1
UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG
TEE OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.
New York and City of Pnrlfi Have Been
Adopted. Star and Btrtpr F loat
1 rom the New York- Btaff.
An Important achlrveineiit nf l'rriilcnt
Harrison's ndnilnlstrntion the naturalisa
tion of two Kiiropcan li n it t Atlantic ocean
linns wn accomplished nl New York City
en Wednesday. 'I he City of New York,- of
Ihe liininn line of leumrrti. t'c'rbrated
Washington 'a birtliilny by hoisting tlie lnrs
mil Strie to Ibe peak. Her iler ship.
Hie 1'ity of l'iiri. will follow her example
on Mnrrli II. Hoth vroflsaie rcchrisiciicd.
dropping the "ciiv'' prellxe. Tliee two
great ocean liners have herelofoe been Hy
ing liie Hrltili flag, hut Congres Hot lone
apo rranted thi'iu American iegiter pro
viding ihey hoist "Old tilnty" nml become
fiirt of the nil x ilinry navy of the I'liilcd
rlnlr, nml provided further Hint the Intniiii
lice, to which they belonged, nt once in-
ereae American shipping by building two
more big ocean greyhound like the I'm i
and New Y'ork.
A mighty cheer went up from the gnct
on the steamers when the President arrived
ml aceni'ed the gang plunk.
Everything wn ready lor him. 'J he
President took the end ol the halyards and
In tbe mot informal fashion hmiled away.
The flag, which had been held by two tail
ors, w as I hen broken out to I tie breeze, mid
the President lioinled it to the peak of the
staff, declnrlng tho first vesel of the only
American tnin-Allnniic line in coinmii
lion. At the same lime the I'liiou .lack was
hoisted by sailor on the jib boom Muff, the
Knglith ensign wa hauled lothe t'nrctop
tuast. and the new bouse Hag of the line, an
immense blue eagle on a white body, was
tent aloft to the maintop, and the new mail
flag was floated to the mizzentop. It was a
moot unique ami informal ceremony.
(simultaneously with tho appearance of
"Old tilory" over the tuff rail, tho gun of
the Chicago began to tnlk.liring the national
sa'.uie of 21 gun. The navy yard in Brook
lyn also responded with 21 gun. It was
rtorming all tliis time and the trip of the
New York down the bay wa canceled. After
tioisling the Hag, the I'resident was escorted
to the main saloon, where a banquet was
BELIEVED TO BE INS AN E.
An Atlanta, Georgia. Women Murders
tier Two Sisters.
At Atlanta, tia., on Saturduy afternoon
Mrs. Julia Force, 118 y art of age, shot and
killed her two tisiers, Florence, 30 yean
of age, and Minnie, 2ti years old.
She then walked to the police station and
gave herself up, suyingtbe had comuiiued
crime and desired protection.
It it believed that the women it insane,
fdichas been considered iironitde -t
times and bud frequently threatened to kill
members ot her lamiiy. Mie says that she
i.u for a year been writing out a statement
of liie lauiiiy troubles, auu just completed
it. J oouy when her mother was ul sent
t'om II. e nuti-e rhe sent the servants out on
vrtanil. '1 lieu going to the room where
l.ci s.sier I I rence was sick in bed she
)..uu ti u piHiol io her right lemple and slmt
ber deud. doing to the kitchen wnere her
oilier tistir was she snot her in ihe same
iiiniiuer. None of the neighbors beard the
Knots. Miss f orce calmly locked tbe door
and went to the police siatiou as described,
'i lie bodies ot Ihe two women were lound
by a brother, to whom she bad sent a mes
sage to the effect iliut her sister .Florence
was worse. In response he went btuue to
tillid tbe bodies of his dead sisters.
II NKHAI ll TIIK HICTKHS.
The funral of the Misses Foice.who were
ouruereu by I heir, sister, look place from
their Atluniu home Sunday afternoon. It
was probably tlie largest in Atlanta's his
tory. The Kpiscopul and I resbyturiun min
isters officiated, one ol the deud women
being an urdunt worker in tbe F.pitcopai
cbutcb, the other in the Presbyterian.
Eighteen Ken Held Up.
Wedneaduy night at Adair, I. T., three
desperadoes confronted tbe siatiou agent
and robbed him of 8,7uO. Kighteen citizens
who appeared were made to holdup their
Lands, and marched to one of the principal
ttoita, which Wat robbed of l.'WO.
