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III The enterprising editor of the Valley ' Falls (Kan.) Rcgis'.cr thus takes his readers into his confidence: "Our receipts being reduced, the editor arose with the 6un Monday morning, and, with nis little 'pop,' sent a bullet crashing through a fine rabbit, sent by the hand of Him "who sceth the sparrow fall, and meat became plenty in our larder. There was joy in our household, and fresh meat plenty once more." The Los Angeles (Ca!.) Herald mentions a plant which is said to be a sure cure for snake bites. The plant is called the "spider li'.y," and displays a beautiful flower that makes it a fine ornament lor yaras ana garaens. 1 ne leaves tun be dried and pre erved for years. When needed for a sting or a bite they can be moistened and applied in the form of a poultice to the wound. If used when green there is no necessity for moistening the plant, as all that is necessary is to bruise the leaves and apply them to the wound. Peter Elwangcr, a market man at Bowles market, Louisville, is the possessor of a silver dollar coined in 1804, which he refused to sell for $800. The coin came into his possession through an aged relative in Indiana, who has owned it for o er fifty years. There are but seven pieces of this date in existence, and they are valued at $1,000 each by coin collectors. Henry Stochhoff offers to buy the coin for $S00. Apparently in the way of consolation to the exiled Frcnch Princes, the Pall Mall Garettes statistical editor illustrates the fate of Kings and Emperors as follows: Of the 2,550 Kings and Emperors reported in history, 300 were overthrown, 4 forccd to abdicate, 28 committed suicine, 23 became insane or imtecile, 100 were killed in battle, 123 were captured by the enemy, 25 were tortured to death, 151 were assassinated and 108 executed. A Berlin surgeon has discovered the art of repairing and remodeling noses of all sizes and ages. He can take a nose shaped like an artichoke, and by his peculiar method turn it into a beautiful and really classic snout. He bars nothing. The fact of the matter is he invites the hideous, and pays a premium for it. The man -with a nose twisted like a gourd handle or ram's horn is his pleasure. The man with no nose at all is his delight and joy. ' W.. Some enterprising people in Belgium have applied the telephone to a novel use. Little bells are supplied and fitted to the bed of all who desire to rise early in the morning but cannot do so of their own accord. A certain time is fixed and communicated to the central station, and At the precise moment agreed upon the current is turned on and the bells eommencc to ring, and continue doing so wntil the slumberer awake3, leave3 his couch and informs the head office that he has had enough. There are in the United States thirtythree counties whose agricultural products amount in value to over $4,000,000. Of the thirty-three tho State of New York furnishes fourteen, Pennsylvania seven, Illinois six, California and Massachusetts two each and Michigan and Connecticut one each. Of these rich counties, Lancaster, in Pennsylvania, leads all the rest, her agricultural products, according to the census of 1880, amounting to $9,320,202. It is important to know what is raised in the rich counties. Lancaster raises vast amounts of tobacco? twice as much as any other county in the United states, me couni,y aiso raises vast quantities of corn, oats, wheat, and about 40,000 cows make enormous quantities of milk, butter, and cheese. J * ~????; The Mosquito Reservation of Nicaragua takes its name from the Mosquito Indians, to whom it belongs. It stretches for nearly two hundred mile along the coast of Nicaragua, and ex tend* back to the mountain?. It is watered by numerous majestic rivers, and its front abounds in fine harbors. The chief of the Mosquitoes is its hereditary President, and he governs with the assistance of a Vice-President, a Chief Justice, an Attorney-General and a Council elected by the people. The independence of the country is guaranteed by Nicaragua, Great Britain and Austria. Tl *- ? -"1- ? * ?TT /\? aftfi-li TT~V? oro fK/?ro Ill 19 Lilt/ UU1J tUUUHJ uucaitu TiMViV VMV4V are no taxes. Not a dollar of taxation is levied on either real or personal property, and the only vestige of the burden which is escaped nowhere else is a poll tax of $2 upon every man who votes as a citizen. A photograph album as is an album has been completed in New York, and is thus described: "Just before Mrs. "William K. Vanderbilt went to Europe this spring she had Mr. Mora, the wellknown photographer, prepare probably the finest photograph album ever made. It was nearly a yard in length and almost as wide, with heavy clasps; there were four large pictures about eight inches c/Minro r\r% nos*Vk noffo* fKr? T\h A tnrrrnnVi a OV^UUI V VII VUVU 1 were of the guests that attended the great and never-to-be-forgctten ball in masquerade costume. As a souvenir of the occasion and work of art it is invaluable. It is worth about $2,000. The first picture is of Mrs. Yanderbilt in her beautiful costume, surrounded by white doves. Two conspicuous pictures are of Lady Mandeville in a handsome court dress, surrounded by a frame representing an old picture. Another particularly attractive picture is of Mrs. James Brown Potter as a mandolin player. The etory of many a life may be read in looking over this book, yet it is but three years old. These three ladies are enjoying London society to the utmost just now, and are entertaining each other. All three are expected task to this country about the ?nme time. j I The Pennsylvania Hail road Company uses 6,000 tons of coal a day on its various lines, and is the largest consumer of r>nol in fVio Mtin tnr Tf is nrtW CX perimenting with natural gas as a fuel for its engines, and proposes, if the plan should prove to be feasible, to use gas on all the engines ruuning into Pittsburg. __________ The Acting Commissioner of Agriculture, in reply to a resolution of the House making inquiries concerning stocks of corn and wheat in this aud other countries, the demands of con-1 sumption, and the prospects of production through y.it the world, has transmitted an exhaustive compilation of statistics by the statistician of the Department of Agriculture. The tables show that the world's product of wheat in 1885 was 2,110,000,000 bushels, there-] quirements of consnmption 2,165,000,000 bushels, presenting a deficiency of 55,000,000 bushels, drawn from the pre? 1 ? AAA AAA viou5 year s surplus ui i?