—_ —— needs an epic and China an epitaph. New Mexico ranks eighth in its out. put of silver, and seventh in its out. put of gold. Strange to say, the improvement in firearms has not increased the mur- derous result of battles, A French picture dealer says that all of his nnsold pictures are sent to the United States, where they bring fancy prices. A recent parliamentary return shows that there are upward of 821,- 000,000 of unclaimed fous Government Great Britain. money in var- departments of Of the 12,000 miles which form the land girdle of China, 6000 touch Rus. sian territory, 4800 British territory, and only 400 French, while 800 may be described as doubtful ; The warden of the Peni- tentiary feeds the 2000-0dd convicts Missouri in his charge at an average cost of eight cents each a day, and, accord- Ing to the New Orleans Picayune, thes live reaasonsbly well, too The deliberate judgment of Jadge fs ‘that the continuance of the Turk- ish Government after the last slaugh- ter in Armenia is an insult to decent humanity the world over, and the E ropean politics that treats it feebly overlooks it is a hideous er The western part of North Carol mountainous regu A literary genius remarks that Japan | and note the attention paid the spl It is said the big crops of Texas will keep the roads of that State out of the receivers’ hands, The Napoleonio revival has in- eroased the demand for art works of every kind that refer to that period. Every day emphasizes the impres- sion, exclaims the New York Mail and Express, that China should have stuck to bric-a-brao and let war alone. Football was a crime in England | during the reign of Henry VIII, and ! the Hartford Journal thinks it is not far from it in this country to-dav. According to the latest census bulle- tin, Georgia's total population is 1,- 837,853, and of this number only 32,. 634 are of foreign parentage, or about 1.78 per cent. of the whole. Commissioner Coombs thinks that the Salvation Army may be the agents for of meat grown in Queensland all over England, as it is used largely in army depots, distribution Nicholas IL is gaining great pop- nlarity in Russia for his democratio ways, the New York Press facetiously He known to drink a cap of ¢>ffee after it had been examined by only three expert chem- ists, observes, has been If any one believes that the interest vat in the horse is to give place before the inroads of electricity, let hi aim attend 16 great ‘‘h ts the Ise convention, Farm, Field and Firesi plen- % } did specimens of endurance and inte afford a typical section for in large numbers, er most delightful spot. Land suitable California ¢ price Anywhere near railroads the from 8100 to 8300 mmands a per acre than in per ace, any improvements there are planted, th Pp * & i Dr Jose ph and of and fruit | | i Parker, Temple, London, is warring with the | reporters for reporting his He thinks that terfere with the sermons, | newspaper reports in- rofits of his lished sermons, and has been asking | advice as to how he ean prevent re porters taking notes of It is believed his onl his addresses remedy is to make a contract with his audienc that ] ish Lis ser they will not pul ons, Phe age limit in the Chinese armyv i elastic, edict if there is truth in any which is } Chinese Emperor. grants a piece of silk, rice and ten pounds of diers upward of eighty years A double quantity is allowed to those Aj patent of nobility is granted to thoge | who have survived their hundredth year, - who have reached ninety years. Ys * A man in A Fo, = ustralia had a hew and | brilliant idea not long in to the inte rpretation his ago of the cla ““Till death us do part” His died, luckily fi her, the facta strate, and since he was bound till death to his wife, the husband re- fused to The court promptly decided regard 18€ 10 INATTIAZE VOWS. wife wr as following demon only pay her funeral expenses that a husband's duties only cease when the undertaker’s bills are paid Says 1801 a Paris, on looking through Carnegie's Braddock, Penn., casually suggested that elec In in the Electrieal Review: young electrician, now great steel rail plant at tricity could be made