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V t t l t t COUNTY REVIEW. Erwry PrM itT M o rning at F1EEFOBT, QUEEN8 OOONTT, Ji. T CHARLES D. SMITH* P r o p r i e t o r . ' ANDREW J . M A C Lfc 8 N , E d i t o r . ' i ' ■ '• ( C o u n t n book i n job m m n V1KCCTKP n c ------ - Altractite isd Artistic Style AT T I E REVIEW OFFICE by Power 9mm. W I N f i L K C O P I K M , f f i V K C K N T W . VOL. I. —v A FA M IL Y \ N E W S P A P E R O F L O C A L A N D G E N E R A L IN T E L L I G E N C E . FREEPO R T , N. Y., FR ID A Y . FEBRUARY 28, 189(5. - T E S H t': $ 2 .00 YEARLY IR A S T ARCS. NO. 17. (■ T k tM -lm n tki of the total population ot B h S h w t u n e r i . Britain b r t g i thnt the gnne now need by her a rm y will u n d • b a llet through four make of men nt « d istance of 160 y a r d s . __________________ Tha Attorney-General o f New Harap- (hiro has decided th a t the appoint- m e n t o f women as notaries public ir that State ia nneonetitntiona). Boston hat dam ped so ranch trash into its harbor, originally one of the finest on the Atlantio coast, th a t now steps have to be taken ta deepen it. The hornless vehicle ha* taken rool in Trane# and Germany. The steam carriage brought out by M. Serpolot between 1603 and 1695 ia running in •11 parts of Francs. The St. Louis Globc-Demoorat ex- aW n t*: Some are bora to greatness, io n s achieve it, some have it tbrnal npon them, and others get it fifty years after death, liko the lamented Behomburgk. ' By the law of Soottand tho bushes o r abrnba planted in the garden be long to the landlord, and the tenant cannot remove them at the end of hii tenancy. The English law is the same on th is point. i An English man-of-war recently made a special oruise around Great Britain and Ireland to dram np young recruits for the navy. M ore than 1100 ware enlisted, the great m ajoritv from tbe sonth of England Ireland responded m oderately wall, bnt the Scotch lads hardly re- I at all. i t s a b s e n c e . When shadow , dim th e meadow-gold, and m ignonette a n d m u sk Perfum e th r o u g h every scented fold the g a r ment# of th e dusk, When all th e heaven# are yearning to the first faint silver atar, My s p irit loans ucroat to you, beloved, from afar. W hen c o u rier w inds begin to ride th e high way# of tho dnw n, And up th e orient hill#, in pride, th e car of day is draw n , Even as th e bridegroom , Sol, appears, and Earth*# dism a y s are done, O love from out tho dark and tears,arise and be my sun! -M a r g a r e t A rm o u r, in Black a n d Whlto. A CHILD OF SILENCE. BY MYRTLE REED. j Buddhism of late is gaining quite • number of adherents among tha intel \tactual leaders in Germ any, write* W olf von Sohierbrand, such as Georg* ■bars, Gabriel Max, J u lius Stiude, F. Hartmann, and tboy have just begun lo issue a m o n thly at Bruuswiok un is* the title \Sphinx.\ I The Befsree, one of the m o st Influ- patial sporting papers in England, de alu e e that the game of football there la being rained by professionalism. Vavoma J . Jerom e 's weekly paper in dorsee thiii-opinion, editorially, and says \football as plsyed in England M W is simply a trade. The sooner il eeases to oall itself sport the better.\ | Potatoes were selling for two cents n saok in Sen -Frsnoisoo a weok or sc , ago, and sold slowly even at thal price. The potato crop all over the eonntry last sesson was enormous, and H ost growers lost money on a consid erable p u t of their orop. In some regions the potatoes were not takou out of the ground, the p rice got down no low. I A few days sgo s party of men from Florence, Ale., discovered a oave higt ep in a bind near B a tnbridge ferry, ■ faw miles from Florence. \Vithin tbe oave were fennd human bones anc pottery of onrions d e s i g n . The bonei seem to point .to ihe existence of * giant raoe of olid dwellers, and the ppttery is unliks a n y found in the I n dian mounds in th a t vicinity. Tb< oave is accessible only by means of s ropa ladder lift; fret long. I T i e Board of Education of W ilm ing ton, Dal., had a knotty problem tc eotve ihe other day, b u t they wore equal to the situation, reoorde the /Trenton (N. J .) American. I t appears that a H indoo boy had been b rought tc one of the public schools sod was ad m itted under p rotest. A fter wards tho parent* of some of the other ohildren raised objections, olsiming th a t th* Hindoo lad came under the law in re latioa to colored schools. The Board deeidad that the boy was not a negro, and had aa. much right to attend • white school as an Italian or any oth- ” e s foreigner. An Omaha latter to the New York Poet stye there is little doubt that there hoe been s heavy em igration (torn Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas during tbs past two or three years as a result of tbe three years of dry weather. This is especially true aa regards Nebraska. Even a fair ap proximation of the statisties of this taovement is possible. Most of theso people are farmer) and most of them nave gone South. The past y e a r was n disappointing onaVfor the Nebraska farmers. Tbe erops nqje neither s failure aa in 1894 nor a b i g _________ In 1862. They made a small yield over the whole State, aud the prioee which have obtained have precluded any idaa of pio 6 L W ith the reoord ol three yaare in suooeasion staring the people ia the face, it is not at all won derful that they should have become discouraged. j Steel wagon roads, as advocated by Martin Dodge, Stato Road Commis- ttouer of Ohio, are likely to hare s thorough trial in several States this year, predicts the American A gricul turist. These roads consist ot two n i l s made oi steel tbe thickness of boQer plate, each formed in the shape of o (Hitter rtv inches wi le, with a •QOOIO pnfpendicular shoulder half au iN b fciffa, then au angle of one inch outward slightly raised. The gutter forms e conduit for the water, aud makes it easy for the wheels to enter ae leas* tku track. . double track steel railroad, 16 feet wide, tilled in batweea with br» ken stone, macadam site, would cost about $600*1 as against |700(> per mile for a m ars ism roadbed st th s sasss width, but thr- w . ; „■* » rural one-track steel road would be t o r abuuiBJOOO a mile. It is claimed that eaoh a road would last much loafer than stone and lUai one horse will drawuu a steef track twenty utnes as m qen as on a dirt r»*.l. aud hr.- IG H T at the end of tbe street stood the little white house Jaok Ward was pleased to oall his own. Fiveyears hehad lived there, he and Dorothy. How happy they had been 1 But things seemed to have gone wrong some way, since—sinoe the baby died in the spring. A rob came into J a c k ’s throat, for tho little face had bannted him all day. Never a sound bad the baby lips uttered, aud tb e loudest noises had not d isturbed his rest. It had seemed almost too mnoh to bear, but they had loved him more, if that were possible, because he was not as other ohildren were. .Tack bad never been recon ciled, but D o rothy found a world of consolation in the closing paragraph of a magazine a rticle on the subjeot. “ And yet we cannot believe these Children of Silence to be unhappy. Mrs. Browning says that 'dosed eyes see more truly than ever open do,’ and may there not be another world of mnsio for those to whom oar own is sonndleM? In a c e rtain sense they are utterly beyond the pain that life al ways brings, for never can they beer the cruel words beside which pbysloal hurts sink into insignificance. So pity them not, bnt believe th a t He knowoth best, and that what seems hra own thought of Mrs. Browning's ran through her m ind: Thank (lnd, bles? God, all ye who suffer not More grlei than yo o a n weep for— then some way the tears cam e ; a blessed rush of relief. \O b , bsby deer,” she