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Twffit-See Colliers/ Buried Alive by an
Extensive Cave -is/.
A Wilkeabarre deapatoh ofyesterday
Soya; A cave-in mounted today near
*Ailey, in No. 8 mine, by which 25 men
Wane entombed in the mine. A great crowd
;gathered upon the spot almost immediately,
Sad the company took prompt action
toward liberating the imprisoned men, but
ID4atter° are in enoh a obaotio condition
that the results aro by no means certain.
The cave is in the workings on No. 8 -elope
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- pony, immediately adjoining the mine in
which the extensive nave occurred twelve
yearn ago, imprisoning ten men for over a
week, but who were finally rescued alive.
' The pxeaent Dave extends over a half -mile
■quare, and includes a portion of the thickly
settled village palled Moffett's patch. 4
large number of hooses have gone down
with the surface, but onlya few of them
lave been badly ddmggea..
It was half -past 6 p. m. before the first
rescue party reached the first of the victims.
Be was lying at the bottom of a 50 -foot
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o ower a miner down with a
sone. Tbie was done, and the charred and.
blackened form of Anthony Froyne was
hoisted to the surface. He was still alive,
but his injuries are considered fatal.
'When the news spread that Froyne was
burned a feeling of gloom name over those
present.
DEAD BODIES SEEN.
The latest report is to the effect that
the rescuing party bas penetrated to within
night of two dead bodies, but the gas is so
thick that. .th_y were drive nbaok•._-toetlte,
•farfaoe. The place ie full of blank damp,
and further approach in the direction of
the victims is impossible even with safety
lamps. As it looke now, very little hope
iia entertained that any of the men will•be
zescued alive. Wives and mothers crowd
'dose up to the dark opening and peer in as
if their love would dispel the darkness of
the fatal depths, while the Dries of the
`littlepnes calling for their fathers make
the hearers/ sink with pity.
Wreak aad:rain was wrought as well on
surface as en toe fatal pit. Nearly a
snore of bousee are shattered and destroyed,
and the families were compelled to flee for
their lives. The surface, almost ae far as
the eye could reach, -was seamed and
ie rooked with long airoular fiesuree, some of
Iwhieh were over two feet 'wide. Twenty.
tight glen in all; were entombed. •
RESCUERS DRIVEN OUT.
Ilidbit,ht—Only three men have been
brought out time far. It ie now stated a
lamp set fire to the gas and that caused an
maple mien. The rescuing parties have been
daven out of the gangways by the gas.
They were obliged to leave their safety
.lamps outside and grope their way back in
iaarknese, where nothing could be done but
listen for the groans of the wounded. An
female now being made to change the air
current, so as to drive the gas .back from
where the victims are supposed to be.
THOSE ENTOMBED.
The official list of those imprisoned is
'slows: •.
'•E. D. Williams, aged' 60, married, aev
children.
Harry Parry, aged 50, married,
children.
Owen Parry, son of above, aged 17.
M. Henry,aged 42, married, two eons.
T. O. Davis, aged 60, 'married, eig
!children.
John Soulley, aged 20, sole support of
widowed mother.
M. Sonlley, brother of John, aged 27.
D. Sullivan,, aged 45, married, ae
children, one an invalid,
John Hanson, aged 25, single.
John Allen, aged 35, married, th
children, was taken out seriously burned
R. W Roberts, aged 37, married, brong
to surface at 9 p.m. fatally injured,
H. J. Jones, . aged 35, married, th
children.
R. X.Pritohard, aged 30, 'married, on
child.
Ohae. James, aged 52, married,�,five ohil
ann.
Anthony Froyne, married, • one ohil
seemed at 7 p.m.
John James, aged 32, married, two ohil
Aran.
John Williams, aged 35, married, si
children. •
Jonathan Williams, aged 30, married
two children.
R. Jones, aged 30, married, two olid
Oren.
Wm. Edwards, ,aged 28, married, two
children.
T., J. Williame,,•aged j,30, married, one
child. \, .
