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Sf ' / r:\-s \y * _ 4 * ; Stops Tickling ' All serious lung troubles begin with a tickling in the throat. You can stop this at first in a single night; a dose at bedtime puts the throat at complete rest. A 9 HyCI C2> 1; I Cherry | Pectoral j The cure is so easy now, it's astonishing any one should run the risk of pneumonL and con- J . 6umption, isn't it? For asthma, croup, whooping-cough, bronchitis, consumption, hard colds, J and for coughs of all kinds, < Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has -been' the one great family medi- i cine for sixty years. 1 Three sizes: 25c., 50c? $1.00. 1. If your druggist cannot aupyj you, nuu u. u.,, ; dollar and we will express a large bottle to you, all charges prepaid. Be sure you rlre us your Bedrest express office. Address, J. C. ATu Co., Lowell, Mass. v '' ?: ' It is stated that the men who live on 1 the mountain ranges of California are J notable for their remarkably retentive memories. i Oxford is the greatest university m the world. It has 21 colleges and 5 J ?"* V*1I. , - v nana. / Each paolcage of Pdtkajc Fadel*33 Dtk oolora either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly 1 at one boiling. Bold by all druggists. When lightning strikes a tree it oc- j slonally converts the sap into steam, which explodes and scatters the wood In all directions. 1 To Car* ? Cold In Ono D*y. Tiki Laxatiti Bromo Qdinink Tablsts. All 1 Aruaglttt refund the money If it falls to care. S. W. QkOTI'S slca&ture Is on each box. 25c. >5; - i Even the professional animal trainer Sfc shudders when he meets the gaze of a lit- 3 - erary lion. j Was Long Unappreciated. It is hard to realize, says a writer in i the Methddist Magazine, when we see Chamonix crowded with summer visitors. how short a time has really elapsed since it was a remote mountain < village, consisting of the few huts j clustered around the priory and scarce- i ly ever receiving a visitor from the j outer world, but in the comparative f desertion of winter such a state of I things is easier to conceive. The men ' who dared to venture on the glaciers 100 years ago in search of crystals or i chamois brought back strange stories 1 tof wild witch dances in those terrible wllderntesses of dragons and monsters. 1 A Geneva professor, Jacob Scheuchzer by name, printed in all seriousness . ? At-- .1 eg]. . an account or tue urugims? ui .uuuui Blant. The travelers who came by chance into the Alpine-valleys indulged In none of the raptures which are so familiar to us. Ha There is said to be danger that the 'C . supply of underground water in South Dakota, obtained through artesian wells, may be exhausted by the wastefulness of the users. I NERVOU, WOMEH CURED BY p ?7r* Greenei ft NERVURA. a nervous, and debilitated, tortured i . by headache, neuralgia, backache, i . I Here lies the great strain upo 9 They have little or no rest; their li: I duties here, duties there, duties wit M . , . , ^ . _ * * . gucn women go to oea &i mgnt zi refreshed in the morning! What woman need is that great strengthener am. invigorater of womankind, Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy ?that remedy which rebuilds y,m health and strength, purifies and enriches the blood, gives strength and vigor to the nerves, and the strong vitality and energy to the system which will enable women f r to do their work and yet keep stroi cine they need. Nothing else in th MRS. M. D. PERKINS, of 100 I wu completely run down and c rot sick. I did not sleep at night and 1 retired at night. Aly bead and back eci hausted if I kied to do ray housework, a I was excessively nerrous and very weak " Then I began to take Dr. Greene's , cannot say enough in its praise. I have present time, thanks to this splendid rem " I can now eat and sleep soundly,' I do my housework, which is now a pie* My weight has in- " creased about twelve (HSHHEBflBI fc pounds in the last two months. I would recommend any one afflicted as I have been to use this wonderful I Dr. Groono I. ww Adv/so mfflmM, I You Without I advice is at the dia- ^ I ^woman. and it is ^ th? Mature. Abso "I late confidence Is I I I observed in all con- I / / flp I j s^llstiom^snd no V ^ 66' ' Fine Kid Mannfiwtnr*. Fine kid is treated with a mixture of fine flour and yokes of e^ps. One factory in London uses ten sacks of flour Mid 12000 egps a weeK ior me purpose. Twelve new sugar refineries will be opened in Russia next season. Try Graln-O ! Try r.rain*0! 