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I the man who FEELS. [b 0 he man who feels is a happier wight Than the man who is callous and cold, or if he weeps in the gloom of night, t He laughs in the sunbeam's gold; n nd if the tide of bis life runs low, 'j It reaches the summits of cheer: g |.e Knows tne neignts, as uie aepuns neiow, And he smiles through a pitying tear, 8 And after it all, when all is done, 5 ?he world has most of the gladdening ? sim, for the twilight lingers when day is ? done, _ Y And the sun'a benediction is dear. t he man who feels is happier far? I say it again and again? s han ever can be, or ever are, a The pitiless sons of men;, ^ or if ne sighs for his own gray woes, He sighs for another's, too; : the plant of uain in his bosom grows., It is covered oy sympathy's dew. d And after all, when all is said, v Still pity and love forever are wed; That the heart unfeeling is chill and r dead g Is true, and forever is true. r he man who feels is a dear God's gift' Q To a sorrowing, travailing world; y the hands that the burdens of life uplift p Ie the flat: of our peace unfurled. ?. IVe need not the souls that are callous aa fate. c And selfish, and wedded to freed, v tut the pitying tear for our fallen estate c ,We need?and we ever shall need. . v And after it all, when all is past, 'Tis the deed of love that alone may d last, r And the rest is chaff in the winnowing ? blast. In the garden.of life a weed. r ?Alfred Waterhouse. s , *********** \ >** ?******? 'PIGSTICKING"! Ra^rover. I . ADVENTURE. $???? I ************************** i V F all the many different va- a K? - rieties of sport in India t || none can compare with D boar hunting?or "pig-stick- q [||| ing," as it is there more h generally termed?tor excitement, ana a that most alluring of all elements of ^ aport, a certain amount of risk which D all who participate know they will i; Lave to run. ? I have had more than one dangerous h adventure with wild elephants, tigers and bears, but I never have been in auch real peril as I was on the first oc- q casion that I tried my hand at pigBticking. Those who have never seen t a wild boar -when brought to bay iwounded cannot possibly form any con- s Iception of what a dangerous, vindic- 41 live formidable animal it is. q ! On one occasion a party of three of !Os started from Barrackpoor, a large i military cantonment near Calcutta, on ^ a pig-sticking expedition. We were all s mounted on Arab steeds, which were _ thoroughly trained to the sport, and {Prhich had withstood many a charge Irorn an infuriated boar. This trip had been planned some days previously, i] and our servants and beaters had been d sent on ahead of us. When we reached r the rendezvous, a few miles out of Barrackpoor. we found our comrades > anxiously awaiting our arrival, with s Jhe intelligence of several wild boars ( having been seen to enter a patch of ? Jungle about a mile distant from where 0 our camp was pitched. e We made all our preparations, looked e to the tightening of our saddle girths, b and with our spears in hand we at ii once set off, followed by our beaters. n They had hardly entered the patch of i; Jungle and commenced to beat when v iO'jt rushed a huge boar, one of the t largest we had ever seen. My horse s {was young and frantic with excite- J mem, and it was with difficulty that I t icquld hold him. But it was not the v first time I had ridden after boars, and s fct last I managed to bring him into t. (Wmeth'.ng like control. My two com- c |>anions. Austin and Staples, were close ti behind ce, and we soon closed on the c boar, with such even advantage that b It would have been almost impossible E In cnv xrhn IaH TTr>r 9IYI nr vnrHe !< : P' -vv ??. VVV J li jwe raced together, each with an eye on j pie boar, but every now and then glancing round at each other, the great objject being to secure the "first spear"? jt&at is. to be the first to draw blood a from the boar. b i It is not always tho first rider that p Secures the first spear, though, of a bourse, the lead gives a great advan- t< tage, and for that reason there is al- f; frays a great struggle for it. s The boar was but a few lengths ahead of us, showing evident signs o jthat the pace was beginning to tell h upon him, and just then I drew a little b In advance of my companions, and my h gallant nag. answering to the spurs, tl jwith my spear extended far in front, I tried to sti"k the boar. But at that " lirery moment he gave a sharp turn, and fi toy horse dashiug past I lost my oppor- r; tunity. Austin, who was close behind, su took advantage of the sudden turn, and ti (wheeling