The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 9

I i ENQIJIKEB, UPFLEMEOT. pages to ia CINCINNATI. SUNDAY. MARCH 0. '1898.

ARMY Of Ten Million Men Available in Case of an Emergency. Cccle Sam's Experience in His Last War Will Cause Him To Be Particular in Choice or Soldiers. Requirement of Thote Who Desire To Enlist In the Service of Their Country. Srsri.t. BtaPAICI TO D.

trfBSa. 5. Th War Is estli tbs number of ho. In rase of war. aright be.

irafrn! lirto service, lest tawtmcr, The roueh stlAte of th Adjutant ofl)(, a. uniounml, ta that we catt, if r.erds be, raise an enormous army of 1" males, of fighting age. Excited by riiimrrs of approaching war every civilian of ktokkm sex la wondering whether have an opportunity to defend hla conn-lr. Home are wondering now they might talr Hirvk-e anH what excuses might be offered, to evade a draft. l.vrry man mustered into service.

In case of ar with Spain, must submtt to turn-lTuin by an army surgeon. Voeb Baa has IfiiM very exclusive aa to tha choice of It o.lirs and sailors, since our last war. Tlx- nisi artny io be sent Into tbe field would t- of a very choice set of men. As r.rtT numbers were mustered ta the r-ttlitlons would trow leas and Us severe. Td.

greatest pari of the popular mind HAS TUB MISTAkBW IDS Tlmt men In the National Guard, the organ-lx-J Hiate Militia, would be pressed Into ienUf next after the regular array, but such Is not the case. At the first bugla call every member of the mUttf will have a rliance to volunteer, but until a draft la ordered no mllhlaman will be required to ike the fleM against his desire. Men who unwillingly are not wanted. They make the poorest snidtura. There will be no snWi arm of the service aa the militia, In th event of the nest great war with a for eiKn power.

It would be Illegal for President McKJtiley. of the Army and Navy, to order the mllhl our boundaries for the purpose of Intuitu Bimnlsh territory or any pther foreign domain. No Governor woud be re-q u. re. I by law to honor the President'; call nillttla.

To avoid poeeitole coiupMoatlon, therefore, the President would art on the uijuniptlon that there hi no miUtlefin any of lie- tte. The regular army proving Iml he would first call upon Governors lit mius for a certain number of volunteers, ontuniied bodies of mUltla might volunteer In a body and offer themselves already organ lit 'I. every man consenting. Officers from ami Including the rank of Colonel down VuuM be appointed by Oovernor of the Hutrs, to command bodies of volunteers, but' lor the President Is reserved tha privilege of appointing all general officers. The War Department haa prepared a dialer urn.

dividing each state Into districts, and hit calculated the quota of troops which might be drafted Into servtoe from each should volunteers prove Insufficient; Before a VHATT WOULD BB ORDIMD In a district alow to volunteer Its full auola bounties would be offered by the Federal Oovernment. and perhaps by the State. During the late war some townships offered bounties to men un writing to volunteer. Men In those days were known to receive bounties aggregating 11.5110 from the national, rute and local Governments. High bounties, sometimes aa great aa H0, were of-liM br the Federal Government for vet-rrunt who had aeon their three years' and had been honorably discharged toward the end of the war.

Should the bounty ayilem fall to bring out the required number of men the draft would then be resorted to. Should you volunteer your eervlcea at the frsi cull for an addition to the army you may atand a chance to enter the ranks If are between 31 and 38 years old. of good hurarter and habits, able-bodied, free from disease, not less than five feet four Inchea tall and between 128 and 100 pounds In weight. If you measure abdve five feet ten tiu in height yon can enter the Infantry or artillery, but not the cavalry- These are the requirements for entrance to the regular army. They would remain tn force during the mustering of volunteers until mm should be passed tn with Insufficient peed.

Then the restriction In regard to age would be made less exacting. In great emergency the fighting age would doubtless be tretched to from 18 to 43. The restrictions In regard to weight would perhaps, be changed, but very heavy men WOULD MOT BB ACCBITBD. Fat men do not make as good soldiers as thinmen. The War Department baa prepared a table showing what It considers to be the correct proportions of weight and chest measurement.

If you correspond very nearly to these you: may consider yourself of military physique. A man ft feet 4 inches tall should weigh 128 pounds, should have a chest measuring 32 inches, without breath, and a chest expansion of at least two Inchea. A man i feet Kr Inches tall should weigh 153 pounds, should have a chest measuring S3 Inches when without breath, and should have a chest expansion of at least 2V4 Inches. Similarly, If be be feet 1 Inch tall, he should weigh 1T8 pounds, should measure inchea around hla chest after br. atlilng out.

and should bars a chest ex-. tansu.n of at least 2 Inches, Weights between these are given proportionate measurements for the other details. In case the President should call for Volunteer greaV trouble would be caused by thos who are ambitious to enter the field as cfaeers and not as enlisted During m- late war annoyance waa caused by the mustering of men by companies. In the next great war the Government tiout.tiess have to take the quotas from dlf-, ferent sections of the. various states.

In turn, and assign them to brigades, divisions, cns and armies, without particular regard to the states from which they might corns. Having been muatered Into the service of the Federal Government tha Governors of separate states WOULD SLAVS) XO AUTHORITY Oer them, not even over the Lieutenants. -piairm. Majors and Colonels, which the governors might have originally- commis- isnw. Volunteers from the strict of Columbia would be exiled out directly by the President, but those from the territories "rough tha territorial omwmnr, To begin with, each- volunteer would, of ur.

th sains pay as now allowed soldiers of the standing army of equal fank- This pay might be raised to eacour. Me recruija. but It Is very unlikely that It would ever be InwwrMt Tn eA. k- 0f lrow would mean the ruination of the Prtt de corps. In the land service you a an enlisted man.

earn from $13 to -h a month, accord ins: to your arrada Whether Private. mualeLwn wanne tlflcer. saddler, farrier. bUckamlth, cor-boral, trumpeter. Bergeant or Sergeant wr.

If enlisted In the nary you would r-lve from SU to accoinr to rank! ciranee of yoirbt li. 5 commissioned officer In a future mLI' importance uuleaa you might be an mnnTe. a-graduate of some 5 11 An officer Ignorant of military tactics and appointed for political reasons would do more damage to his own JTttaa a body of enemy equal to his AXaRICAKS OBOWTTtO STROM OX Scientific ODlnlon Is united In aarlr. that ur raw material for war purposes la rlor to that available in 'tu. aUari.tie.

au- tO. aVtattsUca of msaHirg II aeet Tn lb fua-gvaww tnaat 1st eur late war show that the Americans were of greatest stature, it will be tienibetMt IhaT almost all nationalities were represented In' that conflict. Prof. Lnmath, ef Budapest, on the other hajut, finds that In all fcuropran countries where military enlistment Is compulsory to every SAaie eltlsan. thus uaeMBtue of men re)ened her sum of smallnees of sisture haa lrgeiy inrreaaed during tr past lo years.

The Hpsniards are a puny, dwarf race, eom- wnn tss. mss an Latins tney nsveuw-tertoraterf, phyek-arlr. The soli of Ameti-a appears toVe-the halthlet of the world, la comparative tabic of human stature, tha American Indian stands first. The white Anterican stands serond. Hlnce 'fll we hsve.

--coras stronger and hemilbier for many reaeons. Ch-( mmrm 1 1,. la that since that time preventive medicine baa well nign. raene4 perrectlon. All of our sanltarv rmtrov ements of any Importance have been made since the war.

you are worrytng about a future war. rest assured that tt will fa atiart arut ter- ntHe. If you enlist you must sell yourself to roar country for three years, hot you will be honorably discharged aa soon as the conflict Is over. If lasts but a month. The army will then be disbanded, and the various soldiers will return to their respective states.

