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FRIDAY, - - JAN. 11, 1SS0.
TliK lVnnsvtT-nl Edit.uial Aaa.asie
t'op. iU hold Utile nut MiitiLal lurttin;
at Jf.e Lch!el Hotel, JUrrisOurg, oo
Wt (.'.nesdav Dexf,
U ill Mr. llarrisoo put Mr Iilaioe
into th-j cabinet or "into the s-iup ?M
asks the Chicago litre H, ami the
chorus comes from thj Saerra ?n fol'ow
er. "In the siap !'
ITov. James T. Maffet, the mem
bcr of the piesent Congress frora trie
tviRtj.fifib district, of which Indiana
conrsty was a rrt at the time of hta
lecilon, wits admitted to the asylum
at north Wat ran as a private patent
last wtek.
CJOTERXOIt DCAVERbll fixed MTCh
27, for tha execution of Srab Jane
Wuiteliopr, convicted in PniladelphU
of the m order of her young d-iujf.uer
by poi.i mini. Mrs. Whittling confess
ed I h crimp, and also admitted having
poisoned her husband and another
Child.
l oner nor Reaver nti Wednesday,
arpjlr.t-d t'uav's candidal-, Sitrjuel W.
I'enaeypaeke r, for a Judtr- of ftie Gnu.
of CotsmnQ i'jeaa of Pullad-iphla, io
place of Judse II .tchell, e'erf d a mem
ber of (he Supreme) Coiut at the last
eleetloi, IVonypacker Is a distai t
reUf.ve of Quay.
TrtE Democratic S:ate Committee of
IVDDsy.TaaU will meet at the Bolton
House. IIrrisburff. oo Wednesday
January 16 h, iPSD, at eleven o'clock to
the forenoon, to elect a Cu'rrnan,
Secretary, and aa Exreaiive Commit
tee, and to transact such other busi
ness as may be Irooht before it.
The scientists mt.n J jrnyd toGtll
fornlt and ht-yond, to witness the
cIIdss of th sua which occurred oo
Tuesday last, are enthusiastic over the
Tlsws obtained and expect resutia
therefrom. The vitw of the eclips seen
from Winn pg vms a most mttgmficrnt
one and gasiona eruptions from the
face of the sui ccu'.d be traced.
After the Governor's me&sicn had
been read and a motion mide to have it
prlo-d. Hon. Jolin Fow, of Philadel
phia, mtdd a morion to have f o thou
sand copies printed in the German lan
guage, when Hon. Jhn S. Itiey moved
as an ametdmcrt tit 2 000 copies be
prlDtrJ in ttie Welsh language! Tte
amendment wsa (1efrNd however, and
our Wleh Tii. nd6 Will Lavs to tale tue
agliah version.
NitiT to the great qtiration as to
who is to jj into leident Il.trrisob's
cabinet seems to b whether or rot Mrs.
Harrison hi in favor ot wearing the
buvle. A New Yotk firm sent her a
baudsome one as a prueat recently,
hoping in her acknowledgoment of its
receip?, to get an exprensioc of her
opinion, but in this tiny failed, and the
country win ba ktt in suspenss until
after tho fourth or 21 rch.
The Piiilasdelphla H'.cord is one of
the best newpiprs la th United
SJ-tes. and ttiut iha people know it ia
tlemonat rated by tha fact that Us daily
circulation is considerably over the
100,000 mark. Iu the battl for reform
whicb ia being wavd by the pop!e
against the monopolies, the people have
no tx'ftTor braver champion tan the
Jiecord which is always found io the
front ranks. Everybody should read
The Iteconl which will be s-nt da:!y in
cluding Sunday by mall f.r 54,00 per
year or every weekday for 53 00.
"The Seca'e'aays the PolUdelphU
Lc-ord, "pulled itself together and,
without tha fear of the Grangers on its
mind, voted aarainst reduul ig the pro
hibitory duty oa trace cha ns. Perhaps
the paii nt Grpger, who is obliged to
pay a double price for his trace chains,
will be enabled to 'hi'ch' to the 11 -pub
Ilcan game. Toe mony does not go
Into the' treasury. The fellow wh
makes the trace chains pockets the
swag ; the fellow whi buys the trace
chains payi the m mey." This is a
great truth brl-tly told and every intellt
farmer probably knows by this time that
the 3nate tariff bill is agalott his
interests.
The E'-ctilCil Sagr U-finlng Com
piny, whouo stock until a frw days ago,
was way above par, and the Innocent
holders of It . counted largely on the
fortunes that were in store for them has
ollapad wlih nothing lett io the shape
ofaes-ts. Ic turns out that the stock
holders have been duped to the amount
of over a million dollar and the "secret
proeess" by which raw sujar was to b
xeflaed by electricity was a pure inven
tion from tha fertile brain of IInry C.
Friend, the originator of the scheme.
The stock was issued in shares of $100
and a short time ago, was quoted at
H0O. "Mostof tlie slock wis held ia
Europe, and Is no . entirely worthless.
Tue total production of pig Iron for
the year just closed is placed by James
Nwtnk at abvjt 6 030 000 gross tons.
Iu produeMo'i In wa 5 G3 320
gross ion, an) ia 1S87. 6 417.143 tous.
