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I THE GREAT EXHIBITION. America's Part in the World's Fair at Paris. . The United States' Imposing Exhibit in Machinery Palace, The Machinery Palace of the Paris Exposition is the largest building ever constructed under a single roof. A remarkable feature of the building is that the roof has no interior support, except twenty great argues, mugm at the foundation plates and apex so as to proride for expansion and contraction under changes in the temperature. The roof is glazed. The lower panels are decorated with heraldic aesigns. The ends of the building are filled with toned glass. Light is abundant, and the effect of the decoration is magnificent. The length of [the building is nearly 1400 feet, its width 870 feet, and its height i?0 feet. A gallery thirty feet from the floor extends the entire length on both sides. At the four corners are steam generators for driving the entire machinery. The power is communicated by shafting placed on four rows of trellis girders lying parallel with the length of the building and placed in subways. The engines are now working and there is more power than is reSiired. An idea of the colossal character of e exhibition may be gained from the fact that the power available this year is four times as great as that furnished during the exhibition of 18TS. The American machinery exhibit occupied one-third of the entire space in this building, and is, in all respects but one, more imposing than the exhibit at any previous international exhibition. The exception is in agricultural machinery, in which we do not show progress corresponding to that manifested in other lines. We are, indeed, at a double disadvantage in this, for beside exhibiting nothing notably new, European nations have been successfully overtaking us in the production of our own machines. This is especially true of Great Britain, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this respect, as in others of equal importance, we have supplied Europe with ideas. It will be remembered that Cyrus McCormick failed to secure in the United States the adoption of his agricultural machinerv until after its ex * -1C5-.1 TViaf Wtntion in .uouuou m Km. international exhibition inaugurated a new era in machinery. In 1867 Thomas R. Pickering, engineer "and inventor, who has been superintendent of machinery for the United States at the successive exhibitions at Paris, Vienna, Philadelphia, Melbourne and New Orleans, brought aooutthe exhibition of one fifty horse power Corliss engine in this city. This engine was sold to a Frenchman. To-day, if no American machinery occu- I pied the space allotted to the United States, the entire area could be filled with the modifications of the Corliss engine manufactured by Europeans. Two-thirds of the steam epgines exhibited are of the Corliss pattern. In 1867 there was an exhibit of machine tools by Brown & Sharp, of | Providence. They were all sold. To-day j tools made after "the Brown & Sharp patterns by Europeans are universal in the exhibition. When the model of the vacht J America was shown in the United States it was rather scoffed at. Its superiority was promptly detected by British builders, and it is now becoming a model on the Clyde. A Baldwin gas engine, built by Otis Brothe-s, attracts attention by employing gas to rui a dynamo for the purpose of light- j ing by means of incandescent lamps, the J claim being that the light thus produced is [ more economical than gas itself. Warner & Swazey, of Cleveland, and William Sellers & Co., of Philadelphia, are conspicuous by their exhibits of brass-working machinery. "Printing-house Square" in the American exhibit will run with electric pow ?r supplied by Pickering ior tno special accommodation of the presses, which are not ' easily connected with the shafting. Neither Scott nor Hoe has any exhibit, but the plant, when ready, will be considerable. The Campbell and the Golden Companies' exhibits are the most important. Several typesetting machines are exhibited, including the MacMillan, the Thome, and Mergenthaler linotype machine. The last named presents the most striking features, as it does away with movable ^the Edison exhibit occupies one-half the entire American frontage, covering 900 square feet. It is the largest single exhibit in the exposition. It is devised to illustrate in miniature most of the great practical merits of Mr. Edison's inventions. For instance, the lighting of New York city is shown by subways visible in the flooring, with charts and apparatus indicating the distribution of lamps and the control of force. His entire category of indentions, numbering 493, is presented either ^completely or by intelligent suggestion. It .comprises his contributions to telegraphy, electric lighting, system of meters, dyna mos, motors, transmission of power, railway 'electro-motors, telephonic receivers and transmitters, and galvanic and secondary '.batteries as used in the phonographs and milling machines, the electric pen, typewriter, shafting, the vocal engine 'and fruit preserving. The phonograph and the American writing machines are the popular delight of the exposition. Among the less imposing, but not less ingenious, machines, which jare looked upon as Yankee notions by Europeans, are machines for salting and coloring butter, which is ; matched by a French machine for desalting |and automatic weighing; an automatic American machine for making corkscrews out of wire, a machine for weaving the covering on rubber hose, and a bonbon machine. j MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. The ten-cent show season has opened. ? Verdi is at work again on a "Romeo and Juliet." Faxnt Davenp out is no w Mrs. Melbourne McDowell. Theatricals in New York city are running down at the heels. Clara Louise Kellogg has secured anew opera company and is at it again. There is an alarmingly large crop of child .actors developing in New York city. Mme. Hastreiter has made a great hit in Gluck's "Orfeo" at the Italian Opera, Paris. Kyrle Bellew, Mrs. Potter's leading m&u, was a reporter on the Melboilrne, Australia, Evening News in 1873. Sigxor Rossi, the only actor in Italy after Salvini, has added to his triumphs by playing Othello before the Sultan at Constantinople. M. Focrnter, commander-in-chief of the hired applauders at