niEMlDDLKIWMU IUST.
T. H. IIARTER, Xdit amo Pks'r.
MIDDI.EHl'IMiH. I'A.. At'O. 17. Hft3.
Mulhall estimates that the civilised
Nations annually pay $13,700,000,000
for food.
The Midnight Hand of Mercy I the
name of a New York society, organ
ized for the purpose of chloroforming
call.
.
The Nan Francisco Chronicle avers
that tin) great majority of tli Siberian
convicts are on the tuorat level nf the
brutes of tho fi 1 1 . and hut kindness
shown to them woiiM He regarded as
flitfti of weakness on tut purt of tAeir
overseers.
At tun auction sale, the other day, of
the personal property of the late (iov
error Hale, of New Hampshire, Mock
having a ar value of S-, TOO, Mill), ntid
promissory notes w ith a face value of
$."7,0()(), were sold to the highest bid
der for loan than $7.
Mexico's (Sovcrtimctit lias again re
, sorted to it oM plan of scaling salaries
vy from five to ten per cent, in order to
keep expenses within it income, but
tli in titin tin- money taken from tlx1
salaries is to be rt turin il to tin- em
ployes iii-xt year in three per cent,
bonds.
In education Spain is fur behind any
other European country, Kussia ex
cepted. There nre school Ihuk thnt
would lie useful if they were enforced.
Less than one-third of the adult popu
lation are able to r.-sd mi 1 write: Imt
a considerable number of new schools
lmve been established within recent
j-far
Tht entire sum realized liy the Spit
for Halo of imthpics in l'uris, w hieh has
been olio of tin- longest if tint greatest
on record, amounts to f j. toii.tiiiii. The
treasures collected by M. Spitcr
are now spread over ln:lli V countries,
Imt I'.ujlanl his a goo 1 share of the
Upoil, aud some if tlie finest specimens
are alrea.lv to he seen iu the rooms if
the very lirst dealers in objects d'art iu
Louilou.
Professor ('. K. Jeliuess. of the Stan
ford University, California, who h is
lieen investigating the tramp prolilem
by dressing aa a vagabond uud mixing
with the wanderers, says thnt it is u
mistake to suppose that wlii' ". '
tramp Moat of tbe refrulai ' ' l' 1 1 ; "'
t x. , ,vLv . .' (-. i !.."
uriii, mil n. . Ti, eii cm. 14C u.ta
?oncl(ild that ineffipionoy. Uth in
herited and developed, is the trouldo
in moat case Inefficiency isprolatly
a collegiate euphemism for laziness, as
that aeema to le th liewttiug siu of
the tramp lirntherlioud.
James (iordoll ISetitu tt his ctnli.
lished in Harvard. Yale. I'rineet :i uiid
('oltimliiii cull the 1'iiivi rity of
New York and tie- College of the Citv
of New York Hint'i il pri.es int -leled to
erie.iurae yotin,' !:n-ii to j rejmre
thetii-xdves f..r th- j .r f --.-i . :t of jour
L4lis:.i. It, .-seli i;itir .ti.m the priti
wiil consist ..f tin- intere-t on lo,ni.
Th- eomte tite.a 1 r tie- prie., is to (
lu the f.,r:a of esiys in K:i!i-!i prose
Oil MllijeCtn of Collte'llporalleolls lilt'T-
-t in tile foreign ; doiu.-.-tie p'.he;
of the (ioverillllelit of the L'liit.'d
.vtat.s.
Orchid hunting in tie- tropics l.-ah
. htrange H Ivetltlires, oll,.erVei th''
tlant4 Jo.irnil. M. Ha:m din. who
li.lH bent the most vulilalile sneennens
e.er rei'eive 1 in Kli'.'lalid, while re
cently searching ill the Woo I, ,,f M 4
pascar, ha.l for a gui le the lrot!arof
t'hief Mayomiiosit. Tie- guide v. as
killed by a lion. liaiuelm ret ;rn.-.l
alone. After his recital the irate chief
e ue him the option of marrying the
I l or leiJ greased sill 1 lilirtle I
He chose the leseer evil, but
. .,ded with the marriage a contract
.. which the chief undertook to clo.u
li.s lauds to ull other cr."hi.l s- i kers.
It seems to lie tlie mission of El.'
land to make the world monotonous.
