NEWS OF THE WEEK. Thnre.iav. Feb. . The Rev. Father Holmn tins been ap pf1iitHt bishop of f-cranton, Pa. The Cltlrcns' linnlc nt. ('inncllvllle. Intl., owned hy ex-lTnlted SUUos Treasurer Wnimtfn, has assigned. The president has sent to the senate the appointment of Charles F. Terhune to be postmaster at UlnRhnrnton, N. Y. The steamer Yumurl, wlilrh has arrived from Ilavnnn, Ivrnnght 1, 000,000 in gold coin for Lar.ard Frcres of Now York. Dr. Baxter T. Bmeltr.er, secretary of the New York state board of health, Iih gone to Klmlra, where there Is an eplriemto of typhoid fever. The Elm street system of street rail ways In Dallas, was sold nt receiver's snlo to t-)enrge W. Davenport of Hostnn, repre senting eastern capitalists, for 11110,000. Harry J. Sargent, formerly a theatrical manager, who was at one time connected with dramatic ventiircs In the United States, died In extreme penury In London. Iatly Jane Franceses FperiitiRa Wilde, widow of Sir William Hnhcrt Wills Wilde, M. D.t surgeon oculist to her majesty In Irelnnd, and mother of Oscar Wilde, la dead. Friday, Feb. 7. Mme. Rlcanora Duso, the actress, arriv ed In New York on the Majestic Allen Sharpies and his IB-year old daughter were hurnnd to death at their home in Montpelier O. , The report .hat Cardinal Hatnpolla, the papal secreta.-y of state, had resigned, owing to serious differences with the pope, is denied In Home. John Shea, a first class clerk In the reo ord and pension division of the war de partment and a veteran of the late war, committed suicide In Washington. Harry Howard, the last chief of the old volunteer fire department of New York and the best known fireman In the United States, died at his home In New York. Ignatz Rplnnler of Vienna, aged 88 Tears, a second cabin passenger on the North German Lloyd stcnmshlp Spree, which arrived in New York from Bremen, died on .Inn. 81 of delirium tremens. The supreme council of the National Farmers? alliance, In session In Washing ton, elected the following officers : Mann Pngo, Virginia, president; H. C. Fnavely, Pennsylvania, vice president; K. A. Southwortn, Colorado, secretary and treas urer. Saturday, Feb. 8. J. P. Morgan & Co. of New York has deposited 11,000,000 In gold at the assay oil Ice. Stephen Ryan of New York, convicted of murder In the second degree, was sen tenced to life imprisonment. R. G. Dun & Co. of New York report that the failures for the week were 828 In the United States, against 881 last year, and 63 In Canada, against 68 last year. In the trial of Stanhope Royster for the murder of E. W. MoFarlnnd at Boone, la., the Jury brought in a verdlco of aoquittal. McFnrland was the seducer of Hoyster'a Ister. The Union Republican club of Washing ton Is arranging for a celebration, to be held here on the S-M Inst., of the fortieth anniversary of the birth of the national Republican party. The Jury In the case of Thomas Elvln of Plienixvllle, Pa , brought In a verdict of murder In the first degree. Klvln killed two of his children on Nov. IB by placing arsenic In their coffee. Monday, Feb. 10. Rev. A. H. Milllken, a clergyman well known In the three northern New England tates, died, aged 67 years. Mrs. Helen M. Arlon, an aunt of Gen eral Low Wallace and daughter of Hon. John Test, died In Los Angeles. Fire destroyed the oil and glue works of George J. Tarr & Co. at Fort Point, Muss. The loss, which will reach 175,000, ln oludos valuable Isinglass machinery. Relnhold Rost, LL. D., formerly orient al lecturer in St. Augustine's college, Canterbury, secretary to tho Royal Asiatic society and librarian to the India office, who retired In 183 from active duty, died In I.ondon. The president has designated William P. Mason, professor of chemistry In the Troy (N. Y.) Polylechnlo Institute and W. W. Duflleld, chief of the coast survey, as additional meml)ers of the annual assay commission. Tneeday, Feb. 11. William A. Parry of Philadelphia, who was making an oriental tour accompanied by his wife, died at Darjllling, India. Frederick Schlechter, who was Injured In a boxing contest by ex-Polioeman Pluck felder, died at St. Mary's hospital In Phil adelphia. The session of the National Assembly ot the IiPague of American Wheelmen began in Baltimore with a good roads congress. One man was killed, one was fatally In jured and five others were slightly hurt by the explosion of a 110 horsepower boiler at the Ann and Hope cotton mill, Lonsdale, R. L Charles H. George & Co., hardware deal ers, of Providence have made a general as signment for the benefit of their creditors, both individually and as a firm, James A. George being the company. The grand Jury of Crawford county, Fa., has held Mrs. Kate M. Nelll and Kil srar C. Gardner of Glrnrtl for trial on the charge of administering poison to Pe ter II. Nellie, the former's husband. Congressman W. H. Craln of Texas died suddenly in Washington at the home of a friend. He was serving his sixtb term In the house of representatives and was one of the heat known members of that body, Wednesday, Feb. 1. Charles C. Rogers, 2fl, son of ex-Postmaster Rogers of Colchester, committed suU Ide by shooting. James H. MoVlcker, the well known tbeatrloal manager of Chicago, was strick en with paralysis and Is not expected to live. A wreck occurred on the Illinois