several theatres in Paris, Is a millionaire, a cultured, clever man in middle life. Captain Frank M. Duffy, the composer of the "Mocking Bird," is living at Guthrie, Ky., where he is a well known newspaper man. He is an ex-Confederate soldier. Karl Millocker, composer of the "Beggar Student," is engaged on a new operetta entitled" "Der Arme Jonathan." It will be first performed at the Theater an der Wien. Nikita has scored a great success at Moscow as Zerlina. in "Don Giovanni." Scenes nf lnrtAc^rSKqhlf enthusiasm attend tho per formances. and the prima donna is the sensation of the hour. The author of "The Boulanger March " M. Paulus, recently gave a big supper in Paris in honor of his fortune reaching 1,000,000 francs?1200,000?all made out of singing comic and patriotic songs in Paris music halls. Hon. "Buffalo Bill" Cody has given a private view of his Wild West show to the President of France, his Cabinet, diplomats and newspaper men in Paris, and they are all delighted with the great American Indian and the American cowboy. Baron Alberto Fbaxchetti, who composes operas, expends immense sums on their producton. His work''Asrael" was rehearsed for a mouth previous to its performance in Florence, 700 people being engaged. The mise en scene was estimated as costing $400, 000. A Sax Francisco girl, Sybil Sanderson, has captured Paris as a singer. Her appearance took place in Massanet's new opera, "Esclairmonde," and her triumph is said to have been complete when she took the "contra sol," a feat that ranks with the great high C. It is quite the rage to have theatres in private houses in England. Among the most conspicuous is that in Hubert Herkomer's London house. Another is at the countryseat of Sir Percy Shelley, son of the poet. Sir Percy writes plays, paints scenery, and composes (lie incidental music of the plays THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. While Anthony Zesnhold, Henry Wilthelder and James Do Ian were at work in Otto Colliery at Branchdale, Penn., they were overcome by a sudden outburst of gas and suffocated to death. Cashier Bradley and Assistant Teller Palmar yif onfc' TffoHnnol UflTlL* New Haven, Conn., have been detected in financial irregularities. The amount involved is estimated at ?50,000 to $100,000. John Filey, an aged farmer living near Sliippensburg, Ponn., was found he-nguag to the limb of a tree, having committed suicide on account of family troubles. The United States man-of-war Yantic came into New York Harbor, having been struck by a hurricane; her foremast, topmasts and a part of her bowsprit were gone, and she had lost her steam launch and three of her boats; some of the men were injured. The Bellows Falls (Vi.) Times building and a number of stores were burned. Loss $30,000; partially insured. The chess championship of the world was left undecided, Weiss ana Tchigorin dividing first and second prizes in the international chess tournament, which has just closed in New York city. The Ballot Reform bill was passed by tha Connecticut Legislature. The Young Men's Democratic Club gave a dinner to ex-President Cleveland at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York citv. Speeches were made by the guest of the evening, Governor Hill, ex-Governor Hoadly, Frederic R. Coudert, John H. Y. Arnold and others. Princess Kalaxi, first neice of King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands, arrived in New York city on her way to Europs, where she goes to complete her education. The Princess is fifteen years old. South and West. A monument to the Confederate dead was unveiled at Alexandria, Va., with imposing ceremonies. The town was crowded, and the military and civic parade surpassed all expectations. The presentation speech was by Mr. R. T. Daniel. The oration was delivered by Governor Fitzhugh Lee. I Heavy white frosts have damaged cropsm I Indiana. The weather was the coldest ever known there at that season. The Presbyterian General Assembly (Southern) concluded business at Chattanooga, Tenn., and adjourned. A band of sis horse thieves, who stole 500 horses from San Miguel County, New Mexico, were arrested by Sheriff Loper, and 350 of the horses were found in their possession. The Rev. H. Greenfield Schorr, aged twentv-nine, the assistant rector of St. Paul's the oldest an I most fashionable Episcopal chui*ch in Baltimore, Md., has committed suicide. The cause was unrequited love. A fire at Reno, Nev., destroyed tue old theatre building and six other "houses and officcs near, and the Pioneer Hotel, Lafayette House, Pollard House and Pyramid House. The loss is between $250,000 and $300,000. A terrible wind and rain storm passed over Quincy, 111. The storm was cyclonic in its nature and considerable damage was done. The full force of the storm struck a cemetery in the southern part of the city, and nearly every monument in the grounds was demolished. Albert Maetlv, the mulatto who so brutally assaulted Mrs. John Gillis, wife of a farmer living near Port Huron, Mich., was taken from the county jail by a masked mob and lynched. Washington. The Navy Department has beg;m to assign the officers of the vessels wrecked at Samoa to other ships and stations. The President appointed. B. F. i rilkeson, of Pennsylvania, to be Second Controller of the | Currency, and S. B. Holiday, of Pei nsylvania, to h#? Commissioner of Customs. By direction of Secretary Noble, Agent McChesney has ordered all the white settlers off the Cheyenne reservation. President Harrison*, Attorney-General Miller, Private Secretary HalTora, General George B. Williams and Representative Anderson, of Kansas, left Washington for a trip down Chesapeake Bay on Mr. Wan amaker's yacht Restless. They spen' Sunday in Hampton Roads, off Fortress Aloiroe. General Lew Wallace and Nathaniel B. Ticker have been appointed Commissioners by President Harrison to go to Hayti and endeavor to secure coaling stations at Mole St. Nicholas and Samana Bay for the United States. The marriage of ex-Seoretary Bayard to Miss Mary Willing Clymcr, is announced to take place on June 12 "in Sv. John's Episcopal Church, Washington. President Harrison has rented one of Senator H. G. Davis's cottages at Deer Park, Md., for the season and preparations were being made for the reception of his family. General Schofield was acting Secretary of War in the