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The People's friend., 1894-07-20
ABOUT THE WOMEN.

Mrs. VANDERBILT rejoices in the pos
session of the most beautiful cat in the
world. It cost one thousand dollars.
THE widow of Gen. Boulanger in
tends, it is said, to spend the remainder
of her life in the French colony al
Tunis.
QUEEN VICTORIA is said to be a very
bad speller and addicted to the habit of
writing illegibly to hide errors in or
biography. -.
A PORTRAIT of Emily Bronte, the on1,,
one known, has recently been discov-
cred and will soon be engraved for
publication.
BELvA LOCKWOOD is sixty-three years
old. She began teaching school at the
age of fourteen and was married four
years later.
NEXT to her dolls, the little queen Of
Holland values most collection Of
wax figures sent from Batavia and clad
in the picturesque peasant costume Of
the Javanese.
LADY CONSTANCE LYTTON is one Of the
able woman journalists of to-day. She
inherits her love for literary work and
qualifications for writing from her IA
ther, the late Earl Lytton.
Miss DIR. HAMILTON, of England, who
is doctoring the ameer's family in
Cabul, has a guard of natives to look
after her. The Indian government has
disowned all responsibility for her
safety.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
CANNOT AGREE.
The Tariff Bill Conferees to Report Dis
agreement.


WASHINGTON, July 10 Senator A.
P. German, of Maryland. holds together
the protection element Of the senate
democracy and does not hesitate now
to again serve notice on the house
tariff refOrmers that IN ier no circun-
stances will a tarirt bill pass the
senate if the surrender DILL be
tanpered with or the main sched-
ules be sh0rn OF any part of
their trust enrichin@ powers. He and
his conservative" associates hoil the
Mckinley bin up rs a threat. and
promise that it shall be continued in
undiminished effect unles, raw ma
terials carry a tax nd unless the sugar
trust is permitted 20 collect from the
people an extra cent on every eight
pounds of sugar. That is the whole
situation in nutshell.
On both sides energies have natural
ly been directed to the main points in
dispute. 1t is given out that there has
been no agreement on any point, but
agreements as to rates and details
would be swiftly reached with sugar
and free raw materials disposed Of
Meanwhile remarkable rumOrs gain
currency touching the old sugar sean
dal. There is even a fair prospect that
the special committee will reopen its
inquiry to examine into them. Davis
and Alien have voted to do SO and
Lodges vote is expected to de-
eide it as against Gray and
Lindsay's negatives. If it should be
discovered, as is charged in round
terms. that one or more of the con
servatives'' committed perjury before
the investigating committed, perhaps
the Influences obstructing tariff legis-
latiOn will lose something of their ef-
fectiveness.
1t is said that the corferees will re-
port disagree ement in toto tomorrow.
1t will Ue very brief an will not so
into any details.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Mississippi Warrant Plates Seized.

ST. LOUIS. July 19,-United States
Secret Service Officer John f. Murphy
has received from the st. Louis Bank
Note Co. the plates from which the
Mississippi warrants, now in dispute,
were printed. Murphy said to-day
that the warrants would easily be mis-
taken for currency notes. They had
the green color which is characteristic
of currency notes and had the familiar
scroll work
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
A BAD SON DONE FOR.
Young Man Tries to Kill His Father with
"A Gun and shoots Himself.

Young Man Tries to Kill His Father with
Gun and shoots Himself
NORTHFIELD. Mass, July 19.-GeOrge
P. Wentworth, young farmer living
in the outskirts of this place, and a
Frcnchman quarreled yesterday. John
P. Wentworth, the father, interfered
and he was knocked down by the son.
Returning to the house, the quarrel
was renewed, and young Wentworth
secured gun and rushed at his father
with the weapon dubbed. The stock
of the gun grazed the fathers head
and struck the door casing behind him.
There was a deafening report, and
when the smoke cleared away on the
floor lay the son fatally wounded.
Before his death the young man ex-
pressed himself as sorry he had not
been able to finish his father.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

Senator George Introduces Resolution
Prescribing a Legal Days Work.
WAsHINGTON, July IS. - Senator
George yesterday introduced a joint
resolution providing for an amendment
to the constitution providing eight
hours shall constitute legal days
work for persons doing manual labor.
The proposed amendment specifies that
''no person or association engaged
in mining, manufacturing or in
any other mechanical pursuit or
public works. or in transporta-
tion other than water craft shall re-
quire or permit any emplOye doing
manual labor to work more than forty
eight hours in one week, except in
cases of emergency prescribed by law.
Persons voluntarily and lawfully en-
gagged in any Of the above pursuits
shall not be unlawfully hindered or
ObStructed.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
THE DEADLY CAISSON.
Terrible Explosion in a Crowded
Street at Chicago.
Four Federal Soldiers and Eight Horses
Blown to Atoms - Many Persons
Badly Injured Much Prop
erty Destroyed.
Flying Bullets.

