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A house in a New York town was struck by lightning seven times in one day last week. This may be called the electrocution of an old proverb.

It is estimated that Japan will import during this year 1,000,000 barrels of our flour, China is also purchasing our wheat in quantities.

A southern California farmer figufed out one dry day that he had walked 300 miles in eultivating an orchard. He thereupon sold his place and moved to town, where he walked 600 miles to find something to do for a living. :

Lord Kelvin has devised a plan at Shoreditch, England, by which garbage is consumed by electricity and the resulting gases used for fuel. Science is determined to show that there is no such thing as necessary waste.

The Brookiyn (N. Y.) directory ought to run an influenza department. Zmidzinski, appears therein, and Zidnilski, not to mention Zolotnitzki and Zwetschkenbaum. Yachezyk leans .up against Syctrodowsky, while Pfannenschmidt and Acchtenflacht sneeze along together.

Florence Nightingale received her Christian name from the town in which she was born—TFlorence, Italy. Her name is not Nightingale, but Shore, her father being a Nottingham banker, who inherited the estates of Peter Nightingale on condition - that he assume the name.

An American on the Klondike writes kome: “There is no language strong enough to deseribe the fierceness of the mosquitoes. They would soon kill a person if gloves and veiling were not constantly worn.” Alaskans will feel better when they hear that the New Jersey mosquitoes this year are just as dangerous.,

The longest tunnel in existence will be the one under Pike’s pealk, but just so long as railroad companies persist in lighting the lamps before reaching a tunnel they needn’t expect it to become particularly attractive or interesting to the younger members of the traveling public, no matter how long it takes to get through.

It is reported that a society has been formed in the east composed exclusively of college men, whose object is to secure laws providing for the electrocuting of idiots, lunatics, deformed children and old people. It isto be hoped that the ignorant will not take this society as an evidence of what college usually does for young men. - 5

A Boston swimmer has attempted to swim across the English channel, but failed by about three miles. The feat is one-to test the greatest strength, skill and endurance. It has been accomplished a few times before, notably some years ago by Capt. Henry Webb, but-many more have failed than succeeded. Twenty-one miles of the roughest water and the strongest tides lie between the lEnglish and French s%gres, andhe isindeed a splendid swimmer who can buffet successfully this waste. .

Klondike is not to monopolize all the interest in gold discoveries. Simultaneously with the announcements from Alaska come others telling that gold has also been found in Pennsylvania, California, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan and Illinois. A man in New York has also discovered a method of extracting gold from Mexican silver dollars, and-a company has been formed for the purpose of transmuting gold from the pate de foi gras which grows so plentifully on the White mountaine. :

The autopsy of the body of a young lady who died suddenly in an eastern city revealed a myriad of tiny splinters of wood in the throat, esophagus and stomach, which the physicians traced to her habit of chewing toothpicks after lunchecon. This calls attention to the very vulgar habit which so many people have of chewing toothpicks upon the street. The toothpick is a useful thing in its place, but there is nothing so tramsgresses good taste as to appear upon the street with that article in the mouth. ' The custom has become so common as to attract attention everywhere. i

Since 1890 40 persons have died in the electric chair in New York state. From the creation of the state until 1890, when execution by electricity began, there were only 230 hangings. The great increase in the number of takings off is attributed to the greater liking of juries for.the electric method than for rope choking, and the removal of the place of execution from the vicinity of the crime, which lessens the appeal for executive clemency. The change of the method of terminating the lives of murderers is, says the Troy (N. Y.) Times, one of the most praiseworthy acts of civilization. LA AT TR TS SO A general migratory movement to Mexico is proposed by the Indians, The prohibition of polygamy by order of the government is said to be the cause, but it iz doubtful if the plan can be carried into effect. Uncle Sam might not object, but Mexico probably would. And even if the Indians were able to change their homes, it would probably not be long before many of them would come straggling back. The red man ~ has become largely dependent upon _government assistance. Such aid could ~ pot be expected fr;:")le Mexican gov- ~ ernment. and without it the Indian

Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, . FROM WASHINGT[ON. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, the exports amounted to $1,030,300, against $863,200,487 for the year ended June 30, 1896. The imports amounted to $754,717,609, against $779,724,674 for 1896, and the balance of trade in favor of the United States was $275,283,691, against $85,476,213 for 1896. The statement of the imports of sugar shows that the July importations at six principal ports aggregated 178,04,060 pounds, valued at $4,152,245. Of this amount 43,009,113 pounds, valued at $1,242,363, came in free under the reciprocal treaty with Hawaii. The report of the department of agriculture shows the following average crop conditions on August 1:- Corn, 84; No. 2 spring wheat, 86.7; spring rye, 89.8; oats, 86.0; barley, 87.5. Secretary Bliss, of the interior ' department, has taken cognizance of the rush to the Klondike gold fields and Alaska, and has issued a warning to the general public calling attention to the hardship and suffering which will have to be endured by those who attempt to go there at this time of the year. According to a treasury statement concerning the principal articles of domestic exports for July, 1897, the total value of the month’s exports ‘amount to $36,945,278, as against $35,645,849 for the same month in 1896, and $29,445,340 for the same month in 1895.

