THE MIDDLEBURGH POST.
OEO. W. WAOEXSELLER,
Editor and Proprietor
Mlddleburgh. I'n.. February 2S, 1!S.
TIioh who think n woman Isn't trust
ing nnl clinging enough should take a
novice out fkntlng on the Ice.
The aim ncttlo stings Its prey to
dentil ly means of a puisou kcitvU'i! In
Its tentacles.
If the IhMhT wouM do awny with the
credit luislnesn, the oalvatinii of tlin
worM rouhl lie nrcomplixlMMl. None of
u would dunce If we had to pay him in
ndvnnce.
Hvery tltne h wouum think of own
ing n cow, he la-glns to build uir cas
tles. There Is nothing that will do nn
much toward nourishing hope la a
woman's In-east n owning ft cow.
When ft nmn Is Kick, his greatest trou
ble Is that no one comes to cc him,
and he get lonesome. When ft Woinftil
pets sick, the greatest trouble Is that
no many come to see her that they
make her worse.
It Is related of the Princess Allx that
when she was in Wales she put on a
pair of corduroy trousers, n blue flan
nel shirt, an old cloth cap nnd heavy
miner's boots, and went down In ft coal
mine. If this soit of a person falls to
manage a Russian Czar, It w ill be rath
er remarkable.
Any man of pood moral character
who can pass nn examination in
Trench, Cerman, camera luclda, draw
ing, microscopic work, pcography nnd
practical ornithology can get a Job In
the department of Agriculture nt $iJ50
a year If he will agree to put In eight
hours a day. There Is no great rush
for the place, notwithstanding the mag
nificent salary.
TTog-ralsers should keep nn eye on the
Potith, or, nt least, on South Carolina.
The planters In that State are being
turned away from cotton to hogs, which
means smaller purchases of meat, or
Yioue at all, from other parts. A load
lug Journal, to stimulate the hog pro
duct, has been offering n prize to tho
fouth Carolinian who can show the
best hog-raising record, and two hogs
are exhibited that grew nt tho rate of
42 and 412.2 pounds per mouth, and
Weigh 4GU and li'Jl pounds.
The career of Mr. William Cook, ot
Oklahoma, makes gay reading. Thwart
ed In love, he gathered a band of dare
devils around blm nnd took to the
mountains. Thence he descended ot
Intervals upoa the plain nnd robbed
!-ilna, banks nnd govern rr" . t "f v ; ,y
ersTlU "arm" grew V.il 'Is suc
cess. He perfected no orgpnlstatloii
which levied toll on a great territory.
Ills death was reported a number of
times. Kach time It turned out that
It was not William, but the other man
wIid died. To llnd this Illustrious ca
reer brought to a sudden close by a
commonplace deputy marshal, to read
of William "throwing up his hands
like a tenderfoot," Is painful. It re
calls the unseemly departure hence of
Mr. Kipling's border desperado who
perished tinder the Weight of the ter
ror stricken babu. No doubt we shall
hear of William later, arraigned before
the hanging Judge nt 1'oit Smith uud
dispatched in a bunch of half breeds
and sijuaw men. So passes the little
glory of the world.
William Garrett, of .Toilet, having
nsserted in a recent lecture that wire
nails are so cheap that If a carpenter
drops one It Is cheaper for him to use
another than to stop and pick It up, the
Iron Age tests his assertion by llgures.
The carpenter's time being worth lit)
rents nn hour, the dropped nail would
cost him n.ns3 of a cent if he took ten
Fcconds picking it up. Sixpenny nails
cost 1.53 cents per pound of lino, there
fore each nail costs o.tioT". At this
rate the carpenter could better afford
to let the nail lie than to spend even
one second recovering It. All of which
Is Interesting ns a study In comparative
cheapness, but not of any particular
economic purport unless. Indeed, it
should occur to some thrifty employer
of labor that If carpenters' pay Is so
high that they can better nfford to
waste nails than waste time he will re
duce the pay.
For the present things will prolmblj
po on as they have been going. There
Is slight fear of revolution. The saving
feature of the situation Is the nhsenco
of any "man on horseback." T!n he ur
may have come, but not tho man. A
Ilourbou restoration, with the prebcut
pretender for king. Is not to be dreamed
of. Where l'arls failed, Orleans will
not succeed. Tor a year a wave of Na
poleonlsm hns deluged Franco But
there Is no Bonaparte to ride to em
pire on Its crest The Napoleonls le
pond lives; the Napoleonic dynasty Is
worse than dead. Nor is therj any new
man to seize tho opportunity, not even
the pluchleck Boulanuer. And slr,co
the socialists are yet i small minority,
the republic seems secure. Yet It Is a
security based ou the weakness of Its
foes rather than upon the strength of
Its friends. Six mouths ago the Re
publicans had tho fairest of prospects.
They had a largo and for tho
first time apparently stable ma
jority, and they were backed
by tho tremendous popular feeling
aroused by the murder of President
Carnot They have not Improved their
opportunity. They have not been profit
able servants of tho nation. And tc
day they must pay the penalty of their
unfaithfulness they and all France.
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
NO BOUNTY ON SUGAR.
Other Metal than Sheets to be used in
the Construction of Tordedo Boats.
