THE VIKING'S SHIP.
A CltAFT A THOUSAND YKAIH
OLD IS UNKAUTItED.
For Centuries It lie-steal In m Nor
wegian Tumulus A Kept-oil
uct Ion Coming to the
World' Fair.
7C BMALL ve-scl, the ciifct slmlll-
tude of the oldest surviving
, telle of tlie greatest immcn of
J" the Middle Aic, will soou
journey from New York by water
through the Erie Canal and the lakes to
Chicago, where will he exhibited this
relic ot the punt. The vessel of which
this ii an exact reproduction, mado by
order of the Norwegian Government, in
no rude affair, nlthmigii it In 10UU years
.old. In its line lines, careful construc
tion end exact finish we find much tint
the best art of the shipbuilder has failed
to improve.
This craft herself may havo visited
under her owner' command the whole
north of Scotland, Ireland, and even
Kogland. One just like her must have
been tailed by Lcif Eriksson when he
landed upon the cost of Vinland, pre
figuring tho remarkable voyage now
ftiado by the duplicato of the ancient
hip.
As to thii particular ililp, however,
ila age is not ascertainable with any de
gree of accuracy, nor to whom it be
loogod. All that we do know i that
the waa placed where she was found
omcwhere during the Ninth or Tenth
Ccnturv. She doubtless belonged to
tome Viking who made his piratical
cruises from the great Haudetjord, as she
TUB ItCDDRR ON TRB SIDE.
was disinterred from Ookttad, a mound
on that sound, in 1880. The fact that
the mound, which was about ISO feet In
circumference, wat mado of bluo clay,
accounts for tho preservation, of tbiw
womioriul relic.
Such interments and such discoveries
of them have been mado in other parts
of Scandinavia as well as elsewhere, but
this Is the largest nnd most porfect ves
sel jet found. Professor Engelhurdt
found OD3 iu 1803 atNy Saur, in Sclilcs
wig, forty-live feet long, and another was
found in 1807 at Tuno forty-two feet
long. This one is seventy-seven feet
eleven inches long, sixteen feet seven
inches beam, anil five feet nine inches in
depth from keel to gunwalo amidships,
drawing some four feet of water.
The tumulus, where she was buried, is
now a mile from tho tea, but geological
changesskow that tho water onco washed
its base. The boat wasevldontly drawn
oat of the water on a bed of hurdles and
moss. The tides were then covored with
clay, the hold filled with earth and sand,
and the mound built up over it. The
prow was turned toward the sea, at wot
always the case in these mounds, to that
the chief should, at the last day, launch
hit bark upon the wave. Such mound
burialt were common, and Du Chaillu
detenbot many ship-shaped and boat
shaped mounds, rocks dituoted to form
ship, gravel dug in the thape of a
boat, and punicrout other remains in
popular ship form in burial.
This wat then a tepulcbral ship the
coffin of tome great Viking of the Tenth
Century awaiting the summons of the
cock, which will crow at Kagnaroclc.
Tbit boat it marvelously well pro-
TUB OLD VIKINQ
served. The blue clay became a her
metic! case, preventing the entrance of
water and air. Unfortunately the mound
bad been entered centuries before and no
weapon or treat ure were left, only a few
of tb bone of the lord of the ship.
Strangely enough, with these were the
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hollow hones of a peacock, probably the
trophy of tome marauding cruise to the
touthwanl, and the remains of tho skele
ton of a little dog, with some fishhooks
and some bronr.e ornaments for belts and
harness. Near by were other interesting
articles. Thore were the bones of nine
or ten horses and dog which had prob
ably been slaughtered upon the grave of
the ship's captain. There was also a pile
of oaken chips and a neatly shaped
KKMTonAiioN or
hatchet, and a piece of wood with a holo
into which the shank of an anchor had
been Inserted, with a few bits of iron re
maining near by. The remains of two
or three small oaken cannot were also
found, with some oars belonging to the
vessel and to the canoes. The ship's
oars were from eighteen to twenty feet
long. There wt-ro also found in the
mound a largo solid copper cildron,
lomn tow bedsteads lileo thoso still in use
in Norway, some drinking cups, so i.o
tubs, nnd several pieces of carved and
painted wood.
