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CHEERING FOR "AMERICA'1" Honors to Dr. Smith, Author of Ou? National Hymn. THE ORIGIN OF THE ANTHEM,! *v. SxerciMi Held in Boston** Mimic Hall? | The Author Tells How He Came tc | Compose the Words?Addresses an?l Music in Honor of the Occasion-- Celebrations In the West and South. The testimonial to Dr. S. F. Smith, authoi of the National hymn. "America," took place in Music Hall, Boston, Mass. Th< hall was well filled at the opening exercises in the afternoon, which consisted of an /Irir \ entertainment for Iony school children. ?Mr. Curtis Qould, Chairman of the Executive Committee, presided, introducing the venerable author of the favorite hymn, who briefly expressed | his gratification at their presence in his honor. Mrs. Smith was also present. There wa3 a chorus of 200 bev. s. t. smith, schoolchildren. There was also music by Baldwin's Cadet Band and solos by Mrs. Jennie Patrick Walker and Joseph L. White. The Rev. Edward Everett Hale and others spoke. The main celebration came in the evening, when another big audience gathered in Music Hall to listen to addresses interspersed | with music. Curtis Guild. Jr., introduced Governor Greenhalge, of Massachusetts, to J preside. In taking the chair, the Governor S3id that the Commonwealth felt through every nerve and pulse the full significance of this ocetaion. The Hallelujah chorus was sung by 125 voices from the Handel and Hayden Bociety, conducted by Carl Zerrahn, after which the Rev. Dr. Smith told anew the story of ''America." Dr. Smith said that, traveling in Italy a Sew years since with a small company of Americans, he spent a few days in the buried city of Pompeii. In the company was a sister of the Hutchinson family, and after partaking of a frugal meal in one of the excavated baths, It was suggested that it would be appropriate "in that dead and buried city to sing a live hymn"?so we sang one with Rich fervor that a company of Scotchmen *ot far away heard us and joined us. Then they all sang "Auld Lang Syne." The added volume of sound attracted a group of ftthird nationality, and a third National song iras sung. Dr. Smith then told how "America' camo to be written. In 1831 Commissioner Woodbridge, of New York, was sent to Germany to Inspect the public schools there. He found that a great interest was taken in music, and brought home several music books, placing them in the hands of Lowell Mason. As Mr. Mason had no knowledge of German he asked Dr. Smith to translate some of the songs, so * he could write new words for some of the music, as he wished to prepare a choir book lor children's voices. Dr. Smith was looking over this book one day in February, 1832, when his attention was drawn to a "tune which he thought particularly appropriate because of its simple, Y natural movement. The German wjrds were patriotic and he was seized with the thought: "I will write a patriotic hymn of jay own." Then and there "America" was ii> composed, written on a scrap of paper. It was composed in less than half an hour and reposed in the folds of a portfolio for a long time before being sent to Mr. Mason, who ' brought it out on the Fourth of July at a i children's celebration in Park Street Church, Boston. This was the first time it was sung in public. It was first published in the "Juvenile Lyre," a children's pong book. Dr. Smith said that he was not by any means persuaded that the music was of English origin. There is good authority for the statement that it was written by a German. Dr. Smith spoke of the opposition which was excited against the introduction of the study of music into the Boston public schools. Eventually Mr. Mason's book was adopted, and then, year by year, the song 'America" was taken up in school after school throughout the length and breadth of the country*. The audience applauded wildly at the conclusion of Dr. Smith's remarks. Ex-Governor Long, of Massachusetts, was then introduced and delivered an address. The Harvard Glee Club followed with an original ode written by Henry O'Meara. They were encorod. Colonel A. A. Pope 3poke patriotically upon "America From a Soldier's Standpoint." and Mrs. Jennie Patrick Walker aroused the audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm by singing "The Stir Spangled Banner." iToiessor je;. r. oactcsou reau ?u original poem, "Our National Anthem," and after the Handel and Haydn Society had sung "To Thee, 0 Country," Daptarment Commander Thayer of the Massachusetts G. A. R. delivered an address on "America as an In- I spiration to Veterans." Dr. Alva Hovey, of Newton Seminary, Bpok? of "The Author of America, as a Neighbor," and after the chorus had sung "Washington and His Flag," the exercises were alosed by the whole audience singing "America." Congratulatory telegram? were received from the Governors of Iowa and Wyoming, from the Department of the Potomac, Department of Massachusetts G. A. R., and from other organizations. The ringing of the Columbian Liberty Bell constituted the celebration at Chicago in . honor of the the Rev. Samuel Francis Smith, author .of "America." Mayor Hopkins and Superintendent Lane of the Chicago public schools were in charge of tho ceremony. The ^ bell was rung by a delegation of pupils from the schools, one for each State and Territory of the Union. After the ringing the gathering joined in the singing of the National hymn, and a telegram appropriate to the occasion was sent to Music Hall, Boston, where the main celebration was in progress. Dr. 8amuel F. Smith, the venerable author of the National hymn America," was appropriately remembered in Birmingham, Ala., by the pupils of the several public schools. At noon the pupils gathered in the recitation halls of the several buildings and carried out a ajicwicii [jiugiaunui-. >"ew*y Gleaning*. Spain exports 1,450,000,000 oranges a year. Montana's gold output in 1804 was $4,500,000. Great Britain ha-; only 40,000 volunteer soldiers. Melbourne, Australia, ha? eighteen cable road systems. The Salvation Army is still stoned in the streets of London. Britain's belligerent attitude toward