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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1891-10-8, Page 6A NVIT REVOLT THREATENED. Badly Fed Soldiere of the OhiIlan junta Cense 'Trouble. THEIR REQUESTS GRAW.CED. A deepatelz to the Now York Ederatd from Sentiago, Chili, says : A serious revolt brolee out here at 31Q011 yesterday. In- cluded in a largo number of soldiers a the provisional Goverement stationed here are many volunteers erom Tarapecca, and other Northern Provinces of Chili. For some time these voluoteere, many a whom were drew n. into the service a the juuta by the hope a rieh plunder M the Soethern Pro- vinces, have been very reeteess under the law of order and restraint that has followed the occupation a this city by. the Junta. As Senor 1VIoneda was walletug through one of the main thoreughfares he was sud- denly surrounded by an infuriated mob of soldiers from the northern provbices, they Ingle a great outery against what they denounced as the injustice of keeping them any longer iu Santiago and demanded with many threats that measures should be at once taken to rot= them to their homes, Among other naatters whielt came in for their dentmeiation was the food which has been furnishecl them, they protested that its quality was of an inferior kind, and declared, they would no longer submit to it. The news spread quickly Ana as it travelled through one street after another, the start- ling intelligence was followed by the closing up of the shops. Further trouble was averted, at least for the time being, by the clear judgment and cool bearing of the President of the junte, Senor Montt, and Col. Canto. Their firmness, coupled with promises to the angry soldiers that their grievances would be attended to, served to allay their spirit of rebellion. The discon- tented volunteers will be returned to their homes immediately. VOA ANOTElannS CUUIE A Salem Hall is Serving a We Sentence in Prison. A Minneapolis despatch says: Conscience has forced Jacob Brown to confess a murder that he committed eight years ago. Since 1883 Brown has been fleeing from his crime, but it has pursued him the length and breadth of the continent. At last in Min- neapolis he has confessed to Superintendent of Police Hendi Henderson. There s one man whose heart will give a great bound of joy when he hears of the confession. He is Convict Gray, a "lifer" in the penitentiary at Chester, Ill. Gray has been thought the murderer instead of Brown. He was con- victed at Salem, Ill. Brown's •confession will set him free both from prison and dis- grace. Brown, who was tramping, event into a box car to sleep. He stumbled over SCIENCE AT AN ENECCTION. The Curious Apparatus need to Mang a Colorado !lluiderer. A Canon City despatch says Wm. IL Davis was hanged in the State 'Prison hors at 8 &clock We night. The hanging aPPa, ratus was very unique, being the invention of Deputy 'Warden 'Dudley. in the upper peat of a square frame xnade of four up- rights a bucket of water was set, the con- tents of which, when ready for operations, weighed 29 pouauls. Directly beneath the buelect and connected with it by a rubber hose -svith a velem, was another bucket, and connected to the upper bucket by a lever was a 10 pound iron ball, which connected agaill with an iron rod which kept in place, at a height of 6 feet, the weight of 250 lbs., which, when the water was drawn from the bucket, was allowed to deecend, jerked the condemned seen off his feet about three feet in the air. From this large weight a rope runs through two pulleys over a parti- tion and then down into the execution room, where it hung directly over a platform, three feet square on which the condemned stood. Everything being in readiness, Davis was brought in and the noose and black cap were placed in oosition. After he had been given an opportunity to say good-bye to those around hum, he was told to step on the small platform. His weight on the platform opened the faucet in the upper bucket and the water flowed into the bucket beneath. This allowed the weight to drop and Davis was jerked into the His neck was broken and be was pronounced dead in seven minutes. The crime for which Davis was hanged was the killing of his mother and her alleged paramour in Pueblo in July last. FAMINE-STRIOKEN RUSSIA. Horee8 and Oattle Perishing for Lack Of Food. A St. Peterstin•g cable says : Reports from Tombola and adjacent provinces an- nounce that the Zemstovs have provided for the resowing of the land and to furnish supplies of grain 1111141 January next. After that date there will be the greatest diffi- culty to ensure food for the people. As the collection of taxes is impossible, the salaries of the local administrative bodies have been suspended. The scarcity of oats and hay is compelling the farmers to sell their live stock at mock priees, for