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PKBDMiTIC 61 TESTS. DYNAMITE FIRED A MILE AND A HALF. Where the Projectile,Which Weighed Over Haifa Ton, Struck, ao Acre of Water Rose Over a Hundred. Feet in the Air and Shook Sandy Hook (N. J.) Trying Grounds. A flfteen-incb, full-calibre projectile, containing 500 pounds of niiro-gelatine, one of the strongest of explosives, and weighing 1160 pounds, was fired 2403 yards, or about one and a half miles to sea, from a pneumatic gun at Sandy Hook, N. J. The cap in the end of the projectile had been Bet to explode two seconds after the cartridge struct the water, and in that time It was figured that the gigantic affair would rink at least eighteen feet from the surface. For a moment after a thin stream of spray told the watchers at Sandy Hook that the projectile had struck the water there was a dead silence. Then a low roar could be heard, and a second later the earth fairly trambled, as the army experts and the men who spent nearly a million dollars in perfecting the pneumatic gun saw a full acre of water riso In a solid column to a height estimated at anywhere from one hundred to three ' hundred leet, and then slowly fall back again. For three minute"? after the explosion the air over the spot where the projectile struck was filled with spray, and ten minutes after the haze had disappeared the water, for a half mile around, was one mass ox seetning loam. The experiment was only one of flvs made before the members of the Board of Ordnance and of ttie Board of Fortifications of the United States Army, but it was the most Important one; in fact, it was the most important experiment of its kind ever before attempted in this country, and the success which attended it will probably result in the acceptance by the United States Government of the three enormous pneumatic guns now on Sandy Hoot, which were contracted for by the Government and which were built by the Pneumatio Gun and Tork. pedo Construction Company. No one else has ev>r dared to attempt to explode 500 poun.ts of dynamite, either from a gun or in any other way, and this experiment marks the beginning of a new era in the history of explosives. The wonderful mechanism of the pneu- > matio guns fairly delighted the soientiflo men. Only two of the three were used, but both worked with wonderful precision. The guns are worked entirely by electricity, and as the name implies the power to send the enormous projectiles is pained from compressed air. The guns and gun oarriages wei^h together fifty-two tons and are set in a depressed foundation. Beside tho gun is a little stand 0.1 which the man who works th? weapon stands. By means of two cranks find a lever he gains complete control of the enormous miss of iron and steel, and with one twist of one of the former can send the entire gun, carriage and all, noiselessly and smoothly around a complete oircle, in flfty-two seeon Is. Another crank will set the gun proper ar any angle, while a twist of the lever rele ises the compressed air and sends the projectile flying into space. ; Aw Sandy Hook they have engines constantly generating compressed air and storing It in cellars under the guns. Pipes connect with the storage cellars, and when the lever is pulled as much compressed air as it has previously been arranged to use is liberated. It rushes into the cannon back of th* projectile and the expansion furnishes th^ torce. The gun is run on a mathematical basis; and the inventors say that they can drop a projectile within a very few yards of any given point within the range of the gun. They can figure exactly just bow much compressed air they mu3t liberate in order to send a projectile of a oertain weight anv irivpn distanoe. In all of the tests Mr. Creelman and Captain Rapleff succeeded In dropping the projectiles within a very short distance of where they said they would. A striking feature of the new gun is the absence of smoke and of the proverbial "belohingof flame" from the cannon's moutb, while in place of the long drawn out "boom-m-rn!" of the regulation heavy gua there is a low, hissing sound when the lever is pulled, which grows in volume until it suddenly ends up in a deafening report. It is, however, not nearly so destructive to tho nerves as the roar of the ordinary cannon. All of the projectiles can be seen as they leave the gun, and can easily be followed with the eya as they go flying through the air. On a clear day anyone possessed of a fairly good pair of eyes can lollow the course of tha projectile from the moment it leaves the cannon until it strikes the water and explodes. The projectiles are fitted out witl propeller blades, which keep them in theii course, and the smaller ones are made to lit the bors of the gun by being enctwed at either end with wooden irames, which drop out as soon as the gun is discharged. THE LABOR WORLD. Ltnk (Mass.) has a "labor ohurch." Gebmaxi has 10,349 union bricklayers. Londo* has 15,000 liconsed cab drivers. Oakland (CaL) newsboys have a union. Louisville has a terpslohorean union. Ihonwood (Mich.) miners lost their striken Eattmoue machinists talk of co-operation. Washington State is importing colored ooal miners. Amalgamated carpenters have $364,000 in their treasury. Bbote2bhood carpenters meet at Indian* polls September 7. Ax Aspen (Col.) man shot his employer lor not paying wages. A union of egg candlers, handlers and testers ras organized. Wobx Is difficult to be obtained In the harness making Industry. , Louisville barbers will test the constitutionality of the Sunday closing law. Thx Mayor of St. Louts welcomed the fourth annual plumbers' convention. 