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HS8lBMnfaM8ga|BMffilB>^^ ffjjCTflffigWate kn cras'' jB^TOm8pKHaW^mBjHMCTH^^^r??g years o BMHB^WMabgMMB^Bffi^^yTav being disme E^^MSH^BWKgSSRHPjfflM^^ijured nr<>: Lawrex jMBSB^WMBiBliBBig^yxl'raeturecI; Clara Stt left arm broken n SSs^^^i Walter \Y. Wellbro S^Hffi|ffi9Sfj^^H^ears old on tho day bo v BSmjj^rangl^^legs broken and one arm brok bftnnenoil .it Vnllev Strrn BiaBpSM^out flftetn miles from Brooklyn. 1 Mm^^^Vntauk Division of the Long Island Rr EKrag^Moad runs through Valley Stream, and I tSSW^^ Mineola and Valley Stream branch leai gV that line there and shoots off to the noi r toward Hempstead. For about three mi ~ after It leaves the Valley Stream stati It runs through a wood. A qu ter of a mile from the station of the Merr: road, which is the chief bicycle road Long Island, crosses the single track grade. On three corners of this crossi the wood is thick, and it is not possible nniKJAne fi?Qw/sHnr? o 1 r\r\ Cf f ho oifhor vehicles or on foot, to see a train comii nor is it possible for the engineer or pers( on a train to see anything of the rc until the train is right upon it. Thou thousands of persons cross the track at tl point every day, the railroad oompa maintains no flagman there, and the o: thing to warn the people is a bell on an o fashioned "Look out for the locomoth ?ign post, which sometimes rings and wh: ometimes does not, and which, it is asse ed positively, did not ring on the day of 1 accident. When the edge of a grove to the e was nearly reached little Harry Lewis email boy to the left of the driver, look ahead and saw a man frantically wavi his hands from the top of a furniture v that had crossed the railroad a moment I fore. The shout could ha*-e hardly reach them before the small boy from his vanta leat caught sight of the oncoming tri from the north and cried to the driver: "Look out for that train! Turn quid But the driver had no time to turn, he had turned the coach would have reel across the track. Instead, he threw a la on the horses and they leaped in the with the great lumbering coach behii It was the work of a second and scarc< had the horses crossed the furthest r when the train, with its terrible spe< (truck the coach. There was a scene of awful carnaj The coach and the holiday seekers w< uitea into tne air Dy tne engine as a gr< bull would toss a child on its horns. T people were scattered with the fragmei of the great vehicle, ground under t ridges of the cowcatcher, or dropp against the sharp sides of the engine a train moving at high speed. The green trees and vines were stain with blood. The train flew like a gh< past the scene, scattering the evidence destruction for fully two hundred yat down the traek to the east. Two bodies lay at the right of the trac cut and crushed almost beyond recc nition. At the left was another body I headed. And scattered between and heaped up places were the ones who had escap death only to suffer the torments of pa One woman, stripped of her clothing, 1 with broken limbs near a little pile of t wreckage of the coach. Others, gash and seared with wounds, were unconscio on the grass. The few who had escap more serious injury were dazed and he! less. The ones who had been saved were pitiful distress. For when the llrst rel arrived one young man was walking abc in a frenzy of insanity. He did not appi ciate toe ieariui suuauon. nis urain n , been jarred out of consciousness by t shock, and he was crying out meaningl< words in a pitiful, choked voice. The sufferings of the wounded were t< rible to witness. One poor fellow asked be put out of his misery at once. At lei 200 people were gathered at the scene less than ten minutes. The sight of t dead and the moans of the wounded wot have been enough to soften the heart o :Stone, but yet heartless ruffians wero thi who robbed the dead before the very e: -of a big crowd of witnesses. A deputy sheriff from Inwood was the but he did nothing to protect the dead a ? the injured from these scoundrels. I nearly two hours the victims lay there the full glare of the sun. Indians on the War Path. A report comes from Helena that Ch enne Indians have gone on the war path Southern Montana, and that they hf murdered several settlers and killed f United States cavalrymen. This reporl not credited by officers of the War and terior Departments, who have received euch news. Cuban Men-of-War. It is said that the Cuban Junta has formed the President that on the day the signing of a recognition resolution tl will have four well equipped men-oM flying the Cubun flag. Mosquito Bite an Accident. ' The Kentucky Court of Appeals has elded that the bite of a mosquito is accident, and that the United States Mut Association is name ror cne ?duw rcuiu insurance policy on the life of a man wh death was the result of a mosquito bite. New Feed for Hordes. At a recent horse show in Boston a 1 of American Beauty roses costing $1 e was sent by a lady admirer to a m named linth, and the blossoms were fed the fair recipient, who nibbled them wit relish. Prominent Teople. August Belmont, the New York flnanc has ordered a 55000 statue of his fuvo horse, Henry of Navarre. L It was recently found that Repress; ^ tlve Brlcker, of Michigan, is in very m I the same predicament as Governor Ping \ He is Mayor of Belding, and at the si \ time represents his district in the Leg) ture. As yet nothing has been>done in matter. Mayor I. V. Williams, of Oaksd Wash., has resigned his office rather t sign an ordinance condemning a ma jail for neglecting to license his dog. Mayor, who has served for two or t years, considers it cruel and unjust to fine a man if he has no money to pay a tax. an<* mKCBRH^HSEHKMn^Sg^^^ countless Hfi9^K?