PYRAMIDS IN AMERICA.
TWO BUILT OF MUD ARE LOCATED IN
THE UNITED STATES.
11 ll Aitujr In tw Mfilrn-In a Valley nf
tin KiM'klrd Fur Vrnm the t'ntli of
Travrl strange People Wlm nre t'ltl
tens, lint ln 3nt Vote nr Pay Tnsrn.
Pyramids in the United Ntntes? Yes,
two uf them. Tliey are linilt of mini
nnej inhabited. One, says the C'hicajro
Time Herald, 1ms six stories nnit the
other five, nml ltoth hnve many room".
The inhabitants have two names, to
reliKion nml two lnn;;nn!res. 'J'liey
me Christiana nml pagans nt the same
time Catholics nml huh worshiper.
'They hnve one church above urotihil
nml several worshiping pbves below
ground. They nre citizens of tlie
United Htates, Imt neither Vote nor
Jiny taxes. They hnve n republic of
their own nml lever carry their inter
mil disputes outside their ow n pi imi
tive court. They owncl their little
domain of nix tuiles rqiinrn Ioiih before
the t'nited Sinter came into existence,
nnd they lease farms to the descend
nuts of Inutility r'.uropcans. They urn
the renl first families of thn country,
for their forefather were living iu
these same pyramids when civilization
discovered them 2"0 years ago. They
nre aborigines hut farmers. They nre
semieivilizeil, but they punish with
the Mock nml the whipping post, nml
until recently Rtoneil w itched to ilenth.
In ninny things thisremnrkiiMo peo
ple reverses the white innn'n order.
The children trace their descent through
the mother instenrt of the father. The.
wife owns the house nml all it contnins.
Fires for linking nre linilt iu the oven
instend of under it. In the fireplaces
the wood is burned standing on end.
The people go into their houses
through the roofs, pulling np behind
them the lndder used in mounting the
building, thus very nearly accomplish
ing the fent of going into a hole nnd
pulling it in nfter them.
The pyrnniids of the American F.Rypt
nre tucked nway inn little valley among
the Kocky Mountains of northern New
Mexico, A few years ago they were
4000 miles from n railrond. To-dnv
one can get within thirty-five miles of
them hy rail by going north from Hanta
I'e to Kmhuilo, but after that the
rugged canon of the Rio (irnmlo del
Norte and brown, waterless, intcrtnin-
nhle mesns make the nppronch a trying
journey of dust, jolts ami weariness.
The American pyramids nre known
ns hi Pueblo ile Taos. It is the north
ernmnst settlement of that strange race
which has left the American Fgypt
strewn with the ruins of ancient cities
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CHAPRU.
Its people, according to the best an
thorities, are descendants of the cliff
dwellers, and the pyramidal form of
their community houses was nuother
devioe to protect themso'.vesirom their
hereditary enemies, the Apaches, the
Navojoes and the Utes. A captain un
der Coronado, who came up from
Mexico in search of the fabled seven
cities of Cibola, whose people ate from
golden di-ihes, discovered these pyra
mids in 1540, and they stand to-day
''just as he described them, though one
Htory dwellings have sprung up about
the foot of the pyramids since the
American occupation assured peace.
The larger building has ninety-seven
rooms and the Buinllcr seventy-two.
The inhabitants number abont 400.
TIjo walls of these community
BIX-STORY PYRAMID
Louses are made of these bricks dried
iu the sun. The front wall of the
eecond story was built hack from the
front of the first story, making a broud
terrace. The succeeding Btories were
constructed in similar manner, and as
nil four Bides of the building were ter
raced the structure became u pyramid.
The roofs were formed by laying sap
lings across the walls and ooveriug
them with inud. Uutil receutly there
were neither doors uor windows in auy
of the walls, and even now there are
very few. The people climb up the
outside on rude ladders, which may be
pulled up after them if danger threat
ens, and they enter their homes
through holes in the roof. Many of
the dork rooms near the centre si the
pyramids nre in decny, nml others nre.
used for storing grain. Home of the
living rooms nre whitewashed. Fire
places nre made by constructing n mud
liood across a corner with a mud Hue
running to the roof, nml pinyon nnd
cedar brought from the mountains a:-e
burned standing on end in the corner.
