A A—— 1 a —— Parisian policemen are being mount. ed on bicycles. The police officials are bound to get thieves on the run, cothments the Hartford Journal, In the opinion of an expert the sub- stitution of the Italian for the Irish- man and the German in laboring eir- oles is the prime cause of the falling off in sunstroke, There are about 68,000 postoffooes in the United States. About 67,000 of them do not pay their running ex- penses. The profit of the New York postoflice is $4,000,000 a year, The Japanese are now making ten- nis rackets, and some of them, the New York Ledger learns, are imported to the United States. The workman- ship is uncommonly fine, and all the materials look durable. Europeans in Japan have long played tennis, and the game originated a good deal nearer Japan than Europe. It was the Bad- minton brought to England by East Indian travelers. The national guardsmen of New York will hereafter be presented by the State with a handsome medal for long service. These medals are to be presented for a service of thirty, twenty-five, twenty, fifteen and ten The German newspapers are severe. ly criticising the Kaiser for dining with ex-Empress Eugenie. They say that it was not showing a proper re- spect for the French republic. Governor Matthews, of Indiana, has to tho money to pay the militia on duty dur- ‘‘His State will cer- tainly allow him to lose nothing by his generosity,” remarks the New Orleaxs Picayune, mortgaged his farm obtain ing the strike. Athleticism is shortly to achieve its the Chi- engo Herald, in the re-establishment of the Olympian games, which are to be open, however, to the whole world. The young men who bave the matter erowning honors, aunounces in charge have not decided whether to revive the games on their ancient site or at Paris. All the probabilities point to the selection of Paris, The questions of the old text books on physics, D. W. Herring writes in great part, been answered, It is longer ‘‘“What is light?” heat, sound or « lectricity ?”' These have been answered, thou gh, perhaps, Now one wonders what is the quantum of not yet assuredly or definitely Years, and are designed to be manu- factured of eighteen karat solid gold, gold and silver, silver and bronze, and bronze, according to the increased Years of service, There is no differ- ence in the design, except that the medal for thirty years is set with brilliants. Heat holidays have now beer lisked by law in the public schools Bwitzerland, and, in the the New York Tribune, our al authorities might do take a hint from ti 1 estab. of Y deny f opinion of { ducation- worse than 18 enterprising and progressive little republic, wi} h for centuries has been famed for its en- Rec- ognizing the well known fact that the lightenment and ¢ ymmon-sense, brain cannot work properly when the heatis excessive, the child ldren are dis- missed from their tasks whenever the | goes certain Were this sensible regulation thermometer point, to be adopted in this country steps would have to be taken to safeguard the thermometers from being ously doctored by the American schoolboy. above a nefari- enterprising Dr. Erwin F., Smith, of the depart- ment of agriculture, described to the American Association for the Advance. | male figure energy in each body and what the re- lation of matter and ethe r, “Ether were invented for the planets to swim in," is the conclusion of one sci ntist It is evident that any student wh plans to study physics would vill to begin before it gets any harder. n th wad an mt the earth and her uplift 1 right } and holding an electric light Half r elining at her right is a female four with a trumpet at her lips proclaiming the achievements and prowess of th ™ " nation. Iarther to her right is an a! legorie { & man, representing power, guiding 1 his left hand three horses abreast, with his right & grasps from the clouds a thunderbolt which is connected by a ribbon wit the light held by the central § At the left is an eagle and another with a dove, d¢ noting meds of Science the other day an im- | peace. In the right background there portant discovery that he has made of | is a half-concealed picture of th 8 pest which has been giving great and | capitol. increasing trouble to the watermelon Th» Toot . raisers of the South. It is a fungns Fhe Baltimore wun has been inter growth, which attacks