South Branch intelligencer. [volume], December 24, 1896, Image 1

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WE PAY POSTAGE.
"f 1,11 charge*, we will mall to
• '.nr advance illustrated catalogue
1" C just issued.) It contains fir,4
• cj uis of Furniture, Carpets, L»c«*
' i s, deciding, Stove,, Lamps, hc
•• rs Baby Carnages. etc. You
middleman’s profits by trading
'Ik- manufacturer, ns you are pay.
dealers double our price*. Drop
'* now for our money*ssver.
Julius Hines&Son,
Baltimore, IVSd.
’do A. T. Stewort eaiuN •ft
* UrtV,! lH"0 hnahels of potatoes 'to
’I" Dl* *he price of one bushel iu
sdv.riising the ether.” But them
■"llmcu .u the bmiousa who allow
’ tw bnshols of potatoes to rot
lival in business advertises
m I n car joa ]
! Idvn has a new idea in the cd
■nnl line. It is proposed that a
i nt*’ day” shall be established in
»' • j ibllc schools, when Others, ruoth
• r* and instructor* ahull moct iu the
i buildings to discuss things of
m< :.t uncut tho teaching of the
un^ hopeful. As the main import
• 'c* of the new dav is to compel an
( rest by the public in its own affaire,
not to trust loo largely to its
» . cn's, thoi’ea is a good oue, and
imild not bo confined to tho city of
•Lurches.
l‘n Lnoe Evangelic*, . aa Italian
PttPer published in Newark, N. J.f
*P< akv» good worl for $hc million
,,H,lAn« in of wh(>Tn oqo.
* .ir-l n'ro nettled iu the big cities
dnf por cent, or those .people
ro illiterate they are yet. itjs claimed,
‘ nud steady workers, vpry anving,
• ready to accept auy kifcd of work
1 "oy wngoa. The paper above
ihoned says that iu the record of
ritalde institutions there Tare rery
',ai,au names, and asks whether
no of its readers has. ever been
I"1 hy an Halittii ntid asked for n
? [t proper to recognize these
l!I “ r,i?e that is generally re
«ith come avernon, though un
tije "“ore invorablo conditions of
111 the Italians niay gradu
*' »dy down into a n-efnl social
- • ’'ifnt. f
--s
Ltatel by a Booster authority
■y people wnto poetry in In*
»n any other State in the
I he idea that genins Js only
r name for hard work has strnok
• In Imnian forcibly. "ffo ig a
'’Imiacter,” sayn the Midland
“In the lust two decades
* «ns t-eeu a hundred or more
* women wLo toiled, wto ac
I <.rformed monual labor,in the
nud burned the milnfeht oil
noble ambition of lemming
utors to American liteiatnre.
has not only bred of great
*'• **:*t a literary atmosfohere,
- not appreciate 1 Dor ffnder
l icy are breeding singers and
r* in tlie State of Indiana,
* v« utietn ceutury willj have!
•fit of a literary atmosphere
» parallel on tbo globe.”
*pi<l change of the Otmun
rn'- an agricultural totan in
'■ito i* set forth by United
•nsiil .1. (1. Monaghan. Ho
ywhere one sees now mills in
’ construction. In Chemnitz
rfu boats the manufacturing
1,1 nt is sitD]tiy mormons,
like it has ever been seen be
h-reafter (fermany will do all
ifaoliiriog at hone, buying
riiiiiltnrnl products and raw
abroad. Be cites the fact
many is no longer bnyiny
* abroad, but is making them
Tbo manufactured exports
>«ty during the first rune
>f the current year reach the
total of lx,70f>,000 tons, or
e of three million tons over
rear preceding. The Oon
o'rioany must continue to
f nited States for cotton,
P'-tr-denm, and there ia a
.and fr
car
I
Hark* npon the calm. Mill, midnight
Come* the louml of peeing V>«1U!
Par array their echo soutvliup.
*) er the bill*. au<l o’er the della.
Over ull, heaven** cnuopy
Ktar* that shine vrith brilUltht lis’ut»
Underneath the snowy hillside*,
OUatenlnj? through the stnrrv n«Kht.
r
Not * soun.t to hreaV th« stilling
R^I^Dlnir throughout tlio eartfc,
Sar^ th ie» bells, so sweetly telling,
’ *•’ lb* Saviour's lowly birth.
