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w m QUEENS OOUHTV REVIEW. F a M iaheJ E v e r , Fri.lnv H o rn in g at FREErOET, QOEEN8 COUNTY, N. Y C H A R L E S D . S M I T H , P r o p r i e t o r . A N D R E W J . M A C L E A N , E d i t o r . ( D n i r n s f l e t r i e t o . •001 M O JOB PRIOTMI — KXSCrTBD IX— — Attractin u d Artistic Style AT TH* REVIEW OFFICE by Power P r a m . VOL. I. A F A M I L Y N E W S l 'A P F K O F LOC A L A \ l ) G E N E R A L 1 N T E L L l G E M K. FREEPO R T , N. Y.. FR ID A Y . FEBRUARY 14. 189<L TERM : 0 * 0 0 YEARLY IN ADVANCE. NO. 15. • ¥1* coal mining indi^lry of Great B ritain has reM^m had a mere unsatis factory year than 1895 prosed to be. Tt is said that in the event of war between England nnd Veneznela, 100,- 00!) Brazilians will join tho latter country. An Indiana Judge, iu bis addrcsa to tlio local Oraod Ju ry tho other day, charged them to hear c ertaiu evidence “ with an unsparing hand.” 'puoq oqf uo jdoaia .Conom / u s gonna • p s l.u o a qn«q oqg l«qt sgoioo qoni.I oqt uoqii anadftrq einaju it )tiq ‘puoq aiq so pooh so si paoia b . ubui o au « h Since 1875 tho marriage rate in B e r lin has decrease ] from 30.fi to 20.3 per tbou-un.l. At that rate there wonld bo no marriages at all forty years hence. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I t is a French paper that says the United States is commercially a great and powerful rival fo r all Europe com bined. This is ahead of time, but Americans will try to live np to it within tbe next century. Tho famous Iiiissian artist Vcrest- eobagin advises the people of Moscow to build all their houses on distinc tively Russian stylos of architecture. He sajB th a t it would gito tlie city an original aspect, and attract thousand! of tourists, with the accompanying profits. _____________________ The Scottish Farm er says that liar nesB horses aro so scarce in that coun try that they must come to America tc have their needs supplied. Not find ing what thoy tviBli, they take back the best available, which is to tlicir lose and ours. The French nro buying their light oab horses from us. which they form erly o btained fromTlermany. They contcud that they cuu buy tbeii cheap borecs cheaper than they cau raise them. Tho cxponscs of tho Vatican at Rome nro very heavy, ono authority estim a ting them at $5000 a day; but when tho imiueuso number of Cardinals, chamberlains, servants and others connected with Papal institu tions aro considered it doos not seem an cxceAiro cost. Tho Pope is a keen man of business. No itom of expendi ture esospes his eyo aud he pays all bills trom a coffer, tho key of which never leaves him. A greater number of suicides was comm itted in New York last y ear than in any other city iu the world. Tha list of suioidus for tho year comprises 458 viotims, taken from ull walks of life, and varying iu ago from children of less than fifteen years to men aud women n early ninety years old. This list is tho largest on record, i a Now York, although ths pcrcontage ol suicides to tbe ontiro population is lower than on some previous years. S O N G O F S P R I N G . Th\ spring lim\. O tne spring time! Who does not know it well? When tho little Mr.Is begin tobnilJ, And ih e little buds bogin to swell. W hen th e sun w ith tho elou.U plays hide- aod-seek. And Ihe lamiis a re bucking an 1 Ideating. And ihe color m o u n ts to th e m a iden’s cheek, And tb e cuckoo s c a tters greeting, . In th e s p r ing tim e , joyous spring time! The sum m e r, O tho sum m er! Who does not know it weil? W hen ih e ringdoves coo th e long day thro u g h An l the bee refills his coll. When Ihe swish ol the m o w e r Is heard at An ! we a ll i a Ihe woods go roam ing, And w a iting is over, a n d love Is bsru, And shy lips meet iu th e gloam ing, Iu the su-nm o r, ripening sum m er! -rA lfred A ustin. • A leading artioie in tbe Yalo L iterary Magazine has created a s tir among the t-tudents. In tho artioie one of tbo editors attacks the Yalo society sys tem, and says that it lias developed hypocrisy and wire p ulling ; that quiet echorlurship a l Yale is uudcr a shadow, And th a t thu old “ B rick Row” do- mooracy has become g reatly impaired. The w riter also attacks tho Young Men’s Ohristiau Association of tho college as n refuge for bvpoorites, who seek sooioty and other honors. During 1895 just closed the Utica (K. Y.) Herald tried to keep a reeord of all people reported to have died in tho U nited States at the ago of 100 years or over. Thu total reported wai curiously enough, rays tho Herald, just 100. Two-thirds of those were women, all but four being white wo- mon. Of tho colored i-eutenariaus there were thirteen men. Tbo oldest person to die wns a colored ntnu, who waa 125, A while man died at St. Louis who had claimed to be 140, bnt there was no proof that ho was over 121. Even nt that ago, however, ho was the oldest white man to die d ui ing 1S95. Tho oldest white womsn was 120. There wera fourteen peoplo whose sgos lsuged from 110 to 125. Tho New York Tribune says: Some little tim e ago a famous linn of Lou don solicitors found it necessary, iu a ease involving large interests, to bave some detective work of a difficult and delicate nature dono in this city, and instead of employing the regular agen cies put it in the hands of an American women of good social standing in pri vate life. She uudertook tbe task, and has been so completely successful in tho performsnce of it that the firm employing her has not ouly thauked | her, but sent her a check for a hand- aotneaum. The employment of women of education and position for delicate work has become common in Euglaud, but thus far few womeu have been so employed in this country. If they go into the busiuess, however, it is p retty safe to say that they will succeed in it. From Vienna comes the news of a wonderful discovery in photographic science. It is no less than & means of photographing the interior of solid, opaque bodies. By tho new system the bonce of a man's hand were per fectly photographed, the flesh being invisible iu the picture. Broken limbs and bnUets in liuinau bodies were also successfully revealed, as well as ob jects placed >a a wccdcs box. Tio- lessor lioutgen, of the L'uivcraity of W urzburg, is the inventor. The light bo uses to pbotogroph by is produced what is known as a Crooke's pipe, viz : a vacuum gissz tube wil’u au luuacnon electric current passing through it. The result is a light that appears to penetrate organic substances just os m rdtcsry light passes through glass. The taventor throws open a wide field for the dcdneuoa ol tew tru th s ut •UaUicity t a i l opuoa. th S k - • v w o n K A L I . A TALC OF BB1TXSQ GUIANA. ERY well, you fellow? can believe it or not as you like,” said Mackay, “ b u t I tell yon that for a day aud u ni^bt, I havo known what it is to bo dead.” “ Oh, come, Mac, that's too much. Tho Major has given us some pretty tall ones, btit wo can’t quite swallow th a t.” “ P erhaps,” suggested tho Major, “ Mackay refers to a 6 tuto of alchohc saturation. I have heard—” “ Ob, ill rig h t,” laid Maokay. “ Only you said it wai my turn for a yarn ; b u t of course if—” “Fire a*«y, M ae; never m ind the M ajor; he’s un unbelieving chap when his own talcs arc bested. We’ll believe you. Observe tho childlike innocence of our countenance. ” .1 “ Very well then, yon shall havo the yarn. “ I t happened o ut in British Guiana. Phil Egcrtou and I had boon knocking about that district in a yacht. Phil was a bit of a s c ientist; had dabbled in tho ologies wheu he was at Oxford, aud ho found something to interest him in tho shnllow waters round the const. Tho buckets of mud uud sliiuy things ho fished up weren’t very ex* citing for me, so I put in u good doul of time hanging round tho billiard rooms of Georgetown. “ I don't thiuk I could meution the place thnt I've spent moro tham a month in without contriving to in A k o a fool of myself over some girl. Who was a waitress this time, and, by .1ovol she was p retty. Wo cnllod her ‘The Queen,' and I never knew her by uuy other name. W hat nationality she belonged to I can’t toll you. J think she had a dash of most or* them iu her, bnt Euglish, Spanish and In dian were perhaps tho most prominent —English iu business, Spanish iu love, but pure undiluted Indian in bate. It was a dangerous mixture, l»ut you’ve no notion how fascinating. 