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CYCLONE IN TEEAS.
HOUSES IN THE EASTERN PORTION
OF HOOD COUNTY DESTROYD.
KILLED
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15 PERSONS AND MANY
INJURED,
NEw ORLEANS, May 6.—A special
to the Picayune from Granbury, Texas,
says: A destructive c¢yclone visited Salc
Creek, In the eastern portion of Ilood
county. after 6 o'clock Sunday evening,
The beginning of s¢rious trouble was
the residence of Mr. I.ee Rhodes, 12
miles east of that place. There were
about 20 persons in the house when the
evelone struck it. Miss Della Car-
micliuel, aged 17 years, was instantly
killed, also Mary Carmichael, aged 1
year, und the little baby of Mrs. Gibbs,
Mrs, Rhodes and Ler 12-year-old
laughter, Norah, were seriously injured,
Other children in the house were
bruised, At Fall Creek, a little further
south, John Manley’s house was wreck-
ed and he was seriously injured,Charles
Houston’s house was demolished, and
Mis. Rushing hurt. Mrs Cambell's
house was blown away. Mrs, Serkley’s
house was demolished, and her
arm broken in two places, Mr.
Chung’s house was blown down, and
his wife and child hort, Mr. Robert-
gon's honse was demolished, and Mrs,
gar, which was escaping {rom an open
Jet, ‘The man died, but there Is some
hope of the woman's recovery, It is
thought thas they blew out the gas
when they retired on the evening of the
oth,
~-AS8 a freight train on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad was
crossing a small bridge near Welling-
ton, Kansas, on the evening of the
7ib, the engine and boller exploded.
Jolin Mack, the engineer, was killed,
and the fireman, name unknown, fatal.
ly injured. The bridge was destroyed
and 10 cars of cattle wera precipitated
into the ereek. John DD. Davis, fire
boss, and William Morgan, a miner,
were found dead in the mines at Gill-
berten Colliery, Mahanoy Plane, Pa.,
on the morning of the 7th, The cause
of thelr death was firedamp, which had
accumulated during the night and suf-
focated them.
-John H. Schmidt, 18 years of age,
was caught In the belting at the works
of the Excelsior Electric Light Works,
in Marrisburg, Pa., on the evening of
the 7th and Killed. Andrew J. Mar.
ray, Jr., and Patrick Fitzgerald, rig-
gers, were thrown from the fifth to the
first floor of a building in New York
on the 7th by the shpplng of a rope.
Murray was killed and Fitzgerald badly
injured, ‘The public school building at
Lafayette, Alabama, was struck by
lightuing on the 7th and partly de-
molished. The puplls and teachers es-
Me Cherson’s,
Herstey’s, sna
are Alfred Massey's, L.
I. Woolenhffe's, M. C,
Mr, Brooks's. The to out-
houses, crops, fences a timber is
very great. Atl the little town of Ac-
ton, on of Parker and H.od
nties, four persons were killed, and
number seriously
were demolished in
ualuage
1
na
the lue
cou
injured, Many
that vicio-
a
i tees
obin Creek, In Hood county,
persons were Killed, five of whom
belonged to t family of Dr. George
Grifin. A heavy ball storm fel
throughout thissection, doling Immense
dainage to crops, Newsfrom Grabam,
in Young county, says a heavy hal
storm fell there on Sunday. The hall
completely ruined erops and vegeta.
tion, wheat, oats and corn being com-
pletely beaten foto the grow,
uit ¢ in that section will
ruined,
At
eight
fa
1
op be
THE CARPENTERS WIN.
I'ie Strike in Chicago Finally Set
tiled.
