KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS TllllKIO PF.nsOX l'OIHoNT.Il. A MflTtlrn X TWO IHrilllrCfts Si'tltlllSI.Y ll.l FROM TSltXO POISON IVV IIIIOI', Mrs. Wlllintn M. Metich. of i'opeland.nnd lier two daughters, Nellie nnd Doru, aged 17 and 13 yenrs, have been poisoned and oil nre In a serious condition. 'I h girl went to the woods one day lnl week to gather nnsnfrns mot nml brought homo an nrtlcle which proved tube polnoii Ivy. They nil tasted It nml yesterday their llpi became swollen nml nil art-suffering severe pitins. Ir. Mcl.nugliliii says all are In a dangerous oinlitlon. W A 1 .1' i : II I . Y I N M ) M I N A 1' I : II T TIIK rilWI'.MIIIN- IIP.l t' IV THE 101! rV-SKl" iisn ki xaiohmi. pi-iimi r. Vnlter Lynn, iiiid r nited Sin es Histriet Attorney, win noinliintel by the licpnhll cam lor State Senator In the Forty second district, a vitcaney occurring by the id nth of Senntiir .lulm Xeeb. Arlhnr Kennedy pre edited the inline of Mr I. yon ti n nnti date lor the vacant Senatorship, nml John Harbison HiMi'il n few words of cnnimenda- Ion. A motion 10 iinnilnale Mr. I. yon was then unanimously passed. Mr. I.yon win Introduced, unit ninde a short speech, clos ing with n eulogy of the l:il Jnlm X. Xeeb. I'fsolut Ions were passed in inetnory of Sen ator Xeeb. . Tut rn ion ro i i! iiorns. Nkw i.'asn.k. John I iiriell of Xeslinn nock township had a frightful experience the other night. Marly In the evening lie crossed the bridge over the Sheimngo nt Niisliun with u hone nml buggy to get his In nil. Iltvoml the bridge the roiiil was over .tloweil. nml Mr, l-nrrell proceeded but a e'loi t distance when the horse wns drowned, Mr. 1'iirndl stripped and holding his clothes In one hnml, swam to a tree mid climbed to n pluce of snlcty. Four hours later he was rescued sn n i rinit feveiely from exposure, I'l.nlir.l'.r (Col li KOIinlDlill. I'sioNrowx The police are iirresllng nil tmys they find shoming Willi tlobert lirles Mil the streets, home alarming narrow rs tapes linvc been report? I lately from vari ous parts of town, and orders were Wsued to the police to stop the dangerous sport. nr. Mi.r.rs vioi.km m: aim at i.sr. Hi X nxoimx. Wlllintn ( rownover, a young railroader, had bot it lens ground of and will likely die. During the Hood of litl he was one of three occupants of a barn Hint wns currie 1 down tin .luuiala for s mile and a half. mil Vt TIIK I OttllV It CP ItKRV. I'mtnv, I here are over Il.tXsl.Oii) llsli ir. I lie si liool of Hoot-try at the State hatcher les bote ii ml nt Allentown. The Pennsylva nia commissioners are preparing for the arason's distribution from the hatchery here. The commissioner's of fisheries' ran receive no more applications for trntit-1'ry timing the present season. There are al ready nt the. hnfrlierte many more applica tions than can be tilled. POCK FT I'll KKIl IX Til V. tOIIlT IIOI sr. t'xioxTowx. Asa J. Honors bad his pocket book, contsiiiiiig til, stolen from Ills pi cket by some light-lingered fellow while a spectator In the new court house. with mkv write pitowvni. Wiym:. .1. II. Marnney, of Pine ami John Joyce, bath linemen, employed by the National Transit Company, were drowned In the Susipiohaniia river here. They wt re stringing a wire across ihe river. While in the mid -stream a cake of ice (iluuht the wire and upset the boat. Ma limey Malted lo swim In shore, but Joyce whocould not swim sank, Maroney turiird back lo aid his companion. Joyce grabbed him, Maroney again started to swim ashore carrying Joyce w ith blni. When within 10i) feet of the ahore Mnroney's strength Have out and both men went down together. I'ATHKH AMI SOX Kill. 1:11. Inwix An accident occurred In the Yough shaft, near bore on Saturday, which resulted in the death of Patrick l ute and liis son Jnmrs. There were riding on a wauon being drawn up the sloie. They were struck by u beam and both instantly killed. TIIK HIM KAKKI.I.OW FAI I.I'RK. Wii.kickbaiiiik. Appraisers lieynolda and Crane have completed their tlnni statement of the sola nf lie P.ockalellow bank. They found the tola, .iinoiint of nssets now valued as good, less the vnlue of Itockiifelluw's mortgaged house, ll'-MUl), while the liabili ties are H;U,00U. (Iwixu to reivnt piiiiishment administer ed by many of the teachers, the board ol school coin rollers of Johnstown are con nidcring a