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r """"" THE SUPREME TEST. TTiere arc fnc .d? who come in when blauk *orrow*'? your pie-it. To weep with you over your dead; Friend* who ?e??m. in the midst of your heartache'* unrest. To know ju.?t what ou,;ht to be said. But the princc -t ihcm all. when ;(rim l,v An?l your heart can do nothing hut bleed. Is the fellow who comes when there's uo one else nigh ) And whispers: "How much do you I need?" ' Father, tenderly b!c*s all the friends I have known Who came in the depths of mv woe. Just to stand by my ?ide when I felt so alone, , That I might their sympathy know; / 'O I love every one for each handclasp and tear. ' And ay? shall I wi*h ihem godsneed; i But a crown for the one who, when none else wa? near. Said sottlv; "Hiw much do vou need?" ?6. W. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald. ?"He TUfne3 HBf Picture k Toward the WallH ? By Horace Eaton Walker. * ? WHAT I am about to relate occurred a number of years ago. a slurt tiuie after tbat jHjjtular son;. **He Turned Her Picture Toward tbe f Wall." came out. I was then living at Branton. our family consisting cf rjy elf. my wife and two children. Mattie, aged fifteen, and Ceorge. aged seventeen. We possessed an organ upon which my daughter ,?layed. Geow singing, and Mis. Wilters and myseir coming in on the chorus in regular country fashion. I was the musical enthusiast of the family, and while I did not like all the ongs then extant, when one did strike me I immediately mastered it. I went Into ccstacies over this particular song. And whistled it in the woodshed, hummed it in the parlor, saug it to visitors. neighbors and friends. Many ???wvL> hut mlno ww VI IUC.TC IVV? IUV vw? M?*WV ? ? especially malignant, and the sous haunted tue for weeks after everybody viae bad caught onto something new. My wife casually mentioued an Asylum for lunatics several times a day. But I still repeated tbe song. tbe first tbiug on rising in tbe morning, and tbe last thing on retiring at nig!it. Then she expostulated and vcnturel to hope that no more popular scngs would come out for at least a year. I realised that my state was becoiuing Alarming. Something must bo done, and immediately. "Mrs. Witters." I said, "tbe thing Aball be stopped." "But how, dear?" she queried wearflj "I shall lock up the organ." Which I did; but tbe song still ran !n my head. At last I collapsed. I was Ill from an overdose of music. Tbe 'doctor said I would recuperate after A few days of rest, but up>n ay beconing convalescent I must refrain from alj music: I must not even sing 'Yankee Doodle." "Ben Holt," or "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Right in the midst of this mental tribulation somethlug happened. Mrs. Witters staggered Into my bedroom oue morning, her eyes as large as saucers, end exclaimed: "3am Wlttera. cverr nicture in the parlor i# turned to the wall!" "Yes." chimed in George, "and tLc or-1 fan 18 unlocked!" "And pa." added Mattle. "the organ ttops ar?% open where you play, 'He Turned Her Pic ture.*" Instead of tbrowin; ne into a mental fever, this information diJ the reverse. It broke up the musical treud of my thoughts. "Reverse every picture." I commanded. "Lock the organ r.nd feich the key to n?e." I was obeyed. Then I sai.l: "George, go and fetch n:y gun from the attic." "Ob!" gasped my wife. "Yes. I will sit here in b??d. armed, and at the first approach of danger, leap from it and shoot the person win 1s peoetratiug this joke." "i*ut you are too sic a n tmak a: anything of the kirnl." expostulated soy wife. "I shall need only to step from the bed and fire. Pity if I cannot sing a popular song! We'll see about it." "It will be murder." said Mattie. jrith tearful eyes. "In the first degree, too." cried jCeorge. severely. ?