Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1896 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1891..

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The New York Store

ESTAni.IS!inD 1S5.T.) SECOND DAY Of our Great January Sale . m OP . . Muslin Underwear And bigger bargains Than ever. Pettis Dry Goods Co AS ABUSE OF A FLUK. It Caaufi n. Fire in it niock Opposite the DcnUon. About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon Are was discovered burning In the ash flue of the block on north Pennsylvania street Just eouth of the eld Horary property. The lower floor of the building is occupied by two musi? firms, while Eastman, Schleicher & Lee occupy part of the upper stories. The ash flue is built of brick In the rear of the building. It is used by the tenants as a receptacle for rubbish and ashea. Fire has broken out in this flue no less than eight times in the last few years, so the lirmen say. They were two hours In getting the tiro extinguished. It was neces sary to clean out the Hue, and the firemen found it filled with rubbish, scraps of paper and large quantities of ashes. It Is thought soaio tenant ha3 been burning wood or coal during the scarcity of gas, and emptied ashes into the chute which contained live coals, from which the blase started. There are openings Into the flue from each floor, and if the fire had caught at nlsht the block might have been destroyed. The firemen seemed to regard It as an imposition that they should be required to clean out the garbage for the owner of tho block. A Fire In n. Sehoolhonse. In making a run to a small fire at schoolhouse No. 9 yesterday the chemical wagon from No. 2 engine nous was turned over while rapidly turning a corner. Captain John It. ltobinson was riling on tha wagon at the tin 3, and was thrown to the pavement, lb -escaped with a badly sprained ankle. An overheated furnace pipe under the flooring caused the fire. The Janitor discovered it and notified ihe principal, who succeeded in getting the children to a place of safety without a panic The loss was slight. A Droadway Dlaze. At an early hour yesterday morning the two-story fram house of E. Knell, No. 429 Uroadway. was badly damaged by fire, resulting from a defective flue. The loss amounted to about $1.0CO. CiTY NKiYS NOTES. Lrfwis B. Martin, of Terr Haute, and "William H. Armstrong were yesterday reappointed trustees of the State Normal schooL The installation of officers of MaJ. Robert Anderson Post and Ladles Relief Corps tock place last night. General Carnahan officiating for the latter. The exercises were public and the hall was crowded, to Us full capacity with ladles and gentlemen. A prize of $100, offered by the Reliance Insurance Company, of Philadelphia, for the best design suitable for use on Its stationtry, has been won by Mr. John 21. Ohr, the company's agent In this city. Ills device Includes a keystone, safe and watch dog. The remains of John TV. Gilbert, of 1037 North Meridian street, were Interred yesThe funeral of Dr. John E. Carton took place in the morning at S3. Peter and Paul Chapel. Ilev. Amos Hanway conducted the services at tho funeral of Henry Shearer, a member of the Tippecano Club, In the morning. In Memory of 3Ir. Sewall. The memorial exercises held in honor of Mr. bewail, on Monday morning, at the Girl3 Classical School, were In charge of the faculty and the alumnae association. A large number of the latter were present, neveral of whom ."poke, among these toeing Miss Prownie iiutler. the president of the association; Miss Julia Moore, Miss Mary li Colsan. llis Klla Malott, Miss Pearl Zanders and Miss Mary Foster. Miss Elizabeth Hughes, the teacher who has been longest In the school, spoke a. few words, as did also Mrs. Nnumann. Miss Benton and Trof. Arens. Miss Annie Butler, the secretary of the alumnae association, read a letter from Mrs. Sewall to the Fchool. Iars;e Increase In Mail Ilnndled. During the month of December there -was a noticeable, increase in, the amount of mail matter handled by the postofflce over the ram month of 1SD1. Th total number of piece handled was 4.2M.970, against 3,811.62) in ISOl, an Increase for the month cf 4W,?Z0 pieces. The number of pouches and sacks f mall matter receive! and forwarded in Hecember, was 25,Sf7, an increase of r,"2. Th percentage of .mail thrown by the clerks correctly during tho month was 99 Wt-100. Thomas Pont and Corps. Tils evening there will be a public Installation of the officers of Thomas Grand Army Post and of the Relief Corps connected with It. Commander-in-chief Walker will Install the officers of the post and Mis3 Ella D. ZInn the officers of the corps. A quartet from the Soldiers Orphans Home and the Ualdheads will furnish the music. H. C. Adams will be Installed as commander of Thomas Post. Dae the Towns and Townnhlpa. County Auditor Smith yesterday drew warrants cn the treasurer for $70,000 in favor of th township trustees of th county. This is th amount due the town9 and townships from tho December tax collection. Prohnte Matters. Maurice M. Donnelly was yesterday appointed guardian of Michael N. McCarthy. P.onl. 55.010. Nettie V. Reeves qualified as administratrix of the estats of Frank P. Reeves. The Xetr Poet Laureate. New York Evening Post. The appointment of Alfred Austin as the poet laureate is a curious bit of Tory polltics. 'Ho is the principal leader-writer of the Standard, and we shall fee the somewhat comic spectacle of the oilkial troubadour of the nation turning oat dallv edi torials In praise or defense of the acts and policy of the man who gave him his harp. He will, too, it is fairly to be supposed, hurst forth in sontr occasionally in glorification of Lord Salisbury's caution In Armenia, of Mr. Chamberlain's care for colonial trade, of Mr. Balfour's noble reserveabout bimetallism. In fact, there never has been a crown poet to whom so many "channels of usefulnts" were open. Every one will now n.ore anJ more admire Mr. Gladstone's wise reserve In refusing to till Tennyson's place. Even if the choke of the crack poet of any country wera easy. In days when so much poetry Is produced, the o:hoe Itself is one which has long been an anachronism. It belongs, if not to the Period Ij whijh bards sans the. goodness and Kreatness of klnsrs and chieftains un-ler their nises. at leat to that in which It was a great thln for an author to be able to dedicate his book to a nobleman. It is out of place in the days of newspapers, and free criticism, and interviewing, and pbundmt versification. It is e.sy to predict that Mr. Austin's Journalistic connections will ruin and probably end the ofUv. If the o:hr newspapers are going to stand the selection of a ioet laureate from the staff of an esteemed contemporary, the profession mu?t have lost Its ancient lire and vigor. The Igie of It. Nw York Advertiser. It l.i thought th tt the henxise of the price of beer In Chlcaira to t". a barrel will have th ifTect to reduce the number of ealoons in the city by at leat :.o. H!ihprlcd beer and high li:ens combined oui;ht then to have u salutary and subduing effect on the saloon bus.ne.-s. Novslty Orates and Gaslo.s. Jno. M. Lilly.