Wherever in Asia or Knropr h r influ
ence is at ail strong, it os-rnt- s to
divest the natives of their customary
raiment and tit them out with Kngiibh
Hhirts, i luetic liracen and tail coats.
YoU llO longer See the gondolier of the
(rand Canal in th picturesque gurlj
memorialized in old painting.; he ha
loarued from the English how trousers
may he held up with one susj,end-r ;
Low a nail may M-rve for the musir,,
button and how effective It is to yt.
al)OUt "in shirt eleevea " lii t .. Alp,
iu thd Tyrol and along the Nile u i
native wears the old native 40fim
any more than sailor wear r dl.ng col
lr and flapping troiiverv Home
the hotels make the '.'at.or,! jr-'
the li Very of the arvants, which is th
i-nly aixht a atrangrr jet of it vu
lua.b-Uavoled roids.
WOT HI NO NEW.
ITia tptilrr w ava hi Knrj vb t
Qaick svh falatp Mrlnvlng,
Se'a weavlnn on and weaving on
Fast In anl out hi twlft threa t roos
Trom mora till nli(ht, from nlfcbt till mora,
Aad wby ao fast the whola world knoart
That old, old web he's weaving.
Tha drowsy htm on HmW perch
, I all daydronlnir, winding',
And up and down, then down and op,
. Ha sinus and hums and hums and smut,
'As sipping fro-n a rose-leaf enp,
He swings and lips, and sips and txl2g
That old, old tuna bo's Binding.
Two lovers sit li"nath the treo
Oh happy, happy meeting.
What do thy siy? Oh, dear my fair,
Tls nothing new s no, nothing new.
Oh, peaehbloom eheek and golden hair
Just "I love, yon," sweet "I love you."
The old, old tale repenting.
-Kettle Garland, In Oodey't.
STRIKING BACK.
BT BOBLRT IJARR.
EOROE STREET
er was iu Paris,
because ho hoped
mid expected to
meet Alfred Da- I
vison there. He 1
knew th.it Pavi-1
son was going to i
be in Pur is for at '
)...... . r..i. .;... I
tgffl; ticular reason fori
L B wishing to come
Jili 'yn across him iu the !
r-jr htrects of Paris
uL rath. r than in the i
htreets of London, i
Streeter was n young author who j
bad published several books, mid who !
was getting along as well us could be j
expected, until suddenly he met a 1
check. The check was only a check as
far us his own self-esteem was con- i
rerne l; for it did not in tho least re- I
tard the sale ot his latest book, but '
rather appeareil to increase it. The j
check was unexpected, for where he
Lad looked for a caress he had received j
a blow. The blow was so well placed !
and ho vigorous, that at first it stunned i
Lim. Then he became unreasonably j
angry. He resolved to strike back.
Thi) review of his book in the Argus !
was vigorously severe, and perhaps ;
what maddened him more than nuy ,
thing else was the fact that, in spito of
Lis self-esteem, he realized the truth '
of the criticism. If his books had been !
less suceessful. or if he had been newer j
as an author, he might possibly have
set himself out to profit by tho keen '
thrusts giveu him by the Argus. lie j
might have remembered that although j
Tennyson struck back at Chrutopher
iortn, calling him rusty, crusty ami
musty, yet tho poet eliminated from
later editions all blemishes which
xutisty Christop'ie' had pointed out.
Streeter re- .ve to strike baqKwith
aomethir.g more tangible Vr0M.
tie verse. He quito admitted
Limseit, that a rritio hnd every right
to criticise that was what he was for ;
but he claimed that a man who pre
tended to be an author's friend, uud
who praise. 1 his books to his face, h id
Do right to go behind his back and pen
a criticism so scathing us that which i
appeared in the Argus, for Streeter i
uew mat .iireu I'avison Iia.l written
the criticism in the Argus, and Davi
son hs.d pretended to bo his friend;
nd had pretended, as well, that he
Lad a great admiration for Streettr's
books.
As Streeter walked down the Boule
vard des Italians, he saw, seated in
front of u cafe, the man whom he hoped
to meet; uud, furthermore, ho was
pleased to see that the man had a friend
with him. The recognition of author
and critic was mutual.
"Hallo, Streeter!" cried Davison;
"whi n did you come over?"
"I left Loudon ycbterduy," answered
Streeter.
"Then sit down and have something
with us," said Davison, cordially.
"Streeter this is my friend Harmon.
