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VOL. I. NATIONAL CAPITAL THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS AT WORK. Daily Routine of Doth Houses Briefly Outlined. THE HOUSE. Friday —After reading and approval of the journal Friday. Mr. Catching?, of Mississippi, demanded the regular order and the house proceeded to the further consideration of the report of the com mittee on rules. An amendment was then offered by Mr. Hemphill, of South Carolina, withdrawing from the jurisdic tion of the appropriation commit tee appropriations for the support of the District of Columbia. Mr. Hemphill in advocating his amend ment, criticised the committee on appro priations for endeavoring, to hold on to everything it could get, and ridiculed the idea of economy entertained by some people, which consisted in tak ing from the people and keeping everything as long as they could. Mr. Breckeuridge, of Arkansas, and Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, also spoke in its favor, but the amendment was re jected. The debate drifted away from the ink and'in its course Mr. DeForest, of Connecticut, brought in the silver question. He declared that if a free coinage bill were passed by this congress it would not go out with the stamp of endorse ment of the democratic party upon it. Mr. Hooper, of Mississippi, moved to strike from the rules the provision mak ing it always in order to call up for con sideration the report from the committee on rules, and preventing dilatory motions being made pending such consideration. This brought on a long and spirited de bate. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, offered an amendment providing for the appoint ment of a committee on the order of business to consist of fifteen members— ten democrats and five of the opposition —which shall have leave to report at any time, and ot which the speaker snap be ex-officio chairman. Saturday. —ln the house, Saturday, Mr. Oates, of Alabama, from the com mittee on judiciary, reported a resolution referring to that committee the report of the charges and evidence taken by the committee in the Fifty-first congress rel ative to Aleck Boarman, judge of the western district of Louisiana, with in structions to fully investigate the same and report its finds and recommendation at any time. Agree.d to. Mr. Catchings made a motion 'to postpone con sideration ■of the rules till Monday. The point of “no quorum” was raised, but afterwards withdrawn, and the mo tion was carried. Mr. Reed asked unani mous consent that during the day mem bers desirous of introducing bills might present them to the speaker to be referred by him, as was done during the fifty first congress. Mr. Bland objected, giving as his reason that the speaker did not regu larly refer bills during the fifty-first con gress. Mr. Reed hoped that the gentle man did not mean to insinuate that the present speaker would follow the evil ex ample. Monday. —There was a lively set to Monday morning just after the house was called to order between young Sherman Hoar and Mr. Morse of Massachu setts. Sherman Hoar charged the stove polish statesman with having written in words in official stenographer’s notes of a speech which he did not deliver. The allegation was vehemently denied. The house spent nearly all day in dis cussing the new code of rules. The dis cussion will probably continue several days. There was no heated debate but the rule to prevent filibustering, uppn which the house caucussed on Saturday night, was adopted. There were but few votes cast against it. Mr. Arnold, of Missouri, introduced a resolution request ing the president to recall Mr. Egan from Chili because he is obnoxious to the peo ple of that country. Tuesday. —The house committee on postoffices and postroads Tuesday author ized by a strict party vote a favorable re port on Representative Enloe’s bill re pealing the mail subsidy act of the last congress. Enloe was authorized to prepare a report embodying the views of the majority on the subject, which he will lay before the committee on Tuesday uext. the senate. Monday. —Mr. Butler, who has been absent from the sessions of the senate for some weeks, was again in his seat Mon day. A number of bills were introduced. At the conclusion of the morning hour business on the calendar was taken up. Tuesday. —ln the senate, Tuesday, Mr. Mitchell, from the committe on priv ileges and elections, made a report in the case of the Claggett-Dubois contest for a seat in the senate from the state of Idaho. The resolutions declared Dubois entitled to retain his seat, and t rat Clag get is not entitled to it. He asked that the report and rescdutions lie on the ta ble, and gave notice that he would call them up at a very early day. Mr. Palmer, of Illinois, introduced a joint resolution to ammend the constitution so as to have 'he United States senators elected by a popular vote, and gave notice he would on some convenient occasion address the senate on the subject. NOTES. The senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of J. G. Harris, post master at Barnesville, Ga. On