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I "BLIZZARD IN ENGLAND I Worst Storm of the Century I Strikes tireat Britain. \ London Paralyzed, Traffic Blocked and Shipping Destroyed, i i l Details given below of the violer t Atlantic snow gale which ravaged England, especially its southern districts, show that it was one ^ of the severest storms recorded near the ernal equinox. It will raik with the cele1 brated "Royal Charter'' storm of October, 1859, so called from the fact that during its it&Ipj; a stout shiD of that name was dashed So pieces, with great loss of life, on Anglesea F Island. f A cablegram from LondoD, says: The only i topic of discussion in England is the fearful blizzar.d which paralyzed business in town and country. The visitation has had no precedence in Great Britain at this time of the year. The railroads cf Kent and Sussex are completely blocked and the neighboring country | u deep with snow. The hurricane which acf companied the snow-storm piled snowdrifts on all sides, stopping all traffic on the raill tray lines and upon the country roads. I The trains full of passengers in the Mid* lands were snowed up. The Sheerness mail car has been lost some where along the line of railroad between I this city and Slieerness. A search party sent out after the missing car rescued the t engineer of the lost engine. He was found I halt frozen in a snowdrift. Reports from the provinces show that the blizzard prevailed from St. George's Channel to the North Sea. All road traffic was topped and trains there delayed. In Somersetshire, Dorsetshire^ Hampshire and Gloucestershire there are snowdrifts everywhere, mauy feet deep, rendering field work impossible. In these counties the mail service has been completely stopped, and the farmers suffer immense loss among the cattle and sheep with which their farms are stocked. Taken altogether, the storm has been unequaled in severity for a decade, not excepting the terrible weather in the latter nart'of 1890. Another instance of a snow-blockaded train Is upon a road familiar to Americans who cross the Channel to and from the Continent, A passenger train which left Charing Cross Station at midnight for Folkestone was caught in a huge snowdrift outside of Folkestone. The passengers were not resf cued until 8 o'clock next morning, when many of them were seriously ill, owing to the fact that ttrey had been in a half-frozen condition lor several hours. The passengers had neither food nor light from the time when they were Imprisoned in the snowbound cars until they were rescued. The green-grocers of London and elsewhere are naturally suffering from a dearth ; of vegetable s, etc. All the wagons coming In from the country and bound, in the case of London, for Covent Garden Market, have been snowed up along the roads leading into tha metropolis, and a scarceness and rise in price of sucn provisions may be looked for within tho next day or two. Work about the various docks in and near London has been partially suspended, owing to the mass of snow accumulated about the docks and ships. At Lydd, a small seaport town of KeDt. xdViiIa the roB<?t-jrnftrd lifeboat was croine to the rescue of tTie crew of an endangered vessel, the lifeboat capsized, and several of its gallant occupants were drowned. Near 'Hastings, Sussex County,five fishing smacks have been wrecked. Three fishermen were drowned, the other members of the crews barely escaping with their lives. A convict named Wilson escaped from the Portland convict depct during the height of the storm. He found a boat near the sea'shore, put to sea, and was picked up next day by a passing vessel. When taken out of the boat the convict was dying of cold. Only meagre telegrams were received from various parts of England and Wales. The lines, according to these dispatches, are generally blocked. Traffic on the Great Western Railway is completely blocked, and the trains on that road which were caught out in the storm are stalled at different points. "" A dispatch from Harwich brings the information that the yacht Sapphire, owned by MacLarr, of Glasgow, has been driven ashore there during the gale.- Mr. MacLarr, the dispatch adds, was washed overboard and drownsd. Information received from Cardiff is to the * effecS that the storm rages in that neighborhood with unabated force and severity. A dispatch from Dover says that the Ad miralty Pier at that place has been so bat. tered by the waves that huge stones weigh. Ing ten tons apiece have been dispacod, and that blocks of iron weighing two tons each have been carried away by the violence of toe angry waters. NATIONAL CROP REPORT, Estimates of Corn and Wheat in Farmers' Hands. The statistical returns of the Department of Agriculture for March are estimates of the corn and wheat in the hands of farmers, the proportion and present value of merchantable corn, the weight of wheat per measured bushelj and other points in the commercial distribution of grain. The result of the consolidation makes the farmers' reserve of corn 36.4 per cant, of the crop in comparison with 45.9 per cent, last year; in bushels, 542,000,000, against 970,030,000 last year. It is the lowest recent reserve except that from the smaller crop of 1887 and that from the crop of 1883. The percentage retained in the -seven corn surplus States is less than in others. The proportion estimated for consumption where grown is relatively large, 87.4 per cent, instead of 81.8 last year. Tho quantity shipped, or to be shipped, from tho tarms is therefore only 188,000,000 bushels, or lass than half the surplus of last year. The proportion of the crop merchantable is 79.5 per cent, against 85.7 per cent, last year. It is therefore slightly under the average in quality. The average price of merchantable corn is 55.8 cents per bushel; of unmerchantable, 32.9 ceuts. The aggregate value of the crop on this basis is $761,000,000, uearly $7,000,000 more thau the December valuation, an advauce of about one per cent., establishing the substantial accuracy of the December estimate. The proportion of wheat still in the hands of farmers is lower than an average of the last ten years, the range being from twenty' six to thirty-three per cent. It is 28.2 per cent., or 112,000,009 bushels. It has been lower only in two years of the last ten, after the meagre crops of 1S81 and 1895, which were smaller than the crop of 1890. Including the visible stocks the supply is 135,000,000 bushels. The consumption of the last twelve months is estimated at 299,000,000 