Ok of the finest private can aw built
has juat bean oompletod at Chicago for Pres
Maot McUod, ol tht Reading. It cost ISO,-
luld nml the sprrch making hail. Over SIO
pucsl lisleneil to this part of the program,
liuvernor l'loner anil ptaff, who were ex
H'twl, fminil It impossible to ntlenil.
Jn his speech President Harrison said:
It Kite me pleasure to consummate Intra
to ilny, by I he act of lifting this Unit, legla
hit on to which I gave my hearty support, t
have felt, n a ililen nod as ('resident, the
moriiticiition which every Aineiicun nmt
led who examine into the standing or the
I'nlicil Stntc In the inetchnnt ninrino of
the world.
"I ln-lieicd that we liml reached an epoch
In our ilcvelopment w hen the great work ol
Internal development wn so fur conum
mnteil Hint we miuht iiccei-fullv take tip
the work of rei overlng our lair share in the
dirtying trade of the world. Applause.
'We lift the Hug to day over one ship, ft
magiiiliceut pccimeii ol naval uicbitccture,
one of the best n limit on any sea. That
event Is Interesting III Itself, but it interest
to me t in the fact that thin ship is the type
and the precursor of many other that arc
to th at this Hag. ApiilnuM- I diem it nn
entirely nppropriiite lunction Hint the I'resi
dent of the lulled Stale should lift the
A merican flag.
IIISIOIIV i.l'TI'.U IN MAN 1.1 N K.
The Ionian Line -er li e on the North At
lantic t lectin nrigihn'cd in Ik-'mI. l:ichmdoii
liro. A' Co.. o,' Liverpool, Knghnid, and
Kichard, Wilson Co.. of Philadelphia,
had been the owner of it line of sailing
packets trading between I'liila ielphia and
Liverpool. In I ."! t!i-y Marled aline of
first c:a steamship between these cities,
subsequently changing the American port
of departure to New York. l'lie hue Wil
liam Inninii was a partner in t lit) Liverpool
house, and tiiumiL'eil the shipping depart
ment. He was Managing Director of the
company trom ls;4 to the time ol his ileal li
in lvd.
In l.ssil the old company dissolved and a
new one was formed, called the Innian ami
International Steamship Company. The
sienuishis City of New York end City of
Paris were foii-drtlfttd by Messrs. .famcsand
lieorgo Tb'impson, of Clyde Hank, near
(ilasgow. The two ship ost :f,mnil.
The City of New York came in trom sea
on Thursdav morning uud went up to her
pier in the North liiver. completing tier last
voyage from I'ue-nsiow n and Liverpool.
As soon a she had lieen made fn't in tier
berth, scullolds were slung over her hows
and stern and workmen set to work erasing
the "City of" in her name. The Job w as an
urtistic one, and on its completion no one
was able to discern any evidence that t tie
name w as ever anymore extensive than
New York."
DEATH AT A CAHNIVAI' DANCE.
The Orlm Monster, Beckoned on by a
Child's Hand.Workt Horrible Destruc
tion. Over 30 Killed.
A carnival dance was given on Monday
evening In Duestch l'ereg, Austria. At 11
o'clock when about 100 persons were danc
ing in the hall, achlld playing In the collur
dropped a lighted taper through the hung
hole of a cask of petroleum. The cask ex
ploded, killed the child, tore up the dance
Boor and scattered the burning petroleum
among the dancers.
A dozen persons enveloped in fl.imet r.m
for the windows and doors, spreading fire
tnd panic among the rest of the company.
Half the people in tbe hull were at the end
from which there was no exit, and were
obliged to run the length of the blazing
room toescaie.
Ten persons fell thivigh to the cellar and
were burned lo death. Seven more, whose
clothes had caught fire, died shortly after
reaching the ojwn air. Three were trump
led into unconsciousness iu the panic and
ere burned as they lay on the floor. Five
men and seven women whose clolhet were
half burned from their backs, are in u criti
cal condition. Many others have fructures
or burnt. Out of the 100 only about a5 es
caped uninjured.
EATING HORSES AND PETS.
Fearful Straits ol the Famine and Fever
Sufferers of Finland.