Thomas Callum, aged 35, married.
Owen Williams, aged 19, married.
dpiw Hempeey, aged 42, dingle.
Frank Gallagher, aged 29, single,
' Two Hungarians named Bulb.
A Wilkeebarre despatch • gives the fol-
lowing further particulars of the awful
shine horror there : Fire Bose Allen, who
I eras reamed from the mine alive last night,
died this morning. A large party of
rescuers to -day entered the elope and com-
menced working upon the oave beyond,'
where three men were found last night.
They soon broke through and rushed into
the chamber beyond, where a close search
revealed six blaokened corpses near the
opening, none of them recognizable. Fur-
ther along at variolte places were found
thirteen other bodies, all more or less
burned, bat moat of them could not be
recognized. The sight was so horrible that
two or three rescuers fainted. When news
of the finding of the bodies( became noised
about' a scene ensued around the mouth of
'the slope that will never be forgotten. A
strong guard held back the women, who
pressed forward madly to enter the mine.
:Half an hour later four•men appeared
bearing. a body on ,the stretcher. The
women tore away the blanket, but saw
only the blaokened and charred remains.
Other bodies were brought out as fact as
possible, and at noon all but' five of those
who were in the mine when the cave-in
000nrred had been found. The bodies were
rionveyed in ambulances to undertaking
rooms and prepared for burial. At ono
o'elook two more bodies had been brought
"out. Anthony Froyne and Robt. W.
Roberts, who were rescued last night, are
in a oritioal condition. It is believed they
will die.
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DUE TO O, REIcEBBNY�SO.
General -Superintendent- Phillipa to -day
said: The men lout their lives through
the negligence of Assistant 'Mine Bose
Allen, who insisted on relighting hialamp
in the presence of large volumes of gee.
Had he not done ao the men now dead
could' all have been reamed alive, as there
was/ a good current of air going through
the chamber where the men had taken
refuge after the cave-in had 000urred.
At 8 o'clock this evening all operations
at the minee were abandoned. There are
yet eis.men in the fatal chamber. To-
morrow morning operations will be re -
untie -the remain"nu g bodies are recovered.
The nave is believed to be due to the ex -
motive entionn't Of Onnl *emceed., nen 8i.f'.,
oient being left to " carry. the auperinonmb-
ent rook. The roof was apeoially
dangerone. Frequent comment ie made
on the feat that the explosion whioh fol-
lowed the Dave -in, like many othere of
recent occurrence, was due to the careless -
nem nI aflru bQae.._Only a. week ago two.
fire bootee were convicted of criminal-oare-
lesenese and fined $50 each, and another is
now awaiting trial, while several others.
have lost their lives alon: with several
A GALLANT EFFORT AT RESCUE.
It is now learned that it was through the
daring efforts of Mine Inspector Williams
that the fate of the imprisoned miners
was learned this morning. After nnmer-
one attempte to enter the mine through the
newly -made opening, the officials concluded
the air current must be changed, and left
with their workmen for this purpose.
Inepeotor Williams became impatient of
delay, and with Abednego Rees made
another- attempt to -penetrate -the workings;
Gas-abounded-deepire-thenitrb-ng stir` lift
rent drawing through the gangway, and
their safety lamps glared and flickered in a
manner telling of fearful danger. They
pereisted, however, and followed the gang-
way 300, feet. Waiting but a moment for
the air to clear, they advanced down a
steep incline of nearly. 60 degrees, 300 feet
further, when gas became so plentiful that
they again paused.. Finally advancing 500
feet through the main gangway, they
Dame to a large chamber, whioh proved a
chamber -of -horrors. By -the faiet glow
of their lamps the two men discovered on
every side
CORPSES BLACKENED, BURNED AND MANGLED.
The mine inspector counted the bodies,
nineteen in all. Here lay a man with his
head mieaing, there a boy stripped of every,
shred •pf olothing.and covered with wounds.