5 Ask your grocer to-day to show yon a oackuje of (tRatn-O. the new food drink that take* the place of coffee. The children mav drink it frithout injury as well as theadnlt. All who trv it. like it. Grain-0 has that rich seal brown if Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure rrains. and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. % the nrice of coffee. 15 and 25c. per package. Sold by all grocers. Germany and Switzerland produce jver 2.000.000 plass eyes in a year, and l Paris manufacturer, with a reputa;ion for finer work, some 300.000. There are about 30.000,000 acres of unoccupied public land yet remaining n Montana. Confrhinar l<ead? to Consumption. Kemp's Balsam will utop the cough at once. Jtu IU vuui UrUKKiPb 501. ? fouiM?o mottle free. Sold in 25. and 50 cent bottles. 3o at once, delays are dangerous. About 5000 horses nre annually killed in Spain in bull fights. At these contests from 1000 to 1200 bulls are anjually sacrificed. During 1S99 Spain bought sixtyseven ships in England. Hoxaie'a Troup Cure. rhe life saver of children. Cures and prerents Membraneous Croup, Pneumonia and Diphtheria. 50cts. A. P. Hoxeie, Buffalo,N. Y When a fellow is just cut out for a ;ailor he has a fitting occupation. Th? Best Prescription for Chills ind Fever Is & bottle of Orotb'8 Tabtilkm Chill Tonio. It la slmplj iron and quinine In i tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 50c. i The burglar believes in taking matters into his own hands. If you want "good digestion to wait up>n your appetite" you should always obew i bar of Adams' Pepsin Tuttl Prutti. When a man lets drop a remark he ioesn't necessarily break nis word. Frey'a Vermifuge Cnrea. Children relieved and absolutely cured. Reputation of 60 yrs. 25c. At Druggists. The girl who cherishes an ideal is apt to remain an old maid. t am snre Piso's Cure for Consumption saved nylife three years ago:?Mrs. Thos. Robsins, Maple St., Norwich. N. Y., Feb. 17,190.?. The impecunious man doesn't need a nagnif.ving glass to make a dollar look pretty big. Best For the Bowefo. No matter what alls you, headache to a jancer, you will never get well until your >owels are put right. Cascabxts help lature, cure you without a gripe or pain, troduce easy natural movements, cost you ust 10 cents to start getting your health )ack. Cascabets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up In metal boxes, every tabet has C.C.C. stamped on it. Beware ct mltatlons. Yon can't convince a man that there is nothing new under the sun when he has neuralgia. Th? best la tbe cheapest. Carter*# Ink is th* beat, yet it costs no more than the poorest* An Odd Effect of the Sun, Tbe effect of strong and continual sunshine on the features is, it seems, most damaging. A writer in the Sydney Bulletin points out that the women in some parts of Queensland are contracting a lifted upper lip? This he attributes to the fierce Queensland sunlight, which causes one to contract the facial muscles near the eyes in order to avoid the glare. The rest of the face Is, of course, affected by these muscles. ceaseless g| drudgery of HB household a cares is more J than the strongest mam could endure, and it is no vronder that women p show the effects of work ^ aad worry. Thousands of women in offices, shops, and factories break down in health under the strain and become weak, tired, - - - - i? 1 J ?vith female compiamw, or ncuu md kidney trouble. ' a the nerroua systems of women, fe is one continual round of work* hout number. What wonder that iti?ued, and wake tired and unDr. Greene's NERVURA FOR THE BLOOD ANU u NERVES. | ig and well. It is this great modie world can do its work. a St.. So. Boston, nass., a?yj: ould not eat, for the sight of food mad* iras as tired in the morning as when I ; bed all the tine. I was completely ei d could not walk withoat being dizzy. Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and I not felt so well for years as I do at the edr. j waking morning* strong and refreshed. isure instead of a burden as formerly. Si - 's- S "T. 'X'siJ. 4 QUEEN The Aged Roler of Great Brita Peacefully Passed Away ai Osborae House, Surroundd by Her Family. EDWARD TIL NOW III Pathetic Scenes in the Bedchambei End of the Longest Reign in English History. / London.?Queen Victoria, Empre of India, is dead. She passed from II without a struggle. Her end was pai less. She expired as one sinks in sleep. The Queen is said to have bidd farewell In feeble monosyllables her family, assembled at her bedsit She first recognized the Prince Wales, to whom she spoke a f( words of great moment; then Emper William and the others present fll past and h^ard a whispered good-t All those in the bedroom were tears. 1 A family council was held and t Prince of Wales was notified by Lo Clarendon, the new Lord Chambf lain, of the death at bis mother ai his accession to the throne. Albe Edward, 'Prince of Wales, is no Edward VII., King of Great Brita and Ireland and Emperor of India Her death was not unexpected. F some time it was known that the vlt - * h? kino edward vtl powers of the Queen were slow failing and, while the shock ip grt only the great sorrow of the peop will mark the end of the longest rel< In English history. All had been prepared for the poli cal change, and the accession of Albe Edward to the throne will cause i disturbance in business or State : fairs. 1 Her body will be buried by the si of that of the Prince Consort?hi whom she mourned so deeply, f whom she maintained almost an ai terlty of grief during all the years her long widowhood. Tne tomb of the Prince is at Fro more, on the Isle of Wight, almo within sight of Osborne House, whe the Queen died. It was this fa which made Osborne the favorite re dence of the Queen. Of all the incidents attending t illness and death of the Queen, th which most impresses the nation the unostentatious pilgrimage of t Kaiser to his mother's old home, am," he said, on leaving Berlin, "d grandmother's eldest grandson, y mnfhor lo linnhlp fmm ilinpfl.S to ha! en to her bedside." THE QTJEEX'S CHILDHOOD. Little Victoria Loved Doils Dearly, a Made Dolls' Dresses. The childhood -? Victoria was mu more simple and yurestricted thi would have been the case had it b& known that she would become t Queen of England. She was born Kensington Palace. Slay 24, 1819, ai lived there the greater part of the tii until the death of William IV. ma her Queen. She was a happy liti child, and her amusements were mu the same as those of other-Engli girls. .iNo little giri ever lovea aons mo dearly than did Victoria. When s became old enough to manage need ' thread and thimble she made with li own fingers dresses, coats and hats I her children, as she called them. S had 1 houses and doll furnitu Victoria played with the dolls lo after the period that the average ch devotes to such pleasure. Victoria was deprived of her fathe care early in her infancy. The Du of Kent contracted a cold, which ( Will Flood Mexico With Chinese. A steamship company recently i ganized at San Francisco, Cal.. pla to colonize Mexico with Oriental lab ers. The promoters have obtain from Mexico a vast concession of fii ing privileges and lands. They p pose to bring 1,000,000 Chinese Mexico and establish fisheries, ci neries and warehouses. HnrArnnr TNTrWHlnn InanfrnrftlpH. Governor Beuton McMillin was augurated for his second teru^ as G< ernor of Tennessee at Nashville. More Money For Hawaiian Official* Senator C. D. Clark Introduced bill Into the Senate at Washington creasing the salary of officials of I waiJ. It gives the Governor $5000 a $500 as perquisites; the Justices of 1 Territorial Supreme Court. $50 with $50u additional to the Chief J tice, and the Judges of the Circ Court $4000. Senator Callom Re-Elected. In separate session the Senate a House of the Illinois Legislature elected United States Senator She! Id. Cullom for a term of six yearn. "" ' ' .. * ' ? V1CT0RI, .1 >r. 