sobbed, press ing her lips to the cold tu r f A b o v e him, “ I wi*h I was down there beside yon, as still aud as drdsmless as you. You don’t know what it m eans—you never would have jknowu. I ’d rather be a stone than a woman with a heart. Do you think if I could buy death that I wouldn't take it and come down there beside yon ? It hurt mo to lose you, but it wasn't tbe worst. You would have loved me. Oh, my Child o r S ilen c e ! Como back, come back I\ How long she stayed there she never knew, bnt the heart pain grew easier after a while. She pressed her lips to the turf again. \Good night, baby dear. Good night. I'll come again. You haven't lost your.mother, eveu if she has lost you I” Fred Bennett passed by the unfre quented spot, returning from an er rand to that part of town, and he heard the last words. He drew back into tbe shadow. Tbe slight black figure appeared on the eidowalk n fow feet ahead of him* and puzzled him not a little. He followed cautiously aud finally decided to overtake her. As she heard his stop behind her she looked around timidly. \M rs. Ward I” His tone betrayed surprise, and he saw that her eyos were wet aud her white, drawn face w a s tear stained. She shuddered. A new trouble faoed her. How long had he been following her ? H e saw her distress aud told his lie bravely. “ I just came around tbo cor ner here.\ H e r relieved look wns worth tho sac rifice of his conscientious scruplos, he said to himself afterward. I may walk home with you, may I not?” \C e rtainly.” She took bis offered arm and tried to chat pleasantly with her old friend. Soon they reached the gate. She dropped his arm and said good-night unsteadily. Bennett could bear it no longer, and he took both her hands in wrong and bitter is often His truest kindness to His ohildren.\ Dorothy read i t over and over until she knew it by heart. There was a certain comfort in the thought th a t ho need not suffur— th a t he need never find what a wealth of b itterness lies in that one little word—life. And when the hard day oamo she tried to be thankful, for she knew that he was safer s t i l l ; tried to see the kindness that had taken him back into the Un known Silence o t whioh he was the Child. Jack went up the steps this mild winter ev e n iD g , whistling softly to himself, end opened the door with bis latch key. “ W here are you, girlie?\ “ Up stairs, d e a r; I'll be down in a m inute,\ aud oven as sho spoko Dor othy cams into tho room. In spite of her black gown nnd tho hollows under her eyes she was a very pretty woman. Sho knew it, and Jack did, too. T h a t is, he had known, but ho bad forgotten. “ Here's th o eveniDg paper.\ He tossed i t in to her lap as she sat dow n by th e window. \Thank you.” Sho wondored vaguely why Jaok didn’t kiss her as he used to, aud thun dismissed the thought. Sho was growing aeons- tomed to that s o rt of thing. \flow nice of yon to oome by the early train I I did n 't expect you till later.\ \There wasn't much going on iu town, so I loft tbe office early. Any mail? No? Guess I 'll take Jip out for a s troll.\ The fox terrier at his feet wagged his tail approvingly. “ Want to go, J ip ? ” •Tip answered decidedly in tbe affirm ative. “ All right, oome on,” and Dorothy watched tbe two go down the street with an undefined feeling of pain. She lit the prettily shaded lamp nnd tried to read th e paper, but the political news, elopements, mardere, and suicides looked in terest She won dered what bad oome botween her and Jaok. Som ething had ; there was no qnostion of that, but—well, it would como s traight soino timo. P e r haps sho was m orbid and unjust. She couldn't ask him what was the m atter without making him uugry, and she had tried so hard to make him happy. Jip announoed his arrival at the front door with a series of sharp barks and au unm istakable scratch. She opened it aa Jaok sauntered slow ly np the walk, and passed her with the remark, \D inner ready? I'm oa hungry at a bear.\ Into the ooxy dining room they went, J ip first, then Jaok, aud then Dbrothy. The daintily served meal satisfied tho inner man, and ho did not notice that she ate bnt little. She honestly tried to be e n tertaining, aud thought she suooeeded fairly well. After dinner he retired into tbe depths of the evening paper, and Dorothy ititohed away a t her embroidery. Suddenly Jack looked a t his watch. “ Well, i t ’s half-past seven, and I’ve got to go over to Mrs. Brown's to practice a duet with her for to-m o r row.” Dorothy trem bled, bnt only said, “ Ob, yes, the d u e t What is it this time ?\ \ ‘Calvary,' I guess. That seems to take tbe m u ltitude better than any thing wo ting. No, Jip, not this time. Good-by—I won t be gone long.\ The .loot slammed, and Dorothy was alone. She put away her embroidery and walked the door restlessly. Mrs. Brosru was a pretty widow, always well dressed, and she sang divinely. Dorothy could not sing a note, though she played fairly w-ll, and Jack got into a habit of taking M rs lirowu new musio and going over to sing it with her. Au o bliging neighbor who had called that afternoon had remarked maliciously that Mr. W ard aud Mrs. Brown seemed to be very good friends. Dorothy smiled with white lipe, aud tried to say pleasantly, “ Yes, M rs Brown is charmiug, don’t yon think so? I am anre that if I were a man 1 should fall in love with her.\ Tue ueighbor rose to go, and by way of a parti ag shot replied, “ That seems to be Mr. W ard's idea. Lovely day, isn't it? Come over when you osn.\ Dorothy was too stunned to reply. Mrs. W ard, you are in trouble. Tell m e ; perhaps I oan help you.” She was silent. “ Dorothy, y o u will let me call yon so, will you not? You know how much I oared for you, in a boy’s impulsive fashiou, in th e old days when we were at school; you know that I am your frieud now—as tru e a friend as a man can bo to n wo man. Tell we, D o rothy, and let me help y o u !\ There was a rustle of silk on the pavement, aud her caller of the after noon swept by without speaking. Al ready Dorothy know tho story which would be put in circulation on tho morrow. Bonnett's clasp tightened on her oold fingers. \Toll me, D o rothy, and let me help y o n !” he said again. Tho impulse to tell him grow stronger, and she controlled it with difficulty, “ ft is nothing, Mr. Ben nett, I —I have a hoadache.\ \ I see, aud you came out for n breath of fresh air. Pardon me. I am atiro you will be b e tter in the m o rn ing. Good uight, and God bless you —D o rothy.\ He walked away rapidly, and sho lingered on tho poroh till she could uo longer hear bis footsteps. She left a lamp in the hnll and went np to bed. \Jack won’t bo homo till late,” sho said to herself, “ aud ho will want the lig h t.\ So the tired head dropped on its pil low, and sho stared sleeplessly at tho ceiling. Meanwhile Bennett was on his way to Mrs. Brown’s cottage. His mind was made up, and he would speak to Jack. He had heard a great deal of idle gossip, and it would p robably cost him Jack’s friendship, but he would at least havo the satisfaction of kuowiug that ho had tried to do som ething for Dorothy. H e rang tbe bell, and Mrs. Brown herself answored it. “ Good evening, Mrs. Browu. No, thank you, I won't oome in. Ju s t ask Jaok if I may seo him on a m atter of business. ” W ard, hearing his friend's voice, was already at the door. “ I ’ll be with yon in a minute, Fred,” ho said. \G o o d night, Mrs. Browu ; I am sure we shall get along famously with the d u e t,” and tho two men went slowly down the street. They went on in silence till Jaok said, \W ell, Beunott, what is it? You do n 't call a fellow out like th.s unless it is something serious.\ “ I t is serious, Jack ; i t ’s D o r—Mrs. W a rd.\ \D o rothy? I confoss I'm as much in the dark as ever.