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ORIGIN OF *'A DARK HORSB.*
It is generally supposed that the term "dark
horso’’ is of American origin. But Thaokeray
used in his "Adventures of Phillip’’ before it
became curront in this country, and in exactly
the same sense as wo employ it. "Well, bless
my ®°ul,” Phillip is mads to say, referring to
some mysterious candidate for the Rons* of
Commons, "he can’t mean me. Who is the
dark horso ho has in his stable?"
WATKRSPOIJTS.
A wnterspout in AknsMg, Russian Turkestan,
Juno 2, overflowed the river, destroyed seventy
booses and drowned 40 persons. A waterspout
is a whirlwind which socks up water *t sea and
water, fenoes, cattle, horses, cto., on land.
Thoy sometimes hare a oircular motion equal
to flvo hundred milts an hour, with a goahoad
motion equal to ono hundred miles an hour.
The moment they stop whirling the water sud
denly falls to the ground In the shape of*
cloudburst.
PKTItOI.KCiU OIL.
It is believed that petroleum oil exists in
largo quantities in Alnhamn, in the oountiea of
WtBhington, Clarke, Choctaw and Marengo,
During the war salt makere in this region
found that the gas arising from the salt water
would take fire in a minute. In Washington
county after the war a well was bored and the
gas came up with such explosive force, flaming
up to such a height, that all tho workmen fled
to the woods, and tho well was abandon, d.
Some time in the near futuro this immense oil
bonanza will beutllizeil.
NT. n lilt N A 111) HDDS.
The famous St. Bernard doga are very care
fully trained. A traveler who visited some of
tho monasteries of the monks of St. Il.rnard, a
few years ago, found the monks teaching their
dogs from tho earliest stages of puppyhood.
Nof only is physical and mental training in
cluded in llus teaching, but spiritual culture is
by no means neglected. At mealtune the dogs
sit in a row, each with a tin dish before him
containing his repast. Grace is said by one of
the monks, tho dogs sit dug motionless with
bowed heads. Not one of them stirs nntil the
"amen” is spoken. If a frisky puppy attempts
to sample his meal before grace is over, one of
the older doge growls and gently tugs his tar.
TH* T1MBKR TRADR
The value of the timber orop in this country
1* not generally appreciated. Leak year the
value of the timber crop proper was 9700,000,-
000 or more than tho value of tlio com orop.
This immense sum does not inolude the wood
used in cooperage, 934,000,000, nor the bark
consumed in tannoriee, 917,000,000, nor th*
wood used in the manufacture of matches 93,.
000,000, nor tho imnunsn amount of wood
nsod in tho construction and repairs of rail
roads. Tho annual renewals of railroad track
require aliout 25,000,000 tics. The to ligurcs
give some idea of the importance of tho tlmbet
orop. It is tho largest orop of the country,
Andovcry year in this country, where tree
planting is not generally practiced, the crop
becomes lost and less in localities, and
there is a corresponding riso In tlir vain* ol
timber in other seel ions. Tbe wblie pine
orop lias reachod Its maximum, and yellow pine
if to be the orop of tho future.
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SETTING A II It OK KN NECK.
The latest triumph of modern surgery ts the
repair of a Boston woman who had fallon sev
enty feet and broken hor neck. The neck waa
broken just as tho neck of culprit* who *re
hanged on the gallows—namely, by dislocation
of tho vertebrio. Fortunately tlie spinal mar
row was not injured, or the repairs could not
have been made. Having chloroformed the
poor woman, the surgeons had the pleasure of
hearing tho bones and ligaments snap as they
forced tho displaced vertobrae into proper posi
tion. Tho woman, on awaking, seemed to
think that her head had come off and that it
had been put on orooked. The operation sug
gests a now Hold of experiment on lb* bodies
of executed criminals.
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A NOVEL IIEN.
A Cape Vincent man has constructed a sheet
Iron hen that promises to lay him * golden
egg. It is finished up to life, full six*, cackles,
ducks and looks with one oye at a timo so
naturally that It deceives the oldest hen h*wk
in tho country. It is so fixed that when *
hawk, mink or polecat pounces on it, tho back
springs open and the wings fly up and force
the assailant on to a ravenous buzx-saw that
makes 1,700 revolutions a minute. After
moving half a minute the saw stops, the hen
closes up, folds its wings, and begins to oaokle
as though it bad just laid an egg. One wind*
Ing up will answer for three massacres, provi-
ded the rather delicate machinery does not get
clogged up with too much blood, bones, and
feathers.
A HORSE’S TERRIBLE REVENUE.
A terrible affair happened at tbe Lexington
Fair Grounds, where tbe lessees, Smith A Mer
rill, constantly keep msny trotting horses for
various partios. A trainer, named Wm. Kim
ball, had in hand a stallion, Sherman's Ham-
bletonlan. and whipped him so soverely that
the horse throw the man, turned on him furi
ously, and attempted to crueh him by kneeling
on him. Missing the mark with hie knees, th*
infuriated stallion began on the prostrate
trainer with his teeth, and when drivon off by
the shouts and gestures of a negro boy, re
turned to th* attack, and before Kimball wu
finally released, a wrist and leg were broken,
and the flesh was torn from his breast and
shoulder. He now lies in a painful condition,
and bis ’niorles are auite serious.
