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QttfNS COUNTY REVIEW. — l’otJIihoJ -Errry frtfatr Morofog at FREEPORT, QUEERS OOUSTY, 8 . T CHARLES D. SMITH, Proprietor. ANPREW J. MAC LEAN, Editor. ® n e e n ; f l e t r i e t o . io o i n o n o n in im RXECTTKD IV ------ Attractive and Artistic Stylo > AT TBS REVIEW OFFICE by Power P r u m . H I N G L E C O P I E D , F I V E C E N T K V O L . I. A F A M I L Y N E W S P A P E R O F L O C A L A M ) G E N E R A L IN T E L L l H K N l E. F K E E P O i l T , N . Y . . F R I D A Y . M A R C H 2 0 , 1 8 9 0 . T E R M ' : $ 2 0 0 Y E A R L Y IK A D Y A K X . N O . 2 0 . F I N A N C I A L . THEFREEPORTBANK i C A P I T A L , $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 . Main Street, - Freeport, L. I. J O H N J . RANDALL. President. W ILLIAM FOREM AN, Yloe-President. W ILLIA M S . H ALL. C.'sshler. H O A R D O K D I R K 1T O K N : J o h n J . R a n d a ll. W illiam Forem an. W illiam K. Holder. I> Wesley Pirn-. H a rvey B. Sm ith. W illiam o . M iller, W a llru* II. Cornw e ll, George W a llace, T h o m a s I). Sm ith. Coles P e ttit, . Chauncey T. Snrague, Sm ith C’ox. ,jr departm e n t equal l o t l n w u f either the New York or Brooklyn ItAnkh or T rust Com tsuilcs. nnd every aceninm*Ktation as far as in consistent w ith c o n servative m anagem e n t. Interest nt..tlie r a le of thns» p er c f a t. paid on tim e deposits. three m o n ths or inore. D rafts issued on a ll p a r ts of Europe. Does a general Iwnking business. Account* of corporations, com p anies, so c ietie s , etc.. solicited. E n tire sat isfart Ion a ssured. Inquiries will .receive prom p t attention, nnd be c h e e rfully answered. Bank of RocRville Centre. .V i l l a g e A v e ., I t o c k v l l l c C e n t r e , L. I. W« dt) ft General Banking Basiness of Deposit and Discount. Interest Paid on Special Depoftitfi. Banking Hours—V A. M. to 3 P. M. Baiurdav, II A. M. to 12 M. v ; __ BOARD OF DIRECTORS. R o b ert A. Davison, Thom a s (J. Kniuht, Jobn Vincent. H iram H. Smith.. GlSDtworth I). Combo*, W esley H. Sm ith. Jaw s* W. Gall Ison. Charles L. W a llace, O lm rfosW . Haves, Austin Cornwell. Samuel F. Phillips. Francis K. W ilson, John W . DeMott. John T. Davison. Oliver Davison, E d w a rd T. Thurston, Iium iltf n VV. Pearsall. HAM PEL F PH I LI A PS. President. T H O M A S (J K N IO IIT . Vice P resid e n t. HIRAM It SM ITH. Cashier. P R O F E S S I O N A I.. DR. G. H. HAMMOND, FR E E 1*0RT. L. I. Office a n d Residence, • Fnlton Street. DR. EDWIN CARMAN, — —O ffice mod R e s i d e n c e ----- C O R . S M I T H ano B E D E L L S T R E E T S . •e FR E F P O R T . I.. I. DR. O. L. LUSK, H e a l t h O f f ic e r f o r t h e T o w n o f H e m p s t e a d , R O C K A W A Y B E A C H . N . Y . THOS. D. CARMAN, D. D. S ., — D F .N T IM T ----- M a i n s t r e e t , f it e k p o r t , n . y. O ffice h o u r s : I) a . in. to 5 p. rn ■ D r . A . D . R o s o n t h a l , I - E X P E R T D E N T I S T - : M MAIN HTItKKT, IIK M ItrrK A Il. N. V. WM. R. LONGENECK^R, D. D .S ., H M M iK I IN IIK N T IV T . W ith Ismgenecker Brothers, 5 1 9 F u l t o n S t r e e t , B r o o k l y n ItOUKN, 9 A. M. Tit ft IV M. V L. SMITH, VKTRU IN A R V Mil KG KON an d DENTIST, Freeport, L I. FRANCIS B. TAYLOR, L A VV Y E IL F U L T O N 3 T S * H e m pat r a d . U I. WM. A. ONDERDONK, •: A t t o r n e y a n d ( 'o m i a e l o r - a t - L a w , j- Offire, No. Oil Main Htree.t. (I* K u r a Building.*A1 F h s tr), HEM PSTEAD S a t u r d a y at Residence. Front St., near Hell Civil a n d Crim inal business. E. V. BALDW IN, -3H B A N J O SO LOI S T . kc - Conctrt Engagements at L o w Kates A.l.InsHK. HtMPSTIAO or FREEPORT III SINKS* CAULS. W A T K IN W . JO N E S & CO.. O L I t KSTAlll.INHKU Real Estate fjnsnrance Agency, FAR ROCKAWAY, N. V. C. S . RANDAt-L, Architect, Office t o r. Brooklyn ave , and Main al.. opp. Railroad Repot, Freeport. L. I. . Plans and Specifications prepared for a ll classes of buildings. CHARLES L. SEA M A N , C a r p e n t e r B u i l d e r , FRCEFORT. L. I. Estimate* e h e o r fu lly given. Ooutraota taken. GEORGE I GILSON RATROR, C A R P E N T E R S A N D B U I L D E R S . Maine has gained 33,000 people in th ir ty years, and Vermont gained abont 17,000 in tho same period, and in the ten years ending with 1890 she gained 136 inhabitants. In the Government of Saratov, in Russia, horse thieves and cattle raid- ertf^ t a lynched when caught. The latest case is the beating to death with sticks of four men by tbe peasants of Biklci. Tho lato Frinco Henry of Batten- berg had a theory that evory Nation was oivilized in proportion to its ap preciation of music. On hearing a Chinese orchestra, he once remarked : ‘■These people arc hopeless; they will never progress.\ An era of good times in tho SotOh is reported by tho K norville (Tenn.) Times, which Bays th a t : “ Carofully conducted inquiries covering every Southern State de 7 elop tho fact that the farmers gonerally aro carrying lees debt thau ever before, are pro ducing moro for homo consumption, and putting more money into farm improvements than nt any time since tho war.\ The corueropof tho South last year is shown, by the comploted statistics, to have beeu 607,665,017 bushels, whioh is 124,000,630 bushels more thau any previous crop. An enterprising London trndcsmar undertook to advertise by telegraph the other day, aud sent to several thousand prominent Indies a dispatch to the ofTcct that a great ealo was in progress. The ladies havo beeu ac customed to looking at telegrams as matters of importance, nnd they were one and all annoyed. When the merohant got through apologizing to indignant husbands, big brothors aud such, nud had paid for tho insertion of not a few abject apologies in tho newspapers, he had mado up bis mind that nowspnper advertisements were the best, after all. The entire agricultural pross is seeking to Icnru the eiaot protit in farming. The timo has passed, as sorts tho San Franoisco Chronicle, when the agricultural paper has ful filled its duty by making publio ihe most successful methods of culture. What farmers want to know is how to take in more than they pay out. A paper published a Springfield, Mass., has offered $60 in prizes to farmers who send them articles giving cither actual experience of writers in money making from tho farm, or the-experi- ence of any furmers’ organization in baying or selling togethor—the prizes going to those furnishing thu most ideas. Thoro is a third ola-s o! prizes to thoso who best toll how murk eting ought to bo Soue. 11. C. Jackson, who has been well known for a good many years in New York as tho Superintendent of the Railway Mail Servioo for the Second Distriot, lias been promoted to bo As sistant Superintendent, status H a r per’s Weekly. It is nut nsual in the mail service to promoto men down stairs, but an exception was mado in Mr. Jackson's case, tbe department desiring, in view of his protracted and efllcicnt service, to mako his labors lighter. Mr. Jackson has beeu iu the railway mail servico for thirty-two ycarr, and is boliavod to know more about the details of it than any one e l s e . His promotion, though tech nically it lowers hie rank, is accom p a n i e d b y anndry easements anil priv ile g e s expressive of the appreciation and good-will of tbo department. F R E E P O R T . L . I . llav ln c MH-entty com pleted the R E V IEW ttt*TT.nTSU » . are prepared IP take contracts for ll c i , lacs work. ELBERT A. BEDELL,^Auctioneer, K R v r.eoitT . U I Aalea o l Krai K - u t r an d (Yrannul PrvpertJ Compu ted on heat UtraM Los Augelea dispatches chronicle the fact that at the distribution of the es tate of Plo Htoo, the last Governor of California under Mexican rule, only n gold watch and chain were left. 1 ’ico was the richest ol all the native Cali fornia hidalgos except Vallejo. He owned ranches which covered hun dreds of thousands of acres, and his cattle were unnumbered, but, likeVnl- lcjo, ho had uo conception of the value of laud or money. When the the Amerieaus swarmed in he played the hospitable host for several years, and when his ready money was gone he mortgaged his estates. Twenty years taw him stripped of every thing, and for the last decade tho mau who was once the most powerful tit the State simply vegetated ou the bounty of old friends, lu the same way lien oral Vallejo, who once owned the best lands in Central California, died in poverty in tbe house which oucc wit uessed his princely entertainm ents. JOHN R. WRIGHT, HeaMvis-c: t K t STOUT. L. I. P IA N O S T U N E D Of s s I s n ' t I n York T s s s t . 