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!t is estimated that more miles of ttril- I road will be built in this country in 188? | than during any year since 187S. The rush of peeplc to Queenstown eager to make their way from Ireland to the United State3 will tend to make this anotner lamous year oi lramijfRiuuu. One of flic dynamite shells recently made for the United States Navy will j kill, it is thought, a thousand men, blow up a mau-of-war or destroy a Government building. A correspondent of the Sric/tt{ric American says: A fortune awaits the inventor of a successful perfect dash or buggy lamp, or a lamp to be attached to a horse's breast. One that will not go out when most needed, and with sufficiently 6trong reflector to light the road for some distance ahead of the horse. Not long ago the secretary and treasurer of one of the largest street-car lin<?s in Pittsburg was taken ill, and lits daughter undertook to monage his business Shft kent the books in pood shane. attended to the collection of money, paid the employes, and bought feed and stock for the company. She did so well that when her father died tha company elected her to fill the position permanently. A correspondent wants to know what the Skjaeggedalfass is. One would naturally fancy it to be an ejaculation made by a Russian with a bone in his throat. Another would suppose it so be .-v the 8,000 active verbs the pig hyphenates together when being led to slaughter by the tail. But it is neither of these; it is $h iply the name of a Norwegian waterfall, that is noted for its wild and dazzling beauty, where Norwegian couples spend their honeymoen, and Norwegian backmen amass many shekels of gold and silver. A gentleman interested in the com? f *1, ? - 4- 11 I* {? vi tuc rsa\D iuav it JO going rapidly to large hulk. Twenty years ago a propeller that could cany 50,000 bushels of grain or 1,000 tons of coal was considered a monster, but there are many now in the trade between Buffalo aud Chicago and Cleveland and Duluth that carry over 100,000 bushels of grain in a single cargo. The Onoko, one of the great iron propellers, takes 120,000 bushels of oats iu a single cargo. These large vessels are fast crowding the smaller propellers and sailing vessels oil the lakes. A Berlin correspondent writee that successful experiments have been made at Metz with a navigable balloon, propelled by an electric motor. The balloon is the invention of a German engineer named Welker, who for some time was employed in America, where he perfected lus dis/>Ar?ft??TT nnrm r% r.n 4- .Vine wvitij. x uu utiuiau vi v ? ?ji iiiuviiw liao bought the invention, paying for it 1,000,000 marks down and another 1,000,000 which is to be paid in installments. The speed of the balloon exceeds that of a railway traiu, and it may be stopped and directed at will, moving aginst the wind. Arbor, or tree-planting, days are grow ing in favor. Pennsylvania held hers April 22, New Jersey the 13th for southern counties and the 22d in northern counties, and on April 29 Connecticut held her first trcc*2)lanting as appointed by law. Some of the Western States, notably Nebraska, have established arbor days with profitable results. The need of tree-planting, in order to replace the growth cut away for various purposes, is too obvious to require one word of argument. Any regulation which impels people to set trees where there is cone to be commended. The Registrar-General's ''Animal Summary of Births and Deaths in London and ether Great Towns,'' just issued, shows that London is not only one of the healthiest towns in England, but that it is by far the healthiest capital in the world. The following tablet shows the death rate per thousaud in a number of the great capitals of the world: London. 19.9 Calcutta i ,v n Christian ia 21.4 New-York ) ' Stockholm 21.9 Vienna [ ~ Geneva 22.5 Rome t * Brussels 53.1 "Warsaw 2s. 1 Copenhagen 2:5.3 St. Petersburg H0.7 The Hague 24.3 Buda-Pe^th 37 9 Paris '24.(5 Cairo 47.3 Berlin 25.0 ? Many efforts have boon mad< in vain in recent years to introduce the onc-eoiit piece into common use iu the South. The "Sew Orleans Time*-Democrat recalls the fact that several years ago "a newspaycr imported some barrels of ihe coins and put them forth, only to find out that lh.-y returned in a very short lime." At la<t the despised coin is reported to be wincing favor in New Orleans. The 77?;/> Democrut declares that ''a large number of houses are now willing to accept it and make their change accordingly, and the public is beginning to recognize that t cent is of some value after all. Strange to say, at the beginning of this movement, the small dealers still h'Od back." What Napoleon wittily said of Russia, that it. is a d'sp>ti<m limited oniv by assassination. still holds true, gays the Cultioutor. The last Czar, the father of the present on>?, was brutally murdered, and there is never a moment when the i autocrat is absolutely safe. Since the iuvention of dynamite the position of this poor creature has become more pitiable than ever, as he may be blown to atoms at aay moment, with no possibility of previous warning. And even more serious than this is the effect upon the millions of Russian people who seem driven to plots and dynamite as the only means ior effecting reforms which in happier lands are brought about by popular education aud the enactment of more ius>t and liberal i - > ;rr ' , - aa?gmwuj??? The ji&iidon JT?f? has informed its readers that" Buffalo Bill" is not a wi'd Indian, as many of thcra have supposed, but the Hon. W. F. Cody in private life and a "member of (he United States Parliament.'' Professor Brown-Sequard," says the Pall Mill Gazette, 1 'has bccu informing his ctmlnnts that death bv throat-cuttin'i is painless from the moment the skin of the nock is severed, and that the severing of the larynx produces complete anaesthesia. Moreover, a blow delivered with violence upon the larynx can produce instantaneous death, with syncopal appearances; and M. Brown-Sequard thinks that 'inasmuch as most assassins seem to he cognizant of the fact, honest people ought to be made aware of it also.' Just what the conclusion from these statements is, v:c do not exactly see. Is it a pica for the introduct ion of a new method of capital punishment, or a veiled compliment to the extensive and peculiar knowledge possessed by the French assassin !