Homo of the beams woro enrvod to re
present dravniis' heads, nnd many largo
round shields of thin wood woro also
found, all theso having liko the walls of
the ship trace ol black and yullow paint
on thorn. Tlieso shields were undoubt
edly placed overlapping each other along
tho sidet of the vessel for ornament and
to protect tho rowers frqm tho spray.
There was also a landing plnnk twenty
four feet long, ten inches broad and 2V
iuches thick, roughened on its upper
turfaco to prevent slipping. A few piocot
of rope and somo woolen rajjs, part of
the tail, were also found.
Tbo chamber in tho ship in which the
unburucd body waa deposited wat a tent
like apartment mado of logs placed lido
by side sloping to a ridge pole running
parallel to the keel.
TriB BICPULCIIRAL CrUMIIKlt.
Those who have seen this vossul as
sure us that her model embodies all that
it requisite for tpood, strength, and
beauty. She is no rude craft of prhnovnl
days, but a doftly fashioned structure,
whose graceful linos would do honor to
a sailing craft of to-day. She is a com
plex structure, and must have required
the labor of several men united and
harmonious. She is especially seaworthy,
and her broad hows distinguish her from
the smoother water galtoys of tho south.
Boats of a tlmilar kind nre teen in Nor
way to-day. Bow and item are alike,
pointed, and rise tome distance out of
the water. Thii it the form giveu to
mm .w
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IMP At tHB WAS VOUMD.
the best ship' boat in use the wbalo
boats, as they are called, and to life
boat and proper iurf boat.
The Viking' ihip i built of wtll-tea-toned
oak. The keel ia very deep and
is made of mat oak beami. To tbit
the brat Umber are fattened. The Joint
ot these natural growths ot ti inner care
fully selected, are joined with withes of
tree roots, elastic and durable.
The plsnks are of sound, wotl seasoned
hewod oak about an Inch and a half
thick. They are worked in clinker
fashion tl.nt Is, over-lapping each other,
and they have both their inside ami
their outside edges molded. Great
labor and care must have been taken In
selecting the timber and In cutting and
Title vntmn ship.
curving these plank with hatchets and
axes. They nro riveted on with iron
rivets, which arc clinched on both sides,
nnd there aro a few oaken bolts here
tnd there. Win has no deck, and the
seatr for tho rowers are gone probably
having neon removed when tho boat was
placed in tho tomb. A floor mado by
notching tho titles and tower plunks and
putting looso boards therein, covers the
bottom of tho bout, leaving bilgeways
beneath. There nre sixteen oar holes or
row ports on either side, oach about four
inches in diameter. Thoso row ports
are so constructed that the oars cau only
bo thrust outwards, toward tho stern,
and are covored by pieces of wood on
the iusiilo when tl.e oars aro unshipped.
Tho slr.o of these row ports mid tho
absence of seats would Indicate that the
short, quick, standing stroke was used
and not the long, man-of-war, sweeping
stroke.
The rudder of thii vessel was in ex
cellent preservation and it is interesting
from many points of view. It is ou tin
starboard (steer board) sido of the vos
sol, and thin, the governing side, is thai
still sacrod to olllcial uso in all ships.
This rudder is a sort of broad, thick
paddle, with a very short handle. It
pivots on a conical piece of wood pro
jecting a foot from tho vessel's side and
through which a rope passed conllnitiir
the rudder. A tiller, fostonod to the up
per end of this oar, enabled it to be
turned readily by changing tho auglu of
the blade lu the wutur.
Tho galley was tlttod with ono mov
able must, which stepped in a socket
sunk in a beam ut the bottom of the ves
sel. At tho pardners the mast passed
through a lozengo shaped holo iu a II sh
shaped piece of wood, whero it was cou
tiued by wedges.