his horse round met the boar and succeeded in touching him, calling t< finf ''Piraf c-niiorf" tui, JL iioi opcai i The boar now made another sharp turn, and it was all that Staples could s do to avoid the charge of the maddened V brute, which now ran behind a low hedge and hugged it so close as to render it difficult for us to get him out. Determined that he should come out ? Into the open, I came up alongside of him and drove my spear deep into his Bide as he made a sudden half turn and tripd to charge. My horse swerved n a little, but he behaved nobly, and t{ (withdrawing my spear I was soon j5 ready again for action. ' Wheeling round I met Austin, who " Had just received a charge from the " boar, and a serious broadside collision " took place between us. Both of us p twere shaken in our seats, and Aus- t( tin's horse nearly fell, but we managed u to pull ourselves and our nags together a and the attack was renewed. >' By this time Staples, who had b?en In the rear, and had not as yet joined a the fray, came up. and together we ct forced the boar down into the dry bod of a nullah, into which it plunged, and * up the opposite bank. We followed as fast as the nature of the ground would a allow us. and on reaching the bed of the stream and looking up we saw the boar, with curled back, erect bristles, glaring eyes and champing tusks, fac i ing us, evidently having made up Lis . mind not to budge a step further. It was a very awkward position to *, ftssail, but a direct attack was unavoid- ? able. Being the nearest I made a dash at the steep banl:, and the boar met me before I couid gain a footing on the j lop. Had not my horse behaved like a [veteran we must inevitably have come (o grief. As it was. lie barelv escaped .1 u k elDg ripped by the boar in his furious nslaught. Austin and Stanles. trhose horses by his time wore nearly wild with excite- j aent. rushed up the steep together, j 'he boar was standing with the toain | lyiug from his jaws on a piece of level round, and after a few short trotting teps. charged Austin, but in doing so massed directly across Staples' path. ;iving him a splendid chance which ras not thrown away. He made a hrust with his spear and struck the oar. At the same moment Austin's pear struck across his horse's chest, nd to avoid coming end on over the oar he had to force his nag to jump ver it. This, however, he did not succeed in ; oing, and the next moment over they j rent, horse and rider, and to our hor- j or we saw our friend lying on the \ round directly in front of the now enaged and bleeding boar which at once ] lade a furious charge at him. Had I not been in a measure prepared and close by when this occurred here would have been but a very poor hance for Austin, but, fortunately, I ras just in time to prevent any such atastrophe. Just as the boar had got j o within half a dozen feet from him I j rove my spear deep into his side. This was the gallant boar's last : harge. He reeled, sank on his knees, | Oiled over, and gasping out his last I obs was gathered to his fathers.?Ne.^ I 'ork Weekly. ?????????????? Why Edmund* Left the Senate* A recent witness in the Smoot in- j estigation. W. J. McConnell, of Ida- j o, recalls the story that he is the man | ctio was credited with driving George \ Edmunds, of Vermont, out of the ; Jnited States Senate. When Idaho ras admitted there was a long term nd a short term. McConnell drew j he short term, and having only two , lonths to serve, made the best of it. i ?he second day after being sworn in j ie took a station in the middle aisle, I nd. in a foghorn voice, made a speech. 1 Vhile McConnell was talking Ed- j aunds entered and gazed with astonshment at the speaker. "Is that a member of the II'ousd?" re asked. "No, it is a Senator," was the reply. "When did he get in?" further ia[uiied Edmunds. "He was sworn in yesterday," was he response. "Sworn in yesterday and making a pe^ch to-day." mused Edmunds. Well, I guess it is time for me to [uit." Then he got his resignation ready, t is a tradition of the Senate that a i att? CAnnfAti mnpf if o f Inn pf nn r\ icw uruiiiui uiuoi ?au at icuoi uiic ession before he makes a set speech. -Washington Post. The Czar as a Man. After the Czar's morning bath it is lis habit to meditate an hour before ressing himself.?London Times Corespondenee. (Viewing himself i:i the pier glass.) taked, what am I? A lank, skinny, ! pider-legged libel on the image of Jod! Look at the waxwork headhe face wifh the expression of a meln?the projecting ears ? the knoted lbows?the dished breast?the knife dged shins?and then the feet, all j leads and joints and bone sprays, an j mitation x-ray photograph! There is lothing imperial about this, nothing . mposing. impressive, nothing to in- j oke awe and reverence. It is this j hat a hundred and forty million Rus- j ians kiss the dust before and worship. I lanifestly not! No one could worship | his sDeetaele. which is Me. Then 1 rho is it, what is it. that they worhip? Privately, none knows better han I; it is my clothes. Without my lothes I should be as destitute of aubority as any naked person. Nobody ould tell me from a parson, a bar- j er, a dude. Then who is the real j Imperor of Russia? My clothes. There 3 no other.?Mark Twain, in the North imerican Review. 