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1 site SeMUe J. 0. EUMPHBET, Fabliiher SSSLLEVILLE, KANSAa LiFs affords no higher pleasure thaa lhat of surmounting difficulties, ing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. He that labors in any great or laudable undertaking has his tatlgues first supported by hope and afterwards rewarded by joy. THEBE must have been humor in the of a lecture lately delivered In Cornell university, the title of which was: Some Great Inventions of the Moderns That the Ancients Stole." Lecturer Durfee has not heretofore been known to mankind as a humorist.

IN order to make a success of any business a man must have good judgment and be a close student of the public demands. Strict attention to business, close observation and clear reasoning powers are absolutely necessary. who ciualifications is pretty sure to make a success of whatever he attempts. THE student of current events is often reminded that fifty years of history now see as many changes in politics and social life as four centuries did in Egypt or Rome. There is Mexico, which has had fifty-four presidents, one regency and one empire within sixty-two yearst and France has had almost as many changes within a century.

HARBISON AND EEIJ). THE REPUBLICAN TICKET NOMINATED AT MINNEAPOLIS. The President Chosen on the First' naUot Bold Kamed for Yute Frosldent by Acclamation Flatrorm. THE few who dare to stand out against the popular cry of the moment are those unmanageable creatures with stiff upper stiff to bear with hooks and bridles. The majority are glad to be saved the trouble of independent judgment, and the still greater trouble of digging down to the root of things.

Those supple backbones cannot do this. The utmost they can do is a little surface scratching about the upper part of the where public opinion Is shouting out her laws. When they hare scratched about as deep as a' bumble-bee might; they proclaim themselves satisfied and Illuminated. IT IS what might be called extravagance, the purchasing of the luxuries of life and those' trifles that contribute to our pleasures, that mark the line of civilization. The savage, wearing only such clothing as covers bis nakedness or protects him from the dwelling in the rudest form of hvit, and feeding upon the spontaneous growth of his native soil or the products of his skill in hunting and fishing, is not extravagant until he begins to ornament bis person or his garments.

The man who gathers his dollars and hoards them, expending only to supply the actual demands of Nature, is not but of how much use are such men or their wealth to the world? It is the money that is spent and not that which is saved, that makes the people prosperous. MANY interesting-things to be learned in these days in divers lines of Investigation. Monkeys and monkey talk are studied with Increasing enthusiasm, new facts are cropping out all the time in theology, electricity yields new wonders every day to the investigator, mind-cure, telepathy and hypnotism have become matters for dignified scientific research, all Africa is under foot all bacilli are under the microscope, and men no longer blush to be caught experimenting with flying But with all this growing mass of matters fit for consideration it is just as true as it ever was that the noblest study of mankind is man. Furthermore, there is a practical agreement on this side of the Atlantic that the fittest of contemporary men to watch and weigh is the American. SECOND DAY'S SESSION.

MINNEAPOUS June The second session of theEepublican national convention was set for 11 o'clock yesterday but was not really opened until 11:45 o'clock, so slow were the delegates in gathering. S. C. Lockwood of Idaho presented the report of the committee on organization. A wild scene took place when the committee reported Governor William McKinley of Ohio for permanent chairman.

Temporary Chairman Fassett retired amid great applause and tliere was prolonged and renewed cheers and of banners. The committee on resoUitions and credentials not being ready to report the convention adjourned. THIRD DAY'S SESSION. MINNEAPOLIS June third day's session of the Kepnblican convention opened with prayer by Rev. William W.

Brush, chancelior of the University of South Dakota. Chairman MclCinloy then General Cogswell, chairman of the committee on credentials, who said that the committee was still in session, but hoped to be able to report by 8 o'clock in the evening. Gen. Sewell of New York, moved that a recess be taken until 8 o'clock, amid cries of "no, no." J. D.

Dawson of New Jersey moved for a division. The ayes and nays were taken on a rising vote by Secretary Lee and others and tlie chair counted the result as follows: Ayes, 407; nays, 200. The convention accordingly took a recess until 8 p. m. EVENING SESSION.