He is an exile and a resident ia Puris,
and, consequently, likes to meet Lis
couLtrymen. What will you have to
drink, Streeter?"
"Bring me a glass of seltzer," said
Streeter to the garcou who stood ready
to take the order.
uen mo wauer returneu witn a
glass of seltzer Streeter pulled out his .
purse. !
"No, no!" cried Davison; "you are;
not going to pay for this you arc !
drinking with me." i
"I pay for ray own drinks," said i
Streeter, surily.
"Not while 1 iavite you to drink !
with me!" protested the critic. "I pay
for this seltzer."
"Very well; Uko it, then!" said
Ktreeter, picking up the glass and dash- ;
ing the contents in the face of Davison. 1
Davison took out his hankerchief.
"What do you mean by thut, Street
er?" he a-ikud, as the color mounted to
Lis brow.
Streeter took out his card and pen
ciled a word or two on the pasteboard.
"There," he said, "is my Puris ad
dress. If you do not know what I1
jiiun by that, ask your friend here ; he ,
will inform you." ;
And with that tho novelist aros?,
Lowed to the two, and departed.
When Le returned to Lis Lotel, after
a stroll along the brilliantly-lighted I
boulevards, he found waiting for Lim '
Mr. Harmon and a Frenchman. I
"I Lad no idea you would come so j
oo&," said Streeter, "otherwise J
would not have kept you waiting." I
"It does not matter," replied Har-
mon ; "we have bet waited long. Af-1
fairs of this kind require prompt ac- j
tion. An insult lasts bat twelit V-four '
Lours, and my friend aud principal Las
,
bo desire lt put you to the inconveni
cuc vi repealing your action OI Ibis
evening. We are taking it for granted I
you uave iriena prepared to act ,
for jon ; for your ooulatt appoarod to
be remeditatcd.'
"Yon are qnit TiRht," answered
Btreeter; "I Lave a couple of friends
to whom I shall be pleased to intro
duce yon. Come this way, if you will
be ao kind."
The preliminaries were epecdily ar
ranged and the meeting was to take
place next morning at daylight, with
pistols.
Now that rrerything rvaa settled, the
prospect did Dot look quite ao pleasant
to Ktreeter aa it had dono when ht left
London. Davison bad asked for no
explanation ; but that, of course,
could be accounted for, because thin
critical sneak must be well aware of
the reason of the insult. Still, Btrecter
Lad rather expected that he would
perhaps hare pretended ignorance, asd
on receiving enlightenment might hare
avoided a meeting by apologizing.
Anyhow, Streeter resolved to make
a night of it. He left his frienda to
arrange for a carriage and aee to all
that was necessary, while he donned
hia war-paint and departed for a gath
ering to which he had been invited,
and where he was to meet many of hi
countrvmeii and countrywomen in a
fivshiouatile part of Pari
His hostess appeared to be over
I joyed to see him.
"You are so late," she aaid, "that I
i was afraid that something had occurred
I that would keep you from coming alto
gether.
"Nothing could liaro prevented me
from coming," said iStreeter, gallantly,
"tvh 're Mrs. W'oudford wan hostess."
"Oh, thnt is very nice of you, Mr.
Streeter !" auswered the lady; "but I
must not Mand here talking with you,
for I have promised to introduce you
to Miss Neville, who wishes very much
to meet you. She is a great admirer
of yours and 1ms read all your book"
"There nre not very many of them,"
snid Streeter, with a laugh; "and,
such as they arc, I hope Miss Neville
thinks moro of them than I do rnv
self." "Oh, vt e nil know how modest au
thors ure!" replied his hostess, lead
ing him nway to bo introduced.
Miss Neville was young and pretty;
and she waa evidently pleased to meet
the rising young author.
"I have long wanted to aee you,"
alio naid, "to have a talk with you
about your books."
"You are very kind," said Streeter,
"but per hups we might choose lume
thing more profitable to talk about?"
"1 am not so Miro of that. lVrhupa
you hnvo been accustomed to hear ouly
the nice things people Hay about you.
That is the misfortune of many
authors."
"It is a misfortune," raid Streeter.
"What a writer need is somebody to
tell him thu truth."
"Ah!" said Miss Neville, "that is
another thing I am not so sura about.
Mrs. Woodford Las told you, I sup
pose, that I have read all your books.
Did she add that I detested them?"
