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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1881-05-06, Page 61 I Love fort Still iII the Mame. I am thinkiug to -night of,the old days, Nell, When lifkwas a round ofjoy, When you were a, laughing.rnerry little maid And I was a thoughtless boy; When we roamed through the meadows, and down to the brook, And over the old stone wall. And sang with the birds in the glad green wood Under the lindens tall ; - When you saucily shook your curls in my face Till I kissed vou—Was I to blame ? And you ran Lome pouting your pretty little lips, - But I love you still all the same. And memory brings again ono dear day. Nell, After we'd older growu, When you wrote two names with a pebble in the Sand, And the waves washed 01911.1,0th into One ; When We sat on the shore till the Sun went down And watched the ships go by. And the stars looked out on two lovers walking home Under the evening sky. - - Oh ! how prettily you promised.as we parted at the gate, While your blushes went and came, That seine day in the future you would be ,thy darling wife, If I'd love you forever all the same. -It is many, many years since then, dear Nell, And still my heart is true, For the sun shall go down on all Memory of,the past • Ere it changes, Nell, to you. Oft I see you in my dreams. and your brow is • Still aa And your cheeks have the same feint glow, And your eye's are still as bright, and have all the 'dying light Of the dear, departiaedays long ago. I may never meet you more till 1 meet you on the shore Of that region unknown but in name, INt while memory shall last, in the future as the pas/. I will love you still all the same. , G: W. JoussoN. , _OUR -FAB NOISTIIWEST. _ Notes From Our Brethren -on the Prairie. - - Beef is 19 to12cents a, pound. s - The. epizootic- has Made its -appearance amongst the horses of this settlement. " The Zer5.- coalsinine. is closed for •the seaecas, --About 70 tons were -Aiken out A newinill hea.been4arted by Manning, McDonald,McLaren Co.-, at Vermillion Lake, where they have -cut 250,000ieet of lumber already this season- forstheir gen\ tract.on section Bs of tiles:Canadian PS -cilia. railway, - -Itev. Dr. Black, ot-Kildonan, hasatlast - the itclVieesofshissfriends in the matter of taking it tour for the benefit' of - his health, A - niirriber of friends from . -Winnipeg,- together- with others in Kildonans • inview ofhisearly departure met at the latter pliZeeisan Monday evening and- -pre-- - seatedthe venerable divine With _an. Address and purse containing $573s• - • _ The,I3attleford Herald says *-- Battle River -bridge is Progressing. ' There is it great deal of 'sickness around Lac. la lJiche-. It is typoof. = - • - Seed grain will-COmmancl faticysprices-- in. the -springsit all who are talking -Of it go s into..fartnings. • • - It is estiniated.that over- 700tonsof Coal. -will have -been_ taken out _in this vicinity this.*inter. - - The -mail etatibus-at '1)tielt Lake was tnitned-.on'tlie ist,.together with a quantify - of oats stored - there.. Buffelo„it is said, have crossed the line .in large numbers, in the neighborhood Of the Alder Bluffs. • The Edmonton Bulletin of a. recent date- --says - thesEdinontoia.• mill. is now running_ fif tea hours a -day. - very -scarce at..$5 a.single load. -Eggs-at 50 cents a -dozen •and butter itt_ 50 cents apound are also scarce. - - • . • Cols -11erchrrier and party made the faetest-tirne. on record- during -the. winter - Irons 13attleford to th.e Portage - (600 -miles)- ; _in 12 days; inelodingaiteppages. • . — - Fanners are preparing for spring work - in thiarneighborhood,--thefe being but little snowthis spring, which is disappearingfast, it is Confidently expe_cted that -seeding: will begin early .•' - - - - Powder is being used in tlie working of the Maio -Moth coal --seam at the Big.island. It is proposed to strip the :coal in such a- . way that the steamer will be abletotake . . On her load direat from the seam. : . _ . -.Constable Warden .„-sncl _InterPreter Ler- . 0114, of the N. W. M. -P., have traSeIled cs-ser 2;500 Miles sinee the 12(11 of .Deceniber last -and Still the people downeat}say that ncsone can travel in this country_durs . • - ing the winter months. - One of the working.oxen belonging to the _ Painadrnalter's bandwasslaughtered last week by -the lialf-Blackftiot. Chief, who threatenedto kill othersas„ he .felt Inclined for free beef. The ina.tter has beenreferred to-the-cotemissioner for. jnstructions-. •' - couraged. by What they decal- fear to punish; other _Indians "have- killed .some of their cattle. •- - ,s. -The 'forty.," cents per day policeirien. at Cypress are causing a great deal of trouble 'and anxiety to their. Officers by theirdis.