The'president has accepted an invitation to attend the Ohio state fair at Columbus, opening August 31. The president has appointed Ithan Allen Hitchcocl, of St. Louis, minister to Russia. ;

Treasury department statistics show that 283,832 immigrants came over last year and brought $3,541,241 with them, an average of about $l5 per head.

THE EAST.

The annual convention of the National Butchers’ Protective association was opened at Springfield, Mass., with a large attendance of the trade from the east and west.

In an attempt to escape from the state prison at Charleston, Mass., Her bert A. Willis, a prisoner, and his brother Everett were fatally shot, and several prison officials injured. George Weir and Martin Lillis were fatally injured by the explosion.of dynamite in a stone quarry at Easton, Pa. F. C. Conroy, the Ogdensburg (N. Y.) wife murderer, was executed by electricity at Clinton prison. The king of pacers, John R. Gentry, in an attempt to lower his own record at Poughleepsie, N: Y., went a mile in RORY%. ; J. C. Embry,- bishop of the African Methodist church in South Carolina, died at his home in Philadelphia. WEST AND SCUTH. The special election held in the Fourth (Ind.) congressional district to select a successor to the late William S.: Holman resulted in the election of Franecis M. Griffith (dem.). At Shelbyville, Ind., the infant son of Mrs. David Cherry was scalded to death by falling into a tub of boiling water,. :

¢ After cutting his wife’s throat at Chicago Charles M. Clifford ended his own earthly existence by shooting himself with a revolver, jealousy being the cause. ;

~About three hundred pounds of giant powder exploded in tthe St. Joe lead mine near Bonne Terre, Mo., killing William H. Waddern and Taylor Dodson. =

The common council of Fort Scott, Kan., is insisting that an occupation tax be assessed against the ministers of the town as a means of raising revenue to make up the deficiency occasioned by the closing of the saloons.

Mrs. Walkenstein, wife of a German tailor at Hayes City, Kan., shot a jeweler named Mulheim seriously and then shot and killed herself, jealousy being the cause. : : In state convention at Columbus, 0., populists nominated a ticket headed by Jacob 8. Coxey for governor. . In Chicago Judge Dunne held Alderman William Mangler guilty of contempt of court in refusing to:tell who offered him 32,000 for his voté and fixed the punishment at $l,OOO fine and 90 days’ imprisonment in the county jail. At Forest Home, Tex., during a quarrel J. I. Meadows was shot and instantly killed and Maj. Watson mortally wounded. Laboring under the delusion that he was being persecuted: John . Thomas ran amuck at Spokane, Wash., and as a result two men were mortally wounded and a man and boy seriously injured.

The democratic state convention in session at Roanoke, Va., nominated J. Hoge Tyler for governor. :

Pavid Delrich and wife were found murdered in their home three miles south of Bellefontaine, O. A bloody ax was found, showing how they had been murdered. :

Returns from the special election in the Fourth Indiana congressional distriet show a plurality of 1,114 for Francis M. Griffith (dem.) over Rev. Charles W. Lee (rep.). This is against a democratic majority last year of 825 for the late William S. Holman.

The death of Philip Korn, a wealthy coffee planter of San Salvador, occurred at Tallack Lake, Cal. He was one of the best-known coffee planters in Central America. ;

- At Durango, C 01.,, William Arey was shot and almost instantly killed by Dr. W. R. Winters. Alienation of his wife's affections was said to be the cause. -

Mary and Willie Vogel, aged ten and four years, respectively, were drowned in Blue river, near Crete, Neb. Harold Mosler, aged 15, of Kansas City, Mo., while visiting his father’s ranch near Chamberine, N. M., was hanged, it was supposed, by neighbors with whom the family have had trouble over their ranch boundaries. While jumping on a moving train at Milan, Mo., Milton Virden missed his footing and was instantly killed. Maud Young, aged 16, shot and killed her friend, Jennie Meyers, aged 19, and then killed herself, while visiting friends at Montpelier, O. No cause was known. for the act. An express train was wrecked near Caddo Mills, Tex., by, some one removing the fish plate. Messenger Rawlins ‘was killed and several passengers injured. ‘ : - In Chicago September wheat sold for 841, cents, an advance of 20 cents in 30 days, and it was expected -the price would reach the dollar mark before the end of the month, i L

Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks, cons victed at Jefferson, Ga., of the murder of Merchant M. C. Hunt, were sentenced to be hanged Friday, September 24. Rich gold finds were reported to have been made in Trinity county, Cal., one nugget unearthed weighing 2,400 ounces, valued at $42,000. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The murderer of Premier Canovas, of Spain, confessed that his réal name is Michele Angine Golli, that he is 26 years of age, a native of Boggia, near Naples, and that he assassinated the premier out of revenge. The Argentine Republic has decided ip prevent the landing of any Spanish anarchists on Argentine soil. Advices from Havana were to the effeet that in a battle with the insurgent troops at Matanzas thre Spanish troops lost heavily. Flames destroyed the greater part of the Russian town of Matislaval. Two hundred houses were burned, and a famous Jewish synagogue and six Jewish seminaries were ruined.

San Sebastian advices say that Golli, the assassin of Premier Canovas, in the course of a police examination declared that it would be President Faure’s turn next, Advices from Havana state that a Spanish spy, Miguel Besta, was hanged without trial by Baldomero Acosta, a prominent Cuban leader. A treaty was concluded between Spain and Peru providing that any question arising between the two governments shall besettled byarbitration. The government of Spain has issued an order that all claims for tobacco by American manufacturers in Cuba had been allowed, and the tobacco could be removed. ;

LATER NEWS.

- Herbert A.Willis, the Taunton (Masas.) murderer, who was recently shot in an attempt to escape from the state prison, died in the hospital at that institution. The leading commercial agencies report a steady increase in trade circles all over the country. Rev. W. T. Howe, son-in-law of Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, of the Episcopa: church, died from an overdose of hloral at the residence of the bishop in Jackson, Miss. Prof. Frederick Ward Putnam, of Harvard, was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at Detroit. Boston was chosenas the place of meeting for 1898.

‘Dr. Winters, who shot and killed William J. Arey at Durango, Cal., has been released under $5,000 bonds, after pleading not guilty to a charge of murder. Peter Monohan, 74 years old, was hanged in Baltimore, Md., for the murder of his wife. The crime was committed on May 25, 1897.

Maxwell Vas Eaton Potter was killed by the cars while riding his bicycle on thic railroad track near Schenck’s station, O. T Thomas and Peter Drew, father and scn, were drowned while trying to ford a river near Spottsville, Ky. It was said that the dominion government was fully determined to collect royalties from miners in the Klondike and elsewhere in the Canadian territory in the Yukon. Caleb Lane shot and killed his broth-er-in-law, Robert Stanley. for dogging hogs at Nasbie, Ky. Lane fled to Virginia, but was captured and lodged in jail : ‘ Mr. Pom Kwang Soh, president of the privy council of Corea, and ex-minister to this country, died at his residence in Washington of acute consumption, aggravated by over exercise, aged 48 years. Prince Basmarck in his telegram of condolence to Senora Canovas said: “I Lave never bowed my head before anyone, but I bow it every time I hear'the name of Canovas.” )

Impressive funeral services were held over the remains of Spain’s dead premier at Madrid, and the body was interred.in the family vault in the Isidoso cemetery.

In an attempt by people of Rock Island to secure possession of the books and belongings at the headquarters of theModern Wocdmen of America in Fulton, 111.,, a general riot ensued. One man was probably fatally injured and several others received wounds of a mere or less serious nature.

The count of Turin and Prince Henri of Orleans fought a duel with swords at. Vaneresson, France, the latter receiving three severe wounds, while the count was only slightly wounded. The tobacco crop in Wisconsin this year shows an increase of 25 per cent. over that of last year. : The French- steamer Ville de Mal Malaga struck the rocks off Alderney island, on the coast of Normandy, and her captain and five members of her crew were lost. ;

A new cabinet has been formed in Spain with Gen. Martinez Campos as president. S

- The gunboat Bennington, with the stars and stripes at her topmast, left the harbor of San Diego, Cal., for Honolulu.

Ethan A. Hitcheock, of St. Louis, has been offered and has accepted the ministership to Russia.