0he of the blgge3t firms employing Michigan convicts has decided to abandon the practice. Minogk (111.) miners get seventy-five cents per ton tor summer and 82>? cents for winter work. Pittbbubg offlajals of the United Mine Workers hint that another national ooal strike will be ordered. On the ruins of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Association members of the Railway Yardmen's Union are striving to build up a national organization. The packing house men of Kansas City, Mo., are forming a labor organization on lines similar to those on which the Amerioan Railway Union was formed. Db. J. S. Haldane, of London, has Invented an apparatus enabling a miner to live trom one to three hours In Are damp. It is a steal case using compressed air. Striking street-oar employes at Youngstown, Ohio, have secured hacks and are carrying passengers on the -streets covered by the street cars at the latter's rate of fare. Figubes compiled by railway offlolals show that more than 7000 railroad employes who quit work in Chicago during the recent strike are Btlll Idle, their places having been filled by new men, many of whom were brought from other cities. One hundred and thirty railway em ployes struck for higher wages oil account of the great rise in temperature in the city of Odessa. The Russian railways being controlled by the 8tate, all that was necessary to end the strike was for the City Governor to call upon the police and drive the strikers back to work. An agitation Is progressing at present among the furniture-workers, cabinetmakers and carpenters, whose object is t<r amalgamate all wood-workers of this country into one international organization, to comprise the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, International FurnitureWorkers' Union, International Maohino Wood-Workers' Union and the National and International Piano-Makers' Union* 0. W. Whilet, Jr., United States Consul at St. Etlene, France, says that throughout France, the harvest outlook is very encouraging. The hay orop Is very heavy and of ezoellent quality. The j .ice per ton has fallen one-half. The cereal crop U reported "wry good. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. fredebtcic Bergjiaxk was murdered la his shanty in South Beach. N. Y. Hta father-in-law, Thomas Burko, i3 accused of arrantriner a loaded 9hotgun by means of strings and pulleys so that it was discharged into Burke's side when he was lured to en* ter a door. Bank Exaxiveb William Milleb committed suicide at Altoona, Penn., after two weeks' labor on the accounts of a suspended bank. President OutratAXD arrived safely at Gray Gables, B'^-y d*3 Bay, Mas3. The dynamite gnn tests were continued with satisfactory results at Sandy Hook, N. J. The passage of the Tariff bill bv the House and the declaration of the usual dividend on Burlington and Quincy led to increased activity at the Stock Exchange, New York City. A material advance in prices ensued. The banks gained $803,800 fn surplus reserve. The clipper ship General Knox, of Thomaston, Me., partly iaden with oil, wa3 imrnAr? nn nt hop fjosk. New York Cltv. Loss I about $100,000. Thomas Hewitt, of Kearny, N. J., iu a fit of insanity, inflicted frightful knife wounds upon his wife and the latter's brother, Frederick Purceil, and plunged through a window and died of a fractured skulL South and West. The Texas Democratio Convention, at Dallas, endorsed the national platform and the present administration. Ex-Senator John H. Reagan withdraw his name from the race for Governor, as did also John D. McCail. The result of the first ballot was: Culberson, 563 ;Lanham, 201. Jim Fltjkder, colored, was found hanging to a tree about three-quarters of a mile from the town of Ouachita City, Union parish, La. Dangling irom his legs was this placard: "Fair warning to parties goinj? into people's houses after night, and to those breaking into white ladies' rooms." Flunder had a bad reputation as a sneak thief. The Northwetf Fair, to be held in Taeoma, Wash., from August 5 to November 1, was informally opened with appropriate exercises. Five thousand persons were present. Oscab Lattbix, aged thirty-two, and Ada Wickman, aged fifteen, members of a party at Long Lake, near Minneapolis, Minn., were drowned by the capsizing of a boat. The State Convention of the Tillmanite, or Reform, faction of the Democrats wag held at Columbia, S. C. The straight-out Democrats had no voice In electing the dalegates. The convention nominated John Gary Evans for Governor, and Dr. Timmerman, Lieutenant-Governor. The Populists and Labor parties in Ohio formed a coalition. The Idaho Democratic State Convention at Boise City made the following nominations: For Governor, ex-Governor E. A. Stevenson; for Congress, James M. Ballentlne; for Lieutenant-Governor, John B. Thatcher; for Treasurer, James H. Bush; for Aadltor, James Stoddard; for Surrogate, Judge J. C. Elder. Axix trotted three heats at Terre Haute, Ind., at an average of 2.05%f doing the last heat in 2.05>?, which Is a new world's record. Bio gold discoveries are reported in New Mexico. Another South Carolina Judge declared Tillman's Dispensary act unconstitutional. Mas. B. F. Mormon, of Monett, Mo., gav? birth to four childron, three being girls aad one a boy, the combined weight of whom was sixteen pounds. Washington. The Rouse Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a joint resolution congratulatlngtfcw Republic of Hawaii. President Cleveland left Washington to spend a few days at Buzzard's Bay. Mass., in the hope of getting rid of an attack of malarial fever. The President has signed the act making appropriations for current ani contingent expenses of the Indian Department and fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895. An Appropriation Committee statement shows that nearly $29,000,000 reduction In Government expenses has been made by the present Congress. The Treasury Department mailed to customs officers copies of the new Tariff bill, in order that they may be able to properly assess duties when the new bill becomes a law. The first copies were sent to far Western points, and places in the East will be supplied shortly. The Secretary of the Interior has approved the dismissal of 184 clerks In the Census Bureau, partly on account of the completion of the worK upon which they were engaged, and also because of the condition of the funds under the control ol the Superintendent of Census. The Senate has confirmed the nomination ot William A. Beaob, as Collector of Interna; Revenue for the Twenty-f.rst Dlstriot of Nev? York. Foreign. Fifty thousand Japanese troops have been landed in Korea, and reinforcemente are constantly arriving there. Capitis Haff declared that the victory of the Satanita in the race for the Town cup at Bvde viu "a cut-uD joU." h* the Ttsilant was "almost