rule to altogether abolish the rod as a means of punish iiient. At New Castle. Samuel Golden was killed and several others injure.) by the caving in of nn embankment under wbich the men were stripping limestone. A Whkck on the 'Krie and Pittsburg at Pulaski, resulted in u loss estimated at $'.OU0. Twenty-three freight cars left lb track und were badly smashed. Mns. Toi.i.v Ai Kt:inn., an aged woman living near Youngslown. Westmoreland county, was burned to death Tuesday night. Mie was smoking nnp a tpark from iiei pipe ignited her dress. Jamks Oh hrax. an employe at the Stand ard mines, near Mount Pleasant, was caught under the cage of the coke crusher and insianHy killed. A rinn occurred nt Seeleysville, a suburb of lionesdale, in which Thomas Kane, a railroad employe, was burned to death and his sister. Mrs. Willmm Ityun, was to badly burned (bat her life Is aispaired of, A 40-foot tapeworm hna been removed from I lie stomach of J. li. Weaver, of Jean nolle, which is said to have caused his Instil iable appetite tor liquor, lie says he will drink uo more. Pennsylvania Legislature. THtRTT-Fimi Pay After a few davs' re csa botb bouses reconvened. In the Senate tonight nearly forty bills were read the first time, bills to abolish the orHce of mercan tile appraiser and the publication of mer cantile appraiser'! lists were passed second reading. I be bill autliorulim payment of enaltiei recovered under the. law prohibit ing the manufacture and sale of oleomar garine to the aiate board of agriculture wai defeated. In the house, after presentation of many memorials and remonstrances, these bill! were introduced: Kepre-entative Kunkle of Dauphin, to provide proper drainage for the state lunatie asylum at Harrisburg, the Cap itol and other buildings owned by the state and making an appropriation of JOO,000 to fav (he necessary expenses; Cyphert ofl'lar on. to provide that all constable who are required by law to visit once a month placet where intoxicating liquors are sold to be field SO cents fur each place visited with wileage. Tittnri-SiTrit Pr. In the hone to dsy Mr. Kenrns of Allegheny introduced n hi ' I 'a regulate the site of liquors by wholesale. Mr. Murptiv. of Westmoreland introduced 1 bill amending the penal Irws of the Stat i ns to i hauee the punishment for murder in lite tlrst deiirea from hanging to either banning or solitary confinement for life and making It Hie duty of the Jury when they 'eniler their verdli t to designate the pun Idiment mid requiring the sentence in so i ordance therewith. The lollowmg bills were passed finally: To provide for the expenses of school di tors in attending Hie triennial convention. Slid providing penalties for bribery thereat; to provide lor better supervision of com mon school'.: lo extend additional prmec lion to nervine em ployed III construction of new buildings, nnd to' niithori.e corpora tions organized for profit to give pensions to employes. In the senate Mr. Fliiin Introduced, a bill to anlliori'e councils of cities of the second class to Ox the salnry of the city assessor; also, to provide for ihe assessment for spe cial benefits of the land of any cemetery ol cemetery company in cities lor payment ol the costs, damage! and expenses of munici pal improvements. Other hills introduced were ns follows: To prohibit electric light, heal and power companies from const rue ting its lilies, wires or apparatus along any public streets until the minutes of the cor Miration authorising such constructions have been recorded In the recorder's office lo regulate the sale of oleoinargnrine, requir ing It to be conspicuously labeled. The bill lo extend the minimum school term to seven months was defeated, nnd the bill to abolish the prohibitory liquot law, in Verona borough, Allegheny county, w as adopted. Tuiitrv Sr.vr vrn Iy. In the Hons" to ilav the committee on edncniion reported, with a negative recommendation, Hie sen ate bill lo prohibit inembeia of boards of school coin rol in cities of the second class from holding any otllce of emolument or betnir cinploved bv the boards. A bll. was introduced by Mr. l otion making It titilnwlul lo prni-tice vivisection In the State nml piovidnig penalties lor violation of the same. Mr. Stayer otl'ered a motion to reronsider Ihe vole by which the bill lo increase the salary ol ihe superintendent