HI p. Quer astaro, Mexico, has solved the financial problem. Soap is legal tens der there. * Japan has three native fire insur. ance companies, well conducted, it is said, the largest of which has 12,000 policies in force. The most accurate available sources of information disclose that 920,000, 000 gallons of distilled spirits were consumed in the United States last year, and that there was paid for in- toxicating drinks in this country dur. ang the sams period 81,600,000,000, A fissure has been discovered in the bluff four miles south of Ponea, Neb, from which issues a blast of intensely | heated air, the discovery In the report in which is announced it is stated that “the breath of the biisice- | ing wind" has sufficient force to carry | away bits of pever and even twigs, France has the credit of being the | pioneer in co-operative organizations, and in that country there are now | 1100 co-operative societies with a membership of 600,000, Great Britain has 1516 associations and 900,000 per- | sons interested in them. In the Ger- man Empire no less than 5950 organ- izations have been formed this principle. on The seeming strange suggestion is made and strongly pressed in England that the men who man the navy should be taught how to swim. Ordinary sailors are instructed and expected to qualify in swimming, but the marines, firemen and engineers are not, and it is a fact, declares the New York Sun, that a large portion of the latter large body of men who serve on war ships It said that more men would have been saved from the Victoria but that swimmers were undoubtedly cannot swim, is many for this fact: also many sailors who were good dragged The matter has been taken up in Parlia- ment, and it is probabld that swim- ming will be insisted on as a part of the training of aboard ship. down by the men who were not. every ian serving The war of tariffs now fairly on be- tween Germany and Russia is no donb Tradi- tional enmity and jealousy have doubt. due to more than one cause. less had a good deal to do with it on either side. Then there Roo oT ST , some indications that Russias, through have be en pegotistions with Austria, has been a position of commercial isolation, and this the 3 They have had the further political motive the the Agrarian Party in prov- trying to put Germany in . . 2 German rulers have resented. members of the inces, and so making = of nee of gratifying border votes to pass the Army bill. Judging by the figures of Russo-German trade, the New York Post predicts exports are likely to su¥er more than lussian German from the mutual application of maximum tariffs. Russian exports in 1801 amounted to £114,000,000, while exported to Russia in the same year only some 361,000,000, to Germany about Germany In the Chronicle Fire Table found interest 3 for the present vear will be some tistics of Fire etroyed in 1800 in the United States, $109,000,000 worth of property, in 1891, not less than $144,000,000, and in 1892, the round sum of 8152,000.000 went up in smoke. The in this conntry passed the 8$100,000,000 limit in 1883, nearly sta unusual de fire loss and it has increased The men are shaking their heads ominonaly They know that they will have 10 advance rates, but they dread the opposition of ple and the newspapers, “It is a very serious problem matter of fire waste,” ohserves the Atlanta Constitn. tion. “In the past seventeen years nearly seventeen hundred million dol- every year. nsurance over these figures the peo- this Iara’ worth of property has been ro- daced to ashes. Georgia's loss for this period foots 832,000,000, Now, what are we going to it? fncendiarism cut a big figure in all these losses, but it 1s now agreed that up over do about At one time it was the main cause is to be found in the | notorious fact that there is a craze for cheap and hastily constructed build ings, with defective flues and other drawbacks insressing the risk of fire. The way to counteract this evil in ities and towns is £5 have » rigid ays. tem of inspection that will prevent the erection of sash dangecous build dnge. Out in the country it will be « matter Inrgely under tho eontrol of each individual house owner, We need a relora that will give us better buildings, even if we have fewer houses, Between the fire demon and the storm king the average edifice of lathes, plaster, paint and glass bas few ~ ehances of escape, : thought that The world’s coal fleld wiil last 1000 years, That gives us time enough to discover or invent a new fuel, come ments the Atlanta Constitution. Leperas are becoming so