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Adre rtis inn is the oil x c- hch the tradesmen . , - pvi xn f nnr lamps. J*- ,,,; thoi „ ^ %; ^ put no oil in. \\ < i . »e Miscell ane ous. ANDREW HEY JI AX ^ ' ATTORNEY AND COUNSELO R , P * TC3 Q Gr E. X. y . Sat vi lle Tuesday. MONE T MrO ^ LOAN T^ ¦Mo n er to Loan to those wK r i a - to Baili Apply at of S ce of I- H .GRE EN , Je. ! JOSEPH WOOD . ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW s \1 Bboa p w at. New Yor e. At Saj r ill s on fe rard s y s . ROBERT NUNNS GONTRACTOS & BUILDER , SAYV1LLK . L, 1. Carpenter Work of every de s c r i p t iem neatly and iToam tl v it t endrd to. ~ 7Wo ~ z:q ' ~ 5 JTIJ ~ ¦ civil engi n eer axd surveyor GR irN ; > BLILD ' NG. Main Stre e t. - - .Sayv i i l e. L. I I. H. GREElU r T | ARCHITECT , ! GREEN E Bt *IU>I \ <; . MAIN STREET , JUSTUS HOE «£- SONS CIVIL E X iilXEEi: . - . . - n - J YEYOKS , AXD E EAL E S TATE A<;EXT > . ' , Maps. P:an- . * - -;< ¦ .. . ?.,or.ra - vI _ v d r awr - . ' Real E s ta: -^ bou g ht . . - ..v.] \ and ex- i chan ged i>r the u. -ua l ccdn t i-i v - ion. * OSce ^ F e n? \ - H uT : . on;* . R ., - > ^ H . - ¦ :- ] t ' ' Pa t ehocrue . NeW Y. - . --k . ' coxrrcoAL T \ ' C . 25* . - 4 -IL 2 DSIC S 2: . Wilt? . F.e e i-As ' .: i :: i j. - .r . ich roal. p'-pi ilar prices r:;> . Coa ' , a - i l 'W< -d oe l i vere- i in s ny par t of :!:- v: ' .::i ^ t or ;. .v. : i . J Tood s a wvd a:.d -; * ' ;t - .vh~n •l-»:r v.I Yari a r.i u S ce Main St.. Sav\; t ; ? . ft ^ O P P TT T . T . ' S OYSTER SALOON . - CO N FECTIO N ERY. ; \ Mai n > t5 - =:t. -Satv - l e . f ; Oyster- :r: every * ty * f . F./.::~ ;i::e n v>:; ci ' ^i J r W 30 ^ LECLU SE . ' SAYVILLE. M a r . - . \ f'i'?t ^ r ? r srA e ' - - - a ' . -r :a fir .? H ARNESS l H - ~T-=-r - - ^- '= W - : - !• - • ¦ . -v - - = « > >. ¦ > . - . • s Fh g Nets . &• - . ¥ given t o • * - . ¦ :•;¦ .:. •- .:: - * - ' Dr. Chas. L. Fiirnmn ' s *\\\ \ - » 1—¦ V T -T— » T > ^ - » t : T T j ~ * i > <- ¦ • -r ;> ' .. •; :».:-;; ' . I '-cc * - T. *re OFFICE OPEN EVERY DAI Gas adc i:n:- \ - :T - :- - 5 ' :• :- :h o l- ia i uk -* -* ex ir at t ion ¦ \ • £ T*:- ?:i * . F -^ . -h ev - ?rr dav . PR . C. L. FCI.MAX. PH . H U FFMAN. Affi a nt. R. HOLM ES. al:. K: yr» > \f Blacksmi thing and Jobbin g C AEP.LAGE AND V . ' AUON lEOXI N G AND FINISHING. HOSSE-SHOEI S G A SPECIALTY. Al! BOAT We . - r.K executed in a w orkm a nlik * c p . ^ z - ' t and a; i -Ii orl notice. Oij j Stami - - Savvili - e Ths C h ea ue st Place to Buy -evol v ers : ^r ^=- and p a;- * r »t:i - ;:- . p - . x d e r , s iiot . ' . ' : rfc. is at : - w . W. GODFREY'S , 72 Cathe ki n -e ?t„ X. Y. Citt. Ksiablu ' tcd J ?- 'J. H cp - .iriiiy of nil fci ' n t fs , STOVES, RANGE S HEATERS. Tin - Ware of Ail Kinds . PRACTICAL PLUMBERS. ' . Joseph Je dlicka &; Son. .Smith \ ; . Block. Main -Street. SAYVILLE . « ¦ J Ve hare on hand a lar s e =;ocl; a u d s ood e ss ort inent of ran ^ e?. heater?. =t Dv e5. a l?o cs r w and inpro v ed oii-?to ^ e?. Tin v tire of g TEry de~cript i o 2 kept ia s tock and made to order. Give as a crJl — —e c s n s uit yen . G. A. WE Y ER PAINTER & PAPER H ANGER. INTERIOR DECORATIONS , - Kaisomining, Plain or in Tints , &c. Jo b ber in Wall Paper. AH otiezs left s X Foster ' * F i rciishJn s Store p K KEptJy stte n ded to. ' : Eesida s eeFo s tttA Te- \Utv i lie, U L nu.MfcST IC HAPPE NINGS TOM * i IS\ A FEW BRIEF WOKD S. j Interestin g Para graphs Condensed Ironi Man y Redundant Columns. j —Coi . T. .J. Williams , a leading h wr er or rfcl M ine . Tex ., wa ssl:ot and killed on S t indav moniiu - I' v Geor ge D. Hunter , son of a wiOow whom WiUiama had insulted, Williams w . ¦? ' on b o ri th ack when hu n- .i ? shot. He is up held • by the eo lr.mu i .i t y. ' —T l i ? rcta -I g ro . -crs of the ( jnit s d States i have decided ti? h .eid their puie food exhibi - : t io - .i on the rail g- v n r.d s in Al h anv , N . Y., earlv ¦ if t!:e s u ni ' i:ti - . —The tinn ers , - Ai -^ x iron, and metal work- ! ci> of the United States have form ed a fiater- j na! and labcr 'inion. the rirst in America. 1 They will r r- .eet at Fe. .ria , 111.. Jan. 29 , 1689 , j f u r their next s ession I —George H . C l arkson , » Cbic a po drommer , j has enter ed ?. mi: n j Mip.si Kansas Cit v for ; $ 5 , fr X) ,1. T ;iia ^ £ f . he having heea robbe d on the ! > t:ct - t s there : . short lime since of a watch and ; o;h i r val q ablt -- . : ^ —Harr y Doagless . a 1 oy 10 years old , t ill . : ' ° . \ v ' - - 'd a r.air i' ; inches ;on . 5 six months ago at W ' ts t fifl d . N. \. He: ' n > j :i>; c t. u ^ lied np tlio piece of iron , havir R prtviiusi y been treated b y ph ysicians without relief. —The Bristol . K . T. . l l nbber Works , which had been shut donn for a week , trere started , up a ^ 'ain . a needed s upply of coai liavinc ar- ; rived . Ahum 30 : hands will he employed. . —Samrel Hartman . v.: ice dialer of Lancas - i 5cr . Pa. ., ccnuiiit:e. i s'ii. - ide l> v taking xn over- ; do;, ' . ' of mor phine. • —rar t i. k Murray, » « . oct ogenarian , of l' . ich - j mond , Ya.. in r cmfortabl e circttm n t a nccs , I dri.wiH i i liiirs i'i f in his well . j —The M - ny that an oil wcil flowing .W) bar - [ n - l.i a day haii l een nn-ovrrod in ( arm i . 111 .. j pro ves ( -> have Wen invented out dl whole I chitli m C'liica R o for tii e purpose of affectin g i the K - . -I oil market . S —William Graham , champion wing shot of ' Kng;.md , was defc ted in a \ i g r> i n match at i L.U M U11 . i a. , i - y Am u e I' axie v . o l Mw l ort i for » p :r-e r f $:«' . Annie \ Oakl ev killed i twen t y.fdiir bird s and Graham nineteen. j —Th e I lt v . Li av:,i I.a t hro p Huiin , the oldest | !iv:nf. - irrR < It:< , tc- of Yaie College, died in Iiuffa- • .o. i- . e d ^ S y . ars . Ho was a ' graduate of the I . ¦ !«¦ - oi IS : ; . I - H- i- ChaniUr of Commerce buildin g at I l' <i ; i\i i wa < par r i s lly destroyed by fire . James ¦ ^ nii i. ' i a. id Juliii lie - k. r , firemen , were caugh t nidi r the fallin g roof and seriously inju red. -James Kcd path , the journalist and Irish pa triot, was s trick en with paral ysis , and lies dangerousl y ill at his residcnce ' in Sew York City. —Marblehe a d , Mass., is afflict td with a se- rions ep idemic of diphtheria and membra- nous croup. —The second section of a passenger train on the Savannah , Florida and Western Railroa d ran into the first section near Screven , Ga . , killing Engineer Derins and seriously injuring his fireman . Four sleeping cars were burned. —At a fire in Norwich , Conn., Fred W . S pi- cer. aged 29 , a fireman , fell at a h v draut , s triking on his nose with such force that his neck wa s broken. —The extensive granite qnsrries l>elongmg to the S tate of Virginia , loca t ed in Dinwidde county, abou t two miles from T etcr s burg . have been f ea s<d for a ter m of ten years b y M u rru v , t Co. of Xew York. —The residence of Charles Hazard , editor of tllC r \ llli l r \ V',;j '/ rt ,, 7 V !nTrflttl T r QC hnrn e .1 whiie Mr . Hazard was engaged on his paper. Mrs . Haz a rd , with her i - ' evcn-year-old daugli- terin her aiii i - e-c.ii e d from the burnin g buildin g in htr nig h t clothes. Her face was badly burned, and the child was rendered in- sensible. Jh - - residence was new , elegantl y furnished , and c ontained Mr. Hazard ' s fine librar y . The loss is estimated at $25 , 000 . —Mr . Peekham of California , representing the Central T aci i ic b; ind holders made a fur- ther argumen t in support of the proposition to extend the debt for eighty years before th * House Committee on rsrific * Railways , —Tlie report of the Treasurer of Harvard College for the yearended A ug. 31,13ST . shows the receipts to have been S2 , 7ft! , 114 , and the bal ance remainin g over the disbursements S 1 0 3 . ««. —A bill passed the Mississi ppi House pro- vidin g for the pensioning of disabled Confede- rate f oldiers who are unable to work , and for the colored servan ts of the same who arc simi- larly situated . —Isaac N. Stanley, who was paying teller of flip V a ririT , !,! n » nV c f CoTMTTler v *» l'l # » r * »l«„/ 1 embezzled $100 ,003 of the bank ' s funds inlSSS , but wlio l ost the money in wheat speculations , was sentenced to five years in the Ohio peni- ten ' tiiry. —One George Lillie. a fanner living r .eav Dunkirk , signed what he thought was a ~ li ght- ning r od contract , but which turned up later in the s haps of a promissory note. - Lillie re- fused to pay it , and the holder , Isaac P. Rob- erts , -tied him. The jury brought in a verdict of non sui t, and tie case was dismissed . —The Buffalo Rubl«?r Compa ny, assigned with pr eferred liabilities to employes ' and to William A. P . Barr of the Merchants ' Bank of Buffalo of -f55 , 030. There are also several largo sums du e to firms in Xcw York , Boston, and elsewhere . The total liabilities will probable reach 51 00 , 000 . —The first suit against the Boston and P rov- id e n.e Railroad Company for damages on ac- coun t of injuries rece ived in the Roslindale ac- cident came up in the Civil Court in Boston . The p lain tiff is Alfred S wallow of I J c wi indaie , who edaims $3f) , i:0U damages , and the company offer him 53 . 5' 0. NEWS IX SHORT ORtm t _ ^ . . ~ . Shall the 30th of April Hereafter ! be the Date? An effort will probably be made to carr y through the proposed constitutional amend- ment extendin f . - to April 30 , 18S9 , the existence of the fiftiet h Congress and of the present Ad- ministration. In order to do this , eiuick and ill-considered work might lie resorted to; since the elections for the Fifty-first Congress como off in the si itnmn , and tlie amendment which has just been favorabl y re ^ ol ' led , front the Committee on Privile ges and Ej ections wbnld heed td bo passed b y two-thirds of bot h Borises and ratified either b y tho Legislatures of three-four ths of the several States or by con- ventions in threc-fonrtlis of the States , accord- ing a* theone or the other mode of ratification should lie pro posed liv Congress. So much is required b y Article V. of the Constitution. Such haste would ba greater than is usual or advisable , and the only gronnd on which it could be ur ged would be that the amendment mi g ht »pp l y to the present Congress and the present Administration. Th6 ej l ecial reason assiged for having the amendment , which applies also b y its terms to &U future Congresses and Administrations , take effect on the present Congress , is that tho carccrof the latter rounds outthc firs t century of the American Union under our present form of government . But a reason quite as good could he adduced for making it first applicable to the Fifty-fir st Congress and to the next Ad- minis tration , uiey will begin a new century: and a change of 'hat character would be even more appr opriate to t he beginning of a new period of a hundred years than to the closing of an old one. Such a postponement would also allow more deliberation for pro posing , discussing, and ratif ying the amendment , which would certainly have too wide n hold on many governme ntal intere sts to be entered upon thoughtlessl y or hurriedly. It may Be, urged tha t making the amend- ment app ly to the presen t Congress will give it an opp ortunit y to take part in the centen- nial celebration of the inauguration of Wash- ington as President, which occurs on the :' .0:!i of Apri l . 1SS9 . Ti . at , however , is a min or and tcinporary lrca s on for makin g so great a change , and , besides , all practical advantag es thus sough t could l »e secur ed by providing for the attendance of t xi t h the old and the new Con- gress , the Fif tieth and Fifty-first. Back of all tlie;e considera tions is tlie one as to whether any such change is rea l- ly advisable , and , if so. whether the chan ge proposed is the right one . The assum ption that tbe U Oth of April wai ilir ori ginal day for beg inning our pre sent form of gov- ernment , and hence that the present project is reall y only a restoration is entirel y erroneous. The : 1 0tli of April was an ac- cidental date in the earl y proceedings of fh fl Government but the J t l i of .March was iho ono deliberatel y provided for . The former will bo the true one fur tlie centennial cele- bration , because not mrtil that date , in 17S9 , did the f : 01 mach inery of the Govern- ment go into operation. lint proceedings un- der the Constitution certainly began 011 the 4th of March , that day having been s elected b y Congress of the Confederation f or the purposb by a resohvton pas sed unanimousl y during the preceding September b y the nine \ States the n assembled : \Tha t the first Wednesday in March next bo the time and the present seat of Congress (Xew York) the place for commencin g proceedings under the said Constit ution. \ The Fir. -t C ongress did accordingl y assemble on the 4th d .iv of March , I W . t . Rut no (| U O- nini was present in the Hous e until April 1 , when a S peakei and Clerk wire elected , and the Hon-e proc eeded to business . A quoru m nppcaied in the Senate on Apri l > ' , on which d ay the voles for Pres ident of the United States were opened and counted. Vice-Pre si- dent J ohn Ad. i ms assumed the Chair as Presi- d ent of the Senate on the t!lst of April. Yet he did not take the e.ath of office as Vice-Pres- ident until Juno :> . KSfl . But with all these variations of date it is unquestionable that the first term of the P residnicy begun March 4. ITS' . ! , and tU t t t\ > o v ccoiwA trim be w ail March 4, n' .t;. So far , then, as historica l considerat ions are concerned , the claim of the Ith of March to bo the true day for the In-ginning and th? end of a Congress and of an administration i « . in com- para bly superior to that of any other day in the calendar. The question whether some oilier d:, V UliMl t HOT ,,,i«- \\r- liM l r.r l.n- nun „.