'f^zn ad >rt | iW in veloped Into pneumonia, while carrying the baby Victoria in his arms or about the grounds around Kensington. *1 Mer mother, the Duchess of Kent, ? practically devoted her life to the rearing of the little girl. One day of the little Princess's life was much like another. She rose early, breakfasted simply at 8 a. m. After breakfast she mounted her donkey and rode around Kensington gardens accompanied by her nurse. From 10 to 12 o'clock she received instructions from her mother. Then she romped through the palace with her nurse, Mrs. Breck, whom she affectionately called "Dear, dear Boppy." At 2 p. m. she lunched with her mother, then there were lessons until k 4 p. m. Seven o'clock was the dinner A hour. She had barely passed out of the hands of her governess when she v became Queen. , i BECAME A QUEEN AT DAWK. Victoria Awakened Out of a Deep Sleep * to near the Xewi. Victoria was awakened out of a deep sleep at 5 o'clock in the morning of June 20. 1837, to learn that she was Queen of England. She' received the news clad In lier nightgown, her bared feet in slippers and her hair falling loosely over her shoulders. King William IV. had died at 2 a. m. ? In Windsor, three hours "before Vicly toria was notified of her accession la at Kensington Palace, where sne lived >!e with her mother, the Duchess of Kent. ?n As soon as the King breathed his last the Archbishop of Canterbury and the tl- Lord Chamberlain, Lord Conyngham, ;rt left the death chamber, and entering no a carriage were driven with all speed if-, to Kensington. Victoria had retired the night before de with no thought of the vast change m that a few hours would make in her or life. Kensington Palace was wrapped is- in slumber when the two emissaries of arrived. What followed Is told in the "Diary of a Lady of Quality" in this g- way: ist "They knocked, they rang, they re thumped for* a considerable time beet fore they could rouse the porter at si- liie gate; they were again kept waiting in the courtyard, then.turned into one he of the lower rooms, where they seemed at to be forgotten by everybody. They is rang the bell and desired that the athe tendant of the Princess Victoria might "I be sent to inform Her Royal Highness ay ? s Mm 7 ifiivt re. QUEEN ALEXANDRA OF OHEAT BRITAIN. ng [Id that they requested au audience on business of importance. r's "After another delay and another ke ringing to inquire the cau^e, the atle tendant was summoned, who stated I Three Skaters Drowned. or- Seventeen-year-old Walter E. Bayns les, of tlie Princeton, N. J., preparatory or- school, while skating, broke through ed the Ice and was drowned. Benjamin 3h- Post, aged eighteen, and Charles Walt ro- era. aged seventeen, were drowned in to Dundee Lake, near Paterson, N. J., in- while skating. New'Senator From Kantian. J. R. Burton, Republican, was electin ed by the Legislature of Kansas Uui3v ted States Senator to succeed Lucien B:\ker. New?y Gleaning;* ' a The German coinage for 1900 was jn. about $35,600,000. la- Germany's Meat inspection Jaw win nd be put into effect as soon as possible. :he ihe Japanese Government hns de00. cided to construct Ave torpedo deus" stroyers. A British punitive expedition has routed a force of rebels of Gambia, West Africa. nil Nearly $4,000,000 has been expended re- on the British royal yacht Victoria and tyj Albert, whose defects render her praci tlcally worthless. \ A I <A. DEAD.1 that the Princess was in sach a sweet sleep that she could not venture to disturb her. * ? "Then they said: 'We are come on business of state to the Queen, and even her sleep must give way to that' It did. "In a few moments she came into the room In a loose white night gown and shawl, her night cap thrown off and her hair falling upon her shoulders, her feet in slippers, tears in her eye, but perfectly collected and dignified. , ' ? "The Lord Chamberlain knelt down and presented a paper to the astonished girl, announcing the death of her uncle and notifying her -that she was his successor. "The girl could say nothing and the ? OSBORNE mjUSE?