The decrease la lSS was entirely ic
B;Si-m-r pig, and the etusa was the
falling off la tha demind for srt
rat:. Of tue latter only about 1330,
000 tons wera manufactured as exams'
il01.' tons in l-37 and 1 574.703
tons in lSi3. In the production of all
forms of structural Iron and s eel thre
has been no ma'ertat falling eff from
the figures of last year. While the to
tal output of domesMo iron and steel
fall below that of the Impart at lens
of torelgt Irrn oJ s'.eel fall iff still
mor. The Ircpirutlons of lst7 were
1.7S3.251 tons those of 15S3 000.000 ton.
Ths decreased output and decreased
' Importation of trao-and steel ar fully
explained K the fact that the ix-w ri'
way mileage fe i from nearly 13,000
alios In !!$? to e.lD mile in IS??.
The talk about restricting immigra
tion s y th rtiitad -ip'jia IHnua only
served to e: liiiUUte the rush of foreltfo
eis to the United 3'M.tes last year. The
steamship agrnis circulated the report
that fie porta argot sooo be cosed to
immUi ants and thai they shou'd come
at ot.ee if they did Dot want to find
themselves shut out entirely. Tbey
did come, 33 000 landing at New York
alone, an ini-re.se of 21.000 over the
J .Emigrant arrivals of 1SS7.
Germany furnished I be largest quota
in spite of official efforts to discourage
imroigratioa. Th German additions
to American po; elation numbered 77,
SOO. Ireland furnished 41.000 which,
io consideration of the fact that the
population of Ireland is only a little
mi re than one tenth that of Germany,
shows that the impulse to seek a new
home is at til stronger in Ireland loan
elsewhere. JiVxt to the Genoa us and
Irish the Scandinavian contingent was
the. most iroportaat, 50 000 Swedes aud
Xrwegiaa having landed and Bought
homes chiefly in the Y est.
The le-st aeairable immigrants earn
from Russia, Austro-llongary -and
Italy, and as these three countries fur
nisheu 97.000 of the new arrivals it is
evident that the days of cheap contract
labor are not over yet. How many of
this 07.000 will become pTmanec. re
s'.dmts of this country it would be bard
to say. Probab'y a large perceotsge
of 'hem will rem sin long enough toae
muUtea few hundred dollars each and
return home to spend their money.
The Hungarians, especially, are dis
posed to follow the example of
the Chinese and not become permanent
residents.
The experience of the past year In
dicates ihu if the rea rlrti a of imtgraN
lion is to be ta'ke l ab'at it should be
pat in operation aa soon as possible, as
mere t k ouly Incieasrs the evil
eompUiael of. The eteamsbip com
panies use the agitation as a means of
crowding their veese's at every trip,
and w ill continue to do so until the talk
ceases or some restrictive law is actu
ally passed and enfoiced.
A Disr ATcn from Dirmlnfhtm. Con.,
says : "Toree hundred employes of
the S:er'.inie company, manafacturers
of pianos and oriss, were no.ifled of a
teo per cent, reduction to-day. The
concern oed the famous protection en
velop s during the presideutlal' cam.
pa-go." Tnore has beeo no reduction
in the tariff, which according to the
n-publicaa theory before the elction
was the one greas and only thing upon
which the wgs of the woikingmen
depended. Oa their py euvetopes they
j advieed thir men to vote for protection j
and high wages, yet three mmihs htve
not yet p isd u nil these earns Phari
sees are trying jo fl-ce back out of the
workinjrxrn th boodle they were com
pelled to raise for Harrison's elecilon.
It may take some time for the people to
learn who ptys the tariff and wbere it
go-, that wages depend opon the sup
ply and demand aud that although the
tariff remains the same at 47 percent,
wages can be reduced 10 per cent, in the
winter when employment is scarce and
an be maintalnt-d at that by the man
ufacturers until labor from sm other
cause tbao the "blessed tariff" is again
in demand, when the manu'acturers
will be compelled to make ah advance.
It may take time for the people to learn
these things, but when tbey do learn
them, they will have them solid, learned
in the bitter school of experience, and a
day of recoolng will couie when those
who fonght against a 7 percent, reduc
tion will be glad and willing to accept a
tariff that will not rob the people and
ynt give item all the prottctfon that is
needed.
T-eonakd Wooslet Uacok. in the
January number itf the forum sass ;
''Can we off jrd to laugh at (he ennor
mity of schemes of plunder such as the
Service Pension bill ? Is there
anything less bopefnl la the- plan for
stealing flvs thousand millions uext
year than there was in the plot for steal
ing Q re hundred millions ten years be
fore ? Is there a leading politician at
the North of enLer party that dares
open bis month egaintt these shameless
conspiracies against the nation in the
late Presidential campaign ? Did not
both the pariies bid agiost each other,
in promises of publie money for the
soldier vote, to buy th Presidency by
largesses to this pi re rrian guard ?
Tnere is not room beie to say the
tenth part of the plain words that need
to be said 03 this subject, and that no
one seems ready to say. It looks high
ly probable that be next Congress and
the next Execuiive will unite in some
measure noprecedentedly rninous aud
infamous ; that the party whose boast
has been that It would maintain the
American workioginaa ia bis superior
ity to the European workiogmaa will
deliberately impose opon American in
dustry the identical burden of war tax
ation, to be bourne through generations
to come, under which the industry nt
the oldrr nataons is bowed into the
dust ; so that it shall be said of us as.
with auc-j bitter troth, it has been
said of them, that ''ihe workman goes
to his labor carrying a aoildet strapped
upon bis back."