Cricaco, May 6.—The carpenters
ke was finzlly settled to-day, whe:
eentatives of the Carpenters’ Coun
nd the new
sta
rep
il a Boss Carpenters’ and |
Builders’ Association met acd signed
the agreement which was reached by
the Arbitration Committee yester ay
By the terms of the agreement the
men are given an eight-hour day; over
Lime is rated as time and a hall; Sap-
day time is rated as double time; each
coutractor is allowed to retain his pres-
ent apprentices and take one new ape
prentice each year, and the Association
agrees Lo employ none Lut union men
and foremen,and to sublel no contracts
from the cid Carpenters’ and Builders’
Association,
The mintmum pay for carpenters is
fixed at 35 cents an hour until Augner
Ist, and after that date 1t will be 374
>»nis an hour. The arbitration com
mittees will le continued as a perma
nent commitiee to settle any dispute
which may arise hereafter between em-
ployers and employees,
—-———
THw WEEK,
~The Longue Pointe Lunatic Asy-
lam, ten miles from Montreal, Canada,
was deatroyed by fire, on the 6th, and
about 60 of the Inmates are believed to
have peiished in the flames. The asy
lum was under the charge of the Sis.
ters of Providence, and several of ths
sisters lost their lives In trying to save
the patients. The asylum was fourded
in 1873, and the amount spent in orga-
nizing the lostitution was $1,132,232
of which the bulldings cost $700 000
The arrangements for the prevention
and check of fire appear to bave been
very defective,
-—A Lehigh passenger train collided
with an Erle engine at Painted Post,
New York, on the morning of the 6th,
and both trains were wrecked. The
engineer and fireman of the Lehigh
were slightly hurt, and so were four
persons, names unknown, on the pas.
senger train, Superintendent Stephen.
son was also aboard the jassenger
train, and was cut about the bead and
face.
~ Heavy frosts were onite general in
Ilhinots, Missouri and Iowa on the
nights of the 5th and 6th. Fruits and
vegetables are reported to be badly
daraaged, There were heavy frosts in
the northern part of Kansas on the
night of the Gth, The fruit crops were
wave, and in some places corn and
wheat sudered,
—The yacht Gertrude capsized In
the Ohio river at Wheeling, West Vir.
ginia, on the evening of the Tth,
throwing the 16 passengers—14 males
cud two females—into the water. It
is believed all were rescued but ¥, W,
Wells, an architect, who was drowned.
A number of the passengers were un-
cons: ious when taken from the water,
Three men are still missing, and may
be drowned. A New Uersey Central
express train ran into the Lehigh Vale
ley New York passenger train at a
grade crossing in Allentown, Pa., on
the morning of the Tih. The air
brakes on the New Jersey Central train
would not work, Emma Hall, aged
25 years, was killed, and eleven others
were injured, Joseph Hautler probably
fatally.
~~. M. Burt and his bride, of Fair-
field, Nebruska, arrived at Grand Is.
land on the evening of the 6th, on their
wedding trip, and stopped at the Hote
Dumpling. On the morning of the
Tih Mrs. Burt was found dead in bed
sud Mr, ‘Burt was unconscious, with
no hops of recovery. The gas had
been blown out. A mar snd woman,
supposed to be Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo
Edwards, of Rollins, Illinois, were
found lying oh the bed ins a room in
La Geande Hotel, in Chicago, on
pie afternoon of the Oth, overcome by
da
—At Freesport, Nebraska, on the
man named Clark, who
had been courting Miss Melntyre, pro-
posed to her, and, when she rejected
him, shot her in the chest, Ilia then
blew out his brains, Doctors say the
irl will die, James Rodgers
bealen to death with clubs by Alfred
boidt, Hiinois, on the evening of the
They were all drunk, and had
them a jug of whiskey.
wilh
shot and
Frederick leach was
in Spriug-
1 by Frank Dumont g
er, New York, on the morning of
¢ 8th, Leach had gone to Dumont’s
house to pay him some money and a
Juarrei arose,
ile
Jonas Russell, aged 16 years, and
arence Hickox, aged 17, of Des
Moines, Iowa, went fishing on the
aveulng of the 5th, intending to camp
On the Tih their dead
were found under several feet of sand
+t Deep Rock Spring, below the city.