0 R 0 A N 3 Rc PAIRED. Prices Beuouable. > 1 APTLY AT TUK RCVICW B U ILD IN G , *■ I M . F R E E R O R T Tbo Atlanta Constitution notes thnt the experiments of Massachusetts au New Jersey iu the construction ol first-class highways havo arouse 1 n good deal of interest in other States. Massachusetts spent $700,000 last rearo u her roadways, and she is will ing to 8 ]>end still more this year. In New Je rsey, too, the people art* auxioua to be ta s e i if they can got good roads. In many State*; North and South, it is suggested that it would be* a good plaa to work the cou YicU on tbe public highways. Their labor would iu tun* furnith every lo cality with good roads, and tl^us em ployed they would not compete with fr-eand skilled Ubor. The outdoor j work would bo a good thing for the health of the prisouers, and if proper ly guarded they could not escape any ; moro easily thau under the present •y*iem. W ith first ’Uss highways ! our farms will rip i l l y increase in value, and their owners will have bet ter facilities for carrying tlieir pro ducts To m arket, *hile the item of sav ing iu the wear and tear of vehicle* 1 $'* of im p o rtant consideration. With there improvement, cu r rural, dis tricts will attract tettlers, and the s country will draw the surplus popula tb*n of tbe loans. Perhaps this l oiiiU to tbe solution ot tbe convict j i l o u k tt . T H E S P P I N O . Dyez! Oyez! ft g irl has ru n away! She’s tru ntiug from w inter’s eonveut hall*; Stam p e d ing nil tho w o rld w ith ftrldw a rJ ■•nils And breeding m ischief in th e general clny. Sho rom p s a long tho lanes and m im ics May; Tho savor of her blow n , soft h a ir enthralls Tho a ir. The snows m e lt w h e re her fo o t p r int falls. On g rw n in g mentis whose startled flowers betray The c o a x ing tune her fleet vagary hum s. Tho leaves look out to w a tch her where she comes, And pell-m ell brooks break jail to s c am p er after; And hill-hom e d cuttle frisk th a t sho is Sho teases even tho town.! w ith fetching laughter. t> Oyez! W ho’s soon tho tom b o y of tho year! —R u p e rt Hughes, in Scribner. TDK LAND SLIP. HOSE broken acres o f land w li i c li stretchout into the ou ft portion wju ! /Av of E ngland's s o u th west coast possess their little history hs well as many a better kuown bit of island scenery. Tbe rough crags, which stand out so boldly hero nud thero amid tho tum bled, undulating ground around,have, while old Timo's haud has been busy clothing their rugged outline with soft raim ent of woodbine and clematis, looked on mauy a curious scene ; tficy havo frowned down ou tho smuggler, aa he carried his ill-gotten gains to safe anchorage beneath their shude; they have listened to the low whisper of the lover, and have beeu the silent witness of mauy a little comedy ; a las! too, of many a sombre tragedy. To tbe right of those acres lies tho old borough town of Lvmton ; to the left is tho little fishing village of Brim ley; two places which have changed little with the passage of years. It was iu the early part of tho present century, on a hot August evening, that a girl walked briskly along the cliffs toward tho fishing ham let; she threaded hei way among tho sheep tracks, iu places bracken hidden, with tho quick, certain step of a native. She was tho Vicar of Bnm ley's only daughter, and she could have walked bliudfold the eight miles from Lymton to her home, for tho cliffs hud been her playground from earliest childhood. Though uow grown into a yoitng woman of twenty summers, sho' still loved tho downs with all her h e a rt; sho loved the swish of tho fern around her feet, and tho tcucli of tho breeze on her cheek; sho loved to watch the rabbits at play , 4 nnd to listen to tbe scream of the gulls, better than any rout or festivity— dissipations which, however* seldom enough came iu her way. At Kin- more, where Squire Hayling’s estate bordered tho towns, sho loitered in her pace. Was it the climb up the hill, or the kiss of the breeze which cumod her color to heighten and the eyes io dance with pleasure? What* ever the reason, it but gave an added beuuty to the sweet Devonshire face under its big straw hut. Perhaps, come tuch thought was in tho mind of tho youug gallant, who, in spite ol carrying one arm iu a sling, lightly vaulted tbe fence aud accosted her. He appeared to bo well acquainted with tho damsel's movements, tot he at once inquired whether, us usual, sho had been visiting her brother at Lymton. ‘'You guess well, Captain H a iling,\ sho laughed. “ Yes, I have been to see Jim. Poor la l ! he does so hate the office liio at Lymton, and I fear for excitement's sake, he mixes him self up moro and more with the sm u g gling. He was out again last night, and I cannot sleep for fear of his com ing to harm .” Tho Devonshire voico was soft and | winning, whilo tho smooth, white brow showed a pucker of very roil j anxiety. Tho Captain bent towards I her with eager sympathy. “ Yon poor little s o u l! aud you are j worrying over his pranks. lie is j young nnd foolish y e t; he will grow wiser by and by. What a p itty h o ! cannot join our lighting boys abroad ! I Spirited young fellows are wanted | there; and it would givo his energy scope.\ “ Oh, uo, no, father would never consent; ho lost his ouly brother at Saratoga, nnd he has never got over it — ho has made Jim promise not to be come a Eoldier or sailor, but it is hard on Jim ! We have no interest, we are poor, and so Jim must drudge at a desk, and it galls him ; he wants an outdoor life, he jnst smuggles for fun. You see, ho bus knowu all the old smuggling fishewtien since ho way a little chap, nnd they will always take him when ho wants to go.\ She paused, thou reading her companion's silenoe us a sign ot di*^>proval, she added, defiantly: “ I don’t blame I Jim. e i t h e r s h o u l d do tbo samel wore I ho, /Oh t.^ome of their tales of adventure aud escape are grand. You j shouliHieur old Pan Pugg talk I Why, ’ they gave the preventive men the slip as neatly us possible ouly the other night aud landed'their kegs right uu | der their very eyes.” The Captain laughed. “ Why, yon i are as bad as Jim , e very b i t ! But all j tho same J im must stop his pruuke. ; The authorities havo winked for a long time at the smuggling around here, but of late they have changed : their tune; since poor Jephson got: killed 1 ast. spring, the revenue men are in arm s; they will catch whom j they can, aud the punishm ent is heavy. Yon must use all your influ ence to keep Jim in. Nav. Jean, do | uot look so downcast,\ for the color bad faded from her cheek, and her lips ha 1 grown perilously tremu lotis. “ I im a n t but to warn you. child; i* will be all right, never a doubt! Perhaps, between us, we may be able to get J im out of this diatasti fnl office; perhaps my father could find him a more conger ial billet ou bis Scotch estate. Come, let me so. * you smile again. Ah! that is better i >w serions y ; the In ir o ld da 1 will do a n y thing I wish, au t I •'hall ask hiui to rind something for y-ur brother. No. it is no kindness,\ h*- leant toward the gir!, wh >se sparkling eyes t-poke h t r gratitude, and said softly: “ / letve Uncle ilay.m g to morrow, but when 1 return m thro.