- cOntenta The _ old -policeaten have.to be continually on watch, otherwise desertions wouldhe•frequent frona the force. -A bad state of affairs certaioly, especially at_ the • present juncture. - = - - - Whilst papers in almost. every portion of the:Dominion have been -recording eevere- . snewstorma, -.high _minds and intense cold, • thelloithwest Territories have beenfaVored with an.excePtionally_ mild, clear and still *inter. ss Not a blizzard worthy of records - and barely en.gugh snow -.in many sections for comfortable sleighing. - The streets and • roads in and about'. Battleford are ; nearly .1afire-to-day -they ,are verysoftand-slopy. . -Mr. 'Sankey has a new, hymn. -4‘ 111 - .sing something that is not in the. hymn- books," said ...Mr. Sankey, as he played very softly aplaintiVe air on the organ at a rodent meeting in Chicago. ".It is called' My Ain Country.' ' It ran as follows : :1 aro far far from my harne" an! Lni weary — whiles - • . • For the- bulged' for hame bringing; and mir - Father's welcome smiles, - Arul 1111 neer be fu' content untilinyeen do see gowden gates of heal.-ou und iny ain eountrie-. ' • - - The -earth is flecked wi. flowers. 141;oney tinted, bright and gay, The birdieg warble blithely For xny Father rnadethein Sae. - Hut these sights and these sounds Will as nacthing be to me., ,Whefi. I hear the angels -singing In My :tin countrie. The Duke d'Aumale is - a tall, thin, and • solemn -visaged man,. the moustp.ehes, the • points - of which join a light recldi -colored •_beard, alone betraying his profession. . RUSSIA'S DANGER. The Coming !Struggle Between Autocracy and Democracy -Miserable Existence of the Emperor. A telegram from St. Petersburg says: It would be difficult to exaggerate the gravity of the situation in Russia at the present moment Never before was the need of a steady hand at the helm so deeply and universally felt. It required nothing less than the tragedy of the 13th of March to open men's eyes to the fact that the reform which the Revolutionists endeavored to wring frOm the Government by deeds of bloodshed cannot be long delayed. In the matter of intelligence the women of Russia are much superior to the men. If they ventured to formulate their desires they could repeat the demand contained insthe last proclamation of the famous Executive Committee. It is surprising to see how much there is in common between Russian intelligence and the revolutionary party. The distinction between them lies not in the end but in the means. The very ablience of that- freedom which some demand and all desire leaves the Russian reformer n o choice but silence or sedition. No man who has travelled through Russia lately has failed to mark the difference between the serf of the past and the peasant now. Servile politeness has given place to inde- pendence, rude and sometimes brutal. The youth has a dangerous _ knowledge of his rights and wrongs, which makes him a willing listener to the insidious councils of the revolutionary propagandists. From the White Sea to the -Black ,Sea, front the Danube to the Amoo, the peasants are awakening from the death -like slumber of centuries. The spring time of national life is dawning, but the futuredepends. mainly on the decisions that must shortly betaken. Meantime -the Emperor lilies in retirement at Gatschina, And he sees no one except Prince yarouttoff Doahkoff. People are speaking in -official circles of this novel abdication, and shake their heads when they speak of the future: -It may be, how- ever, that ere long we shall.have a maul- festaof some sort, and an indication of the policy- to be pursued. At . present there is none, and Russia is without a Government. A. Vienna despata -says the banks and newspaper offices in that city havebeen threatened with destructiou by the Revo: lutiOnists. _ . '-- - -.- .. -, Migti•i Of Spring. The ,first sign of spring is the feeling that Your hat is shabby. - The second .is that your overcoat is get-, tins heavy. - If: your overcoat is 'A particularly nice one,.thiasign will not be., apparen t. The 'substrban begins • to talk elpquently- . Ofgarden seeds and fertilizers. . . . . " Ile goes home loaded -down with, seeds - Men's catalogues -and hoes and rakesand agricultural information. - - •ss-• ' • -Ilia neighbors' .liens are erancipated frorntheir hibernation, and he thirsts for the blood of his neighbors, -. . - . - • •- The ash -heap in his yard rises -grinaly,, like a. 