\ “ I t's this way, Jaok. She’s in trouble.\ “ Jack, you know I ’m a friend of yours; I have been ever sinoo I ’ve known yon. If you don't tako what I’m going to say as I mean it, you're not tbe mau I think yon are.\ “ Go on, Fred, I understand you. I was only thinking.\ “ P e rhaps you don't know it, but the towu is agog with what it is pleased to term your infatuation for Mrs. Browu.\ Jack smothered a pro fane exclamation, and Bennett con tinued : \D o rothy is eating her heart ont over the baby. Sbe was in the cemetery to-night sobbing over his grave, and talking to him like a mail woman. i came up tbe back street, and after a litlie I overtook her aud walkod home with her. That's how 1 happen to know. And d o n 't think for a moment that she hasn't beard the gossip. She has, ouly she's too proud to speak of it. And, Jack, old man, I don't believe you've neglected her iutentiouallr, but begin again and show how much you oare lor her. Good night.\ B e u uett loft him abruptly, for the old love of Dorothy wa* strong to- uight; not tbe fitful, fiamiug passion of his boyhood, bnt tbe deeper, ten derer love of bis whole life. Jack was strangely affected. Dear little Dorothy I He had neglected her. \ I don't deserve her,\ he said to himself, “ b u t I will.\ He passed a florist's shop, aud a tender thought j struck him. He would buy Dorothy somh roses. He went in and ordered a box of American Beauties. A stiff silk rustled beside him, and he lifted bin hat courteously. “ Going home. Mr. W ard? It’s early, isn't it? B u t.\ with scarcely a perceptible emphasis, “ i t 's —none— tibo thought seriously of telling Jack. 1 too soon!\ Then, as her eager eye hut wisely decided not to. T h e s e sub urban towns were always gossipy. Jack would think she d idn't trust him. Aud now he was at M rs Brown's agwin! The psiu was almost blinding. Sbe cut to the window and looked out caught » glimpse of the roses, “ Ah, but you men are sly I For Mrs. Brown?\ ,a Jack took his package and respond ed icily, \So. For Mrs. W a rd.” “ C a t!\ he muttered under his breath as he went oat. And that lit- The rising moon shone flttully upon tie word in the mouth of a mau mean* the white signs of sorrow in the little a great deal ennrcbyard lar to the left. She threw a shawl over her head and weal oat. In feverish baste sbe wslkeJ over to the l u b e “God's Acre. ' where the Child of Silence was hiuie-l ■he found the toot and ( i t dawn. A He eniere 1 the honse, and wae not surprised to tind I hat Doroibv had re tired. Sbe never waned for him now. Hr took the roses (rout the box so I went upstairs •'iietto. U o iuthj I ' as the vale lac* ro*e from thepillow in surprise. “ I've brought you some roses I” Dorothy actually blushed. Jack hadn't b rought her arose for three years; not since the day the baby was born. Ho put them in water, and came and sat down bes'de her. “ Dear little girl, your head aches, doesn't it?” He drew her up beside him and put his cool .fingers on the throbbing temples. Her heart beat quickly and happy toars filled her eyes as Jack bent down and kissed her ten derly. “ My sweetheart I I'm so sor ry for the pain I” It was tho old lover-liko tono, and Dorothy looked up. \Jack she said, “you do love mo, don’t you?” His arms tightened about her. “ My darling, I love you better than any thing in the world. You are the deareat little woman I ever saw. It isn’t much of a h e a rt, dear, b ut, y ou’ve got it all. C rying? Why, what is it, sweetheart?\ \The b a b y ,\ sho answered brokenly, and his eyes overflowed, too. “ Dorothy dearest, yon know that was best. He wasn’t like—” Jaok could not say the hard words, but Dorothy understood and drew his face down to here again. Then she closed her eyee, and Jack held her till sho slept, Tho dnwn found his arms still around her, and when the early cburoh belle awoke her from a happy dream ehe found the reality sweet nnd beautiful, and tbe heartacho a thing of the past.— Munsey’s Magazine. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. Silk thread may be gilded by tho electro-plating process, retaining al most its full flexibility and softness. As speaking tubes aro found not to work on the English warships o.ving to tho r a ttling of the machinery, the admirality has determ ined to try tele phones. About 500 names are iuoluded in the \Kew Bulletin’s” list of ihe new g a r den plants of 189i. Tho l ilt embraces hybrids ae well as species and botani cal varieties. Twenty-five saroophagi have been disoovered’near Angouleme, Beveral of the skeletons in them measuring six feet seven inches in length. They are believed to havo been Gauls. The Imliaua Gas Inspector says that the pressure has diminished through out the gas fields a b o u t one-third, and that the exhaustion of the supply is a m atter of no very long time. Tbe small waists of French women aro believed by somo scientists to bo the result of horedity. Agos of tight lacing, they say, have produced a p h y si cal p eculiarity in the Nation. In tho Etruscan tombs of Northern Italy, gold rings have been found made in the shape oi a cord, a largo knot of intricate pattern forming the prinoipal port of tho ornament. A German A n tarctio expedition has been decided upou and 6240,000 al- lotud to it. It will consist of two ves sels, will Inst three yearH, aud will start south from Kerguelen Island. It is said ou semi-official nuthority that the Pennsylvania Railroad will utilize oloctrioity on tho Springfield branch, known as tho “ L ittlo Miami,” oxtending for a distance of twenty-two miles. Tho P eruvian Indiana havo as a meas ure uf distance the cooada, which means tbe ground a cargo boarer can walk under tbe stim u lus of one quid of this leaf—tbo impulse lasts from thirty to forty minutes, nnd ajman cau pass over three kilometers. An Australian has invented a novel j method of lawn sprinkling. Ho has made the top rail of the fence around his lawu of iron water pipes, joined together so as to perm it of a continu ous flow of water, aud perforated on tbo inner sido with small holes. Ho : connects the fence and tha hose, and the water is evenly spread over every part of tho lawu. Tho famous kola uut contains 2.35 grams per cent, of oaffeiue aud 0.25 grama por ceRt. of thoobroma. Ex perim ents have demonstrated that while caffeine producea-Kimulation of but Bhort duration, and causes tho musoular tisiue to wear itself ont more rapidly thau in the normal con dition, tho kola tioth increases and prolongs tho muscular cuntractiou. This Man llad Courage. Half a dozen men were relating ex periences of college days when a young physician said th a t iu cases where studeuts were o b liged to eke out their expenses in n prolessiousl career by every possible means thero often oc- enrred pitiful examples of their cour- nge. “ Suppose, for example,\ aaid he, “ a case of Bkin grafting comes to the clinic, any s tudent who will give up his akin ia p aid five dollars for eaoh bit. I remember one instance iu par ticular, that of a hard working young man who gave ten bite of flesh to g raft a new face on a badly bnrned baby. As tbe flesh must be healthy and fresh nothing oan be used to deaden the pain and it is cut from the inside of the upper arm, tbe most sensitive part. Slices tho size of a silver dime are !akeu aud laid quivering ou the wounded part where a now skin ii to be growq^g.Tlus fellow stood there several days aud allowed tho surgeon to alioe\off pieces from both arms, each piecd'nringing tbe amount s tip ulate, which paid for extra books, clothing or food, and the poor fellow minded neither the pain at tbe time of the operaticu nor the lameuess with which he was afflicted for weeks after, neither did he fear the risk of , blood poisoning or other difficulties which might ensue. He had tbe