ol public In struction from S-V'OU lo r.' am was iiidell nitcly postponed. The hill was recommit ted lo the committee on Judiciary general. A bill Introduced by Mr. l!eee of l.iierue provides for an iissiliiant district attorney and the Milary of die siime ill counties ot ,-i.ii or mine. Alter six hours of most wearl-onie debate the llousp, iy a vote ol 117 lo 77, refused in seat Wilbur P. Iligbv. nnd roniinuel W. A. Andrews as a lepicscinalivc nt Crawford county. I'or weeks pasn;d this result bail been a foregone conclusion, and the mem bers listened lo to-dny's discussions with hut languid interest. In ihe Senate Mr. Herring of Columbia oflet-ed a resolution to place on the caleiidiit bis I ill lo provide for do-omr election t nllr t ' p. in. At the i oiicIih o i ot n long ills- ti sion the resolution was defeated. Titess bills passed finally: To provide lot the elec Hon ol one person to lilt the ollice nf pro Ihotiolai v and clerk of the quarter sessions, and another person to fill Ihe olllces of clerk oi orphans' court, register of wills a:n) recorder ol deeds in counties i outsitting o. IMK.1 iuiiahitnn's ami emit led to be consiitut ed separate juilit ial ilistricts: authorising the appointiin-iit of women notaries public, which has also passed the House: to repeal the ilntj tnx. amounting lo 60 cents. Mr. I'linn, ol Allegheny, Introduced a bill to authorize chief biirue--es lo preside ovel town councils and to exercise the rights id members. The senate held a scfsinn lo night (o take action on the death of Senator Xeeb. Mr. McCurrell of Pnuphlu tillered resolutions oi eulogy on tho lute senator. Iteuiiirks weie mnde'hy Messrs. Mct'arrell, lioss, Smith ol I'biladelphin, Crilchlleld. Drown, linker. I.loyd. ( rawfoni, Papsher and tlobin. The resolutions were unanimously ndopted. ,Tuim v-Kioiitii 1av In llie Semite to ilav the lollowim! bills were introduced: To up- riroiirinte f I, isi to repair the great s one iriilge over the Ynugluoirheiiv river; to ex tend the law prohibiting Hie vending of ar ticles within a mile of camp m "etings to all rcliuioiis meetings: nutlioriiiig school hoards to lew a tax for building purpose; to prevent the adulteration ol honey. These bills passed Dually: lo suthori.e husband nnd wife to sue nml to testily ngainst each other in certain cases and to enlarge Ihe ra pacity of the Inlter to acquire mid disposo of property; td establish anil maintain two or more experiniemal stations for making experiment! in the culture, care and piepnr atmn of tobacco. A larire number ol bills were passed fecoud reailimr, among them that lo impropriate :l iioii.oisi for Ih" repair and improvement of roads. Adjourned nil Monday evening. In the House Mr. Stewart, nf Allegheny, Introduced a bill which empowers courts or law jinlKei to tlx the place for holding elec tions. Sir. Miller, of Somerset, presented a bill mnklng an appronrinlinn or HI 0 M to r repairs of Ihe itreat stone bridge over the Voilghiogheny river in Sonic rt-ct county. A bill introduced by Mr. lime, of lluiiiing don. repeals an set to enable any townsh if. within iliiscommoiiweallh which surriiumls or immediately adjoins nuy boioiKth or city within tliis coiniii uiwealth. to hold nil elections ns iitllnoi ied bv law within the corpomte limits of such bnroiiuhs or" cities. M r. Kisbel, of York, iiilroduced a bill per mitting school hoards to levy a lax for building purposes, ( 'ousid'iriilioii of the bill providing for summary conviction of tres passers was indellnilely postponed. I lie bill n quiring school directors or controllers to I iirnish sellout books nnd other supplies free of cost, was called up for second read ing nml elicited a healed disciisHion. Ihe friends of the measure, among other thinxs claimed that for two mouths the book trust has had lepres-tntatives of the Moor of the House lobbying agiiinst the passage of the measure. A number of amendments were ottered lo the bill, but they were voted down At the afternoon session the bill lor the protection of the lives and health of the miners of the bituminous regions was up nu second reading. The bill passed sec ond reading with all I'.uicndmcnts offered, but w nat the exnet purpose of the change is cannot bu known until after the measure is reprinted. The House adjourned pend ing a discussion of the hill. Tiiiiitv-Xixtii Hay. There