Queens County Review 18981007

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FKEKPORT.   N.   Y..    FRIDAY.   (XTOlil.K   7.    iS'.ts.
TfiaXS:  t^.OO   YtARI-T   IR   ADTAMil
NO. 49.
Bank of Rockvilie Centre
TILLAOB AVEKTTB, RKkville Centra, L. L
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•Amm. r. PHILUPS, Pmldant.
THOMAS O. KNIOnT,  loe-Pr**l<I«Bl. HIRAM «. SMTTH, CaaklM
B9ARD or DIRECTOIS:
Dariaon.       Tbomaa O. Kolcht,
Wrrma. Bailtfe, ad*fB.lMtli,
John I. Davlwii, Rdaraid T. Tkanlaa, W. PtaiaaU.
r* do • Oamnl BanUng Bodneai ol ~"     * Diaeoont.
tAamm VtAt on Special Depoaita. "^   ~   iMBid on England  and tha
Toar Vatnoaga Solicited. AmAkan Hoan-9 A. M. to S P. tC.| ¦iiaiftv.>A.M.toi2M.
Oimwttt bajra—TaeadsTi   and  Fri- •«¦,• . M.
THBFREEPORTBANK
CAPITAL, $30,000.
¦•in Street,   •   Freeport, L 1.
MMM/. BANDALL. Prartdmt. OBAinrOBT T. 8PRAOUK, Vie»Pr*ri«*at. >' WILLIAM 8. BALL, Oa*hl*r.
¦DAMP or DIMM3TOBS.
William O. Millar,
,>l«* PUtll, nanray B. Hailth, a,       OM>ff*H, RaDdall,
llaa S. Bill.
on all part* of Karop*. a nncml bankinK iinsln***. mu  of- corporaliona,  coaapanlaa, aa-
,«lo..*nltrll*d. aaatMaiillua (<iaraiit«*<l, ' I will nralve prompt atl*att*a, aat
• Greater New York • Dental Parlors,
lOaMnCHII t SKIDNONE.
OOB. rUUtOV AND OOLD 8TS.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
•caoap. •s.ao ap.
•1.00 vp. • .50 ap.
rOUrUN AND OOLD BTRIETS.
r'a,       Brooklyn, N. V.
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WILBUR r. tREDWCLU OOtmaUAB-AT-LAW.
I ttamaam atiaaa, MroaiilTa, N. T.
L. I.. BTvnlBffa
aad aatatdajia.
rRANCIS ¦. TAYLOR.
LAWvan.
eORNia MAIN ANO PULTON STSk.
C. V. BALOWin. ,
-IMBANJO  SOLOIST.M«>
C*oc«rt EotagMnraU at Low Rata«
WWTMD or FIHIPOIIT, ¦VaiKSMt CARIHk
« JAMES   PALMER,
REAL ESTATE   AQENT.
PATCHOaUK.  L   I. miSbaatmyawaaaataat.
K. A. OORLON, ¦ONOKO   AUCTIONICN,
•*• pttiaara- ataaa, Mitaa at., aiaa aauaen.        PNtCPORT.
t. •. RANDALL. A**M«oat. Oa***ar, ¦raaklra a.r . ana Malaai.. aaa
Railraari Drpat. rraapon. L. I. ~ Karallclaaaa
atWamiam.
T«it*aa««i
a, 1*T Oa««»*aiai.
More woe for the dowutroddoD (armer. An Engliih professor ao- Donnoeii that the arbeat crop will be a total failare in 1931.
THE   RETURNING.
naring inraded tbo marketa of the world witb moat otber article*, Amer- ican manufactarera are now making arrangementa to sell thonsanda of oof- Bn« to tbe Anatralians, in competition witb the Birmingham makers.
Tbe next cennus of tie United States will nndoabtedlj exceed all of ita pre deoeeaora in interest and variety, es¬ pecially if it shall iaclnde a censiiH of the piotnreaque and dirersifled inhabi- lanta of tbe Philippine islands.
_,f«, eaonptlaBal holMain, from t, a. a. «a E a. aa.   OInra faelUU** aaa iMoomnanl* la
 7 4*Bartaa*Dl aqoal to thoa* of *lih*r th*
{Tamt ar Hnokirn Baaik* or Tmal Caaa-
~, aad arerr acoomodallan a* f*r aa la
t Willi ooMsmtlT* iiu>naa«iB«nt.
 rai Ih* rai* of three per r*nt paid aa
ltoad*|Mi*ila. thre* tanntb* nr mor*. Qn(i* laaoad on all nana of Karr— DMa a aaamral bankinK linsln***.
The English speaking races are all right. Tho charge of tbe Twenty- first Lancers throngh a body of 2000 ambashed fanatical DerTisbes is an English contribution to tbe leston whiob American troops taught at Caney and Ban Jnan. It is a great year tbis 1898.
New York is to have a permanent exposition, witb a capitalization of 120,000,000, for the display of mann- I'aotared products of tbe United States. (t is proposed to erect immense bnild- Ings, and bona* each line of prodnctt in a separate bnilding. London, Paris, Berlin and otber Enropean cities now have snob permanent expositions.
A German military critic bas pub¬ lished in the Frankfurter Zeitnng an uiiole in whioh he declares tbat the (Jnitod States*has become a control¬ ling powor in tbe world. He shows that in wealth, resonroesand develop- oent America is beyond comparison rith any other single nation, and he Inda in car freedom, energy, toler- tnoe and self-reliant citizenabip the lanses of onr power rather tban in the fepablioan lorm of onr Government.
Tho brutal murder of the Empress Glliabeth adds another family calam¬ ity to tha many that have afflicted the unfortunate Fram Josef, of Austria. Ha bas lost by violent deaths his favorite brother, the Emperor Maxi¬ milian, and his only son, the Crown Prinoe Budolph, while it is hardly a fear ago that his wife's sinter, the Doohesse d'Alenoon, was burned to leath in tbe charity bazaar flre in Paris. A fate as relentless as any iu GIraek tragedy aaemt to pnrsue bim. rha murderer is said to bean Anarob- ht.    What political wrong could   be
. tvenged or advantage to tbe   cause
I {ained by the killing of this inoffen- liVa  woman  it  mast  be  diflloult for
' iven a militant Anarchist to demon- itrate. Of all crowned beads in En- rope the Austrian Empress was pre- imlnentfor her efforts to put aside the trammels of her rank and bad notori¬ ously never interfered witb the poli- iio* of even her own country. At the lime of her death  she was an invalid
I teeking for health and traveling as a private person.    Tbe orime committed
j igainst her oannot be digniUed into a political assassination; it is tbe unpro- roked murder of a helpless woman, proclaims the New York Han.
They marchbehlnil tbulr tnttPred Hog,
Our Tery hi»arta It cliarma. But apBDt and alow their footateps lag.
The weary men-at-arms.
With gallant haat* tbpy atormed tho bill.
And dared the deadly fray; They had no laoit ol nnrva or wlll
Iu battla'a fearful day.
Though bnlletaawept tholr thinning ranks,
Tliey did not pale with drea.i. Tu-ilay they Bmile and utter thanks
Abov* that roll of deud.
A anhtler foe, a wilier rralt,"
Haa mowed them since the llcht:
A lillfer cup their il|iK have nimlled. Fever, and cold, and fright.
And famine, ghitatlyenemloe. Have had them for their pn-y.
Well may they lag behind the flag. Our men-at-arma thin day.
And home returned, Ihe brilliant skies
Orow*dark to un who see. Through tears thnt blur our pitying eye
Uow eruel war ciiu lie,
—Margaret E. W.-ingati-r,
MIGUEL, THE PUNKA-COOLIE
A Tale  of Manila.
ny Charlea 11. Iloward.
The complete dettraotion of all dis- lase causing microbes is, of course, ihe aim of modern methods of sewage treatment and disposal, and in a nethod recently devised oaloriflo iterilixation is added to tha ordinary proceases. Tbe treatment consists gssentially in allowiug the sewage to low into tanks whioh are subdivided in suoh a manner that the liquid passes through a restricted passage, where it oomes in oontaot with a cur¬ rent of air under pressure. Iu its passage through tbe various cells tb« •olid matter is deposited in a nnmber of pockets, from wbiob it is subne- i}uently taken to bo dried and burned. The distinotive feature of the process occurs iu tbe next nperatiou, where Ihe liquid, after having been mixed witb alkali, passes through a series ul heat exchanges, in whioh it cools and IS itself heated by liquid previously acted opon. From the heat ex¬ changers tbe liqnid next passes lo tbe •terilizprs, where it is beatod aud propelled through coil* by means of steam jets to anutber vessel. The last stage iu the treatment consists iu ils passage uuder a sindge-dryiug plat¬ furm to a settling-tank, and its exit thrcugh filters iu « pure sud whole¬ some conditiou.
chahles l. seaman, Carpenter *« Builder,
rOKC^ONT.   i.  1.
Itotimatea i-lHiarfnDy giwo. t'<.uli« l« inkfiK
GEORGE i GILSOI RUIOI.
CASPENTGRS AND BtnLOERS.
