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i '! ..'. -?-"', vi'' .- . , '." : 4 -" ;";- - - - - - i ' - i T1 x5--l;,'(V-J'--'v!".''.r -"?"' "" " '"' '?;.-'r- ggfae WLxthiiz gaily flisgle: &rdtfrixxti:(fgitixe 21, 18&Q. & BAD WOKK OF THE WATEBS AT ATCII1SOX. Thousands of' Dollars' "Worth Property Destroyed by the Floods. of The City's "Water, Gas and Electric Light Supplies Shut Off The "Cham pion" Suspended for the Day. Pour Persons Killed and Many Others Injured by a Cyclone Near Dkon, HI- Sons of Senator Ingalls and Congressman Kelley Hurt in a "Wreck Other Mishaps. WEATHER BULLETIN. " Signal Orrirn, Wichita, Kan., June 20. The highest temperature was 91, the lowest up to 7 p. m. 70 , and the mean 80, with fresh and brisk south winds, warmer, cloudless weather, and nearly stationary pressure. Last year on June 20. the highest tem perature was SM, the lowest 65, and the mean S0. Fred L. Jotixsok, Observer. WAr. Department, Washington'. D. C, Juno 20, 8 p. ru. Forecast until S p. m. Saturday: For Missouri Fair, no change in tem perature, variable winds. Fair, slightly cooler except stationary temperature, variable winds. ATCHISON'S STOBM. Bridges "Were Borne Away and Basements Flooded Atchison, Kan., June 20. A severe rain storm visited the city last night and caused great damage to the city, the mer chants, newspapers and railroads. The volume of water that fell was so great that the tewer could not take care of it and it backed up into the streets and cellars and basements. The offices of the Atchison Champion were flooded and they were un able to print as usual today. The base ments or many of the stores on Commercial street were flooded. White Clay creek, which serves as the main sewer of the city, was over its banks, and even through the central portion of the city, its valley in and out of the city, the gateway for the city, and railroad bridges span it every hundred yards. Every bridge west of the stone arch at Sixth street was swept away. The Santa Fe and Missouri Pacific bridgo was first carried away. Other bridges followed and then m came sidewalks, timbers, beams, sheds, small houses, lumber, etc. Meanwhile the enormous flow of water from the creek penetrated basements and cellars where merchants kept valuable stocks of goods. The Sixth street arch saved the lower part of town where are located the station and valuable manufacturing property. To add to the confusion of the storm the flood cut the gas mains in two in several places and the light was exrinenished. The electric light were next put out and the city was left in absolute necessity. The storm closed about 13 o'clock. The loss to the city is probably $50,000 and to the railroads and merchants about $100, 000. The property of every road running Into the city, except the Hannibal & St. Joe, is more or less damaged. They are moving trains but transfers of about live miles is necessary. A water famine exists , here today. This city is suffering from the unusual experience of a water famine caused by flood. The exceedingly heavy rains of last night bursted the water mams and cut oft the supply of water from all consumers. Two of the principal consumers were the gasworks and tho electric light plant, neither of which are able to continue oper ations without water. Hence the city is oLo deprived of its usual plans of illumi nation. The work of repairing the dainago by the flood is progressing rapidly and will be completed by tomorrow. INJUEED IN A "WRECK Congressman Kelley's Son and Ralph Ingalls Among Them. BALTDIOHE, Md., June 20. The New express was wrecked at 2 o'clock this morning at Childs station on the Phila delphia division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. The driving rod of the engine broke, spreading the rails. Bishop Keane. of the Catholic university at Washington and Harry Kelley, ton of Congressman Kelloy, of Arkansas, wero among those seriously hurt. Two sleepers were thrown down an em bankment. John McXumarn, of New York, a drummer, was killed. Charles Ackonheim, chief engineer of the Staten Island Bapid Transit railroad, was po severely injured that ho died of his in juries before he could be carried to Phila delphia according to a dispatch from that city. Bishop Keaue was cut about the head aud his body badly bruised. Mr. Kalph Ingalls,a son of United States Sena tor Ingalls, is among the slightly injured, of whom there are-several. DROWNINGS AT PEORIA. PEOKIA. 