satisfaction, however, ol seeing a habv lace resumo its healthy form and bisexsm iuatious were passei! with brilliancy. He is to-day a mat well known aud honored iu the pro fession. —New Y rrk Herald. The World’s Ship*. The annual statistics of the Barest' Veritas classification of ships relating to the mercantile navy of the world give tbe total num b er of sea-going vessels now afloat m easuring over fifty tons, as 25,570, with an aggregate ton nage of 0,323,995 tons. Of this nura ber. Great B ritain comes first with 6793 ships \l 8,333,607 tons. Th* United Mates is second with 3X24 ves sels and 1,262.317 tons. Norway if third with nearly 1000 leas vessels than the United States, bnt nearly the same amount of tonnage. France oc- enpte* only tbe eight 1) rank, lietween Sweden and Greece. In regard to tbe steamers, England counts 5771 ves sels, with nearly 10^000,000 tons, j Germany, which conies second, has 826 steamers. of 1,300,711 tons, i France third, with 5ni steamers, and 804,598 ton*, \b ile the United States: holds fourth place, with 447 steamers ' and 703,338 tons. Consumption Frnta Inlected Bonks. It is alleged that on English librar- isn nos died of tuberculosis, contract , evl from book* which nave .->e«u intect- ■ i u j e g u a i u n p U t s p a u c u l n . I SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR 31 ARCH t. Lesson J> x l: “Jesus the M essiah,*’ Luke tx., 18-117—Golden Text: Luke lx., 35— Com mentary. A BLIND HORSEWOMAN. Mies Alice King, the English novel ist, who has been blind since she was •even years old, is an accomplished ind fearless horsewoman, and gallops over hills and rough moorland paths impaesable to any but the most p r o ficient rider. . f--. ^ AT* EARLT WOMAN COMPOSER. The woman composer is not now. That old favorite, \The Blue Belle of Scotland,” was written by a woman, Annie MoVickar, tbe daughter o f a Scottish officer in the British army. She afterward became Mrs. G r a n t.— New York World. FOCTt DUCHESSES. T h e re are only four Duchesses ot M arlborough now living. These aro Consuelo, reigning Ducheea; L illian, wife of Sir William Bereaford ; Fanny, the grandm o ther ot the present Duke aud m o ther of the late Lord Randolph Churohill, and Jauo widow of the sixth Duke. These do not include L a d y Blandford, who was divoroed before tbo late Duke reaohed hie title. TO INSURE A GOOD COMPLEXION. A first and imperative oondition for a good complexion aud akiu of fino texture is that all the e x cretory organa bo kept in an aotive, healthful state. Many people do not d rink sufficient w ater to encourage tho kidneys to per form , their duty, and are painlully ignorant of the dangers whioh lnrk in a habit of oonetipation. W ith these organs in a torpid state undue labor ia forced upou the skin, the pores of whioh beoomes coarsened by their onerous work and clogged in their effects to throw off all the waste pro- duota of the body, and heDce a rise un sightly blotches nnd pimples. The lungs, too, must not be over looked in enumerating tho eourceB of ovil, for they are Nature’s first aud principal agent in purifying the blood. Howover, as nine-tenths of people aro accustomed to breathe they aro not allowed to perform half theiy neces sary work ; and if, in addition to bad habits indulged through the day, while engaged inordinary indoor avo cations, a person sleeps in n room w ithout ventilation, the action of tho lungs becomoe so sluggish from tho roduoed amount of oxygen in the air, th a t with erory pulsation tho blood grows heavier, moro impure, and tbe natural result ia morning headaches, sleep t h a t brings no rest, and a fatigue of m ind as well as body that makos the facing of the daily duties a burden. —Dem orest’s Magazine. THE “ ELECm iC . O W L ” IN THE ORIENT. Miss Annie May Abbott, tbo Georgia girl whose prodigious feats of s trength created such a seusatiou ill this coun try a few years ago, aud gave her the name of “ The Electric M agnet,” isuow in China after having made a tour of Japau. Iu the lattor couutry tho strongest of the wrestlers were unable to lift her little body from tho floor, or even push her ovor, while with the tips of h e r fingors she neutralized their must vigorous efforts to raise other objects, wbiob, under ordinary cir cumstances, would have beeu the m erest trifio. Whou she placod her hand upou the arm of the champion wreatler he wns uuablo to lift au ordiuarv canu from a table. The J a p anese scientists, however, rep u diated the electrical theory which Miss A b b o tt’s manager usually suggests to the newspapers, and attributed her rem a rkable feat to hypnotic powers, claim ing that it was the foree of her will instead of the strength of her muscles that interfered with the aotion of those who aro engaged in the ex perim ents. In China she ia creating an even greater sensation, and the native scholars aocuso her ol receiving aid from suporhuman agencies. Such a feeling has been excited among tho literal that it is feared it mav have an unfortunate effect in stim u lating anti- foroign and anti-missionary prejudices. Chou Han. au educated Cbiuamau, writes to a Shanghai paper asking : “ Do not such exhibitions, as viewed by Chinese, fully corroborate what the natives havo alleged against m is sionaries possessing uncanny powers, and thereforo confirm them in tho bo- lief of the ability of foreign men and women to stupefy ohildren aud bring Queen Victoria bas five maids to at tend to her wardrobe and t o i l e t t e - three dressers aud two warfirobe wo men. The senior dresser is specially charged with all her royal mistress's shopping. Miss Clara Barton, President of tha Red Croat, was sixty-eight on Christ mas Day, bat sbe is still able to work more hours out of the twenty-four than most yonug women, or young men either. Berlin schoolgirls seem to bo grow ing very emancipated. They now.hav* their \salam anders,” or drinking bouts, just liko the university stu dents, but content themselves with coffee instead of beer. A Mrs. Humphroys, of New York, has been refused admission to the So ciety of Colonial Dames, though de scended from Benjamin Franklin, bo- causo his morals were not cousidorei\. all that thoy should havo been. Mrs. Ellen H e n rotin, Presidont of the Federation of W omen's Clubs, has been presented with a clinir and a gavel by tho womeu of T ennessee aud Georgia. The gavel is made of wood that grew on the Kcnesaw M ountain battlefield. Grand Ducbcss Mario Valerio, tha youngest daughter of Em peror Fraoois Joseph, has, according to a European rumor, a chance to become Empress of Austria upou the death of ber father. It ia aaid that tbo Em p e ror dosires to make ber his heiress. The first femalo lawyer has just hung out her shingle in Berlin, aud signifi cantly enough ehe is au American, Mrs. Emily Kernpin, form erly of New York. Her specialty will be looking after tho interests ot German clients in cases pending in American or Eug- lish courts. The most prom inent “ new woman” in Japan is Mms. Batoyama. Whon her husband was r u n n ing lor Parlia ment recently she took tho stump and mado sp e e e b C B iu bis behalf, an uii' precedentcd thing for it woman to do in Japan. Sho is now a teacher in au academy, of whioh her husband i , the prinoipal. FASHION NOTES. Silk sales aro the rule of tho hour. Somo table linen looks like flue lace. Black erepon promises to outdo silk iu popularity. Weo tots iu scarlet coats make the streets look gay. Barbario effects will be much in favor among passementeries. A hat with long satin streamers was seen at the theater lately. B um m crorgandiesiu black and white combinations are lovely. Tbe modernized poke bonnet is tbe uew model pur exccllenoc. India dimity looks shivery now, but it will bo all right iu J u n e . Tbo smart summer