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jjHoIdehhii g " Copjrifbt irr* by Eoi CHAPTER V. Continued. "Ob. Annie is a few montb* younger than I. Wben she "was about fourteen her father apprenticed her in one of the big drapery establishments In the West End of London, bat we don't know which. 8be didn't go to New Zealand with her father. Farther than that we know nothing about her." "Then I am not your youngest aunt?" "I don't know, I am sore," wss my reply. MI am twenty-six," confessed aunt Gertrude. "Tnen, 11 awm ? living, i cave au aunt nearly aewoD years younger. Aa I uid, she la younger than I by a few month*." Aunt G?rtrnde sighed, turned somewhat abruptly from tbe picture, and walked through the open window on to the verandah. The view from ear verandah Is probably as good as from any point In Suffolk distant from the coast Accepting as truth a popular fallacy some will think this Is faint praise, but those acquainted with the county will nanny bo reguru iu inui ui iwi?Utod Is less esteemed by English people than the eastern counties, but this, Uke many other of our national preju* dices, does not admit of any explana-; Hon. The absurd fact remains. A rolling country, highly cultivated here| and there, interspersed With abundance of wild open spaces and -woods which shelter Immense quantities of game, with a rainfall the most moderate in Britain, would, it might well be supposed, attract many visitors?especially from London, bnt it is not so, and East Anglta is left very much to East Angliana, particularly in that part of It called Suffolk. The weather was delightful, the clear blue sky being streaked here and there with slowly moving white clouds, the taoqwrature mild and refreshing, the sunshine brilliant?a spring morning inugih whd - e?.?rj lvuuiuvu iv jnwmote hesflkj/fcpdV'buoyancy of iplrlt Aunt 0?rtfm^'Aaded her eyas with tier hand andviboked oat toward the otd abbey town. Bury St Edmund'* ' eight bIIm distant, could he faintly 1 discerned, separated from us by a line stretch of undulating country. "How delightfully green everything Is In England T exclaimed my sent enthusiastically. 1 "Particularly the people," observed 1 * vole* at oar bsck. 1 The voice belonged to uncle Bam. Turning round we saw that gentleman Jwt within the room, standing in s I Snooty attitude; his hands in his pock- 1 eta, chewing the end of an onlighted 1 cigar. sr waa with him and IJ had a paird{ flWd glasses in his h*n<!. This unexpected interruption ap- J peared to annoy my soat "You are not very complimentary to your own 1 people," she sai& slightly tossing her 1 delicately poised head. . i Her husband perceived her mood. 1 "All right, my dear," he said, in his i most affable manner, as he stepped on 1 to ti?e verandah. "1 forgot for tbe moment that some Americans are more jBgllah than the English themselves. Just let me look at the boundary line f this place and I am gone." So Baying be took the field glasses from my father, who remained within, and surveyed the prospect for a coople of minutes. HaTlng completed his observation he made no further remark, bat re-entered^ the room and disappeared with "his "brotber. It was not long before my aunt sad I followed. We went through a number of rooms, some of them named after distinguished guests who had occupied them long ago?Camden, Swift. IHiilian Stiller Pnrmll ?n^ nlhm at lean note?tbe lady evincing greater Interest Id tbe quaint furniture than Id tbe historical associations to which ] endeavored to direct her attention. la this way did 1 amuse my aunt tor three hours, conducting her at last through the dean, dry stone crypt, which formed the basement of tbe bouse. This crypt was very ancient, being tbe only unaltered portion of t Hhe old abbey which supplied tbe site, sod in part tbe materia}, for Holdenburnt Ball. The stonework of the ?pav.jUS arcbcs teemed quite uninjured by time; and, though they contained much lumber, there still r? v lined ample room for a procession ?; monks to pass through them. Aunt Gertrude was much interested, and constantly plied me with questions about tbe habits of tbe original ecclesiastical occupants as I preceded ber through this strange place, lantern in band. "Why is that last arch briefced up7' She Inquired. I looked at tbe object or ber inquiry. MI huv?