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- — I t I M •N M i) REVIEW. - M l U w i Krarj frldav Morales at FREEPOST, Q 0 E E I8 OOtJHTY, S. T C H A D U S O. SMITH. Proprietor. ANORKW J. MAC LEAN. Editor. ion mi mi ranea m cvrm p in ----- Attractive u d Artistic Style AT TIB REVIEW OFFICE by Power Prism . i P I N O L E C O P I E S , F I V E C E N T ! * . A FAMILY JSKWSI’AI’ER OF LOCAL A M ) GENERAL INTELLIGENT K. TER M ? : 12.00 YEARLY A D VARC*. VOL. I. F E EE PORT, N. Y., FR ID A Y . MARCH 13, 189(5. NO. 19. C c r a c a iron now finds ita way into India, A a stralia, South America and •ven G reat Britain. V ital atatistiea of M raraohosetts show th a t in th a t State women ar« mnch longer lived than men. The statem e n t' that tbe popnlation Of Kan—s to-day ia 100,000 le— than 11 was in 1800 is p robably within tbe trntb. __________ K a n ins, floods and rebellion in Chiag. it ia — tim ated by the Her. Tim o thy Iticfaards, ran— tbe death of fl,000,000 annually. |{ isaaid t h a t the fee, ol tbe U nited Stat— M arshal of Oklahoma l u t year a—onnted to 0250 , 000 . That offloe it . fl— t i n — — good as the Presidency. Baker Connty, one of the most fer tile e o n n ti— in Georgia, h— no rail road, telegraph or telephone lin— in ite borders, and it b— no newspaper. A a barp observer notes that unm ar ried women will never own *to more than twenty-two, and marriageable man make a sticking point of thirty- three. Charles Dudley W arner —ye tbat New yTork could better afford to board nil its c rim inals at a hotel a t fl 8 a day than to m aintain ita present system of treating them. ticca t b s t “ when • woman takes up k>- • j / literary pnranite tha number of ecuued goods on her grocery bill steadily in- v». m The Bev. Dr. Alioe K. W right, who ia tha p—to r of a Universal Chnrch in Brooklyn, l)ta fired up a new m a r riage service, in whioh tbe c o n tracting parties t o w to live faithfully together “ u n til tbo death of love do as p a rt.\ Edw ard Simmons, tbo artist who designed tlio deoorationa for tbe new ' Criminal C o a rt bnilding in Now York City, rejeots the Ides of blind jastice, end has depleted that deity with both •y— open, holding her soales in one hand and the American flog in the other. _____________________ Armenia, whioh is now playing bo Im p o rtant n port in tbe polities of the world, ia an indefinite extent of oonn' try—HI boundaries being varionely estimated to oontaln nil the way from 00,000 to 150,000 square miles. P a rt of i t is in Asiatic Terkoy and part in Russia a n d Persia. The Boers of tho Traneraal, who M *o often boen aoou—d of oruelty b; battle of Krugeredorp, every Boer helping the prisoners o nt of the aoauty store in his haversaok when the fight ing w— over. This aet, stat— tbe New York Ob—rver, w— in porananoe of nn old e os tom of tho Boers, which they have followed in all their wars against w h ites or blacks. ■The Chioago Times-Herald thinks some uniform ity should be introduced ia tho pronunciation of Iowa. It it varionely spoken in Congress. “ I-ow eh,\ “ I-owey” and \I-ow y ,\ with the aocsnt on tha first syllable; •T-o-wy\ a n d “ I-o-way,\ with the so- oent on tbo second syllable, and \i-n-w a y ,” with the aeoont on the th ir d syllable. None of these ia oor- n o t . Senators Allison and Gear and th# m embers o t the Iowa delegation ’ agree the! “ I-o-weh,\ with e little ac cent on Ihe first eud emph—is on the final syllable ie the only right thing. The oonferenoe of m utual aooident insurmaoe oompauiea of the United Btetes, whioh assembled in Boston re- easily to disen— the bieyele rider ar an aooident risk, has finished ita de liberation.. Tha results a— disastrous to t h t bioyele riders. Tbo following —eolations we— nnanimoaely passed: \Baaolvad That the n— o f the bicycle ahoald bo oovered by additional cost or n —duotion of the amount of death and indem n ity benefits, end it is reo- ommended th a t this be proTided for by either of tbe following m e thods: 1. The a d e q u ate increase of premiums to cover tbe added risk ; or, 2 . The ole—iflcatioB, a n ooeupation of bioyolo Hde— in e class twice — h asardous — th e preferred risk. 8 . Tbat benefits hy aeoidcnta by bicyole riding bo RBMifleally —duead. 4. The iuolud- iag ot bieyoliag under the polioi— to he oovered only by apeoifie p e rm its at an ext— prem ium .’' Tbe next thing to oome, suggests the New Orleans Picayune, may be the refuse I of life iasaranoe oompanees to take risks on the Uv— o f bieyele riders. Perhaps the most carious ineideni growing o a t of opposition to railway Monopoly ia fonnd op in Minnesota. A farm er named Hines, who owned nothing in th e world but e quarter section of mortgaged lead end e spav ined team of horses, suddenly conclud ed that the e o n n try was b eing rniusd by railroads, and th a t the farmers most bnild n road of their own. He started onL The farm ers did not have spy Money w ith which to enbacriba for Meek, but they pledged go many days’ work o n the rood. Others made e g ift of the right of way. Still other* went into the woods and eat oat the ties. Parm e r H ia— wa* much ridiculed when be M erted his agrioollural road, but hehM stuck manfully to hia took, and now the eheae— e ra the roa.l will l>« ac tually b n i lt He has 150 miles of right of way, pledges forth* sertnwork, ti— enough to eover the line, end it now in New York eagt t j-liag bond; for tbe n i l s end rolling stock. Tbe road Will r u n (or P u lath nest through the Bed Bi—r Valley into N orth De n y e new section of T h a t is whet aa Ass—lean t w ith a spavined ten— end faith I b U m m U m A f vjhM hn m M abont a M Y L I I T L B W O R L D . Ify little w o rld—It lies' aw ay 9’ at meadows m usical w ith MAy, Past pleasant fields w h e re w ild doves w ing tn d birds breast-deep In blossom s sins* And m o rning glories o llm b and c ling. And th e r e love’s banners are u n furled j I«ovo relgneth o’er my little w orld. I p r a y you, m a rk In fields a n d glens T h e c u rly-headed citizens! On evejy brow th e m o rning glows, And e v e ry pattering footstep know s T h e w ay to w h ite realm s of th e ros '! Aud s till th e ir steps, w h ere’e r they b?, H a k e pathw a y s to th e heart o f mo. A n d lo! In fireside lights serene H e r gracious m ajesty, th e queen! She w e are:h love’s own diadem ; H e r gentle hands no jewels gem , B u t love bends low nndJH sses them . Sw e e theart a n d m o thor—fn e n d an i wife, Q u e e n of my world and of m y life! P a r e w ith me to my little world! T h e sleepy c itizens are cur!ed And cuddled now in snowy cots; T h e tw ilight 6 hades the garden plots, B u t not these sweet forget-m e -nots! F o r they a rc sm iling In tholr d ream s, And on my w o rld tho m o rning beams! F a r e w ith me to ray w o rld, an d rpat T h e r e w h ere the Love Is s w e e test—best; • No shadow s dim Its w alls of light, No c louds drift o’er Its room ing brig h t Whoso rosy rays brin g heaven in sight! E n te r from thorny ways and sad, And kiss the Queen’9 h a n d , and be glad! — F. L. Stanton,In Chicago Tlraea-H e rald. AN AVERAGE MAN, , OTTER wav in love with tho pretty girl who waa stay ing with M r s Chaso on M inctta s t r e e t , aud he hardly knew what to do a b o u t it. He thought th a t this waa hia first at tack. Indeed, he felt sure it waa. He reasoned to himsolf tb a t the others could huvo been nothing bnt fancies, because ho had not been so anxionaly careful to conservo his attitude