*' Every one has heard something of the remarkable substance extracted from coal tar which is 300 times as sweet as sugar, anil most persons have probably looked forward with apprehension to the time when this interesting product should be surreptitiously substituted for natural sweetening in the food 'offered ihem to eat, with results which they did not care to investigate. It would'Seem that this time is not veir far off, to judge from an article in the <*ermau Sugar Manufacturers' Journal which says that an establishment for the production of the artificial saccharine is nearly ready for business in Westerhusen, near Magdeburg. The material produced in the factory is to be used, it is said, for mixing with glucose. One part of the new .saecharine mixed with 500 parts of glucose gives a compound as sweet as the beet sugar universally used onthe continent, and at a much smaller prioe, sincc glucose can easily be made out of rags, refu?c potatoes, or a score of other inexpensive substances, while the other ingredient of the imitated su<?ar is nroduced with little difficultv O ~ 4 from another cheap material. Within tihepast few years several towns in the "Western-States have been experimenting with-street pavements of brick. Many miles of brick pavement, it is needless to say, exist in Holland, and there are remains of brick in the streets of Nantucket, Mass., but elsewhere in the United States this material has been rarely, if ever, used for the purpose. According to the Engineering Xeia>, Bloomington, III., deserves the credit of being the first modern town in his country to introduce brick paving on an extensive scale. The town is situated in the clay region and bricks arc cheap flioro oe nvill rrrtdrl iilld l?v I'.irpfltl selections of material it has been found possible to produce bricks so tough and hard that in JJloomington, where seven miles of streets are laid with them, they have been found, after ten years' experience. durable, as well as cheap and convenient. In Amsterdam, where, although canals intersect the city in all directions, a good deal of traffic is carried on by means of horses and wagons, the pavements of small, whitish bricks chow little feign of wear; and, partly on account of their porosity and partly from the numerous joints which exist between them, they are in wet weather much dryer and pleasautcr to walk over than stoec, or eveu asphalt. The whole number of persons in the United States employed in the business of taking and curing Ibh for market is 131,420, and of this number 37.000, or about onc-fourtli. arc in the Xew England State?. It will be surprising to many to learn tbat the largest number credited to one State belongs to Maryland?20,000; next comes Massachusetts, with 20.000; next Virginia, with 18,000; next Maine, with 11,000. Taking the States in group?, we find that the South Atlantic States have 52,400 persons engaged in the fishing business; the New England States, 27,000; the Pacific States, lfi.800; the Middle States, 15,000; the Gulf States, 5,131, and the Lake district, 5,000. The whole capital invested is f:)8,000,000, and of this, much the largest proportion?$20,000.000?is in the Xew England States: $0,000,000 in South Atlantic States, $4,426,000 in the Middle State41, $2,74#.000 in the l'aeilic States: $1.345,000in the Lake region, and $415,000 in the Gulf State:. The ?1.? -f .1 ........l j.,ci ncin Yiliul U1 uiu ituiiuiii [uuuiat v*1")vvy 000?$14,270,000 of which belongs to the New England States: $0,000,000 to the South Atlantic States; 010.000 to the Middle States; $7,484,000 to the Pacific States. $l,7S4,000to the Lake district, and $1,227,000 to the Gulf States. The reports do not give the citizenship of the persons engaged in the indu-try, but it is known that while the 94,400 in all other States than New England are Americans,three-fourth? of theI{7,0U0 in New England are foreign born and chiefly alien*. A London "Oath."' Moody is the strongest adjective oath in the low i>trcet calendars of London. Yet the word has a history dating froin the days of Queen Elizabeth. "When this maiden Queen sat on the throne of England a chivalrous oatli of the knights was one in t lie name of the Queen. Uncovering the head and looking toward her astle, they would exclaim, when wishing to intensify a statement: "J]y our I^uly Bes?!"' On the other hand, the Queen had many enemies among her subjects. These would mutter under their breath in accents of imprecation "JHoody Bess!" the word coined by speaking *l?y ?our?lady'' quickly. Henceforth the adjective indicated loathing and in-ult. Low class Londoners do not often sweat in the Reuse of taking God's name in vain. Their swearing is mostly confined to a reckless flinging about o? this sanguinaty epithet, which I've written with bated qreath. so accustomed have I grown to regarding the word as the veriest h prosy of spcech.?Troy Tlnus, ?s ' " ; > AIMS OF ANARCHISTS. A Combination of the Three Principal Organizations. ; Plans for an Uprising m the Country in 1889, A Chicago dispatch gives the following particular* about a proposed combination of the throe leading pwiaiisuc organiziuion* ? ? j this country: A few (luys ago a report was published about a projected combination of the three principal Socialistic organizations in this I country?the Rel International, the Black I International, and the Socialistic Labor Party. While theaimsand designs of theso-called Black International, or the International Working People's Association, thanks to the Anarchists' trial, have become widely known, nobody knew or hardly ever heard of the Red International, or the International Workmen's Association, as being a specific organization of Socialists along the Pacific coast. This organization was founded in San Francisco in LSK5. It was organized in all the principal cities throughout the AVestem States after the model of the Knights of Labor assemblies, and is by far more secret than that organization. It is now authoritatively announced by an organ of the Socialists that the leader of the "Reds*' proposes there shall be an uprising in 1889. What would occur were the uprising he counts on successful is thus outlined: "The circumstances