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CI wit t.;n Uurid Alive at Rich Hilt, Mo. ,l:cu Hill, Mo., March 20. About Vdock this alt-moon, there who a inbJiug sound in in'me N i. C, nt this lace, anel a moment aftcrwa-d a fearful -explosion occurred, that entirely wrecked " the mint? and buried in the- dhris over ono hundred inimrs who were cut oil from escape. Up to 7 r. M . forty hodhs had been taken out b idly injured, but will survive. In the terrible excitement and confusion it is impossible to five list f names or even estimate as to th full extent of the disaster, but it is nw thought over fifty men were killed. T I li mine is situated six miles distant from town. Rich Hill is located in listen county, 100 miles south of Kansas City on tha Missouri Pacific railroad. DETAILS OK THK DISASTER. Th moit horrible disaster that hi ever occurred in the weft happened at noon tday in Ksith & Perry's No. (i mine, and as a result a large number of men an entombed and thousands of dol lars' worth of property destroyed. Just at the dinner hour, when th? men wer ascending eight at a time on the cage, a terribl ga9 explosion occurred, filling every entry with flames of fire which sht out of the shaft. It cannot be ascertain ed tonight just how many men are yet in the mine, but at 1 o'clock one man had baen taken out dead. The work of re moving the debris and cleaning the shaft lias been going on all the afternoon, but it will be several hour, before much can be don toward entering the mine proper. A repoiter called at the residence of the superintendent at 11 o'clock, found him propped up in a chair with his face and hands baneUg-el and scarcely able tv talk, but be made the following state ment: "At just seven minutes after noon, I was telephoned that an explosion had occurred at No. 6. I went cut as soon as possible and found the south cage, on which the men always ascend, stuck in the shaft. I went down in a tub lowered with ropes and found all badly burned and in frenzy. In fact they were crazy, some shoutin: and others singing. We finally managed to be hoisted by means of ropes and pulleys, in a fainting condi tion, and it was then ascertained tint th iiorth cage could be wAiked. I then calUd for volunteers to go down witli me to sec if any of the poor & Hows at the-bottom could be gut out. Iiobeit Urick, George Henry Chaihs Small m.-i d and Nat Dulcband i-.-jpt.nd. d. Wlun we re-ached the boUom 1 looked through into the entry and saw a light, and I asked who was thre and a voice responded. "Gray," and I told liim to put out hi light. 1 then asked him to crawl to ni bi?t he was so ex hausted he could not do so, and I reach ed through the small aperture and dragged him on to the cag Just as this was done the wind rushed with the velocity of a cyclone up the entry, putting out all our lights but one. Tfh'S was followed by two loud reportsjTid a seething flam of fire, which ramith a deufning roar, completely enveloping us and she. t ng out the mouth of the shaft 240 feet above our heads. We were all horribly burned, and thought our time had come. Th. rlames decreased as suddenly is they came, and we hd to abend th.' attenij-jT to save others. I y Ibd to the men on top to hoist a wxy and alter what seemed hours we were started up and taken out in safety, though badly burned and great ly hausted. Probably all t h- we r i: the mlw- at the time of the fiist explosion are dead About eighty rive min-is are in ployed in this mine. The' ar- mostly neyroe. and came from Spiinfl Id. Id., win n the mine wss op -ned b-s thnn one your ago. Ths Rich H;d Fflm Disas-er Kicii Il!L!.. M... 3Ic31 O.dy ti.nty five nun were in ifcr fi;s ft ulen th s- I ' : . ; ' th-ir . li.X ! ; -:k. n j ShotThtough th Body Faikbcrv, Nl . March 31. The dead body of a lr boring tun rj.