to operate the widely separated pieces of machinery at a seving of many thousands a year. Recently Andrew Carnegie visited the plant for the first time in two years and saw electricity work. This others, makes it possible men to do the work doing the improvement, together with for eight 500 did in 1891, An unusual thing, related by the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, in connection with the court is the holding, by the United States Grand Jury, that Serip- H. A. Busby, of Means, Harrison Coun- ty, was indicted for writing letters and postal cards to David Handley, of Columbus, Ohio, On the envelope of the letters wero the quotations: “Owe No Man Anything,” “Let Us Walk Honestly,” and “Many Years Thou Bhalt Be Troubled.” He was indicted on four counts on the ground that the language used was Hbellous and calou- lated to injurs the chwmeter of Mr, Handley. tural quotations may be libelous, { of { lington after that event | | € orsican seems to be brought | sight of the eon exhithm There the are 5 State in the Western : States this 18 reversed. The large majority o ary authors of international * Are small men physically. ling, Bar- rie, Jerome, Howells, Stockton, Sted- n, Ste Harte ’ Jove- of them above Rinm height, and several of ti fan, Mark Twain, Bret , Sallus, are none & ars diminutive Crawford and Conan Dovle actually Marion 11 Are tall, hlatialonking » 1 athletic - looking men; but they are th exceptions that prove the rule the Am« is in a fair way to be the unit His is practically f currency for the world, New York Independent continent, maintains the this whole It rules and the Mexic dollar is the most popular coin the East, and Japanese Now bay mint is t veginning to ne arly the same thing. issue has been called the British which will have the support of banks sud of British and Indian merchants {rom Bombay to Singapore and Japan. When we read that the laje Lesseps was ton Years old wl battle of Wategloo was fought, and that he saw both Napoleon and Wel- , he great within men of our own times, 1k» fact is, many persons now living might have seen him. Dozens of peo- ple in Atlanta were half-grown at the of the battle Water! yo, and sne lady now living here remembers ol time seeing Napoleon when she was a little child. About fourteen per cent, of the en- of gradaates drop out of the profession within a tire number medioal few years, avers the Chicago Herald. Some few never practice; others are tempted by better inducements into other flelds of work; some are driven to suicide on seccount of failure; oth- ers succumb to contagious diseases; still more lose their health on account of exposure to inclement weather and of Among these we must sccident, or on account mental anxiety. in olude those who become insane or cocaine habit, Worse than all else, a few are driven into quackery. Loy one may make a mistake in the choice of lite work, and it is no dis sredit to abandon practice. There are plenty of honorable employments for unsuccessful physicians; there are schools to teach, merchandise to well, drugs to dispente, news to gather ; at any rate there is coal to shovel and wood to saw. It doubtloss seems a pity to sacrifice the investment of three or four years’ hard work in the study of medicine, but it is cheaper than to sacrifice honor and prostitute medioal science to quackery. | roaved families, or | who oontract the alcohol, morphine | CHINA'S PEACE ADVISER JOHN W, FOSTER ENGAGED BY THE CHINESE. He is Requested to Go to Japan to Ald China's Plenipotentiariss in Thelr Negotiations for Peace The Japanese Minister of the Appointment, Approves This important announcement was made | at Washington by | J. W. Foster : | “Mr. John W. Foster has been requostod ex-Secretary of State { by the Chinese Government to go to Japan | and meet the plenipotentiaries of the for- | mer Government, to nid them in thelr nego- | tations for peace, He has accepted the in vitation, and expects to Wnsh- ington within a day or two, sailing love a delay ytiarios. wen adv ment, and its Minist« presaad his satisfact ‘ desires t Japan pur viser of the has no to ¢ re the that 4 ™ an Japan aii