constantly interfered with "by the Britannia. A bepoht of i^e death of the Kin? of Siam was brought hy the steamer Tacoma, from China and Japan. The rumor was current in Hong Kong when she left that port, and the British Warship Rattler had gone into Siamese waters in anticipation of possible trouble. A fioht occurred recently between John Merrltt, the American superintendent, his J-4 flffv Vfwrl/tnn minora uf iSSlMHUlO ttJUV* (IVWUV ml J ? the A.aita Mine, in the Florence District, Mexico. Morrft and three Mexicans were killed. A Jafawese cruiser of the first-class has oeen sunk by the Chinese warship Tsl-Yuen; at the battle of Yashea Korean troops fought jn the Japanese side. A force sent bj the Boers against the marauding Kaffirs in the Transvaal, South Africa, has oeen defeated. A PEBsisTEXT spread of cholera in several districts of East Prussia was reported. Cholerine is raging in Paris. WITHOUT HIS SIGNATURE. The River and Harbor Appropriation Bill Has Become a Law. The River and Harbor bill, carrying $11, 476,180. became a law without President Cleveland's signature, the legal limit of ten days having expired within which he could sign or veto It. It is the third time during Mr. Cleveland'? two terms that a River and Harbor bill has become a law without his approval; the only other bill of this klud on which he acted h<j vetoed. Fears were expressed uf? to a late hoar that the present bill would be vetoed, as Mr. Cleveland made it known to tbe River and Harbor managers several months ago that he did not want the total of the bill to ex? ceed $10,000,/?00. CORN A FAILURE. One Railroad Abandons Over a Dozen Stalior.s on Its Lines. The damage to the corn crop iu parts of Kansas and Nebraska i" so gr<sat that the St. Joseph and Grand Island K.tilroail has issued orders for the abandonment of overa dozen stations on itslines. The oflriTM-s of the road say the stations are not abandoned permanently, although there is little probability of their being reopened until another crop is assured. The people alou^ the line in the sections where the stations are closed depended almost entirely on the coru crop, and now are leaving in great numbers, and there is absolutely no business for the railroads. Though the California fruit carriers are> ( running at their highest speed, they are un- . able to absorb the immense supply of green fruit, and enormous shipments are being made to the East as well as to Europe. A BIB TBITILE STRIKE. TEN THOUSAND RHODE ISLAND OPERATIVES GO OUT. They Resist Reduction in Wages ot Cotton Manufacturers ? Five of New Bedford's Twenty-seven Mills Shut Down?The Union Prepared for st Long Fight. A dispatch from New Bedford, Mass., says The great textile strike?the biggest of its kind whioh this city has ever known and one of the largest in the history of New England?is on in full force. The factory bells rang as usual on the morning of the starting of the strike. At the north end, where are the Wamsutta and other great mills, only a dozen or fifteen non-union weavers went to work. All the rest stayed out in protest against the reduction of wages posted last week. At the south end Treasurer William D. Howland, of the Howlan'', the New Bedford and Rotch Mills, asked the hands to work until 12 o'clook in order that he might consult with the other manufacturers. Mr. Hoyland is noted for his kindly treatment of Ins employes and was known to be anxious to avert a strike, and most of the help worked as usual until the noon hour. Then those mills also closed. More than 10,000 mill workers, clad in their best and, for the most part, with smil- | Ing, happy faces, thronged the streets and | gave them 'a gala day aspect. But it was not a holiday. There was a buzz of nnger when it became hinted I abroad that the small handful of non-union | workers were laboring in the Bristol mill. A mob of a thousand gathered about the mill in the morning and yelled for an hour. At noon, i with forces augmented, they again surround- | ed ttio mill ana anacKea mo upemn>m as they came out. Stones were thrown, and some of the stril- -3 injured eaoh other. One worker had hi; ^ose broken by a stone, a boy was badly cut in the face, and several persons were roughly handled. Finally the Dolica came and scattered the mob. Similar scenes were enacted at the Ams^urt mill, and there a girl was seriously cit about the face by some thrown missile. How long this strike will last cannot now be predicted. Secretary Ross, of the Spinners' Union, expects that it will continue for six months, and some of the manutacturers deolare themselves prepared for a long flsrht. Andrew G, Pierce, of the Wamsntta mills, said that his mills would not be governed by the action of Mr. Howland, whatever It may be. His mills, he declared, are now shot down tor an indefinite period, and he i thought that the other mills would take similar action. On the other hand^a leading mill man.also at the north end, thinks that the manufacturers are already beaten, that the strike was a big blunder to follow the Fall River mills in reducing wages. This gentleman thinks that the key of the situation is in> Mr. Howland's hands, and that opinion seems to be held by many others. Mr. Howland. as has- been said, is always strongly sympathetic toward his working people, aa.i he is particularly anxious now to avert a fight. He said to-day: ??t 1?? nnnfamul! TBtifh a ftomnrit X XittVO MUCaUf WutVMww tee or the help and I propose to do so with I my fellow-manufacturers. When I ascertain 8 the position of both then I shall decide what course to take.. I can't affbrd to let the help- Ij run my mills just to suit themselves, but I I will grant all I can. If It cornea to a sim- I1 pie demand for a cut by the manufacturer? and for the old schedule by the help I shall waive the- cut-down and run my mills. I can't afford to shut down and sever the friendly relations with the hands.. Our Roods have a reputation, aud we have orders that must be filled.. It I impose such conditions that the men refuse to work my silent spindles won't make money for the stockholders." "But how about over-production.