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w I WORLD'S LARGEST CASK. i luiLT IN CALIFORNIA AND WILL f HOLD 97,000 CALLONS j Holds Enough Liquid to Give 9,000,000 t Person* a Full Mass Kai'h?It* Lumber 1 "Would Build a House?Two Train ( Loads of Itedwood Used to Make It. ( k -m. _ j 1 1. J,?n ( |j.ue inryt::u tu iuc nv>nu i cently been completed at St. George f Lneyard, located at Maltermoro, Cal. { Icontains 97,000 gallons, or enough 1 pive 9,000,000 persons each an or- i PPary wineglassful of its contents. It > tbuilt of the very finest California llwood, and in all the vast amount of t mber used in constructing it there is t la single flaw. { IThe object of building so large a j fek is to keep on baud at the St. \ |orge Vineyard a uniform supply f rvine, the contents of the cask being ] kt wine of which most is sold. To t |ild a cask of the size referred to t emed an impossibility at first, but < A CASK THAT HOLDS NINETY-S after the matter was thoroughly dia- s cussed the members of the vineyard a compauy made up their minds to try. s So the redwood forests of Humboldt a County were called upon to supply the n necessary lumber. tl The selection of lumber for the cask It was no ordinary task, for not more n than one stick in a dozen of those pre- si sented for examination would do. At w last enough lumber of the very first t< | quality was found, and then the work y J of drying it so that there would be not si / the slightest danger of shrinkage be- w ! gan. It required just two years to d / complete this task. The lumber ready, u " two entirf- trains of cars proved neces- tl H sary to convey it to the nearest ^point i p to the vineyard. This lumber was j ampiy sumcieui 111 quantity iv erect ! a such a bouse as does not exist in Cali- fc fornia. tl The hoops that bind the cask to- ie gether are of finely tempered steel. In d the aggregate they would fill two large ft freight cars and their total weight is p 40,000 pounds. The cask towers to a m height of thirty feet and is twenty-six tl feet in diameter. If its contents could b; be placed in unbroken bulk in freight n Bars it would take thirty of the biggest m to hold it. tl There is only one cask in the world ei which can be legitimately compared fc with this giant of California, and that zi is the great tun of Heidelberg, Ger- tl many. The California cask was not b: constructed with the intention of out- si doing any one, but simply for business p; reasons. The difference in size of pi these two tuns can best be understood gi by considering the fact that the Ger- w man cask holds 42,000 gallons and the S California cask 97,000, showing the g: former to be less than half the size of g< the latter. n Considering the contents of the cask ci from the measurement of gallons, the _ irloo r\f lfa imtnonai J-xr ia nnf en fnllv impressed as when figuring on a basis of lesser quantities. For instance, the cask holds 388,000 quarts, or 776,000 pints, or 3,004,000 gills. An ordinary glass of wine is about a third of a gill, perhaps a little less. This huge cask would hold a sufficient quantity to permit 9,012,000 persons to partake of a glass. Therefore, if every inhabiy tant of the greatest five cities of the United States should pass in procession before this huge redwdod receptacle each could take a drink therefrom. Figuring the value of the contents of the cask at the price it would be retailed by the glass in the States where wiue is not made, the total reached is $901,200, so near a million that it can, -without great stretching, be called a million dollar cask. Looking at the wine from still another standpoint, quantity being always the primal basis, the cask contains sufficient to fairly flood quite a section of the land about it should it break, and the chances are it would sweep along at first with sufficient force to seriously affect small buildings which might be in its pathway. Certainly it would drown any human e being who happened to be in the way ^ of the flood. While the exact number ^ of tons of grapes whose juice is re- b quired to make enough wine to fill the " cask has never been estimated, the " proprietors of the viueyard say it would a: run into hundreds of thousands of " pounds.?New York Herald. P of a KiHf'n Power. a The power of the Lebel rifle was ex- 0 hibited at Berny, in France, recently, where a soldier was called on to shoot S( ^ an escaping bull. The bullet from the w rifle penetrated the animal's skull and a: ^ left the body near the tail. h The Senate of the Connecticut Legislature rejected a proposed bill to grant d divorce for incurable insanity. a Pineapples are being successfully h grown in several sections of southern tl California. s COAL MINE RUN BY WOMEN. n e How the Stalwart DaujyliterH of a PennHylvimin Miner Help Their Father. Ail anthracite coal ruiue tuat is al- 0 nost eutirely operated by American c < ' I Al- ~ einaie iauur 1.1 tuu uuimuai ojicviom hat can be seen in the Malianoy valey several miles southwest of Sham)kin. Penu. The owner and operator w )f this mine is Joseph Mans, an indus- I1 ;rious native of Germany, and his four 11 ?rown daughters and three younger * ?irls assist him in operating the coliery in a manner that would make Cl nany mine owners and slate pickers ? jnvious. The Mans coal mine is located on a he southern side of the mountain * hat marks the lower extremity of the ? Shamokin coal basin, and is rather a w jrimitive operation. The women mine ^ vorkers who have employment there or several years past are Katy, Mary, Ilv Liizzie and Anna Mans, daughters of 111 be miue owner, whose ages are about ^ wenty-two, tweuty-one, twenty and iighteen years respectively. Tliey are n v ll I i i ^ ! tHSUM- : ? 