CROP REPORT. The Month's Averages as Made by the i Department of Agriculture, I'he crop returns of the Department of Agriculture in the condition of corn, raising the monthly - average {rom 81.1 in July to 82.5 show a slight improvement in August In only four years since the initiation of eroy reporting has there been a lower Au: condition. In the year of worst failure 1881, it was 70, declining to 3 in Oxtober In 1500 it was 73.8, declining to 0.6410 Oot ber. In August, 1886, it was 80.7 and 1887 it was 80.5, declining later o ily latter year, A slight improvement is cated in the States north o Ohio River, and na greater in the States west of the Mississipn River, except Kansas and Nebraska, Coa dition is high in nearly all the Southern States, nearly the same as in July in the breadth west of the Miscssiopi, the lower States of slightly lower in Alabama A small decline is dle States, exopt in the Eastern both of these divisions the av than in the West The of principal States are #0: Pennsylvania, 86 O07: Texas, WM: diana, 74: Illinois 83: Kansas, 51; respondents ind further he returns relating to spring w lower, declining during the month from general average of 9 Condition of other lows) Spring rye, S08 July; oats, 86.2 af 01.1. instead of 101.3, condition, ¢ ing from 90; hay, 93.2 The report shows a reductio dition of cotton during July 1 82.8. This the lowest August, 1556 higher ir Atlantic Coast, and and Mississippl. in the Mid seen New Ntates, 8 and nso rage is wing ave New inia, U lennessee, 92: 78: Ic Nebraska, cate a imorovement, Onto wa, TV; ON SO. Most ¢ present tenden 0 to ST.8, all of is when t was one poiut lower, almost every where too wet, Carolina and cessive rainfall and Deen injurious “he natural r Pears in grassy small fraitage, Grass worms an in the more Souther: but no material damage The State averages of ginia, 8 with Car hina, 8 Mis Georgia alte Commissioner Cart Operations During ad acres Lave HONORS TOR IGGIN, Dead Sailors Remains New York From Chile, Reach es W, Rige United lel Valparais Ft FAains mate of » Baltimore, who was k by | riot are York | Pacific Mail Fhe body = Me rai A delegatio reery, Un med body oan bh ? A iio the w n an American fla nhont wi fn na "or (n y to Jersey City neal Me to the Committe " hen it was ram wrapped in he ston it port the bo ness, CO vas ’ ' wly ove and it steam reery turned the b of A board the rangement was placed on waiting boat At 100 o'clock the steam at at the Pennsylvania Railroad station City. Ihe body was then placed special car tendersl | the Hailroad and at 2:2) o'eiok Ielphia. arted for n Jersey m hoard of a Pennsylvania hipped to Phila SISTERS DROP DEAD, They Had Been Iza Runaway a Short Time Betore At Fairmont, Neb, Lizzie and Bertha Shultz, aged twenty and sevenisen years re- spectively, were driving from their country home into town when the team 1 wk fright at the oars and ran away, throwing the oo cupants to the ground, They were assisted to a house and quickly recover ug, hired a team and started home, Bertha, while put. ting away the horses, suddenly dropped dead. Lizzie and her motoer ran to he barn, when Lizzie fell prostrate almost on the body of her sister and expired OVER A PRECIPICE. A Family of Six Killed by a Team Hunning Away. A whole family, consisting of a man and wife and four children, names unknown, wore killed at Gutiirle, Oklahoma, a few days ago. The family had been in that city buying provisions, and while returning to their claim on the O11 Cheyenne reservation their team ran away and over a preciples, Every member of the family and both horses wers PROMINENT PEOPLE, Prixcy fin JUSTICE BisManck is pardy of Slav ori Lavanr's lozks have bon ‘ana or ong | Clipped c.o% and are now quite gray. Ir is fifty-nine years since Gladstone took ont in tho British House of Commons H built for at Laks Bont himself » roo has coltage RZ same any JULES Mas propie as tue Pars Bisxanck and Von Moltke once fouznt a duel over a girl woen they fellow students many in regarded by puiar musician ENET 18 most p wore SENATORS Hawrey, of Conneclicut, and Gibson, of Louisiana, very much resemble each other the Prohibition can will not do any « (FENERAL lidate for paign HinwELL, resi lent, ea) . speaking REE Banox Hinson, wrew philanthro 8 planning an nited Stat through an IRAN PERRY f Delaware, 1 Minists 10 + to Persia, | A DOU uate ol EIGHTY-SIX D They 5 At ] LA) NED. Went Down Collision Finland in a on £1 yr ef sion, attended by { life, between steamers f Fin eo Ajax an near and, show that two ) arred, fhe Runebergz was going at ordinary sped. and struck the Ajax noar the ¢ shattering that steamer so that the poured ia in a torrent [he passengers on the Al Swedish Fins, behaved with age. The men pushed the women dren to the life thrown Runeberg, and