'Wichont Ceremony. There is in Philadelphia a young rchitect who, though entitled by j irth and breeding to enter the sacred ! recincts of Quaker City society, has i lways affected a supreme indifference j o social distinction, even going so | ar as to evince a disinclination to ob- | erve the conventionalities. This young man tells a good story ! n himself. It appears that when he j ad proposed to, and been accepted j y the young woman who is now j is wife, he began at once to talk of tie wedding arrangements. "We will." suggested the young man. do without some of the ridiculous uss-and-featliers business of mariage; we will go somewhere by our- ! elves, my dear; there will be no ; ourish, no cards, no ceremony?" Whereupon the girl indignantly in- j ?rrupted with tuis observation: "My dear, we may dispense with j lie flourish, but I shall certainly in- : 1st upon a oreznocy!" ? Harper's ; Veekly. Should Men Step Work at Forly? Dr. William Osier's widely discussed i>fc>eruuu uiut me important worii ol i ie world has been done by men un- j er forty years of age, ami that man- | ind could easily spare the achievelents of men above that age. Is in- j jestingly refuted by a writer in Har- ; er's Weekly. To disprove Dr. Os- : ;r's statement, the writer names men 1 1 various field of activity whose chievements, indispensable to the :orld, were performed after they had [ assed the age at which, according ; ) Dr. Osier, men are "comparatively seless." Of men of action he names, mong others. Oliver Cromwell, von loltke. Columbus; in the field of iiought, Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Kant, j nil Darwin; among the poets, Soplio- j les, Aeschylus, Horace, Milton, the J hakespeare of 4-Hamlet" and "The j "empest," the Goethe of "Faust." In tie field of art, Michael Angelo, Titian, nd Velasquez were over forty at the me of their greatest creative activy. Sex Makes a Difference. A well-dressed young man who tried 3 pass a check Tor $2,800,000 has been rrested in New York and must stand rial as to his sanity. If he had been woman no doubt some distinguished uancier would have advanced him the aouey without hesitation.?Boston transcript. Russia, with a population of 127,000<OOj has only 18,334 physicians ... \Ji'r ' ...... . A Chicken-Feeding Machine j By W. Frank JfcCIure. a 9r. ^ATTEXIXG fowls for the d Hm*" "' market by means of ma- t 111 F I c^'l,ery' ou first thought ^ yl" I to most people seems rid- _ |g& - ?J iculous, hardly more so. however, than the hatching of chickens by means of an incubator a few years ago. The incubator has come to stay, and the chicken feeder. although an innovation, has found a place in some of the largest poultry yards. Modern genius in recent years has affected the poultry farm just as decidedly as it has the apiary or the_ stock farm, and its problems have offered a wide field for scientific study. It is claimed chat chickens fattened by machinery comprise sweeter and 8 tenderer moat than those fattened in the ordinary way. Fowls are fed in ~ this manner for two or three weeks prior to killing, and in that time in- t crease in weight from two to three nounds. The chickens are not allowed . exercise in this time, and are allowed ^ no other food than that which is re- * ceived from the machine. The feeding is done twice a day, and one man can feed 300 chickens in a day. It is a patent liquid food that it Is fed in this manner, the ingredients of which, ^ of course, are known only to the maker. The feeding machine is nicely illustrated in the accompanying photograph. The food is forced through a tube by means of a suction pump, which in turn is operated by a foot A pedal. The tube, which is about ten inches in length, reaches through the chicken's mouth into its crop. In the a photograph this tube is shown on the n outside of the fowl's neck, reaching r to about the same point as when in- t serted in the mouth. When the crop c is full the flow of liquid food stops in- lj stantly, and