'remembrance of evil-dciingm• - - If you live in the -country you begin to. .talk of improvements; of aseupola here, -an-L there and piazza or bay window some- wh ere.else. . If in the city; you commence your annual talk of shaking off your feet the du -at of the city and Moving into the country. ' Your aunt, or soine other elderly female member of your household, , has her say - again of blooda-Changing and the conses qdent necessity for filling the stomach with de Octions of herbs and roots.- . - --. ..-• - he dark.slaadow of the coining house: l ea1 riing- brbods. like a bird of evil omen „o r. your once happy hoine. • ' - The wife of your bosons talks of - new Carpets and new furniture. , , . . - • The plumber . no more robs you of year substance, the carpenter and the painter and the'plasterer and . the paper -hanger taking what is left. - .' . • - '.• ' -As you ride home -ward in the cars you hear stories of -early Rena. - • -The English Sparrow has set his .alarryi clock an hour earlier'', and now, aroueeeyou from your slumbers at 4 a.m. The pussy willow asserts itself, sand- the willow pollards show forth a jaundiced - Then:Ltd stieketh to your -shoes, ancl the- paesing „yehicie supplies your raiment -svith the eame article: - - - . ' - Anon the duet arises ' and fills'yureye and your mouth: - - • The wind blows where it liateth, . - Your landlord has discovered that things.. are going to booth, and booms up YoUrrent• straightway. The- lightning -rod man and the peripa- tetic venslor- of. step -ladders knock- at your door. doors - • . _ - - ' . - 'The, shadow of the strawberry shortcake looms up no bigger than•a,man's hand. ---, . . .Oysters grow into desuetudess • - Your liver begins to assert itself. Your house -hunter is abroad. - When Shall We Three Meet Again f , . , Types have in expressiveness "of their own and can be made to speak plainly enough Withotit putting them into formal words if they are only set up in the right shape. The following will make this plain to every reader, nothing but the ordinary symbols in demnaon use beipg employed to tell the story of the three worthies. It will be seen that it Is wholly unnecessary to say that the old girl in the- middle is in a condition of perplexity, doubt and general anxiety, which is perfectly natural; consid- ering hew hard it must be to make herself acceptable at one and the same time to the very glum man on the rightand the czcseed- ingly jolly fellow on her left: §§.- • `:1§ The Ger-man - gossips 'lave__ selected ithe Princess Sophia Augusta, of Ardeck„ for the 'future bride - of Prince Henry, -sthe Emperor's grandson and future_ admiral. Tip Princess is the granddaughter of a shoemaker's wife. , _ The incoming transatlantic steamers are -beginning to report ice fieldsinconsiderable number. The Bremensteamer•Ils,paburg on the 14th holt. saw an iceberg eighty feet high and also large fielde of drift iceoff Newfoundland. . FATAL CONFLAGRATION. Loss sof Life by Fire nt Green Point. N.Y NEW YORK, Apri126. --Smith's box factory at Green Point was destroyed by fii e this afternoon. It had a large number of employees. Several lives are reportsd lost. Thus far one body has been removed from the ruins, that of George Bloomfield, resi- dence unknown. It is believed that several others perished. Owing to the inflammable nature of thematerialthe flames spread with great rapidity. There were a great many workmen employed in the factory. and many becoming panic stricken jumped from the windows or crowded each other in their eagerness to... get out. The result was that several were injured and two sue. cessive alarms were followed by calls for ambulances. Adjoining the factory was a sawdust storehouse, about which a large crowd had gathered, as the walls protected them from the heat while watching the fire. No one thought they were in a dangerous position, but there was a sudden explosion, which threw the walls over on the crowd, and the flames swept over them for a dozen feet. There was a regular shower of blazing sawdust for "Pome distance, which set fire to the clothing of women andchildren, who fled shrieking from the place. The firemen, police and others rushed to aid the unfortunate ones who had been