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A Western geologist says tnat Kansas
cob raise wheat for another thousand
years before exhausting the necessary
properties of the soil.
The Greek style of building, rodi
fied to modern needs, has been mosi
successfully used in Paris, where many
palaces are seen of this construction
A New York music dealer says tnat
the composer of “After the Ball” will
make §IOO,OOO out of his song. Man,
other authors of popular songs havt
made nothing because they failed t<
take out copyrights.
Some timo ago an lowa cyclone fol
lowed the route of a railroad for sev
eral miles, and now, the Chicago Her
ald learns that there is a theorist on
deck who proposes to steer thes<
storms, by means of mils laid and
wires strung for the purpose, into open
sections of country where they can
spend their force without damage.
Prince Henry of Orleans, who is no;
of rnneh account in most things, has
shown wisdom in advising the scions
of French royal houses to assist in the
colonial development of France, since
they can but add confusion to confu
sion if they take part in polities, it
was upon his advice that the young
Duke of Uzoo went on the Congo ex
pedition, which proved fatal to him.
If half the stories told of him nri
true, Lord Cromer, the British diplo
matic agent in Egypt, is an original
individual. He divides his leisure time
between lawn tennis and Homer in the
original Greek. During the recent
Egyptian crisis Lord Cromer ordered
the Khedive to dismiss his prime min
ister within twenty-four hours, ordered
troops from Malta and Aden in case of
an emergency and then went out ami
played tennis until sunset.
The paucity of American-born sail
ors in the United States Navy has ex
cited a great deal of comment, ob
serves the Chicago Herald. A record
of the seamen serving in the navy since
the establishment of this system shows
that not more than four per cent, of
; the lads who are graduated from the
apprentice training system continue in
the service of the United States. The
reoords fnthur show that of the 7250
seamen allowed by law in the navy,lesi
than one-half of those who enlist at the
receiving ships arc native born Ameri
cans.
The interesting fact is shown in the
emigration and immigration returns ol
Great Britain and Ireland last year
that, while the native population iH
leaving in hundred of thousands for
this country and the British colonies,
there is a considerable influx of immi
grants into the United Kingdom, com
i ing for permanent settlement. Last
| year 210,042 British and Irish left
j their home, the greut majority, 160,-
! 339, coming to the United States. In
! the same period 22,137 aliens from the
j continent of Europe arrived in the
j United Kingdom “for permanent set
tlement.”
Western railroad officials say that
this year’s corn crop will be 300,000,-
900 bushels larger than last year’s;
that the oat crop 50,000,000 larger;
that the wheat crop will be only
100,000,000 bushels smaller; that the
hog crop will be 4,000,000 larger and
that all roads will have vastly more to
haul than in 1892-92. State Secretary
Mohler has issued a special report on
the corn prospects of Kansas. He puts
the area at 6,29(1,000 acres, only 600,000
under the wonderful area of 1889,when
the yield w as 273,000,000, and that the
condition this year promises a yield
jxceedcd only by 1889.
The New York Post remarks tha\
“Few people have any conception of
the pressure for pardon which is
brought to bear upon every Executive.
Governor Stone, of Missouri, has at
least 500 applications before him, and
declares that it is not an exaggeration
to say that one-half of his time is ab
sorbed in listening to such applica
tions, which are presented by mothers,
wives, daughters, lawyers, friends from
every part of the State, singly, by
twos and threes, and often in larger
delegations. Most of these applica
tions he has to refuse, only nineteen
having been granted during the first
six months of his term ; but it is easy
to accept his plea that ‘an undue pro
portion of my time is consumed with
these matters, and the strain upon
nervous vitality resulting from the pa
thetic incidents connected with them
is very exhausting. ’ It is obvious that
some change ought to be made, either
by the establishment of a Board of
Pardons or otherwise ; for it is absurd
that half of an Executive’s time and
strength should be exhausted in con
sidering petitions that he wi}l set aside
the findings of the court*."
THE NEWSJN GENERAL.
Condensed from Our Most Important
Toleojapliic Advices
And Presented in Pointed and Reada
ble Paragraphs.
The Troy City, N. Y., paper mill,
after two months’ suspension, resumed
work Thursday.
TheFeabody m .Us, at Newbury port,
Mass., started up Thursday morning
with four hundred hands.
Hon. Hamiltorwisb. ex-seoretary of
state, died at hiißßFatry residence at
Garrison, N. Y.,^Birsday.
The Collins of Collinsville,
Mass., started-all hands at
work, ter a four weeks’
shut down. *
Tittsburg and ’to Angelino mine,
at Ishpeming, Mi h , which has been
working oil tv c birds time, has
placed the miners' *f and surface men on
full time again.
