— —N—— THE ETERNAL CITY SHOOK. » | Explosion of a Large Powder Magazine Near Rome. Seven Men Killed and Over a | Hundred Wounded. At about 7 o'clock a few mornings ago a tremendous explosion shook the city of Rome, Italy, to its foundations, spreading terror and dismay, The people rushed af- frighted from their homes into the streets; houses rocked, pictures fell from the walls, thousands of panes of glass where broken everywhere, crockery was shattered, furni- ture was overturned, chimneys crashed down upon the roofs, and, in some instances, toppled ove into the street below, he cupola of the Houses of Parliament | immediately after the explosion shook vio lently and then collapsed with a crash, which added still further to the feeling of horror which had spread through Rome People of all agesand conditions were rush- ing, pale with fear, about the streets, trying to seek consolation from others, who were as thoroughly terrified as themselves. in the houses, doors, windows and cup- boards were burst open, and the tables, chairs and other pieces of furniture were thrown crashing to the floor. Rents and cracks ap peared in the walls, the plaster fell from the ceilings, and general desolation prevailed In many instances people were thrown from their beds by the shock, and cries of terror fillad the air as thousands of families rushed out into the streets. Many of them left their homes in their night clothes The opinion prevailed that Rome had been visited by an earthquake shock and that a second shock might reduce the city to rains Many fell upon their knees and prayed aloud Finally the real cause of the explosion be came known. It was discovered that the im mense powder magazine at Peazo Pantaleo four kilometers from the city had exploded and that it had caused enormous damage the neighboring fort, which was soldiers. Happily, the officer in co: the fort heard a rumbling sound prev the explosion, and, hastily soldiers to leave the fort, he succes averting a terrible disaster. As it was peasants who were in the vicinity scene of the explosion were killed and a number of others were mors injured King Humbert and his military staf, a ed by Italian Premier, ti Marquis di Rudinl and by all the { the Italian Cabinet, left th « the scene of the disaster ordert: COM PAE the 10 houses f the sce avnaged wounded and fully Lim of the exon officers . Form rent taken to the « m wounds or sion King Humbert, who was heartils whenever his presence Decal populace and scldiery, Li mvyvey wounded propio to th fact which won him redoubled apg I'he shock which caused Rome 1 lid not spare the V T » yok with the 1 when the fore : { several of the fam histori s windows of the 1 buildings The windows in the ancient Rapha ers and the stained glass in the r roase, presented to Pope Pius 1X ving of Bavaria, were also seriously it Al wunts agree that the loss is vere. the interiors of many of the old pa we and churches baving suffered to ater or lesser extent Forty small houses have been red ced to heaps of ruins by the shock following the ex | It has been ascertained magazine at Pezzo Pantaleo contained tons of powder, ne ki use 1 Tati 48 Le us th. that the he THE LABOR WORLD, BosToN waitresses have a union Loxpox has 200,000 factory girls, NEnnaskA has the Eight-hour law, Tux Molde Wosex barbers r¥ Union has 30,000 men, increase in London Ds > will have a trades school FrexcH yards are busy on war st Osanna, Neb, Caxapiass are howling sgainst { ISDIANAPOLIS stonemasons rk sTRALIA will have an eight b ur i ori AUSTRALIA has a Woman's taka railroads must use auto LE Tenn.) harnessmakors uper of New York barber shops o pen all night Minery Convention at Paris r ¥¥) O00) men Plumbers’ and Gasfiti 700 members A BROOKLYN Union & Over LABOR is more productive at pra at any other epoch of histors Prersevne bricklayers want $4.50 hours, and eight on Saturday Tie colored barbers, of Evansville have formed a labor organization Sax Fraxcmsoo builders worth $10,000, 000 have organized to fight the union nin Ind, Sax Frascsco unions talk of a free labor bureau and co-operative establishment Tug clerks employed on railroads in Indi ana have organized an Assembly of Knights of Labor Tar women stenographers and typewriters opose to form an organization for Now Rock