Cen tral, between Doiigwla and Westing, Ills., and five persons were killed and several injured. At a conference of the leading Pennsyl vania Republicans It was decided to pre sent the name of Senator Quay at bt. Louis fur president. Dennis O'Hearn, 28, was arraigned be fore Justice Tighe In Brook! on the charge of assaulting bis mother, Bridget O'Heorn, 03 yours old. Firs did ffnvtt damage In the town of Bethel, Conn. Fox'shotel, together with a smali fUb wore, was destroyed, and the Nichols Oiera House was gutted. Governor Gripes of New Jersey wrote a letter to Judge Thomas S. Henry, counsel for Kohl, the Newark murderer, refusing to reconvene the board of pardons. Fire swept along a portion of the rivet front In Washington, destroying the Home Ice ooirpany's plant, Neipze's nhhouse aud a liumU'r of bouthounua, boats and yacht ; kiwi, 120,000. Can't Blip turn Trolley. A trolley wheel whkb cannot jump eff the wire has Uto invented by a jMilwuukee etreet car superintendent. On each side of the wheel proper there is a spiral groove. When the wheel lumps fruiu the v, ire, the latter lodges lu the groove, uud is at onoe carried bark to its proper place. The trolley v.ln-el aud f ruovtn are nix inches in width, which l Bufiliieut to meet bu CUt fcf 100 displacements uf tho W'hueL THAT COAL COMBINE. MAGNATE3 WILL REMAIN INACTIVE TILL THE STORM 13 OVER. Directors Hop the Dear Fnbllo Will at l4Mt rteeome Reconciled to Their Plan. Mart-ma's Pchema to Consolidate Inter ests For tbe "Gentlemen's Agreement. That the big anthracite cool monopo ly is becoming frightened is evident from the fact Hint the permanent organ ization, which was agreed upon at the meeting of railroad presidents, has been given op for the time. It tuny be form ed if the public becomes inactive, bnt if the fight is continued vigorously, the railroads will discreetly keep their per nianeiit association in the background. To rnn op the while flng bas been a hnrd blow to the plans of the railroads, for the permanent organization was a pet scheme, and had gone so far that the name Anthracite Coal association had been decided on, and steps have been taken to make it or! the same lines as the Joint Trunk association, formed by the truhk lines aud their western connections. It is now understood that the Anthracite Coal association will re main tinder cover until, as the railroads hope, the people get used to the present arrangement. If this can be continued, the coal men believe they can eventually get together on a permanent basis, thus forming a trust ill fact. The farreoching eSect of the "gentleman's agreement," tinder which prices are now being raised, is shown by the statement of Robert Good body, broker, at 89 Broad street, New York, who said with reference to the combine : "It would seem as if the anthracite coal agreement was very likly to be sta ble. It is based largely on ownership of stocks by a few big men and therefore does not depend on any ofllcial, for if these gentlemen feel it to be to their in terest they ran dismiss the offender, and probably will because they want a fair return for their money. They cannot, however, exact high prices on account of the competition of bitnminons coal. This anthracite combination seems cer ' tain to help onr market to higher prices I in the long run." By this and other expressions of Wall street men it is made apparent that J. Pierpont Morgan is counting on giving i strength to the combine w hich his finan I cial skill created by joining the inter ests of the various lines. The way in which the roads in the combine are al lied is shown by the duplications in the I boards of directors. A study of the personnel of the di rectories of the various roads will show bow closely the interests are allied, and therefore that a "gentleman's agree- 1 nieut" is as binding as if a bond to keep the agreement were signed by each rail read president. J. Pierpont Morgan is the moving spirit, aud with the Read ing under his control he is in a position to give advice that carries weight. He anil the Vuudetbilts. aud the First Na tional bank puity always work band in band. The Vamlerbilts control the Lacka- wanna, the Mew York and Susquebon- na and the Delaware aud Hudson, while the Erie is under their influence. The New Jersey Central is controlled by the First National bank party. A large I part of the stock of (he Pennsylvania and the New York, Ontario and Western is held by the English, and the impres sion prevails on the other side of the Atlantic that J. Pierpont Morgan is about the only thorough finanoier in this country. This gives him influence that was made apparent on the day the combination was made, when President Roberts opposed I he terms until he got the tip from some one during the lunch bour that he ought to be satisfied. Although the Lehigh Valley is inde pendent, Mr. Morgan can get his opin ions tii to the directory through Thomas McKean, a Reading man. Mr. Morgan'! influence is made apparent by the pres ence in the Jersey Central directory of Edward 13:' Adams, who represented the Deutsche bank in the Morgan bond syn dicate. Other directors are George F. Buker, pret -ut of the First National bauk; James A. Garland, vice presi dent of the First National bank, and Samuel Sloan, president of the Lacka