PREEPORT, L, I
¦aviaa rarMiUr raaipleud th* RRVIKW
Oril.niNn  w* .r«   p>.|»r«l  i„ Mk.
i-onlrula  f,ir  llr>t  i-ia«   irerk
MkR: Gaenl Coitncton,
IA ¦lifcrl At BROOKLVN    N. V. tet mit m rmBBPOKT, L. I, Iki
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Philadelphia was nuted for ita clean- lineaa aa far baok as IflrtO, tbe Ledger of that city claims, when the daily per capita oousnmprion of water was thir¬ ty-six gallons. Conditions as to cleao- lineas are no better now, wheu the avarag* daily per capiia use is over 100 gallons, and tbe conclusion is that the excess consumption over that :'n 1800 is wasted. With tbe acknuwl edged vile oondition of the water fur- aished in Philadelphia nut much hot tor asa could be made uf it tban to permit it to run into tbe sewers, bnt tbat is an expansive disposition of it, a* tbe cost of providing the tutal sup, ply i* asseaaeil uniformly Ufiou tiie houses or tenemenle, aeoording to tbe siieot tbe supply pipe. .Vetbe amount aaed by each individual hea's no im medial* relation tu tbe pri.-o he i avu, ao ooneern is left regar.liii^' l(>akiii|i ftxlwaa, and fau.'ets are left couveni ¦tiy turned ou day and nifht. In many places fans, aawing-maohiiies, and other aiuall mochiuery ore run Ii,t water-mntora, tba cost of whicb is s sharg* on the ueaeral water assess mant Appeal* i.. reme.lv tUe injas- tioa to tboae wbu d.i not waste Ibe water have been made in va.n to the Coanoila, and a way ia now |i,>inl*<i oat lo eonsnmera wherehv they cau protarl themselve*. Thai is by bar ing asetars pnt in, which can be ilmie •adar axialing ordinaacra. Then they weald pay iuar rents per inoaaanl pal looa, or abuat oaa-llurd what tliey
HARMED by my prospects I bad just moved into a new office in tbe Calle de Csreuero, Tbe coolies bad transferred tbe furniture tr i t b slight daniuKO, aud tbree lung and talkative Chinese carpenters were puttiug up a punka, or big {an wbich swiuga overhead— a novelty for me, as I bad not Deeded on* in tbe old oflice.
At last the inceisant, quavering gabble of tbe three carpiuteros, com¬ bined with their marked oilor of opium, sandal-wood and warm bu- oiauity, drove me outside until the work should be finished,
I found at Iho door a crowd of natives beside my clei-lts, who, it teamed, were candidates for tbe posi¬ tion of punkero, or coolie, wbode duty it is to keep the fan swinging duriug business hours. Cousidering tbe harrowing monotony of tbe work, bis pay is very low. They were all boys in various stages uf diit and uakedness, except one, whose appeaiauce attracted my attention.
Ho was a tall, old man, neatly dresaod iu suuwy shirt nnd trousers, witb a flue, intelligent face. His bair was nearly wbite, whioh iiidicnted a pretty ripe age, for a Filipino's bead acldom sbows signs of griiyness befure be ia fifty, and I never saw one iu tbe least bald.
"Does that viejo—old follow—\vnnt to bo a puiikero'i'" I naked Joso, tbo chief clerk.
"Hi, senor," aaswei-ed Jose, with a grin like au open piauu, "be suys be does."
"He doesn't look like it," said I. "Mira—look bere—viejo, canst thou uot find better work?"
"No, senor," he answered, respect¬ fully. "I bave a wife aud cripplej son to support, senor, and I hope I may be allowed to serve your grace." Tbe old mau'H Hpuuisb was pure and good, oud his replies to the few questions I uskcd betrayed ail educa¬ tion far superior to that of theordinary uative. I M'as puzzled to know why bo should be an applicant for u posi¬ tion generally ounsidered beueatb tbe dignity uf auy ouu but a balf-gruwn boy from tbe wilderness; but lio was very reticent iu u ruspuctful way, and dodged uiy queiitious must diplomiitic- ally.
At last I decided to try bim, partly as a curiosity, for uo uther ufllce in tbo place was oruameuted by a piuikeru of such venerable and digaitied uppcur- auoe.
So I told tbe others to su-lu—clear out—and ordered Jone, much to tbat worthy's amazement at my choico, to iustall Miguel, as be called biiuaelf, in bia position as soon as thingu were ready. Furthermore, I told Jose, with emphasis, to nee that the otber clerks attempted no "skylarking" witb tbe old man,
Wheu I returned I found tbe punka in plaoe, aud Miguel uiaiutaiiiiii|{ bis dignity wundorfully on a tbreu-le^ged stool, with tiie cord in bia band, whicb be began ta pull as I entered, tilling tbe room with a refreshing whirlwind. Thus old Miguel became a Uxture in my offloe, and performed bis lowly task faithfully and well, lie -aa's always at his post wheu I arrived in tbe morning to greet uie with "Dueuos dias, senor!" He tugged piilieutlyat hia cord till I duuned my jacket aud riding-boots ut five o'clock, the eigiml for "Bueuus uuchea, seucr!" aud bis departure.
The old man's   one   drawback—and tbat  only  at   first—was   a   persistent tendency to go to sleep at his pust,     I \ried to cure him of the babit by saw- iug off oue leg of the stool.     This kept him awake au hour or two, but be suun i found that by propping   oue   edge   of tbe stool against the  wall,   be   could i still take a little nap, and I was obliged I lo have ancither leR   of  tbo   Btool_ cut i off.     After that I hal no more trouble, I for the efl'iirt uecessary to balaucu him¬ self ou tbe one legged   stuul   kept thu | uld mau awake. |
It waa so uuiisnal to see a man of j bis age doing such work tbat my Ini.ii- i ness friends uaeJ to remark upou "H.'» \ Punka Methuselah." |
Now and  then hia wife aoiild come in to see bim—a   dear   old   cuilee-cul- ored lady, with brilliantly colored xkirt and starched mantilla, while lier white, { frizily bair aas adorued with   an   iiii- , men** born   coiiih.     She   uas   such n, dainty old creature, aud  the cuui lesy with   which   she   alivars   favor,^! 7ue ' waa so like that of   a duchess   of   the laat century tbat I oould   never   liesi- i tata to rise aud bow with  the  utmost ; gravity,   which   performance  created i tba w^flest hilarity ou the part of the ! flrst   Englishman   who   witucsaeil   it, ' and I had a bad lime at the club table Ibali^veuing. I
8b* would invariably in.)nire, in | funny Spauisb, if lur buabaud was . doing hia work to my aatisfaction, and I oa ofteu assured her that he left nothing to be desire.I, whereupuu she would pat hia shonlder in approval. and tbey would ciiuverse in their uwn language, all gV au-l n't. appart-utly. One afternoon, toward the eu.l uf Jnne, tbere entered the ulBce an uM Chinese merchant, t,)uiu Long by name, who loug before had lived in Ibe riiiiippines. bnt wbo uow resided at hume in Hi>u,.'kiiuk', an.l ciiue across the truulilous China ^^ea occa¬ sionally ou a liUMUess trip
.-^fter the usual long dra^n greet¬ ings, we priveed.-,l t.i hn«ini"*s au 1 a ert deeply involve.1 m tbe )iricrs of bemp and sugar wben hih ^aiice bap p«ued to (sll ou Miguel, pensively laboring at the puuka curl, an 1 he sV.ipped arguing with au alirii|t "Wah-pia"'Jthe Chinaman's usual ex¬ clamation of surprise
Then, with an apiilogy tu me, be rose, waddled across tbe rixuu an.l hel.I ont bia bau 1 to Mignel, aayiug, •'Comu va. — huw goe* ii, —Seiiur Ortiz''
Miguel t.Mik the prniTi-red ban I vitk a ataleiy bow, au 1 replied, .jiiiet- ift "Mng biiaB,  gracias,—vory  wall, .
j^^^ji^jllgjigfllg^
thank yon,—senor.     I trust it is well witb your grace, also?"
All this was very much out of or¬ der. How came a higb-class "Chino" mercbaut, and a mandarin of tbe blue button at that, to be grcetiug thua cordially an old punka coolie, intluito ly benuath biiu in tbat social stand¬ ing which the Chinaman holds so sacred ?
My bewilderment was probably vis¬ ible iu my face as Quin Leug lesumod his seat, for be smiled like a yellow half-moon, and said, in bis queer pidgin-Spanish:
"That man, Miguel Ortiz, years and years ago was the chief clerk and 'majordomo' of Augu.stin, Ituiuon y Ca"—a famous old Sponish house in Manila, long since failed aud goue. Uid you kuow that?"
I shook my bead, and be went on: "He was discharged for stealing money, they said. What a pity! I never believed it, Ab, Miguel audi were good friends in the old days!"
"How did it happen?" I asked,
"I cannot say," be replied, "but the story was that Miguel was left alone in the office all that afternoon, snd afterward could not account for three hundred silver dollars which had been brought in. It is strange, also," be added, looking aronud. "This is the very same oflice tbey had then!"
"How long ago was it?" I asked.
"Let me see—it was the third of June of the year 18—, I have reason to remember it well, for itwas tho same day that my godown—warehouse—was sadly damaged by an earthquake, and I had to pay eighteen pesos for tbe three coolies that were killed in it."