>;,wu,uvu uueuels. They find the product of Europe a medium, those of India and Australia large, and a heavy reduction in the United States. For the supply of the coming year, the crops of Australia, India and South America already harvested are probably about 32,000,000 bushels less than tho*e of last year, while those of the Tnited Stales promise fully 100,000,000 bushels more than the harvest of 1885. The wheat in the United States on May 1, last, wss 104,000,000 bushels, against 152,000,000 in 1885. The crop nf rft.n in 1RQ5.SR Trna 1 R17.mn.0n0 b:ifhels, the 3tock GST, 000,000 bushels, and the exportation, 42,000,000 jbushela. The estimated acreage of winter wheat now growing is 24,727,087; spring wheat, 11,800,000; total, 36,527,037.? The Stockholder. The estate of the Yanderbilt family is estimated at about $200,000,000; that of the Astors at nearly as much, and that of A. T. Stewart from $70,000,000 to $75,000,000. Jay Gould's wealth is set down in round numbers at $100,000,000 and Rockefeller's at $35,000,000. The property belonging to the estates of the rich Californians?Hopkins,Mills, Flood, Fair, Sharon,O'Brien,Mackay and Huntington?will reach, it is thought, some $250,000,000 more, making in all $855,000,000. Even this enormous sum is not supposed to equal the combined wealth of all the members of the Rothchilds. The richest man in Great Britain is the Duke of "Westminster, whose income is rated at a guinea (twenty-one* shillings) a minute, or about $2,700,000 a year, derived almost entirely from real estate in the midst of London. The late "Wiliam H. Yanderbilt is said to have had an income at least three times as large. There are, however, more Englishmen than Americans with incomes of $1,000,000 or thereabouts. England is prodigiously wealthy (as well as extremely poor), and her wenlth is the accumulation of hundreds of years, and is growing now at the rate of $000,000,000 annually, the net profits of all her industrial and commercial enterprises. At the present rate of increase, she will have accumulated in twenty-five years fifteen thousands of millions additional capital. No wonder interest is low there, and that her capitalists are constantly seeking investments throughout civilization. The accumulation of money, however, has been even greater in this country, where the rate of interest has diminished in ten years far more than in any part of Europe. Elections on the other side are far less costly now than in the ante-reform days. One memorable election in the West Riding of Yorkshire cost Lord Fitzwilliam $250,000, and the defeated rival house of Wortley, Lord Wharncliffe, $100,000. Fox's famous election for Westminster cost $125,000. The elections in Galway and Mayo, in the west of Ireland, w hich lasted over weeks, cost the contestants generally at least $50,000, and in nearly every instance their estates, loaded with encumbrances thus contracted, passed out of their families. The voters, many of them brought from mountain homes at long distances from the seat of the election, had virtually to fight their way in hordes to the polls. The candidates, on their part, had usu ally to fight two or three duels as a neccessary accompaniment. On one occasion the celebrated Colonel Martin, on being asked who was likely to win a certain election, wrote back: "The survivor." The last of the Martin family,his daughter, died just after landing in 1850, at the Union Place (present Morton House) Hotel. The liquor saloons, styled on the other side public houses, instead of being closed as here on election days, were all kept open at the candidates' expense. A Squire Fleming, who successfully opposed Lord Palmerston for Hampshire, in reply to a long address of that Minister, got up and said: "I do not know anything about the subjects on which the noble lord has spoken. I only know that I have ordered all the public houses in Hampsliiro to be opened, and they will be kept open at my expense until the close of the polls." The ballot was the principal instrument in doing awav with those old lively electioneer ing times. The expenses are now limited bylaw to $3,000 at the outside and in many casc3 to less, and need not exceed $250 or $300. The candidate is obliged to make returns of the exact amount expended. The expenditure of many of the Irish M. P.s at the last election did not excccd $250. Mr. Labouchere's return at Northampton was only $150. Specimen? of paper slippers, sandals, and other coverings for the feet?a substitute for leather, etc.?have been brought to notice in London, where their manufacture has been recently undertaken. ' ?TN. A new metalloid called "Germanium" has been added to the lists of elements, making the sixty-seventh. NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. A circus train was wrecked by an accident at Riverside, Me. Four cars filled with animals were thrown over an embankment Several employes connected with Forepau^h's circus were"injured and twentyseven horses killed. The Long Branch police have been arresting and th3 court has fined some of the leading gamblers of that watering place. Miss Axxa IVykoff, a handsome young school-teacher, got in the way of an express train at Elizabeth, N. J., aud was instantly killed. Yardmaster Jesse J. Catlin, of Jersey City, in trying to save her was fatally injured. Three members of the New Haven Typographical Union, charged with boycotting, have been fouud guilty. Samuel K. Gav, chief clerk in the Pittsburg (Penn.) pension office, has disappeared. Investigations of his accounts showed that he had stolen from $15,000 to $2 ),000. Albany, N. Y., is just 200 years old, and has beeu celebrating that event by a grand jubilation. About forty men, women and children were thrown into the water by the breakiug n f a ninn imamV mnn/? nlnnlp n f PnnL'o wotf T. I ui ex aitainci uiaua uu *-t. * All were rescued. Catt. Gumax Weir, commanding Battery M, Fifth Unit?d States Artillery, at Fort Hamilton, Long Island, committed suicide, in a moment of temporary insanity, on the 18th, by shooting himself through ths head. Representatives of the -300 Assemblies of the Massachusetts Knights of Labor have been holding a convention in Worcester. Over 1,000 delegates, representing more than 75,000 members, attended. A scheme was discussed to supplant the Knights of Labor organisation of the country with a combination of national trade unions. South and West. It took three weeks to obtain a jury in the trial of the eijht Anarchists charged with killing policemen by throwing a bomb at Chi .