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DAILY EXPRESS.

GEO. M. ALLEN,

Entered

,Vm\„ *, public

Proprietor,

Publication Office 16 south Fifth street, Printing House Square.

Second-Class Matter at the Postofflce of Terre Haute, Ind.]

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With Muncle and her natural gas on the east and Terre Haute and her oil on the west of her Indianapolis appears to be nowhere.—[Muncle Times.

Poor old Indianapolis!

Terre Haute is rich enough and big enough to handle all the wealth that natural resources and industry can bring to it. No favors and no privileges of any kind should be given to outsiders.

-The new Democratic council, in a most conclusive way, repudiates the acts of its predecessor by the summary removal of the city engineer, who, they now proclaim to be their scapegoat. They reject the bids for the Main street sewer, and then reject him. They reject the bids because it is utterly impossible to accept and fulfill the contract, a fact no lees apparent months ago than now, but now it is easier to find a scapegoat. But what of his successor? One incumbent is removed because he has led less competent city officials into a big blunder. His successor is not as competent. Whither are we drifting?

C. O. D.

I'icnlCH and Progretw.

Briggs—The picnic season Is a great one for the followers or Dr. Mary Walker, or did you ever notice the fact?

Braggs-Can't say that did. How do you figure it out? Brlggs—It's the time of year when so many ants get into pants, don't you know

A Long Look Ahead.

Mrs. Barkis—Why, really, are you back so soon? I thought you were going to put In the llrst two years of your wedded life In Europe?

Mrs. Youngcouple—We did Intend to, but—you know the constitution does not allow a foreign born person to become president, you see.

Suicidal.

Eminent Expert—I have carefully examined your patient, doctor, and while there are evidences of mental derangement, I fall to lind any lndlca tlon of the suicidal tendency you spoke of. Upon what did you base such opinion, doctor?

Chicago Physician—Simply on this fact-he came to me and said he was sure he was becoming Insane, and desired me to procure his admission Into the Asylum for Incurables.

EXCHANGE ECHOES.

any other•^eWthe WTrld U^'a® pwuiuS sweet fact for the susiir trust. New York World: Henry VUlard, financier anpears to be i'saln on the top wave. Wall street nfev!nJ?HeXpe£len??.as

mllcl1

hIIUSe!for'Snar?eirow0ne8

^rel

difficulty In dUposlng

encountercd ln

right colored men In the qualified for the position he to tin.

rlddlnK

has been appointed

Toledo Commercial: Ohio Is a Renuhllran state, but It has the habit of going the other way would not bi wise, therefore, to Jump at the conclusion that the party can cam whuf rw?

ow't

Hepubllcans do^ra

depends^ somewhat o?

more on wUat the

if.hn"ud?lph,.a Eniu'rer: The appointment of John K. Lyach of Mississippi, to resoouslbltt fi0?/.,,?0

Vie*treusilI'y department will end the

rli liulous clatter that the president had detern.i1" i1"2"

nst

colon men in office. The fact is

p?°Plevvi"

be treated 'n this matter

as white people fire—on their merits. New York Press: John Jarrett's appointment as consul at Hlrnlnghtm not only lnsi'-es a eood

h.SS'ii?1'"?

administration of that office,

a Kreat deal of

useful 1 oforma'

stock of knowle"?e of the con-

dllloii of labor In the British iron pnd steel trades. And what the leader of the Amalgamated assoclaworklngmen.

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Cincinnati Times Sta- The Republican tli»k«t will be elected next fall prowrt the party Is harmonious. btrife Will result ln defcit Threats bolters wMM»punishedHers

rae

fIV!

lhat the

senatorial

bolters will be that If they continue

.Vi'n I!olltlcal

use!niness they will be opposed It

must be remembered that the bolters are not friendless ami without followers they can return cultivated!*

A splrlt

°f

forelveness

should be

A Carerully Arranged Suicide.