City. Cuicaco park employes want oar fare when they are sent to remote parts of the city to work, Lascasuine, Bogland, has 95 000 children who will be affected by the law raising the age of balf-timers to sleven years and twelve the your after, Nrwex December, 1800, the laborers em ployed by the municipal authorities of Huenos Ayres have not received thelr wages hay are now on strike, Ir is sald that the wages for shorthand vriting and typewriting has fallen from an verage of to an averags of 85 per week ioe women entered the . ne Liverpool dooker strike was a telling to the annual report re | Booves..... | Flour-—City Mill | Corn—Ungraded Mixed. .... NEWSY GLEANINGS, Br. Louis has an ice trust, ITarLy's debt is $225, 000,000, KANSAS has 10,000 colored voters, MINNESOTA has a secret ballot law, Boston is to have a #750,000 church, AUSTRALIA'S population is 433, 600, 000, Turnk are 1,500,000 gypsies in Europe. LysN, Mass, has an Armenian colony. TrHrRE wero 813 deaths in Boston in March, Tue price of flour is advancing in Eng- land. HAN Francisco gots her coal from Aus tralia, Taenk are about 14,000 miles of railway in Canada, Ax export duty on hides has been imposed by Uruguay. Tug railroad from: Jaffa to Jerusalem is nearly finished INFPLUBNZA Is raging in the southern pore tion of Norway. Tar Farmers Alliagee has been intro. duced in Germany. JUSSIA’S military activity is still the lead. ing topic of Europe CniNegsg tobacco is the markets of Europe LUSKSIAN granaries have emptied by exportation spoking admission to been virtually Ir is said that President Harrison's trip to the Pacific will cost him $100,000 VERMONT maple sugar crop is 17, pounds; value of crop, $1,200,000. Tug fesling at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, is one of unrest and uncertainty among the Indians, Taene are six medical colleges for women in the United and five for colored students. 000 Ntates IT cost nearly $1000 to send Mr, Blaine's reply to Rudini by cable to Rome, and Italy pays the bill ITALY dosires closer ralations with France and will therefore proposes modifications in the triple alliance Tag wheat crop of South Austr Now Zealand Is reported to bo bushels short and of poor quality wding to pooulation has more telephones in town in the United slia and XX) (0) It is sald that acc Three Rivers, Mich, use than any other States At Colorado Springs, Col, afew days ago, an operation was performed upon Misa Myra Higbee, who was born blind, whith enables her to see perfectly. Tax Ninth Regiment of the New York Volunteers entertained recently in New York City with a reception and dinner the Third Georgia Regiment survivors, f inhabitants 2h] Tue number wnsus. is 000 since 1 India amounts so fair SOLE Par Ay many w Trier « whore tiat- ir an } Deg out 1 nly take five years and " jete the work $120, 000,000 to compete A NORWEGIAN invention for the produc. tion from skim milk of a new mals {whi h has been called lactite, or milk-ivory, bas just taken practical shape, and a factory for ts production is about to start operations in lealand. This new material bears a close re- monce to real ivory, and, in addition, made in black or any color desired. Rd can be A by Boy Accidentally Shot His Brother. Who Commits Suicide, r Stafford, of England, were playing with a re Two young sons of ex-May Laicestor bedroom the brother voiver afew inna Cecil, the tand euribmbandk 4 t his nade in : ik pu : oh iAys 8g0 ignorant hat weapon Was Roy and pistol was dis k the younger fatal wound od his brother re turned the wolf, fired and fella mother, alarmed at bedroom and thelr WO. TeA fainted HORRIBLE MASSACRE. Seventy Persons Murdered and Ma tilated in Madagascar tout mails from Ma Ing as ar bring a report that the Sakalavas of Morrombo have massacred the Governor of Tubear and filty soldiers. after the the (overnor tim's bowlion hirtsen Hova Sakalava need YY an were Hova also mur Tubear fled a the Island near Madagascar At Inst me nis a French guaboat was cruising along the Madagnsoar coast, waiting for Hova re inforcements The tinted ae were inhabitants of Noss He THE MARKETS. 17 KEW YORK Mileh Cows, com. to good... Calves, common to prime... Extra. .. Patents. .... 