which may permit decisive action will probably be these: In 1S8*J the present panic will approach a climax. It will be widespread and alarming, accompanied by closed factories, starring workers, rioting, and the use of military force. It may even, complicated by a bitter niocc in<r result in a suuvresskm -of the l ights of free speeuh. meeting, and press. I Until then, unless the whole people are aroused, it is the duty of tie wise Socialist to hold aloof from riots in special localities. The time is not vet ripe for success; we have counted <?ur hea<ls and we know it. To strike this year would be to uselessly slaughter our best peoule and put back the cause a hundred years. No, at present we must be wise as serpents, but harmless as doves. We must take advantage of it for agitation and education only. We must speak much and act not at. all. When the working people are hungry their brains weaken. One year of panic" means a trebling of our forces at the very least. And while, with our ]jre*ent 100,0 JO Socialists, forcible action is impossible, with 400.000 (what next panic will give us if we manage wiselji, we hold the game in our own hands. We have, perh?p6. until 1KS9, time in which to perfect our plans. That year in Europe will surely bring grave results. In America, if figures lie not. another panic, greater, deeper and more widespread than the preceding, will b? upon us. Then, and not till then, may we risk a cast of the iron die. Then may we-strike the strike to win. I The article stat?s that they expect to liave in the United States in 18S9 at least 500,(XX) earnest Socialists, divided somewhat as follows: Chicago, 25,000; New York, 25,000; in the New England factory States, 100,000; in the central coal and iron region, 100.000; in Colorado and the Western States, 50.000; on the Pacific coast, 50,000; in the Atlantic and Southern cities, altogether, 100,000, and scattered at various points in towns and villages, 50,000 more. The article proceeds as follows: ".The panic- comes, the public are excited, outbreaks occur, the large centres revolt, the places where but a few Socialists exist are made points for rallying of the conservative element. In those small places it should be made the duty of the Socialists there presiding, seeretely and with all the aid of scietue in destructive warfare, to raise sufficient turmoil to keep the conservatives bus}' at home. Meanwhile, in large centres Viold measures should bi* taken. Our people should head, lend and control tbe popular revolt: should seize the places of * power: should lay hands upon the j machinery of the Government. Once in ! stalled in power, the revolutionary committee should follow this course of action. The decrees should at mice 1*> promulgated and enforced."' It is proposed to make Chicago the headquarters of the uprising in 1889 wliich is to follow the -combination of the different branches of the Internationalists, and quite i m elaborate programme is outlined of the manner in which the style of government will be cluuige?l after the revolt has proved snccessfnl. The year 1NS!> is also the one decided in by the National Federation of Trades and Labor Assemblies as the one in which the eight-hour rule cho-ild go into vffect. r;.rr. miners were smothered to death by the collapse of a pillar in an Ashland (Penn.) mine. A scaffold nt Montieello. 111., was thrown J to the ground by the antics of a calf, one of ! the four men upon it being killed and one fatally injured. Turkic brothers named Haywanl were ilrnwnmi in ChesriDoake Bav by the capsizing of their boat. The Government has been informed that many Indians in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona, have died lately of moas'.es. A coming bulletin of the Agricultural Department will give full and explicit directions how to tell the difference between genuine butter ami oleomargarine. The Nova Scotia legislature has adopted resolutions against coercion in Ireland. An* American party of prospectors have discovered two of the seven silver mines in Mexico worked by the .Spaniards over a hundred years ago. The whereabouts of these mines has been a mystery for many years. Mr. Gladstone, in a speech at a dinner given by I-abor members of Parliament, tiei.i? in 4.114* n/?r*n<nt inn made by tho London Times that Parnell had written a letter expressing approval of the PJurnix Park murders. A LONG LEAP. A Youiie Man of Nineteen Jumps From Brooklyn Bridge. Emanuel De Freitns. a nimiteen-yeir old. printer from Nova Scotia, has essayed ami successfully accomplished the perilous feat of jumping from tiie greet Brooklyn Bridge into the East: River. At 4:55 p.m. Wednesday, Officer Doyle, who was stationed on t he bridge promenade, noticed a slight built boy, not more than five feet four inches tall, with smooth face and dressed in a dark sack coat and dark trouseiS, and wearing a soft white hat, climb over the rail and upon one of the planks which are placed across the iron structure through whieli the southern track runs, and which are used by tho olectrie light men. The boy, who was J)e Fi vitas, ran ouickiy * over the plank and dimnea dutt u a ladder to the roadway, across which he rushed and began climbing ui>on the parapet. Doyle shouted to Bridge Policeman Finn, who was about fifty feet, away from De Freitas upon the roadway, and Finn ran toward him. A wagon got in his way, and. before he could reach him the boy was on the parapet and preparing" to jump. Finn sprang forward, and bis Iiand caught De Freitas's heel just, as he attempt -<1 to jump out into the air. The heel slipped from his'grasp, but the slight li.il.l li<? Ii-i I wiis yiifhcient to throw i)e Freitas head forward. He Ml f'M' sonw distance with lii< l*?dy slijilitly im-lined forward, und then suddenly turned completely over, liis J>>iy "initio Imck to an inclined position. W lien still some dNtanre above the river his body turned an?l lie struck the water head first, cutting it liken knife and disappearing from view. He soon arose and was taken abonrd a steam lighter close at hand. Do Freita* was arrested soon afterward, and stated that lie had made this jump to satisfy himself il could be done, lie was uninjured. Tiik suit by the owner for damages from the (irand Trunk Ilaihvay Company for killing "Jumbo" is soon to come to trial in New York. The amount asked is $100,000, and a part of the testimony already taken by affidavit is to the effect that the elephant was worth $60,000 a year for circus purpose?. NEWS SUMMARY Knstci'U and Middle Stains. The Delaware Legislature has adjourned ? i:- * *u,. ,.r !,,> MIIU UK*. ^\IIIt/II? l/lio VHWllljj UI VII'- -n..i won was tlu; defeat by tin; Senate of the House High License bill. Archbishop (.'orrigax, of New York, denounces recent utterances of the ('tilh ilic Herald, a staunch friend of Rov. Dr. Metrlynn, as ' shockingly scandalous." and warns its editor not to let any .such appear in future. Hex day laws against liquor selling liavc been rigidly carried out in New York City. Firstclass hotels and restaurants, as well a* the smaller places, are prevented from serving liquor to guests. Miss Nancy Lesi.ey, a bright Philadelphia belle, accidentally shot and killed herself with a revolver which she carried while visiting friends in Brooklyn, N. Y. Fire in a big Brooklyn gas fixt ures manufactory caused a loss of J'itK),0(K). "Jake" Sharp, the man who is charged with bribing the New York Aldermen to grant his Broadway horse-car company a charter, was hauled" up in court by the District-Attorney on Monday, and his trial set for an early day. A fire at Allegheny City, Penn., resulted in the death of two persons?a man aud a woman?and fatal injuries to one man. Numerous stove foundries in the East have been closed because molders refusal tu work on patterns made by a boycotted St. Louis lirm. Soutli and West. Later reports of the devastation by the cyclone in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi are heartrending, and the number of 1 ivt*s lost, is much greater thati was at first anticipated. The town of Preseott, Kansas was wiped out of existence. 9 A flat car loaded with laborers collided with an engine on a division of the Northern Pacific railroad in "Washington Territory. Six men wen-killed and eighteen injured. Patrick 51. Hkn.vkssy, Sergeant-at-Arins of the late Texas State Senate, but dismissed far forging vouchers, has been convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Many prominent people, including several members of President Cleveland's Cabinet, were present at the unveiling of a statue to John C. Calhoun iu Charleston, S. C. Military companies from all parts of the State part icipated in the parade. Some boys were examining nil old shell embedded in the side of the mountain at Harper's Ferry, Va., when it exploded with such tremendous force that several dwellings 100 yards awaj- were almost demolished. Six persons were injured, two with probably fatal result. At least 400 children are down with measles at Madison, "Wis. Many adults have also been attacked. Washington. The President has appointed Edward F. Bingham, of Ohio, tohe Chief Justi<* of the .Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, to till the vacancy caused by the death of Chief Justice Cartter. About 5,500,000 trade dollars ltave been redeemed up to date. Commissioner Mimjbk estimates that the Internal Revenue receipts for the present fiscal year will aggregate $118,000,000, as against $110,902,*09 for the last fiscal year. The Interstate Commerce Commission have been receiving petitions from railroads all over the country requesting the suspension of the long and short haul clause of the law. Ttik President has.directed tiie appointment of Surgeon George M. Sternberg, U. S. A., to investigate the merits of inoculation for the prevention of yellow fever as (iraaisen in aim nruzu. (J enkrai. Grant's birthduy was oeleforated under the auspices of a Grand Army Post in a Washington church on Tuesday." Among the speakers were the Mexican Minister , Senator John Ij. Morgan, General HcnkJe aud others. .Tames H. Mark, chief clerk to the First Assistant Postmaster-(Jeneral, is dead. He was horn in Maryland in 1810, and had been fifty-six veal's in'the continuous service of the Postoftice Department, beginning wi:h the administration of President Jackson. President Cleveland's most initiinato friends deny the statement recently made that he had declared emphatically iliat he would not accept a renommatiou. Senator Bkck, a member of t-hs Senate Finance Committee, thinks that owing to the accumulation of the surplus revenue in the Treasury, au extra session of Congress to relieve the country of a possible financial stringency is necessary. Foreign. A msASTRors tire has occurred at Arnaut keire, Asm Minor, f ive nunarea iiou.v?s were burned ami many persons lost their lives. Stanley's expedition in Africa for the relief of Emin Pasha has lieen heard froiii. All of the party were well. Two Mexican officers killed each other in a dueL RksotiUTCONR of sympathy with i reland a nd of regret that coercion was about to be restored have been carried in the Ontario Legislature by 5!) yeas to 28 nays. Thk 1,.>>0,000 slaves registered in Brazil in !*?.'{ havo been reduced by a system of gradual liberation to 7o0,000. Four new Cardinals will soon be created by the Pope. In Ecuador l-ecently the Liberal leader, Vargas Terres, was captured, trie*! by court martial and shot. Jvne 22 has l>oen officially set apart as the day for observing the Queen's jubilee in Canada. Thrkr young men were drowned at St. Romuald, Canada, by the ups.'ttiugol aboat. ? ~ 1..M j'amaku l/amivf ? jiiautn , uiw invn jvi?4napped by Cuban bandits, who demand (M)i) for h?s ransom. The yacht Thistle, the British vwl which will come to America this summer to race for the world's championship, lias just bei-u launched at Glasgow. THE NATIONAL GAME. The Now York's new catcher, Brown, appears to be an excellent base-runner. The best base-runner in the Louisville Club is to receive a gold medal at the end of the season. Jay Faats, of the Torontos, is ths tallest man in the baseball profession, with six feet three inches. i he new rules are accompusmng wuac they were expected to, viz.: Lightening the umpire's duties. ICtKKE, of the New Yorks, has shown up better under the new rules than any other League pitcher. Four of the Chicago team are over six feet in height. They are Anson, Baldwin, Darling and Sullivan. Syracuse has the honor of being the first club this season to whip a National League club?the Pittsburgh. A K\snviLLE doctor has offered a $250 cup to the Tennessee Intercollegiate Baseball Association as a prize. The management of the Washington Baseball Club has issued season ticket! to tho President, members of his Cabinet and many of tho prominent bureau offiears. The Tndianapolis club is to issue a ladies' season t icket at a prico of $l.r>, and complimentary tickets will also lie issued t< > such of the clergy as evince an interest in the game. Ix the ranks of the Buffalo*, is 6: wit, the finest colored second baseman in the .ountry, with few equals among his while brethren, and Jack liensen, the veteran centre fielder. Ae. Kpauldixo, President of the Chicago ' lull 1V.IC <1... 