V
rHE MIDDLEBURGH POST.
T. B. HARTER, Iditb An PaVa.
MtnDI.RIIURr.il. I'A. JULY 1.1. P93.
Mexico look over fi.000,000 lioshell
of corn from this country last year.
The Minister of PuMie Jnstrnctioi
in France ha decided toetallndi KXH
morn experiment fields in addition t
the (!00 that now exist in conncctiol
with the primary schools.
Thn Turks who nro on exhibition a
thn World's Fair do not have a surfer
of thn luxurious ease of which thei'
Nation in proverbially fond. They ari
employed most of the time in carryinf
people alxiut in palampiiua, and some
times the liurdoii proves oncrouq. Out
who with a eoinpiininu wan thus trans
porting a corpulent woman was liearc
to murmur: "Accursed am I, ami '
kick my bones for the day that I llr
heard of Columbus."
Thomas A. I'diM'Xi, the inventor, sayi
that no person run ho brought in e!os
connection with the mysteries of ua
t ii r., or make h study of cliemii-try ol
of the law of growth without beinj
convinced thnt lii hind it ull there in t
Supreme I tit lllj,'etice. He says thill
he hopt'M to lie ulile mime time tn lem
oils! fat" tilt' 'istf lice of Kiicii Intelli
(fence through the operation of Uh m
mysterious laws with tie rtninty of l
demonstration in Mathematics.
A Lowell (Mass.) tniiii (,-ave n sur
peon how practicing in Ir.-tit Fa IN,
N. II., II deed hi :ii' yenrs B'-pi, dispos
ing of his body for anatomical pur
poses, nt his dentil, f .r IK in Imu 1.
He has since lieeii in .South America,
has made a xreut deal of money, ari l
is now anxious to hnw ii decent t'uiieiu
and interment when Icilie-, hut conn
aid whom he has consulted, udvif.es hilt
that the deed hold j;ood unless Ik
buys it from the holder. Thi-. lie hm
tried to do, but the doctor hits rcfuseo
large offer.
There are 5.V7.I bciietiees in I'nliind
anil Wales affording it lens income to
the incumbents than 31000 u year.
There ia great complaint at the poverty
of the clergy. It in almost an grievous
to-day aa in Sydney Smith's time, ami
the New Orleans Picayune suggests
that the witty and sarcastic jibes ot
thai .-i. reread satiti.st on the policy
nits such conditions miht he
'. I' F.nKla to an
established church ahe should Dot givs
princely ncoius to bishops and lesv
tho humbler clergy to abject poverty
and misery.
The other day a drummer on the
Chicago an 1 Northwestern Koa I pre
sented his milage b.iok to the eoiidhe
tor, and the latter, after asking him a
few i nest ion, put the book into hit
pocket, saving. "Will fee y ill later."
Alter a while the driimiuer asked fot
his book, and the conductor refused to
surrender it. Thereupon the drummei
Hot otT at a nt it ! n and t . 1 u r 1 1 j 1 1 1
ahead for an ulihvr to arrest a thief.
Th. otVicer hoarded the train u:id the
ilni in mi r pointed nut the conductor,
who was arrested in spite of lna pro
testa and tnken before u nrifri.-1 rat ',
who lined him $7 and coMs, iiud re.
turned tin) book to its owner. Asthej
were both leaving court the c mdcetoi
aiiiil, "I'll sinuidi your face for this '.'
Tln reuioii tiie drummer immediately
had him rearrested and taken bet'or.t
the liiime judjje, who put him undi t
bonds to keep the pence at more cu.-t.s.
'J hat conductor met his match.
I si ri r if the fishing season of 1SD2
t!r Tinted Stites Fish Commission,
which busies itself tei'.-lv with the pro
pagation of edible tl.di ill the w atcrs all
over the country, blocking river with
species new to the region, ditribut i:it
r.:i!H an. voiiiii; lish to the hikes and
Hca coasts, n i l nnrkin in it vast nnni
lier of ways to the one end, distributed
a total of :iili;,.riSi. cjfirt, fry mid
yeiirliiiKa of nil kindn of li.sh. Thd
largest operations were in idiad. )
this tish (ill, IHIO.IMMI fry, J,000,0l)l)
yearlings mid :l,00i),0i)0 eijs were dis
tributed. Cod is the lish most dis
tributed next to shad, mid of whittfish,
lake trout, pike, perch, xalmon, lint
Hah mil lobster th; distribution of
ij(((h, fry and yearling were away up
in the millions of each, every State and
Territory getting n ahare. The work
of the Commission, which is of ao great
importance and substantial value, to
the whole people, is done quietly, in a
thorough business way, without purado
of any kind, and the Commission ia
by no moans widely known department
of the Government.