numerous in Louisiana, declares the Atlanta Con- stitution, that the people of that State want the Federal Government to set apart an island for them and under- take their care. Unless this is done, the terrible scourge will spread to other States, The farmer of the fainre will ha a woman, opines the New York Recorder, if Michigan affords a basis for proph- ecy. In Wayne County alone there are 230 women farmers, and in the whole State 8707, with an ownership of 670,439 acres. The value of the land is estimated at $43,500,000, and the earnings of the women aggregate $4,353,500. It will be new to many readers that the mosquito is now firmly established in London. It is to be found in cer. tain large hotels which are the resort of visitors coming from the continent, and the supply seems to be maintained by constant importations from abroad, Visitors who are familiar with the noise and bite of the mosquito assert that it is the true pest in its worst form, and there is no reason for doubting their CXDeriences, The statistics furnished by tha Si retary of the “Treasury about of States are somewhat New York World. It appears that ¢) Nation disposed of 1.592.487 pound of m Unite startling to the portation drugs into the 1X yOomica purposes Or to kill dogs, these various uses to whic! 18 8 matter of ¢ tation of 2 of quinine indicates that malaria h racks the bones of Americans, and presences of o87.1481 on the list excites the increase Of IPECREC ~— Was a passenger on a train that was recently stopped and pillaged by rol bers, has written a letter to the Mis (3 h 4 and Tex managers suggesting sour, AN84s LE Railr add ting a stop to the work o After ol were not on the railroads the robbers ganized, but '] Of SOOM Kvn rosn lta themsels those guarding the senger cars continually calling « the bho writersays their companions in express o to hasten matters, observation leads me he econel sion that if your company will run a twenty-four-ineh strip of boiler iron around the bodies just below the win of 3 dows our cars, put four or five Winchesters in each car just sbove th ndows in ines covered bov en, nat ws do axes and saws, marke {i FF, y rence “ Pr wt up notices in « offering a reward, in advane or 8300 a piece for ‘lresh dead train robbers,’ I think you will see the meeknoss and apathy of the ordinary to-be-robbed passenger dis appear, and the Amezican public will take care not only of itself, hut of anv stray robbers ‘caught in the set’ slong the line of the Missouri, Kansasand Another to the success of train robbers has been Texas " devies prevent invented the Western of the Road at St simple and by Passenger Agent Chesapeake and Ohio Louis. His plan is very provides for every safe with two looks which inter. lock with each other, and a notics pasted on the outside of the safe for | the especial benefit of the robber. The locks, for convenience of deserip- tion, are ealled “Lock No. 1" and “Look No. 2.” and the notice res Is as “Notice follows: In case of assaalt by robbers, throw the combination of | look No. 2. This asfe opened only by the agent st the ter. minal station.” The mesenger knows the combination of lock No. 1, or has a key to unlock it, bat he doss not know the combination of losk No. 2, and if he once throws off the combination o! lock No. 2, it is utterly impossible for him to unlock and open the safe, aul the painted notice on the safe door will apprise the train robbers of the fact. At the first intimation of tron- ble the mexienger's orders will raquire that he at ones throw off ths combine tion of losk No. 2, when the safe is at ones losked, not only against the robe bers, bat against the messenger and every one except the agent st the end of his ran. THE JAVANESE VILLAGE, A NOVEL AND INTERESTING EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR, Scenes of Oriental Industry and Home Life—-Dwellings of the Vil. lagers ~The Pelice Station and Its Implements—A Javanese The. aire and Orchestra, After a careful inspection of the pleasures offered by the Midway Plaisance, perhaps the malority of visitors will decide, says a Cnt. cago correspondent of the New York Even. equipping ean then ba lng Post, that the Javanese Village is at onoa the most unique, refined, and comprehensive in its scope of any at the Fair, There is no f sign of coarseness or valgarity in either amusements or customs, and Oriental life is | resented in one of its most charming phases, ko houses, beenars, theatre, and kiosk are a delight to the eye; the men, though lack. | ing the stature of the Baxon, have