The discovery of this gallery was ot
Importance to acholars, as well a to
artists and seamen. It construction
illustrates many points in art, literature
and history allecting the ship. This
finely modeled craft was probably a
Suekur, or a Drakar, whose carved prow
and stern, riding far above tho wave,
uiade her resemble the fancied tea
mako or dragoon, iu much feared by the
tailori of tho ago.
It would induod be a great deed if the
veritable remuius of the vessel, whose
lord may have at least voutured to
Britain in her, should be brought half
way round tho globe to the inland lake
by the newest city of the western world,
probably first made known by an ad
venturous comrade to the old Vikiug,
As we cannot possess the original, we are
fortunate, through the kindness of the
Norwegian Government, to be able to
have its exact fac similo, and to compare
her lines with the typical schooners of
the great fresh-water fleet, and with the
graceful yacht from abroad. Chicago
Times.
A New Coiffure.
They are wearing their hair in Pari
in a now fashion. It is shown in the il
lustration, and is only mount for evening
costume. The hair is waved and drawn
up quite high on the head, whet a it i
arranged in aiuccesslon of puff i. At the
left tide a portion of the hair it twitted
into the new Leutheric knot. A coll of
ribbon to match tho cottume encirclet
the puffs, and when it reaches the knot
it arraoged in ttanding loopt. The bair
i brushed back from the forehead in
pompadour style, with just a suggestion
of a bang.
The statement is made that Tiotoi
Hugo- left 400,000 unpublished manu
script, long and short.
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SOLDIKKS'COLUMN
OUH LAST BATTLE.
Address of Col- Lee on the Anniversary
of the I'lght at Bontonvlll.
THE ISth anniver
sary of the battle
of Itentoiivllle, N.
C was celebrated
on March III, at
Montlcello, III., by
the survivors IIvIiir
at that plare. Ar
ticle were read ami
addresses delivered
liv Ciiiiiraitn Hulnt.
.'. ... . .
wJ 'm I'M il l no, unupry;
! I, K. T. I,ee, tilt III.,
i fir J W. tf'nleiimti.
'i J. Kurneiin.lilth Iowa;
I i' 'it- t- I,- U...III. ill, I.
Ohio; A. II. Wind
man, 1 lattery I, 2d
III. I,. A. Mill
was the Inst battle fought by too armies ol
(enerals Sherinaii and Jiilinston. 'Hie fol
lowing address was delivered liy K. T. I on
lien. Sherman's tr tiiiiplmnt army had
mnri'lii-il from Atltmln m the sen, and was
nulls way to Join the Tasli-m army under
the command of (ien. 1'. M (Irani, ( iuii-mamler-ln-l
hief. Sherman's army had
1'iisse.i ihroiiKh South Carolina, and was
iiiovIiik throiiuh North Carolina to meet Die
commands of tlenernl Scliollelil. from Wll
IniiiKlon, and Hen. Terry, from New llnrnp.
When It reaelieil I'avetli-vllle, N. there
was a short halt nnleri-d. ami a h ist i-iiine
tl the 1'npe l-enr lllver to hrlnn sii.ilies
and to communicate with tlen. Sherman,
who sent the Heerelarv nf War a dispatch,
saying: "Whielcr's and Wu'le lliiiuptou's
cavalry have heen In mv front lhriniili the
( arollnas, hut have kept at a respectful ilis
tance.M
There was one morn move to iiinke.
and if this shoulil h n stn-ressltil one the
war mtwt close. It lien. Sherman nrinv
consisting of I ho I ific.-nlli mi. I Seventeentli
oris, comiiiiiinl 'il hy eii. ). n. Honar'l.
ami the l-oiirieeuih liml I wonti.-tli I (rts,
coitiinauileil hy len. II. W. Sloi ntn. was
i-erinitieil lii lorin a jiim ijoi, witii liens,
richollclil iin. I Jerry, at (lohl-horo, there
would he tit leiist IIHI O.HI men who would
move opto Hi. l, in. mi. I mii.I .mil., with theAr
my of the I'otomiie iind.-r Urant anil Memle.
mi. I there was no Kiwnr in the l onfii.l
erncv to meet siii h an army ami coiueud
against it.