wanna. With C'haunoey M. Dcpow and Cor nelius Vunderbilt in the Delaware aud Hudson, ti e Vauderbijt and Morgan in terests will be looked after, and Alexan der E. Orr, a director of this road and the Erie, will try to see that the inter ests of both lines are looked after. The president of the New York, Sus quehanna and Western, A. L. Hopkins, is known as a Morgan representative. In the Erie one of the directors is C. H. Coster, a partner of Mr. Morgan in J. P. Morgan & Co., and others in the board are Abram S. Hewitt, owner of the New York and Greenwood Lake road, and Francis I Stetson, the per sonal representative of Mr. Morgan, who gained fume by drawing the con tract between the Morgan-Belmont bond syndicate and the government. It is reported that one of Mr. Mar gan's plans is to get the interests of the various coal roads still further inter twined, and to keep on at the plan un til the system is so complete that the coal carrying iuai will be practically one corporation, with power to raise the price of coul to the limit of the people's endurance. New York Journal. General Markets. New Yohi . 1 1 . 1 A) U ft State Mid WGMern quiet and eay; city nulls patent. V&V.4.6. winrvr patent. $:.KV(4; city mlil , lear, S(.1S 4.SS winter straiirht. HnO'ZU.75. WHhA I' No, X red p 'Bed ttrady on foreign buying and small i ill iai world's auipmenu, int eakenei an-ter l.q.uidutnn and absence o outde trade May, ;.' j,:4o.; June. Tl4 CUHS -No. ".' was fairly active and easier Id yrujiaihy with wlieat: February, HdHc-i May, aii,..w c. OA'l Nu. 8 dull and nominal: track, while, Ktale, 6l.-ac.' track, u uil. weeteru, x4&2ac POKK-Dull: uieMi. uj,1.24; Iiml, (11. LA KU lluil; priiue weoLoru, eleauu. avked. m iTBH-riria: tu dairy, lSc; stat creamery, lifc, 1 c. C'iitKnK-buady: slate, large, oiluS-jc Suraii. Sui. ;ti44c. touts Sc irru: Mate and Peunaylvauts, 15!ic, western, iit St'iJAH- K w arm: fair retlnlnic. Hc: cen trtluaal. vri tel. ;v;c.; renued quiet; cruaned, 6c.: ijt'ttTeit, 6lfcc. '1 1'Ki'LMlNr. lYtjiei at fc'Wa Sr.) ' - Mul.Ar-.-r.f-- ,uit)l. Newr 111 leane. JMiuVJTe. KlL fc. (MusJy. uuiuunllc. in ioc.l Jauak, KS til.'. 'i AI.I.OW- Dull rlly, 840.! country. SHo. HAV .-t"'.:y; suiiJiiln, Teuu.; gx4 ta Choice, JtottWiO NOT THE ENEMY'S CAMPf IRE3. The M Intake of a ftoermft Whose lonafiaa- tlon Wh Stlmalated. At the beginning of the war there were a lot of "raw" soldiers, who, though ardent fellows and good fight ers, were not up to the West Point standard on military matters. At War ren ton, Vs., one of the new companies happened to be stationed early in the conflict, and many were the lessons that bad to be learned by the earnest but ignorant southerners, who had but light idea of the rigid rules of warlike discipline. But on tha whole they did well. It was one balmy September arming, Just that time of the year when the cool breeze is laden With the rich odors of the dying leaves and full of an cxbila-1 rating orispfness that seems to fill one' blood with dreams of love and happi ness. The moon was jtwt ppfp from behind a bank of clouds resting oa the , crests of the Blue Ridge, and the Una of light crept down the sides and crawl ed across the fields of waring corn and , the meadowi full of chirping insects. About in tha field wort scattered the white tents of the Confederates, and be neath them the tired men were deep in elnmber. One of the most Ignorant men had I been put out as a picket, and for hours ! be trod his beat, watching With eager eye the lights from the distant farm houses, lest some fire of an enemy's eamp break out into the gloom. The air was warm and fragrant, and Ibe sol dier's mind was full of the romance of the sitnation. ' 1 ' Preseutly the moon sank behind tha dark billows of the cloud bank and the world was wrapped in silence and dark ness. But in each bush there sparkled a glowworm, and about in the air cir culated some of tht bright insects known as "lightning bugs," whose tiny tails are seemingly pointed with Bra, Now the sentry sudddenly became alarmed and gave the signal, and the oamp was soon in turmoil. . The men, hastily awakened from their sleep, be gan to saddle up, and were full of de light at the thought of meeting the ene my, whose campfires, so the Sentinel laid, bad just gleamed out from dis tant hilL The men were ranged up to begin their march, the colonel exhorted them that this was the "time to win their spurs, " and all was excitement, when the sentinel crept up to the colonel. "Colonel," said the fellow in a dis comfited voice, "I am mighty sorry, bnt I hare made a mistake there is no campflre of the enemy it's a lightning bng yon Bee, I am a bit nearsighted." Aud the man crept back to hide under the flap of his desolato tent, while the disgruntled men took themselves again to slumber. Philadelphia Times. LOVE A3 CONSIDERED NOWADAYS. Two Men Asked Advloe Arrant It and Thea Rejected It. There is no use of opposing a lore af fair, not eren when the actors play Into your own bands. I know what I'm say ing. I're bad the experience with two tbe young and the old man. My first experience was with a young man, who didn't know his mind and asked me what he had better do, and I, like a fa ther, told bim he'd better not marry tbe girl be was courting. He went right off aud married her. An