- another reason , intr oduces totall y different c onsiderations than those of pns e n t expedi- < ncy. All that it is necessar y at present to show is that th e 30ili of April possesses no im- p ortant claims on historical grounds. Its se- le - ct ion for ceremonial purp ose s in 1789 was a matter of accident , and t i te consider ations l hat prompted this s ole c!ion were confined to that year. Tiie-c point s should be kepi clear- ly in mind when ar gument is directed , duri ng di s cussions of the present measure , to ur ging either hurried a ction in order to begin th e ciiange new pre s sed in 1SS' > , or to selecting the With of April at all. un ' css this is shown to he the da te of greatest present convenience and expediency . [ I t tAtOVRATtOi; OAti —A London paper says i!- has authentic advices from St. Petersbnrgh that an ai ny officer , who had been shot in the region of flib he irt , was taken to a hosp ital , where tho doc- tors declared that his wound w.i s mortal . Tho officer thereupon admitted that ho had shot himsel f in order to avoid the necessity of shooting tho Czar. He said he was a mem- ber of a secret society which liMl\ balloted to decide who should u n dertake to i.ssassinate tlie Cza r , and t t te.fi oiee had fallen Upon him. Several persons in t.ie hospital ttho overheard part of the confession wcro immediatel y ar- rested. Two p hysicians who were piesent oil duty were lih r rated after piomisi n g to keep ' the confession ceerot. The t ' irll confessi on was taken in writing by the auth o riti « . —William O'Brien has left J r - dand for tho south of Europe , where he ¦sill enrtevtor to re- cu perate his health. —Tho Countess of Kingston has Jailed to pay th * interest on the Mltchell s town estate. The Irish Church Bod yhar s taken o er the prop- erl y on accoun t of (he bid nitnagehi eh t of her lni lt i ciitt i an/1 n tl i A * * i#'* ** sitj t v« ds | n ' Fl t a i \\ * it » » rtVi is wili ng to accede to the demands of tho ten ants for a reduction of twenty per cent, in rents. —Advices from Massowah say that King J ohn has moved his camp two d ays nearer that place —A German dyer , nam ed Appel , has bceu arrested at S t ras l mrg. Tho charge against him is that of disloyally, in being the medium for the convi yaii - e to the French Government Of Kctcts regarding military affa i rs in Ger- many. -The trial at Funis of Mr. Josep h It . Coi t nieinl i er of Parliament , who • as charged with addressing procl a imed brahi ' hes of the Nation- al League resulted iti a . verdict of p itllty. Mr. Cot was senten ced to four mouths ' imprison- ment at hard lab or. Ho took an t ippia 1 , and was admitted to bail , but on Iea\in< _ ; the court house he was again arr sbd. The new charge brought against him i ? that he was guilty of a breach of the Crimes act in addressing the ten- ant s al Kildys.nt. j —Lord Randol p h Churc hill and wife ar- I rived at Paris , where it is i xp erted they will I remain one week. j —The P ope received 300 American pilgrims. j among whom were tin* Archbishop of P hila- j dolphin , the Bishop of Buffalo ,, tho Vicar- General of Charleston , and tho lUcloro l the American C V .k - c at Rome. His Holiness de- livered pn a ldn s s , but received eneh pil grim pri vately, and gave hir blessing and addressed a tew words to each ol tl iom. •Wibi MUHi rf Miauw Mv ua a a aa CtfflRENf EVENTS ABROAD. Highest Produce Quotations in Xoiv ! York—Cnttle Market. F R tmr t AM 1 , 1 88S. BttTTEn. —State Dair y, extras -$ ffl State Dairy, fair to \ choice 2!i Elgin Creamery, choice to extra 34 I Western Dai ly, extra 21 ! Imitation Creamery, f a no ? 26 | Western Factor y, fresh extra ... 23]/, I Western Factory, lair to choice 21 I Beaks Attn Peas, — Marrow , choice 2. iV> I J t eftfls , choice. .,, 2.40 ' lt <d Kidhev , choice,. ..,,,, ,,, 2.00 I . Green Peas .. . • ; . ;i ,, J ,35 Chf ksi:. — Statfi Factory, fa i ictr: . 1 :; . 1 12VJ State Factory, choice * . • .., , ¦ . - . ¦ 11 J« State Factory , colored.. jiz' . J l Dried F huits. ' — Evaporated Apples... II Rasp berries , evaporated 25 State Plums 11 Eaos. —Eastern , fresh 23 Canadian 16 Western , fresh 21 F kuits. — Apples , Sp itz 4.50 J4 A p p les ' , Ba l dwin . .n..„. , .,, 3.75 App les , King ; ......,, 4 , 00 App les , Greening „ S; ( t ? j A pples , common 1.5 ' J Grapes , Catawba 5 \' , ] Cope Cod Cranberries , fancy.. 11 .50 j Cape Cod Cranberries , good ' 10 . 00 Cape Cod Cranberries , medium 7.00 Oranges , Florida , fancy 4.00 Ha y a n- 1) S tiuw. — Hay, No. 1 retail ' g.. 90 Hav , Clover mixed , 70 Hay, Salt 55 Long Rye Straw po Oat Straw 55 Wheat St aw 45 frits and S kins. -Fisher 8.00 Black Hear 23 .00 Cubs and Yearlings 15 .00 < - > » « 10.00 Rea v er , per lb ; , ..., 3,75 Mink ,. . j tfn Red Fox 1, 50 Gray Fox ] .00 Silver Fox 80 .00 Cross Fox i o. i) ) Ra. -c oon , each | , 00 Skunk 0,5 Opossum 40 Muskrnt 16 Wild Cut .... • ¦¦• » l Pm i.T T iY . r. Tc—Live Western Geese.. 1.30 Turke y s 10 Western Ducks 75 State and Penn Fowls 1 0 B lessed Turkeys , State and Perm M ^ Wild Ducks , Canvas-hacks 4 . 50 ttlld D lichs . Red-heads 2 . 50 Qi luit . poof to choice '3 . 00 Rabbits , (indrawn , S0 Rabbi i s . per pair , drawn. .......... 25 Ijnres . per pair . .. ; ... , , , .. , 33 Tame S']tiabs:wiii' c : tier dozefl 4.51 Vz:<; BTAHi.r R . —Potatoes , State , Bt i rb ' k. 2.25 State Rose .. 9.5 I Del. Hir er Sweets 4.0!) Onions , Conn., yellow and red 3.50 Onions , Orange \ Co., red 3.50 Onions , State , vellow 3/0 Kale , Norfolk. Scotch 1 .5) Cabbage (l . OO Turnips , Russia f (| Cucumbers , Florida ,per crato 6 , 0 CATTLE MARKET S. New Yob k— Good Steers ,;) to l0* . j ' e.;Fair< to,, 8to 8 ' <c.; Oxen Cr 1 - , ' to 10c ; Drv Cows , live Weight , 2 to 3 - ' . 4 , * . ; Bulls , do., * 2 to 4 %z .; Sheep, 4to O J . ^ c : Lambs , . ¦ > \ • •; to 7) ^ e.; Veal ' s , 7 to Ik*.; Hogs , l ive weight , ' 7 to ' ? ' ;,, c per Hi. Water Tow. i , Mass . — .Market Beef , choice , K.OO to *7 .62j extra , 56 .50 to $6.75; 1st qual- ity, $0.00 to $0.25 ; 2d qualltv , . «5.00 to $5 .50 ; 3d quality , $4.00 to f4.50. \ swine. -Western fat , live , 6to 6 ' 4 c .; Northern dressed hogs . Vi cents per th. Sheep and Lam bs . —In mis , $3.00. 