Ministers Dun and Den sion, however, Is taken » the Chinese expect tO terms from Japan than he sonsidered probable, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Ricnanp Onoxen denounced W, Bourke Cockran in New York City for gossiping and luspiring nowspiper attacks against Croker, challenged Cochran to a debate before the Tummany Executive Committee, urged him 10 go before the Lexow Committes to tell what he knows and sald if the challenge was disregarded he would demand a personal explanation whenever ho meets him, BIXTEEX-YEAR-GLD ANNIE LINDERBLAIRD, disappointed in love, shot herself to death at her home In Brooklyn; Conrad Haule blew out his brains with a pistol In Ho- boken, N. J. : Andrew Olsen hanged himself near Burlington, N. J., and James Muloaby strangled himself in Brooklyn. Saver O. Beery, the defaulting book keeper of the National Bhoe and Leather Bank, New York Olty, was sentenced in the Unitel States Circuit Court to wight years at hard labor in the Kings County Penitentiary, In collusion with Baker, who committed suleide, ho stole #850 000, Frag in the lumber district of Burlington, , resaited In a loss of $150,000, Ex-Poriock Carraix Joux T. Brerugxsox, of New York City, who was convicted of bribery, was sentenosd 10 three years and nine months in State Prison by Judge Ingra- ham, who also Imposed a floe of #1000, Eowarp R, Canter, of Brooklyn, for the last twenty-nine years employed in the Nations’ Bank of Commerce, and for five years transfer and coupon fessed to dofaleations amountin §28.000 and $29,000 Heo is Polios Headquarters, Vi A sxowsTOUM Middle Atlantic Joux W, Gory, before the tee, New York City, examing tor Williams, who made son Iwo ni $1000 to provalled th States Lexow iP © nagging « ig Anthony n goods" in- isslons ; Ll OOK ment 10 swore « nM York wt Ort Now same where raliroad business almost su iry f Now South and West, — OROUTH IN NEBRASKA THE TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE INHABITANTS, Five Counties in Which the People Are Utterly Destitute—~More Than and Children Dying From and Hunger—A Pitiful Condition. The suffering among the inhabitants oluding three fourths of the residents of five counties, Is becoming more intense dally, and immediate steps alone can preveat many deaths by starvation, Three years ago the farmers ol | drought-blighted counties raised a very | Hght erop, and the past two years the erops | have been almost total failures. Many famiiies have not enough provisions In their homes for ono week's sustenance, and no money to purchase the necessities oi life, Many of the merchants feel they have ald | ed these poor farmers to the extent of their gbility, and are unable to do any more for them or to sell them goods ered The sufforers cannot obtain emplo | ment, and unless they receive aid soon it is the general opinion that ms {| will starve to , and should the west turn very cold many will fro death. » ft is o fact that many are barefooted snd { have sonrcely sufficient clothing to cover thelr nakedness, A mother and her two children were found dead in their little cabin near Niobrara, It is supposed the mother had 11c her bed by sickness, and she and her two little ones starved to death, The stomac of the children were opened and not a trace of food could be discovered There is not a stream of water in Perkins County nor a living spring. Wells run from sixty to 200 feet, the majority 150 to 200 foot dee; i soll, if raises good or if not it bakes like a solid mass The roads and mueh of the } ries resemble asphalt, so hard mooth are theses on font! to nina wing waterad, fosorted we poe nd 1! were in nt flown ar is of the ’ BLene Bail 10 the voyage across the Pacific will two weeks more, nearly a month no bet . tiation gun more 1H84 re the p sloners vet been KILLED AT A CRO:BING. A Carriage Containing Five Persons Struck by an Express, \ South a oarriage } al f-past nine killing Was not aware tive until the wl wera on the raliroad tra the | As the glare of tha lo o carriage Mrs, J the front seat with J soreamod and sprang At the sar nent orae became frightens , who was mathan ’ tha flashed on th sitting on