The convention reconvened at 8:53, when Chairman McKinley called for the report from the credentials. All the contests had been decided in committee excepting the contest from Alabama. On this case majority and minority reports were presented. The majority report favored seating the HaiTison delegates, while the minority favored the Blaine delegates. This contest was taken from the full report of the committee on account of the Harrison men having shown remarkable strength in the committee on this contest and taken the majority Arizona a 1 New 2 6x Oklahoma 2 2 Dis.

of Clmbia. 2 3 Utah 2 a Ind'n ToiTitory 1 1 MINNEAPOLIS June national Republican convention met at noon yesterday, chose J. Sloat Fassett as temporary chairman and adjourned until 10 o'clock to-day. The convention was called to order by John S. Clarksoai of Iowa, chairman of the national Republican bo made unanimou.s?" Totals B3o 1 -e 1831-6183 for a choice, 453.

"The whole number of votes," said the clerk, "is the number necessary to a choice is 453. Benjamin Harrison receives 535 1-6 votes. James G. Blaine receives 1S3 1 -0. Mr.

McKinley 183. Robert Lincoln 1 vote and Thomas Reed 1 vote." Harrison ceived a majority of all the votes cast," said Chairman JIcKinley, "is the of this convention. Shall the having re- applause and cheering, and cries of "yes, yes, let us make it "All in favor of making it unanimous say aye," said the cliairman. There was a storm of ayes. Chairman McKinley never put the negative.

"It is unanimous," said he at p.m., and once inorc the convention went one of those scenes of cnthusiam which had become so familiar to the proceedings of the day. A delegate moved to adjourn until 8 'clock p. and although there was a di.sposition to finish up the work at once the motion prevailed and the convention udiourncd until that TllK EVENING SESSION. MiNNKATOLis, June concluding session of i.he National Republican Convention last night began with these words by Governor McKinley: "The order of business is the presentation of candidates for vice president of the United States. The scro- tary will call the roll of states and territories.

Senator O'Connor of New York then arose and announced that in the absence of 'Warner Miller he had been, designated to act as chairman of the New York delegation, and on behalf THE great philanthropic not for want of financial support but for the personal assistance of warm-bearted men and whose words and deeds are worth more than all the millions that eharity can bestow. The world of politics needs, nothing BO much as the olarltylng influence of men of means, who can elevate the standard of pub- liii life by their pergonal participation. And ia every department of investigation there is room for those who can contribute all the more to the progress of the world and of tbeir race because their labors need not be cramped or retarded by the struggle for a livell- hood. There are the two sides of one picture; one showing immorality as the inevitable punishment for a life of Idleness, the reverse disclosing the need of mankind for exactly the sort of work that a leisure class Is iltted and to do. The moral of it is one that should come home with especial force to a people who, like the Americans, tiaye adopted a gospel of yet scarcely know how tp take tbeir pleasures seriously.

bow to comport themselves when 'ibs national high-pressure system directly upon them no longer. llARHISON. out of the hands of the Blaine men. The vote stood at the end of the roll call 402 in favor of the majority and 430 against it, giving a clear Harrison majority of 43 in the convention. A long and exciting debate took place before the vote was reached and it was nearly 2 o'clock Friday morning when the convention adjourned till 11 o'clock.

Forn -rii a Harrison was nominated on the first ballot yostevdaj' afternoon. The effort of the opposition to divide the strength of the Harrison men by springing failed totally. As soon as the renominatiou was assured, the whole convention went wild and Blaine hats were tossed around as footballs. The following is the vote by states: I I a State. a Alaska a 3 Alabama 2a 15 Arkansas ..16 15 Calif ornia IS 8 9 Colorado 8 8 .13 4 6 4 1 Florida 8 Georgia 26 S6 Illinois ....48 84 14 Indiana 30 30 Iowa 2(5 '-0 5 Kansas 11 Kentucky 26 23 3 Louisiana 10 8 Maine 13 13 Maryland 10 14 2 Massachusetts.