Sweetly r uging. sweetly ringing.
Do they t*il» th* story oL»,
^ bich through all the corniug ages,
Hhill forever more »w> told,
V
6oMy ringing, they are speaking
O’ the dear on »s passed away,
O. the IIres, wlii-h out of darkness
Now hnv* entered perfect (Jar.
O. the hau Is so meekly fol>ie<t,
Iilfs’a long toil forever doc* ;
O.’ t’ao cr05««st bravely rarr!c
Of the er.iwns of glory wolt.
® ‘> >y rln^ln*. they irr
O th * m.my joys to coin**;
O the * jippy limjh of children.
O' tl•* 't*M nuj peace of ho.i> \
TI <rk! '.heante's sins? the ear>«’.
Wbtah they Mn* to sh«; her :s the as
Glory be to Qollgh ar.*u.
Anil ort earth: lfoo.1 will to meet
TIME! TIM . I
It’* time to I • merry—
lo crost o’er the ferry,
The troublesome ferry of Core,
For voices mo tinging.
Am! joy-bells are ringing,
Aul tbere’8 love and there’s peace iu the air!
*. It’s time for forgeitiug
. • < that were fretting,
To slip from sorrow nnd stub;
To JS.ii! the ol.l story
And see the old glory
Qi the Star in the llethlchem sky
It’s time for good feeling —
Love’s sweetest re vent Dg<
I The world rolls in music along;
And soul*—they are whiter.
And burden- are lighter,
An l tide lini the lilt of u song!
-F. L. Sinutor.
PATIENCE'S CHRISTMAS.
!
SEAR me!” chirped
Mies PatienceCatu
[ rn i n g e, “I can’t
seem lo pens*) it
y that it’s to near
=* Cbriatmaa.”
'f. ** Well,I gaeaayou
j( would if you had as
fc much to as I
£ hare^” mapped her
■Wv
fomo folks can always take tbiuks
ca<»y.”
“I don't tnfnk.roii uee l talk like
that, Susan.” returned Piitien ce. "A’m
always wiilin to help, an’ 1 calculate
to pay iny way.’*
"Humph!" ’•etorted Sui>an, with an
nggremitri snifT. "What do ohl maids
know 'bout the earcs of hon«ekeepio\
| 1 liko to know.”
"Now, Susan,” stid Patience, the
color risiog in her delicate fare, "if
▼ ou ray so I’ll go right out in the
kitchen this minute an’ take hold of
the bakin’.”
"Well, I should think yon’d know
that I’d rather you’d keep at Mirk on
tlmt suit of Jim’s. There he 19 wearin’
I his la->t pair of pauts hu’ I 1 xpect «Dy
1 minute when he’ll come through the
knees, to say uothiu’ of the seaf,” re
turned Sn-au iu aggrieved tones. "I
never did ice such a young one’s he is
for wcoriug out clothes,’’►becontinned
complacently, her voice softening, for
little Jim was her one weakness.
Tho elder woman sighed as she bent
over her work.
"Patience,” she said to herself,
"seems though they must know 1M
need a lot or they wouldn't given me
that name.”
Susan in the meantime had gone out
into the kitchen and was stirTing
round in a lively manner among the
cooking utensils. "Makin' things
barn,” as her more easy going husband
was wont to remark.
Presently Patience became aware,
from the cessation of domestic clatter.
*nr mtoi'iinr iv a m«n ok aitmim.
rn*l th** ronn.1 of voice* in nmrnaleJ
rontef«*tion 1hnt Stmnn hal n vinitor.
After Hwbi'n the culler rltpnrtrd tod
Hunan cauie into the fritting room in n
»tn?e of repre^nefl excitement.
"Don't yon think May Harrow'*
been here? ' ehe exclaimed.
"I w«nt to know," «nM Patience# in
p raeeri anrprifte. "1M like to Imre
h*r>u \lnjr jnyxelf. Why «li<ln't yon
bring fcer in here?"
*aui Sunnn,
t
"i’vo got uewa tot you,” ventured
Husnu* eyeing her dotibtfally. **W'ho
do you suppose is gom’ to' get mur
tied?'’