the chicken is not injured t I in fha laact- Thfe oo/linrr hr mn- _ [ AAA IU v- A Alio ? chinery is done chiefly in the preparaI tion of roasters for the market and for finishing the fattening of broilers. Notable progress has also been made among poultry raisers in the increased j production of eggs. It is claimed to-day j that it is within the power of the poul| try owner to make his hens lay on an | average three years' crop in two years, | and that even moulting is controlled at the will of the owner. This is an im: portant discovery in this day, when ! the demand for eggs is so' enorfhous j and the price so high. In the last anI nual report of the Secretary of Agriculture, a statement is made which gives an idea of the size of the annual consumption of eggs in this country. ; This report states that the hens of the I United States lay 1,GG6,000,000 dozens j of eggs a year, the value of which in ' one month is enough to pay the interi est of the entire national debt for one ! vw)i\ Thprfk is liftlf* nnpsHnn that the ! scientific study that has been given | the subject of poultry iaising in recent years has added materially to I this annual egg production over what i it otherwise would have been. Proper S housing, for example, has come to be I recognized as an absolute essential. ! Also, as pure air is required for the healthy human being, so also the well- ?_ bred fowl to-day is giveu plenty of s fresh air, while at the same time r drafts are avoided. r I It is not unusual nowadays to see f numerous small chicken houses scat- t tered over a large field where the Doultr.v business is carried on upon f an extensive scale. This arrangement, t of coarse, admits of the various flocks f being, housed separately. Artificial c heat is seldom raeorted to in heating t thes<? houses, except' in extreme cold j weather. With all surroundings con- a ducive, it is not unusual for one hen t to lay sixteen dozen eggs in one year, a and even better records than this are a often made. Few poultrymeu, how- t ever, attain such records 'with their s flocks unless they have made a study of the numerous scientific methods of c caring for them.?Scientific American, t A CONVENIENT, SHUTTER. j T? u? w? i i ~ t-0,1 nriii..n> n ? jLb iunj JJu jjLnut(iuiai?u inuiuui jj or Discomfort. 0 While inside shutters are used to a very great extent and are regarded with favor by many householders as well as builders, the outside shutter is still a large and important factor in the construction of buildings for business and domestic/purposes. One of the greatest inconveniences of the a outside. shutter is the necessity of 1 raising the sash, every time it is de- ' sired to open or close the shutters, frequently permitting the entrance ot a blast of cold air to chill the interior of the room, beside exposing some one of o the inmates of the house to the dancer f of a sudden shock while performing FEEDING CHICK E) i /? 1 \ ' ? v ; v'v- '/* > ' :- -vr"' he operation of manipulating the shut* ers, in cecessarily thrusting the head nd shoulders out into the air. An arrangement by which this is all one away with comprises the iuvenion of a Camden man which was repntlv n.-itontwr This is shown in the I i HUTTER CLOSE "> AND LOCKED FROM THE IX3IDE. ccompanying cut, and which, consists f a revolving spindle extending hrough the frame of the window, one nd, that on the inside of the room, trifh o hon^la whilA tflA ther has a connection with the shuter, maintained through a bevel gear, nd by the turning of the spindle the hutter may be either opened or closed, s may be desired. There is also pro'ided a means of locking and unlockag the shutter from the inside, as hown in the cut?Philadelphia Rec- ' rd. SCALES ON THE TRUCK. ( Lutomatic Weighing Device on Freight Carriage. In the operation of unloading vessels nd cars at important shipping points Qost of the work is done with great apidity by machinery designed and luilt especially for the particular work lemanded. This holds good particuirly where the freight handled is of he same character, like ore, metal and l@9s.il i(f WEIGHING TBUCK. uch commodities, but where it i8 of a nixed character, like that handled by iver steamers or ifbout railroad 'reight yards, the old methods of rucking still prevail. Where it is necessary to weigh this reight, as is often the case, much ime is lost in transferring it to and 1 rom the scales, and in order to overome this a new invention combines a ruck and weighing scales. The latter ,re automatic and require very little ddition to the regular construction of he truck. The invention provides for l skeleton framework of