30 18 1 Michigan L'8 7 3 Minnesota 18 8 9 Mississippi ...18 Missouri 34 28 4 Nebraska 10 15 Nevada 6 6 4 2 New 20 18 2 Now York 72 27 35 North Caroluia .22 'iH Ohio .....40 1 Oregon 8 1 Pennsylvania. ..64 19 3 Rhode 8 5 1 South Carolina. 18 13 3 'J4 17 4 Texas 30 23 6 Vermont 8 8 Virginia 24 9 18 West 13 12 Wisconsin 24 19 3 8 8 6 3 4 Montana 6 5 1 Washington 8 1 6 Idaho (i Ij 4 3 11. 19 1 10 1 45 7 43 1 3 AVniTELAW REID. of the delegation presented the name of the Hon.

Whitelaw Held of New York for vice pvosidcnt. Delegate Settle of South Carolina presented the name of ex-SpeaKer Reid but afterward withdrew it, and the nomination of Whitelaw Reid was made by acclamation. The announcement of the nomination of Jlr. Iteid was the occasion of demonstrations of enthusiasm on the part of both delegates and audience. The usual reso tions of thanks were adopted and the convention adjourned sine die.

Bcpiiblieiin I'latl'orin. The following is a full text of the platform as completed by the committee on resolutions: The representatives of the Republicans of the United States, assembled in general convention on the shores of iho Mississipp' river, the everlasting bond of an Indestructible republic, whose most glorious chapter of history is the record of imrty, conRratulttte their countrymen on the march of their nation under the banners inscribed with the principles of our iilatform of 18S8, vindicated by victory a.t the and prosperity In our llelds, worUshops and mines, and make the following declaration of principles. We rcafflrm the American doctrine tion. We call attention to its growth abroad. We maintain that the prosperous condition of our country is largely due to the wise revenue legislation of the Republican Congress.

We believe that all articles which cannot be produced in United States, except luxuries, should be admitted free of duty, and that all Imports coming into competition with the products of American labor there snould be levied duties equal to the dilterenco between wages abroad and at homo. We assert that the prices of manufactured articles of general consumption have been reduced under the opcr- oiions of the tariCt act of 1B90. We denounce the efrorts of tho Democratic majority of tho House of Representatives to destroy our tariff laws by piece meal, as is manifested by their attacks on wool, ISad, and lead ores, the chief products of a number of fotaies, and we ask the people for their judgment thereon. We point to the success of the Republican policy of reciprocity, under which our export trade has vasKy increased and new and en- largo dmarkeiK have been opened tor the products of our farms and worksbop.s. We remind the people of the bitter opposition of the Democratic party to this practical bu.sines.s measure, and claim, that executed by a Republican administration, our present la'ws evidently give us control of the trade of the world.

-J Tho AmoFican people an interest favor bimetallism, and the BeputH lioan party demands the nse of gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions -and under such to be determined by tho parity of values of the two metals, so that the purcluwslng and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold, or paper, shall be at ail limes equal. The interests of the producers of tlie country. Its farmers and its workingmen, demand that overy dollar, paper or coin, issued by the gorernmcnt shall Me as good as any other. We commend the wise an'd patriotic steps already taken by our government to secure an international conference, to adopt such meusures as will Insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as fflooey throughout the world. We demand that every citizen of tho United States shall be allowed to cost one free and un- restrlotcd ballot In all public clcctlona, and that such baUot shall be counted and returned OS cast; that such laws shall be enacted and enforced as will secure to every citizen, be rich or poor, native or foreign born, white or black, this sovereign right guaranteed by the conBtUutioQ.

