JAPAN STAYS HER ITAND. An Armistice With China Proclaimed During Peace Negotiations, THE WAR PRACTICALLY OVER. Throughout the Conferences osekl All at Shimon- Movements of War Will He Suspended --<The Wound Received hy Ll Hung Chang the Cause of the Tem- | porary Ending of Hostilities, A cable disp that the Jag all vame gotiations last. A I called from Formosa to J Anes war m EMPER( 1n consequence all aggressive operations will during the wh an and Chin if Mou hantung P A despatel ese bom! capital rm The State De from its armistice j Japan. Minister Dunn at {ving particulars finister Kurino and tr Department, The armistice now be fact, the chief interest hin Ing on the condition of Chinese peade | wounded by Bhimon« . ton it is assume tions cannot be resu bas recovered or his o as to make it necessary for Bp new envoy. As far as pothing has been received at either Japanese or Chinese legations or the Btate t concerning his condition, a of I wn weak, It eontinues to among Administration of mats that the 4d als AD war. This is based not so much on the that Japan will be likely to grant gions, which she would not not been for the assault upon Envoy, as the belief that China is now sincere in her desire to bring an end to tilities upon almost any terms. Itisthought not unlikely that European powers will take advantage of the present suspension of nego- tiations to shape matters in such practically force an agreement negotiations are resumed According to the terms « movem of troops and the transportatior of articles contraband of war by sea is for. bidden, New distribution of troops not in- tended to augment the armies in the fleld is allowed, Koyama Rokunosuki, the y who attempted to assassinate «3 the when ung Japanase I4 Hung Chang, has been sentenced to penal servitude | debt lor life, Killed in a Trolley Runaway. A trolley ear on the mountain tracks of the Lehigh Traction Company, at Jeanesville, Penn., ran away down the incline, and three persons killed outright, two were mortally injured, and several others were periously hurt, Mrs, John Early, of Beaver Moadow: her son Edward, aged eight years, and Mr. Watkin T. Willams, of Hazelton, were killed, Mrs, Joseph Evans and Mrs, John Wier, both of Coloraine, were mortally hurt, were Eight Handred Per Cent, The Wassermann-Sloss suit being tried at Ban Francisco, Cal., for the return of stock in the sealskin syndicate has revealed the fact that dividends amounting to #800, on svery $100 per stock of the Alaska Commer elal Company, has been paid in the last five years, in Vive Years, TELEPHONES AT A DOLLAR A YEAR. The Supreme Court Decision Gives an Im« petus to the Business, The recent United States Bupreme Court decision that set frenthe telephone patents, among other things, has given an impetus to the telephone industry throughout the country. In the West (he competition is os. ly close. One small town has opobed an exchange In opposition to the Bell Telephone Con {iy and offers its facilities to su bors at ridiculous rate of #1 a year. the end hos. | WAY As to | f the armisties the | | mesango | to the financial methods of the city govern. | ment under Tammany Hall | the people were led to believe by the reports TEN LIVES LOST AT SEA. Disaster Overtook the River Steamer City of Haverhill OF Barnegat, mboat City of South Brook. The stern-wheel river ste Haverhill, which sailed ivn, N. Y., for Key West, Fla, has been lost The news of brought to New York by a pilot of the pilot-boat James tordon Bennett, which picked up the pody of the Haverhill's skipper, Captain Warren P. Watrous, of Key West, about twenty-four miles off Barnegat. The Cap lain's body was encircled by a {fo buoy, bearing the name steambont, The Impression o wr of the smack is was an explosion aboard ill, which rendered her ur worthy and lorced her officers and crew to trust to the {fo belts, The fact that the smack picked 1p the metallic lifeboat intact indicates that he Haverhill did not have time to anunch it or was blown from the lavits, here were aboard the Haverhill, beside he skipper, Pilot William D, Van Wycke ! sngineer Sam Brown, Assistant En Luckenbach, a ‘ Stownard wn of the Captain, a ’. Lawson, afd Firem Davis, All were yet was bougl from with all hands off Barnegat, the disaster was thera the Haver men that it Orge verhill | steamship Company o Brooklyn, and th ended to teke her to Key WEATHER CROP BULLETIN | Sovernment Report on the Conditions for March, The Weather Dureau ha fitha 3 PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT, nth Added Duar of March, Over 81,800,000 ing the M nds issue $28 807 he debt inarease during the an which Interns has 0, $ Interest bearing debt, 1,960; sth, $28, 808 100; debt coamend since maturity | $1,770,200; decrease during the month, $9050; { debt bearing Do jaterest, $881,787 806; dee nth, £763,270 CIN Wo DIN Leather Factory in Woburn, With lollers of a Mass., Burst Fatal Results, boilers in the orner of the § f the bul ruins at least a which was with a crash. The f the b a heavy partition foroe one ilers { building. These men were foreman; Patrick | | Frank MeMahon, — Pattersor The injured are Patrick Kelley, John Kenney, John Tracey, Patrick O'Keefe and Oatavio Saunders (colored The ruins did not take fire, The timbers of the structure were piled on top « the unfortunate men. About fifty men were employed in the buiiding. There were { four boilers in the building. two of which were naw, New York's Huge Debt, Mayor