Tho outlook for tha suscess of tho pro
position to pay bounty to domestlo growers
of augur on liut year's crop It not good. It
I proposed to attach a bounty clause to tho
Sundry Civil Hill, ami Senator F.lnckburn, on
t linlf of tho BenntcCommlttov on Appropria
tions, Introduced such nn amendment. It
provide fortho payment of tho full bonnty
;n tlio sugar produced lu lsi3 and lor the
I'tiymeiil ot eight-tenths of a rent per pound
on tlio production of 1S'J4. The amendment
ti r the payment of the llrst class of claims
carries mi nppruprintion of tWH.ii-W. Tlio
viicndmunt will be resisted In the Senate,
Its passage i y that tody will depend upon
ihn ntlltiidn of thn Ilepubllcan Senators. It
:liey should support It with any decree of un
animity it will succeed, tut will encounter
with lirrco opposition in the. Houso.
Senator Illackburn, from the Committee on
Naval AlTutrs, reported nn amcnlmci.t to the
Nnval Appropriation bill, authorizing tho
secretary of tlio Navy to use other metal than
tteel or tin alloy in tho construction ot thn
proposed new torpedo boats. 'I he amend
ment Is made at the suggestion of tho Secre
tary, who desires that tho department mny
he left free to avail itself of any Improve
provements In i.uvnl construction ho iar ns
reln'.es to thu mutorlnl best adapted for use lu
building torpedo boats, lie thinks that au
alloy lighter than steel mny be used.
The bill to plneo (ien. I. C. Ilunll on the
retired li-t has been withdrawn on account
of opposition In th'i S'-uate Committee on
Military Aflnir, and will not como up again
tl.ls scsslou.
I'.eprrsentntlvo W. L. Wilson, It Is said, Is
.'onsiderlng the advisability of entering upon
thu practko of law in New York.
More Duck Hunting'.
Moth the President and Secretary Carlisle
Inteud leaving Washington for a rest utmost
immediately on thn adjournment of congress.
Tho 1'rosldeut will probubly go to North
Carolina ou a duck hunting trip with a party
of friends, and will be gono a week or ton
days. Secretary Carlisle did not take any
vacation lost summer, and bis close attention
to tho affairs of bis otllee during the lost
year and a half bos left him in imperative
need of rest
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
An Outline of the Work la the Senate
and House.
riFIfM.ITU OAT.
Tho opponents of the new battleships for
the navy suftered a crushing dofeat In the
house to-day, when Hayer's motion to strike
out authorization for tho war vessels was
lost, fllrst In committee ot tho who e on a vote
of 4:1 to l'Jl, and Inter In tho houso, by a rote
of (17 to I'J'J.
Iiuring tho early hours of to-day, tho silver
bill made Its exhibit from tbe senate, Mr.
Jones, of Arkansas, In charge of the measure,
onuoucing that iu friends would make no
further effort to pons It at the presont session.
The disposal of the measure was emphasised
by tho decided vote of 65 to 12. ou Mr. Gor
man's motion to tako up the Indian Appro
priation bill, tho etlectof which was to dis
place tbe silver bill, aud sond it back, to the
calendar.
Mr. Woloott's resolution, declaratory for
silver but post boning action,. o went to the
vi;j.iui without Sinai action. v .
' Most of the day ot tbo sedate was given to
the Indian appropriation bill, final action not
Doing taken,
SIXTIETH DAT.
Tbore was a flurry In the senate to-day
when tho Income tax question cams up again
on Mr. Uormuu's motion to reconsider the
senate's approval of tlio eonfurenoe repor
ou tbo bills amending tbe law. Mr. Gorman
said a singular feature bad crept Into this
conference report thut had not been consid
ered by uither houso. It changed tho law so
as to exempt corporations from furnishing a
list of the t.tlurioj of employes. Tho origi
nal provision was a nice one, and was tho
only way of llnding out tho Immonso sums
paid out by corporations to their oinployes.
Uu motion of Mr. Vest, the motion of Mr,
Gorman to recontldor win laid on tbo tublu
yeas 67. nay PJ.
The Hms devoted m ist of to-day to tho
Consideration of tlei seuate amendment to
;ousulur an 1 dinloimcio appropriation bill
appropriating ij.OOo.oOJ for the construction
it a uahlu to tho Hawaiian islands. ltvnn,
llartlett uml Sickles, Democrats of Now York,
puke In favor of tho ainaiidmunt, which was
lefealed by a voto of lit to 152--only ltl
democrats voting for the cablo. Tlio bill wus
:ben seut to further couferenco.
Tho conference report on tho pension
ipproprintiou bill woi u,'roo I to iu both
houses.
Much of tho session of the Houso wa9 oa
fuplnd with tho delivery of eulogies upon
'.he Into Senator Stockbridco, of Mlcblgnii.
Tho Seuate passed the Houso joint resoiu
:lon suspending tho transportation of goods
'.hrough the L'nltud States to tho fruo luriH
toue of Mexico.
SIXTV-FinFT DAT,
The senato to-day passed two house bills
oueemlng tho navy. Tho contract school
ti'm ot the Indian bill was completed in such
form as to provide a 'JO per ceut. reduotiou
(rom tho expenditures of lust yenr.
Iu tho houso to-day Mr. Ii'ilzull seouroj un
inimous consent for tho passage of the bill
tuthorixing the Pittsburg, Monongaheln A
Wheeling railway to bridgo tho Monongabola
river near Mouonunhola. The bill will pro
bubly gut through the suuute next weok.
