NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Operations at the Avondale mill,
at Wilkesbarre, Pa., were suspended
for an indefinite time on the 10th, on
account of the flooding of the work.
ings. Whether the water comes from
the Susquehanua river or the marshes
near by has not as yet been ascer-
tained. This is the mine where nearly
200 lives weré lost In an explosion in
the year 1869, Five hundred men and
boys are thrown out of employment,
-—James ID, Trenor, an expert in
art matters, died in New York, on the
10th, from a fractured skull, reecived,
it is believed, from thieves who triea
to rob him. During the previous week
he bad been drinking heavily, and
reached his home after 10 o'clock, on
the morning of the 10th, intoxicated
and covered with blood from a wound
in his head, He sald he had been at-
tacked by robbers. Mrs, J. A, Price,
who was married last August, was shot
at Eureka, California, on the evening
of the 8th by Charles H., Bowden, He
wrote a statement before the shooting
claiming that Mrs. Price was his wife,
but 1t 18 thought that he had paid at-
tentlons to her, and was enraged over
her marriage, of which he had only
recently heard.
-Susie Thompson pointed a revolver
at her friend, Allle Ellls, aged 15 years,
in Cameron, Missouri, on the 10th,
saying ‘‘this is the way to scare burg-
lars.” A report followed, and Allie
Eilis was kililed by a bullet, which en-
tered her brain.
—At Carrollton, Louisiana, on the
afternoon of the 9th, eight boys secur-
ed two pionaces and went out on the
river. A strong current dashed the
boats against two coal barges and
they were upset. Seven of the youths
were drowned, namely: Frank Landy,
aged 17; George Sampson, 16; Willie
Winters, 16; Martin Perriere, 18,
Louis G. Fulda, 16; Alvye Fulda, 13,
and Eddie Knecpt, 13, Wilton Boby,
aged 7, the only occupant of the boats
who escaped, saved himself by catch-
ing on to one of the overturned boats,
—It Is.now learned that the children
drowned near Kingston, New York,
on the 9th, were not all of one family,
There were two sons of Slater, aged 17
and 14 years, a third was a grandchi'd
named Terwilliger, aged 9 years, and u
fourth was a girl named Rusb, aged 14
The body of Mrs, Slater was recovered
on the evening of the th, Great d fii-
culty is experienced in grappling lor
the bodies, as the ice is contipually
giving away, being but an inch thick
in the vicinity of the hole through
which the six persons disappeared.
—A boiler flue collapsed at the
Standard Lumber Company’s mill, in
Dubuque, Iowa, on the 10th. Engi-
neer Reed was killed and Fireman
Richard Reglar fatally scalded.
— President Harrison on the 10th,
gigned the proclamation opening the
Sioux Reservation, in South Dakota,
An order was also issued establishing
land offices at Pierre and Chamberlain.
~—Official returns from Salt Lake
City, Utah, give George A. Scott,
Gentile, for Mayor, a majority of BLO,
The remainder of the Gentile ticket is
elected by majorities ranging from 300
to 773. This gives them control of the
Municipal Counell for the first time in
the history of Lhe city
Patrick McBryde, ex-Secretary of
the Miners’ National * Progressive
Union, and member of the Executive
Board of the United Miners, the new
organization, is in Pittsburg to make
arrangements for the annual confer.
ence with the operators, Mr, McBryde
says that unless the operators of Penn-
sylvapia, Ohlo, Indiana and Illinois
come together and sign the Inter-State
scale the greatest coal miners’ strike
ever seen in this country will take
place. It makes no difference whether
the Pittsburg operators are willing to
graut the advance or not, The four
States must act together, or a shut
down will be called by the miners’ rep-
resentalives, This will throw 75,000
miners id's, The operators of Indi
ana and Illinois have, it is stated, vir
tually refused to go into the con-
ference,
—During a fire in Richmond, Mis.