was barely a (1101 tun in Hit) House of Representatives this morning whop. Speaker Thompson rap ped lororder. The desks of miiny of the members wore decorated with grerii rlags.in honor of St. Patrick's Day. and every mem ber wore either a shamrock or a narrow trip of green ribbon. The greater part of the session wns devoted to reading petitions, memorials, remonstrances, etc. The. use of the house was m antel the advocates of the Mauslield Local Option bill, to hold a pub lic meeting on April 4, at which ex-liov-emor Cuilin, of llullelonte, will preside, liepresentaiivo Kenrns, of Allegheny, suc ceeded in having a special order made for the consideration of iheAiiii l'iiikeriou bill. It will be read the second time March 'JO, and come upon tiual passage March 111. The calendar wits cleared ot bills on lirst reading after which the house adjourned uutil Mon day evening. An Awful Method of Hevenge. A miner named lioehm purposely explod ed 10 pounds of dynamite, in an Iron mine in the Her district, Germany. He and tlx other miners were torn to . atoms. Hit motive It supposed to have been revenge, as he had bad) trouble recently with the uperintendent of the mine and was con atantly quarreling with hit lellow work men, . Bleeping Care on Cheap Tiokati. The passenger agent of tb trunk lines i)d their connections' to Chicago have de cided that ticket! for the World ! Fair told u dltoount of 20 per cent, would not da prive holders of any right la aleening or parlor can. OLDIKItS' COLUMN f OHT DO NELSON. The First Orest Union Vlotory of the War lor the Union. TH I I! T Y-O N R years liavo passed sway since the I'nlonarmy under Hen. Hrnnt nnd the linval flotilla under Comniodorn A n X'drew II. 1'oote as cended the Tennes see P.iver and be us n their active Moperatloiis which '...... ...I .. II,. 'ton. "I--"' " - uessee and t 'umber- laud lilvers, nnd gave the I nion nriny nc re s lo the liiMoilc lields of Shlloh, Xiish ville, nnd oilier Southern 'jattlelields. Ihe Northern people were noxiously awaiting to see If there wns not some one who would rise up nml lead the I'tiion army on to vic tory, nml dispel theglii'in: that hovered o'er Ihe I nion at this lime. Hen. Hrant hud been plaicd in cnniinand ill Cairo ami had urged lien. Ilalleck to let him and Com in ii niter I'oote undertake Hut reduction of l'orts Henry and Donelson on Ihe Tennes see nnd t 't l ll l)il I ii li I Plvers. Ilalleck did not approve of the plans, an I Commodore I'oote nlso urged him to nllow the move ment to be made, finally consent wns given, and on Pcb. 2. l.stlj, ibe movement began. There wns IT.tsifi Infantry mid cnvnlrv nnd tht uunhoitt-. T, river was very high and all the streams were swnllen. Arriving nenr Hie fort, the troops, disembarked, nud on the morning of I'eb tithe iniviil tint i I lit liioveil up to Hie fort nml hean a raplil lire which was returned I he KUiibnats plowed their way riuht up under the nuns of lull Henry, mid poured in shot mid shell until the tort was surrendered by lien. I.lovd 1 1 1 i-li ill mi . who wns ulterwnrd killed nt the battle ot t hiinipion Hills, Mi-s. All the Coiifeilernies but about III) esiapod and re- irenteil to l-ori lioneisou, r.' mi.es east, on the Criiiheruiuil Kiver. The infantry did not gtt up ill time to do nny liithtiug! ns the roails were almost iminsNiih, nn-l Hie navy is entitled to Hie honor of the rapture lit port Henry. The army under Oenernl lirant wns di vided in three divisions, comimiiided by Hens. C. 1'. Smith, Lew Wallace, ami John A. McCli riiand, ami was at once moved across the country to Port Hone. sou, vlilln the giinboals weiit down the I cinii stee Kiver and came up the t umherlmid. Port Donelson was located on a bluff, nnd was a natural lortrcss Its) feet above the riv er. There were two water batteries com manding the river, tine had n rille gun carrying a Hi pound sh -II, witli two 1J pounders strongly poMed. There were nlso extensive en rtbworks surrounding the place nnd exieiiilinn around the city of Dover. The lort wns In comiiiiiinl of Hen. Ilushrod I! Johnson, with some l-'i.tuXl troops. He was reintorced by Iruops coniniauded by liens. Pillow. I'lovd. Htid S. II. Iluckner ill creasing the force to 'JO.UO'). The advance of Hen. Omul's nrmy reach- ed the outlines I'eb. I .', nud H;n. McClei--linnd's liivision took the