HIXTV-seioNIl IiAY.
Tho railrond pooling bill was killed for this
sessiou lu the senate to-day. In tho after
noon Senator llutler moved to lay oijlde the
Indiau appropriation bill aud take up the
poollug bill, but the motion was defeated by
U to 21. Senator Woicott proposed nu
iitiiendment to tho sundry civil bill for the
creation of a commission uf nine members tc
represent tbo tutted Stutes in a monetary
coufereueo should one be called by any
of the Kuropenu governments. It is pro
vided that tbe president shall appoint three
of tho members of this commUslon, tbe son
ato throe and tbe boute throe. j
SIXTt-TUlBO DAT.
Fully 30 mombers crowded down Into the
area iu frout of tbe speaker's chair when the
House met to-day, all present for uuanlmous
consent to consider bills of local Importance.
Tbero wero several fortuuato onos before the
"regular order'' was demanded.
The Senate ameudmeut to tho Indian Ap
propriation bill was seut to conference, by
arrangement Thursday was set aside for Dis
trict of Columbia business and the House
then went Into committee of the whole aud
resumed consideration of the Qeuerul Lo
flleacy Appropriation bill.
Ransom la Minuter to Mexloo.
The president Saturday nominated Senator
Mat. W. Kausoin of North Carolina to bo min
ister to Mexloo. Tbe nomination wss at once
eonllrmed by the senate without the cus
tomary reference. Mr. Hansom has served
In the senato for twenty-three years, his time
expiring March 4. He Is 6'J years old and
was a major In the confederate army.
English authorities have fined Captain dor.
don, of tbe Cratbie, whose ship ran down tbe
Elbe, causing lbs death of 831 persons, 10
shillings lor a broaoh of tbe navigation laws
last October la tbe Tyne river.
FRED DOUGLASS DEAD.
The Famous Colored Man Passes) Away
Suddenly with Heart Trouble.
Frederick Douglass, the noted froedman,
o rator and diplomat, died a few talnotes be
fore 7 o'clock Wednesday night, at his resi
dence in Anacostla, a suburb of Washington
City, of heart failure, Ills death was entirely
unexpected, as be had been enjoying the be't
of health.
During tho afternoon ho attended the con
vention of the Women of tho I'nltod States,
how in progress In Washington city, and chat
ted with Susan 11. Anthony and otners ef tho
lending members, with whom he bos been on
Intlmato terms for many years. Wben he re
fill tied homo be said nothing of any feeling
of lllncts, though be nppenrod to bo a little
exhausted from the climb up tho steep flights
of stairs leading from tho street to tho bouse,
which is on a high terrance. Ho sat down
and chatted with his wife about the women
at the conveutloo, telling of various things
that had been sold and doiio.
Suddenly he gasped clapped his hand to
his heart nnd fell back uucousclous. A doctor
was hastily summoned and arrived within a
few moments, but bis efforts to rovlvo Mr.
Douglnss were hopeless from tbo start. With
in ilu minutes after tho attack the faint mo
tion of thn heart ceased entirely and tbo
great ex-slavo statesman was dead.
Mr. Douglass leaves two sous and n daugh
ter, tbo children of his llrst wife. His second
wilo, who was a white womnu, survives him
Frederick Douglass was born In February,
181", lu tbo littlo village ot Tuckahoe, near
Laston, on tho eastern shorn of Maryland.
His mother was a slave o! puro negro blood,
who, though a Held bund, had learned to
read, but his father was it white man of aris
tocratic family. He learned lu secret to read
aud write. When 14 years old, being difllcult
to manage, bo wits hired out by his muster to
work In a llaltimoro shipyard, nn 1 was al
lowed for his own uso per week out of his
wages.
On Si'ptember 5, 1S.H, ho fled from Haiti
more aud from slavery. He mitdo bis wuy
to New Vork, and thenco to New liedford.
Moss. At the latter place bo married aud
iiveJ for several years, supporting himself by
tils trade as a workman in thu ship yards.
He was also a favorite e.xborter lu the ilutlio
dlst church. At about that time ho assumed
the name uf Frederick Douglass, rty which bo
was always afterward known, lie set to
work to educate himself, with tho object of
becoming the advocate and emancipator of
his rase, In whlou bo was assisted by William
bloy I Garrison.
Iu 1811 beuttended an anti-slavery meeting
In Nantucket, and made a speech whose
icbolurship nnd eloquence ait rooted wide
Attention. Ho was then mado general agent
of the Massachusetts nuti-slavory society, and
pent four years lecturing throughout New
hugland. lu ttili way ho became famous. He
went to Kuropo In IMS and lectured lu thu
principal towus of F.uglund. He continued In
this work until tbo outbreak of the rebellion,
nrhen bo took a foremost position in support
jf tbe national government. Ho urged Liu
iolu to proclaim tho freedom ot tbo Southern
negroes and enlist tbem In the army.
lu lHttf bo sent his own sons luto the army,
and himself rendered conspicuous service In
the enlistment ot colored troops. In 1471
President Grout appointed him assistant
lecretary ot the commission to Santo Domlu
go, and afterward a member of tbo governing
council of tho District of Columbia. In 1872
bo was a Kopubllcun presidential elector for
the state of New York. In 1S77 President
Hayes appointed him marshal of the district
of Columbia, and In lssl President Garlleld
made him recorder of deeds for tho district.