Monday the senate committee on privileges and election reported in favor of Call in the Davidson-Call election con test. The committee was unanimous. There was a continuation in the house Tuesday of the pleasant affair which oc curred Monday between Mr. Morse, of Massachusetts, and his Democratic col league, the young student in politics, Sherman lloar, who made himself con spicuous in connection with his refuasl to vote for Speaker Crisp on the occasion of his election by the house. Mr. Hoar rose to a question of privilege, and re plied to Mr. Morse’s speech of Monday in extenso, much to the amusement of the members of both tides of the house and the galleries. Mr. Morse had charged the young man with having made a false and untrue statement, and that he was lacking in many of the qual ities of a gentleman, in that he had gone to tiie government printing office and filched the manuscript of his (Morse’s) speech. He also referred again to the salt tears which Sherman Hoar had shed over the defeat of his idol for speaker, and said that the entire speech of his col league was for home consumption. MILLIONS STARVING. Deplorable State of Affairs In Far Off Russia. A Washington dispatch of Monday says: In response to many sympathetic inquiries and proffers of aid received from friends in the United States, the depart ment of state has received from Minister Smith, at St. Petersburg, an interesting report of the actual conditions of the stricken districts of Russia, -prepared from the evidence of eye witnesses and most trustworthy sources, of which the following is an epitome. THE TERRITORY AFFECTED. The territory affected by the drought comprises thirteen provinces of Euro pean Russia, where the famine is general, in five other provinces the famine pre vails in part. The first thirteen provinces in this area are one-third greater than all Germany. They cover an area equal to the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Kentucky all together. The population is about equal, or 27,000,000. The five other provinces above named, if included in the comparison, would equal the com bined area of Indiana, lowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and half of Ohio. The total population of these last five provinces is nearly double that of the eleven statesjast named. This vast section is agricultural and the richest and ordinarily the most fruitful soil of Russia. THE DESTITUTION EXISTING. The destitution not universal, as there are those whole acoumuiaU jus have saved them from want, and there are some spots preserved from blight by irri gation that bore a good harvest and was reaped, but at the best estimate the pro portion of suffering is enormous. An official estimate of the numbers of those without food or means of support who require aid is given at 14,000,000 per sons, and this is probably below the num ber. For three years crops have fallen short of the average and the deficiency of the past seasen left the storehouses well nigh empty, and through the increased failure of this year it is evident, and Minister Smith adds positively, that unless ade quate relief cau be supplied, the great present destitution and suffering will grow worse as the season continues. COLD A8 WELL AS HUNGER. Cold as well a3 hunger causes terrible sufferings. In some neighborhoods large numbers of persons huddle together in some houses most conducive to warmth. Barns have been torn down and the boards used for firewood; even thatched roofs are tom off and the straw made to feed the dying embers. Clothing is given away for bread. Horses and cat tle are sacrificed at a tithe of their value. Fodder is as scarce as human food, and in some cases horse flesh has been sacri ficed for susteuance. THE COUNTRY FROZEN UP. The rivers are frozen. Two or three railroads run into the famine-stricken region, but there are no branches of these roads and all the provisions must be carried for’long distances on sledges. The problem is how to carry enough dur ing the next three months, not only for immediate use, but also to tide over the period until the next harvest shall be realized, which should be in July. IMMENSE RELIEF FUND. The imperial government has up to the present time appropriated eighty-five million roubles ($42,000,000) from the public treasury for the work of relief. But the work , must go on, and the expenditure must amount to a much higher sum. Up to the present time there have been few contributions from abroad, but the government and people of Russia are deeply sensible of the spontaneous offers that have been made in various parts of the United States and the emperor’s ministers, as well as others have manifested such to Minister Smith, in their expression of ap preciation. A SHINGLE COMBINE Which Announces to Meet Competition from any Quarter. A Mobile, Ala., dispatch says: The Mobile shingle exchange was dissolved Tuesday night. It included all the jypress shingle mills in Mobile. The Iron clad agreement as to prices was too Inflexible to suit all the members and the exchange could not meet competition from the Louisiana mills with success. Wednesday was formed the Mobile Shin gle association that will act as selling agent for all the mills in Mobile whose joint output is 1,000,000 shingles per Say. The association will buy of the manufacturers at a fixed price and will >e the sole judge of selling prices, and announces that it will meet competition from any quarter. TRENTON, GA. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1892. THE WIDE WORLD. GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC AND CABLE CULLINGS Of Brief Items of Interest From Various Sources. The trensury ou Monday purchased 400,000 ounces of silver at 90.90@91.15. A cablegram of Tuesday siys: The steamship Eider, ashore on the English coast, is a total wreck. On Monday the police of Berlin seized a quantity of anarchists’ literature, be sides arresting twenty persons. A dispatch of Saturday Irom Mentone says Mr. Spurgeon passed a restless night and there is no improvement in his condition. A dispatch of Sunday, from Brussels state that fully one-fourth of the build ings of the town of Chimay have Ugn destroyed by fire. Four lives were lost in the burning of a house at Brainerd, Minn., Saturday. The wife and three children of George Crane perished in the flames. An Odessa correspondent of the Lon don Daily News, in a dispatch of Sun day, says hunger and typhus spread alarmingly in large towns in that region. | A cablegram of Tuesday says: The <; minister of w r ar of Brazil has resigned, i The minister of marine has been appoint- I ed to succeed him and will hold back the portfolios ad interim. A Santiago correspondent of The Lon don Times, in a dispatch of Sunday, says that public opinion is satisfied with the procedure of the government in the dis pute with the United States. The whitners in Milwaukee tanneries, 120 in number, went out on a strike Fri day. The trouble arose over an attempt on the part of the tanners to equalize wages iu all the tanneries of the city. Dispatches of Friday state that small pox is rapidly spreading among 500 Chinese in quarantine on Angel island, Cal., landed from the steamer Rio Janeiro January 20th, when two eases were aboard. A Washington dispatch says: Repre sentative Snodgrass, of Tennessee, intro duced a bill Monday directing the board of managers for the homes for disabled soldiers to establish a branch of the so’* diers’ home upon Chickamauga military park in Tennessee. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American branch of the Red Cross So ciety, has issued an appeal to the Ameri can people for $75,000 to pay the ex penses of shipping four cargoes of food from New York to Libeau, on the Baltic, for the starving peasants of Russia. On Monday, Frederick W. Martin, an electrician the Toronto, Ont., Electric Light Company, while passing between two large dynamos, completed the cur rent between them and was rendered un conscious and possibly fatally injured by the shock. When he recovered con sciousness it was found that he was blind. Advices received Tusday from the city of Pueblo, the capital of the *state of Pueblo, seventy-six miles southeast of the City of Mexico, says that a financial and commercial crisis prevails there, and many business houses have closedftheir doors. Much dissatisfaction is expressed with the local and and a revolution is * A of Monday says: Official notice has been received at the state department that the tariff changes agreed upon in the reciprocity agreement for British West India colo nies, have already been voted by Jamaica, Barbadoes and Trinidad, and that from February Ist the reciprocity arrange ment will be in full force in these colo nies. A Chicago dispatch says: The fact has just come to light that under date of January 30 th, Legget & Myers, of St. Louis, the largest manufacturers of plug tobacco in the United States, issued a circular withdrawing the agency system by which all wholesale dealers were bound to sell their goods at fixed prices. They say they have been forced to this action by a general secret cutting of rates. A cablegram from Rome says: It is reported that the government of Italy is about to resume full diplomatic relations with the United States. Baron Fava, it will be remembered, quit his post ou in definite leave of absence at the time of the controversy between the two govetn ments arising from the shooting of the Italians in the New Orleans jail by a mob. Signor Cataline will be sent as minister to Washington. A New York telegram says: 8. V. White, the senior member of the firm of S. V. White & Cos., who failed for sev eral millions some months ago, has prac tically settled all debts, and on Thurs day applied for readmission to the stock exchange. Ilis New York creditors have for the time being written off one million dollars of his indebtedness. Their only security is his word. No such compli ment was ever paid to a business man in the financial district before. An Indianapolis dispatch says: Bishop Chatard, Hon. Hugh Hanna and Judge Howe, constituting the board of arbitra tion, Monday morning rendered a de cision in the late street car strike. It was substantially that