the vines under | | 08 ome of the leading authori the ground, speedily stopping up the minute water ducts of the plant, and causing it to wither away. He asserts that this year the South has lost ma thousands of dollars’ wort through the ravages of ny h of melons this disease, Dr. Smith does not suggest any remedy for the disease, but he thinks that a good deal might be done for its exter. mination by burning the oll vines. He thinks that many farmers are re- sponsible for its spread, as they are accustomed to gather up the old vines, and allow them to rot on their com- post heaps for manure. The Russian thistle, that has create d #0 much disturbance in the Dakotas as to cause a bill to be introduced in Congress appropriating money for its eradication, has made its appearance in Illinois, states the Chieago Record, and the farmers aro called upon to do their utmost to eradicate the import- ed pest. The of the weed is the great rapidity with which ita spreads over vast areas of territory, the seed being casily scattered by the wind. It is not a hard weed to Zeal with if taken in time, for it is an an- nual plant, and if cut before seeding ~~the last half of August--it is effectu- ally destroyed. t 13 not so difficult aweed to with as the Canada thistle, which seems to thrive by re- peated cutting, If the Russian this- tle has secured a foothold in this Btate, itis very likely to spread fast | and far, established in the highways and along railroad tracks, all attompts to dislodge it will be of little avail. The country highway seems to be devoted to the propagation of nox- ions weeds, while the right of way of a railroad company is not kept with much idea of killing weeds, The Rus- sian thistle is cagerly eaten by sheep, and, if cut when young, is liked by eattle. It is aol a worse pest ona farm than the ox-eyo daisy. But the farmers of Illinois have enough to contend with withont the Passian thistle being added to their burdens, and self-interest should prompt them to on vigorous warfare against this new- Ay arrived foreigner, worst feature deal Onee { cent. in electricity. | will undoubte | cities and larger towns, ties on electricity with the view o eliciting their views as to the fut Ire possibilities of this fascinating f ree, especially with reference to its ee 1+ Among valuable omic and practical adaptation, the opinions, the following condensed pre- The editor of the “Dynamos and many interesting and dictions are given. Electric Worldsays: motors now return ninety-seven per ; the arc lamp is practically perfect, where- Electrically as the incandescent admits of large im- provement, ly supercede all other methods for urban use. Electrical | transmission of power within a radius of several hundred miles of water power and in vicinity of coal fields, where the energy of coal will be dis, | tributed by means of the electric our. | rent, will probably entirely supercede steam. i cede all other kinds of illumination in Telephoning across the Atlantic is an early proba bility and secing by electricity a pos sibility.” The editor of the Electrical “Electric heating now an important element in replac. Review says: is ing the disagreeable and dangerous car stove, and is advancing into the domain of the coal furnace and gas stove, bringing cleanliness, convenicnes When fully perfected and understood, the electric heater will be of the greatest boons that the electrical engineer has and economy with it, one given us. Every housewife will rise and eall him blessed, and every hus band will bless him and not rise up.” The editor of Electric Power joins all “In 1900 we shall probably have brought of these and even goos farther: down the cost of eurrent and utensile to such a degree ns to allow even peo- ple in moderate eirenmstances to use the cleanly vurrent instead of the coal and gas stove, Thea will the millon: ninm of the servant girl have broken into dawn, Tho trolley will be super. ceded by a conduit system, The dis infection of cities will probably be ef- fected by the agency or electricity. Canat boats will be propelled by elec the Popular Science Monthly, have, in { Ho | “What is | | rality over Breckinr Electric railway traction | | Interesting ever {| Kentuckians arn | was not shed, The electric light will super | } | | JAPAN'S GREAT VICTORY. Sixteen Thousand Men, Including