The business m/ttitjvf the town of
White Cottage, was almost to
tally destroyed Hr Fire Wednesday.
Tho loss wili amount to $70,000; in
surance probably one-third.
Seven seamen Worshipped at Swan
sea, Wales, on tho .teamship Etna for
Russian ports, ha\ died of tho ohol
era. The ship had" a large number of
Mecca pilgrims. A bout two hundred
of these died aboar I the ship.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of tho Wm Point Terminal
Company was howl nt New York
Thursday. Mr. Lynch, of New York,
was elected chairman. No business
was transacted and the meeting ad
journed to Ootober 19 th.
A San Francis,-rr Cal., dispatch of
Wednesday says: Tho bark Colusa,
sugar laden, from Rabului, has been
now out forty-nine, and is twenty
days duo. Tho Coibsa and cargo are
worth about $200,0*0. There is con
siderable uneasinesi about her non
appearance. f
Fire destroyed alseven-story brick
block and part of th]> adjoining blocks
in New York City(Wednesday. Tho
locality is a denseiT populated tene
ment district. The Uwiildings burned
were full of
was hurt, but tho district was in
a panic for Lone, $150.-
s
grass.
er” were burned, only those having
horses escaping. A great deal of in
dignation is felt in Arkansas City over
the action of The troops.
Cashier M. J. Boffording, of tho
Bank of Minneapolis, committed sui
cide Thursday morning by shooting
himself. It is supposed he took his
life because of sensitiveness over tho
recent absconding of Paying Teller
Phil M. Behcig with $15,000 of tho
bank’s money. President Kirby, of
the bank, declares that Bofferding’s
accounts are perfectly straight.
The statement of personal affairs of
Hon. Charles Foster, twico governor
of Ohio and ex-secretary of tho treas
ury was filed by tho assignee, J. B.
Gormley, at Bucyrus, 0., Wednesday.
The report shows total net assets of
$622,849, total appraisements of $414,-
258. Tho liabilities are: Bills payable
$75,800; and overdrafts on Foster &
Co.’s bank $135,000.
The national World’s fair commis
sion at Chicago, Wednesday, received
the report of tho spocial investigating
committee exonerating Commissioner
Mercer, of Wyoming, from tho
charges of dishonorable conduct and
finding Commissioner Beesone, of
Oklahoma, guilty of dishonorable acts.
The report was adopted with only one
dissenting voice.
A cablo dispatch of Thursday from
Berlin states that the Rhine haH been
proclaimed officially to bo infected
with cholera, and bathing in it is for
bidden. All the public baths along its
banks have been ordered closed and
the authorities of all the towns in tho
Rhino valley have been instructed to
adopt stringent measures to prevent
the use of the river water for domestic
purposes.
A New York dispatcli of Thursday
says: Tho Commercial Cable com
pany and the South American Tele
graph, 37 and 39 Wall street, posted
a notice that tho Brazilian government
has suspended all telegraphic com
munication to and from Brazil for tho
present. This order however will not
interfere with telegrams passing
through Brazil for points beyond. No
explanation for the order is given.
A London cable dispatch of Thurs
day says: The Manchester and Shef
field Railway Company has given no
tice that on account of tho scarcity of
fuel, caused by the miners’strike, they
have suspended the services of fifty
five trains. The Midland Railway
Company has taken off fourteen trains
for the same reason. Each company
had already curtailed its train service
in consequence of the coal famine.
A head-end collision between a milk
train on the Chicago, Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne railroad and an eastbound
passenger train on the Pan Handle or
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago and
St. Louis railroad, Thursday, killed
twelve persons and injured as many
more. Tho baggage and smoking cur
of the eastbound passenger train was
ground to pieces and from this most of
the killed and injured were taken.
The Slaughter family, of Texas, are
said to be the most extensive laud
owners in America, their combined
ownings Accounting to 500,000 acres,
BRUNSWICK REJOICES.
Many Cities lu Georgia Raise Their
Quarantine Against Her.
A Brunswick, Ga., special says:
Aroused by the action of Brunswick’s
council Thursday the government of
ficials roalized tho mistake they were
making and the extreme injustice done
to tho city in waiting to consult the
Snvannah authorities Friday thoy
atoned for their mistake by wiring Sur
geon General Wyman to order the
quarantine against Brunswick raised as
all danger was over. Tho cities and
towns of Georgia with tho exception
of Savannah promptly raised their
quarantine, releasing Brunswick from
her barriers and once more giving her
people a fighting chance for life and
business.