“I’m euro I dunno,” replied Pa
tience. absently. She was feeling dis
appointed at not seeing May.
“Well, it's Squire WillarJ, an’ he's
goin to marry a widder woman from
liiaebrook, with two grownup dau?h
tore. What do you think of that?”
“I s’poRj he’s got a right to,” said
Patience defiantly, but her lingers were
tumbling and she bent her head still
lower over her work.
Poor Miss Patience. She had secret
!j admired Nat Willard all her life.
A*< a handsome young man he ha 1
“kept company” with pretty Paitic
Uimmiug?, but when he had inarrie.1
his cousin, the old ’equire’a ward, Put
j tie had tried to put all thought of
him out of her heart. But Do other
i °‘ her numerous beaux Uu l found
favor in her oiebt.
Now, Nat, who had succeeded to his
, father’s title, had been a widower for
several j ears, and if his renewed nt
! tentious to hie old sweetheart had
!
" TwouM be more sensible to put
, on the black,” she argued, smoothing
, the rucbiogs in ueck and sleeves.
■ “But the other’s more dros-y—an’
, 1’*© *» good min l to w. ar it. No
i knotviu’ when I’ll gel another chance.
I b’iieve I will.” ^ ^
And 6he resolutely repWqpd *the
black dress ou its pegs, an* hastily —
for tho room was ©old — army*.I l*r
| seif iu the more pretentious “(Jkrti of
I former days; • • •
Thai done she. arrange 1 her ttill
abundant fair hair high im o<i her
head, and put in a high topped i-beil
i comb — aljo her mother's—and regard
. ed herself approvingly in thj small
, looking glass.
•‘I'atienca Cumminge,” said she,
} "yon’ro a very frivolous woman, but
***** only for thii onee, yon under
1 stand.” And lifting her tr.nl with one
j hand blio tool: the caudle in tho other
and dosccnded to the tilting room.
•‘Oaghter bavo some flowers, I cx
, pect, ’ said the, recklessly breaking oft
I twr> of th$ linest blossoms from her
I favorite pink rose bush in tho window.
Oue at her throat, th9 other in her
"WHY. HATTIE !" CaiED THE 8QUIIUL
V
[ canned her to build delightful
, aircastlce, who cau or otnruo
her, cron if sho had passe I her thirty
sixth birthday nn<l was ‘‘old enough
to know better.”
So it is not surprising that Miss
Patience worked buttonholes nnd
felled reams on little Jim’s new suit
with n heavy heart for the remainder
of the (lny.
Christmas Day passed uneventfully.
There was the usual turkey aDd plum
pudding, and little else to remind one
that it was a holiday. The members
of the family were reserving them
selves for evening, when they were
| going to Linehrnok to Attend a Christ
! runs festival held in the church, the
principal feature of which was a
! Christmas tree.
Patience had nover ?een one «n I
J would have ..njoyed going, but there
wasn’t room for her in the sleigh, and
| beaidea it never aeemel to oecnr to
I her brother or his wife that the "old
! maid” could r>e interested in any sort
, of amusement.
( "N'ow, Patience Cummings, there’s
no mopin’ ’lowed,” ebo soliloquized,
trying to dispel the forlorn feehug
! ttiat came over her ns she came buck
into the big empty sitting room after
i seeing the family off.
'■You’re jest goio’ to fetch some
j cider’ll apples, au’ pop tom? corn an’
| h.-.ve a real goo I time.”
Acting on this resolution, she
, brought in from tha panfry a dish of
rosy cheeked apples and ears of yellow
corn. She was jnst- seating herself to
shell the corn »uen she started tip
with a smile on her face.
“Why shouldn't I ? ’ she exclaimed ;
I Christmas don’t coma none too
; o ten!”
Lighting a candle sha went up to
her little room under the eave *. She
put tha light down on an o>d fash
ioned mahogany bureau, and, opening
her closet door, took down her two
end only highly prized silk gowns.
One, a delicate dove color, ha 1 been
her tacdher’^nedding gown, and aith
to
had *>Oi
ca*i
hair. “Xow I look Fomethin:* like,"
said she. » ii
At that moment t'uore came a lou I
knock at the door.
She started gniltilr. "Who tinier
the canopy can it bo!” sha ejaculated.