-" "Well, I agree that somethftig mu9t be done to reduce the cost of goode,. but I am of 1 a different mind from most munu facturers>. I look for better times ia the near future. If curtailment is the remedy let us curtail but if reducing \vai?es is going to bring , everything to-a standstill it ispcetty evident that isn't the proper course.'r If a long fight is to come^thespinners-are in excellent shape for it. They have $10;000 in the treasury and offers of generous assistance from the national unions The body has rarely been worsted in a fight.. j Thousands of men and women gathered about the gates of the various mills, but so few enteredthe works that, with the excep tion of the plants mentioned, the machinery was not started. Al the City mill a great crowd gathered and tbo ponce were summoned, but theirserrices were not required. A handful of help went into the Wamsutta mills, but these operatives were sent out again, and were received with jeers and laughter The strikers are objecting to a reduction In wages rauglng from two and a h3ll to ten percent, the greatest cut being directed against the spinners, the best p:itd of tho operatives, and the cnanged schedule affecting five thousand weavers to only a slight degree. Only five of the twenty-seven mills in the city are open. The pay rolis of the mills aggregate $75,000 a week. All the mills in Fall River, Mass., that were running started up on the morning of the strike in spite of the vote of the Weavere' Association to take a vacation. Bat according to the reports received only about 18,030 of the 60,000 looms in the citv are running. The irampanoag mills started with 100 looms and then shut down entirely. The labor troubles in New Bedford involve thirteen of the largest cotton maiufacturing establishments, with an investment of $11, 400,000. There are 1,042,000 spindles and 15,250 looms involved. Six of *ne factories are cloth mills ana seven are yam mms. The following data shows the extent of the cotton industry involved In Fall River : Capital invested, $23,650,000; spindles, 2,646,500, looms. 60,000; employes, 25,920; weekly pay roll, $172,675: cotton consumed weekly, 6000 bales , production 720,000.000 yards of cloth per unnum TO M'PHEESON"INl) WALKER, The Atlanta Veterans of Both Sides Will Erect a Joint Monument. The Confederate Veterans' Association took the initiative at Atlanta, Ga., in the erection of a joint monument to the memory of General McPherson, of the Federal Army, and General W. H. T. Walker, of the Confederate Army, who were killed within a few yards of each other in the battle of the 22d of July, 186L The Grand Army Post Atlanta will join in the movement. The scheme is to raise $200,000, oncv half by each slde.with which a heroic double equestrian statue will be erected upon the spot where McPherson fell. General Walker Is to face the North, and is to be clasping hands with General McPherson, whose lace will be to the South. The project has been under consideration for several months, and correspondence already held with Federals and Confederates throughout the country gives promise of success, The joint monument was suggested by the tower to the memory of Wolff an i Montcalm in the Governor's garden in Quebec. EMPRESS OF THE SEAS. The Campania Breaks the Westward Record by Over Three Hours. The Canard steamer uampania is queen of the seas. She came flying in by the Sandy Hook (N\ J.) Lightship on her last trip, ilvo days, nino hours and twenty-nine minutes out from Quconstown. She reached Quarantine before sunset with eight minutes to spare, went up to her pier in New York City and lauded her passengers. She broke the best previous record westward, that of the Lucanin, bv three hours and eighteen minutes. The Campania is the first steamer leaving Queenstown ou Sunday that ever made such a rapid trip across the Atlantic as to be able to land her passengers on Friday night in New York. It wa3 a remarkable performance, and the Cunard tine may well bo prou I of us steamer. Boatmek say that the water in Lake George, New York, is the lowest known in years. Bocks and shoals almost unheard of betore now lorm impedimenta to navigation. LATER NEWS. Pbebidext Cleveland left Buzzard's Bay, Mass., for Washington. Thomas Habpeb returned to his home near Pittsburg, Penn., from a ton days' hunting trip to find his wife dead and her body torn by her two starving babies. Alix trotted at Washington Park, Chicago, in 2.05K, beating Nancy Hanks's record of 2.06^. Hens? Daivqebfield, one of the first citizens of Alexandria, Va., and grandson nt BotrorHw Trthnann BUlclde. Many errors which will have costly results have been discovered in the new Tariff bill. They make the bill, according to Treasury officials, the worst drawn measure ever presented to the department. No appropriation has been made for putting into effect the Income tax provisions. The Collectors of Internal Revenue can do nothing, under these circumstances, in the direction of preparing to collect the tax. William Cubxew's house at St. Carls, New Foundland, was destroyed by fire, and three children of a family named Rose, living near Curnew, were burned to death. The Japanese were driven successively from Ping-Yang and Chung-Ho with heavy loss each time. By the swamping of a racing yacht at St. John, New Brunswick, eight of the crew of twelve wore drowned. There have been twenty-one cholera deaths in the village of Nldzwedzen, East Prussia. The abdication of King Alexander, of Servia, in behalf of his father, Milan, was said to be imminent ' , The Connecticut Prohibitionists, at New Haven, unanimously nominated De Witt C.' Fond, of Hartford, for Governor. i1"? Tonnnoooo TioniihHcjiiw nominated ex Congressman Henry Olay Evans for Governor. Jobs T. Callahajt was convicted at New Orleans of demanding and receiving a bribe of $500 while a member of the City Council. W. B. Thompsok was taken from jail at Kalmath Falls, Oregon, and lynched by a mob. Thompson was held in jail on a small charge, but had a bad reputation, j Thomas Jv Majors was-nominated for Gov* ernor by the Nebraska Republicans. Pbesident Cleveland- passed through Jersey City on his way home from Gray Gables. He arrived in Washington at 8.30 p. m. Japan announces that orn June- 30 the King of Korea declared himself independent, renounced Chinese treaties, and then called on Japan for