the Flower ot the Army, Cut to Pleces—Surprised by a Midnight Attack — The Japs Lost Only Thirty Men, A dispatch from Seoul, Koren, says a great battle has fought at Ping Yang be. twoen the Chinese and Japanese troops, in On been which the former were utterly routed, the day before the battle a Japanese eolumn from Pong-San reconnaissance in foroe, drawing the fire of the Chinese forts, and thus uscertained thelr positions, The column fell back in good order with little loss, ' By the next night all the Japanese wore in position for a co nbined attack upon the enemy, The Gensan column threatened the loft flunk of the Chinese, the Pong-8Ban cols umn, threatening the Chinese center, the Hwang-Ju column operated acainst the right, which had been reinforoed the day hafore by a detachment of marines from the float at the mouth of the Taltong River. made a The Chinese had utilized the old defensa at Plong-Yang, and had thrown up new works, making the position an exoce; nally strong one The battle was opone! at daybreal Japanese cannonade of the Of which was continued v A the Chinese responding Hnese work 10UL cos til the afternoon I g. | The work with the heavy guns ghowasd good practice, At ut 2 o'clock a body of in- Inntry wasthrown forward by the Japanese and maintain until dusk, ! Pong-Ban column was eng The Chinese defenses had » but the losses on either side both the Chineso taken advantage The Japanese tr some advanced po The firing upon the enemy only the then { fla ar md pu procis ihe Chiness 4) wers so str 4 in front, were f t wok roar and hereat 13 E was a porfect \ 4 The ( or ynpliot tak ur prise throw to a pani Hun- dreds wn and wi 5 1 d a t gol von r at every point, broke and fled LE roy Il H t Chang's Eur ] 1 tr st L rg it wtward ar ro cut wn 10 A man I AZ Wo » rt 4 defenses in front tod r Halt an hour after the attack was nad the positions of Ping-Yang wer session of the Japaness It Is estimated that 20,000 Chiness soldiers ware engaged a hattla x Ja a] oaplu il K stores of provis i nitions of war and hundreds of colors I'he 4 - w th ir in w " p od i ‘i Most of the ore, A desultory war may be oarried on for some time to uf unless China shall ruseoed in another aruy foto th Peninsula, Korea will undoubtedly remain ia Pp ysonsion of the J A AD ese from Yok coms, Rettiog HE B frou a at i na co i report of a Japanese victory at Ping Yang 1 spateh the ( ra News from Sha ul says t { £1 S80 e fosrfa Po cited over the we of the defeat and slaughe ter of the Chinese ny at Ping Yang. BRECKINRIDGE VS. OWENS, An Exciting Primary Election in the Blue Grass Region A dispateh from Lexington, K a the day after the Demowratic primary slection said “The women of the Blue Grass une try may sing a song of triumph, 1 have fought against Colonel Breckinridge, and they have won.” C. Owens has bean ali rn Ww ocratie primaries 1 nee for Congress instead of W, ©, san by the Dem. as the party nomi ven ber - Kiaridge, His plu. Mr, Settle was th ater retarns kinridge was elo P % ani 3st 400, thon that ated at abo ito in licate ww only 149 votes, poe beat eo lamors were afloat that the Breekinsidge managers might atteqnt, throug's the Coun | ty Chalrn s distriot, t nake altera- «fr retfain pr nets in Ww itord Conntios | clent y © ye Mr, Owens's sligt rally, The contest proved the most exciting and waged In t and surprised that more blood ronsiders | that Mr mistake, and that if he had remained off the track it would have benefited Colonel Breckinridge, Kentuek- fans all along have sald that Mr. Settle was raning in the interest of Colonel Breokin- ridge, hut he refused to withdraw fron the contest, and sald all along that he expected to win, The women who took part in the move ment, or rather who led the opposition to Breckinridge, are Jjubliant over tne returns, and special thanks offerings were made in the churches on the day after the election. | The women held a prayer meeting just be. | fore noon on the day of the primanes in which numerous prayers were offered for the guidance of the people In their voting. Colonel Breckinridge's friends asserted that he was defeated at the Kontuoky primaries by fraud, and contemplated con testing the nomination, LD GALORE, For Seven Months the Increase in Production Is $20,000,000, ha Ntide It is now Hettle's race was a Po Director of the Mint Preston is in