VERY COLD WEATHER

TIIirtTY-KIGIIT DEGREES HEJ-OW ZERO AT 0K POIXT IX SEW YORK. Loir Temperature In Ifevr EnglandSides and funnels of Incoming Steamships Incased In Ice. NHW YORK, Jan. 6. Exceptionally low temperature prevailed ih this section early to-day, the signal-service thermometer indicating 3 degrees below zero between 6 and D o'clock. There have been but two colder days in th last twenty-five years. On Jan. 2, 1873, and Feb. 6, 1803, the record shows 6 degrees below zero. At noon today there had been but little moderation, though th weather forecast Is for higher temperature to-morrow. Th ccld snap is general throughout the State. At Saratoga 28 degrees below zero Is reported; at Syracuse, 32 degrees; at Whitehall, 20 degrees; at MIddletown, 11 degrees; at Auburn, !3 degrees, and at Poughkeepsle, 13 degrees. Incoming steamships to-day had a decidedly wintry, appearance, coated with ice far up their sides and in some instances even the funnels being Incased In ice. Ships from the East had generally fair and comfortable weather until Friday night, when they met th cold wave. La Gascogne, of th French line, from Havre, camo up with her red funnels coated with Ice. She experienced northwest gales and heavy cqualls from the morning of Jan. 3. The steamship Phoenicia, from Hamburg, also experienced some rough weather during the last three daj-9 of her voyage, and came up tho bay with Ice far up her sides. Low Temperature In the East. BOSTON, Jan. C The mercury was after the record In this city when it started downward yesterday afternoon, but it did not quite reach It. It fell to ten degreees below zero, the lowest record made at the signal station sine 18SC. The mercury fell steadily during th night, the lowest point being reached just before dawn. With sunrise the weather began to moderate sllffhtly, but It Is still in the vicinity of zero, and the weather man says It will be colder again to-niht. Neighboring places suffered more severely. At Hyde Park It was fourteen below; at Beverly . Farms the record was tho same, and at Concord, Mass., It was twelve below. Reports from all over New England show a fall in temperature to between ten and twenty degrees below zero. Irfmeat in Eleven Years. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 6. The thermometer to-day reached the lowest point In eleven years, ' registering ten degrees be low zero. All trains on th Central were lat owing to Inability to make steam. Several of the public school? were closed, as it was Impossible to keep tho children warm. At Lyons th temperature was twenty-five below, the lowest In forty years. Canandaigua reports twenty-three below; Newark, twenty-eight; Geneseo, ten; Wolcott, twenty-four below, and Warsaw fourteen below. Thirty-Eight Below. SYRACUSE, N. Y.. Jan. 6. Central New York suffered the lowest temperature In its experience this morning. In the central portions of this city the thermometers agreed at about thirty-two below zero. On Collega Hill, where Syracuse University is located, the mercury touched thirty-six below, and one or two reports have Indicated thirty-eight below. All through this section about the same temperature prevailed and much Buffering has been experienced. "Wheat in Danger. KINGSTON, N. Y., Jan. 6. The mercury fell to fifteen degrees below zero here this morning with a strong northwest wind blowing. The schools wer closed on account of the cold. There Is no snow and farm crops arc in danger. This is tho coldest weather without snow known here In many years. The river Is tightly frozen over from shore to shore, the ice being several inches thick. Hudson Frozen Over Again. CASKILLi, N. Y.. Jan. 6. The coldest weather In several years was experienced here thl3 morning, the mercury falling from sixteen degrees to twenty-two degrees below zero. The Hudson river, which had reopened on Dec. 23, Is again frozen over. Not an inch of snow, all told, has fallen here to date. 31 Degrees Below and a. High "Wind. CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 6.-The lowest temperature of the season was reached here this morning. Th thermometer registered thirty-one degrees below. A high wind made the night one of the most disagreeable on record. GENERALLY FAIR, Followed, Possibly, hy Showers and Cooler "Weather. Forecasts for Indianapolis and vicinity for the twenty-four hours ending 11 p. m. Jan. 7. Generally fair weather, possibly showers on Tuesday afternoon or evening; slightly cooler Tuesday night. General Conditions A small depression Is central over Iowa, and a storm area in British Columbia; elsewhere, the pressure la high. The temperature rose everywhere; in tho Mississippi valley. In the Ohio valley and near the lakes the temperature rose from 10 to 24 degrees. Snow fell in the lake regions and rain in Texas; heavy rain 1.: inch) fell at Palestine. Tex. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, L. F. O. FORECASTS FOR THREE STATES. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. For Ohio and Indiana Increasing cloudinesa, followed by rain Tuesday night; warmer; southeasterly winds. For Illinois Fair In northwest; light rains In southeast portion; colder in extreme northwest portion, shifting to northwesterly winds. Monday's Local Observations. Par. Ther. R.II. Wind. Weather. Pre 7 a. m..3n.:o 2 7S S'ean. Tt. cloudy. .01 7 p. m..U0.W 35 Oi S'east. Clear. ."0 Maximum temperature, 39; minimum temperature, 11. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation Jan. fi: Temp. Pre?. Normal 27 .10 Mean 2- .01 Departure from normal 2 .': Departure since Jan. 1 ei .5C. F. u. WAPPENHANS, Iocal Forecast Otticial. Yesterday' Temperature. Tho following table of temperatures Is furnished by C. F. R. Wappenhans, local forecast ofllclal. 7 a.m. Max. 7 p. m. Atlanta 3S 4i Bismarck, N. D t 31 Buffalo o 8 Calsary, N. W. T .T 4 3-' Cairo 3t fr 4 Cheyenne 4i 2S Chicago i'H rs Concordia. Kan 2t 4 48 Davenport, la 15 42 ?A Des Mcines, la 14 4-J 36 Dciver 22 Dodge City, Kan IS C- 48 Fort Smith. Ark 34 Galveston .i f.S 5S Helena. Mcnt 40 4S 3H Jacksonville. F!a 2 M 4i Kansas City, Mo 34 f 44 Little Rock. Ark 3T 4 4 Mlnnedosa, Manitoba ....1 10 o Marcjuette. Mich S : 20 Mtmph's 3; 5) 4 Miles City. Mont 4U Nashville H: D 41 New Orleans SS f.4 New York - P 4 North Platte, Neb 24 M Zi Oklahoma, O. T 2G 4 42 Omaha l' 12 42 Pittsburg 8 22 L") Qu' Arpelle, N. W. T..... 4 4 2 Rapid City. S. D 42 51 40 Sante Fe. N. M ? Salt Iike City 15 31 is S t TC VKS 0 i 4 St. Paul 2t IS St. Vincent. Minn 4 !) I Shrcvencrt, I-a 4' SprlrglleM. 1X1 21 :) SS Sjrir.:rf.eSd, Mo Z 12 4'i Vlcks-burg :V :,2 Ut Was.Mrston S 22 1 Wichita. Kan 2 Newspaper File I'ntler Gannl. Chlcagro Tribune. A complete file of t-ach of the newspapers that have betn published In Chicago since tlu fire. In fact more complete than "is to b? found in many of tho newspaper otlWs, is on of the features of the Chicago Publh Library. When th editors of the various newspapers are appealed to in regard