REVOKED May Bs th Cosnmiaelons of Women 7 Xotarle Pabllc. srsciAt, stasATca to tss axariaxs. Colcwbcs. March 6. It Is very probable tlut ttovsmor Busbnell will Ond It nccesary to revoke lbs cum missions be bas Issued to the female applicants for Kotsry Public appointments tines lbs passsgs of tbe Bartlow law, Under tbs decision of tbe Supreme Court In tbe mandamus proceeding of Mlm 5ellle AoblnsoB gainst Vm.

JtcKinley, then Oovertkor. the Konrama rnnrt UMtalt.a.t tits refusal to grant her an appointment, the Court at thai tints held that "under tbe constltiitliMt and laws of Ohio a woman not eligible lo Ibe offlceof Public." AUortier-tieneral Mnmett Monday next will tiietlitite a suit tn tbe riupreiue Court testing the Bartlow law. and seeklns- to hava the commissions already Issued revoked on constitutional grounds. STRONG EFFORT Bslnsr Made To Run Waoamaker Fr Covertior of Pcnnsj-lvnnia. PHiLADBt-rttlA, March 5 A committee of the Business Men's League, which several weeks ago adopted a resolution requeuing John Wanamaker to allow the use of hla name as the anti-Quay candidate for Gov ernor, had a conference with Mr.

Wana maker hers to-day. Upon conclusion of the conference Deemer, of the committee, stated that-Mr. Wanamaker would give hla definite reply to the league on Monday or Tuesday. Mr. Deemer said that, while Mr.

Wanamaker did not commit himself, that he (Deemer) was of the opinion that he would become a candidate for Oovernor. MOTHER OBJECTED, And the) KvansvUlo Colored Girl Was Not Flogged. srsetAi, Biararoa to tss bmooisbb. vansviua March The mother of the colored girl, "Via. Belle Staples, ap peared Police Court yesterday and said shs would not permit her daughter to receive a flogging, as ordered by Judgs Win frey Wednesday, and as told In to-day's Kn- quiacR.

Tbs girl was then sentenced to the neiormatory. ene was arraigneu Wednesday for stealing a pair of gloves, and the Court ordered er mother to give her 40 lashes. CHARGED After the Mine Exploded, But Mead Coontermaadei! Barn' side's- Order's, and Bis Troopi Were Cat To Wecea. sratn t'ptarATnai -y New TokxV March dispatch from Hartford. to tha Herald, The story of the mine at Petersburg, which was fired Jul SO, 1904.

was told In a vivid way by Department Commander G. D. Bates, of Putnam, during a visit of the Department omcers of A. E. Burnslde Post in UnVonvllle, last night.

Colonel Bates was at one time on the staff of General Bum-side. On the night designated for the explosion General Burnslde sought his own Rhode Island troopa and lay with them In the trenches. Burnalde's original order was to riBB tub Mirra at datbkbak And charge the enemy without a moment's delay, but he waa preventijd from carrying out that plan by subsequent and different orders. After General Burnslde's order was Issued there cum orders from General Meade to fire the mine at a given hour, but the order to charge waa not countermanded. At a.

later period during the night a second order was issued from General Meade directing tha charge to be delayed after the tiring of the mine until orders were received from general headquarters. This took away the vitality of. General Burnslde's whole plan. The explosion waa absolutely successful, and sent the Confederate forces back in the wildcat dismay. That was the moment that Burnside had planned for the charge.

But HALT Alt SOUS WAS LOST Waiting for orders from General Mead el they were received the Confederate had regained the ground that bad been abandoned and were prepared to resist the as sault, im cnarge was made, however, and the I ion forces wera ramn-ilMi tn nm their way back through columns of Confed erates, mat surrounded them. General Aleade railed to order reinforcements Into the field, leaving the troops of General Burnside to meet their fate without an effort being made to afford them relief. General Burnslde was urged then- and afterward to make known the cause that led to the terrible results, but he closed his lips claiming that It would be better for him to perish in the Ignominyrof the defeat rather thaneillow the I re a her and iealousv tn ha disclosed, which were chargeable to General aseaaea account. WOMEN SMOKERS. Vast Increase Among All Classes In England.

JxtMDON, March ti The Dally Telegraph In an article recording the enormous increase In the number of women smokers says: Ths greet middle-cSasa is smoking as un- constrainedly aa the aristocracy, and the working woman Is fast following. One well-known lady ef title la sometimes seen driv ing In the Ripley road with a' briar wood pipe In her mouth. uwwi tooac- conista and others show that the bicycle la responsible for much, as with wheel parties has arisen a freedom of manner unknown tn the presence of a chaperons. BIMETALLISTS Storing To Head Off the Gold Standard tn India. Ixikdok, March The blme tail lata in the House of Commons have secured first place on Marco 28, when they will present a reso lution providing for the closing of the Indian mints and demanding the appointment of a royal commission to take up the whole question of bimetallism.

The Bimetallic t-eague baa issued a long manifesto, rertew-irif the situation from tbs time of Senator Woloott's mission, protesting against the proposed adoption of tbe- gold standard tn India and urging the Government to resume earnestly the negotiations with Franca and lbs United States. LLEUTESAST KILLIIX Btmumnox. Iowa. March S.Ueueaant Fraxta tus, or me united States Arms' commandant at Iowa Wesleyan TTnlversitv at ML Pleasant, attempted to beard a freight train nere to-oay. tie missed his footing spa was cw completely in two at the waist.

He leaves a wits and two children at Mi Pleasant. MU rOSCED TO THE Nw Tog. March 0. Bettman St Watson, dealers tn oU-weii supplies, with offices in this city, and a plant at Parkerabura: mads aa assign meat to-day to Enanuel w. ruoomingoaie.

The nirt lnvoivad as said to be (JuU.0u0. javmY9a PHOTOGRAPH Of tho Supposed Spook Revealed the Face of the Girls' Friend. Female Apparition in Black WasFle8h and Blood, And She Was Plajioc Ghost in the Lone! Cabia To Carb Her Husband's Gambling Propensities How Two Brare Girls Won BIcyeles. sraciAi. snsrATosi tss ssantsa Rathbom-viixb, March 8.

Two plucky young women of this place last week cleared up tbs mystery of tha haunted cabin In Bogg's Ravins, which is but a short distance from this pi are. and throiigh their successful sttempt at amateur photography discovered the identity of the "ghost" who has haunted the hut which waa ths scene of tbe terrible Mart murder one year ago. The story Is blood curdling, and relates ons of the dark deeds which have stained- this section of Potter County and terrorised all law-abiding folks for miles around. It was only a week ago that ths levers of Marie Pelfer and Rat her In. Phillips.

In a spirit of banter, never dreaming that they would accept the challenge, dared their fianceea to visit the haunted cabin at night and discover the cause for ths unearthly screams that emanated from the hut and made night hideous with discordant. Jarring noises in Its vicinity. Ths dare was accepted, and the young swains boldly offered to present each girl a bicycle if ths UTSTEBT WAS U.tRAVBUID. No sooner waa the offer made than it was accepted, and the next day the two pretty misers put their heads together and evolved a scheme that worked like a charm, as after results will show. First they proceed ed to learn as much ss possible about the history of the cabin, and with little diffi culty discovered the following facta, which were terrifying enough to cause less Intrepid girls to abandon the project.

i. In brief, the cabin waa situated In a dense recess of the mountains, nearly In ravine known as Boeg's Hollow, ft had formerly been the habitation of Floyd Myers, the murderer who hi now serving a Hfe sentence In the Western Penitentiary at Pittsburg, an expiation of his crime. On last Christmas, a year age, My ere had mvMed I Leonard Hart, a woodsman, to a drinking bout at his cabin, and when both men were well in liquor they 'beewtne Involved lo a quarrel, and Hart was struck on the head, and fell dead at Myers's feet. When TBB caiKB WAS DIICOVBBBD, The next morning Myers was arretted and a pair of bloody trousers belonging to him were found stuffed up the was placed on trial, convicted and sentenced aa related above. Myers's cabin became a haunted place forthwith and the opportunity-was seised by a gang of gamblers and rough Characters as a place where Inquisitive eyes would not be apt to pry.