^B^6Efi0M^fl^ill thus bo delayed H^BaRHBD|^^^Fnths. and some are a j|BKg|B^^lW>n|^n^^p i 11 year. The loss to mKw^wn^^ptrmou.s and the loss to BBBHSn^^V^P(>nt centres of consumption, conjectured. ^ttWWwffllBT^n^ndaigua. X. V.. comes the news in the cnrly morning or WnB^Wl that lasted for an hour and covered <9?^Hr around with a mantle of white. At B^^TOiddletown. X. Y., the temperature was [eCT I very low. with nipping frost. fr., At Niagara Falls there was a heavy white ht; frost on Monday night, and fruits and Id, sprouting grains w^re destroyed. A light ed; ice formed, and the damage will be very led great. Some of the farmers, however, exed; press a hope that the loss will not, in that Id, locality, be total. m- | Northern Pennsylvania and Ohio suffered ice | very severely. There have been several w- i late frost* there this year and tills last one nd put the finishing touches on vegetables. ?k, The enormous grape crop of Southern ras Ohio and Northwestern New York will sufen. fer heavily, although the full result cannot m, yet be told. 'he Southern Michigan suffered from the til- same white blight while in Northern Illi :he nois the cold wave of the past few days cul. es minated in an unprecedented!}* severe frost, rth Ice formed on pools, corn was "cut" by the lea cold, tobacco is severely injured and fruits ion and vegetables nre killed. Advices from ar- many towns near Chicago give uniformly ick disastrous reports. on In Wisconsin there was a snowstorm near at Hurley and flurries of snow at many points, ing including Green Bay and Fond E>u Lac. for Farmers are heartbroken and deem themin selves ruined. Throughout Iowa the frosts ig; of Monday night were also terribly severe >na I and turnips, corn and young grain were >ad | destroyed. gh J Minnesota and Soutti Dakota also suffered lat from the killing frosts, and also were visitny edbythe June snowstorm that is such a ily remarkable feature of the cold spell. In Id- North Dakota ponds froze and the damage e" to crops of all kinds will be incalculable. Ich rt ;he SLAKLtS uuta rutc, Judge Bradley Rules That Senate Quesi fl tionn Were Not Pertinent. * * :ea John E. Searles, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Sugar Trust, is free, be- Judge Bradley took the same course in ed this case as he did in that of the President ;?e of the Trust, Mr. Havemeyer, who was llkelln wise charged with contempt of the Senate by refusing to answer such questions respecting the money that that corporation . J had given in 1893" to political parties in j various States. j The Judge ended the trial which was in a'r progress in Washington City by directing the jury to return a verdict of not guilty. .? The defendant was promptly discharged from custody and further liability under }a' the indictment. The questions asked by the Senate were ?6, not pertinent, Judge Bradley said, and it ?r? was not within the jurisdiction of that body ;.at to ask them. he its v- a pdacu iki uinnrciw ed nil The Mississippi and the Hekla in Collision. ^ The Atlantic Transport Line cattle 0l steamer Mississippi, plying between Londs don and New York, came into the latter port June 1 with her port quarter almost a ' ' ?hapeless mass. In the wreckage was the kedjje anchor, 250 feet of hawser and a twisted hawser pipe of the Thingvalla Line , steamer Hekla. Those two vessels ran to. gether in midoeean on May 27, and only . rare good luck prevented their being now ' at the bottom of the sea. The Hekla had . * her bows from a foot above the water line e(j to within a few feet of her deck completely stove; parts of her were carried away by j the Mississippi, and her fore rigging and I fpretopmast were twisted and broken. She 1" then steamed slowly for her port of Chrisjn tiansand. ,!u{ MONEY PLENTY IN CH1CACO. Offer to Loan a Million Dollars at Three he Per Cent. Reported. 2SS An indication of the strong effort idle ar_ money is making to secure employment r to found in an offer made in Board of Trade ist circles in Chicago, 111., within the last few ho da>'3I ? It is reported that the representative of a j certain bank made known to several firms 1 a his willingness to make call loans in ^r0 amounts of *50,000 and upward to the ex>*es tent of *1,000.000 on provision warehouse receipts at the ratg of three per cent. This r?: is a rate lower than has been in force even in special cases. Heretofore 3)i> per cent. !l?r has been the minimum short-time call-loan rate reported. CHILDREN BURNED^ TO DEATKs. ey. Five Little Ones Lost in a Dwelling: Safld , {q to Have Been Set on Fire. ive Five little children were burned to death *v|e In Welch, W. Va., in an incendiary Are with la. avenge as the motive. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. no White, who live near Welch, went out for the evening. They left their five children alone in the house in charge of the oldest, who was twelve years old. Before the par _ ents returned the house was set on tire by men supposed to be enemies of the Whites. The house was burned to the ground and ley the Ave children were lost. The youngest var child was only two years old. Bloodhounds were procured, andthey are endeavoring to hunt down the perpetrators. Bridegroom, 79; Bride, 77. deT. D. Lufkin, of Sacramento, Cal., aged aii ual seventy-nine, and Mrs. A. A. Lufkin, aged cnt seveuty-sevwn, were married in Hartford, ose Conn., by the Rev. W. W. Runny. The bride ij mother of >frs. E. J. Hoaillev and widow of a brother of the bridegroom. General Mile* in Athena. ')0X General Nelson A. Miles, U. 8. A., i% ft turned to Athens, Greece, from Thor'a5e mopyl?, the