The mnrderers of Paymaster lcClore
and Hugh Flaolgan. who were killed
on the mountains near Wilkesbarre,
on the 19. h of Oc'ober last, have at
; lnat btea apprehended and are now In
I the Williesbarre jail. Michael R zzdo
an Italian, known as "R-d nosed
Mike" and four o'.her I aUans were the
murderers. U-d nosed M ke has made
a confession in which he acknowledges
bis part in the crime aad telis tha rtory
of the shooting. lie says : "that the
two Qmt ahois Qred at McClure and
Fiaolgau proved fata'. Tlis horse
started to run, and the murderers pur
sued. Whca the horse circo to a stand
fcU.l one of the men stood in front of
hiio with a rifle and prlercsd his bead
a t'j'lct. Met' ute was banging
from th- wagin wi t soas lifa still In
bioj. ' To make sure of b'.a duh be
was rtiot again. The murderers then
reloaded the rifle to "hoot any holy else
who C4me alor.g. They afterwards hid
ti. mmt nd rlfl-s lu the ground.
About $10,003 0f tj8 $1-J.0J0 bs Uen
rM7sr3.
The Prohibition Amendment.
There teems t be little doubt io any
ourier bat the Prohibi ion emeodment
will pass the present legislature, and in
that event, ticeordiog to the constitu
tion, must "be sunmiited to the quali
fied electors of the Sia e. in such id tu
ner and at such time, at leewt three
months after being so agreed to by the
two Houses, as the general assembly
shall prrscribe." This will probably
neesUa:e a special election, and, aa
all experience proves, a light vote. By
hurrying np action on the amendment
in the legislature it m'ght be voted on
at the town and city elections the third
Tueadav o( Febuary, and a fu I vo'o
secured, but this in not Drobable. In
his message. Governor Beaver advo
ca es aubntission, but urges than the
election b- he!d as early as May or June,
so that the vo'e upm it my b taken
without any admixture of partisan poli
tics or local interest to perplex the
voters.
The opponents of Prohibition In the
legislature will probably endeavor to
modify the proposed amendment by
making provision for compensation ;
but this Idea was voted down two Tears
ago and is not likely to fare better at
this time. I's adopiiou would natnrel
ly make the amendment a new one. and
necessitate its parage by the legisla
ture elected in 1890 before it couid be
sunmitted to a vote of the people.
There is good deal of speculation
as to the fate of the amendment on the
popular vote. The liquor interest, at
one time disposed to make light of any
prediction of its approval by the people,
now oonsiders the question more seri
ously, and is apprehensive it may secure
a majority. It will piobably make a
detei mined fight, and will have tbe
sinews of war in abundance, as the
tr3c in its various forms in this State
represents many millions of invested
capital and thousands of employee.
Tbe farmers Wl!! also have a money in
tereet ic tbe question, as Pennsylvania
ried more rye than any S'ate (oearly
4 000 000 bushels), and about one fifth
ot the product or the Union. This is
almost entirely so!d to distillers, while
tbe barley product (about 200.000 bush
els) goes to the brewers.
Toe Prohibitionists, assuming that
tbe amendment will be submitted, are
already making ffotta to secure a ma
jority for It. A combination of all the
temperance organizations in tbe Sate
is proposed, and tbe Initial steps to se
cure it will be taken at a meeiicg to be
held in Pittsburg to-day, under the
auspices of the Ministerial Association.
A campaign committee will be created
to which all temperance organizations
of ihe State, inclodingthe Sane of Tem
perance. Good Templars, Womfn'a
Christian Troirisne Union, Gospel
Temperance Union, Murphy Associa
tion and Ca bolic To'al Abstinence So
ciety, will be invited to elect delegates.
This committee, or a subxcommiltee
from it. will take charge of tbe canvass,
and, of course, will have the active
aympathv and material aid of nloe
ten'hs of the Pro-estant churches of the
5 ate. Alt this represents a powerful
force in influenceing public opinion.
Tbe chairman cf the Prohibition State
committee has isued a call for a con
vention of representatives of all tem
perance organizations In the State at
Harnsburg February 5, and the Phila
delphia committee has called a !oct
convention of the same character, to
meet in that city January 21. Ex
Chatinjn Campbell, of the Catholic
Total Atlnenee Societies of the
PhWade fcba archdiocese, states he
fee's crr'aKi their societies will not
J !n tne movements above indicated,
and inttmats a majority or the mem
be s favor high license rather than Pro
hibition, as a more waclicable measure.
The nearest approach we nave had
in this yr ate to a vote on Prohibition
was at the local op' ion election iu 1S73,
when tbe qus' Ion of license or no li
cense was submitted to the people.
The cities and many of the boroughs of
the Slate void separately from tbeir
coun'ies. Forty one counties vo'ed
agains- licerse. a.,d 24 for for license,
tl. aee rebate showing a maj-riiyof
4.000 for license. Twenty-fonr cities
end boroughs voted spperately. and
rave a roajori'y for license of 4C.73J,
Showing a majority In tbo State egainst
Prohibition of 51 2.J4, on a very light
rote ; certainly not half the yote that
would be drawn to tbe ol's on the
straight issu in M ly or June. Pnlla
delphia gave 27 033 mtj.irity for license.