to articles that have oppeared In their papers they with one accord refer the applicant to the Public Library. In addition to persons so referred, there are a large number of people who. knowing of these

f.R-3, are constantly wanting either the whole or a portion of the articles they have read, but failed to preserve. Many of these requests are for articles of very recent date, and the area from whieh they come Is only limited by the circulation of the Chicago papers, together with such papers as make excerpts from them. There Is probably nothing In the library that Is the source of more request than these files of Chicago ner.spapers, and there is certainly nothing more closely guarded. This later fact accounts for the file In the Ihiblic library being more perfect than are many of those In tho oITlccs where tho paper is published. It is not quite easy to understand why a person who would not think of tearing a page from a book will ruthlessly mutilate a newspaper tile that Is far more valuable. But the fact remains, and for this reason the newrpaper files at the Public Library are constantly guarded. No one is permitted to examine them save under the surveillance of the guard. "WILL FILL HIS CABINET. 4 Mackenzie Bovfell, Canada's Tremler, Determined to Coerce Manitoba. OTTAWA. Ont., Jan. 6. A Cabinet meeting was held to-day by the Premier, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, and the six remaining members of th Ministry, at which it was decided to fill Immediately the places In the Cabinet made vacant by the resignation of Messrs. Foster, Wood, Tupper, Dickey, Ives, Montague and HaggarL It is understood that Hon. W. J. Tugley, Provincial Secretary in the New Brunswick Legislature, will be appointed to succeed Hon. G. E. Foster as Minister of Finance, and Colonel Tilsdale, of South Norfolk, Ont., will take the portfolio held by Montague. Hon. Peter White, at present Speaker of tho House of Commons, may succeed John Haggart as Minister of Railways and Canals. Colonel Baker, of Misslsslquol, has, It is stated, been ottered the Cabinet position vacated by Hon. W. B. Ives, who was tha representative in the Ministry of the L'nglish-speaking minority in tho province of Quebec. Sir Franklin Smith, Minister without portfolio, said in an interview to-night that all vacancies in tho government would be filled without delay and that the administration would proceed with its policy of re-establishing separate schools In Manitoba. Should this prove correct, it Is not thought possible that the new Bowell administration can last, as th majority of the English Conservative members are strongly opposed to coercive measures with regard to Manitoba. Canadian Municipal Klectlons. DETROIT, Jan. C Tho municipal elections held in Windsor, Ontario, to-day resulted in tho selection of Mayor Mason, candidate of th People's party, over exMayor Beattle, tho Citizens' party .candidate, by a majority of 2G0. These gentlemen have been contestants for the mayoralty three times, and Mason has won twice. The City Council ia evenly divided as to local parties. Th Mayors elected In other cities of tha Dominion are: Ex-Mayor Fleming, Toronto, GOO majority over Shaw; Chatham, Campbell, by acclamation; London, Little, by acclamation; Hamilton, Guckett, 1,!K)0 majority. FLEET OF M0NIT0IIS. Nine "Terrors" at the Leaene Island Xnry Yards Examined. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6. Acting under Instructions from the Navy Department, a board of naval officers has been examining the nine monitors lying at the League Island navy yard with the view of ascertaining their exact condition. The vessels of war examined ar the Nahant, Jason, Canonicus, Mahopac. Manhattan, Wyandotte, Montauk, Catskill and Lehigh. The exact nature of the report which the board will make to the Secretary of the Navy cannot bo ascertained, but It Is understood that all of the boats can be put In timclass fighting trim at a moderate cost within a short time. The Texas to Be Reconstructed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. The Texas will go out of commission at the Norfolk navy yard, where she arrived Saturday evening, anl after a board of survey has submitted to the Navy Department estimates covering the cost of the alterations to bo made in the ship, she will be turned over to the navy yard officials, who will undertake tfce work. It is estimated that the changes will occupy at least three months, and the ship may not be ready for service aain before next summer. While it would be possible to make tho changes piecemeal between cruises and keep the Texas in commission, it is believed that it will be more economical to lay her up and complete the work without interruption. The Amphitrlte Sent South. CHARLESTON, ft. C, Jan. 6. The monitor Amphitrlte, having taken aboard a supply of coal, sailed at 0 o'clock this morning for Key Wwt to relieve the cruiser Cincinnati of patrol duty on the Florida COiiSt. CUR I STM A S A FT Kit 31 AT If. An K.iohunKc of Gifts Sometimes Lend to Queer Discoveries. New York Evening Sun. Not all the after Christmn shopping crowds are made up of those who are setting right the presents they didn't expect. "Exchanging things" la an occupation that takes much time and attention Just after Christmas. Gifts of n certain class have a way of trotting In pairs upon Christmas day that is as curious as it is provoking. Jewelry, small articles of silver and noveltics in brie-n-brae are almost sure, to come In twos. They are quite often sure to be marked, too, so that their exchange Is impossible. Bonks are certain to be duplicated. Nothing is surer than that the first volume received by you at Christmas time will be later supplemented by another. There's a kind of destiny about It. As a conseriuer.ee nearly every bookshop In the city is just now swarming with persons desirous of making exchanges. I In welcome discoveries aro sometimes made In this way. A big man in a bookshop on Monday last was vainly trying to induce the saleswoman to take back a volume that she declared thev bad never had in stock. "But it was done up In your wrapping paper and your label Is on tho flyleaf," persisted the man, whereupon tho saleswoman consulted the higher powers and returned with the dictum that they had once had the book in stock but It wa3 ten years ago. "You sea its pages are rather yellow," she said. Somebcdy v ho bought it hero ten years ago anl has been keeping it all the time has jut given It to you. but we cun't take it back, for there's no call for It nowadays." Whereat the man turned away In anger as well as sorrow. Enterprising Individuals-generally women exchange the duplicate for a cheaper article, and are thus $1 or 13 "in" besides. "Pooh," exclaimed one witness of these various exertions, "I r.evcr go to the bother of exchanging my duplicate presents. I put them carefully away, and then when r.ext Christmas come I give them away again. I dispose of all my usly and really useless presents in the same 'way. Of course, I'm careful never to send anything to its original donor, but all sorts of accidents w ill happen, and I've been nearly found out two or three times. 1 once receive! a hideous skewer sort of tortoise shell thing for my hair. Now. I never wear anvthln? like ornaments in my hair ur.der anV elrcumstancs, end this thing was peculiarly obnoxious to me. I calmly laid It away, and when the next Christmas came I sent it to a girl who did like such things. She was a pirl who didn't know tlie original donor of the pift, so I felt perfectly sate in so doing. But one day the original donor and the not original recipient iret, and at my house. The original donor asked to see the 'very pretty pin' that the not original recipient wore In her hair. 'Why. it's almost exactly like ore that I gave Mamie a year npro,' :he sMid. 'Innee-I. it s just liut hen? mv d'.piorr.Hcy came to the rescue. I changed the subject cf the conversation, and the crisis was averted. But. narrow as the escape was, the thing's not likely to Sisppen once in a hundred times. Depend upon it. the be?t an I most economical way to dispose of your dupllcite presents L. to give them to other people." Paid the Widow 11,000. CINCINNATI, O.. Jan. 6. V.. B. Burnet, formerly United States district attorney here, later held some time in prison by Judge Sage for not answering certain questions Ii a trial in which Burnet was sued for JU.OCO. which be was charged with mlsap: ropriatlng while acting as trustee of a wl low's estate, purged himself of contempt to-dav arxl discharged his full obllttions to the wloiw. Mrs. Hliza Bennett, bv payinsr her SHkJ cash. This fully clears Mr. Burnet of a!l charse by the Cnited .Stites Court and all obligations as tho widow's trustee. He has been 'long in New York, and has made money there. Lestnutou Hns Two Mayors. LEXINGTON. Ky Jan. C Joseph B. Flmrall w.ts ;voni in this ir.orr.Ing as Mayor, but Henry T. Duncan holds on to the ofllee. The latter was elected in 1S9I, and claims that the constitution gives him four years. The city charter says his term explid to-day. Duncan has liled suit to retain ofhee. Both are Democrats.