A dispatch from Havana says that Capt. Gen. Weyler cabled his resignation to Madrid and was told to remain in Cuba so long as the present ministry holds power. :

A terrific storm swept over Hicksville, 0., doing great damage in unroofing buildings, and the loss to crops in the surrounding country was great. Ashley B. Wright, congressman from the First district of Massachusetts, died suddenly at his home in North Adams, aged 56 years. ? A sawmill boiler exploded near Mound City, 111, killing I. Hawkins and fatally injuring four other men. : Col. J. R. Haskell, inventor of the multicharge gun, died at his home at Passaie, N. J., aged 65 years. : ' It is probable that the great silver mines at Creede, Col., will be closed down on account of the low price of silver. : In a race riot at Palaram, Ark., two negroes and one white man were shot dead. , Estimates of Wall street men in New York bring the total amount to be gained by western farmers this year because of better prices for their crops up to $700,000,000. : James Z. George, United States senator from Mississippi, died at Mississippi City, aged 71 years, . The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 15th were: Boston, .681; Baltimore, .667; Cincinnati, .648; New York, .600; Cleveland, .532; Chicago, +480; Pittsburgh, .452; Philadelphia, 442; Louisville, .443; Brooklyn, .408; Washington, .402; St. Louis, 265,

THE FIRST BLOODSHED Exciting Scenes Between Striking Miners and Deputies. Enforcement of Injunction Causes Trouble — Men Finally Yield to Officers and Quit ; Marching. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 14. — Injunctions by the court have put a stop to marches by the striking miners against the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company for a time at least. But in the execution, of the injunctions, the sheriff and his deputies narrowly escaped precipitating serious trouble. As it was, the first blood of the strike was shed. Henry Stewart, one of the sheriff’s deputies, struck Jacob Mott, a drummer of the McDonald band, with the edge of a brass horn and cut a severe gash above his eye. : Deputy James Richards and Superintendent De. Armit were the only cool men in the assemblage. To them belongs the credit of avoiding a riot. When Bellingham saw there was danger of his men getting beyond his control, he commanded a halt and addressed himself to the task of restraining the more belligerent. So well were his efforts directed ‘that he soon had restored comparative order. ; The feature of the scene Friday morning was the fact that the women sympathizers, for the first time in the strile, participated in a daylight demonstration, and, like their-brethren in the cause, had the injunction read to them and they were ordered to cease using the public highways for a parade ground. - Situation at Decatur. Decatur, 111.,, Aug. 14.—The situation at different camps of miners from other cities is quiet. About 200 men are ‘in camp on the west, 100 on the south and 150 on the southwest. Deputy sheriffs guard the roads in the vicinity of the camps. There has been no disorder and no sign of trouble. - Injunetions Defied.

Fairmont, W. Va., Aug. 14.—The coal operators and United States marshals are apparently afraid that public sentiment may, if sufficiently aroused. prove more powerful than any injunction that can be issued. They had every chance Friday to arrest, under Judge Jackson’s United States court injunction, the heads of mearly every labor organization in the country, but they did not accept the chance, and the labor leaders are still free.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 13.—Sweeping and far-reaching injunctions now figure in the coal miners’ strike in the Pittsburgh district. The bill, which is for an injunction against the United Mine Workers, was filed in the county court by counsel for the New York & Cleveland Gas and Coal company. The defendants named are the United Mine Workers of America, Patrick Dolan, president; lEdward McKay, vice president; William Warner, secretary and treasurer, and others. The plaintift company sets forth that it is a corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania, with a capital of $1,000,000 invested in coal lands of P’ennsylvania. Three of their mines, employing 1,200 men, are Plum Creek, Turtle Creek and Sandy Creek. The bill then recites the conditions prevailing at their mines since the strike began, and alleges that the strikers have paid no attention to the sheriff’s proclamation, and that the lives of the miners and the property of the companhy are in danger. ; Judge Collier granted a preliminary injunction restraining and enjoining ‘the defendants from assembling, marching or encamping in proximity to the mines and houses of the miners for the purpose of intimidatiom, menaces, threats and opprobious words or preventing the miners of the plaintiff from working.

It further restrains the defendants from inducing or compelling any employe or miner to quit work. The injunction is regarded as the most sweeping yet issued. President Dolan Surprised. ' President Doldn expressed surprise when informed that it had been granted, and added: : : “It will make no difference to us. We will not break camp and will go right along as usual until the matter is tested in the courts. We will stay there regardless of every judge in Allegheny county, and if they attempt to enforce the injunction they will have to build more jails to accommodate the men.” : Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12.—The latest movement of the strikers indicates that the miners’ leaders have abandoned all hope of drawing the coke region into the strike and have adopted a plan of using the cokers to assist the strikers in a more profitable way. Committees have been in the coke region all weel collecting money and provisions. The headquarters of the district officials of the United Mine Workers in thiscity are still besieged with piteous appeals for aid from the starving women and children of the striking miners. More than $l,OOO worth of provisions have been distributed during the last twa days,and the requests for help are away in excess of the means to respond. Around the Bunola mine and along the Wheeling division of the B. & O. railroad the suffering seems to be worst. In many homes there seems to be nothing but dry bread to eat, and in some cases not even this.