Nashvuxk, May 21.—A special to the American from Jonesboro, Tenn., says: The body of James May was discovered this evening hanging from a tree in the wood8, east of town. May was about 50 years of nge, a plasterer by trade and the father of a large family. He has been drinking unusually hard for some time. Ou last Thursday he purchased a piece of rope. His body was in an advanced stage of decomposition, entirely naked^ with bis hands tied behind his back, while near by were his Clothes, boots, etc., carefully folded and on top of them lay his hat with a bottle about half full of whisky. Everything goes to show that it was a most carefully Bnd coolly arranged suicide.

The IlHnofs Legislature.

Si'rixukikli), 111.,

May

21.—In

Kan., May

ths

house to-day the bill to prohibit the manufacture or sale of liquors in this state was defeated by a vote of yeas 55 nays 62. In the senate the Chicago drainage bill wes taken up on the third reading and was still under discussion when recess was taken.

The Cumberland l'reabyterlun Assembly. Kansas City,

Mo., May

21.—At

the

fifth day's session of the Cumberland 1 reeby terian general assembly the action or the board of ministerial relief, in proMding for the office of corresponding secretary and appointing the Rev. J. H. Miller, of Lvansrille, to this position, was endorsed.

ANew Republican Congressman. Topkka,

21.-

-Harrison Kel-

ley. Republican, was to-day elected to congress from the Fourth Kansas district, the place made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Ryan, who was appointed minister to Mexico.

WONDERFUL OCEAN GREYHOUNDS.

Can the Atlantic be crossed in five

days? That is a question that just now is agitating the minds of all interested in maritime progress. The marvelous performance of the City of Paris, and the great progress that has been made in maritime machinery and in ship building, gives reason to believe that the day is not far distant when the record will be cut down to five or five and a half days from Sandy Hook to Pastnet Light.

There is not a sea captain or engineer who crosses the ocean who would be willing to admit that he is trying to break the record. Such an admission would work incalculable injury to the line. All these old sea dogs are as mum as an oyster on the question of speed. The men who are building the ships, and devoting their time and energies to new machinery and other appliances that will increase the speed, are likewise diffident about giving information, for their rivals would be quick to take advantage of it but there are some men in New York who are posted on the question of the progress of fast time at sea. They are the editors of the various maritime newspapers.

The average reader may not be aware that there are half a dozen newspapers published in this city devoted to steamships, sailing vessels, and the wants, hopes and ambitions of those who "go down to the sea in ships," and yet such is the case. Prominent among these papers are the Marine Journal, the Ocean, Marine Law, Maritime Register. and the Nautical Gazette. The editors of these papers are watching with intense interest the records of the various Atlantic greyhounds. It is their business to be informed of all new appliances and to study the progress made in building fast ships. In recent conversations they have expressed themselves very fully.

John H. Gould, the editor of the Ocean, was asked the other day, "What progress has been made in the building of steamships of late years?" "Phenomenal strides, my dear sir. The ocean can be crossed now in just about half the time that it took ten or fifteen years ago. The commencement of rapid ocean transit dates back to the year 18G7 when the old steamship City of Paris, of the Inman line, crossed from New York to Queenstown in 7 days, 23 hours, minutes. In December of the year 1869 the steamship City of Brussels, of the same line, accomplished the passage in 7 days, 20 hours, 10 minutes. "The record was again broken in the summer of the year 1875 by the steamship City of Richmond in 7 days, 19 hours, 45 minutes, and in the fall of the same year by the City of Berlin, from Queenstown to Sandy Hook in 7 days, 18 hours, 40 minutes. In February, 1876, the laurels were claimed by the White Star line steamship Germanic, which ran from Sandy Hook to Queenstown in 7 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes, and in April, 1877, the same steamship further reduced the time to 7 days, 11 hours, 37 minutes. The Britannic, of the same ocean fleet, in August of the same year, accomplished the trip in 7 days, 10 hours, 53 minutes. .h "We next come to the initial voyage