Another lay near b ' with one arm and one
rood -a own o . tea. ' o ' ids o ' mu ea lay.
_crushed to a__ jelly_ by mine oars,- whioh
were scattered about in splinters. The
two men Boon hurried back to open air and
summoned help. Stretchers and sheets
were brought, ropes provided and a rude
sled, built to draw the corpses up a steep
inoline. Soon the work of removing the
dead bodies was under way, and terrible
scenes were witnessed as they were brought
to the surface. The first body was that of
a Hungarian. It was. taken to his boarding-
house. His fellow -countrymen refused to
receive it, bat it wee taken in in epite of
their protestia. At 5 p.m. it lay there, yet
unwired for, an • uneightly object. The
company directed that the bodies be taken
to ap undertaking establishment, and made
as presentable as possible. They were
removed later to their homes, and• , the
company will see to their proper burial.
HOW THE EXPLOSION OCCURRED.
A later despatch explains that the three
men who were rescued het night had
eeparated from the others after the nave- in,
and advised them to follow them out, but
they refused. They then walked along the
gangway on -their way out, :by the aban-
doned opening through whioh the rescuing
party entered. When about 250 feet .from
the earfaoe AIlen's naked lamp set fire to
the gas and the explosion 000urred. The
others were waiting 500 feet still further in
the mine for the rescuing party to enter by
the slope and dig away the debris of the
wall. It is presumed they were overcome
by the afterdamp of the explosion and
rendered unconscious. They did not know
of the opening for whioh the three men
were making, and waited in vain for the
resonere from the. other side. • The number
of men still in the mind is uncertain, as
Thursday was a Church holiday and most
of the miners were idle, no record being
kept of those who were at work. The
families of the dead miners are in extreme
poverty. The company will look after
their wants.
Railway Conductors In Session.
A Roohester despatch of Sunday says :
At the seaeion of the railway conductors
held yesterday, the election of offioers was
taken up. There were numerous candi-
dates for each office. The officers elooted
were as follows :. Grand Chief Conductor,
E. E. Clark, Ogden, Utah ; Grand Junior
Conductor, J. D. Shultz, Rochester, N. Y. ;
Grand Inside Sentinel, F. J. Dorsey,
Winnipeg, Man.; Grand Outside Sentinel,
F. S. Bolter, Bionic City ; Member of
Executive Committee, R. E. Fitzgerald,
St. Louis, Mo. ; Member of Insurance
Committee, Sam' Phipps, Philipsburg, N.J.
The next convention will be held et -St..
Louis. Grand Chief Conductor Wheaton
declined' to be a candidate for renomination
on account of being opposed tc the elimin-
ation of the strike olauee.i
A Great Feat In Hellographing.
A Prescott, • Ariz., despatch says : The
greatest achievement made yet in hello -
graphing was accomplished during practice
in the department of Arizona yesterday by
Lieut. Wittenmeyer, ,who signalled a mos -
sage, by a single flash, 125 miles from
Mount Reno, near Fort McDowell, to
Mount Graham, near Fort Grant, where it
wee received by Capt. Murray. The latter
by turning hie instrument flashed the mes-
sage to Fort Hnaohnaoa, a distance of 90
miles, making a total distance of 215 miles
with al single intervening station. The
longest distance heretofore with a single
flash is said' to be abont 70 miles.
—An old-fashioned woman says rain in
May means bread all the year.
Thomas E. Murphy, one of the acoom-
pliehed sons of Francis Murphy, the tem.
peranoe lecturer, has been offered $10,000
for bis one-eighth interest in an oil well in
Erie oonnty, for which he would have taken
$100 a month eg .
—The top-kno of fefninine hair is oom-
in off.
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TUB COPiFE8SIOE OF BAIIIL
An *nti-Revisionist' Report by the Sara-
toga Committee.