"Ah’ what will they thiuk of me!”
She spie l Susan’* waterproof hang*
iug over a choir, an l enveloping hef
seli in its ample folds she opened the
door a very little and looked cautions
1 y ont.
"Don’t be afraid. Mm Patience; it’s
only me," said a hearty voice.
"Oh, how do you do. Squire Wil
lard? You gave me an tirffnl scare.
Won’t you cotre in? 1 she exclaimed,
opening the door wide.
"Well, ! ((ness I wiP, eeein’ that’s
what I come over for,” responded the
visitor, reaching ont a hand in friend
ly irr««t mg.
1'utienoe couldn’t ext* nd hers very
far on account of that oM waterproof,
bnt did the t*est she could under the
circumstances.
" I ho folks have ail gone away,” she
informed him, rather stiftlr. She
wasn’t at aU sure that she didn’t wish
her visitor away, too.
"Yer, I saw ’em go l»y," said the
rqntre, who ha I been divesting him
self of his overcoit, ".in’ I noticed yon
wasn't along, a > I thought I’d come
ovor. But maybe you were going oat”
he .added, regarding her with an ex
pression of perplexity on his genial
face.
Ho recollected with some embarrass
ment that she ha In’t nuked him to take
oft" his overcoat—or ait down—and
I • * - —
romVhow ?he didn't look vorj cord a
risking Yheje in that long black ch.ug
hangingr.roand her.
.f‘I don't tranter hinder yon," he
CO JtiuuQ\fc *
“l wnefc’t tbinkin* of goii/ oat," re
! p'vd Patieuce, and then sYi laughed.
# “Sow, what's the jgk.*,’' aske 1 th.
frquiro, looking somewhat relieved at
this sudden chango ia deamtiur on
her part.
“I gnoss f don't xeem orer’u a bo to '
polite,’* said Patience *|><'’ogetic.illy, i
i “but I couldn't keep from laughing to I
think of goiu* out in this t:g," au l she i
threw oil the cloak nud *:oo l eta I103 i
and l>!u»btng before the squire.
"Why, Pat tie!*’ cried the i o i r**, j
using the old familiar name nucon*
scion sly, "vou look pretty’s a pic
‘ lure."
"I guess you’ll think I’m n foo),**
said she.
i “I gue«s not,” he returned. ".Seems
, to me I've se.‘n you wear that dres*
; before."
"I didn't s'pose you’d remember,”
: raurmnred she.
; "Don't seem'u though ’tw«* more’ll
a week since yon wore it to that party
over lo our house," bo continued in a
reminiscent tone.
"Don’t it?” she Teturned fakMy,
her eyes downcast.
"Pattie," said he, regarding her ten
derly. "I made a mistake n great
many years ago-we won’t talk about
that, though. Bat I alw-tys thought iv
RMiht of yon, an’ d’ve been tbinkin’
considerable ’bout old (ime3 lately —
an’ wonderin’ if you didn’t—that is if
| you wou'du’t give me ano her chance. ’’
I Would the! Did sho understand!
It all seemed like a dream.
"1 want you for my wife, Pattie,"
said he softiy.
"Oh, Squire Willard, do you really
mean it ?” she exclaimed tremulously'.
"Mean it! Why, Pattie?" said the
squire reproachfully.
And hui arguments in the nflirma
tive were to very conclusive nud con
vincing that Patience felt her doubts
gradually melt away and speedily bo
1 :eved hersel f to be t he happiest woman
iu the world.
In faot they both sailed up into the
sereuth heaven of bliss, where they
don-dlesa would have remained inlii
ndeiy but for Patience’* uaforLuuate
memory. She snddeuiy withdrew from i
her lover’s encircling arms.
"Squire Willard," said she, serious
ly. ”1 just forgot niyaelf."
“ That’s all right; I hope you’ll for |
get yourself again,” returned he. I
"You’d better forgot to call me squire,
too."
"I ain t jokin’," snid Patience, with
dignity, "an* I think f buglitof know
bout that widder woman ron’re rjoiu*
to marry.”
“Widder woman I” cried the iqairo
in asloaishment. "f ain’t goiu’ to
Inoarry any widder, unie-is you're oti^*”
*'J>on t yon go regular to Din -brook
rto see a wi lder with two growu-np
rlsughters,” demanded Patience.
