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DEATH'S WORST FORI
A SICKEKIXG CALAMITY AT KINGS
TON, OXTAMO.
A Family of Seven Children Meet
Death by Flame and
Smoke.
Four of the Unfortunates Found Lifeless
in Their Beus-The Ot&era Fa
tally Burned,
Only a Ba,he in the Mother's Arms Escapes
'Forty-Three Bodies of the Entomb
ed French Miners Recovered
Fire in Harper The
Casualty Eecord-
WEATHER BULLETIN.
Sigkal Office, Wichita, Kan., Feb.
20. The highest temperature was 18,
the lowest 11. and the mean 14, with
much colder, cloudy weather; light to
brisk northeast winds; rising barometer.
Last year on February 20 the highest tem
perature was 33, the lowest 11 and the
mean 23.
FRED L. Jonxsox, Observer.
avar Department. Washington. D. C,
Feb. 20. 8 p. in. Forecast until 8 p. m
Friday:
For Kansas and Nebraska: Fair weather;
winds shifting to warmer, southeasterly.
For Missouri: Fair weather, northerly
winds becoming variable, warmer Satur
day morning.
A FAMILY DESTEOYED.
Four Children Incinerated and Two Others
111 Probably Die,
Kingston, Ont., Feb :0. At a late hour
last night Ore broke out in a two story
frame dwelling on Bagot street, occupied
by John Lester and family. The fire had
been burning some time before it was dis
covered and when the firemen entered the
house they found four children dead in
bed. The bodies were not much burned,
death having been caused by suffocation.
Mrs. Lester in an effort to secure her
children jumped from the second story
window with a babe in her arms. Her leg
was broken by the fall but the babe was
uninjured. Air. Lester also made heroic
efforts to sate the children but was unsuc
cessful. The lamily numbered seven
children in all, three of whom were rescued
after being more or less burned. They
will probably die.
ST0PFED BY QUI0E Y0EK.
A Firo in
Harper Confined
Building.
to
One
Harper, Kan., Feb. 20. A two story
frame building on West Main street, the
upstairs room being used as sleeping
apartments by college students and the
first floor occupied by the College Journal
as a printing office, was found to be on Are
this morning. The fire started in the upper
floor. The stove pipe passed through this
floor and into a flue in the upper room.
The fire spread rapidly between the floor
and ceiling and had it not been for the ex
cellence of the water works and the ener
getic fire department a big conflagration
would have been the result. The loss to
the College Journal in stock and machin
Bry will le about 400; damage to building
about 500. No insurance.
ANOTHER SNOW IN THE MOUNTAJNS.
San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 20. -Reports
from points on the Central Pacific over
land lines lront Colfax to Truckee show
that another snow storm prevailed in the
Bierra Nevada mountains on Tuesday
night. The train due here at 9:45 a. m.
Tuesday and that due at 10:45 p. m. came
In about midnight, having been consoli
dated in the mountains. This practice
will be followed hereafter until the storm
abates. Yesterday's overland mails were
dispatched oyer the Sauta Fe and west
bound mails have been ordered sent to
California over that road until the storm
ceases.
TERRIBLE INFLUENZA SCOURGE.
'San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 20. A private
letter, dated the 14th insf., has been re
ceived from the City of Mexico. The
writer of the letter is an American resi
dent. Other letters received here from
Americans would seem to give additional
authority to the statement contained in
the letter. It says: "The progress or in
fluenza here and its results have been tcr
ritic. The disease is now at its" height.
I lie greatest mortality has been among
the poorer classes. They have died like
bheep, sometimes 125 a day. The sutmly
of coffins is exhausted and many bodies
have been buried without one."
INSTANTLY KILLED IN A SHAFT.
Aspen. Col.. Feb. 20 Shortly after mid
night while Martin and Hugh Bragard,
two brothers, were working in the mines,
the scaffold upon which they were stand
ing gave way. both men falling to the bot
tom of the shaft, a distance of 150 feet.
Both were instantly killed.
THEATER AND LIBRARY BURNED.
Amsterdam, Feb. 20. A fire broke out
in the Communal theater in this city last
night and before the flames could be ex
tinguished the interior of the building was
completely destroyed. A valuable library
was also burned.
A CHURCH ALL DESTROYED.
Albany, X. Y., Feb. 20, St. Johifs Ro
man Catholic church, at Greensbury,
burned today from a defective flue. All
Hie vestments were destroyed. An addi
tion costing $35,000 was completed last
ulght. Damage ?75,000: insurance $12,000.
FORTY-THREE BODIES RECOVERED.
Paris, Feb. 20. Forty-three bodies hare
been taken from tho colliery at DCize in
which the explosion occurred Tuesday
night. In addition eight miners who are
badly injured have been rescued.
MATCH BILLIARD TOURNAMENT.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. The match billiard
tournament began at Clnckering hall to
night. The tournament, which is for
fo,000. to which is added the entrance fee,
is the first installment of tho contest, the
winners of which will bo decided at the
conclusion of the games in Chicago at a
subsequent period. The contestants who
have paid a $500 entrance fee for the entire
tournament are: Jacob Schaefer,
George F. Slosson, Maurice Daly,
,T. Randolph Heiser, AV. H. Cattoon,
and Frank G Ives. The money will be
divided into the ratio of 40. 20, 20 and 10
per cent and handicap bulk hue billiards
will prevail throughout. Tho hall was
crowded tonight and manv ladies were
nmong the spectators. TlTe contest-ants
this evening were Schaefer and Heiser
The former played the 14-mch balk line
game and Hei-er the S-mch game. AVil
liatn Sexton was referee. The game was
SCO points up. Schaffer won 500 to 322
v itn an average of 17 7-2to Heiser 13 3-2i.'