IMisburg 7 432 Allegheny 2 204. and
B-rks coon'y 8 000.
It may be said both parties are strong
er now than they were in 1873, and will
make a more desperate battle. An im
mense business interest., threatened
with acnihiUMon, will take one side,
and a powerful and entrusiastic moral
and religious sentiment tbe other. B
tween the two there will be the great
mass of cidz-ns. sympathizing to some
extent with ihe oi j-cts of the Prohlbl
tiqnists, but having no confidence in the
practicability or efficacy of their ex
treme policy, even should it be adopted,
to do auht else than promote in more
ot j-cttocable Torm tbe very rvil at
which It strikes. It may be said that
this sentiment has been rtrongly en
forced by tbe working of tbe license
law of tbe last legislature. As mat
ters stand, we believe Prohibition will
be rejected io this Stata by not less
tban a hundred thousand majority, and
that the existing license law will ma
terially aid In this result. It solves tbe
question an evil miybe regolated but
t.ot prohibited, as public sentiment now
stanas. And yet again a crnsade may
may be started that wltl carry away the
sympathies of the people the woueo
and churches being important factors
and the result of the vote may be much
closer ; but in any event, considering
the forces 4id interests In the Impend
ing conflict. It does not at all Beem pro
bable tbe radical mendment, prohibit
ing the macuractnre and sale wi boat
compensation to vested interests, can
be carried on the popular vote. l2t-
bxtrg rosL
The Farmer got There.
TheCtrbondale Lecler tells bow a
couple of sharpers got b-at at their own
game a few days ago. It was the same
old story tbe sharpers "wanted to buy
a farm." A strsneer accosted and old
bnrkwheater from Aratat and gave him
fcSOto bind h bargain for tbe sale rtt
bis farm at $3 000. Soon after the chap'a
partner in sin met the o!d man and in
formed him that Fall Brook coal com
pany wauted bis place at 6 000 and
that it would pay him to raise fl.OOO
to get a release from the other fellow.
Bat the unsophisticated fellow from
the rural district was an honest man.
He woo'dn'r ttar his word for tbe pit
tance of $3,000 ; oh no ! And threats
didn't mve bim. II started forborne
In his rickety rig. renstng on the vanity
of the world with $50 ic bis pocket and
as his beech gad cut through the air he
was beard to exclaim. "G'lang. Nancy ;
we're honest men, we Is, and an old
buckwheat farmer gets around occasion
ally." Tbe Terwlet raaalwaai.
W. D Suit Droeet.t. Binoos. Ind.. testi
fies : "1 can recommend Electric Bitters as
the very best remedy. Every Jxitt'e sold
has Riven re. let la every case. One man
took six bottles, and was cored of Rheuma
tism of 10 years' etandin " Ahrsham
Hare, drngcMt, Bellyille. Ohio, affirms :
The bet seiiioK medicine i bave ever han
dled In my 20 years' experience, Is Electric
Bitters." Thousands of others have add -d
their teetlmnnv. so that tbe verdict Is nnn
imons that E'ectrle llntera dn en e a l ills
eae of the Liver. Kidaeya or Brnod Only
nn aons' a oouie at the urn store of
r- oames, reDsuors, and 7. Y. McAtfer.
Lot e lt.
A Direct Tote for President.
The failure of tbe recent choice of
pris'.dentlel electors to refi-ct eorreo
tly tne will of tha m-jority of tbe the
voters bas bad tbe effect of calling at
tention to the : faults of the electoral
system of choosing a president. The
press withont distinction of par'y bas
commented very freely on tbe incongru
ity presented In the result of tbe late
election, of a majority of the electoral
vote for a. candidate who received a
smaller number of votes at tbe polls
t can one of bis competitors. To is
same subject bss attracted tbe attention
of eonzressand li-presentative. Spring
er of Illinois bas siven nolioe of an
amendment to the federal constitution
be intends to propose which would
abolish the e'etoral college and give to
each Slate the numUr of presidential
Trrres to which t -would beentiiieU un
der tht electoral sysm. but would sub
stitute a direct vote for presidential
Qaudidtte for tbe present indirect vote
throuzh electors. Mr. Springer's pro
position farther conremplates a pro
pomonal vote for president in each
State by dividing tbe whole number
of votes cast by the number of presiden
tial votes to which the S'ate is entitled,
tbns finding tbe ra'io fur a presidential
rote and giving eaeh candidate as many
votes as tbe ratio would be contained
in the number of votes cast for him at
tbe polls, tbe candidate having tbe
largest fraction of a ratio is a remain
der to be entitled to any additional
presidential vote that must be deter
mioed by tba consideration of fractions
or remainders.
The proposition of Representative
Springer is correct in principle and per
fectly fair to every candidate and parry.
Uuder this plan of cboneing a President
tbe people could vote direcly forthe
candidate and every vote, whether cast
in Vermont or Texas, would count. It
would wipe out sectionalism as a politi
cal 'actor, break tbe solid Sntb as well
as tbe solid North. A Republican can
didate for President would have bis
vote counted for bim in every Southern
S:ate and tbe Democratic candidate
would get bis proportional return in
every Northern Str.te. Under this plan
there could be oo "pivotal S.ate,"
therefore tbe expenditure of immense
sums of money to carry any particular
S:aie would be useless end the corrup
tion of elections would be cfc'-cked to
that extent. Ta-rs is really no good
reason why this proposition should not
be incorporated in the federal constitu
tion in ifeu of the present elee oral plan.