injured or buried beneath the fallen walls, most of whom were boys. Their names are as follows: 'W. Freeman, fatally burned; Frank McMullen, fatally burned; Geo. McDowell, badly burned; John O'Connell, badly burned. A number of men were 'knocked down and either injured or burned, but with the aid of friends made their way home. Bloomfield was the only one killed outright. The fol- lowing were injured : George Clapp, -Pat Kenner, F. McMulkel,• G. -Ingersoll, Geo. McGarvey, Wm. Sweeney, John Rennert, all burned hoslly, ; John 0!Connor, removed to the hospital ; A. Treskey, fatally burned, John Vanderwater and 'John Clark, burned severely, Wm. -Crawford, fireman, severely injured sslas. Hewitt, a , broken leg ; a workman missing. Most of the injured live in Green Point. • LoEis, $75,000. - MIDNIGHT BATTLE WITII A BIPLAR A Terrific Struggle, Ending in the Intruder's Death. $1,000,000 FIRE. - Fifteen Mundred People Itomelems. - A despatch -.froth Panama says - that Buenaventura,- one -of the most important commercialtowns of the Pacific coast in this republic was almost entirely destroyed by fire on thel2th inst. • The houses were mostly built Of wood, with thatched rods: - The fire commenced in theskitChen of a• private house; which burned sorapidly that the owner perished. A strong wind was blowing, and -the 'entire section of the town nearest the shore -Wes soon a eelsof- Mercliants- were unable- to -save. • • - - their -beaks, papers, or -anythin.g of -value. Three, persons lost their lives. The losses . . ainoont to $1,000;000, and there are no insurances.. :Fifteen hundred .peopIe are horaelese and very destitute.- The custom house and :post -office were- .destroyed. -Manysof these -Merchants have eorrespon. dentsin,New York who ma,y suffer.losses. - • . - •The Mtep-irsother- - The step;mother's lot is wird.. From.the 'first -she- is a target for ill -nature.. Her marriage -is generally an unkentimental one. She needs a home;and her hnsband.requires &smother for bis children. - It is abusiness transaction on both- sides. But- if _ little sentlinentexist, the call of duty is clear; andMany a -step -mother Who subsequently_ meets With abuse starts with it desire to. ao.. her -duty. --But • her iinshand's children - - . repel her by their unkindness sad stianast suspicion. Every fault that -she cremnaits is seize(1 on to prove that she is true to the Character of her class"; Ancl -the children _triumph in. the vindication of a •general truth. Sh-e--;cannot always reckon on the sifppOrt-ef her husband, for he- loves his children and • hates .farnily. disputes. He is apt to -side with the children. As against is.- legal wrongdoer:' ---".The wife, although she may have married-prosaicallys _does not liketo be set .at naughtitS her binilonse, and she determines to get the better of her husband.- Every source sodrce .of -dpmestie 'anarchy 'thus beconies increased, until the entire house is phingedinto all the miseries of it *lore' of civil „ war. TAiici the, poor step -mother, bears the- _entire blame. Girls', old and -young, should think carefully before consenting to occupy such a trying position. 'Better face the terrors of old -maidenhood- than undertake duties which it is impoieible to .fulfil. to the -satis- faction of all concerned. •- ' - Toasts is nothing more important than- the ventilation and flueliing.of thecity sewers -at Stated intervals" if a continued flush and VenglatiOn are impracticable.' The result in banefiCial influence over the public health cannot be over estimated Take the ease Of Leeds, 'England, for examPle: . The death rate for the four weeks ending Nov. 27th,- 1680, after the sewers were all ventil- ated, was 19.9 per 1,9.00, while - for the corresponding 'four weeks in 1579;before the sewers were allventilatedthe death rate Was 23.6 per 1,000; lo this cennection it as interesting to note :that New Orleans_ has finally., adopted the Waring system of :sewerage, after nearly a year. of consideration. Memphis has already adopted and established it This eysteni consists of small mains, kePt full' of run - lung water, so that there is: no room for sewer gas. to colleet and, hack up into the houses.. 'The -laterals are also smaller than common in _cities, and are flushed con- stantly. At present \ all the - seWerageof the Crescent city is on the surface. In all parts of the city, and inevery wide street; these surface sewers empty into mid:roa .Capale, 111 which the water stands untilthe sun dries :it up. :It is. stagnant covered with green scam, and is pestilential:. In the gutters the water _ is. kept running all •1t is let in from the- river; ;which is abovethe city, and Punilied OVet into Lake Ponchartrain.