France causes concern in Europe. The Minnesota Legislature has refused to remove the capital from St. Paul to Minneapolis. A jurr in a Chicago court gave r. verdict of 15500 to a plaintiff whose eye had been injured by an agent of a transportation company. Rock salt ha3 bean discovered on tlie land of Joe Jefferson, lh? actor, in Southern Louisiana. The R.iyal Humaue Society issued 621 rewards last year to persons who, collectively, saved 530 lives. August Swanson. of Clinton, Iowa, beheaded his seven-year old son, using a haud ax to commit the murder. An unknown disease is raging among cat tie in certain sectionsoI Wisconsin, me animals attacked show signs of unsteadinesa on their feet, soon falling down and dying in a ? few minutes. F. W. Chiidcrs aud Ida McGinn, two members of the Shaker settlement at South Union. Ky., were married recently. As the rules of the Shakers forbid marriage, they cannot return thither. Judge Bakor, of the United States Court has decided that the directors of a bank in Indianapolis are responsible aud must pay 35,000 received from the International Typographical Union on the strength of false reports of its solvency. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Items. Four hundred New England school teach ers were "received" in the East Room at th< White House by President Cleveland. They were members of an excursion party froii Maine. X*w Hampshire, Vermont and"Ma??achusetts. Treasury officials say the condition of the Treasury is better now than at any time during the present Administration. The members of tho President's family lefl the White House and took up their residence at Woodley, Mr. Cleveland's suburban place, where, they were joined by the President later in the afternoon. Governor McKinley. of Ohio, called on President Cleveland at the White House. The military and naval members of the Board of Engineers to inspect the Nicaragua Canal route and plans were appointed by Secretaries Lamont and Herbert. The United States steamer Castine ha* been ordered bv Secretary Herbert to Madagascar, and her Commander is instructed tc investigate the alleged unjust imprisonment of ex-Consul Waller by the French. Reports were circulated in Washington that the Supreme Court Justices, on an informal ballot, stood five to three against the constitutionality of the Income tax law. Most of the large income tax payers decided to wait for the decision of the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the law before making returns. Fore!?rn Note*. Instead of christening Germany's now ironclad Bismarck the Kaiser named her Aegir, after his song. United States Minister to Turkey Terrel.1 barely escaped being shot while driving in Constantinople. He will come home on a vacation. It was said that Japan would demand oi China payment of thp 400,000,000 yen war indemnity in gold. The British ship Ethelred. from Boston foi Port Antonio, Jamaica, was fired on by a Spanish gunboat off Cape Maysl, Cuba. The United States Consul at Bru nswick Germany, advises Ameri<mn packers to prepare horse meat for export, as it is largely, consumed in Germany and is rising in price. 4 ,ri?* ?* *- in van A new Jiiaisiry uoou whudu ezuela by President Crespo. Spain has called out 20,000 of the reserves for her army. Lord Rosebery's Ministry has selected William Court Gully to succeed Sir. Peel as Speaker of the British House of Commons. Oxford University won the annual boatrace on the Thames"from Cambridge. The British House of Commons adopted a resolution in favor of giving home rule to England, Scotland and Wales as well as Ireland. Britain's belligerent attitude towards France caused concern in Europe. Prince Bismarck replied to a telegram of congratulation seut him by tho Hamburg House of Burgesses, expressing his warm thanks for their friendly greetings. The exChancellor, despite the fatigue undergone, is in vigorous health. The Manitoba Legislature adjourned for six weeks, Tupper has withdrawn his resignation and Canada is to vote on the school question. Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant, the oldest officer in the British army, ajjed ninety, died in Chelsea Hospital, of which institution he was Governor. Domestic. Frederick W. Griffln. the assistant cashier of the Northwestern National Bank at Chicago. has confessed the embezzlement of $50,000, which he lost in s+ock'speculations. While putting off freight at Antiquity, Ohio, the passenger steamer Iron Queen took Are from an exploded lamp and was totally destroyed. A ohambermaid was burned to death. Near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Harry St. John, son of ex-Governor John P. St. John, of Kansas, and a member of the last Oklahoma Legislature, shot and killed his wife. He was jealous. Frank C. Marrin, a lawyer of Brooklyn, was arrested, charged with defrauding Mrs. Catharine Barry out of $40,000. Mrs. Paran Stevens, so long identified with fashionable life, died suddenly at her house in New York City. Major Andrew Jackson Hamilton, aged fifty-seven, who planned and superintended the" famous tunnel escape from Libby Prison, in which 120 Union soldiers secured their freedom, was murdered in Reedyville, Ky., by Samuel Spencer during a drunken quarrel. Governor Stone called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to consider measures to abolish the legislative lobby and election frauds. By a vote of 28 to 1 the congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Chaumont, N. Y., asked the Rev. William N. Cleveland, brother of President Cleveland, to resign. _ David M. Stone, the veteran editor of the Journal 01 uommerce, cued ?vi ni? u?u? m Brooklyn, from enlargement of the heart and catarrh of the stomach. Mr. Stone was born in Connecticut, December 23, 1817. The Georpria Southern and Florida Railroad was sold at Macon, Ga.. at auction for 63,000,000. It was bought by Skipwith Wilmer, of Baltimore, for the bondholders. George B. Swift. Republioau, was elected Mayor of Chicago; his plurality is 45,000; the Republicans have carried St. Louis. It was reported that the sloop Robinson Crusoe was wrecked in