His lust publio ofllce was minister of Haytl.
Ho was a somewhat voluminous writer for
newspajvers and magazines and also of books.
He never nbatod his efforts for tbe advance
ment ot bis race. Tbo second wilo of Doug
lass was a woman of pure Caucasian blood,
and his uniun with bur seriously allocted bis
popularity aud Influence with tha colored
people of this eouutry.
Tne story of tbe second marriage was a ro
mantic one. Miss Helen rills, whom be mar
ried, was a New Knglaud woman, of middle
age, a olerk In the oltloe of tbe rooordor of
deeds of the District ot Columbia, whou Mr.
Douglass was appointed to that office. She
was a member of a literary society to which
he belonged. Tbey were thrown much to
gether, and flually became engaged. Her
relatives opposed tho union bltt- rly on ac
count of his color, but Dually yielded to force
of circumstances. Some ot them have for
some timo beeu living near tho Douglass
home ou Anaostla Heights.
In lH'J2 Huytl made un appropriation ot
money for tho Columtduu exposition nt
Chicago, nnd appointed Mr. Dougluss the
senior of her two commissioners to tho expo
sition. Since thu cioseof thn exposition, Mr.
Douglass hns lived ou piletly In Washington,
without engaging In any special business. His
wealth is variously vatimulud at Irom 4100,-
UUU to ewu.ouo.
BLOODY BATTLES IN AFRICA.
The Kin of Abyssinia Loasx 1,000 in
ono RUd, bat Kills 7,000 Enemies.
Dispatches havo roichod Slassowuli, by
carriers from Adowa, capital of Sh m, stating
hat Lmperor Menulek lost 1,000 warriors in
tho lost raid at Vollamo. His forc-is killed
7,000 Galliot and captured 11.000 slaves.
lias Mnugusclii, leader of tlio Tigrines,
who have lately caused so much trouhlo to
tho Itallaus, has, In eomeueuco of tto
failure of tho peace misslou ol thu pr.ests ol
Axmn to tho Italians, seut u cliiui to General
liaruticrl, Governor ol llrythreu, to ueutlute
lor peace.
Alter tho defeat and sulcldeof King Theo
of Abyssiun, In Istn, l'rlueo Kussa, of Tigro,
one ot the semi-iudependent States forming
Abyssinia, assumed the oluof power under
tiiu title ot King Joliu IL lie was succeeded
lu 18'J by Meuelek, King ol Shoa, another
seml-iiidejieudeut Statu lu tho south. Iu that
year Menelek concluded a treaty with Italy
by which Abysslulit was practically put un
der an ltaliau protectorate. Thero was
much opposition to this protectorate on llu
par of certain of tbo Abyssinluus. notably tho
i'lgrines, und thev needed but little luducu
tueiiis to take up arms ngninst tho Itahaus.
Iu December, 1X'.I4, a body of 1,000 Der
vishes uttneked tho Italians ut Ft. Agordat,
F.rythrea, but wero severely defeated. The
Dervishes lied, leaving their commander,
1 lamed All, and ninny of bis chiefs dead ou
thu Held. Later the Italians captured Kas
ha I a, the stronghold of tbo Dervishes and the
gateway of tbu Souduu. This towu had been
lu the bauds ot tho Mshdists sluce 1HS5, la
which year tbey captured it from the Lgyp
tiatis. Flually Has Mangoscla took tho Hold
against tbo Italians, wbo wero under tbe
command ot tho thou Coi'juol liarutlurl, nnd
several engagements wero fought, resulting
ultimately in attempts ou tho part ot Hits
Mangoscla to secure peace. It was said that
Meuelek bad promised to help Has Mangoscla
to tight the Italians, but tbo latter, uccordlng
to the latest advices, were masters of tbe
situation.
Man-of-War Missing-.
Anxiety is folt In regard to the Mexican
man-of-war Ubertad, which sailed from Vera
Cruz about Februury 10, for New Orleans,
to be docked for repairs. She was duo at
this port February IS, but nothing has been
heard of her sluce luuvlog Year Cruz. Tbe
Llbertad is a wooden vessel, commanded by
Captain l'edro II. Sulva, carries seven guns
and a crew of 60 men. Heavy northers bnve
been prevailing recently in the gulf, aud It Is
feared that she has either boeu wrecked or
fouudured lu tbe gulf, and that all on board
have been lost.
American Cattle Shut Out,
At a meeting of the French cabinet coun
cil, M. Cadeau, minister ot agriculture, sub
mitted a dtcree prohibiting the Importation
Into Franca of American cattle on account of
Texas fever and pleuropneumonia.
OUR INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.
THE BROOKLYN STRIKE.
News and Notes of Interest to Working
men. Cnlted Assembly No. 75, Knights of Labor,
has called off tho strike on tho llrooklyo
Heights and Erooklyn, Queens County and
Suburban Ilallroads. In explanation of thi
action an address to the publio has been Is
sued, which says In part.
"It Is a matter of record that we have ex
hausted every honorable means to effect s
friendly settlement. but tbe trolley officials as
sumed a most uncompromising attitude, and
refused to make a sluglo concision In re
sponse to our reasonable request. It hat
been a light of dollars against empty stom
achs, and as was to have been expected, tbs
dollars have won a victory, though a deal
one. Our people, after a berolo resistance,
havo at hist submitted to thn Inevitable.