old man from the country came into tbe car where I was reading my morning paper and sat down at my side, "Beg your pardon, sir," be said. "Did yon erer court a grass widderP" "Oh, yes," I said. "I're courted dozen or more. Why?" . v "Did you erer marry oner" (' "Yes." "Waller, p'r'apa yon kin gire a ohap point or two?" 1 ' v "Oh, certainly, all the point! you want." "Are they any different from other women?" ' "Say, old fellow, I're oourted all sorts of women, both married and un married, and they are all just alike. They do all the oourting and generally propose before you have oourted them "Waller, wbat'i your opin'n?" "It la this the man. who marries one is a jackass. " . The old fellow scratched his bead for a moment, and after he bad got bis idea racked in tbe right spot be said: "Wal ler, hain't I as much constitutionally right to be a jackasu as yon bare?-' Wal ler, I guess, and I'm goin 'cept her pro posal by wire. Write it ont for me, won't you?" New Vork Herald. J, 'I. Llaeola's Modeetr. The Tribune has received a letter from Mr. George Kloetsoh, editor of the Lincoln (Neb. ) Freie Presse, setting forth that be has in bia possession a let ter in the handwriting of Abraham Lin coln, written In 18S9, of special histor ical importance. Mr. Klnetach received the letter from T. J. Pickett, at one time editor of the Republican paper In Rock Island, Ilia. The letter is as fol low! : - BPRiQnau, Ills., April 16, IMS. ; T. i. Pickett. Kaq. : Mr Ilaia Bi-Youri of the 18th la lost re ceived. iAj ungaferneate are such that 1 can not, at any very early day, vunt Rock laland to deliver a lecture, or for any otnar oble. As to tha other matter you kindly mentloe, I boat. In oaiidor. aay I do not think myself si for the prealdenoy. I certainly am flattered and gratified that soma partial friends think of me in that ounnevtion, but I really think it beet for oar eaue that no eonoerted effort such aa yon augg-est should be made. Let this be considered onnfldentlal. Tours very truly, A. LmooLtr. Chicago Tribune. , Ir. Sanfora Hunt Dies Suddenly. Cincinnati, Feb. 11. Rev. San ford Bunt, I). D., of New York, treasurer of the Methodist Missionary society, dropped dead of apoplexy at the Grand hotel in tlits city. As he entered the dour with Her. Dr. Mathews and Rev. Dr. Ham mond of San Francisco be suddenly ex claimed, "Take my hand," and afterward, "I fear" Then be beoame unooosoious and could not complete his expression. In lees than tea minutes be was dead. Dr. Prendergasfe was standing near by, but oould do nothing, and soon pronounced the doctor dead. Tow WuteMrlng la Chorea. Ina Crabtree, Bged 14, Waa brought tbe other night from Morgan township to serve out a fine of (5 aud costs and ten days' impriscameot fuf whispariug in church. Magistrate Cooper imposed the sentence, fchuriff Rickey refused to lock ber iu the jail, and bu taiea be into bis fumily. Tbe oojnmiaaiofiex! will probably release her. CiusiftUate Coiunieroial Uaxette, . CLEVELAND'S BIRTHPLACE. Tro!ly Company at Caldwult, K. Wants tn (X-mnllaU It. J, For the part two years the trustees of the First Presbyterian ohnn-h at Csld- We!1, N. J,, have been fighting thf North Jersey Traction company, which Is trying to get franchise for trol ley road through the town, which, U granted, would necessitate the dristroo- i tlon of the birthplace of the president I of the United Btates, Ororer Cleveland. ' Other residents of Caldwell want tht ; trolley, but ai the trustees hold the I right to a part of the principal thorough fate and do not wish the road on ac count of tbe destruction of this memora ble spot, matters in that usually quiet little borough are at present somewhat i mixed. I The house where President CWelnnd m was born is the parsonage of the First Presbyterian church, oyer which his fa ther presided at tbe time of Grorer't :' birth. ( It is a protty wooden structure, two ttorlee in height, and built after plans . which at that time were considered the most approved. It seta back a little way I from tbe road on Bloomfleld arenne, on of the prettiest roads in New Jersey, and in a direct line, aoeording to sur- j. reyors, with the tracks of the "deadly" trolley. As long ago as July, the I fight was begun, and it is just new about to be settled. , , ' Tbe trolley people say that although they will not harm the church in any way, the road will bare to run very close to it and directly over the spot which tbe parsonage occupies. They are determined to build the road, and bare already an appraisal ot the church par tonage, which is giren a $100,000. - The directors of the Caldwell railway bare now joined In tbe fight, and, strange tossy, are endeavoring to secure the trolley company their franchise. New York Journal. A NOVEL TRIP. Two Bfea Plea to circle the Globe by Dea Power. F. D. . Kennedy of Grand Forks. K. D., is getting ready for trip around the world, and expects to start within 80 days. Cn the trip be will be accom panied by a friend. W. H. Whitnall. The Journey will be made in a neat and serviceable bicycle wagon, drawn by four pairs of big Newfoundland dogs, each weighing from 160 to 800 pounds. , The start will be made from Grand Forks in a light sleigh, which will be ! used as far as possible, and after that ' the bicycle wagon, with an aluminium