-From that time on an epidemic of highway robberies "broke out and the prepairatora" of four hold-ups were traced fa the but further -tn rest I-gAitorwaa not deerosiAdjtiaV.wBJxrt the danger Involved in bearding tbe- den of desperadoes. Two weeks ago a New Tork drummer, who gave his name as James. C. Allen, was enticed to the den. fiM tsaded down with a bundle of "long green," and aa he was an expert at the national game Immediately decided that he would show these country bumpkins a thing or two about poker.

Unfortunately for htm, he fell Into the trap Into which others had preceded him, and the sharpers SCCCKKDS-D IN FUCSCIXO) HIM Of ths big roll he had brought with him. As the game progressed he became a heavier and heavier loser, and the big black bottle containing whisky mixed with knock-out drops was employed to complete his financial ruin. Before midnight ha 4ad fallen Into a stupor and was carried up a ladder and stowed away In the loft with little ceremony, while his partners tn ths gams had made off with hla ill-gotten gains. Just at daybreak he was awakened by a curious sensation of fright, and as he waa collecting his befuddled senses he was horrified to hear the most uncanny and heart-rending scream of agony that ever mortal listened to. A death-like atillness followed, and his very blood seemed to congeal tn bis -veins, when he hesrd something creeping along the floor of the cabin below.

Being a brave feU low. and knowing that there had been a murder there, he muatered up enough courage to remember that he had probably had a bad nightmare, when another piercing sore am raised every hair en his head, and the awful words came up to him: "For God's sake. Ploy, you have killed, me." -Alien instantly realised that the votes was tb at or a won ax And made haste to aid her, but when he had stumbled down the stairs he only saw a something garbed in black file through the doorway, and rushing out beard nothing but the -chirp of a few shivering sparrows. ThorouKhly puxsled Allan then- lit a. match.

and expecting to find the body of the murdered woman on the was even more at a loss when he discovered everything as ne nao sean tne nigm oetore, lighting a lamp which he found en one of the tables tie looceo aoout tor traces of blood, but finding none, finally came to ths conclusion that he had either suffered from an hallu cination or that he bad seen a ghost. When ne stance to una out wnat time It was, he was surpnaeu aiscover tut ne had been robbed of a handsome gold, watch. Finally he started oft for thia place, and arriving here related his exnerience and waa anme. what surprised to hear the story corroborated by several persona woe had undergone simitar upericiicra. However, the instead of helna a ruse aavptw iy sue gamoters.

was as mccb a. iinmr To them as any one else, for It had twice driven them from thetr game, when they were so terribly frightened thst they fled, leaving the stakss upon the table. When they returned after thetr second fright they discovered that the money had disappeared, and thoroughly cowed, they abandoned tbe place about two weeks ago. But tbe "ghost' did not, for it was heard several times afterward. Thus it remained for the fearless girls to solve the mystery, and on rest Wednesday wiDi iiwj wKvniiiiMm in, ml.

Both being experts rn.amat.ur nbotoa-ra. phy they decided to prepare a large panful of flash-light powder and then lo take a flash-light snap, shot at the ghost with a Kodak. Too scheme, novel In its scope, worked to perfection. It was a long and dreary vtgil tor the brave young women, but shortly be fore nnaotgni. iyr nsvtng wnitea in a corner of the cabin from 8 O'clock, ther heard the creaking of the hinges of the door and saw it slowly open, and to their great terror saw toe ngursiac i A WOHAlt jPSBSSBP tX n-ACXC T- Standing tn the doorway.

Ther waited until the apparition bad closed the door, and then Miss Phillips leaned ever -toward Miss Pelfer and whispered: "Now or never, Marie." There was tbe scratch of a match, which was instantly trans erred to the pan. and tn an instant the. powder was Ignited and a fiasa of light lighted up every, nook and cranny of the musty old Place, and Miss Phillips snapped her kodak at tbe figure, which proved to be that of a woman. But almost before Katherhv had '-pressed the button" the woman, who in that brief Instant had stood rooted to the spot, with her eyes giued upon tbe young women, gave a plercinr shriek, and. with the swiftness of light, fled to the door and into the outer darknessL The plucky girls were well satisfied with their work, however, and, bearing thetr precious kodak with them, which en its plate contained ths secret of the mystery, made their way to the head of the ravine, where their lovers, met them.

They were surprised to hear them say that a woman ntnrsrneo t-ixx a mi Had passed them as ther were waiting, and had made off In the direction of this place. The girls refused to relate their experience, but returned to thetr homes. All day and when the picture was finished tbey were s.atonisoeo to uw uss ingntenea race of -tieggie Caxlson, a friend ef theirs. Who bad tn named Fraser. sCnsw.

log tbs mystery was sll but solved, they say Mrs. Krsser that aftsrneon and sc-eusvad her of being the She itvdig. namly denied the elletrstiua, wat when eoa- frontasl with the photograph of leeraelf sate confessed. Her explanation was that her husband had been a freejuetater at the gambling Joint, and she bed taken this novel-method ef frightening tihn eat of lite gam-bting resort, and. that having accoarrusntcD ttxm rc arose.

She had tlatted the cabin several tlmee afterward In order to keep the gamblers. In-. oltxTng her way ward "better hatf. froca making it thetr rendesvoua. Whan tbe story leaked out tt created great merrttneei, and the girls were warmly aoa-gratulated.

Meanwhile Is a serious question as te whom deserves the greater credHt: Mrs, Fraser, for bra. king up the gambling resort, or her two- pretty friends, for exposing the "ghost" fake by the unique Bseta-od of instantaneous portography. AH three are happy, for Mrs. Frasers hubby stays home now at nights, while her two fair friends will ride new bikes la the spring, perhaps, tnsy be ehsnged into tandems, from the significant remarks whirh have fallen from the lips o( thetr TOMB OFOSIBIS Alleged To Hars Beets Discovered la tper cwgypt." Lokdow, March Bclsntista are exetted over, the authenticated discovery of the tomb of Osiris, the chief god of tbe Egyptian, and brother (consort) of I si at Luxor, a village of Vpper Egypt, built oa the site of Thebes. The news was first received with Incredulity, but all doubts were quieted by a telegram from the Irfrector-Oerteral of ex-cavajlotis to the President of the Kgyptian Council of Ministers.

Tbe discovery was made by M. Amelioeau, who In a letter also affirms potsltlveiv that He has discovered tiAl the tomb of the gods Beth and Horus Is In the ssme necropolis, at Abydos. The Pali Mall Ustsetts says: Tnrre Is no doubt this is a great discovery. Thus we know the tombs of the last three god-kings of the second of the divine dynasties, which dates back lO.ttX) years." FIRST Steamer On the Lakes Was the Side-Wheeler "Walk in-the- Water." Its Failnre To Go Up tbe Kaameo Lsd To tbe Building of Toledo. srsoiAt.

atsvATOw to ths ssodibzb. Toledo, Ohio. March 5. If all the steam vessels of every description plying on the great lakes could be gathered together at one place there would not be a harbor from West Superior to Oswego capable of hold ing one sixth of the craft, and yet It is not generally known that the steam navigation of the great lakes had its birth on the Mao-mee River, a few miles above this city, at the town of Perrysburg. Ths first stum- boat on the waters of the great inland takes of the North American Continent was built about four miles farther up the Maumce River than the present limits of Toledo, and It plied between Toledo and Buffalo for years, and was the WONDER Or ITS TTMB.

The number of steam vessels on ths great lakes to-day outside of Naphtha launches and small pleasure craft aggregate somewhere near S.iUW, with a tonnage of some thing over 1,000.000. These vessals range In else from the small craft of five tons to tbe monster bests capable of carrying bushels of wheat or 0,000 tons of Iron Statistics show the commerce that passes up and down the Detroit River In a single season in vessels aggregates four times as much as the commerce that passe, through the Sues Canal ta a whole ytfarv Trpward at M-pereerit-of all the commerce thai passes through the Detroit River Is carried -in steam vessels. The sailing vessel has been almost driven from the lakes as a freight carrier. The name of the first steam vessel that ever plied on the Great Lakes and which. was outu nere in ibiu was the "WAUt-ISt-THB-WATEB.

