts his determination 10 yield
nothing to the nononctallists who have ere.
atcd the panic go industriously advertised,
and which will hereafter be known rs the
.rich mars pauic." In conclusion. he says
the hope OF ingratiatlpg himself with the
President to securc patronage has not affected
him. nor docs he believe it will operate far II
the repeal Of the Sherman law.
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Silver In India.

The exchange banks have for the present
rcfuscd the oiler Of the Indian government to
purchase .he silver rendered after the closure
Of the rnints TO free coinage. misunderstood
that the banks In question Will dispatch a
delegation to Siu1ln TO present their claims TO
the government, and that they ask that the
offer be left open in the meantime.
The Pioneer, paper that has always been
a steady supporter Of the government, com
menting upon the financial policy OF the ad-
vsers of the government regarding tho sale
Of council drafts, says that II IL WAS not i'm
becillty that prompted the course taken,
there was an affection Of imbecility, for con-
cenlng n motive that cannot be confessed.
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III, r,,noh p,n.nd, .. slam.

TIL. BANGKOK correspondent Of the London
TI,nt, saws coaccrniBg the terms Of Frances
ultimntum:
Europe, and especially Great Britain
should know this territorial demand repre-
tents 5000 square miles. IL includes the
condition that ft never should be ceded 70
ANY otber power, add 10000 rnIles Of north
rns;ern Siam, into which the French have
never advanced.
ia fact, France demands The dismcmber-
msnd. non6rm What ststed q the qutsst,
VIZ: FrKhes,s attack "a 6iaM y 10 reality
directed sfklnyy Epgian4. lshou9h t4ai
ssgs:,I & ns ( ~ as;,ssssc s,;s:;s - - sA
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ouR FRIENDS. THE sKuNKs-
They Are Deserving Of n netter Nams.-
How They Help.

They Are Deserving OF n Better Nums>-
How They Help.
The hop-growcrs Of Otsego couipty-
New York, have discovcred-wliat.
naturalists have long been trying to.
make farmers understand = that.
skunks. instead of being their
enemies, as they formerly supposed,
are among their most useful friends.
AS one hop grower expressed 1t:
Nowadays wo protect skunlis as
carefully US We do song birds" :
Hop yards. it appears, aro infested.
by certain kind of grub which.
gnaws off the tender veins at tho
roots, and this grub is tho favorite
food for the skunk.
As q general thing the skunks
sally forth at nightfall. but now and
! then they arc to be seen at work in
broad daylight. Tho proceeding Is
an interesting ono to watch.
The skunk begins his quest on tho
edge OF the yard, whero he cocks his
head over u hill of hops and listens.
II a grub is at work upon one OF the
four trailing vines his quick ear Is
sure to hear 1t. At onco ho begins
| 10 paw up tuc CdItii, dhu Piooohbty
he is seen to uncover tho grub and
swallow it with unmistakable relish.
Then he listens again. and II ho
hears nothing proceeds to tho noxt
hill. And so he goes on until he has
his fill.
Now that the skunks are no longer
molested thoy have become compares
lively fearless. Sometimes, we are
told. they keep up their operations
oven while the cultivator Is driven
between the rows
One man rejoiced in tho presence
Of skunk family-two old ones and
their five kittens. The young ones
followed their fathor and mother
about the yard in broad daylight
while people stood looking on. They
were both ornamental and useful; but
one day two strange dogs came along
and killed them. The farmer actual
ly sbod tears whom he saw his seven
pots lying dead on tho ground.
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a Prehistoric City.

The ruins of a prehistoric city have just
been discovered by party OF prospec,ors
from Yuma when on the Colorado desert In
search Of the Pegleg mine. The wind had
laid bare the walls and the remsins OF stone
buildings. For n distance Of 420 feet in
length by 26O feet in width gigantic pillars,
auaintly carved 10 represent dragons heads,
still stood in the sands OF the desert, support
Ing on their tops huge slabs Of granite weigh
ing many tons. The frieze ornamentatlon
resembles Egyptian sculpture, and exhibited
greater degree OF skill than Is possessed by
the Indian artisans of the present day. Frag.
ments Of pottery were found underneath the
debris,
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A N,c.r.ru.n city pombarA.d.