\r“^0!*’1 do.” answered the squire,
Uievoi twinkling, "hat I dnnuo’sJ’m
lliged to marry her ’f I do."
T’No. f h'pose y.-u can go aronn 1
brpikin' women'* henr.'s,” returned
l’«#ence, her voico lrombliug. f-,he
tc‘‘ that * her idol w,:s shattered nnd
herrhort-lived happiness at an end.
“Vow, Pattie, ’ n»id the rqtiir^, re
preUiog an evident inclination to
lau^i, "f shouldn't thought you’d he*
UsTei any such yarn. I s'posiul thst
von ’>view that. I went over to Dine
brook.to see Sister Kllen. .She lost
ber btshaud ni* month* ago aud she’u
her gifs have rouie there to 1 ve."
"Wc;'v if that don't bent h11. i
dnunos you'll ever forgive me,"
faltered patience
“ WellVll try,*'rctirne lhe ; s’j o£en
I begin ibw,"
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Ml ILK I0JI.1IY ASI> III K Ml IIIS'I H AS f>( DIHMl
Hobok'Q,
• total Iom
Tki Kb jontr
luwrpooi, i. o.,
Was strand <d Lei
warda caught Are and was consumed. l'roba
bly a anal) portion of her cargo will Us
sated.
Henry L. Hunker, a si'll known leader in
aecret and benevolent orders. »ho ha? h**ld
many offl.e* by Appointment of the Grand
Lodge of Mason* and Odd Fellows, died In
Holidavaburg, I’a., aged 51 year?.
The long-overdue ahip Marlborough Hill,
from Indratcage for Tacoma, for which 90
guineas' premium was offered by Ran Fran
cisco underwriters arrived safely. Hbe «a
how at Victoria, a waiting ordera.
There U good authority for stating that
the > rench Embassy in London, which will
shortly tie relinquished by the Dxron «le
Counsel; has been offered to M. Kibot, ex.
president of the council, an 1 formerly min |
Uter of foreign affairs
A special ftom Middleboro, Mivv, says: I
"Middieboro'ha* experienced the most sc. [
rere storm in several years Immense drifts
make travel very hard.
fh» N v York livening World any* that
700J men trll, bo discharged from the
Brooklyn N i\y-yard within a few days. This
Is because the next appropriation will uct bo •
nvaitable until .lime, 1807, und the recent ap*
proprlation of »2,CK 0.00 i has dwliffed to
*100,000
Teddy Hale, ih« Irish .'veilst who won the
rcc*ct six day go-ns-you plenhe btcycl i race
at the Madlson-Rqiiare Carden. New York,
together with the nine men who llniahed
next to him. will contest In a six-day bicycle
race in Washington
The old mining town of Jamestown, fam
ous in California literature as “Jimtown,”
was almost completely destroyed by fire. All
the buildings were of wood, and the tire,
which started In a bakery, was Tinohe.-ked
until all but two or three lar iated dwellings
were consumed.
Fenton Itowley, formerly professor of
Greek and Latin in Keystone L'ulversity,
Pennsylvania, Is dead at Middle Giovo, NY
Mrs. Catharine Perry, of Lebanon, prob
ably the oldest woman in Connecticut, la
dead, agod 103 years and 9 months.
1 ho reports of the two collectors at the
extreme ends of the Erie Canal, Buffalo and
Albany, ahow that there has been a distinct
Increase in business over last year.
A dispatch from Boston says that the di
rectors of the American Bell Telephone
Company have declared the regular quar
terly dividend of t3 pop shnre, and au extra
dividend of *1.50 per share pavablc January
15.
ner. i)T. James JUnklus. rector of Ht.
I’ctor s Churcb, Genova. N. Y., dean of De
lancy Divinity Hcbool find ex-president of
Hobart Collogw, diod from gastric trouble
after 12 day*’ Illness aged Gd years.
1iui*ln'’Ss at the fipringvalo C'ottoa V U!•> at
iSaoiorJ, il#., which bavs boon clo'oJ sines
July last, will be permanently discontinued
and the plant sold- This is one of the oldest
mills In the country, having been established
In 1889.