THE RICH TRANSVAAL

RAPID GltOWTII OF Tlin RLPOnADO, 1VITH A LITTLE OP ITS HISTORY. Illne of Johannesburg: Within n Few Years, Owing to the Gold-Mining Industry Three Beneficiaries. The history and rare natural resources of the Transvaal are set forth by the Earl of Dunmore and published in the current number of William Waldorf Astors Tali Mall Magazine. We learn from It that the 10th of last July will ever be a red-letter day in the calendar of the Transvaal, for that date marks a new era in the history of "The Golden City." As tho clocks of Johannesburg struck the hour of 12 the chairman of the Stock Exchange mounted his rostrum and made the extraordinary announcement that the output of gold for the month of June, 1S93, had reached the hitherto unprecedented amount f 200,911 ounces, representing in money a sum equivalent to 775,000. This announcement, be it clearly understood, had reference only to the output of those mines on the Wltwatersrand gold fields (commonly known as "The Rand Mines"), the main reef of which runs practically .through the city of Johannesburg. Needless to say, this satisfactory announcement wa9 received with hearty cheers by the members, end one of the evening journals of that date thus describes the latter part of tho scene: "Several of the leading firms having sent in cases of champagne in honor of the occasion, the market between 12 o'clock and 1 p. m. was particularly vigorous." Johannesburg. Lord Dunmore tells us, is an English city, overflowing with sturdy Britons who have not forgotten 1S&) and 1SS1; "men who never can, and never will, lose sight of the fact that the Transvaal, a country rich beyond the dreams of avarice, was once the property of our QueenEmpress until a It a J leal government, with senseless haste and reckless pusillanimity, gave it over into the hanis of Its present owners. However, let us try and obliterate from our memories that shame-laden epoch and make the best of the flag whlohi floats over tho 'new . Eldorado, and let us skip those five intervening years and bring the date up to 1S&5, les3 than ten short years ago, ani try and Imagine ourselves standing on he Rand, 'with an annual value of close on ten millions worth of undiscovered gold lying under our feet that Rand which was in those davs nothing more nor less than bare veldt (like an American prairie), with perhaps a few Kaffir graals and a Boer's farm or two In sight. Could any one have foreseen, or have in any way realized that during an incredible short space of time, ou that strecch of bare veldt there tvould spring up a large, prosperous city, teeming with workers of different industriesa city of fine broad streets and finer buildings (sure indications of the great wealth of their occupants)a city of electric lights and tramways, of hotels, clubs, restaurants, theaters, music halls, cricket and polo grounds and .two race courses a city with a population of sixty thousand souls, three dally and three weekly newspapers, only forty-nine hours from Cape Town and only 4G0 hours from London. "Johannesburg Increases not only every year and every month, but actually every week, as each steamer from Kurope lands her consignment of passengers at Cape Town, many of them bound 'for the Rand. most of them suffering from that insatiable thirst for the precious metal which some cynical old English vrltsr has characterized as 'the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world "As the main reef of the Wltwatersrand gold field runs east and wet and dips to the south, the city of Johannesburg is built to the north of it, and is spreading daily north, east and west, the south being entirely taken up with mining plant. 6team engines, tall iron chimneys and the. hun-dred-and-one accessories of the gold mining Industry being visible east and west as far as the eye can reach, while the dull roar of the stamp mlll3 ceases not day or night. HIGH-PRICED GROUND. "In the city Itself land fetches about as much per foot as it does In London, and outside the commercial quarter, round about the plejnt ,. wooded suburbs of Doomfonteln, Brcurrif ostein, Jeppestown, Bopuescus and Hospital Hill 'stands of fifty leet frontage by a hundred feet in depth fetch from 230 up to 7CK each, according to locality, and the probability is that in twelve months time theso prices will double themselves. "Huch is Johannesburg, only a young child of nine years of age, end yet It is some time since ho put away her dolls and pinafores to become the golden queen of the Southern Hemisphere and the commercial and financial center of Southern Africa. And all t his has come to pars owing to the energy, determination and enterprise of a handful of pioneers, whose skill and pertinacity wcr concentrated upon the exploration, exploitation and development of the greatest fsrold fields in the whole world. In corroboration of hls statement I may say that the Witwatf rsrand gold field which for brevity I will in future call the Rand mines produces S8 per cent, per annum cf all the gold that is found in the State, and yiell to the world over 25 per cent, of It-s total gold supply. Although comparisons are said to be odious It Is still necessary sometimes to make them, and In this eao I would call attention to the relative values cf these South African pold fields and 'those of West Australia. The total output of the latter for the year is quoted offlcHlly at 236,600 ounces of gold, shereas two months' output from the Band mines is loS.000 ounces in excess of thrse rgure3. "It waa in the month cf May. 1S37. that t'he first output was registered on the Rand, and this was the result of the Wemmer crushing with five stamps 10) tons of ore. For June and July the Wemmer was Ftill the or.ly mine having stamp at work, but In August It was joined by the Crown Reef and Knight's, and by the month of October by :he Meyer and Charlton, tho Fcrreira, Hae Georcre Goch. the Jubilee, the Jumpers, the Salisbury and the Stanhcpe. and in that month the output reached 4,0?) ounces. Since then the output has Increased almost continuously until It has reached Its present hue total. "In December, 1S30, the fifty-thousand-ounce figure was first reached, the output for that month being 50.352 ounces. In .lune, l&rj, the output was just double viz., 105,?f2. and last month that figure was again doubled, so In four years and a half the output from these mines has been quadrupled. Up to ltfH) the output was made un entirely cf geld from the mill and from alluvial washings; after that the McArthurEcrrest cyanide, and other chemical processes for treating tailings, came into operation on a small scale, and now the amount of gold recovered in this way amounts to considerably over C0.00O ounces a month. In ISO the mining operations in the Transvaal had surpassed the expectations of the most sanguine, the confidence destroyed by former reckless speculators had been entirely restored,' and new foreign markets were opened to tie. Trar.svaal. "On Deo. 31, IS'M the date up to which the government official mining report had been -made upward of a hundred and forty different mining companies that were in full work sent In official statements, and there were probably other mining companies whose wcrks were not in a sufficiently forword state to warrant their giving figures. However, the nominal capital of those mines who did send in statemorits amounted to 2.7"'-2.8!.". fVe ?sued capital amounted to J.9HC21, '.he .vorking to CT.Stt.SU. or 34 l-'t per cent, of the Issued capital. The total amount cf dividends paid out by the aforementioned minir.c: companies, from their formation up to Dec. 31. 1S:J. was I3.503.S67 a sum equivalent to 20 per cent, cf t'ae value of the gold productions. "The dividends raid out from Dec. ?1, ISftt. to Dec. SI. 11. amounted to l.G473, or a sum eoual to 23.5 per cent, of the gross value of the gold produced during the venr, or 47 per cent of the total amount paid In dividfnds tip to Dec. 31. ISO. In order to give the render some sort of extirpate of the increased value in the shares of the Rand mines (fifty-two only of the principal of which are quoted In tho official report), thir market value on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange at the commencement of thp year 1S01 amounted to 13.m7.4J4!. and on Dec. 31. the value of those same shares amounted to 31,752,613 an increase of 134 per cent. "These fiftv-two Rand mines contributed 2.Cf0.iro out of the aforesaid total dividends of fa f.nnr.7 t;aM ud to Dee. 31. li3: and for the year l9i thev contrihuted fl.Hl,7Sl out' of the total dividends of 1.617.0(3. or near ly three-fourths cf the whole In each case. "Although these Rand mines are extraordinarily rich In sold, yet there are many oth-rs in the Transvaal. I will not say richer, but which yield very large returns. The gmnd total of the progressive output from the whole State proves this, as it nmounted on Dee. 31. 1KM, to the extraordinary figure of ES.OOO.Ort. The total expenditure for last year (1S34) on 1C4 gold mines (including twenty-four coal mines) amounted to 6,153,410, a very large proportion of which huge sum was expended In the country and circulated amonest the 1 natives (Kaffirs), of whom there were 42,504