>n't the retbntest idea. 1 never aoticcd it before. It 1b rarely anybody conns down here," I said. It wan now time to prepare forluncbcos. ami we ascended tin s teps wbicb led iuto tbe house. In tbe ball we again met my father and uncle. "Well." asked nncle Gam. addressing bin wife, "what do you tbink of tbe old place?" "Very interesting, indeed. I bave enjoyed myself immensely." "1 am glad to bear it" said my father. "You must be very tired. Luncheon trill be served in a few minutes. 1 have invited tbe Rev. Mr. Fuller." The devil yon ba%!" exclaimed nnclc Sam. "Is 1m- a good fellowV" g\t Unhl/irthiltH;: Vlnlne * IV* ?W? *?? AtViUI iiUUI P? haa been uiy friend for ten year*." "i hate paraon*." said uncle Sam. ' CHAPTER VI. 0SCLC 8AM AND TBE KET. SILAS FTXJXR My father's intimation that be had Invited the Rev. Slls* Fuller to lunchcoo disturbed me. I knew Mr. Fuller very well, sod I was beginning to know my uncle a little. Two men differing more widely in habit aod j pinion It would be difllcblt to find, i iratMitHaljfi 2?" ?T 4LTER* BL'OOMFIELD n Bomi'i Bom. and I feared that a conversation between them might afford my father and me more embarrassment than entertainment The Rector of Holdenburst Major was a thin, spare man. a little on the wrong side of fifty, abort of stature, neat in appearance, formal and precise in manner and speech. The deference which for many years bad been paid to this reverend gentleman l>y ?h? mn?t tructnhlo hnt lirnnrant TH-ns antry In England, bad bred In him a somewhat dogmatic style. Like most of bis class, be bad married early in life, choosing for bis wife a portionless lady about three times bin own sise, who, in lien of dowry, had presented ber lord with seven daughters and four sons in the most rapid succession permitted by the laws of Nature. The living of Holdenhurst Major was worth ?220 a year in money, with a tolerable bouse, and five acres of land all told. Such were the means at the disposal of this clergyman of the Cbnrcb of England, and with them he bad to support himself, bis wife, bis eleven children, two servants, one pony, one dog. and one cat, as well as take a material interest in the wellbeing of the poor of the parish?that Is to say, of the entire population; for my father and the Rector were by very much the richest persons In tbe place. I remember also a canary, said to have been tbe pet of tbe eldest daughter, that was once a member of thia clerical household; but It died? whether from the drsugbt through the window, of lnanitiotf, or as prey to tbe buncry cat, 1 could sever correctly ascertain. I felt that my worse fears were shortly to be realised when?Introductions over, seats taken, and grace said ?my uncle opened the conversation by Inquiring of Mr. Fuller how business waa looking, hastily correcting hie sentence, and substituting "church matters" for "business." "1 thank yon. Mr. Truman." replied the Hector, with great deliberation, as b? slowly smoothed the puckers in his waistcoat with his left hand, while hia right grasped the wine-glass which be had been about to raise to his lips whan addressed; "I thank yon, Mr. rruman, for your kind Inquiry. It is rery considerate of yon to aak such i question. Too little interest Is taken In the Giurcb by persons not immediately connected with the Churchfar too little Interest Born in the Church, If 1 may so express myself (for both my father and grandfather beld curacies at 8plashmlre-on-Orwell). and myself, I trust, a conscientious, hard-working minister of the Church, I fully appreciate the comprehenslveoess and Importance of the question with which jou hare been so food as to favor me. It is only on the occalion of my visits to the Hall that I find myself in a situation to be so intelligently interrogated. 1 fear my aniwer must be somewhat different from that which doubtless your position in life and your proper opinions Induce jrou to deal re. The Church, alas! has many enemies; and among her enemies are some wbo should be her friends; though I rejoice to inform you that we of this district are ratber exceptionally free from such adverse influences. The unprecedented depression in agriculture, however, and the uncertain, though certainly unchristion, procedure of One whom I think, without the remotest exhibition of partisanship, I may stigmatize aa the evil genius of England, Mr. Glad " Mr. Puller had only proceeded thus rar witn nis answer?toe Dare preliminary to a fifteen minutes' discourse? when uncle Sam's Impatience, of which 1 bad been watching tbo growth with alarm, reached an unbearable point, and be cried out: "Was that your pony I saw coming up the patb about balf-an-bour ago?" "It was," replied the Rector, much surprised at such an extraordinary interrupUtm. "The qpimal seems in a very bad condftioDjj' observed uncle Sam. "Madcap is rather old." said the Rev. Mr. Fuller, looking very uncomfortable; "we have bad him a good many years." 