Machine Needles,
Oil and Shuttles,
FOR all KINDS OF MACHINES, for sale.
I will also order part* of Machines
that get broken, for wliloh new
pieces are wanted.
A. J. jehnigan.
Courage that grows from constitution
often forsakes tho man whon ho has oc
casion for it; courage which arises from
a sense of duty aots in a uniform man*
her.
REGULARITY Of HABIT.
One of tlie most difficult of alt the minor
habits to acquire is that of regularity, It rank*
with that of order. "A place for everything
and everything in ita place" is not more Im
portant than “a time for everything and every
thing on time.” The natural inellnulion of
moat persons is to defer until tlie last possible
moment, or to put oil till a*other time where
this con possibly be done, Yet habits of regu
larity conti il ute largely lo the ease'and com
fort of life. A person can mnltiply his efficiency
by it. Wu know persons who have a multi
tilde or duties, and who perform a vast deal of
work daily, who set apart certain hours for
given duties, and arc there at the moment and
attend rigidly lo w’i.D is in hand. This done
and other engagements arc met, cacli in order,
and a vaat ileal accomplished, not by strained
exertion but by regularity.
THE l’KCAN trek.
The pcean tree is found in a wild state in the
woods of various sections of the South and
West. It grows to a very large sizo, and bear*
yearly many bushels of fine-flavored nnt*.
Though little or no attention has boon paid
to these valuable trees, miltivation greatly im
proves thorn, tho nut growing muoh larger
and improving in flavor. Tho pecan tree lives
to a great age, and continues long in bearing
There is no good rcaaon why it should not be
grown extensively in all part* of tho United
mates. It is well adapted to almost any kind
of soil, doing well even on rocky hills and
waste land. There is no nut or fruit tree
more valuable and requiring ao little attention
In planting the trees the only object is to ob
tain good fresh nuts, and of a good early
variety, of largo size, from which to grow the
troos. If it is preferred to set out the plants,
got healthy troos of a good variety one or two
year* old. , ,,- •■»
SOMETHING ABOUT BANANAS.
It is astonishing how little is known of ban
ana*, considering tlie extent to which they are
eaten. Now York goto evory week an average
of 30,000 bunches. From Florida ? Not a sin
gle one. Why, Florida only raises *nough
bananas for home consumption. All these
yellow one* we get from Central America, prin
cipally from Aspinwall. The iso big, fat, rod
fellows are from Cuba. Plantains? Ob, no
that’s a goneral mistake. Plantains are only
edible whon oookod; thoy are more vegetable
than fruit. You didn’t know there wore 150
varieties of bananas, did you? Tho fruit comes
to ns qnito green, hut in the summer will ripen
In ono or two days. Cool weather compels us
to uso artificial treatment, and wo hang them
in a closo room and apply heat. Now, that
green hunch will not ho ripe under four days.
With tho bananas, wo import, duty froo, a
good many foreign Inhabitants. See that (ex.
Mbiting a snako a yard long.) I took him
alive from a bunch. And this spider camo in
another, bringing hor nest with her. It con
tains a hundred eggs. Blio has coino to a cold
olimato to hatch. I found a tarantula the
other day—horrihlo thing, too’’—
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.
Immigration to tlie United States during tho
oluvon months ended May 31, 1883, fell off
03,084 from a liko period ending May 31, 1884,
tho totals being 454.200 and 517,290 respect
ively. Abont 85 por cent, of the immigrants
oame from Germany, 25 per cent, from tlie
British Isles, 12 per cent, from the Dominion
of Canada, 8 per cent, from Sweden and Nor
way, 3 per cenf. from Italy, 2Vf per cent, from
Austria, and 14)^ per cent, from all other
countries. Since th? census wss taken in
June, 1880, upwards of 2,500,000 immigrants
have settled in the United Slates—a popula
tion largor than that of the entire Slate of
Missouri, and eqnal to tho aggregate of the
nine lcaat populous States in the Union.
The high tido of immigration waa reached
during tho fiscal year ended June 80, 1882,
when the total reached 7e8,9U2. The total for
tho current fiscal year will be onc-tbird less.
Although tho absoluto immigration since
June 80, 1880, has been greater in each year
than in any singlo year preceding that date,
tho relative immigratioil to tho United States
wee greatest in tho five yes s from July 1,
1849, to Juno 80, 1854, when ovor 1,900,000 im
migrants were landed, * total equivalent to
•ight per oent. of the then population of the
United States.
During the current year, a* for some year*
previous, the Dominion of Canada has sent, In
proportion to it* population, a greater number
of lmmigraat* than any other country. Da
ring the l**t five years tho number of persons
who have eettled in the United States from
Canada is nearly equal to ono-tenth of the
whole population of the Dominion.
The Fish {Supply.