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ARAL] - -— - ~ VON MOLTKE ——— ————— Germany's Great Field Marshal Expires Suddenly, A Sketch of His Long and Event. ful Career, A cablegram from Berlin announces thai Count Von Moltke is dead. He attended the session of the Reichstag during the last after noon of his lite, His death was extremely sudden, and the physicians who were sum moned announced that it was caused by failure of the heart, He died at 9:45 P. passing away quietly and painlessly. The news of the Count's unexpected death caused great sorrow in Berlin Sketch of His Career, Bismarck alone remains of the great trio which gave imperial Germany her greatness And the “iron man” of war and peace rests in the obscurity of a country estate, strippod | of his power, In the death of Count von Moltke—the “silent ope” Germany loses her greatest general, and the selence of war fare its greatest exponent of strategy, Dur ing the threateniug days of the terrible struggle with France, Von Moltke was the man upon whom old Emperor relied, and in whom centered the hopes of the Py lo of the Fatherland Helmuth Karl Bernhard Mol was born October 20 town of Parchim., Soon after his parents moved to Labeck, where Moltke was burned in 1806, and the family then went to enhof, in Holstein There the famous Field Marshal spent his hood and youth As a youth loved study, and father sont to the Land Academy Copenhagen, and he became an officer at th early age of eighteen, Through the good of fices of the Duke of Holstein he was enabled go to Berlin, where he passed his examioa- tion and was appointed to the infantry. He was dissatisflod with the opportunities of fered by the Danish service for advan ment. and King Frederick VI. granted him permission to join a foreign army for a sea sons, in order to perfect his military educa tion He begged his King to grant months’ pay as “travel Ma josty will needs Frelberr vob Ke the V the oF residence his Cadets to ~ 3 three money If His my request at | shall acquire t ty Prussian capacity me 10 repay 1% 4 ioe as shall hereafter enabl r and Denmark peed this modest peu aft the vice Danish serv { 1 hes wm Htafl ' ¢ Aetiton the Austrians gain which he found wes 184 =» st) declared WAS un he Hrd vased against Germany vend It is suid of him that heard the news he 100 was in bed r nent an In that portiol all the necessary plans {or the io oAampaign Bismarck tells a characteristic ‘on Moltke At swan, wi victory Bismarck the the decisive on was Ure, tormented four as 1 Moltke, who mat charger His mind struggle and it was impossible to attra great Chascsllor had & 1) tle case in his pocket containing tw ne of choice and the other of Inferior 3 ty. He offered the case to Von M without speaking. carefully examined the tw cigars and took the good one without a ward of tharks. But Blamarck i him, and putting spurs to his horse, returned to his post. He thought that if Von Moltke could ealmly make choloe of a cigar at suth it meant that all was going on resnit was inten! attention. The je Hike understs a moment right it is said that no one cited ever saw Moltke ox At Sedan he was the coolest man on the entire fleld, although the whole responsi bility rested on him, with the fate of th two greatest nations in Burope awaiting de cision at the cannon's mouth. His intellect was cold and scientific. more constructive than creative. Nothing was left to chan r accident. Everything was provided and his plans were so flexible that they « be changed in an instant to any foreseen emergency For his services in this war with France Von Moltke was created a Count and ap pointed Chief Marshal of the German Empire, and in 1572 was made a life member ig the Up per House of the Reichstag. From thistime on Count Von Moltke devoted himself to his studies and to the teaching of military mat ters to the young officers and soldiers of the German Army He attended to his duties in Parliament, but seldom showed any inter est in matters not connected with affairs His declining qu ot home life which he loved so their surroundings formed twilight of a busy life the century, and has bean one of its greatest casractors the hearts greatest man. for aM un meet well, and the peaceful of his countrymen as one « { soldiers, a scholar and a states ——— WRECKING A RAILROAD, T wenty five Miles of Track Destroyed in Breathitt