Loawis, ground, Ww y ha ward through the earriag» ed in a place of safety, The stantly killed, I'he bodies of Mra hurled neariy a ! opposite si jes of the was caught on the earried about 1500 bov was badly mutiliated, Both Mr, Lewis and Mr, Jones are pros perous farmers, well known in the vicinity of thelr homes, and all day neighbors vis ftad the houses trying to comfort the be. Jonathan was Mr, Lewis's only son, There are seven other children, tho youngest almost a baby, and the {amily bad been planning for a merry Christinas. yroard Miss Lowia n the hack seat, jumpesa irtain and land others were in- 1 beat ¢ bark- Lewis and her son wera undre | lest, iar track. The Jor front of the The na ana the “ux body foot, of MRE, ASTOR DEAD. "assed Away After a Long IHiness In England, Mrs, William Waldor! Astor, wile of the died at Clive | den, England, the country seat which her | husband recently purchased from the Duke of Westminster, Mrs, Astor has suffered for two mouths from a complioation of maladies, She was attended by Dr, Moore, the uml shysician, assisted by Bir William Broad- oat and other eminent practitioners, Mrs, Astor was formerly Miss Mamie Paul, a daughter of James W, Paul, of Phiia lel phia, and one of the recognized belles of that city, Shafirst met Mr, Astor in Newport in the summer of 1877, and there the sonrtship was begun that culminated in their marriage June 6, 1878, when she was but nineteen yoars old, EE — el | great New York millionaire, ] Tur papler-mache oolling of tha Assem- hly Chamber at Albany, N. Y., which was put up to the ernokad stone eeliing inl at a cost of $210,000, is gradually erumbliog away and is full of holes, Washington Forelgn. ins Lhe le gifts to ser Dotrodt, which san World's Fair « POMBE WAS eX] lod near the off . in Rome, aly of United bassador Wayne ManVeag! The ex tool: place while Mr, MacVeagh's re n progress, No dau andians visited t} (GGuayamns, Mexic ¢ latter and his wile vin Htntos oslo eption aie was done INCOME TAX BULLETIN. Postmasters and Other Officials Not to Collect the Impost Secretary Oarlisle issued the following | ofreular to postmasters and disbursing offi- COS ; “The regulations relative to the income | tax, approved December 18, 1804, provide | that all salaries or compensations to officers or persons in the employ of the Government of the United States in and for the calendar year 1804 shall be included in the annual re- turns to collectors on form 865 of such « m- cers, and persons in statements of @aics, profits and income subjeat to income tax for that year. As the income tax on such sala. ries or compensation will under the provis fon above quoted be paid directly to colleo. tors by the Jussons receiving the same you will, therefore, not deduct and withhold the aforesaid tax or any part thereo! from the salaries or compensation of any such of. ficer or employe In and for the year 1894. You will inform all such officers and em- loyes to whom you may make any payment or services rendered in the year 1804 of the method prescribed for the return and pay. ment of the tax on all taxable salaries and compensations pald by the Government in and for said year." SpLeexrric fover Is sald to be maaing among cattle In Mexico, Governor Hog has issued a proclamation establishing a State quarantine against Mexico, and no eat- tle will be permitted to enter Texas until in spected by an officer of the United States Agricultural Department. .-. CL I—— Frox January 110 December 15 of 1 the Canard Hine of steamers brought 18.6 stesrage passengers to this country and took 19,245 away. | demonstrated { County in the O | nated on the Democratic ticket for Ssoretary | yald : | ceeded in bringing the operators and miners | together under the interstate agreement for A pus dea prevent many The New Head of the Fed- eration of Labor American JONNY WM RRIDE t A8 8 : 1882 he 1a Ohio Mins usd at the head of jor seven Years, The Hocking Valley in tion, an lead g men of WAS slectiad Pres Association and ¢ that organization memorable strike in the 1854 was a severs test of his resour and his exceptional ability as a lent of the re’ ntir a] labor leader, In 