During a meeting of the American
Fish Culturisto’ Aeaociation, Mr. John
A. Ryder, in a paper on "Legislation
Necessary for the Protection of Ooean
Indus tries,” said that 85,000 men and
over $30,000,000 of oapital were em
ployed in supplying table fish to the
market, while a large fleet of steamers
and over two thousand men were em
ployed in the menhaden fisheries. He
gave a large number of interesting sta
tistics tending to establish his conclu
sion, that there had been no deoroase in
the supply of fish for many years. His
figures showed that menhaden (which
are regarded as the food supply of other
valuable fish) are far from being exter
minated, and that with them, as with
other food fishes, there are seasons of
great abundance and seasons of scaroity,
and that up to the present time these
■twtr-ir hsvs not been affected by human
agenoy, although what are known as
hook and line fishermen testify that their
oocnpation and means of livelihood are
seriously impaired. Yet from his expe
rience Mr. Ryder believed the facto to
be that, with the exception of striped
bass and lobsters, all kinds of sea fish
are as abundant now as they were fif
teen years ago. He therefore oonoluded
that legislation looking to tho restric
tion of the menhaden fisheries was unnec
essary, and that any laws prohibiting
pound and trap net fishing would cut oft
a large proportion ob abundant food for
the peoplo to no useful purpose. He
hoped, however, that Congress would
take some action looking to the statistics
of fisheries, so that they might legislate
to protect the fish industry without op
pressing the fishermen.
A Hint for Travelers in Mexico.
Ike WaeMnqtea .tear say* teat onaaeel tea
J. D. Ooaaminge, who 1* ehatwed wtte
* levy Department f reads, a*
farnlatilng rublmr has* and
This is a queer town—El Paso I mean,
the American resort. Thieves, thugs
and gamblers mnke np a large propor
tion of the population. As elsewhere on
the border, and for miles and miles away
down in Mexico, the American tough is
supreme. Sometimes he dresses well,
sports an eyeglass and a cane, and tells
of his rich pa in Ni Yowk or London or
some other place heard of through tho
S olioe columns of the daily press. But
on’t believe him; he’s a tough notwith
standing his assumption. And it is he
and his comrades who are the greatest
foes to respectable travelers. They are
to be feared more than a Mexican.
When you load your revolver prepara
tory to a journey along the border or
toward the capital of the Mexioan Re
public, just put in five shells for tbe
American border scoundrel to one for
tbe Mexioan assassiu.—El Paso Letter
in Chicago Herald
The investigation of th* aooonnt* of J. O.
P. Burnside, tlie defaulting iliibuis ng olerk
of tho I’o*t Offico Department ha* beoo con
cluded. It *how« a dtnoienoy of about 974,000.
The Mississippi contested election oae* of
Chalmers against Manning waa decided Wed
nesday in favor of Chalmers, who appeared at
tho bar of the Houao and took the oath of
office.
A large painting of Mr*. President Polk,
which was presented by the ladle* of Tennes
see, hss been hung in tho Green Boom of the
Whito Houao a* a companion pieo* to the por
trait of Mrs. President 11 ayes.
—The bridge over the Delaware River at
Calhoun street, Trenton, N. J., was tmruod
down to the piers. The cause is unknown.
Tho Are started at the Trenton side of th*
bridge aliout six p, tn., and rushod like tlie
wind from span to span, making a grand apen-
tacle. Tho luaa wilt probably reach 940,000.
Tlie bridge, including the piors, originally cost
900,000.
—A convention of teachers of deaf imilos
has come together in Now York city to discuss
the boat methods of instructing the afllicted
ones under their care. The delegates to the
Convention are 200 in number and come from
all parts of this country, Canada and England.
—A aorious break in the Elio Canal is re
ported from Rochester. It will stop naviga
tion for ono week.
—Numerous fatalities by lightning occurred
In Now York, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
—Tlie bursting of a boiler In Iona, Mich.,
on Wednesday, killed four persons and
wounded several more.
—The holre of Richard Wagner liavo re
fused an offer of X50,000 from an American
for the exclusive right to perform (lie opera of
"Parsifal."
— Another Malidl has appeared. Ho is lead
ing a revolt in Yemen.
—Tho Faraday lisa laid tlie shore end of th*
Mackay-Bennott cablo at Watervillo.
—The Chinese Governor of Kashgar is said
,o have ordorod tho Russian residents to quit
cortaln stations, and lias forbidden tho Chi
nese to trade with the Russians.
—Armstrong’s omnibus factory at Belfast,
Ireland, and tho buildings in the vicinity were
burned Wednesday. Thirty-nine horses per
ished in tho flames.
—Mr. Hallam Tennyson, son of the Poet
Laureate, was married Wednesday at West
minster Abbey, England, to Miss Audrey
Doyle. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Irviug were
present
The Benate paased the Mexioan Peneion
bill with a large number of amendments.
A bill has boon introduced in the Uoaso by
Mr. Bingham which provide* for the reduction
or postage, *o that two cants shall prepay
each ounce or fraotion thereof.
Mr. Cox’s bill providing for a two weeks' va
cation for tho letter carrier! waa paieed by the
House.
. B y a olond burst in Montana three Ohlneee
miners were drowned and several houses
washed away.
—The president of a brick company at Wil
mington, Dei., lias absenndod, leaving all his
laborers unpaid and destitute.