It !s a pity, though, that Mr. Spring
er has tacked on to bis proposed amend
ment a provision extending the presi
dential term to six years. He should
make baste to sperate the two. Tbe
present term of the presiaercy in long
aeongb. As already democs'rated in
these columns foextend the presid-ntlal
term is a step toward Caarlsm. Eitt er
the powers of the executive must be
greatly diminished or no attempt should
be made to prolong the time for his
accounting to the o-ople for his steward
ship. Lst Mr. Springer stick to his
electoral propositi and try bis other
Idea by the test of true Democracy be
fore r.e insists npon coupling the two
in the same constitutional amendment.
llarrislurq Patriot.
Eailway Wreckage Tor 1SSS.
If the number of railways and the
amount of cp!tal obliterated by fore
closure sales could be taken as an in
dex of the condition of railway bufl
cess the showing for 1SS3 when com
pared with that of ormer years would
be a hopeful one. Nineteen roads, w.tb
mileagH of 1 5'M mtles and capitalized
ai 64.5o5.000,were sold during tbe year.
In but ir-reeor the last thirteen ye?g
was the wreckage smaller in 1SS1,
when aix'eeu road, wttb a total length
or 807 miles; In 1552 eighteen roads,
with 1.334 miles, aud in 18S3 fif'eeo
roods, with 710 miles, were sold. Meas
ured by the capital invested 1SSG was
the most disastrous year of tue thir
teen, the foreclosed rods of that eaf
being capital ix-d at $374 100 000. Toe
next io the list was 17. wi'ii $32
181 000 of foreclosed cpi a'. To t.irJL
closures of 137-1 tnvi.'v d $311 031 000
those of 1SS3 $278 404.000 ana aoo)
down the lis;, th- forecioxuiea rr t a
thirteen y ars beginning with 176 In
volving 423 rllwHys. with a tt.'al mile
age of 43 770 miles and a com Lined
c.pltal or $2 544 025 000, or twenty
eight per cent, of mo entire mileage
and 30 per cent of tbe present railway
Capital of tbe country.
These figures place the average annu '
al rate of the foreclosure for the en ire '
feriod at tbir y-two railways wih 3 3G7
miles of track and $15.703.461 of o.rv i
ital and a year iu which ouly one half
the average mileage and one third the
average capital passes into foreclosure
might be supposed to be an exception
ally prosperous year. Unfortunately
the foreclosures do not tell the whole
nor even an sra porta nt part of tbe story.
Most foreclosure sales arc tbe result t,f
several years' standing and represent
the nctoaf railway failures of a former
period. Very rarely indeed do rail ways
paas into tbe hands of tbe receiver and
the auctioneer la- tbe same year.
Toe record of railway receiverships
In arjy given year will probably furnish
a more accurate test cf tbe condition of
railway interests than tbe record of
foreclosures. Tested by ihte s andard
the year 1S8S appears to bave been as
dista'rous in tbe matter of railway
wreekage as the avearge of tbe past
th.irIarB- Twenty two railways,
with 4.270 miles of track and capitaliz
ed at $186 -814 000. passed into tbe banda
of receivers during the year. It ia evi
dent from these figures that increased
railway prosperity need not be looked
for until the building of lines for which
no adequate business exists and the
waging of rulnone ra e wars eease.
The showing of tbe past year certainly
does not encourage people with moLey
to invest to put into railway stocks or
bonds. Phila. Timrt.
A Beat Kaas a Traia.
Lakahie Citt, January 8. The
overland fast freiKbt train on the Un
ion Pacific yeS'erday brought tbe man
gled body of James Sumner, a brake
man, who bad been thro wq from tbe
top of tbe train by a goat while 'be
train was at a Ltgh rate of speed. Tbe
animal belongd to a theatrical company,
and got on the train at Cbeyeune. it is
supposed, from a low shed adjoining
the water tack. Arter tbe train left
Cheyenne tbe goat chewed the bell cord
awaiie aad then drove two of tbe brate
mea to the caboose. where tbey remain
ed in mortal terror. belieiCg i he animal
was a wildcat. Sumner was on tbe
front of the train, and bad not seen tbe
goet nntil tbe latter rushed at and
struck bim when be lost bis balance
ana ten. xbe train was a'opped
us
soon as possible and run back. Sum
nersbodv was found lying beside ih
track. His ntck had bettn broken. A
cowboy laseoed the goat when the train
arrived here, and tbe Coroner ordered
him to tbe pound p ndiog inquest.
A Wenu'i Blaeeverr
"Another wonderful dieoyery bas been
made and that too By a ladj In tbU eoonty.
Disease fastened lis tlntchea nuuu her ..
te.tT t. wiistood Its Mv rea
. uigua wnc unueriDUl a
I nid deih oem-H tra.mnu.. u- .v.
siaaaasiua-ajSk. J VI a,iirse
months abe conshe 1 incessantly ana roald
not sleep. Sue biQ3ht of ns a bottle of D'.