Wikk "I hare Just been to the
dentist's aud bad a tooth drawn."
Husband (heaving a sigh) "Lucky
tKith! 1 1t is dow beyond the reach of
lour tongue." De Sobreuiesa.
THE CRICKET.
Ob, to ba!Tt
That's th thing!
To tourry In the irraM
And to bar one's fling !
And It's Oh, to ba orloknt
In thn warm thlntls-thloknt,
Whors th san-wlnds pa,
Win'ln a-wiQir,
And th bombln-bnns bang hamming.
Hum nd string,
Anil thn bonoy-drop ars coming I
It's to b sunnr rovnr,
That ran sn swent, and pick It
With thctin!
Kerr mind tbn sting I
And It's Oh. to bo pricket,
In thf clover!
A Roy summer-foTer
Tn thn warm thltl-hlekot,
Whnm thn boneyilropii are comlnij,
IVbernthn hiimlile-beoe hang bnmmlng-
Thnt s thn thinn
C. CI. 1). Ittx rt, iu thn Cosmopolitan.
THE AEREST OF SLIDER,
llOBRRT BAHR.
ILLY HAVEN was
no ordinary bur
glar. His theory
was that if a mnn
wished to make a
rucceaa of his pro
i feciion
Tj to use
'j lather
fession, he needed
use his brain
than his
muscle. It was nil
jl riiht enough, when
miii ting ou; to com
mit a burglary, to
take ii knife with
you, or a loaded
club, or a lustol. but
Billy cliirned thnt the doim of this
ahowed a lack of mental ineeiimt v.
Atiy muscular fool cim blud;,-eoii th.-
senses out of a hiilf-nwiikeneil house
holder aroused from his first deeii aleco
by the noisy entrance of u thief through
the kitchen window, but bludgeoning
Billy h.olred upon as clumsy nud nn
reccsMiry. The eoiiseipieiice was thnt
Billy, by !,;rict attention to businens.
arid the endeavor to please customers,
soon lieg.m to build np for himself an
enviable reimtation nmotir the jiolice.
They never caught sieht of Billy or his
pals, but tliev always recognied his
t I: .1. , . . .
iiiiikiiwiu k ny I!ie lieiniiess Hint ilexter-
it y of it. They did in it even know his
Jiame, but' they called him imiulig
themselves Billy Haven out of respect
for the memory of u detective of that
name, who wus cspeciall v good nt
iriicuin crimes ol u Klliil whose origin
was obscure, and the elue to which whs
Hot visible. They said among them
selves when their attention was tirt
directed t the kind of burglary the
Lew burglar was doing, that this whs a
job Billy Haven would like the unrav
eling of if he were alive, and so they
drifted on, never getting a sight of the
burglar, until the crimes were culled
Billy Ilnven jobs, and finally the un
known cracksman came to Lkj culled
Billy Haven.
was nt work, the inmates of thn bouse
never auunr rv robbery had been com
mitted until next morning. Billy and
his gang left almost no trace of their
Tisit except the disappearance of the
most viduablo things in the residence.
At last these neat burglaries censed,
and there were no traces of Billy for
years. It is probable that the authori
ties would never have known any par
ticulars about Bilk's career, if it had
not been that a convict dying in !
one of the prisons told about Billy 'a j
hmt and successful coup, w hich enabled
Haven and his gang to retire into re-I
Rpcctahlc. but mon.itoiioiis private '
life.
illy, it seems, h-..l lo'jy; !.-,. 1(. d i
itli hungering ey.s nu u large man-
aioli that stood in a lonely part of u'
lonely suburb. !t was ntiri ly sur-
rounded by a 1 1 1 ' i brick wall, and .