The city OF Mansgua was under lombard
ment by tine revolutIonists Monday morning.
Two Of the steamers seized by the Icons when
they started the revolt APPEARED OIL Managun
at O'Clock in the morning. They opened
fire at once and continued to shell the city
until g. Considerable damage was done "
public buililingr aud private houses, and two
persons were killed. No notice OF the pro
posed bombardment was given, bu. the shell
Ing was begun heforc the women and children
burst near ihc house occupied BY Minister
Baker an 4 his daughters. Minister Bake
bas sent ,,rotest TO The leaders Of the fevo
intlon I4ihst the violation Of he rulss @ Q
ciyilizaf i5k and acts Of barbarian In shellinl
~ city iithcut Afst giyine posicc.
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RIGHT for Once.

The Bond buyer of New York prints the
following: Just rs we go to press we learn
that President Cleveland has had made by
one Of the most competent officers OF the gov.
erpment rough canvass OF both houses OF
Congress on tho silver question. The conclu-
sion reached by the Prcsidents csnvasser
points to long and exciting and bitter con-
test IN both branches Of Congress. The
eventual repeal Of the bill may be brought
about, but not promptly. The extra scsaion
viii doubtless be run Into the regular session
wit.out agreement on this disturbing ques-
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and rip IL as II in tho exultation OF
an opportunity for gratifying pcr-
sonal spite. The nntaGonisn oil dogs
and cats too. may be something
moro than tho jealousy OF rival pets
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News reached Albuquerque Monday Of .
conflict between cowmen and Mexican sheep
herdcrs on tho 81. Augustine plains in socor-
70 county. Three unknown cowboys rode up
TO several sheep herders aud began abusing
them and hitting them with their quifts. En-
astacio Lobato, one Of the men abused, Of
fered resistance and struck one Of the COW.
one Of the ahots taking effect in the lower
part Of LobAto's body. Tho cowboys then
rode on and the companions Of the wounded
man took him 70 Socorfo. whers hs disd The
pext day. For the psst fsw yeafS tAsrS hAs
1as5ioss and Il 10 believed ~ pvspest killlae
N Sbsalt u nav blso1soe1,
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Too L..d.

St. Peter-Come. vet out your
horn; want you to go over to Phila-
dslphis-
Gabrlel-Oh. I'll 90; but I csn tell
you before ! start thst II won't 10
NY good.-Llie
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a,ril.h conadsnes.

(sirilsh Con0dsncsL
Maud-Hss your finance q NOUS
tachep
Marie-Yes. indeod!
Maud-1s II dark or lightP
Marie-It's-it's-well. tho fact is
1 really don't know. never see him
except when the gas is turned down
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CURRENT COMMENT.
COLORADO.

. AdJutant- General Tarsncy:-'I am
not an nlarmist. do not wish to be
misunderstood. But l honestly be-
lieyc we are confronted to-day by a
condition which will lead to results no
man can forescc. am afraid this
condition will find you in this country
soon Just as in 1861, when the over
whelmiug law of self-prcservation
swept away all other considerations.
Again. say l am no alarmist, but |
cannot help saying that | believe the
present to be pregnant with some of
the most serious problems which
have ever confronted the American
people.
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s. b, Elkins. Silver ought to and
will have place in our monetary sys
rem. 1t is a grave question whether
the United States can afford 10 allow
the commerce and business of the
country to depend upon the vicissi-
tudcs and uucertaiptics of finding gold
enough in the mines out of which to
coin money. Gold is, relatively in
proportion to the increasing population
and the demand, diminishing in the
world and is harder to lind than for
merly. Would it then ho sound policy
to measure values by metal that is
dimjnishiugs This policy would lead
to contraction of the volume of mon
cy, shrinkage of values everywhere,
a certain reduction of wages and an in
crease of the burden Of the Doctor
classes. Within twenty years silver
has sold at a premium in New York
City, and this may be the case within
tcp Ceprs again"
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w Z. 81, Joh,e, President Mercaa-
tile Bank, Nem Iorh. 1t would be a
useless sacrifice on the part of the
United States to lower, at the outset,
the value of one of our great products
in the markets of the world, and with
it as consequence, reduce the market
value of our surplus cereals and cotton
while our present ratio of l6 to is al
ready lower, by 3 cents on the dollar,
than Europes valuation of silver on
which about 81 $50, 600, 900 worth of
Europes legal tender coin is afoat,
$40, 900, 600 of it constituting a share
of the reserves OF SIX great banks. .
But suppose, if we must, the worst
possible result, single silver basis
for our currency. 1t can be demon
strated reasonably that this result
could be but temporary; and that
England would be first and foremost
nmoug the sufferers, while we would
escape almost unhurt Two years of
silver as the sole primary money of the
United States would serve to threaten
Manchester with ruin. Three years
of it would suffice to put the German
army to frequent supprcssions of bread
riot"
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poslts will have been determined. and II IL Is
not exceptional q considerable amount Of
money will speedily be returned to the banks,
An easy money market in tho ordinary sense
OF tho term need not. however. be looked for
until the outstanding issue OF Clearing House
loan certificates has boon retired. The amount
Of these certificates was to-day increased by
$500 600. but the Chairman OF tho Loan Com
init e. speaking for his colleagues. expressed
his belief TINT no additional certificates will be
required. Tho highest ratio for call money. 10
2 cont. was made early in the day. and tho
quotation fell to z. and eventually to 4 a cent.
nominally. Ten Il cent. was about the average.
The closing was dull and heavy.
Final sales compare with those OF Monday
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1he total sales were 1890 shares,