Our business was soon cuiichulod, and as Quin Leug weut out be laid his long-iiailed hand on Miguel's shoulder and said, smiling, "Back in tbo sance old nest, old bird, eh?" And Miguel replied witb a quiet, "Si senor,"
Ho this was tbe story of my queer punkero, I reflected. Surely be had beeu amply punished by ull tbese years of poverty and degradation—re¬ duced from a position uf trust, with comparative wealth, to living in a nipa hut among tbe lowest class of natives,
Huw he had managed tu live iu the menutiino I never knew; but it truubled me a good deal duriug the next few days til see tbo patient old fellow at his mechanical, ill-poid lobor—with that crippled sou to support, too, I re¬ flected.
I cuuld not pay bim more than other puuka-cuclicH received without getting all thu other busiuesH nieii dowu on me. Although I wanted to give him some uuiployiuuut more worthy of his ability, I was only the agent of a grent butiHe at homo, and my reKponsibilitieH were too heavy already to jiiHtify my placing iu a position of any trust a man accused of theft. I kuew uoue of the other huuses would take bim, for I eould uot conscientiously recommend him, and yuuuger clerks weru to be had in plenty.
So puukero he reiuainod, till one dar, duriug n rush uf business, another olerk was ueoded at tbe guduwu to help check and tally weights. As uo oue else was availalile at tbe momeut, I sent Mitfuel down. In tbe afternoon he bruugbt back bis tiilly-Hheets, so accurately aud neatly niudu uul that I concluded ufter all tu keep liim at that work, lur tbere would be no pussililo opportunity fur dishonesty uf any sort, and it would enable me to raise bis wages slightly.
So a uew punkero, coiisidernbly loss reniarkalile in nsjiect, w-as ei-tHlilished un the one-legged stool, and .Miguel spent bis days in the goiluwu. report¬ ing nt the oilli-o lute every nfleriiiiuii. lie diH]ilayei1 littlo ur nn appreciation of his pruiuiitiuu, nud when on ]my day I haiiiled hnu the nddltiminl peson, he merely thanked me gravely; liut the next iiiorniiig I fouud hi.s soiiora wait¬ ing fur me, und she was hu uverpuwer- iugly ileiuiinntrutive in her piutitudu tbat ahe deiiioralized the whole oflice forcB for a time.
Oue duy in July, the worst season of thn yenr until the rains come, Miguel hud siipcaroil as usual with his lully-sheets, nud spri-nd tlii-iu uut fur my in>.pei'!iiiu ou the big tulile which WHS built into the »'u!l in one corner, like a slulf. It hud liei-ii u haiidsunio tulilc in its duy, male uf some dark, polished nutive wuu.l, cut in heavy slalis, .\ massive, carved lei; supported the curiu-r whii-h extenli-.l out iuto the mum; bat ita days ui beauty were past.
The thiiiisauils uf big silver dollars that had beeu rattled and coiinted on its surface hu.l sadly iliuuuoil it- pol¬ ish; rarllii)UHki-s had crni-ki-d it, as well as the oflice walls and c-ilinf;, and siime great cuiivulsiun liad t-uiiseJ the walls ,'ia m^t corner io .—tile, so that the old^tahte tilted rutlier awk¬ wardly, and everything deposited ou it bad a tendency to coast rapidly down intu the coruer.
The day hud beou hotter and aul- | trier than iisuul, with that uininons ! atilluess in tiie air tlmt always sei-ini. | to Inrehode smue strange e\eiil, ar.d 1 I felt tired uul i.tnpid us I lesnol over the sheets and tried to foot up the . totals, while Miguel stuud by, waiting ; for my flnal appruval, |
The very air, stirred by the punka, ; felt thick un.l heavy, an-l the drowny ' creak, aa the cr.-at fau swnii,; siuwly lu aud fro, uud an occa->ional sleejiy i cry from the street were, ull the sunn.Is 1 iiear.l as I luutiered. "Fifty bales, ; seventy-tive, a hundred '—uud then I | stupped, (<ir the table was treuiMing ^ undt^r my hur.-'", aul i-traiige, groan I iiij; stinuds a.-re ci-ming frum the ! walls. I
"Terreiii-.ito - earih-jiiuke aenur," . said Miguel. ,-a!ii..y.
There had boon several slight sh .ck- during the last few .lays, but none heavy enough t.i distiirli us, aud we ha 1 iKK-.ine .juite u-ed to tliem ao I merely waite.l » miiaent. aal then wei.t Ul. --(Ine t«,nty five, mio tifly" —aud that was as far as I gii tbat day
.\i this point a beSNy jarring came, and a h..rri I. iip-anl .lowu, si.leu.ya and diaguna; lu.-inuent of everviiiing arunnd u«, t.'gether with tbe loud grinding uf big iiuitiers, warned na; mat this »as uo ordinary shake up ' Indoor* a*« Iheu r.o place fur tliu-e wbu rained life aud limb, su Miguel aM the uew puakaro aM I waited ao {
longer, lint drojiped eveiythiug aui dn.'-lied for tbe duor.
I remembered, lung afterward, tha' old Miguel, iu tbe midst of a dangei mure appalling tu the mind than an} otber I know uf, stood aside, with tb« instinctive courtesy of the old days, tt let me, tbe younger man, but bi» gefe —chief—puss out flrst.
The clerks bad stampeded at the first shuddor. As I went on the Hy¬ ing jump down the stairH, which wert Bwoying and cracking apart, u beuvy crash somevkbere told nf a tailing beam. I reached the street just in timo to see a huge sheet uf .^alvniii/.ed iron slide frum the ruof uf tho build¬ iug uppusite and cume swiiigiiig au.l clanging down, while a shower uf bruken tiles, shaken frum the ruuf ul our building, clattered ou the sidewalk close beside me.
From every doorwa.y aud a good many windows terrifled people were running ur jumping, uud I was carried along witb tbe mob of shrieking, pray¬ ing and gesticulating uatives and Chinamen, with bere nnd there a pnle but silent Englishman, toward the upeu square r.t the end of tho street. A couple of ponies, struggling in tbeir harness, added tbeir luaddenud screuinii to the uproar, and a great, Inme buffolo, stupid with fear, Iny dowu in tbe road and allowed tho crowd to surge over him.
By the time we reached the opeu spaoe tbe earthquake had thundered itself for awny to tbe south, nnd old mother earth was in ber right mind ouce more,
"By Jove," exoloimed a young Briton, elbowing his woy toward me, "tbut was tbe heaviest I ever felt, H,!    How long do you think it was?"
A Scotchman, juat uut from homo, vowed that it had seemed t<i bim about two hours, but a more minute culculn- tion brought it dowu to something like fifteen seconds.
Nothing on earth would have in¬ duced a native to re-enter a building that eveuing, and we "Ingleses" felt a mutual disinclination lo do so our¬ selves. I bad put things away and closed tbe safe just befure Miguel came in, so I concluded to let things remaiu as tbey might be until morn¬ ing, and to go homo aud see how uiy huuse in the suburbs bad borne tbe excitement.
I found everything intact, with the exception of luy servants' nerves and a few trifles in tbe way of crockery, and at last got to bed in u state of thankfulness that things were uo worse.
Mother earth, having played her little joke, behaved in u niniiuer more befitting hor age that uight, nud I rose iu the morning to find the wel¬ come rnin at lust pouring as it only can pour iu tbo tropics, and the nir cool and fresh. On arriviug at tbe office' building, I fonnd my entire clerical force assembled outside, wait¬ ing for the encouragement of my pres¬ ence before euteriug, and I headed a small procession up tbe rickety, but still serviceable stuirs.
Tbe office was iu fuirly good shape, all things considered. Tbu snfe was rakishly nskew, and presented the ap¬ pearance of trying to look around the uoruer; and the old table hud de¬ tached Itself frum the wall, vanquished its solitary leg, and lay in the middle of the room, leaving ft ragged gup in the walls, while tbe flour was strewn with Miguel's tally-sheets, I set tbo clerks tu work gutheriug those up, while I   eudeuvtirud   to ojien tbe sale.
Suddenly u clerk on his hands nud knees iuthe curuer exclaimed, "Miru, seuur!"
"Que bay—what is it?" said I, struggling witb tbe refractory door.
"Pesos — lullars—aeuurl A lot of themi"
"What are you talking about?" said I, slipping over to him.
There un tho fluur lay a scattered heap of silver dollars, miugled with the fragments of au old iukstnnd and odds and ends of atntionery. I picked np several pieces, and ou exumiuing the dates, luuud tbem to be all uf the coinage of over thirty years befure, I was stuuping iu amazement for auother liuudfiil, when uld Miguel, with a strungecry, shoved nie aside with scant ceremony, and thruwiiig himself duwn un bis knees, jilunged bis hands intu the heap and uxaminiug them witb feverish excite¬ ment, like the moat grasping uld miser.
"Que tieUB tu—what is the matter with you—Miguel?" I demanded, rutlier testily, as I recovered my bal¬ ance.
The old iiiuu slowly luoked up, "They said I wus u thief, seuur! Aad see, hero is the money!" nud in a flash I saw liu» it   hud all   happened,
I sat diiwu 111 the neui-est chair und stured ut tbo big hule in the wall from which tho money bud fallen It must have been lying ou the table tbnt duy su lung agu, uud when tbe earthquake that daiiiagcd Quin Leng's godown hu.l occurred, tbe table had iirubalily ripped slightly away fruiu tlio wnll, oud liltel uji lis the floor selilod. The silver aii'l utlier thini^s must have piiiired    diiwii    into   tho    space    thus
upe 1, ivhich    bn.l   closed    up   when
Illll i-oiiviiUiou »us uver, and liuried the diillurH and Miguel's guud name in nconiniiiii grave for ull these years.