scuri, on the evening of the 10th, a
wall fell, killing M. F. MeDonald and
William R, Jackson, and severely ine
juring Mrs, Jackson,
—During the late heavy rains, James
Seals and his family, emigrants from
Alabama, attempted to cross Yellow
creek, in a wagon, near Burnsville,
Mississippi. The stream was swollen
and ithe wagon was floated off sud
capsized, Four ceildren, aged from 2
to 10 years, were drowned. The team
was also drowned and everything lost,
the parents alone surviving,
~The Philadelphia and Reading
Company's North Asbland Colliery, at
Ashland, Pa., shut dewn on the 11th
for an definite period, throwing five
hundred men and boys vut of employ-
ment,
~H. T. Helgeson, State Commis-
sioner of Agriculture for North Da-
kota, has issued an appeal for aid for
the farmers In the drought-stricken
counties of that state, Their present
condition is due to the fallure of their
crops.
~Two trains on the Alabama and
Great Southern Raliroad collided near
Cooling, Alabama, on the morning of
the 12th. Eogioeer Edward Doolittle
was killed and several passengers were
injured. Bo far as can be learned the
wounded are Mra. G. D. Irwin, Birm-
\ugham, cut in face, severely; Mrs, CO,
they are sustained, It is thought the
the miners at Cahaba, Pratt mives
Coalburg and other points will join the
strike. A telegram from Birmingham,
Alabama, says that the Blua Creek
miners held a mass meeting on the
13th, and resol ved to go back to work
at the old wages,
~The mail carrier from Florence,
Oregon, bas arrived at KFugene, Ie
brings word that a landslide occurred
on the mountsin above the Suislaw
river recently, burying the residence of
A. F, Andrews, killing Mrs. Andrews,
her daughter and little son. Andrews
and an older son were thrown into the
river and after floating on the debris
all night were picked up several miles
below in an almost dylng condition,
— Etta Bixby, 16 years of age, had
her scalp torn off on the 12th by her
hafr catching in a revolving shaft ina
mill in Hudson, New York.
-~A mall stage coach was rc bbed
near Great Falls, Montana, on the 11th.
The mail sacks were rifled,
—Claude Perry’s residence in Lake
View, Michigan, was burned on the
11th, and a six-months-old baby was so
badly burned that death resulted in a
short time. Two other children were
burned, but wili recover. Fire de-
stroyed the residence of John Metevia,
near Bay City, Michigan, on the even-
ing of tue 11ih, and a baby, 18 months
old, perished in the flames. The mother
lost her reason,
— Ada Goss, the daughter of H., C.
Goss, a respected citizen of Crawfords-
ville, Arkansas, was found dead near
her parents’ residence on the evening
of the 12th, with her body full of buck
shot, and & short distance further on
the decapitated remains of George Cor-
vett, employed as a laborer by Mr.
Goss, were discovered, Nolhing is
kuown as to the motive for the crime
or the perpetrators, Near Marshall,
Illinois, on the 12th, Samuel McGee
was shot and mortally wounded by
Michael Livix, his father-in-law, who
was drunk at the time, McGee's baby,
whieh he held in his arms at the time,
was struck by several grains of shot,
There was no provocation for the deed.
—A Panhandle passenger train on
the afternoon of the 13th struck a street
car at Newark, Ohio, The street car
was smashed, and two of the inmates,
J. 8. Smarts, proprietor of the Newark
Paper Mill, and Mrs, Elizabeth Schultz
were fatally injured. The boiler of a
locomotive exploded, while in motion,
near Douglas S ation, ou the Pittsburg,
McKeesport and Youghiogheny Rail-
road, on the morning of the 13th.
Charles Jenkins and William Ludwig
were killed, and John Steadman, Wil-
liam McKinley and George Res. were
injured,
~aul Bure, his wife and four chil-
dren were overcome by coal gasin thelr
nome, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on
the evening of the 12th. It is feared
that two of the children will die.
—A telegram from Havana, Cuba,
says that the continued drought at
Sagua is making Itsel’ disastrously
feit. Owing to the bad condition of
the canes several estates In that dis.
trict will not grind this sesson, Des.
pite the larger area devoted to cane it
is pow certain that, instead of the an-
ticipated increase of from 20 to 25 per
cent. in the yield, there will be a heavy
decrease compared with 15st year.