toward them. H e had not lain awake at night won dering how he could pay them atten tions which they would accept aa lead ing np to aorious things, without at tracting the notioe of hia sister-in -law, and inviting tho consequent r a in of his hopes. Cottor coaid not tell wbst tactics his siBter-in-law employed to keep hftn (till a widower, b n t ho knew they wero cfficncloua. She never said anything to him ; she employed herBelf entirely with the pArty of the second part. Any nnmber of times in the years since be began to “ tako notice,” he bad seen girls whom he had fonnd ckarmiqg, and who had d i s p l a y s just th a t piquant spioe of consciousness, when in his vicinity, which can sometimes add twenty per cent, to the value of a pretty faoe. One a t a time had filled him with an emo tion whioh he eailsd interest. One an interview with his ■ister-in-law. And now th a t ho was— as he told himself—honestly in love a t 1 —I, he lay awake nights thinking of ways in which he could lead ap to a declaration and yet leave Mrs. Shears in ignorance. If any man h s s tried to keep a se cret la a town of ten thousand inhabi tants, he knows how hopoless a task Cotter had before him. It may soand strange to say that Cotter had never been in love before, although he ha 1 had a wife; b a t it only sounds so becauso it is an uncon ventional thing to put on paper. He had married at twenty-three—or, more properly npoukingjkad been mar ried, being passive in the m atter. He had been a lanky, rather sby young man who had never hail a homo in his life, and who know nothing of the ways of women. Ho was a serious fellow, to whom vnlgar dissipa tion meant nothing as a tem p tation, and who laoked the vanity to read the innocent advances of young girls. So until be met M in Clinch h e had h a rdly known a woman. She was thirty, •mall, oompacf, with carls, sympathy, a lisp, and arched eyebrows that gave her au expression of childish wonder. She treated Cotter os though he were heed end shoulders above any other m a n ; and the sensation being new to h it simple heart, he drank it in like a sponge. M m Clinch, nnder her semblance of yontb, waa wearily rominding her self that it waa “ now or never.” Her oharme had never been those th a t ap pealed to m aturity. Men liko young girls, bnt they like them in a natural state of b ad, giving p romise of luxuri ant bloom ; uot aa stunted little rosea. At thirty, with Mias Clinch, it waa a boy or nobody, and Cotter was a t her hand. Heaven knows, hia conquest woe easy I She m arried him in lese than six m o u ths; before auother year she was dead, having done C o tter no partioular hkrm, and leaving a not un pleasant fading memory behind her. It ie a wifo provision ol nature which makes so many men the vic tim s uf a youthful passion for a wo man older than themselves. She edu cates them, keeps them free from en- tenglem eutr, and lets them go, with open eyes aud their eye teeth cut en tirely through ; but iu the freemasonry of fem ininity the older woman who m arried tbe boy is a traitor and a \o a t,” and when the inevitable ar rives, and the boy, grown a man, re alises tbat he hae been tricked ont of the prixe of life, she (jets the scorn instead of the sympathy ot her sex. No warning in the Book of Proverbs it bad enough to fit her fate. Bnt happily Mrs. Cotter UieJ, leaving— less fortunately—tbe legacy of a sis ter-in-law to keep her memory green. Mr*. Shears, wbo bad beeu the eld est Mira Clinch, was a power in the community. She managed all the chnrch (airs and mothers’ meetings. H e r rather aggressive nose was carried trium p h a n tly, not only into, but through, the affairs of everybody, and C o tter waa hy do means least in ber regard. She always spoke of him as “ my brother, Mr. Cotter, ’ and took credit for his prominence. In the^ fifteen year* between twenty-four and thirty-nine, he bad never been able to throw off her yoke. He had established meek little Mr. Shears in hia bank—for Cotter haa grown rich in those jaw ing years—and was edu- | eating her boys, taking upon himself the good nstured obligations of s •brother. And Mrs. Shears exercised her sisterly prerogative by keeping btm from marrying again. “ I f I only knew what sue raid io them I” Cotter said as be doubled his pillow under his hot bead, and looked through the maples a t the lady moon ■ailing by his winJow. “ I ’ll ask Lucy H itt I\ And then ha close 1 hia eye* sad went to sleep. Now there ie a n u n w r i t t e n law in OMrkaoaville that no men shall onll on a m arried womat^fclonc, and that no m arried man shall call at all. Wheu in the course of hntnan eveuta it be comes necessary for a oitizen to ring a neighbor's door bell, the person who nutiwe 8 it stands in the door with an inquiring air, waiting to bo told tho caller's bnsiness. That it m ight bo social in character iB o u t ol tho ques tion. So Cotter had to wait two or throe days before ho saw Lucy Hitt. Mrs. H itt waa a widow in tho lout stages of mourning ; and if Colter had ailed at her home, every woman on tho block would bave put on her bon net and gcno to tell her most distant kin the delicious piece of news. Cot ter was the handsomest and richest man in town, and his lightest move was full of meaning. In tho moan time, flip pretty girl had been walking and driving with every eligiblo in town. Tho Clarksonvillo library was partly supported by charity. As thero were not enough subscribers to keep it go ing, the Indies of the town took tnrns in acting as librarian, and fortnnatoly Mrs. H itt's day was n o t long in coming. Cotter went up tho rickety stairs which led to tbe abode of culture, with a year’s subscription in hia hand, ami sat down opposite Mrs. H itt nt the green magazino table, where he could look fall into her face. It was a prot- tv, pleasant faoe to look iuto, with little fluffy tendrils of red gold hair pushed behind the small cars, nud a mouth which hnd no severity of lines. “ What can I givo you?” she asked politely, when sho ha I entered his name in tho hook. “ Will you have ’Art in Lace M aking,’ or Lombroso's ‘Femalo Offender’? Those are our new hooks. Sally Rico wanted to read one, and Dr. Smith tho other, as they are Btockholdora—” Sho waved hor hand expressively. \ I don't want anything to read. I want to know what Mrs. Hheare says to a girl to make her give mo tho cold cut.\ Mrs. H itt looked at him, her bluo eyes growing wider, and a tinge of red stealing its way to tho top of lier rounded cheek, whero two or throe golden freckles lay, “ Why do yon ask me? How should I know?” “ Beoanse,” Cotter said boldly, “ yon wero oDe of tbo girls. W hen you came hero visiting Mrs. Dr. Sm ith on Rioe avenue, I—” “ You? Yea?” Mrs. H itt's color deepened as ho hesitated. Ho thought how pretty she was when sho blushed. “ Oh, well—yon know. I spent nearly half my tim e banging about after yon, u n til yon gave me to under stand that you liked Tom H itt b etter. ” \And you think I preferred Tom becauso Mrs. Shears—” sho Degan in dignantly. \No I do not. Now bo reasonable. Bat I do know thnt Mrs. Shears went to see yon, and asked you to drive with her in that old pum pkin phaeton of hers, and you cover wero the same afterw ard.