instance a horse for 2 roubles, a cow for 5 -roubles and colts for from 20 to 50 copecs, At a recent fair the skeletons of forty horses were found by the roadside. The animals had been killed for their glans. Destitution is also staring in the face of ss large number oi people who have been em- ployed in public works, as the latter must stop when the frost sets in. The mass of people rely entirely on the Government to help them. This being the state of affairs in the present mild weather the gloomy pros- pects held out by the coming winter can be readily imagined. At an extraordinary meeting of the authorities of the Govern- ment at Saratoff it was decided to petition the Imperial Government to prohibit the exportation of oats and millet as well as EIGEtTiNo RUSH =RES. Flames Sweep over minnesotos Lieering Cp inee an nonce A St. Paul, Minn., despatch says: Heavy timber fires aro raging on the Red Lake re- servation, and near Afflict% & Easberbrook's• matters have been made worse by a cyclone. Near Alexandria, northwest of the town, eeigantio trees were broken like twigs and hurled into the lake and roads. Farmers thiough North Dakota have suspended threshing operations, and all are busy form- ing fire -breaks to protect their property. A Pine City, despatch says: Terrible fires are raging in Northwestern Minnesota, over $15,000 worth of timber land having been destroyed. The loss to farmers will be high. Several houses and farm buildings have been burned and the owners obliged to leave the devastated district. Two school- houses were destroyed yesterday, the pupils barely escaping. The loss will amount to $700 an hour at the rate the flames are now raging and it is useless to attempt to ex- tinguish them. The fire is approaching Pine City and 500 men are fighting it. A Hinckley despatch says : Forest fires are raging al around here, and the village the manthr a fight ensued. Brown hit his a,ssailant death blow with a coupling Pin would have certainly been destroyed yes - and fled. Not long afterward, (ray, another tramp, came along and went to sleep in the car, not knowing that he had a dead man for his companion. Next morn- ing wheu he arose he found that his arm had lain in a pool of blood. He tore off the bloody sleeve and fled. The sleeve caused his arrest and conviction and sentence. He does not even know who the real murderer was. Brown claims to have come from a well-to-do Seatheen family, but willnot give his reel aleme, THE CreliNEsE aeiure. Missions Burned and Looted—A Siam lanSSLiNS CROSS THE PRONTIED, terday but for the neroic efforts 1.4 the fire company. The dense smoke and heat drove many of the citizens from their homes on the outskirts. Finlayson is reported de- stroyed, and all the women and children of that place were sent down here yesterday. Sandstone is in imminent danger. A great quantity of hay has been destroyed and a number of cattle belonging to lumbermen have perished. But Rapidly Retreat From Afghanistan on the British Appearing. A London cable says: A letter has been received from Cepa Younghusba,nds, dated Kashgar, in which Capt. Younghusbands states that learning that the Russians had crossed the Afghan frontier despite the pro- tests of the Afghan authorities, and being informed that the Russians were forcing their way toward the Pamivs, he started out to verify these reports. He found that on August 1st the rear guard of the -Russians, 100 strong, was at Bozai-Grumbaz, near Chitral or Little Kashgar, on the south slope of the Hindoo-Soosh. Capt. Youxighus- bands therefore placed hirnEself in communi- cation with the British armypost at Gilzhit The British officials in command there promptly sent 200 Grhoorleas to the scene of the Russian operations. The Russians, who lad crossed the table lands, on hearing of the approach of the Ghoorkas retraced their steps and, joining the rear guard, the whole force retired across the frontier. Waxing Floors. A good preparation for waxing floors, says the American Druggist, may be ob- tained as follows: Of yellow wax take 25 ounces, yellow ceresin, 25 ounces, burnt sienna, 5 ounces, boiled linseed oil, 1 ounce, and oil of turpentine, 30 ounces. Melt the wax and ceresin at a gentle heat; then add the sienna, previ- ously well triturated with the boiled lin- seed oil, and mix well. When the mix- ture begins to cool add the oil of turpen- tine or so much of it as is required to make a mass of the consistence of an ointment. Yellow ceresin is purified ozokerite (fossil paraffine,) and may be had in almost any quantity. The burnt sienna, may be used. in smaller or larger quantity, occording to the tint desired, or may be re- placecl by raw sienna, etc. Dieterich recommends the following: To 400 parts of boiling water add 200 parts of yellow wax; when this is melted add. 25 parts of carbon- ate of