receipt yf oMelal information from the gold-produo- ng countries of the world showing that the nerense In production thas far for the year ureregates $20,000,000, This covers a period if only seven months, and he believes ft srobable that the increase for the your will xeead 840,000,000, Of the amount of in. ‘rease to the 1st of August between $6,000, 00 and $7,000,000 was produced in this ountry, South Afriea reports an increase if about $10,000,009, and the balances was woduesd on the African const, The reports rom several countries, including Australssin ind Rusein, have not yet been received, For the same period thers has been a iatked falling off in the production of divor. I —. —— It Alabama Commmsionst of Agricul are, in company With a tenveling went of the Loulaville and Nashville Ralls toad, haa gona into the Northwest to Infla- tricity,” soe immigration into Alabama. while | Naval Port of Wel-Hal kL dows BPITOMIZED Eastern and Middle States. Poricesax Orro leaned neninst an eles trio light post in Elizabeth, N. J., and was shocked to death WitrLe many Hoboken people of Samuel Kilpatrick at Tacony, N. J,, host shot wife 1 wit} cause, and wounded his den Nn gues Govenx P. Frowen. inn ment k Roswyry Announe eandidate fort nomination in New ¥ A letter, sald ho won Lieutenant-Govern Tue New York Reput vy Kista Conve t Barntogn 1 nated Ls PP. Marton rnor, Char 1 xt for Lie overnor dd Albert Haight | fs . ’ pa t { APs Conneetierat Ret t at rd and Min ¢ f fn t For Governor— Vincents Coft OW For 1 ine t Go r A. { | wrk ham pated i tary of Riate wi { Mowers h, For Troas r worge W, Holg r Vor " y niamin J New Ca : En : ght r 4% ! f N fork ( r “ ’ ' . 8 t ’ © Das M ANY Br N. } W ’ gin ra (IROROGY w “ A Kt y 4 i ‘ { rdered his wi x burg Orvicen Perea | : { a Alleg Pe : r was ; ’ ] wire South and West, 4 a Tr the » 1 jo i ; Ok &, and W ¥ 4 RAY » ki ar ho ral p 2) noer shot 1 y | sr 4 : the w it hls ow Joxus f Neva w | & int BE RREw™ t it r { 1 to re Tue Sugar Planters’ : it New Oricans was a large assemblage, and there were present many of the leading planter { Louisiana and rome of the representative men Of New Orleans, They resolved to go ver to che Republican part: Fovn train robbers who stog pel the Den. ver and Utah express on the 8 1 Fa Road were shot at bv an arme t r ber, who slightly wound wine himself mortally wou federate, was sabseqg | Tux Democrats of South Car a met nvent ion John Gary Evans 1 for v “wl » sted for Governor w PI merman for Lisutenant Governor for Attorney-General and Dates Treasurer “on venti foes ein t Ls ia 63% at Galesburg, Ml. lowering the world's recor) a quarter a second, Ar Montgomery, Ala., Wilscn Woodley, solored, was hanged for marder. At Fort Smith, Ark. John P aiso execated, Penny Cook. a asar Linocols, Oki horses iu his posse yuter, a murderer, was thief, eapture a, with several stole: JA notorious i = been iynched ' 4 ¥ a committee of iarmers, Washington. Lizcrexaxr Wirtxen, the naw al offlesr in sharge at the the perpetration of the Carnegie armor 1 has been superseded by ( ander Curtis Turear was a genoral shake-up | military posts and all the artillery Governor's Island, New York, was order to David's Island, SECRETARY Gaesuan received a eablegrs from Consular Agent Alfred ( oper, at Ia Libertad, announcing the death of Consul. General Alexander L. P at Salvador, from yellow fever. He was from Utah Sercnerany Canvisie demande! the im mediate resignation of Jeremiah O'Rourke, of Newark, N. J., Bupervising Architect of he Treasury Department, n look, Sixcr the inauguration of the Demooratis | Administration 1.597 283 silver dollars have been coined under the unrepealed provisions of the Sherman act, Svreavisive Arcurreer O Rovngn's resig. oation was accepted by the Secretary of the Treasury la & formal note, Suir has been begun by sugar growers in Washington to compel Secretary Carlisle to | *ontinne bounty payments, Foreign. Tur strike of the Secoteh miners has ool. lapsed, Ten thousand miners descended into the pits and the plockets who had been station about the works were withdraws Tax Duteh have captured three forts in Lombok, killing many of the natives, Tax Emperor of China has deprived Vice. roy LI Hung Chang of his three-oyed pes cock feather, and it is reported that the Vi. eeroy has been deposed and has committed suleide, Tue