A Saratoga deapatoh says : In the Pree-
byterien Aesembly to -day ,the Committee
ei Methode of Effecting Changes. in the
Confession of Faith and the Constitution of
the Church reported :
1. That since the differences of opinion
as to -the methods of amendment to the
Confession of Faith and the Larger and
Shorter Cateohiawe are so marded and
wideepread, it is unwise to raise the isenee
involved in the General Assembly. •
"erea thekdoctrine of enoh yital importance
that changes in the dgotrinal standards
ehonlci he 'nadie under greeter rcetrictioe
than changes or alterations is the form of
government, the book of discipline, and the
direotory of worship.
8. That the methods of dootrinal altera-
tion should be' included in the oonetitation
itselt and in definite terms.
4. That the Chnroh, ,speaking o ieial
through 'the piesbyieriea, can alone deter-
mine with authority the questions at issue.
Therefore the committee recommends
that the question `be tranamitt
be added to the form of government Chapter
XXIII. of amendments providing (first) for
the proposal by the General Aesembly to
the Presbyteries of amendments or altera-
tions of the form of government, book of
disoipline and directory for worebip, but
that these shall not be obligatory unless a
majority of all the Presbyteries approve in
writing. (Second) That alterations in the
dootrinal standards shall not be proposed
to the Presbyteries unlesethey h ave been
under ooneideration for one year by a nom
Jdiioe.of not,•_.leaa.lthan_15_.ministers-aud-
ruling elders, not more than two of whom
shall be from any one Synod. (Third)
No alteration shall be made in the provi-
sions of this ohepter for changee in the
dootrinal standards unless an overture
from the General .A ssembly submitting the
proposed alterations shall be transmitted
to all the Presbyteries and be approved in
writing by two-thirds of them.
(4) Tho General Assembly must trahe-
mit to the Presbyteries any overture sub-
mitted to it_by_one-third__of--ali—the
Presbyteries.
(5) Any amendment so submitted and
approved shall go into effect immediately
after the General Assembly shall have oer-
.tified the faot.
The committee also recommended that
the Presbyteries be directed to answer the
overture as, a whole by a simple yea or nay,
to' be re sorted to the stated clerk in tim
o ' e preeen e ' to a next General Aesem-
bly.
A. 81Bi6RIAN HOLOCAUST.
Brutal Troops Refuse to Aid in Saving
Exiles' Lives.
A St. Petersbneg (Able says : Horrible
scenes are reported ea -having 'occurred dur-
ing the boring of Tomsk, the capital of
Western Siberia. The place was visited
simultaneously by a conflagration and a
cyclone, the resnit of the oombined disas-
ters being the destruction of three-quarters
of the bnildinge, whioh were of wood, and
the loss of hundreds of lives.
The cathedral, situated in the High
Town, is in ashes. The walls of the edifice,
in falling, arnehed an adjacent hospital,
burying the inmates,who were subsequently
roasted alive.
The garrison brutally refused to render
the least assietanoe in saving lives and pro-
perty, on the plea that they had enough to
do to proteot the barracks and other Gov-
ernment buildings. They also added that
they had no time to aseist " worthless ex-
iles."
In strong contrast to this aotion_of the
troops was that of the worthy bishop and
Iiia assistant priests.' Marching through
the burning city at the head of a preten-
sion, with banners and other sacred em-
blems, he.stepped at frequent intervals to
give absolution to the dying and to bless
the dead. And never was the consolation
carried by these sacred rites more greatly
needed than by the panic-stricken mob of
sufferers, who, huddled- together ih the
streets, and firmly believing that the end
of the world had come, abandoned them-
selves to stolid despair.
Much of the suffering, however, might
have been averted had there been the
slightest attempt at organized relief. As if
fire and water were not capable of inflict-
ing misery enough on the unfortunate out-
casts, the storm was. followed by a sudden
fall in the temperature, and soon the
devastated city was buried beneath a man-
tle of snow that added etinging cold to the
sufferings of the thousands of shelterless
men, women and ohildren.
Tho Contract Labor Law ))'ails.