1 m r.-,f . l.i'or salary. He was called the ' Four thousand dollar pitcher," from yetting that sum for 0110 season's work. Of tiie men who have led the League in batting since 1!>7!?, the Now Yorks contain three, namely: Core, Connor and O'R'ourke, while Anson belongs to Chicago. Brouthers to Dctriot nnd Kelly to Boston. Tub baseball craze in Macon, (5a.. has gone so far that the teachers in the schools entertained the pupils with anecdotes regarding the lives of the member? of the Dctriot team during their visit to the Southern city. This is an absolute fact, says a correspondent. A TEMrLE and hospital, to be usf r! exclusively for the benefit of the Chinese inhabitants of New York and suburbs, will l? opened shortly in tkat city. ' . ' " /. FOREIGN AFFAIRS^ Interesting News Topics From Other Lands. Progress of Stanley's Expedition For Emm Pasha's Relief. Advices from the Stanley expedition for the relief of Emin Pasha have been received from Matadi on the Congo River. The entire expedit ion landed at Banann at tlie mouth of the river, and re-embarked aboard vessels belonging to the Congo State, which were awaiting the expedition. Next day the expedition anchored at Boma, the seat of the general administration of the Congo Free State, and a cordial reception was given the whole body. Mr. Stanley was confident of the success of his enterprise, and hoped that in June he would be able to render effectual assistonce to Emin Pasha. The Free State had arranged to victual the expedition from Matadi tn I i^AnAlHvillo Sfanlov Ponl \f ? Stanley hoped to march rapidly and to surprise the enemies hedging i?min Pasha. The expedition left Boma on March 21 and arrived at Matadi on the 22d, and there disembarked, the river being unnavigable thence to Leopoldville on account of the Livingston Falls. The expedition was to proceed on foot for eighteen days along the falls, and expected to reach Leopoldville on April 19, where Mr. Stanley was to be met by four steamers belonging to the Conga State. The English and French mission stations of the upper Congo had also been requested to place their two steamers at his service. The alliance made with Tippoo Tib and his appointment to the Governorship of Stanley Falls is regarded as a master stroke by Mr" Stanley, who will be able to use Tippoo's great influence to protect the expedition after it leaves the Congo stations. The Sclmacbelcs Affair. In the matter of the arrest of M. Schnaebeles, a French Special Commissary, by the Germans, a Rome d spatch says: The*Pope has sent confidential notes to the French and German Governments offering to act as mediator in the Sihinaebeles affair. A Berlin dispatch says: The tone of the comments of the press on the Schnaebeles affair and fresh rumors in relation to the arrest are causing alarm in Berlin. Paris advices are as follows: Further papers relating to the Schnaebeles affair have been despatched to Berlin, in eluding tac-amues of two letters from Commissary Gautsch, showing that Schnaebeles was induced to cross the frontier by false pretences. Prince Bismarck was first made cognizant of the affair through the French Government. It is said that Herr von Leyden, the German Charge d'Affaires, has informed M. Flourens. Minister of Foreign Affairs, that Prince Bismarck regretted that the Leipsic court had ordered the arrest of M. Schnaebeles without consulting the Chancellor, for an offence concerning which Prince Bismarck reserved his opinion. Confederation in Central America. The treaty concluded between the five republics of Central America?Costa Rica, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala?has just been officially published. It consists of thirty-two articles. In case difficulties between two or more of the republics threaten their peace the dispute is to be referred to ar uuiuuuu. JLU xa piuviucu uiav i-ur ui ail the States shall have equal rights in every State with the citizens thereof. Citizens of one republic can be naturalized in any of the others on one year's residence; other foreigners in three years. All articles indigenous to or manufactured in any of the signatory republics shaM be exempt from import. export and municipal (octroi) taxes after September 1!>, 1890. The diplomatic or consular agents of any one republic arc required to act for the citizens of any other republic when called upon to do so, and the legalization of a deed or paper by the consul of one shall be sufficient evidence of its execution in all. The five republics agree to enter the Postal Union, and make all printed matter free of postage. A uniform system of coinage, weiglils and measures and of the penal and civil codes is provided for. An international congress of the five republics shall be lveld every two yeai-s, beginmug September 15, 1>W8. Gladstone Attacks the Budget. In the British House of Commons Mr. Gladstone contended that the main proposals of tlm hiirlwt it-era at variance with sound financial principles. The consumers would J derive no benefit from the reduced tobacco tax. Ho especially criticised the proposed reduction of the sinking fund. He believed the country was adding about ?100,000,0(10 yearly to its savings, yet it was asked to shrink from the very moderate effort that had hitherto been made to provide a sinking fund. Lord Randolph Churchill praised the "weighty remarks'of Mr. Gladstone. Speaking as a true friend of the Government, he must condemn the policy of making grants in aid of local taxation. Mr. Goschen replied to the attacks upon the budget. It is believed Gladstone's speech will cause the < ?o\ eniment to