bushels, seed used 53,000,000, and exports have been about 98,000,000 l'rom March 1, 1890. The low percentages of the spring wheat States are especially noticeable. Half of the present stocks will be required for spring seeding. The proportion ot the crop estimated for consumption within the country is 52.1 per cent., against 4S.1 last year. The average weight per measured bushel is 57.2 pounds. The average of 1S89 was 57.7 pounds, which was the precise average of seven crops from 1853. In bushels of sixty pounds the aggregate total is 881,000.000, or 90,000,000 less by weight than the preceding crop. nnmnmrnv T"vr ir * Ti a n a cirt a T? I3U lUniiHI JLH A Native Governor Massacres 278 Persons With Horrible Cruelty. News of a horrible massacre comes from j Madagascar. Ramiasatra, Governor of tho j Province of Belanona, resenting a petition j from the populace to the Government to de- | fend them from cruelties, massacred 278 j persons, including men, women and children belonging to the leading families. The slaughter continued for several days. The agonies of the victims were in many cases protracted. Sometimes their limbs were gradually dismembered, their heads were sawed off and their bodies were thrown to the dogs. The survivors were forced to erect atrophy composed of the heads of the victims. The Puttman Palace Car Company now operates 2050 sleeping cars over 126,637 miles or railroad in this country. The company has abop*>|201000J000 invested in cars alone. 4 . - > 1b 11 " i- Ti'iiY i 'fair' " ii riiMirti iin THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. The long strike of the coal miners of th? Monongahela Valley of Pennsylvania has ended in a complete victory for the men. The strike was one of tbe longest and most determined ever known in that section. It lasted ten weeks, and the 6000 miners lost in wages alone, over $1,000,000. An epidemic of measles has broken out at Plymouth, Pena. Four died in one house. An unknown man presented a check for 62500. which had been raised from $25, at tho Duquesne Bunk, Pittsburg, Penu., got che money and disappeared before the fraud was discovered. Chauncey M. Depkw, President Clark and Director Joseph Park, of th9 New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, surrendered themsolves in New York Uity on warrants issued for their arrest by Coroner Levy, chargiug them with homicide in accordance with the verdict found by the Coroner's jury in the tunnel accident cases. Each gave $25,000 bail. A fly wheel burst in the Weldy Powder Mills, at Tamaqua, Penu., causing the corapjete destruction of the engine house. John Kepler and JerreLong were struck by flying pieces of tho wheel and killed. At an auction sale of rare books and manuscripts in New York, a copy of the iiutienberg Bible?the first book printed Irom movable type?brought $14,800. Johm Sellers, aged six, fell into the Schuylkill Canal at Reading, Penn., and his arother Samuel, aged eight, jumped in to save him. When they were pulled out Samuel was dead and his younger brother was revived with difficulty. The clothing manufacturers of Rochester, N. Y., notified the cutters and trimmers in their factories that their services will be discontinued, at least temporarily. This throws Dver twenty thousand peoplo out of work. Mrs. Bridget Armstrong, oi iNyactc, N. Y., was shot and beaten, her daughter Eliza was shot and their house set on Are by Joseph Storrs, who had entered for the purpose of robbery. David Searburt, Romaine Van "Wormer ?nd Joseph Van Wormer, fishermen at Coeynans, N. Y., were drowned in the Hudson on i recent night. With John Wiltsie, they weqt out in a small boat to lift a net and were capsized. Wiltsie was rescued. Surrogate Ransom, of New York City, tdmittod the will of Robert Ray Hamilton to probate, conclusive evidence being laid before him that the testator is dead. Bishop Faddock, of Massachusetts, died it Boston a few days ago. Ho was born at Norwich, Conn., in February, 183$. The contest over the will of Millionaire Fayerweather, of New York City, was withdrawn, the t-xecutors compromising with the widow and two other heirs. The failure of Dudlev, Hall & Co., of BosJon, Mass., the second largest tea firm in the ?t-Q?-Qc. ic annnimnori. Tho firm did a business of ?1,000,000 a year. The liabilities will amouDt to upwards of WOO,000. The Republicans of Rhode Island met at Providence and nominated a State ticket, j with ex-Governor Lidd at the head. The Prohibition Convention nominated for Governor the Rev. John H. Larry, of Providence. j South and West. John* Oscar Turlin&tox was hanged at Booneville, Mo., a fewdaysago for themurier of Sheriff Cranger, of Cooper County. His neck was broken. Near Emmett, Mich., Daniel McMahon, i farm hand, cut the throat of Annie Mur}hy, daughter of his employer. She was :ouud dead iu her room. He then cat his jwn throat. James Crump, a colored desperado from fTost Virginia, was shot and killed at Radford, Md., by Town Sargtiant Hardwick jfter a duel at close quarters. Hardwick w?s slightly wounded in the arm. The court hous3 at Archer City,Texas, has been burned, together with nearly all the Dounty records. Loss estimated at $50,000. Tee suiV of Hope & Co., the Amsterdam j baukers, to compol the Board of Liquidation to fund over $4,0JO, 000 Louisiaua State bonds has been decided by Judge King in the District Court at New Orleans in favor of the Board of Liquidation. TnE North Carolina Legislature has relistricted the State, makiug eight Democratic and one Republican district, and has appropriate 1 J25,000 for an exhibit at the World's Fair. W. W. Barkehcrst, sixty years old, who has not lived with his wite lor somo ;ime, went to her residence at Tuscola, 111., ind told her to make her peace with God. He then fatally shot her through the head, iftor which ho turned the pistol upon himself and inflictcd a slight wound. I An epidemic of pneumonia is raging among :he members of the South Dakota, Legislature, at Sioux Falls. Threo have died, and ;wenty-five are seriously ill. The hardware store of C. TV. Rus33ll, at Shelbyville, Tenu,, was destroyed by tire. Loss $o0,0(}J. John* Jackson, of Arthur City, Tenn., up* braided his brother William for drinking, and William shot him dead. The printing house of Gibson. Malt, Milieu Richardson, at Omaha, Neb., was de;troyed bv fire, caused by a boy smoking a . igarette in the press room. Loss $200,000. The epidemic of trichinosis in the German lettlement at Ida Grove, Iowa, continues, md two more deaths have