- This keeps the main Streets clean, but the hack -Streets and the canals are exceedMS/Y unhealthy. The Earl of Roseberys Lord Rector of the 'University of Editiburgh,hae signified his intention- of offering a ,prite of 20 guineas annually: during his tenure of effiee for the beet essay 011 an .historical -subject; . The.following is announced to be -the subject for, the present- year : The' Ecclesiastical System of. 4cot1a,nd ImineOiately „before the Reformation."' " ‘• _ . .0n the third' anniversary Of his Corona- tion Pope Leo XIII. dispensed nearly $3,000 in charity. .. He Is Sbot Twice, and Defends Himself by Hurling Can of Good. anf Iron Weights at His Captor. ' A despatch from Buffalo dated ' uesday, says Dennis Murphy was foun4 in the grocery store of George Irish, on t le corner of Ohio and Illinois streets, this msssing at 2 o'clock, by the proprietor, ard during the fight which ensiled - Murphy jvas shot twice, from the effects of whic he has since died. At the time ijidicated, John Webb and Henry Duni. two young men employed by IT' II, and if who slept in the house over t e store, heard a noise below, which made t em sus- pect that burglars were at work. 4- They at once awakened. Irish, and, before lie got his clothes on, Jennie Gormly, a• ser ant girl, also went to Irish's room and told him that .there was some one in the store. fr. Irish - armed himself with a club and at hjiis wife's suggestion also took his revolver stlith him, and, accompanied by the two yuung men named, descended by an outside taircase to the street. The store stands o a corner and as the three men appeared 1roin the covered stairway they heard ¥ootsteps hastily malts as if the burglar'S'pals had liff ce scented their danger and were . ving o under cover of the dark. Irish pr. d one man each at the two side doors otrthe store and himself stepped to the ant door, whichhe cauticiusly opened, and f ' NOISELESait-STEPPED INTO THE I iTORE: The Place has two countersthe on he right hand side, as front door is elite, ed,- with ni A passageway between them. Th "intruder r was behind the fartliecountersa d in the diin.light Which came:freak a le - .in . the rear of the stere, which was tikria d ;down, stood motionless. Irish saw hini sucl said : "Tvegot you throw up yOur h -cle, or I if will .-blow. your head off.'" - Th: burglar said - nailing,' but - apPrOliched. I' isli, Who. fellback a.fe* steps: Irish said 'V ".1If you move another step you are a -delid mtin:" At that moment the burglar hurledapound- can. of peaches -at Irish., whichtfailed . its - mark but went crashing through he front ruitssvas rking to- rish took 1, j which arauder ish,-- and cbupter 'all of -window. --TheTfusilade-of cannedl kept up IIII4 the . burglar -kept lw wards the frontOf the store; when careful aim and fired; With it y' sounded.like- a, man's nanie. _the - hurled a heavy scale weight at I fOilowed it up with *heavy set- o scales -Which -stood hi -front of -hi which missed -their mark and sent tear- ing through -the window: The feilloss-then closed vsitla the . proprietor. Al -terrific -fight ensued, .diaing-which Irish 'broke -: -his- club it three pieces on the -buistlat'si head, while the latter seemed anxious to effect an escape -by the. front door. 'then the struggle was at its -- height Irie sprang away from hisantagonist again a al -fired," and -the thief fell- headlong to ' he' floor, where he writhed, in "agony, an' during Which he yelled the same naine he iad Called . When be wakfarst hit: , The pp ice were notined;and I)r, . Waldriiff--sentler.. - An 1 examination Ofm the an".e.WOundaelieWe' d a bullet hole itt the !forehead over .,, be right eye; and another in the- right briast; over the nipple. -, Blood flowed copiouillY. The Wound -.in- the head was not -dangerous, as the laUllet had glanced from the slpill. The other lapliet had penetrated therr ' ht long. m . At : this juncture it :an nisined -Patrick. Donaghue rushed tO the police se tibia and ./ -P asked for the services of :a priest.' „He Was locked; up ou - general principleES,I riests _were finaliy-got; but the dying Ma refused to tell who were :his' associates. r. Subse-- -quentlY-he was remoVed to the 1:hoepital; where at 7 o'clock • to-nightrhe .e piredin the most-hprrible agony. He was "to the las, but refused to make rnerit implioating any one. - The. was an. engineer in -Kalbfleische chemical . _ . works, and is not professional. burglar: He. spent . last- nights in. the " lums of . _ Canal -street... and - at the . :time of his attempt ' was probably -co liderably under the influence of bad. 