In consequence of the destruction of crops
by frost last summer, famine and disease
are now prevalent throughout Finland.
More than 200,000 lwrsoni are dependent
upon charily. Towns and Tillages are
thronged with beggars. At leaa 8,000 peasants
are barely able to Hud tbe meant of subsis
tence. They have eaten mott of their draft
animalt and their domestic pets. Typhut
fever it earring off bundredi dally.'
CLEVELAND'S CABINET.
Ills Official Family AnnonnccJ!
llelore the Inauguration.
Biographical Sketches of the Pres
idential Advisers.
tn ileflanrss of numerous precedent In the
case Mr. Cleveland remove I th ban of
secrecy which usually makes the composi
tion of the Presidential cabinet a myntery
until the limiimiratlon, and a fast a be had
rhosen hi advisers and their acceptances of
the pod t ion were receive I official an
nouncement of the fart wa ma le Ironi th
"Little tVolte House" at l.akewool. S. J.
Thebstof appointments as thil givi out.
.implemented hv a hlngraphical saetch of
earn rtlcnst minister. I a follow:
Heeretary ot (Mate Walter Q. Uresham,
of Illinois.
Hecreinrv nf the Treasury John (t. f.'ir
lisle, ot Kenturkv.
Posfnaster-Ueneral Wilsri H. Hill, ol
New York.
Serretnry of War D.mlel H, La nont, ot
New York.
Keeretnry or tha Navy Hilary A. Her
I ert, of Alabama.
Attorney-O -neral ltlc tar I Olney, of
Massachusetts.
Secretary of the Interior- Matt Smith, of
(ieoriin.
Secretary of Agriculture. Sterlin
M ilt'Jl', ol -VetTIK.
fei-L'K-tiii-y ot State.
2t&: VV-;5i' -J
WAt.TFP. o. rmr.sHAM.
.In.lge Walter Onintin Hreimin, win wll
Oi cuny a .eat In the Cleveland Cabinet n
H-eietai-y tit State, wj born on Mnn-li 17
ltA in a ipieer old fiiruihouse near Lane
ville, Harrison County, Ind. Hi tatlier,
William llresliain, wa H lerdf of a liaru
woo Is county, and when Walter wa twi
vear old tlie tat h?r w is hot while attempt
inn to arrest an outlaw by the name o
Spies. .1 n l-.-e (i resluim wn then next to tin
ycun.'cstot fives null children. Hi mother
tva poor and owned a small farm. Hh
nianauel by hard wirk to keep the fnmil)
to.-ether, an f, a a hoy, Wnlter followed Hi.
plow mid studied bv night. Wnen alxteei
years of a-.'e he ohtuined n clernship In tin
County Auditor's ollice, and with tb
notity earned dli-nyed his expenses a'
school and at lliootidiigton University
U-turning to Cory-Ion he stalled law u
tlie office of Ju Ige V. A. Porter. Whet
twenty-two years of age he wa ad
niittel to the bir. In iolitiet
be was n Whiz, and .Mite:! the Itepuhll
can Party when It was organir.il. Hh
partner wnsa delegate to the convention
widen nominate U.iftn C. Fremont in lsr.ll
and voting tireshati stuintiel the State loi
the Pathllnder. In INCH tlresham wa elect,
ed on the It -piililicoi tickat to the )gilu
ture. When tue war broke out hi eonstitti
ents wisheil him to return to the i,gislaturi
but tireshnm wouldn't have it. nudenliste.
a a private in the Thirty-eighth Hegiin-iie
Almost imine lintely he was made its Lieu
tenant Colonel. At Legott's Hill, befon
Atlanta, he was shot iu the knee, ami he hai
never silica that tlinn recovered from tin
effects of the wound. After tin
surrender of Yicltshni g tirant and Sherman
-(commended that he lie ma le a llrign-lier
tteneral, and shortly after he received hi.
fsiininission. In istrt he was hrevetted a
Mnjor-lleiieral. Atter buing nusterl out
he started to practice law at New Albany,
1ml. 1 wo positions were offered hhn undei
tieneral (trant as President and be reiusel
both. tie ran lor Comrrest twlea and wai
defeated by Mic'tael C. Krr. In 1NI1I he
wa npfioiiited Umtod Unites District J udg
tor Indiana nml acrentej. He w is Post,
master-lienera! under President Arthur.