*It won't be murder! It'll simply be defense against a burglar. See?" They all saw; and as I was master of tbe bo'ise and thoroughly aroused to the situation, it was decided that I bould go on picket duty that night. "Mrs. Wllters, you will retire to the Chamber above." I ordered at bedtime. "And. Mattie. you ran accompauy your mother. As for you, George. get a club from the woodshed and become ft sort of body guard to me." As night set in the Oarkness of the rooms berainc intense. Not a dicker of light anywhere; just total darkness. .George sat in the parlor behind a case 0%f hnnifv ^nntnininir nnwtrv nriw** nnil enough dictionaries to scare nn ordinary burglar out of bis wits. I sat liolt upright in bed. try back .-eating against the headi?oard. uy trusty gua in my hand*. The clock struck one. two three. The j ound oi the bell had scarcely ceased j .when a loud noise came to my ears, i Striking a match, I peeped into the J room where George was sitting. He was fast asleep and his falling club bad awakened me. I lighted the lamp nd staivd at the pictured. "George!" I shouted. "What, father':" he cried, starting from his chair. "SeeT' He staggered b.'tck. All the picture* were again turned toward the wall, the organ was unlocked and my favor ite Kiops were out! George stared at me. I stared at George. "What does it jacan. dad?" "You sl^pt!" . **But you were on guard?" { **Yeg." i **Aud did you sleep?" { **I thiuk not." . How came you uere. '.hen?'* . "The falifii? of your eluh arouw< Ule." . sleep?" "Perhaps." Mattk' ami her mother to". aTlvec on the aeene. hut none of us cottll offer a solution to the mystery, j I?:iylitrh; ean:e. The orsan ?>t>p! ( were replaced. th? or?:in reloeketl. an J I every picture righted. The next ni;;ht Mr*. Wiiters and myself wen* to go or guard. she to remain in the parlor, a* iieorge had done the nijjht previously and I in tied, as I was not quite strung enough yet to retuaiu up. At midnight the house was agair quiet. Mrs. Wiiters on guard. I heard the clock struck twelve, then one and My hair stood on end. A srreait eame from the parlor. Hastily lighting a lamp. I beheld Mrs. Wiiters standing in a corner, swinging the club franti tally, and screaming. "Eleanor, what iu Heaven's name are you doing':" Vaii miaflt* fplirhhtnu 1 ITO tf% dpflth!*' *V?U ?U tit l9Ut?.MV .? M.% she trasiK'd. ?I v* "What did you fir? at?" I had discharged the ;;un and it lay smoking against the footboard. the hu reau looking glass having a round hole through it. "Did I fire?" "Did you? Mr. Wiiters. to-morrow 1 nig-it Mattle s tail he on guard, acd neither you nor y^ur gun can frighten her!" "(treat Heaven, seer Every picture was again turned toward the wall and the crgan was open. "Eleanor, what mystery Is this?" My wife was speechless. Just at that mcuient George and Mattie appeared. "Father, we will try it to-morrow night, and failing, we'll call in the poi'"? " fnr n?" fi??ore<? snid. **VV IV Tf Ui\*4 ?ws % "? when the situation bad beeu explained. And so once more the pictures were turned back. "I prefer a revolver to a club." Mattie said stoutly. Thus armed we again awaited events. Singular that I should hear the clock striking every night toward morning! But so It was. It struck twelve, then one. then two. aad I leaped from bed. Mattie was firing her revolver rapidly, the light revealing her in an attitude of drspalr. "Well. Mattie. what have you hit?" "WtKlni,!" clin c-llil f1<><Z<T|><11 V tlimW- I ins her smoking revolver iato a corner. "Oh, yes you have! You've shot four holes through my new oil painting. costing tli'e hundred dollars. One hole in the perspective, one in the background, two through the mountain. Good! Just one hundred and twenty-lire dollars a shot Mattie. grou'll do." As we came back to a normal condition of mind we found that the pictures had been reversed as before. "It Is terribler' said Mattie. "But why did you shoot?" **I beard footsteps.' "Whose r "I do not know." "Leave me to watch to-morrow night, said in.v wife, determinedly. "Well and good: we will!" 1 answered. When the fatal hour came Mrs. WH tors commanded: Mr. Wllters. you will now retire as usual." I retired pin in hand. "George? Mattie?your father has gone to bed. Come." The three left tbe room, going to tbe spare chambers above. What it meant 1 had no means cf knowing at the time, but it all came out afterward. When I Ml asleep they returned to tbe sitting roo. each hoidiug a revolver and a dai. 