A BUNGLING EXECUTION-
BELLEFONTE, Pa., Feb. 2a William
Seeley Hopkins was hanged here this
morning for the murder of his wife and
niother-iu-Iavr. Hopkitis arose at 5:45 and
ate heartily of a breakfast consisting of
ham and eggs, and at 9:30 o'clock he ate a
turkey dinner. His-spiritual adviser was
with him until the last, singing and pray
ing, the doomed man joining in without a
tremor. The march to the gallows began
at 10:05 o'clock, the prisoner talking with
a firm step. All knelt on the gallows, the
minister prayins, after which Hopkins
waiKeu to tne eage ot tne scanolu ana
said: "Good-bye, kind friends. I leave
this world without an enemy. Farewell,
all." He then shook hands with all on the
scaffold and thanked the sheriff for his
kindness, and as the trap was adjusted he
again said "Farewell." The drop was
sprung at 10:25 but a cry of honor" arose
from the small assemblage when the hang
ing man fell to the floor, the rope break
ing. The doomed man was picked up in
sensible and was carried to the scaffold,
the rone fastened around his neck and the
drop again snrunir. This time the mur
derer dropped into eternity and ho was
pronounced dead at 10:45 o'clock.
COBITEGIE'S LIBEAEY.
President Harrison Declares It Opened for
Public Use.
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 20. Tim formal
dedication of the Carnegie free library of
Allegheny City took place this evening
and the institution was declared open by
President Harrison. The elegant music
hall of the building was filled by the
audience long bffore the hour for the
opening. At 8 o'clock President Harrison
and Mr. Carnegie arrived and with the
remainder of the party took their seats in
the box to the left of the stage. In the
right hand box Governor Beaver, Con
gressmen Dalzell and Bayne and Prof.
Langley were seated. The stage was occu
pied by the ladies of the Mosarc society, the
gentlemen of which occupied the galleries
to the riirht and left. In the midst of the
fair ladies of the song Bishops AVhitehead
and Phelan were seated. Chairman James
B. Scott and Councilmen Amnion, Ken
nedy, Snaman and Parke were also on the
stage. The exerciees opened with singing
of "Americi" by the Mosart society under
the led of Mr. James P. McGuIlom. Mr.
C. C. Meller presided at the organ. Bishop
Whitehead next pronounced the invoca
tion. "The Heavens Are Telliug'' was
next given by the Mosart society.
Chairman Scott then announced that Mr.
Carnegie would present the key of the
library to Mayor Pearson. Mr. Carnegie
came forward with Mayor Pearson, on. his
arm and was greeted with applause. He
s.id: "This institution starts well. The
soldier of the most exalted, the soldier of
the highest political position in the world
stands tor the illustrious sponser at its
christening." He thanked all the guests
lor having honored the occasion by
traveling hundreds of miles that thev
might set the stamp of their apDroval upon
the dedication. In conclusion he presented
the key to Mayor Pearson, who accepted it
in a short speech, thanking the donor in
behalf of the citizens of Allegheny.
Mr. Scott tneu introduced President
Harrison, who spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and fellow citizens I
have spent a very instructive day in Al
legheny county. I have seeu that which
was ouly fit in the crude state to be trodden
under the foot of man transmitted into
that which serves the highest pur
pose ot our natural lives. X nave
seen that which was of prodigious weight,
detying the direct application of the
arm ot man to move it, lifted by the skill
ful inventions of his hands as a babe would
lift the toy .hat the fond mother places ia
its hands'. Yet, great and striking as
these transformations have beeu, I witness
here tonight one that is greater and finer.
We can not follow it through the
geueraations that aie to come. It
is left in 3'our charge, citizens
of Allegheny, and speaking for
its geneious donor, I declare it now to he
opened to public use, and a place of
assembly for all, and I charge you that
you care for it in such a manner that its
highest usefulness may be reached and
that it may not in your hands fall balow
the high thought which was in the mind
of him who has out of his own personal
means erected and dedicated this library
to uublic use." Applau&eJ."i
President Harrison was 4 followed by
ot her speakers.
The presidential party was then escortpd
through the art gallery, alter which they
entered carriages aim were conveyed to the
Duquesne club. The library cost $00,000,
and includes a library, art gallery and
music hull. It is stated semioflicially
that Mr. Carnegie has decided to increase
his donation tor a library to Pittsburg
from $1,000,000 to J2.0JO.OOO. After a light
lunch at the Duquesne club President Har
rison was driven to the depot where he
tooic the uiguc train for home.
"Truth has a quiet bieast," says Avon's
bard, but when the breast is racked with
a cough it can not be quiet. Try a bottle
of Dr. Bull's Cough syrup. The cough it
will stay, the soreness allay, and you'll
bless Dr. Bull for many a day. 25 cents.
"This will last out a night in Russia
when nights are longest there," he said,
clapping his hand over his aching tooth.
Salvation Oil was applied and he was fast
asleep m twenty seconds. Price 2-3 cents a
bottle.
SOCIALISTS GAIN LARGELY,
The German Government Party Loses
Many Seats The Returns-
Berlin, Feb. 20. In this city the vote is
as follows:
lu the First district, Progressists candi
date G.700, Conservative 4,800, Socialist
3,."1'0; Second district, Prof. Yirchow 1S.001,
the Socialist candidate 18,010, Conservative
candidate 14,017; Third district, Progressist
candidate 115,570, Socialist 12,280. In all
these districts, therefore, supplement
ary clectious are necessary. Iu the
Fifth district the Progressist candidate
had 10,100 and the socialists 0,210. At
Magdebuiv the socialist vollmar is elected.