the street car company had the right to recall the free-ride badges held by the men, but that in this contingency the company should com pensate tbe men for extra service in re porting accidents, \yhat this compen sation should be the board declared it had no right to determine. The decision is satisfactory to both sides. # SPURGEON IS DEAD. The Great Preacher Joins tlie Silent Majority. of the death of Rev. Charles tladdon Spurgeon, which took plaek at iLontone, Italy, at 11 o’clock Saturday night was Deceived at London Sunday Worning. A sorrowing group of Mr. Sturgeon’s followers were at the time holding night services at the tabcrnacele, praying for the recovery of their beloved pastor. The se meetings began a month ago, and when Mr. Spurgeon was apprised of them, he sent answer: “In the lone watches of the night your prayers have buoyed up my spirits, but not to things of earth. I feel that my soul would fain fly to its Creator —the Lord of all.” It was 1 o’clock when the message telling of his demise was re ceived. No announcement was made— >,he fact seemed to make itself apparent to all the watchers. Mr. Spurgeon’s end was painless. He remained unconscious to the last. His wife, Dr. # Fitzllenry and Miß9 Thorne were present when he died. Mr. Spur geon’s body will be transported to Eng land for burial. y HIS LIFE WORK. Charles Haddou Spurgeon was born at Kelvedon, Essex, June 19, 1834. His father intended that he should be an independent minister, but his inate U religious belief was in accord with the f dreed of the Baptists, and he associated himself with that church in 1850. j ' His sermons have been published in the weekly newspapers of England and America, and many of them have been translated into various languages. Besides his great work in the ministry, he has found time to write some splen did books, which will live after him. He is the author of “John Ploughman’s Talk,” “Morning by Morning,” “Eve ning by Evening,” “The Treasury of Da vid,” “Lectures to My Students,” “The Saint and the Saviour.” He has been the editor of a magazine called the “The Sword and Trowel" since 1865. Dr. Spurgeon was a power wherever the Baptist faith was known and preach ed. He was by long odds the greatest living exponent of that faith, and his death removes the greatest expositor it ever had. TJie power of his name was felt in America, an d*l over this country anx ious hearts have been waiting for the ter mination of his illness, faring lest the angel of death might summon him to his everlasting home. And when they read of hi j death now they wiff" think God that the -Ex ample of so great and good a man has been left as a beacon light in the reli gious world. IMPORTANT DECISIONS Boyd GoYeruor---Coiistitiniouality of the Lottery Law Upheld. A Waslmigton<(Bispatch says: The United Stat% supreme court on Monday decided in favor of Boyd in the Nebraska governor case. All the justices, except Justice Field, concurred in the conclu sion of the court, that Boyd was a citi zen of the Uaited States and entitled to thesgficeof governor of Nebraska. Justices Harlan, Gray and Brown con curred in that part of the opinion which held that Boyd was a citizen because froi#tlie record iu the case it must be considered as established that Boyd’s father having exercised all the rights of a citizen, had in fact, in 1884 taken out his final naturalization papera notwith atanding he did not have any record of such final naturalization papers. The court also held that there was such a thing as collective natural ization; that enabling the act of Nebras ka constituted the neutralization of all the inhabitants of Nebraska at the time of its admission, except such as desired to retain their foreign rights, and that Boyd’s excuse of various offices showed his intentions to become a citizen. Opin ion by chief justice court reversed the judgment of the supreme court of Ne braska and ordered it to take further pro ceedings in conformity with the decision that Boyd is a citizen. THE LOTTERY LAW STANDS. The United States supreme court also upheld the constitutionality of the recent anti-lottery act of the last congress, af firming the decision in the case of Dupre and Rapier, publishers of the New Or leans States and Mobile Register, who were indicted on the chaj-ges of sending through the mails newspapers contain ing lottery advertisements. By common consent the cases were made test suits as ;o the constitutionality of the law. Chief Justice Fuller announced that owing to the death of Justice Bradley, to whom the writing of the opinion in the anti-lottery cases had been given, the court would postpone any elaboration of its views and confine itself to an expres sion of the general ground on which the. decision proceeds. A FURNITURE TRUST To Control the Manufacture and Prices of School Supplies. The Grand Rapids Furniture Compa ny at Grand Rapids, Mich,, the largest manufacturers of school furniture in the world, has sold out to an organization of capitalists known as the United States Furniture Company, with headquarters in Chicago. This company, which is be lieved to