'anteru. Mrs. Wllters was at the head of the undertaking, her idea beiug to Hash the bull's eyes full upon the parlor adjoining at the slightest noise, and should a person be discovered tampering with the organ or pictures, to shoot him. * f aIA^L A3 UBUtll A uraiu iuc V?W? autnc twelve, one. two. anil The next I knew tlie parlor was suddeuly illuminated. and crack! crack! crack! went the three revolvers. Thc-y had sur? prised the uian In the very act of displacing; the pictures, and after firing excitedly, rushed into the room. "Great Heavens!" cried my wife, fainting and falling. "Are you hurt?" gasped George. 44We have shot father!" screamed Mattie. springing forward and clasping me in her arms. Mutters wen* soon righted, but if my bold warriors had not been too badly frightened to shoot straight I should not be telling this story. It is all explained by the fact that 1 was a somnambulist, and did these things in my sleep.?Waver ley. California Fl*?. As an illustration of the curiously diversified character o? the work of the agricultural stations, it is of interest to note that the California station bus iK'en for over ten years experimenting ia flc culture, sixty different varieties having iK'i'U tested .n tiiat period. It has been connected Indirectly with the Natiuuul Government in the study of the Smyrna tig. 1* has been demonstrated that this li-j. to reach its highest form, must be fertilized by a tiny insect whith. in tue Old World tig reI gious goes on iij* ?m.ch:ug journey* { trom the wild ai?nt?u tlower to the Jo! mestic l\i tree, bearlug the indlen which gives to tl.e ripetie I tig its peculiar rlchuess and *.a\or. The promise now is that, through the introduction of t!it lusect. the choicest Kuropeau tig* are to be raised witu prollt in California.? W. S. llar\*ood. iu Scrlbner*. Hull and Snow. Why water should sometime* fn!l as soft snow crystals uud at others iu Lurd lit 111 ^ s of icy hail is a questiu of Interest. Tlie difference is entirely oue of time. Know crystals are formed very slowly, the frozen atoais of water irroiipiug themselves with matheuiutleal precision arouutl differeut centres. Hail, which generally tans id warm weather. U roiu frozen suddenly by a sharp drop of temperature in the up;ier air. Wind nearly always accomi auics bail; while the larger aud mure perfect nnowtiakes are always formed in calm air.?Chicago Journal. I I THECA1 ON ST. V Characteristics Race. Practically^ EJ fARIBS as a race have ceased to exist They perished daring the recent volcanic eruption on St Ylticent which, among all the islands of the wonders and beauyitjinut ties. It Is com* Shi Posed largely of a ?vUtTW^O nook, rising from the ocean's v^VaflfiPbed, with no outv > lying Islets. It Is about ninety-five miles west of Barbados. Volcanic bills cross the island from north to south, intersected by beautiful and fertile valleys. St. Vincent is eighteen miles long and eleven miles wide, and It has a population of nearly fifty thousand persons. It was discovered by Columbus in 1403. The inland is more thoroughly English than the two others of the group. Great Britain obtained sovereignty in 1783. Historic among the volcanic eruptions on the Carlbboe islands was that of the Soufriere ("sulphur pit"); of St. Vincent. In 1812. Earthquakes bad for two years terrified dwellers on the Smith Amorican coast and the West Indian Islands. In March of that year an earthquake buried ten thousand souls at Caracas, spread ruin along the line of the Andes, and