; Kind's New Discovery for Consninntlau and
was so much relieved on takiog flrnt dee
that sne slept all niebt and witn one b. tllo
has been mirarn'ously enred. Her nam- in
Mrs. Lather Lutx." Thus writ- W. C.
. Ha-nrlck Sc. fjfl. of Sbelnv. X. C, (i t
. ,r" '' hottle at the drng atore or E.
I James. EOenatjurg, and W. W. McAteer.
i Loret'.o.
lEHS AH D OTHEB XOTISGS.
' Tbe combined wealth of the Yandeib it
family is aid to foot op 2a4 000 000. On
that tbey should fee able to eat two kinds of
pie for breakfast without even touching the
principal. - . - ,.
leven vessels bound to, or from Phil
adelphia went to the bottom or the ocean in
1888. ' with 118 lives.. Sine wore were
wrecked, but fortunately no lives were lost.
The property swallowed np with these 20
Teasels was valued at 850.000.
Thirty memrers of the crew of the
steamship Scythia deserted her as she was
about to sail from Boston for Liverpool on
Saturday. They claimed that the vessel
was overloaded. The departure was post
poned until new bands coald be hired.
' Patrick KiMly. cattle' dealer, was gored
by a steer be was driving at Roh res town,
LancasUr coui.ty."Tti!irs1ay 'afternoon.
His arra was broken, shoulder dislocated,
and he was alao tnjared Internally. lie is
pronounced to be in a critical condition.
-An Arkaneaw girt eff a front tooth at
tbe root while she was preparing to attend a
wedding. Lot the accident did not keep ber
at home. The fastened the tooth with bees
wax, and tbouaht nothing more about the
operation until she swallowed the tooth at
tbe weddlug snpper.
A few years ago John Koch was tha
millionaire owner of Terraee Garden In
New York and was Instrumental In bring
Ing Theodore Thomas to this conntry.
Kch Is now making a bare living as pro
pjletor of a road bonse near Scranton. Pa.
Oo Wednesday he was sent to Jail for 20
days for belling liquor on Sundays.
Advices from Samoa aay that tbe Ger
man uan-or-war Olaa lost twenty men
kil'td and thirty wounded out of a party of
one hundred and twenty men sent to a3slst
Taojaese against Vataefe. Tbe German
were compelled to retreat to their boats.
Tbe commanders of the British and Amer
ican men-of-war received an Intimation of
the German iatentlons. but tbey remained
inactive.
-Joseph L. Woodbury, a young man em-,
ployed in the Minneapolis postoffice. handed
In bis resignation tbe other day, and told
the surprised official that be Intended to be
an Indian cif from that time ont. IJe
wasn't Joking, for be reftliy Is an Indian
chief, being the son nf tbe late Hon. llole-
! the-Dy, Chief of tbe Chippewa nation,
and be bas gone to aocceed bis father at tbe
Chippewa reservation.
At a cireus fair iu Orovllle, Cal., there
were several mammoth exhibits of oranges.
Thty Included an immense golden heart,
covered with thousands of oranges; a grand
monument on w bieh were displayed 10.000
samples or the fruit, and a hogh basket In
which were piled np 12,150 oranges. An
other splendid exhibit was a Jspanense
pagoda, in which nearly C.000 oranges and
lemons were displayed.
Suit bas been entered at Reading
agalnbt the county of Barks by James W.
M. wlio, a Philadelphia attorney, to re
cover J3 593 39. commissions for collecting
from tbe Commonwealth overpaid taxes.
Tbe minutes of tbe County Commissioners
show that Mr. Newlio was paid f700 for
services rendered before the Stste Reve
nue Commissioners." Tbe claim for addi
tional compensation will be restated.
Tbe ba i keeper of one of tbe large New
York note is bas decided tbe Interesting
question of tbe value of new year "swear
otTs." lie says that be has noticed that im
mediately after the first of the year tbe re
ceipts for drinks fall off on an average 35
per eeoi.. but as the month advances they
gam Bteadi!y,rand by February 1st they are
back to tbe starting point. A "swear off,"
therefore, will generally last about Todays.
Tbe infant child of David Ze.leara.
laborer, residing In tbe southeastern part of
Columbus, Ohio, apparently died Thursday
morning. The undertaker tock charge of
the remains and placed them Jo a coffin on
Friday mora log. The parents and friends
assemt'ed and had taken a last look at the
remains. Tbe undertaker was Preparing to
remove them when be no' iced tbe chi.d
breathe. A pVtcUn was summoned, and
he indications are that tbe child will re
cover. General Master Workman ?n'.rb
Mid ou M mday morning, when questioned
about the Proposed new laoor trder to be
established by James L. Wright, R. W.
Keen and others", that the movers mke a
number o charges against the Knight of
ijcor, not one or which tbey can maintaia. .
"It to k these men ten years." said he, "be-
fore tiey disao'sevij taat tbe order wae
fouodel on wrong principles. I can only :
say that if tbe friends of this proposed new
labor organization don't do more for it than i
tbey did for the old one. it won't amount to 1
much.