There is a story being discussed about the mines and on the street corners in Pittsburgh that the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company has under consideration at least, if it has not already adopted it, a plan that is entirely new as applied to coal mining. It is nothing more or less than sharing the profits annually with the miners. The plan will not be put into effect, however, until after the strike, and those claiming to have knowledge of the purposes of the company in this respect say it is copied after the system in force in Wanamaker's stores in Philadelphia and New York and in other large retail establishments in the east. Brazil, Ind., Aug. 12.—The miners’ executive board met here Wednesday and gave out the report that there were 7,187 persons in the mining camps of this district that were in actual need of food. The largest distribution given yet has not exceeded seven cents per capita, Designing a New Yacht for Wales. London, Aug. 12.—The rumor is revived that-George L. Watson is designing a new yacht to replace the prince of ‘Wales' cutter Britannia, .

CUBANS FOLLOW .SPANISH. Weyler’s Retreating Army Reaches Jaruco—Town Is Sackedl, Key West, Fla.,, Ang. 13.—An important engagement took place near Cardenas, Matanzas province. The Spaniards were badly defeated with very heavy loss. Gen. Molina was. killed. The fight lasted several hours and Gen. Weyler was obliged to retreat frpm Aguacate to Jaruco. The insurgeggs are waiting outside of the town to see if they can attack his forces there. The people of Havana fear the dangers of the cituation of Weyler. Nearly all the Cupan forces of Havana province are concentrated near Jaruco. Near Gibira, Santiago de Cuba province, the town of Rosalia was attacked. The insurgents entered the town without resistance, finding many Spanish soldiers drunk in the street and most of the officers at a ball. They made a machete charge, killing one captain, three lieutenantsiand 30 soldiers. Twen-ty-five guerrillas who came to the aid of the Spaniards were macheted. After sacking the town it was burned, and only three houses were left. Weyler has ordered all stores at Esperanza not to sell goods, but to close their doors. The people are dying of hunger and the sick canmot buy drugs. Weyler wants them punished because the insurgents entered the town and the people made no resistance. :

HOPEFUL SIGNS. Encourage the Belletfi Approack of - Prosperity. . . New York, Aug. 14—R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: “Every city reporting this week notes increase in trade, and nearly all bright crop prospects. The great change in business is emphasized by the presence of a multitude of buyers from all parts of the country, by their statements of the situation at their homes and more forcibly yet by the heavy purchases they are making. But the customary signs of prosperity are not lacking. 'The strong rise in stocks, the growth of bank clearings and railroad carnings, the heavy speculation in many products, but most of all in wheat, have made the week one of surpassing interest even to those who best remember the upward rush in 1879. “IZven the demand for corn, by greatly exceeding last year’s, shows that foreign anxieties are serious, for 5,510,135 bushels have been exported in two weeks from Atlantic ports, against 2,514,428 last year. The price has advanced 1.12 cents, notwithstanding enormous stocks being brought over. The urgency of French buying of wheat, reports that Russia will stop exports in order to keep supplies for itself and continued shipments from the Pacific to countries usually having a surplus make even the largest estimates of probable supplies not too great for the possible demand. “In all the great industries a large demand for products appears, with strong speculation in materials and in intermediate products. In the iron and gteel branch starting of many works after settlement of wages keeps prices low and even depresses: some, but the fact that the demignd, §s growing leads to heavy purchases of iroh ore.” _ .

REQUIEM MASS CELEBRATED. Services Celebrated Over the Re= mains of Spain’s Dead Premier. Madrid, Aug. 14.—A requiem mass for the repose of the soul of the late prime minister of Spain, Senor Canovas del Castillo, was celebrated Friday morning. The funeral was a most touching and solemn ceremony. All the troops of the garrison lined- the moute along which the cortege moved, tli\e flags were lowered and the public buildings, embassies, consulates and clilbs were heavily draped with crape. More than 1,000 wreaths were deposited in the death chamber. , live Waterspouts in Lake Erie. Cleveland, 0., Aug. 13.—A strange phenomenon -was seen by residents of this city at about eight o’clock Thurs‘day morning. live darkand enormous waterspouts were seen far out in the lake, moving in an easterly direction. One of these whirling waterspouts went traversing the distance from the western horizon, where they were first sighted by the lookout at the life saving station, to the eastern horizon, where it finally disappeared or struck the shore, in 15 minutes. Two struck the shore near the foot of Wilson avenue, while the other three pursued their easterly course down the lake. The largest spout struck the shore at the foot of Coe street with terrible force. The large gate of the Avery Stamping company was twisted from its hinges and the large timbers scattered in every direction. The shipping department of this plant is now being repaired and a large section of the roof was taken off. Windows were broken and several large sections of the roofs of surrounding sheds were blown off.