a sturdy physique, the little women have lustrous eyes, swoet faces and gentle ways ; both are | placid and soft spoken, industrious and ar. | tistie, The village, which coversa very considera. ble area, is surrounded by a palisade of split { bamboo and at its western side isa high | arched entrance made of Immense bamboos ; i decornted with devices in smaller bamboos, | palm leaves and bark. Inthe centre of the village and fronting the entrances is a large kiosk where the real Java coffee and tea are served, Apropos of real Java coffee and tea, it was iargely with the idea of letting Ameri- cans know what the true articles arethat this village has beon sent over, paratively little, it is sald, of our so-callad Java coffes comes from the island of Java, but rather from South America. The Java €ofen is very high in the essential ofl and lesa is required In making when tae Bouth American that reason and for its finer Navor the Ren. ine berry commands a higher price, Most of the Java coffee gos to Amstordaun and Rot. terdam, and is distributed from the greater part of the tea crop is shipped to sngland, Speaking of coffee and tea drinking in the United States, Signor Carlo Terrard, the man. ager of the Javanese natives bere and for prey Is used, For DETAIL the last twenty-eight yoars resident of Java. says we do not at all understand brewing of- ther tea or coffee with any rogard to prosery. ing their delicacy of flavor, Coffee, he says, ah be first ground to a flaes four, then tightly sacked in a filter so that the quantity of Hquor “wired may be passed through it in about two .. ure; one tablespoonful of the powder should be used for each small cup, and in the flitration cold or warm water emg. ployed ; after filtering the liquor should be heated, but never to the boiling point, then served without dilation. In tea-making enough boiling water should beg oursd upon the leaves at one time to mike the amount of tea required, and in a few moments poured into another hot pot so that the leaves may not give up the tannin and other undesirable properties, If toa is 100 strong It should be thrown away and more brewed, using a Jess uantity of leaves, as diluting with water destroys the flavor as much as it would to reduce a strong beer by the same means This tea eplours smiles in derision af the de. coction which forms the old ladies’ ideal of a “good strong eup of tea.’ But to return to the kiosk, this building, like all the others, is one-story in height and convructad chiefly of bamboo and paba leaves. The roof over the house proper has A sharp piteh, but over the broad veranda which surrounds it on all sides the insline is very gentle, Palm leaves are used for thatoh- Ing, with a laver of black palm bark at inter vals of a foot or more, which gives a very decorative effect, The veranda is crowded these hot days by visitors who, after wander. ing through the village sight-seeing, rest in the cool shade and sip delisious tea and cof. foe or 8 very seducive Jood drink made of soson, enjoying the while the misery of por S10 ng spiring humanity as it trudges up and down the Midway under a torrid sun. All around the palisade on the inside are built the dwellings of the villagers, These delightful little artistie creations in bamboo and palm have the usuml one-story thatohed root and broad thateh-covered veranda which seems 10 be the workroom and drawing. room of the owner, Here may be seen cary. ors working in wood, men maki Oriental tumble about in slient glow, prob hol time to time abandon their tools for a chat and the odd skewershaped nigarette, the matrons | wosslp with mild animation, and the you Javasione Lolles gaze deeamily at She bo Amerioan until, suddaply conscious of his 100 scrutinizing gi<noes, they tuen wih h ened color and unusual seal to thely lowork. Everything is restful, overs. Whern Is Industry, but quiet, tranquil in. dustry, In the east end of the village is the black. with shop, The ng prentios softly blows up " back and fore! At present come | the beverage thao | here, while | OF THR BRAZI: a blade of unusual keenness and temper to work in the tough and fibrous bamboo. Around the central portion and near the kiosk mre bazaars for the sale of matting, woven bamboo hats, reed instraments, ourl- ous drume, embroideries, and a great variety of Javaness art work, The whole village was constructed in Java on the estates of the proprietors and shipped v way of Hong Kong and San Pranclseo to Chicago. In Java the village would occu 0g many scres, but here in the Plalsanecs the beautiful