took their gtruggling in the water Theres was po time to lower boats, as the Ajax sank almost instantly, carrying down nearly a hundred passengers, Eighty-six persons were drowned and thirty-nine bodies were recovered, nie, Waller all Ax, nearly notable © and chile the at out LY chan buoys own oe MARBLEHEAD LAUNCHED, The Last of ths 2000. Ton Cruisers Slips Into the Water Three Cruiser No. 11, the first large man-of war launched in Boston sino: 185, was put over board a few afternoons ago at the Harrison Loring ship yard at South Boston, Mane, Assistant Becretary J. IL. Holey, Govern. or Russell, members of the Massachusetis Log inaturs and representatives of Boston's Board of Aldermen and Common Connell were among the thousands of sprotators of the launching. All the ships in the neigh borhool were dresses i with flags, as well as the oruiser herself About one o'clock all was in and as the ship staried down the way» C.F. Allen, of Salem, broks a botee wine on the vessel's stem and christened het the Marblehead The Marblehead was construtel at the ship yards of Harrison Loring, who re voived the sontrast for building her Novena bar 11, 1580, The price agresd upon for the hull and machinery was $674,000 The swincipal dimensions of the oraiser are) plow 3 on water line, 257 fest, beam, 7 feet; draught, 1414 feet; displacynent, 00 tons; maxiny un horss puwe:, 3100; speed, 17 1 knots, readiness, Mr ol WORLD'S FAIR NoTEs, | Tux Fine Arts building at Fale will havo & mosai wract for which has been Jot at $10, 989, tho OxtArto (Canada) breeders of thoroughs bred animals have already applied for spaco for 168 horses, 183 cattle, 278 sheep and | ninety -one swine, A SEPARATE building at the World's Fair for the shoe and leather industry exhibit is now an assured fact, as the re q vired $100,000 | | has all been rais ol A “Mopper of salt” will appear Fair exhibit to the fleure of Lot's wile In in the Kansas World's represent or illustrate the salt industry of the State, Tue German exhibit at the World's Fair will contain an ercbitectural display inchud - ing drawings illustrating 200 or moro of the most notable buildings in the empire Tne New York State Board of Charities is preparing an industrial exhibit for the World's Fair of the products of the charita- le, « reformatory nary titutions under its supervision. orrective, in and eleemosy~ will of 100, (XK) believed, the occasion Fair 1 and Furry men, it is participate i 16 1 y ON the dedication « rid’ in October. 1 Who Will partic An) ab company 8 of nn elephant It } of ston and weigh Mm in | art Nas NeW pu ing . bora for boar or twenty In Great Hritain the through il health is abs is estimated that forly in business fail, March being con ered the slackest month for busines joss In A204 and it th 0) pr ary! 0 oe wi start Ll Inter. LU YUN, Makers at { in eanh State, the union ammarily Tue Carriage and national Union, in m Ono, orovided lor organizes and ordered that any person in who becomes intoxicate l shall be » dim isse Wagon Duntxs ths last ivy vears the Brother. hood of Painters and Decorators has reduced the hours of labor and advance! the Wages of its members in 2 0 cities The receipts at the general offices wers $19.720.5 and the expenditures amounte! to $11 PINE, A A RICH TRAIN CAPTURED, Mexican Drigands Make a Big Haul of Stiver Salphides, The mail courier from Mazatlan brings Information of a bold and successful rob. bery committed by a band of brigan is near Cullacan, in the State of Sinaloa, Mexico, A train of ten Lurros was the way from the Yedras mines to Culiscan, loaded with 850.000 worth of sliver sulphides in boxes tor export, It was guarded by twenty men, who were attacked in camp by fiteen bandits, Three of the guards were killed and the others were overpowerad and bound hand and foot, They were Joit in that condition by the brigands, who drove the mules with their dous loads into the deep recesses of tne ra Madre Mountains, A company o Government troops went in pursuit of La robbers, on World's | STALLION AGAINST BEAR,| be suddeuty whoo. ashes ! ing the bone, and then, fall floor, the ©00* | A PRRRIFIC BATTLE WITNESSED | across the form of the | the grizzly died with his face toward the BY IDAYIO RANCHMEN, ——— The Big Horse Had Whipped Many | Bears, But Linwst Met His | Match in a Huge Grizzly, BATTLE between a powerful grizzly bear nt stallion and a big was witnessed by the employes 4 yf James Murfree at the latter's mountain ranch in Idaho. The battle royal beasts commenced at about morning, and lasted about an hour, ranch hands the from commencement, confident they victor, they did unti between SAW its | but mele LO Wer wo il empl Lo wt the suillion tt tL aul It was too old Grey Was Lit A bears of his rifle shouts and © Deal awa The animals at it tooth, hoof