The broad terraces nre the playground
of the children and the lounging place
of the "old folks."
When discovered bv the Spanish
rontpiintndorcs these people were not
only peaceful farmers, but they wore
cotton clothing bought from their
cousins in the wanner lowlands farther
south, n well as the Rkins of wild ani
mals. To-day the men wear in mini
iner cotton leggings held up by a
string and n print shirt fulling loosely
outside the loggings. In cold weather
thoy a h' moccasins and blankets. The
women v. car n skirt of colored cotton,
and the wni-t is a piece of cloth wound
around the body over the right shoul
der nnd under the left linn. For gala
TAOS
attire they have gayly (lowered cloth
ing with a silk shawl for the head nnd
white buckskin moccasins with leggings
wr.ipped nbout tho legs until they nre
ueaviy as big as stove pipes.
The good paders who cniiiR into the
wonderland of the southwest with the
(Spanish explorers and conquerors I Every new born bain: is baptized by
grafted the Christian faith on the j tho Catholic priest and characterized
pngau religion, and tho world is J by a Spanish name, except in a few
presented w ith tho strange spectacle I eases iu which French priests, who
of a people w ith two religious, both j have been brought, iu by the present
carefully observed nnd held in rever-1 archbishop havo given French names,
euce. There is a little Catholic church j lint the pagan shaman also christens
in which faithful priests have taught I tho babe. Facing the Fast in the
Christian doctrines for many genera- i morning twilight, lie awaits tho mo
tions nnd brought the simple natives j luent when the sun shall peep over the
to such an understanding that they
resent nny intcrfenca w ith their Chris
tian rites. At the same tinio they
continue their pagan ceremonies in
secret except their annual sun dance.
They have several covered holes in tho
ground, each perhaps twenty-five feet
iu diameter and lifteen feet deep.
They nre known ns estnfns. Here the
pagan priests perform the mystic rites
of their sun worship, nnd no while
man is permitted to witness them.
These people also hnve organizations
corresponding to the secret societies of
civilized communities, whose members
meet and lounge iu the estufas, nnd
women are seldom or never allowed to
enter them. The entrance to these
plnces is hy a ladder through the roof.
A hollow iu the middle of the floor
serves for a fireplace. At tho bottom
of the wall enter small shafts, which
permit cold air to come in from the
outside. The heated air from the fire
flies out nt tho opening above, and
thus this primitive people solved tho
problem of ventilation centuries before
civilized man groped his way out of
the darkness of sanitary error. Tho
feather is n symbol of prayer with the
pyramid dwellers. They tie the downy
fenther of an eaglo to a twig, stick it
in tho ground in an out of tho wny
place where it is not likely to bo dis
turbed, nnd so long as it remains there
it is a prayer constantly going up to
the Trues above.
Tiie event of the yenr in the pngau
religion is the thanksgiving day of tho
sun worshipers. The Christian priests
have inaugurated tho day with a ser
vice at the church nnd they have
stamped the fiesta with the name of
the Catholic, saint selected by their
foreruuners as tho patron saint of the
community. The fiesta is therefore
WITH 07 BOOMS.
known as St. Geroninio (St. Jerome)
Day, and the images from the Chris
tian church overlook the pagan per
formances from a bower. All but the
church service is a survival of the
pagan era.
Offerings of sheep, grain and fruits
are hung up on a pole in thanksgiving
to the sun for warm weather aud good
crops, and the sun father is pretty
sure to be smiling on his worshipers.
There is a queer sun dnuoe, in w hich
the men, with bodies painted aud
decked with feathers, chant praises to
the sun, Theu follows a race betweeu
the young men, lasting perhaps two
hours, in which the contestants run
hack and forth in relays. After din
ner the chifonetis (priests of the sun)
w ith bodies striped in black nnd white,
like zebras, nmuse the people with
such buffoonery as may be suggested
by the occasion, much the same as the
ciown of a circus, making faces,
cracking jokes nnd making elaborate
attempts nt various feats, only to fail.