Billy ftlt that if he and his mutes ever '
gut inside tliat mansion they could
Work in uninterrupted security.
lu'i'iiry hhowed Billy that it was the
residcuci' of Mr. Slider, the well
known hanker, a man intimately con- i
neete.l with numerous prosperous!
compunies, and a man of great re
puted wealth. The name of Slider was
u power in the city. Billy's invest iga- ;
tiolis led him to the knowledge that 1
Mr. Slider wus umost c. ireful man, who I
had arrnnged every electrical appliance I
then known for the discovery of a!
burglar, lb' appeared to realize that 1
if once a burglar got entrance into the !
big house, the family would be, com- 1
parativcly speaking, at his mercy ; and
ho it wits thnt every window was pro
tected by half a dozen different de- '
vices. The door-mats und windows i
were so arranged that after everybody
went to bed the lightest footfall on'
any of them would light all the electric j
lamps in the house ; would ring nliir.'e '
bell in the tiAur; would tclcruph a
warning to the nearest police station, '
and would set more gongs ringing all
over the. place than u burglar who was
at nil nervous cared to hear.
Billy realized, then, that the I
ordinary methods would huvo a ten-'
ileucy lo fail if applied to the bbj j
house standing in its own extensive j
grounds, and so he resolved that when i
he and his pals entered the house it ;
would be by tho door, nud not by one !
of the windows, and it would be at a j
time wheu the family had not retired '
ta rest.
Billy's plans, when matured, were
very simple. He obtained the costume
of a police inspector for himself and
the clothes of an ordinary policeman
for each of his four pals. He got,
likewise, a very good imitation of a
warrant of arrest, made out iu the
name of Mr. Slider. Billy was the man
of brains in tho gang, aud the other
four, realizing this, did exactly us he
told them. They were in a perfect
state of discipline nud had the utmost
Ciutldunce iu Billy's ingenuity. The
plan was this : They were to obtain
mm
entrance into the house at about nine
o'clock in the evening, in perfect legal
form the inspector h to arrest Mr.
Slider, ho might, of ronrse, be in
dignant, tint the conspirators expected
that the respect a banker has for the
forms of law at least insured submis
sion under protest and while the in
spector stood guard over the arrested
man, two of thn alleged policemen
were to be posted so that no one could
leave the house, even if Mr. (Slider
wanted to send a messenger away,
which was not likely, because of his
certainity that this was a miatako
which could easily la cleared np. The
other two alleged policemen could then
search the house under the protection
of a logus search warrant, and quietly
secrete all thn valuable and money
that they could lay their hands on.
The inspector then intended to tell Mr.
Slider that, because of his protests, he
would not take him to Jail but that he
must understand that he was under
arrest, and that he might linvo to re
port to the head officer when called
upon to do so. Billy imagined thnt
tho time: which must intervene before
the nnws of the nnwarranted arrest
reached tbn real police would giro him
nil the opportunity lie wanted to cover
his tracks and secrete his spoil.
This plan worked admirably np to a
certain point, when Billv and liia pals
were treat.nl to a stupefying surprise.
1 he man at thn porters lodge trem
blingly admitted the officers of tho Isw
I into thn grounds. He was then or
j del ed to lock the gates, which he did,
, and one of the policemen took the
! key and remained in the porter's lodge
with the man and his wife, who wre
j certainly very much frightened. An
I other policeman was left to guard the
1 entrntiep of the house, while thn bogus
inspector ami the remaining policemen
i rung at the front door. The person
w ho admitted them whs also terrified
1 u. the sight of their uniforms.
i Billy asked if Mr. Slider was nt
I home, and was informed that he was
i iu the drawing room. He then asked
I tli!it lie und the ollicers might be
i shown there without being announced,
i Mr. Slider was sitting iu an eusy
chair surrounded by his family. He
: turned his head round, and when the
i door opt ned without the customary
knock, and when he saw the uniform
j of the inspector n ghastly pallor came
; over his face. I'.efore the inspector
coiiiit speak, lie lielil out his baud and
1 said:
j "One moment, please," Then turn
, ing to his w ife, he remarked to her in
I a low voice, " Take the children to your
. own room, and stay there till I come,
i I hie sonic business with this gentle
I man. 1 on't be alarmed. Kvrrything
is all right. I had an nppoiutmcnt
with him, but forgot to meution it to
i yon. ''
The pnle womau and her frightened
I children withdrew, aud Slider stood
alone confronting Billy and his two
pals.
"I am sorry to sy, began Billy,
"that I have here a warrant for your
arrest. All the entrauces are guarded,
and, of course, you understand tho fu-
"Quito so J quite so," said Slider,
huskily. "I appreciate all that."