Biscayne Bay, off Florida, and all of her passengers, including William Ziegler, of New York City, and John G. Wells, of Brooklyn, were lost. Charles F. Warwick was inaugurated as Mayor of Philadelphia. Mrs. W. H. B. Williams murdered her two children in Columbus, Ohio. Judge Randolph B. Martine, of General Sessions Court, died in }few York City of heart failure, superinduced by Bright's disrttt.QP Train robbers boarded an express train in California and a battle followed, in whicb Sheriff Bogard and one of the robbers were killed. Johx A. Beowx, a salesman for a New York merchant, shot his wife and killed himself in Philadelphia. JIbs. Edna Reeves, aged forty-five, and her child met their death in the burning ol Israel Higbie's house, near Northport, N. Y. Two bandits, former comrades of Bill Cook, were kiJied at Braggs, Indian Territory, while trying to rob a store. Customs frauds on alarjre scale by means of forged Chinese return certificates wert discovered in San Francisco, Cal. The wind blew seventy-five miles an houi in New York City iind along the Atlantic coast,the highest ever recorded. The tug Mary A. Packer was sunk and the schooner Agricola was blown ashore. Andrew J. Campbell, Secretary of the Lexington (Ky.) Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the A. P. A., was found dead od his own |>orch. It was believed he was assassinated. ROBBED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. Thieves Loot Springfield (III.) I'OHtofttce In Sight of Many C'lerlts. The Springfield (III.) postomce was robbed of about $8000. a few days ago. It was the neatest and most mysterious job ever done in that city. The amount taken, with the exception of about ?50, was in stamps. It was abstracted from the vault, in Postmaster Uidgeley's private office while Mr. Iiidgelev was absent for luncheon. The loss was not discovered until after 4 o'clock p. m. The thieves used duplicate keys to unlock the office and vault, and they worked so quietly that with a dozen clerks at work on either side of the room uo suspicion wararoused. Central Italy Shaken. Tuscany, Italy, has been shaken by earth' quakes several times. At Tredizio a dozen houses collapsed. Seven dead bodies have frr??r* Mir* fiiit.u Af Mnnfrt iseeu tv;iuvivu uviu wu? iuiu.-, ?>.?. * ??pulciano roofs were shakt-n down anil three buildings were wrecked. Two persons wore kilie-i and tenor twelve were injured. Great Britain Refuses to Arbitrate. Ambassador Bayard has cabled the State Department at Washlr.;i{rton that the British Foreign Department refuses to submit the Venezuelan boundary question to arbitration. GLORIMG, UilGL a. ? jsrre Birthday Festivities in Many Cities in Honor of Germany's Hero. FRIEDRICHSRUHE THE MECCA. Exercises at the National Monnraent or the Nlederwald?Hamburg Decorated and Illuminated?Six Thousand Students Assembled for the Great Proces Ion?A Host of Sightseers Present. fT>U? frVirillf f hft WOrM Ol XUV7 UI/OOL TOUvvo miwiQuvi.. the eightieth anniversary of Prince Bismarck's birthday were the mo3t memorable that have occurred within the recollections of the present generation. In the Fatherland the occasion was made a holiday and the tributes that were laid at the feet of the Architect of the Empire, in his retirement at the village of Friederiohsruhe, were eloquent testimonials of the affeotlon in which he is held. The day wa3 observod with much enthusiasm in the United States and othei lands where colonies of Germans reside A dispatoh from Friedrichsruhe says: Ovei a thousand parcels containing presents for Prince Bismarck arrived at his castle, even before the formal eightieth anniversary ol his birthday. Twenty-three postoffice clerks were engaged all day and until late at night sorting the messages of congratulation. the number of which was then officially given as over 200,000. A beautiful, sunny afternoon brought thousands ot people to the castle gates, where they vainly sought admittance to the park in the hope of catching sight of theex-Chancellor. Dr. Chrysander, in view of the great crowds that/thronged the park, was firm in his deoision not to admit the publio. Prince Bismarck did not take his oustomary walk, but had a short stroll around the park to gathei strength. Palisades were erected behind FRIEDRICH8RUHE, PRINC the park to prevent marauders from intruding upon the privacy ol the ex-Chancellor. Beer and champagne booths were put up on tne ngnt ana leit 01 me station ior mo accommodation of visitors. Along the triumphal way to the castle gates were numerous beflagged poles surmounted by garlands' ol flr. Numoerless presents of all conceivable kinds continued to arrive from all parts oi the world. Count Herbert and Count William, Prince Bismarck's sons, with their families, arrived, and Dr. Schweninger arrived to take part in the ceremonies. At Hamburg, notwithstanding rain and mud. the streets were a black mass of people, in which here and there could be seen many oolored dots, these being the caps of all hues worn by the 6000 students gathered to take part in the procession. On all the houses in the city flags were displayed, and on most of them wreaths and garlands added to the decorations. Many of the shop windows wore converted into small temples for the glorification of Bismarck. In these busts of the ex-Chancellor, surrounded with suitable decorations and inscriptions, were toi be seen. There was hardly a house without candles and tinted lamps in the windows. Lombards Bridge was illuminated with 68.000 jets of gas. The Disconto Bank was made brilliant with 12,000 ?as jets, and the Deutsche Bank displayed 10,000. On the Rathaus were 10,000 candles, on the Bourse, 5000, while the Victoria Hotel had 2000 colored lamps. About 9.30 p. m. the rain ceased and Hamburg City presented a fairy-like spectacle. Magnesium lights on the oldfashioned towers give a magical brilliance to the scene and so numerous were the illuminations that they created the impression that the city was on Are. Fireworks of all colors and descriptions were continually set off, and the glittering pyrotechnics with their showers of sparks ol various