CHICAGO July 17.-Durin@ a prac
tice march of a detachment from
Col. D. S.GOrdOn's command yesterday.
the ammunition in a caisson belonging
to light battery Il. Second artillery
through some unknown circumstance
exploded and caused the death Of four
and the serious injury of nearly score
Of others. While moving down Grand
boulevard. near the corner Of FOrtieth
street, without a moments warning,
the caisson exploded. What the cause
of the explosion was no one seems to
know, but it is supposed that the
plunger of one of the Shrapnel shells
slipped and the powder slipping down
from the shell was exploded by fric
ton. The houses on both sides of the
street for two blocks were shaken on
their foundations and window glass
broken to pieces.
The street was lined with people
watching the troops, and how any
more were not killed is a miracle, as
shells and pieces Of the caisson were
thrown in all directions. There were
eight battery horses literally blown to
pieces by the explosion. The wounded
are all doing well and are at Mercy
hospital.
The troop left Brighton park for a
long march around the city to exercise
the horses. Everything went smoothly
and there was no incidents until the
column marched south on Grand bOule-
ward and was just crossing OalIWOOd
boulevard. Then a terrific explosion
occurred.
The men on the caisson, supposed tC
be Donovan and Doyle, were literally
blown to pieces, and others were
thrown many feet by the violence of
the conclusion. Four of the horses
drawing the caissOn fell in their tracks,
shot through and horribly mangled,
while four others were blown so feet
ahead against the trees on the bOule-
ward. dying instantly. The caissOn was
blown to pieces. not piece larger than
a mans hand being found. The bOule-
ward looked like battlefield.
There was quick series Of explO-
sions after the first report, and shrap-
mel shot rained like hail among the
trees on the boulevard, and pierced the
surrounding dwellings. The cOncus-
sion broke every window in the houses
for blocks away. The walls and roofs
showed the terrible effects of the ex-
plosion. The rear part of the caisson
lay scattered over the ground.
It was some little time before the
two dead artillerymen could be found.
One Of them, mangled beyond recogni-
tion but supposed to be Doyle, had
been blown over a board sign p
feet high and was found in the va
cant lot behind it. One leg and an
arm were gone. The other man, sup
posed to be Donovan. had been thrown
about 300 feet diagonally to the right,
and was found in vacant lot near the
Lake Shore tracks. Joseph GaylOr
was found near where he was struck.
Great damage was wrought by the
explosion to neighbOring property.
Windows in most of the surrounding
houses sustained much damage, it be-
ing estimated at $4,000.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Women and Politics in Kansas.

TOPEKA. Kan, July -. = The WO-
mans Republican association met
here yesterday, and the officers of the
association, headed by Mrs. Minnie d.
Morgan. president, visited the head
quarters of the republican state cen.
trail committee and rendered their serv'
ices for the campaign, representing
that the women are loyal to the party
and anxious to promote its success.
They also pledged the help Of Mrs. j.
Ellen Foster. and the committee Will
arrange dates for her and other promi'
nent republican women.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
He Killed Only Himself.

COLUMBUS, Ga, July E. 10. - Near
Knights station. on the Ala bama side
Of the Chattahoochie river. opposite
this city, Charles Isom, wlose property
had been attached by Robert +. Cutler,
a grocer, for debt, went to Cutters
store and fired at him three times.
Under the impression that he had
killed Cutler, he fled, pursued by po-
lice, to his home, and with the remark,
I've killed Cutler, now here goes. -
placed the pistol in his mouth and fired,
blowing the top OF his head off. Cutler
was unhurt.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
OkIahomn Counterfeiters Caught.