111., June 20. Four drownings occurred here during the past twenty-four hours. Tho body of Katie Shehan who had not been seen since Tuesday night, when she came back to the city "fron an excursion of the steamer liowanl, wa& dis covered at noon yesterday by ome men who were unloading a barge floating on top of the water near the dock. There were no marks of violence, though the clothing on the lower part of her body and en her lower limbs was badly torn. The last personb seen with her were Charles Beck and Henry Johnson, and they were arrested, pending an investigation. A little boy named Frank Scott fell from a barge at the foot of Hamilton etreet and was drowned. John Gilbert, advertising agent of the Rock Island, went across the river fishing, His body was found later in a blough on tho otherside. RAILWAY TRAFFIC DEMORALIZED. Kansas City, Mo.. Juno 20. The floods t Atchison and St. Joseph last night com pletely demoralized railway traffic between Kansas City and St. Joseph, Omaha, Coun til Bluffs aud other upper Missouri river points. All the roads suffered from ex tensive washouts. One Burlington. no Council Bluffs and Missouri Pacific trains have been abandoned. The trains for the north which left tho union depot last night are still standing at Atchison and lio definite information can be given by the officials when they will be able to pro ceed on their ways. Trains from the north are held on the other side of the washout and it is not known when they will be able to move. CASUALTIES AT HUTCHINSON. HUTCHINSON. Kan., June 20. A handcar was run into by a freight train on the bridge over the Arkansas river this morn ing and one man, Bresson Florentine, was killed. Others jumped into the river. Lottie McDonald, aged IS. Lighted a fira with kerosene this evening. Every inch of her bodv was burned. The girl died at 11.30 tonight. THEIR RESCUE YET DISTANT. DCNBAli, Pa., June 20. The relief par ties were hard at work all night. This morning there are 130 foot of slate and coal to go through before the miners can be reached :md it is thought this will take until 9 or 10 o'clock tonight. No more tappings have been heard from theinside. Aminent physicians recommend Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Ayer's Almanac, at your druggist's. MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR OUTPUT. Minneapolis, Minn., June 20. The Northwestern Miller says: The flour out put of the mills last week was slightly in crease, being 63,020 barrels, averaging 10, 003 daily, against 59,810 the week before, 112.700 for the corresponding time in 1SS9 and 111,400 in 18SS. The water was set into the canal Tuesday, after being shut off for three months, and since then more mill have been running, though there are sev eral that are unable to use water. There were eleven in operation yesterday, -two or three of which were using steam in whole or in part. The output was at the rate of 16,500 barrels per twenty-four hours. The flour market seems to be wholly without any feature of improvement. Some of the eastern flour men present at the millers' convention think that they discern more interest as shown bT consumers, and are hopeful of a good demand setting in very soon. A local miller of bullish proclivities today remarked that it was in tliis very di rection that he found reason for holding to the bull side of the market. Sales of flour for tho week have been small lots, mostly for territory west of New England. Prices are 1520c lower, and some firms have a t?ife more inquiry from abroad for patents, a few sales being effected from London at about 29s 6d. Nearly every one is pretty well sold ahead on bakers; and if patents could bo moved more freely there would be a greater dis- Eosition to increase tne production, .ow grades are in very good de mand at fair prices. Freicht -rates are gradually declining and are at a point quite favorable to exporting. The export shipments for the week were 15,930 barrels, against 11,077 barrels the previous week. London quotations for 280 pounds, c. i. f., are: Patents, 29s 6d?30s; bakers', 22s 9d 23s 6d; low grades, lis 9d13s. Wheat re ceipts for the week ending June 17 were 289,100 bushels. Shipments Wheat, 97, 500 bushels; flour, 52,030 barrels; millstuff, 1770 tons. AIT INTEEESTTNG CASE. A Common Law Marriage Interposed to Set Aside a "WilL Fort Scott, Kan., June 20. This fore noon the law firm of Ware, Biddle & Cory, filed a petition in one of the most singular lawsuits ever inaugurated in Kansas, and its trial will attract tho at tention of attorneys all over the country. Tho facts connected with this case read like a romance and few plots to domestic presentations nae more ot the remarkable incidents connected with them than does this case. Many years ago, one W. Judd settled in this country and became possessed of a large and valuable tract ot land. He subsequently married an estimable young lady, "and lived with her several years, having one child, a girl who was named Jennie. They did not live har moniously, however, and finally the wife got a divorce, and the husband gave her a fair share of tho property in money aud personal chatties. Time went on and some years after the divorce, Judd contracted a common law marriage with a young lady by the name of Sadie Runkle, that is sue was at first housekeeper for him and they finally agreed to live together as man and wife, though no ceremony was perform ed. He acknowledged her as his wife, however, and at last at her persuasion and tho suggestion of mutual friends, he consented to have a ceremony