headquarters of the Greek Jh army, where the Cieuerai met the Crown n Prince and was enabled to inspect the defences of the Greeks. ler, Flying From Indians. rite Twenty families living on the Upper Tongue River arrived at Miles City, Montana, seeking refuge from the Indians. These refugees brought the report that 125 ? ' Indians, under the leadership of White si? Bull, all armed with Winchesters, have esthe eaped from the reservation and are looking for vrhite men's scalps. lalo, bun Four Killed at a Grade Crowing, n to J. W. Roberts, wife and two children were struck by an Illinois Central north-bound con- passenger train at Aima, 111., and all were jog instantly killed. They were driving in c wago i and were caught at a crossing. B81hI?H9H^hIF^ Bnl^P^rie^ life. The HHHiHiinV^ has arrived UffiNHnV*10' amenable to MbMMQQB HKere made In an lnan envelope or a ^ nominated Miguel A. Otero of New Mexico and Gecrge j^UH^BFce. a relative of bis wife, for of the Territory. ^BffTPresident sent the following nomina Tn? tn >ho s..nntP' William Haywood. of PTiio District of Columbia, to be Secretary I of the Legation and Consul-General at I Honolulu, H. I.; William L. Penfleld, of Indiana, to bo Solicitor for the Department of State: John K. Thompson, to be Marshal I for the District of West Virginia; John De Haven, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California. The Sultan has withdrawn his objections t'O the appointment of Dr. James B. Angell as Minister to Turkey. President McKinley pardoned Fre derick ?. Edgar, who robbed the Tradesmen'!? National Bank, New York City, in 1891 of $17,000. Special Treasury Inspector Hamptou. has reported to Washington that ho was: disarmed and driven off the steamer Biscayne on the Florida coast, as she was transferring arms and ammunition to the filibuster Dauntless. The arms were successfully transferredDomestic. Thomas M. Early and Max Bernstein trero arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields, in New York City, charged with stealing several cannon from West Foint. Little Whirlwind, the Cheyenne murderer of the herder near Lame Deer Agency,in Montana, was arrested by A?ant Stouch, and it is believed that the trouble there is at an end. Four fires, three of them believed to be incendiary, caused great alarm In Keyport, N.J. The silver Democrats of Kentucky held their State Convention at Frankfort and. indorsed the Chicago platform. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, formally opened the Naval War College in Newport, R. I., with an address In which he appealed for a formidable navy as the surest means of securing a permanent peace, George Kauffman, the son of a farmer In Sterling, 111., was murdered and burned WllUO gunruiJLig 1119 laiuoi a giauaij uuui thieves. I. Hoffman, of the firm of Hoffman, Alexander <fc Co., clothiers, of San Francisco, Cal., was found shot in his office. The last person to see him alive was probably his bookkeeper, Theodore A. Figle. The thesry of the police seems to be that of murder, although many circumstances point to suicide. The family of ex-Secretary Hoke 8m!th, of Atlanta, Ga., were saved from death by fire by being awakened by a dog. Captain Henry Romeyn, of the Fifth United States Infantry, stationed at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., having reached the age of sixty-four, formerly retired from active service in the army. He left at once for Nashville, Tenn., where he will hs.ve charge of the Chilean exhibit at the Exposition. The steamer Allianca, which arrived at New York City from Colon, is detained at Quarantine for disinfection. She had yellow fever on board during the voyage, and a yellow fever patient was taken from the ship. The Board of Aldermen, by a vote of 20 to 8, refuse to instruct Corporation Counsel Scott to begin suits to establish New York City's rights in the Sixth and Eighth avenue railroad lines. General Daniel Ruggles.aged eighty-eight rnoi?a o naHrn r\f T\fncanr?hnQot.tQ crftritl of the West Point class of 1832, anil a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, died at Fredericksburg, Va. General Ruggles was born in Berne, Mass., in 1810. The Police Department had its annual parade in New York City, and was re viewed by Mayor Strong from the stand at the Worth Monument. There were nearly 3000 men in line, and Inspector McLaughlin was loudly cheered by the crowds of spectators. The annual convocation of the Grand Lodge of Masons of New York State was opened in the Masonic Temple, New York City. The Forest Preserve Board has bought 250,000 acres of Adirondack land for the New York State Park at 81.50 an acre. The 101st anniversary of the admission of Tennessee into the Union was appropri ately celebrated at the centennial Exposition at Nashville. The programme began with a parade through the principal streets, two battalions of the National Guard escorting Governor Taylor, Governor Russell, of North Carolina, Lieutenant-Governor McSweeny, of South Carolina and their staffs and other invited guests to the Exposition grounds. The parade was witnessed by thousands of people. Hosford B. Niles, President of the Equitable Mercantile Company, New York City, committed suicide by inhaling gas. Earthquake shocks were felt in Washington, D. C., and In Central, Western and Southern States. The famous filibustering steamer Dauntless was captured a few miles south of Miami, Fla., by the United States cruiser "?L ? - a 4A I juarmeueiiu. i at: j^iiulliicsb wus nwui i>v start for Cuba with men and munitions of war. Kansas will produce over 40,000.000 bushels of wheat this year. From every section of the State the most flattering reports