occurred, making Ive deaths in all. Two children, a boy and a girl, age four ?nd six years, of WUliam Brinkman, were ourned to death at West Milton, Ohio, in the ibsenceof their parents. William McLaughlin and his son were listantly killed, and Mrs. McLaughlin !atally injured by a passenger train near Shaftsburg, Mich. The family was driving jome from a visit to relatives. The Alaska shaft, with the Back Ridge md Bear Valley collieries, of Shamokio, ?enn., and the Mount Carmel coal mine havo uspended operations indefinitely owing to ;he depressed condition of the coal trade. )ver a thousand miners and laborers have teen thrown out of employment. The Legislature of Idaho has appropriated 30,000 for Idaho's exhibit at the World's . "air. HfitRv PtTWMTvn T,kMAli uni! Mis* T.iiiiisA Cing Connolly, whllo out rowing on the anal at Augusta, Ga? wero drowned. The ioat was sucked through the flood gate at Shamrock Mills, two miles above the city. Mrs. 0. C. Hanson, of Pelican Rapids, dinn.,.banged herself and her one-year-old aby. She fastened a string on the edge of the loorjust above the hinge, 0:1 which she .angel the baby. She then drove a nail on ho top of the door casing and attached a tout string to which she hanged herself. No ause for the suicide is known. Washington. The cruisers Philadelphia and Ran Fran;isco have been formally accepted by the Secretary of the Navy. Secretary of War Proctor, has deeded to enlist two thousand Indians as ;oldiers. The amount of 4K per cent. Unitod States bonds redeemed to aata is $11,878,900. l.oed salisburt Has repnen to wecrstary Blaine's document on the Behring Sea controversy. He admits Great Britian's willingnesss to arbitrate most of the questions presented, and everything points to a favorable settlement. Secretary Blaine received a cablegram from Tokio announcing theaeath of John F. Swift, of California, United States Minister to Japan. The State Department at "Washington has prepared a classification of the Latin-American Departmentfor the World's (Columbian Exhibition. This classification is divided into five groups. Tiik President has appointed James H. Beatty, of Idaho, United States District Judge for Idaho. The remains of Senator Hearst were removed from his lato residence to tlio car prepared for them, and left Washington on a special traiu over the Pennsylvania road for California. The train is composed of ! five Pullman sleepers and day coaches, besides the car in which rests tho casket upon a catafalque elaborately draped with mourning emblems. The "War Department has definitely decided to bring a colored troop of cavalry?I, of the Ninth?to Fort Meyer, Washington, as a reward for its services in the recent Indian campaign. The President left Washington for a few days' duck shooting on Chesapeake Bay, near Bengies, Md. He was accompanied by ex-Senator Sewell, of New Jersey. Foreign. The Chilian Insurgents have been defeated at Ovale and have retreated on Lasarona. The suicide is reported from London, England, of Robert L. Antrobus, a member of the banking house of Coutts & Co. Terrible weather prevailed in th9 North of England. The snow is from six to fifteen inches deep. The house of John Babcock at Bay Roberts, New Foundland, was burned. Mrs. Babcock went through the flames six times for her children, rescuing one each time,and then she had to leave one to its fate and jump, breaking one of her legs. She and several of the rescued children were severely burned. The French expedition had a severe battlo with the natives at Diena, on the Niger River, in Senegal, Africa. The French carried the native positions, eleven shanvshooters being killed and many wounded. Six hundred natives were killed, among them being the leader. A terrific blizzard prevailed throughout the southwest part of England. The storm is the severest on record in that part of the country. Many small vessels have been wrecked off the coast. The loss of live stock is heavy. Hundreds of sheeps and lamos have perished in the storm. Lionel Charles Druhmond, of the London (England) banking house of the Messrs. Drummond, committed suicide with a revolver. The cause was trouble arising out of a lawsuit with a friend. A verdict was rendered of temporary insanity. The Grand Du'te Sergius, brother of the Russian Cuar, has been appointed Governor of Moscow. By the ignition of fire damp in the Monopole pit at Camen, Westphalia, Germany, six men were killed. Seven persons were killed at Glasgow, Scotland, by the explosion of an ammonia condenser in Dixon's iron works, and a number wero injured. Brazil has accepted and promulgated the new treaty of reciprocity with the United States. In a conflict in Cuba between the Civil Guards and a number of bandits two of the bandits were killed and several others were captured. The Chilean rebels gained a great victory * * - n *?/%Ana ttn/lar Artm. Over tne cnjverumcuu uwps, maud of Colonel Robles, near Pozo Almonte. All the province of Tarapaca is now under the rule of the Opposition party. LONG FIGHT ENDED. jiencral John M. Palmer Elected Senator From Illinois. TLe Senatorial fight at Springfield, III., is )ver, John M. Palmer having been elected Jnited States Senator by the Legislature on /he 154th ballot. The result was brought about by the objected defection of Messrs. Moore and Cock*ell, the Farmers' Alliance men, to tho Democratic ranks. Tho Republicans held a inal caucus that morning to see imatters :ould bo arranged. Ti e Republican comnitieo held a con-ultation and S3nt for Rep-esentative Moore and offered him the solid Republican vote of 100 if he amfjis two confreres, Cockrell and Taubeneck, would join them. This offer, if aeoepteJ, would defeat C4en?r?il Palmer; if rejected, it would put tho .'ariw *i's in the anomalous position of refusing x> lief/ elect a farmer. Moore, however, refused in a few words, tnd said that he had decidol to support Palmer. ? This ended the matter, and tho meeting idjourned to attend the joint session. A few ninutes before tho meeting of tho Joint Assembly the Republicans joined in a chorus jf "AulJLaug Syne," amid groat applause. The Democrats also struck up a melody. In iho mean time every available inch of space n tho chamber opei to the public had been jeeupied by a throng intensely eager to witless the closing scones in this memorable contest. The roll was called aud its verification showed every Republican voting for Lind'ey. every Democrat for Palmer, Moore and Cockrell for Palmer and Tai^eneck for Streeter. "On this the l"?4th ballot," said