53. B0 to $4 .50 each : extra , $4 75 to j *5 .50 ; Spring Lambs , . = )¦' to 7o , per Ik; Veal Calves , ' }</. to O ' . i c IV , i t At i kET Pt t tcm. \ A Million and a Hnlf of Property l )cslroyed. The New York fire department , fresh from tires that threatened many lives , had a tn-sle i ii. ' h a crj titla grat rou in which property onl y A CS in dan ger. T\ n, > contest was foug ht with Slavery, and the firemen tool; tho same des- ne'i i te chanc e s that they take when it is »mat- iir of life and d » alh and not of goods and . •batt els. And altbm i/ib the losses mount up in the aggregate to more Ibon a million and a ial f of dollars , and four lull lot* from Broad- (ray to Mercer st reet , betw, en Spring and Prfnee Streets , were swept (lean of towering Utuctnrrs full of valuable merchandise , yet b illet Shay declares that he is well satisfied to %Kt off with lhat , and the insurance men agr ee Hist the fire trn s well e topped . T h\ . reason of this is that tho fire started in 1 six story, iron-fronted \timber stack , \ that was well afire and thoroughly charged with imoko and gas when {he firemen got there. The building was the double one at 649 and 551 Broadway, built and for some years occu- )ied by the \ Applet n » , the publishers , and itiil known as liie App leton Building. It was recognized bv t lie insurance men as a h a zard- i ii s risk and a dangerous structure by tlie Sret U cn. tine of the first built in the craze for irchitecttifa l Iron work that once swept over !he city, it had all the lightness and ornament here can be got so readily from th is material . Cut it had nothing of the brick-work backing that was soon dis c overed to be lccessary for such structures. There wer e the ,wty walls, and good ones . Then thero was a Frame work and a lot of interior finish in which Aood was abundantly used. And last wer e the ron s l e 'ls that formed the Broadway and the ' ¦lenvr street fronts. Under the influen ce of he fierce beat of the combustion of the wood , ¦ .best fronts were bound t > warp and crack and fall . Two air spaces built into the structure f ere good aids to combustion , and in c' f t c of a 3ro it was pretty well known the result would le j i end upon a few seconds more or less of de- n .y in tlie discovery of the fire and t ill a'rival <f !he tire lighters . To the spectators , the most exciting incidents were the tailing :! ¦ the iron f i ont s . The first wall to fall was the rfc i f wall of the Appleton jt ii l ding. It covered the Street with frag- m ents of hot iron , hut caught no one le riou s - ly, though several men were hit by fragments 1 1 uncK aim iron , r-ngine i . i was 111 1110 lmusi -f the iron hail , but escaped injury , and her j ngineer returned to her when the storm was j vt - rnnd kept her jumping. Next tho Broadway front 01 the App leton 'iti ' d ln g camo down after a prematory and M i' t iins waver of about ten minute s . It ivarped out toward Broadway, bul ging at the middle , and overhung tho sidewalk all this :imc . It finally came down with a slump that tins very disappointing to the crowd that was holding its breath in expectancy. But the third fall made up for this disap . dointme l l t by g iving the waiting throng an ex- p erience of a veritable crash. Indeed , if i t had lot been for the action of Inspector Steers dicf : T - ould have been too much experience in it for many. The Inspect or had J ust driven ivvay from the fr o t l ! eve ry bod y, including the fire bad ge wearers , who expostulated vi gorous- y, and deemed themselves armor ed by the big shields against d anger. The wall was that of •53 , and it was of heavier iron than the Apple- ,on building . It came out from tho top, p ivot- ing like a d oor , having broken at the bottom. It ho d its form until it had nearl y reached tho 'round and th en broke , blending the crash of its 1 reaking with that of its fall. Broadway was buried under its mass of iron. The vault ir on work of the opposite buildings was crushed in , where a crowd bad stood a few minutes bef ore. The doorway and window of Frank Jacob ' s saloon of 552 Broadway, from which is many as could stand there had been watching the tire . w,re wrecked , and Zeebiei ' s Cur store at 551 was treated in the same wav. A BIO GOTHAM FIRE. Some day, some day of days , threading ths st reet With Idle , heedless pace , Unlocking for such grace , I shall behold your face! Some day, some day of days , thus we m* >y meet. ' Perchance the sun may shine from skies of May, Or winter ' s icy chill Touch whitel y vale and hill . What matter. ' I shall thrill Through every vein with summer on that day. Once more life ' s perfect youth will all come back , And for a moment there 1 shall stand fresh and fair , And drop the garment care; Once mora my perfect youth shall nothing lack. I shut my eyes now , thinking how - ' t will be , How , face to face , each soul Will sli p its long control , Forget the dismal dole Of dreary fate ' s dark , separating s » a . And g lance to glance , and hand to hand in greeting The past with all its fears , The silence and its tears , Its lonely, yearning years . Shall vanish in the moment of that meetin g . —[New Orleans Picayune. Some Days of Days. ) Hotels. ¦ PEAEI HOUSE , l F. R. S K j yxL-n I ' rejnie ' or i SAYVILLE. Good table . Neat. :nrv rooms . Moderates rates by Lie day or wee ' s .. Tr. ' .nsient and peimanent lMan.e rs solicited, sp c- ial aecommoik i tions for sportsmen. «in-o t=! THE MERCANTILE , 25 Main St „ Huntington , L. I., : JESSE L. SMITH , Pbo p . 3T \Stab ! e in connectio n with house. FOSTE R HOUSE , Mais * Str eet. SAYVILLE. L. L , J AS. F- RORKE * . -Lessee. KESSIN &TON HO TEL SAYVILLE , L I. W. H. HAWS , - - Manager . F:r < :- . ¦;. * -- • > a . - t - . -Pii r u-.:;. ' ; ..n. l uUinnl j .;irl ^ r ami a . \ » -i l' :ini. HAMPTON HOUSE , KDWAini V KTMl. - M Pr-r . r. BripitK Ham pton , L. I. CANOE PLAGE INN. CANOE PLACE . L. I. Chas. \V. Conkun , Proprietor. ! 1 CENTRAL HOTEL ,! H. CLAY LOSEE , Prop, i Main Street. 1' ATcuocirE , L. I. i S p ecia l attention to Commercial \ Travelers and -Transient Guex ts. j f lood Sf nbf rs i itt t tclwd to the ] Hotel \ N OETEP ORT HOTEL , j N. . .i -tl:t . , ' ¦ :•! . L. I. • ••••a Tv l v * . Airv Ko f ai- - . Billiard ! V - .; io r e. i nnc i un i r . * I J ) . Ii. i l AVNtin . Pro prietor. lo n g isla n d hotel j Julius C. Bisho p, P roprietor , I Ch N T f ?: JI ;il:; i . 3r> . . ^ \ FKcLK lV .. X. Y. ' BOA III 1 BY THE MAY OR ' WEEK . ACC OMMO D ATION ' S FuK SPORTSMEN \ 1 A SPECIALT Y . TERMS KEA rS ONA U LE. ! WM. N. SPURGE. ! RI V m ^ SID K K OT EIi ,; SMITH l ' OVV X . L . I. TUVr i P , . \ !