TK, hnat mrm 1 .1 1. .1 111 "vwn duo was about l-o feet long, 20 feet beam and drew about 8 Mi feet of water. Her boiler, engine and paddle boxes were located directly in tbe center or midships. The vessel "was a hardy pioneer of commercial venture and for many years did a thriving business between Buffalo. Toledo and Monroe.

The vessel was arrsns-d a hntk fMi.hi and passengers. The latter enjoyed no Sn state rooms during the trip. About the orny comfort they had was to be out of th- waiu. i oey roue on uie vessel like people S.f on exposed to all the conditions of the weather. The "Walk-ln-the-Water" carried thousands of emigrants and settlers from Buffalo to Toledo and these people settled tbe great Aett.

Including the States of Ohio, indtena Illinois and Michigan. Ths "Walk-In-the-Mr ater" had as much to do Id bringing the settlers to tha vt' fnr as the Mayflower had in carrying the Pil- The following Is a short aor-oun "Walk-ln-the-W'ater" came to be built. siea-m navigation Of the Great Lakrar Tt ye'r th cloee ef the war wnicn tasten rrom 1813 to J1- Mclntyre and Stewart, of Albany. N. Y.j purchased a large tract of usd ABova raanTSBCRa, Which Included tha alia w-i town on lb Maumee River front ccmmaiided by ths guns of Ft Meigs.

The location of the proposed town waav in the valley white Ft. MeigsWrai Ten the brow of the hill, 123 feet above. The 'thi proposed town was Orleans Orleans ZX?" It was generally supposed then that this MurRrvleeh.n,lfa,t? "barton oa'th. stern extrem- orOrwJi J2Zlu3n of tfll town of Orieans of the North was the direct cause If Emboli In ortler to build up the new TAiwin Z. pu between Toledo and Buffalo, although there was no Toledo here at the time.

The gentlemen who located the town of Orleans found out their mistake the first Tear, althoush the to.n hJTi In a few months until it contained over 100 Run ww or ion people. "iV lb socated the town too far un the river. It -i -iw. he fall and spring, when the water was oukixo Tin scsara atOBrm v. im aia-tn-tne-water" could not get within eight miles of the new The bars and shoals tn the river between Toledo and Perrysburg were so numerous that It waa impossible to make the trip, and the "Walk-in-the-Water" discharged and took on her cargoes at the mouth of Swan Creek, directly under the guns of old Ft.

Industry and at the head of Toledo's present thoroughfare. Summit street. Orleans of ths North had to be abandoned as the site for a town, and then the nucleus wss laid for ths city of Toledo. The sits ef Orleans of the North will ever remain dear to the people of Ohio, aa It was there where General William Henry Harrison defeated the English in 1S13 and saved the Northwest. It will also hold a place In history as the port out of which sailed the first steamboat to navigate the great Lakes.

-The seed that brought forth the present city of Toledo was planted when th Walk-ln-tste-Water waa compelled to discharge her cargo and passengers at the mouth of 8wan Creek Instead of taking them to Orleans of the North, and thia was all brought about on account of the low stage ef water in the Maumee that particular summer. The steamboat property oa tbe great lakes to-day is valued at nearly SAIsJOIUO, and with" wharves, landings, doeks. uachlnerr. e. upward ef finds investment from tne steamboats, ana e.ii this had tvt beginning: in the Waik-in-tne-water.

COLe "Bill." TAYLOR Will Be On of the Speakers at th Big Jefferson Banqaet. Coirtxatrs, Onto. March. B- OcSosiel Tor. A.

Taylor will be one. of the speakers at the Jefferson banquet set April 13, la Washing ton, at Which Hon: Wilriarn Jennlnss Bryan la to be the guest ef tenor; Colonel Taylor has received an invitation ta sneak -from Senaeor ObaUrsoan of the Committee of Arrsngenienia. 80tD HIS svaotaa BesraToat tetit nsratrnuca. i Maroh B. W.

W. PIgg. the turnpike magnate, sold yesterday his last rod ef turnpike, lying te Estill County, sna wui retire psrmansnuy Xrom the turn- A FCIEST Tobacco Tffiorldl Now Growa in the Florida Pcainsola. tv Fragrant Cigars Manufactured By the MiUioii, Beeo'Bized as the. Equal of the Best flaraias.

Peculiarities of tbe Groirtt aad Prep- aratloa of Weed Cuba's 7 fomiaj? EiraL mxuAX. nusaTca re tks asooiaaa. WAsnmrrroie, D. C. Trfareh S.

Ths Cuban war haa. done one big thing for this countryIt has compelled recognition, indirect ly, of the value of Florida lands for ths product ion of ths finest obacee la the world. in the course of Ms recent trip so the South Secretary of Agriculture Wilson was aston ished, to discover that 100,000.000 Havana cigars were actually grown and manufac tured at present on tbe Florida peninsula. Already great areas in the western part of the state are planted with this crop, and cz-tensrve arrangements have been made for Its Introduction into the central region. Thus It may be expected that before long Florida will rival Cuba as a tobacco pro ducer in respect to the quantity of yield.

while, 'the quality of Its cigar leaf seems to be -quite equal to that of ths famous Vuefta Abajo. All the conditions of climate In Florida favor the production of the highest grade of tobaooo. Tne soil is much liks that of Cuba, and, by the aid of a system of spraying that Imitates natural rainfall, the plants are ripened In 45 days after they are put out. Tobacco can be grown almost all the year, and crops can be set out in every month, nearly. A VAST ARK A IS SUITABLE And available for.

this branch of agricul tural hnduatry. The tohsseeo, furthermore has all the quaHties requisite far cigars. To be Ot for making cigars, tbe leaf must have a peculiar texture and eoriipoeBtton. Cigar tobaccos will grow onty in curiam regions. If a manufacturing type of tobacco, fit-tor pipe or plug, be planted tn Connecticut, it will acquire a likeness -to tbe cigar type, and vice versa.

It Is all a matter of soil and climate. But it la a very curious fact that. whereas regions In the latitude of Sumatra, Cuba and Florida produce cigar tobaccos. one must Jump over the Intermediate space in order to find cigar tobaccos again tn tIaasaohusetta. Connecticut.

Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. The tobaccos of Virginia. Maryland.

North Car olina and other Intervening states are use ful only for chewing, pipe smoking and the export The growers in Florida use seed Import ed from Cuba. They able to get two. ana even tnree crops a year, or course some are better than others, and often tt is not' possible to tell why. Only certain nlan- Lations ra the Vusltrf Abajo-- yield -the finest cigar and it la tn the far west end of Cuba aloos. that furnishes the "weeds" so highly i- AJ rCVsTT By COHNOISIXtJRS.

Tor netVveli mderstoed tobacco grown near pajuafa po-bown well, and the great -Ctlbafl plantAtkitis aft' If Klni distance nhe.eoisu, Bren else of tbe leaf deteraaVss flavor to a lurtre ex From a 'single field a doxen different brands of cigars may he obtained by mix- log. the, leaves In various, ways with refer ence to their stages of growth. WhyVthis should be does not seem very clear. Nor Is anything definite known aa to the philos ophy of the curing process through which the tobacco goea. After, the preliminary curing a cigar to bacco must be left two years ta the bale, tn order that It may mellow and bring out Its finest qualities.

The keeping In this way makes as much difference as it does with wine or whisky. Obviously this re quires capital, to pay insurance, Ac, and that Is a serious trouble from the point of view of tbe Florida growers at present. Because they cannot afford to keep It much ot their product la disposed of at Tampa or elsewhere In a comparatively crude state. From the field the tobacco goea to the barn and is allowed to dry slowly; If too quickly dried. It Is like so much oak leaves.