girl will have a white broadcloth tailor costume. A rattle lor the baby to be quite au fait must h ive solid silver haudltTaud bells. Narrow black satin ribbons add much to all gowus supposed to be up to date. Anything fluffy and becoming is worn is a ueck piccu by tbo up t •> date yonug woman. A returned foreign d ress goods buyer says that brocades in the silk nud wool combinations are tbo latest. Black beads interspersod with a few dots of color a 1a p o m padour mark tbe latest Parisian pissemontories. Not a fow bridesmaids carry, in ad dition to the indispensable bouquet, muffs mado ontircJv of flowers. Artificial roHes mixed with real fern or asparagus vine make an economical and dooeptivo table ceutcr piece. If you have a gown trimmod wilb steel put a lump ol camphor in it* folds and tbe steel will uot taruisb. Two-toned basket weaves of domes tic manufacture will be used for iuex pensive walking and traveling cos tumes. Push your hat well up in the baok, stuff 111 as mauy roses iu tbe space next your hair, and you will havo achieved tbe latest 1’urisian agouv. Embroidery is still a m ark of exclu sive elegance, particularly tbe superb them under their influence for good French work wrought iu special do or evil? Tho Ohineso will certainly j signB directly ou tho bodice, sleevoe conolude that if foreigners practice or skirt. this mystic power to make money they will do ao for tho far hi.'her object of gaining converts and saving souls. Natives who have witnessed Miss A b b o tt's powers will never be p e r suaded to believe that among m ission aries thero arc not both men aud wo men who possess the Bams power of rendering others subject to their will.\ —Chicago Record. OOSS1P. A g h o st in bloomers has a ppeared iu Alameda, Cal. Black and white striped and flow ered taffeta silk makes n handsome ad dition to a black dress for a matron, with white silk gimp laid over black velvet ribbon as a finish. The knitted jersey blouse so much worn when golfing, cycling, skating or taking any other form ot vigorous ex ercise is now made iu a score of dif ferent color< and patterns. Some of the sleeve puffs aro tucked their entire length, others aro slashed and finished with puffed insertions of . . . . . contrasting material, copying tbe pie ; O riginality ia t h e th i n g to be most Huguenot sleeve in style, n o u g h t after iast now in droaa. T. . . . . . . ' . ® ! It ih true that a great m a u r of the H a rdly a woman in the sm a rt set ooftt .Ftvlt,.d dcfelopm ents ncceuritatc but belongs to some literarv oiosa. . t ^ e |>)eutiful u#e of costly materials, Few luncheon# ordered by the up- but, on tho o ther band, this fashion of to-date woman are other ttyio sensible. fer« m*hiiy o p p o rtunities lor drcasinest | A Chicago woman killed herself be- , At small outlay, cause her husband did not like her The gown that is of good wool ma 19. “ And it eamo to pas# Ho waa alone praying Hi?* diaeiples were wit ti Hun. an 1 He asked th**ni, sivylug. Whom any tho people th a t I am ? \ It is pro->able that botween th e lost lotion nud th is v n are to thinic of tho foodlng of both tho 5000 an l tho 4000. HI# w a lking on th»» .•“'a nnd Hi1* vi«*lt to th e ooast of T y r e a n d Sldon. a n d now H« i# a w a y north n e a r <,a‘-*nr»»ii Pnillppl, o r P.m . He had !*een h e a ring from hom e a n d Rending word th ith e r —iu other word#. Ho h a 1 been pr t y in g —and then He ask** t hi.4*question, not that H e c a r o d what people th o u g h t o f Him or whom they th o u g h t H e was, but Ho wa* loading on to a eonfessioa from His disciple# for a purpose. If we to lerate a ran? a s to what people think or say of us o r have a n am b ition to havo a nam e am o n g m e n , we have not the s p ir it of Him w h o em p tied Himself for us an d m ado q iiU itlfw P - ^ W l fTSfltT^o. com ing he«w*\rH*r to he m inistered unto, but to mtnl#tor a n d to giro Hi# life a ransom for m a n y .\ The me#- #age of J e r e m iah to Uarueh ts alw ays fitting. “ S e e k e st.thou great thing# for thvaelf, seek :hcm no t\ ( P h il. ii.. 7. 8; Math, xx., 28; Jer. tlv ., 6). 19. \T h e y a n s w e ring said, J o h n tho B a p tist, but som e say E'laa, aud other# say th a t one of th e old prophet# la ritou a g a in .’* C o m pare verse# 7 a n d S. T o know G o d i# tho greatest th ing, but we cannot know God apart from Jesu s Christ (M a th, xl., 27). and when we th in k wo know Him we m ay well apply this w o n ! to oursolvea, “ If any m au thln k e th th a t he know eth anything, he know e th no th in g yet a s heTm g ht to know ” (I Cor. vlll., 2). At best we k now b u t In part uow; not t i l l then shall wo know a# we are known (I C o r. xiil., 9. 12). T h e n a tural m an cannot know th e thing# of God at all (I Cor. li., 14), b u t ev e n th e spiritual m au is oft- tim es so carn a l t h a t he c a n n o t discern s p ir it ual things. 20. “ He said unto thorn, But wh^m say ye th a t 1 a m ? Peter, answ e ring, said. Tho C h rist o f G o d ,’* o r as in Math. xvi.. 16; J o h n vi, 69. “ T h o C h rist, J h e Son of tho living G o d .” 3Iatthew aa)*# th a t Jesus replied to this, *‘B lessed art thou, Simon B a r-jona, for flo#h and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My F a th e r which is in H e a v e n .” It i? s u rely blessed to bo tau g h t of God for “ Who te a c h e th liko Him?” ( J o b xxxvl., 22.) Before J e s u a left Hi# d isciples He said th a t th e s p ir it w h o m Ho would tend w o u ld teaoh thorn all th in g s and guide them into all tru th (Jo h u xiv., 26; xvi., 13). 21. “ And Ho straltly charged them , an d com m a n d e d them to tell no man th a t th in g .” In 3Iath. x v i., 20, it is w ritten th a t He said th a t th e y w e re to tell no m an th a t Ho waa Jesus th e C h rist. In the beglnuiug of Hi# m inistry He said very plainly to th e w o m an of S a m a ria t h a t H e 'w a s tho C hrist ( J o h u iv., 25, 26), but now that they have rejected Him. tho next #lgn thnt Ho is tin* Christ will bo His resurrection from the dead. We will never know till it is too late how m u c h wo havo lost by uot simply believing HI# word. W e th u s grieved the snirit ami hinder Him from tellin g us w h at Ho would like to. If, on tho oth e r hand, we aro tilled w ith tho spirit, we s h a ll hear Hi# voice an d know when to be s till and when to speak. 22. “ S a y ing, The Sou ol Man m u s t suffer m a n y thing#, und be r e jected of tho eiders and chief priest# and scribe# ami be slain, aud bo raised th e th ir d day.” T h e re is ev i dently s o m e connection betw een this and H is forbidding them to say th a t He was th e C h rist. O u several different occasions Ho told thorn a# plainly as this th a t He m u st d ie and rise ag a i n th e thirvi day, but thoy re ceived i t not. They did not believe t h a t Ho m e a n t just w h a t He said, and they could not put an y o th e r m e aning upon H is w o rds, therefore th e y lost it all. 23. “ And He said to them all, If a n y m a n will com e a f te r Me, let him d e n y h im self a n d take up hi# c ross daily a n d follow Me.” Tho tru e C h ristian life is the C h rist life, th e life of J e s u s m a d e m anifest in our m o rtal il**sh ^ 11 C o r. iv., 1 0 . J l ) , uud thi.