- weeks’ time I shall ask for something in return. But not ytt Jean ; not till , I have seen my dear old father, an 1 have told him of your -elf. Ah, Jean, when 1 come back will you b* Sqvbloshe 1 aud plared with her bat Et rings, while u tbrnan *sng iti au tumn song in the scarlet-hung rowan tree over her head, mq j a robin peeped •t the lovers from the bilberry bu*h close by, bnt she* ant-wered never a word. Tho Cftptiun smiled. “ In three weeks' time, Jean, I shall come lor your answi-r — have 1 imuie yon dumb, have yon no voice leU? Coxae, then, tell me of yonr Bolemn-faced admirer down there,\ indicating Brim- ley; “ can you t^ll me bow he fares?\ Jean gave her head a toes, and found speech at once. \ I hate him ,\ sho said, energetically, “ and yet I fear him, too! He is hard and harsh, and dreadfully obstinate. Ah, you Ian ’b, but really, I do fear h im ! Is it a pre sentiment?\ Hail she known it, the pretty, pen niless Jean had won the heart of the heir to one of the biggest rent rolla iu Scotland, but she knew nothing of her lover’s prospects, and cared not at a l l ; to her unsophisticated mind it was sufficient to be sure that ho was kind, ; brave and true—knowing it, she loved him. i The following evening, about the j same hour Miss Jean was making the j same journey on her sleuder young feet, Humming a little song to herself as she walked. Sho paused at the Squire’s fence to recall tho meeting of tho previous day. Iu three weeks* time Captain Hay ling would be back, he would meet her again and then\! — she did uot put her thoughts into words, but her cheeks hoisted their crimson flag, and finished the sentence for her. How glad she was liis arm was nearly well, though it seemed it must always remain still*, nud u nfit him for active service ; y e t it was happi ness to know he could never again go to thoso cruel wars. Sho stopped | dtmio b+tlo way from the edk»e of tho ! cliffV, remembering ber lover’s warn ing; yes, the cliffs were slipping more thau usual thia season. Only yonder a large boulder had fallen during the uight, aud even as she looked, half a milo awny, a huge crag fell with the noise of tho explosion, churning up the sea in spray, and leaving thick, smoke-like dust in its wake; she stayed to see tho frightened gulls set tle once more, and resumed her way, choosing more inland track. Farm er Lodon stood at his g a te; ho had seen Miss Jean advancing, and, with arms folded, he awaited hpr. When she would havo gone on, he laid a heavy*, detaining hand on her arm, bidding her not to hurry, for he must havo speech with her. “ Mr. Lodon,\ she said, whilo she shrank involuntarily from his touch, “ if it is the same question, you know I havo b u t the samo answer.\ “ .Softly, softly 1 I say you shall be my wife, and that in throo weeks’ time, or take the alternative. Your brother J im shall pay the forfeit. You start. A h ! you think h is little pranks are not kuown, but you mistake.\ He drew a letter from his pocket, and showed her, making her read it. It was written by her brother, with all a boy’s carelessness; it spoke of his escapades, of tho notorious run.of the previous week when he had helped trium p h a n tly to hoodwink tho revenue men. Tho letter, w ritten to a com rade who had missed tho fun, and signed “ James Alymer,\ was evideucc enough fully to incriminate the writer. It had never reached it destination ; by means of his own, for ends of his own, Farm er Lodon had gained pos session of it. Jean wrung her hands together, her frightened eyes sought his pitiless face; he answered her un spoken question. “ \Vill I uso this? Forliapp.* Should I do so, do you think your flue lover will bo able to help you or save Jim ? I think uot. Ii 1 give this little piper to those who would like to havo it, Jim will be taken, my g i l l ; do you understand that? Jim will bo taken, and others named hefe; the punishment you know.\ “ Oh, I know!\ sho m oaned; bad not some one elso warned her but yes terday? “ I know, and it will kill tho dad, the poor old dad, as well as Jim .\ “ Your face is your fortune, Mistress Jean,\ ho answered. “ It is a fair one ; don’t you know it?\ She buried it in her hands. “ Oh, 1 wish it had been as ugly as siu, withered aud scarred by any accident, if ugliness might have saved me from you ;” but sho caught his eye, and the threat she read thero quieted her; sho was silent, shuddering in dumb misery. An hour later, weary and tired out, Jean crept into her father’s house, aud up to her small bedroom under tho thatched roof. She, who iu spite of poverty and her narrow, monotonous life, bad scarcely known the taste of sorrow, lay on her bed too worn out to cry, almost to thiuk, d azed and stupefied for the time, tho promised wife of Farm er Lodon. Ou her wedding eve—a wild thun dery night succeeding a week of heavy rains—Jean's skirts hung round her j damp uud clinging, soaked from their contact with the wet bracken, through which tho girl had just pushed back from Lodou'a farm. She had gone to make ouo last frantic appeal to its owner’s clemency, ouly to return with the resignation of despair iu her heart. Twelve short hours of freedom left to her, and thou sho must wed the mau she loathed. To-morrow her Whilo all the country around was talking of the Rinmore land slip, and people were flocking from far and near to see the strange eight aud to shudder over the fate of the unfortun ate farmer, Jean Was lying between life aud death. The m i^rahlo weeks of strain she had undergone and the awful climax at the end had been too much for even her strong young frame. Brain fever ha l laid her low ; then during her wild delirium, father and brother had learned something of what she had suffered and endured. At last the weary timo of watohiug and anxiety was over, and Jean began slowly to recover. During the crisis of her illness Cap tain Hayling had haunted tho house, and when, white and wan, she-was at last brought downstairs to lie ou the couch by the parlor window, ho was there waiting to greet lior. # Ho knelt beside her, stroking tho thin little haud which lay iu his, so weak and helpless. There were tears of thank fulness in tho strong man’s eyes, an swering tho tears of weakness which a t sight of him had gathered in hers, sho know not why. W hat need to tell more? There was a wedding in Brimley Church, when Captain Hayling wedded fair Jean Alymer ; a uuion which brought peaco and luxury to the white-haired vicar’s declining years, and caused the re moval of Jim irom the obnoxious desk. —Household Words. SCIENTIFIC AM) INDUSTRIAL. A ton of good coal is said to yield about 8000 feet of purified gas. Twenty millions of meteors are said to fall upon the earth every day, their aggregate weight amounting to sev eral tons. A spoonful of Chicago black snow was recently analyzed by a skilled chemist and found to contain thirteen ingredients, th e - m o s t innocent of which was black soot. It is bolieved that shooting stars aro small solid bodies, revolving round tho sun. As they are traveling in a con trary