Advice* from Sneedvllle, Ky, says that
"Married'’ Hatfield was banged for the
murder of .Tones Trn l II at Held confessed,
bnpJi'-atlhg bis wife and a vooma named
llauey Jordan.
Governor Morton will not Interfere with
Ihe sentence of Jessu Graves, of Tonawanda.
sentenced to Auburn prison for 1C years, h'»*
having | leaded guilty to being one of the
Tonawanda riotors, when Captain I'htllip*
tad his son were killed.
Trank Ducharoce was killed by a tr.tl t at
Bavins Crossing, Gardner, Mnss. Ducharuie
wns riding through the snow with bis coat
collar turned up about his ears nnd did not
hear the northbound Worcester tralu ap
proaching.
‘ reditors of the furniture Arm of J.vman
and Kellogg, of Uoiyokn, Mass., have re
ceived the report of the investigating com
(blttce The unsecured liabilities are 834,
90n. tho nominal assets #36,00a The <oro
ndite« reported that the assets were actually
worth uot more than one-third the amount
•tat ml.
The Minneapolis t Mlun. • grand jury began
ihe investigation of the municipal scandals,
fudge Pond delivered a severe charge to the
mry, in which he < a! ed attention to the
well- lefta«d stories of handling lu the coun
cil tiiat w»re ci;rr nt.
At a conference of paper manufacturers fn
Ippteton, Wis., it has been decided to send
wo manufacturers from the Pox fllver Tal
ny to Chicago to meet the representatives
d the Eastern organization, a strong feeling ;
ircvails among'be Wisconsin men that (he ,
lianres will he bef'er outside of a comblna
ton.
The Coifed States rn.is^r Philadelphia has .
irrived at Callao.
Baron Jamen to Hlrach and F.mils ( hat
rc»isse( the sculpt..r, are dead.
I here have |h*»0 <2 accidents on Pren< h j
•aval v«e«eis in two months
1 lie Darnroeefi Opera season was opened !
n Philadelphia under most fav'orabte an- i
P-rarll an l the \«tl»erlHo Is have joined In J
he aaroemeul to Observe t|„ of |h, j
oad at ~a
Mrs Alice Tbomiu, ag*-d 1 to, was fatally I
n.ne l In Washington bv failing against a
e.l hot store.
Bands of Cuban supporter* are being ea- i
feted throughout Ibr Hrst, .Nearly a thou- j
There is a persistent rumor In rlrenfatloa !
hat the French Ambassador to England. ,
•aron <t« Cou/cal, has resigned.
Firs destroyed F M Morrow s dry goods
lore and other valuable property In the ‘
*srl of Aiioons. in
J. Hay Hr own. of Lancaster, says that he
a« not !<een selected as A Homey-Os ieral j
y President-Elect McKinley.
•fa r.es C. Hart, under arrest I New York
'f stealing Mm lte la Barrs s dlsaionds Is
a liy wanted In the West
A Cra>.d Trunk pas*
* l-ebigh Valley pa
lo nod four pontons w
rf prevailed at the (In;
'f train at Iluf
urod. A (Ivnso
I
t
Th* W a van ^|f« Very Severe a
Swept Aoroee the Entire !•
lend-—t Great Deal of
Damage Done.
A rnlilo di-patch from Ixmdon d%s? —'
Great liri(fi!u Is in th# throws of a genuine
an«l unprecedented sensation.
An earthquake, the moat violent ever ex
perienced tu this country, baa shaken every
shire from Durham to Surrey and from
Loudon to the Welsh coast
rn>* subterraneous disturbance was flrat
noticed at about 5.30 o'clock ‘Thursday
morula/, and lasted from i to 30 seconds.
At many points two distinct shocks ware ex
perienced.
!'?;« most severe shocks were felt at Chel
tenham. Ledbury and Dean Forrest The
s :rth shaking was accompanied by a loud,
rushing sound, buildings were violently
shaken, furniture was shifted, doors ware
thrown open sad pictures and other croa
nmid« were ii|*ct. The inhabitants were
pHidc-strt ken and lied from their bouses.
Iho cnrtli.|uakn nUo visited Dirtniugbam
and other various points in Shropshire, and
was violent in Worcester aud the country
surrounding that city Lous s rocked and
furniture overturned.