ices. In August,

1884, the Oregon, of the Guion line, made the journey in 6 days, 9 hours, 43 minutes, outdistancing all rivals. She was afterward sold to the Cunard line, and was wrecked shortly afterward within sight of New York. '"In 1885 the Etruria reduced the time to days, 9 hours for an eastward trip, and in the same year, for a westward trip, accomplished the journey in 6 days. 5 honre, 31 minutes. She was beaten in y.' 1887, by the Umbria on her westward passage, the latter vessel recording 6 days, 4 hours, 42 minutes, which was turn outrivaled by her sister steamship Etruria in September, 1888 placing the record at 6 days, 1 hour, 50 minutes, and she appropriated to herself the title of greyhound of the Attentic and champion of the ocean fleets. Ihe City of New York has made the best average on her first three voyages, and the City of Paris now has a long lead with her magnificent run of 5 days. 23 hours and 7 minutes."

In what way will this increase of speed benefit the world generally?"

wilU?e

mat«rial

value to all

classes. The mail service will be more regular and more constant, and this will be absolutely beneficial. Then to passengers who have urgent business on the otner side aud to visitors also, it will be a great boon, for while these modern vessels are most luxuriously appointed, most people who travel on them don't care how soon they set foot on terra hrma again, especially if they suffer from seasickness. The remarkable in crease in speed will also have an influence on commerce and freight as well, Out this is too large a subject for me to deal with, even if I felt competent to do

"What will be the minimum time in which the ocean will be crossed in futurer" prospective entirely," replied «nri ,,1 °an Rlve you my opinion, and that is all. It has been suggested at p2'tl«89j"1,t

the ocean

will be

crossed in five days and even less. I am on ^LT?ry

ch.arI

-of, ?ivinB my opinions

on questions of this kind, because I may state something which is beyond the power of demonstration, but I am free to confess that I have great faith in the possibilities of things. At present there is a model of a ship that was intended for the Guion line. It was designed by fhf

b'r

William Pierce, chairman of

the airchild shipping company, Glasgow, and is expected to do the ocean in hve days. When completed it will probably sail under the Guion flag. This vessel has four funnels and two masts rigged fore and aft. i8,00,1, known what tha capacity of the twin screw is, but shipbuilders are convinced that it has come to stay. The City of Paris, on her initial trip, had one set of engines stopped for several hours the other was kept at work and the ship made excellent time during the interim. It has also been suggested that the American vessels t?588

from

Montauk Point to

Milford Haven, but this is Btill 'in the air.'" "What is the highest rate of speed yet attained? I inquired. "The City of Paris on her last trip made an average of 23% knots aa hour —this is the highest." "Does increased speed mean increased dangers?" "That is a much vexed question.

great many captains have been of the opinion that fast traveling lessens rather than increases danger, so that when gong through a fog it is really safer to go full speed, because you get out of danger so much quicker. Whereas taht is the opinion of some captains, as far as my own personal opinion is concerned I do not think that fast traveling incurs any more danger than slow traveling."