1 think it mnirt hata nMm?rul ?n m* uncle that the subject of conversation which be bad so itawlttingiy started could not be effectually dismissed in this unceremonious way. for after a brief pause, be himself re opened it. "I suppose there are not many prizes in tbe Cburch of England, and tbat the few wblcb exist are well preserved by tbe cliques witb a present jcrnsp en tbem. For a professor of religion, if be bas brains. I tblnk. after tty. Nonconformity offers the best Held; but for a slow man. with a taste for a large family aod a dull life, doubtless tbe Cburch is lK?st." These words plunged my father ami me into gnat confusion of mind. It is true they were spoken l>y one who knew little or oothiDg of tbe circumstances of the Rev. Mr. Fuller?who indeed had oever so much as heard of that geotleman until an hour before? but their effect was nooe the less disastrous. My father couched. 1 choked. n n.1 nun* i - />*>( rn/1/. tl'Oil ?li/? ?.%.! ? UUU UUUl II uur Hmvu ?uv tvi VUll^r her by pausing the water. "I mppost* the collections in a place )ik<> this are very trifling." said uncle Snin. We collected ?8 last Harvest Thanksgiving." answered the Hector. "What became of the money?" asked my uncle. "All our collections are given away in charity. The ?8 of which I spoke? the largest collection of the year?was paid over to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Society." "Ob. I see." said uncle 8am. "Now this matter of collections in churches mi one of the many things which we uuutage better on the other side >f i J&b the Atlantic. I am not thinking of Holdenhurst, for of coarse there Is no money here to collect anyway: I am thinking of New York and London. Why. I remember when I was a boy in England in some churches the collecting boxes were fixtures at each side qf the door! Could anything have been more absurd? Any effect which the eloquent begging of the preacher had produced died away like the memory of a dream as one walked along the aisles, and the posts supporting the money-boxes were passed as heedlessly as the lamp-posts in the street. After that, if I rememlK'r rightly, the plan was to place a plateboider at each side of the door. This was better; but the plan had two glaring defects: nothing was easier than for the people in the middle of the stream of passers-out to affect not to see the plates, neither was there any check on the doings of the plate holders. The next plan to be adopted, which I recollect, was the passing of a bag in front of each person present m cuurcn. iuis j plan, though an improvement, was not without a serious defect. A penny, skillfully dropped infb the baj^ chinked as loudly as balf-a-erown or a sovereign. and produced as good an effect upon the other occupants of a pew as would have been produced by one or other of the more valuable coins. After a while, plates were substituted for bags, only partly removing this objection; and this, I think, is as far as you have got in England." "How are collections taken in American churches?" inquired Mr. Fuller, with evident interest. "By the envelope system. Two deacons pass round the church, the first tarrying a tray full of envelopes and a pencil; the second an empty tray. Each contributor places his contribution in an envelope, seals it. and writes hi* name on tbc outside. Deacon cum bcr two collect? the filled enwlopes, and at the next serVTce the name of each contributor, and the amount of his contribution is publicly announced, the giver of the largest amount first; and so on. When there are several persona who five a like amount, their names are announced in alphabetical order. It is a perfect plan, and I have unqualified admiration for the man who conceived it?he read human nature well. It meets all requirements, and nothing in it can be objected to. The man who wants to advertise himself Is invited, as it were, to assist the Church, equally with the simple-minded giver?for I assume that the motive for giving signifies nothing so long as' the dollars are scooped. Fraud Is checkmated, and It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of