01 _ ' lc ?. m ~ ? rc -" si EVEN THOUSAND GALLONS. ft, _ ^ plendid specimens of womanhood, cl veraging six feet in height, being ? traight as arrows, stronger than the* verage man and each weighing in the eighborhood of 200 pounds. Despite tie far?t that thev are unused to tieht icing their figures are attractive, and one of theiu know what it is to be ick. They labor hard six days every eek, but seem to be perfectly conjnted with their lot, as do also their ounger sisters and brothers, who as ist in the colliery. These young omen are expert farmers, and in ad- 3 ition to knowing how to run a coal J line are perfectly at home performing [ le household duties that are indis- \ ensable to all well-regulated homes, fj Katie, the oldest girl, performs the s uties usually assigned to an outside jremau, supervising the running of ~ le breaker in a highly satisfactory or tanner, and selling the fuel to the hnn- sireds of farmers from the Mahanoy and m [ahantongo valleys, who patronize this m lant, while Mary has charge of the co mch maligned mine mule, which hoists th le coal from the bowels of the earth y means of an old-fashioned gin. An- in ie, who has turned out a very fair be lechanic, runs the pump that keeps w< ie mine free from water and the boil- h( :s and engine that supply the steam of >r operating the machinery, while Liz- ue ie is slate-picker boss, and assists her qi iree younger sisters and three little to rothers in picking the rock and the dc ate from among the coal as the fuel or asses down the chutes to the storage ockets. These girls do not affect the pv arb of the new woman, but instead in ear serviceable skirt and petticoats, of tout brogans cover their feet. Each ev irl knows what is expected of her and sp oes about the various duties in a busi- on ess-like manner, while the father is ne utting coal in the mine. dr KITTY MANS, THE SIX-F Thirteen years ago Mr. Mans was tu uiployed in the mines around Shamo- til in, but, desiring to branch out for b imself. he leased this mine, which was in arelv a hole in the ground at that ba me. Since then he has purchased an le mine and tract of coal land outright, ad the disappointment he and his wife ve ?lt when their first four children pe roved to be girls instead of boys has fic een softened by the valuable assist- di nee the girls have since rendered him. fr< >f the seven later additions to the fam- sh y four are boys and three are girls, oe i that Mr. Mans is now looking for- ab ard to having four young miners to T1 ssist him in cutting coal from the ve owels of the earth before many years ra ass by. sh While Mr. Mans and his athletic w< augliters operate the mine his wife at tteuds to the household duties and Ai lis their farm, which, according to or is story, is a better paying investment wl lian the mine. Since acquiring pos- is] esaion of the collierv Mr Mans has lade many improvements to the prop- i rty in the shape of new and deeper i penings and the introduction of raabinery for preparing and hoisting the oal. Mr. Mans says that it is a common ling for women to work in and around ;ie mines in the section of Germany 'here he was born, and prominent lining officials recall many instances l which women and girls performed imilar duties in the coal mines of Ingland and Wales. In the latter ountry, however, the custom is almost bsolete now. About eight years ago Irs. Daniel Grassens, a German wolan, donned man's attire and secured mploymeut in the Gimlet mine, near hamokin, as an inside loader. She orked on the same shift as her hus and and succeeded in hiding her sex >r several months. As soon as the >reman discovered that she was a wotan she was discharged, although her ork Jiad been entirely satisfactory, t is said that Mr. Grassens and his line-working wife are now prosperus German farmers in the Mahanoy alley. THE MODEL KITCHEN. roper Arrangement and Furnishing of this Important Part of a House. Very little attention is given to the lrnishing of the kitchen, even in the lost particular households. If a new ouse is beintr built the careful house 'ife may ask the architect to provide ertain conveniences for the room, but enerally the matter is left wholly to is directions, and unless he is a tyro e is not apt to disappoint expectations. Modern improvements in