Then tt Is put In piles and permitted to ferment, being WATCBBD DAT JJtO MIOHT. If the temperature threatens to rise above a certain point tbe piles are torn down and rebuilt. This process is called "sweating." After It comes another prolonged sweat In the bale, which brings out the flavor of tbe Weed and softens It- It known that tbe processes of fermentation described are attributable to bac teria. These bacteria are of various kinds. and those which multiply in the bulked tobacco In Cuba, are by no means ths same as those which occur in Connecticut.

It appears that the flavor ot the cured leaf is due to the bacteria, and- each, species of such organisms produces in the tobacco a flavor, that is peculiarly -its asm. Accordingly, it has been proposed by tbe Department- of Agriculture- that the species bo-longing to the VuaiCA Abajo should be Introduced into this country and oommuni-eated artificially to American tobaooo. About this there ought to be no difficulty whatever, inasmuch as the germs can be propagated very simply snd to any extent in gelatin or beef tee, and sprinkled upon the tobacco leaves while they are drying. It Is believed that by this process of Inoc-culatlow. the flavor of the finest Havana tobacco cam be communicated even to very Inferior brands.

Much in this way could certainly be done In Florida, If tt were deemed desirable. I The United States Is tbe prlaerpal tobacco producing country in the worM. We exported last year 281,074.423 pounds of leaf tobacco. 6.eMM pounos or plug tooaoco, cigarettes and a.BeT.OuO cigars. The number of cigars stated is so small because: foreign merchants find tt cheaper to buy our tooacco in ins raw ststte ana make It up into cigars mi iiiiiivea.

SAU Or TOBAjOCO-i-V Is a Government monopoly In France, Spain. Austria, and Italy. Consequently It Is hard to get a good article for smoking; or Che wins; in any of those countries. The authorities, being free from eoea-petition, buy poor grades and sell the stuff for what- tbey please. Tbe quantity of tobacco consumed annually In ths world is aav tenishing.

Spain aiooe noes up 20.000 tons in a twelvemonth, and Italy an equal amount. This means that the average Spaniard smokes as snoch aa two Italians, be- eanaa rh noDuiatlon Of Itaiv In twins that of Spain. Great Britain conaumes 25.000 tons in a year. France 40.000 tons. Germany T5.OO0 tons.

The Germans, are a natloa of pipe smokers, aa tne jreakees are a nation ef cia-ai exitokera. The world nrodur-ea 1.0D0.UW tons ef tobacco gnttuaOy, and one fourth ot uu total crown in the united Ketust-firt among the states eah tohanco-orodueer. with 144.OuO.0OO nomria tn 188T. North Carolina follows, with pounds, snd then comes Virginia, with are iouovn in oroer ay Ten-nessee, Ohio, Maryland snd Pennsylvania. Connecticut Is tenth on the list aad New York is lourteentn.

EQWAlUrJOTIJ IX -tr trciAii 7sxstatcs ro tub MMqotamm. Kokomo. Iktx, Mart 3. It haa' been demonstrated to a certainty that Howard County, la not in the Indians oa belt. The first expert mental well was oompleted yes without the ranotest indications of elL though water and gas waa found In abundance.

outer companies recently formed to drill for OH have abandoned the )i TEE CZAB OmOTS. srxoiAi. nisTATCsi To in Bs-turraxxv y. 'c Wasmihotos. March 5.

Spesster Reed informed Chairman Hun. of the House Com mittee on Military Affaire, that he will not give his consent to the hill providing for two additional regiments of artillery itr.t considered as aa emergency measure. PATRIOTIC Tber atanUsnenre Regard laf ttaa ntaine Di Xxrsr OauiAxs, ilarrh 15. The fnrpfls ef McDonogh School hare adopted the fallowing resolutions and ask thetr publication ta Tn Zsecjut as order that retatires in Ohio. Mlsslaslpei, Tesas and New York may knew of their patt-kane sentiments: we.

Ttfia llnderslimad eowx-'tlxa a anointed by you to druw resolutions of respect of tne area, do submit te you tne result ox our labor. Whereas, It has seemed good to the Almighty Disposer of Events te remove from life In to eternity two officers and three quarters ef the orew of the United States bat tie eh In Maine; and. Whereas. Tbe intimate relation long held by the deceased with the neonle of this codntry render tt proper that we should piece upon rscoru ear apprecisuosi oi tneir services as protectors of American Interests and their merits aa therefore, be It -Atesoived, That wo deplore, the loss of these brave ssen with dsep faeiing ef rearret softened only by the confident hope that their spirits are with hose who. having fought tee good are enjoying psrtoct happiness In better world.

Keeolvea. That we tender te tnetr at-flleted reeatlvea eur sincere enotence sad our earoest sympathy In their, af-Atotion at the loss ef those who were good eitlasna and devoted Americans and upright Resolved. That ths teacher and euirila of MeDonogh No. 4- Bohooi keep our American flag at half-mast for So days out of respect for the dead. KesMveo.

That a copy or tne foregoing signed by the principal. Miss Kellv. and -eur teacher. Mrs. Chase, he transmitted to tbe Pveetdent and members ef tbe School Board, as well as ts the Secretary ef the Nsvy, and through htm to the relatives ef the deed.

Respectfully submit ted, SAureti T. mcOabsv, chairman. cuabbxcw umn. Cnssi.ss Bbowxlsb, Jb. EPITAPH Whttch Caused a Damage Salt Has Dsen Cat Out.

rsrATca ve tss sa acmes. Bowumo aunt, -Kt March a The words "Fell By Assassin's Hands," which had beets for 13 yearn upon tbe torn bat ons at the head of tbe grave of Brooks LaRue 8hobe, and which were made a few weeks since the bests of a 130.000 suit for damages, were erased a day or two ago. Tbe damage autt was by John Harvey against E. A. Shobs and T.

B. LaRue. Twelve or fifteen years ago Harvey and Brooks LaRue Shobe. son of 11 A Shobs snd grandson of T. B.

LaRue. had a schoolboy fight, and Harvey stabbed and aiiiea young snoot. ins jury raiiea to agree at two trials, and the Circuit Judge, after tbe twe mistrials, threw the Indict ment out of Court, thus freeing young Harvey. The damage suit will be called Monday. More than Bo witnesses have been-summoned, and a dosen or more lawyers are employed upon one aide or the The nartiea to-the suit ara rich and Influential.

Ths words "Fell By Assss- sin ntnar were era sea py order ot Shobe, one of the defondanm. ROTHSCHILDS Are To Build a Railroad Orer the DaMen Trail To the Yakoa Pfeparatieae Te Posh Projeet JoxgAr. Alaska. March 1 (via Port Town send, Waalu, Mardh 6). That ths Rotb-i chllds will attempt to build a railroad to the Tukon Is now believed to be certain.

The steamer Walcott, which arrived here last night, landed a party of ever 40 men and equipments for railroad building at Pyramid near the Pyramid Harbor Baitnon-CVenery, B. Ooderdonk, the- engineer in, charge of the party and of the cobs truut Ion, lmrflenitely ordered the men te looate aitd.buUd house upon the. lands asar-lno wssr-ltied wtste uw a. sjram it oca luin Btates- was wanted for a railroad terminal, trading rOST AKT TACTOBT, And for a right of way for a railroad ever tbe Daltoay trait. The transactions were accomplished in tbe name of it Bratnobtr, who ts known to be the mining expert and moral purchasing sent of tbe Rothschilds, sod who a few weeks ago left for London to consult with the Rothncrrilds and to irnuiM artth tJia Canadian Government for the privilege of crossing their territory.

Jar. onderdonar reoorts that ths rrsuies are several per cent less on the Dslton trau than on tne Canadian Pacific, and mat. ue cumauc utmouiues are no more eirrtctri-r- to ovHcoxa It la said here br those who accomnanlad Bretnober on Ms expedition to the interior tost ne tninxa tnat in several places where excavations, for railroads are necessary endugh low-grade' ore will be loosened to nnance 20 miles or construction. Twenty or thirty employes of the Tread well Com pany, who have learned -of tbe objeota of the expedition, have chartered a tug and scow and will leave aa soon aa they can get their Stuff loaded for Pyramid Harbor to squat on town lota, that being a profitable form of investment in Alaska, at pres ent. A aXOHDIKE C0MBDTE.