box, will be brought into serrice. Then tbe route will be direct to New York, where steamer will be taken for Liverpool and the principal points in tbe British isles visited. From there the trip will be made to tbe principal cities of the continent, then on to the orient and the shores of the Pauifio Minne apolis Journal. SPORT UP TO DATE. Catcher Dick Buckley of the Pbila- l delphias has begun bis task of coaching tbe Pennsylvania university baseball candidates. Before Tom O'Bourke left for tbe south he promised to gire Charley Smith uf England a chance to meet some good lightweight. Smith was a great favorite of tbe late Squire Abingdon. Smith says he ia anxious to box anybody, and will not refuse any reasonable offer. F. a Ires' contract with tbe billiard academy at Madrid, made several month! ago, has expired, and news comes that be and Albert Gamier, the Frenchman whose fancy strokes all admire, bare joined bands to make a joint tour of Belgium and Holland. Ires may again return to Ainorica, but the date Is un certain. .. i , Tbe Amherst Athletio association has been inrited to lend a relay team to compete in an intercollegiate tourna ment of relay teams which the Unirer sity of Pennsylrania is arranging, and which ia to be held on April 88. Ai the Amherst team of this year is a very fast one, it is probable that tbe invitation will be accepted, A new running circuit, composed of Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Elkhart, was formed at a meeting held nt In dianapolis the other night. Columbus bad been expected to join, but failed to send a represeBtatira. Toledo, Saginaw and Bay City may be taken in later. The first meeting will be at Terre Haute, beginning May 10. . . Entries for tbe summer meeting of tbe Detroit Jockey club, Aug. 4 to 88, bare been sent out in book form by Secretary CampbelL The list of nominations in each stake is large and oontaina tbe best horses in training In their classes in the west, fiamiro, Ben Brush and Prince Lief and Btrathroy are prominent in tbe 8 year-old events. Ben Brush is In tbe International Derby, guaranteed to be worth 5,000, and the Cam pan stakes, worth $2,600. The International Derby for 1897 has 109 and the Tampan stakes 110 nominations. Tbe American College association, consisting of Dartmouth, Williams and Amherst, held a meeting at Boetcn tbe other day and elected the following offi cers: R. B. Boll ins of Amherst, presi dent; R. W. Root of Williams, rice president; B. W. Couch of Dartmouth, second rice president ! R. B. James of Dartmouth, secretary and treasurer. J. J. Brady of Hartford wss selected as tbe umpire. The following schedule wss ar ranged : May 6, Williams reisos Am herst, at V -'linnistown ; 16 and 16, Dartmouth Amherst, it Hanorer; 80, Anibeu r.-u Williams, at Am berst; 80, Viui, ams versus Amherst, at Williamstown ; June 6 and 6, Dart mouth versus Williams, at Hanorer; 18 and 18, Dartmouth reran! Ambers t, at Hanorer; 80 and 89, Amherst versus Williams, at Amberst. Ufa aWvad by (tie Wateb Cbana. George W. Bouse 'i life was saved by a Knights of Pythias watcb charm at Muncie, lud., the other night House was held up in a lonely spot by foot pad, aud ia the struggle that followed three shuts were fired, One ball would bare penetrated Hon Kb'! sUiuiach, bet It struck his watch charm, glancing off. H finally seemed tbe revolver and near ly beat the Ufa out of bis awiJaiil wiU it. WIND AND SEA. Tna la a Jovial comrade; He lATK'he wh"rver he g"es; Bis merriment flhlnra In tha dimpling lines Tha wrinMe his ha! repow: He lavs himself down at fhe fet of the Sun, And shk ell over with gleaj, And the broad banked billows tall faint on tbe shore In the mirth of the mighty Ml Bnt the wind Is sad and rMtleae And enraed with an Inward naln; Ton may hark at will, by valley or bill, ftnt yoe bav elm still enmplaln. He waMs on the barren monntalne And shrieks on the wintry sea; , Be tor In the eerfar and means la the ptne ; And ah udders ail ever the aepea trea, Weloome ere both their toIom. And 1 know not which Is beet The langhter thai slips from ooean'S UpS Or tha eomrbrftlaaa wind's unrest. Tberw't smii In all rejoieinf, A Joy In the heart of pain, And the wind that aaddeaa, tbe sea that (ld deae. Are el nilng tbe selfvaiae strain. Bayard Taylor. WHO CINDERELLA REALLY WAS. Be (tory ta Very A antra and Appear la aVeet ad ftludoe) Hooka. Th story of Cinderella is substantial ly the same as that told of Rhodopis end rserumitichua by Elian, wbo lired In Rome in tbe third century of tbe Christian era. Tbe story, as told by Elian, Is that while Hbodopls waa bath- ing, an eagle carried swsy one of ber sandals and dmppev It near the feet of Psammitirbus, king of Egypt, who, like Cinderella's prince, was struck by ita diminutive sine, caused the maiden to be sought for, and married her when found. Make the sandal a glasa slipper and add tbe ugly listen for tbe sake of contrast, and the stories are much the same. The glass slipper, by tbe way, is au acknowledged fiction, being in real ity a mistranslation of "pantoufle en rair" (a far slipper), and aot "en rerre." This, at all events, is what is claimed byPerranlt in bis "Contee de Fees." Both these stories hare doubtless a com mon origin, but it is necessary to go further back in tbe history of