^ \ *' rT s 7T T F ^ ;: . iii — ¦ ¦ . ¦ - ¦ l i- . : J L Li i Lil , THE BA YY1EWJ O YSTKK BAY . L- ' t .Vi iSLAX M M aa sioa Eo nse ,; K' t S i . Y N , L. I. ; A ' - T t rH li-iM P Lt N . - - I ' Kci P KIKT ' \ » ! ! . ' AY RIGHTS HOTEL. ! Amit jn rille , L. I., T. W i:: <,HT , - - - - I ' Knri t H - TOl ' . j SEAF0EP MOTEL , ' . S EAFOKU , L. L , Cap t . E . Wooden , Prop NASSAU HOUSE , SAG-HARBOR , N. Y. R- J POWER. - .. - - Proprietor - • the eu dijIh d ^ Main St. , Sag Harbor . X. Y. I L B ^ DRTIH Pr(3 P. SUFFOLK HOTEL , MAIN ST., BIVERHEAD , L. I. Sample Room for Commercial Travelers. Billiard ftooin a n tt Livery. S. S. ALLEIT Les see. f i r ^ TffiiME G KEEN PORT. L. I . C. C WRIGHT. Proprietor. M&¥?i?u g k Borne * MATTITCGK , L. I. G EO. M. BETTS Prop. X -ivery Stable attached. Sou.th.old Hotel , Cor. Main St.. ncd Railroad Ave., SOUTHOLD. L. L j JOHN STEPH ENS, Proprietor. A Total Kflip- ^ e f »rT» * o Hours of the OI<l Dead I'la tiet. I The United States. Canada and New Jerse y, i says a New York paper , -were favore d with a I beautiful view of the ecli pse of the moon last l e velling, isome oih r r part s of the world were i taken alon g by the eart h when it pus s ed bc- \ twec u the sun and the moon, hut the countries i named above.alone had a full view of the scen- ! ery en rout e. j Tlie excursion was gotten up particularly 1 for astronomer s * . Professor Wiggins of Cana- j da ceeup ied a box on the top of the Parliament 1 buildin gs in Ottrwa , and very much enjoyed the velocity with which his easy going country ! was hustled along. Twelve eminent astrono- mers of this land were given an orchestra stall on . Harvard College observatory, and the use of the new twenty-ei ght inch Draper re- flector was specially re s erved for them. At precisel y 5 .05 o ' clock in the aft-rnoon a representative body of poli ticians gathered at j the Fifth Avenue Hotel in this, city, an i ex- 1 Senator Dorse y gave the order for the earth to I move along. At that time the moon , all unsns- j pecting, was hiding behind Long Island. The : earth started off to make arrangements with I the sun for the performance. The latt er was I onl y too willing to enter into the plan , andtak- 1 ing hold of the earth drew it toward itself u n- I til a dull red . almost lurid , shadow was thrown I across the edge of the moon. Nearly a half I million eves i ra z e d int ently and most intere s t- edly at the unusual and yet beautiful darkness I of the disk , a darkness the more marked be- ! cause of the brilliant golden of the yet nn- I dimmed portions of the orb. Gradually the march went forward , the shadows deepening 1 as the li ghts were shut out from the old crater ! tops of the mountains burned ont ages ago , and ' ¦ the de : d sea basins ceased to sparkle at the : kiss of the sunbeams. Up on the mountains I the darkness climbed until it overtopped their ! peaks and spread like a pall on the valleys be- j low , reaching farther and farther until it crossed the shadowy rale of death and left but I the semblance of a ball of embered fire where j floated one hour before a beautiful sphere of : reflected light. i The total eclipse continued for more than i an hour—the most per fect one of the kind that ] has been witnessed in this country. Shortly ; after 8 o ' clock the pennmhraof the earth began i to vanish aa ra pidly, though juntas entrancrag- I l y. as it had formed , and in a short time the ; moon was shining as brightly-and the old man , ti - . r i, * <,n ^ inrr An rm ar srl aa (frtfin nq rni ^ W ^ It ' •• I n a aS iUIUlU ii VU ^ UMU aa f * w u u a iutvuij ba ] thoug h nothing unusual had h appened. I The facilities afforded for astronomical and ! ' una p hotography were excellent Of coarse , j the number of new stars that have been dis- I covered will depend much , on the c u u am i U a- ces of the ob a err e ra , but Mr. ^ Figgin g and th * j Harvard men may be depended on for a f titb- ' ful performance of their duties. They were ' in high places , and if it was possible for I ' mortals to have pinned stars anywhere on th * slrv they no doubt did it , and did it handso a u- ly. . - , - : THEMOO.V WAS m . il . Hurled to the* Hoof of a Colliery b j Two Explosions. V« TOKi * , B.C., Jan. 25 . —R l aek smoke rolled from the m onth of Pit No. 5 all day to-day. There were two terrible exp l sion s in t lie mines yesterday , whi ' -h t <*re the machinery to pieces and hurled over a hundred colliers to the roof of th e chambers. The explosions , which were almost Kinmltancoiis , were felt in Wellin gton, five miles ii way, where the greatest consterna- tion prevailed. Men , wome n and children rushed bareheaded over the fields of snow and ice to the.month of the p it , which wa s oh- penr ed by a curtain of black smoke and dust. During the lamentations of ^ tho 1 erson s whose relatives were known to be in the mine , a dnst-bcgriineel and bleeding c ollier named Stcbbins erawle e l out of the pit . He had climbed to the top of the shaft b y means of a cable wire. Other colli er-; who were clinging to the cable wcic drawn up b y tiieir wives , mothers and diinghters. Then carpenters set to work ai .d in less than an hour a temporary cage was lowered. The elevator did not reach the bott -hi of the pit , but by means of ladder? 97 men and bo3 's were rescued. The survivor*! pr esented a pitiable sight . All were bruised and blackened , anel one poor fellow named At H ril - l, Woe « hv itin t v ,a , iin. . James Wetmore says that the explosions ex- tingui shed all the lights in the mine. Accom- panied by eleven of his comrades , Wetmore groped about in the darkness and . stifling after-damp. Aftorwanderingabout thecham- bers for a half hour or more all lay down to die. At last all succumbed but \ Wetmore , whose lust y shouts attracted the attention of the rescuing part y. It is estimated that ninet y miners lost their lives in the pit. Twent y bod- ies were recovered to-day. Twenty-five \ of the whiles have families , and when darkness fell to-ni g ht their wives and children were still crying and praying in the glare of the torche *. The cage is lowered at regular intervals , hut the burden it brings to the surface is ghastly. The dead bodies are. torn so badly that many of them cannot be recognized. Michael Lyons was blown 700 feet from the shaft. His \ eyes are gone , and one arm was torn from its socket. Robert Camden was leading a gang of comrades out ot the . p it after the two exp losions when all were struck by a wave of afterdamp and killed. Two stur- dy young men , supposed to be brothers , were found in the tig lit embrace ol death. Tlie men who have volunteered to recover the , ' ead bodies have experienced great trouble in proseemting their work. The mine is filled with after dam p, and more explosions are feared. Three of the searchers were overcome ~tly the deadly gas this afternoon and were resuscitated with much difficulty. Indians and Chinese were engaged 111 the perilous work nntil this noon , when a ligh t ex- plosion in the pit se .t them all sc reaming to the shaft. Some of the bodies cannot be reached , as they lie beneath torn of coal and timbers. \ - \ . The following is a close estima te of the men •till in the mine: Lance liobinson , B. Robinson , Jacob Kline- reg&rdo , John Stewart , D. McDonald , William Horner , James Jones. — . Yalaria , John Mc- Nea l , William French , William Wilkes , Charles Tiltar , Alexander Ross. — . Belloniaand Italian partner , John Marshall , B. Vincent , D. Gor- don . It . Greenwell , AI Godfrey, E. Davis , John Williams , Frank McCoy, and two Bel gians , names unknown; one miner , . name unknown ; two men not in the employ of the company , taken down by miners; twenty-five Chinese , employed as runners; fourteen Chinese , cm- ployed as loaders. I All possible endeavors are being made to re- cover bodies , the greatest Obstacle being the after damp. No hopes are entertained of s av- : in