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BLxcavations !n~~ i
je roman foruw i
HE remains or the uortlieastern
part of tbe Forum
^Bj o present considerable iuterHagB
K est, especially after tbe refijlggBr
cent excavations which
SjgllHudatore Loni is making, and
SimMftght is being thrown upon tbe
SpgagM the Forum, thus settling some
discussions which have arisen
II IHe Norths
disputed, has beeu found, acrditig
to the recent excavations, to
aloag the northern side. It passes
front of the two last named strucres
and lies underneath the level
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^ UUIIU SL'CU UU luc U9UL
Va ring.
y> rijards the Basilica Fulvia, of
IgHch only the central iart built of
?T blocks and part of the portico is
iHr standing, the censor, \i. Fulvius
jMailior, founded this edifice in the
SBr 17-9 B. C.. and gave it his own
10. Later on. M. Aemilius Lepiduring
his consulate in 78 B. 0..
^Hor?d the building considerably, and
^^wnented it with bucklers upon
egljBi were engraved the portraits of
B||Mucestors. A reproduction of the
p|Hca restored ind ornamented in
Bjs way now exists upon a medal of
Kte time of Lepidus. It is probable,
riowever, th.it he did not finish the
Isvork upon the building, for only
pventy-five years later we see that
a omiiins Paullus took un the I
>vork and received 1G00 talents from
Daesar for this purpose. From this
;ime on the edifice took the name of
Jasilica Paulli. It was badly dainiged
in the tire of the year 740 of
Some, and the work of restoring it
vas carried out by Augustus and some
>f the members of the Aemilia family.
Thb splendid Phrygian columns (pavmazzetto)
which Valentinian and
Thijodosius gave to the Basilica of St.
?aul in 38G A. D.. came from the buiidngjwhich
Augustine restored.
In the fifth century the Aemilia no
on*r existed. On its site had been
:on|ructed a portico, which was'probfcbl^commeuced
under ?etronius Max mu.
prefect of Rome, and completed
fty Theodoric. To the edifice which
erected belongs the pavement
Qraied of small blocks of marble of
pifferent colors, representing geome
ric forms. The columns of red graute
with their pedestals aud capitals
if white marble (thr^e 'f which can
lerj be seem were taken from diff.Tfnt
edificts aud wore adapted to the
nain structure as best mijrht 1>?. The
nciaat basilica contributed to this
lUilding with the old walls constructd
of large tufa blocks (some of which
till remain, as will be observed), also i
p-ith a dozen ccminus adapted to the
ortico. This colonnade was of conIderable
length, nearly 20?i feet loug,
nd ran along tne Sacra Via.
To the ancient structure also belongs
he pavement of African marble and
wo fragments of an architrave on
vhich traces ca:i still be seen of an
nscription showing the obstruction
if the building by Aemiliu: Paullus.
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also fragments of a freize jruamented
with bucranea aud largo paterae. The
piaco which was occupied by this long
portico or colonnade can no easily dis- ;
tingu.shed on the present sire, and also j
some of the marble slabs which formed ]
the pavement still remain. Some sec- <
tions of the large marble columns are |
still left. i
At the farther corner of the structure,
next the Temple of Antonius and
Faustina, were discovered not long
ago the remains of a monumental inscription
in honor of Lucius Caesar,
the adopted son of Augustus. The
colossal fragments on which the inscription
is cat have be^n left in the
place where they were found. They
no doubt keep the exact position which
they took when the old edifice fell in
ruins or was overthrown during the
Middle Ages. It is impossible to say
to what monument this colossal inscription
belonged. Perhaps Augus- ;
tus, when reconstructing the Basilica I
Aemilia, added a portico to which he !