County, Ky. The voleano of discontent and angry pro testations of the Kentucky Union Railroad employes who have been unable to get their pay has burst its bounds Tired of waiting for thelr money fo be paid them, having lost faith in the oft repeated promises made by the officinale of the road, and having heard that Judge Barr bad rendered a decision datal to their interest, a number of the employes oom. mitted an act of destruction that will ath ple the road more seriously than ever, with out bettering their cases in the least, It was ascertained that unpaid employes of the road and mountainesrs in Breatiit County, who have never bosn paid for their timber, wrecked the entire road in Breath. County "n 8 of twenty-five miles. Bridges are burned snd culverts The road will be crippled for weeks and the cost of re- rh | the damage will amount to fully Lo, A looal em o discussing the situation said the men who committed the ime wers (literate and desperate Many of their families ave actually suffer Ing for food and clothing. From another source it was learned that av employe ly at the provocs in wrecking it we - William | 1800, iu the | birth hiv" military | years have been spent in the | He was born with | f His memory will live forever in | of the ' DEAD. | SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR | MAY 3 Lesson Text: “Israel Often Reproved,” fv, 4-13 -Golden Text: Proverbs xxix, 1-- Commentary, Anos Amos was a prophet to Israel (the ten tribes) in the days of Uszziah, king of Judab, snd Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel, And about the samo time lived the prophets Isaiah and Hosen (Amos i, 1: Isa, i, 1; Hos, i, 1). Amos was called to be a prophet while keeping sheep, and the chief place of his prophecy wns Bethel (chap. vii, 10 15 Is rael's sin was that because prosperous they were at ease and indifferent to the claims of God (vi, 1-8); greedy of gain and oppressing the poor (i, 8 7: iv. 11, 12; vill, +6); hooded not the voice of God in judgment iv., 6-11), and despised the word of God (ii, §: v.. 10: wii, 10-18 Yet He loved them, and bore patiently with them, and entreated them, and kept before them the blessings of the ire with Abraham and carelully chapter Ix, covenanis lead yery Day 11.1 to Bethel and transgress; at Gilgal on With all their ere outwardly very liglous they had many re as plenty as heaps of Hos xii, 11; Amos i. there was a golden calf had set up, Isracl” (Kings 8 ONLY One AItAr in the buliding of the mmanded sacrifice to be of | Ps xxxii., |} or (Rigel ransgy sins At 1 and at Gilga altars : they f % in the fel And at Bethe J arabonm, son Fey {thy it there Ys Nebnt wis, ©) Ww [4 at | at the Pas found int hat if web that t wondrous i XK w sage; on the earth ain wandered int were that OO They turned 3 the wilderness POOR, Wik heavy and make i= to live upon the n His gifts (Deut. vill, 3 I have smitten you with blasting and This also He had forewarned them He set before them the blessings and wurely b wy w woud ar vineyard wive trees In then ght be a large har (15 prevented Ye ft came 10 tie; yne | did blow rd of Hosta. Be ured i= then have sent among you the pestilence panner of Egypt This He | atened (Deut the same time He had promised that if would diligently harken to His voice right in Fis wight He would put none diseases upon them which He had it upon the Egyptians Ex. xv o Deut. vii. 15 f have overthrown of you, as threw Sodom and Gomarrah, and as a firebrand plucked out of the ‘ In Zech. Hi, 2 Jerusmiem is alle a brand plucked out of the fire. and ] are oalled rolers of of morrah, while in will be more tol igment for Sodom oo rxviid 1-00, while ne Nn isa : they Sodom and people of G Matt xi. 3 Jesus sa t rrab in the day of ju than for disobedient lerae By famine and and war and by direct judgment He with them to return unto Him, bus “Ho all these things worketh ntimes with man to bring back his son from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living” (Job xexiil, 20. 