"I have also a search warrant here;
auu, whilo I stay with you, my men
must have a look over the premises.
Do you wish me to read tho warrants
to you?"
"It is not at all necessary," said
Slider, in an agitated voice. "I have
un doubt they are quit correct. Aa
for searching, I have no power to pre
vent that; but, beforo you begin, I
would like to make a proposal to you,
inspector. You look like a shrewd
man. J low ninny policemen, have you
with you'.'''
"I Irive four," answered Billy.
"There are rive oT Ju;i altogether,
thei.V
'Ia.icMv."
"Now , inspector, T cm a man of busi
nes ., an. I, as you kiiovr, a mail of great
wealth. I would like to havo a few
words with you in private. Would you
kin lly ask these ollicers to step out of
tic room for a moment?"
"i'hat is h-irdly regular,'' objected
the inspector.
"I know, T know," pisswerod the
banker, hurriedly; "hut I think I can
make it worth your while to do what 1
ask."
"Hogcr?,'' aai i the inspector lo 1jc
policeman benide him, "you and Ben
ham j.ist step out for a moment into
the h ill and come at once if vuu hear
me call."
Bogers and Ben ham Habited and with
drew without a word.
When the door !
was closed Bill v stood with his back i
aeainst it and Slider
ing near the tire.
l't-maiucd stand
''Ii'fh.il happenel," unid Slider,
not t i have been at llonu
when you !
came, whut would you have done?"
"1 presume, "iiiiHwcre I the inspector,
"1 would have tried to lind out where
you were without arousing suspicion,
nild if that could Hot be dollo I Would
have 1ml t; come some other time."
"IVecif.ely. Xow what will you take
ill gold to go buck' to the station und
report that you h ive not been uble to
Und uieV"
'That would 1k a dan jjeroui bu.si
ncss," said Billy, quite honestly.
"I can make it worth your while to
run the risk," said Slider. "tlivo me
a start of twenty-four hours and that
is all I ask. Now, how much?"
Billy hesitated and pondered for a
moment. "What do you say,"he said
at last, "to live thousand for me and
three thousand upiece for each of tho
lueu?"
"That would bo seventeeu thousand
in all," said the bauker.
"Well," said Billy, "suppose we
make it twenty thousand as a lamp
sum ; or rather, as you wish twenty
four hours, I think, as time is valuable
iu a cose like this, a thousand an hour
would not be exorbitant. If you say
twentyifour thousand in gold it's a
KO-"
"That ia a large amount," aaid th
banker.
"Oh, very well, then," replied
Billy. "We have only to do onr dutr.
Ton are not absent J yon are here. The
amount Is large, as yon say, bnt yon
must remember that tbe rink is tre
tnendous. "
"Yes, I admit that," said the banker
with a sigh ; "but yon said yon would
take twenty thousand or even seven
teen thousand a moment ago."
"There are four men to square, be
sides myself," answered the inspector.
"and if one of them objected of course
tbe game would lie np. I shall sot
take the risk even of mentioning it to
them for anything less than twenty
four, and if I think any longer about
it I shall raise the price to thirty."
"I agree to tho 24, GOO," ssid the
banker, hastily. "Can yon make sure
of your men of their silence?"
"Reasonably sure," answered Billy.
"The only question is, can we have
the money in gold here aud now?"
"I am not sure that I can give yon
all that amount in gold, but I think I
can." He consulted a pocketbook he
had with him and added somo figures
together. "Yes," he ssid, "I can do
it."
"Very well," said Billy, "it is a bar
gain." Billy called his pals, and together
they accompanied the banker to an
other room that contained a large safe,
which Slider opened. He took out
several lists, and, taking down a pnit
of scab s from the top of the safe, said,
"You may weigh this, and you will
find it correct. There aro live bags
here, and thor each contaiu .1000."
"Open all of the bags," ssid Billy,
cautioiislv. The banker did so, and
Billy ran a handful of gold from each
of them through his fingers and found
everything correct.
"How much does a thousand weigh?"
ho asked the banker, and on receiving
his answer placed ouo of the bags
ill the scales.
"It is a pitv to break bulk." said
Billv. "I think we will cbII it 23,
OUO. "
"Wry well," answered tho banker.
"Suppose ymi call your men in. I
wish to be sure that you will keep yout
part of the compact."