~A thief who had entered St. Paul's
Church, at Broadway and Vesey
streets, New York, on the evening of
the 12th, was captured by a policeman
after he had piled up a lot of altar
clothes preparatory {0 removal. The
cloths were beautifully emuroldered,
and were valued at $1000,
~The Comptroller of the Currency
has authorized the National Bank of
the Republic at St, Louis to begin
business with a capital of $500,000,
~A cablegram from England was
received by the rubber men in Trenton,
New Jersey, on the 11th, to the effect
that the English syndicate has agreed
to the terms of the Trenton men,
somewhat modified, for the sale of the
whole rubber interest in this country.
The manufacturers held a meeting
subsequently and approved the modif-
cation. The amount of the deal will
be about $1,000 000,
—Thomas Bryant, 16 years of age,
shot and killed his mother, In Burling.
ton, a minirg village near Butte,
Montana, on the 12th, He was caught
by his mother rifling a trunk in which
all her savings were kept. He sur-
rendered himseif,
— Despatches from several widely
separated towns and cities in Texas
gay that an unprecedented snow storm
has prevatled over a large area of the
State and that snow lies on the ground
from two to fourteen inches deep. I
1s thought that the grain crops will be
greatly benefited.
ries
51st OONGRESS,~First Session.
SENATE,
—Jn the U, 8, Senate on the 10th,
bills were reported making an appro-
priations for public bulldings in a num.
ber of cities, among them one appro
priating $100,000 for a building In
Chester, Penna. The Senate bill ap-
propriating $800,000 for a site for a
public building in New Orleans was
taken from the calendar and passed,
A message was received from the
Presidert on the subject of the negotia-
tions with the Sioux Indians, and rec-
ommending an 1mmediate appropria-
tion to carry out the recommendations
of the Commission. A number of bills
of loeal interest were passed, among
them one for the organization of the
National Zoologleal Park, After an
executive session the Senate adjourned.
In the United States Senate on the
11th, bills were introduced by Mr, Ed.
munds, for the establishment of a pub.
hie school system in. Utah; providing
for the In on of meats for exporta-
tion; probibiting the importation of
adulterated food articles, and suthoriz-
ing the resident to make Brociama~
tion in certain cases. The lahoma
bili was discussed, Mr, Hoar intro-
part’ the
and
duced a bill **to preseribe in
it was referred to the Committee on
elections of members of
Privileges and Elections, The Eduea-
tional bill coming up as unfinished
business, Mr. Blair continued his
speech. Without finishing, he ylelded
to a motion to go Into executive ses-
sion. When the doors were reopened
the Senate adjourned,
In the U, 8. Senate, on the 12th,
Mr. Sherman called up the joint reso-
lution reported by him from the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations, congrat-
ulating the Brazilians on their adoption
of a Republican form of government,
The resolution was unanimously
adopted, the yeas being 40, the nays
none, It 18 as follows: *‘*That the
United States of America congratu-
lates the people of Brazil on their just
and peaceful assumption of the pow-
ers, duties and responsibilities of self-
government, based on the fres consent
of the governed, and on their recent
adoption of a Kepublican form of Goy-
ernment.” Mr, Sherman, from the
same committee, reported a concurrent
resolution, which was also passed, re-
questing the President ‘‘to invite the
King of the Hawaiian Islands to select
delegates to represent the King in the
Pan-American Congress now assembled
al the capital of the Hepublic.” After
an executive session the Senate ad-
Journed,
13th, two bills were reported for the
establishment of Indian industrial
scliools in Michigan and South Dakota,
The bill to provide a Territonal Gov-
ernment for Oklahoma was considered,
and the amendment including No
Man's Land in the new Teriitory was
agreed to—27 to 16, Ap amendment
was offered by Mr, Vest prohibiting
the Legislative Assembly from au-
thorizing the issue of any bonds of the
Tertitory, or any county, eity, or town
in aid of rallroads. This amendment
was also agreed to, and the bill, as
amended, was passed, A conference
was ordered on the House amendment
to the bill increasing the pensions of
pensioners who are totally disabled,
After an executive session the Senate
adjourned,
HOUSE,
In the House on the 12th, the entire
time was devoted to the discussion of
the new rules, The Journal was
adopted In the usual way-—yeas, 119;
nay, Mr. Buckalew-—the Speaker
counting 72
not voting, The debate on
was continued In an evening session,
In the House on the 10th, the jourhal
of the 6th's proceedings was
and approved — yeas, 140; nays,
Buckalew—the Speaker counting =a
quorum. As the journal of the Tth's
proceedings contained no ruling by the
ing, It was approved without demur.