g the lives of those below . There is n> ' scarcity of volunteers , as the officials and em- j ployeea of the \ Vancouver ' Coal Company are I rendering er ary aaaisttnee reqaired. How the I excloaioa tooknlapa i a a my i Un' . NINETY MINERS KILLED. I Some Matters of Moment Itrni t tt l it I Up at the Capital. There was another livel y di s cussion in the Senate on the subject of I he condu ct of the Post Otlk c Department. Plumb , Mnnderson , St ewart. Teller and Chace on thc Kcpub ican side poured hot shot into cx-I' ostniaster-Gen- e ral Vilas , aud Saulsbmv , Heck , Morgan , Ccckrell and lle g a n replied . Som e of tle - m . especially Heck , did led attempt nuicli of a d e f e nce , but on the oilier h; i t:d point ed out a do /en thing * that uc eed lo lie remedied nt I once. 1' eek complained of many nrnk points I in the admini stration ef (he font OlHce Iic- 1 parltnent , and was particularly savage in his ¦ remarks about the treatment of forei gn mails I coming into this coun try by steamer to New I York for points West and South. The mail on ! the car ' s, liesnys . was h md l ed by the mos t in- ! tellig eiil set of . voti ng men in the country , but : there Was so nn - ining radicall y wrong with the ; s ervice when lite mails coming in en o'can j strainers were compelled to lie forty-eight hours in the Nov York Po st Otticc before being ' . forwarded to men* dcsu i ranon, A» . 1> i . - .> - i; I gntiou of the Post ( >flic <- Prpar i iiirut i Mr . j lilair said. w o iiM develop m .iiiy irregularities j which he hoped would h e well l \ o rik - d into. ! Senators Teller and Morgan add ed their tes- ; iim ony to the f i vt that the mail service i-i en- ; tirel y inadequat e thcir i wlh and needs of the i country, anil b oth gave it as their op inion tha t the fault lay not so inn eli with the Post Ofl' ve ! officials as \ wi th the b i ws. The count ry has J grown very rap idl y, an 1 the mailsh ;td tnereas- | ed to a stupendous degree , but the laws are I j ust about th e same as they were when the 1 count r y wa s in its infancy. Mr. Morgan rom- J p limcii lrd the postal clerks and other officials , ! ami said they woiked to o hni ' d and received ! to o little pay. Mr .Ti llergavc so t ne very re- . niarkahleinstanecs of the growth of the mail { busin ess in the. West, end tie- failure of tlv ; Government to keep pace wilh it. He said j that in otto town a man was appointed Post- , master when the leceip ts of tho oilier anumnt- I ed to $1 - a year . Within one. 'ear the hu si- | lies- grew so ' that he wasconipci l ed to pay ont j $? , 0 11 for clerk hire , and the man is still j wai ling for the return of the money, which he ! pan! niit of hi s private funds . Another 111 :111 i gaveliisscrvii ' esaml th ermit of abiiililiiig wortli ' $l . '' , (Hl n year , ami he is still wsit i n i for tho ! Governm ent to r. pav him . and In Tell er ' s j opini on, he would wai t a long whilr . In Mr. ' Tell er ' s op inion there is no more r e'son why : the Post Oilier Department should 1\* self s i ls- i tabling than that the army and navy should . There is a geiier.il fcliii;; am: ing th e inein- I hers that the ra te of posta ge, on drop letters j n-i l l lf r<i I •' * •«! te> one n - nl. J b- p! \s eiita!ivc ! Per kins , of Kan sas , when askeil f or his views i 011 the subject b p a rep orter said : \I will favor i the propo sition to i itihice the ra te 1*11 drop let- i t ei - s 1 think one cent sufficient , and , not onl y ! that . I beli eve the postage011 fntirth-cla'3 mail j matte r should also be reduced. I do not be- lli vc in the idea that the service should be : made s, lf-sust:iinitig. The people want and ! demand g» o 1 mail s < rvice. But il seems to : me that this Admin istration is tiicr i than i anxious to sacrifice the e fficiency of the service ¦ for the sake of economy. The people have ! never asked that the Post ( . ' nice Department : r.hn tt ld be self-sustaining, nor have they ¦ ever char ged extravagance in that branch of the Governm ent . While 1 11111 hearti ly in favor ; \ o f en- 1 cut for dro p l etters , I ant not yet pr e- p;:ied to sac that one cent p i istii g i' would I c ! feasible for ouf siilc mail. \c* . I b elieve the i pr oposed legislation will go throug h this t ' on- : gress. Severa l billson the subject have been i inti v e lnceel , and I nnd erstai t d a few more arc j being pre pa red and will be int ro duced at an j early day . i — — AT WASHIXGfd.V 1 No Settlement of the Fisheries Ques- tion Expected Now. A meeting of the Cabinet was hold at Ottawa to consider reports received from the Canadian Commissioners attending the Washington Con- vention . Tlie correspondent of the New Y ' ork . Shu has unquestionable authority for saying that , as matters now stand before tho Com- mission , the Dominion Government deem a satisfactory, or , in fact , any settlemen t of the fishery side of the n egotiations beyond I possibili ' - y, their only hope being tha t \ tlie i result of the Convention may leal up to a I broader basis upon which all questions in dis- pute between the Dominion and Hie United States may be amicably settled , anel a satisfac- tory arrangement for more extended trade re- lations between the two countries arrived at. A member of tho Cabinet said to Iho corres- pondent that it was evident that , without en- tering into commercial and trade negotiations , the United States hael nothing to offer except free markets to Canadian fish, as an equivalent in return for the concession they are demand- ing of Canada. The right to fish in Uniteel States waters was practically of no value to Canadian fishermen , who woulil not avail themselves of the privilege it it were acoorued them. The idea of effecting any arrangement for the settlement of the fishery question as an independent issue has been prac tically aban- doned , the Dominion Government being un- willing to concede the demands of the United States unles s tho markets o { that country ate thrown open to the Canadian fishermen. The Government contend , in view of developments at Washington within the past few days , that a settlement of the fishery question can now be reached onlyas a factor in the negotiation and conrg lction of an arrangement by which com- mercial and trade relations between the two countries beyond their present restricted limits H - .x. t'l 1,a . ,> f> / \ n,*.ll<i1.a.t . ¦ * » ¦ —- Biff Paper Mill Burned . There ' was another big fire at Holyoke , y.as s . The Chemica l Paper Company ' s No. 2 mil was burned , ificlndint; tlwf 11 achinet room an' (he stock e le-iart«*r iit . The it * * ** was abo ' r SIO P . OOO , but the. bu Iding was imnlrcd. Tin Chemical mill was the largest manill u pnpci mil! in the country aii.l has a daily capac ity ol twenty-fiv « toiis. CANADIAN OPINION. by 1 lie i ' t ' nftiofl Comm ittee. Senator Davis , from the Cotnmitlee of Pen- sions reported favorably the Dependent Pension