help. Pbesident feixoto piacea moae-Janeiro, Brazil, in the hands of troops,, but his friends ay a little rioting is the worst that aaa happen. I The Prussian Government is blocking the Russian frontier against cholera. BRYANT CENTENNIAL, Exercises in Cummingtom,. Mass., Commemorating: His Rirthdlay. The memory of William Cull en* Bryaal was honored a few days- ago,, at Cummiag? ton, Mass. It was the centennial observance of the birth of the poet. Exercises wer# held In a grove a few rods beyond the Bryant homestead. It was in these woods- thai "Thanatopsls" was written* In the grove the visitors could see the traces of the inJtials cut on the trees by the Bryant boya. The exercises were opened with an act dress of welcome by Lorenzo H. Towerr th< librarian of the Bryant Library^. on behalf oi the townspeople, and then Parke Godwin, #f New York, who was associated with Mr. Bryant for many years, and who married his eldest daughter, wns made the presiding officer. Mr. Godwin delivered a brief address, and then introduced Edwin R. Brown, of Elmwood, 111., a native of Cummington, and the orator of the day.. John Hbwara Bryant, now eighty-seven years- old, the only surviving brother of the poet,, read his brother's poem ot "The Rtvuiet, and followed it with two compositions of his own, the first being "A Monody," written in 1878, just after the death of William Cailen Bryant, and the second, "At Eighty-seven," written for this occasion. After singing some familiar tunes, uadei the direction of Mrs. Julia Shaw, including Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's- "Battle Hymn of the Republic," an adjournment was taken for dinner. After lunch the people were called to order again and several addresses were given by distinguished men and women. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe was present and read a poem written for the sixtieth birthday of the poet, and first read at the Century Club In New York City. To this Mrs. Howe had added several stanzas appropriate to the occasion. John W? Hutchinson, the only surviving member of the famous family of singers, whose songs caused so much enthusiasm in the old abolition days, was also present by invitation,, and sang "Old Friends Are the Truest." UNCLE SAM PROSECUTES. Proprietors of the Atha and IlLlng' worth Works Arrested. The United Statas Government is proceeding against' tLe members of the great steel manufacturing Arm known as the Benjamin Atha and Illlngworth Company, of Newark, N. J. The charge Is conspiracy to defraud the Government by furnishing castings for the Navy Departmont that contained blowholes which were plugged. President John Illlngworth Rnd Secretary Abram C. Deiunan, of the big steel company, were arrested and released on their own recognizances lnthe sum off1000 for appearance beforo United States Commissioner Romalne In Jersey City. The charges are very similar to those against the Carnegie Steel Company In the manufacture of armor plate, whloh were Investigated by a Congressional committee at Pittsburg. HEAVY FLOODS. Disastrous Rain Storms in Mexican Mountains. The reoent heavy rains in the mountains of Mexieo have caused one of themo3t damaging overflows of the Nassas River over known. Reports have reached Lerdo of fifteen deaths by drowning, and many families have been made homeless by the waters washincr their houses away. Several of the irrigation dams were washed out, and the cotton and corn plantations are flooded, causing many thousand dollars' worth of damage to the planters. Saving and Spending. The young should be not only encouraged to .save out of their small allowances or earnings, but they should also be taught how and when to spend. Above all should the truth be impressed upon them that the object and eud of money is to purchase opportunity, to promote happiness, to improve and enlarge life. Of itself it is nothing, and may be made far worse than nothing; but where the underlying purposes are those of Independence, justice, and generosity?where the highest wel? fare nf self, of family, and of society Is the desire uppermost in the heart ?there both saving and spending acquire new dignity and will repay careful culture. ( i-' -L-eJtrJzuiC-j.-.MJn+i-:. -vASv-.v NEWSY GLEANINGS, St. Louis has a Taxpayers' League. Chinese are deserting South Australia. I Italy will sbip 2030 anarchists to Africa. Artificial granite is made in California. Austbalian Members of Parliament get $4 a day. Chicago is suffering an epidemic of bicycle thievery. Bull worms are destroying cotton in parti of Texas. In California the honey prospects for 1394 ttic UUl Vil^Ul. Great Britain has declared neutrality in the Korean war. Pennsylvania has $200,000,000 invested In Iron and steel mills. Discovert of rich gold mines near Mosca, Cal., caused a great stampede in the vicinity. During the last twelve m onths there have been 456 fires in London caused by parafflne lamps. Salt Laze (Utah) dealers were fined $50 for purchasing fish that were captured with a spear. France and the Congo State have at last fettled their quarrel. France gets another slice of territory. Flight of Deputy County Auditor G. N. Hinckley, of Moscow, Idaho, reveals a $25,000 defalcation. The total value of the mineral production of Canada in 1393 was $19,250,000, a quarter of a million less than that for 1892. Removal of the battle flags 61 Iowa from the arsenal to the State capitol was madethe occasion lor a great demonstration. Judge Kimeorouoh adjourned his court at Cynthiana, Ky., the other day in order to allow tne lawyers iu auviiu mo inrcua. Eight aged men were pallbeaiers at the funeral of Judsre Hughes, of Richmond, Mo. Their combined ages amouated to 597 years. Majob Chables Worth, of the regular army, will be court-martialed at Omaha, Neb., for compelling a private to labor on Sunday. Thi descendants of David Crockett,, who jre very numerous in- several Southern States, will hold a reunion soon at Humboldt, Tenn. The Methodist Epteoopfll Church has 2,500,000 members, own3 over 24,000 churches and 10,000 parsonages, worth in the aggregate $125,000,000. Caxhous Count?, Illinois-,. is cut off from the world, as the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers are so low boats cannot reach