To keep the I'iiIoii (lenerals from luiiling
their armies was the oticct of (.ens l.i enn
Johnsion, and lor this purion (ien. Johns
ton win restore.! to command Hml (ien.
Ilcaureimrd was sent up irotii 1'harlestoii lo
take coiiitniiud ol all ol the aviiilahle forces
thai coulil he roiiienlriiieil in North Caro
lina; to stop the iirmy under (ien. Hhermau
from niak hit; the Junction with Helmlield
ami Terry, and, if i..l,ln to whip it In de
tail before the arrival .,f the oilier corps.
The corps to which we belonged itheSev
entii'iith) formed a part of the right winir,
which wns moving towards Avervboro frotii
Favetteville, when Kllputrick'a cavalry mid
.la.kson'H and Wards divisions. i the
I'weutietli Corps, I. mud a force under (ien,
llnr.loe and drove lliem h i, k, (apliirlng u
hintery ami some .ssi prisoners, with a loss
of hi in killed nnd wounded.
The march was again resinned toward
(ioldshoro. mid on the Pith of .March, lurt,
we could hear the roar ol the guns of I Br
im's liivisions and the other divisions of the
I oiirte-nth um Twentieth ( orps, as they
were liercely assaulted hy the combined
forces of Joseph iv.lnhnstoii, Harden, llragg
and lleaiiregard. We rea ied Unit the
eventful hour had coma, and I hat If we
succeeded In our last grand move on tho
cho-s hoard of war we must light for it. Wo
had unbounded faith in the ability nnd
bravery of the Fourteenth and Twentieth
l oriis to hold Hie enemy in check until we
of the fifteenth mid Seventeenth Corps
could arr.ve, hut as nluht approached the
roar ol the guns on the lelt toul us plainly
that adusperiitcatriivgle was going on and we
knew that the critical hour bud come ami
was at hand .iml when we of the right wing
must taken part.
stop.e,l long enough to eat our sup
pers. when word was received that the left
wing hud been attacked by n lon e of .11,(1 0
under-Johnston, Hi-nnrrgard and Hardee,
and that a desperate liatile had heen fought
with our troops Holding the Held. We re
teived orders to niovo immediately in light
marching order, leaving ihe wagon trains
and liHgunge, lo ho on hand early in the
morning of the anil of March, to attack
Ihe enemy's left. Wo marched ull night,
wading swamps uud streams, some of them
up to our wauls, and bv daylight w. re
ready to strike the eiieniy's leu, which we
did anil drove tin in steadily all day hack
to the Neiise lllver into their works. Here
we met (lens. Hcliollold ami Terry coming
up from (ioldshoro, and aifge was immedi
ately begun, the troops, closing up on the
Confederate works. The skirmish-lines
would charge right up to the Confederate
works, so determined wero they to show
tight.
Uu the nest day (ien. Joe Mower obtained
iiermiMion to charge the works on tbo right
lie sent his lirsi brigade in and they captur
ed the llrat line of works, and a battery of
artillery, hut in sending the other troops
forward they uiissed the Kind, Ilrigade, and
for want ol proper vtpiort they were driven
buck with a loss of ilo killed and wounded.
We engaged the oneinv to the left ot (nn.
Mower and charged them on their line, lin
ing a number of men, among them out
commanding oltlcer, Lieut. William H.
I'almor who was wounded and had nis leg
taken off.
There was a short cessation in the firing
after (ien. Mower's defeat. It had been
raining most o the time and light earth
works had been thrown up to protect the
troops in the tront. When nuht cume the
skirmliili-lines renewed tho tight, which
was kept up until four o'clock a. in., when
there was no response from the Confeder
ates, and as soon a day began to dawn we
crawled out of our pits and made our way
over to the Confederate works, but they
weie deserted. The enemy had retreated
during the night, ami led back to ltalcigh.