Tho civil, the military, and In some Instances
tho judicial powors have nil been used to
coerce them. Is It any wonder that now, ol
tbn end ot live weeks of this unequal strike,
they are forced to admit defeat'" The state
ment Is made that mauy of the strikers will
need assistance, and contributions are asked.
This action on the part of tho D. A. 75 will
permit tbe strikers of 3J roads to return to
work; or ut least apply to bo taken back. The
majority will bo taken back lu time, Tbe
trolley strike lasted U4 days. District Assem
bly No. 73 spent about 4-145.000, and the
6350,000 wages tho men would huve earned
has been lost. The llrooklyn Heights Com
pany Is estimated to bavo lost directly tnoo,
UPU. and the other systems close to t:loo.00O,
The cost to the city and tbe State for th
troops is expected to exceed t.j(J,0yO.
Seciitl oftl.-ers and deputies cost Kings and
Queens counties (00,000.
m vmvt s ExoncnATio.
Thocominlttee of tbo I'd I ted Mine Worker'
convention, ut Columbus, appoluted to lu'
vestlguto ttiu charges of Murk Wild agoiust
John Mcllrlde, reported to the convention
that while M' Undo had not been found
guilty ot any corrupt act, he was indiscreet
In handling money, aud declared him In
nocent ol all charges. Tho convention
adopted a vote of couildence in McUrido, und
ordered Mark Wild, his accuser, from the
ball. V. H. l'enna. of ludlaua, was elected
president ol tho C'nlted Mine Worker's of
America; Cameron Miller, of Ohio, vice presi
dent, and Patrick Mullrydo was re-elected
secretiiry-treusurer. Tbo executive board
elected Is composad of W. C. Webb, Ken
lucky. J. A. Crawford, Illinois; T. A. Prad
ley and John Fubey, Pennsylvania; J. W
lleynolds, Iowa, and Frederick Dilcher.
ACCCt'TED A I IVE MB 1 1ST. Ct'T.
Mlzcner Mine and Turner Coal and Coke
Company, located two miles from Milliards
l'o., un the Pittsburg, Sbenuligo A Lake LrU
road, accepted a reduction el 6 ceuts pel
per tun ruu ot mine. This makes tbe price
of mining coal 3i cents per ton.
Sharon, To., is on tbe verge of an Indus
trial boom and before many weeks nearly
every Industry lu thn city will be In active
operutlou. The Ascbnuiu Stoel Com puny i
plant, which has been idle for nine mouths,
will be remodeled nnd Its capacity increased.
It will resume operations early lu April.
Tbe Hharon Stuvl Casting Company's plant,
one of tbe big steel syndicate, will go Into lull
operation about March 1. Preparations foi
for resumption are now under way at both In
dustries. Tbe Sharon Steel Casting Com
pany's plant employs 400 men and tbo Asch
man plant 150 men.
The strike of tbe Ilanksvtlls, Fa., cea' mlr
on Is at an end. An effort was made a week
ago on Saturday to secure an advance in the
price ot digging, aud a demand was made foi
70 cents a tou. This was promptly refused b)
the Saw Mill Hun Coal Company, and llartlej
& Marshall, whoso mines at lianksvllla em
ploy about 600 men. Tbe strikers tried to in
duce tbe men at other mines to join the move
ment tor au increase In pay, but failed. The
uuunlinously decided to return to work at the
old rate, bi ceuts a ton.
For the first ttmo In about four months all
rho dupartnientsof tbe Homestead Steel workl
are iu operation. This is a rare occurrence
that has happened only bait a dozen times
in the lost two years. Last week all depart
ments were ou full oxoept tbe 3.1-Inch mill. It
is running double luru this week.
In tbn Pittsburg railroad district thero li
now a practically uuilorm rate for mining.
The only mines at which tho 55-ceut ratn is
nut being paid are tbosu operated by tbe New
Vork and Cleveland Gas Coul Company aud
tbu iiobblns Coul company.
The miners have nocspted tbo proposition
of the Mahoning Valley Iron Company ol
Youustowu, U., tbn owners of the Uomer
Sal mines to dig coal for iVi cents per ton, a
reduction of & cunts per tun.
Most of tho rolling mills at Youngstown,
O., are In full blast, there having been nn
improvement la orders, and In some Hues,
especially thut ot structural iron, trade Is
rather brisk with large contracts uhoad,
Tbe Heading, To., Hardware Company,
whose 750 oiou havo beeu working elgbl
hours a duy, tlvo days a wovk, will resume Id
full.
GOSPEL OF BETTER FARMING.
Boiug Freachsd by a Rillroad President
in Western States
President U'.ickney, of thi Chicago and
Great Western 11 illroa 1, hat inu'lguratod s
series of mooting along the lino of his roa l
(or the purpose of advo.'utln. a more sulon
tllld method of farming. Ho will hold one oi
two meetings in all of the important towns
along tho lino, which will bo addressed by
hlmsolf and others who havo had practical
experience iu tho special orups such as
potatoes.