that; for sorely no one will so abuse his intelligence as to deny that in every congregation Ananias and Barabbas find more imitators than any other Biblical characters." "There is certainly a great deal of villainy in the world," confessed Mr. Fuller sadly. "You would say so with greater emphasis if von were a member of the Stock Exchange," said uncle Sam. ' t this stage mj father mqde a com- 1 mendable bat not very successful effort to change the subject of conver- < Sutton. Aunt Gertrude sat silent aud i neglected, and every Body In the room 1 except uncle Sam appeared ill at ease. ' As for myself. I was desperately un- 1 comfortable, and desired npthing so much as the termination of this inem- 1 orable meal. My uncle. I knew, 1 would not prolong it by one minute? 3 that was not one of bis faults?but ( the Rev. Mr. Fuller, who was a mira- 1 cle of slowness, had to be reckoned with: and tbst gentleman ate as leisurely as he talked, wliicb is saying a great deal. After some skilful fencing my father at last diverted his brother's remarks from church affairs to decimal coinage, of which monetary system uncle Sam was a redoubtable | champion; and from that moment until be rose from the table the guns of his eloquence played mercilessly upon what he was pleased to call the absurd English chaos Of fours, twelves. ana twenue*. To be continued. Mutau How bid to B? Sliding. la Montana creeping into Ida bo and Wyoming? There is some evidence on a tbe affirmative side of tbe question, but not enougb to cause alarm :n any of the three State*. . Still, for several j ears it has been known that there la > home trouble with Montana's foundations. which are slipping, and leaving evidence of the fact on the surface of the ground. Railway companies have found quite plain and strange twists in the alignment of their roads, and civil engineers have found "bench marks" changing their elevation* in a confusing manner. Quite recently these reasonably suspected movements have become apparent, and left large cracks in tbe earth at several points in the < city of Butte, extending for a number of feet, and being in extreme cases < twelve inches wide. Xbe effect of this ' is not only to throw railways out of J i line, but to cause much more serioui' ; damage to gas pipes and water mains, j < Geologists say that nothing serioui In threatened, nod that parts of Mon- j tana are only doing in a more marked j manner what is going on all over our ! restless world. Mr*. Palmer's Witty Ketort. Mrs. Potter Palmer, whose wit it i equril to her diplomaey. was recently ! asked by a sj>orty old I*rince, who ' iijfHiit to be gallant, whether she j would not guide him to the fountain of perpetual youth, where undoubtedly i she must have drank deeply. "Your highness." respouded the American lady promptly, "they who : have already attained their second childhood need not to be guided to the j Fountain of Youth."?New York 1 Times. Wax Xitrbn Prom England. The best wax matches uwd iu tbia J country arc imported, and come from, England. No other manufacturer In' the world, it is asserted. Las mustered tlie art of making a wax match that j will remulu stiff in the warmest cli-1 mite*. Moreover, the English was match ha? an ivory finish which others have never been uble successfully to imitate. Munich's Ked Cross Hospital has for n visiting surgeon the crown orloce of Bavaria. J ^ y. S . \A. d tie rev nma ukassam to wi "THt ftoNrtlcmtL rt- rttRB?RT<f W. * . ? ' . IMING FINE FURNITURE. E ei Wood* Nratd From Thalr Grain and pj Cutting?No Blrd'a Eyo Maple Tn?, ?|? ? Most of the people who hear the furniture man talk glibly of blrd'a eye hi maple, curly walnut and quartered p< oak. lmaf'ue that theae are the prod- cl :: bow bibd'b-it* MAPLE If CUT. W oct? of *ome particular kind of tree Id each species. There la an instance on record of a woman seeking a bird's eye. maple tree in Central Pars because she was sure it must be a beautiful tree and refuaing to believe that there wasn't i tree of that name. Any tale of that ort was Invented merely to hide the Park's shortcomings in the matter of maple trees, she said, for she had a bedroom set made of bird's eye maple wood in the house. But all thla is pure delusion. The names are simply invented by the workers in fine woods to distinguish particular material. The terms refer entirely to the graining shown by the lifferent methods of cutting oak, wal- j