arc received. Many fields are ready for harvest in the southern section, where the crop is six feet high. John Flannaganintho Now Jersey athletic games broke tho hammer-throwing record five feet eight inches. His throw was 150 feet eight Inches. At Morganton, Ga., Mrs. S. A. Godfrey, daughter of the Hon. Ben Duggar, was placed in jail charged with the murder of her little grandchild. The alleged crime took place six years ago. Three men entered the house of Isaac Hall, forty-seven years old, who lived with his aged mother at Farmington, Ohio, and, binding the mother, proceeded to the story above, where, after a struggle with the son. fchev bound and murdered him. It is supposed that he identified the men who were bent on robbing the place, and they killed him to avoid exposure. Howard Mann, an outsider, won the Brooklyn Handicap. The track was heavy but the time fast. Robert Hibbard, aged twenty, shot Phoebe H. Phillips, a divorced woman, aged thirty* Ave, at Atlantic City, N. J., when she refused to keep her promise and become hi? wife. Dynamite and powder stored in Charles King A Sons' wholesale grocery store, | Charlottesville, Va.k exploded while the building was burning and did immense damage, killing Ave persons and wounding many. Buildings near by were shattered. Among those got .out of the ruins was C. W. Hulflsh, owner* of the destroyed building. A woman living near by died of shock after the explosion. Foreign. The English Bimetallic League opened Its annual meeting in Manchester. Emt>eror Francis Joseph of Austria has closed the session of the lower house of the Austrian Diet on aceount of the violent obstruction to legislation. At the trial of Herr von Tausch, former Chief of the Secret Police in Berli?, a newspaper man testified that von TausStrsald he heard through spies every wordspolten in the Emperor's palace. Austria proposes to enact o.'Stringent aodUtrust law: A discharged stable hand at the Vatican, Rome, shot Commander Martinuiii and afterward tried t<r commit .suicide, v HMBSjj^Vfiovas and Uolieagues HBB^^ffave Resigned. Cuban failure the cause, Grave Situation Created Nominally by Tetuan's Box on Comas'* Ear, But lleally by the Failure to Settle the Cuban Question?Wheels of the Government . Blocked by the Attitude of the Liberals. Madrid, Spain (By Cable).?The Spanish Premier, Senor (Janovas aei Liasuno, una offered to the Queen Regent the resignation of the Cabinet. This step ha9 been taken owing to the difficulty the Ministers experienced in carrying on the Government, in view of the Parliamentary situation caused by the refusal of the Liberals to take part in the deliberations of the Cortes, The attitude of the Liborals is due to the personal encounter between the Duke oTetuan, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Professor Comas, a Liberal Senator, on May 21, when the Duke slapped the face of the Senator after a heated debate on the Morgan belligerency resolution adopted by the United States Senate. 4 "X Ut BENOB CANOVAS DEL CASTILLO. The real reason of the fall of the Cabinet was the failure of the Canovas Government to settle the Cuban difficulty. Responsibility for the safe conduct of the Government now falls upon the Queen Regent, whoso dilemma is distressing. Like the majority of her subjects, the Queen fully comprehends that any change in policy and Government, must be dictated chiefly by colonial and international considerations. Her Majesty knows beforehand that the gravest significance will be attached at home and abroad to her decision. One of two things she must do. She may keep Senor Canovas as Premier with his Conservative Cabinet, intact or modified, and keep Gen. Weyler in Cuba to persevere in his present policy, with the ample means recently voted by the Cortes. Or she may call upon Senor Sagasta to form a Liberal Cabinet, in which Senor Moret probably would be Minister of Foreign Affairs, with opportunity to follow his well-known inclination to come to an understanding with the United States; Senor Mauca, the great home ruler, Minister of the Colonies; Marshal Lopez Dominguez, War Minister; Spain's best financier, Senior Gamazo, Minister of Finance, and which Cabinet probably would MomKoI Pomnna trt rinhfl with f llll power to conciliate the insurgents and loyalists by establishing more radical home rule than Senor Canovas contemplated and thus disarm the United States. UNITED STATES NOT AFFECTED. Secretary Sherman Thinks Our Relation; With Spnln Will Not Be Changed. Washington, I). C. (Special-).?Official and diplomatic circles in Washington were greatly interested in the nows from Madrid that the Canovas Ministry has at last (alien. It is accepted as a foregone conclusion that Senor Sagasta, the great Liberal leader, will be called upon to form a new Cabinet and to assume the responsibility of undertaking the settlement of the Cuban question, involved as it is with possible complications with the United States. Secretary of State Sherman voiced what undoubtedly is the general opinion when he said that the relations between the Government of Spain and the United States would noi oo cnangea py me ruuremeui, 01 Canovas. The general opinion of public men and officials is that any change in the Spanish Government must make for peace, its occurrence being directly consequent upon the disastrous failure of the attempt to keep Cuba by war. Canovas has submitted a new scheme of home rule for Cuba so liberal as to meet Secretary Shorman's approval. Minister De Lome's recall from Washington is confidently expected. A shange of ministry probably would be urged by Spain as. a reason for delay in pending negotiations with America. SOLID