direction to the earth, the velo city with which they enter our atmos phere is [very great—on nn average about thirty miles a second. A new and wonderful substitute for common brittle glass is announced by a Vienna journal devoted to tho glass and porcelain trade. Tho substitute is said to havo all tho proportion of common glass, except that it is flexi ble. It is made of cullodian wool. Professor Mark W. Harrington, late Chief of tho Weather Bureau, aud now President of the University of the State of Washington, proposes to es tablish a department of terrestrial physics and)'geography in tho univer sity, and asks authors and publishers to send works relating to those sub jects to the university. M. Piltschikoff, in describing recent photographs of lightning, names three tyjies of flash—band lightning, tube lightning and water-spout lightning. The first two ho found to occur in all storms, the third ho met with once ouly. From tho measured width of tho band lightning on photographs, and tho computed distance, ho esti mates the actual widths to bo froir abont fifteen to eighty yards. In tho Boston Museum of Fiuo Arts there are many casts of works of sculp ture which are dusted in a novel man lier. A largo Qir-pump is mouutcd on a truck nnd is rolled around to the various rooms. One mau operates this pum p ,’the other applies a fine jet of a ir to the sculptures, blowing off the dust. This blowpipe is conneotol to tho pump by means of a polo and rubber tube. Hugh Miller, the youngest aud only surviving ko u ot th o famous geologist, died in Edinburgh the other day. Ho had beeu connected with tho English geological survey ever since his edu cation was completed. Some tim e ago he published a pamphlet finding fault witli the way iu which artists depict landscapes. He maintained that tbe different rock formations should be accurately represented in pictures of lamlEcapcR. “ I t has been estimated,\ says W. II. Lamaster, “ that a cannon ball moving with a velocity of 500 miles an h our, aud leaviug our earth at n certain lime aud traveling in the di rection of the nearest fixed star, would not reach it in less than 4,500,000 years; nud yet there are stars in the heavens aud visible through telescopes that would require a cannon ball mov ing with the amine velocity at least 500,000,000 years to reach them .\ H a r d T i lin g s to S a y . Shibboleths to test sobriety, or comparative sobriety, iu the case of supposed drunkards have often been heard of, and have generally beou looked upon as jokes for the dinner table ox the smoking-room, says tho Loudon Xew*. From a case reported at the W estminster Police Court it apt lover, Captain Hayling, would return, au I the ffrst sound to greet him would , le her wedding bells. To think was Ptftr* tha,fc doctor examined as a ma loess! SU(? crept to bed tu sock “ “ mventod a tost phrase which he regards infallible. This is, “ Tho artillery extinguished the con flagration early.\ This may be very effective, and it was tried successfully o n a c a b m a u (tho defendant), but the doctor need not have taxe I his inven tive powers. There is tho “ P eter Piper picked a peck of pepper,\ etc., test, and one or two more not quite so elaborate. “ Biblical criticism ” and “ British Constitution\ have long been favorite tests, bnt tho best is probably “ Mrs. Sm ith s fish sauce shoo.\ c re p t 1 tho oblivion of sleep, yet knowiug all too well that she would seek it in vain. L ittle did her brother dream for what his careless recklessness was responsi ble ; neither did the father, with his frail health and dreamy ways, guess of the sacrifice his daughter was mak ing- Was ihe dream ing? What was the noise which had awakened her from a troubled doze? A heavy, dull soun 1, coming at intervals, neither thunder nor wind, .lean rose aud looked o u t ; lire night, or rather early morning, was stormy, the sea running in big white, tearing billows ; b n t above their roar came this strange noise from th< eastward, between Brimley and Lym ton. In that direction u smoke-like haze liun : h e ivy and dark. Slij»piug on h e r c l o t h e s , *h« ran down stairs, lo o k i n g iu a t h e r f a t h e r as sl^e passed, to m a k e s u r e h e bad not beeu dis^ tu r b e d . She^.-j e l <-u on tho ''dugs of the egpecjaU j to the owner of a fagged wind, keeping to th© high ground i ^ a i n or jaded nerves. Anvthing that above Binmore. There were collected 1 most oh, the fisher folk —a scared, Tightened group of men and women, Why Cycling Exhilarate*, An onthusiiyitic cyclist tells you that the effects of excess in cycling are very much the same as excess in drink. And I feel very little doubt that tho doctor is right. Cycling, I suppose, because it acts as such a, powerful stimulant to the heart, produces, iu the first instance, a feeling of exhilara- hieh is in itself a pleasure, produces this effect is naturally ‘craved” after when once tasted. This xbilurating effect, too, overcomes thi yet thankful enough that their <*oQFciousuess of fatigue and conse- liumble cots stood safe, since only I a r * , . u ent j j prevents the cyclist from mer Lodon * farm and buildings had jmJgjDfr accamtplv when he (or she) t 0 a c c a r a t p l v _____ _ , ______ has Lad enough—aDother dftDgflrout , ^ point ofdesemblance to a lcohol.—L o u don Truth. ' B i n d - l ) i s t r i b u t c d S e e d s , upied the treach--rans acri >11 fisherm a n tol i Jean how th beeu aroused tn the small hours of the morning by the sound of sliding land ; how the r own houses had shaken an i bou-ehol 1 goo's rocke.l; and how th v ha 1 rn-hed ont to see Binmort ■ It is well km wn that winds play an Poiut below on* heaving, moving ! im p o rtant role in th* distribution ol mas*, the bight r ground falling on tlie seeds. Professor Bolley record* that lower, th- whole alipping forward to | in two square feet of a tbree-week-old the sea. and three inch deep snowdrift upon an Jean turned and went back to 1 ice pond, ten yards from any weeds, Brrui’ev. Intuitively her feet e a rned he found nineteen weed M*eds, and in her home, but all will power, all thought seemed to have abandoned her; she was incapable of clear ideas, her h a l whirled, the gronn 1 seemed still to bo heaving unddr her f e e t; her bro» v a i throbbing with pain, and she shivered with the cold; »he stum another drift quite tonilarly situated thirty-tw o set is, representing nine kinds of weeds. While the wind was blowing twenty miles per honr a pock of mixed seeds was poured upon the snow crast, and ten minutes after 191 wheat grains, fifty-three riax seeds, S A B B A T H S C H O O L bled on blin ijy w;th the old fisher - j forty-three buckwheat and ninety-one man's words ringing dully in her ragw**fd seeds were found in a trench bra;ns “M r L o ion is de* I. never a ' thirty ro d s from where they had b e e n doubt 1 NLr. Lodon u dead 1 \ i i o a r e d upon th e crust. ILD BVNFLOWER BELLE. An Atchison girl started ont the first of the year with ft resolve to i?uy nothing, but always look interested and sympathetic. The other girls are still wondering what makes her so suddenly popular with everyone.—At chison Globe. THE SMOOTH BROW. The photographs of a decade ago, or even half that period back, look crudely old fashioned now. It is the hhavy bang which then prevailed, aud which has now almost disappeared, that gives them their air of antiquity. The straight bang d e parted long since. Tho heavy curled bang belougs to past history. And even the light fringe, to which tho possessors of high foreheads havo clung, is retreating. It is being thiuued, trained back, pinned off tho forehead with sidecombs and all that will remain on most brows before long is a light curl or two to break its se verity.