gave the name of his two nephews, j
Lucius and Caius Caesor. i
Until the recent excavations were i
made, archaeologists were not sure as i
to the exact direction of the Sacra
via, lue mum avenue iuiuu^u |
:astern Corner of the Rom:
the Forum, which was the scene of so J
many events in the history of the cap- '<
ital. It was formerly supposed that 1
it passed through the middle of the '
Forum, but the excavations which t
Commendatore Boni recently made 1
have proved that it ran along the i
northern side, tracing a line which 1
started from the Arch ot Septimus <
Severus and passed iu front of the {
Basilica Aemilia and the adjoining I
Temple of Antoniur and Faustina, J
therefore skirting the colonnade whose 1
remains are visible in the engraving. 1
The actual pavement of the ancient
avenue lies, however, far below the
level of the present ground. At the
corner of the Basilica of Constantine
(lying further back of the Temple) a
considerable pcrtion of the old pavement
has been discovered. It is formed
of hirge polygonal slabs of basaltic
lava. The pavement which has beeu
uncovered so far lies about eight feet
below the ground level and is in a
sood state of preservation, with the
blocks well joined together.?Scientific
American.
The Gr?at Extent of Alttftka.
The latitude of Alaska corresponds
aDnroximately to that of the Scaudi
navian peninsula. Point Barrow, the
northernmost cape of Alaska is in
about the same latitude as North Cape.
Dixon Entrance, which marks the
southernmost point, is nearly ou the
same parallel as Copenhagen. Sitka,
the capital of Alaska, is in the latitude
of Edinburgh, in Scotland.
Alaska stretches through twenty- (
seven decrees of latitude and fiftyfour
of longitude. Its east and west (
dimensions, measured to the exereme j
limit of the Aleutian Islands, is almost
exactly equal to the distance from Savannah,
on the Atlantic coast, to Los
Angeles, on the Pacific. Its most nor- e
therly and southerly points are as far '(
apart as the northern and southern ?
oounaaries ot iue uuuea oiates.?s
tioual Geographic Magazine. (
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Thirty-seven Yours in Harn^n.
The Kezar Falls, Me., . burying
ground society have for thirty-seven ;
years in suecossion chosen Thomas C. .
Randell clerk of the society. They
would not hear his excuses this year.
although he is almost eighty-seven
years of age.
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About ."3000 of the 240,000 inhabitants 8
of Sao Palo. Brazil, are Germans. Un- r
like the Italians, who go back to their i
native country after earning a compe- i
tence, the Germans make Brazil their 1
permanent jorne and help to pay the i
taxes. r
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A NOVEL FENCE P/IINTER. i
A Pittsburg company is offering the j
bristle brushes for painting wire fencing
shown herewith. They have a malleable
iron frame, fitted with a high;rade
steel spring six iuches long, there
being an opening between extreme lim?
its of five and three-quarter Inches,
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and between brushes of one inch. The ,
brushes are held iu position by a set ,
screw. At the forward end of each '
irm is a socket to hold the brushes, the j
30cket being extended into a cup to i
catch the drippiugs of paint should too i
much be taken. Paint is poured into j
the cup *at the top of the arm and j
works down through the brushes, any
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m Forum.
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surplus being caught iu the brush cup9 |
aid may be returned to the can. As
:he paint gravitates to the bottom
jrush, the user can readily equalize
;he distribution by reversing the derice,
using the bottom oae on top. The i
manufacturers state tiiat with this i
jrush it is easy to paint seventy to
eighty rods of fence a day, and do a j
;ood job, without spilling paint. The |
crushes are referred to as also being !
suitable for painting light structural I
ivork, and can be made for painting
ieavy structural material.
A LAST REJOKT.
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"Gracious, little boy! Why don't you
:ry kindness?"
"Yes'm. lady! I will jest as soon as
lis club wears out!"?New York Amer- ;
can.
Amazing Names Given Infants.
Some amazing names have been giv- ;
>n to foundlings and perpetuated by
heir posterity. One infant found near
Shepherd's Bush was named Thomas
Shepherd's Bush: another, who was
Uncovered tied up in a napkin by the j
;ide of a brook, became Martin Nap- j
:in-Brooke; and an infant picked up i
it Newark, who later on won fame as j
Dr. Thomas Magnus, was christened :
Com Amang Us.