Speaker 1'rifts, "the whole number of votes cast is 204; necessary to a choice, 103,of which John M. Palmer has received 103 votes, A. J. Streeter 1 vote and Cicero J. Lindley 100 votes, and 1 hereby declare John M. Palmer July elected United States Senator to represent the Stato of Illinois in the Congress of the United States for tho term of six ears." Deafening applause from tho Democratic side and galleries greeted this announcement. When Representative Taubeneck's name was called he voted for "A. J. Streeter, uominec of F. M. B. A. party," and drooping to his seat, burst into tears. His sincere sorrow no one doubted, and oheer after che?r from the Republican side rewarded his loyalty to his party nominee. John McCauley Palmer was born in Eagle Crc?k, Scott County, Ky,, September 13, 1817. He moved to Illinois in 1332, and in IS39 se I tied in Carlinville. Although seventyfive old, ho has all the physical vigor of a strong man of fifty. He has been closely identified with Illinois politics for forty years, having beeu a leader in both parties and by each givon all the honors it could bestow. Up to the opening of thewarPaljner was a Democrat but had never held oince. He went into the war as a colonel and came out as a major-general. After the war he affiliated with tlie Republican party and in 1868 was elected Governor. In 18?2 General Palmer's term as Governor ended and about that time he ceased all connection with the Republican party and soon after openly joined the Democracy. Since then, wntle always active in the councils of that organization, he was little seen in public life, quietly practising law in Springfield until 1888, when the Democrats nominate him for Governor. During that campaign he made speeches in every county in the State. He was boa ten by Governor Fifer, by only 12,000 votes, while President Harrison had a majority of over 25,000. Last year he was nominated at the Democratic State Convention for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Farwell, the idea being that such a nomination came as close to electing a Senator by popular vote as can be gotten at under existing laws. The General again took the stump as a candidate of his party and canvassed the State, as he did three years ago when running for Governor. In a final conference with the representatives of the F. M. B. A. he said, although his health was admirable, lie had nearly reached the limit of political activity and would regard his election to the United States Senate as the crowning honor. BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH, Leading Baltimore Bankers Discuss Southern Progress. T'?a T5olKmAra If/vn it frt/*f ?/* />? ?' Ron/Wfl publishes interviews with leading Baltimore bankers as to the effect on Southern securities of the late financial crisis following the failure of the Barings, and on the outlook for Southern investments. Alexander Brown says: "Our house some time age curtaile 1 its ?Vestern business and turned ita attentio a to the South as the larger and more profitable field for investments. We have not only invested in railroad securities, but in many others, and are perfectly satisfied with them. During the recent worldwide financial depression, Southern securities felt the effect much less than those of other sections.'' John A. Hambleton &Co., leading bankers, who hav-* placed some millions of dollars in tha South for their clients say: l,Kailroad facilities in thoSouth have been inadequate in proportion tw the business which tiie woaderi'ul grow:h of this section has produced. In climate, soil, resources, and natural advantages the Soutb iefies competition." THREE VICTIMS. Balky Horso Kills a Farmer and Ills Two Daughters. Lyman Hyde, an old farmer, and his twenty-three-ycar-old uaugnter juaitn, were killed, aul Emcline, & sixteon-year-old daughter, fatally injured at Sharkey's Grossing, near Lima, Ohio, on a recent evening. The three were in a buggy and attempted to 5c- in frrtnf r\f _o fpfliffht. frftlJl Til ft hftP9(? balked and the frightened occupants of the buggy became too bewildered to even attempt to save themselves. NEWS OF THE DAI Latest Dispatches About Foreign and Domestic Affairs. The Argentine Government Borrows $20,000,000, The Argentine Government issued a decree which suspended business on the Bourse, in the Custom House and in the banks for two days. The dec re 3 was issued in view of the disturbed state of trade, the financial anxiety prevailing, and the general feeling of panic which exists in all circles. The decree announces that the days mentioned are to be observed as holidays, but the real reason for the suspension of business is to try to save the Provincial Bank, about wkich so much has been said recently, from flnancin' disaster. There has been a run on the b. tor several days, and it is believed that u did not dare to open its door9. A syndicate composed of 120 merchants has arranged a plan by which it will lend the Argentine Government the sum of $20,000,000. Consequently, the Government has decided that no fresh issue of paper money will be made, and that the tax of two per cent, recently levied on all deposits in private banks will be abolished. Senhor Lopez, the Minister of Finance,has resigned. He will probably be succeeded by Senhor Wirburra. Dispatches received at Paris, France, from Buenos Ay res, say that it is hoped that the two holidays announced by the Government will facilitate the settlement of. the existing commercial and financial difficulties. The reports also criy that the general opinion prevails that a forced paper issue is inevitable. Official .Reports of Koch's Lymph. The official reports called for by Dr. von ? . * - * tij *. ? e? Uossier, minister ui fiuuuanuu, umu clinics of all Prussian Universities and Pathological Institutes on the efficiency of Dr. Koch's tuberculine, up to the close of 1S90, have been published by Professor Gutfcstadt. Up to the time named about 17,500 injections were made on the persons of 2172 patients, the greatest number received by any one person being fifty-four, and the largest number of grammes administered being 34.5. Of 1010 patients suffering from internal tuberculosis, thirteen were cured; 171 considerably improved; 194 improved; 588 not improved, and forty-six died. Of 708 afflicted with external tuberculosis, fifteen were cured; 148 considerably improved; 237 improved; 293 did not improve, and nine died. Buffalo Bill Gets His Redskins. Colonel "William F. Cody has won another battle. For a month or more