hues formed a beautifnl speccacle over the Alster basin. The people of the Rhino valley united at Rudesheim in honorine Bismarck at the Na tional monument on the Nlederwald. Conservatives, National Liberals, and Centrists took part in the ceremonies. The people ol Rudesheim placed on the National monument a laurel wreath on which was inscribed 'A Grateful Rhineland." The ceremonies began at 10 o'clock, when a party of prominent, people arrived at the Niederwald. The First President of HesseNassau made the opening speech and gave a toast to the Emperor. This was followed by the singing of the National air. Professor Onken, from Oiessen, made an address eulogistic of Bismarck, which was followed by the sinking of "DeutschlandUeberAIles," and then the "Kaiser Wilhelm und Fuerst Bismarck" march concluded the morning's programme. In the afternoon there was a promenade concert from 3 to 5 o'clock on Rhine street. A wine kommers was held in the Rhinehall, the principal features being a toa^tto the Emperor, a speech on the achievement > ol Bismarck, and a song in honor of the ?*xChanoellor. At 8 o'clock there was a gau eral illumination. GERMANY'S MAN OF IRON. | rhe Whole Empire Helps Him Celebrate His Birthday. Great multitudes went to Friedrichsruhe to pay homage to Prlace Bismarck upon his eightieth birthday. They began arriving early in the morning, and kept pouring in from every direction in nil manner of conveyances and on foot throughout the day. Not only the railway employes but the postal and telegraph officials will long remember this 1st of April. The outward and iuward service of all these departments was something terrific. Perspiring messengers staggered along the railway station platform laden with sacks ol postcards from all parts of the world congratulating the Prince, and with postcards going to all quarters of the globe to shov absent friends that the writers were thert personally to celebrate the occasion. In the telegraph office a large extra staf struggled valiantly against a constantly in creasing flood of news]taper despatches which over a hundred correspondents pourec in until the wires were hopelessly blocked foi hours to come. Thirty-five special trains brought tho vas1 concourse of people to tho little village o T.v;,wli-;,.hct-nt>i> wlmrn turnnornrv building! hail been constructed. Fortunately, tin weather cleared early. Thus there was noth ins to mar the display of enthusiasm, sucl aj- has seldom been witnessed in any countr; In view of the day's work Professo Schweninger Insisted on the Prince retirini early the night before, and nobody wa allowed to enter the house before midday Attired in the uniform of the Halber stad cuirassiers, surrounded by his fatnil; and friends, the Prince then receive a deputation from tho Hamburg Senate i; the drawing room. Tho Burgomaster c Hamburg, De Versmann. presented him i; the name of the Senate with a beautifu bronze plaque, specially cast for the occasior With Prince Bismarck's portrait in relief. Thereupon came forward a deputatlo from thirty-three German universities an high schools, each represented by its Kectc > Magniflcus, decked in gorgeous robes an gold chains of offloa. Never before In I history of Germany has a like honor be paid potentate or subject. of The sight ot the gray-headed, hut er old Chancellor, in dark blue uniform, e rounded by the most distinguished repree< tstivea of German learning, was one to J press itself upon the imagination for time, recalling the picture of 1 warrior before the Grand Coot at Venice. Prlnoe Bismarck, with Schwen gerat his side, anxiously watched ev movement. He rose superbly to the occasi in answer to Professor Pffeiderer's addr( The Prince, after acknowledging the hon done him, identifying him with the cai i represented, dived into politics with all old nerve and humor. The massed bands then played "Hell ] ' 8iegerkranz," and the cheering and sw< . dashing lasted several minutes. The i Chancellor, with helmet lifted from his he took a ehalr which was brought by ] , Schweninger. After the cheering was o 1 Student Pflueger led the singing Dyi students of a new Bismarck song. ( The students then sang "Deutschla Uebor Alles" and "Die Wacnam Rhein," a Anally all marched past the veranda, chc Ing continually, while Prince Bismar standing above, threw flowers at the , which were handed to him by his daughl the Countess von Rantzau. Seven thousa students with six brass bands took pari : the demonstration. After the reception I i marck went to his room and rested for t hours. About 6 o'clock, when the hulhballo ; ' just beginning to abate, the special train* the HambiAg Electoral Association and s eral other societies drew into the station a unloadod a throng of fresh shoutera. I marck received the Hamburg deputies a h hour later. J After leading three oheers for Hambur i prosperity, Bismarck muffled his throat a desoended- from the terrace. Five bai struck up a march and the torchbearera gan to flle past. The Prince stood half an hour at . foot of the terrace watching the para i All the torohbearers cheered him, a : occasionally a group from some Ha . burg singing society would slacken th ; pace and give him a stanza from the c , birthday song. About 150 women c i ried torches and most of them thi hnnnnatsM thn nld Chancellor. Count H bert collected the flowera, while Dr. Schw lager saw that the line of firemen fora E BISMABCK'S BESEDENCE. round'the Prinoe was not broken by any the hundreds who pressed forward for purpose of shaking hands. Green and red lights were burned throuj out the Saxon Forest. The park was vivi i Illuminated as the procession wound ale ! the road under the trees and round the poi i The weather could not have been more p ! pitloufl. There was a clear [sky and a m niflcent moon. i Before retiring for the night Bismarck i peared again on the veranda and thanked for their kindness. He begged indulgei for retiring so early. Age and infirmity, 1 said, where his excuses. Amid cries of sj pathy, cheers, a burst of musio from ' bands, and shouts of "Auf Wiederselin," I old man waved his hand and went into