A Pittsburg despatch ` says : The civil
action of the 'United States against the
Chambers McKee Glass Company, James/
Campbell and Mr. Slicker, to recover $1,000
penalty for the importation under contract
of Charles Ford, an Englieh glass -worker,
was tried yesterday. The jury rendered a
verdict in favor of the defendants without
leaving their Seats. This was a test case,
and had the verdict been for 'the Govern-
ment similar action would ,have been
brought in the oases of 45 other glaee-
blowers, who Dame to America at the same
time under similar circumstances. The
Government put all the defendants on the
etand and a nnmber.of imported men.
Joseph's Reservoir.
A depression has been discovered in the
Egyptian Desert which is all that remains
of a reservoir constructed by the patriarch
Joseph for irrigation purpoeee when he was
Pharoah'e Prime Minister. It is proposed
to reopen it; and it haQ been estimates that
this would add 3,200,000 aoree to the 6,000 .
000 acres now under oultivatioii in Egyp' .
The reservoir originally covered 250 square
miles and was 250 feet deep.
In 1888 the United States paid in pen-
sions $80,288,508.77. In 1889 they paid
$87624,779.11, The Dost of the German
army, it may be interesting to note, is for
this year estimated at $91,726,293.
Besides pensions the U. S. army costs,
$30,000,000.
Sir William Jenner, the physioian of
Queen Victoria, is about to retire from
London and live en his Hampshire estate,
where ho will engage in literary work.
Flnthusiasm has been known to turn
what might heeve been a useful citizen into
a nuieanoe.
Mired,wlrue,Iner rm,.sm
THE BUSY HUSBANDMAN.
Points to bo Remembered in the Work
ing of a Farm,
FARMING AS A PROFESSIOR,
Useful Hlnys its ,T. ep�,�,.
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Tillers of the, Soil.
Merits of Thoroughbred E
Southern Cultivator- enumereite the
merits of thoroughbred fowls as :-
Rapidity of growth, inoreaeed weight and
flesh, also beauty, and, abov5_ all,
superiority in egg prodnotion, fora thor-
oughbred hen of the beet laying strains will
law twine as many eggs in •a year -as a
mongrel hen. These tants are well •worthy
of investigation, and are euffieient to jus-
tify the great interest new being talfen in
high class pbnitry.
Cotton. Seco Meal for Cows.
Southern Farmer asserts that co a fed
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the year round are never Nattacked with
murrain ; that equal parte of wuttogi suet
e d keineeiie, applied warm, is a sure cure
for caked udder; that buttermilk and wheat
bran fed daily to hens will cause 'a supply
of eggs the year round, 'and that farmers
who sell butter, eggs and chickens never
need credit.
Round and Round.
Dr. gerreennia_aoonstomed toillustratethe materialistic tendencies of the age by
an imaginary conversation with a western
farmer : ” Why do you raiee Dorn ?" " To
f .e ". Whet for ?"_ ;t mr.....11
or ?" To
raise more What for ?" " To
feed more hogs." "What for ?" To sell
and buy more land," and so on. �
Points to be Remembered l^• »
Sow lettuce in rows sixteen inohes--
apart, and when it is well started, grow
radiehea in between them.
A yard for duos need not have a fenoe
over three feet higl, ' lase Pekin or Rouen
duoka are used.
It is said that the English shepherds find
stent labege_preferable. to t i ther_beete or
turnips for sheep.
Sow grass seed on all the bare places on
the lawn. A mixture of blue grass and
white clover will make an excellent lawn.
Ail lawn plots should be seeded as early as
possible.
On all fields were the mowers are to be
used the advantage of the land having been
previously rolled will be noticeable. Fields
that have been rolled can be mowed osier,
and the work done more oompletcthan
where the land `ia rough.
Among the raspberriee the Turner, Doo-
little, Gregg and . Cuthbert are recom-
mended as the best. Put out the young -
plants early if you wish them tothrive
well.
The peach orchard should be cultivated
as soon as the frost is out of the ground.