Big Chinese Cemetery.

Philadelphia, Aug. 12. — The new national Chinese cemetery isnow an assured fact. Le Toy, the ‘“mayor of Chinatown,” says that the papers closing the purchase of 110 acres, comprising the old St. Mary’s farm, near Wynnewood, about ten miles from Philadelphia, have now been signed, and that the work of removing the bodies of Chiramen who have been buried in other cemeteries will be begun shortly. The cemetery will be used as a burial ground by Chinamen all over the eastern section of the country, being the only one in existence in the east. Here the Celestials will be at liberty to indulge in all their native rites, a privilege which has been denied them heretofore by the local cemetery authorities. : Statisties of Immigration. * Washington, Aug. 13.—Statistics prepared at the treasury department show that 283,832 immigrants came over last year and brought $3,541,241 with them, an average of about $l5 per head. The Germans were more thrifty and possessed more money than immigrants from other countries. They brought over with them about $3B a head. There were 22,533 immigrants from that ecountry, and the total money brought with them was $858,128. : Europe’s Need of Wheat. London, Aug. 12.—The Times, in the course of its financial article, says: It is estimated by persons in a position to form an opinion that at least 12 per cent. more wheat than is usually needed by lEurope will be wanted this year. Owing to the short Russian, I'rench and Austro-Hungarian crops, the United States will be the only country able to meet this extra demand. a Dlsor-:n_l-n—nntlng- Tax Uphkeld. - Washington, Aug. 12.—The attorneygeneral, in an opinion to the secretary of the treasury, decides that goods and productions of a foreign- country not contiguous to the United States whig'h are regularly imported into Ca b and afterward exported to the United States are subjeet to the discrimination duty of ten per cent. provided for in section 22 of the new tariff act.

A SENSATIONAL LEAP. | September Wheat Makes a Gain of Six Cents in Two Days. Chicago, Aug. 13.—September wheat sold from 825; up to 841, cents on the board of trade Thursday, and at the close it broke to 831 cents, a net advance of 15; cents over Wednesday's closing price. Within two days September wheat gained nearly 6 cents and No. spring cash wheat is selling at a premium of 3 cents over the September option. Excitement was intense on the board at the opening. Buying orders were flashed over the wires as fast as the operator could get them from the receiver, and the whole country, and especially eastern exporters, was buying everything offered. The bull clique which ran wheat up from 65 to 78 cents and cleared $600,000 by the operation descended on the wheat pit and is credited with having bought 6,700,000 bushels. ' '

Scarcity of wheat to satisfy mature contracts is regarded as the primary reason for the second great spurt in wheat during the present season. The movement of spring wheat, which is already partially harvested, has been mostly toward empty bins of millers who have been compelled to shut down for the want of wheat to grind. This movement was expected to go eastward for export, and the unforseen contingency caught the trade napping. Laboring under the impression that they will see the market advance still higher, the farmers are also said to be stacking their wheat. Forecasters insist that these reserves will be piled upon the markets suddenly, and then the boom will break and wheat will go down to 75 cents. Robert Lindblom insists that if wheat slumps to 75 cents it will recover and even touch the $1 mark. '

_ VALUE OF EXPORTS. ‘ Interesting Statistics from the Treasury Department. | Washington, Aug. 12.—A bulletin issied by the bureau of statistics of the treasury department concerning ° the principal articles of domestic exports for July, 1897, shows that the total value of the month’s exports amounts to $36,945,278, as against $35,645,849 for the same month in 1896, and $29,445,340 for the same month in 1895. The value of breadstuffs exported during the month was $13,914,487; cotton, $2,438,516; mineral oils, $5,123,815; provisions, including cattle and hogs, $15,459,460. Aheavy increase in the exports of corn isshown — 12,405,466 bushels for last month, an increase of almost 7,000,000 of bushels over July, 1896, while the increase in the seven months ended July is from 64,056,612 bushels in 1896 to 115,600,159 bushels for the same period in 1897. Another heavy increase is shown in the exportation of rye, which for the seven months period ending July, 1896, amounted to 1,251,158 bushels, and for tlie same period this year 4,893,779 bushels. There has been a decrease in the number of bushels of wheat exported during the first sevén months of 1897, compared with the same period of 1896, from 34,432,619 bushels to 28,126,395 bushels. This decrease is more than offset, however, by the increased value of wheat exported for this year, it appearing from the treasury reports that the value of the lesser export of 1897 exceeded the greater export of the same period of 1896 by $47,879. ' The exportation of wheat during July, 1896, amounted to 6,062,096 bushels, of the value of $3,824,031, and during July, 1897, to 3,987,492 bushels, of the value of $3,136,808. It will be noted that the value of the same quality of wheat exported during July of this year is almost 50 per cent. greater than that of July, 1896. . ‘