Never Mind Who Says "Rubber. '
A medical journal says that in the j
ontinued use of the eyes in such work I
is sewing, typewriting, bookkeeping,
eading and studying, the saving point |
s looking up from the work at short I
ntervals and looking around the room,
rhis practiced every tea or fifteen minites
relieves the muscular tension and
ests the eyes.?Hartford Post.
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DESPEMM MPS
Their Charge at Kin-Chow an Unprecedented
Military Spectacle,
NARRATIVE OF AN EYEWITNESS
There WaB so Little Room to Deploy
That Battalion* of Japancao Troops
Stood lu the Sea Waiting the Moment
of Attach?An Avalanche of Concentrated
Fire.
Chefoo.?The London Times stoamel
Halmun returned to Chefoo from a
cruise in Kin-Cliow Bay. The correspondent
says:
"Eyewitnesses of the battle of KinChow
describe it as an unprecedented
military spectacle. Forty thousand
Japanese were massed behind the
western spur of Mount Sampson, under
such small cover as was afforded
by the twin peaks. The troops
were within two thousand yards of the
Russian works.
"There was so little room to deploy
for attack tnat battalions of Japanese
troops weTe obliged to stand in the
sea waiting for tlie movement of attack,
exposed to a veritable inferno of
are from the Russian batteries. The
shells plowed into their serried masses.
"Meantime battery after battery of
Japanese guns went into action upon
the Chili-Chwang and the Kauchiayan
flats and a sustained gunboat tre
played upon the Russian works. Their
iines were fringed with bursting projectiles.
About midday the energy
of the Russian defenders in the works
in front nf ATa iifhinT-lncr rlllflrro
aeemed exhausted, by the gunboat fire.
"Two Japanese battalions appeared
3ver tbe saddle between the twin
peaks and made a desperate effort to
i-arry the nearest Russian works. At
Qrst the straggling walls of MauchiayIng
gave them some cover, and a moment's
breathing space. Then the gallant
little infantrymen crept on again
up the slopes toward the Russian position.
It was an impossible task. As
ret the defenders had not been sufficiently
shaken.
"An avalanche of concentrated fire
from infantry in the trenches, machine
ijuus in the Russian works and quicktiring
field artillery in the supporting
defenses struck the Japanese. They
melted away from the glacis like solder
before the flame of a blowpipe. A
few who seemed to have charmed lives
struggled on until they reached the
wire entanglements.
"It was in vain. Heroic effort was
wasted. Within fifteen minutes these
two battalions ceased to exiut except
as a train of mutilated bodies at the
foot of the Russian glacis.
"Seeing the failure of thio attack,
ciio gunDoats ana supporting artmery
concentrated the whole of their fire
upon the point where General Oku
had determined, to drive home his
wedge, and by evening the works were
practicable for an assault by a general
who had such infantry as the Japanese
and who was prepared to take
the responsibility of such, fearful
losses.
"It would seem as if the actual carrying
of the works had been another
A.lma. The word was given for a bayonet
attack. Then the whole Japanese
front surged forward and the
moral balance went over to the side
Df the Japanese, the Russians retiring
before them.
"I learn that it was the mining ship
Amur which Taid tiie mines which destroyed
the Hatsuso. On the morning
of the catastrophe a Japanese gunboat
flotilla cut her and her escort
off. I can learn nothing of their fate,
but suspect they succeeded in slipping
back into Port Arthur."
A semi-official telegram from Mukden
says the Russian losses at the
battle at Kin-Chow were thirty officers
md 800 men killed or wounded. One
report places the Japanese loss at 20,>00.
The guns abandoned by the
Russians were rendered useless.
MTT.TT A T? V PPTSnVTrT?!?
One Killed In Fight, Other Failed to
Stop at Word of Command.