house with Schweninger and Count Herb< > The excursionists were taken back to Ha burg in fourteen special trains. Telegra i of congratulation were received fr Emperor Franz Josef, Count Kalnoky, K: i Humbert and Premier Crispi. At Hamburg the Bismarck fetes t< Ji-V fRft piauo Willi rouuuuiDu icoi. jluh kiwi bridges, State buildings, and most of i private houses were ablaze with oand and electric lights. The Hamburg stude who visited Priedrichsruhe gave Bisma i a carved beer barrel, inlaid with gold ? silver, and bearing in relief portraits of Prince in his eighteenth and eightieth yes At Leip3lo the new statue of Prince I marck in the Augustus Platz was unveiled midnight. The square and the city were luminated with electrio lights. Cologne was gayly dressed with fla bunting, flowers, etc. The Bismarck stal was covered with wreaths and the city \ > illuminated. At Munich an Immense festival In hoi of Prince Bismarck was held in the Odei 1 saal. All of the Bavarian towns sent th congratulations to Prince Bismarok by t( graph. 1 At Stuttgart six hundred pupils of higher schools, bearing torches, marched procession around the monument to Prij Bismarck. At Kissingen a procession, eluding the city authorities, with flags i banners, marched around the Bismartfk m nmnnt unnn which thev Dlaced wreaths. At Berlin most of the public buildings e a large number of private buildings were tensively decorated with flags, garlan etc., and illuminations were to be seen in directions. Emperor William gave his I marck birthday dinner in the White B of the Old Castle. The Emperor and Empt ' received their guests with unusual gracio ness. At the banquet the Emperor g, the toast, "To his Serene Highn< the Duke of Lauenburg, Prince 2 marck." The Emperor's hurrah for old Chancellor was accompanied with 1 flourish of trumpets and cheers from guests. At 8 o'clock the imperial party w with their guests to a special performanc* the Boval Theatre. The Empress sent a 1< message to Bismarck in the morning. [ Sultan expressed his congratulations throi the Turkish Ambassador. The warships and merchantmen in Kiel and Wilhelmshaven harb&rs w dressed with flags all day. The Berlin sculptor, Schaper, designe medal upon the Hamburg Senate's Come sion depicting Bismarck as St. Georg< cuirassier uniform. The medal was pres< ed to the Prince. Copies will be struck i i sold. i Count Hatzfeldt. German Ambassac ; presided at the Bismarck celebration l Queen's Hall, London. The German Corn General, the staffs of the Consulate and I bassy, and most of the conspicuous Germ ? in London were present. The pro^ruj - included songs, recitations, and toasts w i out end. The enthusiasm was phenomei i At Buenos Ayres. Argentine, five thous: Germans celebrated with the greatest > tshusiasm the eightieth anniversary of ! birth of Prince Bismarck. There were si lar demonstrations throughout Chiie, U 3 guay and Brazil. r i Observances in the United States. The German citizens of New York, v f their American sons and grandsons, \\ - busy all day celebrating the eightieth bi; . day of Prince Bismarck. The distincth I German quarters on the east side wero f mill tne ueriiHiu nuu aimclkuu . throughout the rest of tho city displays t bunting here and there marked the hoi f where love of fatherland and pride in . * marck's work of unitlcatiou were joyoi 3 celebrated. At Philadelphia the eightieth anniver.^ of tho birth of Prince Bismarck was celel >' ted at tho Academy of Musio by the citi? r of Philadelphia of German descent. ' i academy was decorated handsomely with s lings of the United States and German 1 ' pire, and in the middle of the stage tl was a colossal bust of the ex-Chancellor, y feet in height. Tho celebration took d form of addresses and orchestral and v< Q music. >f Celebrations of the birthday ol Bismf a took place also in Boston, Jersey City, < '1 cago, Louisville, Cincinnati and in mosl *? the towns throughout the Union wl colonies of Germans reside. Q The Minnesota Legislature passed a r d lntion congratulating Prince Bismarck 01 t eightieth birthday. It is to be cabled to d Prince. I % ffl AND TOWN AFLAME" eot; oxw ?n? Jjj St. Augustine, Fla,, and Canaseraga, Su N. ^wept by Fires, in ary ' HISTORIC LANDMARKS BURNED. ore 1130 k*3 Forty-four Houses In the Ancient SpanUh Dlr Town Deitroyed Like bo Many Tinder )rd Piles?Thirty Acres Burned Over and BXadf the HomoleM Families Camping Out-? ^r* Fire in a New York Tillage. re r k0 Forty-six residences and stores and many n(j ither buildings were burned at St. Augustine, ind Fla., in the space of four hours, rendering ?r" about 100 families homeless and leaving ck many tourists to seek shelter elsewhere. :er' The flre started in the historic building in ind Charlotte street, where Vernanoio Sanchez was born eighty-six years ago, and where w0 for half a century the venerable John Masters worked at the forge, and rapidly spread pas through the narrow street, eating up both gy! coquina and frame buildings as if they were ind made of tinder, until forty-four houses were jig- destroyed. Lalf At the first alarm firemen citizens, and visitors hastened to the scene, for ever since g'a the great flre of nine years ago the citizens ind have feared just such a disaster as has ocKja curred. The flames rolled up house after be- house, from Baya lane to and including the picket fence on the south side of Fort the Marion's green, and from the rear of de. the east side of St. George street to the sea ind wall, including the row of palmetto trees im- along the wall, and the furniture and belongLeir ings of tne occupants of the houses fronting [ew the bay, as did the flames which consumed ar- the old Cathedral nine years ago. ew Among the most valuable residences deer' stroyed were those belonging to and occupied en- by Lieutenant H. L. "Willoughby and family, ied of Newport. B. I., and the property of ArchiT T> I. VAMV V/>-V r>0 f/IQ. ICUl UUU1C9 HCUVY1U&J Ul iion JLKJk*.. ? ba's cigar factory, with $12,000 worth of Havana cigars, was also burned. The home of A. J. Burgess, an inventor of rapid-firing firearms, and other houses, covering an area of about thirty acres, were destroyed. Only smoldering embers now mark the historic old town. The total insurance is 137,000, and the total loss is estimated at $150,000. Another such Are and St. Augustine cannot longer lay claim to being the ancient city, for it would have no vestige of the homes of the Spanish dons and senoritas to merit the name of the old Spanish city. The United States troops, under command of Colonel Bainbridge, did yeoman service and worked unceasingly and courageously, unmindful of harm, until the fire was Z checked. Many families went in camp on the fort green with what of their effects they saved. 