This in the one ocension of the yenr
when Apaches, Utes nnd Nnvajoes are
permitted to pitch camp on the reser
vation, nnd some of these w ild tribes
nre sure to be present to get a share
of the good things given awny. The
antipathy to the Mexicans is forgotten,
nnd Americans u.c prined as guests of
honor.
The subject races early learned the
Spanish language from their conquer
ors, and for 200 years or more it hns
been the common tongue of south
western penples (peaking various lan
guages. Even Americans, in ninny
parts of the southwest nre forced to
learn it iu order to facilitate their nf-
fairs. The work of the Catholic
Church and the tenacity of the Mexi-
IXJHANS.
cans havo kept the Cnstillian promi
nent even under American rule. The
pyramid dwellers, therefore, learn
Spanish for communication with the
outside world nnd retain their own
nncient tongue for home life. Few of
them know any English.
Taos Mountains, towering lll.OOO feet
above tho sea, when ho bestows on
the infant a native nnmo by which he
is known among his intimates. These
people nre divided into clans designa
ted ns eagle, corn, etc, and nieinbe.'S
of tho same clan nre not permitted to
intermarry. They have an admirable
family life. The fields nnd the pro
ducts of tho chase belong to the hus
band. Thn house and the children
belong t;i tho wife. The crops are the
husband's until they are housed, when
they become the wife's. She grinds
the corn nnd whent between stones,
nnd this rudo mill is known ns a
nictate.
The courts have decided that the
pyramid dwellers nre citizens of tho
United States under the trenty of
Hidalgo Guadalupe, by which the
southwest was acquired from Mexico,
but they do not want to be citizens,
and the Government has scarcely
treated them as snch. The grant of
Bin
Rl'INS OF I'HTBCII BOMBARDED BT AMERI
CAN CANNON IN 1818.
six square miles of the fertile, well
watered valley of Taos, made by the
Spaniards more than a hundred years
ago, hns bpen confirmed hy Uncle
Hnm, and the people support them
selves by farming, They do much of
their plowing with sticks dragged
through tho soft soil by ponies. The
chief crops are corn aud wheat. The
whent is thrashed, as in biblical times,
by ponies trampling out the grain. It
is winnowed by throwing it into the
air w ith a pitchfork on a windy day.
The grain is then separated from the
heavier straw by running it through a
sievo made of sheep skin punched full
of holes and stretched on a wooden
frame. Iu this process considerable
dirt clings iu thecreasesof the kernels,
and the wheat hits to be washed to be
cleaned, though many persons think
that too finicky.
The married men of the pyramid
community elect a set of officers once
a year. There are a Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor,
an Aleade, a War
Captain and several Assistants. The
inauguration takes place on New Year's
Day iu the church. The old officers
gather ou oue side of the room and the
new officers on the other. They march
iu single file toward the altar, aud, as
they meet, the old Goberuador passes
to his successor a silver-heudod ebony
cane, presented to the pueblo by
Abraham Lincoln in 1803. Common
wands are transferred by the other re
tiring officers. The new officers gen
erally insist also ou taking; au oath be
for the County Judge, although he ha i
no authority iu the matter. The na
tives imagine that their action is rati
fied by the Government of the United
States. They also have a Cacique,
who is hereditary and holds his posi
tion for life. He is the head of the
system of pagan religion, while the
Governor is the head of civil affairs,
but so great, is the reverence of flis)
people for the Cnclqtte that in any con
troversy his will is practically law as
against the rnle of the Goberuador.
The pyramid people ask tin help nf
Uncle Sam, and he dops not. interfere
in their internal affairs. They have
acquired a community title to their
farms and transfer these among them
selves. They have gone into civilized
courts only once or twice, and then
because whites encroached on their
lands. They lease some of their land
to Mexican neighbors nt the rate of 91
for ns much ns enn be seeded w ith a
fnnegn of grain. A fanegn of wheat is
nboitt two bushels, and it will seed
nbout two acres, making the rent
about fifty cents an acre. '
An authority has said that nowhere
else on earth hns the aborigine built
many-storied homes, and these two
pyramids nre the only ones of their
kind remaining iu the Fgypt of Amer
ica. CREAT FEATHERED CREATURE.
liiMiinlns nf n tllril Hint Was Twelve
feet HIkIi IHm-oviM-pd In Australia.