"On the con- 0 Atlrs. Woodford
led viarhpTOMACN fyou had liked
tv inn OVf "
xue'feiri-'ieVued baek'ia hst 'lAialr
and looked at Lim with half-closed
eyes.
"Of course," she said, "Mrs. Wood
ford docs not know. It is not likely
that I would tell Ler I detested your
books while I asked for an introduc
tion to you. Sho took it for granted
that I meant to sav pleasant things to
I you, whereas I had made up my mind
to do the exact reverse. No one would
; be more shocked than Mrs. Woodford
, unless, perhaps, it is yourself if
; she knew I was yoiug to speak frankly
I with you."
"I u'.u not bhoiked," said tho young
una, seriously ; "I recognize that
there are many things iu my books
which are blemishes."
"Of couro you doc't mean thai,"
said the frank young woinuu; "bo
enusj if you did you wonld not repeat
the faults iu book lifter book."
"A mua can but do his best," said
Streeter, getting annoyed iu epito ot
himself, for no man takes kindly to tho
, candid friend. "A man cau but do his
; last, as Hubert snid whoso graudsiro
drew n long-bow at Hastings."
"Yes," returned Miss Nevillo, "
t.ion can but do his best, although wo
fehould remember that tho mau who
1 bkid thnt snid it just before ho was de
feated. What I feel is that you are
j not doing your best, and thnt you will
not do your best until somo objoctiou
ublo person like myself has a serious
j talk with you."
, "Begin tho serious talk," said
' Streeter; "I am ready aud eager to
Uhten.
"Did you read tho review of your
latest book which uppvsrud iu tho Ar
gus ?"
"Did I." said Streeter, somewhat
startlod tho meeting that was so closo
un.l whch was coming closer, tad
which ho had forgotten fey the mo
ment, flashing over him. "Yes, I did ;
and 1 had the pleasure of meeting the
person who wrote it this evening."
Miss Neville almost jumped iu her
chair.
"Oh, I did not intend that you
should know that !" she said. "How
di 1 yon know jt? How did you know
that I wrote reviews for the Argus!"
"You !" cried Streeter, astonished iu
Ins turn. "Do you mesa to say that
you wrote that review?"
Miss Nevillo sank back in Ler chair
with a sigh.
"There !" sho said, "my impetuosity
has, us the Americans say, giveu me
aay. After all, you did not know
that I was the writer I" ,
"I thought Davison waa the writer.
I hail it on the very best authority."
"I'oor Davison!" said Mis Neville,
latlzLinir. "whv. ha iannn r.f lh l.a.t
and stanchost friends you Lave ; and ao
am I for that r,mtur in,l...l I l.;u
- frUlUK
I am eveu more your friend than Mr.
Davison, for I think you can do good
w.jrk, while Mr. Duvisou is foolish
enough to believe you are doing it.
At this point in the conversation
Btreeter looked hurriedly at Lis watch. I
"Ah! I aee," aaid Miss Neville
"this conversation ia not to your taste.
Yon are going to plead an appoint
ment as if anyone could Lave an ap
pointment at this hour of the morn
ing." "Nevertheless" ssM Btrecter, "1
have ; and I must bid yon good-bye.
But I assure yon that my eyes have
Wen opened, and that I have learned
a lesson to-night which I wilt not soon
forget. I hope I may have the pleasure
of meeting you again and continuing
this conversation. Perhaps some time
I may tell yon why I have to leave."
Streeter found his friends waiting
for him. He knew it was no nse try
ing to see Davison before the meeting.
There was a long drive ahead of them,
and it was gray daylight when they
reached the ground and found thi
other psrty waiting.
Each man took his place and tin
pistol that was handed to him. Whet
the word "Fire !" was given Streete.
dropped his hand to his side. Davison
stood with his pistol still pointed, but
he did not Are.
"Why don't you shoot, George?"
said Davison.
Harmon, at this point, rebuked his
principal, and said he must Lave no
communication with the other except
through a second.
"Oh!" aaid Davison, impatiently,
"I don't pretend to know the rules ol
this idiotic game !"
Streeter stepped forward.
"I merely wished to give you the
opportunity of firing at me if you cared
to do so," he said; "aud now I desire
to apologize for my action at the cafe.
I may say that I did what I did under
a misapprehension. Anything that 1
can do to make reparation I am willing
to do."