SHOT AT THE VALENCIA. The Ward Line Steamer Fired on toy a Spanish Cruiser. The Ward Line siteamer Valencia, which has arrived at Cienfuegos, Cuba, reports an exciting experience while off Guantanamo Bay. The Spanish cruiser Reina MerCedes signalled to the Valencia to display her colors. As the Valencia did not immediately comnlv thn Rf?inn. Merrtndfis flrfld a hlftnt shot. which was followed almost immediately by a solid shot, falling out of range. The Valencia then displayed her colors. It is understood that the United States Vice-Consul at Santiago de Cuba has lodged a formal protest against the act of the cruiser. Captain Quesada left Havana to investigate the affair, which has serious aspects. The Spanish Government has disavowed responsibility for the action of the cruiser Reina Mercedes in firing upon the Ward line steamer Valencia. Tito Crowned In the Hudson. Mrs. Helen Wheattley, of New York City, jumped from tv high cliff at 197th street into the Hudson River, In an effort to save her daughter Helen, six years old, who had luufii uum tiiu ruiuuutvuiuiiu iuiu tut? water, and both mother and child were drowned. They were attending a picnic. Crimes of an Insane Letter Carrlee. Edgar Harris, an Insane letter carrier, shot and killed two of his children at his home in Baltimore, Md. He then seriously wounded his eldest daughter, Ella, and afterward shot.himself through the head, inflicting a dangerous wound. Tho children killed are George, fen years old, and Ada, six years old. Losses by the Floods. Experts estimate that the losses reEHltmg from the recent floods iu the Mississippi Valley will aggregate about 315,000,000. Cycling Notes. To improve the appearance of enamel on an old wheel, wash it with a large, soft woolen cloth and lukewarm water. Dry thoroughly with a soft cloth and afterwards polish with a solution of beeswax in spirits of turpentine. Never use a brush, hot water or soap, as they will injure the enamel. To ride a bicycle that Is not properly adjusted la to unnecessarily handicap one's self in the pursuit of pleasure. For the rider to have'perfect control of the machine it is imperative that the saddle, handle bar and pedals must all be in proper position. If you are not comfortable on your wheel you may be quite (rune it is not suitably adjusted^ _. - ^ A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. The Sot?Tlie Farmer and TemperanceFolly of the Alcohol Habit More Apparent to Country People Than to City Residents?Facts About Liquor, He comes from haunts of sin and crime, From filthy lane and alley, Tn mnl-A oil nonnln srmlrm As he goes down sin's valley. H twists, he sways, he slips, he falls Among the street's foul clutter, And many a wicked oath he mat?" As he lies in the gutter. Until at last the wagon comes To take him to the "station," The most degraded, beastly wretch With the whole creation. Meanwhile his children starve in gloom, All home ties he must sever, That he his appetite may sate And drink, and drink, forever. ?Sacred Heart Roview, The Farmer and Temperance. The farm ought to be the home of the temperance sentiment of the country, for we who live in the country, removed from the city's and town's temptations, can more clearly see the folly of the alcohol habit than people who have lived so long with the brewery and groggery under their very noses that they have become inured to their oiTensiveness. But from a purely practical point of view, all questions of right and wrong aside, we oucrnt to be "dead-set" acrainst the liciuor interest, from tlje fact that it is the great disturber of business. If the millions of dollars now spent for drink, that ought to go to s'upplying poor men's families with food and clothing and fuel, were spent as they ought to be, there would be home markets for all that we could raise, and "overproduction" would be a thing unheard of. An official inquiry made by the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistic of Labor into the relation of the liquor traffic to pauperism, crime and insanity, has brought out some interesting facts. As to the insane, so far as can be ascertained, seven out of every ten had intemperate parents, and one out of every four was believed to have been made insane by his own intemperate habits. Of all the paupers of the State institutions, three out of every four were addicted to the use of liquor, and nearly one-half had intemperate parents. Of all the arrests for crime during the year, two-thirds were for drunkenness. Taking into account all kinds of crimes, in about eight and onehalf cases in every ten the intemperate habits of the offender led to a condition which induced the crime; and, excluding minors, ninety-six of every one hundred persons convicted of crime were addicted to the use of liquor. Massachusetts has a local option law, under which the cities and towns vote annually upon the licensing of saloons. One branch of the bureau's investigation was directed to ascertaining the relative amount of drunkenness in places where the saloons were closed, and in those where they were open. In the no license cities and towns the arrests for drunkenness were only about one-fourth, and for offenses other than for drunkenness, less than half as many per thousand of the population as in ,icense cities and towns. In tho five cities which were for a part of the year under no license, the licensed months showed nearlj three times as many arrests for drunkenness, on the average, as the no licensf months. These statistics, taken as a whole, seen not only to establish a oiose connection between the liquor traffic and crime, pauperism and insanity, but to show also a considerable