bill introduced b y Senat or Manderson , ami know n as the Oram! Army bill. The bill has tho same objects in view as that vetoed by the President. It is believed, however , that the new bill, b y tlie more explicit manner in which its Smrpose is slated, obvia tes the pri ncipal oh- cctions raised in the Presidents ' veto . The till has th e unanimous endorsement of tho Pensi on Committee. The fi rs t section declares that , in considerin g the pen-1011 claims of de- pendent parents , the fact that the soldier left no widow or minor children having been shown , il shall be nrccssiry only to show that the parent or parents arc with out other means of support than their own manual labor or the nM .,,H.I. . .,i' n . , t - ^t f nfl. . .,.j ..n, ..Tol l— l .i imwl f r . . eoill 1 1L I I1I ivri l^ .'I 01m is Hid ts \ 0 , , l ' \MIII,l .V, their pup . tort . A pro viso to this section pro- vides thai the pension shall begin fro m the date of the pa ssage of the act or from the date (if subsequent dependence , and shall continue Ho longer than the existence of such depend- ence. In this respect it differs from Ihe vetoed bill , which provid ed that no pension s liou 'd begin prior 10 the pa ssage of the act , and that in ease of app lications hereafter made the pension should commence from the date of filing of the app licati on. By the second section of both bills , pensio - s at the rate of SI2 per month are granted all persons who corvetl more than three months and were honorably discharged , and who are or may hereafter bet suffering from mental or physical disability not the result of their own vicious habit ' s or gross care- lessness . . They diff er , however, in the language by which they define the degr ee of disability. The new bill reads. \Disabil- ity, which totall y in capacitates them for the perf ormance of niaiiiril lab r , \ while the vc- j toed bill reads . \Di s ablity which incapa ci- tated them for the performance of labor in such a degree as tc render them 1111- , able to earn a support , and who are dependent upon their daily labor for support . \ The new 1.tit .i._ t:...:«c * :t. .,.- . * . -:. -:... ' ... » * , i t,.,.... n - l.n Olll 1UCO IllllO S li s | ' lo»lsmijs Ml Hi ' nr .in., scrvcelin the late rebellion , wh ereas the vetoed bill extended to soldiers of any war in which the United Slate's was engaged. The hill fur- ther differs from the vetoed bill in the addition of another s ection granting pension to the widow or miliar children imder 18 years of age , or , in rase there is no wieiow or nffuorchil elrcn to a dependent mother er father , without re- gard to the caufc of death of the pensioner. The section also inc t eases thopeusfc i n of minor children from §3 to $5 per month , and declares that the pension o r idiotic or help less minor , shall continue during life or the period of dis- ability. The section in relat ' on to the fee of pensi-n agents is amended by fixing a maximum fee of $10 , instead of allowing a fee of $5 with a dis- cretionary power to the Commissioners of Pen- sions to increase the fee to $10 , as the vetoed bi ll provided. Gos s ii > fro m Berlin. Prince Bismarck ' s a rri val at Berlin has been delayed , owing to a severe attack of nenra ' gia in his face. He will speak on the second read- in g of the Military bill next week. Prof. Vl rchow inale - tterdiscnssin g the latest phiso of tho.Cvown Prince ' s illness , says he is of tlie opinion that the disease is not cancer. The features of the disease are those of peri- chondritus , a malady which develops slowly, anel is accompanie d by the expulsion of parti- cles similar to that in the case of tho Crown Prince. Prince William , on his appointment as Major- Gen eral of the Foot Guards , will make the headquarters of that command in Berlin. He will continue to occupy his summer residence at Potsdam. Killed by Indians. The United States Consul at Gnaymas , Mex- ico , has informed the State Depa rtment that four American prospectors in the district of Mo c tczuma , in the Sierra Madre Mountains , ; •were atta cked on or about the 25th ultimo by a j band of Indians , and that two of the Ameri- cans , J. Offer and S. AY. Jacobs , were killed . The attacking party consisted of four Indians and one white man. The troops started in pur suit , but did not kill or capture any cf the Indians. Prohibition in Massachusetts. The House , by a vote of ICO to TO , adopted the con s litntiem ft l amendment proh ibiting tho manufacture arid sale of intoxicating , liquors. The measure now goes over to the Legislature of 1889. and if concmient action is then taken it will be passed upon by the peop le at the suc- ceeding November election. A grand Army Bitifj. A Vot v Mo r vQin ' O flint in l - ' u rlors t r- e l i -iiu ..fi n-nil , ,-, \ i . . . v -. « . . the Electri c Club. the ElrOric Club foimal l y threw open the! rooms of its i irtt home in New York city, and the two hundred g ell ' l\meu in claw-ham mer coa ts crowded to tliei reception and enjoyed 0 (fo od nian v things besides the hoiint.uil hospi- talit y of Ike scientific men who were the hosts of tlie evening . The guests met with a pleas- ant surpri se ri ght at I lie threshold; for , just as th ev set their feet on the topmost ntep of the lii» ' h hrown-st o o t i . their bo o ts touched a con- cealed electric p la te that sent a current to the door and open ed if autom atically in hospitable welcome. When the hell hoys hrd ta ken their huts and coals , 'hey were escorted by the -cicniino hosts to the tbird fl oor , and wariin ;cl their feet upon a long \ i t thect of iron set in the fir eplace , and which shed a gc:n a l glon » heat through the room. It was a iiew-fiins - cd electric h eater , and the same current Hint J iir- nl shed light for the e!eetrie bracket on the wall threw as much heat into the iron p late as the hosts wan ted there . From Ihe novel foo - warmer.? the guests lof .ni eved to the basement , where their boots wi re blacked for them by electrici t y. A porter nibbed some p. ' lisli on their boots , turned a knob in a imieliiiic t hat looked like a Ore ex. lingiiish eron its fide, and with a rc vo l nng brush fitted at the end of the rub be r hose , rise instant tho knob wa s mined the bru sh b-gaii torevolv e so swiltly t hat thcoye cou l dn t det ect its motion, and by simply pressin g it li - ln l ' -a - 'ainst the «t t rfnct> of the boot 3 fine poiis i ' was e iuic klv produced. Looking through the door of the billiard room the guests saw , while thev were getting an ele ctri c shine , a h andsome marble clock ticking away upon the mant el. It was made express ly for the club , and will run a whole year. Behind the works is a little storage battei y that supp lies a cur- rent that wind s tho machine ry up f.t t t onmti- ct t lly whenever it ru ns down. The battery has pow er enough i t tov c d away in its jar to wind things 110 every day in 1S-S. The safe in which all the