30), Why does God ehasten His people so much? Just because they are His people (Amos fil, BD, and beeanse He Joves them too much to let them stay away from Him and lose His fel- Heb. xii, © “Therefore. thus will I do unto thes, 0 leraesi: and because | will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel” The long account of love slighted, commands | disobeyed, blessings abused, gifts trans ferred to other lovers, while all the time keeping up an outward profession of de volion, oust some day be settled, and bow will lerae! meet her God, whose most loving and persistent entreaties she has spurned’ I'he only preparation is true penitence and | consequent forgiveness followed by fruits | meet for repentance 14. “For, lo, He that formeth the mount. sins and createth the wind.” He who loves us, and soaks us, and desires us to return to Him i= the Creator of heaven and earth and the former of our bodies and spirits. “The only proper thing to do fs to commit the keeping of our souls to Him in well doing as unto a faithful creator” (I Pet, iv. 19), remembering Isa. x1. 98.31, “The Lord, the God of Hoste, is His name * God is meationed over eighty times in this prophecy, under seven different titles. This one is used just eight times (il, 18; Iv, 13; v. 14, 15, 16,27, vi. 8 14) Jehovah, which LoL Ral pleads 1 ef use LF) wehip in all His works (Pe. exlv,, 17). The God of Hoste reminds us of the hosts of angels who serve Him, and minister unto Him and His people, and the hosts of Israel and of the saints, Lesson Helper, - A ]— wait until next winter, and we have no snow to bothat ua upcn this tb A CURIOUS COMPILATION, THE AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF THINGS IN COMMON USE. Queer Figures Concerning Men and Women--Thelr Physical Btroo. ture, Clothing, Habitations, Fue, Because the average person and the | commonplace things are so ordinary that they wget less attention than they deserve, it may strike most readers as 8 novelty to have placed before them some aver- ages and dimensions wnat pass before the eye, as a matter of course, in the daily routine of life, but about which people never think of inquiring. The average man is 5 feet 74 inches high. He wears an No. 7 hat; his gloves and shoes are No. 8; 15%: his underwear numbers 38 for the upper and 36 for the lower garment; his | 38 | hand- | socks and cuffs No. 10; inches chest measurement; kerchief § yard square, The average woman inches, Her crown of hair averages inches long. It takes 16 yards of to make his cont his stands § fe inch goods her a dress. gloves are 64. The gauntlet she with full dress is 21 inches long who sell hosiery t size y her say that the av No 4 is abou aye which a int is Bs, suugly fits, wears a No, O00 AK men ¢ or stock more No. 30 undersuits t any other size, while cloaks is 38 inch A Average » man's coat inches pockets, 44 inches in gown po Kels average Four buttons for the coat are usual and 7 buttons fo Woman's gown ordinary 18 buttons; men blic speaker talks to & a minute: pnv averages Pass thro They averaging out of win 1 yard wide, and that come 34 yards | Madras comos § « The average living room measures 12} by 14 feet. Floor boards average and are 13 wide res for heating inches rage house re qui months half family eats half a person per wes kK. e cold month The pound of butter per { the watch has a diameter of 1§ inches, of a French clock inches, of These 74 feet high. il and Table knive standard size; forks inches, carving knives 13} ing forks 11 steels 11 in Standard cake dis are ¥ inches in diameter and b diameter. Old. fashioned candlesticks, used as dining-room ornaments, are 9 inches high. The average umbrella for mon j= the 28.inch size, for women the 24-inch size, cut 37 inches long. 1 inches in diameter, There are four shelves in the average book -case, three in the average cupboard, two in the average buffet. The average chandelier has four burners, each with an average capacity of 5 feet of gas an bour and with an illuminating power averaging eighteen candles. House stairs average in height 6} inches and in width across the top 10 inches, Carpet dealers sount always upon one-half yard of carpet for each stair, twenty-two stairs, A full sot of dishes averages 125 pieces, of which dinner, breakiast, tea, soup, dessert and butter plates come by the | dozen. The average breakfast size of | plate is ® inches in diameter, tea size ’ inches, and the average dinner size 12 | inches. Coffee cups hold § of a pint, | goblets § pint. The average tablecluth | is 2 yards by 24 yards, napkins § of a yard