out and maple. ] Bird's eye maple Is a veneer aet upon a body of solid wood. The bird's eye figure ia produced by cutting ' iround tbe log. beginning immediately under tbe bark and continuing until tbe log is used up. gg Tbe tbin shaving tbus obtained Is imootbed and polished to sbow tbe ? grain and tben mounted upon rougher m, material. Furniture made in tbia way, pe though beautiful, is therefore some- 4 what perishable. th To cut up tbe log a huge knife and Mi sot a saw Is used, tbe wood being peeled off in tbin strips each many rards in length. Few species of maple trees produce tbe beautiful grain aeceaaary and many logs are spoiled re - wl BOW QDABTKBKD OAK IS CUT. c,: ? ar In cutting, so tbe furniture is naturally fo expensive. Tbe veneer obtained from tbe sugar maple- tree Is tbe finest prefaced. Quartered oak is made by sawing a line oak log into quarters?bence tbe name?and tben sawing tbe quarters Into boards, working from tbe circumference to tbe centre. Tbus tbe flake, is tbe wood workers call tbe beautiful Bgure in quartered oak. 1s brought out. Curly walnut is tbe root and that part of tbe trunk of tbe walnut tree just above tbe ground. Tbe logs are rawed In tbe ordinary way. Curly walnut Is obtained from all tbe species ?Iia trnoa Curly bircb is tbe same kind of wood obtained from tbe bircb tree. And so : It migbt co oo through all tbe illustrations of trees which under the skill- A1 ful hnuds of tbe trained worker pro- _ due? totally different kiuds of wood* co for the attractive furniture which in th these days adorns almost every home, th ?New York Sun. ke th THE FIRST AMERICAN COLONY. tu mortal Shaft to Nark Historic Spot in MaMichnwlti. ] A memorial shuft is being erected ha on <Josuold*H Inland. in Cuttyhuuk jU| rood. .Musk, where Bartholomew (Jos- |U< OOIU UUU Ul> (.-OiU|)Ulllui:i> IU 1UU. I><?> 1LJ ed tiie tiibt European colony in Ainer- ju lea. is (Josnold first stepped ashore on Cut- jU tybunk Island, says the Chicago Trib- ai une. but it was ou a small islet mow M know as Cosnold's Island), in a fresh- j,r water pond at the west end of the Inland, where he built a fort and storehouse. and traded with the Indians. This storehouse is supposed to have tr< S>een the Urn habitation nuin ou iui* iu coast by Earopeans. ch Gosnold was accompanied by thirty- Hj; two men. eight of wboiu were mariners. eh Among the others a clergyman, tia- :x* briel Archer, a journalist, and James an Rosier, who wrote an account of the of voyage and presented it to Sir Walter tw Raleigh. Gosnold discovered the uii llltndi known as the Elizabeth Islands and named them in honor of the Queen of England. co The memorial is to be a pic in chaff, lt> sixty feet high, to high above the iur- ih mm anb ns akucaii wife Jjmjk ttofl- MR3\%2 MERPErKT '[ innding objects at the wedge-like ! 3int of land between Buzzard's Bay id Vineyard Soand as to be ad instable landmark for every vessel isslng through those waterways, he shaft will cost approximately | WOO. The first section of the shaft will ive a diameter of eighteen feet, tafring to twelve feet. The interior lamber will be nine feet In diameter t tiie Date, wnne tne lower is aclall.v bollow, It is practically solid id Impervious from the outside. At the height of twelve and a half et from the base will be falsa win* jws on all four sides. The wall rises xteen feet two inches farther before >e second windows are reached. The alii arches of the base are to be ten et high and Ave feet wide These ill be recessed about six or eight ches and backed bj flat-faced rough one. Inside one of them win be the mer-stone, containing lead plate* Uing the story of Oosnold and the ectlon of the memorial shaft. The hole aim has been to raise a mono 17T TO MAJtX FIBST COLOYT 01 UfXBICA. ?nt which shall be aa nearly lm* riabable aa poailble. \ftor ita completion and dedication e memorial will be turned over to ibe aaaachusetta Historical Society. Miile Stand tad Lm( Tara?r. rhe automatic leaf-tunier baa al* ady been attached to the piano, tier? It bai been found very useful adjusting the pages of music withit loss of time on the part of the oyer, and now Otto C. Zerck has plied practically the same arrangeent to the music stand used by orestra and concert bands. In the first ace, it will be noticed that the stand Ids into small compass by the action the lazy-tongs at either end. these Ing controlled by a thumb-screw, le mechanism for turning the