The four men were speedily inside
the room, and their eyes opened ns
I they saw the glitter of the gold. The
I inspector lirielly detailed to them th"
points of the bargain, while the banker
looked from man to man and listened
nnxiouslr.
"You agree to this?" said Billy, and
each of the men nodded.
"lou will have no further trouble
from us, Mr. Slider, "said Billy Haven,
politely, "at least for twenty-four
hours.
The banker drew a deep breath of
relief as each man took a bag of gold
anil quietly departed.
A lew days after the papers wer
filled with the startling announcement
that Mr. Slider, the well-known banker,
nad aosconiieu, ami tuat an enormous
amount of money was missing. In
vestigation of the books showed that ht
had been preparing for flight for ovei
a year, and rumor has it that he is now
liviug somewhere in South America.
But that is one of the things about
which nobody knows anything definite.
Detroit Freo 1'ress.
Couliln't Frighten That Picket.
I was so fortunate as to be appointed
corporal that winter, says a writer in
Blue and Orny, and tho first time 1
went on picket iu that capacity an in
cident occurred which, if it was not
tie- origin of u since familiar term, was
the first instance of its use within my
recollection, though the emphasis at
the time was somewhat different than
it wais after the phrase became a slang
expression. It happened that I wa
detailed with the first relief, nud aa wt
lode to the line the corporal of theold
picket r.ccompanied us to show mc the
line and the various posts, to explain
the surroundings and transmit to me
the orders, und to call iu his own men.
As w roue along he related a joke that
was played upon one of his men while
there. Not far from the tipper post,
n tul iu rear of it, wus nu old grave' As
the victim of the joke went on dutj
the first time, thn man whom he re
lieved told him that at midnight th
night before the ghost of a man wui
seen near that grave, riding around on
horseback, without any head. This so
frightened tho man that he did not
dare to go ou duty on the midnight re
lief, but instead hired a braver con
rade to stand his picket for him.
When
I posted mv relief, between
eleven nud twelve o'clock that uisht
i this story came into my mind, and I
j thought to have a bit of sport withthe
I man whom I was to leave there all
"'"uo ut midnight hour, so I told
nun trie story witn ull the awe 1 couUI
put into my tone and manner. But
i my picket tli. In t frighten co easily.
il i v a-. jiiHt liy'jtitif; his pipe, and re
pb?d between whin's: "Well (puff),
if thero's u mnn (puff) comes around
! here (puff) to-uieht (puff) without any
liitul ou (putr, ti il ) , l II put a bead ou
him." He wasn't disturbed during hit
midnight vigil.
Zoological Nomenclature.
The "buffalo" iu the United States
is u bison ; the "partridge" of Michi
gan and the "pheasant" of Pennsyl
vania und other States is a ruffed
grouse; tho "rabbit," so plentiful in
the market at times, is a hare. Both
species of grouse, the r tiffed and pin
nated, are called "pheasant," "par
tridge" and "patrige," and the pinuat
cd grouse is universally referred to aa
the "prairie chicken." "Prairie
chicken" is not a bad name for the
pinnated grouse, for it is original and
doos not confound it with other birds,
bnt it is not right, to use the names
"partridge" and "pheasant" when re
ferring to our grouse, for these are the
correct names of European specimens.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
AH AWFUL DEATH-SWIRL-
OTEB SO KILLED BY A CTCLOtf
I IT IOWA.
76 Psopl fttsllr Injured and Twlcs
That Manr Have Broken Bonss,
Bad Cots or Cruliss
Fifty-three dead. 73 fstally Injured and
IV) with broken limbs, cuts and bruises tell
what a tornado of Thorsdsy night accom
plished. The town of I'omeroy is one com
plete wreck. There Is scarcely a house left
Mending. About 13 ncrrs of debris consti
tutes now what wis a thriving village.
Pplinters are all that remnin. I'omeroy is
part and parcel of the prairie, the death
dealing wind having left it barren snd do
elate. Scarcely a tree remains. Piles of
broken timbers and an occasional piece of
furniture are all that can be found of what
was once the lar;nt building In the placo
Over 2.V) houses were destroyed and tbe
money loss on time snd tbeir contents It
plsced at fiw.nno.