Minneapolis, Minn.?Two military
prisoners in Fort Snelling made an attempt
to escdfe, and one of them,
Tony C. Wisch, was shot dead by
Private Kennedy. Wisch, with Private
Reiily, had crossed the bridge
leading to St. Paul. On their return
the prisoners tried to throw Kennedy
over the rail into the river
Columbus, Ohio.?John W. Manning,
a prisoner in the United States barracks,
was shot and killed here by
Private Speck, a sentry. Manning
was held awaiting trial for desertion,
having enlisted fraudulently three
times and deserted twice. Failing to
stop at the command he was shot
through the head.
Travis World's Champion.
The American golf champion, Walter
J. Travis, acquired the title of amateur
champion of Great Britain on the links
at Sandwich, near London, where he
defeated E. D. Blackwell, a representative
of the Royal and Ancient Club,
St. Andrew's, by four up and three to
play in a thirty-six-hole match. This
was the first time an American has
won this honor.
Cloudburst and Floods.
A cloudburst and tornado at Dallas,
Tex., caused considerable damage;
heavy floods were reported in the Kaw
Valley, and much loss was caused in
Southwestern Missouri by flood aud
wind.
State of the Tobacco Crop.
Tobacco transplanting bas progressed
slowly in Kentucky, Virginia
and North Carolina, and this work
awaits rain in Maryland. Planting
has made favorable progress in New
England, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
Shot Won Ilis Lost Love.
O G Sflnsf.nl prtitor of thf Tvonvon
(Minn.) Signal, who shot himself because
Miss Maymie Blandin broke her
engagement to marry him, was married
to Miss Blandin at Iliceville, Iowa.
News From the Seat of War.
Food in Port Arthur is reported to be
growing scarce.
Large reinforcements have reached
the Russian army near the Yalu.
Three hundred sick and wourded
men from General Kuroki's a/my
reached Tokio.
It was reported that 2000 Cossacks
of General Rennenkampf's ^uadron
Lad been captured.
The American nurses who offered
their services to the Japanese army
will be sent to the Heroshima receiving
hospital.
SIX KILLED IN A CRASH f
Freight Cuts Through an Electrio *
Car Near Norwaik, Ohio.
All But One Passenger in Smoking Com- '
partment Killed ? 31 any More Injured
? Tragic Scenes at Wreck.
Cleveland, Obio.?In the most ter*
rible accident that the Lake Shore *
Electric has known six persons lost 1
their lives and eighteen others were c
injured, many, it is feared, fatally. ?
Two trains came together head on, and {
the high rate of speed at which they i
were running made the collision a ,
scene of simple ruin.
The accident occurred three miles 5
from Norwalk, but the spot is a lonely 1
one and it was some time before assistance
arrived. A special car was \
hurried to the scene with doctors and 1
nurses, but more than one sufferer died *
in the interval, while the few unin- 1
jured passengers strove in vain to (
rescue and relieve them. Those who
viewed the wreck said it was a wonder j
that any one escaped alive. ,
The dead are: Clarence Ketcham,
New London; Neil Sullivan, Binghamton,
N. Y., United States Inspec- J
tor of Safety Appliances for the In- '
terstate Commerce Commission; !
Thomas Sweeney, W. W. Sherwooa, (
Garrettsville, Ohio; W. P. Stevenson, '
Ralph L. Williams, Toledo.
The east-bound limited, which car- .
ried most of the victims of the acci- J
dent, left Norwalk at 4.45 p. m. As ,
far as can be learned there was noth- J
ing to show that it had not a clear J
right of way, but at Welis Corners, p
while going at full speed, it suddenly ;
crashed into an electric package car, 1
west-bound from Berlinville. .
There was no time to apply the
brakes?hardly enough to turn off the y
electric currents?and the two came ,
together with terrific force. The '
freight car plowed clean through the
limited, splintering the smoking compartment
literally into fragments and .
piling the rest of the car into a mass !
of driftwood. For a long half hour, :
while word was being conveyed to 1
Norwalk, men and women lay under ! '
heavy beams and axles, groaning and ; .
screaming with pain. Those who j 1
could be reached were soon dragged j .
free by willing hands, but there were | \
few whriSA ininrioc nprmltteri th<?m
to give any assistance.