Strong, of New York City, to the Board of Aldermen in regard sent a He sald that office that th City was $105,- 777,864, while in reality to that amount should be added £7,020616, for which amount bonds were prepared and not jssued, and also £19,879,660 lor improvements which the city is pledged to undertake, thus making the actual total debt not £105,777, 8564, but $182.678,130. from the Comptroller's of New York Bred Wolvea for Bounty, The bounty of #10 a piece on wolves, in foree for twenty years in Burea County, Illi. nols, has been repealed. It has been learned that many persons have been breeding the animals for the sake of the bounties, which at times have excoaded $1100 a year, The Cotton King Dead, William Steenstrand, of Liverpool, Eng land, the Cotton King, who exploited the great corner in cotton of 1890, which caused such a sensation and which resulted in his losing ©5,000,000, is dead, The March Treasury Statement, The official Treasury statement just issued shows that in the month of March the excess of expenditures over receipts wae $346 062, The receipts were $637,777 greater than in March, 1894, and the expenditures $6,420,603 Joss than in last Mdreh. A Woman Voter Dies at the Palis, While Mrs. Thomas Jones was preparing her ballot at a polling-place C3 Neweastle, Col., she fainted and at, striking ioe Bead heavily against the floor. 0 disd in a short time, having ruptured a blood vessel, THE MARKETS. Late Wholesale Prices of Country duce Quoted In New Yord, 1" | Recoints milk, gnls Condensed m Cream, gal Creamery First Thirds to Fancy Soeocaonds to 1 West Cren We rn Im stern Dadrs i Pe dUN Sworn info Sa DA, en who obtained glimpses the slat doors Then foll the new official, an { ware tendered Mr. Bises The business of the vario pended for a time + clerks, 712 in nun gentlemen Prior to ‘ostmaster Day York City, called upon Mr, B troduced J, N. departure, TOTS WAS S118. ials and the is with both { Now 14 Presider Letter Carriers who sented resolutions o ! the cars riers of New York City a of official relations with Bissell. A messenger from the State Department car ried to Mr, Bissell a cane, the wood of which was out by Secretary Gresham from the Pres. dent's summer home at Woodley, and which had been carved and varnished by the Becre. tary's own hands, Mr. Bissell left Washington immediately for his home in Buffalo, He received reso. lutions of regret from various postal organi- gations throughout the country, and re. ceived many telegrams regarding his retire. went from friends at a distance, Weel An Prominent Eaiser Wilhelm's latest fad is agriculture, YVeople, Twenty lives lie between the Emperor of Germany and the British throne, I4 Hung Chang's name is really just Li All the rest of it is a title of honor. Krupp, the German gun manufacturer, has a fortune estimated at $2, 600,000, Queen Victoria is suffering greatly from rheumatism, which renders hor almost help Joan, Becretary Gresham is the oldest member of the eabinet, He was sixty-three on St Pate rick's day. The Marquis of Downshire ia the wonlthiost Irish peer, His estate in that country otal 114,621 acres, with a revenue of $460,000, His English estates add #25000 to this amount, Justin McCarthy, the Irish Parflamen. tarian whose novels have been so widely read in this country, is in his sixty-second yoar; but even at this age, it is no unusual thing for him to sit up all night over his typewriter, Maturin M, Ballou, who published Ballou's Magazine, the first {lustrated weekly, and was an original proprietor of the n 1 Globe, died, a few days ago, at Cairo, Egy aged sevonty-four, he MAKE FARM LIFE ATTRACTIVE, Ciive the boy or girl which to take omething in un interest on the farm, temove the young tock off the farm pleasure of stock A few bantam on the interest them, will be gone will ereats an fn child that he stepping-stone terest in all elas future will be Iaid, will stay on the farn tion if their pleasant and American ar of Owns and to Amore i 1n thi girls ges of invita CRY GREEN TOMATOES Among the many been proposed for wWolch remain nnrintg frost, most satisiact the N n sharp fros we 0 SAVE BT nt bull or arolhina Station, y 4 ens gather Wr ip each 116% NPR | N . DOABLE As les dislike castor : HO pt re, and they Lave Lolth given my garden 8 wide berth sines were planted, although th wasior i Deals world rticulturist an instance a | . $ tural history of a plant so uni sally detested by the castor-oil plant, beast or ereeping thir itmal world a No st ! [4 will ouch it It seems to be a rank poison to all the animal world, Even an goat will starve before biting a leaf, and a sniff at it and turn up his under lip, J though it had the most det odor on the face of the earth. worms and the locusts will pass it though they may eat every other green thing in sight. Even the tobacco worm &ill refuse to be fed on its leaves.” Asan exterminator of moles and gophers, I never saw their eqaal, I never had healthier or ing plants with so little gince I discovered the virtues castor bean, Castor beans form beantifal and ptately plants, They thrive in sun shine or shade, and in any kind of soil, but like all plants respond quick ly to good treatment. Some varieties attain a height of fifteen fect: others grow three and four feet tall They are very decorative and rapid-growing | plants, with their large palmate leaves, peautifally veined and colored, and gorgeous-hned seed pods. They are attra fine for sub-tropical effects