March 5. Chicago capitalists who identlfled with tha Northwestern Transportation and Trading Company have launched a nrw Tukon enterprise with the purpose of obtaining control of tbe Immense traffic en the Taken River between St. Mich aels and Dawson Seven distinct com panies with aa aggregate capital of 1330.000, were incorporated at Springfield to-day. They are the Transportation Com the Wears, Cudahy, Power, Hamilton and the Barr Transport a-Uon Companies- The Incorporators are Robert George- J. Douglas and Carolyn Bertree.

Mr. Pettlbone says the purpose of the new eempenlee lav to- buy- the steamboats and barges -of -the- Tfuhsn and to operate -GROWING. Indiana Oaa Company Proposes To Increase Prod action. SraOXaai WtSTATCSI TO TSLS BSeCIBSa. MoirrnxrEa, Ind.

March ft. The- Ft, Wayne Gas Company, one of the largest companies ope sating in this field, has decided to go into the pi! business on a large basis. Several thousand acres are under lease tn thia coutnty, and the company has about 130 producing oQ wells and several gas wells. It expects te drill its old gas wetla Aeeoar and shoot them. When the old gsa wells were drilled several years ago tnere wss no saowsog 01 ou.

nut to-oay nearly all are surodetoera. Several thousand dollar will be expended. IN POVERTY The Slater of General Roweseast Is Living; nx. JEv to vaa March ft- Mrs. Mary Thlckston.

sister of General Beussssn, whese mennment wad unveiled la Louisville about a year age, is taring tta poverty and destitution 1st this city. She Is SO years eld. General Rousseau waa one of th most brtt-Hant sorttteri la the eiviv After the war he va sent to Congre from, the Loeievllr (Ky. Dlfrtriet. He was Well known is Cladnnatt.

whsrs he waa aftsa called est legal lsistiis FrFYOUNG Oocwpiea tatsr Pssnd Peertlosi ef Caw-tsUat of Boats at Etost. JjUKoem. March S. Large number ef peo- pls witnessed tbe formal opening ef th boating its stm at Eton, est Tuesday when a procession of boats, under the supervision of yotmg wniiaaa Waldorf Aster, who stow haa tha proud distinction among Etonians of being Captain ot Boats, was rowed from Windsor bridge to Boreney lock. The no rma.

WBICJI couaisieu oa ten pa ran monv-archs and eight eight-eared boats, waa Butat picturesque sight. SH-fc tUT A jnmox; CfiicAOO. starch, 5-Lettrs of admjnistra-tkm on the-estate of Robert Lsrw." ths srealthy coal dealer, who died on February 24. have beea Issued in the Probate Court. Tbe estate I estimated at of hii-h swsJ.Otsj Is in personal prooerrv.

The Joniy heirs are Robert H. Law and Ut A. Ware- ciu-draj. GEORGIA Man's lUind Is a Blank, 4 v'r-' Bat His Sonl Is Attuned To Remarkable in tne Mountain District Ai Idiot From Birth, Natare Has Eadowed Bin Wttk a MarreloTu Oeahts ForHoaie aad Maehlaery 1 a 8aeeesa. fal Coapoaer AruufTA, Qa-.

March a. Living In a dil apidated log cabin a few miles from ths Ilttls vfflaga of rairnsont. tn the North GeorgU ntoun tains. Is one ef th most re markable prodlgts that star lived. lie la a white man Jeptha Palaer--aad be ta, and always has beea, a hopeless idiot tn an re spect except two, and ta these two direc tions be dlsplaya a gsoJue that I almost supernatural.

These remarkaU. gift re late te tbe construction ef machinery and tne composition and production of music Palmer waa born near hi present home in tbe Georgia mountains in lsift. His father was a poor tenant fanner who spent his life tolling oa an unproductlvs mountain farm and died as he began Is norant aad penniless. Iimu'l IUU.T CBtLDBOOO nnowea no indication that ha would ever be anything more than a hopeless Idiot He could not Intelligently call for food find bis way from the bars to the residence when he was 7 years eld. and his Barents.

and all who knew htm, supposed that hs woum have to bo attended all his tits as a neiptess infant. But when Palmer was In hJ eighth rear a traveling horse-power wheat thrasher came to his father's home, aad the opera tion or the machine a greatly amased the boy that he stood gaxing at It the whole day, much to tbe amusement of tbe work men and bystanders. -Finally when supper urns cams ua rather took bint by the ana wa nim on to tne house against the furious protest of ths boy. who remarked as he walked away: gwlne to make ma one o- them things." For several days after ths thrashing machine left the Palraer home it-was noted that Jeptha was very busily: engaged at something out behind th yard fence, and ons dsy, when hi mother waa passing that way, sne was astew'Bhsd to see that hb had a eoMPurrn mods. Of the whole thrashing machine In success ful operation.

He had mads it with his pocketknua and waa using strings for bolts. Shortly after this went with his mother to the washing place, and while stirring the nr unaer tne wash pot with a stick hs.se- cldently stuck the stlok in the top rim of the pot and the clear ring ef the. bellow metal filled him with wonder he had never before known. He struck the pot again and again and was delighted with the varying sounds. He at once aet to work and in a short time had completed an lustrum sat- consisting of long and short strips' of rawhlfta r.tohsd across a trienglar wooden frame, and a this be waa able te produce excellent music Ub-ia thne 1 JSveTkoe a musical Instrument of any lindV When 10 years old Palfnsr mad a clock entirely of wood and used stone weights.

This clock, which waa constructed with the rudest tools, ran for a great maoy AMD KXFT CXrgl.l.BaT-TinK. During tha next five yeark be made sains 40 or 50 of these wooden clorks with -Wooden weights, and although none ara now In use quite a number can be found in the houses of ths neighborhood. While still very young this retnarkaole person built, without any information or suggestion on such a mill on ths order of the pounding mill, tbe power for which he obtained by damming op his fath-sr's spring branch. The stroke of this pecu liar mill fell on an old door abutter, and the noise of the pounding could be beard for miles over the mountain settlement When Palmer reached manhood he devoted himself to the repairing of clocks, and for many years was a familiar figure on the country roaas ana tne streers 01 tne nearby towns. He carried the few tools that he bad in an old basket, and went barefooted In all sorts of westher.

usually with his pants rolled up to his knees snd his sleeves elevated to bis elbows. asked why he did not wear shoes his answer was that they "amothered" htm. He would go on look tiios over the rousrh roads, freouentlv carrying four or five old clocks and other plunder on his back, tie Peca me MOWX Ul, OTIt BBOIOX, And was a sort of pet and prtrtleeed char acter, stopping to spend tbe ntsht whera- ever he found himself or his fancy lota ted. If his host had a clock or musical Instrument that needed repairing he did the work free of charge and usually spent half the night playing on the violin or whatever musical Instrument chanced to be In the house. He bas always played ail classes of instruments without any Instruction aad apparently without effort.

Since his youth be has been enabled to Immediately write out the music of any tune be may bear produced vocally or Inetrs-mentally. and he has produced as many as a score of beautiful aad barmonlouo coae-pcsitlons. Among hla compositions -are polkas), waltzes wnd marches, pronounced by musical critics to be of the highest class He has made a. large number ef crank organs, the largest of which Is shown la tbe engraving. This peculiar machine consists of a round cylinder fit wood driven full ef nails or iron spikes, which, ss the cylinder turns, strikes a row of stset reeds.

Tbess were made of the steel ribs ef four oM umbrellas, snd are called by Palmer ths organ's teeth. This organ plays six tunes, and has been exhibited at nearly ail mountain towns tn the northern portion ef tbe state. The Instrument and Hs Inventor constituted for many days only one of rhe moat unique sights of tbe Piedmont Exposition la Atlanta In 1887. This wee Palmer's first, and oslt rtsrr to a uabss cm. -Hs became greatly dlssrustad with th crowds snd the noise the first day, and did not cease cooipnunn-ig umi ne was carried back to bis mountain bona, where he soon married and has sines remained.