Xuw was the uld man griiMiiug uiiiong the dollars an.l multi-ring his M ife's name over un.l uver. and I was forgetting my Spunisli in my ell'urts to suotho him. Tluy di-rks were gap¬ ing ut ua liuth, nu.l Ihat utterly de- nioralized sufe wus h't-rnnu: ut the wliule crowd, whon^old l/iiin I.eng, a |iigtailed visiiiii in white -ilk and blue cup, cuine toil.lhiig in to see how- we bad survive the catastroplii'. He grunped the uliule situation al a glance, like the wise old celestial tlinl he wa.-..
Tt would Ile a long st/iry to tell huw tbe kiu.l uld lientlien griilleniuii un- dertouk tu see thai justice «ns .lone fur bis old frien.l;huw we wrote ti Spain uud found the unly ilesei-iuluiit uf Senur .\ugii.-.tiii, wlio'iiinied uui tc be a guud felluw w hen tin- fm-tB were proved tu him, uni instructed tlio Spanish bank of Manila lu pay his father's old servant a luuiiilily sum which wuuld keep hnu nud his family iu cumfurt for life
When I saw t^iiin Leng afterward, be remarked that au earthquuke in the capacity uf a benefa-lur was a unique i.lea, which wai une way of qnotirig the [iroverli about an ill-wmd and its waya,—Youth's Companion,
Harillsrk, P»ala«r Prriiald.
Mias Hirdie Daly, uf Wichitn, hi.» received thruugh the mails a piece uf hardta*-k fr.im ber brother wiih the truiips at Santiago. There wa* no covering uver the har.itack. .K jiost age ataiiip was atuck on one corner and tbe a IdresH was written across it IQ ink. Peupie who have had iron- lionn 1 Christruas l.,ixe» amaahed npin the mail may nuw begin to realize the bardnea* i.if rncie Sam'a bread.— Kauaas City Journal
THE  S.U!B.\TH  SCHOOL
THE ILLINOIS LiDNCHED.
INTtRNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR   OCTOBER   9.
L^asnn Twt: "Jehosapliat'B <l,M>i1 Relsn." II L'liruiilrirs ivll,, 1-IO—(ii>id«n TriU l'ru,rrbs III , IU.f ommeiilary by tha Ilrv.  I>.  M. Mcariia.
1. "And Jehosiiplint, bia aon, reigned Id his stend nnd strenglluMie.l himself ngalnst Israel,' Israel, or the ten tribes, hnd proved tliemselves to be the enemies of tlod, and 1.1 stand Willi Ood means to stand ngalnst Hia enenil.s (Jus. iv., 41, How greut tha i-ontrnst In cliupter ivlll,l, where we Be« Ji.hosHplint joining alllnitv witli Alinb, tb« king cl Isrni.l, au.l thus necesslluting tin rel.uke of the I...rd in cliupler xix,, 'i, "Shouldest lh..u helptliKiiugodly nn.l lov« tlieni that hale the Lor.l?" To be for OoJ nt all times and uuder all i-lrcumslnni-ea It a rare thing nud is seen perleotly only III tbe Lord Jesus Chrlsl.
-J. "And he phiceii forces In nil tbe fenced cities ot ,lniinli.' Kverv iving wns king for tliii Lord (II Chron. I.\.,S i, and hlsslreuglb wns to be in the Lor.l nn.i n Jt In horses nnd chnriois (lleut. xvll., Ili). When wo put our trust In tilings visli.le, w" sre apt to cenae to see und rely upon (lo.l (Jer. xvll,, 5), This is n conrtnnt teni|.tntiou nud a snnre The L'r.l Is olten proviug us ns He .11.1 riilllp, and we, like riiillp, venture to "iigg.1,-,1 III Ililll how It might ho done, but all llie while He Himself knows whnt lie wlll do (John vi., 5-71, Wheu we oheillentij and trustfully, iinili-r Ood's guldnnco,ninke ..r.llniiry |.i-ovl,-.i..ii, nil ns well. The dim- cully is when W" .-eiisu io see O.id.
,1. "And t. " Lord was wllh Jehnsnphnt." Tills Is tiie si-i-rei of ull hlessing. The Lord was with Jo-ipli (^lien. sxxl,v., 3, 3, 31, 23), Tlie Lor.l wa>. with Ilavl.l (11 Snm, v., 10). His comfort to .Mii,-.B.-<, Joshua, Oldeou nnd Jeremiah was the a.«siirniicB Unit Iln wns Willi lli.Mii (Ex. ill., l-2;Josli.l.,5; Judg. vl,, Ili; Ji-r. I,, SI. So when tbe Lord Jesuseent Ills followers into all the world the greatest eii..ouriigiinient He could glvo them waa Ills ii-..-.iiranoe: ".\ll nownr Is given unto Me 111 huavdii nnd on enrlli. Oo )e, there¬ fore, nud lo, 1 am w-ltli vou ulwiiy. even unto the end ol thu nga" I .Malh, xxvlil,, U-iO).
I. -'He sought to the Lord Ood of bli fnther und wnlked in His commnudinButs," It Is writteu uf Zucharlas sud Kii^.ulietb that they wore both righteous liefore Qod, wnlklug in nil the cominnnduionts und or- dinanues of tbe Lord binmek'ss (Luke I,, II), Ood bad snid to Israel thnt If the; would oliey Uin voice and keep His cove¬ nant, they would bo n peculiar treasure unto Him above all people (Ex. xlx,, 5), and in Titus 11,, U (R, V,), Ills writteu thnt He gnve Himself for us to redeem us from nil lDli|Ulty-nnd purify unto Himself n people for His own possession, sealous of good works.
6. "Thereforii tho [Lord estnhiiabod the kingdom lu his hnnd," Joshua wna told Hint If ho would observe to do according to nil Ihe luw, his way would lie prosper¬ ous nnd be would have good success (Joshua »,7, N), In U I'liron. xx, -JO, Jehosnphnl Is hoard saying to the people, -'Ui'lieve iu tlie Lord your Ood, so sliall ye bo oatnh- llshed," nndin Isu. vil,, », Is the oontrnst, "If vo wlll not believe, surely ve shall nol be ebinbllBhed," lu Ood mill lu His word Is the only ostnlilishment, for all else shull be sbnkeii, Wlier-'fiire we reel ving u king, dom whi'-h euunot he slinken lut us hnve griii-o whereliy w-e may serve Ood nocept- uliiy with revert.iicu nnd go.lly tear, for our Ood is tt eousnnilng lire (Heb. xil,, 28, 211),
C. "And hl.^ heart wus lifted up in Ihe ways of the Lord," The margin suys thnt he wns encouraged iuthe wnys of theLordi those who seek to walk in the wny of the Lord shall not Inck eiioourngemeiit to con- tiuue therein. Tliero will be mnny a hnnd. ful dropped for na oa purpose to lead us In Ilia wny (.liuth li.. IG). They thut wall upon the Lord slinll renew their strength, thoy shall mount up with wluga ns eaglea (Isn. x^, 31). The way of the Lord was so nttruotlve and enjoynliie Ibut the way ol the world nnd the devil liucuiue dlstustnful und the high places and groves were tnken UWHV, Wn iniiiiot walk with Ood unlest wo humble ourselvi-.< so to do und make up our minds to l.e ugn-ed with lllm (.Mic. vl., S; Amos ill., 31.
7. "Also in the Ihlnl yesr of bis reign he sent to his iirlnci-s (o tescli in the cities ol Judnh." Whut n suggestive loreshndow- liig of the lime when "A king shall reign Id righteousness nud princes shull rule In {uiigmi'iil. and the w.irk of righteousness shall he pence, ami the effect of rlglitnous. ness, (lul.'tiiess uud ai-surniice forever" (l.^a, iixll,, 1. 17i, There cannot bo niiy- tliliig moreiiiiportHQl than tlint men should kuow the Lord and Ills wnys, and when kings nnd princes tnke up tilts as their mission, llio kingloui wlll either huve ciiuia or lie very iienr. Just mow our Oovern¬ ment has given »,'ill.l|.|ll.OllO for defense, fot Ihe iiurcliuseor manula.-tiirii of warships or wnr niiilerlal, Imt was It aver heard Ihnt nnv (loveriim.-Ill ever gave evi'ii itl,Oflll,UU0 to mnke kni.wu the living lio'll
H, "And wilh them Levlies nnd priests. " Tlm priest's lips should keep knowindg", and tbey should seek the luwul his inoiiili, for he Is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts (Mnl, II., 7), Thair i-nlllng is simply tet forth In II (^hroli. xxlx, 11, In theso words, ".My s'lns, be tint now negligent, (or the Lord buth chosen you to stund lie- lore Him to serve Him mil thnt ye should piliilster unto lllm nu.l huru Incense," I'rl«r.t.«, prophets nnd kings were to rei-og- nbe Ood uliine n.-i their Master nnd live only unto Hlui.
il. -And thev tnught In Judnh nml hnd Ihe liook of tho law ol the Lur-i with tliem and went about through.ml all (he ,-Hies I.f Ju.lah nnd taught llie peuple." There Is nothing on enrth so henveuly as tin- Word of Ood, It Is nil 'true from the beginning" and "forever settled lu lienven-- (l>s. cxix., S'J, 1601. We are to re.-elve It meekly, hold It fust, rightly oivide il nnd hold it fortli for it is an engrafted wor.l, n iuitlllul word, a word of irulli nnd u word of life (Jus. 1., 21; Titus I., 9; 11 lim, II., I.S, I'hll. 11., 161, II all miulslers nnd t. tuugbt only ill
rd of Ooil mill hoiiiired .1  of  0...1, how  much   nil.r.l
would 111-a impllsliedr.irO...I!    llut when
those who prole.ss t.i be Ils Irlends dish.m.ir and even set aside many portions of It what shall we suvV Juat iiiN, "Korever, (I Lord, Thy word is seltle.i in lienven.'