absence of Secretary Proctor in the West. This was a return to the old practice of the department before the difficulties arose between Secretary Lincoln and General Sheridan. President Harrison nominated Generals Lew Wallace and Beverly Tucker special envoys extraordinary t<x, Hayti. Almost immediately after the nairtes were made public they were withdrawn. Samuel J. Ruby, of Iowa, has been apj pointed United State.? Consul at Belfast, 1 Ireland. i Foreign. The German Reichstag passed the Aged Workmen's Insurance bill and adjourned. Qceen Victoria has just celebrated her seventieth birthday by creating three Baronets and a Knight. Several warehouses in Lubeck harbor, Germany, were burned and $400,000 worth of cotton aiid flax was destroyed. TEX dwellings, the Methodist Church, the postoffice and throe stores were Durneu at Bridgewater, Canada; loss TO,000. Three men were killed in a boiler explosion in a quarry at Millc Roches, Canada. \V. IV. Thomas. Jr., Minister of the United States to Sweden and Norway, was received in official audience by King Oscar. Smallpox is making terrible ravages in Guatemala. Twenty-five policemen were injured during evictions at Falcarragh, Ireland. The latest authentic news from Hayti is to the effect that Hippolyte has defeated Legitime in several battles and taken possession of the Government. Three persons were killed and manv wounded in an anti-Progressist riot in Belgrade. The village of Deutschmachen, near Sagan, in Prussian Silesia, has been completely destroyed by fire, not a house being left standG00D TEMPLARS. The Biennial Session of the Grand Lodge in Chicago. The biennial session of the Right "Worthy Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars was held in the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Chicago. "W. "W. Turnbull, of Scotland. Right Grand "Worthy Chief Temnlar. called the convention to or der, and upon the call of the roll the follow- I ing delegates from abroad responded: England?Hon. C. W. Watson, Member of Parliament; Joseph Ealins, Mrs. Woods, Guy Havlor, W. C. Amery, A. J. Osborne. Rev. H. McPriee, W. Williams, Samuel Insail. W. H. Brown. Mary Walshau, Miss Annie Shipinan. Scotland?Gilbert Fisher, Rev. J. D. McKinnon, James Hamilton, W. W. Turubuil. Ireland?Jehu S. Little. DenmarkCaptain J. P. Jaeobson. Sweden?Oskar Ekluiid, Johann Allien and I E. Hockert. India?Walter E. Webb. New South Wales? N. S. Collins. South Africa?Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schreiner. A round of applause was accorded each foreign delegate as the names were called, and the lodge was then opened with the usual ritual. The annual report shows that the organization has a membership of over 750,T" 000, scattered all over the globe, and that il has accomplished great results in the mattei of promoting temperance since the last convention. Financially it is in excellent shape. The twenty-one local lodges united in giving the delegates a brilliant reception. The Argentine Republic is suffering from a spasm or gold gambling as pronounced u though on a smaller scale than tbo great American fever of the same kind which so man j New Yorkers well remember. CREAM OF THE NEWS. Rich Skimmings from the Latest Telegraphic Dispatches, A Frightful Accident Caused by Trainwreckers in Missouri, A frightful crime was committed bv train wreckers near Sullivan, Mo., a few minutes before 12 o'clock in the night. The plates and rails were removed on a dangerous embankment on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway, and in the wreck that followed over forty people were seriously hurt, several of them fatally. The train left St. Louis at 8:15 P.M. It consisted 01 two Daggage-cars, www u?jcoaches and three sleeping-cars. Every section was occupied in the sleeping-cars, and the coaches were crowded. At 11:25 p. sr., as the train was rounding a sharp curve, three miles west of Sullivan, the tender, baggage-cars, smoking-car and two coaches jumped the track and were smashed. The tender and one baggage-car went down the" embankment, but all the other cars except the coaches were crushed at the top. People were tossed about in the cars in all directions. and some of them were thrown outof the coaches and down the embankment. One man, Walter Davidson, an agent of the WestInghouse Air Brake Company, was thrown out of a window on the opposite side of the coach from where he was sitting, and rolled down the embankment to the edge of the the creek. His feet were in the water. Another passenger in the same coach was tossed from the rear end of the car to the forward end. The forward cars were smashed into kindling wood, and the debris was scattered on both sides of the track. The trainmen and passengers who escaped Injury worked hard, and soon had all the wounded placed in the cars that remained on the track. A special train was sent from Sullivan, and the wounded were taken back to the town. The family of Colonel John O'Dav, Vice-President of the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, were on the train, and all were dangerously hurt. His son Patrick, aged seven, sustained a fracture of the skull. On the train was a large body of physicians returning from Springfield, Mo., where the State Medical Convention was held, and they rendered valuable assistance in caring for the injured. Laura Bridgman Dead. Laura Bridgman, aged sixty, the deaf, dumb and blind woman made famous by Charles Dickens in his "American Notes,'' published more than forty years ago, also by many public references to her wonderful intelligence, printed in newspapers and elsewhere since then, died a few days ago at the South Boston Asylum where she Bad long dwelt. She was born in Hanover, N. H., December 21,1829. When she was two years old a severe illness deprived her of sight, hearing and speech. Her sense of smell was also destroyed and that of taste much impaired. At the a<*e of eight she was piacea in tae welkins Institute for the Blind in Boston, where the Superintendent, Samuel G. Howe, undertook the difficult task of instructing her. "With infinite patience and skill she was taught to read and write by the sense of touch alone, as well as to sew, embroider and even play the piano a little. The process of addition and subtraction in small numbers had also become familiar to her, and she could count find