WEDNESDAY, July b.-Flour v as quiet and weak owing
re,eip1s l2t.ili bOls &C. Ing sales were ! 1000
Dbls. winter whea brands In bbls were quoted AS
follows; 10 grade Is5es ls5; nns. 70: 49, super
me. .259S2tO No sXtra. s2.4Ost2.5O: No
.xJa. s. oes2 %; eiear :aq$3id stra,xnts So d59
$.3j; pate IT, So 5OGsJ. 10; Michigan straighs g. l5
@s5 50; si,y NIL, ior West Indies. 3s,sS%."o:
Corn meal Me.'eEn. n lIinel; Brandy wine 50 10,
CRAM" heat declined l4hc owing to decrease in
the visible sup ~ Of .o,, 90 busn or only quarter OF
yi.b stock Of over o." 90 eus lower cables, and
tract wheat within week has increased more than
Europe are increasing report late in ne day that
there was an error IN The American visible supply
statement lacked c.nnr,nat"n Tns 9nant,ty on Pas.
n.d no ellrct pot safes I;n.ooo bush. ,ncld,nr 10
UfnIcr Seprs t.-ebs srttsat etIiattt No. Ici AZ
WV. under septsm1sT and 7iHc: o. aIoat.
livery; No, hard winter, at 7aISc. or 2sse.
over July delivered; No l Northern spring At &c.
under 10 rten,ber delivered; unRraded at 8Dc.
~ INC. delivered. These were the receipts;
O ucago. l42.:32 bush; Milwaukee. 7b.+Oo; Mime
Apnlis 35T.7-O: Duluth !ES l4S 81. Louis, GOD;
Toledo. ~. S53; Detroit 8i74S: kansas City. lh:45;
New York 100 $50: Baltimore. l-nI4b Philadelphia.
TiB7h Bosion. 10. 4lb. Graud total 2S3 80 bush;
tolAl SATURDAY. ia 35; total last year. &US 1871 Flu.
.uro sn NJ
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Court Calendar, Th,. Dn,,

SUPREME CoURI-GESERAL TERN-Reccsa continued
CHAhsERa-Motion calendar called at IL o'clock srx
ciAt TERa Parts aud lI-AdJ ourned for the term.
CIRCUIT CouRr.-parts L. H.. Ill, and IV.-Adjourned
for tho erm
suRnoGATE's CouRr- CHANBERS-Estates OF Solomon
D.. MOSS Ana Cotton, Christian Brennemnnn.
Ellen ;, Buekly; E,chard D. Hail. Katherine Ksai:
p Kelley Frederick T smith. DANIEL pevln
1880 A, NJ. For Probste-&iils of james Va.
rinn barbara Fisher. Horace Waters Adolphine
schaefer. Adonh $. Jaeger. Ferdinand Schmidt. lisa.
bella Dirksy William ! Hotmer, George Campbell.
Rbnr' MORN ii A. NJ: Wilhelm Kruger 5 p. NJ
COMMON PLEAs-GESEEAL Tkns.-Adlourned until Aug.
8. SPECIAL TERM.-NlntiOns. TRIAL TERM-Pnrts H..
and llI-Adiourned for the term.
SUPERIOR CouRT-SrECiAL rERN.-Motions. TRIAL TERN.
PARTS L. H. and 1II.-Adjourned for the term
CRY CorRr-SFrCIiL TERu-Motions TRIAL TKRN.-
Parts /, H.. Ill. and IV.-Adjou-hed for the term.