"For God's sake, man. take these
timbers off me?let me get my breath,"
gasped one man. pinned beneath the
freight car. But the car had to be
jacked up and a way cut through the
wreckage, and before ue could be- released
be was dead.
The six men who died were evidently
in the smoking compartment, in the
front end of the car. They were pinioned
in and all were dead when taken
out It was difficult work to identify,
them, as several were badly mangled.
The injured were carried into a cat
and taken to the St. Charles Hotel,
and the third floor of that hostelry;
was made an improvised hospital.
Frank Libling, of Cleveland, had
just left the smoking compartment
when the accident occurred. He was
thrown to the floor and received numerous
cuts and bruises.
Harry Peat, a paper man on the
limited, saw the oncoming freight car
and jumped. He received alight injuries.
George Sturgeon, of Freemont, motorman
on the freight car, is seriously
injured.
Strange to say, not a woman was
killed, although several were seriously
injured. .
EMBEZZLER CONFESSES.
New Haven Paying Teller Used
Bank's Funds to Speculate.
New Haven, Coun.?Douglass M. i
Smith, paying teller of the National
Tradesmen's Bank, of this city, was
arrested, charged with having embezzled
$60,000 of its funds, a greater part
of which he admitted he had lost in
speculation.
It was stated after a partial investigation
of the accounts, that Smith's
shortage would total $70,000.
The bank will make a test case of
the rights of the bucket shops, having
sued the firm where Smith speculated
for $50,000. It is alleged that
the firm of Yeomans & Dill share ia
the responsibility. The bank's accounts
will be overhauled and a ,
change of administration made. :
Teller Smith received President
Fields at the Hotel Majestic where he
has lived with his wife and child for
five years, and made a formal confession
that he had taken the bank's
funds to speculate. Mr. Smith secured
bonds for $13,000.
NORTH CAROLINA GETS ROAD. j
Governor Said Militia Conld Be Used I
'to Execute Court's Orders. J
Raleigh, N. C.?The return of the
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad j
to the State authorities occurred here :
when Judge Purnell approved the !
bond required in the supersedeas of I
Chief Justice Fuller. j
Governor Aycock. after Judge Pur- j
nell had acted, wired the superin- '
tendent of the road at Newbern to ,
take possession. The answer came ;
back tliat tbe receivers would not re- j (
cognize bis authority, though warned ^
that this was at their peril, and Mr. f
Dill asked if he should put them out [
Governor Aycock telegraphed back j
to put them out of the office and. if f
necessary, call upon the Sheriff to do (
so, adding: j
"If military needed, notify me. Order j
of Chief Justice Fuller shall be j
obeyed."
Tinally, by the use of constructive ;
force, Receivers McBee and Mearea j .
were removed.
Cotton is Improving.
Although cotton continues small, a . <
general improvement in its condition ! >
is indicated, especially in the central j f
and western districts, wher^ rains have j ?
oeen wen mamuaieu auu scui.-iuwjr j
ample. ! i
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I No Jury Trial in. Philippines.
In a decision saying that trial by j
jury is lawfully withheld in the Phil
ippines, the United States Supreme , r
Court upheld the power of Congress i i
to legislate for the islands.
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The National Game.
| McGinnity keeps on with his great '
pitching.
Napoleon Lajoie is hitting thorn 1
harder than ever.
Nichols continues to win bis garne9 j
and handle the St. Louis team in tine
style.
Whether Barrett or Bay gets to first '
base the faster is a question hard to
decide.
Catcher Carisch, of Pittsburg, is ac- '
cuscd by Jack Warner as being a 1
batitipper, '
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slO BULLFIGHT AT ST. LOUIS
3olicc Stop Exhibition and Angrj
Spsctators Burn tho Arena.
Ln Attempt to Give the World's Falx
Visitors a Real Spanish Spectac'.o
is Balked by tlie Governor.