ended in the outburst from the Soufrlere. which altered the appearance of the Island and destroyed its eastern end. The Soufriere is situated at the north .57 ? MOST PILES IX SBCrnOX. em extremity of tbe island, and Is 404S feet high. It is tbe last of a mountain cbain which was called Morne a Garou by tbe natives. Baron Humboldt states that it bad thrown out flames in 1718. Previous to tbe eruption of 1812 the appearance of tbe Soufriere was most Interesting. Tbe crater was half a mile in diameter and five hundred feet in depth. In its centre was a conical hill, fringed tritb shrubs and vines. At its base were two small lakes, one sul pburous. the other pure and tasteless. From the Assures of the coue a thiu white smoke exuded, occasionally tinned with a light blue dame. Evergreens, flowers and aromatic shrubs clothed the steep sides of the crater, which sent, as the first indication of the eruption of April 27, a tremulous noise In the air. A severe concussion of the earth followed, and then a column of thick black smoke burst from the crater. Volumes of sand darkened (he air, and woods, ridges and cane pieces were covered with light gray ashes, which speedily destroyed all vegetation. The sun for three days seemed to be in a total eclipse, the sea was discolored and the ground bore a wintry appearance from the crust of fallen ashes. Carib natives who lived at Mornc Rohd fled from their bouses to Kingston. As the third day drew to a close flames sprang pyramidically from the a 1 K- Um.1 ll.nn.lat. crater, acuuiujjuuicu uj iuuu iuuuuu and electric flashes, which rent the column of smoke banging over the volcano. Eruptive matter pouring from the northwest side plunged over the cliff, carrying down rocks and woods In its course. The island was shaken by an earthquake and beaten by showers of cinders and stoned, which set houses on Are and killed negroes and natives. Northeast of the original crater of the Soufrlerc a new one was formed which was a half mile in diameter and Ave hundred feet deep. The old crater was transformed Into a beautiful blue lake, walled in by ragged cliffs to a height of eight hundred feet. It was considered a wonder worth seeing. The "Carlb country" sof St. Vincent Included nearly all the districts In the 'general view or-'wNi 5t- virseEvrr STREET SCENE. IN uorth in which the soil w;is either to< thin or the surface too rugged for tbi cultivation of the great staple of th< West Indies?sugar cane. Of all the millions of Indians dis Fastr.ophe incent * ? * of the (aribs, the Native ^terminated by the Eruption a Soufriere. covered by Columbus. bis contemporaries nod immediate successors, in tbe islands of tbe West Indies, no descendants remain on eartb to-day save tbe Caribs. tbese forlorn remnants of a once great family in tbe two island*! of Dominica and St. Vincent Tbe north part of St. Vincent tben.! being mountainous in tne main, inaccessible by good roads and unfit for tbe cultivation of cane, was set aside for tbe Carib Indians by treaty when DF Jf '/i LA SOUrRICRE .The, VOLCA PFATH ftMP DESTRUCTION . - - " "-?- --'- a# tKa I lUe CtUjjliBU iuva |a;mciwiuu ut tuc Island. When, however, It was discovered that tbe arrow-root conld be profitably cultivated on tbe slopes of tbe bills and In many fertile pockets along tbe ravine-scarred ridges of tbe great volcano, their reservation was gradually encroached upon, until they were finally compressed within tbe confines of two rather restricted regions between tbe great Soufriere, or sulpbur, mountain?the volcano?and the northern coast. St Vincent Is celebrated for Its ar" row-root, which at one time was a fairly profitable cultivation, but of late has not been remunerative. Tbe Carlbs lived in palm-tbatcbed buts, Km It * Af>m nmiAiv.PAAf m ilia vlilnh UUUl IUCU U?U at I 1/11 'l WV UJMMt fVIMVH were run by water power, prepared the soil, carefully cultivated the roots and were very sk'lful and