tbe litera ture to find it to a people who lired in period compared with whioh that of eren Elian is quit modern. It Is in the Vedas, the four sacred books of the Hin doos, that the origin ii to be found. After what baa already been said, it will not be surprising to learn that Cin derella is a dawn maiden, ber sisters being the power! of darkness, who compel ber to wait Upon them, keeping ber hidden from sight. The dawn maid en breaks from ber bonds, and capti vates the sun, remaining with him for a time. But she cannot linger with him In the bearens; she oan remain only until certain bour. Once she lingers too long, and, hurrying back, leares on the path she has taken a token of ber risit in the form of a fleeoy cloud, wbioh bad borne ber aloft when she left the regions of darkness. Tbe sun, deter mined to find her, sends out his emis saries (tbe rsyi of light), but does not find her until she appears before him as the evening twilight. In the Vedas the prince ia called Mitra, whioh is one of tbe namea giren to the sun. London Globe. 8HOOTINQ STARS. Hew Thee Odd and Krratie Baby Plaaata Blase and Darke. Tbe shooting star la an oddity of the rery oddest kind. It ia world of itself a miniature planet probably not larger than tbe papier macbe globe on four study table or tbe rubber ball with whioh tha schoolboys play "three cornered eat," but it ia world just the tarns. Thee baby planets are not al ways round, as planet are generally supposed to be, but are known to be in all sorts of queer shapes. Soma are quara, ethers octagonal i norns irregu lar and many cornered, while one is oc casionally met with which le smooth a! a brick or a cement paring stone. Probably yon bare never heard of man (or woman either, for that matter) "meeting with" shooting star in any of bis wandering!. Let us see how snob thing might be possible. Tbe shooting star is originally a min iature world, revolving around the sun with aa mnch regularity as the earth, Jupiter, Venua or Mars. It keeps np this unerring flight thousands or even millions of years. Finally it reaches the limit of Ita txirtenoa. Suddenly and perhaps without any risible oauee It shoots off at a tangent. It la now a "shooting star." Formerly it wss a world, but even now it Is not bright as other stars are. Let us see wbat will causa It to "flame up like gigantio torch in the heavens. " This particular body that we are talking about shot off front Ita orbit in tbe direction of our earth. . Ita speed ia not lew than 10 miles a second, probably lira times that In tbe great outer sea of space it en counters no resistance to ita headlong flight. Bnt wait. It la Bearing the en velope of atmosphere wbioh surrounds our globe. What will be tbe result when it come in oontaot with "tbe air we breather" Tbe first stratum It strikes is so attenuated that its resistance is rery slight Yet tbe friotion is great enough to instantly raise the tempera ture of tbe falling world. Within the hundredth part of a second the dense stratum of atmosphere baa been encoun tered. The flight of the little world is now perceptibly checked, the result be ing a sudden firing of tbe mineral mat ters in tbe stone. There is an instanta neous burst of light, and then we see tbe doomed represents, tire of the minia ture planets in all its meteoric splendor. Possibly the streak of fire it leaves athwart the heavens will not appear to be mure than a few hundred feet long. Certainly it will be thin and short if the little world was not larger than a football because it will be almost in stantly consumed as soon as it strike! tbe denser portion! of the atmosphere. On the other hand, if this world which has so suddenly come to an end was as large as a good sised barn when it start ed, fragments of it weighing from 10 to 1,000 pound may reach the earth. It ia from these fragments that we tenia the shape and composition of the aerial phenomenon referred to as "shooting stars. " BL Louis Republic. Tha Irish mail boats receive 45S,QQQ a yw subsidy. Thi is m, iO.0Oi Urn than, (s paid fur all the Nurtb. Amerloaa mails front Queeastown to hiw ?c,k, In tha war uf the revolution Ma eh use i.t furnished mora troop to lit r tcu any mW stet. TWJXT TWO DEATHS double peril of the oilship bre merhaven for many hours. Storm Tnaerd and tier Bold Ablaae Only a Choice fletwern Deathe, It Seemed, Tot All on Board The Ship eared, While the Men Are Heroes. The Dntrh oil tank steamer Bremer haven, 8,676 tons bnrden, crawled Into the port of New York the other after noon batterod by the sea and scorched by fire. She made her way up the Nar rows, aud finally dropjied anchor off Ptapleton. Then the crew, worn out by the dangers they had endured, sought rest Captain M. W. Ninnes said every one of them was a hero. In the big tanks of the steamer, when she left Baltimore, Jan. 18, bound for Antwerp, were 1,800,000 gallons of oil, and in the bold wore 8,000 empty bar rels. Ontslde the capes the Bremerhaven encountered heavy weather. A long, rolling swell tossed the ship and set the oil in tho tanks churning. The wind in creased to a strong gale, with tremen dously high seas from the northenst, which broke over the bows and filled the main deck. : Captain Ninnes stood on the bridge hour after bour while the waves batter ed bis boat. No