"Oh. that's all right !" said Davison ;
"nothing more need be said. I am
perfectly satisfied. Let us get back to
the city. I find it somewhat chilly
out here." Detroit Free Tress.
The Use or Poultices.
Thysicians are often surprised at the
ignorance of patients concerning the
use of poultices. The trouble arises
from a wrong idea as to tho curativd
action of a poultice.
In general, poultices are primarily
localizers of inflammation ; they act
by Koftening and stimulating the tis
sues with which they ore brought di
rectly in contact. The fact that their
value lies in the amount of heat and
moisture which they radiate to these
tissues, is tho reaHon, probably, for
the application by the laity in every
caso where heat and moisture may
happen to be indicated as necessary.
Take, for example, two cases a
poisoned wound aud a finger swollen
by muscular straiu. It is manifest
that theae two cases are not parallel,
though in both the application of heat
is indicated as a rema.ly.
In the case of the poisoned wound,
we have the presence of a foreign sub
stance in the tissues. This seta up a
local information, which by means o!
the circulation, temls to apeul and be
come general. We place a poultice
over the affected part, aud immediate
ly the application of the heat brings
to it a fresh supply of blood contain
ing numerous leucocytes white cor
puscleswhose business it is to make
w ar upon all foreign matter with which
they may come in contact, and pus is
formed. This finds a proper means of
escape through the softened tissues
under tho poultice and with it comes
the poison.
Iu tho case of the swollen finger, on
tho other hand, we have a simplo irri
tation, aud what we need in the way
of treatment is just euough heat to
druw a renewed supply of blood to tho
weakened part for its nourishment,
lint we do not w ish, as in tho first caso,
to confine the Lent long euough to
Mimulate tho leucocytes to activity, as
iu that event wo should only Luvo
made a bad matter worse, with au ab
tens to take csro of.
Tho desired result may bo obtained
by simply plunging the finger into wa
ter ns hot as cau be homo for a short
time, or by rubbiujj ou a stimulating
liniment.
The moral of nil this is thnt wo are
t j use poultices only wLoro wo wish
to localize inflammation. In sprains
and tho like proper stimulation is all
that is required. Youth's Companion.
Taluahlo Woods of Argontlne.
While the upper provinces and terr!-
I tories of the Argentino Republics are
an almost uniirokon forest of primeval
proportions, in which are to be found
hundreds of kinds of hard woods sus
ceptible of the very finest polish and
presenting the most exquisite color
ings, yet the country is almost devoid
of the soft woods of commerce. There
are pines both in Misiones and along
the Cordilleras of Patagonia, but they
are quite inaccessible to market; and
there aro also immeuse cedar forests,
winch are just now beginning to be ex
ploited. At present, however, the only
woods which reach Buenos Ayres, or
: are shipped abroad are the hard woods
! of the Gran Chaco. Owing to their
specific gravity it is impossible to float
1 the logs down the Parana River; but
they are brought down in :hataa, or
' flat-bottomed boats, or are loaded from
tho banks direotly in sailing vessels
bound to European ports. There ia a
growing demand for thorn both in
Oerman and French manufacturing
centers, where they aroused for cabinet
work or are sawed into ornamental
vvuuerlng. American Agriculturist
Gees That Cannot Swim.
Ducksswira the world ovor, but geese
do not. In South America a domestic
species is found that cannot excel an
ordinary Len in aquatic accomplish
ment. It Laa lived ao long in a coun
try where water ia found only in wells
that it has lost its aqustio tastes aud
abilities entirely.
LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS I
BOTH rBOM BOMB ABD ABBOAD.
What Is Oolni On the World Over.
Important Events Briefly ChronlolscL .
fasliftl. I.akar aa4 latrlit.
Rsncciso Waofs It is announced (hit
the Camden lumber j.lstit si Alexander, W.
Vs., known as the Alexander boom Lum
ber Compsn y.tbe Iturnt mills at Iturnivtlla
ml Mutton, and also Camden's severs!
plant along the We.it Virginia Pittsburg
railroad h sve decided to follow the exsmple
of tb Iluckliannon llcom Lumber Com
panv, In reducing the waxes of employes 10
to 13 per cent, commencing next week. Th
reasons itiven are th companies' inability
to dispose of their product for cssh or its
equivalent and th Impossibility of obtaining
mon y to conduct their business on a IiIkU
seal of wages. They ssy tbey must either
reiltice wanes or shut down their mills. The
reduction effects severs! thousand men.