right, with Mo Arthur's llrigude, while 1.. in. C. I-. Smith's Division went to the lelt nml l ew Wall ice s llrigude came up from Port Henry unit oc cupied the center. On the l.llh Ciil. Willimu It. Morrison, commanding the Pith III., ami Col. 1 1 iivili-, of the (Sib III with their regi ment! made scvernl assaults on the oilier works of the I Diilederates nml were repuls ed, and Col. Morrison wns wounded The command to which we belonged was sent lit the ex'reine rigli. We were without supplies, nml the ronds wero almost impass able. During the night of the I It li a storm set in mid snow and sleet covered the earth, causing riiiich sullcriiig. ns we were not allowed In hnve nny lirrs. tor fear ot draw in the lire of the enemy a urttllery, und we had no tents to shelter us Iriim the storm. It turned cold and froze our wet blankets, covered with ice and snow. Very early on the Kith, before we were able ti) build lires lo will ill ourselves, the battle opened. The shrill, keen voice of Col. Isaac C. l'ugh.of the -list 111. .could be heard t ailing on the command to lull in. The Cotiledetutes hnd determined lo cut their way out und escape to Nashville. Our pick ets lired nud lell buck to the main lino. Our first move wns to charge on the enemy, wind, wo did, und lired a volley nt their ad vancing columns, which senttbem buck ill disorder. They soon reformed their lines, however, and cnmeiil iisheuvily reinforced. Our regiment was sluudingln an open Held, which wus observed by Hen. II. J. Ogleshy, who commanded the brigade on our It? it, nud he rode up anil oidercd the regiment moved to the right Into the timber tor line tectlon. Tb order wus given mid wo mov ed about the length of one company, when thc2iith Miss,, which hnd formed ulonglhe rail tones just north nf us, oiened a mur derous lire on us, und shot down four or live out of each company. When we fell buck to the timber on the south of us about ,'Hj steps, the line of hliiecoals lay on t lie snow, showing where our line hud been when we received the lirst volley from the Confeder ates. This will always remain impressed upon my memory, for in thai line of blue lay my comrade who with me bad been boys together and with whom 1 hud enlist ed lor the war. We returned their fire, and the buttle of port Donelson was opened in earnest. Soon the uth nnu l'Jlh ill. were hotly en gaged with an overwhelming I one of the Confederates, who were trying to cut theii wnvout. We exhausted our ammunition and were compelled to full buck, lighting hi we went. en. ogiesoy a iirigmie was soon engaged, and Scliwurlz. s buttery btcutne n bone of contention, and a hot contest eusti ed for its possession. The entire right wing wus now eusuged. and was being pressed back toward the cen ter. Hen. Hrnnt bud gone to uuet Commo dore l'o ite at the river several miles below the fort, and knew nothing of the contest that was Koitig on. The tide or buttle awepl on until Col, John A. l-ogau, with the .'list III., und Col. H. 0. Jtansom, with Hie 11th ill., were hotly engaged, und both thess commanders were wounded und their regi ments suffered severe losses. A messenger was sent lo Hon. Hrant, who. returned at once, uutl mieti it loin. l Wallace, who informed him of the buttle, lie ordered Y alluce to loilow mm immedi ately with hit command and to assault tin enemy, which was done, and they wer unvun duck into ttieir worss, oniy to conn out aa prisoners ot war. They hnd hulled in the Valley of the Cumberland when they bad cleared the road to Charlotte. Tenn.. and it was while ibit halt wns made thai Wallace t command nssuulted them uiw drove them again into their works. While this was going on Gen.C.F. Smlth't command assaulted the workt on the left and captured the fort in their front, and held them thus. Durk found the Union army close up to their works, and then it was that Hen. Grant wrote hit famous letter to Hen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, alterward tlovemor of Kentucky, demanding "an un conditional lurrender.'' During the night of the !5th Floyd and Pillow, with a portion of their commands, had made their escape np the river on the tteambosta. They had both been Govern ment otttcera, and did not desire to fall into the hands ot the ofUceri of the Government they hid betrayed. JOarly on the morning of Keb. 16 whit tings were