plumbing nd in ranges provide the most conenient of permanent fixtures. It is 3arcely necessary to warn one against le old style of shut-in plumbing, that ift innumerable crevices and crannies ) give lodgment to dirt and vermin, he very best results are obtained from le use of iron pipe instead of lead, nd if this be used there is much less tiance of "sweating," and the conseuent rotting of the adjacent wood, articularly if the pipes be painted, 'he woodwork of the kitchen is fully 3 important as that of any of the rest f the house. Pine is generally chosen, ad is as good as any other wood; it 1 aould be oiled and given several coats i f hard varnish, or else painted in yel>w or buff. All closets and cupboards should be 1 ailt from the floor to the ceiling, with- ' at the slightest opening above or be- I >w. The door should cover just as i mch of the front as possible, leaving < >om onjy ior a narrow julllu ami u. < lallow sill, in order that when they ] e opened the entire exterior may be i cposed to view. Earthenware tubs are I leaper in the long run than wooden < PEBSPECTIYE VIEW. t ] ies, although their initial cost is con- ' derably greater. But if wooden tubs s ust be used, be sure they are put in t ost carefully, as under the best of ntractors they give more trouble e an any other kitchen fillment. I Above all things do not stint money ] laying the kitchen floor; this must t i constantly scrubbed, and if the t x>d checks and splinters the task is t sart-breaking. The highest grades f Georgia pine should be used, in irrow strips, and it should have fre- o Lent dressing. It is no economy c lay a cheap floor with the idea of s (pending upon a covering of oil cloth a similar material. u A very common mistake is made in n itting in a sink that is too small, and e providing no place for the draining o dishes. A sink is never too large, t en for the smallest family, and if f ace will permit it is well to put in t ie that is a couple of sizes larger than ieded. At both ends should be wide aining shelves. An admirable fea c a a OOT COAL MINER. re, if one can afford it, is a panel of g ing adjoining the sink. Thia should . ( copped with a atrip of wood containg hooks, from which may be hung isting spoons, collanders, meaaurea, id ao forth. As to furnishing proper, thia ia a ry simple matter, although many i >ople seem to think that it ia aufiient. to tramp into the kitchen the lapidated and broken down furniture Din other parts of the house. There ould be two plain deal tablea, a large le and a amall one, the latter just t >out the height of the range or atove. d lis will be found extremely con- ii nient in cooking if drawn cloae to the uge to hold utensils. The chaira a ould be of the kind that have solid v >oden aeata, but there should also be d least one comfortable rookiug-chair. a aything that ia in the nature of an nament and has no utilitarian use is holly out of place, and should be ban- t! bed from the kitchen. 2 Thfl dafiinrn nr^aanfi^l Kao a Iri^Kon 0 arranged in accord with the suggestion contained in article. A description of design: A. Movable table. B. Boiler. 0. Closet. E. Lo^ riKM I DESIGN FOB A KITCHEX. table. F. Counter shelf. H. Chairs. M. Dresser. N. Towel Rack. P. Pantry. R. Range. S. Sink. T. Hinged table. V. Veranda. FISHES WITH FOUR EYES. ? ? ? TmnA?4A<1 fn Vail tnint'Pt* muiiBirunuion nujiuntu w ?.v York ah Curiosities. A certain New York dealer in fancj creatures, pet and singing birds and such like things is just now exhibiting a Chinese four-eyed fish, the like oi which, he solemnly declares, was nevei seen in America before. Certainly, says the New York Herald, it is a curious creature, and, to all appearances, it has the four eyes its owner claimfi. They are set in pairs high on the sides of the head, one "eye" of eacb pair looking straight up and the othei sideways, each pair being fixed in a sort of fleshy protuberance that gives F0UI1-EYED FISH FBOM CHINA. the finny monster a most extraordinary appearance. The thing was imported from China. It is a species of goldfish and is confessedly a sort of manufactured freak. Ihe story told by the dealer to account for the extra pair of eyes is sufficiently marvellous to strain the beliving powsrs of the most credulous. He says the Orientals who breed these fish place them in a tank which is kept in - 1 1 ?i-- -1 1 lU.i IDSOlUie imriiueaa, ?uvo tuui> irurn a lens or a mirror placed above the tank >ne single tiny ray of light is shot iown into the water. The fish naturally seeks this ray of light and spends nost of his time where it fails vertically upon his head. In time, the lealer continues, the extra pair of eyes levolop. Now, this is a fish story, indeed, md no reader need believe it unless le wishes to. It is given here simply o explain the curiou3 freak which the STew York dealer has for sale, and vhich he says would be cheap at $100 >f any man's money. "In fact," he continued, "three New forkers have already paid $100 apiece or three other