employed, being an increase of twelve thouFand in those 'employed in and of white men -employed above ground an increase of 1,400 on 1893. For this amount of labor there were 3.4S9.013 tons of ore -extracted from the bowels of the earth; and, taking these workmen all round, their average productive value works out at 160 per head. THE LABOR QUESTION. "One of the burning questions just now occupying the attention of the Chamber of Mines Is the native labor question; and, unless all the mining companies co-operate and back each other up, it will be a neverending one. There is no doubt but what the wag?3 are in some cases far too high, and if these extravagant prices could be only reduced a much largerand " a payable area of ground could be brought under exploration, the development of which would add further rich streams of geld to the already overflowing coffers- of the Dutch treasury, the mining industry having alono in 1S94 contributed 43& per cent, of the entire revenue ot the State. "It is therefore obvlou3 that the republic of the Transvaal 1 not only be rented to an enormous extent by tnts goid-mlmng industry, but holds as wen tne unique pcsiuon ot bein the largest gold producer in the world. ' Everything connected with goldmining increases pro rata. Thus, as new mining companies are Moated, more claims are pegged out. And while on the subject of claims perhaps it will be as wed for me to shortly describe, for the benefit of such of my Knlisa readers as are not up in the subject, the modus operandi of tne prosIecior and his right to peg. In the beginning of the eighties the nrst gold law was passed; Section 1 declaring, as a principle, that the right to dispose of all precious minerals and precious stones is vested in the State. "Now, for private rights. No prospecting is allowed on private ground without the written consent of the owner and a license from the State. When minerals or previous stones are found upon other than private lands then the government has the rlgnts to 'proclaim those lands as a public digging.' In the case of private property tne owner mu3t have three months notice, and he also is entitled to have his dwelling place t'werf ) and his cultivated lands ex