"Dr. F.. C. Stirling announces that
he discovered, during a visit to Aus
tralia, from which he has just re
turned, the remains of an extinct bird
which in life measured twelve feet in
height. The bird, as Dr. Stirling de
scribes it, is unknown to history. In
some respects, it resembles the ele-plinut-footed
moa, and in others the
emu of the present day. It differs
from all iu so great a degree, however,
ns to prove it to have been of a class
by itself. Large quantities of the re
mains were discovered, showing that
centuries ago this great-feathered crea
ture was a common sight ou the Aus
tralian plains. .
The place of discovery is called
Lake Callnbonua nnd in located in
South Australia. If it has nt any time
been visited by other than the natives,
Dr. Stirling found no trace of the fact.
Lake Callabonnn is oue of those basins
which nre dignified with the name of
lake, but only become such during
those tremendous downpours of water
which transform the seeming Aus
trnlinn desert into the verdure-clad
plniu. While Dr. Stirling visited it,
T1U8 BIRD WAS TWELVE FEET UIOIT.
it was really a hard clay salt pan, cov
ered with glittering crystals of gypsum
and salt. It is salt that preserved the
bones. Salt accomplishes this, al
though it renders the bones exceed
ingly brittle. The remains of the big
bird were found associated with those
of the other extinct marsupials. Owing
to the fact of the extreme brittleness
caused by the salt, the task of recover
ing nnd preserving them was one of
exceeding difficulty. It was, however,
accomplished safely, aud so far as can
be determined, all that was necessary
to make up a perfect specimen of tho
bird secured.
A Three-Foot HnlMIng,
At the corner of Gold ami Flatt
streets, New York, is one of the oldest
and most interesting buildings in that
city. It is three stories high, 120 feet
deep and only three feet wide. Ac
cording to the World, the building was
put np over forty years ago by James
Thompson. When the city laid out
NARROWEST HOUSE IN TUB WORLD.
Plntt street little attention was paid to
the division of lots, and the result was
this queerly shaped strip of hind was
left over aud somehow came into the
possession of Mr. Thompson, Here
Van Huron once entertained his
friends. The building is now occu
pied as a saloon, while the upper floors
are given over to living purposes. It
is probubly the narrowest house iu the
world.
Picture stealing in galleries seems
to be epidemio in Europe. Two cases
have recently been reported from Far
is, two from Budapest and oue from
Madrid,
SI iC bIT
KE3T0NE STATE NEWS CONDENSEa
TO ADD BOUROUGHS.
MomWUlt nd Coopuridsti wsr.t to bseoms
part tf Johnitown.
The board of trade of Johnstown In
structed the Municipal committee to
rolled fncts concernlnit the annexa
tion to this clly of Morrellvllle nnd
f'oopersilnle, so the board may he nhle
to place the matter IntelllKcntly liefore
city councils. This move In the ill
rectlon nf a greater Johnstown Is the
result of many iltlxeiis of these bor
cimht beliis; anxious to come Into the
illy.
The following; pensions hnve beii
granted William Kvans, I'ltlshurgh;
Alexander J. Kwam-y, Fnlrehnnce;
Thomas Nolan, (iswnyo; Patrick Hurk,
Hollldiiysliurg; Hohcrt U. Wamplr,
Larimer; .Michael Flchtcr. Mnnnrvllt-;
Andrew J. Putnam, Stony Fork; AUKiist
Fecvey, l-Ilkhnrn: Matilda J. Wetsel,
Orhisntila; t'ethnrlne Kimel, Johns
town; Harriet .M-Ivln, Plttslinm; Bntn
uel H. i'rnyle, Jeannelte; Christoplvr
Cramer, Warren; John Moore. Hcott
Haven; David K. Kdwards, Johnstown;
Horatio Itockwood, Colon City; Uporg
V. Currle, liavton, Armstrong county:
William U. Bcrlock. North Hop", ami
Moses Jackson, Olaile Mills, Putter
co; Phllllpp Faivver, Oriental, Juniata
county; Andrew J. Htumpf, Hlg Kun,
and James C. Leatihni t. Lindsay, Jeffer
son county; Alfred Ordway, Mil"
drove, ami (leorge W. McComber, At
hlon. Krle county; William A. Altemus,
Hrusli valley, Indiana county; Andrew
J. Young, Jefferson, Oreene county.
At I.elsenrlng No. 3 Henry O. Knight,
coke worker enployed at the H. C.