This ended our last battle ol the war. The
army stent cut to (Joldaboro and went into
camp, where we received our mail from
home nnd received -onie clothing and sup.
plies of which we were in great need alter
our niarcli through the Cuiolinas, wading
Bwamps. through almost impassable roads
and taudy Uagintre8. lienlonville and
Neuse river will always be memorable ss
being the places where one of the last strtig
pies of the war occurred and where gallant
troops, comuuinded by (iens. Sherman, hlo
cum and Howard, met the enemies of the
Union under Johnston' lleaiiregard, Hardee
and Hampton nnd defeated them, thus se
curing the junction of the ur.uies of the
East and esi und putting hii end to the
war that threatened the destruction of our
Union. National Tmiu.vt, Washington,
X), C
. .
lT bas been decided to keep tba World's
Fau- open lo iu t uoiiu uutil 11 o'oiuurf. To
tuone who, uu nucuiiut ot uiouev couaidera
loui, art uuau, lo apenj uiuco time at
CliiUdgu, II will o ot tua greatest impor
tance mac the oppormuaiet tor miux the
lair iiounl ue mi giat as tuny caa be uiaile.
iuey will not iimu tba strain invoivl by
so uiauy Quur ot siUumiu, lor (bey cau
rest aiwr tuv rcu uo.ue.
"I teel beMcr about llckln' Xttt
postage itamp," said the boy who had
been aeot to mull a letter. "It
ueurer my size " Washlntoo Star.
.11 iaf
WW III '
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Pennsylvania Legislature.
Kirrv-Kimt Day -The following bills
pnssed linally in the s. nnte to-day: To au
thor, je cities to appropriate property for
public pirk purposes, and providing fr its
condemnation lo provide manner of reduc
ing capital st.s k of corporations; toaiulior
t. btireses to serve as memliers of borough
Councils; to restore to water com primes the
eicliisive right to fiirnl-h water. The hill
tnexenirt from payment of mercantile II
rense dealers whose sales are less than
f"l a year wns defeated The hill to provide
for the election of township trustees wns
defeated for the second time. The senate
then adjourned.
In the House these hill pnssed on third
reading: To require felines to be built and
luaiiitaiue I In I 'rawford coiintv along rail
roads at the eietise of the owners of the
railroads; n prevent minors under the age
of i yenrs from miming or pawning goods
or using tobacco; to empower courts of
quarter sessions to III the place of holding
general elections.
The act to regulate the employment of
railroad telegraph oieralors. prohibiting the
employment of operators und. -r 'it years of
age. v as discussed for some time and passed
linally by I in yens to 1M nays,
The bill to establish bonfds of arbitration
to settle alt questions of wag-s and other
matters of variance between capital atid
labor, cutis lift in th house on final pas
sage at this morning's session, ami was
passed linally by a vole of I -VI to II. The
house then went Into com ia it tee of the
whole to consider fin third reading the
Aguew Local option hill. Mr. Cochran, of
A i mstrong, offered an amendment, which
was adopted, that boroughs as well as citi'-s
he ertiiirterl to vote on the question of
local option. The bid was dinner amended
that elections shall he held fill this question
every 111 years instead ol every three
years. The house refused lo agree to the re
port of the committee by a vote of I to 1 !.
i he hill was then declared lost, nnd for this
Session at least Is dead, lis friends say they
will Imve it lieloro the law milkers two
years hence. The detest of the hill (imbib
ing the sale of liquor on Itecoralioti day bad
lunch to do with the killing of the A if new
bill, In in v of the friends of the llecorutiou
hill vining against to day's victim in ac
cordance with their threat that if the lleeo.
ration day measure w.-.s defeated they would
slaughter all liquor legislation, good, bad
and indifferent. The hill to make election
flay n legal holiday was nlso defeated on
third reading. I he House then adjourned.