-ago. Five murderers were hanged on the lf'.th, as follows: James Dacey, at Woodstock, 111, for Ihe murder of Alderman Gay nor, of Chicago, in an election quarrel; Samuel Roland and George Solomon (both colored), atDonaldsville, La., the former for killing a German and the latter for a colored woman's homicide; George Harrison, at Shreveport. La., for the murder of George Allen, and Dick iownsend (colored) at vaiaosta, ira., for the murder of four men, including a Sheriff. President Beltzer, who wrecked the Dundy County Bank at Benkelman, Neb., has alss ruined the Chase County Bank at Imperial, Neb., of which ho wa3 President. Six men alleged to be strikers are in jail at Kansas City, Mo., charged with murder by derailing a train. The prosecution in the trial of the Chicago Anarchists, charged with murdering policemen by bomb throwing, has produced strong circumstantial evidence showing the existence of an extensive conspiracy to assassinate officers and private citizens. Wind and lightning have caused numerous fatalities in the West. At Lakin, Kansas, twenty houses were demolished and ten or twelve persons injured. At Hilaire, Minn., four Indians were killed and ten injured by lightning. In Kearney County, Neb., a farmer and two of his grown children were killed by lightmng. At Nic-kerson, Kansas, eighteen houses were blown down. Washington. Nominations confirmed by the Senate: Owen T. Rouse, United States Attorney for Arizona; Samuel F. Wilsan, United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee: A. H. Baker, Receiver of Public Moneys at Grand Island. Neb.,C. W. Bishop, Assistant Treasurer at Baltimore; D. IV. Taylor, Surveyor-General of Oregon. The President ha? nominated S. Davis Page to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at Philadelphia. Senator Morrill, of Vermont, the oldest member of the Senate, has been in ill health for some time, and left Washington for home on the lKth. He is in his seventy-seventh year. A census report sent to the Senate shows, among other things, that the number of idiots in the United States ha? increased from 34,527 in 1870 to 70,895 in 168 J. In the former year the ratio was 63fi to each one million of population, and in the latter year it was 1,58The number of the idiotic deaf mutes is: Males, 1,185; females, SW7. Idiotic deaf mutes and blind: Ma'es, 107; females, 110. Idiotic and bliud: Males, 6(51; females, 52.5. Additional nominations by the President?Henry P. Henderson, of Michigan, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah; Abernetliy Grover, to be He ister of the Land Office at Miles City, Montana. Postmasters?Jas. P. Owens, at Scottsdnle, Penn.; Isabel Campbell, at Blairsville, Penn.; Frank B. Genovar, at St. Augustine, Fla.; John R. Young, at Hempstead, Texas, and ton others. The July crop report of the Agricultural Department says the yield of wheat will be large enough for home consumption, and fan average amount for export. There is an increased corn and rye crop. The condition of oats is lower than in any former July report since l!Si'J. Foreign. An international chess tournament is in progress at London. A great siene of excitement was caused in the French Senate by Senator de Lareinty, a Monarchist, calling General Boulangor, the Minister of "War, a coward. Seconds were named on both sid s, and a duel seemed unavoidable. At the meeting of the Supremo Lodge of the World, Knights of Pythias, in Toronto, Howard Douglass, of Cincinnati, was elected Supreme Chancellor. A revolution of unusual dimensions has broken out in Mexico, and great excitement prevails along the Rio Grande. The anticipated duel between General Boulan<rer, French Minister of War, and Baron ae Lareinty. arising from remarks of the latter in the French Senate relative to the expulsion of the Duke D'Aumale from France, was fought at tf a. m., on the 17th. Pistols were usea and shots exchanged, but without injury to either of the contestants. The Mexican revolutionists have been defeated with heavy loss. The final analysis of the voting in Great Britain gives tho Unionists 1,524.107 votes, and the Gladstonians 1,447,652. For a correct estimate of the popular vote there must be added the electorate of 118 Unionist seats which were not contested, a total of 1,0.15,101 votes, and that of the 104 uncontested Gladstonian seats, a total of 805,877 vote*. Tbe popular vote results in a Unionist majority of 272,082. Gladstone sent a messenger to Queen Vicr\** fVia Vfif-Vi rrinrpvino- thp fnrrrml tpk ignations of himself and ministry. The Qneen called upon Lord Salisbury, the Tory leader, to form a new Cabinet. Many police and soldiers were wouuded in a conflict with anti-royalist rioters at Marseilles. The rioters attempted to 6ack offices of royalist papers. MUSICAL AND DBAMATIO. Mary Anderson says she is not coming back to America until 1890. Wilson Barrett, the English actor, ii getting ready for his American tour. Rubinstein would like to visit this country neit season, but is afraid of the sea voyage. It is saw tnac saraou nimseu win suj.eiiutend the production of ''Theodora" in New York next autumn. The death is announced at Wiesbaden of the widow of the great composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, age eighty-two years. Mr. Lawrence Barrett is to produce a two-act drama, entitled: "Mercedes," by T. B. Aldrich, at the Star theatre, New York, in September. f Miss Emily Winant, the well-known New York singer, appeared with great success in one of the recent PattvNicolini concerts in London. Mr. Wallach has bought the American rights to "Harvest," a new play, by Mr. Hamilton, the English anthor of "Moths." It will be produced next season. Miss Tyndall and Gertrude Kellogg, an American actress, both of whom are now in London, will support Miss Genevieve Ward during her coming American tour. DYNAMITE BOM How They Were used uy mo Chicago Anarchists. Startling Testimony at the Trial of the Accused Prisoners, An entire day in the Anarchist trial at ' Chicago was devoted