St. Louis, Mo.?Incensed over their
'ailure to see a "genuine Spanish
jullfight," which the authorities bad
irdered stopped, a riot was started in
in arena near the World's Fair
grounds by a crowd of 2500 men and
joys. who werp unabie to get their
noney back, and the building was
>urned to the ground. Four men were
irrested by tlie authorities of St. Louis
bounty, charged with destruction of
jroperty. The crowd, which numbered
ibout 7000, thinking these men were
connected with the show, made an at:empt
to mob them, and in their en
counter with the deupty sheriffs a
lumber were roughly handled and
some received scalp wounds. The
lullding is said to have cost $23,000.
it is a total loss.
The initial performance by the company
of Spanish bullfighters had been
idvertised widely, but Governor Dock>ry.
to whom numerous protests had
ieen made by religious and humane
societies, ordered that the fight should
lot be allowed to take place. Despite
:hese orders, a large crowd assembled
n the arena at the advertised time of
jpening. Before the regular performmce
a number of cowboys drove in
some bulls, which they i'an around
:he arena in true Wild West style.
The crowd soon became tired of this,
ind called for the bullfight.
The announcement was then made
:hat the bullfight would proceeded
;vith. As the matadors came into the
ing a county official stepped up to the
innouncer and handed him a paper informing
him that the proposed show
:ould not take place. When this became
known to Hie crowd they leaped
nto the arena and demanded the re:urn
of their money, $1 apiece. Failng
to get this, the crowd went to the
ifiice, which was in a small building
>utside the arena and began to stone
t.
This was followed by attempts to
iurn the main structure, which was
m immense budding constructed of
line. Bits of burning paper were
:hrown at the woodwork, and finally
jome one went inside and dropped a
ighted match in a pile of hay under
:he building. The whole structure
iras soon on fire and before long was
n ruins.
A call was made for the fire departnent.
but the single engine that responded
stuck in the mud, and there
Rras nothing to stop the progress of the
James. The fire department of the
World's Fair was called out to protect
:he exposition buildings, but, as the
tvind blew in another direction, there
ivas no danger.
Mysterious Death in Cab.
William T. Young, better knowu by
lis track name of "Caesar" Young,
innl-motw hnrco (raimr nnrl nll-nrniinri
ithlete, was shot and killed about 9
>'clock a. m., white driving in New
fork City in a hansom cab with an
ictress known as Nan Patterson, with
ivhom he had been entangled for some
time. The dead man was going to
sreak off relations with the woman
ivho sat by him, and who says he comaitted
suicide. She was arrested and
leld without bail. Young's wife was
waiting for him at the time he was
ihot on the American Line pier, with
the tickets ready for their voyage ou
the Germanic to Europe.
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Baltimore's New Mayor.
Mayor McLane's suicidc puts the-Rcpublicans
in control of the Baltimore
iity government under a provision
for the centralization of power prorid
3d by the new city charter. The
Republicans now also control the
jurned district commission and all improvements
from this time on. Presdent
E. Clay Timanus, of the Second
Branch of the City Council, took the
>ath of office as Mayoi. Mayor Timmus
will serve out the balauce of
Mayor McLane's term of three years
is a Republican.
The President Benefits.
The report of Charles F. Lewis, who
vas appointed to appraise the per;onaI
estate in New York of James
King Gracie. who was an uncle of
President Theodore Roosevelt and
vho died in New York City on Novem>er
23, 1903, has been filed. The will
Jenefits the President and his family
0 the extent of $30,000. Mr. Lewis i
ippraised the estate at $440,072.15.
Koch's Theory Disproved.
The Royal British Commission, np)ointed
in August. 1901, and meeting 1
n London, England, to inquire into j
he relation between human and ani- !
nal tuberculosis, has arrived at a con- j
lusion justifying the issuance of an
nterim report, according to which the
rommission finds that human and
jovine tuberculosis are practically
dentical.
Oleomargarine Hard Hit.