1 wasn't by any means the only fellow who succumbed to her charms, but I believe I was tho only ouo sho cared a lig about. You'll uUinit that tho p o si tion hud its dumrers. Of course I know perfectly well that 1 was making an ass of myself, but 1 couldn’t help it. Tho ouly thing for mo to do was to bolt. If 1 stayed another week I should marry her, and then thcre’d be the deuce to pay. “ ‘Look here, Egerton,* I said ono night; ‘you’ve got to take mo away from here. Leave thoso confounded weeds of yours aud lot’s weigh anchor and bo off.’ “ ‘What’s tho m atter, Mao?' eaid Egerton. ‘Got tho fidgets? I'm sorry, old man, but I’ve discovered a new species among these said weeds, aud I want to work it up.’ “ Well, Phil, my boy, if you wou’t loavo, you’ll bnvo to be my best man, that's ull.’ “ That frightened him a bit. I told him tbo whole story, and he saw there was uo tiiuo to bo lost if I was to be saved. Phil Egerton knew mo pretty well in thoso day s. “ ‘I’ll tell you Nvhut wo’ll do, Mac,’ he said. ‘You know Wilson, the sugar- planter. He tells mo there is some capital shooting to bo had in the in* terio r; any amount of birds and a chnuco at a stray jaguar or two. He’s going to havo a mouth of it, and has asked me to joiu him. Wo cau tuke | the yacht's boat uud go up the Dem- ; erara until wo strike the woods. I W hat do you say ?’ “ ‘Anything you like, so long as you ; get me out of this mess.’ “ We went in the morning ami saw Wilson ubout it. Ho was delighted, aud said ho wonld s tart as soon as we could got ready. “ Of course cuy sensible man iu my position would have had the common prudence to employ the intervening time in cleaning his guns aud looking out various odds and ends for the ex pedition, but as I tell you, where women aro concerned I’m not to be counted in the class of sensible men. 1 went to sco The Queen, uud n iturally she wormed the whole thing out of me. \ ‘Phil,’ I said, when I got back, ‘if we can’t start to morrow we needn’t go at all. It would spoil the party n I took a wife with me. ’ “ ‘We’ll s tart to night if you like, Mao. I’m ready ; aud if Wilson isn’t, ! he can follow us. Hut what’s the ! hurry? You haven't told her you’re going, havo you?’ “ ‘Yes, I have, and th a t’s why it won’t do for mo to stav here longer.’ \ “ ‘Well, Muo, of all tho t b u u !«riu i , idiots it hao been my privilege to kuow, I do think you’re a bout the big , gcst. Why ou earth couldn’t you vauish quietly and leave her to find out about it afterw ards?’ “ ‘I meant to, but when I started j tulkiug to her, out it all came.’ “ ‘What possessed you to go there at all to-day?' “ *Ob, come, Phil, be reasonable. You couldn't have kept away yourself, ! if yOn'd been in my place.’ “ 'You had a scene, I suppose?* “ ‘Well, slightly. She accused me j of wanting to get n d of iier, trying to run away, in f a c t; and as it was per- ' feotlv true, I fancy I didn’t show up , very well iu the argument that fol lowed.’ “ ‘On, yon great bearded in f a n t ;! put your hat ou an 1 we’ll go aud see Wilson at once,’ “ Wo started next moruiog. I was feeling a bit hipped, of course, b it the others were jolly enough. As I think I told you, Phil La 1 a weakness for pottering about in seianttfi* messes, and ho found a kindred spirit in Wilson, whose hobby was birds. It w as really to get torn* specimens that he had origiualljr proposed this expe dition. “ *Bv tht» war. W ilson.’ said Ph«lt ‘liaye you ever managed to get hold of anv curare'1’ “ Curare?’ said Wilson- ‘I don’t know what it u ; whst ia .t? ’ “ ‘Probably it ha* got some other name out here. We called it curare in O x ford—lodixu arrow po;§on, yon know.’ •v , 0 k! you mean “ a o a r a l i ” No, 1 can’t say I have, and I dou’t think I want to, either. It isn’t a very safe plaything.’ “ ‘Safe enough,’ said Phil, *£0 long aa you haven’t any cuts or scratches on your hands. ’ j “ ‘For heaven’s sake, shut np that | scientific s h o p !’ I exclaimed. ‘We’ve ! come out hero to enjoy ourselves, not j to talk like a confouuded British As- . sociation m eeting.’ “ ‘Poor old M ac!’ said P h i l , '‘what shall we talk about? Will b illiards do —or waitresses?’ “ ‘Drop it, P h il,’ I said; ‘I don’t want to bo a bear, but your jargon isn’t very interesting to a chap who hardly knows hu ologv from an ism. Let’s have something eat.’ “ We found a shady spot under some bushes to have our meal in. We werq j as t lighting up afterwards, an I I whs holding the match to my pipo when something flashed out of the bushes and knocked the pipo out of my mouth. “ ‘What’s that?’ said Phil, starting up. *• ‘It’s a irftifcger,’ I said. ‘Jnst see what’s behind those bushes, you chaps, while I tio my handkerchief uround this hand. I ’ve got a b it of a scratch. If it’s “ Tho Queen,” let her go. Thank goo luesH sho missed my face.’ “ I t was ‘•The Queen.’ They ?aught< sight of her among tho bushes, but she got away all right. They didn’t fol low her far, bnt came back to sec if I was much hurt. “ ‘I t ’s n othing serious,* I said ; 'only a scratch, but I think my nerves must bo a bit upset. It has made mo feel horribly tired. I’ll go aud lie down in tho boat f o r a while, and let you fel lows finish your smoke. I ’vo got a bit of a bead.’ “ ‘Mackay, you’re c rying,’ exclaimed Wilson, ‘and the sweat is simply pour ing down your face. You’re pretty badly h u r t.’ “ ‘C rying!’ shouted Phil. ‘Wilson, that dagger is poisoned!’ “ ‘Poisoned? You don’t mean—’ “ ‘Yes, I do. It’s “ wouralia;” copi ous secretion of sweat and tears, head ache, feeling of extreme lassitude — those are tho exact symptoms. Off with that bandage. Mac.’ “ 'Good heavens! he’s dono for,’ said Wilson. “ ‘Done for? Not a bit of it. Off with that bnudage ; I ’m going to suck the wound !’ “ I hatl just got energy enough left to protest against his doing this, but he insisted, and I was too feeble to prevent him. “ 'Nonsense, m an,’he said ; ‘I ’m sivfe enough. The stuff isn’t a poison taken internally, even if I do manage to swallow some.’ “ Ho put In's lips to the wound, nnd then I closed my eyes and everything became blank. “ It must have been hours afterward that I begau to regain, I can’t say consciousness, but an indefinite sen sation of existence nnd horrible weariness. It seemed to me t h a t I was swimming on aud on somewhere in a vague, purposeless way, aud I was very, very tired. I called it swim- miug, but that isn’t an exact descrip tion. I could feel my arras moving back and fore with a steady rhythm i cal motion, but the rest of ray body was absolutely still. T wns almost suf focating for want of air, but 1 didn’t seem to have s trength to gasp. How long that seusatiou lasted I can’t sny, but it must have been a very long time. 1 wouldu’t voluntarily go through another hcur of such u n u tter able aud helpless misery for anything you could offer me. I tell you it has giveu me my theory of what future punishment may bo like. “ As consciousness gradually re turned, tho feeling of infinite weari ness becamo moro and moro uubeara hie. My arms w e r e ^ e liir swinging backwards and forwards liko a couple of animated pump handles and I was quite unable either to stop them or to move any other part of my body. Try and imagine the eeusntion; it was shnply awful. “ When I did finally corao to myself so far as to know fchat was going ou, I did it pretty thoroughly. You know tho theory that when a man loses the use of his oyos, his senses of touch and hearing become unusually aecutc? From my oxporiouce that day I can quite behove it, I h i l lost all power of motion, and my perceptive facul ties became, to compensate, most un comfortably keen. 1 felt as though f could almost see through my closed eyelids. “ P h il told mo afterwards that the p eculiarity of ‘wourali’ poisoning is that if the dose is not very large, only tho nerves of motion arc paralyzed, while thoso of sensation become ab normally sensitive. I know everything that was going on around me, and lj could hear every word they said, but I couldn't even wink to let them kuow I WAS al IT .'. “They had stuck a knife haudlo be tween my teeth to keep my mouth open, and tho weariness iu my arms was caused by tho fact that for nearly a day aud a night Phil and Wilson had been taking it in turns to practice artificial respiration ou mo. “ ‘E g e rton,’ I hoard Wilson say. Mo you think it's any good going on longer? He hasn’t breathed now for nearly twenty-four hour . I believe he’s .leid .’ “ ‘We’ll go tin as lone as we ciu s tan d !’ said Phil, aud I blessed him fur it. ‘If we can ouly keep the a r t i ficial respiration going till the poison is eliminated, he will recover. For God's sake, keep it up as long as you can, Wilson.' “ ‘If you thiuk there i- the slightest chance of saving him, I’ll go »»n ; but I don't thiuk i cau la*t out much longer. ’ “ ‘He’s still warm, Wilson, an 1 I won’t give up hope a 3 long as that is so. ’ “ That wm a n ee cheerful conversa tion to overhear, wasn't it ? Listeners never hoar good of themselves U is said, but I doubt whether tho most persistent eavesdropper ever had the pleasure of hearing a man pronounce him dta 1 , without- being able to con tra lict th * statement. If I hadn't begun to breath spontaneously pretty soou after that, 1 should never have had the opportunity of contradicting it. Phil aud Wilson couldn't have gone on much longer. How they kept it up f»»r th. lengtdxof tim e they did i have never been Latole to ucder^taud. The power of friendship is very much un ierrated. “ It must have been about two honrs after Wilson Ua I decide 1 th t 1 wa- deal, that Phil saw my eyelids begin to twitch. “ ‘At last. Wilson !’ he criel. *Go and get some water from the river. “They dashed the cold water ever roe, and it caused m•* t<» gasp slightly. They carried aie to the t'sat, aud a« they, both of them, sat down on the bottom boards s a d tell fast *»!eep. In a verv few minutes after them. I was **;©ep t«io. “ Nearly fifteen hours after that, I woke, feelirg rather weak anil faint, but otherwiN* as r.gbt as s trivet Toe other twu were s till asleep, and I didn't tkvtn. “ T hat is the stcry, and I don’t think I was guilty of an exaggeration when I told you that for a day and a night I lmd known what death wa«. A man who remains for twenty-four hours without drawing a breath may fairly claim to. bo dead, I thiuk.”—Cham bers’s Journal. •SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. • MicroFCopists ami entomologists say that tbe flea’s mouth is situated ex actly between bis fore legs. Folding wooden or wicker c rates for biovclo transportation can be pur chased in Paris for twenty cents. Commercial travelers who do not require to carry many Bamples are nsiug the bicycle out West, as they do not have to wait for trains between towns. The Grecian Government has iscuod perm its allowing the American School of Archaeology to conduct excavations at Corinth for historical and scientific purposes. A F renchman has invented au elec tric plate washer, designed for hotels and restaurauts. The machine will wash 200 0 plates per hour and does its work perfectly. In the human subject tho brain is the one-twenty-eighth part of the wholo body’s entire weight. In tbe horso it is not more than one-four- hundredth part. Chalk slabs are now converted into marble in the workshop by an im ita tion of nature’s processes—coloring with m ineral stains, end h ardening aud crystallizing in a suitable bath. The new typo of passenger locomo tives just turned out of tho Altoona (Penn.) shops of the Pennsylvania, styled class L, a ie said to combine tho latest improvements both in design and parts. For his metliod of photographing colors Frofessor Lippmann has re ceived tho prize of 62100 awarded by tho French Government every six years to the author of the most useful discovery to French industry. Electrolytically formed seamless copper steam pipes, made by an E n g lish firm, havo been carefully tosted by tho mariiio departm ent of tho Board of Trade aud declared to be uocoptublo for steamships under the Board’s survey. Acetylene, tho brilliant new gas, can bo easily liquefied and stored until needed. Wheu it is to bo used tho pressure is lessoned, aud it becomes gaseous again. It gives more than ten times tho light of coal gas burned iu the best burners. Ono noted physician, I)r. Adolf Muller, assistant at tho Pathological Institute in ICcil, became a victim of scientific research tbe other day. While performing an anatomical d em onstration ho overlooked a slight abrasion. Blood poisoning sot ill and carried him off. Lithium , which was rocenfcly shown by M. Guntz to absorb nitrogen when hented to below red heat, has been proved by him aud M. Deslaudres to absorb it also slowly wheu cold. The action is aualogous to the slow a b sorp tion of oxygen by phosphorus, and is uniquo am a reaotion of nitrogen. In two polo dynamos tho p roportions of ring arm atures vary from a length equal to one-half tho iiaiueter to a length equal to ono and one-half diameters. It is comniou to make tuo length equal to tho diameter. For drum arm atures tho length sometimes equals ouo and one-half diameters and Bometiinos three diameters. It is common to find the length equal to two diameters. Indians Relieve 1 L> Re Syrians. Canon J. I). Good, of British Columbia, tells a San Francisco Call reporter that his long residence among tho Columbian Indians warrants him iu saying that tho latter are of Syrian origin, and are, in fact, Syrians now, having tlie custom . 