metal which dds very little weight to that of the ruck and is said to increase its trength materially. ' When it is not desired to make use >f this feature of the truck it is out of he way, but to weigh the load of the ruck it is only necessary to operate l lever which raises the weighing platorm slightly above the truck frame ind records the weight of the load on J ' i dial.?Philadelphia Record. Oar Share of the Oceaa Carrying Trade. ^-a^^Z?L-=: ... r^r^-^g^^===-r=g==^-AMERICAW | < American ships now carry about ! me-twelfth of our foreign trade and ' oreign ships about eleven-twelfths. ^ IVe use to have almost all. ] l '; " 'V i NS BY MACHINE. I ?From the Scientific American. i IINOR EVFNTSOFTHEWEEK WASHINGTON. Miss Alice Roosevelt bought the race itorse Jessielyn for a riding horse. The Navy Department sent Commander Canaga to Halifax to cross the Atlantic on the turbine-equipped steamer Victorian. Chief Statistician William C. Hunt, it the Census Bureau, has been designated to assist the State authorities iff New York in the csnsus next montbDTTR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The spring exodus from Porto Rico to the north has begun, and every outgoing steamer booked to sail between now and June will carry its full capacity. The Railway and Lighting Company, which was incorporated in Hartford, Conn., in June, 1903, for operating electric railway and light plants in the Philippines, began operations the other day. Commissioner Cameron Forbes started the first car on the first railroad built by the company in Manila. Rear-Admiral Train, commander-inchief of the Asiatic fleet, has ordered two destroyers and the despatch boat Alava to join the cruiser Raleigh in patroling the Sulu archipelago, in anticipation of the possible use of the island of Palawan, the most westerly of the Philippines, by either the Russian or Japanese fleet as a belligerent base. Brother Serapion Von Koop, of the leper settlement at Molokai, near Honolulu, Hawaii, is the victim of leprosy. His case is similar to that of Father Damien. Brother Von Koop, who is a native of Holland, went to the settlement in 1895. Eighteen months ago he detected signs of the disease in his system, and came to Honolulu, where an examination confirmed his fears, j He returned to the settlement, where lie is now living as a ward msieaa o'. <* lielp, DOMESTIC. The United States Supreme Court decided against the New York Central | Railroad in a test case affecting suits ' involving about $3,000,000 over the elevated structure in Park avenue, NewYork City. In order to protect the game in Alaska and preserve it for the use of the natives, the President has directed that no permits to visiting hunters be issued except where specimens are being sought for museums, etc. Mayor McClellan. of New York City, announced that he had vetoed the bill providing for two additional Municipal Court Justices in Brooklyn. Colonel William S. Barnes, of Kentucky, received a verdict of $30,000 against the Long Island Railroad Company for damages done to race horses in a wreck, in a New York court. Investigation revealed that the dodge of the lighting company in charging New York City for each building individually costs the city $55,000 extra annually. Mrs. "jaCK wnmercung, greuigranddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt, escaped for the second time from a sanitarium and went to lier lawyer's office in New York City. I>avid Belasco, the playwright and theatrical manager, made a scene in the Supreme Court by confronting Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger, heads of the Theatrical Trust, and declaring he would have them in jail. J. D. Rockefeller offered a second $100,000 to the American Baptist Missionary Union, and the announcement was received w-ith applause. The Board of Aldermen of New York City voted $1,000,000 for the use of the Health Department. The Nebraska Supreme Court refused a new trial to Frank Barker, who killed his brother and his brother's wife, and he will be hanged on June 16. The management of the Rush Run and Red Ash mines, at Fayetteville, W. Va., where twenty-four men lost their lives March 18 and 19, was exonerated by the Coroner's jury. Brigadier-General Funston relieved General Francis Moore of the command of the Department of California. After a hunt covering six years Ed. Franks, said to be the only survivor of "Black Jack" Ketchum's band of train robbers, was caught in Trinidad, Col, Reports from the South indicate that the period of hesitation is about over, and agricultural sections are stimulated by prospects of a good season fo* planting. FOREIGN. A