to the examination of William Seliger. a carpenter, in whose house the dynamit} bombs were manufactured \ under the supervision of Louis Lingg, one of the prisoners on trial. Seliger was an Anarchist, a member of a Socialist group, and Recording Secretary of the Carpenters' Union. He was one of the leading witnesses for the prosecution. His testimony startled every ons, and tho anxiety of the eight prisoners was plainly depicted in their faces. Stliger testified that on Tuesday, May 4th, he was up early. He had previously told Linfjg he wanted those bombs removed from his dwelling. Lingg told him to work diligent ly at them, and that they would be taken atfay that day. Witness worked at some I bad shells, drilling the holes. It took him J uif ?? l'Anf T.inor<r rofnrnArl fnni n I meeting on the West Side about 1 o'clock, and to.'d witness he did not work very much; he ought to have done more. Witness told him he had no pleasure in the work. The i Lingg said: "Wo will have to work harder this afternoon." Lingg told him to go to a place on Clayborne avenue to get some bolt? to put in the shells. He got about fifty bolts. Huetoer, Muuzenburg and Hewreann worked with him all the afternoon. Lingg worked at the gas pipes putting in tubes. About forty bombs were made by the party that afternoon. Mr. Ingham, for the prosecution, here presented two wrought-iron tubes about two inches in diameter and six inches long, alluded to by the witness. Lingg cast the round bombs once alone in the rear room of witness' store, six weeks before May 1. Lingg told him every working man should ha*, e dynamite and learn to use it. There was going to be an "agitation,'1 he said, a:id all workingmen ought to lear.a the u;;e of dynamite. On the Tuesday afternoon when they were making bombs, Lingg said the bombs would be goou "fodder"' for the capitalists and tho police who might try to protect the capitalist1. The bou.bj ought 10 De completed that evening, as they were to be used that night, Ling^said. When witness left the house in tho evening Lingg accompanied him, and they carried a little trunk containing tho bombs. Taey were all loaled with dynamite and had caps fixed on them. While they were carrying them they met j Mitcenberg, and the three of them carried the trunk to NefPs Hall, No. 58 Clybourno avenue. They took them in through a side door and into a hallway. There the trunk was opened and several persons came to look at tho contents. Two or three men took bombs. Witness took two and put them in his pockets. Then they went away, leaving tho bombs in tfc-e passageway. This hall, witness said, was called the ' shanty" of the Communists, A n fin iulicfu All llCAil fn ITIOAf. /luaituisu-) UUU UU.WIWWO. ??* U.'VVA W ...wx W there. When he left NefTs saloon Lingg, Hielen and Gustave Lehnnan were with him, and they were afterward joine 1 by two men of the Lehr and Wohr herein. All had bombs. Witness said that it was understood that a disturbance was to be made on the North Side that night. Other disturban e> werB to bj made on th? We.it Side to prevent the police from massing at any one point. Lingg said disturbances should be inado all over the North Side, to prevent the police from going to the West Elide. As they passed tha Larrabee street police station Lingg said it would be a beautiful thing to throw in a couple of bomljs. From Larrabee stre. t Lingg and he went up to the Webster avenue station. A patrol wagon came up and Lingg said he was going to throw in a bomb; that it was the best time to do it. Witness said that it was not a good time; that it would be useless. Lingg became excited and wanted witness to give him some fire from his cigar. The witness went into a hall and struck a match as if h9 were going to irivf, it cn T.incf The Datrol waeon passed before the mati-li lightol. Lingg wanted to follow the wagon. He thought there was trouble on the West Side and wauted to know what it wa;, but the witness persuaded him to go hoino a little before 11 o'clock. Lingg peked if witness had seeu a notice iu the paper that the arimd men were to hold a meeting on the West bide. He showed a copy of the Arbeiter Zeitung and pointed to the word "ruhe,'' which he said meant that thero was to bo a meeting, and that eveiythini' was to be turned upsid? down. Lingg anil witness went to Nell's Hall, where a number of others were. Herman said .to Lingg, in a very angry voice: '"You are the cause of it all." There some one told of the Havmarket affair and said that a bomb had killed a great many. Lingg said nothing. 0n our way horn's Lingg said that even now he was scolded and gibed at for the work he had done; that his brothers in the cause did not appreciate him. They hid their bombs under the sidewalk. It was about midnight when they reached home. Witness said Engel often made speeches to the effect that every workingman should make bombs. ti.<? ?M?iu)nHnii nnint made a sen sation fiy holding up a bomb and a^kiDg; if that was the wajr bombs looked when they weni ready to go off. Considerable nervousness was displayed by Court and audience whea it was learnea that the thing was loaded, and Judge Gray insisted that it and the other bombs sb ould be taken down to the lake side and stripped of their caps, which was done. KNOCKED OYER. Congressmen Come to Blows in the House of Representatives. Quite a sensation was created in the House on the afternoon of the 10th by a personal encounter between Representatives Cobb, of Indiana, and Laird, of Nebraska, growing out of the charges made by the former on the floor of the House to the effect that tha Nebraska member had been concerned in a land ring. Representative Pay*on, of Illinois, a member of tne Public Lands Committee, was explaining to Representative Gilfillan the effect of certain Senate amendments to a bill intended to prote.t the rights of homestead settlers when Representative Laird leaned from his seat toward the party and asked: 'Why do not you fellows (referring to the Public Lands Committee) do something to break up the land rings in the South instead of raiding upon the North?" Mr. Payson replied that that wa3 what the committee was endeavoring to do. Mr. Cobb undertook to defend the committee of which he was the chairman, and an angry passage occurred between him and Mr. Laird, which ended by the latter gentleman calling the former a liar. Witnesses say that Mr. Cobb declare! that Mr. Laird did not dare to come outside and repeat his language. Mr. Laird is said to have replied thai; the gentleman could not get out soon enough for him. With this tne rair started through the lobby into the basement. Some one called Mr. Paysou's attention to their exit, with the statement that they were going outside to fight it out. Thereupon Mr. Payson hurried through the doorway, and coming up with the would-be combatants on the stairway, caught Mr. Cobb by the collar and remonstrated with him. He succeeded in getting Mr. Cobb to retrace hisstepsasfar as the west door of the lobby, Mr. Laird following, wheu the controversy brokeout afresh. Recurring to the charges Mr. Cobb had made against nun iu a speecn several wcuio ?