\ “ Why did you think it was somo thing she said?” “ I t wasn’t only yon, b u t —\ “ Innumerable others. Who wero tboy? I should like to know who else listened to Mra. Shears. It will tiokle sho laughed rather loudly to prove hor words. “ What was i t? ” “ T h at was a long timo ago.” “ Maybo it was,” Cotter said; “ b u t lo look at yon, it m ight have been yesterday.” Ho lookod at her rather closoly, as if to mako suro of his words. The table was only two feet wide. She had been just eighteen when Bhe called down upon her hoad the confidences of Shoars, and Cotter had not had good look at ber since. It is not cus tomary for young men to look very closely a t murried women in Clarkson- villo; and Tom H itt had been au in valid for a long time, and had kept his wife with him. As Cotter looked at her now he ro- membered that sho had been the first. A little tingle ran along tho backs of his bandB as he let his memory carry him back over thoso twelve years. His wife had been dead three years then ; he boarded with Mrs. Shears, and Laoy was actually the first yonng g irl ho had over known very well. A liew light came up from the cornors of his black eyes, and bis voice grew confi dential. “ Do yon remombor how 1 met yon? How that skittifh oolt of tho doctor's bolted nt the engine on the bridge? And yon nearly saivod his hoad off—” “ To keep him from clim bing into your baggy I Yes, and I remember how ho pitched me” —“ intoyour lap,” Mrs. H itt was about to BAy, but she thought better of it. “ And yon took mo home,” she went on lamely. “ I bought thnt colt,” Cotter said. “ Ho is out on the fa^rn now.” Thero waa silence for a moment. Wagons lumbered along Center street and storekeepers called sociably from corb to curb. Cottor dram m ed on tbe table with his fingers, and smiles tacked themselves nnder hia mustache. “ Do you remember the picuio at the island, when wo rowed home in the moonlight, and—” Onr skiff stack fast on a sand bar—” 'And I bad to carry you ashore bo- fore 1 coaid get it off ?” Mrs. H itt Jaagbed, bnt the white territory of her forehead took on the red, as Cotter, still smiling, still look ing straight into her eyes, with an ex pression that made ber uneasy, went on, “ I was choking over—the choks- blo words, when that skiff stack. I suppose if 1 had gotten them out, I should bave asked you what Mrs. Shoars said—only I did not connect ber with it then.\ A look of disdain swept the blnsh ont of Mrs. H itt's face. “ I t took dozens of times before you awoke to that, I suppose?” \N o t exactly dozens—\ “ And\ — furiously — “ you would have married dozens of g irls if sho hod let them alone, I suppose?” Cotter leaned across the tsbla and took her hands. “ Lacy,” he said, ould yon have m arried me if ahe hadn't meddled. The (tiff bosom of M ra H itt's laven der shirt waist heaved once or twioe, aud ber sailor hat bent down until Cotter couldn't see anything bnt -a pink lip twisted under the clutch of white leetb ; bat a hot drop splashed on hi* thumb, and brought him arouud tbe tablo as if he wero an auto maton aud his spring h a l beeu touched. cried and explained t h a t she couldn't be happy, because, if her husband loved her as much os ho amid he did, he oonldn't be eorrv hia first wifo died ; and tf he wasn’t thnt made him too brutal for her to love?” “ Well?\ “ I'm not a b it like that I” \Know this,” Cotter said solemnly ; I never knew what love waa until I knew y o n ; I nevev loved any woman bnt von.” Lucy looked at him. As a sage long ago discovered, whatever a wo man may d o u b t, thnt statomout she a l ways believes. \Those others?” “ F igments of my imagination.” She bold both h i s : hands, And looked into his face, with hers against his coat. “ I knew i t,” she whispered, “ when yon camo in and asked that question. I think I always knew that you wonld oome.” Cotter was standing whero ho could see ont of tho window. The pnm p k in phaeton was going by, with the pretty girlfr> m M tnetta street sitting by Mrs. Shear* and looking rather u n happy. For the thousandth part of a second Cotter kail a sinking of the heart. It was all up again I Mrs. Shears waa telling that girl that he kissed his wifo's picture good night. He gave a “ a t\ of indignant amuso- m e n t; and then ho remembered, and looked hoppily down into Lucy’s faoe. —Munsoy’s Magazino. SITE.ATI Fib' AS* INDUSTRIAL. It is said that by the aid of Rocnt-. gen’s X rays one can see tho heart beat. Among tho ohildron of Paris wet nnrsos the average m o rtality is sov- onty-seven per cent. The skull of a human being is a p t to become thin in spots over the sections of the brain most oxercised. Vory few people know tbe sound ol thoir own voice. W hen they hear it in a phonograph they are mnch sur prised. Pennsylvania engine No. 2100 is said to have run 250,000 miles w ith out once being takon to the shops for repairs. Sunlight is superior to artifloal light becauso its action upon the ova is equable and unvarying, hence it may be nsod long without fatigue. In the year 1590 thero were only fonr kinds of hyaointh, the single and the double blao, the pnrplo aud tho violet. At the prcsont time thero are mjjny thousands of varieties. Tbo electrio railroad will be in op eration betweeu W ashington and Bal timore by noxt August. It will bo operated by trolley, has no grade crossings, and nn extraordinary rate of speed is expooted. “ Gold steel,” whieh is being'm n n n - factnrcd at Sheffield, England, is nn amalgam of aluminum And bronze. It takes a good polish and is easily kept bright. It is nsed for knivos aud forkB, but the knivos do not hold an edge. D u ring 1891, 1315 patents rolativo to eleotricity were granted in Groat Britain, tho United Htutcs and Ger- n u m . -QJ -those. -1150. were British, patents ; 1701 were American, and 181 were German. An electrical road for m ral freight traffic is being constructed from St. Louis to Morse’s XIill, thirty-five miles distant. Along tho route there are now nine post offices, six flour mills and twenty-six stores or factories that transport their purchases and sales by wagon. There is a spieer in Now Zealand that usually throws coils of its web about the head of its proy until tho wretched victim is first blindod then choked. In many unfrequented dark nooks of the juuglo yon ooino across most perfect skeletous of small birds caught in theao terrible snares. The Edson cure for consnmption ie being experimented with in the Stato Prison, ut Auburn, N. Y., on some of the convicts. A large percentage of tho deaths of convicts is dae to phthi sis, aud tho practical demonstration of tho worth of Dr. Edson’a discov ery would he a boon to tho prisoners. The tim idity of fish afforded one of many interesting discussions nt in r e nt reunion of the PiHCatoriafrlo- ciety. It was remarked that tho big gun practice on tho seacoaat, while it would canse lobsters out of ph»»r fright to cast one of their olawe, would drivo millions of fish into other waters. Dr. Saunders, an eminent specialist and a member of tbo Health Board of London, is n great believer in the value of tbe eleotrio light. He claims tbat electricity ie a g roat moral power ; that it protects bnm aoity better than tbe philanthropist, and, by purifying tho workshops and tbe factories, tbe ranitnry laws are oarried ont with mnch lees friction. Terrible Earthquakes in Venezuela, Venezuela has sufferod somo terri ble earthquakes, and Mr. Fernhald says that it m ight have been well had thero been a few aotive volcanoes in the oountry daring recent times, to serve os natural vents for the pent-np undergrouund foroos. In 1550 there war an earthquake, nocompanied by a tidal wave, which swept away tho set tlem ent of Camana, and the same place suffered severely in 176(1, after which thegroand continued to tremble for fifteen months. One of tho most destructive shocks, by which Caracas was laid in rains with a loss of 12,000 lives, o ccurred in 181'2, d u ring the war for independence. “ The indirect conse quences of this disaster,” says Reclna, wero even more deplorable than the catastrophe itself. It certainly pro longed tbe ruinous war probably for years, and greatly intensified its hor rors. The event having taken place on Holy Thursday, tho anniversary of the declaration [of independence, the priests, nearly all ot whom belonged to tbe .Spanish party, declared that the hand of God had wrought tho rain order to crush the revolution. Thonsauda of anperatitious revolution ists, including Miraudo, the General- in-Chief, laid down tbeir arms, and the Spaniards secured fortified places and other advantages that were recov ered only at great cost.