KiKiv-.'isiil llw. The following hills
were introduced hi the senate today: To
re.tl Ihe regis'ry act of IH!i. To require
hollies containing porter and beer or ale, to
have theuuaiilitv In them Indicated on the
outside. K. minting the organization nnd
llianagetiieiit of secret fraternnl beneficial
societies. To regulate nomination and
election of public nlticcrs. Hills to give
municipal or public corporations in the
construction or piirchnsn of water works the
tight of eminent, domain in the appropria
tion of necessary property, and to authorize
the governor to appoint trustees of the
Slate normal schools wero passed finally.
'I he following hills also passed liimlly: 'lo
prohibit erection ol toll houses and toll
gates in boroughs; lo provide female escorts
for female insime fiatieti s in transit; to
continue tho Slab weather service. Senator
Logan's ( ran ford Co. inly Fence hill was
defciitcd, which will prevent the considera
tion of n similar bill ,asse. b the House
unless the adverse vote should be reconsid
ered In the house these hills were passed: To
extend the power of notaries public liv per
mitting them to go outside of the county in
which they reside to lake Bill davits. To per
mit bridge companies maintaining a bridge
over .'l,ii feet long to make certain im
provements when authorized to do so hy
the courts. These senate bills parsed second
reading: To authorize sheriffs to serve writs
In any county. To authorize cities to pur
chase bridges already elected or to erect and
maintai n bridges over streams and rivers
which may separate portions of such cities
and providing for the condemnation of
necessary property.
Kirrv-HevasTii Hav, In the seriate to
day the hill introduced a short time ago by
Senator llrown of York, making counties
responsible for the losses sustained by riots,
ami the excuses of the State incident to
the calling out of the militia, was nega
tively reported. Among Ih bills passed
finally were these: To enable towns, bor
oughs and miuiicipaitles to surrender their
charters and become subject to the geutiral
borough law. To provide for election of
township treasurers. To provide for the
apoiiitiiient of game commissioners nnd
to empower them to appoint game wardens.
lo provme tor the esiatiiistimeiit of and
maintenance of schools for instruction In
mechanics, arts and kindred subjects in
cities of third class. To authorize the print
ing and distribution ot an extra edition ot
the Mine Inspectors rcorts. To provide
for the relief of the needy, sick, injured
and in case of death, burial of indigent per
sons whose legal place of settlement is un
known. To authorize the erection of work
houses in the several counties. To
authorize. the Incorporation of
all companies for the purpose of quarrying
siaie, grauue.siono or rocks, or or uressing,
polishing, working or manufacturing the
same, or any of them. To provide for the
incorporation of companies for the manu
facture and production of silverware,
jewelry, works of ornament and art and
pictures and the buying and selling of such
articles. To provide lor the incorporation
of real estate companies whoae prime object
is the encouragement ol trade, commerce
and manufacture. To authorize the for
mation of cor ort Ions for Ihe purpose of
carrying on any wholesale' or retail hard
ware business. To provide for a recount of
votes in contested ,election cases. To pro
vide for the destruction of wildcats, foxes,
minks, etc., for protection of game. To
prohibit peddling In cities without a license.
To provide for the licensing and regulation
of lying in hospitals. The senate sdjourned
until raonday night.
In the bonse Mr. Cessna of Bradford re
ported from the judiciary general com
mittee a bill amending lb ballot law by
providing for the marking of the names ol
candidates instead of by groups. No otbei
business of importance wat done and ihi
House adionrned.
Finv-KioiiTii Hay. The tonate wat not
in session to-day.
There were many empty seats in the
house this morning and the few members
present behaved more like madmen than
rational human beings. Pandemonium
reigned for a lime and Speaker Protein
Tewksbury was compelled to ca l on the
assistant sergeaut-nt-arms to preserve order,
but when 'bat oilk-iul came valiantly to the
front lie was lau-.'bed at for his pains. Final
ly (hief Clerk VoorliKi-s was beard above
the iliu indignantly demanding that order
be restored. "This is a deliberative body
and not a mob." said Mr. Voorhees. The
homo felt the rebuke and was soon in
order. Afterward the chief clerk took the
asaistnnt sergeant at-arms to task for per
mitting the diordor.