>;u, Mr. Laird angrily declared that he (Cobb) was: a " liar." Mr. Cobb rejoined that Mr. Laird was a " perjurer," but the words | hail hardly passed his lips before Mr. Laird struck him a heavy blow on the mouth and no.<s. A stream of blood trickled down Mr. Cobb's faio, aud he was thrown backward against the dcorway. A crowd which had collected interposed at this juncture, and the I combatants separated, Mr. I.aird takiDg his seat in the House and Mr. Cobb reclining in | an o&sy chair in the lobby, where he was surrounded by friends. Loth of the members concerned are of powerful physique and bear the reputation of me:n ready at all times to defend themselves. Mr. Cobb stands six feet and over in his shoes and is of proportionate breadth. He is fifty-two years old. and is Chairman of the Public Lauds Co nmittee. Mr. Laird is but thirty-seven years of age, with a girth of chest that would ornament an athlote. He is also slightly lame, the result of a fracture of a leg a year or two ace. j EXTRADITION TEEA/Y. The Provisions of an Agreement Signed with England. The text of the Convention recently signed in London by Minister Phelps and the Earl I of KoseDery, extending ana aaamg to tne extradition provisions of the Treaty of 1842, ha? just been made public. The Convention extends the provisions of Article X, of the Treaty of 1842 to four crimes not therein named, as follows: Manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement or larceny involving the amount of (50 or ?10, and malicious injuries to property, whereby the life of any j person shall be endangered, if such injuries constitute a crime according to the laws of both countries. It is also provided that the provisions of Article X. shall apply to persons convicted of the crimes named in the ireui/y UJ. icrt* uuu tuo now wurcuuuu, tw well as to those charged before trial with commission of them. The Convention is not retroactive, no surrender is to be demanded for a political offence, and no trial is permitted for any other offence than the one for which extradition is requested until the | person extradited has had an opportunity to return to the State by which he was surrendered. In a letter to the Secretary of State, Mr. Phelps says it is understood between the two Governments that the Convention shall not stand in the way of a more elaborate treaty, if one is desired, but he expresses the opinion that a new treaty will not be necessary. The Convention went before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, from which it was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. An early and favorable report to the Senate wa* looked for, though it was thought the Convention might not be ratified at the present session of Congress. A HOERIBLE CHAME. CMldren Sftld to be Killed for Tlielr Insurance. Tiie death of the child of John Gore, of Mill vale Dorough, Pean., has led to striking developments. This child was found by Humane Agent U. J. Dolan locked up in a box almost dying. Dolan had the father arrested and he was fin:d $15 for his Inhuman treatment of the child Although given every care the child was too weak and ill to recover and it died. Sin?e then it has been learned that its life was insured for $65 in a company in Pittsburg and that including the payment of the $15 and costs imposed on the father, and the funeral expenses, th9 family is still ahead a small amount by the death of the child. In an interview Humane- Agent Dean said that this was not the fir it case of the kind that had come under bis observation; that it was a common practice among certain people to insure the lives of their children. There are three or four companies in Pittsburg, he continued, that make a specialty of insuring the lives of infants" and children. Tbese companies employ agents who visit the people of Pittsburg and Allegheny and offer to insure the lives of their children for a very small sum, to ba paid on the death of the child. Their plan is to get the risks and then go around and collect two or three cents weskly. Tempted by the inducement of securing what to them is a large sum of money, these poor people neglect and ill-treat their offspring. They practically kill them to get the money. A thorough investigation of all the cases will be made. NEWSY GLEANINGS, California farmers insure their crops. Onions from Egypt are being sold in thj treets of Boston. An ancient law against public shaving is being enforced in Boston. The aggregate population of Brooklyn and New York is nearly 2,300,000. Benjamin Zehner, a rich Indiana farmer, was recently stung to death by his bees. A man in New York committed suicide by pushing a handkerchief down his throat with U. luug 1 U1C1 A large number of quails, prairie chickens and wild turkeys are sent from St. Louis to England every season. A young man at Nevada City undertook to eat two dozen eggs at one sitting, but gavo up after eating twenty-one. A Mexican who died re:eutly was followed to the grave by eighty-seven sons and daughters, ana had buried thirteen. After September 30, 18SG, there will b? but one superintendent of the recruiting service of the army, with headquarters in New York city. Somebody has figured out that the South African diamond crop up to the present time amounts to six and a halt' tons, valued at $200,0j0,000. The census returns for Paris have just been issued. The population numbers 2,254,306 souls, showing the small increase of 1-1,378 6ince the last census taken five years ago, in 1881. Citizens of an Illinois town made a kite seven feet long, and sent it two thousand fha oir A