8everal families also occupied the old slave market. VII I 1P.F Q\A/FPT RY FIRE. Entire Basinets Section of C&naseraffa, N. Y., Destroyed. The grocery store of Henry Hulbert at Canaseraga, N. Y., took fire at one o'clock a. m., and aided by a high wind levelled the entire business portion of the village in three houre. Fifty-six buildings were consumed, and thirty-four families rendered homeless ? and desolate. Hardly anything could be of saved. the The total loss will reach $195,000, with insurance between $80,000 and $100,000. All gh- the churches and school buildings were <Hy saved. A meat market, jewelry 3tore and >D8 blacksmith shop are the only business places Qd. left standing. The only accidents were to r0" Mr. Radkee, ankle sprained or broken, and *8' Mrs. Martha Dunham, face burned. Assistance was sent from Hornellsvillo, but arrived aP- too late. Several of the merchants had just received ice large quantities of spring goods. This is the third time the village has suffered by a big Are. the [J? MUST NOT SHOOT AT US. Spain Gives Orders to Her Cruisers to Ob.mq serve International Usages. Premier Canovas del Castillo said that the ? Spanish Government was satisfied with the >ok attitude of the United States toward Cuban affairs and that orders had been given to Spanish cruisers and colonial officials to observe international usages regarding marik time jurisdiction and the right of search with a view to avoiding a conflict with the United th States or other powers. Premier Canovas del Castillo also said that ' Spain would send 100,000 troops to put down i 1 the revolt in Cuba if necessary; General I, Campos accepted command of the forces to be sent there. Lieutenant Ybarra was relieved of the tue command of the Spanish cruiser Conde de " Venadito, which fired upon the American steamer Allianca. on- A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. eir 5le- Miners Killed by a Falling: Cagre?Th* Man Katnontlhlfl Co6M Insane. tho r in Sir men were killed by the falling of a nee cage in a silver mine in Schemnitz, Hungary, ^ caused by neglect by the workman guiding qjj. the cage in which the men were ascending the shaft. ind He had become exhausted from watching ox- several nights at the bedside of his sick wife, ds, and for a moment fell asleep. When the all cage reached the top of the shaft it was not Us- stopped, and broko from its fastening. fallCall ing 200 feet into the pit. The workman 633 who caused the accident has become insane. us ave 3gg The Labor World. 3is^ Lake Superior iron mines employ 10,000 the men. 1 a Chicago ha3 the first colored Printers' the Union organized in the world. It is estimated that of the popClation of )Ug London 100,000 labor at night. [ he The Egg Candlers' Union held a massigh meeting at Walhalla Hall, New York City. Manchester, England, has voted, through the its town council, a million dollars for a techere uical school. I mnf f!flrnAnf"Ar<* i J.nc uuuru i;iviuui hvv? w... ". and Joiners has about $11,700 in its Protecjj ^ tivo Fund at present. ;nt. In- Hawaii, fully 20,000 laborers find in(j employment on the sugar plantations. The aggregate of all employes is much greater, lor, The Illinois Supreme Court declared unin constitutional the section of the eight-hour ml- law relating to the employment of women, A batch of 125 diamond setters have been uu-s detained at Ellis Island, New York Harbor, ime ag violators of the alien contract labor law. 1;ll An Indiana judge has decidod that corpoiU(j rations are entitled under the law to disen_ charge employes who belong to labor unions, the The Frick and Southwestern coke commi panies notified their 1600 employes of an ru- advance in wages averaging fifteen per cent. Employes of the west imia screet nauway, Boston, liavo protested against the company being given the right to carry the rith mails r*re Portcoal has eight National labor organ_ ,l" isations, compos:;J of seventy-nine local 'ev' unions and eleven co-operative trade aar<otions. , Jf Misers of the Pittsburg district "were sueIn,^ cess fill in their strike for an advance in the Bis- scale. ' - 4 ? ^nfinn ic f)?A "RnL*or%jfipl(1 \fn 131 y A ->fcW UlJJi?Ulw?v.vu tual Sheep-shearing Union. The men will ;ary demand a rato of live cents for each fleece, >ni- with board. reus Oxlv $5000 wa? appropriated by the Legi'll? islature of New Jersey to pay the J'10 expenses of the Bureau of Labor in that Em- stutefor ono year. Phil A. Tessa, who succeeds John McBride as President of the United Mine Work" I ers of America, is thirty-eight years old, a native of England and a resident of Lintou, irck 3hi- Two hundred employes of a Rockford ; of (IU.) furniture factory struck because of a lure reduction of hours from ten to eight. They returned to work without gaining their eso- point. ihifl The unemployed of Pullman, 111., and Tithe cinity are being aided to homes in the South * I by the Bureau of Labor and Transportation. There are upwards of 100 fvoJUee?600 perMM?nefkriy ready to go, Jewel Mines. The next great mining industry in this country will be for the precious stones instead of gold, silver or iron ore, if the prognostications of several large diamond merchants and mineral* ogical professors are fulfilled. The recent census bulletin giving the statistics of the precious stones found in this country opened the eyes of a number of millionaire dealers in valuable gems, and after consulting with learned professors in our leading colleges they satisfied themselves