Mr. Cannon. from the Committees on
and the House to consider
it.
journed,
In the House, the journal of the
10th's proceedings was
proved yeas, 150; nays, Mr. Buckalew
—the Speaker counting a quorum.
General debate on he new rules was
opened by Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohlo, in
support of them, Mr, Payson, of 11li-
nos, also supported the
which was opposed by Messrs. Hol-
man, Hatch, of Missouri, and Me-
Adoo, of New Jersey. Pending debate,
the House 100k 8 recess.
In the House, on
usual objection was made to
approval of the Journal; a call
was ordered; the Democrats re-
frained from voting; the vote stood
yeas 141, nay, Mr. Buckalew, snd the
Speaker, counting a gquorom, declared
the Journal approved, The Senate
joint resolution, congratulating the
proceeded
the
the
the 13th,
republican form of government, was
unanimously agreed to. The consid-
eration of the code of rules was then
proceeded with, and several
ments were adopted, Amendments
offered by Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, pro-
viding that **a demand for the yeas
and nays shall not be considered dila-
tory,” and that the Speaker shall not
in any case refuse to entertain an wp
peal from his decision, was rejected.
--—
Doclors who have been examining
the secretions from the throats of grip
patients find that the trouble is caused
by animalcules, or infusoria, as they
are called, which enter the
through the mouth and nostrils with
the air and water,
they can be seen tumbling about in the
saliva, the young ones being very frisky
movements, The bead is the biggest
part, and to the body is attached a
sprouting tail. There are thousands in
tient’s throat.
settle in the throat they begin a fierce
struggle for life. If they succeed in
getting the upper hand against nature,
which does jta hest to expel them
throug coughing and sneezing, they be-
gin to propagate at an enormous mite,
They soon become 80 numerous that
they choke up the mucous membrane
and their constant motions produce an
irritation of the parts, thus increasing
the secretion of the mucous, Then
follows headsche, pain in the limbs and
high fever. Unless medical assistance
is promptly secured, so that the infu-
Soria are expelled or killed, they get
into the lungs and produce pneu-
monia,
sis A
A new botanical garden in the Alps
of Valais is situated on a cone-shaped
knoll about 200 feet high, at an altitude
above sea-level of more than 5600
feet. Plants from all the alpine
regions of the globe will be cult
vated,
The French cavalry have adopted
small steel claws to be screwed into the
horseshoes during the winter months
when the roads are frozen and shippery.
Two claws are placed In each shoe, the
men being furnished with a complete
set of eight,
Mrs. Fangle—*This Russian influenza
is very contagious, is it not?”
Fongle—"Yes; even a detective
could catch It.”
Visiting Friend— What sort of a man
is your husband? Is he very contage-
ous? .
Mrs, Sharptongue—Well, I reckon
or he never would have married me;
% fF 0 & § |
A ————————
IN MALE ATTIRE.