performed, and fixed the dato upon which ho was to come to Fort Scott to get the license, and have the marriage ceremony gone through with. On tiie morning of that day Judd wentf to his stable, ostensibly to hitch up his team to come to town, and a few minutes later he was found dead, having committed suicide. After Judd's suicide it was found that he had made a will leaving all of his property to his child Jennie Judd, by his first wife, and the will was duly probated and the mother, who had married again, was appointed administratrix. About two months ago Jennie Judd, the girl, then about 9 years old, was taken sick from eating sheep sorrel, and died, as tho post mortem examination showed, from the effect of stoppage of the illeo-ceicle valve, by indigested sorrel leaves aud stems. About two years ago, or some five or six mouths after Judd's suicide, a child, a boy now named John Judd, was born to the second wife, and this child is the plaintiff in tli- case filed today. This action is brought to secure tho property for the child, upon the theory that the second, or common law marriage invalidated the will, and tho state statutes appear to be perfectly plain on this point. It says that: "If the testator had no children at the time of executing his will, but shall afterwards have a child living or born alive after his death, such will snail be deemed revoked, unless provisions shall have been made for such child, by some settlement, or mentioned in tho will in such a way as to show an intention not to make such provision, etc. The case is an important one and will be hatched with great interest by the bar and the public. No other medicine has won approval, at home, equal to Ayer's SarsaparillaiuLow elL BASE BALL. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT PITTSBURG. Pittsburg 0 0000010 12 Philadelphia 0 2 10 3 0 3 2 011 Base hits Pittsburg 7, Philadelphia 9. Errors Pittsburg 4. Philadelphia 2. Pitchers Baker and Yickory. AT CINCINNATI. Cincinnati 1 000000102 Boston 0 010300004 Base hits Cincinnati 7, Boston S. Errors Cincinnati 3. Boston L Pitchers Rhines and Clarkson. AT CLEVELAND. Cleveland 2 000000103 Brooklyn 0 0 10 5 13 0 010 Base hits Cleveland 6. Brooklyn 16. Errors Cleveland 0. Brooklyn 2. Pitchers Garfield and Caruthors. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. AT PHILADELPHIA. Athletics 1 010201005 Syracuse 1 4110 0 0007 Base hits Athletics 7, Syracuse 12. Errors Athletics 5, Syracuse 4. Pitchers Esper and Oacy. 6 AT COLOHJUS. Columbus 8 000000407 St. Louis 1 0000000 23 Base hits Columbus 9. St. Louis 5. Errors Columbus 2, St. Louis L Pitchers Eastou aud Stivetts. AT ROCHKSTEK. Rochester. 1 0 0 0 1110 15 Brooklyn 2 000000002 Base hits Roohester 9, Brooklyn 5. Errors Rochester 7. Brooklyn 7. Pitchers Barr and Dealy. DEAL GENTLY WITH THE STOMACH. If it proves refractory, mild discipline is the thing to set it right. Not all the nau seous draughts .and boluses ever invented can do half as much to remedy its diror dersasa few wineglassfulls say three a day of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which will afford it speedy Jelief, and eventually banish every dyspeptic and billious svinp tom. Sick headache, nervousness, sallow ness of the complexion, fur upon the tongue, vertigo, and those many indescrib able and dwigreoable sensations caused by indigestion, are too often perpetuated by injudicious dosing. An immediate abandonment of such random and ill-advised experiments should be the first step in the direction of a cure; the next step the use of thisstandard tonic alternativcwhich has received the highest medical sanction and won unprecedented popularity. RIVER LAND SETTLERS GIVE UP. Fort Dodge, la., June 20 The present indications are that the decision of Judge Shiras in the river land case will stand un questioned. A member- of the settlers union declared that that organization would give up the right for title and devote all its efforts to securing indemnity. A bill for this purpose will be introduced in congress if possible. THE COTTON BELT ROBBERS. Texarkaxa, Ark.. June 20. The pro ceedings in Justice Cannon's court, in the trial or the alleged Cotton Belt robbers, were intensely interesting. Detective Williams, said to be the ring leader of the gang that committed the robbery, was again placed in the prisoner's dock, and his trial resumed. The train of circumstantial evidence was followed up. Ono of the wit nesses for the state, M. H. Fensele, testi fied that McDaniel, one of the defendants, invited him repeatedly to assist him in the proposed train robbery; that McDaniel dis closed the plan of operations, and stated that four men were required to do the job. and they had obtained only three. Efforts were made the evening before the robbery to obtain his help, and, when he refused, ho was threatened with death if he dis closed tho secret. Another witness, a brakeman on the Texas & Pacific railway, named David Hart, testified that the accused, Williams, had attempted at different times