an Ww. CDZARE in one foal strug It was a terribi conflict. Both blood, poor old Rex's color only in icregular spots. He | a demon, striking, kicking Again and again with his g he tore patches of hide and flesh from the body of the bear, and nearly every time he tried to Jand his feet he suc But the bear was As savage the horse. He had beea crippled fore and aft, but he was full ol fight, great patches upon the stallion’s sides, breast and head showed where his blows had struck, not pause a moment. tigers, the horse shrilly screamirg and the grizzly growing sullingly. Presently the bear saw a chance to de liver a blow with one of his tremendous paws, It fell with murderous force upon the stallion's shoulder, and it knocked him over and over. When be arose he was dazed. It was evident that he could | not see the bear, for were animals were bathed ) Appe aring ight bitir leaming teet HINES al i We | | ceeded. ] and They fought like he commenced to of his foe. Presently his eyes fell upon the bear, which was savage and expectant. With a fearful ery of rage the horse rushed, | or rather staggered, toward his red.c yed | antagonist, and again he essayed to strike ! with hia fore feet. But he was toh weak He gave the foe an opening, snd a mo. ment later ho sank to the earth dead, with a broken neck, Just at this instant Jim Maxwell fired, The bullet plerced the grizsly's body. With a sharp yelp he turaed to flee, but fe pra n The bleeding =uimals did | trot here and there apparectiy in search | | | the men, struck Muxwell upon his left hip, break- ng torward prostrate man, We EL uam— . SELE( quilts are becoming popular. » are now 250 lepers in Louisiana. Really beautiful turquolses are very J | J The American ing every year. HOOBCDCITICS require There are certain ever viit drinking places, antelope: i Babies should bx iter two or three tin {abbits - co — An Eleetriec Hat Polisher * iri . : and t el lor yped i usa, ng is Ie the heat deve against the rapidly moving suriace an of a heated the oid to be hats are New EWers covery iron Not oul method, but toe purpose it much time saved over reauils are saa Silk, derby or straw th York Advertiser Fanny Taings Aboat the Face. ipetnior, ren ywated w i equal FUCCORE C—O The averaze human nose is badly out of line, and itis this fact that usually ends its peeuliar piquancy to the face, A medical writer says that there are an- stomical reasons why a slight deviation fromm a true centre line may be expected, £4 his the set the two eves is, after all, the sboormal one, German and American doctors in Japan have succeeded in discoveriag a surgioal process by which the Japanese character. wie eye can be relieved of its slant and se made to look like the European optic, he Japs are having their visual organs operated upon by the vholesale, which removes one of their national charac. teristics, us they have their national dross, Soon, il this thing goes on, we shall buve changes in the style of wearing faces, and the paper will quote the latest mode in noses as well as eyes, Now York World, he ft correct In deductions, pose which 1s squarely bet ween | { | | | “THE PETRIFIED FOREST” THE WONDERS OF CHAICEDOJUY PARK IN ARIZONA. Thousands of Sights solid Stone Trees Turned to Myriands of Precious An Enchanted Spot, HOVE Gems Y d bes in the American a trip Chalcedony Park He » stare the road was lined | a Arzona, the very mens of nea a peiri- r BAYS. agstized wood, N fled gers of what was 104 f 13 v bey ¥ I'he term ‘‘park Jere is no s hand of How Dast ur - tae ne fail. i the PT « = FOUIne SLL Ww tells | cases sod ‘ § n the ron : falls, larger e cupboard it at every barometer rises again, side the cup oard, madenses and shrinks into the ov yhoard g with smalier the crevice the stronger the je: of ain Witness the dirt imperiectly framed engravings or photograpas. Ree member, ladies and gentiewen, wherever e Dirometer risin Zz, thal an ad. ¢nlaning your Free 1 i pat } A volume, and the an also expands an | forces 1tseil © minute When the As weil as Oats) and air is for JORGER and alo the Air ia gos te he he farther goes the tracks so often seen In you sce ti ditional charge of dust is capboards sad drawers, ~Deiroi "ross, s——— Unigae Way of Catehing Seal Me. Dyer, who lives on a small ivand peur Seven Hundred Acre Island, Isles. Me., has a unigee way of catching seal, He takes a TOR feet in length, to which are atwsched a uumbet of common on Jah S004 with laneards several feet in heigat. The hooks are baited with a herring. Tois contrivance is anchored aud buoy ed, the hooks being just below the surface. Tin seals jn swallowing the Lerang bee ue booked and are caught. Mr, Dyer has taken a large number ia this manuel, = BE — borough, . pole New York Post,
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