thai there were unknowa possibilities in the mines of the WesterD, Southern, and even Eastern States. Experte were immediately engaged to examine the rich metallic fields of the Appalachian Mountaine, the most favorable portions of the Rocky Mountains and the diamond districts of California. The preliminary report,-? of these agents give a most comprehensive review of a neglected industry in this country, and justify the formation of numerous branch companies to mine for all the precious stones that have ever been found in the United States, including diamonds, sapphires, rubies, garnets, beryls and over a hundred other gems of different values. So many wildcat stories have been reported and published about finding precious sto nes in different parts ol the country that it has been a difficult matter to sift the genuine accounts from the fictitious. It was for the pur* pose of finding out the real status of the industry and its possibilities that trustworthy agents ware sent exploring every part of the country, and their reports oan be relied upon as no1 containing any exaggeration of the truth. Diamond merchants of the great American oities are not "castle builders," and they generally strike roCK Dottom oeiore mey invest men millions in any business; bat evei since the report was published that the diamond fields of South Africa were giving ont the leading dealers it precious stones have been on the lookout for new mines that would supply the world with valuable gems. Some looked to South America as the future source of these stones, and even to day the rocky ranges of the Andes an being examined aud sounded by ex perts. But a consensus of opinion indicates that great faith is placed in th< unexplored regions of this country Parts of the South, in particular, haw revealed unexpected treasures of valuable gems.?New York Advertiser. Weak Indicate as surely as any physica svmntom shows anvthincr. that the or i r " v w gans and tissues of the body are no satisfied with their nourishment. They draw their sustenance fron the blood, and if the blood is thin, im pure or insufficient, they are in a state of revolt. Their complaints are made to the brain, the kiug of the body, through the nervous system, and the result of the general dissatisfaction if what we call Nervousness. This is a concise, reasonable explanation of the whole matter. . The cure for Nervousness, then, if simple. Purify and enrich your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and the nerves, tissues and organs will have the healthful nouishment they crave. Nervousness and Weakness will then give way to strength and health. That this is not theory but fact is proven by the voluntary statements of thousands cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. Bead the next column. LI C nuuu s Is the True Bloc DADWAY'S ? PILLS, for the core of all disorders of the Stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Lisa it Appetite, Headache, Constipation, Costlveness, Indigestion, Biliousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels, Piles, and all derangements o( the Internal (Tlscera. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury minerals or deleterious drugs. OBSERVE the following symptoms resulting from Disease ol the Digestive Organs: Constipation, Inwar.l Piles, Fullness of the Blood in tin Head, AeUlty of 'the Stomach, Nausea, H;artburn, Disgust of Food, Fullness of Weight In the Stomach, Sour Eructations, Sinking or Fluttering of the Heart, Choking or Suffocating Sensations when In a lying posture. Dimness of Vision, Dizziness on rising suddenly, Dots or Webs before the Sl^ht. Fever anl Dull Pain In the Bead, DefHclency of Perspiration, Yellowness of the Slcln and Eyes, Pain In the Side, Ches', Limbs and Sudden Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesb. A few doses of RAD WAY'S PILLS will free * * n)>Aira namnH rtluDrdpiN. me system ui an wow ?? Price 25 eta. per box. Sold by all druggists. RADWAYdcCO., NEW YORK. The Greatest fledica! Discovery of the Age. KtNNtUT 5 Medical Discovery, DONALD KENNEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS,, lias discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind, of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). Ho has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, ali within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the " ? first bottle, ana a perieci cure is wiuiau?u when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes shooting pains, like needles passiu._, through them; the same with the Liver Or Bowels. This is cause:! by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it. Read the label. If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you can get, and enough of it. Dose, one tablespoonfui in water at bedtime. Sold by all Druggists. WANTED ill Every TOWxNy H sole to wrlie a plain band. Address far parUcular* TOMPKINS BROS. * CO., iSTl 3th Ave., New l'ork. ? An Eclipse ot the Moon< An eclipse of the moon takes plao4 i when the body of the earth oomes be* tween the snn and the moon. Thfl sun is at night time nnder oar feet at the other side of the earth, and the i earth throws a long shadow upward. If the moon enters into this shadow it1 is plain that the sunlight is partly or , ? \ wholly cat off, and since the moon / shines by no light of her own, bat i only by borrowed light from the sun, """"i it follows that when ihe moon is buried! ; in the shadow all the direct light isl . intercepted and she must lose her brilliancy. Thus we obtain what is 1 called a lunar eclipse. It is total if . m the moon be entirely in the shadow. rr,, . . . , , , 1 | xne eclipse is partial 11 toe moon uo i only partly in the shadow. The lunar I eclipse is visible to everybody on the! dark hemisphere of the earth if the! i clouds will keep out of the way, so that usually a great many more people1 i can see a lunar eclipse than a solar. . 1 eclipse, which is only visible from a^ limited part of the earth. i Place a lighted CAndle at one end of the table and call it the sun. A yard away from the candle place a football and call it the earth. A few inches away from the football place a tennis ball and oall it the moon. Ton will notice that the light from the candle : shines on the football but not on the .'