—Maddciioil by liis inability to pay his
creditors in full, Mr. Burnham, of the firm of
Hotchkiss, lhitnham A Co., No. 8(1 Broad
street, New York, sli >t himself through the
bead at his homo in Yonkers. He diod shortly
after living allot. Hu had boon insane for sev
eral days
—The reports from Russia of serious com-
tlict between Jews and Christians are con
firmed.
—A Russian adjutant of gendarmerio was
found murdered, it is supposed by Nihilists, at
his residence in Odessa.
—Tlie death of M. Tissot, the Frenoh
diplomat, is announced, as also that of Oar-
'dhnil Falloux.
—The outbreak of cholera at Tonlon and
Marseilles has aiarmed the whole of France.
Eighteen deaths are said to have ocourrod at
Tonlon on Sunday. Italy, Spain and Auatria
have already taken precautions to prevent tho
introduction of the disease into those coun
tries.
—Princo Bismarok says he hope* to arrange
with Portugal for free commercial traffio on the
Congo,
—As tlie Cunard lino steamer Pavonia, from
Huston June 14. was entoring the dook at
Liverpool on Thursday, its cylinder burst.
Happily the passengers were landed before the
accident occurred, but several of the orewwere
injured, while the chief engineer waa so
badly scalded that bis life is despaired of.
—A terrlflo hurricane visited Council Bluffs,
la., on Wednesday afternoon. The Exhibition
Building at the race track, which oust 911,070,
was leveled to tho ground and torn into
shreds. Davis's circus was blown down, caus
ing a loss of 95,0,0. A large number of shade
trees suocumbed to the storm, while chimneys
were blown over and houses unroofed.
—A special dispatch from Coal Bluff, Pa.,
says: "Last Haturdsy evening eleven person*
ate too cream in Conlin's saloon, and within
two hours the whole party were attacked with
vomiting and violent pains In the
stomach. Their sufferings were Intense,
and Bovoral of them were thrown into convul
sions. Two are already dead and others are
not oxpected to recover. It Is supposed that
tho cream was poisoned from the vanilla
flavoring. There Is great excitement over the
affair. Coal Bluff is a small mining town oil
the Monongahela Biver, sixteen miles from
Pittsburg."
—There are 12 oases of small-pox at West
phalia, Bliolby county. 111. The disease was
brought thither by a German family directly
from the old oountry. At Boaton tho vessel on
which thoy arrived was quarantined, but phy-
■loians pronounced the oase measles. Boon
after their arrival at Westphalia two of the
family died and the whole neighborhood at
tended tho funeral. In a few days 10 persons
wore taken vory sick with malignant small
pox, and the people are greatly alarmed.
—The man who attempted to defraud insnr-
anoe companies by burning down his house
and placing a skoleton therein, to pass for Ills
own remains, was arrestod in Ashland, Cal.
—Tho Bank of St. Petersburg, Pa., failed.
—The lato Mrs. Eliza Cody, of Philadelphia,
left 9150,000 in public bequests.
—The State Bank of Wost Virginia, at
Charlestown, will pay ton cents on the dollar.
—The now class of West Point cadets, sixty-
nine in number, has boon sworn into tho ser
vice.
—Tho general freight agents of roads run
ning into Iowa have prohibited the landing of
any liquor destined for that State.
—Tho anthracite coal producers liavo shut
down work in the mines and raised the price
of coal.
—A derrick, sixty five feet in length, which
was fixed on top of Grace Church steeple,
New York city, gavo way on Tuesday. Simp
son, a stonecutter, and Mnekay, a derrick rig
ger, wore crushed by tho wiro and hemp
cables connected with tlie poles. Mackay ex
tricated himself with little trouble, but Simp
son remained for fifteen minutos in mortal
agony. Both men were conveyed to the New
York Hospital. Stones fell nto the church
and smashed several pewa, causing a damage
of about 92,000.
—Tho failure of Matthew Morgan’s Sons
among the oldest and most conservative pri
vate bankers in Now York, occurred on 'Tues
day. Nothing definite is known as to the lia
bilities, but they will be very heavy—all the
way from 92.000,000 (o 95,000,000 it is said.
—An accident to a freight train on Monday
caused another fatal collision Tuesday near
Shamokin, Pa. Three men wore killed.
—Judgment has boon taken against the
bondsmen of ex-Cashier Baldwin, of Newark
N. J., for 920,000 eaot
reals, says tea? expaut to show that a quantity
of has* aad a number of reels hare been scut
to the private residence* of eeveral prominent
Total* and that ther hold receipt* for thorn.
—Captain Young, of the eohoouer M. B.
Milieu, reports sailing through t school of
ovsr one hundred sponn whales,-soveuty miles
off Cape Hatteras, which were from thirty to
forty fast long and as tame and playful a*
kittens.
In the extradition trial of John C. Eno at
Quebec, the cashier of the Hecond National
Bank testified to tlie falsification of entries by
tlie accused and tho payment of tho defioite by
his relative*.
—A needle that ton years ago entered the
foot of a woman who resided in Harlem, N. Y.,
came to the surface, aud was romovod from
her stomach on Baltirdav.