conceive objects up to 100 in number. She knew the days of the week and divided the day by the beginning and end of school by the recesses and b7 the arrival of meal times. On January 28,1842, Laura was visited by Charles Dickens, who was so much interested in her that he remained several hours. His visit is described in his "Notes on America." Miss Bridgman lived at the Perkins Institute continuously, with the exception of the summer months spent in Hanover. In 1887 there was a notable celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of her entrance into the school. Rioting Over Oklahoma Lots. The soldiers were called out a few days ago for the first time since the opening of Oklahoma, and for several hours the city of Guthrie was partially under martial law. One of the best lots in Guthrie was awarded by the Board of Arbitration to a man named Driscoll, of Chicago. An old man by the name of Diemer, of Kansas, occupied the front of the same lot with a tent. Driscoll erected a building on rollers, ready to move it tr> the front as soon as Diemer should va cate. Recently the Council passed an ordinance empowering the Marshal to eject every person whose claim for a lot had been rejected by the Arbitration Board. This put into execution would affect over a thousand persons. Th6 City Government made a test case of the Driscoll-Diemer contest. The Marshal proceeded to remove Diemer and his tent. Immediately a mob of 1200 men collected and drove the Marshals away. The mob was about to attack the City Hall when Captain Cavanauph arrived upon the scene and dispersed it, after which the city authorities resumed the work of ejecting Diemer. Diemer fought like a tiger and had to be dragged from his tent to the street. Driscoll's building was rolled forward. The mob attempted to tear the house to pieces, but this time the city authorities were able to repulse the angry men without the aid of soldiers. That night soldiers guarded the principal streets, and more trouble was anticipated. Argentine's Cattle Trade. E. L. Baker, United States Consul at Buenos Ayres, in a report to the Department of State, says that the cattle industry of the Argentine Republic is in such a languishing condition that a law has been passed offering a guarantee of five per cent, for ten years on the capital employed in the business of exporting fresh or preserved beef. The report says it is understood that several establishments are preparing to take advantage of the guaranty provided by the Government and are going mto business on a large scale with special steamers fitted up for the traffic and warehouses in England and France. Great things are expected from this bounty law by the Argentines, but Consul Baker says ne does not believe the law will hurt United States beef shippers much until new methods are adopted for the preparation of beef for exportation. Stall fed cattle are quite unknown in this country, and all bullocks for the market are taken directly off the grass, the meat, of course, being soft and watery. Argentines, it is thought, will not cut much of a figure until they learn that dry food is absolutely necessary in order to pre u TTni*T7 Hicfflnt forpifrn par? 11C5LL uicau ivi TWA J v?? o? markets. Gladstone's Narrow Escape. The Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstono while walking in Piccadilly, London, attempted to cross the street anil was knocked down by a cab. The driver did not stop his horse, but endeavored to escape. Mr. Gladstone regained his feet and ran after the vehicle. He caught up with it and stopped it until the police arrived and arrested tne driver. Mr. Gladstone wa? not hurt, and was in his seat in the House of Commons that evening none the worse for his tumble. A rumor in circulation that the ex-Premier was seriously injured created great excitement until it became known that it was groundless. Six Miners Killed. While a bucket of broken rock, weighing over a ton, was being hoisted to the surface in the new Pettibone shaft of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad,near Kingston, Penn., the wire rope broke, letting tne bucket fall nearly one thousand feet upon ten men engaged in blasting at the bottom. Edward Jones was instantly killed, and James Coyle. Samuel Gessman, Cornelius Conn, George Veet and George Gresley were mangled so that they died before morning. The other men were less seriously injured. The Cholera in India. A despatch from Madras reports that the cholera, which always prevails in a modifier degree in various parts of India, has developed extraordinary virulence and mortality in the Ganjaw district. A thousand death: have taken place in one week. The local authorities are taking steps tc prevent the spread of the disease. Fought a Duel for a Girl's Love. Near Brownsville, Madison County, Ala., James Roundtree and George Wilson fought a duel with pistols. Wilson was killed at th< second shot, and Roundtree fled. The mer were young farmers. They loved the same |irl, and agreed to settle their affair by i I LATER NEWS. Governor Ladd, of Rhode Island, has just been inaugurated. The Presbyterian General Assembly,which met this year in New York city, haa concluded its labors and dissolved. Patrick McCarthy, Thomas O'Neill and Thomas Farrell were killed at Palmer, Massi, by the breaking of the guy rope of a derrick. Two heavily laden freight trains collided near Trumbull Church, Conn., killing Engineer William B. Look and Brakeman Charles Olds, and fatally injuring two train hands. Detective Daniel Coughlin, Patrick 0. Sullivan and Frank J. Black, alias Woodruff, were indicted by the Grand Jury at Chicago for the murder of Dr. Cronin, a prominent member of the Clan-na-Gael. A terrific wind storm took place near Clements, Kan. Four persons were killed and a great many wounded. Over a dozen houses were demolished. Charles Velte killed his mother, aged fifty, at Grand Rapids, Mich., by stabbing her in the breast with a heavy, sharpened wire. He then took poison, and, resting a gun between his knees, shot himself dead. Dr. Frank Baker, of the Lighthouse Board, has been appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Life Saving Service. Adjutant-Geiczral Drum, having reached the age of sixty-four years, was formerly iretired from active service in the army. General Kelton, who has been Assistant