it, and It has no railroads. The use of rails 100 feet long- has passed the experimental stage. Operating officialsunite in claiming they are a decided im- ' provement oyer the shorter size. Fbatt S-AflrrtzB, of Stuttgart,, who died re~ cently, aged ninety years, was- considered the corpses of Julius de Marcus, twenty-threeyeare-old, and Juliette Fournier, seventeen! years-old. The girl was- lying prone on the ground. A great hole-In her chest showed the manner o! her death. The youth lay with his face on her shoulder. He clutched a revolwrinhis right hand, and two chambers of it were empty. There was a ragged hole in> his- head near the right temple. Eying- beside them there were the girl'scorsets and chemise, carefully folded up, and ? neatly tied bundle of letters. A bunch of ttowcrs was stuck in a corner of a. bench nearby. Fiynn ran for his roundsman, and together they lifted the bodies up. Ojt each dead face there was a smile. The-girl was hardly a woman yet. although she had been a wife more than a year.. She was a; French girl, educated in Paris, and had been in this country only a few years. She was - 'wIa a hiinH nf(*iirlr hrnwn hnlp a iuuo luiug nuu w uvuv. v.v..v ~? ,? ? deep black eyes, a pretty face, and a slender figure* She was the wife of her father'9 brother, Henri. From the letters- which they left it was evident that the two young-people had loved eaoh other, had : decided that their love was hopeless, because the girl was already married, and then deliberately set to work, to die together. From the position of the bodies it is presumed that the man first shot the girl in the left breast, and then, standing by her prostrated body, sent a. bullet into, his own temple, killing himself instantly and falling across her body. The young woman, as she lay upon the stone floor at the Morgue, was-pronounced the most beautiful girl that had been there in many a day. She was dreseed in a drabcolored skirt with a white and red striped silk bodice. A small toque, richly ornamented with gold and silver lace, lay beside her abundant hair. She had evidently dressed with great care for the occasioa. She wore diamond eardrops and several valuable rings. De Marcus had been acquainted with hor for about six months, and was desperately in love with her. She was a Christian, they said, and her brother was an orthodox Hebrew. De Marcus had in his pocket a clipping of Robert Ingersoll's letter, declaring suicide not to be a sin. RESCUED FROM THE ICE. All the Members of the Wellman Ex> plorlng Party Safe. Walter Wellman and his companions, with the crew of the wrecked steamer Ragnvald Jarl, arrived at Tromsoe, Norway, from Spitzbergen on board the Ashing yacht Berntine. Wellman 3ays the expedition had almost reached the elghty-flrst parallel of latitude when forced to turn back on. " -' had SUildenlv tbe Oldest vegetarian in uermauy. oua uau not tasted meat for forty-six years. Tbombo; ini Norway, has just celebrated Its lOOOtb anniversary. In that time it has grown from *ixty people to 6000.' The inhab? ltants are chiefly devoted to Ashing. An Engliah cuirio hunter who was anxious to secure the oanriage in which Carnot wa3 riding when Ghserio stabbed him, offered the town oounell of Lyons 810,000 for It, but the offer was-refused. The biggest lead mine ever struck In Iowa has been discovered by Jones, Goldthorpe & Co., in a claim once abandoned on account of water. It contains caves lull of lea'l ore, yielding 50,000 pounds dally. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS* The Senate. 178m Day.?The-Senate passed the bill'for the exclusion and'deportation of alien Anarchists. The Senate disposed of the four House bills to plac** on the free list sugar, coal, iron ore. and barbed wire, by referring each of tham to the Finance Committee by votes of nearly 2 to 1. Mr. Gorman warned the Civil Sbrvice Commission that it must be respectful in its communications to the Senate. Mr;. Eyle tried to close the 8enate restaurant bar during recess. 179th Day.?TheSenate adopted the Murphy resolution that further tariff legislation at this session is impracticable. 180th Day.?The four House tariff bills, were reported back with amendments and placed on the calendar. 181st Day.?The session of the Senatelasted only an hour ruid three-quarters, most of that time being spent in waiting for the* appearance of a quorum. Tab House. 200th Day.?A. bill curing a minor defeet in the new Tariff bill was passed. A lively debate was had over the Southern Pacificappropriation. 201bt Day.?Mr.. Harris's motion to appoint Mr. White to the vacant place on the Finance Committee was put over after a spirited debate.?Mr. Murphy offered a resolution that there 9hall be no mora tariff legislation IU19 arc>9iUU?. 202d Day.?A bill was passed appropriating $9000 for an additional force for the collection of internal revenue and $5000 for carrying into effect the arbitration convention between the United States and Venesueln signed at Caracas in January la9t. A. bill was passed on motion of Mr. Forman to in:orporate the Association of American Florists.?Mr.. Richards introduced a bill to restrain and regulate the importation, manufacture and sale of shoddy. 203d Day.?An unsuccessful attempt wa3 made to bring up the anti-Anarchist bill. Little business of importance was transacted. KILLED AT A CROSSING. The Kngfne Whistle Frightened th.9 Horses Into a Cattle Guard. The north-bound train out of Memphis oa the Padaeah,(Tennessee and Alabama r?ad crashed into a wagon bearing six people, killing Ave, injuring another,, killing tha horses and scattering the vehicle in every direction. The accident occurred near Hazel, just across the Tennessee line in Kentucky. The killed are a Misses Jonnie and Llllie Kay, aged eighteen and twenty, daughters of J. T. Ray their brother. Tobe. two other young ladies, Misses Harmon. Thomas Ray was injured. The Rays had attended a Baptist picnic, and were returning home. Engineer Charles RIddai- blew his whistle when he saw tho wagon approaching. This frightened the horses, which ran upon t&e cattle guard, and could not extricate themselves before the locomotive reached them. The train was on a down grade, going forty miles an hour. J. T. Ray and his wife