—New York Advertiser. Blaine’s Favorite Saddle Horse. Denman, the favorite saddle horse | of James G. Blaine, died on a farm | near Trenton, Me., a few davs ago at iw o or three minutes later, when | »be age of twenty-five. After Mr. there was a J calta, C o tter naked, j ltlaine's death tho horse was sent to “ What .ltd Mrs. Shears say to you, i the farm by Mrs. Blame, and she paid anyhow?\ ' | for ita keeping in comfort and with- “ Yon know—I married Tom,” she 1 o n t work for the rest of its days.— began lesiu tin g ly . | New York Sun. “ Yes I” he said impatiently. Tom! ---------- Jid uot seem to belong here. The “ seven wonders of tbe world’ “ I —would yon like it now, if I —if j of ancient times were: Tbe Pyramids anybody were to tell yon that I kept j of E g y p t; Pharos of A lexandria; all of Tom’s things by me and kissed ! Walls *hd Hanging Gardens of Baby- hi* p h o tograph good night, and—” ! Ion; Temple of Diana at Ephe*a*;tb< “ No.\ Cotter's voice waa cold. I S tatue of the Olympian Ju p it e r ; Lucy went on rapidly. “ Do you ! Mausoleum of Artemisia and Coloeant . ituneabar the story of the bride who j of Rhode* IO RHINE ’MID FAIB TBE-SSER. The jeweled side combs aro another evidence of the excessive fondness the fashionable woman evinces for s p a rk ling things, mook or genuine. When the hair is smoothly p a rted aud drawn away from th a - forehead by these combs and the smoothly coiled baok hair topped with a smart little bonnet or hat, the effect is extremely pleas ing.—New York Advertiser. A WOMAN DRUMMER. A woman drumm er for a Chicago brash conoern has been doing a big business in Madison County, Ken tucky, during the past week or so. She is said to have sold goods to m er chants who were not in the brash bus iness, and generally to bave sold vast ly more than any male drummer ever could, and at prices a man would not have dared to mention.—New York Sun. A HEMARKADLE CONFESSION. Mary E. Wilkins wrote to an Eng lish magazine to correct a statement whioh had .been made about herself, says tho S t Louis Bepublio. Tbe magazine had published an article abont her in wbioh i t was said that Miss W ilkins was y o n thfnl and p retty. She wanted it corrected, as sho was not yonng, she said, and had no pre tensions to beauty. She ia said to be abont thirty-seven years old. ' A BRAVE WOMAN REWARDED. Mrs. Baker, wife of a London black smith, reoeived a silver-plated teapot and a pnrse of gold from Police Su perintendent W yborn of the English metropolis recently in recognition of “ aid rendered to the police in Great Suffolk s treet on Deoember 17 last.\ Mre. Bsker ran to tho rescue of a po liceman who had been knocked down by a burly prisoner, and helped him to hold the latter until assistunco ar- ri red. DANISH GIRLS. Hero is an interesting noto about tbo Danish girl of society. She is confirmed between her fourteenth and sixteenth year, anil is then considered “ o u t,” eo that she makes her bow to socioty while English gil ls are still in tho 6ohoolroom. The result of this early entry into sooiety can hardly bo deemed satisfactory, for as soon as a girl has reached tho age of iwenty- two, and is still “ in maiden m edita tion, fancy free,\ sho ceases to be asked to dances or youthfnl gather ings, and is, so to say, “ on the shelf.” —Atlanta Constitution. ODD UMBRELLA HANDLES. Tl«LDDadf«u&VAsn .■Srs'l^aua’tfafiT are decidedly shelved. A fow stray ones ore seen here and there nt tbe shops, left over from last season, but nb now ones nro boing made. Tne straight bundles of n atural woods sup porting a ball of wrought crystal, pink onyx or somo other appropriate and handeomo stone, are in great favor just now for dress occasions. A p retty idea is lo have one’s monogram in gold fustened on ono of these mineral balls. At least it secures its return by a con scientious finder. Here are three good points to remomber iu choosing an umbrella. Select a handle of which thero is no duplicate, one that is mod est in design, and ono which docs uot add greatly to tho woight.—Now York Commercial Advertiser. DIO HATS DECLARED A NUISANCE. It is interesting to noto that the big theatre hat Las at last been called by its right name, a nuisance, and been turned over to the proper authorities, the law. Too long has tho hat figured as a joke, and, if not as a joke, as a perfectly insarm o autablo difficulty, tbat neither law nor order, courtesy nor kindness, conld a lter or overcome. But now that Judge Johnson of Den ver, has, in the words of tho report, \approved on order requiring women to remove their hats and bonnets d u r ing performances at the Tabor Grand Opera House,\ it inay bo takon for granted th a t the example will be fol lowed oiacwhore. The practical com mon Benso of snch a measure is at once apparent. A thing is cither a unis ance or it is not. If it interferes wilh other people’s rights and comforts it is a nnieaDce, no m atter how beautiful and oostly it may be as a bat, nor how charming is the woman who wears it. And nuisances should be dealt with by tbo law, without regard to age, color, or jex. Just ono thing romuins to be said. No genuine gentlewoman, how ever bine blooded and bcautifi^ and ..well meaning sho may to all appear- iknees be, wonld wear a big bat during a theatre perform ance.—New York Son. C10S8IF. The Em press of China has a great passion for jewels. Mrs. Clara Shortridge Foltz lias keen adm itted to tbe New York bar. The Princess of Wales recently or dered a tricyclo for ber own use, soil selected a pattern which was obsolete. It had to be made expressly. Tbe Empress of Russia owns au ermine msnte! which is valned at 350, • 000. It is a present from her subjects living in the province of Kherson. After a two years’ struggle, the Chi cago Woman’s Club has ullowe 1 Mrs. F. B. Williams, an educated and re fined mulatto, to become a member. Buffalo, N. Y., employs as head wiu- dow dresser a woman, a Mi*s Pope, to whom :t is said tke establishment pays the good salary such positions com mand. A woman applied for an appointment aa letter carrier at Gran i Rapids, Mich., the other day, but tbo exam- > ing beard ruled ber ineligible on ac count of h er sex. Mrs. McKinley, wife of the ex-Gov- ernor of Ohio, spends thc~dnll time of her invalid iilc making bedroom d i p pers for ber friends. She has made and given away nearly 3000 pair. Before long an institute of female physicians ia to be opened in St. Peters burg. The privileges given to vfoinen who have obtained the degree of doc tor of medicine are to tie greatly widened. Mra. Phineaa M. Barber, of Phila delphia. is