'whis ey. - His step.hrother is the.captain of a:la_ e Yeeiel. He claims Murphy was drunk, - asidnot in - the store for burglarious purpoies. ' The fact that Murphy -Was in hie stealing -feet 'and bareheaded proves, however - that he / was s in the - store ' for no good. i. lle.had forced, one - of the- back doors",. uicl it is supposed that his accomplices :"were On guard -outside. Murphy was 26.- ears Old and lived in the house -en Abbot -read in, which .John Kahrins • was ' mar ered by . -.Martin Flanigan lust October... T 10 police batia arrested two inenas.accomp ices, one -Of_ them being .. Chas; _Roche-, ;v:lio.:.has served fiveyearsin Auburn. Th -city has suffered for several' weeks: from ' gang of burglars, and it is hoped that the Yr ngeance: of Geo: 'risk Will tend to 'frighten them'lito Other fields. - ' - . 2. - . - . • - , . riscipus ny state-' ead man -FROM 11031E. - _ Sad, Condition-, of Poor Gerona grants. • : Iturrsnos April 28. --Last nig.t about sixty poor, weary German immigr nts,with about twenty; children; arrivedi Buffalo over the Brie.- Some of them sva ted to go to Bay City, Mich., and the rest I- -a point beyond Chicago: They were hu'..gry and penniless, they said, and could no ' proceed further.' Division Superintenden Taylor directed that they be furnished -* th coffee and .fciod at the expense of the. .'; mpany. Accordinglythey were assigned .to a place uli of bivouac on the platform just o side the waiting -room, Where they arran 'ed. their. baggage az best they "could as beds and covering, and after having satiatied their -hunger they knelt dowfirevery onefof Magni; and offered up their evening pritykr before lying down, At At. noon to -day 'tliey were :there yet, and several of. the.Vegmen had huddled together and- were indillgifig in out- pourings of .grief. s ay The Sister Months. (Lucy Larcuni, in St. Nicholas for May.1 When April steps aside for May, Like diamonds all the rain -drops glisten; Fresh violets open every day • To some new bird each hour we listen The children with the streanilets sing, When April stops a.t last her weeping: And every happy growing thing Laughs like a babe just roused from sleeping. Yet April waters, year by year, For laggard Mayher thirsty flowers; And May, in gold of sunbeams clear, Pays April for her silvery showers. All flowers of spring are not May's own-, The crocus cannot often kiss her: The snow -drop, ere she comes, has flown; The earliest violets always miss her. Nor does May claim the whole of spring ; She leaves to April blossoms tender, That closely to the warm turf cling, Or swing from tree -boughs, high and slender. And May -flowers bloom -before May conies To cheer, a littlp, April's sadness; The peach -bud glows, the wild bee hums,- , And wild -flowers wave in graceful gladness. They are two sisters, side'by side Sharing the changes of the weather, a Playing at pretty teek-and-hide— - So far apart, tit) close together! April and May one moment meet— Hut farewell sighs theirgreetings smother And breezes tell, and birds repeat, How May and April love each other. TIRE COMING A Nesv Device for Producing _Light and Meat from ;Atmospheric Air. A despatch from Cleveland, O., says letters patent have been taken out by a patent solicitor in this city for a new device for producing cheap 'light and fuel. The claim made for it is the bold one of utilizing the oxVgen in the atmosphere as. . a heating and lighting -medinm, by a Method so simple and inexpensiye that nothingshort of experimental derhsipsstrit-- tion hae induced men to entertain it7pcssi- bility. -'i The device consists of an -ordinary 'airtight cylinder, into which is introduced a paste compound of certain prppertiops of gasoline and powdered charcoal; 011 top of - which •'packed tightly some ' fibrous" inaterielslike cotton.- -Through -a pipe in - Ono' end -of.