be in the nature of a trust,already controls seven-eights of the school fur niture plants of the United States, and the captun of the Grand Rapids concern will practically give it control of the bus iness. The capital of the United States company is $2,000,000, but the capital of the firms now in the combine aggre gate $15,000,000. BUSINESS BULLETIN. Status of Trade as Reported by Dun & Company. Business failures occurring throughout the country during the week ended Jan. 29, as reported to R. G. Dun & Cos., number for United States 253, Canada 44, total 297; against 328 the week be fore. It is undeniable that there exists a considerable feeling of disappointment. More business, but at lower prices, seems to be the rule. That the volume of trade is gradually increasing, even in branches which have been dullest, there seems to be no doubt. But in an unusual number of cases, increased sales appear to be the result of some yielding in prices, so that the average decline in prices of all com modities during the past week has been more than one-half of 1 per cent. Money continues iu abundant supply, the movement of products continues large, and the extraordinary exports in December, amounting to almost one hun dred and twenty million dollars, against not quite ninety-nine million dollars last year, attract especial attention. Reports from trade centers generally indicate a gradual increase in the volume of trade. At Philadelphia iron is quiet and coal demoralized, but dry goods are more active and the grocery trade larger than last year. Paints, oils, glass and jewelry are quiet and chemicals steady. At Baltimore the jobbing trade is quiet but manufacturing brisk. Pittsburg re ports finished iron weaker and many flint glass works closed by dull trade. Ip. dry there seems to be rather less activ ity as to cotton goods, and in knit goods some dullness. -Clothiers are conserva tive, and waiting for indications of pop ular fancy, and hence men’s wear and the woolen trade are perplexing. Stocks on hand are short, apparently because the freaks of public fancy last year were such as to warn manufacturers and clothiers against overhas'y action. COTTON AND WOOL. There is a better feeling in the wool market, however, at New York as at Boston, and continuing sales prove that manufacturing has by no means ceased. Cotton is i cent lower, at 7J cents, with enormous recipts for the season, and sales of 837,000 bales here. While both re ceipts and exports fall somewhat behind those of last year for the same week, in dications still point to a very large crop. At New York money on call has de clined from 2 per cent to 1$ per cent, and the treasury has paid out about two mil lion seven hundred thousand dollars more than it has taken in during the week. A STRANGE CASE. Two Girls in Love with Each Other* One is Murdered. A dispatch of Thursday from Mem phis, Tenn., says: The developments in the Mitchell-Ward murder case are of the most astounding nature. Miss Mitchell’s lawyers have given the substance of an interview with her, and it is corroborated by the correspondence between the two girls, and which shows that the abnor mal attachment Miss Mitchell had for Freda Ward was reciprocated by the other. The girls had pledged themselves to marry each other on three different oc casions. More than .that an elopement was actually planned. One was to as sume a man’s dress, a marriage was to take place under assumed names, and the queer pair were to go to St. Louis. The last letter from Miss Mitchell to Freda unfolded this plan, and was accom panied by an engagement ring. It was at this stage that Miss Ward’s married sister interfered to break up this strange intimacy, and the ring was returned and Freda forbidden to speak to Miss Mitch ell. Rather than endure the separation, Mis 9 Mitchell then conceived the purpose of killing the girl she loved, and delib erately shf crd<d U into execution. CHILI’S CONCESSIONS Accepted by Uncle Sam and Every body Satisfied. Secretary Blaine sent a cable message to Minister Egan Saturday morning in structing him to inform the Chilian gov ernment that its propositions for a settle ment of the differences between the two governments, made in response to the ultimatum of the 21st instant, are grati fying to the president of the United as indicating a good prospect that the controversy can now be adjusted upon terms satisfactory to this government by the usual diplomatic methods. The telegram makes no request or sug gestion of any kind whatever for a salute by Chili to the American flag, and there is no reason to believe that this govern ment will require such a salute from Chili, which may,, of her own accord, perform this graceful act at the termina tion of it p diplomatic adjustment of all difficul vhioh is now in progress. HILI IS PLEASED. A telegram of Saturday from Valpa raiso states that the United States’ ac ceptance of Chili reply to the ultimatum has given great satisfaction in that city. Exchange has risen l^d. HARD ON BLAINE. The Washington Post Prints a Scath ing Article Concerning His Acts. A Washington dispatch says: Tuesday morning’s Post publishes, with double length scare lines, a story that confirms dispatches relative to the bad feeling be tween Blaine and Harrison because of the Chilian embroglio. It ac cuses Blaine of grossly deceiving Minister Montt, the authorities in Chili and the general public. It refers to'him as an astute and unfathomable artist. It states that the explanation of Montt which displeased the president, concerning Mat ta’s letter was suggested, and, perhaps, dictated by Blaine, and wonders that Blaine could remain in the cabinet alter such conduct. UNANOINTED. We know that through the viewless air. Though not a mote seems floating there. There may be crossing everywhere— Beings of an ethereal guise, Betwixt our earthly-holden eyes And the far reaches of the skies— A realm within a realm; yet we With unanointed vision see No token of its mystery. God’s messengers—they come and go Unfelt, unheeded by us, though They touch us passing to and fro. In mystic circles they enwreathe Us all around, above, beneath, And fan the very air we breathe. What respite in our wild despair The thought would bring us did we dare Believe our darling dead were there 1 What consolation, heavenly bright, Would hush our anguish if we might Still hold their deathless care in sight! So near they may be—ah, so near 1 And yet we bend no conscious ear The folding of their wings to hear. —Margaret J. Preston, in Harper's Bazar. PITH AND POINT. A bill of credit—William Shakspere. La grippe is not a thing to be sneezed at. ' All the world loves a lover—except his rival.— Life. It isn’t safe to bandy words with a chemist. He is pretty sure to have a re tort ready.— Lowell courier. Every man in trouble feels that his friends are not as indignant as they should be.— Des Moines Register. “Come, darling, you have eaten enough of that cake.” “O, mamma, I haven’t dot the tummick ache yeti” The pretty pianist always has a strik ing manner and more frequently a dis tracting air.— Binghamton Republican. She always used to shake my hand With touch light as a featuar; Last night I said I loved her, and She snook me altogether. — Harper's Bazar. The short tale may be a success in lit erature, but the docked horse thinks it’s a mighty poor thing in fly time.— Boston Post. People who have seen two lovers say good-by never have any trouble after wards in believing in eternity,— Texas Siftings. There is nothing in the world more aggravating to a man with a secret than to meet people who have no curiosity.— Atchison Globe. I do not care how well she speaks, Or in how many languages, If, with a blush upon her cheeks, She answers my one question “Yes." —Detroit Free Press. Nature makes no mistakes, they say, but when you have bitten by a rat tlesnake or a mad dog it is hard ior you to assent to the statement.— Kamos City Star. Mr. Slowboy—“The world is very wide and has something in every part of it." Maud (yawning)—“Well, why do you remain so long in one place?”— Washington Hatchet. , , “There’s plenty of room at the top,” he said, As he stood by the mirror there, With a brush and a towel in either hand, And parted his seldom hair. —Detroit Free Press. “Are you the minister.” The person addressed turned up his nose and, cast ing a contemptuous glance upon his in terlocutor, replied: “No,l’m the leader of the choir.”— flew Orleans limes-Demo crat. Jacky—“We had a thirteen pound turkey at our house yesterday.” Jim— “Oh, that’s nawthin’. We had one that weigh fifteen pounds.” Jacky—“l don’t care it your old turkey was bigger. I’ll bet you didn’t have no doctor come to see you twice in the night the way I did.”— Boston Post. The ether day a journal,hitherto with out a spot on its character,inquired with well-feigned innocence: “How can five persons divide five eggs so that each man will receive one, and still one remain in the dish?” After several hundred peo ple went two-thirds distracted in the mazes of this proposition, the journal meanly says: “One takes the dish with the egg.”— Northwest. A Wonderful Yase. In the Cathedral of Genoa, Italy, is preserved, and has been for six hundred years, a vase of immense value. It is cut from a single emerald. Its principal diameter is 12$ inches. It is kept under several locks, the keys of which are in different hands, and it is rarely exhibited in public, and only by an order of the Senate. When exhibited it is suspended around the neck of a priest by a cord, and no one is allowed to touch it but him. A decree passed in 1476 forbids any one going too near the precious relic. A Genoese antiquarian has written a book to demonstrate that this vase is one of the gifts made to Sciomon by the Queen of Sheba.— Ne<n Orleans Picayune. Better Than a Pound of Meat. It has been determined by a noted scientist that a tablespoonful of milk contains, two hours after being obtained from the cow, 9000* germs, and in twenty-four hours the number is in creased to over 5,000,000, enormously increasing if the recepticie containing the milk is kept in a warm room. These microbes are harmless and considered to assist digestion. —Philadelphia Record. NO 42