sheets music is very simple, there being i? o itriM nt anrlnir NtrliM and an tutting finger. Each of the itrlpi provided at its outer end with a ock having a spring steel or rubber imp. in which the individual sheeta e inserted. To net the turner ready r use the pages are Inserted in their rorCH OF THE FINOEB TTTBNS THE VXQM rresponding slots Id the blocks, and e arras ere then bent around untiS ey are locked buck of tbe releasing jr. Tbe player has only to touch Is key to release tbe spring strips in rn. Find of Platinum. Platinum in commercial quantities s been fouud in two places in Washgton. riatinum. one of the rarest L'tals. Is especially valuable for ebernil apparatus, because it is not inred by acids; the demand, however, larger than the supply, for the mines the Ural Mountains afford only out 12.0U0 pounds a year, which is arly the total world's output. Its ice tauges from $150 to $175 a pound. California'* Farm Froflla. riio groves of citrus uud other sub> jpktl fruits in California produce value but half as much as the orJirds. The oranges, lemons, olives, ;s and grape fruit bciug the tir?t ixs. and apples, apricots, peaches, ais and plums in the second. Hay >d grain furnish thirty-four per cent. the income of the State; fruits rentj-sevcn per cent.; live stock oeteeu per cent. rhe Union Stock Yards of Chicago ver 500 acres of ground. Last jear ,000,000 head of cattle were received ere. # ROW IH SfflTt CUMBER Bailey, of Texas, Says He Choked Beveridge, of Indiana. WHATLEDUPTOTHE ENCOUNTER Bailey Utnudtd That BtTrrids* With draw Rrmirk, Which the Latter ICefaitd to Do, and ScaOe Kollowrd? Conflicting Testimony Concerning the Ami a It?Senate Had Adjourned. Washington. D. C.?A# the result of a sharp colloquy to the Senate. Senator Bailey, of Texas, made a violent as* fault on Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, after the Senate adjourned. The affray occurred in the Senate Chainft\Al> A/t^nlin(ii /if Krotniiffuftu Arwl tlio r~*- -?? '"v participant* differ as to details. Senator Bailey says be caught Senator Beveridge by tbe throat with both band*, and was choking him when he wax pulled off by Senators Spooner and McComas. and the assistant doorkeeper. Mr. Layton. Senator Beveridge. though averse to discussing the affair at all. which be laughingly characterlies as "too trivial an occurrence to be talked about seriously," cays the Texan did not seize him by the throat. Mr. Layton. who was standing close to Mr. Bailey when the assault was made, agrees In the main with Mr. Beverldge's statement as to this detail of the affray. Senators Spooner and McComas are unable to say whether or not Mr. Bailey had Mr. Beveridge by the throat when they pnlled the Texan away. The chamber was almost deserted at the time. A few minutes after tbe Senate adjourned, which was about C.30, Mr. Bailey walked over to where Mr. Beveridpc was tsittiac and demanded that he retract what Mr. Bailey said was an hiKtilting remark Mr. Beveridge bad made about blm In the course of a speech in which the Indiana Senator defended Judge PenOcJd. Solicitor of the State Department, from an attack the Texan had made on him at the opening of a speech charging the State Department with not havIng shown proper diligence in dealing with accusations against Powell Clayton, Ambassador to Mexico. Mr. Bailey and Mr. Beveridge conversed In low tones for fully five minutes, when the other occupants of the chamber were startled to ,hear the Texan exclaim In angry tones: "You will retract It or 111 hurt you." Mr. Beveridge was then heard to say: "I have done all I'm going to do about It." Then Mr. Bailey sprang at the In* dlanian, who Is neither so tall nor so stoat as the Texan, and grabl>ed at his throat The impact tipped back the chair In which Mr. Beveridge was sitting. and this circumstance doubtless accounts for the Texas Senator not getting a firmer grip on the Indiana R?natnr'? thmnf Then trui wn* a desk between them, which prevent??d Mr. Bailey from getting closer than arms' length. As the table wan tipped over the contents of a bottle of ink were poured over Mr. Beveridge's trousers and some of it pot on Mr. Bailey's band and coat sleeve*. Just at the most interesting juncture of the "scrap" Messrs. Spooner. MeComas and Layton seized Bailey and pulled him back. Senator Beveridge rose from his chair, somewhat besmeared with ink. and calmly walked out of the chamber to his committee room. As