—The powder mills at Pontremoll, Rome,
exploded Buiiday. Thirty person* wore killed
and seventeen injured.
—The Pori* has 15,000 mon ready to sonil to
Upper F.gypt, which force, It la Intended, shall
dlsombark at a port on tlie lied Bea.
—An Italian man-of-war is reported to liavo
threatened to bombard Ziyis, on tlie Straits of
llalwl-Mandsb, and to have blackmailed tlie
Governor.
—Asiatic obnlera has appeared at Toulon, and
a panic prevails.
—Several foreign auaroliists liavo been ar
rested in Vienna. In their noi-esalon was
found a dynamite bomb of sulliciout power to
blow up tho hugest public building in Vloiiua.
Tim polico have obtained a clew to tho secret
location of largo store* of dynamite.
—A vote of censure upon the action of tbe
government in relation to the agreement with
Franco about tliejRgyptlanOonferonco is to be
movod in tlie llouso of (’ominous on Thursday.
—The Philadelphia team of cricketers beat
tlie Cheshire team by an innings aud 292 i nns.
—No action lias been taken by tho Slate Do-
r artment in reference to the sale In Rome,
taly, of the property of the Propaganda.
—A dispatch from Lima states that the
towns of Pisco and lea have boon occupied by
O*oceros’force», under Colonel Zaimlio. Half
of the town *f l’isagua, including tho business
portion, has boon destroyed by fire.
—The Irishman, Johnson. alias MoDonald.
admitted to a magistrate at Ely, England, that
, he waa passively concerned in the dynamite
eutrago at Viotoria station, London, and that
lio knows the guilty parties.
—The Russian provincial papers annminco
that the Ministry of Education has ordored
that all copies of the journal Annals of tlie
FatherUmit issued during the last twouty years
shall he removod from Russian libraries.
—M. Pashkoff and Baron Korlff, chiefs of
the Evangelical Brotherhood, have been ex
pelled from Russia, and their books, tracts aud
pamphlets destroyed.
- Disastrous floods prevail in Eastorn
Europe. Tho river Vistula has risen sixteen
foot. Tho streets of Waissw and of hundreds
of villages in that region are Hoodod.
—A Methodist church at AngloHor, England,
was crowded Bunday during a revival aurvioo.
Suddenly the gallery began to croak and at
onoe a panio occurred. Scores of persons
Jumped from the high windows to the ground.
Others rushed for the doors. Many wore
trampled under foot and soverely injured.
—Two firemen were killed, a third waa
■erionsly, if not fatally, injured, a watchman
waa badly burned, a policeman was hurt and
eight horses were oonsumed during tho pro
gress of a fire Bunday morning at A. I) Horse
man’* i)*kery, Wllll»tr*hurg, N.Y.
—Two freight tr*in» on the Grand Trunk
Railway collided at Tornnt >, Out., Bunday. A
brekemsn named Walls and a fireman named
Tremollion wore killed, and two others were
reriously injured.
—The ehargo against the Union Pacific Rail
road Company of using 920,000,000 to sustain
the New York stock market is positively do-
KII.LDD BT LIGHTNING.
ttsvrrnl Persons and Much Property De
stroyed by the Electric Field.
WIT AND WISDOM.
A terrific thunder storm passed over [a por- ]
tlon of western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio
the other day, damaging property aud killing
several person* and a largs amount of live
•took. At Murrayvilie, Pa., a boy named
Wolf and four horses were struck by lightning
and Instantly killed. A younger brother of tho
boy was badly burned. At Wsynesbnrgb, Pa.,
Mia* Josio Keener and William Paysr were se
riously injured by a lightning bolt, whloh also
killed three horses. At Curry, Pcnu., sevsrsl
head of blooded stock, bolnnging to Henry
Geso, wore killed. At Halcm, Ohio, Miss
Hinnio Wesiphar, aged sixteen, was standing
in the doorway, when lightning struck and
killed her instantly. At Youngstown, Ohio,
lightning stiiick the restdolico of Aknor Mead-
sker, killing bis daughter Minnie, aud seri
ously Injuring sevurai other members of tho
family. Threo hams wore also dostrovod near
Youngstown. At Newoomoritown, Glib, tho
storm was accom|>auied by a furious tornado
which uprooted trees, blew down fences and
did groautamsgo to grain.
George Brooks’ bouse in Grant, Clark
county, Wis., was struck by lightning Mid
bis daughter Effic, sixteen years of ago, was
killed, soil another daughter named Coin was
■tunned. Thu house ws- burned to the ground,
but Cora crawled from (lie burning timbers
and wa< saved. The body of Efllo was found
almost totally dostrnvcd. Tho mother and
father were at thu circus whon tho accidout
occurred.
Jack Waffle Halted from Ricliflold Springs,
N. Y.. with a load of lumber fur Bpringfleld,
and when alsiiit three mile- from thu village a
bolt of lightning knocked down ono of Ids
horses and a second one killed Waffle instantly.
The hoi so fniiliy recovered and got up, and
tho team took tbe ifng n to tho homo of his
father, where ii drew op in front of the door.