cluded from the operation of the law. He is also entitled to have a 'mynpacht or mining lease over an area equal to 10 per cent, of the whole area of his farm. He Is likewise entitled to 'owner's claims. His werf and 'mynpacht can never be included amongst proclaimed lands, and he is entitled to locate his 'mynpacht' and his owner's claims wherever he chooses before the rest of his farm is proclaimed. "After the law has been complied with as above, then the prospector on pegging intent comes in. He takes out a license, and (aided by powers of attorney from other people) pegs off as many claims as he pleases on the rest of the farm. The license for a prospector's claim is 5s per month or 3 per annum, such money being" divided equally between the government and the owner of the farm. If those clalma prove auriferous and a shaft is sunk and a mine established that 3 is paid In perpetuity. If, on the other hand, the claims are abandoned the license lapses. If licenses are not paid up to thirty days after due date claims can be recovered on payment of arrears and a fine. After that date government may sell for the benefit of the public treasury. 'The penalty for maliciously interfering with a peg is very heavy three years' imprisonment. 'Cursed is. he who re move th. his neighbor's landmark,' said the Mosaic law. That applies equally in the Transvaal, the only difference being that the curse Is accompanied by a heavy monetary imposition, or the incarceration aforesaid. The Increase of the last twelve months' pegging over that of the previous year amounts to 14,283 claims, the total number of claims pegged by diggers and prospectors beinc 62.4S9. Thore are, therefore, three parties in the State (other, of course, than the proprietors of the mines) who benefit largely by the mining industry: 1. The government, who." besiJes other sources of revenue, receives over 90,000 per annum for claim licenses. 2. The Dutch farmers, who divide among themselves a like sum for claim licenses, to say nothing of the larger sums they occasionally receive for their farms when tbey sell them out. 3. The native Kaffir, who earns sometimes as high as 1 a week, and seldom less than 3 per month. "Owing to the introduction of new improvements in machinery and various economic devices whereby the precious metal can be extracted at the very smallest cost to the producer, the gold fields of the Trarfsvaal are probably at this moment In a more advanced stage of perfection than any other gold fields in the world, notwithstanding the dire prophecies their detractors at one time uttered." SHE TRAM PED ACROSS ALASKA. Adventures ot a Young White Woman In tne t'pper Yukon Region. San Francisco Examiner. , Among recent arrivals here on the steamer Bertha, from Alaska, was Mrs. T. N. lieaumont, of Fort Yukon, the first white woman who evtr crossed the perilous Chilkat pass. Mrs. Beaumont is tho wife of tho post trader at Fort Yukon, and went into the wilds of that foction four years ago. In order to cross the Chilkat pass she had to don a" man's apparel. Tho snow was fearfully deep, and as she had to walk with the men who were druwing Fledges loaded with freisrht there was no other way that she could dress and live. Mrs. Beaumont has put in two winters at FoTt Yukon and one at Ranipsrt House, near the boundary line bctweert Alaska and British America. She is a modest little woman, scarcely twenty years of age. Prior to poing to the far interior by the Yukon route she and her husband had lived in the larger cities of the Eastern States. She says, however, that at no time since going to Yukon has she felt lonesome, though there were no other white persons than her husband and children within many hundreds of miles. Sometimes, too, she was left alone for weeks whilo her husband went down the river to get more goods for his post. At such times the Yukon Indians swarmed around, coming from the further wilds to exchange their furs for supplies. Mrs. Beaumont carried cn the trading. Fhe says they never attempted to molest her, and she was so busy with the duties of the post that the idea scarcely entered her mind. Only one white woman had previously h raved th wilds of the upper Yukon, and she was the wife of an Eng.Ish missionary. "It was in March. 1832. that I started with my husband to Fort Yukon," said Mrs. Beaumont. "As no other white woman had ever crossed th rnowy Chilkat pass It was deemed a very hazardous undertaking. I was not. however, afraid, and I got through with entire safety. In fact. I rather enjoyed it. The snow was very deep, and part of the time it was very cold, but I put on one of the native coats, which had a hood for the head and holes through which to see. We had plenty cf bed clothing, carried on the sledges, which enabled us to keep warm at night. My experience at Fort Yukon has been very pleasant. The pest Is cn the edge of the hills a littlo way from the Yukon, and on its west bank. In summer there were a great variety of wild flowers, among which are roses, bluebells, yellow flowers of all kinds and many others, until they faiily carpeted the entire surroundings. In winter the snow was very deep, but I was so busy cooking, sewing, attending to the children and with the details of household work that I did not think much about it. . "Our trade ha been almost solely with the Indians. The Indians brought in lynx, otter, beaver, mink and other skins, and for all these we exchanged such thlncs as we kept in stock fcr the Indian trade. There are four cr ilve families of Indians that live almost continuously In the vicinity of the fort, but many times as many as fifty Indians would come in from long hunting trips. East winter we came up to Rampart Houe, on the boundary, with a stock of goojs, thinking it would be a good place to trade for awhile. It Is fourteen days' journey by boat from Fort Yukon, and the ice caused us considerable trouble, but we s:ot through safely. We found, however, when we got back in the spring that the Indians had broken Into the fort anl stolen quite an amount of our sroods. "My husband was the first man to successfully open and continue an American trading post at Fort Yukon, though two or threo others had attempted it. The Huiron Bay Company had for some time eonducted a post there, though that was before Alaska was purchased by the Unltel States. "We have rot nlcng very well with it. anl are entirely satisfied with our experiences on the Yukon. Mv husband was for some years with the United States coast and geodetic survey in Alaska. He went there four years a?o with J. E. McGrath and was entirely familiar with the opportunities for trading." CuukM Mn Wlnjr; UnKtin DoIIarn. ST. IXHTIS, Jan. 6. James W. Blake, who titjH he has teen a railroad man all his life, was captured in a room on Pine street this afternr.cn just as he was preparing to beqin a job of counterfeiting. I'nlted States Marshal Lvr.ch and Deputy Quayle came on him as be was in the act of melting the metal end captured a set of plarter cf parls molds fnr silver dollars and other implements. The prisoner was taken tefcre United States Commissioner Gray, who he!J him in bonds of ftwo to appt-ar before the United States District Court May 4. The oSlcers say he is probably a member of a -ins. Blake Implicates a man named Fred. Gibbons in the crime. Huyler's Cocoa and Chocolates are unsurpaBsed for thIr purity and deUcinusness of lla vcr. All grocers.