potassium; boil for a moment or so, then remove the vessel from the fireand add 20 parts of oil of turpentine. Stir until cool, and dilute with water to make 1,000 parte. If the floors are well preserved the dilution may be carried to 1,500. The ob- ject of the potassium salt is to form an emulsion with the wax. Explorers Attacked by Indians. A letter received at Portland, Ore., from Junie, Alaska, under date of September 12th, says : Intelligence hes just reached here froni Upper Yukon that a band of hoseile"Chilieats attacked a small party of two whites and five Indians, and several were killed. It is thought here that the party is Ewing Earlecliffe, a prominent citizen and journalist of Missouri ; Herbert Earlecliffe, it young Englishman, and five Indiams, all well armed. No particulars eould be learned from the Indians. Tithing No ehances• Mamie—Are you going to the matinee that afternoon, Fannie Fannie (aged 11)—No, Mamie, I'm going to stay at home. Pa wanted me to go With him, but I declined. " Why didn't you want to go with your Pa • "Von sec We 'meet a good many strangers and they might take us for husband and wife." "You are righe, Fannie, 'hadn't thought of that. In New York a woman cloee not went to throw away ealy of her *chances. If we women don't look out for eureelves nobody deo will." This is a seeaon when col& the head are alarmingly prevalent They lead to caterrh, perhaps consumption ant deeth, " Nasal Balm givee immediate relief end cots tain cure. Sold by all dealers. 137e• Child the Alleged Caase. A Vancouver despatch says: The a P. R. .steamship Empress of China, wbieh arrived here to -day, brings the following Chinese and Japanese advices up to Sept. llth : At Schang, Sept. 3rd, the American and Catholiconissions and Messrs. Cain's, Aldridge's and Dean's houses were burned and Mr. Cockburn's looted by the anti- Christian Chinese rioters, the Franciscan Sisters and one of the fathers being badly hurt. On the following day the Catholic and Protestant missions were plundered and burned, but the English consulate and customs were left intact The French sisters were saved with difficulty by the Chinese authorities. The cause of the riot was a stolen child being brought to the convent by some unknown person- There was no warning of any trouble. It is pre- sumed the stolen child was only an excuse for the outbreak, and was taken to the convent by one of the leading plotters, as the outbreak was evidently premedi- tated and hacl long been fixed to .occur upon that day. The date was a carefully kept secret. HE FOUGHT THE PANTHER Au Animal Dealer has is Life and Death Straus:Lein a Store. "A New York despatch says: Donald Burns travelled for 15 years with Barnum's circus. He now has an establishment at No. 115 Roosevelt street. He supplies animals to circuses and menageries and has in stock a particularly large and ferocious panther. 'Yesterday it escaped from its cage and Burns tried to lasso it. It missed and then ensued a terrible battle for life. Armed only with a paper file, Burns met the onslaught. Again and yet again he drove the file into the panther's side, but not before he had been terribly lacerated about the face and body. Finally his cries for help brought two longshoremen into the premises and the panther was beaten into insensibility. THE PoEciii,E-EACED -- How She Entertained a Visitor While liter " " WaS fireSSiag." " Ma's upstairs elianging her dress," said the freceleefaced, little girl tying her doll's benuet strings and casting her eyes about for a tidy large enough to servo as a shawl for that double-jointed young person. " Oh, your mother needn't dress up for me," replied the female agent of the mission- ary society, makiug a self-satisfied. view of herself in the mirror. " Run up and tell her to come down just as she is, in her everyday clothes, and not to stand on ceremony." THE HORRORS OF WAIL. Responsibility for Precipitating a Conflict calmly Discussed. A London cable says : The Standard's Vienna correspondent records a discussion which was carried on at the table of the Arch Duke Albrecht during the Austrian military naanceuvres as to whether it was wise to allow a known enemy to complete preparations for war, or whether it was not preferable to force a conffict. "No names were mentioned," says the correspondent, "but all understood that Russia was meant." Emperor Williannnaidemphatically, "1 strongly believe that the enormous responsibility which modern warfare im- poses must override all military theories. I would not begin war if conscious that by delaying it I could secure a single year— nay, a. single month—of peace by trusting in the success of my good cause. Even if the chances are equal on both sides, there is much to be gained by having several months of peace." !the King of Saxony expressed himself to the same