Tlie hands of the dead mm still grasped Hie
lines. The fluid appeals lo have run around
his body and Hu n Jnuip.d to the ground,
which it tore up for sevcrnl feet.
At Exeter, a suburb of Richfield Hprlngs,
Air. Newkirk’s large barn w ss sot on tiro by
lightning hioI consumed.
Ilornhcck A Co.’s pinning mill nt Greenflold,
l’a, was sit tick by lightning and was entirely
oonsumed. The loss is 920.001).
•SEVENTEEN HOUSES BURNED.
StTdWOfl does not always marir^wisdom.
Every little frog is groat iu liis own
bog.
No inferior person IooIb and forgiven
aii oflonao.
Tiif. man without a futuro—a buslod
stock broker.
Stonge onko Is ouko that is iuado with
borrowed egg*.
Go after two wolves, aud you will not
catch even one.
A otteerfotj oount.onanoo is tho index
of a good disposition..
The moBt Important lesson of mornlity
is this: Nover do an injury to any one.
Avoid as a serpent him who writes
impetuously, yet speaks politely.
A newspaper publisher calls his ad
vertising solicitor “a business sceutor.”
Speakino is a sign of vnnity, for ho
ihat is lavish in words is a niggard iu
doeds.
There is uo malady or sickness moro
severe than to be discontented with
ono’s lot,
The wrath which on conviction sub
sides into mildness is t.ho wrath of a gon-
orous mind.
Bleep may knit tho raveled sleevo of
cure, but it absolutely refuses to darn
holes iu sooks.
A scientist asserts that a line can only
sting once in two minutes. This is of
ten enough,
Appbabanoe,s aro nftou deceitful;
henco wo should not decide with haste
on tho unfavorable side.
Cheerfulness is not n proof that the
! miud is nt ease, for often in the midst of
j Inughtor tho heart is sad.
Young Ward should bo sent to reliovo
i General Gordon. Wliat ho doesn’t know
] about falso profits isn’t worth knowing.
A correspondent asks : “What shall
. I get for mothB?” Thoro is nothing
of Hlinnnnilonli w«vciu by n I vp nt gj VPH a m oth or a lady greater
Measure than a seal-skin sack. Suppose
/on try it.
Or all the fiend* that walk the earth
There’s ono that I would like to smotlisr.
If ’twero not for bis sister’s worth
And modest merit of bis mother:
no should liavo died before Ills birth
My swcotbrart’s sinful, Satan brother.
A youno poetess says sho “told hor
A Are broke out in a block of tonemont I
collars at Bbonandoah, Pa., owned by a per- :
son named Malone, ami before it could bo 1
checked it bad spread to six other lonoimmts.
Telegrams asking aid were sent to Tamaqna,
Ashland and Pottsvillo, and tho entire town I
was thrown into a fever of oxoitoinnnt Tho ■
water supply gave out slid tlio huso proved i
useless. Bovontoon houses vvoro destroyed bo- .. ui. 0
fore the fire was gotten under control. Mon, secret to tlie sweet, wild roses. B \o
woinou and children ormvdud around and im- was Vory imprudent, w, ’“" ***“
nied.
—A Chicago policeman while attempting to
arrest an unknown thief was fatally shot by
him.
—The Ores Indians have oreated a disturb
ance In Manitoba and much trouble is feared.
—The danger of government blank car
tridges was demonstrated by tho wounding of
four men by them in a sham battle at
Pensacola, Fla.
—The Queen’s Ilotol at Port Arthur was
burned, and one guist lost bis life.
—Lightning set tiro to two largo oil tanks in
the Pennsylvania oil regions.
—The people of Southport, Conn., tired of
waiting for government action, have gone to
work and Improved their own harbor.
—Floronda Angel, a Chinese clgarinaker, In
New York. In a fit of anger caused by tbe long
continued dissipation of bis wlfo Mary, a de
graded Irish womsn, cut her across tlie bead
•nd then attempted to sever liis jugular veins.
They were both taken to the bo«;ilta! In a dan
gerous condition.
—A telegram has bean received from Hhertff
Chandler, of La CyRiie, Kan., stating that
Wampter, the fiend who butchered the Ander
son family, near Pleasanton, somo days ago,
committed suiolde in Arkansas to escape cap
ture.
—There wm *n explosion of gas in the gas
ometer room of the Rathhun Bouse, Elmira,
N. Y., at half-pwt twelve o’olook Bunday after
noon. James Flshlve, the only porson in the
room, wm burned in the face and all over tho
body. He died at five o’olook.
In the Senate, Mr. Lapham Introduced a bill
to facilitate tlie bridging of Itaritan Bay, Ar
thur Kull and Kill Vsti Hull, which is idcntioal
in its provisions with ono introduced several
days ago in the House by Mr. Adams, of New
York.
General Ottoman Blanco, ex-Preildent of
Venezuela, wm preientsd to the President, on
Monday, by the Secretary of State.
—A German bill has Just become law whloh
is di signed to foster tlie power of the trade
guilds and hinder free and open competition.