9 and latiguago. “ I was astonished at. tho richness of this language,” he said, “ aud its wonder ful capacity fmr accurate expression. “ I found many pure Syrian words in it, as, for instance, Eueas and Solo- mou-Chtlte, amoug proper names. The words of the language are his torical au I traditional, and observe the name laws as those of the Syrian language. I thiuk the language of the Thompson llivcr Indians is one of tho Toraman tongues. There ure direct S y r i a n words iu it. “ Then there uro other evidences that these Indians are the Syrian do- riceu lautH. Their medicine man is the same as tho Syrian seer. The burial customs are to this day tho j same. Besides this there is the | character of tho people, who are j Syrians in thought, habits of life, aud j general customs. “ Wheu I first went among the Indians they ha I their war chiefs as well as their civil chiefs—tho same as the Greeks. All I saw in every way convinced mo, aud I have duriug the ensuing years been very fully con firmed in my conviction that thc-so Indians are Syrians.” The Latest in Thieves* Coats r.ckpockets who rob men an 1 wo men iu btre« t cars havo adopted a new device to escape arrest—oue which at the first trial proved successful. De tective Sam O'Neil of the central sta tion saw a pickpocket at work iu a Wentworth avenue electric car la*t evening, and when tho thief ha 1 ex tracted a pocketbook of a woman pas senger O’Neil sprang towaid the of fender. The car was moving #outh over tho Madison street intersection and was heavily loaded. O’Neil’s hand clo-ed un the c.iat Cfdlar of the thief, who dashed toward tlie rear p latform. Liko a shell the coat of tho offender fell from his shoulders, and the former oc cupant had no difficulty in reaching the Ftreet an 1 getting away from the detective, who, with the empty coat iu his hand, stood Mill an 1 astonished. Attempts to follow 4he thief were in terfered with by the crowd on the car and m th • street, and the coat w a -the ouly evidence O’Neil could produce when he entered the central, station. Au examination of the garment showed it had been slit down the arms and sleeve hole#, under the shoul ler blades, and other places, so that the wearer could get out of it without stopping to take it off fin the regular manner.—Chicago Tribune. Value IVr Acre .»! Farm Products. W estern farmers who are looking for a new L me in th - South should remember that, according to the of- facial reports of the Departm ent of A jncalture, the value per acre ot farm products raised in Florida i» $ 12 . Ouly two States in tn# Union (Massa chusetts an l Rhode Bland) make a better showing. Other Southern States rank as follow^ Sonth Carobna aud Mississippi, $10 ; Ark»UMUs Georgia, ; Alabama, 57. 50; Nurth Carolina. $7 ; Kentucky an 1 Tennes see, $0; Virginia, $5.50; West Vir- I gim* and Texas, $3. —Jacksonvibe j Jin . ; CitixtA. I has sold tho secret to a Liverpool firm for a large cash rem uneration, with . t i e promiao of future dividends in | roittcd to the Pedagogical “ .Seminar,’ use of commerical prosperity. Mrs. Zonowaky one day left some lard ou a window sill, wrapped iu ordinary brown paper, and when she came back for it she noticed that tho under por tion of it had peeled off in a most ex traordinary manner, making u thin substance like a thin sheet of transpar ent paper between the lard aud the actual paper wrapping.. She wont to work to investigate, and after many failures, demonstrated by practicaljex- peri ments that a new mliteriul can be manufactured from nnimul substance. The material is to be used for various purposes, such as for making tissue paper, flowers and artists’ paper.— New York Telegram. INFLUENCE OF DBAUTIFRL WOMEN. Emerson long ago apprehended the truth wheu he said: “ Beauty reaches its perfection in tho human form. All men aro its lovers. W herever it goos it creates joy and hilarity. It reaahes its height in women.” Our reminiscences are, therefore, only tho recognition of the tributes men pay to beauty, and when wo ro- c:i 11 the stories of Pualine do Viguiro, that virtuoiiH nnd accomplished maidcn*of the fifteenth century, who so tired tho enthusiasm of tho people with her enchanting face nnd form thnt the civil authorities compelled her by edict to appear publicly twico n week on a balcony to allay tbo ex citem e n t—aud the oodounts of that other lovely woman, Elizabeth Duu- ning, tho Duchess of Hamilton, of whom Walpole says that when she was presented at court tho noblo crowd clambered on tho tables ami chairs to look at her—wheu we recall this mad ness of tho world, it is not difficult to perceive how tho theatre can become the pedestal an.I tho wand of a beauti ful woman.—New York Commercinl Advertiser. .SF.VF.RE ON IIU.Sir.VNDl. Accordiug to the Massachusetts Su- promo Judicial Court husbands can uo longer rule their wives. Tho Court B a y s , in rendering a recent decision: “ By virtue of this legislation a m ar ried woman becomes, iu tho view of the law, a distinct and independent person from her husband, not only in respect to her right to ow’n property, but also in roBpect to her right to use her time for tho purpose of earning money oil her sole and separate ac count. Sho may perform labor, aud iH entitled to her wages and earning?. If she complies witti the statutory re University of Leipsic, an extraordin ary privilege, for tho first time con ferred upon womeu. Dartm o u th College has ita first wo man student. The University of Chi cago has the largest attendance of wo men graduate students of any educa tional institution in tho world. V^ma Von Parlaghi, tbo fair H u n garian portrait painter whom the G e r man Em p eror so markedly protects and distinguishes, and whom he en dows with prizes despite the academy, has been divorced from her husband. M. Darapt, a French sculptor, will contribute to tho next Salon a s tatu ette, of a Comtesse well known iu Tarip, nnd tho flesh will be represent ed iu ivory, and the drapery iu old gold will be ornamented with precious stones. There aro nt present two Chinese girls at the University of Michigan. One of them, Miss Lhie, lias been elected secretary of tho senior class. Tho ultimate object of those women is to return to China as Christian medi cal missionaries. Mrs. McKinley, whoso husband has just retiro.I from tho Governorship of Ohio, recalls tho fact that during fhe term of President Hayes Rhe aud her husbaud occupied tho White Houso for ten days by invitation to “ keep house” there while the President and his family were abseut. Miss Williams, professor of English at tho Normal School of Sevres, has founded a “ Franco-Euglish G u ild,” the object of which is to mako French girls who have learned English ac quainted with the views of American and English women through lectures and m eetings in Paris, or by co rre spondence. Mrs. Potter Palmer has lectured before the society on the work of womeu in the United States. FASHION NOTES. Empire housegownsare picturesque. Spangled trimm ings are more popu lar than ever: Tho Marie Antoinotto craze seoms alroady d eparting. Im itation pearls arc tho only neck jewels worth buying. Batiste insertions will be seen on many summer gowns. Largo flowered veils of laco are soen on fiorao of the new hats. Sliding chain bracelets of other days are seeu once in a while. A largo number of tall Spanish combs arc now on view in the hair- ure, us her separate property Her husbaud can a p p ropriate n either her earnings nor her time, but be is obliged to support her as in the old regime. He has few rights left, though, for, “ to a certain lim ited ex tent, as for example, in fixing the domicile ami in being responsible un der ordinary circumstances for its or* derly management, the husbaud is still the head of tho fam ily.”