to induce him to join in the robbery; that at one time they had in contemplation and had the plan arranged, to rob the Interstate National bank, of this city. Williams had a room over the bank, and the plan was to raid the institution at precisely 12 o'clock some day. Two of the men were to go in at the front and present a check, while two were to pass in the back way and surprise the cashier while he was paying the check. The arrangements were said to be complete, even to the saddle-bags for carrying the money away and the escape of the raiders. Hart stated further that the plan from some cause mis carried. The state concluded its testimony this evening and the court adjourned until Monday morning to give the defendants time to secure their witnesses. Ratcliff, the wounded prisoner, is said to be rapidly sinking, but stubbornly refuses to make any statement. The railway and express companies have employed Todd & Hudg ings, of this city, to assist in the prosecu tion. THE IOWA JOINT RATE. Des Moines, la., June 20. The Iowa railroad commissioners have promulgated their joint rate tariff to go in effect July 21. The maximum rate of freight to be charged by any railroad receiving busi ness from a shipper at a station on its line within the state destined to a point with in the state on another line shall be its mileage proportion of the rate for the en tire distance for through shipment based on its own Iowa rates, according to its class, with the following percentageadded: Five to 100 miles, 15 per cent; 100 to 200 miles, 11 per cent; 210 to 300 miles 9 per cent; 310 to 40J miles and over, 7 per cent. The maximum rate of freight to be charg ed by any railroad receiving business orig inating on the line of another railroad at a point within the state and destined to a point within the state on its line shall be its mileage proportion of the rate for the entire distance for through shipment based on its own Iowa rate, according to its class, with the following percentage add ed: Five to 100 miles, 12 per cent; 105 to 200 miles, 9 per cent; 210 to 300 miles, 7 per cent; 310 to 400 miles and over, 5 per cent. This rule will not apply to the business received aud delivered to tho Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern pending the hearing of the injunction proceedings in stituted by that company restraining the commissioners from making contracts. ST. LOUIS CENSUS FIGURES. St. Louis, Mo., June 20. By permission of Superintendent Porter, the census supervisor, Major Weigel, of this district gave out some census figures tonight. He says that the complete returns of the 224 of the 22S enumerators for this city and the incomplete returns Of the remaining fortv four foot up in round numbers 422,000. lie estimates that there will be an addition to this number of S,000, making the popula tion of this city 430,000. The enumerators who have not completed their task will continue their work until Saturday, when their labors will close, unless other wise ordered by Superintendent Porter. Superintendent Weigel thinks this enumeration falls short fully 20,000 of tho real population of the city, but he claims that the work has been as well done as his facilities for doiug it would admit of. The enumeration is de nounced by both the press and the people, and measures will be taken at once to either havo corrections of errors made, omissions filled up or a recount taken. GOSSIP FROM LONDON. LONDON, June 20. All of the papers this morning praise Stanley for his remarks at Newcastle and Berwick yesterday in re gard to the last African settlement, except tho Chronicle, which unmercifully scores him. It transpires that five Parnellite mem bers betook themselves to Ascot Heath yesterday to witness the races when they should have been in their seats to complete the contusion of the government. Had they been in their seats the first clause of the license bill would probably have been rejected. Mr. Labouchere, a bitter enemy of the bill, was also absent. The work of fumigating in the province of Valencia has been very effective in de creasing the number of cases in the cholera infected districts. INSIST ON USING THE BIBLE. Chicago, 111., June 20. A dispatch from Edgcrton, Wis., says: Notwithstanding the decision of the supreme court that the bible is a sectarian book and can not be Used as a text book in the public school, and that the simple reading of it by the teacher without commenting is using it as a text book, the school board of this city has refused to cause such use of it to be discontinued in the public schools. As a consequence Sheriff Babcock, of Rock county, has served a peremptory writ of mandamus on the board commanding it to cause the teachers in the public schools of district No. S, of the city of Edgerton, to discontinue the practice. The decision of the supreme court was given in a case which arose here. GAINED THE ENTRANCE. KANSAS Citv, Mo.. June 20. The Kan sas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern rail