It is supposed that they took refuge in
a cave, and that the roof fell in on
them,
The Chenango County Poorhouse
wl Insane Asylum, at Preston, pear
tica, New York, was buroed on the
vening of the Tth, Ten of the insane
ients perished in the flames, The
uildings were of wood and there were
provisions for extioguishing the
lames,
out, bod ies
— Rev, George M. Green was acel-
lentally shot and killed in Saline
county, Arkansas, on the Tih, by his
brother, Martin tsreen, while they
were inspecting a new revolver which
the latter had purchased,
~T'wo girls pamed McDonald, aged
Ound 12 years, were playing on the
approach to a8 radlrond bridge across
the river at Portland, Oregon, on the
evening of the Tth, when thev saw a
train coming. They became frightened
and jumped into the river, Both were
drowned,
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st CUNGEESS. Sassion
BENAL LZ,
the
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fe-
the
In the United States Senate on
Sth Mr, Blackbnrn made formal
nouncement of the death of his
eague, Fenator Beck, and offered
solutions declaring the sorrow of
Senale, providing for the appointinent
of a committee of seven 10 superintend
the funeral, notifying the House of
the Senate's action, inviticg the Presi
dent and Cabinet, the Justices of the
Sapreme Court and the Diplomatic
Corps to attend the funeral, and pro-
viding. as a further mark of respect,
that the Senate adjourn. The resolu.
tions weie agreed to, and the Senate
adjourned,
In the United Slates Senate on the
7th the Army and Military Academy
Appropriaiton bills were reported and
placed on the calendar. Conference
reports were agreed to on the bills for
public buildings at Cedar Rapids,
lowa; Atchison, Kansas; Burlington,
Towa; Latayette, Indiana; Ashland,
Wisconsin; Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and
Chester, Pennsylvania. Alter an ex-
ecutive session the Senate adjourned,
In United States Senate on the
8th, the Worsted Classification bill was
pas-ed, as received from the House,
and it goes to the President, it was
agreed that the Silver bill should go
over until the 12th, and that the 1daho
aud Wyoming Admission biils should
£0 over until the Siiver ull has been
acted upon. The Pension Approprias
tion bill was considered, pending which
the Senate adjourned,
HOUSE,
In the House, on the 5th, the Senate
amendments to the Customs Adminis
trative bill were non-concurred In anda
a conference was ordered. The con
ferenee report on the Oklahoma Town
Site bill was agreed to, A message
was received from the Senate inviting
the House to attend the funeral of
Senator Beck. Resolutions accepting
the Invitation, and providing for the
appointment of x committee of nine to
act with the Senate Committees on
Funeral Arrangements, were agreed
to. The House then, as a mark of re-
epect, adjourned,
in the House on the 7th, Mr.Rowell,
f tilinols, presented the report of the
the
cave of M:Duffie ve, Tarpin, of Ala~
viii. the report, which favors the
contestant, was ordered printed, The
House then,on motion of Mr. Mo Kinley,
went into Commitee of the Whole on
the Cariff bill, Mr. McKinley spoke
in explanation and support of the bill
and Me, Mills In opposition to It,
General debate on the measure was
continued in evening session,
3 In the Houss on the 5th, the entire
Ay was given up to general débats on
the Tarif bill, ’
AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Qur Prevalling Profile Is Not Quite
Classical Enough.
Judgment of beauty by the profile
the simple outline—is regarded from
standpoint as one of the
an artist's
severest tests,
in
Rome women
handsome profile and absolutely
plain in full face. The of the
profile depends upon the length of the
features and the construction of the
back of the head, while the full face de
the width
its length,
to
pro
BUCCCHEN
pends mainly of
the face in proportion
the line of the
portion of the mouth.
that the American profile
of classical benuty, it
generally compare with that found in
upon
and the
It is undeniable
is
brows
not
and cannot
The nose is apt to be
Still,
the Latin races.
either too retrousss or too long.
despite this peculiarity, we have here
more variety of type and more origin-
ality than are to be found anywhere
else in the world.