Adjutant-General, will act as AdjutantGeneral until an appointment is made to fill the office. Admiral Kimberly reports to the Navy Department that the Samoan natives are disbanding and that peace prevails. Contracts for furnishing the Postoifice Department with supplies of stationery, wrapping paper, twine and miscellaneous articles were awarded. The contract prices aggregate $225,000. The cutter Valkyrie, now matched to race for the America's cup, was badly beaten in a erfiflP V.TT Tvifll t 1<AT or?H Vflrflnfoin a race from Harwich to Southend, England. A conflagration in the town of Podhajce, Galicia, has destroyed six hundred houses, a church and a synagogue and caused the loss of many lives. Twelve corpses were extricated from the ruins. FIYE PERSONS BURNED,, Sad Fate of a Clergyman and Four oJ His Family. The'pretty little house of the Rev. T. C. Clarke, pastor of the London Bridge Baptist Church, about two and a half miles from Tunis Station, Va., on the Virginia Beach Railroad was entirely destroyed by fire, and the clergyman, two of his daughters, his son and a niece, who was visiting him, were burned alive. Shortly after midnight the occupants of the house were awakened by inhaling thick, black smoke, which was in every room. The sleepers were out of their beds in a moment after. The Rev. Mr. Clarke was the first one to be aroused, and at once gave the alarm. He succeeded in getting his wife, two of his children and Miss Ella Bidgood, a governess, to places of safety by lowering them from the window. He then started to the rescue of the other inmates. The fire cut off his retreat and all perished. The younger victims were Maiianna Clarke. Bessie Clarke, Frederick Clarke and Miss Pullen. The fire is thought to have been of incendiary origin. ' Mr. Clarke was a preacher of great ability. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Iron is down a dollar. Baltimore has 3000 saloons. * U--11 AA1.J Oklahoma is practicaijy getueu. Sweden has 6000 miles of railway. The rainy season in Mexico has began. We are to have a new Cliinese Minister. Seventeen-year locusts have appeared. America has 10,000 electric motors in use. Brazil is projiaring for war with Bolivia. Iowa has 45,000 mules,valued at$4,000,000. Great Britain is to have 147 torpedo boats. Breadstuffs are tending downward in price. Gophers are becoming a terrible pest in Iowa. There is a great shortage in tobacco plants. Anarchists are fomenting trouble in Lombardy. India wheat is lower in the English markets. There are nc-w 3,000,000 Baptists in this country. The domestic hemp crop is only 10,000 ton9 annually. Mackerel are said to l>e plentiful on the Irish coast. The Buddhists claim 340,000,000 adherents in the world. There are upward of 50,000 club men in New York city. There are 200,000 peopi.e engaged in farming in Oregon. Immigration to this country seems to be on the increase. There are over 30,000 locomotives in use in North America. Secretary Proctor has been inspecting West Point Academy. The adrnt-frvion to the Paris Ex]josition is twenty cento per day. A well of turpentine has been discovered in Laurens County, Ga. The Florida vegetable growers are having a very prosperous season. ; The outlook is now generally good for crops throughout the Wtst. ! Dakota has a gold rush to new placers forty miles from Deadwood. On July 1 the State Treasurer prill pay the last dollar of the Iowa Si?te debt. The rice output in the Indies is reported AOS,360 bags short of last year. "Boomers" are gathering in Dakotaawaifc - " ' 'U. c-.-? j., i mg tne opening ui iuc oiuua icaci vuuvu. Chicago has twenty police stations, 1145 policemen and 113 miles of street railroad. > The signs of Broadway, New York, run to ; brass, and are said to have cost $20,0(H),000. Appointments for the Census Bureau will i be made without reference to Civil Service i rules. Sixteen contested election cases will be fought out in the next House of Representatives. Detroit is the best electrically lighted city [n the country. It has 136 towers and 121 poles. . Over 2000 Mormon men, women and children are said to be migrating from Utah tc Idaho. A widespread plot against the Czar of Russia has been discovered among military officers. It is claimed that Iowa leads all the States in the number of its hogs, having over foui millions. A new style of sword, just introduced intc : the German army for the use of officers, is straight. The gamblers of Louisiana have offered tc pay the State debt?$12,000,000?for a fiftyyear lease. In the army operations of the year th? most important work will be done by France I and Germany. j A vein of graphite 300 feet long by aboul four and a half feet wide has been discovered ! at St. Joseph, Mo. > A monument to German Confederates was dedicated at Charleston, S. C., recently, and United States Senator Wade Hampton made a speech. , The Standard Ofl Company placed an ordei ; in Philadelphia Tor 200 bull aog:;, which wil ? be used to guard the Standard tankn in th< i Ohio field against tramps. Numerous fire ) have been caused bv fire from the pipes ol t tramps, and the bulldogs are to keep then I away. . - - ' - O'BRIEN'S BLAST. The Irish Editor Speaks Plainly Before the Parnell Commission. Ex-Premier Gladstone appeared at a session of the Parnell Commission while Editor O'Brien, of United Ireland, was being crossexamined. Mr. O'Brien admitted writing and printing in his paper that Queen Victoria was only known to Ireland by her scarcely decently disguised hatred of Ireland and by her inordinate salary; also, that Earl Spencer would be the last stfrong Englishman who would "attempt to rule Ireland by means of barbarism, nftid neHnrv. hntolierv and the use of the sacred rope." He also admitted writing that the Chairman of the Committee on Reception to the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of the tetter's visit to Ireland some years ago, would be hunted from public life. Mr. O'Brien here excitedly exclaimed: "He has been driven from public life, and. rather than allow Englishmen to be deceivea by a show of sham loyalty, I resolved to tell them the truth. I never personally spoke disrespectfully or offensively of the Prince of Wales. If it is clear that England will not satisfy Ireland's aspirations, and if there is any rational chance of success, an attempt should be made on the