A message was received from the gover
nor, saying he had approved the bill mak
ing an appropriation ol ItU'i OOO for a new
state libraryand administration building and
repairs to ihe hall of (he house of represen
tatives, and il is now a law. The governor
also api roved the following bills: Supple
ment to the act regi.lating lateral railroad
and changing the methods of assessing
damages to land owners iu cenain cases.
Rendering woman eligible to the ofHce of
notaiy public. Increasing the maximum
punishment for murder in the second de
gree to ii years. To provide for the better
protection of female insane patient in tran
sit. The governor also sent a message vetoing
the act relating tb the uniformity of prox
ies. He ssys the act will not secure theend
desired, and he see no reason why stock
holders of corporations should not regulat
tbe matter of proxies according to Ihe
varying circumstances of each particular
ease. -
. Tbe bouse adjourned nntll Monday night
at 8 o'clock.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
nitiucsTinv roaTFoKKn.
II Odium no The Pennsylvania World'
Fair Kxis-ulive Com mil tec has been noti
fied hy Kxeeutive Commissioner Farquhar
of Ihe Indellnlte postponement of tho dedi
cation of the State building at fhlcago'an
noiinc.il fur May 3. Mr, Karqtihar suggest
ed that It might he dedicated during the en
campment of the National Wunrd of Penn
sylvania, later in the year.
rxstvsvt.vAsiA's i aop raoser.eri.
H ARRtsnttRii Secretary Kdge of the Rtat
hoard of agriculture has received crop re
ports from rorrosondoiits throughout the
state whloh Indicate favorable condition
with rteqci to nil the crops this year. It is
estimated that about l..'loo,0'Kl acre are In
wheat anl ,Z'),nn in oats.
vtcTtw or a MitsR rxpi.osto,
Wii.trss.tiinx Hy an explosion In Ihe
Itlack Diamond mine William (leorge, aged
4l. was killed. William Ketlington, a la
borer, wss fatally burned, nnd three Hungar
ians whose names are unknown were
slightly burned and otherwise Injured.
ww.pr.n is) a sAWMti.t,.
Unknots While working In his sawmill at
Ilarthiglg, this eminty, Charles Maskrey .
was struck by flying hoard from the saw
and the top of his head torn clear off. He
was 2ft years old.
A iir.Ki.uiMf irioiiwwvtAsi att.i.rn.
Porrsvn.i.r Lafayette lllllig, an Insur
ance agent of this place, while on his way
home from a collecting tour, was attacked
ty lout Hungarian highwaymen, lllllig
shot one of the men and succeeded in mak
ing tils escape. He had I H'KJ with him. The
wounded Hungarian died. Ilis name ia
supposed to be John Shrtsto. The other
highwaymen have disappeared.
A MOS.STHOSITY nonSJ AH Wri.K FSB A t.
Wn KrsiiAHHK Mrs. U Mined, a Pol
Ish woman gave birth to- monstrosity in
the shatie of twin hoys, whose breasts were
prown together and whose legs grew out of
us hips. t died. despite the effort of phy
sicians, wl.osny it was one of th most re
markable cases on record.
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A i -mi.il in i n ron Mrnnes.
Wiiin.;toi- In the matter of the fatal
stabbiii ; of Stiiiib Pearson, 1 1 years old, by
Tommy Parks, II years old. at Lucyville,
tbe Coroner's jury has recommended that
tbe Penrsoti hoy be held on the charge of
wilful murder to await the action of the
Brand Jury.
Tun bodies of Itichnid Williams sndWill
fam Tremhath were ricovered on Saturday
from Laurel Hill mine near Hnzeltim, The
body of I lioin is Hodgson, tho third victim
of the flooding of the mine, bus not been
found.