To an artist the finest of all profiles
is the Greek. The celebrated Pay che
m the museum at Naples is one of the
perfect existing
most examples
it
Greek In respects 18
superior to the Milo
Mediei; it has more dignity and its chief
characteristic is the continuatic
art. soma
Venus de or de
n of one
direct line from the forehead down the
nose without a variation of the angle. ’]
accent at the end of the nd
curve, but two planes th
approximat
An Electric Light Costume.
erase fas
ia
aler two «
the
to allow
which is entirely pe
¥, and thas prevents the
a
vithering of the fl Roses thus
preserved have ali
plucked
bean pl
IWOrs
beauty of fresh-
they
the
ones, though have
ncked se veral months,
A ———————
that Eat
Glzzard.
Animals with Their
The enttle-f
strange t}
head downward, does not chew its food
h, which, among other
ings, always walks with its
1, but masticates with
i
goose, |
ail
ita gizzard
indeed
Seizing their ¢
do owls, ducks and
ood
n their beaks, they swallow it whole,
if grain or seed, and in large pieces if
it be fruit or bread. In that condition
it into the gizzard, a powerful
muscle with a very tough, horny lining,
ill, being sufficiently
powerful to pulverize uncooked corn. To
assist in the milling process all grain.
eating birds swallow little pieces of
gravel, glass, erockery, metal, ote., the
borny interior of the gizzard boing
sufiiciently tough to escape cutting by
these materials, It is because of this
fact that the ostrich has soquired hs
reputation of enjoying a ferruginous
diet.
Cardinals Living and Dead,
Foes
YLICO Acts as a
“An Italian contemporary,” says a
London daily, “gives some curious par:
ticulars about dead and living Car.
dinals, Sixty-five Cardinals have died
during the twelve years of Leo XIII’
Papacy. The Sacred College is almost
sutirely composed of new Cardinals
Only sitteen were there under Pic
Nono, and one of these, Cardinal How.
ard, is unfortunately seriously ill, and
several others are 80 years of age. The
youngest of the Cardinals of Pio Nons
are Parochi and Zigliari, who are each
67 years of age; the oldest is Mertol,
who is 84, and has worn the scarlet for
82 years”
John Jankin's Sermon.
Tie minister said last night, says he,
Don't be afraid of givin:
If your life ain't noubin’ to other folks,
Why. what's the use o' livin’?
And that's what I say to my wife, says I,
“There's Brown. the mis’ rable sinner,
He'd sooner a beggar would starve than give
A cent toward buyin’ a dinner.”
1 yon our minister's
tut I couldn't quite
When I he urd him ag
Just who was hit
Of course there ¢ i
When he talked of lang
For Peters and Joh fol 1
At every word he was sayin
ite prime, he is,
i“frmine
i hit and left,
de
» mistake
ded prayin’,
t and scowled
And the minister he went on to Eny,
“There wis Kinds of cheatin
1 religl ROOA for every Gay
A 810 bring to meetin
I don't think much of 4 man that gives
The Lord Amens at my preachin
And spends his t'me the follow ng week
In cheatin’ and overreachin’.
I guess that dose w
For a man like J:
But I noticed he didn't open his mouth
that, to holler
"for the ministe;-
ws bitter enough
ies to swaller ;
® afte
“eave |
Of course I sald it quiet
Give us some this open talk;
It's ve ry refreshing diet.”
more
The minister hit "em every time;
And when he spoke of {
And a-riggin’ out in bows
As woman's rulln’ passion,
And acomin’ to church to see the styles,
I couldn't help a winkin’
and anudgin’ my wife, and says I,
you,"
And 1 guess it sot het
an
d things,
“That's
thinkin’
Says I to myself, *
But man is 8 que
n't take the appli
id sald a wor
Oa »
Ne fhe}
F POVERTY GATE.
mandiin query, ul tie whole nr seem
ed ringing aud
with the tones of it,
nustendy figures
bing
And
became
ad,
drearily above the croal
of ericke
and wailing
the tw
mere
ns
| specks on the ro the answer
quivered
of frogs and
3a f
af
ale,
chirping
r Jordan!”