are tho only members of the family leit alive. POTATO CROP FAILING. Some Advance In Price on Account of the Drought. Recent reports from the Department of Agriculture at Washington show that there has been a very heavy decline in the potato crop this season. For the month of July the estimated decline or depreciation in the crop was eighteen per cent. This is an uncommonly heavy decline ; in fact it is the greatest ever recorded in a single month. The chief cause of this falling off is the prolonged and widespread drought under whicli the country has suffered this season. Uu account ci rnis uvpnuiimvu ^ able that the price of potatoes will bo considerably advanced. Already the scarcity has boon felt, and wholesale dealers have raised the price to j'2.75 a barrel. This is $1.25 more, or nearly double tho opening price for tho early native crop report, which sold for ?1.50 a barrel. Those who buy potatoes at retail must pay from 38 to $3.50 a barrel for them. The largest ropes m tno world, It la saw, are those being made by a Now Bedford (Mass.) firm, to be used on the driving wheel in tho engine room of the Chicago Cable Railroad Company. There will be twelve ropes, each measuring three inches 1 In diameter, eleven inches in oiwumference and 1260 feet in length. Business Improving EverywhercThe country passed its financial crisis early in July and Improvement is reported ererywbere. J PROMINENT PEOPLE, Empebob William talks French like a Parisian. Bubixstkik has definitely declined to make an American tour. Pasttt Cbosbt, the blind Methodist hymn writer, Is nowseventy years of age. Lieutenant N. T. L. Halpin, of the receiving ship Wabash, is the smallest officer in the service in point of stature. Luther C. Challis, once among the leading financiers of Wall street and several times a millionaire, died in poverty in Atchison, Kan. The Dake of Devonshire owns 200,000 sores in England alone, and his revenue is enormous. His father died worth $7,500,000 at personalty. Thebe arenoservants in the Tolstoi hoii3?; hold. The Russian Count cuts his own flr^ wood, while the Countess prepares then? simple meals. ' Miss Helen Peel, a granddaughter of the famous English statesmen, ha3 emulated Mrs. Peary by taking an Arctic voyage from England to the Kara Sea. Sectbetabt Geeshak Is the prize smoker of the Cabinet. His allowance of cigars is twenty a day, and it is rare for him to tx seen without one in his mouth. Pbovessob Hehrt Dbuhmond, the now famous Christian philosopher, while a sttv dent, traveled with JdooiV and 8ankey on their evangelical tour of Great Britain. Mbs. Batabd, wife of the Ambassador, if one of the most popular of American ladle! In official life abroad. She has been several times informally received by Queen Victoria. O. P. HnwrraaToy, it is said, has decided fhof Yia tttMI nnf mrtvA fnt/V bfa rar?antl?r fln. ished $2,000,000 palace in New York City. His reason is said to be the saying that old men who grow riob build fine houses to die in. Lobd C hie? Justice Colekidoe had in his possossion on exceedingly interesting collection of letters of Coleridge, Wordsworth and Soutbey, whioh had been addressed to his father, Sir John T. Coleridge. The hobby of the Countess of Aberdeen ii poultry. At a recent agricultural fair at Aberdeen her fowls won twelve- prizes. The birds were Dorkings, Cochin Chinas, Plymouth Rooks, Leghorns and Wyandottes. David Hah*, who- drove stags- across the Alleghanfes before- the days of railroads, died in Portsmouth,. Ohio, a few/ days ago. Among those who rode with were- General Jackson, Henry Clay and President William Henry Harrison. Hfe was ninety-four yeaxs old. Ida Lewis is not the only woman llghtk^sper in the country;, as has been stated. Miss Harriet Colfax is, and has-been,, the lighthouse keeper at Michigan City,. Lake Michigan, for the last twenty-flve years,, and her record of service is one of which any keeper might be proud.. She is a relative of th? late Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Tbb Rev. Robert Mclntyre, pastor of thelhrgeat Methodist churoh in Denver,, and' one of the most eloquent men in the American palpit to-day, was working as a bricklayer at Haddington, Pcnm. twenty yearsago-. When he preaohed at Haddington tlie other Sunday, his audience included several j men who used to work by his side- w^h- , trowel and mortar. Th? youngest member oi the Georgia- bar- ! Is Edward Harrison Bleckley, who is-not yet \ six months old. He was unanimously elee- I ted a member of the Bar Association recent- 1 ly. Ho is the son of Chief Justice Bleckley's old age. JudgeBleckley is not farfrom eighty, and his wedding two years ago- attracted much attention in Georgia- and' throughout the South. QUIT LIFE TOGETHER,. Be Marcus Killed Mrs. Fournler and; Then Himselt In the-most picturesque spot in New York City's Central Park, the Ramble, just below' the flag bridge and within fifty feet of a little- iniet at the upper end of the lake, Policeman- Flvnn found, a few mornmgs apo. Jltty 1ZIU. J.UD . become intensely severe, and northward from the Seven Isles broken ice made progress impossible.The expedition then traversed the coast of Northeast Land, most of whicii was explored. Professor O. B. French surveyed much of the coast, adding to the map Cap is Gresham, Whitney, Armour and Scott, and Wulsh Island. WellmaQ and seven others started on July 1, with an aluminum boat, to iorce a way northward over the ice-pack. After a severe struggle they were compelled to return. They started on July 4 to return to Walden Island. In crossing Dove Bay they often had to wade through water up to their waists. Many other hardships were suffered. The aluminum boat rendered excellent service, resisting pressure which certainly would have destroyed ordinary boats. Alms, one ol the party, broke his leg and had to Ijo carried to "Walden Islaud, where they arrived on July 22. The Waldeu and Seven Isles were .-till hemmed in with ice. After waiting two weeks it was decided on August 4 to push southward. It was risky work, but ail succeeded in reaching Low" Island safely. Dn August ti the Berntine was sighted. They i 7 .