The following Is a list of the dead, si fai
as they hare been Idimtll'.cd:
Mrs. Maris Adams, A. Forche, A, J
Wilkinson, Henry tieili, Mrs. Til lie John
son, Mrs. C. U. ieor;, lna Klefer, W
Arnold nu i w-ifo, Mr. and .Mr. Mulct, Mrs
Dshlgreat, Mrs. Amlcrnon, Mra Talheit
i'.oy banks. Mi!as Ktislitoii. J. I', l.tindrfren
Mr. iMilemtitli, Olh l.uudfrren, llessii
Banks. Mrs. I, 1 o'llrien. Ilaliy O'llrirn,
Mrs. M. tjiiiiilan, llaby '.titi!an. J. M. O .
Ilriun, Alue Maxwell. Ollie Krost, Kzra ).
1'nvy. Italiy Piililirrru, lirover KUuk (ienr
Kie illack ."amuel Maxwell, Kichani
tieorue, Mrs. H.J. iUrlowe, two children
of John Hreckley.
tv-versl liltie babes have lieon found alive
ami wrll, bin it ms htsu I'munl Impesnbl
lo ft ml tlieir pa'cnts. Xeirly every injured
person had an arm or leg broken or wai
terrih!y cut or bruie I.
Kverywhere about i'orrr y were dead
ami dying people, u ilo.eu men were delving
grnves In the burying grounil ninl Urn neurit
was acit niiy carrying the victim to their
la:it resting place. Poctors from a do.eii or
more i.luces hurried throuch the strrrt nini
in their wake lullowed npis-h nf soldiers
csrryiint collins. .-I'l-clnl ir.ur.i from all the
surroiiniliug towns brought thousand win
were ready to lake part In the work of carim
lor the dcml nud wounded. Cl"t.iMii loo-1
and medicines wore rhiiiis-J iu bv the ton.
i-i i .-I.. ... i. ...
i iiuinuiiy mi;iii in i uiiifroy win oiu! (Il.-ir
will never In fomoitcii bv thoe who we-i
here. Darkness ful lowed ouicklv iu the
wake of the tornado, and timsc who escau
ol death and injury were comM'llel to
;ro e their wav along the ruinvd home.,
guided along by the cry of so ne poor Un
fortunate one w ho wus iimi-. under I In
falling timber". Al not every lignt of a.iy
description was .le.troyi!. mui the peop
from I t. lioilo ami the surrounding jilsee
Who were the lirst to reach the scene, tailed
to tiring lanterns with them. The scarrn fi.f
the victims, therefore, wa neceariiv slow
until morning chiiic. It was :iot until the
tirst streaks of light appeared in the Kat
that the enormity of the disaster il"w ne,l
upon the people. They luokml out where
once a city stood nud saw nothing but a
timber strewn praire.
The tornado came from the Northwest.
All those who saw it aKrve that it was not
the funni-1 shaed Siet'ies. but came imuuil
ing along the prairie like a liugti hall. It w u
of a dark green color, and was accompanied
by a ti-rrilii: mii'e. There are many w ho
aw it when it wus far nut of town. T lies
gave the alarm, and many were prepared
tor the monster when it reached the village.
Most of the people, however, became panic
s'ricken. They ran out of their house and
lied up the streets crying and shrieking till
struck by the Hying timbers or w hiilinn
trees. The cooler ones made for the two
"ciVe m ihe southeast" frt tl-the t(?NV
oiuitexpressiy lor sucu occasions as this.
Into one of these caves collected 2o people
and in another one l.'i. All escaped without
a scraicu. jus tornado strucK l lie town
aliout 0:.i0o cloc'i. It was followed bv
terri lie rain storm. The path of the storm
soems to nave iiceu auout an eighth of ti
mile in width and JO miles long. The deull
list out iu the country is heavy and many
oi me neiguDorim; towns report maiiv cia
names. In rsirliold, i herokee comity, lo
were killed. Kiglit are reiorted kille i nt
f-iorni Lake and many other phiccs pre no
nce oi one or two ueaius.
it. i Maimers m-i'd lo say: whru t!ie
mind dwells on miy pussae of Scrptim it is
m und limner in up nine to lliliik, 'Mow trut
it is.' " Put this has been the experience (if
(TirMlnns in every nge; hence the song of
the 1'oit! in 1st thousands of years ago: "Thy
word in true from the beginning. I rejoice
at thy word a one that fiudeth ureal poll."
And a lute writer well say. -If the jural.