Mr. D. h. Bradley, editor of Marine Law and Topics, was asked pretty much the same questions. He replied as follows: "There have been rapid stndes made in the last few years in iron and steel shipbuilding both in strength and speed. English ship architects have opened their eyes to the requirements of the times, have broke through the formalities of early prejudice and adopted the method of iron construction suited most effectively to the altered conditions. "Speed, freight capacity and safety are the objects to be considered, and in those requisites there is improvement in every new ocean steamer built. The development of the new marine engine through its various stages from the old low pressure type to the compound, triple and quadruple -style of the present time, has been marvelous, and yet the end of improvements has not been reached. "Rapid transit undoubtedly has a few benefits," continued the editor, with mild sarcasm. "The mail is given to the fastest and cheapest steamers, and, as John Roach said in an address before the congressional committee on American shipping, in 1882: 'The fast mail steamer is the key to unlock the commerce of the world. I believe the Atlantic will be crossed in the near future in less than six days.' The City of New York has not reached expectations, but the City of Paris has surpassed the promise of her first trip. "About twelve years ago the Britannic was considered the champion of the Atlantic fleet. Th8 best record, until recently, was held by the Etruria. It was her eastward passage, June, 1888, time 6 days, 1 hour and 55 minutes. Her best westward passage was made in April of the same year, time 6 days, 4 hours and 40 minutes. The Umbria comes next, in May, 1887,6 days, 14 hours and 42 minutes. And now the City of Paris has beaten them alL "What about danger?" "There is certainly more danger of the machinery 'giving out' in a steamer that is driven to her utmost than one going at a moderate rate. But these matters are pretty well considered in the build ing of greyhounds of to-day. The City of New York and her sister steamer, the City of Paris, have twin screws, which are worked independently of each other, so that if the machinery of one should break the steamer would not be disabled. "Fog dangers are the greatest perils of ocean travel, and most of the disasters occur thereby. It was during a fog that the steamers Celtic and Britannic came into collision May 19, 1887. In that case the finding of the naval court of inquiry, after fully considering the testimony, gave it as the opinion that the weather before the collision had been such as should have induced the masters of the two vessels, as a matter of precaution, to moderate their speed according to regulations until more favorable conditions prevailed. "In neither case was this done. The court was of the opinion that both steamers were running at an excessive speed under the circumstances. The law requires that every ship, whether a sailing or a steam ship, shall in a fog, mist or falling snow, go at a moderate tarm 'mnriftrafce BDeed' is not

«q.T,- xr.

aterers to the inner man

who have secured privileges at the Paris exposition are striken with dismay at the unlooked-for opposition of the prefect uf police of that city to the employment of female attendants at the cafes and bars there. The British barmaid has long been a standard attraction at the "publics" of her native land and an object of adoration to the British swell of loud tendencies, and this class of visitors will feel sadly chagrined that there may be no opportunity to contrast the charms of the haughty native dispenser of bitter beer or sherry with those of Hebes of other countries. It is understood, however, that the movement is not due to the prefect being afflicted with a sudden spasm of morality, which might arouse grave doubts as to his sanity, but to 4he representations of the powerful male waiters' union.

GOSSIP ABOUT WOMEN.

Mrs. Helen Campbell is writing a novel. There is a "Woman's League" in New Orleans.

A woman's directory is about to be published in Chicago. There are said to be nine thousand women doctors in the United States.

Boston has two women real estate agents and New York one. Mrs. Rose Terry Cook has a charming house at Pittsfield, Mass.

Mrs. Langtry uses heavy linen paper for her private correspondence. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has gone to England for the summer.

Mrs. Emily Faithfull is said to contemplate another visit to America. The curators of the Kentucky university have decided to admit women to the institution.

Some Boston ladies have started a society for the cultivation of wsthetics among the masses.

Gail Hamilton writes her articles with a stub pen, often on old envelopes and scraps of paper.

Mrs. James Brown Potter is said to be rapidly growing thin. It is news to know she was ever stout.

OctuvQ Thanet (Miss French) writes in the morning and gives up her afternoons to athletic sports.

Ladies who are ordained ministers have not the legal authority for solemnlzing the marriage ceremony.

Mrs. J. T. Higgins, of Middleborough, Mass., is having a dress made of silk grown in this country by one person.

Mrs. Lallie McDonald, the granddaughter of the noted Tom Corwin, is an energetic and successful advertising agent.

UK. BiKNIS,OF NKW YOKK.

The Eleven Times Millionaire Credited With Two

WItm.

Special to the Chicago Tribune.

NEW YORK, May 20.—The exposure of the skeleton in the closet of the late Demas Barnes* life caused great surprise among those who were guarding the secret. Mr. Barnes made a big fortune in patent medicine, and when he died he left 811,000.000. Eight yean ago Mr. Barnes, who was then a widower with one child, married a St Louis lady, by whom he had another child. He lived with her in Brooklyn until within a short time of his death, when he moved to this city£ One day last summer Mr. Barnes was run over by a surface car on Broadway, and sustained injuries from which he shortly afterward died.