A double stage robbery occurred last
Saturday night at Cloverdale, CaU The
down atage from Kendocino City was
stopped near Pbile about 11 o'clock by a
masked Mgbwayman, who demanded the
trea&nrer-bux, and holding a revolver io one
band, took the box from the driver with the
other. He thanked the driver, and ordered
htm to drive on. Qe then remarked, "Good
night, gentlemen." The stage had only
gone a few hundred yards when It met tbe
UP stage from Ctoverdale. and tbe driver
remarked be also had-been robbed, but gave
no details. Tbe express boxes were all that
were taBem
Satorday afternoon a number of farm
ers gathered at WUhans Porter' grist mill,
at New Hope, W. Va.. as is their custom on
Saturdays, to obtain their supplies of flour.
A number ware talking in the boiler house
when the boiler exploded, enmplete'y
wrecking the mill. Joseph French. Thomas
Carter, Levi Shields and John Wttnmer
were Instantly killed, their bodies being
blown Into ahreds. Ill Shields died from
bis Injuries on Sunday. P ieces of the fl.-sn-bad
dropped froa the arms of Yvade Shof
fe barger. exposing the bones, and hs Cesth
wlilaoeo cooie. Joremiab Carter and Wil
liam Carter were alee seriously injuied.
John L. Salllvan, accompanied by sev
eral piomlner.t backers, arrived at Toronto
Cacada, on Monday morning. At the It.js
sin bouse be met Kilraln's representatives.
Tbseatsof police Interference frightened
tbe parties Into a refusal to sign articles,
but the following arrangements were made:
Tne fight is to be for $20,000 and the cham
pionship belt, which is now held by Kll
valn, and will take place near New Or
leans July Ik Tbe next deposit of 1-5 eoo
will be made with the New York Clipper
A pill 13. when the final stake bcJder will
be chosen. Tte referee will be ehm-en at
tbe ringside. Tbts Is tbe result of the con
ference so far. Tne articles will nrobablv
be signed on tbe train to night.
Friday Engineer John Clark. William
McFerran. and William Shearer got into
the cage to descend to tbe bottom of the
shaft at the West Lelsenring Mine of the
Connellsville Coke & Iron company. The
fireman, who was running the car. bad
failed to reverse bis engine, and the cage
started up Instead of does. It reached the
ton ot tbe tipple-house, one hundred feet
high, with great violeeee. and broke tbe
I rope. This precipitated
tbe cage and its
three InmiU.
tnree in mates to
tbe bottom of the mine.
six hundred feet down. It was .about four
a. . a.a . i
uuui oeiore tne oodles were recovered, and
tbey were found to be f o mangled as scaee
ly to be recognized. Clark leaves a wl ei
and two children. The other two were un- '
mar r U-d. ,It la charged that tbe fireman wse
a new band at the cage, also that be Is very :
bard of bearing.. The responsibility tor j
tJB accident b being iDVKtlgfttd.
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William Mann, an artiMt,' of New
York City, shot and killed bis niece, Carile
Jones, and committed suicide in aa uptown
tenement on last Saturday. She was a
married woman and been living with Mann
as h is w i fe f or se yeral yea rs. The worn a n 's
husband, whose name is Stephen Jones. Is
a carpenter living io Pougbkeepsle. and has
not lived with his wife for 12 years. A 14
year old son of Jones and tbe woman who
bad deserted bim la thought to have been
tbe cause of tbe trsgedy. He lived with bis
mother, and Mann wished to get rid of bim
and had frequent quarrels with the woman
on the boy'a scoount. She would not give
up the boy. No one saw the shooting or
beard the quarrel which probably led up to
K. ... .
A Lewistown. Me., police officer In
passing a dark alleyway beard a strange
noise. It was a voice in the tones ot sup
plication. The words were undistlnguisb
able. It was about 2 o'clock in tbe morn
log, and tbe officer drew his 6hootina iron
and bis club and hastened to tbe spot. As
be neared it, tbe tones grew louder. Some
one was shouting in a loud voice, from tbe
back end of a horse sbed. The officer was
not a little surprised to flind the object of
bis search io tbe peraon of a devout soldier
of the Salvation Army, who was out In the
cold and the darkness of tbe darken hour
making bit petitions. The officer passed a
good morning, and akd tbe soldier to
lower his voice a few octaves. Tbe soldier
compiled and the officer departed.
More tbau 190 language and dialects
are current In India and British Barman,
with thlr 256.000,000 of people, and tbe dis
tinct alphabets cf these eonctrles, many or
which are very elaborate, outunmber al!
others In the world. Sime 40 different al
phabets or eylable systems, each having
from 250 to 600 combinations, are used to
represent the sounds nf the 150 languages,
and more than 10.000 different signs and
types have been elaborated from the origi
nal alaphabet to represent tbe 50 different
sounds all that tbe combined Indian ver
naculars contain. As these simple sounds
cannot all be represented by the 26 letters
of the English alphabet. 24 letters of tbe
English phonetic alphabet are captmed and
and made to do service in this new Englieh
phonetic alphabet.and we then bave one aim.
pie alphabet taking tbe places of 40 or more
and becoming available as tba written lan
guage of 200.00o.000 of people who bave no
written alphabet, because they don't know
just bow to use on.
Whiskey Kills.