winHlaoc wnc ricraraA. aud it required the power of three men to drag the kite back to earth again. It is said that the best strawberry country in the world is a few miles north of Newark, N. J. During good seasons some of the strawberries raised in that neighborhood are so large that it takes only twelve of them to make a quart. PROMINENT PEOPLE. President Cleveland proposes to spend $10,000 on the improvement of his country ftnffo n?o The daughter of General Gordon, of Georgia, is exceedingly beautiful and is called the "Belle of the South." M. Pasteur has received from the Russian Government the gift of 10'J,000 francs for his Paris Institute. Ex-President Arthur now drives along the New London beach looking as though he meant to live for years, Since his journey to the Northwest Chief Justice Waite's health has shown great improvement He will go as far as Alaska. Miss Rebecca. Williams, a Baltimore belle, recently had her portrait painted by the famous Cabanel, of Paris, at a cost of $6,000. Mr. Spuroeon, the London preacher, has just issued his l,9o0th sermon, which is said to be an achievement unrivaled in the history of homiletics. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is in great demand in England. His lectures are very popular, and he has more applications for time than he can possibly fllL Mrs. Grant and Colonel and Mrs. Fred lirant are spenuiog bus suiuiuo uukuj au the Long Branch cottage. Mrs. Grant es| pects to have all her children except Mrs. Sartoris with her this summer. General Sickles has made a proposition for a reunion of the Army of the Potomac: and the Army of Northern Virginia on the field in July, 1887, being the twenty-fourth anniversary of the battle of Gettysburg. Joseph Chamberlain, the English Radiicallmder, is described asdudish and wonderfully boyish in appearance, and though turnei fifty, might well pass for thiityfivo with his light, active figui e and 2gay dress, decorateJ invuriably with a rich, fresu orchid. Kixo GEonoE, of Greace, has nearly finished a splendid palace at Copenhagen, and has save.1 enough money to give him a life income of $125,000 a year, independent of any public position. And now he ii only waiting for a goo.l excuse to abdicate and re- I " tire porniaueiiuy num nm uiu6 uut.uu.t.,, Boston has eighty-threo miles of str ees and pays $450,000 a year to keep them clean. New York has 350 miles of thoroughfare, and pays *1,200,000 a year for cleaning them. Philadelphia claims to have 800 miles of streets, and yet only allows $200,000 a year for cleaning them. As an experiment a company of Japenese 6oldiers was fed on bread and soup, with an fiddition of beef for supper, for one month. At the end of that time each man had lost in weight from three to seven pounds. ALBANY'S BIRTHDAY. Inaugurating Her Third Century With a Grand Demonstration. An Immense Parade, with Cleveland and Cabinet Members Present. The ancient city of Albany, N. Y., the , | Capital of the Empire State, is just 200 years | old, and has been celebrating the occasion by a series of festivities on a grand scale. The observance of the city's bicentennial was begun on Sunday by religious exercises. On Monday, the second day of the celebration, the city wa? thronged with visitors, and the principal buildings were covered with many-colored flags and bright bunting. At 9 A. M. Mayor Thacher, with drawn sword, and preceded by a crier and herald, heaiea a procession in which were the city officials, the Burgess Corps, the Jackson Corps, the Bicentennial Committee, and Caughnawaga Indians in war paint and feathers, and proceeded to the ancient city gates. When the line reached the south gate, a high arch of evergreens on the corner of Broadway aud Hudson avenue, the Mayor, after the crier had sileuced the multitude, made the following nrnplomnHnn "To all ye of good fame and honest name, traveler, student, and friend, who shall enter our gates this day, aud in the days that for three-times shall follow after this, peace, greetings, cheer, and welcome. "Hitherto have we come after twice one hundred years, and within our walls to-day we celebrate this natal event Join with us in commemoration of the day when our fathers received their charter 2C0 years ago. ' Enter then beneath this triumphal areh and ' unite with us in paean and ovation. Freedom, ' liberty, and immunity we give thee for this 1 time.' This proclamation was fastened on both the ' south and north gates. The Indians sang in their native tongue, and the boom of cannon ' and the ringing of balls announced that Albany had thrown open her gates with a hearty welcome to all to participate in her festivities. After further exercises by school children there was a grand parade in tha afternoon i and in the evening a concert. Tuesday and Wednesday there were parades and festivities of a varied character. ; The President's Participation. ' Thursday, July 22d, was the biggest day Albany has ever seen. From the break of ' day, when a bicentennial salute of 200 gun3 ushered in the new century of municipal life, until nearly midnight, tne place Has Deen thronged with visitjrs to witness the great list of attractions. The railroads had more passengers than they could handle. First came President Cleveland, with 82c- ' retaries Bayard and Whitney and Col. La- I mont, at 6 a. m. on a special train from "Washington. The special train bearing the Presi- | dential party steamed into the depot a few minutes after 6 o'clock. Mayor Thacher, on behalf of the city, bade the" President welcome. The President greeted his frieads warmly and said it gave him pleasure to be with them again. Secretaries Bayard and Whitney, and Private Secretary Lamont, like the President himself, looked bright and fresh. The party were immediately escorted to the coaches and conveyed, with the Burgesses' Corps as an escort, to the Governor's mansion, where they were cordially welcomed by Governor Hill as his guests. After breakfast at Governor Hill's,the President drove to Secretary Manning's bouse on Washington avenue, where Mr. Cleveland stayed tiJl 10 o'clock. From there the President went to the Executive Mansion, where the Burgesses' Corps went to escort him to the parade. The President, Secretaries B lyard and Whitney, and Colonel Lamont, escorted by Mayor Thacher and the members of the anniversary reception committee, left the