fishes of this same ype" The Chinese have a curious name for his lish. The nearest approach to an 3nglish translation of this name is 'celestial telescope," the word "teleicopo" being used because of the prouberant structure of the eyes. Besides the double complement of syes, the celestial telescope has a num>er of other curious characteristics, 'ts body is short and chunked and its ail is very long, perhaps twice or hrice as long as the body; more than hat, it it so divided as to seem to be our tails instead of one. But, nothwithstanding this surplus i apparent propelling power, the elestial telescope is an exceedingly low and awkward fish in getting about, nd seems to be even more stupid than aost other fish. For instance, it will lot feed at all as other fish do; its food dust be placed in the water on the end f a little straw or stick, in such a way hat it can see it plainly, and then the ood must be held in position a long ime before it can be induced to eat. BUiiiarck'rt Stock of Ouka. Prince Bismarck, as is well known? >n his retirement, devoted himself to agriculture, his chief hobby being the !xploitation of his forest lands. From dl parts of Germany he received ap>lications for oak saplings from his donains, and these oaks have been )lanted in all quarters of the fatherand, and are known as "Bismarck )aks." The Prince has now been >bliged to publish a notice informing lis admirers that he is unable to aesede to tha numerous requests that each him, as his stock of young oaks s exhausted. ARROW IN A DEER'S RIB. klark of an Indian Hunter Found in Illinois. Herbert W. Fay, one of the editors >f the DeKalk (111.) Review, will prelent to the t.ew Illinois State Normal School a unique relic which will doubtess be highly appreciated. It is the ib of a deer which has been puncured by an arrow-head. The rib was ound on a farm near Sandwich, 111., >y Levi B. Erwin, who recently dis>osed of it to Mr. Fay. The rib is deven inches long and was found with he arrow head sticking in it as shown n the picture. The Smithsonian In-' titution in Washington made an effort j INDIAN ABBOW IN DEEB'S BIB. o secure the relic, but Mr. Fay has letermined to keep it in Illinois where t was found. Mr. Fay has a large collection of rrow-heads and Indian tools and reapons which are reminders of the lays when poor Lo hald undisputed way in Illinois. The whole number of members of i he Christian Endeavor societies is j ,836,749. There are more than 47,- j THE CRANT MONUMENT. Description of the Magnificent Maunoleui on Riverside Drive In New York. The Grant Monument on Riverside Dri^ is tin established fact, grand in its sin plicity, inspiring in the memories that unrigs to lire, j/aere is nu pmi;o iu no York or vicinity bettor fitted for it. Tb Hudson River flows silently within a stone throw. Directly opposite, across the rive: the Pr.lisades loom in a grandeur that h? given them world-wide fame. Lookin north, the eye may see as far as Tappa Zee, over i stretch of country which ; famed in history. The immediate surroundings of the moi uinent itself are very beautiful. In or direction are located the stately buildinj; of the new Columbia University. Adjoii ing them, will stand the great Protestar Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The monument is 165 feet higa, an stands upon a promontory 140 feet abo% the Hudson. The design is original in il execution and conception. The squa: Doric base is typical of Grant's militar career; the circular cupola is symbolic < his civil life, and the stepdome that con pletes the structure announces that it is th tomb of a warrior. The exterior is of grai Ite, and its interior of marble. On tb main floor is the crypt, thirty feet widi where already rests the massive sarcophi gus of General Grant. The foundatloi which is of concrete, is 110 feet by 110 fee at the base, and 107 feet square at the toj Its depth is twenty-two feet. The top ( the foundation is 134 feet, and the-top < the dome is 300 feet, above high wate The main .superstructure is of granite, 1( feet square and eighty-flve feet high. At eighty feet from the foundation i?-tt lower edge of the cornice. Huge lion hea block? of granite form a projecting lay? above this, and one more layer of granit block* completes the main body. Th monument faces the south, and on this sii] are the only approach and entrance to th tomb. The entrance is through a braze do.or. This front of the tomb has foi granite columns at the entrance, but ju< outside of these is another line of flute columns six in number, thirty feet higl aovon In iliftmpfpr n.t: fchp hriQA Anil si at thf top. They form part of the portici The portico is" in the Ionic style, and in itsolf a figure of great beauty. The aj proach to the portico is formed by granit platforms 100 feet wide which afford gradual ascent of forty feet. The completion of this noble mausoleui withii Ave years is a lasting testimonial t New York's civic pride. The first meetin of thf) Grant Memorial Committee was