second earthquake shock was felt at 5.55 o'clock the other morning at A.veIlino. twenty-eight miles east of Naples, Italy. A somewhat serious collision between workmen and police occurred an the Calle San Bernardo, Madrid, Spain. The police charged the workmen several times and numbers of the latter were injured. A Canadian-United States joint com-*iiccinn hoo hcu?r> 1 nnnintofl to VPnfll't whether the various proposed ship calal projects would endanger the navigation of the Great Lakes by reducing :he water level. A Government wireless telegraph jlant is being established to connect Jolon, Panama, with our naval station it Guantanamo. Cuba, and it is expected that it will be in operation in a nonth or so. News was received in New York Dity of the sudden death of F. A. Constable, the noted merchant, and head )f the firm of Arnold, Constable & Co., n Sicily. It is estimated that the total Humbert victims of the earthquake in Northern India was 10,000. The German steamship Germanicus, Captain Behrmann, from Samarang. rnvii for \fnU J<innn find Snn Fran ;isco, Cal., has arrived at Kobe, on fire. Mr. Choate, American Ambassador :o England, was elected a Bencher of he Middle Temple, ono of the orders of Jie Inns of Court, in London. Chinese said that the bulk of the rapauese armies is being moved igainst Vladivostok on the east and L'sitsihar on the west. The governor of the jail at Libau, ilussia, was fired, upon by a would-be issassin, but was not wounded. The Sasebo Prize Court of Japan las rejected the appeal of the British iteamer Iioseley, which was captured )j* the Japanese in the Sea of Japan >11 January 11, and the British steamer | Lethington. captured in Tsushima Straits by the Japanese on January 12, md both vessels and their cargoes lave been confiscated. Telegrams from Vladivostok stated hat five Japanese officers disguised as aborers were caught photographing he defenses there and were summarly hanged. "Death to the Czar, the Assassin!" vas the motto on a banner at the head if a procession of (3000 Russian worknsmen in St. Petersburg ' *"> .> " -V : yiy. BRITiSH BUDGET ISSUED Shows a Surplus For Second Time Since Boer War. Austen Chamberlain! Chancellor of tli? Exchequer, Heads Statement Before the Hoase. London. England.?For the first time feince the war, with the exception of one year, the British budget read to the Commons, showed a surplus. Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, was greeted with an out' burst of enthusiasm by a crowded house when he announced that the revenue of the year just closed exceeded his estimate by almost $15,000,000, showing that the trade of the country had turned the corner, and whereas a year ago there was a heavy deficit there had now been established something mnrc than an pnnillhrhim hp tween the revenue and expenditure. Although 1904 began badly, a bountiful crop of cotton had revived the Lanj cashire industries, shipbuilding showed signs of recovery and the iron and steel industries had slightly improved. Nevertheless, while the country was on the path of moderate but steady recovery it could not be said that 1904-05 had been wholly satisfactory from the viewpoint of commerce and finance. There had been much pauperism and distress. In analyzing the items of revenue the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the sugar duty promised to prove an expanding revenue, and tea fell short of the estimates, mostly during the last quarter of the year, so, perhaps, this was attributable to holding shipments on the chance of a reduction in the duty. The export of coal marked a record, but the decline in the excise duties on spirits, which began in 1900, continued. The consumption of beer and spirits was less in 1901 than in any of the preceding fifteen years. In fact, said Mr. Chamberlain, the habits of the people are changing, and this must be taken into account in considering the financial situation. The majority of the people are fiuding other employment for the money they used to spend in public houses. Outdoor recreation and excursions are becoming more popular. Tnmlnn' M t, -npnHitnra- nf 1f>04-An Mr. Chamberlain i it bad been below tbe estimates, and the actual realized surplus for the year wap $7,070,000. Tbe national debt had been reduced by $37,790,000, and at the close of the year stood at $3,775,360,000. Dealing with the finances of the new year, Mr. Chamberlain estimated the expenditure for 1905-06 at $705,160,000, and the revenues on the existing basis of taxation at $720,020,000, leaving a surplus of $14,860,000. The surplus at his disposal from last year. Mr. Chamberlain