il We denounce the continued Inhuman perpetrated upon American oltlzens for poUtl- cal reason la certain Southern States of the Union. We favor the extension of our foreign commerce, the restoration ot our mercaDtllc marine by borne butlt ships, and the dtvMon ot a navy (or the protectloa ot our National interests, aad tlie hoaorof our flag; the maintenance of the most friendly relatioca with all iarelm powers, entangling alliances with none, aad ilie proteetion of the rights of our flslieroiea. Wo' reaffirm onr approval of the lionroe Doctrine and believe In the achievemenia of the manifest of tiie Republic la its broadest seusa favot the enactment of more laws afia relfttloBi for tfie ragtrlollbn of nal, pauper and contract Immigration. Tho Republlean party bas' always been tho champion ot the oppressed, and recognizes the dignity ot manhood. Irrespective ot faith, color nationality; it sympathizes with the cause of homo rule la Ireland, and protests the persecution of the Jews in Russia.

The ultimate reliance of free popular government Is the intelligence of tho people, and the maintenance of freedom among Its men. We therefore declare anew our devotion to liberty of thought and consolonco, of speech and press, and approve uU agencies and instrumentalities which contribute to the education of, tlio children of the land; but while iiusistlng upon the fullest measure of religious liberty we are op po-sc'd to any union of church and State. We rcatnrra our opposition, declared in the Republlean platform of to all combina tions or in Irusus or oihorwiaa to control arbitrarily tuc condition of trade among our citizens. We heartily indoise the action already taken upon this subject and ask for such further legislaliorAa.s may be required to ronit'dy defects in existing hues and to render their enforcement more complete and Ellectrvo. Approve the policy of cxtendlns tho towns, villages, and rural communities the udvantaae of Vlio free liellvery service now enjoyed by tlio larger ctties of the country, and rcalllrm the declaration contained in the Republican platform of IS8S, pledging a reduction of letter poaiage to 1 cent, at the earlio.st possible moment consistent with tho maintenance of the Po.stofllco depiirtmeut and the highest class of postal service.

commend the spirit arid evidence of reform In the civil service, and the wise and con- sLstcnt cnforoomcnt by the Republican pany of the law.s regulating the same. The coiiBlrucUoii of tho Nicarasua canal is o( the highest importance to the American pco pie, as, a measure of national defonso and lu build up and maintain American commerce, and be controlled by the United States government. Wo favor the admission ot the remaining Territories at the earliest practicable date, having due, regard to the interests of the people of the Territories and of the United States, Aii tho Feder.tl officers appointed lor the Territories should be selected from bona Ikle residents thereof, nnd the right of self-govern- mcnt should be accoided far as practicjible, We favor tho cession, subject to the homestead of the arid public lands to tho States and Territories in which they lie, under such Congressional restricUons to disposition, reclaimution, and occupancy by settlers as will secure tho maximum benollts to the people. The World's Columbian Exposition is a great National undertaking, and-Congress should promptly enact such reasonable legislation In aid thereof as will Insure i discharging of the expen.se and incident thereto, and the attainment of results commensurate with the dignity and progress of the Nation, We sympathize with all msc and legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote morality. Ever mindful of the services and sacrifices of tho men who saved thclifc of the Nation, we pledge anew to the veterans soldiers of the Republic a' watchful care and recognition of their claims upon a grateful people, tVe commend the able, patriotic and thoroughly American otlministrallon of President Harri.son.

Under it the country lias enjoyed remarkable prosperity, and the dignity and lionor'of the Nation, at home and abroad, have been faithfully maintained, and we offer the record of pledges kept as a guarantee ot faith ful performance in the future. THE TITUSVILLE STATEMENT, An Official Six nays After tlu Croat Disaster. TlTUSViLi.E, Juno The following is given out oiHcially to the public: "It ia duo to tho public that we mtike a statement of our condition as exactly auO iict 'uratcly as possible six days after the i We have our relief committees lliorouKhly organised and the distribution of food, clothiiicr, bedding and other sup. plies is with system. Pevfecl order prevails.

Large forces of laborers are emplo.ved in removing wrecks from streets and in clearing up the ruins ol houses. Ijodios have beet bufied; several persons are still missing. "We do not need clothing, food or othei supplies. Our need will be for money tc I 'clieve those who have lost by fire and Hood and to repair tho enormous destruction of property. The districts devastatoc lire and floods extends through the eii- tii'c length of the city for about one mils and a half.