modify its local loan propolis, and probably its proposals relative to the tobacco duty: but it is thought that the main features of th9 sinking fund and income tax reductions will >x? maintained. Cmada's Fishing Campaign. A Halifax dispatch .states that Captain S ott, admiral of the Canadian fishery protection fleet, starts 011 lis first cruise of the season on the steamer Acadia, about May 10. The Acadia is being refitted with new furnaces and machinery at a cost of nearly $&),(>00,and the improvements areexpected to Rive her greater speed than before. An order has beer, issued from the .Fishery Department forbidding officers of the fishery cruisers to allow themselves to be interviewed by )>ress representatives in the future, it being claimed that their ntterauces have frequently been exaggerate ! an 1 misrepresented in the past. The Afghan Rebels. The Ghilzais have defeated tin Am"0"'s troopsand killed 100 of them at Baboo Ca-tlo, near Khelat. Sir John (iorst, Parliament-try Secretary of the Iudia Office, said in the British House oi i.ommons mac inc Ameer <u .nguanisiaji reports that tbo O-bilzai rebellion is not spreading, and tbat his troops are meeting with success in then- encounters with the rebels. Victor Hugo's Will. Victor Hugo's will has been admitted to probate, says a London dispatch. His property in lSngland is valued at JW?5,(XW. His daughter and grandctiildrea are the sole heirs. Au annuity of ?400 is left to the will ! aw of bis son Charles. REWSY GLEANINGS, Thkiie are eight cas>s of contested election in the Fifth Congress. The osseous remains of a mast oil on have been found at Tiro, Ohio. The Sundav-schools of Brooklyn are to have a great parade 011 May S3. ? -...ui:- .1-1.4 *om - inr. oru!S> J'uuuu iicui wi v.ouaua ? (.n>, I J540.Hfi; net debt, $&>,$?),831. A PiTTSBUHG paper estimates that $.">0,000.000 aro invested in natural gas plants in Pennsylvania. PuiLADEr.PiiiA roj>orts a great building lioom under way. It. has 180,000 buildings or one to every five inhabitants. A PARTY of Chicago capitalists and United States Arniv officers have purchased 5,000,000acres of "land in Northern Mexico. The fight on th-? Bartholdi Liljcrty Statue, it i* stated officially, is visible twenty-three miles b.'yoiul Sandy Hook on a clear night. The Brooklyn Tal>ernacle (Rev. Dr. Talmnt'iO is to be enlarged so as to accomm xlate I 1,'fW persons in excess of its present capacity. Thihty-thkek new hotels are to bo erected in I.os Angeles County, California, this season. They will cost from $o0,000 to $000,000 each. J r is l>elieved that thousands will he added this year to Alaska's population, as mining and exploring are to be energetically prosecuted. A Steam-tug of 700 tons burden is under construction at Bangor, Maine. It is claimed that she will be the largest boat of her kind in this country. Horses are smuggled across the Rio Grande River from Mexico in great numbers. Fifteen liuudred were seized in San Antonio one dav recently, while in transit as contmLauJ. ' - M? II A TEEEIBIXJTORNADO, Heavy Loss of Life and Great Do* strnction of Property. A terrific tornado has swept over t.he northern part of Vernon County, Mo. It seemed to come down the Marmaton River from the Kansas line, dealing death and destruction wherever it struck. Fences, houses, barns, aud everything in the track of the storm, which was half a mile wide, were carried along and wrecked. Over thirty houses were destroyed. About fifteen pei-sons were killed. Among them were Mrs. E. Shrout, Miss Shrout, daughter of Mrs. Shrout; May Stover, J. C. Hawkins, John Miller and Mrs. John Miller. Of the five members of the Miller family, four were killed. The baby, aged two years, was dropped in the yard and found unhurt the next morning. Parts of j at;ii,.,. I the fields a mile from where the house formerly stood. It is thought that the death roll will be swelled to over twenty-five. The wind was preceded by a heavy hail storm, which did considerable damage. Many ot the hailstones weighed from three to five ounces, and some of them measured nine inches in circumference. Tbey crashed through the roofs of dwellings and barns, leaving holes through which a mail's arm could pass. Considerable injury to stock is reportei from the hail. The storm entered the county a short distance from Fort Wcott, Kansas, and traversed nearly thirtyJive miles. A Little Rock (Ark.) dispatch says: Early this morning a tornado, originating in the Indian Territory, and moving almost due east, passed through tha country four miles north and along the line of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad. It was between a quarter and a half mile wide, and near Ozark, Franklin county, did great damage to trees, houses and fences. Near Coal Hill and Clarksville, Johnson county, the damage was serious, and many person? were injured. Four miles from Clarksville John Reed's child, G. D. Rowley's daughter, and a child of Mr. Petty were killed. A man named Phillips was injured by falling timber. The heavy rain was attended by an interesting phenomenon in the northern portion of the city. Balls of fire seemed tn Iv fflllmc of on onrrlp nf .13 Hotrrtx*c TVwav - struck the ground and bursting into myriads of fiery flakes rebounded several hundred feet toward the east and died away. An Ozark, (Ark.) special gives the follow1 owing particulars: A heavy wind approached from several directions, and the currents met in this valley and passed up the canyon oast of the town, about the head of which the funnel appearance of the cyclone was first seen. A track 300 yards wide was laid almost bare. Timber ana all sorts of improvements were blown in every direction. The residence of Jonathan Worthy, where the funnel first struck the ground, was blown forty feet and levelled. Mr. Worthy was badly hurt McCourt's church was destroyed, Mrs/James Morrison was severely bruised. E. T. Woodruff, John Alstott, Russell Munn, John Miller, and J. A. McCourtare the principal sufferers. From St. Paul. Minn., came the following details: The storm which started in Montana Wednesday night reached here this afternoon, and is now general across Minnesota as far west as Sioux City. Snow and sleet, driven by a furious wind, have yicvaucu, awu uic irui^iatuiv ii<? suaipiy declined. At Yankton and