-Milling nt Dana's Isle for MillCll un 0 Oven and Heverdahi and tho provision1?. Wellruau declares that ho will make another attempt ia 1896 to reacil the I'oio by the Spitsbergen route. Tiie increase in Montana cold production this year is no less thaa $331,731, or 73}< per cent. Receipts this year represent a total of 43,576 fine ounces of gold, and tho Increase 18,408 fine ounces. The long-contested Blythe estate at San Francisco, which involved $9,300,000, has tjeen traxwferred to a publlo administrates i CURIOUS FACTS. A heavy dew is the precursor of rain. A tax was levied on cats in Persia until a few years ago. There is a graveyard of royal dogs connected with Windsor Castle. Hieroglyphic style of writing waa probably in use 4000 years B. C. In 1775 hailstones Baid to weigh A i a4- Mhvaiq in flnoin hWCUljr UUilUOS XCU au iuuxvui) iu | Many species of beetles have two I eyes on each side of the head, one su- I perior and one inferior. I At the close of the Napoleonic wars the English field artillery was considered the finest in the world. The first bakers who iollowed their oraft in Borne were slaves captnred during the expedition against Philip, 171 B. C. A Baltimore fruit grower claims to have an apple tree, every apple of which is sweet on one aide and sour on the other. During the early days of the Boman Empire a painter was hired by the day and valued according to* the amount of surface he could cover. The Greek statues of marble were generally painted in gorgeous colors, and frequently covered with a profusion of tawdry ornaments. A novel mowing machine is being^ built for use on the Erie Osaal, New York. It is- to run over the bottom of the canal bed and cut the long grass which grows there. San Francisco has a man who earns an existence by gathering old. horsettva afranf. Thft* THL"Jn_ DU'^O JLDOllO \JLX vuv being of the best steel, are useful to I gunsmiths and blacksmiths. 1 It is said that a man at Hearing's I Corners, Tenn.shrinks onoe a month I from 180 to 110' pounds, and remains I in that condition, for a week, after I which he regains his orignal weight.. H The translation- of Qointus Curtios I by "Vaugelas occupied thirty years. H The translator rendered every sen- I tence five or ten> different ways and 9 finally chose that which pleased hin^- I best. I An astonishing feature of a brilliant: I Newport (R. I.) reception was the- I milking of a- gorgeously decorated. I cow on the lawn in. full view of the I assembled guests.. The-milk aras dis- I tributed in glasses.by girls appropri*- I ately dressed. It is said that glacial action has in i I places on the Uniom Pacific Road I moved the mountains down on the I narrow right of way along the Colam- H bia River, where the- cliff, rises often 400 feet above the track,.leaving now Sjg hardly a footing forthe-track. fl The will of the-late John ?T. Mcllill, I of Mexico, Mo.,.contains this clause: "i remember my son,.Richard Gili, I and his many filial acts- with grati- I tuxle and affection^. but I have not I heard,of, or from^. him,, three years, I and don't know whether, ha is alive or I dead." The British Museumi has books I written on bricks, tiles,.oyster shells, I bones and flat stones, together with I manuscripts on bark,, on ivory, leather, parchment,, papyrus, lead, iron, copper and wood. It has three B oonies of the Bible written on the I Leaves of the fan palm. H Among the large variety of birds I which arc to be found at the islands fl to the south of New Zealand is a I species of paroquet, which is very I plentiful. The islands do not contain H a single stick of bush of aay descrip- H tion, and the birds build their nests H in the grass. They are not to be H found in any other part of the world. H Bookworms.. H The bookworm: is- a pest that is H rarely seen alive, indeed, some ex- H perienced book collectors, and custo- H dians of large libraries, although they flj *-?* H never encounter living ?wmo, quently find dead. one. Sometimes H books are foand that are eaten through H and through. One instance is record- H ed where a worm had made his way in B almost a straight line through six. H large volumes. It is> a curious fact H that the genuine-bookworm has fancy H for old and rare books. There is H probably something in the make-up of the old-time volume- that pleases him. ?something that satisfies his appetite. The finer and more costly the book the better the worm appears to like it. But if this creature keeps at a scorn* ful distance from cheap books, it does not follow that inexpensive literature is allowed to> flourish unmolested. There is -a small, fiat bug that looks upon cheap bindings as dainties, and sometimes becomes so numerous that it is a constant annoyance. No one seems to have quite decided just what it is, and the suggestion is made that it may belong to the roach family, as H ;a ovfravacrftntlv fond Of Bfl ILUS 1U3CLTB y cheap bindings, which it eats for the paste that is in them. As the bug complained of is usually found to be filled with bright-colored powder, it is probable that tueir bindings, filled with paste and glue, are the chosen food of the troublesome creature.? The Ledger. HH He Kept His Promise. IBS A certain schoolmaster, whose bump of originality is highly developed, once thought of a brilliant idea of keeping his scholars within bounds and securing their good conduct. Ml Said he to the members of his academy one day, "if you are all good boys^Hj throughout the week I will show you HE something that you never saw, I never saw, and that when you have seen it you will never behold again." This extraordinary speech called^H forth rapturous applause from the^H lads, who promised to do their level best to win their master's favor. The^H week passed without a murmur of^H wViilsif. tlia feelinir of ex- HM pectation rau high its to what thd^Hfl curio would be. At the close of tha Hfl week, however, the master rang his bell, and informed his pupils that he was about to keep his promise. Hq^B then produced from his desk a hazel ^^9 nut, which he held up and afterward^^B cracked. "Did you ever see this kernel be-^R fore, boys'?" SB "Xo, sir," replied the youngstersMB in one voice. "Neither have I," replied the prin-^^J cipal, putting it into hi) mouth, "and what is more wonderful,^^? you are not likely to see it again.S9 New Y#rk Dispatch.