.'i tennis ball, which is in the shadow of , i the football. In the same way the > light from the sun at the time of an / > ^ ' eclipse falls on the side of the earth turned toward it, but not on the - moon, which is in the shadow of the earth. This is, therefore, a total 1 ; eclipse, beoanse the moon is entirely ; i in the shadow of the earth. i In China the prediction of an eclipse i is an important'matter, as the lives of * i princes are supposed to be dependent r upon them. In fact, an eolipse which took place in the* year 2169, B. C., v ( i- cost several of the Chinese astrono- vA ) mers their lives, as they had not cal- '.?{ i cnlated it rightly. It was considered i high treason to expose princes to such .1 r a danger without forewarning them. | mm U , ' Apples as Brain Food. Apples are now recommended by ) many physicians as brain food because they contain a quantity of phosphorio * 0 acid and are easily digested. Eaten 3 at night before retiring they excite '"V. the action of the liver and produce J sleep. Several Chicago physicians have pronounced in their favor.?Detroit Free Press. Nerves 1 With pleasure I will state that Hood's ? Sarsaparilla has helped me wonderfully. For V'' t several months I could not lie down to sleep \ J on account of heart trouble and also 1 Prostration of the Nerves. . ! For thr?e years I had been doctoring, but ) could not get cured. I received relief for a while, but not permanent. Soon after begini ning to take Hood's Sarsaparilla there was a V 'j\ l change for the better. In a short time I was feeling splendidly. I now rest well and am. able to do work of whatever kind. If I had not tried. Hood*B Sarsaparilla I do not know ?V, ) what would have become of me. I keep It in ? [ my house all the time, and other members of i the family take it, and all say there U 1 Nothing Like Hood's i Sarsaparilla. I have highly recommended it and one of my neighbors has commenced l taking it. I recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla at every opportunity." Mas. S. Bbaddock 404 Erie Ave., Williamsport Pennsylvania, Be sure to get arsaparilla * Only :M >d Purifier "Oaninw . llegarainf prospects tor uj? coming yNft. Wudid i*y, uv hop* to doubU our la*i yror-'a output qf Arrmotor9, or, at Uturt, as to# hnvt don* in tks past, mU twenty- * ; * /{''four out of entry twenty-rw windmill* lAflf or# told. 8imC$ comwuneing (A* tali in 1383, 1TI HAVK SOLD 1B0CT . 500 AERMOTOR8 We do not attribute this fairly food record entirely to oar if. forte, bat to the auperiority of the good* which you aial*. Bvaaiu A Davie. Urban*. IU., February 18, 18M." Quiluu : We bought and put op Aermotor JTo. 3, tod oot of th* first fifty which you made we had UurtMu. Sum* that time wa hate aold about 400 AERMOTORSj In our imaJl territory la r?pr*eerted th* hletory of the Aennoto*) and th* Aermotor Company from th* befinninf to th* preeent: hour. That hUtory It on* of unbroken triumph. And* from tb*A*rmotor th*r* have been bat few other windmilll put up 4MBK4 in our territory?Juat: enoujh with which to compare and, how the infinite au- P"r'cr,:' Aermotor u> aeeign, ? flniih (all |ilvin;ifl ^YaflhTafter compleUon), tod ibilitjr to ruo and do e/fectire work when all othen atand Idle tor went of wind. We ihoold hue told mora, bat this ration wu welll upplied with wind power ^ whan the Aermotor ?p?' -1 'i peered, it beingonlyM milat I I to Chieego, and had foa years been the battle ground I I for ten or twalva ot the largest, best known and I 1 etrongeat windmill cone- ? paniee, all baint located I 1 within GO ailee of ua. RICH or OrR BCBIKKNS I I HA* con fROM ILL PLACI.NO WOODEN AHD 1 OTHER I'.tSATISfAC. TORY WHEELS WITH K J AERH0T0R4. Yon say you have during tha put B\ jM year turi uitd any pra> Yiom year's record by j/S about one-half, and thai you fip?t to double your I, o. U taat year's output th* coming year. Count on ua l/iWl for our portion of it. foe i the Aermotor never stood farther a Wore all competitor! in reputation and in fact than to-day. Sana i Bauer, Xareogo, IllFebruary 2S. ISM." Tha next Aermotor ad. will be of pun pi. We thai) offer fei $7.50 A $15 I three way force pump. All dialers should have It or can fft H to tell at that priee. All Aermotor men will have it. The week - 4 following will appear our advertisement of galvanised steel tanks at 2)4 cents per gallon. The? neither shrink, leak, rus^ nor make water taste bad. Aermotor Co., Cklea^o* * - ..<? W I hmiri A<5 T 7 * hii I^VWVhJrtw CI eilAC'lSTHEBEaT.' WnvCi FIT FOB AKIN?. cordovan; ; x FRtNCMiENAMCLlCDCA|J'- ' ??? ' V4.s3SpFlNtCALf&KANCASfla j &f *3.50pOUCE,3SOLtS. ! a? ?*T s0$2. WORKINfiM&fc ' vis 1 1 'EXTRA FINE" 'd? ! V ^I^BQYS'SCHMLSHOEI1 P ' LADIES As&tik'- :-yk m.***0*! ?i73 SlND FOR CATALOGUE ^W?WS?^''WiL,DOUGLAfl? ^'r'WV-O.v!1^,, BROCKTOHJnASS. Over One Million People wear the W. L. Douglas $3 & ?4 Shoes All our shoes are equally satisfactory^ They give the best value for the monev. ' They equal custom shoes In style end fit. Their wearing qualities are unsurpassed. The prices are uniform,?stamped on solau From $f to $3 saved over other makes. If your Header cannot stiopl7 you we can. O BCW positively relieved and cured | J ft KJ 1 O I by a -tinple. ??fe vegetable remrilj. ora l iUI |?jsni>c IJIWI1 Olfi n,m ..v endorsement* from people y. u 1 now. Address Dr. J. U. BENEDICT'S CO., 4 and 6C d rSt.. New York. ggkl Ujr PB P C i'o Incrouuce our KO')(l? aad to ' J I Tu lllbC secure local and general amenta 1 llll%ue will send one ouuce Ke.l Xulc and two ounces Black Ink FREK, pre, a'd. upon receipt ol tic, postage. KIXUMFH. CO.. D 41. Chicago. I nnV for our announcement liCYT Issue of thl? LU UIV paper. It will show a cut RCA I oflstyleoC DAVIS CREAM SEPARATORS It would take several pages to girn details about thaae peerless machine*. Handsome lllmtrated Pamphlet Mailed Free, waoisw WAjmro. DAVIS A RANKIN BLCO. AND MFG. CO. ! Sol* Manufacturers, Chicago. & &&