other South Dakota points a heavy fall of snow is reported, but the weather is now clear. A tornado also swept through a portion of Kentucky, south of Cincinnati, the same morning. At Paris houses were unroofed, and at Saunders vi lie, near Lexington, the roof of the Commonwealth Company's distillery and warehouse was blown off. Near Portsmouth. Ohio. Warren Carroll, on a raft in the Ohio River, was struck by lightning and killed. During a thunderstorm which pa6?sd over Sumter County, S. C., a house in which six ueople were living was 'struck by lightning, i'wo boys named Harvin were prostrated, and shortly afterward died. Strange to say, the four other persons in the house were not affected by the stroke MILLS WBEOEED. A Fatal Boiler Explosion at Paterson, N. J. Consternation spread among the employes in the mills and factories in the vicinity of the Ivanhoe Paper Mills at Paterson, N. J. the other afternoon. The earth and buildings shook perceptibly and almost immediately cauie a loud rumbling detonation. The ref>ort and vibration were caused by the explosion of a large Ixiiler in the Ivanhoe Mill. A scene of great excitement ensued. Added to the already great excitement in the vicinity was the dashing up of the Are engines. The mill had taken lire. The building in which the explosion took place was a two-story brick, seventy feet long and about thirty feet wide. This was as completely demolished as if it had been torn down by hand, excepting at some points the beams were left in dangerous positions. As fast as the injured were taken out of the ruins they were placed in the ambulance and sent to St. Joseph's Hospital. Hacks were also pressed | into service for the work. i ue expioaeu ooner was a rotary one m whic h rags are l>oiled. It had been in use a long number of veal's. The boiler was of a rather peculiar "construction and somewhat resembled a huge submarine torpedo. It involved on a huge shaft aud was located in the mill fronting on Spruce street. When the explosion took place one-half of the 1 toiler shot across Spruce street, which is about seventy-five feet wide, aud parsed through the brick wall of the silk mill of J. H. Booth & Co. Tliis half of the boiler went through the wall with a terrific crash, following it the roof of the silk mill fell in. The boiler passed completely through this mill and across an alley way about ten feet wide and lodged against the wall of another brick mill, making a huge semi-circular hole in it. At the time the boiler went through the Booth Miil tne wails 01 rue paper mm were crumonng in, aud the whole made a dull, roaring noise that could be heard a long distance. The following is a list of the persons killed and injured by the accident: Killed?Michael Burke, Itoilermau. aged sixty, i if Jersey street; leaves a wife and fam ily. Fatally injured?Maggie Van Silo, skuli fractured and face and head badly lacerated. James Simpson, chest crushed;" died next day. William Jenkins, head crashed. ( Severely Injured?David Todd. Marie Farrell. Ellen Faulkner, Bridget Cowan. Mrs. Maggie Connolly, Sarah MoG ranger. LizMe MeGranger, Bridget McCormick, Owen Burke, Itnchel Levy and Mary Keisburg. The pecuniary loss bv the explosion will probably amount to $.'J<).00) to property, to say nothing of the loss of life that will follow. iue iwiier nnuseuuu me suit iimi ncio vviiipletely wrecked. The damage done in the vicinity to glass was immense. Windows in house* .several blocks away were broken. JOHN C,_CALH0UN, A Statue of the .South Carolina i Statesman Invetled at Charleston. The celebration of the unveiling of the statue of John C. Calhoun in Charleston, S. ! C.. a few days since, was an event to which the people of the State have hooked forward for many years, and large numbers came, to the city from every part of South Carolina , to witness the proceedings. The <ntire population of the city also turned out. rho result being a parade and j assemblage of sightseers such as is rarely witness**! in t he South. The nnmlier of mm . ill the ranks in the various military ami civic organizations is estimated at .">,000. The line of march entended from the Battery up Meeting street to Marion square, the siK* of the statute. The number of spectators along the route was nut less than '.>0,000. and the crowd that gathered around the statue was but lit11<* less. The statue was drap'.-d with boi !i th* State and the national colors, which were drawn away by six little children, vhilc thirty-live young ladies and misses stood around as sponsors. Most of them are relatives of Mr. Calhoun. The children were Julia Calhoun, groat-granddaughter of (lie statesman; William Lowndes Calhoun, great-grandson; B. Putnam Calhoun. Jr.. great-grandson, and great-grand nephew of General Putnam: Sadie Ancrum. great-grand niece: Floride Calhoun Pickens and Floride Peyne Johnson. The dedicatory prayer was made by the Rev. Dr. C. C. l'iuckney. Then followed an ode to Calhoun by Miss E. B. Cheeseborough. Following this came the oration ol' Secretary Lamar. which was followed by another Calhoun ode written by Margaret J. Preston. There was a host of distinguished men from all parts of the country present. Secretary Lamar, Senator Voorhees. Secretary Fairchild, aud Postmaster Genera! Vilas were aintfug the visitors of prominence. - - ' F' X' AN OHIO MOB'S WOBI ( Blowing Up Canal Property With Dynamite. The Governor Issues a Proclama- , tion and Calls Out the Military. Northwestern Ohio lias bsen in a state of excitement over the attempted destruction of canal property in Paulding county. For years the six mile reservoir of the old Wabash Canal has been an eyesore to Paulding people, who declare it a nuisance because it renders useless ... thousands of acr<*? which might be excellent, farming land. Repeated attempts have been made to abandon and drain it, but the Legislature has refused on the ground that such action would eventually abandon every canal of the State. There was considerable scandal over the matter in the late Assembly, as thousands of dollars were A supposed to have l)een spent to secure the property for the railroad and land speculator*. Recently the Paulding County people hav# threatened to destroy the reservoir and State property adj went thereto. . Abortive attempts nave oeeu made to