Within a few weeks of his death it is said that Mr. Barnes paved through one of the stormiest scenes of his life. It was his first meeting with Cora Belle Knapp after her accidental discovery that she was not entitled to the name of wife. She was living at the time in an elegant np-town fiat, wHich had been gorgeously furnished by Mr. Barnee for her occupancy. She was about to be come a mother, and the father of her unborn child was the man who had just acknowledged himself a traitor.

He promised, it is said, that, though not his wife in name, she should be BO in reality that he would beetow on her the whole attention of his latter years, and, on hia death, leave to her and her child a sum which should make them comfortable for life. The sum he promised was $250,000, and the plaintiff claims to have in her possession letters of later date which Bpeak clearly of his intention so to do. Yet when Demas Barnes died and his will came into the handB of his friends the' name of Cora Belle Knapp was not found in it. There was plenty of provision for his wife and two children, but Cora Belle was forgotten. The plaintiff's friends do not doubt that it was Mr. Barne's intention to make the provision he promised, but they presume that the sudden accident which caused hie death prevented him from so doing. They allege, however, that the letters in their possession abundantly prove the justice of Miss Knapp's claim. It is said that the letters reflect severely on Mrs. Barnee' disposition as an excuse for his finding solace in Miss Knapp's charms.

The young lady, who, it is said, comes of a good family in the interior of the state, her cousin having held a high official position, claims to have lived with Mr. Barnee for over two years. Mr. Barnes frequently excused his absence from her on the ground of business engagements, and, if the story be true, it is supposed he adopted a similar method in his dealings with the real Mrs. Barnes. Mr. Barnes made the most of his fortune by his patent medicines, which were the cure for the ailments of all mankind. Some of them, such as his "S. T.—1860—X," attained world-wide reputation. In pursuit of bis political ambition he became interested in news papers, and at one time held stock in the Brooklyn Eagle. He was prominently identified with the starting of the Brooklyn Argua.

Miss Knapp has begun suit against the executors of the estate for $250,000, which she says Barnes promised her.

Mrs. Barnes could not be seen to-day, and the attorneys on both sides refused to give anybody the address of Miss Knapp, the rival of the former during the last years of Mr. Barnej

course

Miss Frances E. Willard has a hearty appetite and a hungry mind, so her conscience must be quite clear on the prohibition question.

A woman's hair may grow to the length of six feet Bome carry forty or fifty miles of hair on their heads, but those ladies are not many.

Miss Julia Marlowe gives her undivided attention to study and work in her profession. She does not see visitors or answer love letters.

Miss Mary Whately, the daughter of Archbishop Whately, who has recently died at Cairo, opened a school for Moslem girls at her own expense.

positively

been a marriage between

er and Mr. Barnes, and allowed the reporter further to infer direct or by his remarks that it was attested by a marriage certificate or some other like document in regular form. He would not say by whom the marriage was performed, would he give any details of the history of the young woman who was duped into believing that she was the only and lawful wife of the eleven times patent medicine millionaire of Brooklyn and New York.

Ex-Judge Reynolds is the attorney for the executors of Mr. Barnes' will. All that he knew about it thus far was contained in the papers which- had been served upon him by the other side. "Do you assume to know anything of the previoub history of the woman who makes this claim against the estate of Mr. Barnes?" "Nothing." "Do you know anything against her character?" "Nothing." "Do you deny that there was a marriage between her and Mr. Barnes?" "We have no reason to believe that there was such a marriage. Our case is not prepared yet, and if it were I should not communicate it to you. But we rnu

deny all of her claims.

Ihe estate will make no compromise with her. "The trial of the suit," he added, "will not take place until the autumn term of court. Of course the plaintiff will then have to prove the alleged verbal agreement between herself and Mr. Barnes that he was to secure to her $250,000, or her suit falls to the ground. We do not fear that she will be able to do that."