road has finally gained entrance into this city and acquired the coveted union depot facilities. It ha-, concluded a traffic ar rangement with the MisMiuri Pacific Inch will bring the Northwestern trains in over the Missouri Pacific tracks and in to the union depot. In consequence of this privilege the Northwestern has restored its passenger rates from 2 cents to 3 cents per mile, the cut having been made on ac count of its exclusion from the union depot. FARMER DELEGATES. TOPEKA, Kan., June 20. The following j delegates were today appointed to the Farmers' National congress, which meets August 22, 23 aud 24 .it Council Bluffs. The delegates are appointed for two years: Nick Reitz, of Monticclla: N. W. Tay lor of Mulberry Grove: J W. Johnson, of Hamilton: James Mnith. ot ract. Clayj count v: iiiiani cimpson, oi Norton; John Kelly, of Wichita; A. B. Forsyth, of Libertv. The following alternates were named: C. Lewis, of Paola; J. E. Stone, of Inde pendence: T. M. Potter, of Peabodv: Anson Miller, of Saline county; D. L. bmith, of i Ti.;;,L ,w,., it r ni r ca -Ui- county; J. W. Schider, of Oakaloosa. .'. t ii- t--'-j i'nV i.v b I CELEBRATES HER VICTORY. aso yesterdny the United Suites ship kenr-1 sarge. Captain John A. Window, whipped ' the confederate steamer Alabama, Captain Seinuiep, so badly that the later vessel after a two mile engagement struck ber .sew xokk, Jnne yy.Twenty-MX rears color and sank to the bottom of the sea. Thi is the reason why the Kearsarge was d-cked all over with t'ue stars and stripe yesterday as she lay at the Cob dock in the Brooklyn nary "yard. Every year the Kearsarge celebrates m honor of the event. THE AUSTRALIAN LINE SCHEME. Battle Cuekk, Mich.. June 0. April 16 n secret meeting of the railroad mag nates was held here to plan a through line from New York to Australia via Clere land. SU Louis, Fort Worth, Mexico and the Pacific ocean to Melbourne. A. D. Owen, of Philadelphia, originator of the scheme, went to England after the mee iug hereto confer with a syndicate of cap italists. Yoterday ieveral English gentle men were in the city, accompanied by Mr Owen. B. F. Bu.-h. of Detroit, and M. E. t Wattles. The party is en route to Mel bourne over the proposed line and will be tDCti &evaral u-MfiVa. CLEVELAND'S SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE. Cleveland, O., June 20. The switch men on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railway, Erie, Lakeshore & Southern reported to their yard masters this morning and returned, to work at what is known as Lakeshore wages. Nickel Plate" Valley railroad, Cleveland, Canton & Southern and Pennsylvania companies yard men are still out and ex hress a determination to remain out until they are granted at least ten hours for a day's work at the Lakeshore scale for twelve hours work. GEORGIA NORTHERNERS. Douglassttlle, Ga., June 20. The con vention of northern-born Georgians which met here was a significant success. About 400 delegates took part in the proceedings of the convention, and fully 2,000 people were on the grounds. The most important work of the body was the appointment of an active immigration board of flue mem bers of the cogvention. This board will actively engage m efforts to induce the lo cation of northern people in the state of Georgia. MOUNT SHASTA IN COMMOTION. Redding, Cal., June 19. The disappear ance of Mount Shasta's peak is still the subject of discussion. At Lower Soda Springs, some fifteen miles distant from the mountain, the water in the spring rose rapidly Monday, overflowing the floor of the spring house. A party who arrived from Pittsville yesterday says the moun tain on the east side indicates considerable commotion. Large quantities of smoke and vapor are rising. A WABiTDf G- TO KEEPERS. Their Stock Must Not Destroy Crops in Oklahoma. Washington, June 20. The commission er of Indian affairs has received a telegram from the governor of Oklahoma territory stating that passing cattle from the Iowa Indian reservation are destroying the crops of the Oklahoma settlers, and asking that prompt and effective measures be taken to prevent their depredations. In response to this appeal the Indian officials have noti fied the cattlemen occupying under lease the grazing lands of the Iowas that if any further damage to the Oklahoma settlers is done by their cattle they will be sum marily removed from tho Indian territory. POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION. Washington, Jnne 20. Senator Plumb today reported thepostoffice appropriation bill from the appropriation committee. It appropriates $72,461,699, an increase of 473.0i'0 over the amount appropriated by the bill as it passed the house. There is an increase of 300,000 for compensation of postoflice clerks and an increase of $48,000 for transportation of foreign mails. THE ROAD'S OFFER TAKEN. Pittsburg. Pa., June 20. The strike of the through brakeman on the Mononga hela division of the Pennsylvania railroad was settled today, the men accepting the