Th fire In the Pennsylvania colliery st
Shsmokln hs been extinguished. (Vcrk
has been resumed, giving employment to
2,000 bands after one month's Idleness.
Tbrs Yonngstowti firms have Riven
notice that ths men will be expected sftel
Monday to work 10 hourt for 0 hours' pay.
Swift A Co., ths Cbleagi pork pscksrs,
have discbsrged iOO en plo.vcs on account
of dullness in trade.
At Zurich, Switzerland, the internstlonsl
socialist congress approved ths establish
ment of an eigbt hour working day. The
delegates sgreed to agitsto for the holding
of an interstate congress to settle the ques
tion. At I'uetilo, the steel plant of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron t'ompany has resumed oper
ations with a full force of l.ih) l men, after
a shut down of three weeks for repairs. Th
coiunmiy has large order ahead.
The 20 aesrr pipe plants of Toronto, O .
will cut wages ab ut 10 per cent. If the
reduction is not accepted the works wil!
shut down.
The New York, bake Krie ami Western
Itailway Company has .HKndel all un
married employe! on the llonoidale, Pa..
division.
The works of ths Patcm. O., Wire Nail
Company have resumed alter a shut-down
o' several weeks.
Financial anil I'mninerrlat.
The Hank of Wellsburg at Weilshurc. W.
Ya , c'osed its doors. The assets nre f.i'KJ,.
OR with liabilities said to be no', over bal
that amount.
The First national bank of Nashville.
Tenn., suspended. It claims assets o
.t,047.!M3. The City savings bank also
suspended.
Tho Bank of Colfax, at Colfax. Wah.,
impended.
The Commercial Hank of Minneapolis,
Minn., snspended.
New Orlesns saving bunks will require
from lepaitors 00 lays' notice of Intended
withdraw-.. There was a run on the Uer
n'.iuls tavings bank on Tuesday.
Th Caldwell County bank of Kingston,
Mo., and tb Kxchangs bsuk of I'olo, Mo.,
hnve closed their doors.
Th First Na ionnl ban c of Fort Scott,
Kansas, tb oldest bank in Kansas, which
suspended recently has resumed.
The American National Hank, Nashville,
Tenn., has suspended payment. The af
Depimit Trnt and Hanking Company hoi
suspended temporarily.
The Hamilton count) state bsnk. Web
ster Ciiy, la., one of the oldest and bes
banks In Iowa closed its doors on account ol
Inability toreulie on afets.
I'holrra Advlres
Viknna. An omciul statement issued by
tho sanitary council of Aus'riu decern that
the condition of the country with regard to
cholera Is very precariousmuch more ser
ious ihun it was in li:J. The home oltlc
has sent a c:rriilar to government olhciati
throughout the country enjoining tlie strict
est precautions.
Cholera hns broken out among Navvies
mostly Italians aud Croat iiins building n
railway ot Marroaos on the (ialiclan frontiei
Thirty live have already died. One hun
dred lied in tho direction of their home
without waiting for their waijos.
Waaulnaton Smwn,
Th otllclal list of members of the houss
as prepared by Clsrk Kerr gles the fe me
dals ."JO members. Ilepubticain llli and tho
third party I). There is one vacancy, th
Tenth Ohio district, caused dy the death of
Heprosentative Knoach, roakiutf ths whole
number 'iM.
Vi na inquirr at the pension offiVn it u
learned that up to date there have been!
OA'i pensions suspended, which were grunt
ed under the act of June 2T,18!0,tlis average
being 170 daily. A large proportion of these
cases, it is said, were iusjnJod pending
medical examination.
tin,
Hnow Hill, Md., burned Monday night.
Only six building were saved, boss, t MO..
000.
At Sidell, III., ths business section of
town. Loss. .V),000; insurance, 125,000.
At Issbella. Ua.. the Worth County Court
ilous. All the county records, xcepl
those contained in two books were burned.
Incendiarism is suspected.
Crime aa teaaliU,
John Finn, a Ht. Louis motorman. whil
delirious with fever, murderously attacked
his four littl children and then cut bis own
throat. It is believed that neither himself
nor any of the four children csn recovsr.
lllsaslera, ArelSeaia aaS I'atalliU,
lly the explosion of lbs boiler of tb
Marshall lumber company's planing mill,
at Marshall. Tex., Tommy Hill, agsd 13,
Henry Brasllsy, aged 10, (Jus 8suudrs. a
ueirro, wer killed, and Joj Urlght.enxinaer
snd Jo Walmsn wer badly scalded.
faallarr.