10. "Aud the fear of the Lord leil upon nil the kingdoms of the i.-iii.l» thnt were r-.iind aliout Judah. ¦ There was n.i war. (Ither natl.m.H lirouglit presenls ami tri- Imle, nnd Johosaphat waxed great ex.-e,-d. Ingly (verses 11, lii. Tlie remnlulug verse, nf the i-hupler tell thnt his uriiiy wus 1,1110.. 000, but the very next chapter tells of bin iliwufnll. L'lzlnh was innrvel.iusly helped lill he wus strong, hut lil-i streiigtli was his wenkiie-s und tlie i'nii..e of Ills fnll (II Chfiii. xxvl., l.'i, Uli. (lur onlv strengili is in the Lord, lie str.mg in the l.nr.i and in lit power of His iulght.-Les-.on Helper.
RURAL   FREE   DELIVERY.
The Klepa Neeeaaary to   He Taken   lo   He cure  tlir   Mervler.
In reply to many inipilrl-s from nil purls ol the country as tu what step.s are neces¬ sary to he tnken t.i sc.'ure rural free deliv¬ ery Ihe First A.sslstaul rostmnster-OenernI ai Wualiingtou haa issue.l a circular let'et us loiiowa
-The Ilrst step usually Is for the c|tii'..'u! of the district to petilloD liirough theii Xepreseiiintiv* lu Cuugresa fur tlie ental.- ll-linient of rural free delivery. TlilJ I eiu|.ill should set out the nature of the .-.luntry, whether It Is thiokly or aparaeiy p..|iulatHii, Ihe landing .vocutlouB of tba pi-.iple. tbt chani.-ter of ther.iuds. whether g.ol or had, aud ,ihe diatauce whloh p. Iitioner bus   to travel   or
atiug i-ir
nsta
i-eivehia mall.
Illll" iii,.;iili.-r of Ci'iigresa represeniiug I l.ul .ll>lrl-l or the rmted Htates Heuat'it re-i.lihg tlier.-lu faiiiillar wilh tho local 1 .11 lili.ins ^li..iii.l l.irwar.i this petlil.in to th- I'.istonic Iiepartmaut Willi a luvoruble ln.|.ir>ein>.iit a spe.'ial ag-ut Is then sent out III iuok over the groun.l. t.. iiisp out a s mnl.le r.lit" or routes, to «el,..-t carrUra fill U).poliirmeiit. and l.i recimnisDil the e>iui.li»h!ii-ni ol the »ervl-:e if iu hia judg- uo-ut It i-Hu he auo'-essfuliy aud aooaoml- 1 i.iiy i-urrie.i out.'-
Atr(*liol and Ih* Ileath  Rate.
'.fn.-i ll inquiryiM-. lhe.-<,inparntc
'lv
LaMl ml Tb.«trM.
There are mure theatres in propor¬ tion tn ita po|ialatiun in Italy thau alsewhara in tlia vorld.
I'arlar | ..i uluti.m of 111- --uy un-i governT..-iit .>! Kasan bas. ac cordiiiir to th.. KnTiLsko VoUhkl Krul, br.iught .lUI some r-niirkable fai-ta nato lb« effect ..I ul.-oli.ili.- Induigen.- on the deatn rute. I .'i- Ka/no I urlnr-. i,u.-lil...r- Ing about i,4JI (Kill liaieu rat- .1 ii.ort.ility uf .luiy ^1 lu 1000, whll- the ii...naliiy among the Kussians Is 44 in iOdO The g.-n-rai ..,ndlti..u^ nni-ug orIh..d..x Itu.- sinus uni M'/hninmeiau Tatars ,ir" prac tl.-ttily   the same, -i -ept in  ao fur as   l»«r-
Bonul hnbit. nr in.-crne.i       The im-licai
lovestigation leaves m. rou-n fur doubt Ihat tbe letMir mortalllv .f tlie Mobamioediiu Tartars ii. dire-tiy -lue t.i Iheir un>tlD-iice frmu ?i irilitoin li.pi..rs. In which the liua- aians indulge fro*l> .—Meii--al llscurJ.
A C-arr*w Law For M*a.
7'.,' •Uy o( Meridian. Jll».«.. hsa adoplad a !• jrfew law whl-h tppiiea to gr-wo mer. • - ivei, as ciiiidreo. The orllLauce pr.i Till** tiiai e«-h olght of lb* week -i--pl Saturday nlRht, no |«raan sball i- all-.wed to t,* upon Ihaairaataof ih*i:itT altar eight o'llllM-k, vXC*!!! la ea**a i-if axtreme nena*. my. tne aald hour of »igut o -lo-k tol* in- di.-alo.! i.y .Ight taps if tke i-l'.y b'll. (Ju haturiay nliciit evaryh-idy must »e«k ali*l l*r at ten o>|o.vk Tb* flne for a vlolaiios o< tb* eur(*« Uw wUl b* av
Battleship G'iocs  Into fhe Water .it Newport News Amid Cheers,
CHRISTENED   BY   MISS   LEITER,
(lovVrnor Tannar and Hia Sl»rr .\ttend Ihe t'ert.|iioii.i—Over 40,000 IVnpla s„vr tha llullleaiili, ¦.aiin<'h,.,l—tiiund Hi>n,|uel null K^il K.illiiw Oereiiioiiy—liilnula I'riila „r   Ihe Navy.
NfwriBT Ntws, Vn. (Sp,.cbil). -Amid Ihe elitliusin«t|.- plnu.llt.'. o( nearly lU.tKlO In¬ tensely Interested people, the shrill snluln- llon of stenm whistles Irom mnny bonis nnd tugs, nnd theslrnlns of The Star Spangled llanuer, the iirst-dnss lintlleshlp Illinois Illll into the water on Tuesdny. Tbe Inuuch wns a Irllllnut success In ev.-ry pHrticulnr, Illll ni-i'tianismaud preparnilons'being is'r- (I'.-i. The nsiemblagc of snoctntors wns iiiiprecedeutel l.i the history of the Kew- iirl News Sbipiiulldiiig nud Dry Hock Coiupuny.
The sponsor ot tho vessel. Miss Nnncy l.-lter. of ("lili-ilgo, arriv-.i at iO,,SII. n.-i'om- paiil-d by Ooveni.ir I'aiiuer, ollllluols, his SlalT lu lull iiulloriu, uud n cr.nv.l ol .lis. Ilugulshed OliicagoaiM. Tlie .-ipproiicli ol ihe chrislenliig puny wm bernld-d hy n i-horus ol voice-., nnd ns tho party nacen-lcl the gnvly ileciral-1 plitform nioiigslde 111- prow ol till. V---1-I. ail eves were turn-d l-war-i Miss l..-11-r.
Wliile the .•row.iexp.'.-liiuliy wulled,  tbo
BIG   BANK  FAILURE.
Trade
Nnllonul Hunk ar Naw York < Itr  Cloaca   Ila  llooi-a.
Nrw \oR« Cm (Speclaii.-rhe Tradoa- mens Natiounl Bank, oneof tbe oldest and, until r.icently, considered one .if the sound¬ est llnnn.-lni institutions iu this city. Iniled to open Us doors for business Tuesday morning. The closing of th- bniik wns the r.-auit of an Investigutlou Inl.i Ita con¬ dition made on Mon luy night by tho Clenrlng House O.oumlltee
III the auspanslOQ of Ihe Wool Exchange, which may lie trnced to a coinliiaation formed agulnst it bv wooicomnilaslon iner- cliunts of lloston, nided liy New- York deal¬ ers. lie.4 the principal r".i-,'on fortho ciosi ig of the doors of the imuk.
The hnnk s capital Is »7.'iO,000, Among Its assets nre 40,001) snnros of the Wool Kl- chniigo, which is, lor the present, out of existence, nnd t33l,()(IO lu overdue paper.
The InsI slatomout, issueil nu Septom- lier-JO, showed the loans nud discounts of the liunk lo lie |i2.0'j0.3',il, and the stocks und aocuritlos »t«0,700, and "other rent estnle and morignges" «n'J,7m. Hue from oth-r natiounl banks, *3.3'i.il7. Cash on hnnd. flMIMIii. These wero the princlpul items in lh» re. sonroes. In tho llnhllllles, ludlvidunl d-poslls nre put down nt t2.035,l73, due other banks, *:i.5S,870, nnd national Imuk notes outstanding. tlTS.irtO. 'I'his looked ex-eedlng woll unlll the coraniiitee l.eguu the examliinllon of thoKtocka and securi¬ ties and -other real estate und morignges. "
BAY STATE DEMOCRATS MEET.