It is common amon .eaebeg n a to nnl-
iva e the orchard in the same manner as
for .corn. Grass is injurious to young
peach trees.
One of the best locations for a garden is
to turn ander a clover sod ; now apply 30
bushels of air -slacked lime per acre (or pro-
portionately), and then erose •plow the
land in the spring. The ground must be°
well harrowed and made fine before plant-
ing the seed, however".
Labor as a Factor in Farming.
The item of labor is the largest in the
list of the farmer, and its' valve is not
iiependent on the amount performed, but
rather on the time, plane and mode of
application. It is a very diffioult matter
tosa regulate the work- as to make -every
hour profitable, and the skill and ingenuity
of the farmer can be palled into service
to its fullest extent in tibia department.
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'of service in the proper application
labor, with a corresponding increase
profit, the cost being reduced by the say
of time and lessening of the waste of for
The venal farm Drops grown are
repetitions of one year after another.
crop of wheat must be seeded down, h
vested, threshed, 'cleaned, bagged a
hauled, the time required for so doi
being equal to that whioh may be appl
to some. other- crop that may ogst the ea
-but-yield ing-a-larger-profit.—The'-fieflit
the farmer' to grow the more profitable or
ie simply.a mieapplioation ot the labor
his men and teams. When a crop -fails
pay the werk should be turned in so
other direction. What the change of oro
may be the farmer only can decide f
himself, as climate, capital invested, 00
dition of the soil and facilities for reaohi
the.market meet serve as guides, but it
safe to state that on every farm so
orop may be grown to advantage it t
labor is-prepsrly-applied--a-nd -the- farm
is progressive' enough to .venture outsi
of grain growing, for until he deto
mines to devote his• labor only to t
Drops that give greater opportunities f
profit he will incur risks of lose eve
season.
An acre devoted to grain may deme
more labor than an acre devoted to ate&
nrriea nt_t.he--l.�er-evel'1--pay`-e-; g
profit. Crops of celery and asparagus e
grown in some sections that yield eno
mous profits compared with the cost
production. These crops depend o
conditions, but the farmer can also bo
fruit -grower, or make a specialty of oerta
breeds' of stook. The simple change of o
breed of oattle or sheep for another bett
adapted for the farm is often a turnin
point of success. Failures may also oca
by attempting to economize in the amou
of work done by reducing the help whe
additional assist,pn°ce might have enable
the farmer to produce a profitable cro
Skilled laborere, at an advance of wage
over those that are inexperienced, ma
decrease expenses by the work being don
o greater advantage. The farmer shoal
not fear to grow a crop because .of•th
amount of work neoeesary, for, as a rule, i
a the cost of the labor that largely fixes th
rice of the orop, and the profit depends o
he kind of orop grown. .
The Farmer's Life.
As a rule, the farmer's life is one of har
ark and confined to narrow limits, bu
here is usually more drudgery and con
nement about it than there need be. W
ave but to look around a little to be satie
ed it is not the farmer who does the moa
hyeioal labor and etays at home the mos
hat succeeds beat. The moat suooesefa
armors are those who so plan their' war
e to lessen the burdens of toil and wh
et out among their fellows to attend far
ere' (lube, conventions and institutes
at, admitting that farming involves hard
hysical labor; does it not escape much o
he anxiety and mental worry that harrae
he merchant and even the professions
an ? What other calling, although it
refits' may be small, gives a surer reward
nd involves so few failures ? His field may
e narrow in physical scope, but where is
here a broader field for the acgnieition of
owledge and the exercise and expansion
f intellect ? No kind of knowledge come
miss to the farmer ; and he has bat to
rovide himself with a proper library and
pursue hie palling in the light of intelli-
nt observation to become the moat learned
an of all the vocations. His occupation
volves all the branches of useful know-
dge, and if the farmers do not stand
ueationally and intellectually above all
her olaeeea it is their fault. and nbt that
their calling.
Harrowing Wheat, In the Spring.