-v m e a n s til'* d y ing unto self, ulw ay, the constant reekonlug dead of t h t self life, tho old m a n , t h e .'aruul m ind w h ich m u st bo p u t off aud kept o f f ~ not put off a n d «»u os wo would o u r clothes. C h rist never lived unto H im self in nuy w ay. either as to H is will or His glory or H is pleasure (Jo h n vl., 38; vii., 50; Bom. xv., 3). To tak e up th o dross is uot to wear somo kind of a p r e tty cross, for thero is no such thin g as a p r e tty cross recognized in Scrip ture, but it is just to die coustautly to one’s own will aud way und pleasure. “ Not I, but C h rist.” 24. “ F o r w h o soever will save his life s h a ll lose it, but whosoever will lose ids life for My sake, t h e sam e shall save i t . ” O u r life m a y be said to be that whioh takes up our a tten tio n , which chiclly occupies our m inds and o u r tim e , th a t which interests us most. Wo have to engage in m a n y and varied form# of business, but e v en in these it m a y bo o u r m a in thought to glorify God, and th u s Go I a u d not business will he our life. We shall bo able to say, “ F o r me to live is C h r is t.” 25. “ F o r w h a t i# a man advantaged if he gain the whole w o rld and lose him self or bo cast a w a y ? ” L e t a m an livo for hi# business, o r his hom e, o r for pleasure, or fo r him self in auv way an d not receive C h rist, and he and ail his life will bo truly lost, for he th a t huth not t h e Son of God hath not life. Tho w o rd “ c a s taw a y ” in this verse is wholly dif ferent from th u t in 1 Cor. ix., 27. T h e re it re fers to s e rvice r e jected (sou B. V.), but here Me a n d My w o rds of him shall tho Son of Man bo a shainod when He Hhal! como In His own glory nnd in His F a ther’s, and of th e holy a n g e ls.\ Tho «>uo who prefers his own life to the daily dying to self certainly pre fer# self to C h rist and may bo said to be u#hain«*d of C h rist, rtu *h can havo uo nnrt in His kingdom . His com ing in glory hero referrod to Is H is com ing with His Faints (I The##, ill.. 13. Col. iii . 4). t i n y having pro. vloflsly met Him on His way (I Thess. iv., 16-18) a u d received their inward# aud posi tions in Ills kingdom . 27. “ But I toll you of a tru th there be som e s tanding hero which shall not tiifte of death till th«*y sen th e kingdom of G o d .” In asm u c h as in M a tthew , Mark nnd L u k u tlii* statem e n t is im m e d iately followed by the record of t h e transfiguration, that eveut wu# doubtless th e fulfilling of this stat \ m e n t. Josus w ith Moses aii iE lliah suggest th e Son of Man glorified, associated with all th e saint* both risen aud translated, and th e apostles sUggest J-r.iel in the flesh nil r ig h t eous. Huch w ill bo th e centre oi th e m illen nia) kingdom , a t th e clow of which sataa will be loosed an d then com p letely over th r o w n .—Lesson Helper. WILL RUN AT PHENOMENAL SPEED. cooking. M iss K ilty Reed, tbe Speaker'# uine t&m-year old daughter, is said to bo a great favorito in W ashington society terial, a dark shade au 1 ma le with skirt of full cut and perfectly plaiu, j with bodice tittiug clo.-ely, except foi . the invar able loose or open effect, Mrs. J u lia W arJ Howo will deliver a c in Q o t ,“ l *° b e 6 ,M>»b «U'I effectiv e . le£tnre in Syracuse, N. Y., on “ P sonol Reminiscences of tbe New Hug- land Poets.\ Mr#. Sarah F. Dick, cashier of the F irst National Rank of H u n tington, Ind., is one of the most succeaaful financier# in that State, Mias Agnes Bell# Steele, daughter of Mayor Steele, of Helena, Montana, A P r o f e s s o r ’s C a r e lo r lli** Rook#. O n e of M a in e 's r e m a r k a b l y g i f i e d w o r k e r s a n d i n t e r e t t i u g c h a r a c t e r # w as t h e la t e P r o f e a s o r D a n i e l 8 . T a l- c o t t , of B a n g o r T h e o l o g i c a l S e m i n a r y , w h o d i e d la - t w e e k . It ia said th a t v e r y few m e n in o u r S t a t e h a d su c h a M m o u • Ajtvoic, M v u i a u a , w ide rftdwe o f c u 1 1 u r e . In h i s l i b r a r v , r h r i s t e u e d th e new g u n b o a t C i t v o f . , , . . , , , ’ u v ; t h e p r i d e o f h is life , w e r e book*? t u H e l e n a a t N e w p o r t New#. i «#* . * i 1 fifteen or twenty language?1, with Mr#. ( a tberm e Parr fraill, the only which h< was familiar It is a couch* liviug aister of A*ne* StrieklauJ, dow : lng fact tbat, wh,.„ bl. m in,i first |,e. in her niaety-thirJ y«ar. u one of ti»c gan to w a v r (» ieo week* sin c e ) it W am a te u r nAtnr.Iwt. in C anada. | lUeU first IU fcj, *oiioitude ieat j Mis* Emma Bate*, the uew e d itor of I118 dear book* *hou!J B u ffer from the t W e .tern Womanhood, tbe or^an of the severity of the weatuer, a n d it wa* ia j Western* suffragist*, t> said to be au p e r.u tin z to build a tire in the library C r o a t T h i n g * H s |io r to < l o f N o w W a a liln g - t o n - l l a l t l i n o r e F .lec tr lo T r a i n s . A c o n tra'* has Just been aw a rded to the W estinghouao Com p any, of P ittsburg, for the **leetrical e q u ipm e n t of tho new railw a y between W a s h ington and Baltim ore. T h e contract provides th a t the m a c h inery fu rn ished s h a ll send t h e express trains between W a»hingtnu an d B altim o re at a speed of sixty m iles an hour. T rains will f>e run every half hour. The e q u ipm e n t is to com p rise eight 700- kilow att generators, sw itchboard# nnd pau- els. The first generator in each -powor- house is to be ready for operation by May 15. The “ b o o tler” sy s teu has been adopted I for the oper ation of th e plautH With tbo excep tion of a com p a ratively sm all portion of th»* road, th e ro u te lies through a level oountry, and it t# e x p e c ted the trains will m ake phe nom e n a l #p'*c 1. No railroad grade crossing? are mad** on any part of the Hue. The ftingle tro lley w ith feed wires will be em ployed, but a r»\W method *.f MHpenaiou will be used for th« purj <>•*« of K e e n in g the danger of th e tro lley wheel Jum p ing off th e By J n n e l th e ' road w ill, it is e x p ected, ts* in operation betw een Baltimore and Elli- cntt City, and tw o months later between W a shington and Baltimore. WIND MADE MANY SNOWBALLS. und' A curtou H a rtford. ( Wil i tin e on O b ir rv o * ! •f T r i n i t y C o l leg e . phene >h1. at i h ig h exceptionally clever aud forcible writer. Mr#. Cbilton. wife of the Texas Senator, l# a tall an l etriainglv baud- ,VI , , .ome brunette, . typical well-bred “ i b ‘8 d e .tb -I.eniB ton (Me.) Journal tem porarily unuat-J) oa one of the most inclement davn of the season, tor their benefit a n i comfort, tnar ne took tbe cold winch was the occasiou S o u t h e r n w o m a n to* to*. M rs. J o t , o f M io a o u n , is very domestic ran # i# begioa.Dt to restore her old { noted . charcoM. The first building to be among the Representatives' wires m taken in hand is tbe historic Notre W ashington for her exquisite toate ;n Dame de§ Victories, dating from tbe jreee aud her cuarmiug social aecoui- fourteenth century, which is fall of oU * h u te£U » - p r e c i o u s a n c i t & t m o n a m t A U . iltlng from and a slight fall of moist i art icy surface. Th« wind caught tho snow a n i rolled it u p into th o u sands of snow b a lls. Hundn* i i of l« iis w*»r** w h irled up and ►**nt robing al ug, gat In-ring anow at 4-acb tu r n and eoqb leaving Its m a n te l trail behind, i he wi<i* slope of lau-l surrounding T r in ity College was one n.