part of the Irish to rebel." The London papers, the witness declared, were more responsible for the use of dynamite than the efforts of Messrs. Finnerty and Patrick Ford. But for the views the London journals had expressed it would have been impossible to collect ?1000 in America for dynamite. The witness stated that he wrote an article in which he said that Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the men hanged for killing the policemen in the Manchester riots, were honored by their Chicago kindred. The statement was greeted with rousing cheers from the spectators present. Presiding Justice Hannen thereupon threatened to clear the court-room if such a demonstration was repeated. He reminded Mr. O'Brien that the Court regarded the Manchester shooting as murder, and the men were hanged for the crime as murderers. The Attorney-General then declared that he had finished the cross-examination of the witness, and Mr. O'Brien was allowed to leave the stand. A BANK WBECKED, A Scranton (Penn.) Savings Institution Robbed of $135,000. Cashier George Jessup, at the Scranton (Penn.) City Bank, was placed under arrest in the bank after the close of business at that institution. The arrest was made by order of the board of directors. He is charged with embezzling the sum of $135,000. The directors also decided to close the bank, placing it in the hands of an assignee until its condition could be ascertained. The announcement of the cashier's arrest created intense excitement in business and banking circles, and especially among the depositors, many of whom had made deposits up to the close of business at the bank. A number of the depositors swarmed around the building decrying the dishonesty which was practiced by the officers of the bank in receiving their money, knowing that the bank was insolvent. Several women depositors, who were frenzied with excitement, fainted upon the street. The bank had been tho depository of the city and school funds, but with the change in the municipal officers on April 1 $186,000 of the funds were withdrawn and deposited elsewhere. Tho county is caught for upward of i 110,000. The funds of a number of secret and building societies were deposited with the bank, and it is believed tho societies will be heavy losers. The downfall of the cashier is attributed to high living and speculation in unprofitable coal lands. His bond is only $35,000. His father-inlaw and his brother, Judge Jessup, are his bondsmen. The capital stock of the bank is $100,000 and the deposits nearly $500,000. Mr. Jessup had been cashier and Vice-President of the bank for nearly six years. He is about fifty-five years of age and is a member of one of the most prominent families in northeastern Pennsylvania, and was an officer in tho Second Presbyterian Church. He was also a prominent member of the bicycle club of that city, President of the Pennsylvania State League of American Wheelmen and Vice-President of the National Association. Ho has two children, girls of twelve and fifteen years respectively. THE LAB0E WORLD. Coke is depressed. Pittsburg iron is twenty-five cents lower. An eight-hour league has been organized. The building trades strike in Berlin is extending. Great distress prevails among uu numingmen in Italy. iitAUTE farmers are complaining of the scarcity of farm help. Philadelphia has 182 carpet factories, employing 17,800 hands. There are 20,000 cigannakers of both sexes in New York city. The operators claim that they cannot compete witn machine-mined coal. The average German laborer does not expend more than $15 every year in clothes. In Germany, the army was called upon to force the striking miners back to their work. In the Northwest farm laborers are holding mass-meetings in the fields to discuss the wage question. Over five thousand hard-working women in New York and Brooklyn support sick or lazy husbands. Skilled carpenters in Japan earn forty cents a day, and some exceptionally goo<l men forty-five cents. ? Pennsylvania now has a law for the inspection of factories in the interest of children and women workers. On the South Australian railways engineers who ran their trains for two years without accident receive a present of $50. The Pattern Makers' League of North America, at their meeting in Pittsburg, agreed to abolish all piece work. The seventeenth annual convention of the Journeymen Horseshoers' National Union has been held at St. Paul, Minn. The manufacturing industries of Sweden are represented by upward of 8000 work^ affording employment to about 74,200 hands. Two thousand workmen are at present employed on a new hotel in Tokio, Japan. Over 7000 bamboo poles are used in the scaffolding. The laborers and mechanics of England and Europe work an average from twelve to twenty-four hours more per week than the laborers and mechanics of America. A million copies of the Declaration of Principles of the K. of L. in the French language are to oe cusmouwa miiuug uuc working people in Paris during the Universal Exposition. . . PROMINENT PEOPLE. The Earl of Malmesbury is dead. The Pope has been taken suddenly ilL P. T. Barnum, the showman, is seventysight. "Walt Whitman, the poet, is just seventy years old. Mrs. Garfield has an income of about $16,000 a year. Prixce George, of Gresce, has joined the French navy. Governor Biggs, of Delaware, owns 80,000 peach trees. Ma. Gladstone is going yachting on the Devonshire coast for his vacation. ' Erastcs TViman, the great mogul of Staten Island, began life as a newsboy. The Sultan of Turkey has sent to the Empress of Germany a necklace valued at $150,I 000. Princess Beatrice, the wife of Prince Henry of Battenberg, has been safely delivered of a son. i George Francis Train, the eccentrio New Yorker, has been offered $10,000 for his f autobiography. i Mb. Gladstone has declined an offer of j $25,000 for twenty-five articles on topics to 3 be left to his selection. Ex-President Cleveland is one of the 1 committee to solicit funds for the Centennial , arch. far_New York citx~ 1 THE NATIONAL GAME. Pittsburg Is in a bad way for pitchers. Amherst College recently beat Tale by 5 to 4. Brouthers, of Boston, leads the League in batting. The Cleveland Club is breaking all "baby*' p?cords. Clabkbon, of Boston, is pitching a slow ball this season. In the '89 lexicon of the game base hits are It-J it??1 