We have made repeated trials of
rrowing wheat in the spring with a
oothing harrow. •The work being done
rat as soon as the ground was sufficiently
rd and dry, and again when about a foot
gh. • Breaking the hardened cruet and
eking a fine mellow surface among the
ants bed obviously an excellent effect ;
o heads of wheat werelonger than usual,,
d the increase was estimated -fit five
she's more per acre than unharrowed
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Points in Mutter Milking.
Tests made at the West Virgins exeri-
ment citation Seem to show :
That sweet cream should be churned at
a considerably lower temperature than acid
cream.
That when the temperature is properly
adjusted the fat is more fully recovered in
churning sweet cream than in churning
sour cream.
That the batter is much easier freed
from milk and requires lees working.
That the flavor is genome butter flavor,
dependent more 'upon food. and less upon
enoontrollable changes in acidifying the
oreatn.
Seasonable Poultry Hints.
Lack of pare water often accountsforthe
lack of eggs.
Dark nests are the best preventive of the
egg heating habit.
It is estimated that 45,000.000 eggs are
consumed every day in the United States.
Somebody's hens must bo laying.
This is the beginning of a grand egg har-
vest for the enterprising poultryman who
advertises liberally. Printer's ink, , you
know.
A flock of 25 hens, well cared for, is more
profitable than 100 hens that are made to
look out for themselves..
Sulphate of iron in water is of incalcul-
able benefit to fowls. Use the Douglas
mixture only when a strong stimulant is
needed. It ie dangerous.
Besides supplying the wants of its own
population, France exports to Germany,
Belgium, Holland, Denmark and Sweden
large quantities of salted and smoked geese
for winter provision.
We meet try to grasp the spirit of things;
to see correctly; to speak to the point to
give practical • advice ; to act on the spot ;
to arrive at the proper moment ; to stop in
time. Taot, measure, occasion, all these
deserve our cultivation and respect.
Work ! It won't hurt you. The capacity
of a man for work is much behind that
whioh is needed for his support or even for
fortune making_ Those -who are industri-
ous turn from their day's labor to engage
with pleasure in home occupations of value,
either in promoting their own welfareor
the happiness of others.—Poultry Monthly.
THIRTY-FOCIEt EILLJJ D.
Terrible Explosion of Gunpowders
Cuban -Hardware Store.
A Havana deapatoh says : At 11 o'clock
last night a fire broke out in Yoasi's herd -
were store. In a abort tine the flames
reaohed a barrel of powder in the building
and a terrific explosion followed. The
whole structure was blown to pieces and
twenty-two persons were killed. Among
the dead are four fire chiefs, Senores
Masai, Zenervitch, Oscar Couill, Francesco -
Ordovery, and the Venezuelan Consul,
Senor. Francesco Silva, who was in front of
the building at the time of . the explosion.
In addition to the killed over one hundred
persons are injured. The explosion canoed
the wildest excitement thronghput'the pity
and thousands flocked to the scene of the
disaster. The Governor-General, the((c�ivil ,
Governor and all the principal authoties
of the city were promptly, on the gra nd
and did everything in their power to aid
the 'injured and balm the grief-stricken
relatives of the victims. Several houses
adjacent to the wrecked building were
damaged by the explosion.
Later—Gangs of men are -at work•pn the
debris. Many human limbs have been
taken from the ruins. The relatives of
missing persons suppoae3 to be In the ruins
are gathered on the spot and as the bodies
are brought out the scenes are most die -
Creasing. The conduct of the authorities
is the subject ' of nniversal praise. The
highest ofade's have incurred personal risk
in conducting the search for the dead,
and have offered the use of their own oar -
Hagen to convey the injured to the hospitals.
Yoaai, the proprietor of the wrecked hard-
ware store, has been arrested. It ie feared
that there are several more victims in the
mine. Over the theatres and Chamber. of
Commerce, and many other buildings, flags
aro hanging at half-mast. Everywhere are
signs of mourning: Up to the present time
the number of the dead is 34,