Chicago oleomargarine manufa tr.r*
>rs admitted that the Supreme Court
lecision sustaining the law imposing
1 tax of ten cents a pounds ou*artifi ially
colored butterine was a crushing
blow to the business. The producion
has already fallen from 120,000,)IW)
nnnnrls in 1002 to ."iO.OOO 000 las*
^ear.
Gulf State Peaches Fine.
In tlie east Gulf States a good crop !
>f peaches is promised, but else\vh:iv |
he outlook is poor.
Long Deadlock Broken.
Charles S. Doneon was nominated for
governor by the Republican Slatf con- ;
rention at Springtie'd. 111., on the sev
'nty-ninth bailor, breaking tho most 1
spectacular deadlock in tL. history of I
Illinois polities. Th* ballot sr.i.r.I:
fates, 1: Lowden. o~*L>; Deneen. :>"V
IVaruer, 21.
New Pack of Peas l*'in?.
Advices from Baltimore report th?
piality of tli-? new pack of peas as |
inc.
Labor World.
Tlio ennl strife? in the Southern Co!- !
>rado lield lias been settled.
The lowest wages for granite cutters
n Hist to City. Mantaun, is iSij a day. !
Four hundred f;-c> lit handlers of tlie !
Fall River Li::e were replaced by
[tnlinns.
Tliero is no change in tho> strike I
situation in til*1 glove factories in!
LJloversville, N. Y.
Several postal clerks' unions have
icon chartered by the A. l'\ of L., and |
iow it is proposed to form a national .
anion.
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>OME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
foem: The Sons of the Dranlt?Painful
Parting of a Man and Wife Whom
Liquor Had separated ? The Paoket
That the Drunkard Left. ,
fVith breath that smelled of rum,
With eyelids heavy and red,
i drunkard sat in unmanly plight,
Glancing around him with dreadDrink!
drink! drink!
In drunkenness hopelessly sunk,
&nd still with the voice of dolorous pitchL
He sang the "Song of the Drunk."
'Drink! drink! drink! /
While the cock is crowing aloof!
AnH Hrinlrl Hrinlrl Hrinlf I
Till the stars shine through the rooft
It's, oh! to be unbound.
And freed from the chains of drink,
And never again to hear the sound
When glass and bottle clink! '
"Drink! drink! drink!
Till the brain begins to swim;
Drink! drink! drink!
Till the eyes are heavy and dim!
Rum, and whisky, and gin, > ,
Gin, and whisky ,and rum,
Till over the glass I fall asleep,
And dream that Judgment has come!
"Drink! drink! drink!
My guzzling never flags;And
what does it bring? A bed of straw,
A crust of bread, and rags.
That shattered roof, and tnis naked floor,
A table, a broken chair,
And a wall so blank, my shadow I thank
For sometimes falling there! . ;
"Drink! drink! drink!
From weary chime to chime;
Drink! drinlc! drink!
It maddens every time!
Sin, and whisky, and rum,
Rum, and whisky, and gin,
Till the heart is sick, and the head is thick, >
And the wretch is steeped in sin!"
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With breath that smelled of rum,.
With eyelids heavy and red,
A drunkard sat in unmanly plight,
Glancing around him in dread?
Drink! drink! drink!
In drunkenness hopelessly sunk,
And still v.th a voice that misery rung?
Would that its tone would tcach the
young!
He sang thia "Song of the Drunk!"
?New York Weekly.
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A Tragedy Through Rain.
Two friends of mine, a couple who had
been married for twenty years, came to
the conclusion that marriage was a failure
for them.
Years before, the man had been well off?
but he had lo3t everything through speculation.
He took to drink and soon degenerated
to a worthless burden upon the
wife, who supported the family by taking
boarders.
For ten years these two had lived to*
gether in the same house, the estrangement
widening as the husband's folly increased.
until she could endure it no loneer.
The papers were made out, *nd the day
came when he was to leave the home he
had made so wretched.
I happened to be a witness to their parting,
writes J. C. Smiley, in The Oaks.
There was no one in the house at thia
time but we three.