Th Pittsburg (Pa.) mortuary report for
the we-k ended August o shows a total
number of deaths of 107, an annual death
rat of '.'1.07 r 1.000. Th number shows
a decrees ol three compared witn th corre
sponding week of 1SJ-.
NBW FACTOR Ilf THAI
Th Largest Addition to Montr J
mwwr mot in a rooRlv month T.
R. O. Don A Co.'s Weekly til-!
irauasayi: in long asireu IDen
Congress, a President's mrsssgs hiCk.
answered xpectatlons, and th trr;"
13.''80.000 void from Furn.t ;.k
Improvement msny antlclpstd. s,
stronger, out rsiiures continue and n,
ing of Industrial establishment
disorgsnlxation of domestic exclu
even greater th an a week ago.
There has been no startling cmh l.
formal r.llil.M nf I 07
Oil. II....J U....II. v.. ...... '
.!.. miii - irini ill ..a-IIVHie. f,
34. while refusals to psv. excent iK.
clssring bouse or with llniitstion. ..'
coming more common. Vlni,t
i uimrrss nas power lo giv inn
fruitful for gon If long itefertt
machinery nrexehanees hss ainin-t '
When t.kl. tier 1.0oil l paid for N.
exchanges st Cbicagoand 15ort.M 1
W.il.pn t - O i ..nl.muni.
biiiu ttitj n cnv ununiff pit..
Ui 11111111.
The root of lh ronh1 tt that. irc..
lo teiHrt of July l to thr rornnftw '
m.imownf tfio9..4hai Uwmi HrJ
1m a"S a-..-... 1 . . a.... 1 i
ssi imi iiiM'tiii! win uiiiiijimi VtlT
probsbly fl77.ooo.iss) from all. Is-,,
known sunn from savings. Stio- .
vat banks; snd d oing ths ni nth .
juiy ll 1MB wiuiuriiwui aim llolinlin. .
have been relativy even greats
more than lack of orders, want of .
dence In the interity of orders im-c,
textile mills, for rAiicollaiion tivi'i,,
onlv conli.l-'iiCfi in thefuture c un.l b...
ei the nion-iai-v troubles nnglu v
rslieveil. I'.ut at present wnv of ce
said accounts tor tb retar led lujt,
of wheat from farms to Western my
and exports have nut met expctiui.r
late that prices of grain have
declined.
Hull road earnings show a dtrr.
nlmut H ir i ent. cominred with
last yesr. oni iiisc:earing nnum m r
the principal citie show a ilf. r,
seuiemeti'S ol :'.i jier csr.t. Atpe;, k
i reasurv lor some reuei are rrei i.n'
Its cah ba'anca has been redin
i ii hi tne goiii reserv may nsve to t
iu pari lor current exH'nses.
About fl.'t IHM.U'W bank note v-.li
be lidded to the eireulsii m til roiii-'i
Mates bomls purehael from ssvm.s
ana tnis. wi ii fi.uiHi.issi iu pui.t t
from Kuros. in spite o' the mlv.itii.
Hunk of Knglaud rste of 4 per o:
make the Inrgot adibtiori to thu n;
supply ever exsTieuced in aniiii-;.' r
Ifilns fiittiocs to cause th releii' .,'
ed money. some currenc ny c.'iii
wailing lor s ow-l.-jtiM luwnuke
iugton.
Failures during ths w k inituhr-.
in tlie United Mates avainst Pin m
nd i'i in I 'amiila against 10 for tu
week lust yesr. The number ( .r
week shows a decrease from tlie t
week of 40. The West still cuitr.1. .-.
largest number, U'l. lor Hie pel
auainst ' 17 lor th previous week
cast mere were 1 1 ami in me so::.
Tiir mi!ies hiromi'ii
Hank clearing total lor tlie .v
Aug. 1'), as telegrupued tu 0w ' I
ns follows :
New York tliis n.; i
Hoston . J I -" '''I
Chicngn.., H7.7'.';i.'
I'liiladelphia 4:,v,: ;
ft. Louis M.tiT
Haltimore U.i T.' .i
Sin Francisco lu,!i .'.:!'