At Munich n second election is necessary
in the first district, in the second district a
socialist is elected. At Leipzig a second
necesMirj. liagen. progresssist, is elected
for 2s uremburg. A socialist is elected for
Meraiuo in Saxony Auer; a socialist is
elected for Zwickau. Stolle. socialist, is
elected for Danzig. At Zeittau, Konigs
burg, Stetten and Luebec second elections
are uecesary. xor .ueiningr, a progres
sist is elected.
At midnight tho apparent result is that
the government paities haye lest fifteen
seats, and the socialists throughout Ger
many have doubled their vote, llerr
Liebknecht aud Herr Singer are elected.
The latter, a socialist, defeated Eugene
Ritcher, one of the most distinguished
German politicians, and a leader of the
Liberal party, fcinger is the man whose
libel case against the Statsburg Zeitung
made a great ache in December last. He
gained the case aud the editor was con
demned co pay a fine, and this fine the em
peror remitted, using his royal prerogative
to set aside the verdict of a court of jus
tice. This made a great sensatiou. and
Siuger's candidacy became a sort of rally
ing centre for such an use of power. His
election was an almost necessary conse
quence. In Hamburg the Socialists, Bebel,
Dietz and Metzger, were elected.
For purity, strength, economy and cura
tive power, Hood's Sarsaparilla has no
equal. Try it,
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS NOT WAR
RANTED. Minneapolis, Minu,, Feb. 20. Attorney
General Stapp has written an official letter
to Bank Examiner Kenyon ia which he
says the Tacts m the report to the latter in
regard to the American Building and Loan
association of Minnesota do not constitute
sufficient grounds lor proceedings against
the association.
NAVASSA RIOTERS SENTENCED.
BALTDIORE, Md.. Feb. 20 The X.ivassa
rioters were sentenced this forenoon.
George T. Key, Henry JeJTrey. and Ed
ward Smith, convicted of mnrder, were
sentenced to be hanged March 2G. The
fourteen men tried upon the charges of
manslaughter, and convicted, were sen
tenced to terms in the Alb.iuy, N. Y pen
itentiary, ranging from twro to ten years.
A
THE CHICAGO & ALTOS' COMPLAINS
OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION.
Remedy Lies 'iiTlhe Establishment
of a Government Railway
Service.
A Flan Outlined Looking to the Ultimate
Purchase of All the Railroads
of the Country,
Bonds to be Issued Payable in Terms of
Years The Eoad's Eeport Treats the
Government's Attitude Towards
the Corporations in a Yery
Sarcastic Vein.
Chicago. 111., Feb. 2D. The annual re
port of the directors of the Chicago & Al
ton will be printed tomorrow. It says
that the government legislation has
greatly injured the railways during the
past year, then proceeds as follows: "It is
said that we should not complain unless
prepared to suggest a remedy. AVewill
therefore suggest the ownership of rail
roads by the national government and the
organization of a corps of railroad operators
who shall remain in the service during
good behavior and be in no greater degree
under the influence of political parties
than the army militant. The outlines of
our suggestion may be stated as follows:
First The national government shall
acqui-e the ownership of all the railroads
in the United States which are now used
for interstate traffic, such railroads to be
acquired by the exercise of its
right of eminent domain, or bv purchase,
under such limitations and rules as to
price as congress may determined.
Second Payment therefor to be paid by
the issue of siovernment bonds bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding o per cent
per annum, said bonds to be redeemed by
the annual application of a sinking fund
equal in amount to 1 per cent of the whole
amount of such bonds issued, the annual
interest and sinking fund to be paid from
the net earnings of the railroads and the
rates of tr,m.poitation from year to year
to be ieductd, so as to provide no more
money than shall be needed for such pay
ments."' Other details are then elaborated at con
siderable length.
The report, in conclusion, sarcastically
observes that "probably nothing less po
tent than a special interposition of provi
dence can so change public sentiment as to
do anything which could ba coustrueri as
an admission that it had been in the least
degree wrong or unjust in its treatment of
railroad corporations during the last
twenty years. The suggestion we have
made appears to avoid the necessity for its
making such an admission if the course we
have indicated should be adopted."
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is acknowledged
the best preparation for cure of lung com
plaints. COMPROMISING PAPERS FOUND
Sofia, Feb. 20. Monsewitch, the editor
of che St. Petersburg Slay paper, has been
arrested. It is reported, that among his
papers which were secured are some docu
ments that compromise General Ignatiff,
president of the committee and the mem
bers of the Russian embassy at Constanti
nople as well as several Russian consuls.
CHARGED WITH DOUBLE MURDER.
Kansas Citv, Mo.. Feb. 20. Chief of
Police Seavy, of Omaha, Xeb., telegraphed
today to the authorities of AVyandotte
county to hold in custody C. E. Xeal, of
Omaha, for the supposed murder of
Farmer Jones and his wife at their home a
few days since. He will be surreudered to
to the Omaha authorities.
A GRAND GENTILE PARADE.
Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. 20. Politics
ended here for the season by a grand torch
light parade and fireworks in honor of the
Gentiles' city administration, which took
possession last niglit. There were thous
ands of men in line, who ascended Ensign
peak. It wa3 i brilliant close of the cam
paign. Experience proves that nothing else so
surely destroys scrofula, as Ayer's Sarsap
arilla. "DM Tou Ever;"
One of the Seventh avenue cars stopped at
Twenty-first street tho other day to let a
sharp featured, snappy eyed woman get
aboard. AVhen tho conductor came forward
to collect her faro she gave him a fifty-cent
piece. After giving her change ho had
turned to go to the platform, when she
stopped him by saying:
"Oh, conductor, you have not given ma
the right change."
The conductor said politely: "1 think you
must be mistaken, lady. I gave yon four
ten cent pieces and a nickel."