displayed all along tha linea, Iluckner having accepted Gen. Grant'! terms of turrender, aud lo.iXW TrWA E ' the tirst great I'nion victory, and niened up 1 ine way io sun irreaier acnievements tu me I'tiion army, nnd sent a thrill of joy throughout the entire North and made (fen. lirnnl the hero of the hour. JO. X. I.kk, In Nniloiial Tribune. THE LABOR, WORLD. Tnt plasterers' National bo y favors in- mnnve an t rerercnduiq legislation. Tnr. Brotherhood of Htctioiiiiieii Is a new orgnnisition formed at Hivanns, III. This United States Marin- Kiglne-i-V Jlenuttcial Association has 10,0111 mini hurt. Tmf stonemasons of Portlsnd, Oreroit, bnve secured eight hours an I I4..W per day. Only natursllr.tlcltir.'ns will be employed on the Philadelphia pimlio wnrs bereifter. Thi? Chicago raili-oids hav refuse I the advance wages deinanlel by tils switch men. Th strikes nrgnnV.vlbv tlis unions In IWo and lid r ist ibe waie Milieu about s'.MXKl.Ots.'. Thr vnrnisljers hsvj a Nitionn! union wlilcn has onlv been in existence oti yeni and has llfteeu local hrauctifs. I!rjf.i.s,flt B. I.aciv, nf Jlnleigh.has been elected Commissioner of J. itior ."Untisiict by the North Carolina fjelslatitre. In Man Juni de Costa Hlcn Hier -s nn or cntiium! workitigmeu'spirt t wfiien b iss ime prime ets or vieuting the iirinot its choice to the 1're.sl ,enov, Kkchstary Hs-hikrt ssvs he w:ll follow Secretary 'I'm-i's policy an I not Pink" changes bemuse ot pontics amuim tuts Navy i aid mechanics'. TngRK are K.CH main an I III 111 femnls itnployes in the Hovernmeiit Dttmrttiinits :t iVasliiin;toii, Thentimh.'r oi women em ployed is increasing rapidly. I tie Argentine P.epuhlic there are eon stnut labor troiililes, ami in Chile th worn iligmeii resort to vinlent-s on very slight provocation In tlis large cities. 'i Hr. Chicago railrovl men hxvo hsen f ire-wni-iid ami in case of a striki of switch men, tiiiriiu tut WoiM's Pair, sa' thev have eiiMuh new m?n on ban I to tun II aim. 1'Hie organ1. I miners of Orest Ilritain in Ihe lsj.t thm years gaiuel tony percent, increase In wanes, while non-unionists in th. same period receivej reductions aggt vgatitu llnrlv-llve per cent. Im Indianapolis, In t.. the Inbor rsfor:nsrs have urgnniM I n systrnof Sun Uv sbi iiioiis on ecoiioiuic topics. The putirsof the vnr ions churches take turns lu gratitiui their put)its for runt purpos-. Amu r twohiindredniid llfty colore! nin from tue Koiitn are at Bi-ut in Station, Penii, as Inborers in His 1'irue.sie Ste-I Company's Works. A tlioiisiu 1 others are expected to replace tbe Slavs. A YOl'Xt) L'irl III Montreal I ,,.i,l-, ,,-,,., I Mary Parser, for desertiiir rue ui.-,w George K. Htnall was loiinrl guilty an I en tenced to live minutes' Impi'm urn-lit, mil lined live cents, or eight days In jail. 1IIK Hpanisli neassnt tvorseverv il-iv en I dances half the night, nn 1 vet eus o ny ins black bread, onion nu I watermelon, Tns Smyrna porter eats onlv a little iruit nnd some olives, yet be waIks oil with bis load ot ','00 poun.is. TliRRR is a aeneral movement on the nsrfc nf the National labor orjani. ittons o tin country to establish a general laoor b"sil- tinners at the World s Kail- ritv. iniikiuv Jlucago labor's capital, wit.i a floor teuio.t surpaxsing snythuni b-i v-tofore er, ctej. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Vkiio', the com poser, is a fancy firmer. Do.v M. llli KIN son never reiisters at the hotels he visits. OttKFM Vn t. mi A' yearly doctor's bill i IPS 0, divide t among four physicians'. 'f hk P.inpressof Austria has decided no; to visit, America duriiu the World's Pair, Thk Pope lias decided finally that. Aru'.i- aisliop Satolli shall reside in Wssliington. CtifKKrt.l.. of Missouri, is the onlv man who has tiesu a member of tbe I'nitei States Senate continually since IS". ISi.;a rim SniTft. of New Jersey, is nearly oven feet hiu mid bis gray hair is a lilting frown to the stood natored fnc liennatli it. Cardinal Vau ih a iim Ap,-l.bistmo ,, Westuiinster, kep liimssif in goo I physi cal conditio!! by takiu a tlve-uiile nU very day. Kx-PllKSIDRNr Harlkc: will receive tltssia iieco for hiseoursiof ten lector s m the annual course at hslau I Sanioi-.i Liu- vtrsitv, (.alitor a .a. M A.tOR-fi RNKRAO O. O. HnWARII. cor.l. manning tin division of t,in Atianuc, has uut one hand; but hs cm oueu an I read a