I'lltsburg lu.ii'n. :
Cincinnati 7,!I1.:
Cleveland 4.1Hi.i;
Totals. IT. 8 7!.0O.VJ.j
Kxclusiv or New York 331,!U.Y7:J
1 indicates increase, D decrease I
OFFICIAL CROP HEPGf.
Condition of All Cereals, IV.
Tobacco and Fruit.
The August report of ths St itie,
the Department of Acricu:ture -Vt
tho condition of corn bn Jj!.ii:-!l
ovrr six points clii.-In- th. pi-t :;.
tveraro for tlm entire lircti lt'i 1
nc.ilust 03. a for the month of J.i y. .
ellne Is duo m the n;ain to t.'i- '
which hns proved both es'en.v ..:
sistent. While In some parti- ol t'
the continue 1 liry wiMt'ie- Iw
crop beyond reeovery. it Is u -v -:'
ns tot lie l.-irser portion of t'i" ti
thereto, that improvement is n t .
sllile.liut with asii!TI'ieiit r.'iiiualu -month
of August, will be unsure . .
erages In the iirincipal Stuti-s niv : 1
Indiana. 71' . Illinois, hit l.nvi.
soiirl. '.15: Kansas, N'j . ebraska. i.
Them has lieen a eoi.siitMli'" i
fn tlmcnn lilion of spring vlie.;t
numth, mnoiiiitiiiu to sonn-tli .:: ;
points, the tiverago 'mditiou i:
month Ileitis; 7. as iwuinst 77.4 fer: .
of July. The condition ! Stat i
lows; Wiseouslti, 70: .Minn iso; i. i'
H7 ; Nebraska, 7s j Snutli Da'iiitn. '
Dakota, fid. Tiiisdeclln-t of 1 - mil:
result of the too hlj-h tsmper.-.tc" j
dent rainfall In the sj r.mr wlinnt
The eouilitlun of sprin-,' rye m
78.5 as against Mil in the mouth .; '
coud'tioii of oats has tallen Id
the July report, helms "i.' tis enM j. .
Hrt.H lust liiiuith. while in Augii-l.
stood at M.2. It is tho lo'.vst e. -. .
jtorted in August for many years, mil
to a cold, wet spring, suceeede 1 1 V
ous dry, hot weather, during the i
of .Tune and the ivliole of July.
The August returns for " h;ir! 'v
slight decline, ia coudillou fr-i'ii Hut
month, being 81.8 against 85,11 Iti J
iirecisely the sutno as it w is in t': t'
u ne.
The aereagn of buekw';eat Is r ; "
flG.3 as compared with Iti.U. au I cji-
bS.K.
Tho condition of potato;- ha '
nearly nine points In the hist mom"
stands at 80. Coudillou lu AugiM '
lieen lower twice in tho l:c-t ;i-'.!'
general drought has bjen thi eit-'
falling off, and rain Is iie.vln I iu; l:;
vent further disastrous losses.
Ths condition of the tltnoi.iv . r '
as compared with 0.1.U lu 1S:2. T
crop ou tho whole is lare, ku I li.i
beeu sxeursd in goo I coU'lition. i :H
somo important rngioua unfiiveri'l"
tlon causnil a reduetion of t?i cr-it'-
The irener.il averaa of toli.-K-i-u 1'-
03 on July 1 to 82.2 on Amsust I.
A still further decllna in thinsmli
npjiles ia mad- evident by the M-''
August. Ths Indlcuttou thut tie- i
crop would bo very light Is confirm'!
date. In many ot the ritates a l'
fallure is reported.
The drought has dona soni
peaches In the AtiautUi peach I""1'
plaints aru frequeut ot preniatiirx ''
The conditions atlll point to a lur" ''
this section, however, and local ah"
benutlted some localities. A furlli'''
la uoted iu Btlcbliran. where
dronond severely California I'"'
erop ot excellent quality. An ahuul
of grapea la promised at this date.
Tim peroeutages of July have I1
ally welt maintained. Dry wtt'
tended to check the spread of ro! -
UU'V.
A Hoyal Betrothal.
Tbe betrothal of Prince John, if :
th King ofHsxouy, to I'rinci-s
Wurtemberg, was publicly snnuu
Hsrllu on Batunlav.
Mamv wull-lo-Jo I'ruu'iliuiea ( '
eago Intend to buy Uud In, CslU,
establisU there large coloulos of IroK '