effect, pointing out in- stances where diplonaacy had averted an apparently inevitable conflict. Archduke Albrecht also dilated upon the enormous responsibility of forcing a war, in view of the murderous perfection of modern weapons. Emperor William's remarks made a deep impression on the high rank German and Austrian officers present. " 011, but she hasn't got on her every- day clothes. Ma was all dressed up in her new brown silk dress, 'cause she expected Miss Diamond to -day. Miss Diamond always comes over here to show off her nice things, and Ma doesn't mean to get left. When ma saw you coming she seed ; The Dickens!' and I guess she was mad about something. Ma said if you saw her new dress she'd have to hear ell about the poor heathen who don't have silk, and you'd ask her for more money to buy hymn booke to send 'em. Say, does the nigger ladies use hymn book leaves to do their hair up hi to ineke it frizzy ? lefa says she guesses that's all the good the books do 'em if they ever get any boons. I wish my doll muse, heathen." "Why, you wicked little girl, what do You want of a heathen doll ?" inquired the missionary lady making a, mental inventory of the new things in the parlor to get material for a homily on worldly extrava- gance. " So folks would send her lots of nice things to wear and feel sorry to have her going: about naked. Then she's have hair to frizz, and I want a doll with 'bruin hair and eyes that roll up like Deacon Slider - back's when he says amen on Sunday. I ain't a wicked girl, either, 'cause Uncle Dick—you know Uncle Dick ; he's been out west and swears awful and smokes all the house—he says I'm a holly terror, and he hopes I'll be an angel pretty soon. Maall be down in a Minute, so you needn't take your coat off. She said she'd box my ears if I asked you to. Ma's putting on that old dress she had last year, 'cause she said she didn't want you to think the was able to give much this time, and she needed a new muff -worse than the queen of the cannon ball islands needs re- ligion. Uncle Dick says you oughter go to the islands, 'cause you'dbe safer there andthe natives'd be sorry they were such sinners if anybody would send you to 'em. He never seen a heathen hungry enough to eat you, 'less 'twas a blind one, an' you'd set a blind pagan's teeth on edge so he'd never hanker after any more missionary. Uncle Dick's awful funny and makes pa and ma die laughing sometimes. That's a pretty cloak you've got, ain't it ? Do you buy all your good clothes with missionary money? Ma says you do." Just then the freckle -faced little girl's ma came Into the parlor and kissed the missionary lady on the cheek and said she was deleghted to see her, and they pro- ceeded to have a real sociable chat. The little girl's ma can't understand why a person who professes to be so charitable as the missionary lady does should go right over to Mrs. Diamond's and say such ill- natured things as she did, and she thinks the missionary a double faced gossip. — Columbus Sunday News. MISTED A FORTUNE-TELLER, • Most Her Money And Then Took Her Own A St. Louis despatch says: An inquest was bald on the body of Mrs. Caroline D. Lindhorst, which was found floating in the river. Mrs. Lindhorst had saved enough money to buy a small house, where she and her son and daughter lived. Some days ago she went to see a fortune-teller. Finding that Mrs. Lindhorst had money the fortune- teller told her to 13ring $1,000 to be invested in lottery tickets and she would win enough to melee her rich. Mrs. Lindhorse mortga- ged her house and secured the money, which she took to the mystic She received instructions to call on Sept. 20th. When she called she learned that the fortune- teller had disappeared. "Then," said Mrs. Liuderhorst, "I will kill myself." She walked away and was not seen again until her body was found in the river. Who Earned All This 1,t The Duke of Cumberland, the eldest son of the last King of Hanover is said to own no less than nine tons of gold and silver plate, while that used by Queen Victoria • during the recent state visit of the German Emperor is estimated to be worth $10,000,- 000. The Austria a and Russian courts also have remarkable collections, and the gold and silver plate of the house of Orange at The Hague, which includes 2,000 silver sling plates, is valued at $6,500,000. The Lobster as a coward. The lobster is greatly in dread of thunder and when the peels are very loud numbers of them drop their claws and swim away for deeper water. Any great fright may also induce thena to drop their claws. But new claws begin at once to grow and in a short time are as large as the old ones and covered with hard shells. The lobster often drops its shell, when it hides until the new shell is hard enough to protect it. mow to Mahe Pale Girls Pretty. Give the young girl her sepatate bed, her early and her quiet sleep in is darkened and cool but not cold room, her gradual awaking only at the hour when nature awakes her, and her quick bath and brisk rubbing, and it will be it singular thing if she does not lose her pasty pallor and her languid sensations and become round and blooming and hill of energy.