At the close of President Artliur'l
term he wa made Secrotarr ot the Trea
ury, but only held the position for a short
tune. Suoseqiiently he lieeamn Cnitevi
State Judge tor tlie Me vert th Judicial Court
In lMli he made some reiuantable decison.
in the celebrated Wabash case. He was t
camlidato for the Hopuhlican nomination foi
President in ISst and again in 1VS. Hi
seceded from bis partv in the last compaigii
and announce 1 his intention of voting to
Orover Cleveland.
fccticiaey ol the Treasury,
lOBN O. PA.RMSI.E,
John Rriftln Carlisle, who resigned bit
.eat in tlie Senate in order to accept tbe po
sition of Secretary of tbe Treasury, it a na
tive ot Campbell (now Kenton) County,
Kentucky, where he wat born on Beptembar
. !Ti. Me received his schooling from tbe
common schools of the county and subse
quently became a school teacher at Covini
ton. be began tbe study of law. and in
at tbe age of twenty-three, be was admitted
to toe bar. He began practice at Covington
and met with almost Immediate success,
when tbe war opened he was a member of
tbe Kentucky Legislature. Atter the war
be served in the 8tata Bmnte and as Lieu-tensut-.Joveinor.
ln lru h wat electeil to
represent the Caviugtou District In Con
gress and wa re-elected biennlallv thereaf
ter up to IBM. when, on May 17. he was
f ho.en tooomolele the term of James B.Becl,-.
deceased, in the United States Sanate. As a
member of Congress he ranked biga as au
suthorityon tltcal an I eoouomio subjects.
He served at Spsaker of tbe Korty-eighth,
rorty-nintb and Fiftieth Congresses. He
was a recognized leader iu the Seuata, where
In debate he wat realty and sonetnnM ag
gressive. When spaakinz h was dell Derate
tnd un lemonstrative. He was uareiul
student aud a bard worker.
Tut Russian War Department hat res
lectel half of the output of new siutll-oil-(lire
rifles of mi. They were made In toe
Uovtrumeut factories, and are too defeotive
to be placed with safety io tbe bauds of the
aroiy. The re-arming of the Infantry will
be Oelaved three years.
m
I'ostmrister-Uonerai.
wtt.oj a. smtar.t.L.
Wilson Shmnoii Bissell, w ho micrsed Mr.
IVauainakera Pfsttiiiaster-O nral, Isa Rti
f Bio lawyer. He was horn in New London, N.
Y., December Ml, 1S47, aud when h was six
years oil his parent" removed to Ituffilo. H
studied In the school of that city, an I then
i nterei Yale At the age of twenty-two he
liad griduatel and w.i stiidvlng law with
A. P. Lansimr, wao suhseipieritly formefla
i-artnersiiio witti Mr. ('teveiand and t)car
rolsoni. In IMPJ Mr. Hissed formed a part-ner-hip
with Lvinan K. Has, and a yeae
later Ihe ttrru became B iss, Cleveland K
Hlse'. I he firm ill-s ilvd on the removal
(t -Mr. B-tss to Colorado and th- election o.'
Mr. t.'leveiand a tiovernor. Mr. Ifi-.ell re
oritaniEAl tne firm witli new partner nml
trti.lt up a la.'e pranlic?. fie I regarded as
sn at I railroi-l lawyer. H i ha been Presi
dent of two or thre nmall railroa Is In the
western part of New York State and Penn
sylvania. H I also a director hi a numlier
rif lairnnratlons. He I a man of strong con
v.dions, hut is uniformlv goad ratured. He
Is Prrsi'leiit or tne ll'ilfilo Cluu, an'l Mr.
Cleveland is very Inn I nf hhn. When Mr.
Cleveland was marr ed Mr. Hissed acted at
btsl uiau.
PccieiHijr ot War.
TIASIteL SCOTT t.AVONT.