—Xew York Advertiser. n ATIUIRRSSINO E X TR A OR DIN A UT. Hair dressed by auctiou has a most extraordinary sound, yet it is a method iu vogue among Parisian society women whose own mauls are not ex pert iu the art. In the gay city there is actually ouo hairdresser, if not more, who has the wit to trade on the vanity and haste of her fair clients. The rush is apt to be a quarter of au hour before dinner or opera time. Then the carriages roll up and the bidding begins. There are moro cus tomers than artists and the highest bidder has the l in t turn. In Ih e •ex citement it is not uncommon for for ty-five francs to change hands in or der that a single woman may be ut her best in time for tho ball. COELEQE TRAINED WOMEN. It is ft somewhat remarkablo fno that out of tho upward of 4000 womeu of this country who are physicians, uot more than 2 0 0 have a college training, according to President Thsviug, of tho Western Reserve Uni versity. Of tho 1235 women preachers and 208 women lawyers in the country but few are college bred. Even moro surprising is the laot that the colleges havo contributed very few of tho liter ary womeu of tho country. Most of the women’s college graduates become teachers o r ornam ent homes. Mauy of tbe j>reachers, being good talkers, do not undertako tho regulation three years’ coureo in theology, hut go r ight ahead and discourse from the pulpits, learnedly or otherwise. — A tlanta Con stitution. AVOIDS THE PUBLIC GAZE. * Mrs. Cleveland dreads publicity for her children. She says her little girls are private persons and that the public has nothing to do with them. To her they aro too sacred t(£i»e gazed upou by tho vulgar public. T h is is to be regrotted, os persons who know* the little tots declare them to he most charm ing children. So hont is she on preserving their privacy th a t sho has never had their photographs taken by any professional photographer. Only ouo amateur is said to havo been al lowed to mako sun pictures of them. ►She is a young lady, uu intim a te per- i.onal friend. Evidently Mrdr Cleve land’s trust in her discretion was well founded. Mrs. Cleveland has uo such feeling about her own photographs, which may bo bought in a g reat v ariety of graceful poses at any shop where pictures are sold.—New York Journal. AN INEXPENSIVE BEAUTIFIEB. If you want to soften your face, try, instead of rubbors and unguents and halms, a little spiritual gymnastics. Look at yourself in tho glans. If the corners of your mouth are down, and you are an unhappy looking object, elevate your expression. Think of the pleasantest thing that ever hap pened to you; the kindest thing that was ever done for 3 * 011 ; the m erriest time 3*011 ever had in your life; send out tho most generouf, tho sweetest, tho most helpful thought you cau think to your friends, and if your facp is not softened moro charmingly than ever a wrinklo rubber could make it, then you havo not thought strongly, buoyantly, or generously enough. There is ho much that could bo written ou this that thoughts piay leapfrog ovc r my pen, and there is not timo to adjust them properly or to u tter them. It is clear, however, that who remains youngest who has the widest possible range of sympathies and vivid ap preciation. Xot knowest thou, not believest thou, but—lovest thou? is the password through the gates of everlasting youth, as well a* to “ the new church.”—Boston Transcript. sriP E R WEB VEILS. The very latest is a large, delicate menh ujincwhat resembling a spider’s web. A curlou* little white speck like a tty near tho left eye and on the ; right close by tho m outh is au ur i raugemeut of spots which m ight easily | be mistaken for a spider. This veil in [ bordered with a little narrow edge of UouitOQ lace and two loveknots with- j in a reasonable distance of a p r e tty mouth. Tf tho veil is white the spider and tho fly are block, and vice versa. This might truly be called the allegor ical veil, assuming the face to be young and innocent, looking at the world beyond with wondering eyes. Tbe old-time useful fashion of gather ing the ends and front, making tho veil fit comfortably around the face, has been quite doD O r.way with. In stead, it is allowed to hang loose and fall iu funny little frills, resembling, on a smaller scale, the godets of our gowns. A few years ago this fashion was the special prerogative of old la dies. Some women have a tu r n talent for b uying v e i l s , and it i* generally the woman who is uot o v e r yonug to whose toilet a bee cuing veil is mort- iuportant than all the rest. Th* most popular these cold days is a heavy c h e n i l l e dot and vc-ry close together; iu tiiis the w b i t c - h a i r e i w man with a vouthfui face is m i u at h t r *—at — New Yoik Journal* Mrs. Mary E. Lease, the famon* Populist politician, has left tne lecture platform for the pulpit. T f o women servants in Paris art- the sole l«w*at«-es of their mistreat*, wno lately d:ed possessed of $ 120 , 0 0 0 . Miss M artha Carey Thomas, Presi- d« n t of byrn M**r College, has been elected s Trustee of C iracM Cmver- oity. Mrs. TouJman Smith is tho first M anchester College, of Librarian Oxford. Miss Helen Gould lias founded two scholarships iu Xew York University of $5000 each, to yield $250 au- uunliy. In England there is a woman auc tioneer who is successful in her chosen business, which she adopted when ehe was only sixteen years of age. Thero are now in America 2338 wo men practicing medioino.in one or tho other of its forms, aud inclusive of 130 homeopathists. After au existence of fifteen years the Woman’s Exchange, of Albany, X. \ \ , has been obliged to suspend busi ness ou account of lack of patronage. Mine. Hntoyama, a Japanese la.-ly) is up to date iu politics. When her husband was a candidate for Parlia ment she made public speeches iu his interest. Miss Ella Knowles, of Montana, set tled a lawsuit between two mining companies by subm itting an agree ment so obviously just that both par ties accepted it and paid her $ 10 , 00 0 . Kitty Keed, the Speaker’s nineteen* year-old daughter, is becoming a great fuvorito iu W ashington societj*. Sho is said to be a clever, sinoere and uuaffeoted youug woman. Sho has tho Keed drawl. Miss Alice C. Fletcher was elected oncot the sectional Vice-Presidents of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science, tho first honor of the sort extended to a woman by the association. Mrs. Elkins, wife of the Senator from W est Virginia, is a brunette of remarkable beauty. Sho is very fond of socioty aud has wealth to assist her, aud her home will probably be ouo of the gayest iu W ashington. Mrs. J . Stanley Browu (Mollie G a r field) is 0110 of the most popular y oung matrons in W ashington. She is a brunette, with warm golden brown hair, large dark eyes au»l an exquisite oomplexion. Sho has tbreo ohildren. Mrs. Gear, wife of the Iowa S enator, has been au invalid for almost eight years, but takes a deep interest iu her husbaud’s career. She enjoys reading, but her specialty is embroidory, and some exquisite work comes from her deft fingers. Mrs. Hernando De Soto Money, wifo of tho new’ Mississippi Senator-elect, is a brunette of small, slight, willowy figure, jet black hair and 03*03 of almost a purplo tint. She is a woman of considerable literary talent and a clever talker. It is said that tho Empress of Austria is a very different woman from tho dashing sportswoman who used to hunt liko a mau. Shu is now fifty- eight, and* spends tho most of her tiffin iu