^ ISLE OF WIG Archbishop announced \that he had come by desire of Queen Adelaide, wido\y>of King William, who wanted Victoria to know of the peaceful ^ Vintt i utr<iui ui uri uutic. "The Queen's first words were addressed to the Primate. She said: 'I beg your grace to pray for me,' which he did." ASKED THE PRINCE TO MARRY HER Following Royal Etiquette Victoria Herself Proposed to Suitor. The Queen proposed marriage to the man who became her husband. Royal etiquette imposed the difficult task upon Victoria, as she was a Queen and the man of her choice, Prince Albert, was of inferior rank and station. No other romance ever figured in her life, though scores of mighty suitors sought her hand.In her infancy she was consecrated to her first cousin, Francis Charles Augustine Albert Emanuel, second son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Goburg Saalfeld. Albert's father and Victoria's mother were brother and sister, children of the Duke of Coburg. She grew up with the idea so firmly imbedded in her thoughts that she was to be the wife of Prince Albert that it never occurred to her to alter the arrangement after she became Queen. Albert and Victoria met for the first time when they were both about seventeen years of age. She had beeu Queen a trifle more tnan two years when she proposed marriage to the Prince and he dutifully accepted. Duty and official procedure compelled her to personally announce her engagement to her Privy Council. So on November 23, 1830, the Privy Council was summoned specially to Buckingham Palace to receive the announcement. She read the declaration in a clear, sonorous, sweet-toned voice, but her hands trembled so excessively that the listeners wondered she was able to read the paper which she held. Victoria did not believe in lengthy engagements. At noon on February 10, 1840, the Queen was wedded to the Telve Ye*ri Fop a?S3'5,OOi). B. G. Lake, a well-known solicitor, who was accused of misappropriating trust funds to the amount of $865,000, at London, was found guilty and sentenced to twelve years' penal servitude. Mlnneaota Choo*en Senators. United States Senator Knuie Nelson was re-elected by the Legislature of Minnesota for a term of six years. Moses E. Clapp was choseu to succeed the late Cusliinan K. Davis for a short term. Sold Her Child to an Indian. Word comes from Sheridan, Wyo.. that a white woman named Anderson, living on Powder River, recently traded her two-year-old daughter to an Indian from the' Crov Reservation. Mon., for seven head of ponies. The ?n ??a tnnAA^I/iinllmy tYl O f. auiuv/11nco aic lutcou^auuj, ?. ter. Private Letter Boxen Must Go. The House of Representatives at Washington has unanimously passed , a new section to the postal laws forbidding private postofflces or the use of private letter boxes. s ! - - ' V ' T}' < man of her choice in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, less than three months after the formal engagement. QUEEN A CULTURED WOMAN. Spoke FHre Language* and Wan a Great ' Lover of Children. The moat interesting and intimate glimpse into the private affairs of the Queen and into her recent home life is given in a volume entitled "Private Life of the Queen by a Member of the Royal Household." and from which the following Information was gleaned: Viftnrin TvAR nlwnvs n cnnd talker. reading widely and speaking five languages fluently. She knew about all the poets and artists of note, and h9r interest in the affairs of the world never decreased on account of age. As she grefr older the Queen displayed a more marked interest in religious affairs. She attended to all her religious duties. * The Queen always displayed a great love for children. She had a standing order for the picture of every lineal descendant newly born to be forwarded to her. In her declining years she cultivated a habit for games at cards. She was always fond of such games, however. On her long travels. Patience was her favorite game. Her Majesty had many little fads, peculiar to her. intensified with age. She had a strong dislike to new faces around her. The Queen had the most utter abhorrence for cats. Until soft electric lights came into use 'she always insisted upon wax candles. The Queen, while disliking cats, had ihe greatest love for dogs and horses. The annual Income of the Queen amounted to $1,925,000 a year, all told. She received the same allowance that was given to George IV. and William IV.. but while they left no sum unapproDriated at the end of the year Victoria saved regularly over $40,000. Her Majesty, In her own name, owned 37.372 acres of land, which yielded her a yearly income of more than $100,000. .t he Quefen was moat generous and frequently gave large sums of money in presents. All servants who had been faithful to the Queen were protected carefully by her. When traveling she took only a small retinue Victoria Alexandriim. Official Title?Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Defender of the Faith: Empress of India; Sovereign of the Order of the Garter, the Thistle. St. Patrick, the Bath, the Star of India. St. Michael and St. George, and the Indian Empire, etc. Born?May 24, 1819, at Kensington Palace. London. Baptized?.Tune 24, 1819, as Alexan drina Victoria. Ascended the Throne?June 20, 1S37. Crowned?June 28,. 1838. Married?February 10, 1840. Name, as a wife?Mrs. Guelph. First child born?November 21, 1840 *? , ' i?ir HT^WHERE THE QUEEN DIED. I fPHnopss Victoria. Emnress Dowasei of Germany). ? Prince of Wales born?November 9, 1841. Children?Four sons, five daughtera Became a widow?December 14, 186L Proclaimed Empress of IndiaJanuary 1, 1S77. 4LBEBT MATSOLZUM AT FBOGMOBE. (It was erected to the memory of Princ* Albert, the Queen's busband. A. vacant ou Mnnhnffiift 9wnl(? TTor MfliflUt V'.O body.) , Celebrated Jubilee?June 20, 1S97. Died?January 22, 1901. President McKinley's Condolence. As soon as President McKinley was Informed of Queen Victoria's death he sent a personal message of condolence direct to the Prince of Wales. The private fortune accumulated by Queen Victoria is very large. It Is estimated that her heirs will get at least $35,000,000. U Snow on Cuba's Mountains. Snow has fallen on the mountains of Cuba, where the islanders are suffering from a temperature of sixty degrees. * Outrages In Indian Territory. More outrages by insurrectionary Creeks are reported from the Indian Territory. Filipinos Swear Allegiance, f # One thousand Filipinos have swornallegiance to American authority at Vigan and 400 at Malabou. Minor Mention. Envelopes were first used in 1839. Venice has more than 400 canal bridges. The postal deficit in Canada last year was $461,000. Horses are now being sent to South Africa at the rate of about 8000 a month. Since May 1,1900, about 150,000 head of cattle have been sent from Florida ports to Cuba. Great Britain has decided to build t-vo battleships intended to be the largest in the world. * GBE&T FIBE IN SONTBBAt I - Fierce Flames Sweep the Business District of the City. A LftSS OF SEVERAL MILLIONS % ? #8 The Fire One of the Moat Disastrous in Fllty Years ? The Board of Trade Building, Which Cost SI,OOO.OOO. Left 'a M?ss of Buins?Many Finns Burned A Out?Estimate of Losses. Montreal, Que.?Tlie business district * r\f xirnc riclfcH hr tho mnfit ? disastrous fire it lias known for fifty . years, and the loss Is placed at $4,500.- ',-M 000. The greatest loss is the Board of %\ Trade Building, which was bnilt in ( 1801, at a cost of $1,000,000, and Is now ' %\ a mass of ruins. It had more tfy?n -ijj two hundred and fifty tenants, and tbf ir loss will be abo'Jt $5."i0,000. ;. ^ The fire started it ten minutes at tor <?ight o'clock iu the clothing house of 'W. M. Saxe & Sons, in St Peter street, ? ^ and before the firemen et-ild get to work the flame3 had spread to the <' Nelson Fireworks building. Scores'of explosions followed and in ten minutes the eastern wall fell into f ^ the west side of the Board of Trade Building. ThevSre ^yas thus carried through many windows and although . <p me nuucung was suppuHeu 10 uv uw ?qa proof, it was a soothing mass of flame \-M within an hour. To the south the fire spread to St. Paul street and the firemen were beat. en back inch by inch, until seemed that rtie entire business portion of Montreal must go. A strong west 'jjjj wind blew for some time and thift meant that the famous Notre Dune $? Church might go ut any moment bat, thanks to a sudden change. St Francis Xavier street buildings were sawed aad Jsl the church was not touched. All along St. 'Paul street scores of v small wholesale warehouses / were : c.l wiped out At least four of the larg-' ,./ ; est wholesale fur houses, which were carrying unusualiy large stocks, were 1% destroyed. It is estimated that their '?'