Executive Mansion, and entering carriages were driven to their places in the procession. Governor Hill, escorted by members of the reception committee, followed a few minutes later. The parade, in point of numbers and mili tary excellence, was an imposing display. The entire Fiftn division of the State National Guard?twenty organizations?under the command of Gen. Robert Shaw Oliver, formed the first division of the procession. Thay presented a fine appearance. A thousand Grand Army men made up the second division. Visiting military companies, among which were Com pany D, First Regiment, of Philadelphia; the Ross Guards, of Philadelphia; the Washington Continentals, of Schenectady; and the Keck Zouaves, of Johnstown, wera in the third. In the honorary staff of the Burgesses' Corps, which had the right of the Fourth Division as escort to the city's guests, were representatives of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery, of Boston; the Seventh and Twenty-third Regiment veterans, of New York; the Boston Light Infantry, the Governor's Foot Guard, of Hartford; the Worcester Continentals, the Old Guard, of New York, and the Providence Light Infantry. Behind them came the Seventh Regiment veterans, of New York, with Cappa's famous band, as escort to the President and other distinguished guests. The Seventh Regiment veterans, 290 strong, were, next to the Presidential party, the lions of the day. The streets along tne line of march were filled with people. Cheers, clapping of hands, and waving of handkerchiefs greeted the Chief Magistrate, who received an ovation at every point He bowed pleasantly to the right and left, H'.s race wreatnaa in sanies. Aiinouga the sun shone fiercely he kept his hat removed all over the route. In the next carriage, with a half closed top, were Secretary Bayard and ex-Mayor Banks. Secretary WhitDey followed with ex-Speaker Erwin, and then came Governor Hill with General Husted. The Governor's staff, mounted, for the first time in the capital for many years, followed behind, and preceded tho city authorities and the municipal guests, including Dr. Blom Coster, of The Hague, and other Dutch delegates, the Bicentennial Committee, the poet of the day, and other honored individuals. , As soon as the parade was over the dignitaries were escorted to the rink, where Governor Hill delivered a historical oration. Governor Hill's address was a long one, but was listened to attentively to the end. He reviewed the history of Albany from the time when Hudson landed on its site, in 1809, until the present, dwelling on the virtues and the faults of the early Dutch settlers, and the patriotism and public spirit of the later inhabitants of the city. Then ha turned his attention to the future of Albany, which he predicted would keep pace with the growth, honor and renown of this great and progressive country. Vociferous demands were made for President Cleveland, and in response to calls for a speech he said: "Citizens of Albany: I came here to-day as au invited guest to a family reunion. I desire to be modest and not mingle too freely in the congratulations and celebrations which belong more properly to vou. I do not wish to sound a single - > --* ? 1 1?-J ? note 01 ais.:ora, uu; i ouv? u?>u x> um^u of the Dutch, of th's beiDg a Dutch city, so much talk of the olden time aad of its customs, that when I remember that I dwelt among you, I wonder whether I am in the right place or not. At the risk of ere- i ating discordance, I will say that in my time Dutch was not the language of the town. The people spoke English, and to me words iu English of kindness that I will never forget. I am glad you have got ; your charter. When I lived here it was, I think, under a charter, but j according to my remembrance, it was a charter passed by the Legislative of the State in the first year I spent here and approved bv me. I must not detain you ( longer, but I cannot refrain from expressing , to you my apprei'iuuuu m mo muuu^i .. >.>? . which you nave received me aud fro-.n ro- j peating the homely and old-fashioned wish: , May the citizens of Albany an<l their descendants see mauy happy" returns of the day." Secretaries Bayard and Whitney followed : the President with short addresses. Mr. William H. McElroy, of New York, n9xt read a pce:n, and an ode written for ! the occasion by Bishop Doaae was sung. At 6:30 p. M. Governor Hill gave a dinner in honor of his guest?, at which the following were present: President Cleveland, Secre- ! tary of State Bayard, Secretary of the Navj Whitney, ex-Senator Francis Kernan. Lieu tenant-Governor Jones, Judge Rufus W.Peck ham, ex-Mayor A. Bleecker Banks, Colone I^amont, Dr. S. B. Ward and Colonel Rice. After dinner the company repaired ; to the Capitol, where a municipal re eptiof i was held in the Senate Chamber. The crush at the building was tremendous. From there the President, the Governor, and tboir party went to a reception given oy the Port 0. angc * Club. During the evening there was also a magm'Ananf nt'cnlav rtf ftrownrV? in IVa sVi{mwfAM UlUVOUV VUAJ/iWJ V* ?? - "VI l?j >U ?? lUUIU^bV/U Park, including Feveral pieces illustrating events in Albany's history. The Presidential party started for Washigton shortly after midnight on a special train. "NED BUNniNE," _______ <r Remarkable Career of the Famous American Fighter and Writer. Edward Z. C. Judson (Ned Bantline), who died of heart disease at his home in Stamford, N. Y., July 16th, in tho sixty-fourth year of his age, was a remarkable character. The JNew York World publishes the following sketch of his life: Willis Gaylord Clarke once wrote an affectionate obituary of Ned Buntline when a Nashville mob hanged him until theysupposed he was dead That was twenty years or more ago, yet the noted scout lived until yesterday. Ned Buntline's career was re- .if* markable. His father was a Philadelphia lawyer, who insisted upon putting Ned through a course of Latin and Blackstone at an early age. The boy rebelled, and one. * day, after a severe flogging, ran away to sea as cabin boy to a ship that sailed round the Horn. The embryo celebrity was'tben but eleven years old. The next year be entered the Government service as an apprentice on board a man-of-war. A year later, when thirteen years old, President Van Buren sent him a commission as midshipman for meritorious conduct in rescuing