GUTHRIE, Ok, July 19.-Deputy mar
shals lodged i'll the United States jail
here to-day James Crum and wife and
Albert Smith and wife. charged with
counterfeiting. They were captured
at Tccumseh while in the act of pass
ing spurious coin and, when searched
at the jail. the women wore double cor
sets filled with counterfeit quarters
and half dollars.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Train ETrcckcrs in Alabama.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, July 19.-Two I'M
successful attempts to burn loaded
freight cars were made in the Georgia
Pacific yards last night. An attempt
was also made to bIrn passenger train
No. on the Louisville Il Nashville
shortly after midnight last night y
lock was broken and the lock turne |
wrong, but the engineer discovered it
in time to save the lives Of nearly lOJ
passengers. All the railroad yards
here are being patrollel by soldiers
and deputy sheritfs
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
The Yisilant Wins II Last.

BELFAST, July 18.-An accident to-
day robbed George Goulls American
yacht Vigilant of some of the glory of
out sailing the prince Of Wales crack
cutter Britannia. which is her due.
That in the ordinary course of events
the Vigilant would have won there can
be no question for the race had been
more than two-thirds run and the Figi-
liant was in the lead nearly SIX minutes
when the Britannias forestay parted
and She was obliged to drop out, leav-
ing the American sloop to finish as she
would
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Thrpc XO11r:- Men Drowned.

PORT ANGELES, Wash, July l9.-J. II.
Johnson. August Nelson and John Dip
pold left yesterday afternoon in a fish
.rg boat for Dungeness Spit. Their
boat capsizel in view of people on the
beach. who heard their cries for help,
but having no boats could render no
ail All nerished.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
BANK ROBBERS DONE FOR.
Three of the LonEview. Tex. DesperaGoes
Killed by Federal Officers.

Three of the Longview, Tex. DesperaGoes
Killed by Federal Officers.
DALLAS, Tex, July 1G.-Advices from
the posse Of deputy United States mar
shals who have been in pursuit of the
LOngview bank robbers in the Trinity
river country near Clarllsyillc, state
that the posse came upon four Of the
band to-day and in the fight following
an attempt to arrest them. three rob
bers were killed and the fourth cap
tured The bodies Of the dead will be
taken to Paris, Tex, this afternoon by
the posse. Thc;band, it was reported
was en- route to Detroit, Tex, to rob a
hD nj. thnrn
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
\ CaIIe~e Professor Dies Of Lockiaw.

WuLIAMsPoRT, Pa, July 19.-Prof
O. G. Heilman. of Sibley college, Cor
nell. died here yesterday Of lockjaw
brought on by wound received July
from the premature discharge Of a
cannon He graduated from Sibley
college in 1891 with high honors and
was man of great promise.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
A Ernnrh Poet nna1

PARIS, July l9.-Charles NJ. R. Le-
conte de Lisle, the poet and member Of
the French academy. is dead. He was
born in 1915 and had been a member of
the academy for many years. 1t is a
matter of note that all the chairs at
the academy were filed for the first
time in years just prior to his death.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Iississippi's Governor Defilnt.

JACKSON. Miss. July 19.-GOv. Stone
has written to Senator George in re-
gard to the Mississippi warrants which
the United States treasury departm ent
claims are Illegal. He holds that Chief
Hazen. of the secret service. is exceed
ing his authority and declares that the
warrants are no. copie after United
States notes. II. saya that the state
will continue to .ss3a them.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
AriEoS from us CoNn.

San DIEGO, Cal, July 1o.-Washing-
ton Il. Irving, nephew Of the famous
author, was supposed to have died at
Escondido, and his funeral was held.
At the close Of the service, after friends
had passed the casllet, knocking was
heard from within. and the lid having
been hastily removed, he got up in a
dazed condition. but soon regained his
senses fully and was taken home.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
willard for Con orpGS,

PAOLA, Kan July 1.-THE populist
congressional convention met here yes
terday and nominated L. a. Willard,
mayor of Argentine, for congress.
Thomas j. Oneal Nominated for Congress.
EMPORIA. Kan, July 1S.-Thomas j.
Oneal, of Usage county, was yesterday
nominated for congress by the Fourth
district democratic convention.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Tn IEaiEn Two More States

WASHINGTON, July 19.-The senate
committee on territories to-day decided
to recommend the admission of Arizona
and New Mexico as states, and in
structed the subcommittee which has
the bills in charge to make favorable
reports at the meeting of the full com,
mittee next Wednesday.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Post Office ApDOintmentS,

WASHINGTON. July 19.-Fourth-class
Kansas post office appointments We're
made to-day as follows: At Linn.
Washington county, H. Meirhard: at
Somerset. Miami county, ]. Russell; at
Stanton, Miami county, Louis Duvall;
at Vine. Ottawa county, E. Kingdom.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Cholera in German Towns.