She packed up his shirts and collars,
which she had that day ironed with her
cwn hands, and Jbe stood on the threshold
with the parcel under his arm, beside a
trunk which contained his other nersonai
belongings.
Scarce a word was spoken. Both seemed
to feel tjiat a crisis in their lives had.
come. | /
For "twenty years tnese two had been
togetner, throught aght and suade, in , j
good fortune and ill, and now they were
, to part forever. Twenty years before,
buoyant with youth and hope and confidence
in each other, tnese two had linked
their lives to-gether. They had come to
look alike, so potent had been the force
of association.
What touching memories must have
surged through both their hearts as they
stood thus, she leaning against the stairway
in the hall, and lie standing on the
doorstep with the dusky twilight closing
in about him as if to emphasize the darkness
of the future years.
The jiour seemed^ strangely in keeping
with this strange paitihg. There are moments
so tragic in life that speech ia
dumbly inadequate. This was one of them.
"Have?I?got everything?Annie?" he
slowly said, in a dazed way, as he turnedtoward
the dorr.
"All but this, Frank?do you wank it?"
and she handed him a packet of faded letters
tied with a crumpled ribbon.
He turned pale as a corpse, as if not until
that instant realizing all the parting
meant. He looked at the packet, slowly
untied the ribbon and wound it aDout his
band, hia whole frame trembling violently.
"Keep them?Annie?forme!" he sobbed,
made one convulsive step toward the
woman, then turned and walked out into
the night.
And she?
Well, an aour later I stepned softlv into
the hallway, alarmed at the deathly silence.
Still leaning against the stairway she stood,
the letters clutched tightly in her frigid
hands, her eyes strained out upon the
night as if they saw the ghosts of bygone
days when l.itn and happiness were hers!
That look will haunt me forever.?Ram's
Horn.
Temperance in Tennessee.
There are now 5500 towns and cities in
Tennessee, and of this number the saloon
lias been suppressed in 4450, or in more
than four-fifths. The strong point of Tennessee's
liquor law is the "four-mile Law,"
which is not commonly understood outside
of the State. This law originated in the
seventies, and has been strengthened and
improved from time to time. Under ita
provisions the saloon was prohibited with
in four miles of incorporated institutions
of learning, outside of municipalities. Then
the people began incorporating country
schools everywhere, making them prohibitory
centres. They thus became the protectors
as well as the educators of society.
Xext the people amended the law so that
saloons were prohibited within four miles
of any school, whether incorporated or not.
The result is seen above.
A Teetotal Resort.
Mr. F. N. Charrington, one of the Charringtons
of brewery fame, but who some
years ago renounced all connection with
the firm, and devoted his life and money
to work among the poor of East London,
has purchased a small island on the coast
of Essex, forty-five miles from London,
which he purposes converting into a teetotal
scasidj resort.
The Crusade in Brief*.
Beer, with a good head, makes a good
head bad.
Boer or whisky drinking never produces
clear thinking.
In the rural districts of Norway and
Sweden there is b;i: little drunkenness
and the people rank among the most sober
nations of Christendom.
In 1S2) .Sweden had one saloon to every
100 .inhabitants, and the consumption of
pure wince spirit> ?a< *5.17 gaiions per
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capttiv. 111 Site IKl-l nuwii I.V.
fyJUi) inhabitants, ami the consumption had
fallen to 1.3 gallons per capita.
If vou don't wi -!i to go to ruin, you had
hotter no: fco to the grog-shop.
Statistics show that halt a hrsrrel of
beer is produced annually tor every man,
woman m l child in tins country. The
c;n?)ia:i.)ft is in knowing that t:ie individual
is not compelled to swallow liu or
ha shire.
Tiie papers tell of a so!d:er in the Philippines
who discourses upon a now cure
tor drunkenness among the soldiers. "We
have," he says, "a iot of native soldiers enlisted
here. When one the white b >y?
;ets drunk the captain puts a native soldier
over him. and the native puts on lots of
airs while marching him around. It grind*
the boys so that tuey wouldn't gel druois.
ii they could.".
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