Prick Coke company, was mourning at
the wake over the remains of James
Durkln, a friend who was killed at a
railroad crossing In New Haven. At
midnight he left the room In which the
corpse was. Knight appeared In per
fect health, but he walked only as far
ns the door when he dropped to the
threshold. The remains were brought
to this place to the home of his mother.
Knight was 3(1 years old and single.
Dr. tleorge K. Kdwards, of New
Castle, died In the room at Princeton
College he hail occupied during his
college course. Dr. Kdwards was a
favorite with undergraduates, and his
devotion to his alma mater Is shown
hy the fact that while III he traveled
here from California In order to die
In the town where he had spent the
most enjoyable days of his life.
In the absence of his parents. Karl
Falnefroi k, the 4-year-old son of Da
vid M. Falnefriiek. of Conperstown, ob
tained his father's revolver and was
toying with the deadly weapon. While
looking Into the barrel of the pistol the
weapon was discharged. The bullet
entered the unfortunate little fellow's
mouth. He will surely die.
An Intoxicated brnkenmn named
Michael Mann on the Ht. Marys road
forcibly ejected the engineer and flre
man from the cab of the engine, and
an the train several miles to the sta
tion of Hraudy Cnnip, near Itldgwny,
where he stopped for more Intoxicants,
nnd was caught by his pursuers.
.kdin Keer, Fred Miller and "Mug
ger" Hanan are In the lock-up for In
juries they Indicted on James Wilson,
track boss at Perry coke works, t'nlon
town. The three fell on Wilson, struck
him on the head with a brick. Jumped
on htm nnd kicked him into Insensi
bility. His skull is thought to be
fractured.
Harry AV. Wilson, surviving mem
ber of the firm of A. W. Wilson & Hon,
at Indiana, mnde an assignment, be
ing unable to continue business since
his father died. The assignee is
lieorge U. Stewart, Mr. Wilson's brother-in-law.
Creditors are said to he nu
merous In the sin rounding country.
olga, the three-mnnths-old child of
Mr. ami Mrs. Joseph Herman, of
Johnstown, was found dead in bed
when its parents returned home after
being out a short time. It had rolled
to one side from a pillow, which fell
across its face, smothering It.
Illam he, aged 13, daughter of Jacob
Kllbl'lt.. of Conemaugh. used kero
sene with which to start a tire. She
w III die. She ran wildly to a rain bar
rel and jumped Into it. Thus she was
able to put out the llames, but not un
til she had been fatally burned.
At Jackson w aid. the dress of Mrs.
Mary Stelnmets, a widow, caught fire
while she was at the bake oven. She
was literally roasted to death. At
Heading, the dress of Mrs. Florence
Miller, aged 23 years, caught Are w hile
she was preparing dinner. She died.
James (. Path, aged 19, on Manor
Hill. Huntingdon county. Jumped from
a. freight train at Petersburg and fell
under ihe wheels, lloth legs were
crushed. He was brought to tho Al
tnona Hospital, where his legs were
amputated.
Despondent because of the Inability
of her husband to find employment,
Mrs. C. Miller, of Pittsburg, adminis
tered poison to her child and then at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
Paris green. The child will recover.
Herman P. Schuls, convicted of mur
dering his wife, and awaiting sentence
of death at Milford, attempted to an
ticipate the execution by strangling
himself. He did not succeod. He says
he will starve himself.
While bathing In the Attegheny river
at Pittsburg, John Collins had an at
tack of cramps and was nearly drown
ed. When he returned to conscious
ness he took a hemorrhage, and died.
A boy named McCreary, aged 12
years, was run over and almost In
stantly killed near Sheridan station.
His home Is at Perry, and ho was here
on a visit to his uncle, Joseph Ager.
Dr. W. M. Swingle, for the past sev
en years principal of the Ureensburg
seminary, has resigned to accept tho
superintendence of the Railway (N.