—New York Press. piircm e u tas to recording a certificate | dressers’ windows, she may carry ou any trade or busi- Tho reddish-purple ducbesso is used m ss on her sole and separuteaccount, | ftRrtiU| nm\ u lighter shade, Ophelia, and take the profits, if profits there ^ ^ a t m ight be styled a mauve. Brown, green, orange, red, cherry pinks, also coral pink and violet are pronounced perfectly sife colors for tho spring. Full chiffon sleeves and plastrons of the same are worn with round or pointed waists of plain rose, uauve or green satin or Dresden silk. A fill cap is by no means the abomination of former years, but rigged out iu laco and flowers is a j genuine bit of Parisian millinery. ; .W u o s t pronounced feature of the ball-rooms this winter is the nbiqui- tious aigrette, worn, it is safe to say, by uiuety-niuo women out of a h u n dred. Iu spite of the fact that tho immen se sleeve has been frowned upou in high quarters, fashionable women iu society continue to appear in sleeves quite as voluminous as ever. Big hats are plentiful in tho w iuter’s millinery, and they aro sure to im press by thoir size and richness, but tho out-and-out wonders of headgear are really in the small sizes. Among tho hundred and ouo pretti- uesses of tho winter are Adjustable collars made of velvet, which are cut into square tabs at the outer edge and lined with a c o n trasting color. The plain, tailor-made gown, having A CLEVER MAIDEN. “ Why do you go so little with Mau l D. ?” asked a mother of her daughter, »» g irl popular in society. “ I find her charming, ” “ You will laugh if I tell you, mam m y,” eaid this up-to-date young wom an; “ but it is simply because she is so unbecoming to me ; I simply c a n not afford it. I like her immensely, but an unbecoming intim a te friend is really a great affliction. Tnere are some girls that make you look stumpy, uud others that make 3*011 look fat. A fair, fresh girl will make a dark, tal low one look yellower than ever, while tho latter otteu makes the former re semble a broadfaccd milkmaid. Look at Ethel M. and Carrie S. They have been devote I to each other siuce they were babie?, but the oue grew like a beau pole, and the other stayed a roly- poly little thing, aud now they look P‘ they full skirt, und three-button cutawa; ly ridiculous together wheu <‘o»st, under which a pointed vest walking ou the avenue. ; shows, will bo one of tbo ready-made Carrie alone would bo rather pretty, I leaders in light spring cloths of scasjn- although she is short and plump, but able color. with Ethel she Seems u positive Moire is a popular trimming tna- dwarf. terial. Moire ribbons trim skirts from “ That is tho worst of tall people, by . waist line to hem, and are made into tho way ; they make every one else ap- j rose ruohiugs to trim over the pear to be undersized. Of course, you j shoulders aud down the sides of tho cann t exactly choose a friend as you front of tho belt. \o u l.U gowii. Uec.usB she sets you oil I A prettv u.-w fashion, u liicb ha, to the host ..W antage; but, s.l the W n .hown ..n several of tho l.tuly ss.uo .t ts much nicer to havo some I imporK.,l evening dres.es, is a deep. Otto Who harmonizes «.th your general ,, k clU r0llUt, on lb() necki appearance. - F htla.I.-lphia Inqm ier. I the yoke being tnade of a different m»- ! terial from the rest of the gown. , Tho indications are that the skirt Eighteen American women hoar, by | „ni] co(lt Bt ,e Wlll contlnUrt fnv„r marriage, the title of I rtnees,. ; for orqjn,,ry walking, shopping and The post of Secretary of the I tab traveling costumes, and that mohairs, Senate is tilled by a woman, Mrs. Pardee. The Empress of Austria, who has a r«-| 11 tut ion «« a h jritw o inan, now rides u bicycle. The Duchess d'Uzos, of France, is the «>aly fein niue Master of the Hounds in the world. Miss Emma W hitney, of •ording clerk of the A worn Clt velaud, was 1 Ohio Lce M atur Mina Helen ast v e a l juld h pr seated $8 to \ ■ : .. sh.p in nit- ii r;. of her moth - s. Mrs. Tempi**, wife yf the Bishop of London, act- h - hi, private secretary. HLelis an excellent fh >rthaod writer. I !. 1 r 1 1 i ha- b euUdv in waiting to Q teen Vic toria for forty t u> Mar*, i* about to The Last ecu-.*- -E in the Cmjte I > * I r. k-h-r-. 2 H la w cisns an 1 -nr.eons. J u ic e Cw W. ft u»l Kan , h» ■ p» th - -u • -rapb- r in the fam hi* wife to tb pluc- Mrs. M ir.oa But that there are 12 Ci w o u u n t i - t c h e v i o t s , E n g l i s h tw e e Is a n d a e r g e a I w ill b o th o fa b r ic # u s e d fo r th e s e . Among the popular ideas in skirts are the five box plaits at the back. Tlie skirts are cut ou very much the same plan as those heretofore worn, but all of tbe I u I In ess is laid in thesx plaitc, which are very narrow where they are attached to the belt. A R e m a r k a b l e Dal*. There is a wayward white oak tre» near Laporte, Ind., that ms.y well puzzle naturalists with tho vagaries of 1 ita growth. The tp is nine feet in circumference at the base, and there up uo branches of any size below fif teen feet from tliegruund. There the gr»-ftt bob* divide#, into a number of limb*. Two, !eav ng the trunk about twenty inch* - apart, grow west, their hue* diverging lor *ix feet, and then each bending toward the other. Two vefeet from the body of tbe tree they nr.ita as/air., making a perfect oval, and out of lh:* grow two ►mull, r I ranches. A* if not M«ti4fi»*d with that ..xj»p-.-ed disregard t r the laws of ' n ature, thi* o i l tree has perform*--! another feat. Mx fi t from its bu.-e grow a anotuer white rak, Jen* tb*u half it*, size, and no sooner does the pit tv in m o deritiou. VI M-irv French F o ! M Eusp-ue Field. *.A nit af'asre, i* preparing L> r n aJinc* r u u r : »:c r • Mrs. ii. M h u L circle of thole Branching limbs than one of them grow* right into it and is daughter absorbed. i ne »er >n 1 tr — )■» vepv | n y- if- ,n larger t«*%nty fed from the *: to p .w jfR.-ja 1 tt-au at its bate.—Chicago C-Ocean. I TBE NEW M PGMPBf. A Wonderful Discovery by Professor Roentgen, ot Wurzburg University. found to be ( f incstin.aldf vh I uq in m * tal 1 lurgv. Any in ternal defects iu metal* are detected and recorded w ith |»crfcct accuracy on the tell tale photograph plate. It 1* a n ticip a ted that :•* u result of this m a rvelous pow er the uniform ity of stru c tu re of m e t si w o rk, for instance, gun-barrdls, iron rails. SABBATH SCHOOL woman ' s discover ?. I ^ rs* Thomas Carter, wife of Mon- ~ taua’s Senator, ha> a Jecided talont 31rft. /•onow.-kv, an American wo- I , x x , ■ r t i, 1 for tuuaic. . She is devoted to her man. though the wife of a Kubbiau, hn.s . 11 1 i . 1 1 family, uud is a model wifo and invented a new kiuu 01 paper, and ; ^ Two American women havo been ad- SOLID SUBSTANCES PENETRATED rn o t o g n ip lt l n g t ||„ in s id e th e U n m a n Kon.v— .