—Harper's Bazar. A Strategic Mother. Mrs. Yerger—Tommy, do you wantsome nice peach jam? Tommy—Yes, ma. "1 was going to give you some to put on your bread., but I've lost the key of the pantry." "You don't need any key, ma. I can reach down through the transom and open the door from the inside." "That's what Iwanted to know. Now just wait until your father cornea home." She Peeked. A lady visiting at the house of a minister happened to lift her eyes slightly while the minister was saying grace at the table, and when he had finished his little 3 -year-old daughter pointed her finger reproachfully toward the embarrassed guest and said in the most comical tone of rebuke: "Papa, she peeked, so she did; she peeked 1"— Wideawake. Evidence., Mrs. Latimer (at midnigh4—George, what kept you im late? Larimer-e-The boys got interested in dis- cussing the Behring Sea question, Mrs. Latimer (with a sigh)—The betaing sea I Yea, 1 can smell the beer. The Drelbund Treaty. A Rome ceble says: Premier Itudinis' organ, the Tribune, announces that Count Tone:Ilia Who will return to the Italian ernbasey in London on Friday, will take with him the text of the Dreibund treaty, which he will impart to Lord Salisbury. It is presumed this is done with the congent of Germany and Auetria. There aro over 1,100,000 raileoed etitgend 33000 Tocornotivee in the Ustittall Stateie KDEATII-DEAMING CRASH. An Express Train Dashes Into 0 Construe* Train—Mae Killed. A New Castle, Pa, despatch saye A terrible vvreek occurreh this morning on the Pittsburg & Western Railway at Melaim's siding, a station a short distance on the other side of Zelienople, Butler county. At this point a work train, with a force of 50 men, were engaged in putting down a new track. About 8 o'clock the work train got out of the way of a freight train going is but the crew did not know that a second section of the same number was following five minutes later. The work train again pulled out on the main track and. the men were throwing off dirt when the second SUOMI struck the work train with great force. The cars were piled up in is shapeless mass. The engines were a mass of broken iron and wood, and the hot steam and boil- ing water peered over the unfortunath ones caught in the jam, For a moment after the collision there was silence. Then the air was filled with the ehrieks of the dying, making the scene so terrible that one of the trainmen who had escaped injury feinted from horror. The trainmen and laborer who were not injured began at once to assist those imprisoned in, the debris. Sev- eral arms and legs were found in several different directions, and the head of an Italiau was found twenty feet away from the body. The engineer, John Houghton, who had bravely done his best to stop his engine attached to the freight train, was found wedged in broken and shapeless iron. By 11 o'clock eight bodies of the Italian laborers had been taken from the wreck, and with the killing of Engineer Houghton this swells the number of killed to nine. There were at least twenty men injured, several of whom cannot recover. All of the bodies were terribly mangled and disfigured. Engineer Houghton was the only American killed. His home is said to be in .Allegheny. BALMACEDA'S SWAG. ente. FITZSIMMONS CONVICTED. The Brockville Desperado's Wife Declared a Mnrdress. • A Pittsburg despatch says: •The jury.in the case of Mrs. Lucy R. Fitzsimmons, (wife of the Brookville, Ont., murderer) on trial for the murder of Detective David Gilkin- son, came into court this afternoon, after being out less than four hours. The Clarks were on trial at the time as accessories after the murder. Mrs. Fitzsimmons was bronght in as composed as even After the usual formula the foreman announced the jury's • decision : "Guilty of murder in the second degree." Mrs. Fitzsimmons never changed a feature as she heard the sentence that will send her to the penitentiary. A Botanical Marvel. Mr. Stubble (reading his paper) —" By gum, Maria ; if here aen't a fellow got a,n 'pennons tin -plant I've heard tell on growin' egg -plants, but never heard on this afore." Mrs. Stubble (composedly)—" This is an awful age we are livin' in Uriah, an' I ain't, supprised at enythin' nowadays." Exchanging ComplimentS. The Poet—What exquisite feet you have, Miss Waloash. The Maid—Not nearly so exquisite as the feet you use in your poeme, Mr. Linen N. B.