Famous Women Who Have Doffed
Petticoats and Corsets,
The subject of women donning male
attire in order to follow their lovers in-
sognito to wars or other dangers has
been a favorite one with the poets from
the early ballad singers to Mrs, Brown-
ing, in the *‘Romsunt of the Page,” and
the Swedish Tegner, and his beautiful
stoay of “Axel.” But in modern times
women have less romantic réasons for
the change of costume. Like George
Sand they may do it in a spirit of ad-
venture; like Rosa Bonheur and our
own Dr. Mary Walker, because they
find it more comfortable, or like the
hundreds of cases which are constantly
being noted by the newspapers, because
they find that an apparent change of
sex enables them to make a better liv-
ing. Rosa Bonheur wears trousers
when at work, but resumes her female
sttire in the evening. She not only
wears trousers, but a full male outfit,
including the French laborer's blue
to make studies for her cattle or wan-
ders about the field unaccompanied,
bundling up skirts when she carries
painting implements, and also conceals
ber sex from the rongh men whom she
is liable to meet, the
sculptress, also finds it convenient to
wear trousers and coat when at work.
Barah Bernhardt, in her studio,
sumes a black velvet suit of clothes, in
Louisa Lawton,
a8
us that she looks
Mme. Dieulafoy, the
French explorer and scientist, who has
to our know
ledge of Persian archeology
which she is consci
very charming
done so much 1LnCrense
. also looks
i
!
the costume she adopted while journey-
lands than in the skirts,
Indeed,
femi
substitution
ing in strange
which Paris,
return to
she wears in
sven in Paris, ber only
the
ew
Ih
nine costume 1s in {
skirts for trousers, e coat and ve
t
the shirt, collars and cuffs are retained.
-
Rumors of a Cholera Epldamio.
Although the cable despatches tell of
Zroal ravages of
what is supposed to be
tholers in Khorassan, the northeastern
division of Persia, and in«
of Asia, OR m
portioz
somethi re defluite
leve that an epidemic of influenza
followed by ne of
great alarm
i
chol«
speedily
aeed fee]
1 by the peopl:
here 18 no Apparent reason fo
sept the fact that the epid
S8uenza whick
1
i
swept over
wed by the cholera ou
waa {oll
thy»
of the cholera plague which affected al
rid. There
nelusive evi
most all the civilized wi
does not seem to be any ©
Jetice that any of the us visita
; previ
Hons of cholera were heralded in alike
and this one
therefore, is hardly sufficient to reason
manner, isolated case,
that there is any connection between
the two There certainly has
been no scientific proof that there ex
diseases,
sted any relationship between them,
however remote,
It would ordinarily occasion httle
somment or surprise fo hear of the
f in the southern
and southwestern portions Asia
There the disease originated and has
prevailed from time to time for centu-
ries, though it has spread into Europe
The last great visita-
tion, the one which arrived in this coun-
claoiers
of
It had been ravaging
since that hardly a year passes without
press. One authority states that in In-
the assembling of crowds at natal fes-
Bat
sanitary roles are so much more rigid
there than formerly, and the science of
that the epidemics are usually checked
before spreading over a great area. In
Persia, however, the case is different
Among the tribes of the Khorassan lit-
tle attention is paid to eleanliness or
any of the essentials of sanitary precan-
tons, and hardly anything is known of
medicine. Under such eireumstances
su epidemic there might easly become
serious. And, as this great division of
Perna lies just across the Caspian Sea
sand furnish ground for considerable
apprehension there. The danger to Eu-
rope lies in the possibility of an epi-
demio getting too strong a foothold be-
fore it has reached countries where the
best means would be used to stop its
spread. In 1884, although the disease
carried off so many victims in Southern
France and in Italy, its spread was
sucoossfully remsted by the Govern.
ments taking thé proper steps. If they
had not been taken, if the epidemic
had been allowed to proceed as unmo-
losted as the great epidamios of 1830
and 1848, it is possible thet it might
have been as extensive as they were.
Providence Journal,
Surgeons are finding constantly In.
creasi opportunities for ig wt of
electricity in the service of their pro.
fession, It is maid to be admirably
adapted for the treatmen of neuralgic
pain, and its application
Man 12 8 hily eddikated animal,
“MAN OVERBOARD!"
A Startling Cry on Shipboard-Rules
of Action.