Floor Mill Patents.

DETROIT,

May 21.—The patent case of

the Consolidated roller mill company against William A. Coombs, which has excited wide interest among millers waa decided this morning by United States Judge Brown. The Dowling patent, a device for stirring flour as it goes into the mill, and the Marmon patent on device for loosening the Deltof the countershaft were declared invalid by Judge Brown for lack of novelty. The Gray patent, the most important, a device for the adjustment, horizontal and vertical, of the movable roller of a mill, was sustained, and Commissioner Harsha was instructed to take evidence and compute damages. Tne case was defended by a syndicate of five manufac turers. The preparation of the case on both sides cost 140,000.

tots of Practice.

Man About Town (banteringly)—Pat, you're the most artistic drinker I ever saw. It must have taken lots of practice to get that right elbow of yours working so artistically.

v.^a'

Thank ye for yer praise, sor.

re re no cripple yourself!—[Texas Siftmgs.

Not a Smoker.

Botanist—This, Miss Harlem, is the tobacco plant. Miss Harlem—How interesting! And when does it begin to bear cigarettes?— [From Time.

Equal to Anything.

This is a disagreeable and somswhat humiliating assignment," said the city editor to the new reporter, "but it is the only thing I have for you to-day. It will require you to visit two or three

dozea saloons and interview a score of dndee before jon finish the job." "I gases

can stand it," said the hard

ened young man. "I was one of the reporters at the New York centennial balL"—[Chicago Tribune.

ANOTHER AMBIGUOUS LAW.

Attorney General'* Opinion "as to What Waa Intended by the Teachers' License Act.

The state board of education found the language of the new law relating to the licensing of school teachers so ambiguous that the attorney general was asked to determine its exact meaning. In the latter part of section 1 of the act, in two instances the twenty-fourth and thirtyaixth months' licenses are referred to, and the questions asked by the superintendent of public instruction were: "What is the proper interpretation of the proviso?" and "What grade of license is a teacher required to hold before coming within the exemption therein provided?" In answering the attorney general said that looking at the act alone there seemed to be an irreconcilable conflict in the language quoted, so far as it related to the term or life of the license necessary to create the right of exemption. "The rule is," said he, "that where in a statute there are clauses which present, as compared with each other, an irreooncilable conflict, the one last in order of date or local position must prevail, and the other be deemed abrogated to the extent of such repugnancy, whether the conflicting clauses be sentences of the same act, or merely portions of the same section. We must put ourselves in the position of the legislature, stand, in contemplating the statue, where the makers of it stood, the better to discern the reason and scope of the provision. They who voted for the measure must have had in mind a meaning for the enacted words. (Bishop on Written Laws, p. 75) Formerly, in England, it was the custom of the judges to go to parliament and inquire what they meant where the language of the statute was ambiguous or contradictory. But now, and especially in this country, the courts go to the record history of the act, while by its passage by the general assemby, with the view of ascertaining therefrom the legislative will and intention in the enactment of a law."

The legislative history of the act in question Bhows that it was introduced in tbe senate by Senator Johnson, where it passed after being amended in some particulars. Thn bill then went to the house, where it was referred to the committee on education. The last proviso in the bill, as it passed the senate, con tained the words "three years" in connection with the word "license," whenever it is now found therein, and it went in thatr condition to the committee mentioned. That committee, the attorney general Bhows by quoting its report, recommended that the words "three years" be stricken out and tbe word "two" inserted. The report was adopted, the bill amended accordingly, and so it passed the house. The senate then incurred in the house amendment. In that way the word two was inserted where it now appears in the last proviso of the act. By an oversight, the attorney general thinks, the change was not made all through the act. He thus holds that the act must mean that any person who has taught for six consecutive years in the state, and now holds a two years' license, instead of three, shall be exempt from examination..^

^wfidavits were filed against

WllUUUIol ottid butchers selling family supplies, druggists who sold soda water and bakers and dairymen, were filed before Justice France, who made a wholesale dismissal, and Justice Ryan, who held that in only cases of charity and necessity were Sunday sales permissable, and who accordingly fined a confectioner for selling candies to children. A general meeting of tradesmen had been called for Thursday. Oa Wednesday the police board will meet, and it is anticipated that as its political complexion is directly opposite to that of the mayor, the police will receive instructions which wili conflict with the policy of the latter.