proposition of the officials for a slight ad vance. Freight is moving as usuaL SOME CHICAGO FIGURES. Chicago, 111., June 20. The Journal this afternoon will say that Census Supervisor Gilbert unwittingly gave its reporter the approximate number of people living in thiicity, and it states this number at 1,250,000. TURF WINNERS. St. Louis, Mo., June 20. Last day of the spring meeting. St. Louis Jockev club. The winners were: Hacksey, Rose How ard, Glockner, Eli, Blarnejstone, Jr. SHKErSHEAD Bat, N. Y., June 20. Tho winners of today's races were: Tipstaff, Vagabond, Sir John, Tea Tray, Gallifest, Vengenr. s THE LOTTERY BILL PASSED. Baton Rouze, La., June20. The Morris lottery bill was yesterday engrossed and passed to its third reading in the house, the vote being 62to3J. The anti-lottery members claim that the governor will veto the lottery measure and that its friends can not secure the necessary two-thirds to pass it over the veto. Atmogphorlo Dost. Extremely fine particles of mineral dnst may exht in the atmosphere, and do exist there more frequently than is generally thought, while they escape detection by our senses. The author, while making ex periments on the Peak of TenerhTe, in 1875, found the knife edgea of his balance so clogged with this invisible dnst that tho balance refused to act. When wipsd off, the dust collected again in a few minutes, and it wan only by continual wiping it away that he was able to go on with his in vestigation. Professor Piazzi Smyth,while oa the Peak of Teneriffe, witnessed strata of dust rising to a height of nearly a mile, reaching out to the horizon in every direction, and so dense as to hide frequently the neighboring hills. Professor S. P. Langley, looking down from the height of 15,000 feet on Mount Whitnoy, California, into a region that had appeared clear from the valley below, saw "a kind of level dust ocean, invisible from below, but whose depth was six or seven thousand feet, as the upper portion only of tho opposite mountain range rose clearly out of it." Dust 6torms are classified by Dr. Henry Cook, according to their intensity, as atmo spheric dust, dust columns and dust storms. Dr. Cook haa observed in India that there are some oays on which, how ever hard and violently tho wind may blow, no dust accompanies it, while on othera every little puff of air or current of wind forms or carries with it clouds of dust. Dr. William 2darcet in the Popular Science Monthly. Laughter tn the Efbla The Bible contains no cheerful exhorta tion to laughter. For the most part, in deed, it is referred to in the metaphorical sense of "scorning," as -when it is written of Levtithan that "he langfacth at the shak ing of a spear." But there are passages also where tho ordinary meaning is evi dently intended, and in almosi em one of these it is eyed eskance. Solomon is the great authority oa the subject; kt him epoak for himself: "IsaM of laughter, It ia mad; and of mirth, Wnstdoethjtr' "Even in laughter the heart is sorrow f uL end the end of that mirth is heaviness. M Again, "A fool lifted up his voice with laughter, but a wise man doth scarce smile a little." Not very enoooxagirig, truly, to those of hilarious prochntiea. It may bo legitimate I enough to compare the gigghs of a fool to I "the crackling of thorns under a pot," but j it seems hard that there should be no word ! of approval for the jnihier raaciment of J the few who mar be supposed not to belong i to fooluom. lea, by the way, there is one, and only one; "A time to laugh," bet we fv al ..f . j-.,,- ,. !: the Apocalypse witboat decctinc any mtt- may search the Scripture from Genesis to mation as to -w-Kmn W Lm OAesr 'Proh. ably Solomon meant the brief period of childhood, when ignorance is bliss, and we are merry without knowing or caring to know why. He could net consistaiUy recommend any tueb frivolity t those ef a larger growth after having bo bitterly commented on the practice in prcTiou ehaDters. GtLnM' MAcazina. Where the Trouble La.y. "He is a very original boy, that sen of yours. I think he is boand to rise in the world." "I don't know. It's a hard firing to get bim to rise in the noming." Har pers Bazar. "RecttXytas aa Error. Customer Lvt'e "e,trasa list a frr collar gold piece I cave you instecd of a nkkel? Ticket Seller (nrouiptly-Ko, sir. Customer All right; I missed a eoun terfew five dollars from any pocket; that's 1L Ticiet SeDer-Hold on a minute: res. Vr lave, it was j you fsj. Hara is iv--Cm LODGE E00M GOSSIP. WHAT !S GOING ON IN SECRET SOCIETY CIRCLES. The Msaoels Will Soea Erect a SCagnlfi cent Temple l.t Paterson, 2. J De scription of the Grounds and Origin of the Project. The Masonic fraternity is very strong in Paterson, N. J., but the bnildtng known as Masonic hnJA is anything but imposing in appearance. It was built a great many years ago, when Paterson had only ono lodge, and in its dsywas considered a fine building. Some of the lodges still meet in it, but most of them have found more com mo'dious quarters. Some