curtailment of these evils wher the saloons are closed.?Farm News. Rnalfln H^nnnnrpi t.fi* TJnnor RnfllnCflS, Ever since 1843, more than a half a century ago, when the printing-presses of London gave birth to the first volume ol "Modern Painters," its author, John Buskin, has stood in the front rank of writers in the English language, particularly upon subjects of art. Three times was he elected state professor of fine art at Oxford University. He was also chosen to a similaj professorship at Cambridge. His whole life has been spent:, lecturing and writing upon subjects connected with his profession. Royalties from his books and writings have enabled him to give away three quarters of a million dollars in charity. Four years ago his private secretary thought it about time for Mr. Buskin to die, so wrote his biography. But Ruskin didn't die. He is still alive, seventy-eight vanM r\t flffo fhmioh nn Inni?pr ftpfcivft with j t 0 ? ? 0 ? - - ? [lis pen. It is always of interest to know the attitude of such a man upon social and moral questions, such as the drink problem, which this man was always ready to denounce. Here's one of John Ruskin's most pointed utterances upon this great evil: "Drunkenness is not only the cause of crime, it is crime; and the encouragement to drunkenness, for the sake of profit on the sale of drink, is certainly one of the most criminal methods of assassination for money ever adoptod by the ",jravos of any age or country." The Ounce of Prevention^ The Boston Our Messenger notes that "the Central W. C. T. U. of Chicago has issued a word of alarm and warning to young girls concerning the drinks obtainable at the soda-fountains of that city. They are called by different names, sherry flip, claret sangaree, etc., and are ordered by young girls for a cold, to take the place of a luncheon, or for a chance to sit aown and rest after a tiresome day at shopping. These drinks all contain large quantities of alcohol, and while the girls would spurn a glass of whisky, or hold up their hands In horror at the thought of rum or brandy, yet in their soda-fountain beverages they get all the effect of the liquor and the growing appetite thrown in. The W. C. T. U. warning comes none too soon." Yes, and the warning should go to the boys even more than to the girls and be brought home to all parents. Fortunate are they who never learn to crave alcoholic stimulants. This is the ounce of prevention.?Pathfinder. Strength and Alcohol. The athlete, in training for a boat race, a prize flght or a running match, must absolutely forego the use of alcohol; and if men do not want it for ordinary exertions, why do you want it for ordinary ones? Recent English expeditions in Abyssinia, the Transvaal and Egypt proved that if a general wishes his troops to perform forced marches, or to undergo unusual fatigues, he must substitute coffee for grog. The extremes of the Arctic Circle and the tropical sun are best endured on cold water, as the experience of many explorers and travelers proves. ' Itis Drink Which Han Brought Me Here.* Some years ago the body of a young man was found in the River Mersey, near Llveroool. In his vest Docket was a Diece of paper, on which was written: "Ask not my name. Let me rot. It is drink which has brought me here." The coroner was so touched with the tragedy that he published a description of the unfortunate youth, and his farewell message to the world. At the end of three days he had received three hundred letters from as many parents all over the country making inquiries as to pertain marks of identification, that each might know if it was or was not his boy who had come to such an untimely end. Temperance News anil Notes. To remove the cup from a weak brother's lipH is divine. Tho profit on whisky is conspicuously advertised in the clothing of the saloonkeeper's wife. The devil soon gets a mortgage upon tho man who drinks?and he already owns the man who sells. There are many natural reasons for the pledge?as, for example, the preservation of our health, and the virtues of thrift and economy. Tho South Australian Parliament has added a clause to their licensing victuallers', act forbidding women from tending bar in] saloons. This doee not apply totheealoon-' keeper's wife. ^ AFRICA'S LAKE OE DEATH te ~~ la MARVELOUS MYSTERIES OF THE DARK M CONTINENT REVEALED. n< es Wonders of l>ake Rukwa Described by an ExnloriT?Hattli* Rptirppn fi 0*1 Leopard and a Crocodile?Fish That fa Kills Men by Contact?A Perilous Trip. L Tlie wonders of Africa would seem m to be without limit, according' to the al reports of J. E. S. Moore, who has h< just been reviewing some of them. C Mr. Moore's statements are backed by the Royal Geographical Society, who sent him to the dark continent, ti The results of his researches border on the marvelous. The scenes he witnessed are thrilling in the ex- q treme. V( Mr. Moore, after perilous journey- ^ ing, gained sight of that lake which tl only six Europeans have ever looked ai upon?Lake Eukwa. It was only a; from a distance that he saw it, to be r) sure, but that was a good deal in it- el self, for only two Europeans ever jj reached the shore and none has ever ^ floated upon its waters. Of all the -y African lakes which are known to Vi civilization there is none so surround- g ed by mystery as Rukwa. Fatality seems to attach to it, so far as Euro- a peans are concerned, ana tne natives q look upon a white man who strives to w reach it as a foolish mortal, bent upon C( suicide. E It was in Lake Tanganyika that Mr. u Moore made his most remarkabT 3 discoveries and incidentally solved what j has been a mystery, and a fearful j one, to both African