gardens surrounding each houses at home have necessarily been crowded out, One hundred and twenty-five natives were brought from the same estates properly to represent Javanese life to the Western world, Fifty tons of coffes and thirty tons of tes for drinking at the kiosk and for wholesale also formed part of the cargo, The owners hops to familiarize Amerfoans with their products and to open direct trade relations with the mmerahants Af this anon A tata Ara Java the soffes troe begins bearing at three yours, is mature at seven yours, and lives usually from thirty to forty years, and from its climate and soil the tree thrives best at an altitude of about 4000 feet, when the average yield is two pounds of the berries per tree, Near the kiosk on the north is a typleal | Javanese village police station. It Is a | anal] affair, having room for not mors than two or three persons, In front hangs a gong, ithe form of a great red fish, wpon | which alarms are given Leaning against { the station are the implements with which { the culprit Is apprehended, and most un- comfortable looking implements they are, | They are called tjagak, Oue, the tjagak bowad, is of fron, shaped like the letter U, with barbs on the inner side, and the other is of wood fn the form ofa V, This has on | the inside wiocked-looking thorns from the | rattan which point backward. Both the | tingaks are fastened to long pools, scthat the | prisoner may be kept at a distances when his neck is in the jaws of this contrivance, and the long thorns barbs pointing to the rear deprive the poor wreteh of any temp. | tation (0 escape by However, | there Is comparatively | » use for jalls or tiagaks in Java now. Oceasionally a native | gets some opium and has a jollifleation, erime, especially of a grave character, Is un- common, The people are naturally gentle, and so extremely sensitive that cue who has mastered their langaage is said to be able to punish them mush more severely by words than with a stick, fim Alon Or jeyond the polios station to the north is the theatre, This is a Jong building {| Bae gen oral con f ths fraction as the IA BUTLDISO cept that it is higher, wider, more alaborate. iF ascnrated, and generally a more preten- tious piece of architecture. Its seating ca- pacity is for 1000 pie, and here are given Javanese plays of the present and former periods, In former times the tale was unfolded by usiag marionettes behind an llluminated sereen, One man, ealled the dalang, worked them and spoke the differ. ent parts, changing his voles with the char acters represented, then the screen was abandoned mua dolls were substituted in which the extravagant and characteristio profiles were preserved. Afterwards the several roles were played by persons wear ing the typleal mass and supplying the ap. propriate gestures, while the dalang from a concealed position spoke the various parts In this form, which I» still the common amusement of the poor people, the different | characters were known Ur the masks, the princes and nobles wearing white masks, giants and devils red and brown masks, ete, kn the last evolution the parts are both spoken and acted by the same person, but the plot of the play is taken as of old from mythologionl tales The orchestra of the theatre numbers about twenty-five, and their musie, though quaint and strange, is not at all bad, The leader plays a two-stringed violin, or robab, there is one wind instrament, the soslling, a kind of tamboo whistle, several xylophones, some | bonangs, a kettleshaped affair made of bell metal, some big gongs of the same material, and droms great and small. None of the scunds are the discordant, terrible notes of the Ubinese, but each ono is by Hself at Jodst distinctly musical, , In fact, the Javanese are said to be in musle by far the most highly developed of any of the Eastern Natiens, For some musie ths octave Is divided into seven Tr more Le tones, as for the pelog, and for other music | into five tones, as jor the salendro, The | Javenese say the salendro sounds like glass | and has a manly sound, while the pelog is more tender and must heve a more metallic “timbre,” a dome with Tn A TRAIN' FATAL PLUNGE IT GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE IN MASSACHUSETTS. S—————— The Locomotive Got Across Safely, But Four Wagner Cars Plunged Into the Btream Many Killed or Injured The the Wreck. Persons Reene ot The Chicago Umited express traln for Bos ton broke through a frail i bridge on the joston and Albany Raliroad one mile snd » half east of Chester, Mase,, at