time ago a movement was started among the lodges for the erection of a hnnd some structure to be used by all the lodges and to ornament the city. The result was the formation of the Masonic Temple asso ciation, of which Mayor Baraert is presi dent. Large sums were pledged in subscrip tions and the committee looked about for a site. The residence of the late Judge A. B. Woodruff was determined upon and the property purchased. The property is lo cated on the corner of Clark and Market streets, in the heart of the city. The build- PEOPOSED THHPliK AT PATEP.SOJf. tngis of the old style and of wood. Ad joining it is a garden, which, during the residence of the judge, was always a beauty spot. The judge was an enthusiastic Mason and frequently urged the erection of a Ma sonic temple, but it was probably far from his thoughts that his residence, after his death, would glvo way for the consumma tion of the project. For some time past the residence has been unoccupied and has been going to decay. The fences about it have fallen or been pulled down and chil dren played about where the judge some years ago nursed his exotic and other plants. The committee finally purchased the property for $33,000 from tho trustees having charge of the. estate. The work of getting up the plans for the building was intrusted to Mr. John H. Post, a Paterson architect, and tho plans have been approved of by the committee in charge. A perspective of the new building was prepared, and from which is obtained a photograph herewith presented. Tho work of tearing down the old building will bo begun very shortly, and it is expected that beforo cold weather sets in again Pat erson will have one of the finest Masonic temples in the state. A. O. U. W. Membership Statistic Showing tho Order's Growth Notes. The growth of the order during the past year has bean very encouraging. Minne sota added 1,200 members, giving a total of 7,000; Ontario gained 3,499, 8Q3m February; Pennsylvania gained 299; Kentucky, 2Q; Indiana, 210; Iowa, 99; New York, 2.023 Illinois, 291; Missouri, 138; Michigan, 2,028: California, 5; Georgia, Alabama, etc., 44S Kansas, 701; Oregon, 2S7; Maryland And New Jersey, 735; Texas, 732; Colorado, New Mexico, eta, 259; Nebraska, l,30o; Massachusetts, more than 2,00u, gaining 593 in March; Ohio lost 51; Wisconsin, 1S6; Tennessee, 672; Nevada, 14; Minne sota, 482. Tho total membership of the order April 1 waa 235,769; the total amount disbursed, $471,125.55. The postponed dedication of the Up church monument took place at St. Louis, June 11. The ceremonies were carried out at Exposition hall, and consisted in part of the unveiling of a miniature monument erected on the stage for the purpose. The most brilliant orators of the whole order were present, and the best talent of the city furnished music for the occasion. The grand lodge of Kansas has adopted The Kansas "Workman ab the official organ of the A. O. U. W. of Kansas, and after April 1 it will bo mailed to every member of said jurisdiction, to be paid for by tho grand lodge. The paper will be enlarged and every effort will be made to make it a worthy exponent of the order in that state. The grand recorder of Michigan forward ed the sum o $314.82 to the grand recorder of Dakota on the last day of March. This was the amount received on account of tho Dakota, appeal fund from March 28 to 31 inclusive. The disbursements of the beneficiary fund of the A. O. U. W. in Dlinois during April amounted to $60,000, whJeh, added to the total disbursements up to the end of the month previous, makes a grand total of $42481.75 paid to beneficiaries during the grand lodge year. The sum of $3,503 of the Upchnrch me morial fund hae been placed at interest by the eupromo trasteeu upon securities ap proved by tho supreme lodge. The bal ance of same fund in hands of John J. Acker, supreme recorder, April 1 was 81,635. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. New Castlei Going Up in Soreral Plae. Other Item. Hebron Lodge, of Hebron, Nebraska, la building a h&adAome brick castle ball, which will be finished snd dedicated a& an early date. The Knights of Dallas, Texas, about 500 strong, are poing to erect the finest lodge building in the sooth. The structure will be six or aerca stones high, cost 100,000, and be suppbed with all modern conven iences. An elegant Knighta of Pythias castle hall was recently dedicated at Tyler, Tez. Ty ler lodge. So. JT. fitted up the hall at the t expense of $l,e00, usd the lodge member i ship, says The jrert Worth. Mirror, nuxa- ! bers aboct 230. iURw a vegetable compound, mare entirely ot roots and nerbs gathered from the forests o Lreorgia, and has Deen used by millions of people with the best results. It CURES All manner of Blood diseases, from the pestiferous hole boil on your nose to the worst cases of inherited blood taint, sach as Scrofula, RhemnaiisEi, Catarrh and SKIN -CANCER' Treatise em Bioed xsd Sloa Diseases nmiea fcK. Swirr ssc Co, AtSsaa, Ga. EmmSmmn!StmfiWmmm'''mm''"''m'mea'"mm " 3STEITHEE COST OR LESS TME COST ARCADE BARGAI AND ARCADE PRICES. ONLY 18 CENTS. French Satteens. at 25 cents per yard. DOWN TO 8 CENTS. Cloth. Quite a bargain. ONLY 95 LfcNlbJ Beantifulj j woolj Cassimere Shawls. These goods specially adopted for evening. UlNLL OO UbN lb. Gents real Balbriggan undershirts These goods would be cheap at 50 cents! A bargain at the Arcade is worth going after. No. 139 North Main. KOW FOE MOTHER BLOW OUT ! T -EIGHT AND LEFT Dsf- Boys and We are SelliiigTIiem ...... Heard of This serious decline in prices is deplorable, but it cannot be helped, the goods must go. WE MUST CALL AND SBE- jJLjj The One-Price Clothiers. 