hel on April 9, 1892, and over 80,000 America citizens contributed the 4700,000 necessar for tt.e erection of the great tomb. WHY NEW YORK WAS CHOSEN. Mrs. Grant Finally Decided In Favor < the Empire City. When Grant died there was a keen comp< tltioc. among the various cities of the Unio for the honor of having his tomb. Willi General Grant and Mrs. Grant were in Et rope they paid a visit to the tomb of Ferd nand and Isabella. The thought of tt royal couple sleeping side by side for cei turiej appealed to the devoted husbanc and turning to his wife he said: "Julia, this is the way we should lie i death." His wish was not rorgotten, ana wiien tc great cities of the East sought the honor < affording his body a sepulture, New Yor was the first to offer a tomb for both tb General and his wife, without condition New York was also helped by the fact thj a memorandum left by the General gave h preference as a place of a burial as follow; "West Point?I prefer this above other but for the fact that my wife could not t placed be3ide me there. "Galena, or some other place in IllinoisBeoause from that State I received my flr General's commission. "New York?Because the people of thf Sttito befriended me in my need." When offers were made by the variot cities Mrs. Grant cast her vote on tho sid of New York. A plot of land wa3 set asld fn Rlvprsid? Park. There the General we buried in 1891. The monument 13, as Li Hung Chan sny3, the most interesting memorial evt erected. The tomb of Napoleon is its onl rival, that having also been built by volui ta;y contributions. The two other grea tombs, those of Albert in Hyde Park an Kaiser Wilhelm in Berlin, were erected b the Governments of the two countries. CONGRESSMAN HOLMAN DEAD. Tine "Watchdog of the Treannry" Snccuml to Spinal Meningitis. William Steele Holman, of Indiana, tb oldest member of Congress in point of se: vice, died at Washington, Thursday, aft( an illness of several weeks. Spinal menii gitis was the direct cause of death, and tb venerable statesman had been ui conscious for days preceding the em Congressman Holman was nearly sevent; Ave years of age, his birthday falling i September. He was serving his sixteent term. Mr. Holman would have been calle "the Father of the House" during lat years were it not for the fact that for ov< twenty years he was known, both in an out of the House, as "the Watchdog of th Treasury." THE LATE W. S. HOLMAN. Willinm Steele Holman was born in Deai born County, Indiana, in 1822. He had common school education, supplemente by a two-year course at Franklin Collegf Then he taught school to support himsel while he studied law. When twentj one years of age he was elected Probat Judge. Ho served also as a prosecutini attorney, was a member of the Constitu tlonal Convention of 1850. Then he en tared the Legislature, and later on was re turned to the Bench. His Congressioua career commenced with the Thirty-sixth and out of the twenty sessions of that bod; which have followed he has been abseni from but four, the Thirty-ninth, Forty-flftli Forty-sixth and Fifty-fourth, a recori unparalleled in American public life Personally Mr. Holman was of a genial am approachable disposition, which did mud to reconcile his colleagues to his course 01 public matters, notably appropriations The body of Congressman Holman wa taken back to Indiana for interment, upot the old homestead. It was accompanied bi the customary honorable guard of his lut< colleagues. Killed by a Heart Blow. Timothy Harrington, proprietor of i cigar store in East Baltimore, Md., dlec from a blow similar to that with whicl Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett. Har rington was sixty years old and was play fully sparring with a youth named Georgt Worth, when the latter jabbed at hin across the store counter,striking him abov( the heart. Hanged Him to a Lamp-Post. Joseph McCoy, colored, was lynched al Alexandria, Va., for assaulting his employ i;r's two daughters. He was arrested ir the afternoon and confessed his crime. Twc attempts were made to break in the jail rhe second attack was made by a mob ol 500 men, who overpowered the jailers and Ranged the prisoner to a lamp-post. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. J n ??? " Washington Items. Tho Dawes Indian Commission bos ? reaohad an n.i*r?ement with tho Choctaww I* ;ind Chickasaws at Anoka, Indian Territory, ^ abolishing tribal government and allotting w lands in severalty. F ig W. J. Calhoun, of Danville, 111., was chosen by President >IcKinle}' as special T * Commissioner to Cuba to investigate the cases of American prisoners there. A |Q Admiral Miller will probably be snnt to ^ i3 Europe to attend the Queen's jubilee on the cruiser Brooklyn before he a33umes . ? !. command of the Pacific station. * te A new passenger traffic association was ~ ;s formed by the priucipal railroads of the i- South at a meeting in Washington. j The Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee have employed an ex_ pert