Its breadth is from to one-fourth of a mile. The estimator loss of property exceeds $1,000,000, Tht losses fall chicfl.y upon tho poor and the laboring people. Within the bounds named wore more than InO dwellings, as well as many shops, manufactories and oil factories whore labor was employed. loss of personal property in the homes of the people was almost total, while very many lost not only their houses and contents, but the ground on whicb stood. The streets are many of then) destroyed and the loss in this particulai and in bridges is very largo.

Everything possible is being done to alleviate distress and i)ur people are recovering hope and spirit. "E.O, EMERSON Mayor, "ROGEU SUERMA.N, "Chairman Relief Committee." Oil. CiTV, June fifty- fourth body was found here yesterday. This completes Oil City's dead, all of the missing having now been found oi accounted for. L.

L. POLK DEAD. DASTARDLY OUTRAGES. RACE WAR THREATENED AT OK. Two Women Outraged by Burly Negro Is Klllod nnd the'OtUer Uay Bo mcnt and Much Bad Blood.

Tho runners' Alliance Leader Fassci AAvay ut Washington. WASHIKGTON Juno L. L. Polk, president of the National Farmers' Alliance, died at 11:15 Saturday morning. Mr.

I'olk was years old, born in North Carolina and was reared on a farm. He served in the lower house of the North Carolina legislature in 1860. The next year he entered the confederato service and served during the war. He was elected a member of the legislature again in 1865, and in 1867 he was appointed commissioner ol agriculture. In iSSO he began the pub- nf his prnsient newspaper, the Progressive Farmer, and began organ izing farpier's clubs throughout the state.

In 1887 he joined the Farmers- Alliance and was immediately elected GuTimiK, June 13. Saturday about 10 o'clock four farmers came to this city, their horses all in lather, and finding Policeman Lester told him that a negro a woman out in theii- neighborhood. The woman is the wife of Charles Moore. She is about 35 years old, has five children and is in poor health and very weakly. She had walked to Guthrie and was returning home, when within a mile of the house she was met by a negro, about 17 years old, who held a double barreled shotgun in his hands.

Taking rudely hold of her and throwing her down, he dragged her to a small ravine and assaulted her. The officers immediately went to the scene ancl soon caught the fiend, whose name ia Holly, lie at first denied the charge, but afterward acknowledged his guilt. He was lodged in the county jail, and shortly afterward six men appeared at tlie jail and demanded of the sheriii: the prisoner. Tlie and his deputy pulled their pistols on the party and drove them The prisoner was then spirited away. Another and more atrocious assault was committed six miles south of this city yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.

A negro assaulted the wife of Genken, the engineer of the electric plant of this city. He first forced to the ground tlie 12-year-old daughter of Mrs. Genken, and when the mother released the daughter from the grasp of the fiend the daughter took flight to the woods. Then the nogiro turned on Mrs. Genken and beat her to the g-round and assaulted her.

The enraged left this city yesterday afternoon with several friends and said: "I will find the man and report to the sherifl: where his body can be found." About 7 o'clock negroes commenced to assemble on Harrison avenue, in front of the police office. Shotguns, rifles and arms of all sorts and sizes were noticeable. Runners were sent out to Langston City and other districts where the colored people are numerous, and by 3 o'clock men mounted on mules and horses commenced to arrive in the city and rendezvous near the police station. Bitter talks were and are yet indulged in. Some of the leaders of the colored people, among them' Bullard, John Rollins, Andrew Frink and Councilman Lane, are dolnp- all they can to quell what seems imminent and serious trouble.

'White people are cautious and generally go armed. The police force was increased by Marshal Kelly, by him appointing a large number of the pluckiest men in the city. A Daily News editorial this moiming has caused a bitter feeling toward the News and the proprietor feels uneasy as to the s.afet3' of his orticc. A later dispatch says that the mobs have-been quieting down and that impending danger will be averted. One Assaulter GUTHRIE June lias just been received hy the sherifl: that the negro ivlio tlie other woman, six miles south ol this city, was shot yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock.