Doll
ty already
knfe ove
I knew that little Dolly,
he
Y., poor
with immorta nt
would spread the table and
ir d
to see the runken disgrace
into the
She
Le er t 14
BIAMMOWY corners
dry ber eyes, would press an «
tra cup of tea on Daddy
utter no
would linger near Tom, ready ;
lushed with shame
tongue would denial, She
to chev
his slightest request; f
to think that
should be red-lidded
he, her own dear
and
speech and band. And all the while
misery and
arnoe,
fidelity and divine
As Dolly became more communica
tive she entrusted me with her
great wish,
get eomething to do,” she said; “‘paint-
ing or such, I might keep the gate now
that Daddy is gone to Miss yury and I'm
and I
do something to kind of help alo
little.
o much stronger, and
Tom's a mighty good han
prond
]
iv tr
oked
'she added,
as he
fou
pa ;
heir so
ily's worn
forever the
that they might
Dolly bef
iushed with the heat of
re
Lave
COOKING
{ {
ir of coarse
he many steps, vet
query
rning the
me strag
m heaps ter than
1
if
lusty days would choke the
Why I
week. Just seemed as them
lif
ne. I'm petting sfrong now.”
There was a piteous note of inquiry
n her voice and such a pleading in ber
right eyes that 1 had to turn my head,
ght.
i
lo avoid betraying my thot
think 1
she persisted when 1 did
“Why, deary me, don't yo
look betler?”
aot reply.
There was a little offended quiver in
her voice that died away into a sigh, so
I hastened to her that she
ieed looked much str And
the morning wore on, Dolly's shyness
assure in
nger., n
gradually disappeared, till she had un-
bow she had married Tom at twenty
the good
w, bad melted
er had died and
his
with
and
someh AWAY
Daddy had coms
with And
mot
home them,
slow
to make
then,
hands, she went to the bureanand drew
forth some little garments, passing her
hands reverently over them as she told
how short a time they were worn, and
how the great heart hunger even yet
stayed with her.
“Not that I'd have it back,” said
Dolly, “the world ain't any too easy on
pore folks, but Oh! it only sometimes
I could just hold it in my arms one
minute, But I've got Daddy and Tom,”
she ended brightly; *‘and they're the
two best in the world-—'ceptin’— well,
sometimes when they sin’t quite their.
selves, you know."
As I passed them on my tay home,
twisting from one side of the road to
the other, I understood how “the two
best in the world” sometimes became
not quite themselves, and, thinking of
that slender, bent figure standing at
the gate all day in the sun or wind, my |
heart grew hot with auger against man's
selfishness and weakness,
As the country road stretehed farther
and farther behind I could hear Daday
huskily shouting, “Whur, O whaur 1s
all our loved ones?” and with a faint
echo Tom's drunken answer floated
back: “Safe, safe, over Jordan.” Over
«skimps and
cheerfully, k
fom! ’
ving Dolly, wh
everything, and I've got
a; £ ¥
HAW
ing fig
Poor, foolish, lo
in Tom's weak face and shamt
the periection of manly beaut:
little
the world, saw behind the outer cov
Pp
ure
fender woman who, wiser {
er.
of weakpess and sin, the
ing
feebled will ti
be strong and yet never quite suces
at was alwavs
I'rue womanly woman, re
aa,
ahield her beloved with almost
nal tenderness, gloryiviog the
One
the meaner attributes of his nat
The
re.
ner waned and the falling of
come, All the
of road, and bordering
bloomed vel-
low asters and golden-rod. There were
breaths of cold in the morning and
evening that made the cheerful blaze
welcome. There were bursts of heat at
mid-day, like the last gasps of tie dy-
ing summer, and Dolly's strength eb-
bed with the falling of the leaves.