He made recently a cabinet organ tn It entirety, snd the music it produces Is sold te be excel lent. Palmer says that be doe net Intend to leave home sny more, but that be means to spend the remainder of his life wttb bis wife and Little girt, te whom ho has given ths name of Marr Jane Ada Vlnla tim ta a devout Methodist, goea to chare it regular ly, cssewa tooacco almost incessantly, aad makes it a rule to always keep as much as twe gallons of good whisky In the boose, but was never known to get drtrak in his Ufa. OUT OP DEIjTsv Mark Twain Emulate the Comdtsct of Sir Walter Beat, LokDOir, March a Th English, pre has onivsrsalty printed praise of th statement that Mark Teas Bamoel -L. CI sanies) has paid 'twe lsJt of tils Webster ft Co. debts.

Dr. McAllister, writing to ths Times am th ubjeet, ayt.J,r, V-w -Wit tbe exception of th historic ease ef Sir Walter Scott. I do not think there Is to be found la the records of literature anything quit equal to Mark Twain's -r. FgSllvE KOYIS AG AH. tTorr, Mine.

March it The Evening News will annonnee that Governor Plngrao will call a special sssslsu of the Lrgtsiatsre to begin Xarcn JX The Governor object apparently la to -placer the cvtsbers of the Legislature again po record oa bis railway and taxation issues. As was demonstrated ia the last regular sssslon. the Sen ate ss oppoana i the mogrwe CHOaCCXVS Nw Tobk. March 5 Richard Creker has satneunced that it is hie intsBtioa te go to England in April nod remain wnta August. It Is said on good authority that during his absence John F.

Carroll siU acting leaoer of TaiTunaay GOEBEL BILL Dosd Mas -MeetlstAt of Lers- tegtoai Desstoc rais. Avcsi sw eata saseissa. March kAt a mas mast- but ef Democrats tn the opera hosts, last night reeetuttom were adopted dsciartng aa-fslterr alUglaau. te these tlistterttvs prtsr apte of the Detsorratie party wMc for than a oeatary ha v. made it the champion of liberty, deaoemuing ta strong est tana the Goesai visction bid and la- dors log the eoarso of enalor Broastoa aad Representative Hobos ta oppostftg It.

The reasons given In ths resolutions for th een-demnatioa of tbe bUl are: That the mass is of the Deutocsatio sertr of Kentucky are not tn favor ef sstabaahl an election system with navsual powers a4 prsrogatlve that may become the means of advancing the selfish personal interest ef a few men without subserving any. materia! taterst of the rommonwesith or advaaclng any pat riot ki purpose." And that they are opposed 10 any election law with extraordinary provlatoos placing ths con- wt essettans in tne suds or any commission located at the State apt tot with authority te appoint Commissioners la each couanr, witn sxtrsontlnary powers ta ths appointment of tort Ion officers, counting and certifying returns ef eieettons and try-ma Coalesced alsetlasia sllkmrt of appsml te the Courts, which should ever wrff" sw ana uetef mine Ule col plaint of the humblest votetT MAYORLESS. CobbmHI Will Slav To Head fur Spring Or Id. Jaearew re ras isssiaia SraisortBLO. Osuo.

kunh a Bpnngneia is to-day without a Mayor. Ths office will be vacant uutH rhe City Council ma Be an aptiointmeot for the Interna or until a Mayor elected at the ieutar election la April Is qualified. Council wtu probably meet In oallsd snail -r night, at whloh time tt may make the ap- tony ta KeputMiran hy 7 to and they will elect a Reptrhlkwa. T. J.

II ka POON1' tl man He apiKtlntroents stand. The tJexnocratle Crn- trai Lommttiee wilt meet to-morrow and fix the date for holding the Citv Canvas. inn hbva, lo.ad la equaltiy aa sure of re-election, as 1 wms sum imj maae turn noses ot friends. TIRED Were These Wanderers. A GrsiT fee ale Whe Hits Sirnrk Their Eternal Canp Will Be Burled Tejcetaer.

After a Ufa of aimless wanderings among the snows of winter and ths heat of sum-mersjren the feet of tbe gypsies grow tired of their journey and step aside for rest while eternity rolls by. Death visits ths gypsy camp as wsll as ths mors pretentious dwellings of men, and two who have recently been cut down In their travels are to bo burled in this city. The edict hag gone out from Jack Hayden, King- of the Gypsies, for his people to gather la Cincinnati April 28 and attend the double funeral of James Gorman and his wife Annie at St. Joseph's New Cemetery. Soms time ago James Gorman died of pneumonia at the St.

Loul camp. Tbe body was brought to rhkt city aad placed in a vault In this cemetery. Tbe wife was the in bad health, aod yesterday her body followed that ef her husband. It was brought to this city by the Adams Express, and was re ceived at Pearl and Butlcf "streets by Un dertakers A. E.

Spaeth A Sons, who placed It in tbe vault beside tbe ether-eoVpse to await the funeral- Mr, Bpaeth received a letter, from Hartley Gorman, a brother of tha deceased, to take charge of the remains. and that the funeral would occur on the date named April, at which Urns many of the different tribes-would be present. Pst Gorman, another brother of the deceased la at th gypsy camp at Carthage, and accompanied the body of his brother's wife to the cemetery. Annie wss Hi yesrs pld. and was a gypsy bom and bred.

Ths oouies wtu ds given catholic burial, AN OLD RILL It Waa Issued tn 1771, and Was Re deemable tat Goll or Silver. sracsAi. BtsrATO to tss asQirraaa. BBoOBVTLf-B, March ft. John B.

Buck, residing Bear Oreensburg. while here yesterday exhibited aa heirloom of his family, descended from Revolutionary days. It was a continental bill declaring that "This bin entitles tbs bearer to receive 20 Spanish milled dollars of the value and in terest or goto or silver, sceorditur to a reso- luiiosi ot utngreas, passim September -jn. la printed on heavy linen paper, with Mack ids, sna is in excellent preservation. Bimetallism in AmsrVan Govenaneot rhua appears to be even older than our consti- uiuon.

NUMBERS klLLEDs Island of Mayott Swept By Cjr cirme Great Damage. MoxAUSiqcr, March Advice just received hers from the Island of Mayotta, Co- mot Group, say Mayott was swept by a cyclone during tbe night of February 27. Tbe Governtnetnt buildings were partly destroyed, saany of tbe native villages aad crops were destroyed and large numbers of people wero killed or Injured. Many of the suflerers were left without shelter and are now suffering from famine. Mayotta Is one of the Comoro Islands, forming, with some adjacent latete, a French colony.

Tbe area of the island is 137 square miles. The natives are Mooamme-dans of mixed African. Arab and Meviaaasy lock. Tbs population of the Island is about GOLD SEEKERS WUI Prospect Along Rivers Empty-lac Into tbo Arctic Port Towksbxp, Win, March i. A party of IS men from Bay City, Mleh ore buMdlne; aav s4ty-ton schooner here ia which they expect to saU North ta May.

The party will prospect oa Noasstaka, Koa-kepa aad otber rivers which exupty Into the Arctic between Cape Prince of Wales end Point Hope. A whaler known as Swede Jensen wiM eeeoaspmny tbe party. Jensen says ad the rivers eanptytng into the Arctic Ocean north of Cape Prince of Was, are rids in gold deposits, and that anigg can be picked op by the heodf ots la rivers only a. low miles back from the coast. i AQiilNST II Miae-rs Arm No to Farow of a Dmfnme Fwrnd.

Piineti no. March Tbe rot on propoaition to estshlhA a defense fund for th United alia Worker haa beea officially eoamted and the osult annoanoad by Ka-tlonal fliaiwlei W. C- Fsaree. It Is decidedly against the plan, the vet from alt locals tat the different mining Mate howing majority 4PUnt th defense fund scbesne Of 2.MsW a'-' ATCEE TBE ITOEATOSEBa. CEiceoo.