noon, and Hosa an WH ss chit san shir anes se se ¥ a gM FARE RS ARP ARALE ARATE WEA H BEES y IMEEZRADME $0IIRE teen or fifteen persons, fatally injuring seve were badly ayer ral others, while st least twenty hurt The wroek is the worst known on the road, The bridge was being strength 1 for the big locomotives, and the worl who were putting « pistes were | at dinner when the eras The motive passed over the smashed, the iT ngmen vater tan Gisinnoe The buffet Iwo a oar were smashed to kindling i twenty dny and leave the track nn Delerty, Columi far AODEPE 1) he siream one hos H. Murra BET er Ghacre oy Hit Wise I — T0 COIN MORE GOLD. Bullion In the Treasury to Be Minted ns Fast Possible, o—— ne Carlisle dphia and iy manned and ran t EL partment aad ty of » gold reserve (+0 Hrrency and the This bu #2.50 gold pieces the first tw img capacity of the &5.000 000 nillions 1 present need on win There a 820.000 000 in gold bull Philadelphia Mint, $15,000,000 of it being one vault, where RB has remained untouched for fifteen years — —_— - ARAB MUTINY QUELLED. Villages Burned and Many Inhab. tants Killed by British Marines British 8 mutiny of The cruiser Blanche has Arabs againgt the East Company's employes on the island all the vants at the port of Kismayoo excepting the chief agent, who had been killed The steamer Keala, in Kismayoo Harbor, was hard pressed by the Arabs, and was saved from destraction only by the GArly ar rival of the Blanche, The marines drove the Arata into the interior of the island, after baving Aled and wounded many and having burned several of thelr villages, guelle Afrion of Kise mayoo, and reseusd COMPANY ® sore THE PRESIDENTS THANKS, He Congratulates Wilson on His Sue- cess in the House, The following telegram from President Cleveland respecting the vote in the House Monday ou the silver question, was recs ved : by Chairman Wilson, who introdaeed the | Silver Repeal bill “Ruoszsann’'s Bay, Mass, An ”"». “To the Hen, Wiliam L. Wilson, Washing. her b 1 Com ina: Anke iL* } Is hunting a ong panivers and stoking wite of hs ' oria, Reohutowa; deer slayer, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, | : | Eastern and Middle States. ] | 1 - Tie death of August Jacotwon, a New York tailor, made the sixteentl victim of the terrible collision between two trains on the Long Island Rafirosd, Eroresmyis, n beautiful summer resort on | the crest of the Alleghanios, In Sullivan | County, Penn., was siruck by & tornedo, which wrecked ns cottage and several barns, and badly damaged other buildings Jd. A. Asworp, an Alderman of Newnrk, N J... was socidently killed by swallowing | dose of earbolie aold given by his | mistake for a harmless tonle. > wife in Bev, Fuaxx Sueryiery, a Methodist lergy- man and temperance orator, in sn Mi sanity murdered his fiy Margaret at Rooks Grounds and she died In twenty mi of in Evsoxn Bosranove yours, and Bsmuel brothers, aged eigl respectively, were drowned Mt Manchesior N. H New You an ited by 8 second without the trightful I i Xow yn pati bed the first « much damage the Kew Jo Washington. RK @ AJ servants, dumbering has arrived in Washington Presipusy Creveraxy aad fam 0 tive White House fr 1's Bay. Ma Foreign, oo ¥3 Man ~s ia the nilitary Hed Spain spactalors led with the p wed. the rioters wore X Naragosey t House of lohtonstels (or eaten { hav ing mistook isa Axiciro Gancia and Nicanor Horta wer executed in Havana, Cuba, for kidnapping SoLpixas were enlied out lo fight immense forest fires near Vignjeres, France, One them was burned to death and several others were injured Drnixe a heavy storm the British steam ship Justin, which has arrived st Barbados, West Indies, lost six of her crew overboard Morx than 60.000 miners hare work in South Wales Their retreat mines moans practically the collape strike in South Wales and Monmouthahire During thelr alwease from work all buat twenty of the 204 collieries in these tw tricts have been shut down, resumed y the ‘ys of the Jie Ax epidemic at Grimsby, the English sea port, has been declarad to be Asiatic eholers Many fresh cases of cholera and nun deaths are reported in Hungary Lvey M. Hooven, a wellknown weiter and wile of vx ss ioGe eo nnerwd Hoope r, dled a Paris aoa DEATH IN A SQUALL A Young Man and Five Boys Drowned In Lake Champlain, George P. Witherbwe, of Port Henry, NX. Y.. snd six young companions, who were sailing in Witherbee's ynoht, the Alpha, were caprized In Lake Champlain, Witharbee himself by swimming ved The yaobit was a twent boat and wus
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