They Kndol-a.. Iha I'liU-KKO riHtrniiu and Nellie ¦ Mula Tli-krI. Won, ESI EH, Mass. (Spoclul).-Tho Demo¬ cratic Stul- Convcniion ou Tuesday nom- iiiaied tiio following ticket: Oovernor," Alexnader ll. Bruce, o; Luwronc*; Lleu- tenunt-Oovaruor, E.lwnrdy.   Sbitlery. of
Tin; iiArTLKsiiip Illinois.
keel nlocks on which tho bull rested nud :ln: ahoroa nlong her si I'a wore enrefully riiinovod until the weight rented upon the lildlng wnys. The vessel wnn hold I hen -inly by the oaken piniiks liotwemi the slid¬ ing mill tho ground wnys. As these wero lelng siiv.ir-iiliy tliii saw, tho sponsor stood ailing to p-rroriii her couspicii.,us purt In
',lii
oiiy.
famidmimmiA..
Hiullenlvtli- paliitod muss of stool begun lo inov-, ani, galiiliig sp-i.d ns It went, .11 I inviirt till- wiil-r.    Just ns I lie motion
fulrlv lie;'au,   .Miss   L-li-r,   who  ha.l   I i
-ituiiiiliig with th- ..lirlsl-iilng liollln poise.1 In ihe uir, let in swing sharplv ui{iiIiihI Um
how, simullni ilsly   iiit-riiig  tli-   words:
"1 clirlston the- Illinois, " and then, amid ileatoulug apphiii.<e, the waving of ba liners, and thu din of steam wlii-ll-s, ill- giivty --thnu 100 persons Jhiii-s lllv-r and, iiys, slowly floated oul Illlo 111- str-aiii
At 4 o'.-I.H-k th- illsiingiilsli-.l giie.-its wer- eiil-rlaiued at a grand iiampi-t In III- li-iiulifiil il-.-iir.it-.l Iiallro.iin of ih- Cliumlii-rlln ll-il-l. r.u--rs w-r- laid for ililO p-rsons ami the uss-mliluge inciud-d, li.slloH th- notnliles nt tbo launching, iMiuiy mllllarv and nnvnl olll-ers,
I'r-i-l l-iit r. II. Or-ult. of tho N-wport N-w^ shipl.ull.ling plant, wus toustmnst-r. Til- L.a.sl., an.l ^p-ak-rs w-r-:
¦¦(l.ir Pn-.-ileiit," hv J. O. llumlln, ol Sli-ll.vvill-, III.; -riiii'stat-ol lllluols," by (liv-riior John H. raiiiu-r; "Our Nnvy," by ll-ai Adiiilnil lloivell; "Clilcugo," by .Unyor Cart-r Harn-i.iii; "Virginia," liy Oovernor J. llogii Tyler,
Til- lian.pi-l was f.,l|.iw-.l by n linll.
The Illliiiiis I, a sisl-r .-hip ol the Aln- l.iiiiia, now Ililll.ling al Cramps' yard, nnd iiltli- Wlsc,in>|ii. Imlldlng nt Sun Frnn- i-l-.-o. Il-r illiii-11-.lons nre: Length, St'iH (lel; li-iiui,  li  f—t   'i'-i   Inches;   draft,  nt
liiiriiinl displa ut  of ll.H'ii tons, 23 fool
li   In-h-s.      H-r   s| d  wlll   ba   uboul Ul'(
klmls, an.l (lie lii.llcnted horse powor of h-r-iiiiln-s. lo.oiio.
Til- ariiKir l-ll I- ir,<W inches thick at the t..p an.l III, Indies thick ut the b.ittom. This Ill-It extends four loot below the water llMii, There Is nl.so diagonal nrmor 12 inches Jhick connecting tbo lielt armor and harlieltes. The llrsl keul pinto of tbe Ililll.lis was la|.| Feiiniarv 10. Is'i7. and she Is to I oiiipl-i-,1 ill (i.-t,,lii.r, is-.i;l.
BOSTON'S ANCIENTS IN QUEBEC.
Iliiterniii-tleiiarnl U'rlioini-il  Them in Iha Name of Ihe I'e,,pie  of f-niindn,
(Ji-xuki (.sp-.-iali.—The v^urmest pos- all.lii welcoine was extended on Tuea- .luy nt the citud-l by tbo Oovernor- O-mrnl. tho MuJ.ir-Oeuernl conimnndlug the Cnnadhin Armv, nnd others to the Ancient aud Honornhie Artlllory Com¬ pany ol Boston. The populace of Quebec cheere.l the veterans and their colors re- peniedly aa they innrched to the music of local handa Into the old citadel fortress carrying the Slurs and Stripes at thnir hcu.l. A guard of honor of the Cauadinn Army wnn drnwn up io receive them, coiii- ninnde.l   bv   Oen-rul   Huttou   In   person.
Lord Aiiordoen  welcm 1 lli-m to ranuda
in Illll name ol tlm (^iie-n und Ilia people.
After u hnpliy r-piy from Mnjor Ilu-hou- ulr, c.immalidllig tho Ancl-nla, u g-iieral sniule wns given and chcrs lor th-IT-sl- d-ni of tho Cnlted Stnt-s. th- Onuodlnn ban.Is playing "Yankee lioo.lle,'-
Tlie Ancients clie-r-d the Quoen and tholr banl played --Ood Snv" the l^uaon," After¬ ward tho rnundinns i-ho-rod Ihn Ancients, and the lulter cheered Lord Alwrdeen nnd tI.e Ciinndiun trooiia.-
Flral Daalh From Poolliall.
Itolierl (^oveuey, seventeen j iinra ol nge, ll-d at tho City Hospital of Hoaton, Mass., »• u lesult of liijuri-a auslnliied while play¬ ing loolbail on FrUDkliu Fl-id Thr<<e plavers fell ujon bim and caused nn lu {ury to his spine which ruaulted lu total paralysis. The hoy was the aon ol tht Inte Jeremiah W. Coveuav, I'osimaster of Boa- Ion, nn-l n popular stu.leiil in lliaton Cui- l.ge. His Is the lir.t serious Injury to n loiitlisll player 111 New Kiiglan.l tlil-seusmi.
Wealarn  K.iraal  Flrea Chaekad.
The forest lire. In Coli.ra.lo nn.i Wlscin- ain have In en i-ho-kad iu many pluces by • uow snd mln.
Tlia Labiir World.
Mliwaukoe l-oxiiakers uri;auia*d.
F,nglan.| hns 40,000 sh'.a opernlort.
America has (iO.OOO union -arpontors,
snlida i,i'ol. i .-ierks hav- lorined a union.
( haltuuooga ia to buv* n working girla' home.
("ipera held a natiounl couventioo ni Chii-ag...
Tw'i I'utersou iN. J,I tbeatraa havo bean
UUlonl/.ed.
Host.lU haa a diatrict cuuncil of city em- pli.ye. unloua.
L'lifl'in lEiiglan.r, plasterer* demand iwoDty-two caula an hour,
Cnnu-ia a Lnoor Congraaa advoeatad a pell tai  .1 13 Upon Chiuese-
Th« ( ustoai Tsllora' National I'olon has a aurpbia amounting to over tllli.
A SI. Loula Judge liaa legalizod lb* boy¬ cott, following an Kngiish pre-t-d-Dt,
WashlDgtoa anlouiatn will glia practi- eai sympathy i money lor dafenaey to ubiouiats cijnri|.--.i with --.uaplracy,
A be.k outam-,ng the man eiui-loywl In the rurniture trnlo In n--.tlnn I h-gau last Mav and is sllii n> far  off a aattlemSDt aa
The mine ..wn-r- ol South Wnl*» d«"llna t'. aluiit liia inlerv-nti'.a ol n caneiiiat-.r in auy way II. tneir rec ut dinput* witb tbe minar-
An Arahiaii c iffea piKar, workiug Irom isyligit t', dara, aarua thirty-sia-euli a lay ¦ c.irr»« acrter ab-'Ut twenty ll»a c*au a day.
iittiiiihiiliiii
South Fruralngham; Secretary ot Oomuion- weulth, Harrv l.loyd, of lloston; Trousurer uud llocelvor O-n-rnI, Pierre Bouvoulier, of Holvoke; Aulllor, Charles F, I'nrkor, of llosloil; Allorn-y, Patrick F, Kllroy, of Spriuglleld.
.Mr. iliolierty, the ponnnnioit ohnlrman, mndo nil nddrcss, nnd thn Kev. Wllllniu Hiiynrd Ilnlo, of Middi-boro, r-ad tlio plat¬ form. ThlsroalTlrmed the plutforui inloplol by Ilia IHIMI Clilc-ago coiiv-ntlon, ami do¬ ll- um-ed tho failure olthe lt-piilil|..nu pnrty to priiin.ite bl-iii-tuilisiii through liitorna- tlonal ngrnoiuent.
The plntfonn liitlorly opposed "imiiorlul- Ism" .111.1 tho "insidious ndviinc-s of for¬ eign liilluonco;" declnrnd t^uiin slinuld be u ropulillc, nnd strongly favors  the "liido-
pond -o  aud   freodom   of every  country
and people cnpuhlo of selfgoverninnnt," It ulso "encourages th- people ol every Innd throughout the world, wli-n illijiislly goviirii-.l und oppressed, io gut^i ill-lr Iree.lom,'
SLAIN   IN   FRONT   OF   PULPIT.