J.) schools, at a large salary.
At Hutler, Wnlel Kvans got four
months to the, workhouse for malici
ous mischief. J. W. McKee of Saxon
burg, for Illegal liUor selling, was
fined $50 and 30 days to Jail.
John Orlner of Altoona started for
Germany with SfOO and :i00 belonging
to friends, was robbed in New York of
all but his ticket and went craxy on
reaching the Fatherland.
David Stauffer, aged D5 years, com
mitted suicide by taking strychnine at
his home near Pleasurevllle, York
county. I'Mnanclal reverses were the
cause.
While making a connection with a
gas main at Ureenvllle, James O'Neal
and his helper were overcome and tak
en out unconscious. They will re
cover. James Canon and William Wee,
painters, full from a scaffold at Ty
rone, lloth are at Altoona hospital
with broken bones.
W. A. Keller, proprietor of a board
ing house In Urove City, was arrested
and held for court on a charge of sell
ing liquor illegally.
Diocletian Shipley, general contrac
tor, Tniontown, hus assigned to J. B.
Douglass. Assets and liabilities about
3,600 each.
At Bethlehem, Amos F. Bigendsll,
carpenter, fired four shots at his wife,
missing her, and then put a bullet In
Ills heart.
John Lepko was killed hy a fall of
slate at the Dunlo mines, Cambria
county.
The barn of Bamuel Clark, of Homer
City, was struck by lightning, one
horse being killed and two Injured.
Maker llebnut of West Washington
was badly Injured by an explosion of
gas In his bakery. He will recover.
William Little of Washington round
burglars In his house and fired at
thnn. They got away with a watch.
o. M. Francis, SRed 70. a farmer of
Wayne township, Lawrence county,
was killed by a train near Moravia.
The Wolford Oas Company, Bmeth
port, has been granted a charter.
Capital. $1(1.000.
James O'Toole, aged H, lost his life
at Johnstown, while attempting to
board a freight trHlm
PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATURE.
June H. House. Mr. Necblt of North
umberland, offered the following reso
lution, "That the Committee of Publlo
Putldlnrrs nml Orounds he nnd Is here
by requested to lay before the House
the bills, or copies of the bills, that
heve been rendered and approved by
the committee or under lis direction,
covering claims for pi-isonnl service,
labor, materials or furnishings of nny
kind used In the filling up of drain
church for the use of the Legislature.
The hill Introduced by Mr. llogcr,
Philadelphia. Increasing the penalty
for repeating to five years Imprison
ment, passed. The bill to tax bicycles,
tricycles, pleasure enrrlages and trac-tlot-
engines passed third reading after
amendments had been defeated ex
empting bicycles and tricycles owned
by persons under 14 years old.
In the Senate, by a unanimous vote,
the defeat of the Clarency building so
ciety bill, upon motion of Mr. Osbourn,
was reconsidered and It wns theu
agreed to postpone further considera
tion of the measure for the present.
The dovernor sent to the Senate a
veto of the local Cambria tax collector
act.
These appointments were confirmed:
John P. lams, tlreene, manager of
Morganza, Heform school; John Mc
Dowell, superintendent of National
load: John D. Bhafer. judge of the
Fifth district. Allegheny county.
June 15, The bill to levy tl n year on
pleasure carriages, bicycles end tri
cycles, and 13 on traction engines was
defeated. The money that was to have
been raised In this manner was to have
gone toward the Improvement of roads.
Mr. Haldwln, who had the bill In
charge, said It would have netted the
slate St'iOO.OM). The bill wan defeated.
The Inheritance tax came up for third
reading. There Is not much hope for
the passage of this bill. The striking
out of the I'l.ann exemption clause ha
caused much dissatisfaction, and the
bill Is regarded by many an Iniquitous.
Another cause for opposition Is the
failure of the senate to ad on the Bliss
hill taxing beer. The proposition to
tnx beer has many friends In the house,
and they propose to Juggle with the di
rect Inheritance tax bill until they can
force the senate to pass the beer bills,
which have already passed the house.
The direct Inheritance bill is now In
shape to be called up at any time, but
It Is certain that the advocates of the
measure will tnke great care.