—His poetry was wretched stuff, but he was the only man in the hotel, and the girl knew a thing or two. A Man of Push. Wife—Nn Blower, you've [limeys claimed to be a man of "mesh, haven't you' Husbend—That's what I claim to be, dearest, and lin always ready to stand by that aseertion, Wife—Then what's the matter with push- ing this baby carriage a little whsle? The Future State, Mrs. Dogoocl—I suppose you have some idea what the future state is like? Dusty Rhodes—Yes ; a place where you Will have plenty of time to do the work you won't have to do. In one respect, Robert Western, drowned at St. Louie a few days ago, was remarkable. He was born in jail, was married in prison, and spent 11 years in penitentiary ; yet he and his parents were eminently respectable people. Western's father was keeper of the county jail at his birth. Seveal burglaries took place in Cobearg on Thursday eight. 1•••••=lb The English Courts Decide It Must Stay in the Bank. A London cable says: Counsel on behalf of the Milian Government to day applied to Justice Jenne to restrain the Mail Packet Company, owning the steamship Moselle, from parting with $750,000 in bullion, brought from Montevideo recently, except to the Bank of England for storage pur- poses. The same counsel also asked the justice to forbid tbe Bank of the River Platte from parting with certain documents referring to this bullion. Counsel for the Bank of the River Platte objected to this demand) claiming that the financial institu- tion referred to had already parted with $125,000 on account of this bullion, and that it had aocepted other bills drawn against it. Justice Jeune decided that the bullion should remain in the Bank England. A Great Shot. A San Franciscan who had been hunting in the vicinity of Lake Tahoe uithout bag- ging any game come upon a mountaineer who was feeding a caged wildcat he had caught the day before. "How much will you take for that beast ?" he asked. The captor said $20, and the money was paid over. "Now," said the Nimrod, "tie one end of a strong cord to the tree and another to the cat's neck, and then open the door of the cage." This was finally accomplished, ansi the fierce animal stood. straining at its tether The sportsman, who was watching the exercises from the interior of the cabin, levelled his rifle across the window sill, took carefulaim and blazed away. The wildcat gave a joyful yell and disappeared into the forest. The bullet had cut the rope! IN DANGER. Pozeu tiering luen. tVssv si Thrming. Escape neon. A Minneapolis despatch eays : A brisk and blustering breeze new blowing this af- ternoon, and when at 2.20 ohloch the Merin bell called the lite depart meet to the oorner of Dili avenue eouth and 3rd street it was evident there was hard is theaa. The fire was in the five -storey brick building of the Norwood Carving Wood Machine Co and the inflammable nature of the goods and stock caused is rapid spread of the flames) which quickly burst through the windows and rolled rapidly up tin ough the building. Within fille minutes the lite burst through the roof and the building eves doomed, aud the firemen had to turn their atten- tion to adjoining property to prevent the *read of the flames. Elevator "0" stood close behind the now blazing building, and the flames seized hold of it in epite of the many treams of water played. upon it. Soon the roof of the elevator was on fire, and although but fifteen minetes fiom the start of the hire the al orwooll building was gutted, and the. firemen had barely escaped from it when the walls collapsed. In order to better fighb the flames in elevator " 0" a score of flremen went on the roof of the annex, unconscious of danger. There was a sudden explosion, and it great stream of fire burst from the and, quickly followed by one to the left of the men, and through the roof, and then on the right, The great . crowd was appalled as the dozen firenen were shut from view by columns of flame • and smoke that rolled lip. A momentary break showed that the men were fighting for life isa a, desperate attempt to get on the three ladders which stood near together. The break assisted them, but is groan escaped from the multitude as four fell or jumped from their narrow footing. Again smoke arose and °leered, and there on the. very ledge stood a fireman apparently dazed and not knowing what to do. "Slide on the hose," yelled the crowd, and the man heard it, and grabbing the big hose at his feet he slid down through the shooting: flames and reached the ground without dropping. The work of rescuing the firemen was prompt. For a time itwas thought the men had been dropped into the flames, but, all have since been accounted for. Two or three of the injured are in a precarious con- dition, but were still alive at last reports. The total loss is placed at $197,500, and the total insurance $107,000. TAIAL AT LONG, RANGE. Project for it Telephone Cable Across the Atlantic Being Considered. A Boston despatch says : A series of