—The roservo fund of tlie African Inter
national Association is sufficient to form the
nuoleus for tlie exobequer of an lndenpcdent
Congo State.
—It is reported that El Malidl has made an
attack upon Khartoum and has been reputed
with loss The hostile triboa aro massing in
the vicinity of Dungola
—The wino orop in France for 1884 is
abundant and of excellent quality.
-Four thousand Chinese regulars, pro
vided with artillery, attacked the French at
Langson, in Tonquin. After u slight loss tiie
French were victorious. Franco now demands
•atisfaotion of Chinn.
A Towns Woman Borlod Alive.
One of those ghastly stories of intormont
before life has become extinct, which causes
an involuntary shudder of horror to pass
through the reader, is current in Wheeling,
West Virginia. Tho victim, so tlie story goes,
was a young married ladv of ‘20 years. In May
of last year, three months after her m&rnago,
tlie lady was taken violently ill, and, after hn-
coring for ten days, apparently died. Iliero
were certain peculiarities about the appearanco
of the supposed corpse, however, winch caused
a suspicion in the mind of the attending physi
cian that his pationt might be in a trance, but
after keeping the body four days, with no signs
of returning life, the remains were consigned
to the grave, temporary interment being made
in the family lot in an abandoned graveyard.
A day or two agO the body was disinterred,
prior to removal to another cemetery. To tho
surprise of the sexton the coffin lid showed
signs of displacement, and on ita being re
moved the grave-digger was horrified to find
the remains turned face downward, the hands
filled with long tufts of hair torn from the
head, and the face, neck and bosom deeply
scratched, while the lining of the coffin had
been torn into fragments in the desperato
efforts of the on tombed victim to escape from
her terrible fate. Sinoe the discovery tho
young husband hM been prostrated, and his
4tej*>Wir*d ot
pedetl Hie work of the firemen. Tlie houses
wore inhabited by about ’200 Hungarians of 1
tlie lowest class. Four American families were ,
rendered homeless. The loss to tlie proporty-
owuers will be about 915,00(1, one-half ^of .
which amount is covered by insurance. Tlio ]
loss to tho tennnts will reach nearly 90,000. i
Ono Polish woman was fatally burned wliilo 1
attempting to remove somo of her household
effects, and a small bov named Grimes .was
seriously in lured in attempting to escape from
tlio second-story window of a blazing tene
ment. The lire is supposed to liavo boon
caused by sparks Hying from an ongino on tho
Lelilgll Vallov Railroad near by. Tlie build
ings wore all’frame structures, and thu roofs
being of tar-ooverod material rendered them
exceedingly combustible. Tlio alarming prov
idence of tires in that city during tlio past six
months lias destroyed all feeling of confidence
on tlio part of business in n. The Hungarians
sro dos'itnto of tlio necessaries of life, and aro
camping out on tlio hillsides. Tlio feoling
against”them being very bitter, they are re
fused any assistance by the
.iio native classes.
Ar Enemy of Nihilism-
A sensation was created In St. Petersburg
by tlie receipt of iclogranis from Odessa an
nouncing rust Captain Gerdzey, a prominent
officer of me gendarmes, bad boon assassinated
by Nlhtl'.s’s. His body Wtts fotiml with
n butler hole in Hie toinple aud a dagger |
sticking in ills heart, with a note pinnoil '
10 Ills coat, whir'll left no doubt that tlio mur- |
der was tlie work of nihilists. Particulars i f .
tlie affair are eagerly Bought, but are vory dif- |
fictilt to obtain, as tlio polico endeavor to ,
preserve as much secrecy as possible.
Captain Oerdzoy, wire was a capable and
courageous official, had specially devoted him
self to grappling with nihilism, and had tlius
incurred the bitterest hatred of the members
ol that body. His murder has produced a
sensation in Russia equal to that of the assas
sination H Lieutenant Colonel Budeikln, and
for iu* the uutoorsal topic of conversation. I
The Appropriation Rills.
Tbe U. 8. House Commlitce on Approprla- I
lions repot ted tlie Sundry Civil bill. It appro- |
priatrs 420,088,980. The estimates ware I
980,1140, i'94. Tlie amount in last year’s Appro- I
pristlou bill w&b 923,713,404.
Tlie Army Appropriation bill as pMied by
tlie Senate ‘shows sn increase of 8296,000 ovor
Hie amount appropriated by the House of
Jleprereulatircs, making the whole amount
now appropriated 924,539,460. This is
92.350.000 less than the estimates
am' 8117,000 less than the appro-
pri.'tn-m of 1881. The changes made by tlio
Senate ircrciwo the amount for the pay of tho
army over that allowed by tlio House
9315,000, and for medical and hospital supplios,
986,oot), and strike out the items for quarters
of tlie non-commissioned staff, 925,000; for
a nal tors of hospital stewards, 815,000, and for
eld stcol guns aud motal carriages, 915,000.
The Shipping Bill.
The Conference Committee, of the United
States House, at W ashington, on tlie Shipping
hill, liavo agreed upon a report which is in ef
fect a compromise upon the two chief points
at issue—free ships and tho so-oalled subsidy.