A meeting was held nt North Hampton, la.,
aud addressed by Mr. M. Hall, of .Minneapo
lis. He claims thu nearly loO.UJI.uOO
bushels of potatoes nro Important every .ear,
aud that by a rotatiou of crops aud tho . ultl
vntlou of potatoes to a greater extent, tb s de
ficiency cuu be made up along the lino of the
tireut Western roud. Mr. Sllckuey says be
culls It bis gospel of better farming of small,
or farms, aud tiiat It will be preached from
c no end of tbo road to tbo other. They are
traveling lu their special car and making
stops in all tbo towns, addressing tbe farmers
upon tbe subject.
TELEGRAPHIC TICKS.
Salvotion Booth bos finished bis tour of the
United States aud will soil for England, Wed
nesday, Mrs. rayton, wbo was shot by James Nutt,
Dear Atobinson, Kas., Is recovering from bet
wounds and will bo able to appear as a wit
ness against him in a week or two.
Tbe gold watsb of Caven, tho railroad man
who was murdered in Cleveland, has been
found under tbe stone oratorium in the pub
lio sqiinro, and tbe police say they hove a
braud new clew to the mystery.
A Louisville St Nashville passenger train
was wrecked Saturday morning near Oreen
ville, Ala. O. B. Walsh, a Birmingham bar
ber, was instantly killed, aud many other
passengors more or less Injured.none of them
seriously.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
A concerted move Is tnw on foot by the
officers of the National Guard of Tennesson,
whereby every officer in thn State will within
the next few days forward bis resignation to
Governor Torney and ask tor an honorable
discharge. Tbe reason is that the Legisla
ture Instead of making an appropriation to
sustain the Guard appropriated only 120,000
for thn next two years and allow tnem no en
campment. A secret agreement to rail up tho Railway
Tooling bill ami keep It before the Senate
until pnssed, if It required all night and Sun
day to do so, was revealed by Senator Petti
crew, of South Dakota. He gave notice that
be would defeat the passage of tbe bill by
flillbusterlng.
A hill that sought to give six men rowers
not enjoyed by any other corporation in the
state was only discovered Tuesday In 'the
Indiana House of Itnpreseutatlves after it bad
teen pussed. It was Immediately reconsider
ed and recommitted.
Thn Alabama I.nglslnturo passed a bill per
mitting juries to imposo death penalty tor
train robbing.
Gov. Morton signed the bill forbidding the
display of foreign lings on publio buildings
in New York.
Two Colorado senator resorted to fists,
ei lthets ami paperweights iu support of tbeir
views in debute.
The new libel law rnneted by thn Indiana
Legislature provides that the puWIIeatlon of
a retraction within a certain time may go to
the jury as evidence against thn presump
tion of malice and mitigation of damages
A Mil granting thn right ol suffrage to wo
sen has passed the Washington Senato.
That New York bill against big bats In tho
.heaters was beaten Ly nlno votes. Still tho
53 in fnvor of It marked hopeful progress.
A bill has liecn Introduced In tho Legisla
ture of New York, which proposes to exter
minate the Euglish sparrow a bounty of 1
;ent is to be paid tor each bird killed and 6
ients for each nest destroyed.
The California assembly passed a hill to
prevent the wearing of hats or bonnets in
'.beaters or places of public amusement The
bill Imposes n penalty of tw for violation of
'.he law. The bill to prevent the manufacture
into or ottier distribution of ciirarettes ftns
passed both branches of tho legislature and
was sent to tho governor for his approval.
Tho tdll for a new legislative apportion
ment of Indiana was passed by tho House,
The lower houso. of tho Missouri Legisla
ture agreed to remove tbe State capital from
Jefferson City to Seditlla, the condition bc'ng
that Sedalla shall erect State buildings su
perior to those at the prcseut capital.
Bepresentaflvn Jackson started an unroar
In tbe Iudlnn House by charging In a speech
that tbo Whisky League was keeping free
wnisKy on tap in tne Capitol uaseineut for
tbe use of members who deslrod moro light
on the Nicholson Temperanco 1)111. A Jer
sonal encounter betwoeu two members was
narrowly averted and ladies fled Irom tho
gallery.
Tbe Indiana house has passed a hill pro
hibiting prizo fighting.
In the Washington legislature a bill has
been presentod making it unlawful lor any
man to woui a queue.
Tbe Alabama legislature refud to pass th"
Foreign Stockholders' bill over the govern r I
veto.
The Indiana Senato tabled a resolution to
carry out tbe request of Gov. Matthews foi
an Investigation o thu charges ngrlust Super
intendent Johnson, ot tho 1 eeble-miuded In
stituto. The charges will be Investigated by
a Senate committee.
Bills have been Introduced In tbe Michlgnn
bous prohibiting tbe granting of teacher's
certlllcates to persons using cigarettes or to
bacco, also prohibiting persons not gradunt"S
of medical colleges from advertising an nl.v.
siclaus. r '
THE GROWTH OF CATHOLICISM
the Official Figures Show a Big Increass
for 1804
The official directory ot the growth of the
Calbollo church in this country for 1U91
shows that the lncreaso for last year was
175,883. Tbo figures show thnt tho Catholic
population of the United States Is 0.077,850.
In tho wbolo country thero aro 17 arch
bishops, 75 bishops, 10,053 priests, 6,t!50
churches, with resident pastors, 3,050
missions, with churches making 'J.HU'J
churches in all; 5,1'Jt stations und
chapels, 0 universities, 2H seminnrlus
for secular students, with 'J,12'J students;
77 seminaries of tbo religious orders, such as
Jesuits, Frauciscuns, etc., with 1,474 students;
Ml High schools for boys, CO'J High schools
tor girls, 3.731 parochial schools, with 775,000
pupils; '23'J orphan usylutns, shuttering 3U,7
orphans aud 621 cbaritublo institutions. The
totul number of children lu Cutholio institu
tions is Old. 207.