-.in -d Dan Da vis wis foiiis--? t .: :.! jn-t ...afh "f this .. - - : " i' !. v : W. 1) -U--K.I .i-i'r t':s aft-'ruo. ;i 1'. ' ' v.k i ii.-.- t t!i-at. Davis ws killed by a b.jMet vWu-' rntur ed his luck, p is-ing cl'ar through his body and lodged n hi ?-.fio v, cl- bus :::i'it- tcd the en-.; . le;! t iyu tU- f i' t thit tv o sacks j .x'-il. rill : ' 'os -.eir, It wh : o-i :'-.t :. :-. - p:';aOn ::', I- VATrx: hvthj i,raiu. . .. ..i. ..i 1. 1. I'.tul company had lt the."Q" company. said Miller, "that th h ive combined to ma' ott against the "Q" Co. sympathy with the niov refuM-d to handle some to us by tha Burlingtrr; tory on tnrir lines V.'e they did not handle enrs handle anything. No of be affected. We are vj.. the place of the striking tl. y will stay there until we can g t l. gi fes. Wo will continue to receive and deliver freight at Chicago, but will re quest ur terminal agents to easy up a little ou us for a few days." There are no fi eight trains moving on the Chicago division of the St. Paul road this morn ing. One stock train went out early, but since then nothing in the freight line has gone over the road. Everything is quiet at the yards here. Switchman Quirk, who was arrested here last night charged with having struck a Burlington engineer, was before a justice this morning. The prisoner was dismissed with a $5 fine and costs. The Council of Women. WAsniNorox, April 1. The afternoon meeting of the international council of women was occupied with addresses by Matilda Joslyn Gage, Antoinetta Brown Ulackwell, Elizabeth Boynton, Isabella Bereher Hooker, Frances Willard and others. The eveninir session was eriven up principally to foreign delegates, who xpn ssetl their pleasure at the reception they had met, and their faith in the good bccompli.-hed. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton made the closing address. She aid IIih couucil had been a success and had proven that women t-re ready for concerted action. She complimented the speakers, and said she has always looked forward to entering the kingdom of heaven enfranchised, and introducing herself to St. Peter at Ihe gate as a citi zen of America. A letter was received this morning from a Russian Nihilist which completes the countiles sending greetings to th council. Letters sent by different countries show the universal interest in the counril all over the world. She contrasted the difference between the manner in which the press received the convention of forty years ago and the reception of the present international 'I'lincil, The result of the latter must h.- of lasting effect. She contrasted the queen of England's jubilee with this jubilee of women. Mif. Stanton further said they aske! tie- men to celebrate this woman's jubilee !y placing in woman's hand the ballot. When woman Ijas no care to take part in government it proves that she has not a ripened mind. Woman is hedged about with old prejudices and sustained in tin se prejudices by men of common sens?. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock the final meet ing of delegat' s will beheld at the Kiggs house. Bruta'ly Outraged by Two Tramps. Nkw YoitK. April 1. Miss Lizzie East man, teaching school in one of the farm ing districts of Cleaifie d county, was found dead in the school house Friday night. Her tongue had been cut from its roots and was found beside the dead body. The school had been dismissed as usual at 4 o'clock and the pupils left the teacher alone in the school house. In the right hand of the dead woman was found a lead pencil, and on the floor near her lead body was the particulars of lnr death. Two tramps entered the schoo: house after the ppiU hai been dismiss cd. overpowered and assaulted her, after ward si-v-rt d lii-r tn-ju. with a knife, and fl- ii leaving h- r for dead. She re cov -i lii' U nt'y t,i ite on the school fioo:. .'ni l r.u1 sul'Cji il.