Tim defendants In the Morgan fratricide
esse were sentence I at Wayneslitirg rtatur -flay
evening. Thomas Morgan was given
the maximum penalty cf li years in the
penitentiary. Two of the sisters, Itebeora
and Caroline, were given 10 years each, and
Jennie three years.
Assa, a little daughter of James Adair. of
F.rie. while playing Saturday, set fire to iier
dress wild a match and was burned to
death.
Htc.itv If Mini. so, of Allentown, being re
jected by Annie Kurtz, fired four shots St
per Saturday afternoon, all of which took
effect, and then shot himself. I loth ere ex
pected to din.
IllSTKI' T Sri'KRlNTFMtlKNT Wtr.MASf RAM-
rxt.s. of tbe Lehigh Valley Coal Company,
entered thellorsnce shaft.nesr Wllkesharre,
Friday afternoon for the purposo of explor
ing some worked nut chambers, Saturday
Ins remains were found by a rescuing party.
The supposition is that his lamp ignited a
pocket of gas and his death caused thereby.
Ilsirr rains have quenched the moun
tain tires. In Somerset coiintv the loss will
be loi 0"fi. In lllair the burned area is
fully .' square miles. Six farm bouse
with their outbuilding in Morrison Cove,
:t'i head of cattle and vast quantities of grain
were destroyed in that section alone. The
greatest individual loss thus far reported is
that of John Yengling. which is given at
'i.ooo In Cambria, Fayette, Washington
and Westmoreland tbe losses are widely
scattered and the reports cannot be given
definitely.
Jonx M'lcrzr, aged less than 17 yearn, is
In jail at Huntingdon, charged with steal
ing two horses and $-15 in money.
Tiik Ilanvllle Insane Asylum Is only large
enough to 'accommodate 700 people, yet
there sre 1,2si patientabeingcared for there.
Many of them are compelled to sleep on
the tioors aim undergo other nardMiipa.
At KbensburgThurjday the court revoked
the license of W. J. Cannon of Conemangh
because it had been shown that Cannon hail
given bis three year-old soo whisky to
drink.
A Kins' at North Clarion, destroyed the
epera house, a boarding house and a store.
Loss lo.ouo. This town was completely
burned out three years sgo,
As explosion, took place Monday morning
in Itiack Diamond mine. Luzerne. William
fieorge was instantly killed and William
Wellington waa fatally burned.
About V) tailors went on strike at Frank
lin for an increase of lt per cent in wage.
Among them are a dozen women who did
not want to go out. The employers refuse
to pay uny increase.
Thiikk sons of Ilernard I'.npert, a farmer
near Heaver Falls, took eggs from under a
setting hen, at them and nearly died from
tbe done.
1I1U .ITI ui J'oiaoiiifiii.
Toxicology scorns to be becomltifr
an important branch of public educa
tion at tho close of this century,
whuse chief glory has been the wuto
distribution of useful knowledge.
The art of poisoning- without leaving
traces may soon be Included with the
accomplishments taught at the lyeee
for youn ladle. To those, however,
who read the papers dilltreritly no
further Instruction on this head is
meded. All that eminent chemists
know about poisons has lately been
told to the crowd of interviewing
journalists who have waited upon
them, and, the papers have publl-hd
columns upon columns of toxicology.
Everybody now knows that there
are animal alkaloids arlslm? from de
composition which are deadly poisons,
but whoso traces in a corpse are no
proof of suicide or murder, because a
body itself produces exactly the samo
alkaloids soon after death. M. Na
quet, who, after being fascinated by
toxicology, turned naturally to poll
tics, tells us that this subtle poison
can be manufactured with the great
est ease by those who understand
it Inquiring people who have a
taste for murder combined with
cheoilstrv will doubtless master the
process a tbe anarchists have al
ready mastered that of manufactur
ing explosive, .farl Correspondency
London Truth,