Nioaraguan Government offlelaily denies that there fs danger of a revolution In that country, and announces that the slotters have been frustrated fenders arrested, Tue roof of a school bullding in Naples, Italy, collapsed, burying twenty children, Most of them were taken out dead. Apprriowas details of the naval fight at Yalu show it to have been a tremendous trl umph for the Japs. The Chinese lost five ships, damaged, wn Ce ———— Tur Secrstary of the Treasury notified all mstoms officers that after Ootober 1 the youd m tax on alien would w #1 Instead of Afty conte, This f¢ In ae wedance with a provifion of the Sundry Jivil Appropriation bill, } THE WAR OVER KOREA. and their | None of the conquring fleet was de. | stroved, though two vessels were slightly | PROMINENT PEOPLE. Tn prolif v t of the da I Mar f viord ' M1 LH rails n eof r on! { sy nr Ing D f Orie Ts B H } { the ( te Var { \ A § A frequent suffers ¢ ¢ I : iS We i Fs A xi s 1 {1 y r be Mn for 1 rd ( (Ans A gran ¢ ow Yaata ' } nts int} I D | § ; st Mex (3 v ( is Just disd gt 1 A ( ' ’ f niuety-foar W fp 1 ’ of | Ger r ng ’ 1. M. Ba : v y ¢ ma } : ' it r 4 ? * A ' n b at 1 . J W re N { { } I 11 J rs } A b y a : i] r o la Fin y with 8 LE NS 4 f ~ § i work ! . 1 t : anty m s y 3 ’ - W » Pienax 1 escr Ii} gf t 5 r i na, as he x t | As A Ia " Fr, 1 istingu ist ki man w % ! ‘ T's 4 Whe r Kn would Moult t A moat lignified in appesra i 2r late Professor He wr re ¢ r the dis r f 1 thalmoscog to w { J ; wo their evesjght The E ey v tf G many has sent his widow a message lolence, saying that, “the entire seientd world, the Fatheria and the King mourning with vy Tux King of Korea : fe suffering from a dis. use of the throst, Unhapnlly for him, he Is looked upon as a divine being, wi p- nist ra . . this, the ra w t a4 perior ur pt ] this a | rat ® nt t Goors You sath that § r te " a hits er the ft Vigilant iim} He assert it M HO it st grat “xt + for wat a j | redg Wore ' anxious 10 keeg K : . ® VAD at ’ 1 " wh rr wi A winner —— THE LABOR WORLD. Taz Scotch miners’ strike is over, Moxraear, Canada, ts to have a co-open alive bakery. Tax woolen factories of this oc ploy 220 000 persons Tur engines of the world ean of 1,000 000 000 men. IT takes 150,000 men and boys and girls to garry on the oyster business for New York Tax British Trades Union Congress called on Parliament to ebut out “destitute aliens.” Juntry em- lo the work Westen Now Yorx farmers state that Poles “beat the world” as workers Ip the field Tar average weekly wages pald fg females laborers of all classes in (3 rmany is $2.17 Hovexxaroe in England receive an aver. age of seventy-five ents a week and “found.” [ne letter carriers among the Knights of Labor are agitating for the formati Letter Carriers’ National Trade Assem Proresson Swixa, of Chisago, speaking ol labor unions, said laborers must organize AS Just men, not as bandits, in order to win, Tue Union Pacific Raliroad has notified its rmployes that they must not take any part in politics, nor discuss the subject under pain of dismissal, Twerve nuxpREDd miners employed by the pring Valley (IL) Coal Company quit work in sympathy with the trap boys, who want an advance of five cents a day. Tux growth of the Knlehts of Labor all over the United States is estimated to be not loss than 4000 during the last year, Six huu. dred looals have been added since last Sep- tember, Bxvenas of the Western ronds have adopt. | od the system of paying premiums for the saving of conl on locomotives, On some oo- | easions as high as 86 a week has been thus | paid to engine crows, Tur English laboring men are suffering from the same eause that has made troudie for the American workers. Immigration from the cheap labor countries has crowde) out English workmen to a degree that has tracted widespread attention, Laws for the settlement of disputes be | tween employers and thelr workmen by ar | bitration and conciliation have been enacted in California, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, | Maryland, Massachusetts, Now Jersay, New | York, Onfo and Pennsylvania, Tux Biennial Convention of the Brother. hood of Locomotive Firemen convened at | Harrisburg, Penn. The report of Grand Becrotary Arnold shows a balance of §77,- | 000 in the Treasury, Grand Master Sargont | and Viee-Grand Master Hanrahan were ro- looted, | Heavy