-.l in giving the ab.vy ptifii u! :s, with a discretion id h r ."sail'Ji.t-, v.i.i.i t,l;p eyitlently r-ew too w .-.k to writ4 any more anl died be- K i : y. Aj iii 1Th'-switch vn . -wm rio-iii ii of all roads eiiterinsj ; i:e i: , i v . t th P-urlington h id a me t-i,- i-i.: '.n.t ! u ' t at which thej resolv d ! ' : ! i lock noon Monday, they handle any Biirliiigtun :. lin". cx-.d.'t it be livestock or pti i-hald fr ight, which has been started previous to that hour. A committee call ed on the sup. rintndints today and noti fied them of the order. If road engineers are ; nt in th- yards to do th switching. of ie-iv m.-ii are I-jred irj their places then th" itehin- n w 11 refine: lo work. The m ag-Ts f the li'is h-ve not yet n:a ":e knov.-n what they will do, but it is j.re sjiu.d tb.-y v. ill attempt to handle the lrJ ;!it. i;-gulite the Regulator with Warn si's L i. r b'.:. S.ir apardla. M iiinfat fured ;:M'ir'itr at WurnT t Sifr .'u:?. L : .r .-! ! r.fti--gists s.li it. All flru;- . .r ii .Jest the ii.n-jiia i'iarf Hiori-saU. b.;o.iu.ie nt a breseli py lh said hi tfem,r t condition written in satu tti.rijfan l. t ay the indebtedness se cured tlierev 4 m itm nv nil ,,f .1,1 ir,,i,.i.i ness beltiK now aim loiij; since passed iiue and " Ituesi our hand I ills 23rd day of March 1S KoKALIA FbIR.NO l.EO.N 1 KVT. 2-3 A UOI.PU LKVV. Legal Notice. Ia Dlstrlet Court of Uass cuntv. N'ebra-k i (,eorne K. Iovey, Justus (. hieliey and MI- luiu i. Wise. ilaiatics, vs. John H. i'owu- hoau. fleieiidam. jonn . xuwnsena win take rotlce that n tie 2i I nay el telirnaty. 1S81 (:e. K. I'ovey, vi. meiiey sum "iiuaiu r. ite unon tins herein tiled their l eiilioii in the Ilis iirt ourt or i hs county, Nebraska. L'alnst said John S. Towntetid. Hie object slid prayer of which re 10 quiei ine line n'ainiins to Hit fellwiiig described real estate, lo-wit : Begin- hidb at i tie nor. n east roiurr oi me nitli wet iniaiTer of tim noil h-east quarter of see- tUti thineen (13). in tonnsli'p twelve (II) rarge iniricen (I J), ease in lass c -unty, eiiras k, running tl.enee soutli jll.t (8) chain aud sveniy-nve v3) linns. i:ienc.: wut ten (10) chains and eighty-Ave (S.1) link ; thence north elahtiHi ohai. n and eventy-flve (75) linkH thence eat to the placv of bt-kiimintr aud t di v si sai.iueiecaant oi anv aud all Interest. niMH or title winch lie may have or claim to uave in andt'tvaid real estate. You a e required loan wrairt petition on or before Monday the 2ut a ay oi a pin. ists. I0K. K. DOVKV. ) Justus (J. Kichry. vPlff ILLIAM S. WlSR, By Byran Clark aad W. S. Wle, pllts fcttys Notica to Creditors. stata of Nebraska, I Cass I'ouiity. ( s. In the matter of the estate of OrifTea Steven deceased. Notice i hereby given that th claims an.i demands of all pe ons against iiiffen tven. deceased. Lite of said county and slate, will be received, examined and ad-Ju-ted by the ci.uuty curt, at the court li iie in i iaiismoiitii. on iue lui aav 01 nimieiitDer a. Ii 188S. at 10 o'clock io the forenoon, .nd tliat six in Titlis from aud af'er i lie I'tii day of Marcn a. i. lsss is til- tnne limited for cen itoi of sjiid dec aced to present their ciaitn tor rxamina ! n aud allowance tiiveu uniler my hand tlit- 24t'.i dav of March V. I. 1883. 2-3 C Kl'SMCLI.. L'OUn:v Judge, iotlco to Creditors. Btate or Nebraska. Cb3 County, J SI. la the nutter of the estate of 1 h nnas D-m-Cak, Deee :ed. No ice is U'-reby i;iv.i that the cla'm-i ani demand s of al! neieen- auaiii't I limnas Dan - eak. .leceas 'd, l-A'.e of aid county and i:te, wiii i reeeiv -d. x inu -ed a-ui a j istc j by ne c n:iiy i m;r. at in- c iur- no ' in ruits inoiitli, o i the 21th day of September. A l 18SS at io o'.