"But you didn't," contradicted the sharp
featured woman; "you gave mo only four
ten cent pieces."
The conductor counted his chango and said:
"You certainly must bo mistaken, for the
chango in my pocket is all right."
"Did you ever?"' remarked the now thor
oughly excited woman, appealing to a fat
man opposite. The stout man did not signify
whether ho ever did or not, and she began
upon the conductor again.
"I never make a mistake," said she. "When
I know a thing I know it."
"But I certainly gave you tho right
change.'
She turned to tho lady in tho corner and
asked: "Did you ever!"' The lady was non
comnutal, which forced the sharp featured
woman to appeal to an old .man who was
reading The Sun. AVhether he ever did or
not was, however, left shrouded in gloom.
Tho conductor counted over his chango again.
Then an idea occurred to him.
"Won't you get up. lady, and see whether
that nickel is not in your clothing some
where?1 he asked.
Shu fairly gasped for breath as she re
marked, "Did you ever?"' to the whole car.
Then the conductor gave up tho fight and
drew forth a five cent piece from his pocket,
which she placed in her purse.
As tho car approached Thirty-fourth street
she signaled tho conductor that she wanted
to get off. Six very much interested passen
gers watched her rise to leave the car, and
there was a general sigh of satisfaction and
an air of I-told-you-so on everyone's face
when the missing nickel dropped from a
fold ia her dress and rolled on tho floor. The
conductor called her attention to it, but the
only satisfaction he got for it was the remark
she made as she looked back at the shining
coin on the floor:
"You ought to know enough to make the
right change, and not make such a fussabout
it." New York Sun.
What She Canjjn.
Stella Tba mean old thing! Pvo a notion
never to speak to yon again. You went off
skating with Willie Dunn and never asked
mo to go along. I hope you caught a good
cold!
Minnie But I didn't. I caught Willie.
Time,
The Best Tart of the Cod.
Mr. Verdant (on his bridal tour) What
shall we order for breakfast
Mrs, Verdant O, anything light. Det"?
see! I'd like soma fish cakes. I just Jove
them. I think they are the best paircfa
cad. don't VQ2$ Exck&n&a.
SCENES Iff SOUTH AEEICA..
WONDERFUL TOWNS GROWN UP IN
ITS GOLD CENTER.
Johannesburg:, a citT Only Three Yean
Old, Yet It JUvals the Chief Towns of
England A Coach Journey of Three
Hundred Miles.
Johannesburg is reached by a coach jour
ney from Kimberley of more than 300 miles.
The coach service is a the hands of two con
tractors, and is an excellent service. The
coaches used are after the Cobb pattern, each
coach carrying twelve inside and f rom six to
nine outside passengers, besides mails and
luggage. They run daily, completing tha
journey in three days and two nights, and
are usually full of passengers, both on the up
and down journey. The faro either way is
12 12s., which, with the additional charges
for extra luggage, twenty-five pounds only
being allowed, and extra charged at the rata
of a penny per pound, and the charges for
the mails, leaves a very handsomo profit for
the contractors.
The coaches aro dragged by horses ot
mules, and finer cattle are not to be found in
this colony than those employed in this ser
vice. Fresh horses aro taken on every hour
or hour and a half, and the teams run only
one stage per day, thus giving them every
chance of being kept in good condition. The
roads in dry weather are good and easily
traversed. After rain they are in some parts
heavy.
SEEN ON THE WAT.
The country through wnich they travel is
in tho highest degree monotonous, not a treo
nor a bush, not a river nor a hill, to be seen
for miles, except when some old farm house
stands out from the surrounding bareness
with a circle of drooping willows around it.
There are only two places of importance on
the whole route Elerksdorp and Potchef
strom. The former consists of an old village
with a few scattered houses covered by
clumps of trees, and a new township, which
is the growth of a day and has sprung up in
consequence of the gold discoveries recently
made there. Already several pretentious
stone houses have been erected. A neat and
commodious exchange occupies a prominent
site. Churches, schools and a court houso
aro in courso of construction, and several
large and commodious hotels offer accommo
dation to the chanco traveler. The chief ho
tel, called the Palace, would do credit to
many an older established town. At this ho
tel tho coach stops to rest the passengers for
the night, and, as a result of the enormous
traffic passing through tho Transvaal, it is
difficult to get a bed.
The town of Potchefstrom was tho old cap
ital of the Transvaal and was tho seat of gov
ernment until it was removed to Pretoria.
Like all Dutch towns of old standing, tho
houses are built in the midst of lovely gar
dens, thickly planted with trees, which also
grow luxuriantly in tho roadways and lend a
charm and a freshness to the scene quite ex
hilarating to those who have been journeying
for hours on the bare veldt.
This town, too, has felt tho influence of the
gold fevor. Gold fields have been discovered
in its neighborhood, and in consequence tho
town is full of prospectors, diggers and spec
ulators, ready to pick up the first good thing
they can find. Between Potchefstrom and
Johannesburg there is nothing worthy of
note. As one approaches tho latter city the
face of fhe country undergoes a gradual
change, becoming more undulating and hilly,
till all at once tho famous El Dorado bursts
upon the view, stretching along the base of a
lowridge of hills, along whose sides the smok
ing funnels betray the busy work that is going
on in unearthing golden treasures.