\ Vale l*rureasor rh n t o ^ r a y h * th e In te r i o r or HI* O w n H a n d — W nnd o t h e r O p jtqu* Ho lies K*»lly Pene- t rated '■•• 1 * 0 * 0 ! b ill tic* o th e r r o e e s s . N ew H aven , Conn., F e b r u a r y 11,—When A r thur W. >Vright, of Yale U n iversity, rtrst heard a .out th e discovery <?f Professor Roentgen, he w a n ted to h u r r y directly to Hloane L a b o ratory to begin exporlm o u ts, ltut it was so lute th a t he w a ited until tho in x t day. and th e n he m a d e probably the first cathode photograph in th i s eountrv. T h a t was t > u Jan u a r y 27. All of his e x p e rim e n ts have been rem a rk ably successful, but ni la-t he has secured results th a t are tru ly m a rvelous. Professor IN T E R N A T I O N A L L E S S O N F E B R U A R Y 1 6 . ro» . be tested with no im p e rfection complete i 'has of metafile industry, e*pa ly in th e m a n u facture of arm s nnd of op-plnte for t h e great naval vessels. gr-eu garment o: sny ►.r. iu lu-i war J. I The eleven cab.** now in operation robe. For suuit- r e a > n t-he conceived across the At!*uti% h av« cost upward a violent prejudice against the color. ; of $7040W,(Xh2. , i I 'L i 1 wtm W right has m ade a photograph of lit* own h a n d . T h a t photograph show s everv bone iu the professor's IcTt Imn 1 w ith perfect dis tinctness. H ie shading of th e Mesh, which th e light rays p ierce 1. in most curious. There is a shadow y effect, a certain suggestion of color, but th e bones are defined sharply. The negative shows liues w h ich suggest ten dons, but thero ts no m istaking tho lonos. T h e photograph is a little loss d istinct than if it were that of a skeleton of a hand taken iu the ordinary w hy . PHOTOGRAPHING THE INVISI3LF. Scientists everyw h ere nro discussing tho recent w o n d e rful ills • ivory of Professor Itoentgeu, p rofessor of physics in th e U n iver sity of W u rzburg, Itavariu, w h ich it is be lieved is destined to revolutionize photog raphy. Ho can take pictures of th e interior of solid s u b stances; can photograph the skull of n raau <>r h is whole skeleton, show ing how one would look w ithout th e fiesh; can pic tu r e defects and inequalities in the heart of m inerals, uud can do ninny o th e r incredible things. Professor Schuster, of Owens College, M anchester, England, in discussing in the H ritish Medical Jo u r n a l th e rem a rkable photographic effects d iscovered by Professor Itoentgeu, states thnt the photographs ob tained are of tlie n a tu r e < f shadow s , ami th e ir great ►harnnes#.is itself a testim o n y th a t tho new radiation m u st he propagated In straight line*. T:i • radiation passes in straig h t lines easily th r o u g h paper, card board o r wodd, a n d produces photographic effects a fter having pa—ed th r o u g h tw o com plete packs of cards. The photograph* may B e taken in ordinurv daylight if th e plate is kept in its dark slid**, which will com p letely cut off nil ordinary light rays, a ml yet trans mit th e new r a d iation. One of the photographs which Professor Itoentgeu bus sent lo Professor Hchuster show s a c o m p lete im a g e *«f a c o m p a ss needle, w ith th * d ivisions into degrees of th e circle over which the needle is p h • *d. T h e com pass noodle, before being ph> 1 \g rap h e d , was placed inside «»fn m e ta l l»..x. As flesh, skin uud eartilage are m o r * tran s p a ren t than bone, th e photograph of a hand gives a com plete outline of the bi n *a of th a hand «rrri fingers, th e outlines of the flesh being ouly ▼cry fiiintlv marked. HALLS OF CONGRESS. S e n a tor (’all has oskei Congress propriate #.’>000 to survey ••anal a c ross Florida. T h e Senato Com m ittee on J u d iciary agreed to report favorably Mr. H u m sbrotigh’s b ill to prohibit th e des H-ration.of the American fiag : for advertising purpose. R e p resentative B a rrett, ol M assachusetts, : w a n ts th e N aval Academy movt-d from An dh polls to som e other place, like Newport, for instance. T h e H o u se Com m ittee on M ilitary Affairs inserted a provision in the Army A p p ropria tion biff th a t hereafter n liv a c a n u e s iu tli • staff o f the arm y shall be fllleJ by prom o tion from the Un**. The H o use Com m ittee on A g riculture ha* com p le te d th e A g ricultural A p p ropriation bill. It carries an appropriation of #S,H>V 392. being about $234,000 below the estimate? am i f 145,S.Sa less th a n tho am nint for the current fiscal year. A delegation representing the w h o le sale d ru g Interes * o f thu country nnpeored before th e House Com m ittee on Ways an i M e a n s to oppose Mr. McM illan’s bill to repeal th e law giving a rebate on alcohol itnnerted for use in the nrss or m e d icinal purposes. A bill hus been introduced by Senator H a n sbrough. of North D a k o ta, C h a irm a n of the L ibrary C o m m ittee, p roviding a con.m is sion of urtists, w ith advisory functions, to select w o rks of sculpture and painting for tho new C o n g ressional Library building. The H o u se Com m ittee 01 ^ E d u c a tion has reported favorably Mr. G r o w s hill to aid in establishing hom es to r teaching articulate speech and vocal language to deaf children before they are of school age. The H o u se W ays and Means Com m ittee adopted the resolution of Mr. Tawuoy, ol M innesota, providing for au inq u ir y im o our com m ercial treaties aud agreem e n ts, and eapoaially how th e repeal of the reci procity law ha* n ffeeted them. A table s h o w ing th e inllit.iry^force of the U nite 1 States and Territories wa- given in a com m u n ication transm itted to the House by Assistant S e c retary of War Doc. Accord ing to this table Iht\ aggregate org a n iz'd strength of th e m tlltfit itt 112,879, w hile the num b e r of men available for m ilitary duty (unorganized) ks 10,149,958. The pension appropriation bill, ns tt came from the H o u se, carried $141,325,820. The! Senate C o m m ittee added $02,760, o f which tf>o,000 was for feus a n d expenses of e x a m in ing surgeons. S e n a tor Hill, from the Com m ittee on Judiciary, reported a s u b s titute for the reso lution providing for a special com m ittee to inquire into the im p risonm e n t of E u g ene V. Debs. Tho su b s titu te directs the J u d iciary Lesson T e a t : “ T h e G reat H e lper/* L u k e vii., 2 - 1 0 —( '. o l d e n T e x ti L u k e vii., 1G —C o m m e n t a r y . ?. There being «o m any verse# in thi# IpK 8 ui. we will om it quotations from th e text o f th e !* sson. We now find Him iu C a p e rnaaV - w h ich in Math. ix.. J. is called ‘‘HI# OWR city,*' probably because when rejected a t N a z a reth He m ade (V p e rnaum III* G a l l l t i a center and there w rought so m a n y o t B it. m ighty works. Th* first fact of th i s Ireeoo, ' next to the presence of Chris*, is that a Bo* ,h roan centurfou had n servant w h o w as d e a r to him. and th is servant w as at thi# tim e very sick, nnd it see mod as if h e would « to. Math. vHL. fl, says th a t his aicknew wa# th e palsy, nnd that no was grievously tor* m o n ie d . He was a helpless man. 3. This centuriou seem s to have known som e w h a t of Jesus, e ith e r hav in g heard or seen some of th e things w h ich He had doofe, ^ and hearing th a t He wa* in t h e oltv h o seat som e of the elders o f th e Jew s to #0^ H im to com e and heal hlrf servant. W© m a y im a gine ‘ | th a t th e centurion lost no tim e . His dear ^ ; serv a n t seemed to t>e dying; there WW# BO hope for him, no hum a n helper; the o n ly o po w h o could help wn# in th e city ; the ono • th in g to do was to have Him oom e qutokly. ! Jesu s is the very sam e to-day. If helrJesf, call Him. j 4.6. When the elders cam e to Jesus, their plea was that th e centurion w as wortny ho* ■ c a u s e he hau shown his love for the Nation . | by building a synagogue. The sam e thought is in m a n y minds to-day, for th e r e are many • 4 w h o think th a t if they build a churob, or give so much to the church, o r to the poorv ^ or to missions, or to some good cause, they 4 w ill th u s m e rit the favor of G o d , where## . I th e fact is th a t grace means favor for tho ' undeserving, the poor and th e h o lpleaeaud even those who are rebelling against God. C o u s id tr well Rom. v., 7, 8 , and kindred i passages until yon see th e m e a n ing Of grace. 