abont to erect and equip a t ; a cost of At i.OOO a semimry for girls at Anniston, Ala , and give it to the Presbyterian Board of Miss ons for freedmen. M ra Fraeni* C. Ralston, Jr., on* ol the most exclusive of Philadelphia's ex:loem % boo shocked society there J by opening a m illinery shop. It is said that sho is doing a big bnsineos successfully. Two women servants in Paris are tne solo legatees of tbeir mistross wbo lately died possessed of 8120,000. This reflects credit upon both mistross and maid ; good scrvico substantially acknowledged. Susan B. Anthony announces that anybody, who wants her a u tograph in future, will have to pay a cash consid eration. The income will go to help the suffrage cause. It is said that she has been giving away thousands of an- tographs a year. Ex-EmpresR Eugenio has recently deposited her will with a prom inent Londou attorney, in which, true to her pledge, she has left a legacy to each of tho 5834 male persons of France born ou the birthday of her son, Prince Louis. Dr. Mary Walker is now living on a farm abont three miles west of Oswe go, N. Y. She is a familiar fignro on the streets of tho town. She always wears a full suit of black broadoloth, with frock coat uud silk hat, aud walks with a cane. Lady Aberdeen enjoys intensely list ening to the parliam entary debates at Ottawa. Sho sits beside tne Speaker, dressed in purple velvet, following tbe proceedings olosely, but, liko a true ^diplomat, never disclosing by word or look on which si lo her own sympathies may bo enlisted. FASHION NOTES. Tlio overskirt is slowly making ite ; way into tho ranks of fashion. Black satin dnchcsso anil penn da I soio silks will be UBod quite freely for separate skirts tho coming season. Mohair will bo tho falrio for tho first dresses worn in the coming dealt- season, and is admirably adaptod for them. For evening dresses are lustrous whito*mohairs or those delicately tint- od, tbat rival taffeta silks In their crisp beauty. Thero is a rago for braided costumes abroad, and it has rcaohed America. New cashmere braids are need that aro wider than sontueho. Elbow and bishop sloovos aro m o st used in tea gowuet nud tho former usually have a deep frill of lace c h if fon falling over the arm. Fluring wing effects are still a dom inant characteristic of spring milli* nory, but nro Bomcwhat modified in their spreading width upon the head. W ith drossy post-Lonten costumes will ngaiu be worn singlo or double breasted Spanish jackets, rounded in x-nto primruae y&tlow gloves are very lnshiouably worn with evening toilets. The rival to ihese gloves is a long velvety inousquctuire glovo iu cream white. Among tho noveltios grenadinos oo- cupy a prominent place. A blaqk grenadine with a colored (ilk stripe und light colored grcnadiucs in large plaids are two striking patterns. A pretty stylo of evening waist con sists uf a slashed blouse worn over nuother blouse of thin, elegant mate rial, while beaded pass.-mentfrio edgos the slashings with strikiug effective ness. Galloons aro used for trimmings and braiding ou cloth gowns for morning wear is in vogue ngaiu, while basques and vests are braided all over in a pattern, or with u simplo coil on the edge. A g irl's jacket is of Scotch goods in broken pliid. It has two Jwide box plaits at the hack, is double breasted iu front, has very full topped sleeves and close cuffs. Largo buttons aro the only trimming. Dainty Dresden patterned lawns and dimities ure sbowu in a full as sortm ent of coloriugannd designs, and whito India linen waists are made with dotted ew isB sleeves nud white linen collars and cuffs. A ucw departure hns been taken in Scotch giDgbams. They aro now wsrp-printod wifn exquisite chine flow e rB woven in tho warp iustead o f the gay bright plaids for which they have long been famous. Ermine is iu good demand as a trimming for handsome dresses, A street costume of fancy velvet has a very wide turucil over collar, with loug, pointed lapels of ermine. An edging tluishes the basque Akirt, and a mutt of ermine is provided to match. Cropons are freely taken for new gpriDg capes, and, as usual, are made with deep godets or ilutos at the back. They are bordered and also trimmed Ht tbe ncok with a ruche of chiffon, lined with light changeable silk, and finished st tho throat with bows of satin ribbon. The sack coat, to be used as a sep arate wrap, shows a closed front fastening to the left, with one or two large buttons to the width of a yoke only. In fitting snch garm ents tbe width of shoulders nuil length of sleeve aro only to bo considered, aa the back and front hang equally loose and straight. A small girl's dress is of dark bins velvet and embroidery. The skirt i* plain, and has baud* of narrow satin ribbon in a cluster at the hem. Tbo waist is gathered into a yoke of em broidery. There are satin shoulder straps and satin b e lt ; the full-topped leeves are of velvet and the cuffs aro of embroiders. A B u l l d o g 's lirip . Most bulldogs prefer to die rather thau let go their grip, ouee they have fastened their teeth into tlesb. This was the case with one at North Say- ville, Long Island. On the evening of t h a t day a Mr A rm bru-ter left a valuable pony in front of his house while ho entered to get something. ! While be was in the hou-e ins bulldog, ' w h i c h was charne l in the yard, be- . came angry at th u h o r s e andtuggodat bis c h a i n until be broke it. He thoa attacked the pony and lacerated it terribly. He bit through the tendons of the front leg», and was hanging to the pony's throat when A rm b rutter came out of tbe house. Seeing tba trouble that tbe pony won in, and be ing acquainted with tbe dog's temper, h u called a hired man and they a t tempted to clnb the dog off, bat all to no pnrpoas. The beast bung on 41, Ihe p o u t's throat. Finally Arm-; tru s ter got a double-barreled allot- pua, loaded) both barrels and blazeJ I away at the dog, killing him instantly, j The pony was badly tor®, bnt will ro* ' cover.—Buffalo Express. S A B B A T H S C H O O L IN T E R N A T I O N A L L E S S O N F O R M A R C H 15. Lesson Text: “TMehln* About rrnyer,” Luke x!., 1 - t f t - liolden Text: Luke xi.« U —Commentary* 1. “ Lord, toxch us to r r a y . ” Thus spnk« ono of I lls disolplea to Him as Ht* was prov in g In a certain nlnot*. Ht* wan m u c h jjiven to prayer, m u ch in com m u n ion w ith hen w u and in His life on earth alw ays plenstm? th* F a th e r . L u k e records live instances of His p r a y ing w h ich do not seem to I m * peeorde V by t h e other evangelists (chapters iii., 31; v., 16; vi., 12. 13; ix., 29, and here), it should be a great com fort to us th a t , though w e know not w h at we should proy for as w« o u g h t, t h e Spirit H im self m aketh interces sion for us w ith groaning* which cannot bo u ttered , and He m a k e th intercession accord in g to Qod (Rom . viii., 2 >, 27). 2. “ W hen ye pray say, O u r F a ther which a r t in heaven.” This seem s to have beeu on another occasion th a n th a t referred to in M ath, vl., 9, a repetition and indorsem e n t of th is beautiful sum m a ry and sam p le of all p rayer. Only C h ristians can tru ly us** It. for none b n t tb e redeem e d can trnly say “ O u r F a th e r .” Com p a re J o h n viii., 44, with 1., 12. Inasm u c h as th e carnal m ind is enm ity against God, none but th e redeem ed can honor H is nam e , and only such will desire H is kingdom to com e a u d His will to be done on e a rth ns in heaven. 