and European. e The tradition in that section of Africa t< which surrounds Tanganyika has many n tales of the prowess of a gigantic fish t] which would rush at the paddles of a j canoe, drag them from the hands of a the wielders thereof, upset the canoe t] and by mere contact kill the struggling humans who were cast into the ^ water. ^ For once modern experience verified ancient tradition. Mr. Moore learned J that not only did this great fish exist, a but that it performed exactly those p deeds with which it was credited. The solution of the mystery is simple. The o big fish is an electric one. In smaller d form it is common in the South American rivers, where swimmers hold tl it in mortal terror. The African speci- t< men, however, is of Brobdingnagian proportions, and darts through the d water at a terrific rate. The source of electricity, for electricity it certainly J contains, seems to be in cells in the skin. These give forth a sufficient h amount of electric fluid to stun a human being, provided the contact with the fish is at all forcible or is with s any considerable portion of the surface d r\f flifl Vinflw fVifi rrr oof rl o ri rrc*-r I 4-1 V/4 VUO UVWJl A x Uiu IIUV VUV UJ which is entailed by cruising about in a the vicinity of such a fish, it has been d found impossible to catch a specimen, n and the knowledge which has been tl gained concerning the fish is cT.rived tl from one that evidently died, for it was g cast upon the shore of the lake by the I waves that never cease rolling. From what Mr. Moore says, it is no exaggeration to claim that Lake Tanganyika is the finest fishing resort, so is far as the actual catching of fish is con- e; cerned, in the world. It may sound o like a fairy tale, but it is a fact, that it si is not even necessary to bait one's o hook, so eager are the fish to capture anything that seems to be of an edible w nature. Mr. Moore's greatest success, however, was in trolling, an artificial a] minnow being attached to the end. of U the trolling line, with the half a dozen 18 hooks. Another strange fact is that, while C in most bodies of water there are only a limited variety of fish in Tanganyika Cl the variety is endless. Almost every ei sort of edible fish that the civilized world knows has its prototype in this lake. Perhaps it is not technically ti correct to say its prototype, because P there is a slight difference, but the re- b semblance is so thorough as to make the difference of small consequence. tl It must not be imagined that this G new explorer, whose stories of what he * has seen and learned have excited p almost as great interest as those Stan- ? ley told years ago, saw only fishes. His experiences were often extremely *' perilous, and he witnessed several scenes which would strike terror to the hearts of most individuals, although 11 lacking entirely the element of personal danger?that is, so far as the scenes themselves were concerned. One instance in particular impressed n itself upon the mind of Mr. Moore. It ^ was a desperate fight between a croco- 8 dile and a leopard, each specimen being of unusual size. The leopard had ' gone down to Lake Tanganyika to Q drink, and the crocodile had quietly f crept unnoticed to a position almost ' beside it. Suddenly the leopard spied ^ his enemy and turned to make a leap which would place him out of danger. The crocodile was too quick for him. g In less time than it takes to utter ^ the necessary words of description the leopard's left hind quarter was fast in the maw of the ferocious saurian. Twisting its lithe body and uttering ^ frightful cries the leopard struck at ^ his assailant again and again, striving ^ to claw the eyes, knowing these to be the only vulnerable point of the enemy. ^ Slowly the hideous reptile dragged his . victim toward the waters of the lake. The cries of the leopard were frightful. It was like a combination of a ^ call for help and a death scream. The contest went on for more than an hour. At first the crocodile ^ would drag the leopard toward the water, and then the leopard, with " ' 1 1 ' 1 ? ?"A a orvvirirr inguiim energy, wuuiu a that would force his enemy several feet from the edge of the lake. Mean- w while the crocodile was steadily 9j crunching the leg of the leopard which jj he held in his jaw. At last, however, i the crocodile gave the leg a tremend- r) ous bite, and severed it entirely from h the leopard's body. Screaming with c, agony and terror, the maimed victim a; of the crocodile's ferocity managed to drag himself into the adjoining under- C( growth, while the crocodile, apparently jt uot a whit the worse for the encounter, a slowly crawled to Tanganyika's borders C( . - ? in itfl U'lltflrS. +1 U11U Uloa^|ybuiv<v? >?w .. ? Only two white men have ever r( reached the shore of this lake of death, g Dr. Cross forced a path through the swamps and reeds, that reek with fever and kindred ills, near the southern end of the lake in 1889. Two a years ago Nutt, the explorer, managed a to gain the shore on the southwestern is side. That was all they did- Both d were so worn with iever and reduced w t starvation that the perils of the lak^^HH mpted them not, even though fame^BS| y within their grasp. There is, Mr. 