In the senate the prison bill limiting
the number of Inmates of state prisons,
penitentiaries and other penal Institu
tions to be employed In manufacturing
goods therein to 20 per cent, and pro
hibiting the use of machinery In such
manufacture was passed. The bill pro
viding that licensed brewers shall sell
to licensed dealers not less than a dos
en pints or In pneknges of not less than
an eighth of a barrel, nnd further than
one person or association can own or
control two breweries upon the pay
ment of $1,000 license for each, pass"d
dually.
June 17. The Senate made more
progress with the tariff hill to-day than
on nny 'lay since Its debute opened.
The schedules on spirits und wines and
on manufactured cotton goods were
completed. A new paragraph wns add
ed to compensate the cotton manufac
turers for the placing of raw cotton on
the dutiable list. It provides that on
all cotton yarns liner than No. 10 sin
gle, nnd the goods manufactured
thereof, the duty shall be 10 per cent.
In addition to the rates of tho cotton
schedule.
The House was In session nn hour
nnd n half, most of the time being tak
en up with roll calls. Mr. Bulxer, Dem
ocrat, New York, succeeded In Inject
ing Into the proceedings a brief speech
in favor of Cuba, In which he denounc
ed Weyler as a "thief" ami "murderer."
The bill for the relief of the residents of
('.leer county, Oklahoma, was passed.
The House adjourned till Monday.
THE NATIONAL CAME.
The St. Louis reorganised Ilrowns an
playing a much Improved gatno of hall.
Illtehny, of the Clnclanntls, Is a strict
Tcgetarlr.n. He bos not tasted moat sines
early childhood.
Judged by the Roekalexls standard what
would be the matter with a teum that was
all Indians? Nothing much, apparently.
Thn Clnciunatls would rather beat Pitts
burg than any other team la the League,
yet they Invariably play their worst guinns
against the "Pirates."
It Is a plnosure to see Demontrevllle, o
Washington, play short. He belongs to
the "Little Olant" class as a ball pluyer,
with Keelur, Duffy and Oelnr.
Jennings's hitting Is way below last sea
son's form, and unless the Baltimore short
stop takes a big brace ha won't figure
raong tho top-notch batsmen.
No far I'anlon's judgment In setting
adrift Hemming, Usper anil MoMalioa has
been vindicated. They haven't sut Ilia
world allre with tholr new clubs.
Thero are nine married men nn the
Louisville team. They are Wen len, Wilson,
Clingman, ltogera, Fniser, McFarloa, Staf
ford, Pickering and Cunningham.
Eealer. of tho Baltlmoros, Is considered
the most scientlllo bntsman to-day la the
League, He stand close to the pinto and
tries to plane every ball that ha hits at.
That pitchers' bugbear, the "costly baso
on balls," Is playing as prominent a part Iu
the game as ever tills season. Many a game
Is lost through Just one free puis to first
given at tho wrong time.
The old Leaguers who were drafted back
from the minor organizations this season
are cluing well ra lost company, notably
Huilly, Warden, C'annvau, llurtuiau,
Hchrivur, Hutchison and Wilson.
The Australians who came to Amerlaa in
thn hope that they could pat up presenta
ble baseball saw the Baltimore and Chicago
teams. They were rendered speechless by
the sight of men capturing hot-shot liners
and grounders and, by the way
the fielders lnvsriubly eaugbt high flies.
What astonished them gmatiy was that no
applause followed a fly catch In the out
Held, Horaoe B. Fogol says: "That Cincinnati
team Is a puszlu. Made up almost entirely
of 'pick-up players 'cast off by other clubs
vide Burke, Hoy, Irwin, Vaughn, Ewlng,
Sohriver, Buret, Dwyer and several others,
not to mention lthiues, who was resurrected
last year, and Mol'hee, who has beea play
ing almost a quarter ot a century this
combination, nevertheless, pats up a game
almost Impossible to beat, and promUes to
be a strong oompetltor for this year's)
championship."
The Rev. Henry Hupp, the oldest ae
tlve clergyman In Illinois, now In his
fd year, la still strong and vigorous,
and preaches every Sunday,