3. “ Give us day by day o u r daily b r e a d .” T h e whole teaohing of S c ripture is th a t we have tp live but o n e day a t a tim e and not to allow to-m o rrow ’s c a res to in tr u d e upon to day. “ As th y days thy stren g th .” “ T h a t w h ich they have need of, day by day w ithout fall.” “ A d a ily rate for e v e ry day, all the days of his life.” “ T a k e therefore no thought for th e m o rrow, for th e m o rrow s h a l ^ p k e th o u g h t for th e things of its e l f ’ ^n*nt. xxxlii., 25; E z ia vi., 9; II Kings xxv., 30; M ath, vi., 34).| I 4. “ And forgive us our s ins.” If we con fess o u r s ins, H e is faithful and ju.*t to fqr- give us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 J o h n 1., 9). It Is tfllder- stood, how ever, tn a t confession includes, on o a r part, th e forgiveness from tho heart of all who have inju r e d us (M a th, vi., 14, 15; M ark xi., 26). As to tem p tation. God cannot I h * tem p ted w ith evil, neither tem p teth He auy tnriu (Jns. 1., 13, 14), a n d yet it is w ritten “ Qod aid tem p t A b raham ” (Gen. xxii., 1), b u t Hob. xt.. 17, says th a t A b raham , wheu he was tried, offered ui* Isaac. G od tries H is people for th e ir good (D e u t. viii., 16; I Cor. x., 13),,but never fom p ts them to do w rong. 5. “ W h lcty.of you shall lmve a frie n d ? ’ A b raham isitbe only m a n m e n tioned tn S c rip tu r e b y nam e oh th e friend of God ( I I Ghron. xx.. 7; Isa. xli., 8; J a m e s ii., 38), hut Jesus said to His disciples “ H e n c e forth I call you uot servants, but I have called you friends, th a t w h a tsoever ye shall a sk of the F a th e r iu My name, He m ay give it you” ( J o h n xv., 15, 16). And this in connection w ith f ruit to th e glory of God. 6. “ I havo nothing to sot before him .'' W hat a condition ol e m p tiness nud helpless ness, but just such is o u r condition apart from our Lord J e s u s C h rist no m a tter how hard we m a y toil. His own w o rds are “ severed from Me ye c an do nothing” (John xv., 5). When th e disciples had toiled all night and Jesus in the m o rning, from the shore, wild “ Have v« nny m eat?” they had to answ e r, No ( J o h n xxl., 4. 5). 7. “ My children are w ith me in bed. I cannot rise ami give th e e .” C h ildren com e closer than friends, a n d w h ile it is good to bo a servant of God. be te r to be a friend, it Is bent o f a ll to be a child of G o d by faith in Christ Jesus. A father will keep nothing good from his children, aud as to all our need J e sus has said “ y o u r heavenly F a th e r knowoth th a t ye have need of all these th ings” (M a th, vl., 32). 8. \IW a iise of his im p o rtunity, he will rise a n d give him ns m a n y as ho neodot li.” T h e re is apmowhat of th e sam e teaching in chnpter xviii., 1-H. Wlmt do we know of tho heart t h a t says, “ I will not lot thee go ex cept thou bless m e \ (d e n . xxxit., 2G). Do we understand anything of prayers and sup- pljeaihm s w ith strong crying and tears? 9. “ Ask. seek, knock ’* Ono has said, “ Ask w ith tii** hum ility of a l>«ggar, seek carefully ns h faithful servant, knock con fidently us a friend.” Home helpful words on each of#tb;».-e will im fqjuml on “ ask ’ in Jo h n xlv., 13, 14; xv., 7; Mark xi., 24; “ seek,\ Prov. ii.. 4. viii., 17, R. V.; Jor. xxix., 13; “ k n o c k .” Col. ii., 3; J o h u v i.; 37; Rev. iii., 20. We an* apt to think of a sking or seeking som e thing for ourselves, but Je.*us never sought anyth in g for Him self (John vi., 38; viii., 50); alw a y s and only for (Jm4. 10. “ F o r e very ono th a t nskoth reoeiveth.” The iimitittion.s are given elsew h e re as, “ T h a t God m a y be g orilled,” “ According to His w ill,” “ In the nam e of Jesu s ” (John xiv., 13, 14; 1 J o h n v., 14). C o u ld we but live solely nud wholly to hallow His n atne, to hasten His kingdom , w ithout a th o u g h t for ourselves, we would then know the m eaning and pow e r of th e w ords \Seek ye first tbe kingdom of God a n d l lis righteousness, and nil these things s h a ll im lidded unto you.” When we live u p r ightly un to Him, wo m ay ask w h at we will for llis glory am i roooivo it, am i lie perfectly s u r e t h a t l i e will seo well to all th a t concerns us w ithout our a sking any th in g ( M ath, vi., 33; r s . Ixxxlv., 11.) 11. 12. \ i f a son s h a ll ask bread of a n y of you I h u t is a f a ther.” No parent would ever give a stone lor bread, or a serpent for a fish; ««r a scorpion for nn egg. o r auy th in g to harm his child Instead of som e thing good, if a m an will gratify his friend at the OO0t of his children’s c o m fort, how m u ch m o re will lie give what is good Hnd ueedful to his chil dren. The thought running all through th e lesson seem s to be th a t of “ O u r F a t h e r ’ a n d His e h iidreu. O thers m a y have to ask and seek and knock, hut a child is at hom e in its father's house aud counts a ll th a t tho father has its own (ch a p ter xv., 31). 13. “ i f ye then, u d u g evil, kuow how to give good gifts u n to yourohlldren, how m u o h m ore shall your heavenly F a th e r give th e I!o!> .Spiiii to .bcni that ask Him?” This confirm s what 1 said on the last verse, th a t th e whole topic is one of o u r r e lationship to Omi us our F a th e r by faith in Christ J e s u s mid th e privileges of thnt relationship which sin»uld insure to us th e most absolute rest of soul and freedom from nil care of self be cause “ He c a r e th .” The o n ly way to this freedom from self c a re and a whole heart for His kindom is to be filled w ith His Spirit, w h ic h , by com p a ring this verse w ith Math. vil., 11, you will see to be th e sum and M ibslance «»f all good thlugs. If filled with the Spirit (Eph. v.. 18), th e life will be right, thoughts, w o rds aud actions a ll sub ject to Him, seif-sQbduod. th e whole being for God, C h rist m agnified iu our bodies a n d a sam p le of the reign of C h rist seen in our ' t e>.— L esson Helper. N E W R A IL R O A D C O N S T R U C T IO N . T h e re is som e activity lu tho Southern States iu construction circles, though it is not gqing to bo n record-breaker year. H ere is some of tbo w o rk under way: Surveys have boon m a d e for e x tending the F lorida Southern from Loch bin w«*st thro u g h the Fleinington district an I cross ing thn G a inesville a n i Gulf. A c o n tract lias been let to build Iho Fort W orth and A lbuquerque. Surveys have been m a d e to extend the On**nwood. A n d erson and Wtasteru frotu Heivern to G reeuw o o d , 8. C. It is e x p ectod t j com p lete the G u lf and Ship H a n d road in M ississippito H a tties burg by J u ly 1st. N e g o tiations are in progress for th« con struction of the M-tblle, Jttcksoo and K an-a- City from Mobile t o Jackson, Miss. Rapid progress is being m a d e in laying the tracks on the Hr. L o u is, A v oyelles an 1 H o u thw u siem , betw een R u n k f an d Htmms- po r t, Ala.