the Indianian came up smilinp the infuriated Texan screamed something at him ffbich Mr. BeverIdge's friends say was. "I'll kill you." but which Mr. Bailey's friends say was "I'll make you retract." Senator Bailey frankly admitted that he did not know what he said to Senator Beveridge at this point. The combatants did not try to meet again after they were separated, ea'^ii going to his hotel alone. SLEEPING BOY'S HORRIBLE DEED. Discover**! fcy HU Mother Hacking With u Ax* at HU Krotlwr. Dublin. Ind.?Somnambulism was the cause of a tragedy near Beck's Grove. In this county. Grover Snyder, uged sixteen, was almost chopped to pieces ; by hi* brother Oliver, aged fifteen. After tbe boys bad retired for the night tbe mother wax awakened by cries of distress. Sbe hastened Into Grover's bedroom, where sbe discovered that Oliver bad left bis bed. obtained an axe and was hacking uway at bis brother. The mother could not arouse Oliver, ns he was sound asleep. John M. Snyder, the boys' brother, was murdered near Champaign. HI., two years ago. Tbe murder weighed heavily on tbe mind of the lad. and during bis sleep Oliver often dreamed some one was attempting to kill him. It was while tflus dreaming, it is thought, that he attacked his brother. 35.000 l)ima|M Awarded. Patrick Markey. formerly an engineer on tbe Chicago and Alton Koad. has been uwarded. at Mexico. Mo.. $35.QUO damages in a suit a^aiust the Louisiana and Missouri Kailway Company for injuries sustained in the explosion of bis locomotive in October, ll)OU. Kank Clerk** Shortage 90500. Frank Jones, correspondence clerk in the National Commercial Bank at AlImnv X Y w.iK arrMti-J. diarized with a defalcation of $UT?<iO. The shortage was discovered while he wim away on a lishlup trip. Jones lias a wife ami two children. Rnitlaa Students tiring Freed. Russian student* wLo were arrested last March at tlw- time of tlu student diw>rdern in St. Petersburg ami sentenced to imprisonment for two or three months, are now returning to their Jjoines. Fatal Stmt Car Collision. A head-on collision between two heavily loaded <ars at Marlboro. Mass., resulted in the death of Motortunn John A. Harris and injuries to about fortv tinx*eni:<>t-x. several of whom v.eiv taiun to hospitals. Frnoaal Mrulloc. President Koosevelt will visit Kan. sas City on bis western trip. Western Reserve University lias been Riven Jl-MJ.OOO by Colonel A. A. Pope for college buildings. Secretary of tbe Treasury Sbaw and family go to Thompson's Point, ou Lake Cbamplain, to spend tbeir vacation. Hooker T. Washington bas refused numerous offers of bigb pay to go on tbe lecture platform, preferring to devote bis time exclusively to tJ&e interests of Tuskegw. 1HE COUHTRY'S FIHAHCES Treasury Surplus Larger Thai irt Any Year Since 1888. A DECREASE IN EXPENDITURES Available Caah Balance Stands at CSO.ett, L?rg?r Than Km Before la the Qlstory of the Goverameat?Htork of Gold. SOO?,l?3,?lX, Blncrr Thaa That of Any Coaatry la the World. Washington. D. C.?At tbe end of th< fiix-al year the available eaiib bnlnnc# in tbe United States Treasury is large! than ever l?efore in the history of th? Government. It stand* at $208,ff>U.??'.!2I The exces* of receipts over exp? ?:dl? lures for the year is also very large, tbe Treasury surplus of $rj.10".:t90 being larger than in any year xiw* jrw*. ana exceeaeu in oniy ten ysn since tbe foundation of tbe Gcv<*rn? nient. In nearly every one of ilica* ten year* tbe revenue* of tbe Govern* im-n't bad l?een swelled by extraordi* nary taxation to meet tbe expenditure! pt a past war period. At thin time, also. tbe general fund in tbe Treasury Ik enormously larger tban ever l?-f?>re^ tbe amount l>elug more tban $2&M)0(M 000. as against about $1(18,000,000 on# year ago. Tbe United States Government now ban a stock of gold in the Treasury be? Ik-red to be larger tban any similar stock anywhere in tbe world. Tb# amount of sold coin, bullion and rertifb cates in the Treasury Is $60S.1?S3.412? Added to this is gold in circulation throughout tbe country which raise* the total amount to not less than $1,? 