Tho majority of the 4,000 people in
Brunswick now are laborers and many
of their families are receiving help
from the relief oommittee. In a few
weeks their work will bo resumed and
the battle for bread will bo more equal
; ized. Help, however, will bo needed
for them for several wooks yet and
! contributions will bo gratefully re
ceived.
SAVANNAH YIELDS.
A Savannah special says: The peo
ple of Brunswick, Tampa, Port Tampa,
Ybor City and other points rocontly
infected with yellow fever, can visit
Savannah now if they desiro. The
sanitary board at its session Saturday
raised tho quarantine on these places
and all restriction is to be removed im
mediately. Mayor McDonough lias
notified Mayor Lamb, of Brunswick,
and Mayor Knight, of Waycross, by
telegram ns to tho action of the sani
tary officials ami Health Officer Brun
ner was instructed to wire Surgeon
General Wyman and notify the rail
! roads.
WRECKED BY A CYCLONE
A Louisiana Town Demolished—Five
Persons Lose Their Lives.
A severe cyclone struck the pretty
little town of Lockport, La.,on Bayou
Lafourche, at about 9 o’clock Thurs
day morning and left a mass of ruins
and desolution. Strong winds had
been raging tho whole nightlong, ao
; companied by rain. No serious results
were apprehended until the wind shift
j ed suddenly to the southwest and blew
at'n terrible rate, carrying everything
in its path.
A number of residences and stores'
j wore demolished and many other bill’d
i ings were badly damaged. Besides „he
| five people killed, a largq/number were
I more or less seriously Wgiuided.
■*’On the Southern I/aei.ft 'rr>;lioadbo
■ tween Bayou Stile ami
I miles west of Now Orleans; i. .if none
\ of telephone poles were blow n down,
destroying telegraphic communication
I with Texas by that route. Between
Now Orleans and Mobile twelve of the
fifteen wires nlong tho Louisville and
Nashville rood have gone down and
along tho Illinois Central railroad tho
wires are badly wrecked. High winds
are reported from Baton Rouge and
Amite City, La., and Mississippi City,
| on the gulf coast.
HOME RULE REJECTED.
The House of Lords Divided and Voted
Adversely to the Hill.
A London cable dispatch says: The
house of lords divided Friday night at
midnight and the result was the rejec
tion of the motion by a voto of 419 to
j 41. All the bishops went with the
[ majority. The announcement of the
result was received with laughter and
I some cheering. Tho house was then
| cleared of spectators and adjourned
! immediately.
Outside of the building tho polico
had kept a freo circulation during the
| tho evening. At midnight a distinct
ive unionist demonstration was hold,
consisting in tho flourishing of the
union jack, tho singing of patriotic
j songs and cheering for Lord Salis
bury, the duke of Argylo and Joseph
Chamberlain. Skyrockets were sent
up from the precincts of the house
and the answer greeted with ringing
cheers.
THE BRAZILIAN REVOLT.
Secretary Gresham Takes Prompt Ac
tion In the Matter.
A Washington special says: Secre
tary Gresham decided Friday morning
not to wait longer for official notiiica
! tion that a revolution had broken out
in Brazil and he accordingly sent, a
| cablegram to Minister Thompson, who
is supposed to have reached Rio de
! Janeiro by this time, instructing him
j to concur in a general diplomatic re
monstrance against the burdensomo
interference with the foreign commerce
of Brazil through the suspension of
telegraphic communication.
This dispatch was sent in accordance
with a partial promise made by Secre
tary Gresham Thursday to tho New
York coffee exchange which intimated
that Brazil was discriminating against
American trade.
THE COTTON MOVEMENT.
Secretary Hester’s First Report of the
New Commercial Year.
According to Secretary Hester’s
New Orleans Cotton Exchange report,
issued at New Orleans Friday, the new
commercial year of 1893-94 opens with
a much smaller movement of cotton
than has been shown in either last
year or year before.
The statement covers the past week
and the first eight days of tho season,
making the amount of tho American
cotton crop brought into sight for the
week 43,661, against 63,804 in Sep-,
' tember, 1892, and 100,860 the sn.ne
time in 1801. For the eight days of
j September the movement into sight
has been 48,820 against 70,801 and
| 111,873, showing a falling off of 81 per
i cent from l*pt year, and fiO from the
| jm before.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Affairs of Goyernrat art-Ulte
flioHonsc and Senate Discnssel
Notes of Interest Concerning the Peo
ple and Their General Welfare.
When tho senate adjourned Satur
day afternoon it was a week nearer
the repeal of tho Sherman law. But
nothing happened during the week to
indicate when a voto will bo taken.
Tho chief talk outside of the speeches
on tho floor has been with reference to
tho compromise.