the crew r\f * Vwof win / Iatim Vitt a TTnlf** v* " MV?W < uu if U kjj u A UiMJU iwi >-uvau _ . on East River. Young Judson was assigned to the Levant. Other midshipmen refused to mess with him, because he had been a common sailor before the mast, and while on the way to join the Gulf Squadron he challenged thirteen of them to fight. Some withdrew their refusal and associated with him, but he fought seven of them, one after another, in Florida, New Orleans and Havana, escaping withont a scratch himself, but marking four of his antagonists for life. From that timo on his reputation as one of the best shots in tie United States was established. Ned Buntline probably carried more wounds ' in his body than any other living American. He had in his right knee a bullet received in V irginia and had twelve other wounds inflicted by sword, shell and gun, seven of which were got in battle. He was not educated for the army and navy. The title of Colonel came to him as Chief of Scouts in the Rebel* lion of 1861-0. . VHis first story, "The Captain's Pig/' was published in the Knickerbocker Mage( zine under the pseudonym of Ned Buntline, in 1838, when in his fifteenth year. This sketch brought notoriety to the young writer ; and fighter, who subsequently received as bigh as $60,003 a year for the product of his brain and pen. For many years his income J~>; as a story-writer brought him in $20,000 annually. He ouce earned $12,500 in six weeks, j and at another time, under pressure, wrote book of 610 pages in sixty-two hourp, scarcely sleeping or eating during that time. He usually received $2,000 for a story running through twelve weeks in the Ledger and' other story papers for which fce wrote. He did not know exactly how many stories he had written, but estimated them at between three and four hundred, each long enough for a book. Ned Buntline was not the wild man of the woods he was generally supposed to be. He? wa3 a temperance man in theory and practice, using neither tobacco nor profanity. He was a good talker and much esteemed as a neighbor and citizen. BRITISH ELECTIONS. Strength of the Various Parties in< the New Parliament. The English elections have resulted in a - S substantial victory for the Unionists and Tories over Gladstone and his Irish. Home',.- ' Rule allies A London dispatch says: "The different party classifications of the* 1 -- fltat new mouiuurs ugroo wnu a vauooucxm wu?v *o v really surprising, in view of the great number of returns and the unusual looseness of political ties; but no two match on every name. There are four or five members whose attitude is more or less dubious, and in dealing with the.e . the computers allow themselves '* vVs some latitude. I have gone over the list with great care and placed each of the doubtful members in accordance with ' his latest declarations. The returns received cover 663 seats, leaving only ssven unreported. Exclusive of Speaker Peel, the - " distribution is as follows: Conservative s (Tories), 318; Unionist-Liberal, 74; Gladstonites* 187; Nationalists, 83. A Union muster of 392 ranked against 270 Home Rulers. Thus far there is a majority of 122 against Mr. Gladstone on his Irish policy. Tne Conservatives have a plurality oi 56 over the Liberals of all kinds, but they fall 27 below the united vote of the Liberals and' Nationalists. The seven constituencies still to be heard from were represented in the last parliament by ; one Conservative, three Gladstonites and three Nationalists. If they hold their former political complexion the now Housa will be composed of 319 Conservatives, 74 Unionist-Liberals, 190 Gladstonites and 86 Nationalists, a Unionist total of 393 and a Ministerial total of 276 on the Irish question." Another .London aispatca fbjs; iuc general feeling in Conservative circles as to tbe course to be pursued toward Ireland seems to be in favor of increased energy in magisterial administration and stronger action on the part of the Dublin executive authorities. The suppression of the Irish National Leagueis not advocated. The extent of special legislation will be to renew the Crime3 act of 1872, giving the magistracy power to inquire into crimes through sworn witnesses,althoughno person be charged with the commission of the crime. Premier Gladstone and his Ministers senttheir resignation to the Queea on the 20th, and Lord Salisbury, the Tory leader, was called upon to name a new Cabinet Added to the losses resulting to the New England fishermen through the seizure of their ships by the Canadian authorities is the embarrassment of an unsuccessful season, the mackerel catch this year being only 5,000 barrels, as against 20,000 last year. THE MARKETS. VKW YORK. 29 Beef cattle, good to prime 1 w 7%(? %% Calves, com'n to prime veals 5%(? 7 Sheep 5 Lambs 6# Hogs?Live 5 @ 5)? Dressed, city 5 @ ft Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 3 20 @ 3 85 West, good to choice 4 00 @ 5 00 Wheat?No. 2, Red '87 @ 88# Rye?State 57 @ 58X Barley?Four-rowed State... @ r.? tt a \r,wi 45 at 49 UJI U UliUlOU. ill -- Oats?White State 40)$@ 43)? Mixed Western 36 @ 38 Hay?Med. to pr. Timothy.. 85 @ 92% Straw?No. 1, Rye 80 @ 85 Lard?City Steain 6 40 @ 6 60 Butter?State Creamery.... 18 @ 18}f Dairy 13 @ 16 West. Im. Creamery 11 @ 13 Factory 10 @ 12 Cheese?State Factory 8# Skims 6 @ 6}? Western 7?*@ 1% Eggs?State and Penn 15 (g) 15^ BUFFALO. Sheep?Good to Choice 4 25 @ 4 50 Lambs?Western 5 75 @ 6 25 Stwrs?Western 4 60 @ 5 05 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 15 @ 4 60 Flour?C'y ground n. process 5 25 @ 6 25 Wheat?i*o. 1. iiurd JJuluth. 86 (g 86% Corn?No. 2, Mixe<l New? ? @44 Date?No. 2, Mixed Western 38 (<1 38% Barley?Two-rowed State... ? @ ? BOSTON. Beef?Ex plate and famly.10 50 (?11 00 * Hogs?Live 5 V'" ?T? -TV? 1 rn/A"?. fil/ nurvucru isicsaeu. 0/4^ Pork?Ex. frime, per bljl... 11 5U ?/; 1 - 00 Flour?Winter \\ heat pat's. 5 10 % 5 30 Corn?High Mixed 46 @ 49 Oats?Extra White 443^(8 45 Rye?State 70 @ 7? WATF.RTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef?Extra quality 5 50 @ 6 00 Sheep?Live weight i}4@ 5 Lanios 7 Hogs?Northern, d. w 6 PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Peun. ex family, good 3 37j^@ 4 00 Wheat?No. 2, Red. ? @ 86 Rye?State @ 75 Com?State Yellow @ 49 OatsMixei 37 @ 39 Butter?Creamery Extra Pa 17 @ 18 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 8 <g) f*