intelligent farmers. They also raised tanias, manioc, corn, sweet potatoes, bananas, plantains, etc.. and in their gardens bad all sorts of tropical fruits. Then; is little to bunt In St Vincent, but the Caribs wore good fishermen, and in tbe season were in great demand on the sugar estates when tbe sugar droghers bad to be laden. Tbe seas of the eastern or windward coast are very rough, and skilled watermen were required to load the sailing craft that transported tbe big hogsheads of sugar, molasses and rum around to Kingstown for shipment to England or tbe United States. One of these Carlhe, a powerful yellow Indian, named Rabaca. was called tbe Carlb Hercules, from his great strength. He was generally tractable and kind, but he bad a fondness for firewater that CBATER LAKE ftT SOUrRICRC 'often proved bis undoing. Like bis companion Caribs, be rarely ranged beyond tbe estate of Richmond on tbe leeward coast of tbe volcano and Georgetown on tbe windward coast; so If it be true that a thousand or more people have been destroyed In tbe Island. It Is probable that nearly all tbe Carlbs bave indeed passed away. They had a tradition to tbe effect that old Morne Garou. as they called tbe Soufriere, would some time cause tbem disaster. Yet. they were fascinated by tbe towering bulk of tbe volcano and often climbed it for mere sport of tbe thing. And it was no child's play to accomplish tbe ascent to tbe crater's brim of tbe Soufriere and return iu one day. Tbe writer has climbed it twice, and at one time, ?m mir-_ KINGSTOWN." ST- VINCENT > in bis younger days, passed nearly a ? week in a cave dug out of the crater? brim above tbe lake. He lived witb tbe Caribs for months, wben bunting rare - birds, years ago, and gladly testifies to the many excellent trnlts of tbe* people, now departed forever. LONCEST BEARD IN THE WORLD. Bt>rd lO Feet 10 1-3 Inehe??Mattach* * Yuri aotl a Half Lone. Jean Couljn needs a shave more badly than any other liviug man. If his strength lay in tbe length of bla hair, this Frenchman would be a very Hercules. His beard measured tec feet ten and one-half inches in length, while bis mustache is over a yard and a half long. Of course be has taken his time to cultivate these amazing adornments, as you may gather from the fact that be is seventy-six years of age. He is very proud of them, and this is perhaps one reason acong many nrhv ha dnM nn? norm If flip mlffflp to gaze on bis grandeur every day of the week. Tbe inhabitants of Blontlucon. In tbe department of Allier, wbere UPON 3T- VINCENTCoulon resides, are very proud of him, and by way of acknowledging their appreciation tbe man with unlimited beard exhibits his luxurious growth to all and sundry who care to come and see him any Sunday. Indeed, It may be said that for him tbe Sabbath is scarcely a day of rest, for when not on view be is carefully dressing bis amazing appendage and mustache. During the week he rolls his beard in a sort of bag. so that he may be able to go about his occupation tbe more coo* veniently.?Chicago Itecord-Herald. Mineral Rcioartei of Palestine. A German mining engineer traveling I In Palestine bus written to tbe Kirchoff's Tccbnische Blatter to tbe effect that now that mineral treasures have been found in the country that an industrial awakening is assured. As yet, ho bjiv*. traveline is very unsafe. The ! mineral deposits lie on both sides of tbe Jordan and tbe Dead Sea. Of tbem be thinks tbe salt deposits of tbe Dead Sea could alone be developed into an extensive industry, but that, in addition to tbem. there are tbe bitutninous cbalk springs of Xebt Musa, which contain from twenty to forty per cent, of asphalt. However, he thinks tbe most important of all are the deposits of phosphates. There are immense fields of these, be says, to tbe east and west of tbe Jordan, only awaiting transportation facilities for their development. Corloa* Philippine Bullet#. The (nubility