1 ho shocks were followed by n tremor of
the earth, aud were accompanied by a rum
i ling sound, ’ he greatest alarm prevailed
eveywbere Chimneys wore overthrown
and windows, Ac , wore smashed.
At some points parsons on the country
roads were thrown down, and a number of
people w^re thrown from their beds
Dietl of Fright.
Hereford Cathedral was Injured There
the dull tumbling beneath tbo earth s sur
face wus followed by two loud crashes and a
terrible lifting and rooking. The panic at
Lereford wu* so great that one woman died
of fright. 1‘oopie rushed wildly luto the
streets. Many chimneys fell, crashing into
the thorough fares, and all the pinnacles of
St. Nicholas’ Church toppled over nnd part
of the pinnacle of the cathedral fell to the
ground.
At Liverpool the earthquake was preceded
by h"avy thuu ler and a fearful hailstorm
In Louden the carthtjuntoo * was only
•lightly mit*
A .si igulir pheaotneoon occurred at JirW
genorth. ut-nr Shrrvyshury, previous to tlx*
disturbance. 'I be street*.suddenly seemed
to be on fin*, an.l there *a? a violent report,
accompanied l,y a shaMnfc. of Ilia earth.
Peopif who were going abroad tu that vicin
ity auy that they wen*, (or a time, unable to
walk, owing to the vibration.
There was very great excitement among
the rustic* about Toole, who thong; 1 that
the oud of the world bad come.
I’anic-titrickcn 1’eoplr.
House# shook for nearly a minute nt p
t.d and Clifton, causing moob alarm In those
«llstri<-»».
The railroad employe# nt Crewe report
that they felt ib« rails oscillate. At Evo
aham the shock wa# followed by a brilliantly
lighted aky.
Up to Tuesday the weathetic luttglAnd was
unusually mild, but oa Tuesday there was s
sudden change to severs' fjost, wLtoh was
followed by dense fogs and Snow Wedoea
lu the miniug districts It- wax at flrsl
thougiit thHt the shocks were the result ol
colliery explosions.
’•idie disturbance was experienced with
groat violence at Warwick Castle. The Ear!
of Wurwl k was awakened nod felt his bed
lift*-;! as though by some force beneath It*
and tbo furniture in tie room was shifted
The inhabitants of Plough were awakened
by a shock so severe that they thought the
Middlesex powJor factory hnd exploded.
A large area of ground sank near Htock’
port, an 1 nt Melton-Mowbray the noise which
accompanied the earthquake shook rcaen*
bled n di-‘h*rge of gun ootton under water.
Many curious experiences are reporttH fn
eonne'tloo with the earthquake.
SriUUi OF JAPAff.
Why Hawaii u Amiss 1 for Aan'is'ios to thj..
United 8t»t»».
The secret of Henry Cooper * mission to
th»* l oiled Htait-s is out Mr <<ioper Is thr
Hawaiian minister of foreign affairs. He
formerly )ive.l in Han IMego, < aj ( ;
prominent member of the bar.
He quoted as saying that he came to the -
hutted Htatrr to urge annexation owing to .
the fears that the Hawaiian Oorsrsnirt ban -
of Japan. •fc* ,
r The situation in Hawaii, according to
Judge Cooper, is lfiat the Japanese f»r out
number all other foreigners. The Ameri
cans are a handful in comparison. Hawaii
has a treaty wiih Japan and -annot exclude
the Japanese, wbo are pouring into the fa
sod steadily and pushing I to every busl
Tliey are losing tbe buml.le demeanor that
'barac|eri<e# iheir eounfrymen on this
•oasl, and through th«dr numbers and ih«»
•restige of the Japanese * hlna war are lw
Ciimlngt chafe for tie oiecUVe franchise
If they force Hawaii to give them the right
»f vot", then American ascendancy wilt l* at
‘ltd forever.
Judge Coopt r has’laid the situation ►.*
ore influential m*o In tbe East and has so
r»n open th- Ir judgment that he ia»l|eve«
hat great Strides wjll be mad* during tbs
text year toward annexation under the Me
\inley administration *
ilsj-M ifcKinfey will succeed the |went>
bird man who has bsld the offloo cf I*rr-l
ent of thu United Rtates, but his admiui*
ion will he the thirty-second in th»’ hlalor
f the e-untry.