A  Kevlvni in    .tlithnliin   llrokan   I |>   hy u right In Ihe Ileath.
Atuk.ss, Aiu. (Special 1.—At n reylvnl meeting In Ollliortvllle, Llmosiono County, John Alsup, H young mnn from n-ross the TonnesHee lino, nnd Fletcher Aduins, n fur- nior, occupliid Hiljoliilng three pews friiii tlie piilpli. Thero hnd been a lu-.i be¬ tween the two.
A fow words wi-r-ex.ibangodbelwiinutbo two and then, l.-fore any one could pro- voul, Alsup and Adams weru euguged In n rougli-nuil-iumlil-    llglii.
progr.
1 bui I
iiliini-
itlii
II  llll.l   I len Cliiirl ei|ual bll lling  Al
A.Ill
Aaaurail.
ori-il   In  I'arls
nor (loiier-il hns
illou
rovlsiou of Illll  lireyfus
Irailua  Kevlalai
emi.i.mciallv li that tbe Proci -port  to  Ih"  Court ol (
King .llmaaru I.,  Ilaliirn In Nuinna.
The Stale li-partiii"iit. al Wnalilnglon. hus given lis nsseni, througli the Aiiiorii'-in Cousulnte nl Apia, Sauoiu, to tie' niturn lo Samoa, iiller I.n -xii- ol i-n v-nrs, of tbe forin-r King, Mnluafn. It Is n<.auuin.l thnt the i-lib.f is to lie nind-Kin,; lo SU" ceed the into King .Uuii-lon, wb i dial uliout n month ngo.
Itainund Ihe  Kiit
Th- AiiiHrl--nh  p-io-
log al I'ari.. Irni	
]iiia<-e wllh Spam, den outire rhiiippines.
re ¦•hilllMilnM
('ollinil:.slO||    I
..   arrange  len
au'liid of  Spall
Uaalroyar rarmgul i
Tha tori-e.lo l-ial .iestr
Hwiri  Vaaaal.
NEW   YORK   STATE   NEW&
A rha|>t«r al FatallllM. V    ¦')
MAni Ills Wii.t iNt> OaaiTTin SrictoaJi, - Jnllus Oa-snr.n wealthy colored rfal.leat ot Mllliiort. blew his liead olt with a ahotsi gun a low dnys ngo, I'lie dny prevloaa ha mndo a wlll tlinl did nol plea.aoaom* m*(aa, tiers of hla fnniily. He mnd- nnother WlH, thou loaded bis double^tmrr-lloil «hotc«a wllh big clinrges of powder, Inv dowa aa the bed. plac,..l the miir-.l.i In his moith. tle.1 n stilng to hi. t.>0, conn-cteil l| WItk the trigger, nnd pulled the airing, HiwOB >oveuty-llvo yonrs old nn.l mndo hla mohar In lumiioriugnnd fnrmlDg,
A Ikiv KiLLKu Foa k Hr.r.n,—.Soolt R, Currtor. lourt-cn yanrs old, sou of Dr. Aa I". Currier, of Mount Vornon, whll* on a hunting expedition In thu A.liroudacka wllh his lather nnd C, U, Kadlinry, waa iiiistnkea lor a dc-r uud kill*,!. Th* aeol- .lont oocurn .V tlilrty inlios trom North- amploB, Fiilloa County, The lK)<ly w*a: tnken to Mount Virioui for burial. Dr.*! Currier said it wns nn accident, and one was to blnii;-,
linowxtu IN* roxi,.—Nallla BannonfJ niuo yenrs td.l, daughter ol llennta Baaa non, ol Tnrrvtown, wns .IniwilO'l io Joha l>. Itockefolier'a pond a l-w days aso. Nellie, her alsior Annie, und Edith rtWMa- s-u wero pinying ou n raft. Thoy {alt overb.mrd nud Nonio siulfc, lmm*.tl*tal^ Her sister nud th- Swnnson girl aoUed IRii raft nud cried for iiol|>, s-iia.i luonroaon*! thom, riio poll.I wns drngirod and Iha llnnu.in girl's body wna rocovi-roJ aboat nn hour inter,
FlUEMAM KII.I.KII Ilt FAI.l.lNn TiKiiaa«.-aa At n lire that waa started bv n tramp ta sheds coiiiii-.-le.l with llio First BnplUt Cluirch a( lliugliniiilon, Prnuk J. Unlmr, a moiiib-r of 11 vkli itl'iin Fir- Ooinpuajr, was Instnutlv kili-.l. Tliu'.ers foil upsa him. Two other llr-nK'n. Michnnt Caaey nnd rotor Snhikalc, Were lujuroil'but oot' aerloualy,
fhlld l.alior In Fnrloria*.
Stnto Fn.ilorv Iii-p--ti.r Ol.oary. at Ur
bnnv, hns wnrn-d nil liW depuilos Ihrough-
out'thostntetlint the I'lilid l.nii.ir law mult
be rigl.lly oulor 1, I.l ih-eiid Ihnt all «lill>
ilr-n wh.i ntlcii.l „..ho .| iiiiisi he pr«v»at«i from working In rnclorl..s. In n lettar Ca bis .ieputias .Mr, O'Loarv snvs: "If In lour of Inspitctiou yon iind liiiy olilUla the ngo of lourleeii years employed, that child homo nud nae thnt he or *ho||fo*a boforo you leuvo tho sliop or other plaos oC ouiploynioul. If you llnd nuy chllil under tho ugeof alxtoon uiuplovo.l w-ho la aotwa* lltlod to bono eniployo'd by roasoB ot a failure to tlio the proper oortlllcutn or ba- cause of lllltorncy, aoe to It tbut the provl*. llina of tho law nroonforeed nudot>«yed. If yon uotlca any studied nitompt on th* port of uny lie:ilt!i onicar to violate the law br Hupplyliig ohildren with iiupropuror lll*l|M uerillluntes, roport such onso* to a* prumiilly. In n word, hoc to It that Iha prnvisioua nl tha Child Lalinr law aM obeyed und rcspc.dnd nud Ihechlldnaaeat to school, where tnoy hoiong. Do not per¬ mit avmpatby or excuse* of any kind to lara you from the proper parforiuanco ol yoof duly. If you meet wllh nny oasoa demrr* ing of special uttenllou ooufiir witb ma ra> gnnling Ill-Ill. "	
Coldest Orer n Trail.
Apotltlon Is bi'lngcirculntedlu tbn north- eru pnrt ol Horklmer Couuty for Ibn pur¬ poso of hnvlug tho Cniincbngaln I,ako aa4 lliahy trnll, on Ihii roule from North bak*. lo Moose Klver, roconied aa n publle lilfh- wny. Tho pi-tltiou Is ihu result ol aaat'* tempt uu thu purt of tho Adlroudaok LaagB* (Hub lo pr'vunt nuy one not n inainbar. a guide, or a visitor from pa,Hslhg over tba trull. The woo.lamen any that th* tiall la n publlo hlghwuy, hnslngtbelr niuiDrtlon ea the law unnaod In IH'JO (ohnpter SM, 1(I0\ whioh snyn tbut a highway "Ihat
I n lu use for mom thun I wenty y*an
publlo highway," and thnt the Oamml'
ars of Highwuyn "aball order tb* ol	
of highwnya to open nil auch hldbwajra-'l tha width ot nt luuat two roda,"   'fha '_' opposltlou to tiia potitloo la toaad ami tlio guides In tho omploy of tb* ll Tbo*o guides huva bacoiiie rety oval Ing, Ills nasertod. and their nelghbof* suiii thoir wnys ol notion, wbloh nralrritota ing, ^  _
The Nlula llnlveralty,
Inordur to iiinke the depurtmsDl* Iota whicli tbo IJiilvirslty of ihe Hint* ol Natr Vork nre divldod bettor ndaptod lo tM ,i actual work nui,' being don* tb*y bavaj been roorgunizeii us.followa: 1, Ailmlalaa ' trnliv*, lucliidlng nil work nut oanlgnad !• j nuy other departmont, 2, College*, '.. obi ling unlversitliis, proloaalonaland t*ah«j Hlcal nohoola. nml all inntton purtalalnf la'9 diigreea ur llc-uo-s.   3. High  Hobool,   Imt'-i
¦r ca -J
'•wtT!
iliiillug ni-n.l-niles and nend«iala d*pana-j nierita. 4. Library, including horn* iMUMa^ lion. I. a., nil work boretolor* don* anoari
ing his ll drew n knlle,  disc then cul thedylng
Boforo tbo horror-stricken wor-lilppen j ranllMd whnt hnd .iccurrod Chnri-s Msiip ; hnd mounted n niiilo nnd lied. Sli-rill Oil- | iiert pursu-d him, nnl a running llglil lasl- lug ail hour t-.ik piu.--. At last Ihi'i sli-rllT mel two strangers and got Ibem in as-,isl ! Ill urresiing Alsup.
While the murderer wns b-lug lied   with   : ropes iwo olAlsups frien.ls   r.-lo   up   nnd   , r.-s-iied   lllm after   n   il-sp-rate   light, lu whliih  one  of  the strangers   wiui   latnlly hurl,
MURDER   IN   TENNESSEE.