The Money is Indiana'*.

A telegram from State Auditor Carr, who is in New York, says the German savings bank has accepted the state

sides the $700,0C0 principal of the loan, the amount of the premium will be $11,340, and the interest at 3 per cent, since April 1st, amounting to 82,916.G6.

Increased to Full I.!mlt.

Special to toe Indianapolis News. CBAWFORDSVILLE,

May 21.—By a

unanimous vote of the city council last night the liquor license wns raised from $100 to $250.

Two Enormous Rank Checks.

Two of the largest checks that have ever passed through the banks at New York were received last week from London by Brown Bros. They were drawn for $3,168,432 in favor of Jones, Cook & Co., of New Hampshire, in part payment for the breweries of the firm. The breweries were purchased a short time ago by an Eaglish syndicate for $15,000,000. The checks were turned over to Mr. Samuel Unter-neyer, who acted as the purchasing agent of the syndicate, and he in turn presented them to Mr. Sinclair, of Jones, Cook & Co. The stock of these breweries has been placed on the London market in £10 shares.

Do Move, Saaii.

What Mr. Whistler might call a sypmhony in black is a picture in a Richmond paper of "Brudder" Jasper, the famous colored preacher of that city. "Brudder" Jasper wears fluffy side whiskers, long bushy hair, a tall hat, a ministerial choker, and is altogether a goodlooking colored citizen. He still maintains his great and original sun theory, and no more ^ascribes fixity to the solar orb than Clarkson does to a Democratic postmaster. Both "do move."—[Chicago Herald.

Started on a Dariig Trip.

The Neversink, a smaller yacht than ever crossed the Atlantic, left Boston Monday bound for Paris by way of Havre. The little boat, all day Sunday and uj to the time of her departure, was the object of hundreds of curious eyes. Captain Josiah W. Lawlor, Hans Hansen, tbe crew, and young Edward S. McKinney who. goes as passenger, were kept busy answering all sorts of questions about the boat and her coming voyage.

A Child Fatally Burned.

Wfstmiksteb, Md., May 21—Robert Kohn, aged 5 years, was fatally burned Yesterday at Manchester. The child lighted a lamp during its mother's absence and set fire to its clothing.

EXPRESS PACKAGES.

SHS SBOWCD HIM STABS.

For evety •hooting star he claimed a kls*. She, seeming coy. at Drat demurred to this Bat he, persuuns, wooM not be denied. When he, at length, a flying meteor spied. And so, as evening grew apace, their ejea Oft scann'd the glittering aspr ol the skies And when a darting star caught elthers sight. A sound or kissing broke upon the night And so It came to pass anon that she Look'd for a shooting star as much as he. Naj, If by chance a srsr escaped his view, She called his wond'rlng tsner to It, too. When Intervals seemed loog between each hug. She called him on a passing lightning bug

s"'*•

And, ever taxing her ingenious mind. Her ready wit enabled her to find More shooting stars In three short fleeting hours Than would compose whole meteoric showers. Bat when she did her last pretext exhaust. And was about to yield her cause as lost. She saw a switchman's lantern circling swing And got the youth down to a steady thing. —[Tassar Miscellany.

Florida has bsgun the shipment of peachee. An enormous landslide at Spiessback, Switzerland, destroyed villages, forests and cattle.

A colored boy in Jeffersonville, Ind., swallowed a lead pencil. The pencil and the boy were saved, but it took four doctors several days to do it.

English is the language used at the Samoan conference, for the first time on such diplomatic occasions, owing to Americans coming into European politics.