Hole P.edtrmi'r, a luw in hiun-elr w n sub.
iniK-ivc in all respect to the wrlit..n vc.r.i
shall fallible mm refuse to kit with ii,
teachableness ut u little child and .'isteii tc
thud! viae lucisoC"
ccGNouin Asrr.cTs or ths ntR TSArne.
From whatever standpoint we look on this
evil of intcinpHrani-n wu are. amasnd at its
hlileoiisiies. Consider slmiilv tho economic
aspects of it. Wo meet in congresses of hi-
lior. the lulior question bits hocomo the
great question of the day. Tho millions of
toilers demand that they liavn some part in
tho privilege and happiness of this world,
and the lubor quest ion is a great and a
mighty one. We need to irive to every child
of Ood some rsys of thn sunshine which, is
Intended for all, ami we need to give to every
child of (iod a sufficiency ot the fruits or the
earth which the Creator guye to tho children
of men ut largo and not to a few.
JJut at tho very threshold of this labor
question comes this temperance question. It
is letinm in mum oi u, nut in tins Nation of
the United States over 1.000.000.000 i.nnn.
ally is spent in the direct trafllo of intoxicat
ing liquors, ticsliti-s iu Issing the direct causo
of the wiutte. of much more money. Men are
unable to work because of injury done to
their appetltua by drink. Time is oUorbod
in drinking, the country's resource arc scat
tered to tho wind, it would be much iH'tter
if tho money given to drink were tuken and
rust i ito the lake. At least it would tlw.n
leave behind it no harm.
llut hero. In this beirlunlni- nf thn Turan.
tleth Century iu civilization, wo are taking
the riches of tho country and using theui to
purchase tears, mourning and misery. We
aro using tliom so that our fnmill.si win iu.
demolished, bo that the very social fubrlo be
endangered. And not only this, but we ait
Still. Wa look on we Christians, wa wli
have an interest in the count rv und in lm.
maulty and wo ane th armies of the liquor
Interests forming in serried ranks defying
even too very Nation. Is it not a shame and
a disgrace that In any civilized Christian
community laws are made and iruardud .
eredly oa the statute books, and yet the
liquor luternsts throughout the oouutry are
able to laugh these laws to soorn and ta SUV
to other Interests t 'Observe those laws as
you will. We, tbs liquor dealers, are above
law." Dlsuop Ireland.
A 631 Dsy Session Ended.
Tbs Kentucky Legislature, after being la
session 513 days, udjourned sine die on
Monday. 'Mi cost to the State was iJ00,nm
sud hereafter sessions will bu limited by
taw to 01 day.
Still Creeping Upward.
Th net gold In the National Treasury at'
tb clone of business Wednesday was I'Ju.-
OW.0.-I7.
136 HINERS . UtET Brjp
8
oirx,r ninb KacAti
DIATJ
ThBmalndr of th 145 Work '
the Thornhill Mine Kill b,r
"Explosion- i
Elirhf man n rl - Im. t. . . i
altv from tbs Thornhill nln nefTt
. . w . ta auia utijfj Wif
prisoned by an explosion of fired..
niiv. w riftf 1 ai man i i
hop for the other (a abandoned th'
of tbs victims sre being rspidly bro-
inesnnsc. lbs scenes st the ni0'
th pit as the bodies are brought m,
recognized by th relatives and fri.,,.
th desd are most distressing.
Late Wednesday evening the rescn.,
brought tit bodies to th surface, t,?
were brought up iu an unconscious 1;
tion hot still breathiii m
ustaiiied no injury whs'ever. but hvi
Imprisoned behind a huge moss of
were dun out this ev.nn, Wh..wT
appeared at th mouth of the pit the 1
greeted in a most touching manner b,$
in.u.ri mi menus. T
ix. reason hus been given for the em' J
but the conjecture is that it . ....r'.t
csreiessneis on th part of o.iof tii-i,'!
in opening his !ini
SILVER PURCHASE STOPH;
A Temporary Cessation By 8c-.
Carlisle. With Mo Intimi
Whether It Will Boon b','
Resumed.
Hecretsry CsrlUle has decided not t
some th purchase of silver ami ha,
lied th principal firms that offer t
the Treasury on purchasing hu
action is unusual, but us the matter n'
1
chasing silver on certain djys Is Ju .,
ary with tho Secretary of the Treavo.
is simply exercising his rinht.