The freo ship feature 1b recommended to
be strtoken out. A substitute for tlio
subsidy feature is agreed upon pro
viding for tlie repeal of all laws
which arbitrarily require American vessols
to carry mail matter at two cents por letter,
and which provent an American vossel from
clearing until such mail matter is received:
such repeal, however, not to take offeot until
April 1, 1885. On motion of Mr. Slocum, or
New York, the House, without debate, agreed
to tho ounforenco report.
A Iturli llr-iroyeil by l,l«lilolmr.
Tin Spanish hark Angolitn, Cant. Dicz,
which h ft New Orleans on May 2 for Barce
lona. war struck by lightning and burned.
The Dalian ' ark I’lparlarno rescued tlio crew
slid a-Mg>.nl six of them lo tlie English bark
Village ’Volin, from Baltimore, whloh lias
arrived at l.omlondcrry.
Hf.ap high tho sugar and pour tho cream,
Bo rich and thick, with ft !:ivi»h hand !
Let no rnde waking disturb tho dream
Teat now delighteth this happy land.
Lot saint and sinner partake tho cheer
With eager zest and a royal will.
And never cease till they get their fill—
The strawberry ahortcake now is hero!
—JVVto York Journal
The Largest Fortress--Fortress
Monroe, Yu., is tho largest fort iu tho
world, covering an area of seventy
acres. It was built in 1817, tmd t.o the
uninitiated looks almost impregnable.
In, shape the fort is an irregular hex
agon, two sides fronting the water,
wliilo tlie other four comwaud the land
approaches.
In Maino a person who procures a di
vorce cannot marry for two years with
out permission of tiie court granting th*
decree.
I. When tho sweet,
wild roses “blow,” she will wish she had
kept her seoret to herself.
“Wero you ovor vaccinated?" asked a
small boy of a Milwaukee base ball play
cr. "No,” waa the reply. “Well, sis
ter stpd she thought you must be, be
cause yon never oatcli anything.”
Tiie sweetest thing to a man—flattory;
the dearest thing—his wife; tho-most
troublous things—his corns; tlie best
friend—his mother ; the most faithful—
liis dog; the truest—his God; the mean
est—his uncle by marriage; the most
comforting—his pipo.
"How FitEsn and green everything
looks,’’ murmured Olariboll, n« thoy
wandered along tho road. “Every
thing?” questioned Adolphens, looking
down into her violet eyes. "Yes, every
thing,” she replied, abstractedly. Ho
wanders with another girl now.
A little four-year-old boy residing at
die North End of the city, on retiring,
said his prayers to his mother, and in
conclusion said : “A lady.” She asked
him what he mount by that. Ho said :
“Isn’t it proper to sny ‘A Indy’ when you
put me to bed, and ’A mon’ when papa
puts me to bed?”
A Norristown mother Is making n
move to have n fire-bell tap every morn
ing between 6 and 7 o’clock. Sho says
that when sho calls her 14-yoar-old boy
it takes him moro than half nil honr to
dress, bnt when he henrs n fire-bell tap,
lie’s ont of bed and dressed iu about
three minutes.
A little Rhode Island girl was taken
by her mother to a dentist, who removed
a tooth. Of course the operation caused
a good deni of pain. How deeply the
feelings of tho little girl wore involved
appeared when, in repenting the evening
prayer, she said : “Forgivo ns our debts
ns we forgive our dentists.”
“The dtftbrenoo betwcon a rolling-
mill and a clock, my son," remarked
Hollo’s father, discussing the labor
troubles in the iron districts, “is that in
tho rolling-mill the hands do the striking
and the waits ninrk the time." And thou
he resumed his dialogue with Uuolo
George.—Burlington IJauikeye.
Once Too Often.
An incident that was noticed nt one of
I ho Boston theaters the other evening
soams to indicate that in some qunrters
Hie mule fashion of going out between
the acts to see a man is uot meeting with
much encouragement. A young mail
and woman, both well-dressed and evi
dently of good social position, came in
together and took seats in tho center of
tho orchestra. After the first act tho
young man excused himself and went
out, displacing.ns he did so all tho peo
plo who had seats between him and the
able, aud as the curtain went up he re
lumed, his neighbors again rising, and
becoming conscious, as he passed them,
of an agreeable flavor of cloves nud the
copper-distilled neotar of Kentucky. At
tho end of the second aot the operations
wero repeated and the mixture of spioy
aud alcoltolio odors was augmented, and
again at tho end of the third, at which
time tho young man was observed to Vie
somowhat unsteady on his pins. As tho
curtain dropped on tho fourth aot, lie
again went out, but this time was fol
lowed by his companion, although lie
himself did not notice the fact. When
he came back and sat down ho observed
lier absence, and after looking vaguely
abont and comparing his check with liis
seat number, he got upon his feet nud
went out to find her. After a long hunt
in lobby and dressing-room, he evidently
eamo to the conclusion that she iiad lqft
him in the lurch and gone home, where
upon he also departed. And those who
saw tlie affair would have given a dollar
and alialf apiece to heat wrist she said to
him the next time they met.
If bad" temper wero a fevor there
wouldn't ba hospitals enough to hold us
all.