to examine the tariff bill. They do 'e not expect the examination to delay re- ^ , porting it to the 8enate more than two -p "e weeks. ?f Lorin A. Thurston, Hawaii's Special T JL r\ : l T, Una cuKmif v^uuiimaaiuuux; in Tiosmu^iuu, nan suuiunie ted to the Senate reaaona why the Hawal- I ian reciprocity treaty ought not to be lft abrogated by the tariff bill. Claus Spreck- ? B' el9 thinks the abrogation of the treaty would be a benefit to the United States. C 1, Domestic. a. >f Four lives were lost in Brooklyn, N. Y., In 0 >f a tenement house fire, supposed to be of 0 r. incendiary origin. In a frantic effort to )0 save her two baby boys a mother threw A them from a fourth story window and the R te fall killed them almost instantly. The ,j mother perished In the flames. The ,r dead are: Mrs. Carrie Newell, agod ;e thirty-eight; Louis Newell,aged three; John ie Newell, aged Ave; Mrs. Celia Barnett, aged [0 flfty-flve. Before the Are could be extinie guished $30,000 worth of property was de- & n stroyed. 1< ir The total indebtedness of the three How- ? st land mill corporations at New Bedford, d Mass., will reach about $2,250,000. A new parapet, designed to resist the Are a x of modern high power guns, was tested at tl ? Sandy Hook, N. J., by General Miles and n 13 che Board of Ordnance and FortiAcatlon. a ;e A tornado passed just west of Solomon, ei a Kan. Considerable damage was done to h telegraph lines, but no dwelling houses c< ^ were struck. A heavy wind accompanied ii 0 by a cold rain prevailed all day, damaging tl orchards to some extent. A cloudburst w (J washed away 150 feet of the track of the o q Santa Fe Railroad four miles west of Hor- t< y tonville, Kan. About three Inches of rain c ' fell in a couple of hours. a The announcement iof the assignment of ^ N. Burruss, Son & Co., of Norfolk, Va., one " of the most widely-known banking firms In a ,f the South, was announced. The liabilities '' amount to between $340,000 and $350,000, " and tho assets are stated by the firm to be ? 3* $400,000 available, with nominal assets ^ much more. ^ 10 rj Former 8tate Treasurer oi Nebraska J. m j. 3. Bartley was arrested at Lincoln on a ie charge of embezzling $201,000. Bartley, it is alleged, sold a warrant to reimburse j the sinking fund to the Chemical National ' Bank, of New York, through an Omaha Q bank, and pocketed the money. At Jackson, Mo., an accident occurred le which resulted in the drowning of four >f persons. Joe Johnson was going to town u k in a covered wagon, accompanied by Mrs." a ie Bugg, her son, Ave years old, and her baby, a. s. and Miss Minnie Fraser. Johnson at- h it tempted to ford the creek. r A trolley car ran away in Portland, Ore- ^ 3: gon, and plunged through a bridge into a 8 slough twenty-five feet below. Three of the ^ ,e passengers were drowned. ^ _ Fire at Newport News, Va., destroyed t property valued at $2,000,000, Including two a piers belonging to the Chesapeake and tj lt Ohio Railroad, three vessel*, and a tug. 0 Eight persons were burned, one of whom j ig may die of his injuries. tl [e A snowstorm visited the upper portion of 9 le New York State, threatening great damage tl ks to fruits. u The people of the Elkhorn Mountain lo- C g cality, in Kentucky, have fought as desper- A >i" ately for the last four days to save theii y lives and property as this people in the delta 1- flood district have. Forest Ares have been tt devastating the hill country for a week, and d finally reached the settlements on the p y mountains. Flails were used to fight the ii flames, and help had been asked for from tl the Virginia farmers down on Clinch River. t< Three farmhouses and four barns were de- a stroyed before last night's rain came. t< >8 Colonel Jesse Peyton, known as the "Father of Centennials," died at Haddon- a field, N. J. He originated the Centennial u 10 Exposition of 1876 and other celebrations. a r" John Waggoner, aged eighty-five years, ;r and living near Freetown, Ina., was sup- _ ? V*ntta s\f aIH a cpa 17ia nlival. ' 1" \>*J UOTC UtOU VI V1U ll^Ui 1>IW [/uju. Q l<j cian announced him dead, and relatives of ? 1- the family were telegraphed, and arrived ^ 1. for the funeral. That afternoon tho body j- showed signs of life; slight breathing was n noticeable, and In a few hours he had sufh flciently recovered to talk to the family, d August Knarich, a well-known resident :e of Grand View, was killed at Blauvelt, Rockland County. His horses just cleared d the track, but the engine struck the wagon, 10 breaking it into fine pieces and instantly killing Mr. Knarich. He leaves a wife and P ~ four children. ? The National bank at Winthrop, Mass., e closed its doors the other day, giving as a a reason that the stockholders are growing s old. The bank was in good condition. b A despatch from Kansas City says that tl ox-Supervisor Hiram A. Champion, of Clif- a ton Park, N. Y., has shot himself at Kansas tl City. It is said that at woman disappeared o with his money before he killed nimself. s] Champion