The city of Johannesburg is a surprise to
all. One hears often its praises sung and its
streets and buildings pronounced indescriba
ble, but this fe set down to exaggeration aris
ing out of the enthusiasm of tho speakers. No
one expects to find broad and regular streets,
with noble piles of buildings erected on both
sides buildings and streets rivaling in sizo
aud style of architecture those of some of the
chief towns of England. The principal busi
ness street, Commissioner street, extends for
nearly two miles. It contains some of tho
finest buildings of the city the new club, the
Bank of Africa, tho new Exchange buildings,
two large hotels, and several two and three
storied erections occupying whole blocks and
intended solely for business and for offices for
tho hundreds of brokers and speculators who
lind occupation there. All the empty spaces
aro being rapidly filled up with buildings of
brick and stone, and the chief sound that is
heard above tho shouting of the brokers on
'Change is the noise of the bricklayer's trowel
and tho clink of the stonecutter's chiseL
THE WOXDERFOT, TOWN.
The town proper is almost entirely occupied
with business premises; the inhabitants have
had to betake themselves to the outskirts to
find suitable residences. Consequently, on
the slopes of the hills on one side and at the
extremities of the city, several townships
havo sprung up. The principal of theso is
Doornfontein, an estate belonging to the
water company, which has been artistically
laid out in allotments, on which substantial
and picturesque residences have been erected,
and this forms the Belgravia of Johannes
burg. Tho city boasts of an existence of only two
and a half or threo years, and already it
possesses an ample supply of water laid on by
pipes in tho houses and conducted through
tho principal streets from the reservoir on
tho hill abovo Doornfontein, to which it is
pnmped up from several springs at a consid
eiable distance from each other in the lower
landa. As yet tho streets are in darkness at
night, depending for light on tho oil lamps of
tho host of canteens to be found in everv
street. But a gas company has been formed. 1
One of the principal features of Johannes
burg is tho number of large open spaces that
have been provided for market squares and
recreation grounds. The principal of these
is in tho center of tho city. This forms the
market square proper. Every morning it is
filled with ox wagons laden with produce,
which the farmers bring in from all parts of
the Transvaal, and even from Xatal, tho
Cape colony and the Free stat. to be sold to
the highest bidder. Tne market house, a!
lartre brick biiildinc. covers the center of this
squaro, consisting of the market house proper, i
n nrtrr.--.nll Kn t ?m f pot nnc nrH fiflW
hmvA nnrl nrrnnnHH h- mffiw tal!a !
oroau, una surrouuiieu uj vajtiew suius. 1
All the materials used in the buildings, all
the doors and windows, the wood and tha !
iron have bren imported from England and ,
America, and have been transported on ox
wagons over 300 miles before reaching their
destination. The price of labor m higher than
in any other part cf the world, and many
difiirulties have bad to be overcome before a
brick or a stone could be laid in the city.
Perhaps the enterprising merchants of Xew
York may also see that there is here a vast
field for trade, and those who are experienced
In tho art of mining will also Cud that there
is plenty of scope for their genius in a field 1 cf Thomastoa, Maine," Taien by themselves
where over 200 gold companies have beeu j they sound incredible, but, a Mr.Xirby says
floated, and many of them aro at a low finan- j in 'The EncycJopaxLa BntaawcaV "too
cial ebb, through the want of men of skill to j many circumstantial account? of the discox
deal with the refractory ores that are being j ery of live toads embedded in Jhd nyk, and
met with at mcresinjr depths from the tor- j even m coal, have been published to allow ns
face. Kimb-rlffv (South Africa) Letter.
Treatment of Cblnoo Ihjlciin.
The emperor of Chins, on facariag fi-r the
first, time that physicians in all foreign coun
tries were paid'accordin; to the cumber of
visits they mads to the patient, was surprised
to find that other coontrTes were to diamet
rically opposed to China in fo simple a cus
tom. Aftemfew moments cf refkqtioa tea
emperor replied: "2ow I shall inform you
howl manage my physicians. I have our,
to wham the care of my health is committed:
a certain weeilv salary .13 allowed tU-jm; but
tho moment. I am ill thir salary ftxn till I
am weil again. I coed cot-infonp yoy.that
raSiJrtjjwss are very -A
MAGGIOLI WON THE MATCH.
Soaiethiae Abotit the Players In the Be
cent Chicago Billiard Tournament.
In tho billiard match which took place in
Chicago recently between Frank Maggioli
andTTiDiam Hatley, the latter cams ont sec
ond best. The match was for $200 a side, 500
points np, at 14-mch balk line.
Fourteen inch balk line is now the favorite
game with experts for all public contests, and
it isone that brings out all the beauties of the
game. While it prevents the monotony of
long runs amassed by nursing' on tha rail, it
is by no means as restrictive as cushion
carroms and admits of great freedom of exe
cution on the pare of the player. In straight
billiards, of course, there is a great deal of
pretty shooting, but as before mentioned the
game grows tiresome the moment a player
lands tha balls on the rail In balk lino bill
iards, when the balls get on the rail in any of
the spaces formed by the intersection of the
balk lines, tho player must send one of the
object balls out of the space on his second
shot or take his seat. Nursiny on the balk
line, fourteen inches away from tho rail, is
one of the prettiest and most difficult features
of this game and one in w hich Schaefer and
Slosson excel.
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JIAGGIOIX IIATLET.
Of tho two players in the recent match
game, Maggioli has had by far tho most ex
perience. He has been playing in public for
about twenty years, and in that time has
taken part in numberless matches and tour
naments. Few players of his class aro better
known in billiard circles. Ho is of French
descent. He first attracted attention as a
billiard player in 1873-75 by his playing with
tho Miller brothers, Albert Hoa, Abrahams
and other Now Orleans experts. Maggioli is
a good player and has a graceful, easy meth
od of execution.
William Hatley was born at Seneca Falls,
N. Y., twenty-eight years ago. His record
as a billiard player is mainly confined to Chi
cago. His first public appearance was in a
room keepers' tournament in 1SS6. In this
he tied for first money with Gallagher and
Matthews. The play off resulted in another
tie, and the players then divided the prize.