Tha Ilav. A. C.  Wehh, lila Son and Thr«« I'l.iiiliMlii.ilia Aaauaalliuleil.
Ml-umi'.>:si-...Hii, 'I'-nn. I S; ecial I. -Flvo men nre r-pori-d to huve been ussussliiuted In Cniiuon County, nliout thirty miles ensl of Ihls lily, u low days ago, John llol- llngsworlh kilied u man named HIgglus In Hint county over u yonr ngo, A uult wna Wrought ngnlnsi llolllngswotth and n Judg- inout oblnlned by the Higgins fainilv.
When u pnrty of men went to hla housn lo i-ollact the Judgment they gnlbarod In Ih- harii. Hoiliiigiwortli nud his friends llmd Into tb-ui with doulile iinrrolleil aliot- guus, killing tour men ami woumllug nn other Mj linlly Hint im wlll n-i r.-.'over, Tbo m-ii kille.l lire Ih" ll-v A. ('. W-hli, Snuiu-i W-liii, bis son; J. Higgins nn-l un unknown mun. James Yltu'-iii wns fatally w.iun.bid. The iii-u who w-r- klll-l nr- of the most proiulueut p-opiii of tlila sifllon.
tho uninu of Ihu l^xieuslon Deiiortaoai. ' 6.   Museum,   Ineludlng  nil the aolantiS* Interoata ol tha unlvoralty.   Tho *xaialaa. Iloua wlll b" can-lad uu In thu lllgb )l*bO«l' or (lollegu Dupnrtniont, nooordliig to IBb-
iout, luidcoiiiliiue under tbe dlnetloB et nmna Ituss-il I'nrsoua, Jr,, who baa baaa iiiiiil" nir-ciiir of botb Oollegn land Ulth Hchool lleparlmollis.
Wllllaiu (',   tVhllnay, Lumbarmaa.
Wllllniu c. ^Vllltnlly, forinet Seeratanrel , the Nuvy, Ims formod u imrtDerahlp Wlth.>i ruiiii-k   iM.iv.ii.liuii, of Olen* Fall*,.tot '
the liimlier fi i r.«,miO nerus of laad Ihl
Adiiou.lncks,    Iho   irnci  belungt to   ~ WbltDey, nnd lll.l liuiliar upou II   b*|g iu|ually to hlin ni. 1 Mr, Muyaahaa^"''^ the limber bns baan rainovttd  Hr. Wh will f*l*ln the liCIKIO n-roa aa a privata]r^| aerve,    Mr. .Mnynohnn has l>**n iltatC tbn cuiiBtruclbm nf dnma aoroa* lh*l i|U"tta Itlvur and Ita Irlhiiturlas, wblab aM [ ao arranged Ihat Ibe lugs nan  b« toattdj out lo tb* dryeal atinaoli,    Outting IbOtlS* bar bna niren.ly oummouMd,    Ar»a*ot*ala of 1,000.000 fii-t wns mnde to the lBt*raa> IIODal I'nper Compauy.
rrugui ex-
-nadad her <-oiitra-t speed iu atrial nt >an Fraucia-o. fni. C»f..riiiiiat"lv hor stur- lioar I euglue Urok" diwn. uu.l 11 wlll b" three ire-ks before llin Irull but faai ».i»..-l i-nu bavo nnother trial, she mud- iiir-- nttompts Ontil- llrsl the nin.le-^4 knots, ..II tho a—i.iid 2S kn.its, nnd on III-tlilr I M) 7-10 knots, nud then tli- rouk ahult broke.
New French  Anihwaaador.
Count ilAiiblgny, how French Charge d'Affnlrs at Munl-b. (lermnuv. wlll repU.w M Ca-iilioni.s Minlater to thot nllod Slates, nud .M Cuuilwu will gl to  Uadrld.  Hpalu.
Canaila-a rrohlhlllm,  Valm.
Tbe majority lor I'r .hiiollon Ihrougbout thu  eutire   liomini-in    .1 Cnun In   wlll Dot
ilk*ly HXeeed -is (100      All   ih"iir-;»inoaa ei.
cept gualMK- v.,l-d pronil.fflou. OuUrlo giving It a innjorily "I uIcjuI 10,0.10. Tun lljconiplete r-lurus t-i lar give Oulaflo, in,(KKI f.r. OueJ."--, HI Iti agaliiit; Xovi S-oll:i. 17,(I7» for; N-w Bruiiswi-k, I5,-'iS4 fur: I'riu-e Kdward. 6l>iO I-r: UnultolM, WKkl lor: Brlll-.li Culuinoin; ,ViO f .r; Sorlhwaal Territories, t"- I"T
Taaaa For LiOt-ul lHi|friivani«al.
Oenerai W' o.|. Military liovar-iurof i<an- llng.i. pro|ee>«a to collect tiaea Uulf' an i apply tham to lb* eraatlbu of loeal i« l.rov*a.<iata.
Mui-l»lll|f la th* liat*.
Th* Htnto Bonrd of lloalth'a bnlMla far Anguat IUi>allio nunuul d*atb ml* tor tha Htatn from nil cniMoa |iar 1000 popalattoh at ttfooty, aa ngnlnal 20,A01«r lb* ptaOjil < log month, nml ls.7(ilor Aiiguai, 18(7; Tha lolnl DUinlier of dentha wa« 11,301, ol I' ' ' «1I1 ugourred in Naw Vork Oily, illrld (nllowa- llorough nf MauhattaD, IBTr I)rftnx,8li7; Itrooklyo, 2107, Io lb* aaait* tlm* aauliary district, ooinprialBg LaH lalaad, Maubatlan nnd Ihe tuwna la Waila obealar Couuly, thero wna an *xe*aaiTa iha «r*aa* In typhoid iuv*r tur tb* aioan, wbleh *au**d 100 lUalh*, alnetjr-tbMa M* log la N*w Tnrk City.
A caaliaaal For a Forlaa* D*ai. Mta. Almlra   Cliite, of  I'arrr,  i* itad, agad ¦*v*al)r-lw I yann.    Mb* waa a dtr *«*Ddaol from Aiinek* Jana, aadgathtlM avldanaeall her lire bnarlog ob b«r tA"^ a* an b*lr.   Kb* apnnt n amall foitBB*, I diad poor,  lenvlug  to  b*r  aoa oal/J g«o*alagleal data, aod,a claim (or U
Sm.oo*.  ^
nllna FaHj WoilaaUna*.
li*pi*mliar W was tb* llr»l aad Olobar f|
la 111* lait day (or niling party oomlaatlOMli
with tbu M»iratary  ol   HIalo   atHMl	
Rrary    nartlflonla   uiiial   b*ar a tMIW r«v«Bn* atanap.
All Aroand tk* 8«at*.
Uuoklrk baa u pwarda ot (orljr (r aad b*a*flolary orgnnlullon*.
A. I. I.oakwood, a (arioar llviag naladonla, ai* a plui of wbaat. It ^ bim.
Tb* uoacb and plum crop *( Iha 1 Kanka AUIrlot I* raportad to b« th* r' WM lo ]r*nra
Orlaana County public aolioi 1* ao*l( MI.Al Ih* past vn«r. Uf thia amouat i 07»,IW cama froin the Htala,
Au alaotrlc  road ia lulkod ol to *« Atl*iit*, Hteuliiii Counlv, and NaidiHi, I tntio Oounty, when- It would maat that dl*MX Vallajr Ituilrond,
nbautaoqaa Lake stcnno-r* bav* i 173,000 p*«*«Dg*ra so far this aajaoa,
Tb* eollr* hop pro.lud of Wayoa bas ha*B aold to a New Vork City Hra).' prla* paid ran from iwelte lo fl(l«i*a ¦ a pound.
Vorkablre'a  Town  Board   bn* pOMat 1 r<*olalton nxing a ll-ena- of t>7ia]r«     *" ,,p«ddl*ra.     M*r'-banta   who   a«ltl* -|.<,rarUy la H* villag* ol llelavaaar*! iiax*d tin mouth.
HIaa Ann* Tordy. while alltlug al a I In   King   Slug,   In   apparently   ha) health, l*li lo the floor nnd died o( t ;dl**aa*, wllbodt regnlidng eoaaelo R*r brother dl»4 Inst Mnv la aa atiaoil < lactly slinllar manner while sitllog la r Itame etialr al the aaoia >»'¦•• »r* '* • I aam* dl»*«aa.
aalcld*'* H*arl llut ml  Pla
naophua   Uragolie,   of Kaa  Praaa Tal , i-oniuiltled suii-ida   a   l*w    dojia I Au nuiopar abowad that tban waa a i ami dla(iia(i«in«nt of   tba  mao'*  la'~ uigaiia.    Hi*bsart,lrBleadal'b<<a||l til- lail aide, waa 'ar uver lo  Ib* rich w-ui of normal aliap* and »Iev.    Vhal -vns In the posiilokoe.-uplsd lit Ih oi llie ordluaiy hiiinaa beiug. 'Tb* I waa alio out of  pliira,   ii*vl*g  b«*B lu 111* ie/l alle o( lit* »i. I ..i».lenl *•*
ria« a*a*< at iaaai*a*sa llaMa Oeld  nuBlluu** t<> cuaa l»j I Btala* la tan* aBoatttla**   '
Mill
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