disappeared from Clifton Park g about two months ago with about $10,000 h borrowed money. a A full confession of the murder of the f' Splcer family at Winona, North Dakota, Is comes from Fort Yates. Two Indian boys, & ' Paul Holytrack, aged twenty, and Philip Ireland, aged seventeen, committed the murders unassisted. They exonerate Blackhawk and Caddotte. The confession explains in detail the massacre of a family of six. The crime was premeditated. Much distress has been caused by the n rising of rivers in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana. Railroad traffic was im- aj peded and thousands of dollars worth of jr damage was done. w While giving a performance at Red Bank, a; N. J., Leon Washburn's two-ring circus was Ie demolished by a sudden squall, and several ai employes were badly hurt. ui There was a big slump in wheat at New 'a York and Chicago, caused by the news of " Turkey's victory in Greece. The price of bi the cereal dropped more than three cents ai ~ in half an hour. M a Theodore A. Havemeyer, Vice-President of the American Sugar Refining Company, , died a few days ago in New York in his l< fifty-ninth year. . 4j. >. A new passenger traffic agreement has N e gone into effect among eighteen Western tb 5 railroads. b< The resumption of gold exports at New 3' - York caused much gossip among financiers, i- but no alarm was manifested. ,1 c: J Foreign. [J 't A despatch from London states that the U1 money market is regaining more confidence q. j every day in view of the Turkish victories, i. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria and gj j the Czar of Russia held a review of the garli rison at 8t. Petersburg. i Forty-one persons were reported killed by hail in Mexico, some of the stones weighing s over three pounds each. J An explosion has occurred ia a church in ' the Island of Cyprus, injuring thirty per- ? " sons. It is believed to be the result of a Turkish outrage. A new yacht is to be built in Ireland to ^ compete for the America's Cup. ac , The Swiss Bundesrath has informed Greece and Turkey that an ambulance with 1 nine doctors is starting for the seat of war. Moderation and conciliation is urged as ] j the policy of the Transvaal toward Great P? * Britain. J^j . Germany, Belgium and other nations claim as treaty rights the same privileges nj under the new Canadian tariff as Great Britain. jrc Prince Louis William August of Baden, a an t brother of the Grand Duke of Baden, died - at Carlsruhe. i As one effect of the new tariff several > men have been laid off at the Western Wire 1 . and NaH Works, at London, Canada, and to t the entire force will be discharged as soon A1 I as the raw material on hand is worked up. di bv a iELIGIOUS READING, TEMPEBED. fhen stern occasion calls for war, And the trumpets shrill and peal, orges and armories ring all day With the tierce clash of steel. he blades are heated in the flamo, And cooled in !<;v Hlooii. ud beaten hard, ami beaten well, o make them firm ar.d pliable, Their edge and temper good ; hen tough and sharp with discipline hey win the flght for fighting men. 'hen God's occasions call for men, His chosen souls He takes ; 2 life's hot lire He tempers them, With tears he cools and slakes; fith many a heavy, grievous stroke He beats them to an edge nd tests and tries, again, again, ill the hard will is fused, and pain Becomes high privilege; hen strong, and quickened through and through, hey ready are His work to do. .ike an on-rushing, furious host The tide of need and sin, rnless the blades shall tempered be, They have no chanoe to win; rod trusts to no untested sword When he goes forth to war; inly the souls that, beaten long >n pain's great anvil, have grown strong, His chosen weapons are. .h, souls, on pain's great anvil laid, .emember this, nor be afraid ! ?Susan Coolidge, in Congregationalism JESOS WAITS BEYOND. It is not with the grief which cannot ba ssuaged that we who love Jesus mourn oar )St. His rising from the grave is the pledge f their immortal life, and wafted to us :om that shore of bloom whore they await s, come to our spirits whispers of undying ope. Wo know that we shall meet them gain when the heavens shall receive us, as le heavens have received them. A dear fife was drifted out on the tide which sets way from these surf-beaten banks of tha arth. Hour after hour her husband held er in his arms, her breath growing fainter, oniing in gasps; ever her bravo eyes looklg steadily into his, her strong soul facing le invisible world just beyond tho vail, without a tremor, without a protest. Anther than the beloved husband wa9 waiting > take h?r hand, and to that Other both ould resign themselves trustfully and buoy ntly, for this and the next life. . "One can e glad who goes to Jesus!" said a girl In ae flush of her youth. "'Glory, honor, imlortality!" whispered an aged saint. " All unshine yonder!" said God's servant, going ome. 80 our Easter thoughts are full of r? < fnl I r\f nonioa fi?ana/ian/){nff a nOAAH