FULL OF DANGER. Secretary Bliss Warns Klondike Gold Seekers. Washington, July 11.— Secretary Bliss has taken cognizance of the rush to the Klondike gold fields and Alaska, and has issued the following warning to the general public: “To Whom It May Concern: In.view of information received at the department that 3,000 persons with 2,000 tons of baggage and freight are now waiting at the entrance to White Pass, §n Alaska, for an opportunity to cross the mountains to the Yukon river, and that many more are preparing to join them, I deem it proper to call the attention of all who contemplate making that trip to the exposure, privation, suffering and danger incident thereto at this advanced period of the season, even if they shoud succeed in crossing the mountains. To réeach Dawson City, when over the pass, 700 miles of difficult navigation on the Yukon river, without adequate ‘means of transportation, will still-be before them, and it is doubtful if the journey can be completed before the river is closed by ice. “I'am moved to draw public attention to these conditions by the gravity of the possible consequences to people detained in the mountainous wilderness during five or six months of an arctic winter, where no relief can reach them, however great the need. *C. N, BLISS, i ‘“‘Secretary of the Interior.”

WEYLER RESIGNS. Spanish Commander in Cuba Said to ; Have Given Up. Havana, Aug. 14.—1 t is learned on what seems to be the best authority that Capt. Gen. Weyler has sent his resignation to Madrid. This report is generally believed to be true. There is no doubt that the resignation of Gen. Weyler is due to the assassination of Senor Canovas del Castillo, the premier of Spain, through whose personal wishes Capt. Gen. Weyler was retained in Cuba. A Democratic Viectory. Greensburg, Ind., Aug. 11.-—The spe-~ cial election held Tuesday in this (the Fourth) congressional district to select a successor to the late William S. Holman, the “watchdog of the treasury,” resulted in a democratic vietory by an increased majority over that given Mr. Holman last November. Francis Marion Griffith, the democratic nominee, secured a plurality which will probably exceed 1,200, In the election last November Mr. Holman had 825 votes to spare.

Modren Woodmen at War, F?lton,, 111., Aug. 14. — Sanguinary strife between the citizens of Fulton and Rock Island has resulted in the gerious injury of 17 men, minor bruises of fully 50 others and the calling upon Gov. Tanner to send troops at once to this city. He replied that he would not do so until morning, if at all. Riot and bloodshed early Friday evening for a second time marked the efforts to remeve the headquarters of the Modern Woodmen of America from this eity to Rock Island, elnin ,

. SHE WANTED SNAKES. The Regulation Kind That Are Seen e in Delirium Tremens. “Do you keep snakes?”’ she asked, as she peered through her glasses at the parrots and Guinea pigs in the bird store. “‘I have a Gila monster and some chameleons,” said the bird man. “I don’t think they would answer. You see what I want is a regular snake, one of the long field kind that are not poisonous. I may as well tell you that my husband has taken to drinkin‘g and I want the snake to put in his boots. . ~“If I were you,” said the man, “I'd wait and if he keeps on drinking he'll see snakes anyhow.” ; “No, he won’t, and he wouldn’t care if he did if they weren’t real. But if he sees a live snake he’ll quit, and I’'m going to try it on. Couldn’t you get me some?”’ “Yes'm, I can fill an order. If you call around to-morrow you can get the snakes,” and the man took down the address of his customer. “It’s a test case,” he said, as the woman went out, “‘and I feel sort of curious to know how it will turn out. My idea is that the husband will be so mad when he finds the gnakes .in his boots that he’ll go out and get drunk as a biled owl, but maybe it will work the other way—we’ll hope it will.” Then he sent his boy out to hunt for snakes in the hedges and ditches of the prairie.—Chicago Times-Herald.

Getting It Right.