A TRIP TO FORTY-MILE

Tiin niQtn mixing s cttlem ext HARD TO GET AT. A Monntnlnona Journey, Supplemented by llont liuiltllnic nnl n APnter Trip of About Tr.O Miles. Letter In Roston Transcript Now that the dispute as to whether Fortj--Mile is in the United states or British territory has apparently been decided, the personal experiences of one who has made the trip may be cf some interest. My friend K. bad made up his mind during the winter cf '92 to go the following summer to the Yukon, partly with a view to mining, but mostly out of shetr curiosity, and I, being at the "loose er.d," accepted his invitation to accompany him. We were neither of us "tenderfect" by any means, both of us having been on tho frontier for some years, and, consequently, hardened to rough travel; so that when K. said that it was his Intention to go to Forty-Mile creek by way of the lakes of the upper Yukon, I was not at all disappointed, as that rou'te offered chances of seeing more of the country than by going in by the mouth of the Yukon, the usual way. Our starting point was , Chllcat. on the Alaska coast, to reach which place we traveled to Victoria, British Columbia, by the Canadian Pacific railway; from thence we took passage on a tramp steamship to Chilcat, going by what is known as the "inside route" that is, keeping between the mainland and the iyands, which are very numerous on the coast. On the way up we called at Nanaimo, the great British Columbia coaling station, and passed Innumerable islands, capes and bays, the scenery all the way being a gorgeous panorama of mountains, which I shall not attempt to describe here. We passed the mouth of the Skeena river, the point at wnicb, in 1866, the Western Union Telegraph Ccmpany sent a construction party with a view of connecting Europe and America by means cf a cab'.e across the Bering straits, but the project was abandoned & the succeeifui laying ot the Atlantic cable. To this point, also, an alternative route for the Cauad.an 1'acirlo railway was roughly surveyeu In l7u. We crossed tht boundary between British Columbia and Alaska in latitude 61 ueg. 4o rain. The next point of Interest Fort Wrangel, the gateway to the Cussa.; gold mines of normem British Columbia and the scene of many a coniltct bfctw.tu the Hudson's Bay Company and one of the Governors of Russian America, who gave his name to the town. Hero may be seen the totem poles, the "coats of arms," so to Epeak, of the native aristocracy of Alaska, that stand before the houses, grotesquely carved to represent strange animals. Ihey sometimes serve as tombstones of Indian chiefs, whose bonew rest in boxe3 on the poles. They are not, as some think, symbols of worship, but simply heraldic trees. Next we pass Holkham bay, where placer mining was first begun in Alaska, in 1876. At last we reach Juneau, the metropolis of the North, ar.d certainly one Is surprised at the advanced state of civilization that exists in this Alaskan town. There are numerous shops, two weekly papers, with churches, schools and a population, of three thousand souls. Its surroundings are beautiful in the extreme. On Douglas Island, near by, is the famous Treadwell mine, with the greatest crushing mill in the world and an annual output of something like Jl.OuO.OUO. BEGINNING TILE INLAND TRIP. From Juneau we steamed straight to Chilcat, which Is just.l.OCO miles from Victoria, and the point from which we started on our inland "trip. Chilcat is quite an Important place in its way; it has trading stores, a church, etc. Here we were given to understand that after crossing tho Katusk mountains we should have to build a boat, first cutting down the trees and sawing the logs Into planks on the shore of lAke Uinderman, the first of the Upper Yukon chain. So we provided ourselves with a pit-saw, axes, nails, etc., and looked about for some Indians to act as guides? and as "beasts of burden" (as K. called them) for us. After a delay of two daya we were able to hire for the sum of $t a day apiece and their food four Indians who knew the trail and who would pilot us over the mountains to the head lake chain. Our course lay across to Chilkoot inlet and across the Katusks to Lake Linderman. This climb from the summit cf the mountains from the time we began to ascend until we reached the summit was very hard work; there is no road at all and it was a matter of stepping from rock to rock like Koats, for the most part, carrying about sixty pxund3 of "swag" apiece, for we did our share with the Indians. These Indian guides cf ours were the most miserable specimens of the "noble red man" I have ever seen, and I have lived amon? Indians a pood deal. They did not compare well -with any of the Indians of the western plains, being lcv in stature and very dirty. Of course, all Indians are more or le.s dirty it is a matter of dirty! dirtier!! dirtiest!!! These were dirtiest. We made long days during this tramp, as wo had plenty of daylight, night being only nominal here In summer. One can see to read till 12 o'clock (midnight), and it is daylight as early as 2 in the morning. The mosquitoes and sandflies in these parts are very bad Indeed; '"they make life one continual scratch." as K. put it. One of our Indians. Black Fox. could speak a little Knsdish, and from him K. extracted some littlo Information e.bout his tribe. We had noticed that the features of these Indians were very like these of Chinese; they had almond eyes and high cheek bones, small hands, with loner, thin fingers, and their color was that dull yellow which seems more in keeping with the Chinese than the Indian. Black Fox told us this much about his people. He said: "Many moons past my people, they come in canoe acrors the big lake (meaning t lie Straits of Berlnp); other tribes be come too my people kill ether tribes. We rome day kill all white men." Nice, cheerful news to hear when tramping with the people that are going to kill all whites, two to one on a lonely mountain trip. It is stranee that this belief that some day a leader will arisi and leal the red men against the white, to the total annihilation cf tho latter, infests tho Indjan mind throughout the West, from Alaska to Mexico. We noticed that each or.e of these Indians wore a senl'i tooth suspended from his neck by a small necklace of beads. K. discovered that these seals' teeth wre believed to be a charm against sickness, and tried to Induce them to sell them to us, but found that neither tohaceo nor tea would tempt them to part with so precious a possession. The; last mile and a half of our tramp to the summit tock us n'e hourR to make, part of the distance having to be done on our hands and knees, and our "swng" having to be carried by sections in six trips. There was some snow in the mountains, and far more vegetation than we expected to see. RO AT BUILDING. Wo made the descent, to Lake Linderman In good time, having crossed the mountains without adventure except a demand from our guides for extra pay. which led to our having to show them Who was master and who was servant. On arriving at the lake we dismissed the Indians, though we should have liked to keep one of them to pilot us down thechaln, but none of them would stay unless they all did. so we paid them and let them go. Near the shore of the lake we found a saw pit already dug. so we set about cutting down trees with which to build our boat. Luckily K. and I were pretty handy with tools, and at the end of nine days we had sawed the planks and built a punt which, if it was not a beauty, saw us through some 750 miles of lake and river navigation safely. We left the head of I.ake Linderman. punting or rowing", as it suited us best, keeping near the shore all the time, for although this made the trip- loncer bv a good many miles, we bad been warned of the squalls that spring up so suddenly on these waters, and so for safety's Fake we thought It best to hug the nhore. especially as v,e had nelfctcl to bring tow and pitch and our boat was only caulked with rutrs. cn.cn of uh havlni? acrtncel f-ome article of clothing for thlJ purpose. Hut soaked the boat well before we started, and it was uurprislnff how little she Ieate1. In thii way ve crossed IKo Linderman ar.d four other lakes, the r.ame of ore of which we neveir .found out; then Iake Ben-be-tt. Lake Marsh and Lake Kluh-tas-ri. the latter being the last of the cftain and jblnir.g the Yukon. These lakes are similar iV character, beinir Joined to eacVi other "-y , cteeta of various lenrths, 'ntf s" UhatOs,

THE STAR OP HOPE.