villians, lending gentlemen, Irish, | “Duteb,” and “Yankee” comed | and men, musioal and other actors to the number of n 500 have ined the ranks of fedemted by take out a charter under the Amerioan Ped. Wei, Where ww Chievse Fleet Is Awaiting a Pros pective Japanese Attack, A CHINESE TRAFALGAR, | THE JAPANESE WIN A DE« | CISIVE NAVAL VICTORY. | The Fleets of the Two Oriental Belligerents Fight a Great Sed Battle Off the Mouth of the Yala River—¥our Warships Lost—The Japs Capture a Big Booty The Central News Shanghai corresponds that Chinese sources report a severe naval engagement sf Yalu River, between the Hinese northern squadron and the Japan ent telegraphs advices from the mouth of the o) eso flest, The battle lasted six hours, Dur« ing the fight the CC} so warships Yan Wel and Chao Yune caught fire an wers burned and ashore, and the Chin Yoen and Yuen were sunk, No Japanese ships were sunk The reuse 16 captured nt £3000 0600 Ping-Yu Bn done i with w { was seen of the enemy un fleet reached the mouth of the a floct of Japan es Thereupon the od forward and the for nection, The ef. t ithe troops 3 i view of t} nt the, It is § th the encounter has ree 5 1 in » i" rippling t} naval fq a 2 fr Q v ti ngt LL Was sunk {the Yalu River, Was not sunk, At the same ime, It seems equally in that the Chen Yuen and the other Chinese ships mentioned ware sent 10 the bottom as stated The the Chiness turret ship Ts Yaen, irew from the engagegent and w be fight trom a distance, pre- sorted that he saw four Japanese vessels sunk Great consternation prevails in the palace st Pekin, The Emperor is determined to take the management of affairs into his own" “a hands, but this step is not jooked upon with favor by the Government officers, who con- sider such a course as beneath the dignity of His Majesty ———— NEWSY GLEANINGS, Tar rop is short : & 454 : Arians x wit rise ary 12,000 drink 5 ¥ re tates ¥ 4 soe] mn & Ax 3 3 is 1 hed Belgi Frax rt rl t Wl he YeLiLow rover now ej S bo FMALZUA and rans Taape reviews agree that business fe tinues steadily t v Mong than 10.000 tons of i: 68 were nade in this country last vear RarLroan earnings for August show ia in crease for the first time this vear Prorie in Russian proviases are still iy- ing by hundreds from the cholera lLivaas depredations in the Adirondasks New York, threaten the sestraction of the IQ row ATLANTA, Ga, has 15.0% iry n her public » 5 id nearly 1600 in private ae 8 AX Fain reli AD returned to Siates f the , - } nated Spain and Vath gunboat Machine Goosgpoxes and corn shucks are tellis y the weatherwise of Malone that next winter 5 will be early and col Tre reg stration for the sox in Hawaii is progressing. bat voters are still b Lag ba Tur Jackson polar expodit best equipped of ail, Is reported to hav been turned back by impassable fo Bavaxxan (Ga) street miiwars have re duced fares to one cont for short throes conts for ver; long ones Prrisax oars will hereafter be built hich enough to allow the occupants of upper berths to sit up without stooping. Swiss hotel keepers complain that Amer! ean travelers have boon soarce this Year, and no other customers spond so much. Tux Italian police have discovered the ex. istence In Rielly of a vast association of sheep stealers, having branches all over the island, Wahine planting flowers in a cometory af Homeworth, Ohio, a tombstone fell on Susan Johnson, an aged woman, inflicting fatal in Juries, Ruepresexranives of nearly every roval family of Europe followed the remains of the Comte de Paristothe tomo at Weybridge, Eagland, © Trmrexx out of seventeen young men ex aminad at Lavenworth, Kan, for Army pro motions were rejoctel, being too iif Lo the vhost, fiTnx Grand Lode» of the Chiness and Jap aness Masons of Minnesota has memorial. feed thie quarreling Governments in the in. teresis ol paace, As the military at Aldershot, Enclan 1. were experimenting with a eaptive balloon, heid by a wira rope, the other day, lightning came sown the rope and killed three meme bers of the corps, Jarax is pd an on<o-Pekin oam. paign, and the north ot China is said to be grew ly terroreed, Wagers wore muds that the Japanese army would be in Pekin on the 34 of October. These wagers were made in kio, trips and cc orop in it is be. exoond 30,000 bales, which is of estimates, ¥
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