The reason nsslirned in the noti
intending oilers is that the 1 res- :-, f
part men t had not yet com pi, ted it. ,.;
settlements st the tinted Msi,s-s
Whether silver pun base will h
in Wednesday next is left open. !
paid for silver when the '1 reasury ,y
meiit completed lis .tune purdul
ao.82D per ounce. Since then it a, ,
ed to fo.iS'.'ti per ouncj and is qtio:iit
S0.73JU cr outicc. i
MAIiKhTS.
CIITSIU'K I.
TIIS Wllni.KStl.C PRICKS ABE OIVKN
I1MIN
WHKAT-Xo. 1
No. 1 l!ed
n.-ica AMirKEa. "
lied f .:
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4
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OMSNXo. 2 Yellow ear. .
High Mixed ear
No. 2 Yellow Shelled
Wielle-I Mixed
OATS No. 1 White
No. 2 White
No. 3 White
Mixed
HYK-Xo. 1
Xo. 2 Western, New
KLol'Il l-'ancy winter pat'
ratify Spring patents
Fancy Straight winter
XXX linkers
live Flour
HAY Haled Xo. 1 lim y..
Haled No. 2 Timothy
Mixed Clover '
Timothy from country...
8TUAW-Whe.it
Oats
KF.KD No. 1 W h Md V T
Krown Middlings
Hran, sacked
llran, bulk
paiki' raoniK rJ.'
DUTTEH Elgin Creamery 2-1
Fancy Creamery 17
Fancy country roll .
Ixiw crude ,V: cooking.... s
CHKESE Ohio fall luuke.. 7
New York (Joslien !
Wisconsin Swiss l ,
LimhurL'er (Fall ma'.i... II
riUIT AMI SVy,T. T IuTk-T
ATPLlvS Fancy, V Mil... 2 '
Fuirto choice, V bul.... 2 U"'
BEANS
N Y A.M(new)IteatisVb!il 2 11
Lima iteniis
I'OTATOKS
l'ose J ;j
poi univ i-.ro.
DKESSED ncirhiExs-
Spring chickens J Jh i:
IressiHt ducks V D, ;
Dre.vusi turkevs V 0 11
LIVE I'll It Kl'.XS
Sirjng fliicuens 1
Live chickens V pr T
Live Mucks V pr ,"i
Live Turke.-s Vlti i,
F.UUS I'a A Ohio fresh. . Ii
tilXWC Ll
l)ui:k if
FEAT II EKS
Extia liveOeesn ?1 fh ,','
No 1 Extra live gceeni 4
Mixed I-.
IJCotL
UJ 1,
A '
v
Mtsi ;,,md ,
TA LLOW Country, V th . . .
iiv
8EEf)S-( lover
Timothy prime
Hlue grass
RAtiS Country mixed ...
jIOXKY White clover....
Itilek wheat
MAI'LK SYKl'l'. newenm.
CIDEU conntrv sweefMbbl
llEKKIES-peri'iuurt
Strawberries
l'sspberries, black....
red
Huckleberries
'nose berries
( 'Merries
I
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fl l-i
1 si
1 11
I
17
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5 o)
11
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7
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FLOI'P. I'.i.l
WHEAT No. 2 Eel nj"
llK No. 2
COKX Mixed 4
OATS n
EtitiS
UJTTlClt
PlIII.tliKI.PHU
FLOni- j-ui
WHEAT No. 2. lted i'
COKX-Xo. 2, Mixed 4T
OATS-Xo. 2. White Si
HC TTl- reaincry Extra.
KtKlS I'u., Firstjj
I'll' voiisl
FLOlTR Patents 2 M 1
WHEAT No 2 Red 71
RYE Western fri
CORN No. 2 1
OATS Mixed Western &
MUTTER Creamery H
fcXiUS state and 1'cnn -
I.iv-stoc;"kipoiit,
KAST LIIIKKTV, PITTSUlU.i STOCk
Prime Steers.
CATTLE.
4 to '
4 :ww
2 2.1
5 OUW '
2 un to '
20 IMW
Oool butcher
Mulls and drv cow s
Yeul Calves
Heavy and thin calves.
Fresh cows, per head. . ,
Prime 05 to 100-ft iheeo....$ 4 T5W
Good mixed 4 40 to
mi if r
Common 70 to 74 lb sheen... 2 W
6pring Lsmbs 4 OOW,
Uood Yorkers
t'omraon Yorkers.
6SJW
0 U'"!
4 (D to '
5 7J'
.vougns
4'lgs .
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