They were riding on the rear seat of a Collamar car, and were strangers to each other. One of them was short and stout; the other was a man of medium size, to whom everything along the route seemed to be new.

As they were passing along near the car barns the medium-sized man looked up at the fine residence upon the bluff and said: “Do you know who lives in that large house up there, with the big veranda ?” “That big brown house?” the other returned. ul'es.” . é “You mean the one with the porch running clear around it ?”’ “Yes; do you know who lives there 7" “The third one from the end of the row 2” “That’s it.” “I mean the third from the westerly end of the row.” “Yes; that's the one I mean.” “That one with the green awnings?” - ) “XYQS.,, . ‘ - “Liet’s see! Blamed if I know who lives there.” . The medium-sized man said no more, but he looked as if he wanted to fight.—Cleveland Leader. ' e : A Ruined Reputation. “And you say,” said the Sympathetic Person, looking down from the elevation of the doorstep upon the latest applicant for suburban charity, “that you La\'e honestly done your best tofind employment?” “I have, madam.” “You have a regular vocation?”’ “I was formerly an expressman.” “In what city 7’ “In Boston.” + “But, surely, at this season of the year you ought to find work enough as an expressman in a large city like Boston.” . “Madam, you do not know Boston. You have heard of the Bacchante? Yes? Then it is only necessary to tell you that I amone of the expressmen who carried her to the station.” “But I do not see—"’ “The fact became generally Lknown, xnadam. From that moment I have ceased to be respectable. There is no one in Boston' who will now employ me.”—Boston Budget.

) A Partner in Crime. “Parson,” said the dying man, ‘“do you believe in a deathbed confession?” ' “Under certain circumstances,” said the reverend gentleman. : “Well, it is this way. Yearsagol wasa passenger on the Great Consolidated Street railway.” , “Yes, go on.” “Oh, I hate to tell it.” ‘ “Go on.” ‘ : “And one day in .a moment of vicious insanity, I beat them cut of a nickel fare!” | He sank back exhausted. “Listen,” said the reverend man, “it may comfort you. Can you hear me?” ! “Yes, yes.” ' “You needn’t feel so worried about beating that gang of robbers out of a paltry nickel—l beat ’em every chance I get!” And the dying man passed away with a peaceful smile.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

8 B - — - Misunderstood. : “Well, T played goif with my wife this morning,” said the man at the club. . “Which won?" said the man at the little table. - : ) The first- man looked up, twisted his mouth around a bit, started to say something, but refrained. ‘ The other one looked up. “Which won?” he repeated. ) “Which one?” said the other angrily. “What do you think I am, a Turk or a Mormon ?’—Buftfalo Enquirer. . 8 —— e g Foiled Again. A savage light shone.in her eyes as she stealthily approached him whom she hated. . The lethal weapon was in_ her grasp. He, all unconscious, remained passive. Nearer and nearer she came. Then— - A wave of disappointment swept over her mobile countenance. The fly she had been making a sneak on was on the other side of the screen.—Cincinnati Enquirer. : ] MRS. CURTIS, NEW YORK, Tells Her Experience With . : © - Owvaritis.

A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied by a sense of tenderness and heat low down in the side, with an occasional shooting pain, indicates inflammation. On examination it will be found that the region of pain shows some swelling. This is the first stage of ovaritis, inflammation of the ovary Ifthe roof of your house leaks, my sister, you have it fixed at once ; why not pay the same respect to your own body ? Do you live miles away from a doctor ? Then that is . all themore reason gEas” why youshouldat- % ; tend to yourself at 7 ™ GugKN once, or you will % ‘*\ > . soon be on the flat § f;« of your back. GO Youneed .. e not, you g ) oughtnot = £8& ¥ :\;g, A ) - to let your- ' (RIS il (‘ self go, \ AR : o whenone of v : your own £ : sex holds outthehelp- - ing hand to you, and will advise you without money and without price. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., and tell her all your symptoms. Her experience in treating female illsis greater than any other living person. Following is proof of what we say: ¢ For nine years I suffered with female weakness in its worst form. I was in bed nearly a year with congestion of the ovaries. I also suffered with falling of the womb, was very weak, tired all the time, had such headaches as to make me almost wild. Was also troubled with leucorrhcea, and was bloated so badly that some thought I had dropsy. I have taken several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and several of her Blood Purifier, and am completely cured. It is a wonder to all that I got well. I shall always owe Mrs. Pinkham a debt of gratitade for her kindness. ‘I would adwise all who suffer to take her medicine.”—Mßs. ANNIE Cummis, Ticonderoga, N.Y. L e et R ng R S e A R S T i S s E R R R e s