7 i "I ha(L,t lhope and jti my father's t said Mrs. V Evans, of A badJot &a srone to to die," MOLIS Mound. Corf cil Co., Texas. I cave birta to a 1 baby a year ago. the ft ' Jin oi lunc iasv shc adds, Mand seemed to do very . v - A well for 8 or 9 days. 1 and thca I besn to i feel very bad, mv feet bejan to swell. my stotr.ach was all -VL'-'l wrong and I seemed rc" ?5 to suffer with everything that could be wrong and I seemed thing that could be borne. I was in bed 5 months and there was not a dar that it SVl seemed I conld live. i-CJWe had the best doctors that our I country afforded. X 'was a skeleton. Every one that saw me thought that I would never cet well. I had palpita tion and pain in the heart terrible pain in my right 6ide just under the ribs, terrible headaches all the time ; a bearing down sensation ; a distressed feeling in my stomach all the time ; conld hardly eat anyth'taf and it looked as if I would starve. All the time I would take such weak trembling spells, and it seemed as if I could not stand it. There were six doctors treating me when I commenced taking your medicine. I had to die lost all hope and pone to niy father's . I commenced taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and his 'Fa vorite Prescription' tbgtther, and I took them regularly until I felt as if life was worth living again." I weigh more than I have weighed for ten years. My friends say that I look better than they ever saw me. The first two lotties did tne more good than all the medicine I had taken. My stomach has never hurt tne since. I can cat anything I war.t and as much as I want. 1 f you want to use thii in favor of your medicine, I an a living witcess to testify to it. and will, to anybody who wants to know further of my case." Milken trees that have been blown do vn r.iklr.g traveling I a r.gcrous In !:cey. All the lakes lie in a pei'c.t bed of mountains, snowcapped for the mft part: and the scenery is perfect c 11 the way down the hain. We saw or.ly one hunuj bt-Irc; -while crossing the lakes. In fact, betw -n the time v. railed with our India: . r-' eur arrival at Korty-Mile. It was or.e "-nlrxT while punting alorg the fnores cf T, ;ke Marsh that we mw a little Indian hoy, apparently about seven or right yea ol t. standing all by himself on tvie i-hcrcs. '.V rut in, and serin Ihu he was in a hau'-starved condition, we fc 1 the ocr little chap, die was la a horribly nithv '-ration, nd his clothing consisted of a ; e of old blanket. We waited for rome ., and as cio one turned up to claim him l.e being more than willing, we took him v;th us. He was a useless little mvag. but we could not find it in our hearts to ;r?v-2 him to his fate. We handed him over to .some Indian- at I'orty-.Mile, who ur.dtrtcok to look after him. On leaving Lake Kluh-tas-si we ft! ruck th Yukon r roper and were glad enough to be done with lake navigation. The current of the Yukon Is ttrorp. fo, as we were frolnjr down stream, we could make from twenty-' five to thirty miles a day. counting the portages we had to make around rnplds. The river runs through mountains till the 1'eily river Joins It. and from th re to Forty-Mile creek, through1 a broken country, wooded and fn places seme a hat mountainous. We arrived at Forty-Mile, the trip having taken us about two months. The town of Forty Mile is exactly at the Junction of Forty-Mile creek and the Yukon river. When we were there there were in the camp about six hundred miners, of al! nationalities Americans, Englishmen, Scots, Irish, Chinamen, and. strange thoujrli true, two Arabs. This spring, I hear, a detachment of the Canada Northwest mounted police has been stationed at Forty-Mile. The Alaska Trading Company of Chlcagrs store is the principal place of business. Tb company does a general business in mintrs supplies and also acts as bankers, and to their credit be it faid that their dealings with the miners are always of the most honorable nature. A Church cf Luglar.d misflo.ia ha3 bis headquflrters at Fvrty-M!le. lie and hlo plucky little Lnr.nsn wire have Uvea on the Yukon for twenty years, going down to civilization every four or live years. A Tlirlfly Ilridc. Philadelphia Iterord. "You would be surprised," said a salesman in a Chestnut-street store, "at the methods to raise money resorted to by some women who have all the ear-marks of aristocracy. Yesterday, for Instance, a younjr bride, whose wedding recently furnished material for columns of newspaper talk, came into this store followed by a footman- who earrled a hutje bundle. Th footman put his bundle down on the counter and proceeded to unarap the envelopin?, three or four thicknesses of paper. When this was done, a couple of doz.i of piush Jewelry boxes were disclosed to view. 'Now.' said th young woman. T want yon to r.Mke me an offer for these. If we ran arrive at a Fati.-factory agreement on this lot I wiil bring you two or t'Tee mere lo:s in a day or two. I assure.! ih youns woman that no matter how mueh 1 should personally like to ohlle her, our firm never bousht old hox.es. .he s-emed asfounHe., and was Inrllncd to ari'e the matter with me. I toll her very lirtnly but p:Iltely that there was no use in discussing the matter, the rules of the bouse could not be broken upon any account. Then she prew Indignant, and aid: 'Why didn't yo:i ted rne that In the first pla.'e and have me all the trouble, of unwrapping the bjyrs. 'Yon' pave me no opporturi'y. mad? me.' said I. Then she said mean things a!-out rr ard the firm, while the footman was making up the bundle acain. Then she started ctf to llnd some more congenial tirni." A Mynlrry. Washington Tost. We often wonder bow Mr. tleorxe W. Smally can consent to rertiuin In this nawsty country. t " i Brown" Ilrcmchlnl Troches Are excellent for Uie r-h -f of lloa MiieM or Kor Throat They are exctedialy effeitlve." OirU Uu World, London. Kn. Ministers Should Use Dr. Miles' Heart Cure. Am a-THIIERE 13 KO PROFESSION, -whoa M labors so severely tax tho nervous ytern, as that of the ministry. The derangement of the nerve centers of tho brain Ly over work, frequently brings on attacks f heart trouble, and nervous prostration. T-cv. J. P. Koitcr, 51. D., Pastor U. D. church, London Mills. Ills., nlmself a physician, writes Feb. 2C, "Heart affection and nervous prostration had becomo 60 serious last fall that a little over work in th - pulpit would so completely prostrate me Tr MUpc that It seemed certain I JJl AA1A must relinquish th work Heait CUre of tLe alnUtrj entirely. Heart palpitation becata KeSIOreS to bad that my auditors TTailfl-i vould ask mo If I di4 not xlCallU haro heart disease. Last Korembcr I commenced taking Dr. Miles Kcw Heart Cure alternately with Dr. MllcV Kervlno and derived tho greatest jjossibla ijenefit. I havo jutclo-.cd revival work of 10 weeks, proachlng nearly every tiiht and twice on tho Sabbath. I can speak forhoun without suffering as I formerly did. Hard working ministers should keep Dr. Miles grand remedies on hand. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Is sold on guarantee first botU irlU Uctiflt or ooaej refunded.

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