-, thiscS,linder is forced atmospheric air, subjected to id. a greater or less negree of compression according- AS .heator. light is desired, and the resulting productis'sled-frems-the-ntber-end reamer, and thence into Maul. justas • -Coal gaeno* is, and is burned in a sinnlar. Messner, The degree Of heat from this gas •varies•with the conipressibia-the greater ' the compression the More intense the heat,. and under a etifficient and easily:attained compression a heat is produced so intense as to astonish all 'who have witnessed it; anci.te promise 'wonderful Sresulta for the. invention. • The inventor is Mr. Edward B. -Reynolils, a -young Englishman recently arrived in this country: Ile has explainecl. hie device and demonstrated its utility to practical Moneyed men here; and has enlisted their heartyco-operation in push- ing it. One of these is lir. W. .11: Doan, a -- wealthy ,�i1. reliiner, and. this gentle- man will , be. prominent "in the -stock company, now being' formed. sHe offered - Mr. Reynolds $200,000- for a one7third interest in- the invention, but . it was ' declined. ,Private tests - were made in New York city,. where a chemical analysid, showed that SO per. cent; of the_ product • was oxYhydrogen gas. The itiventonclitims, however, that be can and does -produce .90 -. per cent. A large .tinsmith-estabilishinent here has ;fully tested the :gal, .11.9.4 heater, and is now usingit altogether.: The foreman, in experimenting , with the gas; discovered that he could . Melt a quarter - inch bar sat. iron in thirty seconds. • cylinder charged' With a pint of gasoline supplied- four brilliant -lights nightly. for four Weeks. One • probable method." of utilizing the gas ai an illuminator is by producing .the calcium light. The inven- tion - is • exciting - much attention among those interested in -electric light and -gas stooks, and in -fact from everybody. They are inxiouely loquiring whether the .coming Las' coine. - - , The Emperor William has Vade the Emperor Of Russia honorary coloijel of the Kaiser Alexander Regiment, W1ich was ) 'created in honor`Of his late father' . Prince Suweroff has received the highest), rusE3ian order -that of the :Black -Eagle iith the diamond star. - - - f.--- - The Mikado of Japan, on hear* of the murder Of the late Czar; sent by telegraph to the.Emperor Aleiaiider III. ari-expres-. sion of- condolence, 8,nd ordered. 411 general A Veritable PhilopioPher. -44,1 can't pick Up a paper," said Brother Gardner at the opening of the last meting of -the Linte-Kiln Club;." widout bein' startled by de- announcement dat we eat too much, sleep too little, sit tai too late,,go- to "bed' too. dress ,t -co Warm Or too cold -walk too much or too little. De -croakers am constantly at work to put do rest Of us on de ragged -aige of anxiety, One day we bear that censunapshun has become our nashunal -complaint Nei' -day - it, am. predicted dat de fewel supply of de :world am runnin! Abort Dar's bein" hunted up an shot off At us-ebery day in. de y'ar, an' it has got to dat pass dat de - than who lies down- at night _dreads dat he May licher see de Moon again. 4' lias bin - -finkin' alt dese -fings ober. I has.bin Ivor - field an' harassed -an' half ecart to death ober de drift perriod, de predicted -clinaatic changes, de astronomical changes _an'. de sudden .diskiveries dat human. Ife am shortenin' up • like an ole elothessiThe on a rainy day. I has got to dat pitch dat gone. to sot down in. my cabin -wid -a 'pan of apples ton de right lian' and 'a pan of pop corn on de. left, an' let de world turn ottom up an' he hanged to her. If White olks want to go on worryin-' ober science An'. philosophy an' predickshuns an' pro- _ pliecies, let 'ern de it, but my advice to 'de cull'd rade am to Worry ober nuffin' higher'n , de roof of a house or deeper down dau do botionyOf a cellar. When your day's work ' am dun, sot down in de big cheer, light yer pipe, an' lot de chipen an' do dog loose fur a good time."- - . A 31.011clillit'S PEED. - /birders' Iler Two Chilairen and Cuts Slier Own Throat. GnAn f Neb A.pril ciristnar 7 - Roch, railroad employee, on re.,,tirMkg from work .a.t St Paul this -morning wens home and found his door Jocked. He -looked .in the window and saw one of his children. in bed and his wife lying with blood. around her on the floor.- Ile- then sunithoneO _the sheriff and together they'wentip and found his two. children and his wife with their throats cut and a razor Q1.1 the table. The children were aged months and 4 years Ad- respectively. It is thought -that the'. inother murdered the -children and -then obnamitted snicide. 'Blind persons are admitted free to inusi- mourning to be observed thrciusho t Japancal performances et the Boston Theatre.