Ilow often are we yet to be told that
whiskey kills ? Arsenic kltl ; opium kills,
and so do hundreds of other good remedies
kill ir abuf.d instead of wed. But ask tbe
question. "Will whiskey cure ?" "Yes V Is
the positive reply of tbe moet eminent phy
sicians of all tbe laud. Lisease steals into
your system like a sneak thief Into your
bouse, and often by neglecting a bad cold,
we end our days la lingering, and wishing
for health when. Indeed, one Bottle of Purs
Whitkev or Brandy would bave cureo the
cold. Such gouds may be scare, but they
can se found at Mtx Kleins. 82 Federal
street. Allegheny. His '"Silver Age" Is he
only whisky endor-ed by tie doctors. You I
can get tne pure tiuckenhf Imer, Firtch or 1
(iiron Rve at $1.90 per quart or six quarts j
for $5 00 Send for price list. j
Tbe treatment of many thonfunds of crises
ef thoFe ctirnic weekiiex-s and cjieLnsrmg
ailtnentB pt-culiur to f'iiw !.-. ar tbe iuvmii'
Hotel aud Surjricul ltiexuie, ItuCalo. Ji.
as afforded a vast exiife-jence in riKtrly sdaj t
iCK and tljoroutiliiy te--tiii(r remcdiea for tbe
irre of T-onmu pfuhur iMaindica,
Ir. l'lorce'a favorite frescrlpllon
! the outgrowrh. or rcsirtt. of thig g-ret end
raliiable experti-nee. TImiiisuikIs of testlmo
buUm. received from patit-nu and from pbyal
mmtm wbo have ttU'd ic in tbe more kgirra
vatc-d uid obstinnto ma hit-b had tinitled
their skill, prove it to Ire the moet wonderful
remedy ever devised for tke relief and cure of
auCertug wom.-n. It is net n-cunimenoed aa a
cure-a!l," but as a iniwt perfect Specinc for
weman'a iecullnr silients.
Aa a powrrlel, lurlrorattng tonic.
It tmpar( Hrenyiu to the win. I,- system,
and to tbe woaso and its oppend.-itrea in
particular. For overworked, worn -out."
ruii-doTvn." del:li:Ud teeeliers. millint-ra,
aresHniaWem, Searuetressee..8iifi-Birliv," bouso
keeiieia, aurs:iiir niotiK-rs, and feeble women
Eenenilly. Ilr. rien-e's l"avor:fe rreecription
. t!ie irrca'eet earthly boon. Ix-lr.g uncqimled
as er appetizing coniinl anJ restorative tofiie.
Am a aootlilii and eirenaibenlua;
nervine, " Favorite ITercriptiou " Is unt.
ounled and la iriVHluut.l.- t:i allsvino- and tub
euinr nervous eveiLabniiy. irrilaliility, tl
hnuMlim, pruKtraUou. u.Jtcria. ep:wnia and
otlit-r 'Atrensirut, unrvuin tyutptonia eom
n'xiiy at uckIhii t umu functuinal and orHOio
disease of the worn It. It mil;i.-s refrbiiig
ei'?fp and relievea uiuuii aiixtcty aud d-spond-ner.
r. I'iiTfr'i Fa-arlte rreer I pt I on
la a Iriliniate meiieiite, cat-, fully
corapouiiGf.1 Ly en eierieiiiT-d and fkillful
puysiriaii, and aiiapted to woman s dc'iinte
oiiarii.c:i:.uu. It is vurfiy verrialite in its
coiapwiiuii an-1 perfectly baj-inls in ita
effect Itj a"y ooiid.un of the system. For
rorniiir a.i-kness. fr nausea. fr'm whatever
cause misiuir, wKuk. t4oniKih, ini'.iestion, dvs
pepRiaarl kindi-ed rvmnlnmn, its use, in small
dons, will prove ver benetteial.
Inrorlle Preacrlplion la a posi.
IItc cure for tbe. mi coniplicsted and ob
eUnate cases of leueorrhea, excecsive flowing,
painful menstriiHt-oii. unnutural eupprcseions,
prolnpsus. or faTin of the womb, weak hack,
female weakiiea,'t'anreversion. retroversion,
hearing-down naaUuiis. chronic congestion, '
iiillainiiintlon erd ulceration of the woinK In- '
flammntion. pain and tenderness In ovaries,
accompanied with "internal rn-au
Aa n reajBlaior and promoter of fu no
tional aetiou. at tbat critical M-riod of changa
from irirlhooxl to womnnbood. " Favorite Pre
scription " la a perfectly safe remedial asenr,
and can produce only good rult.s. It is
couaCy ertWoiou and valuable in its effect
whon tnken for those disorders and dcranjre
tnenta incident o that Inter and tnot critical
period, known as "The fliange of Life."
iai write I'rearripllon.n when taken
In cinne-tion with tbo use of Dr. Pir-rce's
Oolden Medicnl Discovery, end fmsll lsmtive
doses of Dr. 1'ierce's Purrntive Fi llets djttle
Liver VllleK cure Liver. Kidney and lilndder
diseases. Their comV,.r 1 Ufe also removes
blood taints, and abolishes ennceroua aud
scrofulous humors from the evpm.
MraTorile Pretcrl ptlon is the only
medicine for women, sold by dru-r-isr.s. under
poaitl guarantee, frrnj t.'ie tnanu-lax-turers,
th;.t it wltl (rive But 1st act 'on In every
ease, or money will oo refunded. This guaran.
See bns been printed on tlte bottle-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out for msny ytmrs.
Large hot t lea riOO doses) 1.00, or aix
bottle tor S5.00.
large, iUustrateJ Treatise on Disease of
women (100 pages, ri-r-covered. aoud tea
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