These llgures Compaq ' with tho figures of
tho previous year, show thu following in
creases: Priests !i:kl; churches 5M0; university
1; secular seminaries 3; regular seminaries lii,
children attending parochial schools 10.0'JO;
charitable institutions, Cs; children curud lor
lu charitable institutions &,05.
The province of Philadelphia, Including
Frio, llarrisburg, I'ituburg aud scruiitou has
Will fiOii luvnieu U''. nriests mid li'.lil uburubo
PROHIBITION PETITION.
A. Committee of tbe W. C. T. U., Call
Upon the President.
Senator Frye, at the ruquoat of Mrs. L. M.
N. Stevens, ot Maine, fo whom arrangements
for tho occasion were committed, Introduced
to President Cleveland a committee ot ladles
ot the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
designated to present to blm the imineuso
polyglot temperuuee petition. Tho meeting
Icok pluco lu the library of tho executive
mansion. Tho committee beaded by Miss
Willitrd und La ly Henry Somerset, consisted
of tha geueuul olllcors of tbn National
Woman's Christian Temperance L'nion. Mrs.
Hoflinnn, Mrs. Barker uud Mrs. K. L. Steven
son. Miss Wlllard aoted as spokeswoman of
tha commlttoe. Tbe Indies, after au inter
view with tho president, mot Mrs. Cleveland
for a few moments lu the lied parlor. The
petition in itself was too bulky tobe presented
except figuratively.
llepresentative lllalr. New Hampshire, in
troduced a resolution in tbe house proposing
an amendment to the Constitution of the
United Status prohibiting tbs liquor tralllo in
the United States. The resolution is in
troduced "by request of the general officers
r f the World's and tbe Nittloual Woman's
Christian Temperanco Uuion," and as the
legal expression of tbe polyglot petition just
presented to the president.
MUST LEAVE THE LODGE.
Catholics Warned by Archbishop Corri
ran to Quit Secret Societies.
Archbishop Corrlgan has sent every priest
In the diocese of New York the following let
ter: "A recent decree of the holy offloo. con
firmed by tbe soverolgn pontiff, instructs the
bishops of the United States to advise the
faithful committed to their charge against
oillliatlon with societies known as tbe Odd
Pillows, tbe Sons ot Temperance and Knights
of Pythias, with tbe injunction if Catho
lies, after sueh admonition ln
connection with any of these societies and
win uoi give up membership therein, tboy
cannot receive tbe sacraments."
' Bearohlng party found tha dead bodies of
four men 19 miles below New Orleans. Tbo
men bad gone on a hunting expedition ' aud
were frjion to death,
mmm static r.nu
I
A WOMAN IN THE PULPn,
Mrs. Turbuth Tks th Fltv 0 J
Mit.a ss uaswtaitii,
The members of the MMhodlst Epi,
chur h at Beaver Foils, enjoyed soroet!iaj''
a uoYeiiy ouuuny evening. liny,
Turbush, tho pastor, was taken 111 J
morning services nuj was unable to p,,
In tho evening. That tho congr.'
mlgh not bo disappointed, Mrs. Tuti
took ber husband's place In the piit '
after tho usual hymu and a prayer hy o'a.
the laymen, she read ono ef Dr. TJm"-s-rmons.
The members of tho congrr-,,'
were highly plens-d. Mr. Turbiiia Is .
tlvnted women litis A ftnn vnl....
friends wero deputed with the 'uWjj
uer uuuvriasiug.
rt.iAii ron Lire.
A congregation numbering 8 0 st;a'
tho services nt tho Congregational CbuWt
Meudvills Sunday evening. Tbn sub -rt
the pastor, ltev, Itieiiard It. Dnviei
"Should tbe Ioy Do HaugoJ'" and relate
me cose oi i reu .Mi uonueii, now unuVr -
lence oi ueuin. ltev. l'avies took tliegr,
that tho doomed boy Is mentally uutmlu
and is not responsible lor his acts. TU:
Is a victim of the law of heredity, atil
should bavo greut weight lu dealing mil,
cse,
ecmmltten consisting of Dr. C C. cr
Dr. J. P. Hastier, Dr. E. C. Parsons, i
rami, "-uuor oi tnu .Meudvmo .iiessetnfcf
llev. Davtcs was appointed to act u -deemed
best. A f.o;ltlon to Governor li
lugs to commute tho death sentence tg
Imprisonment will bo prepared.
BAILllOAl'S or TtlE STATE.
Tho annual report of the secretary ot
tcrual atlairs tor l"iil shows that tuo i
amount of stock oi rullroads authorize
Pennsylvania low is cl.0'.cj.3n:i s
the capital stock outstanding t'Jti,C,n
In 1'.4 tho bonded Indebtedness whs",
6il,3ll.UJ. an Increase of lul's;!-
Combining the capital stock outstanding
the bonded Indebtedness, the l--i nrr
finds the total capitalization for the y
oe ri,irci,zz,KM.af, or ono nun ol the
way capitalization ol tho country,
MQ1H) JtSTK E or THE I EACX.