Daniel Srott Lamnnt, who Is to b TYetl-leut-elect
Cieveinn i'i Secretary of War, is
now fortv-one Tear old. He wa Itoru at
Cortlaii'lvillr, Cortlan I County, N. Y. For
thirty-tlve years, up to a short time ago, bi
father was a storekeeper iu a Cortland
County town callel Mo.irawville. Mr. La
mom' tires work was performed a his
father's clerk, and at tfie same time he at
tended MJhntl. Itaentere.l Union Colbge In
l7J, and even before his graduation wa
lometliing ot a nolitician. When he was
nineteen lie was Deputy Clerk in the As;in
bly, and at twenty, waich wa in 1H7I, hi
was a delegate to tlia Demorratir Stata Con
vention at Rochester. When Lamont. wa
Iwenlv-one he wa nominated by th? Demo
crat lor County Clerk of Cortland County,
but lost. Iu 1874 be ran for Assembly and
lost bv a few votes onlv. He then liecame
Deputy Clerk of the Aswnbly at Mr. Til
den's request. Subsequently In was an
pointel C det Clerk or the State Depart
ment. When Governor Tilden organis.l
the party Hi the State he callel upon young
I.tmont, among ottiers, for assistance. In
fs-itf. during the State campaign, he was
Secret try of the State Committee. He wa.
actively engage I in every campaign uo to
the time he wens to Washington as trover
Cteveliinu's Private Secretary. Wnen
Cleveland was Governor, Mr. Linionr, ac-(vptr-i
the post ot Military Secretary of th
Stalf, and the position carried with it the
title of Colone'. When In 18Mt Mr. Cleve
land retired t private life Mr. Limnnt nc
(.Lvited nil off -r from William C. Whitnev
and Oliver H. Payne and beciine -oclatel
with them iu the pro jects of the Metronoli
tan Traction Company. Mr. Lamnnt is ot
a tpiiet disposition. He Is slow wnen talking
anu of moi lest demeanor. He married Mis
Julia Keiiuey nf Cortland in 1871, and they
have turee children.
Secretary ol the Navy.
RIt.AnY A. HKRBRRT.
Hilary A Herbert wa bora at Laurens
ville, S. C, ou March l'-, lb.ll. He removed
to (iivenvillo, Ala., In 1SIB7 aril was e luna
te 1 at the Univorsitv of Alabama and the
University of Virginia. He is a lawyer brf
profession, having been admittel to tbe bar'
just before tbe war. He has aarved sixteen'
year. In Conrress. Duria much, of bi Con
gressional career be has b?en a member ot
tlie Committee on Naval Affair', having
been made Chairman of that Committee
about the beinninx of Mr. Cleveland's
former term. During thia time he bat
worked a.'aloudy lor the int-rest of the Navv,
wtiicli has earael for him tbe titla of tba
Congressional H wetary ot the Navy. At the
time tue Civil War broke out Mr. Herbert
entered the Confederate service as a oaptain
aud wa soon promutel to tb Colonenoy of
the Eighth Alabama Volunteers. Ha was
disable I at th. battle of th Wildernesi, tn
13r)4. At the clou of tht war he resume I
bis law practice, and iu 1ST J remove t to
Montgomery, waich has sinu. oeen bis home.
In ISM he est elected to Con Tress and re
euwdln 187 ISS), 188J, 8s, 1881, 1881
and IS!IJ. He isa widower, with threschu
riran married daughter, a younger
tlaugbtor who it popular in Washington so-'
ciety circles, aud a sou at tcaool. Hit left
arm it tborttr than hit right, tbe result of
iu jurist received in tb battle of tbe Wilder
ness In WaetiinvtoD lr. bvrbert lives at
tue Metropoliluu Hotel.
1 Secretary ol Interior. I
WORK SltlTI.
HoVe Smith, of ttaoria, ntmel a S?rr.s
tar.ofthn Interior, Is tnirty-slgh; year
aid and wa born iu North Carnllm. Hi
lather was H. H. Smitn. an I tho newcomer
was named Hoke aftr h s moth-r, who was
.Mis Hoke. 'Ihe Hokes are an eminent
Southern family, and are reprente I in
North Cnrollna.'Oeoria an I Tennessee. He
oejtnn to practice law in Atlanta in lftiv,
and he stand well In the profesion. Mr.
stnilth I over sit feH tall nn I weighs about
2 . pounds. He has regular feature and a
deathly p ile romp. exion, whlc.i is not an in
dication of bad health for ha scarc-ly knows
what It I to be III. In some way lit b?ars
n lorcitile resemblance to Mr. " Cleveland.