1884 and 1885 he o Le represent od Stark gislature and serured the enactment of a number of laws int interests of labor In 1888 he was nomi N | he of State, but was defonted, In 1857 he suo. the maintenance of wages, w iol was abro- gated by the Indiana and lilinols operators in 1880, and was revived as a result of the | Eroat strike Inst spring. In 1800 Mr. MeBride retired from active | leadership amoung the miners, when the | Miners’ Progressive Union and NX. T. A. 185, | Knights of Labor, were consolidated under the title of the United Mine Workers of America, He served as State Poor Come missioner under Governor Campbell for two yours and in 1868 was elected President of the United Mine Workers, which position he bas since held, Last spring he organised and conducted the greatest miners’ strike in the history of the country, in which upward of 150,000 men were involved, and which was succossiul beyond his greatest expectations, He was instrumental in the organization of the Amerionn Federation of Labor and pre. ded at the meeting in Chioago in Decom- Boe 1880, when ho was elected President but declined to nocent. - CL ———— - Surzmixrexnuxt Bynxee fssuod an order protibiting the police of New York City irom riding free on elevated or street oars, They are forbidden to ncoept any free trans portation or ranking privileges. ———“—— Tux seat in Congress of George B. Mo- Clellan, of New York City, will be contested 8000 Families Need Ald-Women | Cold | of | the drought-blasted part of Nebraska, in- | | Onions by his opponent, Robert A. Choesbroush. Inthe Senate, 181m Day. ship should not be stationed xt Mr. Bherman offered an au tnilrond Pooling bill, which en the the protection and care of all » ee Mr, Cockrell introduced a bi for un new boundary between th | ritory and Oklahoma, In the House. 161n Day. ~The session was | discussion of the Currency bil event was the proposal by ( ger, of the Banking stitute for the Carlisle ton, Russell, Bickles, Uns 1c 17 . Mos Melaurin Jk purt in the debate, Dav.-~Mr. Bryan fant resolutions, one of ‘resident ine’'gible to succesd the other makes a Prosi second term, ——The Curren bill was before the House Thers one gpeaker in favor of theblll, Mr, Theres were three speakers against Mr. Bell, Mr. Bowers and Mr, B fore the discussion of the bil upon several bills were consent, — the operation of t providing for a hollda) wat! Thursday, Janua RAILROAD ti al 1ent Hr bie 15895. iment FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Mr. Lodge introduced a reso. lution ssking Becretary Herieit why a war- Honolulu, 19 requires 14 the of | iuoed { the sleeping oar companies to provide a sate for aluatles car. ried Ly passengers without charge to the 0. ou providing Indian Ter. oted to the yiel Ka = two makes a it and 10 a y and Banking wis mbes, but Hin ii, Be. entered CONSTRUCTION. Figures for 1804 the Lowestin Twen- ty Years. Al nual THE MARKET Late Wholesale Prices Produce Quoted in New York. MILE A Fa choice. Part sk Full sk ftate & ] Western In ‘ Goons arsey Fowls. ¥ ID... Chickens, ¥ ™, Roosters, old, Turkeys, ¥ I Ducks, (yeose, pair Pigeons, ¥ pair pair Py ¥ DRESSED Turkeys, # Hh, , Chickens, Phila, Westorn, Jersey, # Ib Fowls, ¥™, . ...... Ducks spring, L.L&East¥ Geese, # Ib Squabs, ¥# doz YEOETABLES Potatoes, St, & Jersey, #1 Long Island Sweet, ¥ bol Cabbage, ¥ 100 Yellow, Red, ¥ bbl Squash, marrow, ¥ b Habbard . Tarnips, Russia, ¥ White . Ege plant, ¥ bb Celery, ¥ doz. roots Cucumbers, ¥ orate, Groen peas Cauliflower, # nbi : String beans, ¥ orate Bpinaeh,... Lettuce .... . hg ue ORAIN, BETX Flour-Winter Patonts, .... Spring Patents, .... Wheat, No. 2 Bed. coon. in Deoomber ...ccoovsesncves Corn-=NO. 2....000senrainnn Onts=No, 2 White. ..couv ie Track White. Rye<8State...... 000000 BarleyUngraded Western Beads Timothy, 100, .. Clover... oen vues Lard-City Steam arene Dooves, olty dressed... .... . Mileh Cows, com, to good. ...20 00 Calves, city dressed. ........ 8 Country dressed .....o00 «7 & R100 D8. coniinniess 200 Lamba, ¥ 100 Ba... ..ocvne. 30) i Live, $100 Bs....... ‘a FEAR BEAR ARR RRR Ey
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