the search of health. Sho is slowly falling a victim to consumption. Mary E. W ilkins is ouo of tho most unpretentious of literary women, and when she read in a recent issue of au English magazine a description of h e r self that made her o u t both youthful and pretty, she wroto and begged to have it correote J, as she was not youug, sho said, an 1 had no pretension to beaut 3 *. Sho is supposed to be about thirty-seven yours old. Tho Countess of Warwick, who is a philanthropist of tho visionary and seutimental sort, in addressing a moot ing of London workiugwomen not long ago assured them th a t thoy need ed more recreations aud moro pleas ures. Then sho described the benefits to be derived from two or three hours vigorous horseback riding, a m orning nt tennis or a day in yachting. FASniON NOTES. Chiffon hats will be worn at outdoor functions uext summer. Hlight paniers aro shown on somo of the models of s p ring gowns. Tho plain gored skirt of serge, well lined, fiures to six 'yards iu width at the foot. Trained skirts of demi-length aro gradually winning their wav back to favor for ceremonious occasions. L iberty satin is a charm ing matoriul for tea gowns, as it is so soft nud pliable, and has such a lovely ahecu. Light, dressy cloth wraps for ou-; of-door summer wear aro to be fash ioned iu the graceful Mario Antoinotto shape. Bishop sleeves aro to be very popu lar in thin wash gowns. They are worn with French waists aud wide, turn-over collars edged with embroid ery. Crisp taffeta ribbon is tho note of the moment for m illinery use. It is to be employed on spring uud summer bonnets in great profusion. It comes iu all effects, Persian, clouded, chintz and iu checks and plaids. French skirts, those now urriving from the other side, measuro from four and a half to five and a half yards around. They aro no longer lined throughout, but a re faced to the depth' of about fourteen inches. Round waists are by no means ban- ishtd. They are still used on very youthfu1, dres 3 * gowns. A nrotty finish for these waists oa slender fig ures is a flounce of gathered luce held in place by one of the narrow belts now so 1 opular. An evening dross is made of blue crepou with srniil) pink rote* und foliage. The wai^t and sleeves ore u succession of frills of silk muslin in acordiun plaits. A wide belt aud shoulder straps of satin, and Ion? gloves make up nn exceedingly dainty and effective co tuia*. If you are young and have a pretty throat it 1 s well to cut the gown a lit tle decollete, an d large fichus of chiffon or lace are a complete and dainty trimr.iin r for th<* waist. They are easily put ou an 1 taken off, an 1 make tho go« n serve two purposes, as it can be quite plain underuouth. Among the long cloaks is one style which in considered sufficiently youth ful for very young matrons. Thii is the Marie Antc nette peli *88 of black satin lined witn some gay colored silk, either light ro-*o pink or bright green. It is made very *flVclive by several short but full capes of v- lvet, triminud with b'.ack ostrich feathers. The m favored rnat» rials for tea gowon arc those ahicb are soft and clinging, like nun’s veiling, cashmere, thin cr qion and crepe , do chine, but flowered silks and printed velveteens are veryt/lesirable this *w a**on ; and in addition to the-e there is a new kind v. tapestry cloth which ia much used for Louis XVI. tea jack eta Willi DiffO* tone In nt» it plaia vulval o r silk. IN T E R N A T I O N A L L E S S O N F O B M A R C H 2 2 . L t M o n T o s t : “ F a i t h f u l a n d U n f a i t h fu l S e r v a n t s , ” I.u k e x t l . . i l 7 - 4 8 — l i c l d r n T e x t : K p h . v.* IS — C o m m e n t a r y . 37. “ M essed arc those servants whom the Lord, wh* 11 Ho com oth, simll Mu<t w a tc h in g .” F a ithful sorvico H tho topic for to day, and thoro is nothingluoro purifying, or m o re oonducivo to faithfulness than w a tc h in g for th a cpm tng of tlio Lord* I testify irom a parsoim l experience of tw e n ty years. If tho heart is full of fears or c a res, both of which aro fully dealt w ith lu the preceding part of this chanter, we shall neither bo w atehful nor faithful, bnt If we live in and for o u r F a th e r ’s good pleasure (vorv» 32) nil fears banished by His perfect love n nd nil cares enst upou H im '( I John lv.. 18; I Peter v., 7 1 , thou o u r treasu r e being tn heaven wo will bo w a tching for th e Son from heaven. From tn e first assurance of a D e liverer (G e n . Iii.. 15) to t h e end of tho book we a ro over reading of th e com ing Due to suffer and to reign (I P e te r i ., 11). He came oilcc. at G od’s uppoiutod tim e , to suffor, aud the Sim eons a n d A n n as watched for Him. lie is com ing again. Blessed art* th e watchers. 38. * 'B lessed up* tlu s o servants.” Those who will not bo taken by s u rprise should Ho com e nt an y m o m ent of the night or dny. W h ile these lessons «ro very practical nnd m u st be applied to the heart of every be liever a glance at verse 31 will show th a t the w a tc h e rs here specially referred to a re Israel, who when Jesu s shall come in His glory shall, in th e w o rds of Isa. xxv., i \ acknow l edge Him as t h e i r Messiah. I eortnllpy do hot wait and w a tch fer Him to retu r n from th e w e d d ing, for as 11 prtrt of Himself, His body, the c h u rch. I expect to he nt the wed ding. 39. 'If tho good m an of the house had know n w h a t h o u r tho thief would come, he w o u ld have w a tched.” His com ing as a thief is m e n tioned in I Thoss. v ., 2. It Peter fii., 10; ltov. ill., 3; xvi., 15, but only In reference tft H is enem ies nml the dav of the Lord. Listen to I Theas. v., 4. 5: “ But ye brethren a r e not in datknoss, th a t thnt day should overtake you as a thief. Vo nre nil th e children of light und the children of tho dny. Wo nre not of tho night nor of d a r k ness.” 40. “ Be ye therefore ready also, for tho Son of M n neutrieth at un hour*wh*n ye think uo t.” Tho title, “ Son of Man,” takes us buck to Ps. viil., 4-fi, nml to Dan. vil.. 13, 14, 27, und show s tho com ing ruler of Israel and of tho w o rld, in w h ich official capacity tho head and body, C h rist nnd His c h u rch, shall bo m a n ifest os ouo i l John iii., 2; Col. ill., 4; I Thoss. iii., 13). N either death, which Is nn enem y , nor th e Spirit at l’entocosr, who onme a s an o th e r Com forter, nor tho it est r u c tion of Jerusalem , which is contrary to Ps. oil., 10, c a n iu any S c riptural sense he said to be a com ing of the Son of Man. Lot us not om it tho lessou th a t is in this nud sim ilar verses for o u r owu souls. Bo ready for sor vico or glory an y m oment. 41. 42. “ An 1 tho Lord sntd, Who, then, is th a t faithful and wise stew a rd?\ This in answ e r t<> P e ter’s question as to w h e ther tho Lord had been s p e a k ing specially to them or to al*. Ho seem s to answer, “ Whosoever will may be a fn thfuland wise stew a rd.\ In I Cor. iv ., 1-5, Paul speaks of himself and fel low laborers as s tew a rds of the m y sterlos of God nnd snvs t h a t th e ouo thing required of a stew a rd is to be found faithful, and that in view of the com ing of tho Lord. “ Meat in due season” is also referred to tu I Cor. iti., 25 Heb. v ., 1 2-11, an d th e dtffloultyof giving nidit w h e n one oan only take milk. 43. “ Blessed is th a t servant, whom his L o rd when Ho oom e th, shall find so doing.” I t will bo sad Indeed for tho servants who are giving s tones for bread and tho poison of unbelief instead of the milk und ment nnd honey of tho w ord of tho Master. Tho Bible is a com p lete equipm e n t for every m an of Gt/d, sufficient t<» furnish him thoroughly for every good w o rk (II Tim. tii.. lfi, 17), aud th e preacher w h o steps outside of the Word of Goil for a topic for his people is dishonor ing th e W ord of God and grieving the Spirit of God. Tlie one business of every lonelier a u d p r e a c h e r is to be, liko Ilaggat, tho L o r d 's m e ssenger w ith tho L o rd's mes sage (H ag. i., 13). 