There is no sound aboard ship so de-
noralizing as that of “Man overboard!”
t strikes terror to the heart of the bra-
rest of men, and only the best discip-
ined crews can withstand the panio it
waally produces. Almost every ship
a8 a particular rule of action for such
recurrences. The best preconcerted
irrangements, however, are often in-
wpplicable, and success depends mainly
on the presence of mind of the watch,
ihe man at the life buoy, and the nor-
ual condition of the boats,
A cool hand will drop the life buoy
iometimes within reach of a man; a
“bothered” one will either not let go at
ill, or do so before the man has got
aear the stern. Of all persons aboard
ship the officer of the deck should
wol and collected,
Rear Admiral 8. B. Luce lays down
the principle that the most important
onsiderations when a man falls
be
overs
»ourd are: First, the quickest and most
flectual method of arresting the ship's
progress, and how to keep her as near
the spot where the man fell as possible,
Second, to preserve the general discip-
and
obedience
ine of the ship, to maintain silence
0 enforce the most pre mpt
permitting foolhardy volun-
Third, to sce that
he boat appoint d to be
»
without
ering of any kind.
€ mploye d on
hese occasions is placed in such a man-
ser that she may be cast loose in
for
8 MNO-
nent, and when ready wering,
ted,
is when
hat she is properly manned and fit
i as to be efficient in all respe
rth, to take
bo neith
pitel
Wo
she reaches the water, F
the
or swamp her, nor to
And lastly, to h
sient number of the
sare in lowering
lave
nen out,
Ahiar pest
men in the ship stationed aloft ix
f InAnDer as
shanoe not «
son overboard
y thie men
therwise kn
1
iid
overboard are
somparatively uch as a steam
ssel is always under
is he
ier machinery is in go
© Bn Isrge sail
n that has fallen «
bai or} t oradit {
LUghest credit
RK hold i We »
trumpet observing officer
juickiy pass a sigoal and in a
ng the terrible ory of “Man overboard!
would ring through the ship. It
all done to test the young midshipman's
nerve and fitness for his and
the Admirals
young
Generally, h
CRUDE,
delight io
officer napping was amusing.
om
ywever, commanding offi-
sounded solely for practice purposes,
known
of their
nasmuch as seamen have been
lo jump overboard to the rescue
smpposed unfortunate shipmate,
rule is a stringent one that
shall mmp overboard for rescuing pur-
no sailor
in spite of the regulation, and no
lives have been lost in foolhardy under
takings. — AN. ¥. Times.
One of Magician Keller's Stories.
———
Keller to some friends recently, “I
saw many things done by the native
‘stumped’ me and some scientific gentle-
msn that were with me. The most woa-
de-ful performances were in hypnotism.
Framjee Cowasjee, the founder of the
bearing his name, gave me his wor 1 for
thie remarkable story :
“In the north of India was a famous
hypnotist who possessed the power of
hypnotizing himself, His wife, whe
knew his secret, was accustomed to re-
vive him whenever he exercised his ex-
ceptional power. He killed a man and
was sentenced to execution. Several
days before the time for the ‘execution
he hypnotized himself, passing into a
condition which, to all appearances, was
death. Bo perfert was lhe semblance
that the English Government physicians
who were called in officially certified
that he was aead and ordered his body
cremated. But at this point his wife
appeared. She was stricken with grief,
moaned and wept until the hearts of
the authorities were touched. She was
permitted to take away the body for
private cremation. Then she revived
ber husband, and together they escaped.