said, was small, but he had no doubt regarding what had the first claim on the country's resources. The first thing to do was to restore the national credit. He proposed that $5,000,000 should be added to the fixed debt charge to create a sinking fund for the $50,000,000. in treasury bonds falling due in December, and which he proposed to reissue as new bonds for ten years with the condition that one-tenth be drawn and repaid each year. Mr. Chamberlain regretted that he was unable to relieve the income taxpayer, as the cost of reducing the tax by two cents would be $11,100,000, and he had not the necessary money. He proposed to take off on July 1 the extra duty of four cents per pound put on tea last year. Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, the Liberal leader in the House, congratulated Mr. Chamberlain on the clearness of his statement and his provisions in regard to the national debt FIVE DROWNED IN HUDSON. Fisherman Who Started to Take Men Across in Skiff Loses Life. Poughkeepsie. N. Y.?James Malloy. a fisherman, of Barrytown, started across the Hudson River in a rowboat at that place at night with six men, and before he reached the other shore the boat capsized and Malloy and four of the men were drowned. The men whom Malloy started to take across the river were bound for Ulster Landing, directly opposite Barrytown. The little steamer that was to have conveyed them across tte river had departed, and, as there wer? no large boats in the water, Malloy offered to take them to their destination in his skiff. The men accepted the invitation and all six got in the little skiff. A strong flood tide was running and a heavy wind from the north made the river exceptionally rough. . When the boat was about two-thirds across the river persons on the Barrytown shore heard cries i.or help. Two young men, sons of Nathan Griffin, of Ulster Landing, put out in a rowboat and succeeded in rescuing two of the men, who were found clinging to the keei of the overturned skiff. KILLED AT INITIATION. Pistol Used Was Supposed to Contain Only Blank Cartridges. Little Rock, Ark.?Wliile Eb'enezer Runyan was being initiated by the local lodge of a secret order at Felsenthal, Ark., lie was shot and instantly killed. Charles Filler was officiating, and was using a revolver wliicl. in some way. had been loaded, although it was supposed to contain only blank cartridges. The bullet entered Runyan's brain. 1? * Tbilinn Nnvv. Admiral Mirabello, Minister of Marine. in Rome, nsked the Italian Parliament for $1^.000,000 to augment tUe navy. Emperor William Meets Victor. Emperor William of Germany and King Victor of Italy met at Naples, Italy, the occasion being made a demonstration of the continued alliance of the two countries. Sporting Brevities. The High Zanders lost a ten-inning game to Atlanta. The (Jianis easilv defeated the Indi anapolis baseball tjatu. Oxford easily defeated Cambridge in dual sforts, by a score of (>',{. to 3\?. W. I?. Morley has been re-eugaged to coach tlie Columbia football eleveu. Wort of laying out the automobile speedway at Penuington, X. J., was begun. * Captain S. J. Brown's Agile won the $10,000 Tcunessee Derby at the Meaiphis racetrack. i PITTSBURG HAIL STRUCK ...... A > Pennsylvania. City Meets With Start# $9 ling Phenomenon. Frlci Hothons j Rained an'l Other Con? 1 ?ervatorien Badly Damaged by Storm, Pittsburg, Pa.?Ushering in a terrible hailstorm, a sickly yellow glow over-' spread the sky shortly after 1 o'clock in the afternoon, and in a few seconds giant stones were falling so thick and fast that everybody in the streets fled to shelter and horses were running away all over the city. The ominous glare struck terror to thousands, who assumed it portended a fearful disas- * ter, and when the dull saffron was laced with lightnings that blinded the strongest gaze for the time, followed by thunder crashes suggestive of the crack of doom, the whole community] was thrown into panic. With the roar of the meeting clouds came the frightful rattle of hailstones f big as baseballs and hard enough to inflict damage running into the hundreds of thousands. It was the most startling phenomenon seen anywhere .in these parts in many a year. Screams from women pierced the din, and shouts from men mingled with, them as the hurrying thousands dashed to and fro in search of safety. Hundreds were hit by the rough stones, many severe bruises being inflicted oa heads, shoulders and arms. The faces of dozens of persons were cut by the jagged edges of the descending missiles, scores of hats were brokea' through, garments were torn, and the few umbrellas raised