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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.
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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.
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;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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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