square, dinner size 1 yard square; dollies, § of a yard square, The average coal scuttle measures 11 inches between the handles, the average poker is 22 inches long, and the average kitchen shovel measures 16 inches. Com- mon feather dusters are 11 inches long. Uncommon ones fitted together in sec. tions for ceiling use are often 8 fost long. The average stove cover is 9 inches across, the average barrel 37 inches high and 17§ inches in diameter. Milk jars for quarts are § inches high, lamp wicks average 1 inch in width, pots, small agate size, such as the a ton of coal a average Be The dial o average 5 a grandfather's clock 134 old-fashioned clocks he average length inchos stand inches " 1 lead pet : & - ' incl 08 itter dishes 5% inches in Juk wells average 2 | his collars number Canes for ordinary use are | The average flight bas | —— p—— yard by 2} yards, also blankets sod’ counterpanes, Pillow slips average 1 yard long, as do hand towels. Cotton: thread comes in spools of 200 yards, silk thread in spools of 50 and 100 yards, darning cottous in cards by the dozen of 10 yards each. or in balls of 100 yards, and yarn for knitting iu bails averaging-one quarter of a pound, which is sold by weight. The average chair is 18 inches in the beam and 18 inches high; the average table 30 laches high. Physicians say that the average child reaches one-half his or her adult height | at the age of two and a half years, No | other average for children are put forth | us reliable, except that boys become be- witched and girls bewiicidng by an un- | failing though ofttimes spasmodic nes | gression, —New York Times. SELECT SIFTINGS. . Florida claims a meershaum mine, New York was incorporated a city in 1664. An Indians girl sneezed 2000 times in four ho A Frenchman is go Urs. nog tov from Paris to Moscow. The Gen with lance, nan cavalry at present is armed 1 saDeEr ang carmoine. re irgents have a war shi 0 have a monumen at in married were EWriler Was use mberzier Cant 1} six feet woodwork prtion in ting sted HOUSES dwell 3 alia nO. § an anti r bucket hewn presents ines. owns the ¢ ie { commerce in people make The native ti Wis "has been Corea, these , under the ar- , upon which the t's Alva was literranean storm us m +} acre. Ca, 0 enorm wand turtie at and } CARL, 0G gel away that r conchmen shall wear white i i [we listinguishable and medical rent Cases. ors of Berlin have agreed WS CAITIAZe® DAY fumnmon yf Savannah, Ga. artesian welis {wo wvamaah River, which 30,000 gallons in twenty. bh are arranged in rows ubout 100 yards apart, and sre from 450 to 500 fest The water surface. From evident that it mes from the mountains of Northwest The wells iw deep has to be pumped to the various indications it is Georgia Mount saved fr Pilatus has heretofore been m having a railway built up its perpetual clond that rests on It has been ywered that this r more than ninety feet high, is ready to build | | tower 300 540 feet in m at the top 120 Krupp is &« supply the steel, is hoped for in 1895. side by tha is rir 3 dine ha Jus and the buuqding The Naval Force of Italy. The fleet of Italy consists of 252 vos. sels of all classes. Of these the ships to be feared are the battleships Italia, Le- panto, Re Umberto, Dailio, Dandalo, Lauria, Morcsini and Doris. These ves. sels are sheathed in armor from twenty. two to nineteen inches thick, and carry | guns of great range and penetrative farce. The combined fleet of the Italian navy mounts 628 sud is manned by 18.250 men. This summary of guns in- | cludes only great gums. The ships all carry besides these strong secondary bat- | teries. The total of all men in the naval | service of Italy is 62.910. The Duilio | and Dandalo belong to the central citadel | type, of which the loflexible, of the Brit. | ish navy, is the most heavily armored, | though the two Italian ships are superior | to the luflexible in armament and speed. | The Italia and Lepanto have a draught of thirty feet, which would of itself make it very dangerous for them to fool around New York harbor. Italy has also fifty ocean-going torpedo boats and seven torpedo cruisers. The naval reserve of guns, sr — A Gem of Great Splendor. A new diamond has been cut Amsterdam, which will oatrival an
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