He entered the St. Louis tournament of 18S7,
in which John Thatcher won first prize, but
but being in poor .form was allowed to with
draw without playing, and wasgrefunded his
entrance money. He played in several other
tournaments during 1687 and 1883. Hatley
is a very strong but irregular player. At his
best rate of play, and keening it up steadily,
he would worry any expert outside of Schaefer
and Slosson.
SLUGGER DIXON.
His "ext Fisht trill "Probably Eo with
Cal McCarthy.
Here is a picturo of George Dixon, tho col
ored featherweight of Boston, who defeated
Eugene Hornbacher recently in four min
utes, filling his backers with 3'oy and their
purses with money. Dixon's next match will
probably be with Cal McCarthy, tho present
holder of the 115-pound championship of th
world.
Dixon was born in Halifax, N. S., nineteen
years ago, but, despite his age, is no chicken
iii ring experionco. Ho began fighting when i
but Id years old, and before ho was 17 had
bested several aspiring pugilists. Then ha
went to Boston and was taken ud by Boston
names and educated loranurner rrado of
fighting.
Eito slopped Charley IJartou m six rounds:
Barney Finnegan, of Somerville, ia seven;
aea morris, 01 rew ionr, in tour; .raaay
jvuii) , ul v.u:iiunuge, m uiieen unu again in
ten; Tom Dougherty, of Boston, in ten;!
Mike Sullivan, of New Bedford, in six;
Johnny Brackett, a West Indian, in four:
Frank Wright, of Cambridge, in three, and
Jack Lyman, of this city, m five. His most
successful opponents were Tommy Kelly, tba
nariem apiuer, wr.o xougni, mmnmerounua
to a draw, and Hank Erennac, tha Boston I
featherweight, who stood him off ia draws 1
threo tunes fourteen, nine and twenty-two
rounds, respectively. It is but fair to say.
however, tbat Dixon had much the better of
his last go with Brennan, but as the fight
took place in Boston, and the Boston money
vas on Brennan, the colored lad could not
get the decision.
Dixon generally weighs aboat 114 pounds
when in fighting trim. His height is 5 feet
Z inches.
A New UuittUo Athletic Clab.
iJUQalo is to nave another atnleUc club, to
kno,rr' DC Qneea City Athletic chib.
lepers have been forwardod to Albany in-
corijoratmjr ma orzanizauoa
Several well
known men
are interested in the enterprise.
The capital stock w $5,000, divided into 10 J
shares. The managers of the clab intend to I
devote their efforts to the advancement of
sport in local circka, and wiil spare no pains
to accomplish their object. Contests will be '
arranged between professionals athletes, and '
it is promised that local talent mil be given ',
a fair show
now Old Were They?
How long is it possible for toads and frogs
to live in a state of hibernation! I'O one can
telL Tee following stories, apparently an-
thentic, are icmaS. in Cvras Eaton t "History
to dismiss them all as fabulous, notwithstacd
ing the ddScnlty and obscurity 10 which this
subject is ftill involved."
About a quarter of a mile from the heft
margin of Mill river, says Mr. Eaten, Suntca.
Blood, St.. ia digging a well, discovered at a
deptn of aoott thtrty feet from the sarfece
sam r:s'l masses of mtttrr resembttcx
steses with earth adhering to tha. ,
Tbes?. i examination, proved to b f rogr,
ind cse of them, wba warmed by tee sea
and air, beprdc3 with a frog's cjcaI atfitty.
Whilst hibernating m the taod. thy ha1
probably been covens! over br a deposit of
earth brwignt by a ikwd cr cnrmit cf war, I
and buried too ctep tor the e craiag prfc;r to
rc2re2im3imltjt.wht.rdi- i
ft-?t
v
andby how many succssaveYiepajits ot earm,
who shall pretend to say?
In 1S53, as Thomas Gould, Esq., was watch
ing the operations in tha Fulling mill lime
quarry, he saw the workmen blast out from,
the solid ledge, eighteen or twenty feet below
the surface, a black and at first perfectly
torpid toad.
It soon showed signs of life, and during his
temporary absence hopped away, as the work
men said, and was not again found, leaving,
enly a cavity in tha rock to mark tha prisoa
house of this relic of the antediluvian world,
Youth's Companion.
A "List to Keep.
Do you keep a list a list of tho people who
are tiresome to yoni Tho wise woman is the
one who has a book on the cover of which ia
written in large letters and red ink,"'Bo
Ware of"
Tho educated young woman who conclude!?
that the alphabet has been invented since her
birth,
Tho frivolous creature who thinks yon aro
"just dying" to know how her underwear is
made.
The lovely young man who wears threo
diamond rings and thinks you are "just too
sweet for anything."
The horrible old hypocrite who talks about
her position in society and tho use she is to
tho world at large, when she would bestserv
it by decorating the inside of a tomb.
The old man who kisses you because he re
members your mother when she was a girl.
The young man who is loud and underbred,
but who speaks to you and mortifies you and
claims a right to acquaintance because ho
once lived near you.
The man, woman, or nondescript, who
never tires of telling you that they havo seen
better days and who counts on that announce
ment covering everything in the future, and
never making an effort to think how rcaliy
good this time is after alL
Tho man with a low cut shirt, the woman
with dyed hair, the boy who hasn't been
tanght good manners, and the girl who has
been educated to believe that impudence and
intelligence aro synonymous.
Tho people who flatter, who find fault, and
who never know what it is to say a good
word for their neighbors. Now York Sun.
The JCove of an Old Umbrella.
,rD"mbrellas repaired whdo you wait," is the
seductive advertisement of a Fulton street
dealer who sells new umbrellas, as well as
mending old ones.