44. \O f a t r u t h I say unto you th a t he will m a k e h im ruler over tilt thnt ho h a th .” It is wiid of A b raham s eldest servant th a t “ Ho ruled 1 for “ all tho goods of his m aster h a n d ” (verso 10). It is said of Joseph th a t P o tip h a r “ m a d e him overseer over nil th a t ho hail” and th a t Pharaoh “ set him over all tho land of E g y p t” (Gen. xxxix., 5, xtl., 41). Jesus s a id of th e Spirit, “ Ho shall rt of m ine and s h a ll s h o w it unto you. All things tlm t tho F a th e r hath are Mine ' (John xvi., 11,15). C o n sider well, O child of God, our present privileges a u d future glories and bo faithful. 45. 4<t. “ H is portion with tho unbeliev ers.” T h e refore tills servant was never it tru e s e rvant; but like Judas, only num b ered w ith them . T h e re Is no S c ripture th a t con trad icts o r really conflicts w ith th e state ment of o u r L o rd thnt His sheep cun never perish ( J o h n x., 27-29), Tho professed ser vant who lends his tongue to the evil one to lash other servants and at the same tim e gives him self up to the Intoxications of this w o rld's attractio n s had bettor OOllAtder e re it lie too Into thoso solem n wotds of Him who shall be o u r juYgo, “ Not ev e ry o n e th a t snitli L o rd, L o r d , but ho thnt doetti tho will of My F a th e r \ (M a th. vil.. 21). “ W hosoever will i)\ 11 fricud of tho world is the enemy of G o d ” (Jos. iv.. 4 ). “ Ye cannot serve God and m a m m o n ’' (L u k e xvi., 18). If oue chooses to he an unbeliever, he cannot ex- poet other th a n tho uubliercr*' portion. 47, 43. If I understand th e tenchiug of these two verses, it is th a t while all unbe lievers. w h e ther professedly servants of God • r not, shall go to th e pi icouf torm ent, thoro shall be degrees «.r torm e n t iu proportion to th e ir guilt. 1 am in the habit in my preach- ing of putting it this vuy: Those who re ceive J e s u s C h rist are saved freely by His grace, and a ll a r e equally saved (Bom. iii., . 4 1 . but each saved soul will be rew a rded or given his wages R»cordlng to his works (It v xxii., ) 2 ;L u l**xiv.. 14; I. Cor. Hi., 13-* 15), so th a t w h ile th e r e are no degrees in salvation th e r e are in glory (1 Cor. xv., 40- 42). Those who reject C h rist will bo lost be- cnuse of th e ir r e jection of llim , w h e ther professedly His o r not, but their torm e n t will bo in proportion to their guilt. Tho servants of th ree tw o verses c a n n o t bo tru e Hcrvnu’A of God. for such aro uot boaten or punished, because th e chastiHenieut of our peaeo w as upon Him who wns mado sin for 11 s (Isii. Hii,, 5; II Co -. V., 21). W herever weeping or w a lling and gnu d u n g of teeth Is m e n tioned It is n I w avs w t'h reference Ir those who profess wlmt they are uot (M ath, viii., 12; s l i i i. , 42. 50; xxil., 13; xxiv., 51; L u k e xiifi. 28 , etc. '. —Lwsou Helper. O U R H O G E X P O R T S . am o u n t of o u r exports go direct to Groat B ritain, aud th a t o f these hog products form DO inconsiderable u part, the following figures m ay prove interestin g its show ing our chief c o m p e titors: In 1894 E n g land imporP*d 3,889.604 cart, of bacon, which was an im p rovem ent over 1898 4 f Htsnit 500 000 o w t. in 1395 th e total was 4.063.418 c u rt. T h U shows au increase lu q u a n tity , but a dim inished valuation ol about f 150.000, w h ich m ight reasonably be expected in view of the low values of the past year a n d ke»*n com p etition. Of the total qu a n tity for 1895 th e United States cou- tribute© 2,049,402 cw i., or an Increase over 1894 of About 100,090 cwi. D e n m a rk’s con trib u tio n was 1,013,930 <‘Wt., which nearly doubled her figures for 1894. C a n a d a im proved In 1895 bv over 14,000 owt. The im p o rts of bam s show a steady ln- creasc w ith each sueoresive year. The total for 1895 was 1.289,518 owt. Of this the United Btutos Mint 1,203,157 c w t., an increase over IftM Of 1S7.80T CWt. C a n a d a 's flM f ta I m 1894 were 50,676 c w t., but in 1893 these were Increased to 81,707 £wt. Of 220 168 cwt. of salt pork im p o rted into E n g land in 1895 122.902 cwt. were frem the U nited Htatcs und the balance from other countries*not specified. We did better in 1894 by a b o u t 28,000 cwt. The increase from •• th e r co u n tr ies” in 1896 was about 23,000, w hile th e grand total of a ll shows a decrease in 1895 o f a b o u t 5000 cwt. K e n t u c k y II a - t l i e O il F e v e r . E a s tern K e n tucky has the oil fever verj b a lly , and th e r o i.i every Indication that It will increase as th e spring alvauces. Wells are being bored In dozens <*f districts, a n d in pructically all th e pmuU* have been hig h ly encouraging. U e veral pitying wells are already iu operation, a large uum - *c«r of others produce oil, but not yet in paying quantities, u n i further borings are being made. One well naar H e n d ricks h a s fMKKHfed the fTSat dfjptji of 2382 feet and in to be bored atl'il deeper. A b ig flow of go* was reached at a depth of 1850 feet, an d th e oil com p any believes oil wi 11 te» s truck tn very large quantities soon. P r o s p e r i n g Is going ou practically all over E a s tern KentucLv- An E x p e r i m e n t a l O r c h a rd . It it stated th&t Benjam in B q c s m a n , of F a rm ingdale, 111., bi-s a s experim e n tal o r chard of ap p le.- l a w h ich a r e o r s r M 0 mr14te». Thr diffi N E W YORK S T A T E NEW S . W a n t th c 'l U l n e s D i l i B a r k . T h e m e m o rial prepared bv th e m in o r ity m e m b e rs of tho State Assembly asking Oor- m r 81 rt. n to retu rn to th a t body lh s Raines L iquor T a x bill fo r a full, fair an d open consideration of tlie m easure* w as pre- s n ted ti> t h e Governor. It n f i t “ T h e a r b itrary and tyrannical m e thods re- > rted to in forcing th e passage of said bill m u s t be kuow n to your Excellency. It cam e from the Senate n \ M arch 11, waa reff rrod at once to th»» E x c is e C o m m ittee, and on the following day, w ithout th e coin m it toe having m et, Jt was placed on th e e n t e r of second nud th ir d reading, and pressed upon the H ouse tor Im m e d iate adoption. To secure its passage o n th a t d n y th e ordinary rulre of p a rliam e n tary pro cedure were violated. W ithout legal a u th o r ity. th e Speaker ordered th e doors of th e Assembly Cham b er to be locked, w ith tho evident design <>f coercing a v o te upon tho bill, nnd both MY-mbers au d S e n a tors wore den tod egress and ingress. In c laim ing th e House was not co n s titutionally in session, when the I ill was alleged to havo boon passed, we beg to call your atten tio n to A rticle I I I ., section 11, of th a S tate C o n sti tution. “ I n ord e r, therefore, th a t we m ay havo the right to consider th e B a ines bill in open session, to discuss its various provisions freely, and to offer such am e n d m e n ts ns w t deem necessary, we sincerely urge you to re tu r n 1 he sni.1 message with a reoommenda* tio n for its reconsideration.” T h is w a s signed by John B. Stnnehfletd, tin* m inority leader, a n d *he oth e r Demo* eratle m em b ers, and by Spriugw e llor ano Poe v ers, of E rie County. E. TV. F o s ter D e a d . E d w a rd W. Foster, a m em b er of th e Stati R o trd of C h a rities, d i d of paralysis at Pot» fla m . 