club receipts arc kept was on exhibition 011 th o ground floor when the guests got there again. The safe lo ks and unlocks itself by electricit y, too, and a blind man 01 ' a man in the dark can nii.oc.j it as f it 'lv as a man who has the me of his eves . AI t he t op of t he safe door arc two rows of little steel knob s , twenty- five in a row. Nickel-p lated steel bars run acr oss the face of tho door over the se knobs. Upon tho u pper bars is a sliding rub ber handle . Upon the low- er bar are two handles. When these handles arc slid along tho bars until th ey are immedi- ately over tho steel knobs tha t corrcspon e l to the numbers of tho lock combin ation , an elec- tric circuit is est a b ished that turns the lock bolts backward or forward , according as the safe is to bo opened or closed. President Davis declared that it woulil bo the club ' s ambition to make itself in matters electrical wha t Cooper Institute , the Amen , can Institute of tho nity, and the I r anklm Institute of Philadelphia are to mechanical science. , t „ „.., Letters from Pres ident Cleveland , Gov. Hut , and others wer e read , and then Pr of. Rowland made an elaborate address on th? subj ect: ••The Electrical and Magnetic Discoveries of Faraday. \ , . Thomas A. Edison , Editor George Worthing- ton , Chas. W. Price , Lawyer E. S. Dickcr sou , Prof. W. A. Anthony , Prof. Green , and Prof. George Forbes were \ among the aud itors. In- ventor Edison spoke , too . aud afterwards every- body was invitcel to go to tho club next month and see its now electric p iano that will play as if bv invisible hands , by a current that is sent to tlie Uevs from a concealed keyboard. Closed by the Sugar Trust. Tho Sugar Trust gave anoth er evidence oi its power , when it ordered Moller Sierck U Co., eif New York , to close their refinery. One of tho firm sai e l that the shut down would not oc- cur until the raw sugar on hand had been used up. In the mean time the firm notified its em- ploye s to look out for new jobs . This is tho fourth sugar refining company that has been closed since the-Su gar Tiu s t was perfected in New York City. The others wore the North River , the Oxnarde , and the Have- raeycr. All arc members of the Trust neces- sari ly . It was ' earned that a movemen t is under i way to build a gigantic refinery in Philad el - ' phia , and the supposition in lower Wall street is iiiui ui e iic- i, l u ii u ei- nil, uu u so i vj .tin [ Trust to club (lie rei ' ale ' ilraut Philadel phia re- I finers who now refuse to join the Trust. j TI10 Niaga ra Park Commission. 1 The Nia gJ i* Purl; Commission met in New : Y ejvk to consider its annua! report to the Leg- ) i sTvti.re. and a draft of the report was adopt- j mli With it will be forwarded to tho Legisla- [ : t u/: an eiffe r from Mr. A. II. Porter 'Gt Niagara ! . aY i te for a State ; museum adjoinin g the res- ervation , upon condition that the Leg i s lature will' appropriate $40 , 100 for building and s toc i i. R-tbe m useum. Tlie back-driver nuis- ance was discussed also. ' • • ¦ - .h : r - :2 ¦ . ¦ ¦:¦ : . ¦ ¦: . : = - . ., . EVERYTHI NG ELECTR IC. 111. a ¦ ¦..n..t.«n > f \ T till, -*.. - .« It. ,...—* *\4 * Tried by fire - -Larel. In months of sun , so live that month * ol rain shall be happy. \My first purchase h my last , \ said a cobbler , who was j ust startin g in busi- ness. It doesn 't abbreviate a three months ' note to have the iador a cr make a mlauto of it. The averag e p ill resembl aa Ban q uo ' - g host in one particular. It will not down. If there is any one who should be \ rapped in slumber '' it is tho man who snores. He (ardentl y)—I ' d g ive a thousand millions to win your love , Adelaide. She—Cash ! At midni g ht: Youn g Bore—0 , dar- t ing miss Ada , 1 a uo anyin ing ior you. Miss Ada---Rsali y? \Well , go home. Customer: ''I should like to look at a fat goose. \ Shop boy : \If you 'll wail a minute , miaous will bo here directl y. \ Just tack this legend on your door For those who ' re going throug h it , \Please take this door along with you— As far as you can do it. \ She spoke from exper ience : Gra s pei — \I lost BT7 nockctbook to-dnv. \ Mrs. Grasper — \I p ity the womaa who finds it\ The little g irl who was told that the white cow gave the milk was justified in asking if the brown cow didn 't g ive tho chocolate. ¦\Yhen a washerwoman chan ges har p lace of residence one may ask b.cr \ where she hangs out now \ without using slang. Nothing is more annoying to a youn g man who has a bunch of keys at the end of his watch chain , than to be asked what time it is. First Critic—Di d you hoar Mr. False- note break on that hi g h tone just nowl Second Critic ---Yes; that ' s what call murder on the hi g h C. Customer (in the restaurant) : Tho last time I was here , waiter , I found a hair in my soup. Are you sure th ' .- is all ri g ht? Waiter (confidentiall y): Yes , sah. I don a took ' em all out. Any head of a house , who has evei stepped on a p iece of wet soap at the top of tho cellar stairs , will thorou g hl y agree with all the conclusions drawn b y Darwin in his \Descent of Man. \ Mrs. Pop inj ay—Now , dear , you won 't forget , will you , that to-morrow is th« twent y-filth anniversar y of our weddin g day ? Mr. Pop injay—Dun .no. Guest I'd better tie a string around my finger. Artist (who is spendin g a month in tho country) —My dear Miss Pur p le- blossoms , 3 ou are ao beautiful . \SVould you not like me to do you in oil ! Miss Purp leblossom—Do you tako mo for t sardine? Teacher— \John , what arc your boots made of? \ Boy— \Of leather. \ \Whera docs the leather come from?\ \Fr a a: the hide of tho ox. \ \What animal , therefore , supp lies you with boots , and g ives you meat to eat? \ \My father. ' ; \Geor c e. there is a sadness and mel- anchol y in your eyes to-ni g ht , and your checks seem blanc hed. \ \Yes , Naomi , I am far from being happy . \ \Confide in me , dearest. Let me share your sor- row. Have the buffetin gs of this cruel world cast a g loom over your soul? ' ' \Well , not exactl y, but you seo thesj shoes are c;w and they pinch like the deuce. \ Snow lies where late we saw tho grass , The breezes chill the blood , The mercury nig htl y in the g lass , Falls with a sickening thud , The storm cloud s kurries in the skies , The ocean flings its spray Upon the shore— there are no flies On lazy mnn to-da y. —[Boston Courier , Distilling Bold. It has long been known that gold is to some extent volatile at hi gh temper- atures - , but it ii evidentl y far more volatile than has hitherto been believed. Mr. Crooks mentioned incidentall y at tho las t meetin g of the Chemical So ciety that he had found gold to boil violently when heated in the. oxyhydr o - gen flame , and , - in fact , to be so volatile that there would seem to bo no doubt that it mi g ht bo distilled in an apparatus similar to that emp loyed b y Sta s in dis- tilling silver. —[Athenaeum. HUMOROUS.