BERLIN, July 19.-Five cases of gen
uine cholera have been discovered in OF
near Dantzic since July 10. Two of the
afflicted persons have died. Several
cases of cholera are reported at Schlid-
litz and Neufahrwasser, the latter a
village of west Prussia, and it is report
ed that a woman has died of cholera at
Helder. in north Holland.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
SHOT Bi HIS DAUGHTER.
A Louisville Man Killed for Beating and
Kicking Ills Wife.

A Louisville Nan Killed fer Beating and
Kicking liis Wife.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, july 10.-Mrs. T..
f. Meagher, 32 years old, shot three
times at her father, John Asch bacEer,
to-day. The last bullet entered his
head and he died instantly.
Aschbacker had beaten and kicked
his wife in an unmerciful manner
when he vas shot. Mrs. Ashbacl1er is
said to be dying from a kick in the
abdomen.
After the murder Mrs. Mea@her drove
to the jail with her husband and gave
herself up to the authorities.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
.rec.1inr:ase's Latest Performances

LEXINGTON, Ky. July 19.-W. c. P.
Breckenridge spoke at Donerail, Fay
cite county, yesterday. Women who
we're present threw many bouquets at
him. He shocked many pious auditors
by comparing himself to the martyr
stephen. At the close OF his speech he
kissed his son y. >ha in public
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
. <aw Jerscy VILLAGE DESTROYED.

Eco HARBoR CITY. y. j., July 10
Forest fires that have been raging il
this vicinity for the past week, were
turned from Bridgeport by a shift OF
the w:nd but swept over and destroyed
completely the village of Greenbush.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Col. Moore RenOminated.

FORT SCoTT, Kan, July 19--The dem
ocrats of the Second congressional dis
trict met here in convention to-day and
renominated Col. H. L. Moore, of Law
renee, for congress by acclamation.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
neath Preferrcd to Minding ChiIdren

BRADSHAW. w. Va, July 19.-Nellie
Kenn. a 9-year-old child, hung herself
because she had been kept home from
school by her mother to care for two
children.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
The Gun Was Loaded.

WnIIAMsvILLE. Mo, July 19.-MOn-
roe Woods, aged 13, while examining
an old rife which he did not know was
loaded shot and instantly killed his
grandmother. aged -.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Three Incendiary Fires.

JOLIET, Ill, July 13.-During the
pas. twelve hours three barns have
been burned and three horses perished
in the flames The work is that of
fends, as the fires in all cases are start
ed with kerosene. No arrests have yet
beer
The People's friend., 1894-07-20

Blarche Day, deputy postmistress at
Fountain Grove. Livingston county,
Mo. was arrested for opening letters
from young woman to young man
with whom she was in love.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20

James Burrell was killed and three
other boys injured by lightning near
Denver, Col, Tuesday.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20

Boys of Fort Wayne, Ind, stoned
train from the west Tuesday, breaking
four windows.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Prince Henry. of bourbon. Is Dead.

MADRID. July 19,-Prince Henry, OF
Bourbon. duke of Seville, is dead. His
death occurred during a voyage from
the Philippine islands to Barcelona.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Crosby Nominated.

ODESSA, Mo, July 13.-At the Fifth
congressional convention Of the popu-
list party. held here yesterday, John :.
Crosby, of Kansas City, was nominated
for con oreSS
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Crisp kenOmin2ted.

SAVANNAH, Ga. July 13.-Speat1er
Crisp was renominated for congress
yesterday in the Third district at
Hawkinsville. Resolutions indorsiny
President Cleveland were adopted.
The People's friend., 1894-07-20
Fourth Missouri Populists.

ST. joseph, Mo, July 1S.-At the
convention of the populists Of the
Fourth congressional district to-day.
w. ). Missener was unanimously nom
mated for CONGRESS.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
England and France.

A PETITION wa lately presented in
the French chamber of deputies urg-
ing that diplomatic negotiations
should be entered into between the
French and British governments with
a view to a consideration of the ques-
ton of the proposed methods of com
munication between the two coun-
tries, which include: W A tunnel
under the channel; (2) a bridge over
the channel; (3) = transmarine tunnel:
az a tubular railway: (5) 4 mixed pas
sage; 90 a steam ferry carrying a
train. This petition was signed by a
number of baukcrs, engineers and
tradesmen in Paris. The committee
to whom the petition was referred said
in its report that it could not fail to
acknowledge that it was very expo
dent that the government Of the re-
public should open fresh diplomatic
negotiations with Great britain for
the object indicated in the petition,
but that it confined itself for the time
to placing on record the pressing
economic interests which attach to the
construction of a pc! manent railway
md the establishment of means of
transport between France and Eng
and.
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
An Experiment In Mnlching.