Hi fame has baen won as a politician and
not as a lawyer. He is the owner of tho At
lanta Journal, an afternovt newsoap'r, but
does not claim to lie an e litor. Th iuco ne
from his law hininet isestltn it "d to b from
fHU.OO to :n,iw I a year. Ht is known
throughout Georgia an 1 in Alabama a nn
anti-corporation lawyer, and the big mts
against railroad companies wnich h9 has
won tor bis client are nuiultered in the liuu
lire Is. Mr. Smitn marrl d in 1Hs;j tndaugn
ter of Howell Cobh, ex-Oovernorof (i.xirgin,
a Confederate Ocn -?rnl, who wa Secret .try
of the Treasury under President Pi'-rc". il )
has three ciildreu
Attornry-Ooneral.
Richard Olney wa born in Oxford,
Mas.., September IX 1S.K, and is a memoer
of the Massacimsetf bar. He was gradu
ate I from Brown University in theclns of
'.Vi. He studied law at tie Harvard Ltw
School, and entire 1 the law offices of .1 udg
B-tiiamin K. Thomns, in Bston, in 1S.VJ. Flo
advance I rapidly in hi professioi nod was
for many years counsel for the Eastern
Kailroad Company, and aftL-r the con-oli-tiatinn
was retiine I at counsel for the Bos
ton & Maine, a position wnich he now holds.
He Is also conns -I for the Atchison, Topcka
It 8 mta Fa au I Chicago, Burlington tit
(Juincy railroa I. In Boston Mr. Olney is
known as an oi l line Democrat, althougn be
was never actively engaged In polities. He
has on several rci-asions refusod to ace?pt
fuiblic preferonco to conHue himself to bi.
aw practice. Ho has at least twicj refuse I
to accept a pla on th t bmc.i of th Su
preme Court of his State, Oovernor Kus-eil
having been desirous to appoint him when
the lnt vacancy occurred. Mr. tJ.ney served
one term in the lower branc l ol tbe Mam
chutett L3gislature in 1874, and once ac
cepted the Democratic nomination for At
torn y-Uenernl ot the State, although if
was only an honorary nomination. When
the vacancy occurred in tne office of Chief
Justice ot the Unite I Statsr, Mr. Olney'a
name was presented to President Cleveland,
but the appointment went to M .'I ville M.
Fuller.
Keeretnry ot Agriculture.
J. STEr.MNQ MOaTOM,
J. Kterllng Morton was born in Adam.
Jefferson County, N. Y., April ti. 1832.
While yet a boy bis parents removed to
Michigan, where be attended the school at
Albion aud subtequently at the State Uni
versity at Ann Arbor. He went later to
Union College, New York, where he gradil
tied in 1k'i4. At Ihe ae of twenty-two he
married M:ss Caroline Jay Krenco, and
iter ted almost immediately with his bride
lor the West. He located first at Bellevue,
tint shortly alter ward removed to Nebraska
City, where he became the editor ot tbe Ne
hrasKa City News, which position he held
lor a number of yeart A vear after Mr.
Morton's arrival in .Nebraska be wat electnj
to tb Territorial Legislature. In 1867 be
was chosen again and took an active oart in
tbe proceedings of one nf tba most exciting
and memorable legislative sessions in the
history of tb Territory, ln !S.i8 he became
Secretary of the Territory, and a few
months later, througo the resignation of
Governor Kichar.lson, Mr. Morten besama
Acting Territorial Governor. Mr. Morton
took no part in public life after that for
sixteen years. In 181 be again ran
for Oovernor against J. W, Dswds and E.
P. Ingersnll. He ran afterwar t m lNs.4 and
again in ls'Jj for the sain ofDue. Ha waa
appointed to repretent Nebrasna at the
Paris Exposition, an 1 was one of the Com
missioners at the Centennial Exoositiou at
Philadelphia in 187d. For many years ha
waa a prominent member aul President of
the Nebraska State Boarl ot Agriculture
and Horticulture, and to him the honor of
being the originator of "Arbor Day" ha
been credited. Mr. Morton ha been a
fanner all bis life. For twenty-five years
he hat lived on tue same farm outside of
Nebraska City. He took up land toera, he
exolaiut, as a squatter, and after boldin ; it
for two years secured a title from th Gov
ernment. For twenty years he has twin
connectel withta Nebraska Stats Board
of Agriculture. Hi farm is know i as
Arbor Lodge, and Arbor Day, which cornea
on April iS, is bis birthday. ' Hit farm it
bait mil square.