of tbe Filipino to understand that accuracy of bullet flight Is the tlrst thing to be sought in rifle Are, may count for tbe many wk>rd inventions, by which the insurgents attempt to iucrease tbe deadliness of their weapons at the expense of un<Tringncss. They will, in a fiendish de ? Kitlhit thif U'ill f*rili?llv tear a victim's body, produce a missile that can nearly always lie counts] on to miss its target, says the Army and Navy Journal. Instead of aiming at accuracy of flight they waste th??ir energies In efforts to add peculiar lacerating powers to their bullets. Origin of Word (irlngo. The word "gringo." which Mexicans ! apply to Americans when speaking of i them with contempt, is said to have j had its origin thus: During th?? | can-American war our soldiers got into j the habit of calling the simple Mexican j soldiers whom they took prisoners j "grcenies." to signify ih?'ir ignorance | of things in general, and of military tactics especially. The Mexicans r?*taliated by railing the AtiK-ri ans "greenos," anil this word tiually de generated into "grinos." Origin oi "iiuiirjinouu. Very few people kuow t h.? origin of Ihe terin "honeymoon:" l>ut it really is derived from ilk' old Teutonic custom of drinkiu.^ honey-wine (bydromi'Ii for thirty days after marriage. It is Kiid that Attila the Hun died frorj ihe effects of drinking "an enormous quantity of hydrouicl at his marriage feast." It is letter to have a Iigl,t purse than a heavy heart, but mure cjnifurtabU to have ceiiher. ,* - ' iV 77*v..!';y<- ' AN EXTRAORDINARY ANOMALY For Tboa? Who tVaut to Know the Whj or Frrak <o Nature. Scientists In Washington are again making an effort to elucidate out of the most extraordinary auomalk'i in natural history, and n thing whici uevor falls to stagger visitors to tin Western plains when it is tirst broughi to their attention. This is the happ} family, consisting of a prairie dog. at owl and a rattlesnake, which inhabit! boles la prairie dog villages. The owb are of a peculiar variety, being small of body and rather quick of flight, al though they do not wander far from their own firesides. Scientists are now trying to find oui by just what arrangement this curiout household Is maintained. Undoubted ly the prairie dog builds tb? bole and in tbe landlord, tbe owl and '.be snake being presumably tenants at wilL How does tbe snake pay bis rent? Wber( des tbe owl come in? Tbese are ques tions which have never been satisfac torily answered. After several years of careful observation of prairledog villages a Wester* philosopher has drawn up an attempted explanation of this mystery. It i? well known, for Instance, that owh mount guard over tbe holes everj night, and a horseman riding through one of tbese villages in the earlj morning sees owls blinking at him and bobbin? their heads up and down. Wby does tbe owl mount guard 1 Because, says tbe Western philosopher, of tbe disreputable habits of tbe prairie dog. Tbe prairie dog is an animal ol convivial babits. About twice a week be goes out on a "bat." There Is a small pulque plant growing on the prairies, the sap of which runs freelj when tbe bark is scratched and is of i highly intoxicating nature. Tbe prairie dog. after two or thre< days of sobriety, sallies forth in the evening, perhaps accompanied by some of his chums, and tbey visit a grovj \F of son*? of these plants. There the] proceed to "open wine." Along be :ween midnight and sunrise our prairh iog landlord I* likely to come stagger ing home. If. indeed, he turns up ai ill. He would not be able to find hh ?rn hnm i hilt fnr thp watchful OWl who, perhaps, assists him down tb< lark passageway, until he rolls to th< bottom in a drunken stupor. This explains how the owl pays bii rent. A cowboy says the owl evei joes further, and presents tbe bouse uold with an egg every Christmas am Fourth of July. But nobody has evei seen able to explain where the rattle make comes