A glance over the spring election k
discloses sotno queer tacts, t ullst ju b r ,
elected a Democratic Judge of eli-cti.t.
nrst lor ou years in tnat town, nu4 a 1
cratie councilman, thn llrst for 10 jin I
colored justice ol tuo peuce, l-rank lu
was elected iu Pulaski township, the Hrv.
elected in liouvur county, uud the tU.ri -state.
A TOVSO COIT1.E.
Itov. It. Morris Smith, ot linden, tic.:-.
marrlngo lust Wednesday the youn'st? J
over wedded in beaver county. Tot jr j
is rrsnx r-awaru jiarr, ugea n yean, i
the bridge is IJcsbIq Musgntvu, ugcj 11 y
jney are residents ot Lcouomy tuL
1'urents of both consented.
Mrs. Hos-No-IIorses, of tho Ki-ll
Indian Company, presented her u-
with a pnpooso ut L'nioutown Mouuil
is the llrst Indian child born In I- ayette .
the orgaulzatioa of the Couuty, u:l
mother is sola to bo a tslsler of M
Bill. c
Tha tramp who so brutally assailed 1
Albert ltupert, near HurrlsoiV CO, hi
c
afternoon, was arrested and olfcicwtj
rat
Ureeosburg. He gave bis name siUil
Itvau. Ue is aged about DO uud wu .
tilled by Mrs. ltupert,
The miners at lion. A. F. Mlzoner'i :
and at tbe Turner coal and coke e (
have accepted the reduction of 5 centi i
ril
run of tnu mine, i tie miners lu ttuJJ
in r Valley Iron company have goiie to
'is
it 32 ounts a ton.
James Huoy was arrested Tuur.-JnT
lien
I-
ed with being one ot thu men whoruil
I 'l!'
tortured old Mr. Sinallwood ut his t.: I
Lock 5. This Is tho third Huey tbn: t.l
: si
ilo
arrested on this charge, and all arail
jail at Washington.
nr.
Somerset county's centennial unclH
ti
will Ihj celohnted on the dir.'
'Ultl
A'nerlca signalizes tho birth of !rv I
0
July s,
i ii
for
A. D. rnndor, of beaver county. i I
nrrest at New Cnstle, on a charge oM
of
f' ni
forged tho name of W. ( . Wynn ti'
He
duinnitylng bond for 1,000,
re:
B. W. byors nn l Hubert Sirvln, of E::
ills
aro inspecting Sharon and rSimrpvi. .1
'i:tc
hah
tuo otii-et ot erecting a uiammutu t.:
u sulti.hlo slto.
Mrs. Nancy Grounds, South ft
township, Wushingtou comity, i"
went out barefoot'.' I itnj had' out 1
badly frozen It had to be amputatt.1
Near Kefeftowu, Westraorelanl
Mrs. Hugh Nclsh, nn invalid, iU''
rnv
II
en'
pa:i
1 3'"--
T
lV.
tall
Mi.
momentary absence of her hu-lii
trti
against tbu grate and was fatally hurt
r.ln
Martin Dotwilcr, a prominent furs
Mover dropped dead whilu die--:'
tnal
ricii.
tend a dinner party given by a nui'!i'-' 1
LS s
till
The house occupied bv Michael (Is
lorn
nt Shnner Station was burned. HiH
' un
Susan was badly hurt whilu mat
Tf
Wapo.
Tho stockholder! ot thn HUeuuW:
(ii-.-,;
street rallwuy havo taken ttwyi
K'l
organize.
rp
t.i.-r
Miss Mae Eldrldge, of Mill City, ntl
liaunouk sulvided because tier lov-
t.-.,
her.
' 'Uv
Oscar Frlehle. an omnlove inoh'
''I
C.rapeville was caught iu thu niacin: I
killed.
u a
Fired with llinior, Luc I.nshWo. j
v.U.
I iv,
t'tiok, shot and latally wouudod ii
Zaratnbo at tibamokiu.
Edgar McClelland, a 2-year-oU
1 1
I of
fit!:
Unlontown, was burned to duulb t;
Into a gruto of lire.
Tbe Hharon tlio works, after sever ,
idleness resumed operations MonJu;
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12b hands are employed.
A lame bod of elav. suitable for tr-
facture ot pottery, has been found H
town.
Owen McCoy
was killed by
Courtney,
Th owillim II " ennl hrenksri:
Dear Wilkesbarre, burued. Lots t'
Inooms Tax Rs urns FostpH
Both bouses adopted joint resoiu -
tending the time for income tux r'H
this year only to April 10. In coni
come, tbo amounts necessarily I'-
iusurauce i reu.lums and lor ordiufl
sha I bo d. ducted, and itmouuts rl
dividends upon the stock of any W
V text,
company or association, shall not i
in ouse suoh dividends are also li"1
US o
r. 1
tux of 3 per cent upon the uet prolyl
l-nd
corooraiion
Another Whlakey Trust-
' In
i:r 1
a
trou!
Beaded ty the receivers of to
Trust, the distillers of sniriu and
W'
have organized another comblna"
nlo.
Hh'jn
position to tbe whUky trust It u
tha BoiriU Distilllna? Auoelatioo
prises all save 8ji per cent, ot tb K
It
St h'l
aistiiiers in me united States. 'l
o: two cents tor spirits has H
agreed upon and an advanoe ot su
UDdec-root spirits.