A Mine Owner Dlown toPieeee.
William II. Curtis, one of the best known
mine owners in New Kngluiid, was blown to
l-K-icj by a mysterious explosion which oc
curred while be was In hit mine shanty
near Moinoe, Conn. The mine was nut be
ing worked, uud no one wat in that viduily
at the time.
Purr a J. uk son, an aged colored nian ot
Klklon, 'feu ii.. apparently died. Just be
fore the funeral occurred be terrified every
body by riling in bit coffin and Inquiring
wbet was going on.
lift I'nwrr of IT eter.
'A Southern Ensineer" contributes a
valuable article nn "Geology end the)
Mississippi Problem" In the Engineering
Magazine. In it he tayt:
We Dtitl In water the only lireles
gent that works in the modification nf
continents; and instead nt beinj; the
(treat renovator of the Itnd, at it It pop
ularly conceived, it It the great de
stroyer. The destruction of ancient
Home hat been attributed In time. But
It was duo tiintily to the moisture of the)
atmosphere working thrjjgti chemical
agencies. It was water. Invisible but
penetrating even the very ttones of the
wonderful city, that caused her to
crumble tn tu;n, and gave tn modern
Heme n grade greatly elevated above her
ancient grade. But it works not alon
in the cities and towns. There It Dot
hill on earth that baa not been thorn of
tome nf its altitude by this subtle force,
and there it nnt a mountain nn eartb, if
not fitfully renewed by volcanic action,
that hat not been : impelled to lower it)
peak before thil univrroal leveler of tho
exalted. It may be a dreadful thought,
indeed, but we do nnt know absolutely
that, we are not dependent nn the earth
ijuake and the vo.cano lor keeping nut
continental habitat above the level of
the ocean; for water not only dettroys,
but it ha tho persistency and force to
carry oil to its burial place in the sea nil
that it hns mused to perish. It may
lake a loni; time at it task , but working
either in its ga-eou, its liquid, or it
solid form, it seem lo be the most per
sistent thing on earth, never perishing,
and, however divided and invisible al
time, nlwav ready to unite Itt forces
for a supremo effort at the degradation
of a continent.
An r.ngiisn wiuei- MV n good ttibsfi. '
tulo lor a milk for plus is fine wncat
middling', with a small proportion ot
boiled flaxseed mixed with the mew.
Wnshington was a sucep fancier, and
raised wool equal to the English.
bleed whs callel thu Arlinjtou,, or
long-wooled Merino.
Hood's Cures
Hon of John L. McMurray
Of ftavf ncWftful, V, Va.
A
Impels Him to Toll How His
Son Was Saved
Wnitef'tcllhitimul Scrofula Curra.
'I write this simply hcrau I feel It a duty
tn humanity, so that others affecled a my son
w as may know how to be cured. Wt,e i
he wa. ; years nl I a vh ((swelling camu i-n
his right leg b.-l iwtbe knee, drawing his h-g
up at riirht angles, an 1 cauilng hhn Intense
suffering. Ilecinild not walk ami I con-idercd
LI iu
A Confirmed Cripple.
The swclllti'iWH lanced and dl-chargtsl freely.
At length wc thrilled to take hhn to Clncin
nali lor a surgical npi-rni ion. Ilewas so weak
anil iinr we gave 1. 1 tit llisid's Sar-aarilht to
liiiild up his strength. To our great eur
prise, HihsI's hai'Miiiarilla imi only itavo
strength hut caused the -ore, after disi-liHigii.g
HOOD'S
Sarsaparllla
CURES
aevfrnl plfros nf bone. In entlroly heal up. Hi
leu rtrailneni'ii out, and he now runii t-vrry-where,
a lively am any tny, ,1. 4, McMiriu
HAY, Notary rulil c. JtiiveiiMwrnHl, V. Va.
Hood' 11 1 1 Art the bH( artr-l Inner P..U,t
lit dlgevtlua, cum btswlui'h. Try box.
I'Nl H
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failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. It worked
like a charm. My wife received im
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
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KOTHIB'S TaiXNO bafora har third
oonfinamaiit, and utju aha would not bt
without it for bundrada of dollara.
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ta avu4uait.
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