A physician says that the "spring of the year cranks," who fills themselves up at this season with herb teas and bitters and blood purifiers, are more numerous than usual.

A business man at Portland, Me., loet a $20 gold piece while on the way to hia office, and on his way home found ihe coin on the pavement, where it had lain unnoticek all day.

A brilliant Austrian general proposes that, in order to prevent the enemy from reconnoitering the movements of troops, the uniforms of soldiers shall be made similar in back and front.

A wide-awake Oklahoma pilgrim who knew that people would have to cross a river made an impromptu bridge by cut ting down a tree which grew on the bank and nailing boards to it. He charged tan cents toll and ma3e lots of money.

In a theatre at Ashton, Eogland, dur ing the performance of a melodrama, an excited woman threw her bonnet and umbrella at the "villian" on tbe stage, when he was strangling one of the characters. She "brought down the house."

For forty-eight years there was not law case in the town of Meddybemps, Me., neither was there a lawyer. But two weeks ago a lawyer hung out his sign in this primitive paradise, and now two citizens are going to law over a fence line.

A comparison of the American and European contributions at the Paris exhibition is said to develop two points— that the American constructive sense is superior to the European, and that the American decorative sense is inferior to the European.

Vegetation in all parts of South Carolina is Buffering from a prolonged drought and intense heat. No rain has fallen for several weeks, and the mercury has ranged from 92 to 96 deg in the shade. The small grain crop has been injured to a vast extent and cotton pros pects are very gloomy.

The ingenuity of the "heathen Chinee" is unsurpassed. The native contractors for closing the breach on the Yellow river, which has caused so much ruin, I when the stream became frozen, .oyer reported the breach as

A Kansas paper relates that a man in baline county during the dry years sowed wheat on the same land for three successive years without getting a head of grain. A few years after the wheat began to grow, and he harvested immense wneat crops three successive years without ever plowing or sowing.

At Scranton recently a parrot had a very lively tussle with a bat. The bat got in the bird's cage and couldn't get out. Then it began attacking the parrot, dmng at her and biting. Polly replied "Gracious, how that hurts!" and pitched into the bat. The bird used wing and bill, and soon tore the little intruder limb from limb.

The steamer Newfield landed at Halifax the other day and sent two sailors! on shore to get cats. They secured over thirty in two hours. The cats are to be

bonds, and the money is on deposit to I SrSto theUS1d ?°rH credit o( Iodiaoa'a treaaurer!^ Ba-1 Th™ iSKSft! the sand, making large holes, which cause the ponies to Btumble and break their legs.

A Connecticut gardener stepped on a needle twelve years age and it entered his foot. Sunday night he felt a sharp and severe pricking sensation in the hip near tbe joint, and examination revealed the end of a needle just under the skin. With a small pair of pliers it was drawn ,B,n" it nearly six inches of blue silk thread which had been in the needle when he stepped on it.

The promenade of the Brooklyn bridge I was the scene of a great massacre the I other day. Several thousand lives were snuffed out They will not be seriously

missed as they belong to potato bugs, a tremendous swarm of which, probably borne skyward in a whirlwind from Jersey fields, lighted on the big structure. I bey were crushed under the feet of hundreds or bridge crossere.

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A novel way of defrauding a railroad company has just been discovered by Conductor Baxter, of the Erie. He did not like the looks of the commutation ticket of a youth who lived in Ridgewood, and an examination showed that twenty-one dates punched out by the conductor had been plugged and repunched, that is to say, had been traveled on twice. The young man had in each case picked up the piece of card dropped from the conductor's punch and neatly replaced it.

New ork City is growing so fast that its school system cannot keep up. Hundreds of children are running wild in every street Ln the vast district between iiighty-seventh and One Hundred and sixth street?, because there are no Bchool houses. The commissioners of education are trying to provide temporary school accommodation in manufactories and private houses so as to comPly with the law, but they find it is like "rapid transit"—the more you give the more the people want.

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