and | vill transform any dim corner into a bower of beauty. Four varieties are eipecially handsome, and when grouped | together are very effective. Ricinus ssbguinens has fresh green foliage, viiued with dark red stalks and stems | atl very brilliant red seed pods. R embogiensis has dark bronze-like letves and seed pods, the stems almost bik. R macrosarpus has almost white leaves, with dark stalks and | pols. B gibsoni ie of dwarf habit, hadvery dark, purplish-red stalks and lentes. These plants are worthy of a plage in any garden, not only fori rt of bird horse wil better-look trouble ns of the beadty but for their great benefleinl | properties, ETADLES NOT COMMONLY CROWN, family to which we belong are all very fond of vegetables fresh from | i : tthe HAraens says BE. GG. Fowler, With this pronounced taste, one may safely en, | and correctly assume that our table 1s well through, with almost all very supplied, all the season the vegeta that can be grown in our latitude vw York, standar ' yon -myouthern Of course, we | vegetables } mansge to sion of them, as long as We write this not to talk of the ordin- garden, but to eall attention products that are not ultivate in great variety and we have a st season will Pt rmit bri¢ ary ariicie, to a few generally In the 18 a8 common is okra, ith 1t first of these of the Sor | as any other growth and our Bouthern friends learned But have well its worth. in Northern is seldom as easy to grow asa hill of yw wherever corn pods are the part valuable for stews, gardens it ragouts, ete, flavor, read- 10 any tf, and are In Daves rans rowth of I #4 aves for ‘‘areens’ Or You cay cover with straw sd bianch them, maki FARM ANT off all masked, broken 1 roots and ragged ends ] oa tree and when nter especially the every ki {farm va at night. nd of not laying now, something radically condition of things. probably too fat. One point in favor of turning up the soil in winter is that the cutworms are brought to the surface and posed, which destroys them. ex- Leave a slight basin around the new arse dead retain moist- ire. In dry spells water freely. tree and mulch w ny © vegetation available to If your hens lay soft or thin shelled eggs, they need lime in some form. I'hey must, like other workmen, have material to work with, in order to turn out first class goods. There are always a few warm days | when the frost comes ont of the ground, and on some lands plowing can be If Innd is plowed, and the frost penetrates, the lumps and clods will be broken, and, if preferred, the land may be cross plowed in the spring, which will permit of thorough har- Towing. done. Cut off all large limbs and head back of the body of a transplanted tree to the height at which it is desired to branch, If there are small twigs near | the top after heading back, lesnve them to furnish early leaves, These will mid the vegetating functions of the tree and especially promote root formation, while advetitions buds aré being pro- | duced, The holes in which trees are set out | should be dug large enough to admit the roots in their natural position and deep enough to admit of one fool of rich top soil mixed with thoroughly { rotted manure bolow the, roots. Sift fine soil amongst the roots, pross it firmly to them, pour a pail-full of water in to settle the oil naturally around the roots, and fill only as high as the soil stood aroaad the tree in its ustural home {| RTAVOR an risen, why baptize for the dead { tize any one in the name of a dead Christ? { day. | to us had H« | (verse 20 SABBATH SCHOOL, LESSON FOP 14 INTERNATIONAL APKIL wason Text: “The Wicked Husband Mark 12 -Gold- Text: xit., © xiL, } Mark we Ommentary. man, on nt a blero nlrion, than $3 | an the be LR w irrectl ¢ wked at the idea (Acts xvil.. 82): but "we tf ass ng Christians of 16th we ¥v have n in the ur resur further grave, Yet At are in their ¥ that sleep in wke, and when y b of the ame out of the ity and ap peared unt nany (John v.. 2 9: Dan. xii 14 lies we it _- it Of the verse. | plexes many arguing is, Has levers were baptized in the name « but if He is a dead , all be. f the Lord Christ, and not Why bap- 14. “And if Christ be not risen then is our reaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” oes on to add that if Christ be not risen all preachers are false witnesses, and all liv. ing believers are still in their sins, and all dead believers have perished. The great fact of the resurrection of Christ fs not a truth merely for Easter, but for every Lord's His life and death would be of noavail not risen again, but He jarisen and thus with power declared to be the Son of God (Bom, L, 4 Lawson | Helper, mana PIERCED BABY'S BRAIN, A Fixing Plece of a Sewing Machine Needle Killed Her Wheres She Sat, Mra. James Vaughan was sewing cn her machine at Vinita, Indian Territory, when & neadio snapped and a part of It stuck in the table, Bhe put in a new neadle and cone tinued her work. About ten minutes later the noticed that her two-year-old daughter sat rather quietly on the floor and called to her, but received no answer, She pleked the ohild up and found to her horrot that it was dead. A physivian found that the cause of denth was an small part of the needle, which had struck the eye and penetrated the brain, Killed by a Care. At Grove City, Penn., Miss Mary Peersol died In agony, the result of ning a solution of corrosive sublimate and alcohol to remove freckles,
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