Marco tL---Clicaxo wCl be the mestirsx place for th nig interactional eoa-veetioa of th Csristiaa Kodeavor Union ha July. 18B0, if th offer ef tbe looal snioa prove ssuts saful. A rnmissms beaded by A. Vsildenheid. Presidegt ef the local union, bas already been artpotnted to secure a guaraaty fund of "CKi.uon.

th aartoont necessary for the entertainment ef the rlattars. It is estlnmated that over 18,000 peopis will attend tbe cooveauoa. lzttcs bats ikY. Cbacaoo, March ft. Too can say fhsrs is no truth ts the etory that I aaa going to marry Miss Nina Farrington, aaid Joseph Lsitsr ta-Bight.

"I bar soet the lady, and that at aO ther lg to it. ROMANTIC History of a War Hero. Ohio Captain Faced Look onfs Deadlj-Tire With the Knowledge That His and Child Had Met a Horrible Death la His 0wa Oome. Hoaored Later Bj Ue Coaatry Eo eaEaaUy 8erred aad larrlerl the Widow of a Confederate, sractsA BfaraTC) eo ra nsjctaaa. Atuasta, Ga, March 5.

A lawsuit which haa just been begun among the heirs of tbe aetata of James M. "Mathieaon, of IhUr eounty, recalls to tho few who are familiar Ith the details one of the moat pat hello stones of the civil war. Wbsa ths -war cans on James M- klathie- on was a prosperous young farmer llvlag wua hi wife In one ef tbe midland eamBtle of Ohio. He was of Hoot lis descent, of a lively and chivalrous die position, aad Intensely patriotic, so that It waa not long aftsr the first call for volunteers before he had raised a company aad bad offered hi serviers lo tbe foiled States Government. Tbe number of bis regiment' Is not known.

nor tbe exact locality whsrs hs raised hi company, for tho reason that hs never mads) any particular boast of his services, al, though they wera of such merit as to war rant his being head in ths highest setsei by bis comrades and his superior officer. WAS ASAtONKD TO MITT In the West, partfetpstad In all the bloody sngasemeau between Vlckaburg and Chtce- maugs. and waa with his company at Chattanooga, just on ths evs of thst great bat-tie. when he received a message that would have utterly crushed the heart ot a man of less strength of character. A dispatch was handed him one murninsT.

ssot from the town nearest bis boms its Ohio, that his wife snd child were deed. aad. two man an. had been burned te death. A letter received a few day afterward easy.

nt-med tbe tarrltn story. The Utile one clothing had caught Are, and tn her attempt to --mother in names, the mother's doth-' hag had beuoms Ignited, and before helm couU reach them both had been BCKXkD BSYOmi KBCOOBrTIOM. Such was tha excitement attendant unon th bloody contest at Chlrkamauga that It-' wag Impossible for anybody to secure leave of absence, and Captain Mathlesvn led hi -oompany Into the terrible affray with heavy heart, and his gallantry on that day was conspicuous, ths recklessness of ds pair adding to his naturally oouragaoug mat tors. 5 After tbe battle, when Oeneral Grant had been sent to relieve General Roseerana, Captain Mathieaon sought and obtained furlough, and went back to his draolato bom to look his last on tbe newly mad mounds that covered, rhe remains of all that be loved best on earth. Winding a hts affair in the shortest time -possible turned his face to the South and rejoined his command at Cbaiieneoga.

and prepared to dert hlmssU heart aad soul to ihs senr- ice of his outry. A Tbere was npthlng Uf for his widowed heart but' to seek solace in fh stlrrtns- scenes of war so thaV he mlght divert hla thoughts front the dark tratredy that had KOBBBO BJM OF HIS LOVKO OMBs, Whose funerals he bad not even bees per mltted to attend, and during th remalndsff, of ths war waa always to be found nesi the front whenever there was a prospect fog a fight. -4 From Ringgold Gap to Dslton, from Dale ton to Rocky Face, Besses, Bethel Church, Allatoona and Katies aw hs followed where Sherman led his victorious army and th following anniversary of bis bereavement found him' at head of hla company In th city of Atlanta, which had surrendered only. after a very, stubborn defense. Being a than of the most affabls masner and finest judgment be waa appointed Provost Marshal of the city after Its ea tore.

Among the conquered people he soo -became ss popular as lie bad been smotisj his comrades in camp and field sad no mast or woman ever went to him with, a com- -plaint but what he gave it tbe most patient consideration, and hs was looked upon a an honest man and fearless soldier by alt classes. ATtASTA nOTXD TO IS TBB BSD Of his career a an active soldier, ad remained In bis position as Provost Marshal until the last red banner of the Coo-, federacy bad been for led and the ragged -1 veteran of that fatal conflict had strsg- -gied home to retrieve their broken totvawtm and to andesvor to rebuSd thetr. dasosst homes. While occupy trig tbe office ef Provost Mar abal It chanced that Captain Mat hi rs an wa appealed to by a young widow, Mrs. Wyatt, -whose husband had been killed while sery.

ii tog in tbe Confederate army, and he wa abi to reoder ber some -small -erTfc irbck won ber. friendship and esteem. 1 Both had suffered (treat bereavement, and their heerta naturally leaned toward each ether 1 -rymipathy. -V As the years went by and affairs begs asssme normal eondrttoM. this fritsvl ship ripened a warmer feeling; and to Tank Captain finally propossd snsrrtsg.

to th widow ef the rebel soldier, and wa aocepted- She owned aoso property to the) eastern portion of th county, at what wa known Buck head, about 12 mils froas the dty, and Captain Mstbirso prntwfad to improro th property and to add to in judicious manner. His toeestjnenta turrsd out very profit-. and' as was floe btisiness win, eooe beratsae one of th wealthiest ptaatar tn Putt on County He was elected Justice ef ths Peace for hi district- In spite of tho fact that be bad served with Sberwaan, aad was book th leading man, BoiKicaiiy, socially aad a business way ia that portioat ef th county. Several sons asd daughters were born to tbe happy aad prosperous people who had-experleaoed so much sorrow front tho trag-. edie of war, and people forgot tbe rotnanua union a th years passed by.

Captain 11a-thieson was a stanch Republican, aad remained so until the dsy of hi death, bug this did not detract from bis potmlamy assorts; his Peisocratie sihbors. who rse-. ogntss the toyalty ot ins man to nts cvseo. rse reomussa wsnins isnnr us affairs up to aad tired ta see hi youngest son grown op and statHlah-sd is. uis, when passed awy rctx or VXAJts aso swsjon.

-And arms sincerely mourned by an wtjo knew' him ss one wrto bad takes) a leading pert ia tbe upbuilding of the community iu WUlcil he had made tiis hoses for 3u years. He left a se-odld property in landaf and Ms farm wa one of tbe fines la th') see-tioa ef th state. Is tho rnvtOtm nt of his affairs some eampl test-loos save arts en that require seut at law ce adhxat. but Is stului states, ther the eses what is termed a "trtea -suit." under Use laws ef tbe etats fan ht perfectmg of certain title deed. But for th fact that he imparted te few friends, during bears of social inter-course, some ef the roeaeotle phases ef hi Hfe end career, those episodes would proo-aOly be lost eight of at this lata day.

It la possible thatTsotwe ef his old friends and comrade back at bis old bom Is Ohio wi.i recall bis early life wbea the strange in--i-dents of his ervsntfu! career are niad) ptiUm. i AESISTgP IJPOsI SCSPICIOS, as ass ST. sxsTirrw TT 1 r-rr-. -v' tmxartmuK Otao. March ft.

8am posn-dexter and George Hood, of Pitehinv-were arrssted to-day en suspicioa of being tm-. pUeated ta th "Newton BaMein burglary at Sehna. Miss Baldwin, who was, beata InseoAibie by the Vurg IsrS, t. still, eoo-nned te her eed. and ber condition as isa-ttuAg but snomirsslAsV r.

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