"Oh, yes," ho said yesterday, "we get
plenty of tinkering work to do. A great
many men regard an old umbrella with af
fection. Their Angers become accustomed to
the littlo grooves in tho handlo, and they
would feel bewildered and uncomfortable if
they grasped a now stick. Here, now, is an
umbrella that a Frenchman brought to mo
yesterday. There was hardly a vestige of
a cover left to it, and I told him it could not
be repaired. He was disappointed, but final
ly he ordered a new cover. Tho handlo is not
worth ten cents to anybody except himself,
and I could havo given hint a brand now um
brella for tho price I charged him for tho
silk; but that would not have suited him at
all. So long as ho could clutch tho old hindlo
he felt at peace.
"Occasionally a man wants a now stick pat
into on old cover, for a stick, if it L broken
in the middle, is not easily mended. Gener
ally tho handle is a pieco distinct from tha
rest of tho stick, and when tho fracture is at
the joint we havo no great trouble m mend
ing it. Frequently tho owner of an umbrella
tells me, when ho wants mo to close a hole in
it, that it has beeu in his possession for
twenty years. As a matter of fact he hasn't
owned it for as many weeks. A new stick
put under au old cover, and a month later
tho old cover replaced by a fresh one, mate a
' w umbrella, don't thuy? H ell, that is
I what ho has had done hall a dozen times."
iw xorKoua.
A Frosty Tetracaine Family.
"I stepped into a lawryer's cfllce today," re
marked 11 gentleman to a Times reporter,
while lunching at a Main street chop house,
"and saw lying on his desk au envelope ad
dressed to him which bore on its upper left
hand corner the business card of one 'Winter
Prost, dealer in general merchandise,' etc.,
i stamped therein largo purple letters. Struck
witn tno singularity 01 tue name, i made
some comment, and was much surprised
when informed by tho attorney's father-in -law,
who was present and acquamted with
the Frost family, that there were six broth
ers of them, each bearing a very chilling
name, which he gave as follows: Jack Frost,
Winter Frost, White Frost, Cold Prot, Early
Frost and Snow Frost. I felt n chill creep
up my back aud must havo shivered, for the
gentleman added: 'They are East Tennes
seansand are a warm natured, clever, good
hearted set of fellows, all tall and powerful,
with sandy hair and florid complexions and
look as if they could bo true to tho name and
stand the cold of an Arctic winter.' Some
bow I felt as if I shouldn't want them to sur
round me, especially if I had left my over
coat at home," added the gentleman as he
reached for his check and walked towards
the cashier. Kansas City Times.
An Kventftil Life,
"Few women havo had a more eventful
life," says Tho Edinburgh Scotsman, "than
Mrs. Mary Ann Allan, who has just pa.stHi
awaJat the age of 79. She was a child of
the regiment, born in a convent at Lisbon,
and while yet a mere infant she scaled the
walls of Bada joz, Ftrapped upon her mothor's
back. With ber mother she was abo on the
field of Waterloo. Her girlhood was spent
In barracks, or in the baggage wagon, and at
tho f 37 she iram-, tho wife of Color
Sergeant A llan. Her familv, consisting of
nmc children, were born m d"iflrmt parts of
tho world Canada. India, tho Wtat Indies
and Ireland.''
Elack Taper Slt-i.
A peculiar blacx paper, made from the
bark cf certain tre, serve the porpvQ of
slatta in Siam and Barman, the written
being erased by raaana of beil leaves instosd
of with a sponge, Kew York Teisr&ia.
FAR WEBS' MAXIMS.
Ino-wise man will allow hb stock to sk
i Eheltar behind a rail fence.
' It is claimed that bogs will cat better and
fatten sooner white toe owaw is looking at
1 them.
To good farmer will trust th care of bis
rtock to a hired man without his personal wa
pervizioE. 2o wiso man will risk faw success en a sia
gle crop, oc ia other words, put all his eJP
into one bket.
Ko rrh man will nlect to bao his tool
in proper repair and condition until be xo
to go to work in wd or zsrdea.
"Kb wie man will neglect to rpAh- tJw
1 Coots of his cattle staJU antf! after a valea
j ble cow or bors; has broken a leg.
j No wise man wiQ rm gr&ra barley , In othw
j words, be wiil not U m yearling or two
1 yeor-ohis of either cattle or bars',
j 2fo wie man wjli agJrt to prsparn bfc
8jd catd the daj be wsu in ftkmt or w
"Seitber will he tow aay bat te best zd the
purest ter-di.
No -xif man wTO oc?kct to nrpsir bit
fences unid af ir b " ! tryil away
The lo f on st te ocdy yj, bet
evea that wfli pay a hired tair"t " log
half amesth.
Ito wie man rrfB sUow bfe joss;; sMck tt
stop gTowfcir, for tee wst of ei)e3t Seed
To make ife rwtrfwj rf yovsg Meet proSts.
He. they should be kept srowJs rj:ht aky
wfatr aid vzszzxr.
Ne wise maa wffi atssp4 1 winter vmz
tzosk tissa he has JW Utr. cst ho km
stftoey 10 otr wjS ad kn?rg -arttre $f
ha
JM .-.- ww fe asfcfces t fat it
tome estH aH i&zz hs hzx ha 'g-y-y
T0MG- FOLKS' G0LIIM1K
AMUSEMENT AND INSTRUCTION POfl
THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Songs We alight Kwtr if the
Babies TTere the Makers of 0r
iar Chymes The 3Iry Who Omit tfc
Fasaous Xiwte limb.
If the Utile todalfcg babies
Were the makers of our lays.
YouM flad Terses very different
Ia a thousand different ways.
Its babes would be exalted.
And the rest of us appear
As the secondary creatures
Of a very dUTorent sphere.
Just iniasino tast the baby
"Wrote tho scags we here have sbona,
And gave them to the world at larse
From hi hxls baby thread
IF THE BABT WERE A BAKU.