—tw ii t y - s i x miles. Efforts a re being m a d e t > build an exten sion to th e Hu/T-.lk an«l C a rolina from M ont rose to Eat out on. N. C. A new syudiojttn ha-* been organized to com p lete the Tennwuieo C o itral. Efforts a re.being m a d e »n V irginia to ln- eorporatt) a c o m p a n y to build a road from Roanoke to Ra iforJ. Prelim inary steps have isten tnken by tho Ohio River, Augusta and Savannah to Lu ii I a line from R a b a n G a p to H a is innaii- 296 nilMs X R A Y S IN D IA M O N D T E S T S . OHIO OUT FOE M'KINLEY H u tu T b s G e n u ine A r tirle KtfMJjr From Professor W illiam L i - p e u a r i R >bb, o f b**en e x p e rim e n ting with tbe R>«*utg-n ravs, ann >unees a discovery of considerable Im- i-fiU n tv , Froiownor Robb na»i n reni u n i an im itation diamond- Th****- wer** p h o tographed by th e X rays. The genuine diam o n d offer** 1 no rnaistanee to th e X raj» . and <-H»t no more shadow on the photographic p iste than wo**d m fienn o r othcT s n raff sue* easily j-enerrarue by tb e ray, tho sotting'* stand out ei»j*r and distinct in shadow . Tno im itation diam o n d , on th e contrary, i-ag h solid b 'o t of black, m o re iLt--u#« «*veu than the s e tting. This discovery will thus prove a teat of diam o n d s. Professor Robb's photographs arc rem a rkably cioar toi l distinct. C n lnlng CZald. ‘ I Tbe United 8 ta«s nriat Is coining fo l d nt the rale of tiM .000 n me* h. The Action of the Buckeye State Convention at Columbus. RHODE I S L A N D AND KANSAS M E E T S e n a t o r - K l e r t F o r a k e r I ’lcd g o * t l l i n t e t r to lie F i i » \ r e r v l n g tn 111« D e v o t io n to Xtc- K l n t e y ’s C a n m > - - T h e O ld S t a t e T i c k e t R e n o m i n a t e d In lth o d o I s l a n d - —T h e K a ntio C olumbus , Ohio, March 11.—The most notable feature of the short session of tho R e p u b lican S tate C o n v e n tion was th e speech of S e n a tor-elect F o raker, w which ho de- claros his a llogiauco to Jiiu ley w ith grcn( Tlgor. “ I w a u t my speech to be short enough,’ said he, “ for a ll to ren 1 tt, and plain «nough for all to u n d e r s tand I t.” Then Mr. F o r a k e r praised McKinley and spoke of his qualifications for tho Presi dency. T h e tim o had come, he said, for r e deem ing th e th ir d prom ise of the Znuesvtlle Convention, w hich declared for the e le ction of M cKinley to th e Presidency. Ho said; “ T h e R e p u b licans of Ohio don’t look un kindly at Thom a s li. Reed, nor Levi P. Mor ton, nor W illiam B. Allison, nor M atthew Stanley Quay.t h e o ther g reat leader9]who have been m e n tioned in c o n n e ction w ith t h a t hon or. On .th e contrary, if tho 8t. Louis C o n vention should disappoint us aud givo the honor to one of them , we here an d now pledge him in advance tho oloctoral vote of Ohio by th e largest m a jority aver given in tho history of th e Rtato. It Is not th a t we love C n s a r leas, but Romo more. W illiam M cKinley is o u r ow n .” WILLIAM M KINLEY. T h d fight over delegntes-at-large botweon th e F o raker a n d M cKinley faoilons w as am icably settled, and th e Ohio Dig F o u r will be F o raker, Dushnoll, llHiina and Grosvenor. The dispute was as to tho lost nam e. G ros venor and F o raker are personal enemies. Iu consideration of th e offer by tho M cKinley faction not to opposo C h a rles L. K u rtz, F o r a k e r’s c h ief political lieutenant, for m em ber o f the N a tional Commit lee, th e F o raker faction w ithdrew its opposition to Grosvenor as a dologate-at-largo. T h e re was a caucus of loading F o r a k e r faotlou R e p u b licans, w ith a vtow to fixing up a slate for th e Convention. They deter m ined to m ake G e n e ral A. T . Wikoff thoir candidate for Secretary of State. F o r B o a rd of Publlo W o rks they decided lo support Jo h n Stillw e ll, of Troy, and for Food Com m issioner, R e p resentative B lack burn, of B elm ont C o u n ty. They did not a t tem p t to defeat J u d g e W illiams for ro-elec- Huurnme hnn»k-— ---- RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION. G o v e rnor C h a rlea W . L lppltt and th e O ld T icket R e n o m in a ted . P bovidekce , R. I ., M arch 11.—The R e p u b lican 8tato Convention was hold here, w ith an attendance w h ich surpassed th a t of any recent year. Ex-A d |utaut-G e a o ral E lisha Dyer was C h a irm a n . Ho said in his opening ipoech: “ T h e party of Rhode Island has alw a y s been partial to tho Htate of M aine, and if this y e a r th e eholoo of the party nt large should fall upon h e r most em inent s tates m an it w o u ld rest upon no broken Rood.” Tho ticket of lost year was renom inated: For G o v e rnor. C h a rles W arrou L ipp ltt, Providence; L ieutenant-G o v e rnor, E d w in 11. All«»n, H o p k inton; Secretary of State, C h a rles P. B e n n e tt, Providence; A ttorney- G e n eral, E d w a rd C. Dubois. E a s t P rovi dence- G eneral T reasurer, Bamuel C lark, Lincoln. Tho convention m a d e this declaration os to th e m o n o y iquestloni “ Wo affirm o u r be lief in a lluauelal pulley which recognizes every dollar to bo of equal value to every oth e r dollar.” K a n s a s R e p u b lican s fo r M c K inley. W ichita , Kan., M arch 11.—Tho Republi cans of Kunsas, in Convention, dealarod by reeoluiiou th e ir preference for M ajor Mc Kinley as th e nom inee of the party for Presl- doiA. Tho resolutions were also conspicu ous for tho om ission of auy roferonoe to th e m o n e tary question. The re-election of C y rus L elond, C h a irm a n of ihe S late Central Com m ittee, as K ansas m e m b e r of th e N a tional Oom m ittM , was favored, and delegat* s to St. Louis wero chosen. MASSACHUSETTS’ NEW GOVERNORi R o g e r W o lcott Gom es F r o m Sturdy New E n g la n d Stock. Lieutenant-G o v e rnor Roger Wuloott, who became Chief M a g istrate of M n s s a ^ j ^ e t ts on th e death of G o v e rnor G reenhaige, ?omes of a distinguished Am erican family. He is a descendant of th e fam o u s R o g e r Wol cott, who was th e G o v e rnor of Connecticut in the seventeenth century, and of O liver W olcott, w h o was S e c retary of th e Treasury OOVZBHOB KOOKS WOLCOTT. In th a early days of th e Republic. R o g er Wolcott was one of th e signers of tb e Dec laration of Independence. Lieutenant-G o v e rnor Wolcott s term ex pire* n ext Jan u a r y , and h it successor w ill be elected at th e general election* in Novera- t>er. The law of M a ssachusetts is odd in re lation io th e present s ituation. For tw enty years until now th e r e has never been a va- •sncy in th e r.fllse o f Governor. But Lleu- tenuLt-G o v e rnor W olcott will uot sucoecd as Governor. D u ring the illness of Mr. Green-- lialgo be was “ A cting G o v e rnor.” The Con stitution does not transm it tb e title of Gov ernor to th e second oflioer of H tntein the event of tne death <>f tb e first officer. On the death of the first officer the second officer sues a proclam a tion declaring th a t there Is a vacancy in th e offloe of Governor. The Lieutenant-Gov**rnor then <’eases to be Act ing O o r e r n o r , but become* “ L ieutenant- G o v e rnor a n d r o n :tnandef-in-O l)lef.” H a ines BUI P a s s e s I h e tte n s te . After elgnt h o u r s ’ debate tb e lU lnes Liquor Tax bill pas.