8 . Jesus at once went w ith them , not be* I cause th e centurion w as w o rthy, b u t beoause I of th e need of th e poor, stck an d h e lp leti serv a n t, but other servants m e t H im , from I th e centurion, with ibis m e ssage: **I am not w o rthy th a t Thou shouidest en ter under my , roof.” The grace of Ood was doing som e th i n g for this man. for it is only by gntee I t h a t we get tru e hum ility. Jo b thought R great deal of himself till he saw G o d ; th e * | he abhored him self and m a g n ified God. | C o m p a re J o b xxix. w ith xlll., 6 , a n d #ee alto 7 Isa. vi., 6 . a n d Dan. x.. 8 . 7. Not only d id the centurion feel unw o rthy to have J e s u s come into his house, but h e also felt unw o rthy even to com e to Jesus e n d now sends bv these servant* this m essage! ' ••Say in a w o rd, a n d my borvant ahall be hon e I,” or, as in Math, vlli., 8 , -‘Speak the ; w o rd only.” Is it possible thnt he had be* * C o m m ittee to investigate the law upon the whole subject of contem p ts of court, ns e n forced by the F e d e ral Courts, and report to the Senate w h a t additional legislation, if any, is necessary for tho protection of the rights of c itizens. (Show ing th i(4Kn. 4 through tlie flesh.) T h ese experim e n ts nil go t*> show that the stran g e medium which produce* im a g e s of bidden object* on a photograph plate is not light at al). it i* equally incorrect f«« •!<•- scribe it He electricity. It i* M>m« force n r lu- fleuce produced by a Crook'*’* tube when ex cite 1 in a peculiar m a n n e r, but it l* uot tlie visible light or glow which come* from the tube. The vimbif* light ha* Ihe name quali ties a* au or Unary light. The in v b lb le new m e d ium has not the sam e q u a lities. F o r i n stance, it wii' not penetrate clear glo»* It w ill peuutrate ground g!a«* th ugh more feebly than wnod au I other organic m a tter. In producing such pictures a* th e skelet. living h hand, the ties! m e thod of pro ‘•laspel ........... tran s p a r e n t, th** 1 ply to pfH'* • the c js »« c o n taining ( high -.-aequo . 1 * ex it- I hflth* e c c tfIc <*ur- t rent of an iadu~’ion .1). R cat g e n . for j want ..f « !-*:ter nan. for the r*\>, - a lls | Never befop' in the bi-1 ry of * acience j ita* s dt*'* > **ry re. s-ived ►u *h r r o r n p t re^ o g - I n i t b u t a - th a t of P r o f •« r R o e n tg e n . A l re a d y it ha* »• e n *.**»*-.a l l y i*e 1 by p r o m in e n t E u r ; * an fcurg* tn* iu l<» a t l n g bullet* | a n d o t h e r fo r e ig n p'lV*tali'*— 19 th e b o d y , un d in d t a g n \ U g If«.***«.«. ,f th e b o n e s . It • * b e liev e d th a t oqljr a fa in t id e a of th e t n>tdlcai •Mibiiitis* of th e d isc o v e r y ha* U-en gat:jed. im-l it 1 * difficult to k##p I pw-e with the a-4oafcihmg 'm g > p lecu«nt#ry j iDitapC.', Ifte new 4* j D IN N E R T O R IC H A R D C R 0 K E R . A l oving Cup rroxrntiM l lty Ills T a m m a n y Ansoclntrs. R ichard C roker w a s presented witli a lov ing c u p and tendered a banquet by his T a m many H all associate* at the Hotel Ravoy, iu Now York City. It was a very expensive d in n e r—$43 a p l a t e —nnd tbe num b e r present j was less than two hundred. There seemed to be unity in Tam- manv, for each faction, the G il roy, the Purroy, the Klieclmn and the M artin, wa? represented. At th e s p e a k e r ’i table were John C. Sheehan, pre siding; T. F. Grady, H ugh J. G rant, Frederick Prayth, Jacob A. iticHARD i RoKKh. C antor, N athan Straus. J a m e s J. .Martin, Richard Crokor, Roswell p. Flow e r,. J o h n li. Fellows. T. F. G ilroy, Amos J . Cum m ings, Ilenry D. Pur- rov and A u g u stus W. l ’eters. There were f o u r form al set speeches—“ Our G u e s t,” by Thom a s F. Grady, “ O u r P late.” . by Jacob A. C a n tor; “ O u r C o u n try.” by Amo.* J. Cum m ings, and 'Tam m a n y ilull, * by J o h n R. Fellows. A loving cup costing $2000 was presented ; to Mr. Croller by Senator Grady, and durin g j tlie recipient's speech of acceptance a great , sensation occurred, for to the surprise of the ex-leader a u d most of the privileged guests there was a very vigorous kick a g ainst thonii- thorlty of Jo h n C. Hheehan, who was be queathed th e position of loader by Mr. Crokor. John Reilly a n d tw o oth e r leader# Interrupted th e speaker and bitterly dented Hheelmn's right to be lender. Mr. Croker explained th a t Sheehan hud boon selected by the m a jority of th e E x e c u tive Committee. \T a k e Fellows, take G ilroy,” ji*’ says. \If he’s a b e tter m an. and let the m a jority rule and tho iniuority yield.\ T h e episode created a great -tir. T h e L a b o r W o rld. Japan has fifty-seven cotton mills. L o n d o n 's yarn t r a i n employs 16,000. Bavaria has 9000 lead pencil w o rkers. London has 2ofl,000 dom \stlc servants. G e o rgia Ita* a fourteen-year-old engineer. Telegraph operator* in Germ a n y receive $5.11 a week; In ita y, $5.2). Tho Stonem a sons International Union as sembled recently Iu convention In Chicago. \ L a c e w e avers are preparing for a dem a n d Tor higher wager. They will strike for nt least $10 per week. There is a t present over $10 6C0 in the p r o tective Fund of th e United Brotherhood of Carpenter* a n d Joiners. The Snlvatton Army ha* now tw e n ty-tw o factories and worskabope, em ploying 10,700 |>eniou*, both men and women. More than 70,000 men ure nt work on the Siberian Itailw a y . and at the present rate of progress 1897 will see its com p letion. In the Ha*h. door an I blind industry tho supply at present exceed* the dem a n d , and m**n are being laid off in most of the shops. The m iners at Lehigh and Coal G ate, In dian T e rritory, to the num b er of .TMXt, went Is feared < I C entral T< T h e 91,040 o p e ratives of Fall River, Mass.. live on forty-one square miles. The e lt v is verv ri'*h for Its size, being valued rtt #6;).- 514.005. w hile th e public debt l* ouly #2.- 650,394 All c o llieries of th e Cron* Creak Coal Com pany, H a zleton. P e n n ., are being operated i ut eight hours a clay, be -ause of the mild winter. Upward of tw e n ty !hou*and men age affecta«i. Jarue** Dempsey, u m ill operative at Prov- idence, K. I ., ha*secured a verdict agatn*t Ddmnn A Co., in t h a t city, for placing him on the blacklist an t refusing to give him a certificate of g ood ch a r s -ter. Dempsey nad been blacklisted for hi* active agitation In tlie labor m ovement. A Jud g e of the U n ited Htateft District C tart a t C ltvi lao I O bo# ytra l#red « de cision in w h i'’h he holds that an em p loye who Joins a com p a n y ’s relief uasociHtlon which provide* for a n accident benefit can not recover from the com p a n y for dam age? received in accident. The gen»ra! ■ fffoer* o f must of the N a tion al and international building trades union* have advised the member* a» large to avoid - rik*9 tbl« year; to strengthen thidr local unions a n d then m a k e dem and* next vonr It |« exp«b-te 1 th a t then it will be easier to «<>m- pqj employer* t e grunt concession* than at present. Tbe N a tional organization* preparing for a demand of th* e ight hour workday on May 1 a re tho«e of t h e horscshoer*. granite cu t ler*. hr*-*- worker* aud ophointerent. The machinist* are still undecided. The uar- j*en»erw will take part in th e movement iu about eighty vRle* in d ifferen t part* of tbe •• yuutry. I* j .