HH th. A
Keep the barnyard well supplied with
material for absorbing — liquids,
thereby rendering the yards a
comfortable, md
Cornstalks contain more potash
any other fodder fed to cows thas
Affect no oddness,
Conuness, apparently, still hopes to
#o0 a World’s Falr In 1892. A bill to
appropriate $1,500,000 to erect a build.
ing for Government exhibits has been
agreed upon by the Committee, Settle
the site business and get this matter in
In shape as soon as posible,
RECRETARY TRACY takes the posi.
tion that all the war vessels needed by
the United States can be built in
country, The point that we have no
plant at which the necessary Leavy
armor can be wade is without truth,
but such a plant can be had and will be
had in due time, The place for it is in
Philadelphia or vicinity, where the
best and fastest war vessels in the world
have been and ean be coustructed,
What we want 18 an American
built in America by American
men, and Pennsylvania is in a position
Lo furnish the necessary material,
this
DAVY
work-
nm ——— ——
MARY persous are calling to mind the
2
old saying that a green Christmas ma' es
a fat grave yard, The of
the grippe and the increased
seetns Lo verily
prevalence:
mort
which It has caused
truth of the BAYiLg.
remembered that it is
bLeit of the countr
Winter prevails that statistics
increased mortality, In
country where they have snows equal to
Limes,
rense
ry wie
portions «
any thing known in the olden
the epidemic has caused a large inc
in the number ot deaths, The best
authorities de
weather
responsibl
epidemic,
s———————————
IT 18 possibly because of ths mildo
of the winter that there has been fewer
in wrecks
but the car st
gaged in its Tatal work.
on the Monon
ana, recently, though a bad one,
avidently not have resulted so seriously
fatal tr reported this season
4
than usual, ve is still en-
The ace
route near Carmel
5
to the passengers If the cars
n quickly consumed
%
proved In New York
ns may be
lighted =o that
no
reform in
steam heated
coutain eiemen
from fire. 1
was brought
aw, which will
other States bel
need
he
about by a
have
’
We we
chapler
Ves,
_-——
as it is,
of
of}
Om IMOn men
have no hope of
matter bow brave or
There are so many
Ww
resent, feeble
agear. Much
goes in salaries to ornamental
tie to the ¢
THE navy at
~ $ + { {¥ £3
cost $30,000, 0 {
comparatively if
who do the work and
promotion, no
efficient they are,
Annapolis graduates ne
not officers’ places enough but
Some day our wavy
The only
that there are
for them
thelr pay goes
aristocracy
true way to create officers would be to
from the ranks of the common
enlisted sallors such as showed them.
selves particularly capable, and put
the naval academy, and give
for officers. Two
results would follow; capable American
would enlist on War
On.
will go to pleces,
take
inn
our
The
same rule of promotion ought to pre-
vall in the army as well,
it tenia
According to the New York Sun the
sixth attempt Lo reach the snowy crown
of the lofiiest of Africa’s summits has
proved successful, and forty years after
the humble missionary Rebmann,
“weaponed only with aa umbreila, ’ dis.
covered the mountain, the German flag
Killma-Njarce., Dr. Hans Meyer is the
fortunate climber, and this is his second
attempt to reach the pinnacle of Kibo,
the higher of the great mountain’s two
summits, Al an elevation of 19.680
feet hestood on the highest point of the
Dark Continent, In most of the pre-
vious attempts the explorers, unaccom-
They have
culties and perils of making the fur-
ther ascent alone.
Tae recent death at Elk Falls, Kan-
recalls an interesting story of the great
change that has taken place In the
treatment of colored people in the last
50 or 80 years. When Mrs. Philleo was
a young woman—a Quakeress-—she
tanght a private school or academy in
Connecticut, to which, in 1833 she
almitted a young negro girl. Opposi-
tion was so great that she was compelled
to exclude uegroes altogether or open a
school exclusively for “young ladies and
little misses of color.” Bul even this
did not satisfy the fanatics, and Cone
necticut, a New England State, passed
a law directed aguinst Miss®* Crandall,
prohibiting private schools for nog-res-
ident colored people. Sho was arrested
for violating this law and convicted,
but a higher court reversed the judg.
ment on a technicality, which so en
raged the psople that they made a raid
on Ler school and burned it to the
ground, Mes. Crandall soon after mare
ried Rev, Calvin Philleo, a Baptist cler-
gyman, who died in Kansas nn 1476.
I'he Connecticut Legislature attempted
a few yours ago to make amends to her
for old time persecution, by granting
hep an annuity of $400,
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