Daddy eame home, and “the two
bet in the world” sat all day in the
bare toll-room, looking drearily at each
other and at the leafless branches beat.
ing a tattoo on the window-pane.
“And how is Dolly this morning? 1
asked one day. Tom looked at Daddy
and Daddy Jooked into the room be-
yond, before he answered,
“Dolly ain't so peart,” he said, sink-
ing his voice to a whisper,
“No, ain't so pearl,” echoed Tom
dismally,
Daddy sat twirling his thambs for a
moment and then looked up with a
moisture in his faded eyes
“'Fraid Dolly's goin’ fast.” he said,
with a break in his voice. And *‘goin’
fast, Dolly,” Tom repeated, searching
the floor aud the ceiling and the gusts
without, for the comfort that was not
vonchsafed.
And then the voice in the room be.
yond called out: “Daddy, dear!”
“Yes, Dolly-baby,” he answered, go-
ing to the door; “*what is it?"
“ell ber to come in,” she replied.
SUI
leaves was along
white stretch
I'S
vie
and over Daddy repeated Lis plaintive,
hut tke door, please,
for tho reer
Her eyes
§
01a
“And now said,
itg beside her
orignt ner
Lover
cheeks i her
ws her
lap lay bits of wool rnd silk snd odds
LOOK BiG €XCialln
ie lid of n past
4
it a beauty?
One uff
are
}
said admiringly “And
pre L
¥FIdOCVETr 1k
ale
“Me!” she little
‘
LJVery
they
a r
d this
sotueth ng for every:
your name here, 100,’
laying her hand
“Mustu’t know vet
with
in her voles,
ands when
Vag iB 107 Daddy mii
Tom and O, ]
one I love! Writ
said, quickly
over something,
wered, “*
‘
with my
looks
“And what is the occasion?” J asked,
unable to understand the gift array
“Twenty-seven, comin’ Christmas,”
Dolly, turning her hollow
I stared at her in silence. She lifted
ne thin, white hand and pointed to the
ent
the road a short
then folded her
st her breast,
“Twenty seven, comin
he repeated. “Don’t yon understand ?
I shook my head
CWell
nity down
hands
Christ Thx,
‘the Lor
and me
that, Him and
1 i
i'm proud of
ee answered, iH
fees
siragnt
¢ barren fields and
and from the
leaves there came
of & summer day.
F JCAYEeR wilho
I a ,
WARY,
Lord's birt
And
iv LD
104 i In
ROW
I'l put "em all in this
and write ‘Merry Christmas’ on
hen when the day comes
iay and mine, vou know
i YE Ria
they'll open
member,
the
here, because rid
v, why, then
nd find the things and they'll
like and low, “Dolls thought
of us!”
“They know that now,” 1
softly,
“Yes,” ne nodded. “And ti ey
glad and sorry, too. But forme, t!
NEVEr any more Awa
Iways happy! Always with ¢
0Dmy arms
And then, with the song ot bh
dawning happiness there saddenly wa
EINE OT
sl
SOTTY. #
5
ie
worries and
limitations. “To help
£
{
|
|
i
“0, I've got & great big secret!” she
exclaimed, as I en “But just
world.
The Winter drew near. and one n
Dolly went away with “Some One” on
her strange journey, unafraid, into the
And when the
Christ-day came and the bells chimed
out their message of peace, the box was
The tokens of love comforted
om
Heaven could; and perhaps they were
the little things meant to fit into the
corners of God's great plan; for when
*‘the two best in the world” look on
those evidences of trust and devotion,
they somehow grow stronger to com
bat with evil.
———
Tar circulation of counterfeit money
in aly was never so enormous and
general as at the present tune; the au.
thorities are kept constantly on the
track of new manufacturers of it,
though an immense number of coun
terfeiters have been successfully lodged
in the galleys at hard Jabor for Mle,
Iv woman suffrage is ever adopted
in (his country, there will be bat few
of the fair sex under thirty who will
avail themselves of the privilege of
voting. #s that would be an acknowl
edgment that they were over twenty.
one years old,