20S, DRS. TERRILL & PDRDY. DOCTOR TERRELL'' DOCTOR PURDY, i 154 3f MAIN ST., WICHITA, KAZN'. i Cures disputes of women heretofore abandoned by the profesulou. Such aa ' librojd tumors. HfnJaecntfntj. en- lareineni-.pralapsua.eU'., by the Hse of electricity, according to the meth ods elaborated by the ffreat French Snrceon Apostoli. NERVOUS DISEASES Dr. Tenill wl-die to call the attention of thotiu MiJrennjr from nervous discaea, par alysis, nervous prostration, etc.. to the wonderful curative effects to be do- rived from "clr-ctricitj" when ttclen tiflcally applied, and derives to stte that he makes the applii aUon of elec- tricity in nervous ciifPftaes a special ; feature of hid practice. The doctor has the finest fifty diamond carbon cell battery ever teen in the west and all the appliances especially adapted to the treatment of lost manhood or seminal weakness, which he onick ly and permanently curea by tiie 4d of electricity. CATARKH Every ca or catarrh ' is curable If properly treated, rosrurti lnasofwhat other- have ;id. Many, case cured by ajsinffle treatment. FILES, flfctula and all rectal dlaee cured; no knife, no pain; a core ;cuar antecci. I retherai StricUires quickly and' permanent' cured; bo cuuiag or pain; no moaev until en rd. CHRONIC DI.SKASIJS BroachlOs, , asthma, hay fever, all throat and Inajf ' troubles, mkln eruption. rheomatlMit dropsy, Urislif difeeae, bladder. knlTir and nrlnary dlseascn, blood j p-.!Mn and private disease. ! SYPHILIS T)ic drad dleae ot , mankind, quickly and permaueatlr rnred, by the new treatment, without j U.e poi-onon drn;r of day gone by. Medicine wnt to all part of the co u n t ry. Send for q n eation blank. I J. H. TERRILL, 31. D j A (faalitn Attachment. Polite dbir vrH? !a lan tHrAmr hi principal creditor at his cooairy boas-J hm- weii, tow co you Jtks tne pucxt Creditor Beautiful, channiasJ I con tfc&ji to an attscccirat for tho piaea al ready. Debtor Indeed Creditor Ye, ray lawyer will wrrre the paper to-morrow or the rutxt day. Eax Bcgtoa Free Press. Tb Iodldtioni S trots-. Mr. Kajoncs Laara. Jww many ttaei ha taat young sneak. Grigiaa. btes to- yo this week Sfias Kajoses Perbap fire r etr tfaaes. Mr. Kajofcfcs (math tsxAudy-First hius yon know, Laaca, he!! be conUsz Aera resalarly. Chicago Tribese. -BUT- We offer you irty piece3 fine These goods are good valued Ten pieces of good Outing9 : Bargains! Cnildrens Cheaper than Ever Before! AND SMALL 210 and 222 Donglaa Arc, Wichita. hllMOIi 154 2i MA.1X ST., WICHITA, KAN. The doctor firca special attention i to the treatment of all diaenpe of tho Y.YK, including tho fcientlfle adjust' inent of glume U correct imperfect utkn. I CATARACT removed and sljrht re ' stored to many who havo been totally ' blind. i c-ROSS KYBS BtralKbtonod in ono i minute. I SOKE EYES cured without the uho of caustics or other harmful Agents. , AHTIPICIALKYEScarofullyHoleot. ' erf ami applied. DBAPNK.Hrv-All curable cases of deafnewfi promptly cured. (JLAbSKS- Oalj tho.-e who have had a thorough tramline houli attempt to it $riae. lest they do the patient more burst than prrnxL Many cae of luTtouHaeM, irritability, iJJftornina, hefldaebe. mrtiga asd neemlnjc fttii ptdity in ralldre are due to dfetiva vmtost ad rr removed at by the IpiicaUoa of proper j;!"- Doctor Partly ban achieved ft 8c eews little 1 m tkaa pfc-nominal as a jeeaeral Httrjreos. treating with jrre&t u-4vx rftnrmni-. club foot, cJrva tare f the ftpta, hip joint disease. ntte Kwollia, diu.ajMff of the bone., canrer. alcers, Unaor, old iore. hair Up, racial bicmifea. <i aad blood dkeae. etc. ryjhlie absolutely cared. Doctor Iarly wm Iai pro f9t4tr of sorcery is th Wtehlta MedU cal Collejrr and Sriron t St. Praacla Howpital. l.atiax rcltnqubtbnd the above potation in ordor to devote hid entire time to hi HpootalUow. N. If. Saperfiaeu hair, facial bletn. lahm, moles, etc.. rtftBertti by cdec iricity. CorrrpMd8e bolietted. CoaifultatioMe free. K. P. PCI1DY, 31. D. KxUx Uk th TiniUlag. "DiDxvjui," Mid SbsdboU. th two met in front ef tie bttul, 'tUij -say thin build lag: i wttlteg. C&a yon mb any i&dle tka ef lit "Jfa.- Tai rtsdad oe, Dingo, by the way. that you hveot citkd for ht Lext HI youM "PzajwrtHka t'sl feafldiafc, ShadbolV aid Dasfium aadjy. "I can't to oy led etSoa of aty Ua -Chicago Trfhwia. A Pocket Hatch Safe Free to Smok ers of CAD En ( - A