in the hope of protection were ripped to ribbons and +T*??afAil cL?nlnfAno olmAof inafnnflv i ?t toccu oncicivuo uiauvov tuuiuuvij Excitable men and emotional women feared destruction menaced the city. The hailstorm was so unprecedented that the unthinking seemed unable to V regard it as a mere physical manifestation. Impassioned appeals for mercy * were 7oiced by groups with uplifted hands, and here and there religious enthusiasts gave free rein to their impulses. Policemen cried to the crazed multitudes to get under cover. Firemen; hastened from the engine and truck houses to help women to shelter. Children were scooped In strong arms and carried with breathless speed to dwellings and stores. The danger front frightened horses increased momentarily, for one runaway made several more, and the maddened" animals had collisions, not only with one anotherj but with human fugitives as they, too, raced up and down the streets seeking security from harm. All the stones were prodigious' in comparison with any seen here in the memory of man. Those that fell otf the roof of the Weather Bureau wer* found by Local Observer Frank Ridge. way to be from two to two and a quarter inches in diameter. No ontf reported seeing a stone smaller than a pigeon's egg. Many of the bigger crystals were so heavy they smashed on impact with the pavements. A blovy on an unprotected head from oue of those undoubtedly w~ua navo cmsed concussion of the brain if no! immediate death. Yet no injury se? vere enough to send the recipient to a ; hospital was reported to the .police, although it is possible the reports of private physicians may later show suck ! :ases. So widespread was the damage! throughout Pitt3burg and Allegheny City that the full damage could not be estimated at first. It is known it will run well into six figures. Thua far, the greatest known loss is that in the magnificent conservatory of H. O. Frick, which was thrown open for the Easter display of flowers. Not a single pane of glass in all thft big greenhouses was left intact. Rare plants were crushed or cut to slivers, vines were torn down and hothouse flowers destroyed. ' Mr. Frick's loss is placed at $10,000, and it was asserted by many persons that is too low an estimate. A. It. Peacock s private conservatory,just in readiness for its Eastertido opening, received damage of $5000. Every pane in the Phipps conservatory, !?? CI 1a? Dai.I- moo orviAcllQil QTft/i U1 OL'iiCLLi 1CJ 1 ai.a nao oiiiaougu) uuu ? will take $3000 to cover the loss there. More than $1000 of damage was done to the Allegheny Park Conservatory. Nor were the greenhouses the only, structures to be battered by the hail. All the photograph galleries were damaged so badly their proprietors will find it difficult to resume business for several days. M One sensational incident of the storm was the desperate dash of a horse. with a broken buggy dragging behind it, through the big glass window of Jeremy's restaurant, where scores had taken refuge. The animal was gashedi badly in its plunge through the pane, and, infuriated by pain and fright, it charged down the aisle, scattering the refugees right and left. Shrieks and cries accompanied the race of the horse up and down the restaurant, but the injured animal was led to the sidewalk and no one in the place was hurt. Equitable Suit On. The Lord suit, to prevent the carrying forward of the mutualization of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, was argued in Brooklyn, N. Y. Trial by Jury in Alaska. The Supreme Court, at Washington, D. C.. decided that the right to trial by, common law jjiry existed in Alaska. J. Morgan Smith in New York. J. Morgan Smith and his wife, want- . ed as witnesses in the Nan Paterson trial, left Cincinnati, Ohio, for New, York City. For the Flail of Fame. Chancellor McCracken. of New York in Vaw V/m?1t Pifr q n I U 111 ^ CI a 11J , 111 iicn JLVtu v*v ? noujiced the new Board of Electors to select forty-two celebrities for the Hall of Fame. Confederate Monument Unveiled. Virginia and North Carolina Confederate veterans joined in unveiling a monument at Appomattox, Va., on the spot wlieiv North Carolina troops made the last stand in the Civil WarProminent People. At sixty-eight Grover Cleveland approaches close to the three score and ten mark. Among the Americans who recently^ left Paris for Monte Carlo is James Gordon Bennett. It has been officially arranged that the Prince and Princess of Wales sha'.lvisit India in November and stay until* March. The Japanese emperor's yearly expense of living is limited. For thisf purpose he draws $3,000,000 from the national treasury. I