7 Mr. Foster was bom lu New H aven, Conn., in 1819, a n d years ngo settled in Potsdam , then a im-re ham let. lie was nno of th e lead ing m en in building up the town. H is em i nent s e rvices in the C o n s titutional C o m m is sion of 1S72 uiul 1875 ut trained n tteutiof th r o u g h o u t the State. Mr. Foster was appointed to tho Btntf Board of Clm rlt.es tw e n ty-eight yeans ugo. He proved to be such a valuable m e m b e r o! the B o a rd th a t he has been reappointed bj every successive a d m inistration. H is busi ness has been largely In the direction o t th i developm e n t of the Plerrepont fam ily prop erty in St. Law rence Count}*. ”* C o*t o f C o m p leting tlie C a p ito l. The report of tho New Capitol Construc tion Com m issioner was subm itted to tbV Legis ature. It Is shown that the contem p lated Im provem e n ts will m ake th e fifth s tory of th t pavilions a u d the rooms tn the tow e r as de^ lirable for office purposes as oth e r portion^ M th e building. 1 h e estim a ted cost of c o m p leting port lent of th e Capitol by day’s labor will be $800, 259, w h ile the lowest bids for c o m p leting tb j other rem a ining portions of the C a p itol wi 1 aggregate *1,350,388, m a k ing a to tal of $ l,i 716,647. Besides this, an additional *58,034 Is i stim n tpd <v Ih* m-eossnry for th e e x p e n s } of th e s u p e rvision, a rchitects’ draw ings u n i oth e r c o n tingencies. A New Itoml. The State Builroad Commission g r a n t e l the application of th e Albuuy, H e lderber.l uud S.'hohnrie E lectric B a ilw a y Com pany for a u th o r ity to build its road from Albany , to Schoharie C o urt House, a distance Al about t h ir ty miles. T h e road, If couatruot* j<l, will run through the most thickly popu lated districts of Albuuy and HchoharU Counties, taking in several largo villogoi, having m a n u facturing an d m illing ln d u » tries, an d touching districts adjacent whioh are rich in llnie, flagging, building anti curbing stone quarries, ami farm and dairy products. Nearly all of this territo r y is fuf rem o ved from any railroad. Tho B o a rd refused tho application of tho Tarrytow n Electric Bullway for like a u t h o r i ty to build its road. F ire at Union C o llege.- One of th e original buildings of U n ion College, Schenectady, erected lu 1814, und nt present occupied by Ex-Professor John F e s ter, w as burned to th e ground. Tho fir© was s tarted by Hie fall of a lum p from th e hand of Mr. Foster, who is nearly nlnaty years old. Tho burning oil ran dow n t h j stairs a n d into the woodwork, which w as o f G eorgia jdno and nearly as old as th e house, causing th e fl.-imts to spread rapidly. T h e F ir e D e p a rtm e n t responded prom p tly, but all of th e hydrants near by wore choked and tb* building could not bo savod. P ro- 'essor F o s ter, his wife, and fem ale serv a u t were tak e n rrom the burning building, tbo servant w ith difficulty. •0 •light as to r* unapprectabU le any b e t ” _ * y r V - ul iu* * • ««*»■ * W M * m» N o tic e o f A d j o u r n m e n t . A c o n c u rrent resolution for th e final ad* lourum e n t of the Legislature was I n troduced lu t h e H o u s e by M ajority L e a d e r O’G rady. it provides that the L e g is lature shall ud- iOnru s ine die April 23 at 2 p. iu. T h e resolution Was adopted, tho older m e m b e rs com m e n ting <>n the fact t h a t this was th e earliest w ithin th e ir recollection that tho adjournm e n t resolution had ev e r boon a d o p ted. The object of the e a rly introduction of tho! resolution, as s tated by Mr. O 'G rady, waa to] giye th e m embera notice, lit order that the work of th e session can be hurried us rapidly! •w p ossible. ______ Nnvui O r d e r of tlie United Kittles. j T h e New York Commnndary of tho Naval O rder of th e Uuitod States whs Incorporated •it Albany for patriotic., historical, literary,, benevolent and sooial purposes, particularly! to honor a n d respect the I llustrious needs off tho g r e a t naval com m anders of tho United! States and th e ir com p a n ions in »rmn and m ihordinates in tho vf.7» of tho United Btates; to encourage research aud tho publi cation of data pertaining to naval a r t nnd science a n d to establish libraries tn which to preserve docum e n ts, rolls, books and relics' relatin g to tho navy of th e U n ited Btates. ; A D o u b l e T r a g e d y . J A terrib le double tragedy occurred At Sen-) cea Falls. T h o m as Pelkltou, a coachman,] shot Miss M innie M ansell, a servant, at < W residence ot Edw ard Mynderse, In tb©' no r thern part of tho towu. Pelkltoa had lately been paying attentions to tbo young w o m a n , but she refused to receive them from him , us he is c o n sidered a disrep u tab le ch a racter. She . refused to rtdo with him and since then he had been drinking consid erable. After s h o o ting Miss M.iusell, Polkl- ton killed hiuisult. H o t e l A in p e r m t m l S o ld b y t- o r r c l o s a r e . T h e Hotel Ampersand, at Raranao Lake, one of th e most m a g n ificent summer houses in th e Adirondack*, au* sold on A mortgage foreclosure In Malone. T h e Mutual Life In s u r a n c e Company of New York bid In ths proporty at $70,000. It is prpbabio that # new stock com p any will be form e d to con duct th e hotel during th e coming summsr. an d Mr. E a ton, one of the former manager*; will c o n tin u e in c o n trol ot th e property. S i n t; S i n g O v e r c r o w d e d . F ifty piihoners have b sm transferred front King Bing to Gliuton Prison, a n I fifty mow will Ih* transferred to Auburn w ltuiu th< m-xt tw o weeks. This Is inado necessary the overcrow d e d condition uf Bing HiuJ Prison. G e n e r a l I t e m s . . T h e Capitol Commission In Albany exon- crated Depul y fiiifierlnteiideiit Harry Yfi Bleveusou of the charges brought against him. M ayor Tlmchor. of Albany, has concurred in th e veto by the Common C o uncil of that ciiy of tho bi-partisan nolb o commission hit) recently passed t»y tho LogtsUlture. G o v e rnor M orion has decided to hear th# M ayors of cities on lhe Bulnes hill and lo r*» esivo bHofs from tho isvjple generally. M ayor Hl'rougwill not go. but will probably sc u d ;i r e p r e s e n t a t i v e . E d w a rd It Bussell, posfmistsr at Ktlsn> vllle, died (1 lew day* ago. ugod fifty y*v«. He was one of th e best-know n residents of southern UUter, and was u prouduAut lie publican. At one timo he waa a candidal# !--r County Clerk, a n d also ran for me of A sombly. lio wu* u prom inent Mm on. T h e Trust poinlft»d Prof* of Cornell U n iversity ftp r Heiii,of Brown U n iversity. •rofessor of ethic• Ju lhs Hug* Hebuol Ot Philosophy, completing tho »tnff In lb* PhM'*«*|»bf ul B< hool endowed by U s u ry W. Jik I u m ll. W ile, a s s ig n e e o f tho c l o t h i n g firm of Both.schild, Baum A Ht«*ru, ltoohutfsr, winch wont 10 tho wall roeanily. filed aflftn- v» ntory o! th e n*NTifi a n d lisblllflv* o f IB© partnership. Total nom inal «s*e|f o r s $48$,* I ftni; to tal actual a * * * * . $264,128. T h # lUtoJ direct liuh4Mite*ara $ 878, 161. A r thur Daib-v, stxtvsQ s o a rs o f ag#, n e t a r t em p loyed by the G-*»»ral Kk* 1 rl« C o m p a s y , H ebcnectady, tem p ted to com m it ■dltiM # by tak in g u uoee ot arw u h * lle is u o orpb©©, bud won d c s f o n d c n l o v s r iil-hsaith. A . umtgnmout has basu I M Ilo t h s - t ilid , baum A h4<$rs,o©« of tfc© ***t cbd b iu g fn*ou(s<8©ri*f l i r ester. Tha liuhititles ©r* ssU f ii© . largely tn New York io.m c u h m ty » im » m a u m m » a i » w ui l t N f c '■