blow up the banks witn dynamite, and the Canal Board have had guards on duty day and night. , Columbus despatch gives "the following additional particulars: Governor Foraker received telegrams from ? C. A. Flickinger and others in Defiance, stating that a mob' of 200 men had marched on the canal in a body, had captured and put into confinement the guards, holding them until daylight and threatening death should they ever testify against their captors. Then" the mob^ worked all night on the front and rear banks of the reservoir, letting out the water. The lock was blown up with dynamite, V and several locks near by were similarly destroyed The keepers house was soaked in cod oil and burned to the ground. This completely destroyed the reservoir and adjacent canal system, and thousands of dollars will not represent the cost of repair. The Paulding Connty authorities are un-. willing to interfere, local sympathy being with the mob. Friends of the canal system telegraphed for troops and the Governor issued a proclamation commanding tb? rioters to disperse and warning them that further depredation would be at their peril. The Adj. -General was at once sent to the scene of the trouble and all the militia in Northwestern Ohio were ordered to be in readiness. A company from Napoleon, Henry County,. was sent to the scene, and the entire militia of Ohio will be forwarded to the place if necessary. Governor Foraker _ also telegraphed C. A. Flicltinger, a member of the State Canal Board, to beginrepairs at once on the destroyed property, and to warn the mob against any interference with . the work. As the property belongs to the State the leaden of the mob are likely, if convicted, to be severely.punished. A Toledo dispatch says that Frederick River?, of Company H., while on guard at the canal had been shot and killed. >* : ' A /NT11T A mATiT A T I I im A A ? A CJjJNAIUJilAL UrUUAfi. Remarkable Scene of Turbulence in the New York Senate. An extraordinary scene of turbulence.aron in the New York Senate chamber Friday. Daring a roll-call upon a motion.to adjourn Governor Hill's private secretary appeared \ with a message. Lieutenant-Governor Jones, <j the Senate's presiding officer, reauested the Clerk of that body to read the Governor1# message. Upon the Clerk's refusal, " Mr. Jones proceeded to read the mes sage himself amid such a scene of clamor that his voice could 1.0 . be heard. The Be- publicans of the Senate, who comprise a majority, denounced Mr. Jones's action, claiming that the roll-call should have been proceeded with, and threatened to impeach the Lieutenant-Governor. They attacked Mr. JonesAT conduct in speeches, and when be attempted to reply refused to listen to his explanation. The Senate then adjourned in diseraer. PB0MHTE1IT PEOPLE. " '?1 The Crown Prince of Germanv is suffering from cancer of the tongue. " 4. Hon. Jahes 'G. Blaito, has entirely recovered from his recent illness. The Duke of Argyll is considered the be*t speaker in the House of Lords. The Emperorof Japan has been making a ,v a tour of the chief cities of his kingdom. Idler Von Seyfried, a nobleman of long descent, is the public executioner of Vienna. Mayor Edwards, of Fargo, Dakota, i? the heaviest Mayor in the United States. He weighs 390 pounds. Joaquin Miller has bought a tract of land near Fruit Vale, CaL, and propose to# establish a literary colony there. President Cleveland will probably be Sresant at the dedication of tne Soldiers' lonument at New Haven on June 17. Elizabeth Akers Allen, the author of ' Rock Me to Sleep, Mother," Is described as as a handsome woman of imposing presence, with gray hair and fresh complexion. Paul Boyton, the swimmer, is 88 years of acre. He is 5 feet 10 1-2 inches in heient. with bronzed complexion, fair hair and large, blue eyes. He speaks five languages fluently. General George A. Sheridan, who is attracting a good deal of attention by his attacks on "Ingersollism," was about to enter Yale College when the war broke out, but be went to the front instead. Miss Florence Greene of Montreal, who saved her father last summer from being tamed over the Lachine Rapids, has been presented with the medal of the Royal Hu mane Society of England. Doorkeeper Doxelson of the House of Representatives is said to be the handsomest man at Washington. He is six feet tall, has iron-gay hair, a small, curling moustacne, a clear complexion and a pair of brilliant steelblue eyes. He is a gonial and popular man. JohnL. Blair, aft?r whom Blairstown, N. J., was named, is eighty-five years of age, but aoes hot iook over sixty, ne is naie ana nearly and happy. He owns a great part of Blairstown, a million acres of land in the far West, and has owned a number of railroads. He fs many times a millionaire. , THE MARKETS. XKW TORK. 17 Beef, good to prime 7}y<? Calves, oom'n to prime 4 & Bhoep tyi I^imbs S}-i@ 9}# Hogs-Live Dressed 7 & Si* Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 4 50 @ 4 05 West, good to c hoice 3 15 @ 3 95 Wheat?No. Red Wi? 05 Rye?State ,r>8 @ 61 Barlev?StaUj 00 <g> 05 Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 41)3*(?, 50}* ate?White State 37 <? :!7% Mixed Western 35 @ 37 Hay?Med. to prime J>0 @ 85 Straw?No. 1, Rye 55 ($ 00 Lard?City Steam 7 15 @7 50 Butter?State Creamery.... 35 @ 25 Dairy ffi ?? West. Im. Creamery 16 2*"> ' l'actorj 12 (ft IS I'lieesn ?State Factory 13,l?@ 14 Skims 11M@ l2;i Western 13>?@ 13.^ Sggs ?State and Penn ? (g IS BUKKALO. >hoep Good to Choice 4 75 @ 5 50 - Western 5 50 (<D 0 2"> Jteers?Western 4 00 @ 5 00 logs?'Joed to Choice Yorks 5 40 @ 00 'lour 4 75 ($ 5 15 Vheat-No. 1 ?> <$ ?|f? ovn-No. 2, Mixed 4t:V(& 43 _ ats?No. 2, Mixol 35! fa 3<i iar.'oy Stale 'H e? *V* BOSTOX. kief ? Uoori to rhoi x * logs-Live 5\'<gf '? Northern Droned.... ^ia \>rk - Ex. Priino. j?er lib]. ..12 00 (at 12 50 'lour?Spring Wheat pat's., 5 00 (o: 5 25 *oru?High Mixed 52 ? 53, )ats?Extra U'liito 41 @ 42 {ye?State 60 @ 05 * WATKRTOWX (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Jeef- Pressed weight ~ iheep?Live weight 5>^@ 5*.? .ambi logs?Northern 7 @ TjJ 1'H 1L A DELPHI A. 'lour- Penn.extra family... 3 00 @3 25 Vheat-No. 2, Red 'JO'*? 92.'?A Lye?State ? @ 53 'orn?State Yellow 48^(05 40 > iats Mixo l 3435 latter?Creamery Extra... ? (<5 25 thwe-N. V. FuU Cream.. 1415J^