he has b?en knocking at the doors of the Interior Department in Washington, for permission to engage 100 Indians from the Sioux reservation for his Wild West Show. Commissioner Morgan has .stoutly opposed the applications, owing to reports that the redskins whom Buffalo Bill took abroad last year were badly treated. Secretary Noble, after a thorough in- I vestigation, came to the conclusion that the j charges were unfounded, and granted to the I rv>lnnol t.hp rovefced nrivileze. Death Was in the Coffee Pot. William Ferguson, aged seventy-eight, one of the most respectable farmers in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and his son-inlaw, B. C. Watts, died on a recent morning from poisoning, and Miss Grace Boyd, the granddaughter of Mr. Ferguson, was at the point of death from the same cause. The physician in attendance called in a chemist, who found arsenic in the coffee pot. It had evidently been placed there during the night, as the door of the cook-house was unlocked. Thwarted. Justice With a Scarf A few days ago Christian Birre, one of th? wealthiest farmers in the vicinity of Little Falls, Minn., seized his little stepdaughter Minnie Triessel, a child of eight years, and, carrying her half a mile to a pond, held her head under water until she was drowned. He was captured and placed in jail, and his trial set for next day. That night at six he hanged himself to the door of his cell with a neck scarf. Arrest of Thirty Moonshiners. * ?:_J fl,? mannckinops nf Smith A In. A 1 a 111. VIA muwiiau.uv. - ?? . bama and Northern Florida has just been | completed, and resulted in thirty arrests being made and thirty-nine stills capture and destroyed. The nortorious Yon brothers, who fought six deputies with rifles at Bonifay, Fla., December 13, 1890, wounding two of them, are among the captured. Killed 200 Nativ j Africans. A dispatch from Zanzibar, Africa, states that Baron von Wissmann has punished the Kibosh tribe, and that in so doing he killed 200, wounded sixty, and captured fifty of the tribesmen. The German loss was twc men killed and fifteen wounded. The Germans captured 60,000 head of cattle and a quantity of ammunition and ivory. Drowned In a Bucket of Water. The two-year-old daughter of Mrs. Ludwlg Sabul, of South Bethlehem. Penn., fell from its crib during a recent night into a bucket a water and was drowned. A similar death occurred about a year ago in the same family. The authorities are investigating the case. BENT BY*A LION, X Tamer Killed In the Paris (France) Hippod .'orae. A terrible scene, by which a well-known (ion tamsr lost his life, was witnessed at the Hippodromo in Paris, France, on a recent day. The spectacle of "Nero" is being prepared at the Hippodrome, and one of the features of the show, as proposed, is an attack by a number of lions upon wooden figures so arranged in the arena to represent human beings. Seets, the liou tamer, had just concluded fhn rinv's drillinc or traininc of six lions for I this performance, and was driving them back into their cages, when one of them suddenly refused to re-enter his cage. Seets managed to cage the remaining five lion?, and tnen turned his attention to the rebellious animal, which had angrily taken refuge in a neighboring passage. The man armed himself with a lance and tried to dislodge the refractory lion, but in so doing ho tripped and Lst hold of bis lance, the weapon rolling several yards away from him. Before the lion tamer could regain possession of the lance, the angry lion sprang upon the unfortunate man, hurled him to the lloor, bit and tore him in a most horrible manner. Seots's cries for help soon brought another of the trainers to the scene. The latter caught up the lanco and galiantly attacked the lion. Cowed by a wound inflicted, the lion released poor Seets and slunk into its case. HIGH TYPE AFRICANS. Congo Natives With the Features oi White Men. The Congo State has founded a station in Africa upon the left bank of the Mobangi River, the great northern tributary of the Congo, at Zongo Rapids, 4U0 miles from ths mouth of the river. The station is in charge of Lieut. Hanok-t, who writes some interesting details of tho people there. He says that except for their black color many of them almost resemble Europeans. He is able to detect little trace of African features. fjonio of them, he says, bear an astonishing resemblance to Europeans of his acquaintance, and many ot mem are v?; ngut He described tho women as beautiful, on adjective that is not often applie 1 to the natives of equatorial Africa. The husbands, he says, are extremely jealous, aud do not hesitate to cut off the heads and to eat the bodies of their wives aud daughters upon tho 6lightest infraction of the moral code. Natives resembling these people of Zongo have also been found in the basin of Sankuru River, south of the Congo, whereMessrs.Kund and Tappenbeck found people who, though black, nave nearly the same cast of features as Europeans, and are physically among the finest specimens of Africans. LATEB NEWST James Joyce, aged fourteen years, committed suicide at Philadelphia, Peua., by shooting hims3lf. The deed was prompted by fear of punishment which his father had threatened to inflict for an act of remissness. 9vviTnn Ronw? nro?nnfArl in t.ho fitatrt Senate the resignation of Thoma3 Durfeet Chief Justice of Rhode Island, to take effect March 14, 1801. James A. Simmon's was found guilty in New York City of aiding in embezzling ffi22,000, the funds of the Sixth National Bank. Thomas Eckert and his three-year-old boy were burned to death in their hou3e at Ellsworth. Wis. Secretary of War Proctor, accompanied by Attorney-General Miller, Quartermaster-General Batchelder, Major Hill and Lieutenant Woodberry, of the War Department, visited the Chickaraauga battle field in Tennessee. F. A. Gale, a prominent banker and politician of Yankton, South Dakota, committed 5uicide by shooting in Sioux City, Iowa. He left a letter saying that be had lost all his money on the Chicago Board of Trade. The celebrated United States Marine Band is preparing to start on an extended musical education tour of thirty-five of the principal cities of the country. Tee War Department has completed its scheme for enlisting Indians in the ranks, so as to make eight troops and nineteen companies in as many different cavalry and infantry regiments. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs ha9 awarded contracts for furnishing the Sioux Indians with beef and corn under the recent act appropriating $100,00(1 for that purpose. As a result of the failure of Congress to maka the necessary appropriations for r-nnfc finnarol OwlwAV thfl CO HI manding officer, has issued an order disbanding the Seventh and Eighth (colored) Battalions of the District National Guard. Dr. von Gossler, Prussian Minister o? Public Worship, has resigned his office. The British ship Bay of Panama has been wrecked off Falmouth, England, and the Captain, his wife and twelve of the crow have been drowned. A convention in Santiago, Chili, has I nominated Signor Vicuna for the Presidency. | A hurricane has swept over tho Balearic Isles, and a number of shipwrecks occurred on the coasts of those islands. The Italian Government has declinod to grant the $103,000 promised by Premier Crispi, on its behalf, for carrying out the preparations for celebrating the discovery ol America by Columbus. PROMINENT PEOPLE. \ General W. T. Sherman left no will. v. General Beauregxrd is seventy-two fears of age. Senator Gorman, of Maryland, is fiftyone years old. The King of Spain is a very strong boy, ugly, but bright and &ood tempered. The death of Sir Tharia Topan, of Bombay and Zanzibar, reduces the number of Indian knights to four. Bell, the telephone man, has given $25,000 to a New York association for the teaching of speech to the dumb. Judge C. C. Fitch, of Garnetsville, Ky.p 3ied recently at the age ninety-nine. He was the oldest Mason iu the South. John Jacob Astor, who recently married Miss Willing, of Philadelphia, will have, when his father dies, an income of $3,000,000 a year. Samuel P. Jones, tho Georgia evangelist, 3ec!ares in a letter to a Texas friend that hi3 nealth has failed, and he is on the verge of physical collapse. Sir Edwin Arnold's favorite diversion while in Japan was a weekly kite frying party to which each guest brought his own kite. Empress Eugenie, of France, has been compelled to sell the Chateau d'Arenenberg in Switzerland in consequence of unlucky stock speculations. Joel Chandler HARRis("Uncle Remus"), the Southern writer, now sixty yesrs of age, is a great pedestrian, and is said to have walked thirty-six miles in one day recently. The new Senator from Kansas used years igo to spell his name Pfeiffer. When he bdjamean editor he dropped the "i" and on his election to the Senate he cut out the first "f." Phil Armour, the Chicago pork man, is 3f medium height and heavy, but not fat. Bis face is full and round and adorned by a pair of Burnsides. He is quick in speech and easily approachable. Profkessor Theodore N. Dwight, who bas recently retired from the head of the Columbia law school, had been with the college since 1858, and is probably the most ooted teacher of law in this country. The Mikado of Japan is to visit Wiesbaden, Germany, next summer, partly for the waters and partly for the spectacle "of innocent merriment." Six villas have been engaged for the EmpeVor and his suite. John D. Archbold, Vice-President of tho Standard Oil Company and one of the council of five who directs the affairs of that corporation, is worth from 15,000,000 to 67, COO,000. He began his business career as i common day laborer." The oldest living graduate of West Point Is William C. Young, of Chicago, 111. He tvas born in 1799 and graduated from the Academy in 1822. He was commissioned Lieutenant of Artillery and remained in active service until 1826, when he resigned. The late "Diamond Joe" Reynolds, of Hot Springs, Ark., was a very plain man in bis dress, and with fill his wealth he never swned a residence. He live,J with his wife in plainly furnished and unpretentious apartments. He left au estate worth about S3,>00.000. Mrs. Louxsbury, widow of the defaulting cashieHof the New York City postofflce, voluntarily turned over the entire estate of ber deceased husband for the benefit of his | bondsmen and creditors. She was an actress before marriage, and, having resumed the stage, is starring in the West. The mosl popular of Germany's host of professors of philosophy is Professor Paulson, if Berlin. He is a man of fortv-five, tall, rather sto'ut and vigorous. His nair is iron zray, his face smooth shaven, and he has the IVebstesian type of countenance. He is aoted for his modesty and his lectures are :rowded. "RTTT.T.P.TS I'M A TULLE.DOM. A Kentucky Dance Winds Up in a Fatal Free Fight. A quarrel at a dance at Kilgore, Ivy., was the cause of a pitched battle in tho ballroom, which will result in the death of sis men. Others are hurt more or less seriously. The men fatally wounded aro: Samuel Bunting, Charles Bunting, Andy Howell, Sherman Lucas, David Waugh and Jeff Waugh. A woman, one of tUe dancers, was thj cause of the troublo. Jeff Waugh and Sherman Lucas wanted her for a partner. Both were drinking and oacli claimed her hand. Fiually Jeff struck Sherman in tho face. In a minute a shot was flrei and a panic ensued, men, women and children rushing for the passage to the open air. The doorway became clogged with a mass of humanity, whose only object was to escape from the shower of bullets being fired in tlio hall. Tho first man to fall was Sherman Lucas, a miuer. As soon as Lucas fell his friends rallied tc his rescue and a perfect fusillade was the result. Between ten ami twenty men were engaged on both sides, and it is estimated that between fifty anil one hundred and fifty shots were tired. The firing ceased only when ammunition was ex liausted. During tha fight ttio Iigats were extinguished, which fact no doubt saved many lives. When the battle ended six men lay on tlw ( floor fatally wounded. J MM! RELIGIOUS READING. HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHY. You ask me how I gave my heart to Christ? I do not know. There came a yenrning for him in my soul, 00 long ago. I found earth's flowers would fade and die, I wept for something that could satisfy; And then?and then?somehow I seemed to dare To lift my broken heart to him in prayer. 