*i 1 o f r iltog snowball*. Dr. Mumuet H a rt thus de s c r i b e th® p b e u >menoo “ T lie ro tary wind flaw eafck**» ifae hdow and roll# it up like a muff lo cylindrical f*-rtn. M x t that I saw were about eight laches wide a n d eight inches in diam e ter, holicw rd at the tw o ends. They are in effect tria n g i « cf snow rolled up on the vortex. T h e sam e phenom e n o n oecurrad about tw e lve year* ago Some of the w ind-m a l? snow b alls w ere as U rge as half bair®*#- a s h r s t o 0 * 1 t o f p a 1!. A Chicago m a u has been doing i thriving t»T:-tntos buying th e h<»ads of foxes and w ivee from New York fu r r te n and ahiprang tie m into Kta'e* of the N o rtbw tot, w*hb*b pav big bounties lor lb® tooipa of sack anim als. A QUEER MONUMENT. W ill Be Ihe T a llest M o n u m e n t In a F a m ily P int In A m e rica. O n s of th e mo#t unique m o n u m e n t# in any cem etery in this oountry i# uow being placed in position In Greenw.xwl C e m e tery. B rook lyn. This rem a rkable grav e m a r k is sixty- five feet high, and is said to bo th e highest m o n u m e n t in a fam ily plot in America. It 1-« i fac sim ile of a fam o u s E g y p tian obelisk, and intere#ting features w h ich will m a r k the m em o rial will be Its golden top. Visible for mile# around, am i th e Inscription. Two sides of the pedestal, s a y s t h e New York Tim es, are to bear ih e nam e of th e owner. M illionaire Jo h n Stotnme, of thi# city, in F.nglish, ami th e rem a ining side# will have Mr. Stem me*# nam e in hieroglyphic#, which w ill n»» doubt cause niu^h wonderm e n t am*»ng th e thousand# who visit the ceme tery. It take# fourteen different characters to represent Mr. Stem m e ’s nam e , and it Is said th a t the m illionaire spent m a n y w e a ry w***- hu n tin g for a brainy m an w ho was bob! A c HIOI1KBT ORAVKMAUK IN AMKR1CA. enough to undertake the task of translating th e nam e J o h n Sternme Into Egyptian. Mr. Bterame Is reported a# saying th a t th e re nrt> only two men in th e country who oould suc cessfully perform tho work, an d one of ihe tw o , a Oolumblft College professor, did It in a thoroughly satisfactory m a n n e r. The hieroglyphic#, like the nam e tn English, a re cut out of the granite pedestal. Mr. Stemmo’s m o n u m e n t is -claim ed to be th e largest single piece of g r a n ite ever quarried in this country. It weighed in the rough 150,000 p o u nds, and in th e e u t ti u g . as is generally the case, it lost a b o u t one-third, so th a t the finished s p ire now weighs 100,0d » pounds. This goes on a g r a u it e pedestal eleven feet b ! x inches square, also cut out of a solid block. Tho spire of th e obelisk Is fifty-four feet h i g h la n d m e a s u res four feet sq u a r e at the base, gradually t a p e r in g to the golden crown ftt the top. Accord log to Charles E. T a y n tor, who dertook the delicate tusk of cu ttin g tbe obe lisk at hi9 quarries, nt B a rre, V t.. one hun- c n era MR. htkmmr ' s NAME IN UIKaOOI.YrBUA. dred persona stood on o n e side of th e obollalt aa It lay in th e quarry before shipm e n t M th is city, Mr. Tavntor has th e only derrlc?! in Am erica large enough to han d le a single pleen of g ranite w e ighing over 150,frt)l pounds. It took six month# to cut th i spire of tb e obelisk, and th r e e cars had to b\ built spool ally to transport It to New Yorli Oily. _________________________ SMASHED THE BUSINESS. C ltlxent M ake a Bonfire of u Soulli D a k o ta Newspaper (In*lit. At M itchell, South D a k o ta , Hie entire Mail outfit, paper, presses, typo, and o th e r prop erty bolougiug to a long-established news paper, was takeu into tb e street and burned by business men. The type was m elted, the woodwork went tin ia Rnioke, an d th e Iron presses were sm ashed into hundred of pieces. T h is a c t is auoi h e r c h a p ter in th e tragedy ol th is p a p e r’s e d itor, B. H. McBrido. A story ol b lasted hopes, ruined lives, a n d . It is said, m a lignant efforts to ruin a business is mixed up in the case. T h e edito r had n'satlcd prom inent people aud the m a n a g e m e n t ol public institution*. Jo h n D Law ler. P r e s e n t of th e First Na tio n a l Bank, was the husband of McBride'? divorced wife’# slater. M cBride attribute*, his fam ily troubles t<> the banker a n d hagai * system a tic attem p t tn dlHcredit t h e in s titu tion. Every week's Issue c o n tained allusion to th e bank am i it# President based on false hood, but appearing in such a m a n n e r that no a -tlon nt law ciu l d be taken against tin editor. T h e career of McBride did not e x c ite great resentm e n t am o n g the people u n til th e news cam e th a t John D. Law ler had nuddenly died of apoplexy in Sioux City, w h ither lie bad gone on business. Tho full force of M cBride's long-continued abuse then cam e home to th e citizen# and they resolved to rid th e tow n *»f th* editor. A m e eting of the forem o st citizen- whs held, and hs h result a com m ittee called upon McBride and inform ed him th a t they lmd come to buy his outfit, w ith th e further proviso that he would have to leave the towu. McBride avsentod to the proposition, and said th a t he would (ell the nlant to the citi zens At the appointed tim e th e I’ttlzsns ••ailed on McBrido. but in th e m e a n tim e he to* ! been bolstered up b y som e of hi# friends, au d lie purposely g >t o u t of reach of the com m ittee. Th*- fritter appointed one of th e ir num b e r to become M cBride's agent, gave him sufficient inouey to pay for the plaut, auil then proeceded to destroy tbe whole outfit C a l i f o r n i a C l a n “ Ben” Brown, who tr ountry with eirensc**, >rrru gi|<ut. wa** inur ) ni r »b!*ed at no* JAM is he .ffin e , J Till* N it IOII4* I it G .' and rh « ' hii bidding of the Unite 1 State- ,md C a n a d a 1 ro y o d b> -.1 in m a te B o t h ’ In c in e r a ted , g house of Peter Aogle w u fire a t Be v e r y . O h io, and the Mr. and Mrs. Angle, who lerffcbC'J in m e flume* The ieh the fire originated I*. ,beery is ih ii Mr*. Anglo got flatiron, and. g e tting it too igulte-l th e bod «*lothing. A uud near where th e bed stood, r Mighty years old. <»r«Mt B r i t a i n ta I-#»»» K j r p t . ft i# a g a in reported th a t negotiations be- tw e en England an l F rance for th e wvacun tion of Egypt by the form or have been | oj*ened Mainn Gun* on m T r i e j r l e . Iiirnru Maxim has fitted to a tricycio * tna •hioe, with tw o Maxim guns, each w eighing t wenty-five pound#, and capable o f firin g aix n u n a r e d snots per m inute, Each m aifilne -u r n e s a thousand round# of am m u n ition. Mr. Maxim sav# that he is -upplvm g these arm e d tricycles to som e of tb e E u ropean oration f. r ent F lo o d s « n iir a n d C a a a r y Is l a n d . Advices from Las Palm as, G r a n d Canary, ■bow th a t disastrous flood® b a r e occurred in th a t inland. de*ro y io g b o a e e a n e d t taiona. •lemroyiug nous— nnd crone a—I THE N E W S EPITOMIZED: W a s h i n g t o n Item s . ' Penstor Squire, C h a irm a n o t tb e R enata Com m ittee on F o rtiflcattons, subm itted th e I report of t h a t C o m m ittee on tb® bill before to th e Senate. T h e bill propose# no a p propriation of $80,000.(00, ol w h ich iHLOOO,- 900 would be av a ilab le durin g th # rest of .hi# fiscal year an d th e w h ole of tb e next :me, a n d flu , 000,000 a year w o u ld be avail able th e r e a fter for seven years, The resolution* censoring A m b a fsador Bayard for t h e uttem u c a s oowtat»*Hl in his late speech*#J.ix E d inburgh, Scotland, an d Boston. E n g land, whioh wore adopted sev eral week# a g o by tho H o u se F o reign Af- *air# Com m ittee. Were report©d to th e H o u se oy C h a irm an H itt, Senator M o rgan finished hi# three-d a y •peeoh in th** Senate regarding tho reo*»g- uitiou of Cuban belligerency. The House passed th e D ingley bill lo ex- 'crm in a te t h e Ala#kau fur weal herd® In cose « m o d u s v|\ ondi cannot I h * c o n c luded wit It Hussta, England au • J a p a n o r auy of them for tho protection of tbe seals ponding th a idoption of pro p e r a n d effective regulatlcfltt by th e countries Interested. Congressm an Jo h u K. O w e n (D e tn.), nt1 B altim o re, resigned from th e B a n k ing and C u rrency Com m ittee, nnd. It was a n n o u n c e d , he g p n l d also r e tire from th e Hotted President C leveland left W ashington, and spent tho day at W ide w a ter, Va., shooting ducks. In th e S e n a te t h e bill granting a pension of flflO a m o n th t o th e widow of the late Secretary of S tate, W alter Q. G resham , a# B rigadier-G e n e ral, was