letter as well as any aide upon bit .stall. Kx-K.Ton Hninr f. Dawko, of Mas:, schusetts, who bu jut retired from thHi dtical arena, was never oo a minority Ide in Cjiizress, either In the House or Ben ate. l.'ARI. Si'in-Rg, who wis old enough to lie t revolutionist in liertinnv I i IMs, doesn't look luucb older than In till w.ie i bs was Secretary of the In tenor under President Hayns. Wlt.t lAM Oriiv. at f'ARTinodf:, the litis ton ncuiptor, gets I','S) lor ins status of Shaksneare, and will reciivj r,lloi tor Ins eiiuestnan statue nf Gai'll ild, H i is onl) tnirty.oiie years of age. AuofMT Kmna, the youn Danish cim poser, who bus been having a brilliant suc cess in Berlin, it the sou of a shosuiaker hu I was himself brought up to ths banca. He bus produced mvdral works. It Is said of President Cleveland that he never read a speech in bis lite, lu tns acc of writing it he half com nils it to memory, and tneu, with one more reading, he know' svery worJ and punctuation mark in it. Ahham H, Hkwitt, of New York, is said lo have recovered entirely from the insomnia that formerly male lite a burden to him and is en jay in excellent, henltti, to gether with a permanent rest C om politics. Whittikr for some time was tbe only pars son in Haverhill, where be lived, who bad a parrot; and It was a great pleasure to him to be called by tbe children ot the village "the man who owned tue parrot" instead oi Wbittier tbe poet. Thk voimir Khedive of Ezvnt runs a larzs farm. Hu is an authority ou live stock, an I bis delignt was very great the other day when news reached bun that L,9rd Charles Beresford bud forwarded to him a bull pup and a young lawn. Loqa.v L'ARi-isl.c, who it likely to be Chief Clerk III tbe Treasury Department, oerail life as a page in tbe Kentucky Satiate, wajp hit fat ler was Lieutenant-Governor. Then he became interested in tjveral Westsrn and Southern business enterprise. He is bis tattler's Private Secretary now, and has doue a good deal of literary work (or luaga aiuea. Mai. Fiawks Hii.i.ir, chief ot tbe New England Medical Institute, who gained no toriety abort time ago by having a costly burial casket prepared for ber anticipated death, wai married to Peter Surrette, ber former ooachman, who ii three timet ber Junior. The bride ii laid to be worth 15, 000,000. s-FrttDiXAND Tiirun, the Romeo, Wit.. anwinill owner who obtained HO, 000 of life Insurance and then burned nil house, hav ing placed there skeleton by which be thought his wife could esltulith blf death aud collect the Insurance ii uosr Jailed. HAWAIIAN CLOTlllfl G now thu i.Ani.Y native madk XIIKIIl U A II M ION ft). The rioih Wm Matle Prom lh llark ol a Tree Methods ol Turn tnit It "ut liy ilia Women. N Interestina art in the Polynesian group of Islands, where nothing like a loom was known until the natives rums in con tact with the early navigators of the world, was tho man ufacture of their material for cloth ing, railed In the Hawaiian Islands, Taps or ICapa. This art nnd industry which has atiunst en tirely ccsscd in llirse islands is still active in those farther south on the equatorial belt. lielore printed cottons became com mon in tho Hawaiian Islands the dress nf the women consisted of a wrapper Ta n (pnh-oo) composed of live thick nesses of tana each, about four yards long nnd ftoui tltrcu to four feet wide, passed several limes nrniind the waist and extending below the. knee, while that of the men was limply a main or cirdle which was about a loot wide and three or four ynrdi lou. A mantle about nix leet niuire. Ivihel (Ki-lm ee), was sometimes worn by both F.g. I. Fig. 3. Fir. 1 shows a tapa-brating r'ub of bar I woo with inoiss I lines an 1 various x.g- E'lg pattern. Pig. 3 is a specimen of tmtiing end of bamboo marker for print ing patterns on bnrk oioth. men ant women, by tbe men by tying two corners of thu same side to;other!o that the knot rested on one, shoulder. nnd by tho women after the manner of Ion" shawl. Mled coverings fKiipa moe) were made of live layers of common white tapa three or four yards siiinrt, the outside piece (Kilnhnna) hoi unstained or painted witli vegetable dyrs, anil often richly adorned with slumped piittorDS of the tump. 0Sttf I rtfl. 3 MAKtSO BARK rl.OTrt, rt TATA- Thii tnpa, or bark cloth, was mudo of the hast or inner bnrlc of the paper ruul beiry tree or srauke ( Kroussonotai papy rilern, Vent.) and of the mainnUe (Pip turns albidus, Oray), both belongiug to tho nettle family aud both indigenous to the Hnwaiinn Islands. Both were for merly cultivated with much care, not oniy in Hawaii hut by all Polynesians ot thu Mnoli and Vitian races. At the present time theie trees rt fouud only in isolated places alaotr the lower forest zone and chiefly in ICona, on the south coast of the Island of IU-waii.v.