suc- cessful experiments with long distance tele- phones in this vicinity has led to a discussion of the feasibility of trans -ocean telephones. Gorham Gray, the inventor of the wire upon which these experiments have been made, said : "Itis practicable to telephone across and through the Atlantic at a cost far less than the present cables, and with a tenth of the weight and consequent breaking strain on the cables. The use of copper, it has been found, is not necessary, for iron wire, properly shaped, has been proved to -be as reliable a conductor, and its tensile strength is greater. A plan is under consideration for laying cables to London, and the subject is now being figured on by ea,pitalists." • The Tender -Hearted Philosopher, A. Bream Alcoa once eaw a neighbor putting a pailful of potato beetles on the fire. The philosopher looked very much •pained. • "My friend, I wonder how you can be so creel as to burn those insects," he said. " Have to do something with them," said the neighbor ; " I sce your vines look pretty clean What do you do with yours ? ' " Oh," replied Alcott, "I gather them off carefully into a basket, and then'as gently as I can, throw them over the fence into your field." A Chapter on Courtship.; An old-fasbioned book of etiquette con- tains a chapter on courtship that is exceed- ingly naive. Any young man who might be contemplating a proposal of marriage was urged strongly to select with care and due • forethought the proper time and place for such proposal. For instance, he should' never propose to a young woman while out boating, for, if she should happen to refuse him it would be difficult to reach shore im- rnediately, and the situation would obviously be awkward. On the other land, if she should accept him the situation woulcl be equally undesirable, since too close a prox- imity and certain attitudes incident to the eircumsta,nces are known to threaten the safety of a boat. Also, said young man was advised never to propose to a young woman just before dinner. Having been without eating for some hours, she would, doubtless, be in a 'less amiable frame of mind than usual, and might, under these conditions, refuse an offer which at another time might • seem desirable. A. Hint to Poulterers. Within a very short time about 500 young turkeys have beer. lost by farmers over the mountain f rone the effects of a parasite. The parasite can be destroyed by a dressing of flowers of sulphur (common sulphur) and coal' oil. A solution of lerearn of tarter should also be mixed with their drink. The sulphur solutiot should be gently rub- bed in around the neck and body of the birds. Sulphur is a capital thing to have lying around loose among all classes of poultry. It kills parasites of all description. • First Come First SerVed. Ethel—Do you like Mn Eames mamma ? Mamma (a young widow)—Why, y -e -s, darling. "Ansi Mr. Webster ?" 'Yes, dear." "And Mr, Fish, and Mr. Dixon, and Mr. Sheldon?" "1 like them all, pea" "Which one are you going to marry, then ?" "The ono who proposes first, darling." A horse at Santa Cruz., Cal., the other day mistook his rnistrese' hat, which was trimmed with oats and clover -blossoms fen it particular delicious mouthful of green, and he took it all in at one fell weep. Ho was doomed to disappointment, for the oete were stuffed with cotton arid the atomise *sere made of wire. Hero ia a gooa reason for drinking collet Dr. Luderitz says that coffee acts as a genni, cide and destroys the bacilli of cholera, anthrax ael typhus in it few hours. WITH A POCKET KNIFE. Ex -Governor Morehouse, of Missouri, Com* • milts Suicide. A Marysville, Mo., despatch says : Ex - Governor Albert P. Morehouse committed suioide at his residence at nine o'clock this • morning. Several weeks ago the Governor was violently overheated while driving - cattle, and had been in it very nervous con- dition since. At timas he ha,d been delir- ious and very much depressed. • He was taken out for a drive by a friend last night, but became so much excited that he was • brought home, and it physician was called. He became quieter during the night, and this morning was sleeping quietly; Two • watchers in another room heard a gurgling: noise in the Governor's room, ansi on enter- ing found him lying on the floor, blood spurting from his throat. He had cut a gash in the left side of his throat about four. inches long. The weapon was is common pocket knife, which he still held in his right hand. He hacl folded up his coat and vest and placed them under his head. • Western Wisdom. One very good reason why it man should tell the truth is, that it is not the tax on his niemory that a lie would be. • It is all well enough to tell a man when he is in trouble to look at the bright side— • the rub is to find the bright side to look at. Girls, never send flowers to a dandified