in. Perhaps he protect! che owl. New Style* In Hone*' Hat*. Leading styles in hordes' beadwea will be shown in coarse straw bral< imported from England. A bouse it Luton makes a specialty of horses hats, doing a large domestic and ex port business. These head protector range from one dollar upward at retail The sketches sliowu herewith reprc sent the latest fashions. It was In New York the idea origl aated of placing a wide-brimmed strav bat over the horse's head to preven sunstroke. From this primitive star i r ! novelty effects ia head coverings bavi I been put on the market. The claln is made that straw* hats give bettei satisfaction than any awning arrange rnent. A Flower City. The inhabitants of Freiburg. I: Baden. wem determined to make tbeii town, if not the most beautiful in tin world, at any rate unique as rognrdi floral decoration. The town vounci Lave derided tIiat all owners of bal eonies shall be provided free of eharg< by the town gardener with trauinj creep;?r*. such as ivy. Virginia creeper etc., iu or?b'r that the town uiav as cunie the character of thj "fl^we citf." A Country of Gatrt. A curious feature t>? travelers in lh< high r? ads of Norway is the great nuui lM>r of gates?upwards of in thi whok* country?which have to lx opened. These gates. which cithe; mark the boundaries o." the farms o aeparate the home tields from thi waste lands, constitute a eousiderahl* . convenience and delay to the traveler who has to stop his vehicle aud tfe dowu to open tbeu. REACHED PELEE'S CRATER f ?? Professor Heilprin Looked Dovn Into the Vast Chasm. i ?. I fie Fotintf a Cl??ler Com la the Centra ? ' the Fll?ttliowars of Mud Ffll Upon t Hiui? Ilia Observations. r | Fort dp France, Island of Martlnl?iue.?Professor Angelo Heilpriu, with I three guide*, has attended to the top . of tbe crater ou the summit of Mont l Felee. He went to tbe plantation Vive, which is near the crater. In com' pany with Ferdiu^nd Clerc and Mr. 1 Keid. landed proprietors of Martinique. The* expedition left Fort de France ' ou Thursday at uoon. Friday vai - spent iu studying the u<?wly tornied r craters uii the north flank of the rnoun> taiu. Saturday moriiiu? Professor lleiiprin determined to attempt the . aecent to the top of the crater, and with this purpose iu view he set out , at 5 o'clock. The volcano was very active, but amid a thousand danger* Professor lleilpriu reached tbe*suuiiult aud looked uowu into the huge crater. 1 Here he spent some time in taking 1 careful observations. r He saw a huge cinder cone in the I centre of the crater. The owning ot the crater itself is a vast crevice 500 [ feet long and 1.10 feet wide. While Professor Ileilpriu was ou the summit i of the volcano several explosions oC steaiu and ulndcr-iadcu vapor took place, tmd again and again bis llf* ; was in danger. Ashes fell aliout him in such quantities at times as to com? pleiely obscure his vision. One pari ticuiarly violent explosion of mud cor* > ered Professor Heilprln from head t? r foot with the hideous viscid and semi I soiiu matter iuro\vu oui. Professor Heilprin k(I11 persisted la k bis study and observations, however, and twice more he was showered wltb - mud. lie learned, as bad been sua5 peered, that tbere were tbree separate - vents tbrougb which steam Issued. Professor Hellprin made the imporant discovery that the crater at the head of the River Pallaise has synchronous eruptions with the crater at the summit of the volcano, and that it ejects precisely the same matter at such times. The Itlver Fa liaise crater and the crater at the summit showed during Professor Heilprin's visit a new phenomenon. Mdd was thrown up in high columns. Heretofore tbe mud has bubbled or boiled out and flowed . downward in huge streams. In the course of one eruption of tbe River Fa liaise crater an enormous mass of iutensciy hot mud was ejected. Thla flow reached the rum distillery on the Vive plantation and