one conhl live on the main rle-k. The port boats were washed from their davits anc! smashed into kindling wood. Everything loose was swept away. Despite the gnle the captain bold bis oourse all Monday, hoping to get be yond tho storm's scope. He was still on the bridge at l.ih p. ra., about 870 miles-out from Cape Henry, when an engineer ran on deck and reported that the oil was escaping. A fireman iown in the stoke bole hnd notioed a little stream of oil running out from tbe coal bnnkersand spreading over the iron floor of the room. Wet ashes were quickly thrown on it and a search made for the leak. The bunker doors were closed and every precantion was taken to prevent the oil from reach ing the fires. The engineers and firemen climbed into the bunkers to hunt for the leak. A moment later there was gnsh of oil that flooded the room and poured under the boilers. Like a flash it ignited and flames burst forth on all sides. The men ran for their lives and luckily esoaped without serious injury. Tbe cry, "Fire I Fire I" renched the captain on the bridge above tho howl ing of the gale. Smoke rolled np from tho hold, and, with the smell of homing oil, nearly stifled All on board. It seem ed as if nothing could save the ship and the lives on hoard of her now. The captain did not hesitate a mo ment. Culling tho first officer to tbe bridge to navigate the ship, he went be low with every man to fight the fire. Bhould it reach the tanks all would be doomed. The stokehole was a raging fnrnaoe. The fire hoee was quickly run below and the donkey engine started. Chief Engineer Craven, his assistants and stood at their posts, although the heat was Intense. To stop the engines would let the ship swing around into the trough of the sea and probably capsize, yet all passages for air to the stokehole could not be out off as long as the engine ran. The captain feared tbe sea less than the fire, and he ordered the engines shnt down. Then all bands were Bet to work plug ging with canvas every open spaoe that oould furnish draft Sails were packed into the openings; hatchways were battened down. The sailors stuffed their coats and bedding into cracks and crevices. The little don key engine was pouring water down be low. The steam gauges were smashed to let clouds of steam fill the stokehole. The engine ran for an hour, and then there was no more steam left. Gradual ly the fire was smothered. Meantime tbe helpless ship was toss ing in the trongh of the sea. 8be was swept time and again by wares, and water poured down on the fire fighters below. Two small boats were left, and a part of tbe crew were set to putting water and provisions in them. After seven hours of work below, the fire was partly under control. At day break the stoke hole was opened and all signs of fire had disappeared. Having saved themselves from one danger, tbe crew had now to face anoth er. The gale had increased aud the ship was in danger of foundering every min ute. The stoke bole was full of water and no fires could be lighted under the boilers. All hands were provided with buckets to be need for baling. Every lurch of the ship tumbled stoke hole plates, coal and everything loose from side to side. For 24 hours they worked unceasing ly, finally getting the water out suffi ciently to allow fires to be lighted un der the starboard boiler. A little steam was raised aud the bilge pump started. At 6.80 p. m. Wednesday, after two days of work without sleep, part of the crew found rest. Sufficient steam had been raised then to allow the engines to be started slowly aud the Bremerhaven was headed for New York. Following the gale a dense fog arose and the sea Sill remained bigb. At 8 a. m. Friday Captain Ninnes, to make sure of bis bearings, hove to and cast the lead rather thuu run the risk of stranding on the Jeicy coast as the St Paul did. The lead brought np white sand, with black spots, at 20 futhams, and from the chart be found bis posi tion. He kept on his course for Sandy Hook and in the afiuruoon picked up a pilot. The fog grew more dense, and Cap tain Ninnes anchored fnr the night close to the whittling buoy. He heard around him the fog horns and whistles uf big steamers, but could see nothing of either the St. Paul or the Campania. When tbe fog lifted, the crippled Bremerha ven worked her way slowly up to quar antine. New York World. Jo, Her rirUif Them, Jr.(tha An iron bed for an engine weighing 60 tons was caet iu one piece in Balti more Jast week. There v. ill be no diffi culty about casting big guns when the neceaaity aribcs. St Louis Globe-Democrat Kentucky Hospitality. A dog fight was (eoeutly given at Swaujpdale iu bouor uf a young Uuly vioiuix there, Louiaville Cuiuitr-Jour- PRESERVING FODDER CORN. Decisive Teats of the Relative Talne ed Vonr Popular Methods. In the eighth annual report of the Vermont agricultural erperiment sta tion is given an instructive account of results gained in testing four ways of preserving corn fodder viz: I. Ensi laging tbe entire crop, "earl and all" (whole ensilage). 8. Picking the ears, cribbing, drying and grinding them and feeding the meal together with the ensilaged talks and hnsks (stover ensi lage and meal). 8. Stooking In large stooks (com fodder). 