The sheriff received word to come and get the dead body. This matter is keiJt iis quiet as possible, BO as not to excite the people. THE JUNE COTTON REPORT. secretary of the state association. December 3, 1889, he was elected dent of the National Alliance and elected in 1890.

Colonel Polk was of great value to his party as a stump speaker and was an able writer on topics of particular interest to farmers. The People 's party will meet in national convention in Omaha July 4, and the probability is that had Colonel Polk survived he would have been nominated for president or vice president if the party should have decided to put a ticket in the field. Big Hediiction of Acreage and Poor Condition of tho W.vsniNGTON, June average condition of cotton, as shown by the June report of the department agriculture, is 85.9. This is the lowest average, with one 1874. The state averages are as follows: Virginia 70, North Carolina 88, South Carolina 91: Georgia 87, Florida 89, Alabama 91; Mississippi 91, Louisiana 83, Texas 81, Arkansas Tennessee 90.

Reduction of area from floods resulting from river overflows, especially of the Mis sissippi and its tributaries, has been heavy. The aggregate reduction sa- 16.5 per cent. The state percentages of area in comparison with the actual acreage of'last year are as follows: Virginia 73, North Carolina 70, South Carolina 84, Georgia 84, Florida 81, Alabama 84, Mississippi 85, Louisiana 80, Texas 85, Arkansas S3, Tennessee 83. Average 83. .5.

Kapid of the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS Jitne Associated press made a commendable record during the convention just closed, and its bulletin service has probably never been excelled. The bulletin announcing the nomination was received and posted at all America within five minutes, at most i-oLthemjniLtMaltwo Pacific coast knew the result within two mlnutes New York within sixty seconds, and London in one minute and a half. QVR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

Aid for Kantat Oyoloaa Candy Peddler's Ambition and Uow Clronies Bslns Forced Fartkac from BnilncM JLImlta. ST. LOUIS Btrbng- bond of fellowship which between St. Louis and the State of Kansas was, pleasantly emphasized a few days when a telegram was received from a mercantile house at Wellington, statiniT that genuine distress existed in consequence of the cyclone and that aid was needed promptly. Two representatives of che large wholesale dry goods and clothing interests of St Louis went on the street as once, and three hours after the receipt of the telegram a response was wired that $1,185 had been coilected and that a draft for amount would be honored on the principle that ho who gives quickly gives trebly.

The help was timely in the extreme. There is an Italian fn St. Louis, who has original ideas. He is Stephen Delacella, a handsome, stout, darkish man, who owns a hotel and dabbles in politics. He was the moving spirit of the celebration here, a few weeks ago, of the Ancient Oraer of United Vfork- men, which was one of the I society reunions that has taken place in the West.

He got up a river spectacle for that celebration, and actualiy induced Gould people to divide with the local societies the money paid at the gates by the people who went on the big bridge to see the brilliant show. He is now at the head of a national movement by Italians which will give the visitors who come here this fall for the festivities additional entertainment. The Italians will have a river pageant, representing the landing of Columbus on American soil with decorated ships, Spanish costumes, banners flying from mast-heads, firing of guns, and Indians, of course. On one of the nights there will be fireworks on the river, and tliere will be, besides, an afternoon of speech-making and music with the statue of Columbus out in Tower Grove park, and an evening at the banquet table. It will be the first occasion on the thousands of wealthy and influential.Italians of the city have ever concentrated their resourses on a national affair of more than local interest.

Every time one of the mammoth circuses comes here, their managers get striking object lesson upon the rapid growth of St. Louis. Twelve years ago, when old Phineas brought his first three ring show out West, he pitched his world of canvas on a great vacant lot near the corner of Eighteenth and Pine streets. When he came around five years later, he had to take his circus a mile further west, to a vacant lot on the corner of Jefferson avenue, or Twenty-sixth street and Dixon, all the lots nearer the Merchants' Exchange having been built up. When he got hero again, just before he died, he could get no nearer the business center tlvan Thirty-second and Compton avenue.