*on-U a tlf D trjcie*. Bicycle* aim iu»w being tn*de in tbe In dian t Htate Prison at W arsaw. Ind. E x pert* from a prom inent Lioycie m a n u factory have b e e f e n g a g e d as insiruMox# to |fc##Oft- vim#. \B y th e word of thu Lord were t h e heaven# m a d e ,\ ' He *pakc, a n d it was (lone,** “ H f sent hi* word and lit a lcd them ? ” (P#. xxxlll*. 6 . 9. e v il., 20.) Atid wo* he t h u s led to baVB M ich unbounded confidence tn thi# One whom he evidently believed Id bo God c f sent of God? 8 . lie knew what it wo# to obey and t o bB obeyed, and somehow lie had faith in thi# N a n th a t Hu could coinm nd diseases and dem o n s at pleasure. It i* w r itten i n th# Psalms*, from which book wo have alread y • ^ w a n d h rlugiy q u o ted, that \ f i r e a n d hail.siiQ iv /j an d vapors and storm y w ind fulfill H f r y '\ w o rd,” and that th e angels w h o excel in stren g th do His com m andm ent a, heark e n in g u n to th e voice of His w o rd (Pa. cxlviii., 8p oil!., 20 ). and thnt, though Jh e Lord be hig h , yet nath He respect unto th e low ly (P i, cxxxviil., 6). Did this centurion leArn hie faith and hum ility front this book? 9. Huch faith was so p*— ‘r g t~ 1ha I irri th n t He s p o s e of it to the peofffe n s excelling an y f a ith th a t He had scon in I s r a e l With o u t faith tt ts impossible to please God ffleh, xl., 6 ), but b y ,believing H im nnd having eon* fldcncn in film we can pleaso Him. Thnt > tho disciples r e c e ivedthe w o r d a o f the Lortt m a d e Him so glad that He s p o k e of it to HI# F a th e r iu His prayer ou th e night before Hie crucifixion (John x v i l , 8 ). Coustder alto th e faith of the Syro-Phoenloian in Math, x v ., 24.* mf. 10. When tho m e ssengers r e tu r n e d t h e #er* v a n t was well. It would appear from the . accoiiut iu Mntthow thnt, huviug sen t th e elders and then the servants, ho afterw a r d w e n t him self tc meet tho L o rd, aud th a t t h e L o rd s a id unto him , \G o thy w ay. and a# th o u hast believed so be it dono u n to th e e .” W e a r e rem inded of the noblem a n of Caper* nniim whoso son was stck, and to whom Je s u s s a id, \G o thy way; tilt son R v e th.” Tho m a n belleVod tlie w on! and w e n t an d found a* J e s u s had said ( J o h n iv., 60). A#* surance nnd Joy aud peace nil com e by be lieving (Rom. xv. 13). 11. Wo now find Him entering th e citv of N a in, accom p a n ied by ipnny of Ills disciple# and m u c h people. Being xeut of G o d and filled w ith the S p irit. He w e n t about doing good an d everyw h e re tau g h t a u d healed. He was tru ly the Com forter in th e pow e r of th e Hpirit. lie has given us th e sam e H o ly Hjiirit, whom He calls \ th e C o m forter,\ th a t H e iu u s i n a y s l i l l go about doing good In H is nam e , for we aro here In C h rist s stead to m a g n ify God. 12. As lie entered »he city th e body of a dead m an was being c a rrion out for burial, und hu had been the only s tay of ht# poor m o ther, and she n widow. In a very snort tim e th e body would bo laid aw a y out of th# sight of th a t broken hearted widow. 18. The Com forter, the A lm ighty Helper, th e R e surrection a n d the Life, meet# h e r. He is s o rry for her, and He says, \W e e p no t.” T h e tim e is com ing when lie will w ipe away nil ti a re a n d there shall be crying no m o re even on this earth (Rev. vii., 17; IX t., I), Imt un til th a t tim e the tears come, an d com * again even though we wipe th«iu aw a y . Y#t th e r e m ight be fewer tears If thero was mor# faith in Him. 14, 15. At His word th e prnoeaion stop#. H e speak* to the dead man, th e man livi#, sits up and begin* to speak, aud Jesus, in stead of saying to him, \Follow M e ,\ gtvo# him back to hts m o ther. W hat a w o rd Is ill Is! It I* even the name th a t created th e world] th a t spake nnd it was d o n e ; th e sam e word th a t at th e appointed tim e will b ring ail dead bodies from their graves ( J o h u v., 28), tb# righ teo u s at the beginning and the rest at th e end of tho hour, or thousaud year# (llev, xx.. 6 . 6 ). 16 . T h e y acknow ledged H im a# % great prophet and glorified God, saying that He Bud visited Ills people. Ry and by H# Will , com e in pow e r nnd g lo r y , and Israel shall . 2 ►uy: \ n i l s I* o u r G o d . We have w a ited for H im . und Ho wlll save u s .\ T h e n w ill H e N w n llow up death in victory and wtpa aw a y all tear* (I*o. • xxv., 6 , 9). Let Hi# w ord en ter us now and give a foretaste of these th in g s .—Lesson Helper. SAVED BY THE DRUMMER BOY. f.lltle nfile's D rum Tap* * topped a T a a lf In e hcliuol. Offle Downs, the foilrteea-y ear-old dtEUan* nmr boy iu the Dodgo street sotw h lN U O m a h a , Neh., calmed a fire panic am o n g 101 children recently, a n d perhaps saved m a n j lives. It was hi* duty twiue a day to stand at tho bottom of the stair* and m a rch tlM scholars out to the step of a iiy arm y ra t t l * Thb* was c a lled tho fire drift, and tho puplll (xcm th e in taut elan* up were told th e y ratMf never heeitate when tho drum sounded. T h e re was great coiiHtornatlou w h en tlM gong sounded tlie tire alarm . Offle l)OWM alone,lone, apparently,pparently, ofT allll thh e pupil*uptl* kept hll ft a a o a t e p kepi head. He rapidly passed up th e aisles, t down tw o flight* of stair* on tho ru n , got hi# druiii aud, though th o s tn o k e was so deotl that he could hardly soo Ids way, took potl*. . tion at th e bottom of the stair* just as tb#- 5'<0 p upil* appeared in a herd ut th e top. T h e first tap of the drum acted Ilk# . m agic. Hu peri ft* 4 >i i dent Alien pulled thf## little girl* and a boy from under the feet o f th e r u s t i n g children uml commanded tb # # to ko 4 'p Step to the must\. T h e little oa«# then rem e m b e red their lesson, aud to tlw . rn lisle calm I y came down th e long flight# M they had done a thousaud lim e* befpre. I # ' a m inute every child wa* out of fho build ing. Young Downs I* the hero of the hoar. T h e fire s tarted from an overhead furna## stack. It wan easily extiuguU h o d by tlk# d e p a r t m e d CANADA'S MIUTIA. T h e y A r # N o t D r il li n g M o d i an d H s v i O b solete Owns. , The C a n a d ian Minister nf MUItia laid hi# report bef«rre I’arlU m -ut at O .tswa. Th# report s h o w -4 that only 20,877 men put in > th e ir an n u a l drill of twelve days last the appropriation having ruu >$hort. M inister says it is to be regretted tha whole of th e W'dtre m ilitia n a a a a t he 4 every year. The whole force is about m e n . and he bdieves that by belnf tw e lve days each year they w -iu-. ~ q u ite efficient a u d a v a ilable for aotlv# tarv d u ty al very short ufltk u . The exiioodltiire on account , yew wa* $1,574,015, of which |L I T 7 . W « f i | . on account of aofuness o f British Ci $08,000 for iuod«re firearms, and M w nritke Store#. — . The AdJttUat^)a>Mnl s>IU«tt—4W* i olMoleln r i f t 's With wfttcb lh # 'q n l p p - 4 . isa » M H I M