200.000.000. Aside from tbe great Increases in th* available cash balance, tbe Treasury surplus and tbe stock of fold, the not a' ble things in tbe condition of tbe Treu> nry to day are that since a year ago tbe amount of national bank currency in tbe Treasury has increased by nearly $2,000,000; tbe amount of standard silver dollars, silver certificates, bullion and subsidiary silver coin from alMint $32,000,000 to about $39,000,000, and tlx Government funds in national banlf repositories from $101,000,000 to $127^ 000.000. It wan estimated early In 1001. at tlx time the measure for repealing the wag taxes was under consideration by tbe Senate Finance Committee, that the proposed amendments would muse a falling off in internal revenue receipts during tbe fiscal year of not less than $10,000,000. The prosperity of bu'luet* has been such, however, that tbe re* duction ]d internal revenue receipts lot tb" fiscal year ban been only a llrtle more than $84,000,000. Tbe total re* ceipts of tbe Government from all source* during tbe last year were $563,406,187. Of tbese $251.456.92? were from customs. an Increase of nearly $10,000,000 over tbe record of tbe year before; $272.503214 from internal revenue, and $30,445,010 from miscellant-oua sources. The increased surplus for the year wan due. however, not so much to increased revenues as to decreased expenditures, tbe total disbursement* being $471,211,707, as against $5<M,907.353 last year. Owing to tbe practical cessation of fighting in tbe I'hilippines and tbe consequent le*? expensive admiuiKtration of the War Department. the military establishment, called for an expenditure of only about $112,000,000 during tbe last fiscal year, as against about $145,000,000 in tbe it-?? ? ~ ~r irwii /pi? v.... UM'UI } *"111 (II JilVl. 1UC ? !/ 1/rjMii iment. oo tbe other band, cost ahout $.*>.<J00.(K)0 more this year tban last. bat the payments on account of Interest on tbe national debt were about f4.000.000 less. and on account of pensions nlx?ut fl!.000,000 less during tbe last year. The Treasury official* believe that tb:> outlook for tbe new fiscal year i* entirely hopeful. Tbe additional repeal of war taxe*. which took effect July 1. is estimated to reduce tbe grow income from internal revenue by about ?7r?.?Ki0.?MK) in the next twelve month*, but on the basis of this year's receipt* and eX)H'uditures there would still Ik* * surplus on June 30 next of at leaat $17,000,000. " ARMY PROMOTIONS WERE COSTLY.' Boot Oi*w Hit of TIiom lUtind Hon After H?w Rank. Washington. D. C.?Tbe Secretary of War has prepared a statement in response to tbe resolution adopted by tbe House directing bim to furnish the name* and rank of officers of tbe army promoted since April 1, 185#. "who have been retired within one year of their last promotion with a higher grade than that held at the time of their promotion." Tbe list contains tbe name* of forty officer* promoted and retired ax Irigadier-generals. thirty-eight of whom were promoted from the grade of colonel. In c Btatement prepared by the Pay* mnster-(tcn?ral it is shown that tlx- to* tal increased expense of the**- advanced retirements is S2MJIT2, iliat sum representing the differem-e i?e| tween the {my tbe officers named will receive by reason of tbeir promotion Ijefore retirement and the pa.v they would have received had they retired regularly on reaching tbe ape of sixtyfour year*. Trade's Volume Rtatarkalilf Lirt?. Domestic trade is quieter in wime lines. Inn ItM general volume continue* remarkably large considering the near approach ot midsummer and the <!;* turbius effect upou many Industrie* of the prolonged suspension of tin* anthracite coal intput. TUr Drvibund U Kmrnnl. fount von Ruelow. the I tun- rial rbameJloi. and the Austrian and Italia u Ambassadors at Berlin, have -Istied tlx- treaty providing for the prolongation of the alliance between Jienuany, Austria nuugnry and Italy tli?* Iirelbuniit. The alliance was renewal in it# original forut. W atrlifi i rp t"o i D?ad Prlnrm. Watcb tires Were hurtled for th? re< Iiose ot the soul of Mary Well*. ih? gypsy princess, who died near WatLong .Mountain, at Morristown. X. J. lt.'il IVnilon Kllta P*?rd. In tin- trailed State* Senate a sT.it*1n;?'Ut ax to tin- pension work of tin >es. HB tiioi) wiis presented by Mr. <?;ill:np>r ? iKep.. N II ?. < iiiiirtuau of the <'ouiiuitj H In1 on Pensions, showing tin- total number of private |teiuiion hill* iutr<4 dtleed in flit* !Iotis*' to Ik* 7ft Hi. and ni K the Seiinti St'C. total. 10.07<?. of uimJi Hjj ] l.'il w?*n passed by Ik>ili houses. Off ^3 tIns?- 't.'U have beeu approve*! by 11:0 President, and 217 await his aijrunture. H JulT Ulviilentla In Boston tl.39K.OW6. SSB The M-uii annual dividend* to l* pauj H| in Button in July totul $-1 3t0\"Ni. '