extinguished ell tbe flies there. This torrent of mud may iuvade the entire plantation, and as Vive is the centre of one of the richest di*3ric:s of tbe island, it la feared the damage there may l)e great. Professor Heilprin arrived at tbe edge of tbe summit crater at 1.30 and remained there over two hours. When be returned to Vive be resembled a r statue of mud. Tbe weight of asbee . and mud be carried on bis person, the t horrible atmosphere be bad breathed, * and the fearful difficulties he en* countered reduced Professor Heilprin 1 to a condition of extreme fatigue. i FIRE AT ROCKAWAY BEACH. ? ? ^ Four LIth Loit aid Two Blocks DoUrojred-LoM, 9123,000. NV>w York (Mtv.?Four lives were lost. * several people severely burned and i two blocks in the seaside district of * Ilockaway Beach, in the heart of the i amusement centre of the resort, have r been destroyed by Are. That the whole . section given up to hotels and amusej m<Mit places of various kinds for a long distauce south was not totally destroyed was attributed to the fact that there was little wind, and to the work of the volunteer tircincii. assisted bj t hundreds of residents of the village, i In the two blocks destroyed were 3 several hotels and a number of large ; dancing and dluius hails, including the . Casino and the museum, two of the largest structures at Kockaway Beach. Tiie tire was at tend ?d by several res" cues on th? part of the policemen and * tlremen. and many other lives were saved by their efforts and judgment. ,? Th-? property loss, estimated at $125.r <mk). represents nearly the entire capital l of many of the proprietors, as the IIIt surance Is less than one-thied on all the buildings, which were of wood. The dead are: JJax Hasten, thirtyt\ri? vcars old. of Rocknwav: Mrs. Thomas F. McKrow. of Brooklyn; Frederick J. McKrow. five year* old. her son. nod nn unidentified body, thought to be that of a woman. CORRUPTION IN ST- LOUIS. Warrants For former Mayor'* Son aaA For a City D?lf(at(. sr. Louis. Mo.?A bench warrant wai Issued against Fred W. Zlegenhein. son tiiid rrivate secretary of former Mayor Ziegcnheln. Brll^ry and extortion are th'? charges. The <?raud Jury investlgatiou into the conduct of Mayor Ziegenhein's office Is said to have disclosed that the city did uot receive It* due* from :h-' granting of permit*, and that ther? was corruption in the remission of tine* and the pardoning of work. hnu?e prl>oneis. Young Ziegenhein it K.iid to have had a fixed scale of price* which all desiring relief or permit* fn>!:i t lie Mayor* office had to paj. A bench warrant was also issued for Charles F. Kelly, member and former Spe-tkei of the House of Delegates. Tin* warrant mars** miscoiiuuci 10 oMii-. in that he accepted printing contrai-ts from the city under the name of the Mah-r Printing Company. Th? charge against Kelly wan made origin allv l?y Delegate Sweeney. in the heat of d?'l?ate. aud the < I rand Jury took up s the matter. i r Lockjaw Kill* Torna?lo Victim*. An epidemic of lockjaw ha* broken i out among the tornado-injured victims of (ioliad. Texas. Five person* hav? died. Tli- victims haw nil been white, k l>:i: the uegroe* have just lieen atr K'eked. Tile death list sinee the tor1 undo sev?-r:il weeks ago carries the uaun-:* of I.'IS persons. I Mfut Famine in Clilrago, Nearly half the hutcher shops in Chii ? ago and seventy per cent, of tlk> re*j taur..,its were without meat owing tc '.he ieauist??rs' strike. r Prominent People. The Mar?|U.s of Salisbury has purchased an Americau steam vehicle. Fifty years ago Ibsen was serving j behind tliu counter of a couutry drug . store. p Tlii? Prince of Willi's lias been elected j Presldeut ?: th Uoval Agricultural P Sfiii'ii'iy, f Andrew Carnegie lias given $.">O.UOO s ?.>r the ??r??c-;i?ir? of public libraries at B iir?*;>uwiili. Kugland. Ambassador White has l?ecu elected | au honorary me tuber of the German Sliakesucare Society. ? n