4. Hnsking, crib bing, drying and grinding the ears and feeding the meal together with the stocked stalks (corn stover and meal). Each of the four methods of preserva tion saved about four-fifths of the dry matter as harvested, and, Judged by this alone, were of practically eqnal effi ciency, the figures being: Stover ensi lage and meal, 18 per cent loss of dry matter, whole ensilage, corn fodder and corn stover and meal, 20 per cent loss of dry matter each. These figures are almost identical with those obtained in similar tests previously made at this station. The character of the losses in food ingredients is much the same in each caso. The stooked fodders, while stooked, lost more and more dry matter as the winter went on; after cntting they lost considerable dry matter, bnt less as tha winter grew longer. The losses in gross weight mid dry matter in the silos were found to be parallel, the latter, how ever, exceeding the former. The oars in the silo lost more of their food value than those handled in other ways, tbe reverse of the result in the 1898-8 ex periment The relative cost of plaoing the same amount of dry matter in the manger was greatly in favor of the whole ensilage. The time and money spent in bu.sking and grinding the ears were wasted, since hotter results were obtained when the ears were left on the stalk. In this experiment the ensilages were relished mnch better than the dry fod ders, and thecows did hetterupnn them. The same quantities of milk and bntter were made by feeding whole ensilngo and stover ensilage and meal; the milk was not changed in quality, bnt the cows ate less dry matter from whole en silage to produce the same amounts of milk and butter. There were but fil or 93 pounds of milk and bntter produced by a given amount of dry matter in the stover ensilage and meal ration to 100 pounds produced by the same amount of dry matter in the whole ensilage ration. The whole ensilage lusted longest, and would consequently make the most milk and bntter. An acre of oorn made into whole ensilage yielded as much as 1.095 acres made into stover ensilage. The results of this experiment as a whole are in entire accord with those obtained in the similar trial at this sta tion in 1898-8. Cnttlns; Coarse rodder. The Maine station compared the value of chopped and unchopped hay for cows and found no evidence that theohopping had any effect Cutting corn stover was found advantageous at the Wisconsin station. The Indiana station found that, steers made better gain! on cut than on uncut clover hay. In reference to out ting ooarse fodder Professor Henry says I There should be a good feed cutter on every dairy farm, nseful for silo filling in the fall and for chaffing feed in the winter. All cornstalks should be put through this machine, for then they are in better oondition for feeding, and tbe coarser portions left uneaten are in good form for bedding and the manure heap. Long cornstalks are ." nuisance in the feeding manger, wortl 'ss for bedding and troublesome in t.e manure pile. Many farmers find difficulty in feeding cut cornstalks, since sometimes the cows refnse to eat them. In a few cases we have found that the sharp ends of tbe cornstalks when cut certain lengths in jure the mouths of the cows. When they are not well eaten, the cause is often due to overfeeding or endeavoring to have the cows live on too limited a va riety of foods. Keep the mangers clean and feed the cut fodder with care, and usually very little will be left over, and that only the coarsest portion. Experi ments at the Wisconsin station show that with the varieties of oorn fodder raised there much more of the cut stalka Will be eaten than if fed uncnt under tbe same conditions. Application of Carbon Bisulphide. H. E. Weed of tbe Mississippi experi ment station reports to Tbe Farmers' Beview a simple and effective method of applying carbon bisulphide as a rem edy to weevil in grain. It consists in simply pouring the liquid over tha top of the grain. He eays: "This is but the work of a moment, and applied in this way the effect is greater, as by this means all the bisulphide used evaporates at once, forming a more poisonous at mosphere than would bo the case where the bisulphide is put into open dishes and left to slowly evaporate. For three years past we have found this method decidedly the best iu our work at this station." Mews and Notes. At the congress of tbe international beekeepers at Atlanta, Dr. J. P. H. Brown of Georgia was elected president, J. T. Calvert of Ohio secretary, and A. L Root vice president. Whether to grow tomatoes in shallow boxes or in pots was answered at tbe Kentucky station in favor of pots. When it is not convenient to give the lawn a top dressing ot well rotted ma nure, a mulch ot tobacco stems is just aa good, if not better. A Vermont beekeeper, writing in The New England Humestead, tells that be winters bees suocesuf ully in chaff packed hivus on summer stands. He uses wheat chaff. Rural New Yorker does not believe "that any healthy and self respecting faeu will ever call fur artificial heat in a well built and well drained hen bouse, " A ttylue with split point, apparently for the purpose of writing with fluid ink, has butts, found in an Eirvntiaia turn a. . - t l 11 r- . ' a . . . v ' - i sf t ........
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