Last week, the circus had to exhiijit a mile west of that, again, at the corner of Vandeventer avenue and Laclede, ofiice blocks, stores and dwellings having taken possession of all the other circus sites. The lot covered by the tents this year is under contract of sale and will be occupied by flats when the circus arrives next tinie. It will then have to go out near Forest Parle, six miles from the river, before a large enough lot can found. But electric cars have done so mucli for the city in the last few years that Forest Park is now as near the retail streets as avenue, four miles east, was when Bob Stickney used to delight the crowds under Barnum's tents there, by his bareback riding. Among the anxious people who have been watching the floods for the past mouth, none have been worried than the observers of the signal office, who had to announce every day what the river was going to do.

Early each' morning, the river men would begin to call up the signal observatoi-y by telephone, inquiring what the prospects were for the day. Plans were made upmn these predictions that involved thousands of dollai-s, and if the observers made a mistake they were reviled without ceasing. One day, when the river was going a merchant who had several thousand bales of cotton piled up along the levee, came to the sigual office and asked whether would rise higher or fall. "It's going up much higher," said Observer D. J.

Herndon, who was then in charge of the office. "It will cost me a thousand dollars to move my cotton up out of reach of the water," said the factor. "Shall i do it?" "I can give you no advice," said the observer. "We think the river is going to rise, but you must decide yourself what is best for you to do." The man went away uncertain, and did not move his cotton. The water came up, and he lost over five thousand dollars.

The next day he came up to the signal office very humbly. "Do yon want advice?" asked Observer Herndon. "No, I don't," said the factor, ruefully. "If you wink at me this time I'll move my CURRENT CLIPPINGS. JESSE JAMES AVENGED.

Bheriir of Bob Ford KlUed by a Deputy Creede, Col. CHEEDE June Ford is without warning as he slew Jesse James. Deputy Sherifl Watt Kelly shot him yesterday in bis own dance house. CoDsressman Davis Renominated. ABU-ENK June Fifth district People's party convention met here to-day with seventy delegates.

Shearer of Marshall county was chosen chairman and A. Stewart of Manhattan secretary. John Davis wiia renominated for congress unanimously. The International Silver Conference. FBANKFOKT June from Vienna have been received to the effect that the Austro-Hungarian proposes to accept the invitation of the United States to unite with other governments in the silver conference and that send a delegation unempowered to give binding promises, to be accompanied by officials from the departments of finance of both Austria and Hungary.

Blew the Safe to Pieces. LEBAJTON July 13, safe in Daviss' general store at Rosston, this county, was blovyn open Thursday night during a thunder storm and $300 taken. One side of the safe went through the wall into the street. The sheriff arrested Sam Jones and Henry Smith at Indianapolis to-day as the cracksmen, and landed them in jail this evening. There $130 found in their possession.

A cloud burst at Zwingle, Iowa, raised Otter Creek thirty feet and dii weat damage to The town of Roanoake, has grown in ten years from a population of 600 to one of 23,000. It is proposed in Philadelphia to re-' strict bicyclists to a speed of six miles an hour, bar them from the pavements, compel them to take out a licence and to carry an alarm bell. The archbishop of Canterbury, who is necessarily one of the most conservative of British clergymen, has given his official sanction to the opening of picture galleries on Sunday. Aridover, has quite a natural curiosity in the way of a boy, twelve yeara old, who is about two feet and a half -tall who can kick his own hat ofl and. can stand on one foot and tickle his ear with other.

At the dictation of the men put in. power by the Unionists in Australia, all immigration into the colony is prohibited, so tliat thousands of people now unemployed there may have an opportunity to find work. The Busslan likes no sleeping place BO well as the top of a big soapstone stove in his domicile. Crawling out of this blistering bed in the morning he likes to take plunge into a cold, stream, even if he has to break the to get into it..