->ed tb e New York Henate. nt A m a n v , ny n vote of 31 to 18, four Repub lican* voting with tbe Dem ocrats. Ueuator Pavey, of New York C ity, votad w ith the fourteen D e m o crats. Bo did H enator Cog- geshsll, of O n eida, th e Independent. Tke tw o r*n*rs w h o went Into tb s D em o c ratic cam p on the party m e a s u re were: G e o rge Davu» a n d Sim o n Helbert, o f'Ruffalo. A rgefitlu* P o le P lay e r s . The Argentina Bepublio is going to sand n team of polo players to England next m a - iner, and moob tdtarast is ax p ressed to aaa tbeir ponies, whieh are said to aom pctas spaaHnaas of ovorr hind bred In Booth HE DIED GAME. A D e s p e r a te O u tlaw 11 o lds Tw o san d M en a t Bay. P o p u lous Centro County, in th ^ vary h e a r t of P e n n s y lvania, wa* th e t h e a t e r o t s tra g e d y w h ich tho aw ful an n a if of early fro n tier life cannot outrival. Tho thunder ol ilvnaraito bom b s m ingled with tbo oraok of W inchesters a n d shotguns, god tbe sky w as lurid w ith th e glare of fire. Al1 this inn frenzied battle for a hum a n life! F o r h o a r s a dosqHTHto o u tlaw , barricaded In his v ilkjt hom e, an d aided by his w ife a n d childrens held at bay a mob of 2000 furious and wall nrm e d men, and in the end ho proved tbo victor. In th e extrem e eastern part of the connty lies W oodward, a village. W illiam Ktlin* ger, long know n as a m a n who w o u ld hasi- tn te at nothing, lived there, but ha was a fugitive from justice. C o n stable I W n e r lcarnod t h a t th e fugitive had surreptitiously slipped down to bis home. Ho took Deputies Motz and Hoatar- m an w ith him to arrest tho man. They reached th e little shanty, to find Etltngar w ith his wife, th e ir three-yenr-old daughter and tw o -year-old son, b a rr icaded In tho SOO- ond story. They wont upstairs and b roke in a panel of the door. B a rner ba l craw led half way through th e aporture w h e n a shot rang from E tlinger’* g u n , a n d th e constable fell dead w ith a bullet in his head. H is d e p u tise fled In terro r . Tho news spread quickly, and the w h o le tow n tu r n e d out. Men gathered upallthk fire arm s they oouid find, anti ra n for tha E tlinger house, but shots from the outlaw and his wife w a rned them not to get too elooflk D u r in g th e afternoon E tlln e e r shot F r a n k G u tsw h tte, who was stok In his house nex t door, ono b u c k shot taking offeot in th e head, th e o th e r in th e shoulder. A |e*rfect fuAUlade w a s kept u p between him and tho guard, w h ich w as constantly being angm e u tod until about 3000 wore on hand and fully 500 shots had been fired be fore dark. Then Mrs. E tlinger was seen to approach a w indow and light a fuse attach e d t o n dynam ite bom b which s h e intended to bnt! Into th e crowd. Some ono fired at th e flash, an d she threw up her bauds aud fell back w a rd. • E v e n tually it was determ ined to b u rn the villain out. Tho toroh w as applied to the house. Tho crowd, in breath less oxoltemeat, w atched th e creeping flam es and w a ited ih e denouem e n t. They did not have long tO^ w a it. Tho wom an with her tw o ohlldren was soon forced to flee to escape death In the flames, but E tllngor lingered behind. It w as thought ho Intended to die t n the house, but lust when tho building was about to collapse ho appeared at tho cellar door. The officers c a lled to him t o surrender. He did not answ e r, but w ith a determ ination begotten by despair put a pistol to his head and blow out his brains. T h e bodyofthf constable was then recovered from th e burn in g b u ilding. CRISPI’S CABINET OUT. R e signation* A n n o u n c e d , A m id W l t i i A p . pin m e . In th e C h a m b e r . R e p o rts from e v e ry city and tow n of conse quence thro u g h o u t Italy show th a t th e ex- eitom e u t enured by the Italian rev e r s e lo Abyssinia displays no sign of w a n ing. Oo th e contrary, in m a n y p laces it grow s greatef as th o m e a g re details of tho defeat flltei thro u g h tho press from official sources. (Resigned FIIANCESOO CRISP!. ih Prem ier of th e K a lian Minis try .) P r im e M inister Crisp! and tho o th e r mem bers of tho Cabinet have boen com|>eUed to I retire from offloe, t h a t fact having been an nounced iu th e C ham ber of D e p u ties at ! Rome nm id a scone tlint can f ittingly be do- i scribed os pandem o n ium . | T h e situ a tio u In Rome is so critical that th e troops have boeu confined to th e i r bai^ racks, a m e a sure of precaution th a t w ill en able them to be hastily dispatched to an y p a r t of tlio city should tholr servloes be nao- essary to auell disturbances. Tho university has Uhju o iosed, th e au thorities fearing that the hot-headed studeuts w o u ld attem p t to m a k e a dem o n s tration, which, In tb e present condition of th e popular tem p e r, ralgnt load to s e rious r id i n g . D e spite th e precautions taken, how e v e r, th e r e were several disturb ances. but t h e police were Able to handle the orow a s w ithout oaHlug upon th e m ilitary for aid. A num b e r of a rrests w ere made for dte- ordorly c o n d u c t. The popular indignation is d irected against Signor Crlspl and th e other M inisters, who, rig h tly or wrongly, are held to be responsi ble for th e dtsgruoe th a t has befallen the Ita l ia n arm s. American Arretted In the Transvaal* G a rdner W illiams, a n Am e rican m a n age! of tho Do Reont Minos, was arrested at the instance of th e G o v e rnm e n t of Capo C o lony on th e obarge of having supplied arms l o t h f U ltlundors of tho R and to be used In tbelf threatened revolt a g a inst th e Government ot th e T r a n s v a a l. It is said t h a t Williams sen! supplies of a rm s to Jo h a n n e s b u r g in trucks, thu w e a p o n s being placed in th e bottom Of th e tru c k s nud then covered w ith cok * W illiam s was adm itted to ball in tho sum ol 15000. An A ttsrk on t h e President. Mr. lla r t m a n (M o n t.) mndo a a attsoji on President Cleveland la th e H o u s e ol R e p resentatives nt W ashington for hissjpeeek before tho Presbyteriau Hom e Mission Board lu New York, whioh. he declared, won a slau d e r on W estern Hlates, and war grossly im p roper. Mr. Pow ers (V t.) a n d Mr. k l i f i (M d .) attem p ted to call Mr, flartm a h 10 order, but Mr. H e p b u rn, in iho ehalr, 1a* clined to interfere. In c o n c luding his atlaejr. Mr. H a rtm a n n declared that toe ■raateat ’ In fh P w h lte W h o le F a m ily Cremated. F ire destroyed the house of G. Oldhonse, • carpenter, w h o lives about five miles from Alma, Win. T h e entire fam ily, consisting of Mr. au d Mrs. O ldhouse and five children, were b u rned to death. The flre is thought to hnve been caused by th e explosion of h lump. W o lcott lleeom e s C o v e r n o r. L ieutenant-G o v e rnor W o lcott issued a proclam a tion iu R e t e l l ituuouno.Ag his «*> 8 u m pt ion, accord lug to the C onstitution, o l (he duties and powers of ffovnraor of Massa chusetts, to succeed (be late Governor Qreenhiuge. American Hheep /or South Africa. C h a rles W. Mason, of New H a v e n , V t 9 shipped from Now York fifty fine wool Amer- l^au M erino s h e e p to ttouth Africa, for hl| trad e in th a t country, where they bring • Mg price in gold. Htioep of th<» ra r tvty and Verm o n t M o rgan stallion* find ready sale for breeding purpose*. • 1 , 900,000 for «#* ttfln Worships. The G e rm a n Reio icta.; has ap p r o p r iated about tl.SW.OdO for four cruiser* an I sev eral torpedo boats after the M inister f o /' Foreign Affair* dl*claim*1 t h a t th e G jv e r a - m e u t propose* o U g navy progrx n u i * » ^ N o tes O s A b y s s!ale. T h e sa m e A b y ssinia Is from 4 Arable w o rd H a beseh, m e a n ing m ixture, refers to th e m ixed etm r a d e r o f the T h e are a of th e oountry i* a b o u t M J k square miles. Its Inhabitant* a u m b e r a Mi n e over s.ew .vw . A b y ssinia is a very m o u n tainous ooantry. M any of the peaks a r e rflways covered with snow. T o e e o n n try Is so situated that the tlltehfi Is one o f the modi saltbrions on the h n A the glob* ~ Tbe prevailing religion if , very sorswyted fom uf Chthh IM I C P U B P C M X \tfl •i y ■■j i n i i n n h s n i f S r ' '