Senator Peffer has presented a peti
tion in the senate from citizens of
Kansas in the form of a resolution pro
viding for tho issue of treasury notes
to be loaned the different states ac
cording to demand at interest, not ex
ceeding one per cent to be distributed
among the people of the states and to
be legal tender for all public and pri
vate debts.
Innumerable dispatches received at
Washington indioate that a general re
sumption of business in the manufact
uring plants in the north and west has
begun or is in preparation. This is
particularly marked in the cotton fac
tory section of Now England and iron
working plants ill Pennsylvania and
Ohio, also in tho miscellaneous indus
tries of Philadelphia and New York.
By direetion of tho secretary of war,
three hundred hospital tents have
been sent, from quartermaster’s depart
ment at St. Louis, to the people left
homeless through the ravages of tho
groot hurricane on the South Carolina
coast. Secretary Lament, was anxious
to scud subsistence ns well, but found
there was noither money nor storos
available for this purpose.
A Washington dispatch says: The
stato of South Carolina, by its attor
neys, filed with tho commissioner of
patents Wednesday a motion for a re
view of his recent decision declining
to register thetvord “Palmetto” on a
trade mark in connection with the
manufacture and sale of whisky in
South Carolina. The commissioner
read tho liriof filed in the cast, and at
once rendered his decision, declining
to reopen tho case.
Josiah Quincy, ol Massachusetts, has
resigned the office of assistant secretary
of state to which lie was appointed by
President Cleveland, This action has
for some time been anticipated, Mr.
Quincy having accepted the position
expectation.* of .relinquishing
iUBBIn short service. Since] the
vention was held, it has been
that there would be an imperative de
mand for Mr. Quincy to assume charge
of the approaching campaign. His
resignation, as a consequence, creates
no surprise.
Secretary Carlisle has decided to
meet the treasury deficit by issuing
silver certificates against the seignor
age of the bullion purchased under
tho Sherman law. He estimates that
tho deficit for the year will be fifty
millions, which would be covered by
tho coinago of the seignorage and tho
issuo of certificates oil the silver pur
chased to September Ist. The neod
for money, especially paper currency,
is so pressing that tho secretary will
recommend the issuo of certificates in
advance of the actual coinage, which
would enable the treasury to meet its
obligations without making further
inroads on the gold reserve.
(Vrtiflcnlen Not to Ilf Taxed.
Commissioner Miller sent out a cir
cular recently to tho internal revenue
collectors which is causing a good deal
of speculation. It lias been under
stood to mean in some quarters that
the oircular merely intended to im
pose alO per cent, tax on clearing
house certificates for local circulation.
Commissioner Miller stated Friday
that there was nothing at all of that
nature intended. The circular was in
suod merely for tho purpose of pre
venting the banks from issuing the
small bank notes that have beeu put
in circulation lately. That is all there
is to it. Tho circular does apply,
however, to certified cheeks payable to
bearer and issued for circulation in
tho placo of money.
A Hatch of Nomlnnttoiin.
The president sent to the senate,
Friday, the following nomidations:
Theodore Runyon, of New Jersey,
ambassador extraordinary and pleni
potentiary of tho United States to
Germany; Albert 8. Willis, of Ken
tucky, envoy extraordinary and mi n
ister plenipotentiary of the United
States to the Havaiian islands; Henry
M. Smith, of Virginia, to bo minister
resident and counsel general of the
United States to Hayti; Ellis Mills,
of Virginia, to bo consul general at
Honolulu ;M. S. Carroll, of Maryland,
to bo consul general at Drosdon, Ger
many. United States Consuls —George
J. Willis, of Georgia, at Port Stanley
and St. Thomas, Canada; John R.
Mobley, of Texas, at Aeapulco, Mexico ;
Henry R. D. MnoEver, of New York,
at Denia, Spain; George Keenan, of
Wisconsin, at Kehl, Germany; Henry
C. 0. Atwood, ol New York, at Calais,
France; Leopold Moore, of New York,
at St. Christopher, W. I. Also nine
teen postmasters, a collector of reve
nue and appraiser all recess appoint
ments.
Kxprcss Office Robbed.
The office of the Adams Expres
company at Akron, 0., was euterec
Thursday night during tho absence of
Agent Elliott and the safe stripped oi
ite contents. Tho safe had been
left with the day lock only, and con
tained $5,000 sent by the city to pay
bonds, and the receipts of the day,
amounting to about SI,OOO. Several
persons were arrested suspected of tb
orime,
NO. 38
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TOK AN INVALID.