UlliQU 301. C Lie 3. The Detroit Club has signed pitcher Shreve, lata of Indianapolis. a. The Indianapolis Club sports the ugliest uniform in the League. The Pittsburg Club has suspended Pitchers Morris and Conway. There have been comparatively few shutcut games so far this season. General Lew Wallace is a great admirer of the popular American game. The Southern League has increased the salaries of its umpires to $150 a month. Frost, the Fort Worth (Texas) catcher, had his collar bone broken by a foul tip. Burdock, the veteran second baseman, is j,laying with a New York semi-professional team. One American manufacturer of baseballs employs 500 hands and keeps 40,000 balls in stock. The Kansas Citys are reported to be the finest lot of men on the bases ever gotten together. Toronto (Canada) clergymen of all denominations patronize the games in that city in large numoers. Ward and Keefe have been re-elected President and Secretary, respectively, of the Ball Player's Brotherhood. The daily "take" of the New Yorks in iposs, that is, at their grounds in Staten .Island, averages only $350. On a three-bagger Billy Sunday, of the Pittsburgs, recently ran from the home plate to third base in 10 4-5 seconds. John Morrill says he never played boll with as sober, quiet, orderly or easily mattiged team as the Washingtons. The Boston Club has appointed two physicians to the team, and one of the two will be in attendance at every game. George Henninger, aged ninety, and Henry Geist, aged eighty-nine, are among the warmest baseball zealots in Bethlehem, Penn. A feature of the New York game this year is the magnificent fielding of O'Rourke. He covers a great deal of ground and throws admirably. The grand stand of the Brooklyn Baseball Club, which was partially destroyed by fire, will be torn down and a new one built. The loss is $18,000. Fortt-ftve actual players will appear on the Makiki (Sandwich Island) diamond this season. Their uniforms will cost $8 apiece, or a total cost of $360. The Louisville Club's franchise is still on the market. Milwaukee and Des Moines are KntVi on-riVinc to tnlrn T.oiii<nrni?>'s T?Iaw? in the American Association. Joe Pubcell, who, after Van Haltrca, ranked first among the pitchers of the California league, has permanently retired and will enter the priesthood. John "Ward, of New York, is exercising his literary talents again. He is preparing an article 011 the classification rule. It indicates that a fight against it will be made in, a short time. No pitcher filled the "box" for a shorter time than "Ad" Gumbert, of the Chicagos,at Philadelphia. He delivered just one balLand that was knocked out of the ground, and the pitcher returned to the field. The stockholders of the old Detroit National League Club have declared a dividend of $54,000. The directors own four-fifths of the 400 shares of stock. The par value of each share is $50, and the holders will receive $135 per share. In a recent game between the Brooklyns and TTansfls City Clubs the latter scored in every inning, winning the game by 18 to 12 runs. It rarely happens that in a game between first-class clubs runs are made by one side in every inning. The rivalry between New York and Chicago is much greater than between any other teams. The games are bitterlv contested, and no matter how badly tne two clubs may play against other nines, they play a fine game when pitted against each other. Harry Wright, manager of the Philadelphias, says that batting will win more games than fielding, and he proposes to play the strongest batting team he can put in the field. An error was not of such vital consequence last year, when scores were small. It takes good hitting to win this year. The highest baseball club in New York city, in the location of its home grounds, if not on record, is that made up of Tribune ?mnlnv?. It nractises dailv ut>on the toD of the Tribune building. There is a space there a hundred feet long and surrounded by a high wall, where everything but heavy batting is Derfectlr feasible. league record. Won. Lost. Percentage Boston 17 6 .739 Philadelphia 15 9 .625 New York 15 11 .577 Cleveland 15 13 .538 Chicago 13 14 .4S1 Pittsburg 11 16 .407 Indianapolis. 9 16 .360 Washington 6 16 .273 AMERICAN* ASSOCIATION RECORD. TTo.-i. Lost. Percentage. St. Louis 23 11 .703 Brooklyn 20 13 .606 Cincinnati 21 15 .5S3 Kansas City IS 16 .529 Athletic 15 15 .500 Baltimore 15 16 .484 Columbus 11 22 .333 Louisville 8 26 .235 Immense numbers of cateroillars stop trains on the Canadian Pacific's new line through the Maine wilderness. It is impossible to run trains on a regular schedule, and in announcing their train service the Canadian Pacific managers have to put in the clause, "caterprHars permitting." Every train is delayed from two to five hours. Two hundred men have bean hired to spread over the line and fight the pesta. THE MARKETS. 22 new tore. Beeves 3 50 @ 4 60 Milch Cows, com. to good.. .25 00 @45 00 Calves, common to piime... 2 50 @ 5 60 Sheep 4 25 @ 5 50 Lambs 6 10 @ 8 00 * Hogs?Live 4 90 @ 5 20 T>rnccpH 6^a(a) 8 Flour?City Mill Extra 4 30 *@ 4 55 Patents 5 15 @6 25 Wheat?No. 2 Red.... 82^@ 83 Rye?State 54 @ 55 Barley?Two-rowed State... ? @85 Coin?Ungraded Mixed 40 ? 43 Oats?No. 1 White ? @ 38 Mixed Western 26 @ 30 Hay-No. 1 82^@ 90 Straw?Long Rye 70 @ 75 Lord?City bteam ? @ 6.55c Butter?Elgin Creamery.... 20 @ 21 Daily, fair to good. 15 @ 18 West. Im. Creamery 9 @ 15 Factory 8 @ 11 Cheese?State Factory 8 @ 11 Skims?Light 9 Western ? @ 9 Eggs?State and Pemi 14 @ 14>? BUFFALO. Steers?We^ern 3 00 <5> 4 30 Sheep?Medium to Good.... 4 00 @4 25 Lambs?Fair to Good 4 00 ($ 5 00 Hogs?Good to Choic2 Yorks 4 65 @ 4 75 Flour?Family 5 00 @ 5 25 Wheat?No. 2 Northern Sl)-j@ S3 Cora?No. 3, Yellow ? @ 37*/ Oats-No. 2, White ? <k 31 Barley?No. 1 Canada ? (& 74 EOSTO-V. Flour?Spring Wheat Pat's., o S5 @ 6 40 Corn?Steamer Yellow 46 @ 47^ Oats-No. 2 White 32 @ 41 " Rye?State 65 @ 70 WATEP.TOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef?Dressed weight 5,^@ 6% Sheep?Live weight 3%@ 4}< Lames ... ? @ 0 Hogs?Northern .5 @ 5}i PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn. family 4 25 @ 4 50 Wheat?No. 2, Red. May.... 90 (g 91 Corn?No. 2, Mixed, May... ? @ 40>? Oats?Ungraded White ? @ 33 , Potatoes?Early Rose 25 <2 88 Butter?Creamery Extra.... ? <g! 17 Cheece?Part akims 0 @ 8 1 , - " : $ * . .. v:> / > . y, HOUSEHOLD HATTEE&' GOOD HOUSEKEEPER. How can I tell her? By her cellar; Cleanly shelves and whitened wall. I can guess her By har dresser; By the back staircase and halL And with pleasure Take her measure By the way she keeps her brooms. Or the peeping At the keeping Of her back and unseen rooms. T>? VM St# uy ucx jutAJueu a cm v/j. uoauuoao, % Aid its general completeness, Where in cleanliness and sweetness The rose of order blooms. ?Jewish Messenger, \ CLEANING LACE. , , " To clean lace fill a bottle with eol<l water; draw a stocking tightly over i^ "ecuring both ends firmly. Place the lac$ smoothly over the stocking and tack closely. Put the bottle in a kettle of cold | water containing a few shavings of soap,' and place over the fire to boil. Rinie in several waters and then drain and diy. : When dry remove and place smoothly in a large book and press with weights.' Very nice lace can be made to look likenew by this j>Toces8.-^-Wathingtm Star. ( _____ i .f BAG FOR TRAVELING WRAPS. This bag will be fonnd very convenient in traveling, as several wraps not in use may be put into it and kept clean. A piece of coarse crash or holland forma the foundation, which may be ornamented with a stripe, and any simple pattern may be worked between the stripes. Red Andalnsian wool or coarse red marking cotton will be suitable for working the bag, which should be cut twenty-seven inches wide and one yard long. The ends are sewed together, and the edgea turned over about three inches. The cross-stitch pattern is worked upon the turned over part, and the edge is finished by fringe. The handles are of the same material, worked with a cross-stitch pattern, and are fixed to the bag by buttons and button-holes.?Tanked Blade, r'- 2 ,>Jt HOUSEHOLD ORNAMENTS. A very effective dining-room portiere can be made of the best quality of burlap. Across the top work,with coarse worsteds, a border in tapestry stitch, a design of fruit and leaves, using' shades of brown, purple and orange., with a little bright olive green. If you prefer, the body of the curtain can be plain, with only a dado ana ineze, or acoaveuuuiuu ucsigu u?j be traced here and there, doing away with the dado. , ; Small, low rockers of willow may be painted jet black and then decorated by a floral design. A bunch of red poppies is very effective and will not soil so readily as the more delicate colors. Bright red ribbons, in several shades, are tied on the back and front legs of the chairs. It* is well to varnish the chair before painting the floral designs, using good copal varnish. A chair painted in deep old gold, with a mass of purple and yellow pansies on the seat, while the back is decorated with a band of plush in shades of purple ahd tied with three shades of purple ribbon, would be a lovely ornament in any parlor.?New York Star. THE TRUTH ABOUT MOTHS. "I wish youd put something in the paper to stop people believing that fib about moths," 6aid a pretty woman of philanthropic turn. With that densfe stupidity characteristic of my sex I was obliged to ask what lie. "Why, they are always saying in the papers that it is not necessary to do anything to keep moths out of furs, but to wrap the furs in cotton cloths or in papers; that the moths will not go through those fabries to get to their native diet of Russian sable beneath. Well, now, that may be very true and interesting as a scientific fact, but as advice for saving your sables it is simply Tommyrot. I ought to know. I paid ?100 for the information last ytms. _ I went and did my things up in cotton cloth last spring. I don't know why. I i It would have been easier just to go and I turn them into a trunk with a nickel's I worth of camphor, as I always had, but I I this other was a new and sort of learned I 1 idea, and I took up with it. I suppose I the eggs were already in my furs, but that I is it; the eggs always will be in them. 11 thought I beat them out, but I evidently I didn't, for the moths were there, and 11 suppose they did not go through tha i cotton, but if I couldn't get them out,; I neither can those other poor women tha^ are listening to the irresponsible journalist now. No, you go put it in that a dime's I worth of camphor is worth all the ento* mological science in the world against I moths. Just dump it in the trunk witl} I your things and you are all right.?NewM York Graphic. - I RECIPES. '.I Molasses Ginger Cakes?One pint of I molasses, one tablespoon of lard, two tea-1 spoons of soda in two-thirds of a cup of I boiling water and two tablespoons of gin ger. Mix quickly as possible. Roll thin I and bake quick. I Cinnamon Buns?In making baking powder biscuit take some of the dough I and roll three-quarters of an inch thick; cut out with a biscuit cutter; spread with I butter, then sugar and cinnamon; put in a I tin; make a dent with finger in the centei fl and bake till a light brown in a hot oven. I Tapioca Jelly?One-half pint of tapi oca, one quart of water, the juice and grated rind of a lemon. Soak the tapioca over night in water; sweeten and boil ill for an hour in a farina kettle. When I nearly done stir in the lemon and pour it I into molds. Serve with cream sweet ened. m Omelette Souffle?Five eggs, a quarter I of a pound of butter, four tablespoonfuls of sugar, one of flour. Mix well, add I last the still frotli of the whites of the I ' ?- in Q cnino. I eggs. j>ieic a piece ui uuuu ^ pun, pour in the mixture, and stir with a I broacl knife until done. Sprinkle with lemon juice and sugar, or serve with pre serves. Apple Custard?A way to prepare :ip-1 pies for dessert is to core, pare and grate I them. For a quart of grated apples iitixl in a quarter of a pound of melted butter I and half a pound of sugar. Beat thai yolks and whites of eight eggs separate-B ly; stir in the whites the last thing, andH bake like custard in a deep dish lined! with pu3 paste. I Rich Pudding?Mix apples, chopped, B one and one-half pints of milk, ten ounces I of bread crumbs, ten ounces of raisins (or currants or both), six eggs, half of grated nutmeg, the grated peel of al lemon, a quarter of a pound of sugar and I a small teaspoonful of salt. Mix all thor- I oughly together, putting in the fruit last, I and steam for four or five hours in a I mould. This makes a large pudding; I half the quantity will answer for a small family. fl