. % loss will be a million dollars. Dealers / ' say it will mean an increase, of fifty . $ per cent, in the price of furs. The Montreal Board of Trade Building was occupied chiefly by well*;- s' knowrt wholesale firms, and, while '' % large stocks of goods were not carried '"'i in the building, sample rooms innum- Tj erable were destroyed. The building was also occupied by upward of a *,3? score of firms in the wholesale grain iraae, as wen as uair a cozen snipping ?;./a Arms, representing prominent lines. v || The railway otlices included tie . v:w Canadian Pacific, the Gfand Trunk,? fjgl the Canada Atlantic and the Delaware and Hudson. There were also In the ; building branches of all the telegraph ' y-vv lines. Many records of great value 1 have been lost, and it is believed that cash runnfng Into the t ->usands of dollars has been consumed. Forced by a north wind, the fire ) jj swept right to the river front' The .41 burned space covers about three entire blocks. . Montreal has in the last'fifty years been visited by several unusually destructive fires. Iu the conflagration of July S, 1852, a large part of the suburbs of the. city was sweat away. More than eight ' hundred houses were destroyed, and four thousand persons were made ^ homeless. The los# was $2,100,000. Ten persons were killed and twenty injured, on April 'J9. 1877. when many buildings were destroyed in a fire '.4 which started in a tmilding in St Albans street, occupied by a novelty v company. Sevm-al citizens and firemen were buried beneath falling walls. Montreal was almost panic stricken on October 24. 18S7, when there was a series of conflagrations. There were seven large Arcs in different parts of the city within twelve hours. $15,000,000 FOR COAL LAND. J. P. Morgan & Co. Boy 75,000 Acrca lo Greene C^nnty, Penn. ' 3 Pittsburg, Penn.?J. Pierpont Mor- "* gan &. Co. have concluded the pur- . chase of 75,000 acres of coal land In r-fr... si?; <w> <wi Thn.-'1 VJ1 CViUC vvuutj I.V4 Y"VIVVV1VVV' - J laud was controlled by a syndicate of Pittsburg and Westmoreland County u)en. They had the land under option at $75 an acre and sold it for $200 an :iere, clearing $9,375,000. Morgan & Co., it is said, acquired tlio land for the U. use of the National Tube Company, Federal Steel Company and other industrial concerns backed by them. The vein is a good crade of steam and coke coal. The land will be opened up by running vrailroads through it. HER CELLULOID COMB EXPLODED. Now .31188 Doylo Has No Hair and ii Painfully Burned. '. Birmingham, Ala.?Miss Mary Doyle, a finisher of photographs, met with severe injuries at her home here by the explosion of a celluloid comb in her hair. She fell asleep in a chair in front of a blazing five, when the comb became heated and burst into flames. The explosion awoke the young woman, but her hair was in a blaze in a moment. Her screams attracted her mother, who attempted to pull the burning comb from the hair, receiving painful inlurips.. Miss Dovle ran to a barrel ' of water and extinguished the flame. She has no hair now and is painfully burned. ' The Cnban Constitution. The Central Committee of the Cubar; Constitutional Convention, at Havana. reported the draft of the proposed constitution to the convention. It contains no provisions regarding the future relations of the Unitad States and Cuba. * Porto Rico to RaUe a I.arge Fund. The Porto Rican House has author ized the island Treasurer to float a loan of $3,000,000 in the United States and Europe, to be used to relieve agricultural depression. Wedded His Stepmother. William Graddy, fanner, of Adair County, Ky.. married his stepmother. One year ago his fathei was kicked tn hv a mule nnd thp widow set the time for her second marriage on this date on that account. Thj wedding was a swell country affair. Indians Hold a Big Potlatcli. From Ahousett. Alaska, comes news pf a big potlatch recently held there and attended by over 300 Nootka and Hoonah Indians. Dancing feats and otherulndian ceremonials wefe feafeatures of the affair. The potlatch v ended with a feast ? t ' , . l . r ' /' < A- > T ' .*JV ^ . % 1 ; - s > . ' .. ?