A delicate invalid custard ia made
as follows: Boat up two eggs, mix in
of milk, sugar to
lemon or nutmeg flavor
ing ; when well stirred ponr the mix
ture into a buttered bowl, cover with
buttered paper and steam in a sauce
pan of boiling water, which should
come about half way up tho sides of
the bowl, for half an honr. A savory
custard is made in the same way, sub
stituting cold beef ten, free from all
fat, for tho milk, and of course leav
ing out tho Bugar. —St. Louis Re
public.
VEAL TATE.
Chop fine three pounds of lean voal
and half a pound of fat fresh pork.
Mix with the chopped meat one coffee
cupful of bread crumbs and three well
beaten eggs; add two even teaspoon
fuls of salt and one salt-spoonful of
pepper. Stir all thoroughly together
and moisten with a little soup Htock.
Pack in a buttered mold which has
been rinsed in cold water after greas
ing. Cover tightly nml steam over
five hours. Turn out of tho mold and
put in a warm oven for half an honr,
leaving tho oven door open. Put un
der a heavy press and allow the meat
to become very cold. Slice in thin
slices and garnish with parsley.—New
York Recorder.
BOAST BEET’ S HEABT.
This is a dinner dish that always
catches the appetite of all English
men, and hero is the true English
stylo of cooking it: Get from your
butcher a nice, plump, firm heart;
let it stand in a pan of cold water in
which a handful of salt has been dis
solved for half an hour. Prepare a
stuffing of grated bread crumbs one
good-sized onion, a sprig of parsley, a
teaspoonful of dried Bago (or better
yet is green sago when you can get it),
a piece of butter tho Bize of an egg,
aud pepper and salt. Mix these to
gether with one well-beaten egg, fill
all the holes in tho heart with stuffing
and boil for one hour in a small
saucepan in which the heart can stand
upright, so that the stuffing cannot
boil out. After it has boiled slowly
for an hour take out of tho water,
cover the top of tho a largo
slice of larding pork and roast for two
hours, basting frequently. Sorvo wjt.h
ourrant jelly on very hot plates, and
see that the slioes are cut thin and
lengthwise of the heart —it will be
more tender. Serve some of the stuffing
on each plate.—Now York Tribune.
flB GREEN OBAPJ! PIIBSKF.VE.
which I have W> recommend
to count, writes a eorrespoiidenlMS§ff
can’t get something for nothing in this
world, and for certain toothsome
morsels we must have tho patienoe of
our grandmothers as well as their cook
book.
It will be easy to those living in the
country or those having their own
grapo vines to procure greon grapes.
But the most delicious grape preserve
I have ever tasted was made of fox
grapes that grew wild in stony
meadows. It is quite possible even
for those living in cities to get wild
grapes by bargaining with some
huckster or marketman at the right
time. The grapes should be bought
when they are still hard, lieforo they
liavo softened in the least, but when
they have attained nearly or quite
their full size.
Having got your grapes, provide
yourself with a small, sharp penknife,
and cut each grape iu half exactly ns
you would an orange. Then remove
the seeds and throw the fruit into cold
water. It will talco you all day to do
fourteen pounds, but tho preserves
arc worth the trouble.
Once seeded, tho process is tho samo
as for other fruit. Use granulated
sugar, allowing pound for pound.
Cook until tho sirup jellies when cool,
and seal in the ordinary manner.
This preserve is very rich and of an
entirely different flavor from that
made of ripe grapos, and is sufficiently
acid not to cloy, and is the best
“sweet” I know of to servo with meats.
—Chicago Record.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Mend the torn pages of books with
white tissue paper.
Clean brass kettles, beforo using,
with salt and water.
Clean plaster of pans ornaments
with wet starch brushed off when dry.
A shovel of hot coals held over spot
ted varnished furniture will take out
the spots.
After knives have been cloaned they
may b brilliantly polished with char
coal powder.
It saves timo and labor to have a
broom, brush and dustpan for every
floor in the house.
Flatirons should bo kept os far re
moved from tho steam of cooking os
possible, as this is what causes them to
rust.
Two parts ot ammonia with one of
turpentine makes a mixture whioh will
soften old point and varnish so that
they can be cosily scraped off.
A towel rock made with several aims
fastened to a half circular centre, which
in turns fastous to the wall, is a con
venient placo for drying dish towels.
To clean hard woods and oil cloths
wash first with a soft sponge dipped
frequently in fresh water. When the
door has dried, wash it again with a
rog dipped in a mixture of hot water
and skim milk.
Lemon will do for the yellow white
sailor what shoe polish does for the
worn black one. Remove the ribbon
band, and, with a slice of lemon, clean
the straw thoroughly. Put on a fresh
band, sad the hat ie white and fresh.