- The manufacture of tapa was entirely In tbe hands of the woniuu, who peeled off strips of the bnrk as wide as practi cable, three to fig inches, and while fresh icrnped oil the outer coating with shell or stone implements. After mak ing awhile in water each strip wai laid upon smooth lo or anvil, curvsd alter a certain psttern for the pur. 119 and beaten first with a heavy Lard wood round club called bo boa. When reduced to the thickness of commo flexible paper the itrips wore united or folted together by overlaying the edge and beating them and then the whole mmPM no. 4 avvioAN cntKrro Ftn.n rmstssj RA( KmiOtJNII OP TA-PA, Oil SMIiS CLOTH. sheet when1 prepared of a size to suit thsr special purpose was heatcn-with asnsiare club called Icktiku (ce-a-koo-koo)h mnde of hartl kaurvtli wood (Fie.-1').. Tsrr or three sides of this clule were- carved) with incised- psrallel lines- more or leasj crowded, wliilo one face would be-oarvwl in some suitable pattern. By continued beating anil- i careful manipulation many kinds and t)iialttics- of tapo wrrsj made, some so line as to resemble mtisfm and lace, and other kinds left very thick and tough like leather. lb was- often blc .cbed white or stained with vegetable anil mineral dyes, (Ine of the most ad vanced arts in tbe islands oonsiste l it printing with bamboo sta.np (see It'itr. . l, a urcat variety of patterns and col ors upon tho lupus. Il was sometimes j,'l.'i.c(l with a kind of gum or resin, atul some varieties were specially prepared) for medicinal tie, piccel of it beinjjr worn as plasters. The wooden anvil (s;e Fi','. 3) was in form something like a shallow trough, with a Hat, Slightly curved bottom, which, T.-ntjii in use, would be placed bottom upward. This hollow anvil was made of sonorous wood, and- it is aaiti that in earl; days the niusio of t a pu lsating could be heard in every valley anil that the women living on. opi osita sides of the. valley could talk, with one another by meaus of a system of tele graphic boats upon these founding; wooden anvils. In the K'linehameba Museum, there- if a splendid illustrative series of tanas, the property ol the royal line- of kiugs, which lor variety and beauty have no luatcti in tha world. The figure engraved in the tapa beats ingcluhis reproduced in tho finished tapa, and can tie seen by holding up any tapa to the light. These patterns all bad distinctive forms, and tho island or source of any pioce of tapa oould be known by the pattern it exhibited. Figure ii shows the making of tapa, t,r bark cloth, the grass hut,, the long wooden anvil, tbe tapa and the olub. The native! iu the picture, however, ore dressed in modern costumes, which were- n ot iu fashion in the days when tap war used for clothing. Tapa making, it seems to me, if an art whica should be revived in these islands, for the reanou that when skillfully made it is a beautiful material and- oapable ol much artistic treatment, and would oom- ITAVTArtAN ISI. ND. luond itself tor many uses, ornamental bed coverings table scurls, (towers for books, hIImuus, portfolios and like uses, I could not tiud an example of Has waiinn tapa suitable for illustmvtio and therefore figure 4 represents a Satuoaa Chief in bis scarf dress of woven bauana Hirer a lather modern ioduatry there the background and the JJoor two. Una examples .f modern Satnoan tapa or lark cloth Frederick Stearns, iu Detroit Fret Pieis. A dork in a bicycle store in Kansae City, Mo., has designed and ia building a new buggy with pne umatio-tired bicy cle wheels and a number of improve ments calculated to add strength, UgUt ness and speed to the vehicle. Zsnte, the island that ba been shaken up by an earthquake, ia the aociens Znkuatlio mentioned by Herodotus aa produciog asphalt 500 B. C, and the native still call it ZakuatbtM and abll And aspU'Alt there. 1. I s-l-5f9!
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