OJUIV/lUgj tun \/k I UIOO biauo^cuuuiq uj/vvwj* esterday we thought of Jesus in the tomb i iday it is of Jesus risen we sing. And as a ear poet has written, we remember in nankfulness that "Calvary and Easter day Were just one day apart!" ?Christian Intelligencer M A PRAYER OF AnORATXON. Blessed be thou, 0 God! who hast raised p our Lord Jesus from the dead that he light be the flret fruits of them that are sleep. We bless thee fof his service of umiiiation, his atoning death, his glorious Bsurrectiun and his continuing life. Foz is sake pardon our transgressions and bortcomings and enable uo so to use thia rorld of passion and temptation , bat we may win the victory ol < lith. Teach us to live as heirs ol he inheritance Christ's death has purchased, nd to die as those who follow without fear be path of him who conquered death. Out f the experience of Thy love we praise 'Kao Wifh th? innnmflrablo nomnanv of tie redeemed in heaven and earth we worhip the Lamb slain from the foundation of tie world,who died and rose again and lives I an immortal life. Glory be to Thee, 0 hrist! in heaven and earth forevermore. .men. M A VOrCE FBOM THE DEE?. t There is, it is said, a beautiful custom in arts of Sicily when the fishermen are golg on some expedition into the deep seat tieir wives and children accompany them 5 the shore, and as they embark they raise II together their voices in hymns of praise j God, and as they put out to sea, those in ie boats answer to those on the shore, in n antiphone of devotion, verse after verse, nfil tlmir ril? awftv in the distance. nd the yearning sea carries them out oi ' ight and hearing. So we today stand on le shore of eternity, and as soul after sou] uts forth into the deep and passes from ur sight, we raise the song of confidence, Christ is risen," and the answer comes ack from the bosom of that boundless cean? "Christ is risen, risen brother, Brother, Christ is risen indeed." ?Canon Nowbolt. WE SHALL MEET AOAIN. One can bear with hope and calmness a arting which is only for a time and not forver. As the great ship swings away from he dock,with every revolution of its wheela arrying our dear one away from us, hall cross the globe, to bo gone for years, we pan the gulf of absence with the bridge of ope; we forecast the coming back,wo know aat ere long, or perhaps after long, we will leet again. So, when out on the silent sea ie muffled oars of death carry our barque, ur dear ones here know that in Christ we * nru?,? hall meet oeiore many yeure. t? uou ive our loved ones up it is in the good ope of the resurrection. Death hath no lore dominion over those who are one in lith and love in the risen Christ. And thl* i the Easter joy in the crown of rejoioing.[argaret E. Sangster. WE SEEK NEWNESS OP LIFE. We are the children of the resurrection, nd the dearness of the earth in all its warm ud joyous life under the suii is the greater hen we remember that our Lord reirned thereto from the tcsib, and was ijain known unto his disciples in the breakig of bread. The sun, for whose eoming e ever look, is his true symbol, for hii ppearings are from everlasting to everisting. It is newness of life that we seek, *kia m/x hni'B nlwjlv*. h:ivini? his life in LIU bUlO nw ?? ? ~ ... .. ?j ? ? 9?the Vine which, after innumerable viniges. still Llossometh jn all its branches. ; is he who is our springtime, with his fiptism of flame quickening the tender buds ad consuming all the dead wood.?Henry [. Alden. christ must fibst bi3e in os. The resurrection of Christ is of no avail to lee unless Christ also rises in thy soul, or is it enough that Christ should arihe in ly soul but once, for the old Adam cannot } destroyed in a single moment. The old nful nature strives daily to .live anew in iee. and daily must thou destroy it that hrlst may daily begin to live in thee, hrist ascended not to heaven nor entered ito his glory until after his resurrection, so iou wilt not enter into the heavenly glory itil Christ first rises and lives in thee.erhard. ing out. 0 lily-bells ! Gone is all gloom ! All nature sings at this glad Eastertide, e see no more the shadow of the tomb ; To us the pearly gates swing open wide! Past is the pain ; Death is in vain; He who was dead now lives again ! Virginia Van de Water, in Harper's Bazar. Your life needs days of retirement, when shuts the gates upon the noisy whirl of ition and is alone with God. Paris Has 100,000 Horseless Vehicles. [t is not a bit more unreasonable to eupse that carriages propelled by electricity ould come Into poDular use, than to know it over 100,000 horseless vehicles have an in use in the city of Paris in the space a year of a much less agreeable pattern. ,ese carriages are propelled by little pe leum engines, and they smoke frightfully d offensively. Will Lay 5000 Tons of Steel Rail. The B. k 0. 8. W. will begin laying 5000 ns of 75-pound steel rail next month. )out half is to be placed in the Mississippi vision traoks and the rest between Parkers irg and Cnlllicothe.