passed. The H o u se, in C o m m ittee of th e Whole, de- c ld e d th a t no m o n ey should be a p p ropriate.I fo r s e c tarian Ind ian schools. Oroat a c tiv ity has been displayed by Na tional bank# tn th e last few weeks in taking out additional circulation. Tho new bonds form th e basis of tho increased circulation. AU th e bond# of defaulting bidders, am o u n ting to about $4,700,000, w ere aw a rd ed to tho M o rgan syndicate bv Seeretary Carlisle. The D iplom a tic an d C o n sular A p p ropria tion bill was passed iu tho Senate; Mr. Hill criticised tem p e rance reform ers for s e n d ing petition# to Cougrem . D o m estic. The Kansas City (M o.) B o ard of T rade paused resolution# requesting Congress to recognize the belligerency of th e Cuban in surgents, d e c la re tho independence o f Cubans and gran t them m u teriul aid. C.tides of th e resolutions w ill bo sent to each m e m b er ol th e Senate a n d House. Thom a s Vnrker, of New York C ity, for m a n y y e a n a p a r tn e r in the firm of Lord Jk T a y lor, c o m m itted s u icide •jy s h o o ting him self in th e r ight tem p le. He w as insane. At W altorboro, 8. C., tho trial o f D r. W. B. Ackerm an, a w h ite physician, an d f o u r as sociates, for w h ipping to d e a th a c o lored m a n and w o m an for t n e alleged offense of steal ing n Bible from a church, term inated in a von!let of a o q u lttal. Tho New York. Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad was sold in Now York Cliv for $10,- 000,000, a u d w ill bo d eeded to tho E rie. Mi#9 Eva B o o th, daughter of G e n e ral Booth, of th e S a lvation Army, th e new American Com m issioner, took charge in New York City of tho force# iu this oountrv. The m o vem ent of io* in th e Mississippi carried out 180 feet of th e draw span of th e G o v e rnm e n t bridge at E a v e n p o rt, Iow a , which was W p p o rtod by tre.stle-work w h ile undergoing repairs. No one wu# hurt. Receipts of grain a t th e Port of New York for foreign Hhlntm-nt fell off eighty per cen*. as a result of differential rates by th e tru n k line pool. r Secretary of th e T reasury J o h n G. C a rlisle was honored w ith a reception by tho M a n h a ttan Club in New York City. U rsula H a u g h , e ighty-five year# of a g e , a t one tim e n Hister o f C h a rity in I r e land, w as killed by a Lehigh Valley passenger tra in a t th e L o u isiana s treet crossing in Buffalo, N. Y. 8he a ttem p ted to cross th e street a h e r th o safety gate# hnd been lowered, and was rundow n by tho train . She oamo to this country tw e n ty-six years a^o. The Rev. F. C. Egglestou, colored, ha# been elected School Com m issioner of the E leventh W ard, Baltim o re, Md. He is th e first colored m a n w ho has ever servsd as School C o m m issioner there. Sam u e l Monoll, of Bloom lngburg, N. Y.. lay down at the cntrnnon of the O u tario nud W estern tunnel a* t h a t place, a n d n e x t m o rn ing he was found frozen to death. Com m audor nnd Mrs. Booth announced th a t thoy intended for tho tim e being to re tire to private lib*. Tho funoral of Genoral Runyon, late United Htute# A m b assador to B e rlin, was held tu Nowark, N. J . Resolutions urg in g Congress to take steps to secure perm a n e n t international arb t'ra- tion were adopted by the Assembly in Al bany, N. Y. Secretary of tho T reasury Carlisle held a conference In tho Fifth Avonun H o tel, New York City, w ith financier# to talk over th e sound currency m o v e m e n t. In tbo evening Secretary Carii#lo w as banquetod a t th e M e tropolitan Club, C. C. Baldwin Iming th e host nnd J. P. M o rgan one of the guest*. C a p tain J. H. M o rgan aud Ju linn Brace, of B runsw ick; T. A. Legress, of Salisbury; O. W. M o rebead, of T rip ct, nnd T. J. Kelly, uf Licncxx, Mo., left St. Louis, M o ., for the gold fields of Venezuela. H e n ry C. Bowen, th e founder an d sole ow n e r o f t h e Independent, nnd one of the noted figure# in tho fam o us B e e cher-Ttltou trial, died in Brooklyn, a ged eighty years. Ex-G o v o rnor Robinson died after a long sloknoM at Chloopee, Man#. There were pres ent nt hi# d e a th tn e m em b ers of th e fam ily. G eorge D e x ter Robinson wm boro lo L e x ington, Mass., on J a n u a r y 20,1634. The C o n federate M useum at Richm o n d , Va., was dedicated. The body of T h e o d o re Runyon, laie Arn- imsHAdor to G vrm auy, arrived at t a e P o r t of New York on th e steam s h ip Havel. C o u n terfeiter Brock wav and his eon- federate#. Mrs. Sm ith an d W agner, wero found guilty by n J u ry in Treutou, N. J. A. B. W illiams, late cashier of th e Traders* N ational Bank, Scranton, Penn.- w a s ar rested, oharged w ith em b e z z ling $ 86 , 00 $ of th e bank’s fund*. H e gave $16,000 ball. A fierce b lizzard interfarrad with railway traffic in N o rthern N ew York. T h e house, barns an d outbuildings, to gether w ith cattle, a horse an d swlojr, ow n e d by W u rren Carloton, a t C o rinth Centre, Vt., w ere destroyed by fire, a n d Mr, C a rleton, seventy years old, and h i i grand son, four years old, w e re burned to death. Secretary C a rlisle, a* w itness lu tb e Broek- way counterfeiting cose Mt Trenton, N. J , denied having au thorized any one to nee the d istinctive paper a t th e Ann street house. E d g a r W. Nye. w idely know n as “ Bill’* Nye, th e hum o rist, w as stricken with apo- plexy at bis hom e n e a r Asheville, N. t \ Ex- G o v e rnor O e o rge D. Robinson, of Chloopee, Mass.. wa# also s tricken with apoplexy. T h e n«w M ining Exchange for th e lin ing and selling of C o lorado m ining securltl w was opened in New York City with appro priate dxtrcjsc*. F o r e i g n N o i m . From th e com p lexion of the Budget Com m u tes sleeted by th e French Cham b e r. I* was show n th a t a large m a jority of t.ie Dep ot ier were not In favor oi the incom e tu': proposals. Advices from H o n g Kong. C h ins, sh >w th a t tbe Bubonic disease which ravaged yin native q u a rter o l tl »• rn * Urn* ago, *»#'• reappeared T h e re have l*vn num e rous 1 deaths. A d espatch from Btreno* Ayres says I W th e officials of Ihe A rgentic* Republic esti m ate tb* wheat c rop at N ixty-flvsjier c e n t, of thatoflH P S , nnd add th a t 400,000 tons are exportable. It is reported from P a ris, through d o u b tful sources, (hat th e French and Br-iziliaua havo fought a b a t t'e in t h e disputed territo ry b - yond t b e G u iana frontlur. M. J . D e B u r lct, P r im e M inister. M inister of th e In terio r an d M ininler of Instruction of B elgium , ha# resigned. T h ree Russian naval offlcors, who were d*teeted m a k ing sketchu* of (he forts at H o n g Kong. C h ins, w re e r r e d e d aud fine I. Terrible distress is said lo Is* nrevailiug am o n g th# A rm enian refuge** in Zeltoou. The large d raj *er y establish ment of Hi or-* Brother®, in Jobann<*»hiirg, S o u th African Republic, has been destroyed by tire. The lose is $976,000. T b e Italian G o v e rnm e n t has appointed L ieutenant-G e n e ral L u igi R o llout (fomauux- der-ln-C'blef of th e Arm y lu Abyssinia. N icaragua north or M anagua I# In aniftf* against Zeiaya. T b e French C h a m b e r of D e p u ties reaf firmed confidence tn tb** Kvth-ai M tntstri. Tbe French fceuat* voted, |H4 to MO, to cease ite w a rfare ou t h e Bourgeois M inistry rat h e r than im p e ril (be Republic Venezuela's CongreHi m et nt C a racas for w h a t wa# declared in ep*—*-hes so be tin? mi«et im p o rtant seeaton it U m ever held. Preeide.it Faure, of Praa-**-. rnerived G e n eral D c c b reae, th e eo-nm sa i r r of th e Mada gascar expedition, w h o he# Just re u m o d . The Pi eat d e n t h e a r tily felicitated th e gen eral upon his o- biev«*n»eot In addin oos page to th e n i h t s r y history f* Robert Fib