1 do not know? I can not tell you bow: I only know He i/my Saviour now. You ask me when I gave my heart to Christ? I can not tell. The day. or just the hour, I do not now .Remember well. It must have been when I was all alone, The light of his forgiving spirit shone Into my heart so cloudcd o'er with sin; I think?I think?'twas then I let him in. I do not know? I cannot tell you when. I only know He is sa dear since then. You ask me where I gave my heart to Christ? I can not say. That sacred place has faded from my sight, As yesterday. Perhaps He thought it better I should not Remember where. IIow I should love that spot! I think I could not tear myself away, For I should want forever there to stay. I do not know? I cannot tell you where; I only know* He came and blessed me there. You ask me why I gave my heart to Christ? I can reply: It is a wondrous story; listen while I tell you why: My heart was drawn, at length, to seek his face; I was alone, I bad no resting place; I heard of how he loved me, with a love Of depth so great?of height so far above A human ken, 1 longed such love to share; And sought it then, Upon my knees, in prayer. You ask me why I thought this loving Christ Would heed my prayer? I knew he died upon the cross forme, 1 nniled him there! I beard his dying cry, "Father forgive!" I saw him drink death's cup that I might live; My head was bowed upon my breast in I shame. He called me?and in penitence I came. He heard my prayer! I cannot tell you how, Nor when nor where; Why. I have told you now. a frenchman's two saviours. At one of Mr. McAll's meeting in Paris, a rough looking workingman, who had been converted at the mission, and is now a devoted and active Christian, told a most pointed story of his own life. "I have had two .saviours," he said. "The first was after the Commune. I was taken and accused as a Communist, and, without auv form oi trial, was marched to instant death. In mj own eyes I was a dead man. Marching across the Champ de Mars, we met an officer, who touched me. and said to the soldiers 'What are you doing with that man there! 1 answer for him; he is an honest man; let him go.' They let me go. This man was my saviour. I did not know then that I was in danger of another death, that my sin had condemned me before God. Years after 1 found jt out, and I was in despair. I couic see no way to be saved. Then Jesus Chrisl passed by* and said, 'This man?I answei for him." And a second time I was saved.' THE WORLD'S GOODS. Jt seems to me there is a solemn irony ii that word "goods.'' What men call "goods' they do not mean the truth, things spiritual and tilings eternal, but they mean boxes and bales, and bundles of things kept in stores things that perish with their use. Those arc their goods. Far be it from me to disparage money or its equivalent, to disparage wealth; it is not n thing to be despised; it is a blessing for a mar to have money if there is a right use of it He can make the world brighter and better I v,n mi, mnl-p homes haimier and hearts lighter; he can make the heart of the widow sing for joy and the orphan clap hi9 hand! and bless his benefactor. It is not a sin for man to toil for it, to plat for it: anil yet, though it be a blessing, how easily God can put a curse upon the bless ing. Its posession ought, one would thinkto srivc a man comfort and quiet and safety ancl an easv, luxurious sort of time. W< imagine what is the matter with many o us is we are so miserably poor, and we liav< to delve and scrape and scrimp and save at every turn, and do not have the means tc enjoy ourselves. We have a notion tha what we want Is money, like a hundred mer we can think of. It ought to surround one with every comfort, it ought to lift oik out of the reach of carkins care, it ought t< take the ache out of the heart one wouli think, but it does not. IIow easily the Lori can plant th< rns in the rich man's pathway How easily he can make him more uncom fortable when rich than when poor, so thai he shall look back regretfully to the time when he worked for two dollars a day. If I were in a country where insects abount I would want to be just as small as possible The more surface a man has the better it i> for the venomous things to sting, and sc there is a sort of vulnerability atrJ exposuri a rich man has; he can get bit at so mani points; he can be hurt in so many different directions; so many things have got to gc just right or there is all disquiet.?[P. S Ilenson, D. D. CHRIST OCR KTS'li. It is natural and right that Christian: should dwell upon the atoning work o Christ. His cross is the central object of al history anil hope, and bcth in doctrine am | in life the believer mny well determine t< know nothing in comparison with ' Chris I him PMiriflpil." Yet uo Dromineni teaching of Scripture can safely be neglected and it is worth considering whether many ol us do not lose much bv not recognizing mor< fully the kingship of Christ: that he is Em manuel as well as Jesus, our King as well as our Saviour. Certainly great prominence is given to this truth in the Bible. The very first prophecy assures us that his power shall crush theser pent's hcail. He was the King who led th< twelve tribes to victory and of whom Davit! and all his royal line were types, whom th( l'salmist extolled and exhorted all kings ant judges to obev, and whom the prophets joy fully foretold as the Prince of peace, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom anc whose dominion endureth throughout ali generations. When he became incariif."!* the wise men worshipped him as the Kingol the Jews: as a King lie exercised a sovereign control over winds and waves, diseases and devils; as a King he entered Jerusalem in triumph, claimed to be In ad over all things, commissioned his disciples, and promised them the kingdom. As K ng of the Jews Pilate crucified him, and as King he rose leading captivity captive, and ascended to heaven, where he is crowned with many j crowns?King of kings and I.ord of lords. It is not without design that the Bible from first to last is so full of the kingship of Christ. Its teaching .should have its "rightful place in our minds beside his atoning work and its fitting and powerful influence on our is ? ? ? w?ii nmv w<< wnrshin a Sovereign every way so worthy to reijfn, delight to enroll ourselves his loyal subjects, ami make our lives yield the obeli lent service which he challenges. Well may we confide in his protection and bounty, be zealous for his honor, ami bo assured that his kingdom shall till the whole earth. If Dempsey's nose is realty broKen he will never be handsome again. Surgical skill works wonders in many case3, but when the bridge of ft man's nose is broken the organ can never bo restored to its erstwhile symmetry. A NewYorker spent over $20,000 trying to get his nose back after a break, but the Vieafc tho Kiircoons could do was tc leave a saer iu the middle. "The "best "horsemen In Europe an forind in Russia. In that countr} blinders are never put upon a horse, and a shying horse is rarely seen. . igmngi sabbatFschqqT i INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOB MARCH 20. . vlfli Lesson Text: "Review Exercise ol the Past Quarter?Golden Text: 1 Kings xviii., 30. Superintendent: Who .succeeded Solomon asking? School: Rehoboam, his son. Supt.: What appeal did the people make to Rehoboam? School: They asked him to lighten the burdens his father laid upon them. Supt.: What was Rehoboam's reply? School: My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke; my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. Supt.: What followed this reply? School: Ten of the tribes revolted and . ^ made Jeroboam their king. Supt.: What false worship did Jeroboam XaS establish? School: He made two calves of gold, and - ? said unto the people, It Is too much for yon to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Supt.: What judgment did Elijah foretell 10 ADaO.' VW School: As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word Supt.: How did the Lord care for Elijah by the brook Cherith? School: The ravens brought him bread aad '; < flesh in the morning and in the evening, and he drank of the brook. Supt : How did the Lord care for Elijah at Zarephath? School: He commanded a widow woman there to sustain him. Supt.: What promise did the Lord make to the widow of Zarephath? School: The barrel of meal shall not waste* neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. Supt.: What followed th9 prayer of th? priests of Baal for Ore to consume their sacrifice? School: There was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. Supt.: How was Elijah's prayer answered? School: The fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. Supt.: Why did Elijah flee from Samaria? School: Jezebel the queen threatened to kill him. :f Supt.; What question did the Lord ask him r ^ at Horeb? JM School: What doest thou here, Elijah? Supt.: What was Elijah's reply? School: I have been very jealous for the v.j Lord God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down ? Thine altars,and slain Thy prophets with the '< i sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they ; ^ l seek my life, to take it away. . . Supt.: What message was Elijah com- . t manded to deliver to Ahab in the vineyard of Naboth? * ~ School: In the place where do's licked the -s'il i blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, : ' oven thine. r Supt.; How was Elijah taken from EUsha? '.;v^ r School: Behold, there appeared a chariot' ; \ of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them V' both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirl- . > wind into heaven. ; Supt.: How did Elisha raise the Shunam- jjf[j J mite's son? j School: He went in therefore, and shut tho [ door upon them twain, and praye i unto the Lord; and stretched himself upon him;aad j the child sneezed seven times, and the child jrjj t opened his eyes. ' Supt.: What message did Elisha send to . % i Naaman? School: Go and wash in Jordan seven ?$1 times, and thv flosh shall come again to thee, . '* md tbou sholt be clean. Supt.: What followed bis obedience? 1 School: His flesh came again like unto tha ' desh of a little child, and he was clean. Supt.: Whom did the king of Syria sand I :o Dothan to take Elislia? i School: He sent thither horses and ?$5 :hariots, and a great host; and they came by > aight, and compassed the city about. i Supt.: How wasElisha protected. > School: Behold the mountain was full of . "?4 i nors^s and chariots of Are round about Elisha.?Westminster Question Book, "Wonderful Armless Men. 5 Bulwcr,in his "Artificial Changeling,* i makes mention of one John Simons, a -"J r native of Berkshire, England, born with" out arms or hands, who could write with! . ' his mouth, thread a needle, tie a knotfvJJ$| ; shuffle, cut and deal a pack of cards, f This wonderful personage was exhibitad ' v' in London in 1653. , Stowe gives an account of a Hollandt er, born without arms, who, while on ex- ri i hibition in 1581, exhibited surprising "' it j feats of activity, such as flourishing a > rapier, shooting an arrow at a target,etc. 1 John Sear, a Spaniard,also born with- ' } out arms, was exhibited in London dur1 ing the reign of King William. He j t could comb his hair, shave himself, fill a' i glass, thread a needle, embroider, write ' 'gjg j six different styles of "handwriting,'' and play on several different kind/1 of musical instruments, with his feet and - ji toes. ysj^a But William Kingston, of Ditch-heat, Somersetshire, England, was "the most ; .*|j wonderful of all that wondrous crew." Concerning hi.m a writer of the London Chronicle sayo: I put half a sheet of ulF per, with pen and ink, on the floor "jrjaf 3 fore him. He threw off his shoes as he '.''Jg f sat; took the inkstand ia the toes of his J left foot (having beeL. born without % j arms), and held the pen in those of the t right. He then wrote three fine lints, *^5 t better than mo3t can with the fingers. ' ^ He feeds himself, and can bring both , his meat or his broth to his mouth by holding the fork or spoon in his toes. i Pie showed mo how he shaves. * * * , He can dress and undress himself. He is a farmer by occupation; milks his cows with bis toes, cuts his own hay and ? binds up his bundles and carries it about , the field for his cattle. In saddling and [ bridling his horse he does it with hw . | teeth. * * * He is so strong in his | teeth that he can lift ten pecks of beans I with them, and he can throw a hammer f as far with his feet as most people can ' with their hands.?St. Louis Republic. i - ' (j A curious story of "spontaneous ?J , I hypnoti3m," as it is tevjned, comes from Hancock, Minn. The'?kusband of Mrs. Edward Day left the house one day ;?i last October to go to the barn, and on his rotnrn his wife shrieked and bade him loave the room. He expostulated, but ^ a'no denied evor haviug seon him, insisting that her namo was Margaret Hill and that she lived in Philadelphia. All offorts of friends and physicians to ^ convince her to the countrary were unavailing. Being asked her age she answered, "Fifty-six," though she is only twonty-four. She was sane on all other subjects. Three weeks later she was again in her normal mind. A week ! afterward she onco more fancied iier* i self Margaret Hill, spinster, of PhilaI delphia. An Eastern phrenologist who made a study of nojej offered to wager $100 that he coald go*out on the street and pull certain make3,6f noses and not even be blasted iu return. Tho first?ne ho tried, however, brought a blow which laid huh unconscious and lost him four gryod toeth. Bis diagnosis