Be kind to the baby,
r'or when thou, art eld
"Who'll curse th so tender s h
VTho'll catch the first accent
That fall from thy toogua
Or laugh at thy iaaocent cite?
Rock-a-bye, papa.
On the tree top,
Vh,si the wtad blows
Tho cradle wtU rock;
tVhea tho bouh beads
The cradle will full
"Down will come papa
And cradle acd all.
Bye, Jhunma Busting,
Babr"s gunp a hunti-.c
Cone to -rt .1 rabbit sfcin
To wrap the ilamaia Bunting Is.
BABY, USAR 1IABY, COSfE HOWE.
Oh, baoy. deer babr. come home with me now.
The ctock in the eepk strikes one;
You said you wrn coming right In from the yard,
As soon as your land pie was done.
The fires cone ou? ; tho houso U alt cold;
And mother's been watcbuwj since tea.
With poor father Jimmy aaJoep by the fire,
And no one to help her but me,
St. Xichohu.
Mary and tier Little L-uub.
Perhaps tho majority of boys and girh
when they grow up to lw mon nml womn
came to the conclusion that Mary and ho
lamb wero both Actions, tm ranch so as the
old woman ho lived in u shoo, or Cinderella,
but, strange to pay, tliero was a ?Jary and
also a Iamb, and the world famous dttty wai
founded on fnct, as Golden Days recently ex
plained. The author was Sarah J. Hale, wha
died in Philadelphia wow ymrn ago nt tht
-go of eighty-six. Tho lamb, us previously
remarked, muKt hnvo diM long ago. and on
Dec. 10, lUs'J, tho heroine of the pem
breathed her last. Her name was Miry V
Sawyer She was bom in Sterling, Miss,, in
180&, and m that town the fniuons lamb ep
sode is said to havo occurred.
It docs not appear that Mnry otbrrwise dis
tinguished herself than in owmng the Iamb,
but the poem gives us tho ussurauco that iha
tiasakind hearted girl, and In that rrpct
she maintained her reputation until tho dn j
of her death. Her marriod name was Tyler,
and as Aunt Mary Tyler she was known by
everybody and esteemed by alL Thus th
famous trio disappear from tbo ettrtli, Mary
and her lamb and the wemun who zatuU
them both renowneL Tho poem Itself is ona
of tho-e imprishablo things like thn "Iliad "
which generations yot to corno will read
with undimmtb'-d pleasure. There is no uie
speculating as to tho cause of ita jiopularitj
it has como to ttay.
The Monkny noil the Bpretl.
A monfcry became weak sighted in old "';
He bail heard men cay thut this misfartunry
was on of no great lmpjrtnncr, one mnM
mroly provide one'jrsHf with glaives. 80 hi'
gets half 11 ik7Mi purrs of sp"cUJiT, tnrnj
them now this way and now thoX, put
them on tbo top of his bead, applWw thra t?
his tail, smells thorn, brks them, but ht axton
islu"d to find that the upectacle hav noeffecl
at nil on Ins eight.
"Good lacks" he crie. "whnt fools thry b
who liton to nil U nfmn?o men nttr
They've told mo nothing but Ilw about th
spectacles. There isn't an atom of gtxxl in
them,"
"Jre tho monkoy in hU vexation flna
them down on a ston o violently that thej
were utterly broken to pn-co.
TeKare ot Imitations, lli'it is Only One
EsTM
SOME. HATRON SA1NT8.
St. Agnes, patron of maiden.
St Monica, patron of matrons.
St. Barbara, frr the last vacramrnt.
H. Hubert is the jtrou of hunters.
Bt. Keen, agaust ccsUkmu dix-fi.".
Bt. SebiAln is t&ytrca ot wiMcrs.
St. PancraA is ti poten cf cfafldbood.
Bt. Vwcuat dc tool, pairon ot eimrlric.
flt. 3odm jafrcsj tit vircte od ir.
St. CojmhHIus cf Leila, putrco of borpiUls.
St. BlaojevcBladcBr throat trow&mc.
St. Apfollusua. evoked &&" the tovto
nebs. St. Alaysitar. patrca cf youth, parity zd
stwif&te.
Ht. B?Uct Joseph Lbr9 CTolttd .er,&fc.S
8ft. aabuj" is to I rrokwi ftgnisst coui orA
rtwstaH.
St. TbsrtAtuxfothpfttroarf)Aoobi
Lad usuieati
t Jpsph, rporn cf th bJ?il vrrfc, W
tb rZcsz. 9? lh Universal iCa.thoct ehsrds.
SKIN CANOTR.
Srrersl ytars too I w csJfcd to f eoicre)
vtrzxa wfc bzi a nuXxsest facts ei tsaurKn
hatutx. TJk czaccr jrrw m adr tt pe v
f-sibot iftateMet. s t- tar aei6f
the XtKt vers stlna$s2iic9cs(mlye7. Tf
jatfest axtA sot ime emrrHri zaadi fos$sr,
IrtKleo- trl si 5. ot firJl'M yt-z&rr
tsdKcsnd ir vrttA . lisi Una
jass e. slA tin he twrs w Hftws f Out
dixffiw. 1 t2'5iti'&irtt& s. sms. J
ks ssrdksi i-!t U-rA &&, tut tu leodetgj
is M drt .; rAjcss.
CAXCEB. OF THE TOXGTTE.
?ox tirej lec? ytsr 1 Udio mist, so
rsy&cwpMiSM4c9stterx3ie ta is.
1 irtesaa &ir3$ it Us jarqjrcu. taA treat io
AOsntz tor uwszksu Tae rvsae ? tout I
tsxoim e Oncer sn! ,
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