'oore says, nothing like a long jour' xi i. ii ij XIlXUUgLl Lilt; peinuua axxi^au lUi- VBH it to force the fact upon the mind of te traveler that life and civilization e sometimes more precious than ^ me. The journey around or upon ake Rukwa, he says, would be alost certain sacrifice of the former, id necessarily put an end to all ape of returning to the latter.? hicago Times-Herald. COULDN'T PLAY HIS PART.' lie Quaker Lawyer Managed to Expose the Fraad wid Won His Case. "Yes, I was born and raised a luaker in Philadelphia," admited the anerable lawyer at a social after the ar meeting. "I haven't adhered to. le tenets of the sect, but I know all bout the 'Friends,' as we call them, ad that knowledge won me the first ially big case in which I was ever mployed. It is not necessary to go lto the details of the suit, but it was /ywnrt/1 vnall frt fllO ICU UiL IC1 bUC UlOb ^IOUU i uou wv vuv Pest, and involved the ownership of a ast tract of land that was rapidly rowing in value. "The witness whom I most feared, ad on whose testimony I expected the nestion of title to turn, appe'ared # \ ith a broad-brim hat and the peculiar \ jstume of the Quaker of that day. [is face was cleanly shaven and his lanner solemn; but he did not have lat honest look peculiar to the faith. fc was with difficulty that he was inuced to remove his hat in the presnce of the court. He firmly declined j take the usual form of oath, and lade affirmation. He used 'thee' in ae nominative and objective case, as id nearly all the Friends of the time^-^-wnd I was convinced that if he was not ( tie genuine article he had been well rilled. His direct testimony left us 'ithout a leg to stand on. Then I jok him for cross examination. " 'Tki/I T nndorat-ftnd t,n SftT. ohn,' I began, 'that thee -was present nd witnessed the execution of these apers?' " 'That's what you did,' he blurted ut, in his surprise at being thus adreased. " 'Which branch of the Friends do ly people belong to?' I inquired, prejnding not to notice his lapse. " 'I'm just a Quaker, that's all; I on't know anything about branches.' " 'Did thee ever sin? in the choir, ohn?' " 'Used to lead it,' he replied quickf, meaning to score a point. "Then I had him. In those days Quakers would no more sing at worhip than they would carry on a ghost ance. I explained this, and also that here were Guerneyites, Wilburites nd Hicksites, and that the man who J-'* V*a Unlnnfn trftfl lUll t tLUU Yf >v u1uu ud l/oivugvvc kv n w 0 Quaker. I bore down so hard that lie fellow first swore like a pirate and lien acknowledged himself a fraud. I ot a reputation and a big, fat fee. )etroit Free Press. ? \ ' -M Queen Victoria's Coronation Oath. ' "Queen Victoria's 'Coronation Roll' 1 described in the Century by Flornce Hayward, who copies from the^ fficial records the following oath*^^ igned and subscribed by the Queen jj| n her coronation: 5 Archbishop: Madam, Is Your Majesty llling to take the Oath? The Queen: I am willing. Archbishop: Will you solemnly promise ad swear to govern the people of this nited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireind and the Dominions thereto belonging ucording to the statutes in Parliament greed on and the respective Laws and ustoms of the same? The Queen: I solemnly promise so to do. Archbishop: Will You to Your Power ause Law and Justice in Mercy to be exjuted in all Your Judgements? The Queen: I will. Archbishop: Will You to the utmost of our Power maintain the Laws of God, the rue Profession of the Gospel, and the rotestant Reformed Religion established y Law? And will You maintain and prejrve inviolably the Settlement of the nited Church of England and Ireland, and tie Doctrine, Worship, Discipline, and rovernment thereof, as by Law established ithin England and Ireland and the Terrifies thereunto belonging? And will You reserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of ingland and Ireland and to the Churches lere Committed to their charge all such jghts and Privileges as by Law do or shall ppertain to them or any of them? The Queen: Ail this I promise to do. The things which I have here before prolised I will perform and keep. So help me God. Victobia B. Bricks from Sand. By a new process, bricks are to be lade from sand. The materials, rhich are mainly powdered stone and and, are held together by a preparaion which acts as a bond during the nnealing process, which is conducted nder a very high temperature. VaLous advantages are claimed for these ew bricks. They are much stronger, aving a crushing strength of as high s forty-five thousand pounds to the j tjuaxe inch, a cost of about three- M fths of ordinary brick, much less !me required in their manufacture, I nd a great reduction in the quantity f fuel needed in their burning. With iese advantages, there are likely to e brick yards springing up wherever lere is a demand for first-class buildlg materials that can be furnished at reasonable price. Brifck and stone ouses are by many persons liked bet;r than wood; but brick and stone are lore expensive aijd, therefore, out of le reach of the many who would prejr them. If sand can be made into ricks a great building problem is jived in a manner eminently satisictory.?The Ledger. A New-Fanifled Brtdga. They showed me, at Buffalo, N. Yi, le other day, a new-fangled bridge, hich has been erected where Michigan treet crosses the creek near the fiagara elevators, writes W. E. Curtis, hey call it a Bascule bridge, with a Dadway of 140 feet, hoisted by overead counterpoise, running up on a urved path. There are two leaves, ad they open and shut in one minute, t is said to have been invented and anstructed in Chicago, and although , is not auite finished it works ad- Mi drably. There being no pier in the enter of the creek, the congestion at lis point, which is one of the nar)west and crookedest places, will be reatly relieved.?Chicago Record. An Ancient Hair Tonic. The oldest medical recipe is said by i French medical journal to be that of 1 hair honic for an Egyptian queen. It i dated 400 B. C. and directs that ogs' paws and assea' hoofs be boiled I ith dates in oil. I