Prof. l.. II. Bailey of Cornell uni
versity has been conducting some ex-
periments to determine the value of
mulch in retarding the ripening of
small fruits He also obta>ied the
experiences of farmers on the same
point One of them. Mr.. c. L. Chap
man of Peruville, N. V, writes to
Prof. Bailey as follows:
Because of late spring frosts and
the glut of fruit from near Cayuga
lake, which is ten days earlier. l was
compelled to grow late fruit or quit
The first venture, ten years ago. was
to spread q thick mulch of wheat
straw over the strawberries during
winter. but as there was some timo-
thy in it, next crop was badly dam
aged by the growing grass and weeds.
Next I used coarse horse Int and
that completely ruined them. as the
horses had been fed hay and the seed
all grew. Next I went into the swamps
and cut the long, coarse widc-hladed
grass There is nothing in it that
will seed and grow on dry land.
Coarse corn stalks are best of any
thing l have used. but 1 = not get
enough of them. l have used the
swamp grass for five years, and cut
this year about five tons. l spread it
on after the ground is frozen hard in
early fall. 1t is thick enough to
completely the plants
from sight and cover the entire
surface of the bed. In spring. the
plants come up through the mulching
unaided, and the mulch is not dis
turbed or removed until after har rest.
excepting in such places as Prove too
thick for the plants to break through.
Such places r stirred a little with
a fork. OF rather loosened without dis
placing the mulch. l find spots which
have become uncovered during winter,
thaw out and the plants begin grow
ing about ten days quicker than those
covered. This time varies with the
season. A steady, early, warm spell
with warm rain. will thaw The soil
under the mulch quickly. while cool.
cloudy weather will thaw only ex-
posed portions. After plants have be-
gun to grow q few days under the
mulch, they must conc to the light or
become white. / have KEEP. plants
back two weeks under the mulch and
when uncovered they were white
but had full grown leaves.
Such plants do not bios
tom alter turning green and arc
worthless. should thiak from six to
:en days is the limit o: successful re-
tarding OF bloom by nv plan. Some
Of this difference in time disappears
by the time the fruit ripens. as the
plant seems to make an effort to be
in season; but the heavier pickines
come several days later, have saved
three crops from frost bJ having three
days delay in blossoming. and get
always, better prices, as my frs: fruit
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

WHICH WAS II B~ILL?-There is an
old story about an artist who got
down to his last dollar. There is
nothing unusual in the story so far,
as all artists are aware, but he made
a unique disposal of the greenback.
He put a coat of paint and sizing en- q
board, laid the bill down and turned
a corner or two, pressed it firmly
down and gave the whole q couple of
coats of varnish. He then place1... on
exhibition for a nominal sum in Some
store, and finally disposed of the Won
derful painting" for a good round
sum The Idler was reminded of this
legend by the exhibition last week in
a Washington street cigar store win
dow. 1t was a slab of wood. en- which
appeared, one above the other, appar-
emily two one dollar bills. Above
them is the legend running: There
is only one bill. Which is it?' The
most careful scrutiny failed to detect
the real from the painted .-Bostoa
Post
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22
Diving Words.

The last words of the great satirist
Rabelais were Il am going to take q
leap III the dark let down the curtain
the farce is DONE" Mirabeau's farewell
to life was TINS expressed: "Let me die
amid the sound of delicious music and
the fragrance of flowers" Keats last
words were a poem in themselves: Il
feel the daisies growing ver me-"
Burns dying words we're: Don't let
taat awkward squad fire over nay grave"
Chancellor Thurlow's: I'm shot, if I
don't believe I'm dying" Haller slept
after the words: "The artery ceases to
beat" and amid the growing darkness
of mortality Goethe murmured the
words, Let the light enter"
The Columbus journal., 1894-08-22

before the lamp you can tell 1T .
glance whether 1t is fertile or not The
unfertile eggs are perfectly good for
use. rs they do not change at all in .
week, but if you do not wish to use
them for any other purpose. they make
excellent food for the young chicks
for the first week after they hatch. In
most cases enough unfertile eggs will
come out from five or six litters 81 that
one men can be sent back to the flock
to begin laying.