man. Send him fodder. Sometimes a man gnaws so mean that even the devil is willing to excuse him. To get an honest living without work re- quires the hardest kind of work. . The fool destroys his own health while drinking to the health of othcrs. When you want to know a 1 about your- self inquire without. Itsometimes takes a deaf man to face the music. • What is lovelier than a sorrel top girl in a bay window THE MODERN MOTHER. Responsible for the Indifterent Treatment • of the Modern Daughter. They entered a north aide cable car—the • mother loaded, down with parcels, the - daughter carrying her skirts at it neat ele- vation, says the Coicago "Take that seat, Ellen," said the , mother, pointing to the only vacant one in the car. • Ellen took it -without thanks or hesita- • tion, and the mother took her chances on the possibility of somegeutlernan's courtesy. • She was given a seat next to her daughter, but Ellen completely ignored her existence: during the whole oi their long homeward. ride. "Hit's a bloody shame—the wayHameri- can daughters treat their parents 1" growled an Englishman in mutton -chop whiskers to his seat -mate. "Yes, but it's the mother's fault," an- swered the friend. " Hi'si like to know 'ow ?" inquired the Englishman. "Because, from the time they can under- stand anything, the daughters are made to understand that they are glorious fetiches for their mothers to serve, adore and sacri- fice to. It's a case of American push! The father pushes his business and the mother pushes the laughter." Tim United States national banks have at length begun to offer objections to paying the war tax of one per cent. on their circu- lation. They claim the Banking Act was :simply an administrative measure as it left the Congress and that the amendment by 'the Senate was unconstitutional. It is under the Senate amendment that the tax is levied, and the banks propose to test the law. Over $70,000,000 have been paid in on this account, and most of it would be barred by lapse of time* but about $12,- 000,000 of it would be recoverable should the bankg succeed. Labor Commissioner Heath, of Michigan, finds the average wages of Scotehmen in that State to be $575 per year ; Englishmen, $565 ; Irishmen, 515;$Canadians, 't,i!500 ; Dutchmen, 465 ; Americsais, $461 ; Ger- mans, $440, The national debt of Germany, which is much smaller than that of any other great country in the world, is, in round figures, g39,000,000. Harvard. University has 365,000 bound volumes in her library ; Yale has e00,000, Cornell 150,000, Columbus 00,000, Syracuse 75,000, Dartmouth 68,000, Lehigh 67,000, Bowdoin 84,000, University of Virgina 40,- 000. A Norwegian livieg in the 161sh century made 76,000 dishes of turned ivory, in every respect without flew, end so tiny that ell of them could be safely cradled in it pepper -corn cup of the usual size The moral for ladies is, says Author An drew Lang, Don't marry literary mem" The metriages of authors have teen wretched out of all proportion to the common lots • How nm Nye Rept His Teeth 'White. One day I asked Mr. Nye how he kept his teeth so white. " Oh, that's easy," he said ; " all teeth will remain white if they are properly taken care of. Of course, I never drink hot drinks, always brush my teeth morning and evening avoid all acids whatever, and although am 40 years old, any teeth are as good as eve"L" And that is all you do to preserve your teeth, is it?" I asked. "Yes, sir ; •that all --baring, perhaps the fact that I put them in a glass of soft water nights." ---Edi Perkins. An Old Bachelor's Excuse. " You were never married, I believe 2' No, I was never married." " That's a little singular, isn't it ?" "No, not at all. You see, the first time I fell in love I said to myself marry her or none.'" " Why didn't you marry her, then ?" " Well, you see, after I had become, better acquainted with her I said to my- self, I'll marry none rather than her.'' Since that I've got along very well with. none." Ite Married for Love. " If I had my life to live over avails you bet it would be different," said the man in the ten -dollar suit ; " specially the marrying: part of it." "Yes ? " ventured the man who had paid for the beer. " Yas. 1 inarried for love, or tient I did, which is about the Baum thing. My cousin Joe, he had more sense. He married one o' the best cooks in our town, and now she's, svorkin' in a big hotel, and xneskin' a good livin' for both of 'ern." Mercantile Dela. " How do you sell theee pcacheg ?" asked. Gilhooley of a colored woman who had them for sale " Six for a dime, boss." Gilhooley began to pick out half it dozei. of the largest and fineets " You can't do dat, boes, Yet' can't pick. out de biggest nes nless you buys 'ern all A squad of Philadelphia policemen havo. been furnished with " safeties " vvith which' to ride ever their beats.