-lock in th' f-Tenoiin. AnJ thrxr i nivn.ln r "ii an-l nfrer t!i-- 2t h dav of Ma-eli. A. I). ISsS. i- til timn limited for cred i oi.s of s ii l deceased to present their claims 'or ex;.iiiiii:ttion nd iilhi-.Tr.nce. Given under tnv hand, this 21th d.ivof Va;ch -. ;. iss?. 2-5 C. Uus i - u.. County Judge. SfierlrT's Sala. By virlue of n order of sale, ifued by W. C. -'howalier. clerk of tlie district entire, within ami for Cass countv, '-braska. anil to me di rected. 1 will on theU'.h dav of Anr:! A. 1). IkSS .-it 1 o'clo-k p. in., of said day. at the smith door o: the eourr hotis in l'i:iltiiioiith. Cass i-oiiiity, Nebraska, in -said coii-.ty. ell at rub- ic aiieMiin. tlie foliowinjr real estate, to wit: !.ot No. I hi ee (3) : lot No. four H i in block 'o. i h it -nine i3;) in Yohuk and II s' addi'i n io the city . t la Imik uth, a--s county, e!.. ! the same ar described on ihe recorded pl;;t f s id ad-iiii :n to sid cltv teetlier with the pririleue anp appurtenant: s 'thereunto b - ni;i!ib or in any wi.se a p?-rlaiiiii. i'hesa e leiu levied up-n ami taken as tlm prop- r!y ot uine r. iteroi '. i nrisiinn u, ueroiu am: Isaac Wed & Co . iiefetidants : to Se.tisfv ju.lymetit of -uii will reeovorel by W S 1'e k e.n.s. & Co.. plaiiitins auainst said de- fenda t. Plattsiunuth, Neb.. Mareli W A. I). 18 8. J. C KIKKNB KV. 51-5 Sherifl f'nss eo'inty. Neb. By David Miller. Deputy. P.robate Notice. I'i lie matter f the estate of Taeob F. P"ox, ' ceased. In the county Court of Casn countv Nebr ska. Notief a lierebv Kirrn, that il- 11a n F. Kox, adiimd'tr it rofllieest teofsatd Jic-!jK. fox, deee;ised. ha made appli ilon f r final se: tlement. a d tha' said cause is set t ii- h -al ius at my oluce at, Piatt -r.ioath. on the It day of April. A U . 18SS. at 10 o'cl. c' a. in. o . s -.id day ; at which time an1 place, all per sons interested may be present and examine said accounts. c, l.u.-bh .I,, 2-3 County Judge, ria'tsmouth, March 23. 1SSS. Every Household Should have Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Jt saves thousands of lives annually, and is peculiarly etQcacious in Croup, Whooping: Cough, and Sore Throat. "After an extensive practice of nearly one-third of a century, Ayei's Cherry Pectoral is my cure for recent colds and coughs. I prescribe it, and believe it to be the very best expectorant now offered to the people." Dr. John C. Levis, Druggist, West Bridgewater, Pa. U Some years agp Ayer's Cherry Pec toral cured me of asthma after the beJ medical skill had failed to rive 'me rer lief. A few weeks since, being again a little troubled with the disease, I waa promptly Relieved By the same remedy. I gladly offer this testimonv for the benefit of all similarly afflicted."" F. H. Ilassler, Editor Argus, Table Rock, Nebr. ' For children afflicted with colds, coughs, sore throat, or croup, I do not knotaf of uny remedy which will give more speedy relief than Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I have found it, also, invalu able in cases of whooping cough." Ann Lovejoy, Washington street, - Boston, Mass. "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has proved remarkably effective in croup and is invaluable as a family medicine." p. M. Bryant, Chicopee Falls, Mass. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PREPARED BT Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. Price $1 ; six bottles, i. We tak"t jil"isnre l:i r f-iunm -n:l:njr the r? - f Halls Ve-"talde Sicilian H..ir R - ; Otwer as safe pud reliahla for restor ing gray hair to its natural color. j tho lino . .out special effort, work, tu ... the part of him to whom the kI or evil, comes, why not believe in ie people go through life bathed in ...... ...perpetually, others walk forever m a vale of tears, and the shadow of the high mountain, impa-ssulde, ungetoverable. Some men, sunny nntured, easy tempered, lazy, gol for nothing fellows, to whom a thought would be a novelty, and an exercise a curiosity, find every door open at their ap proach, and banquets spread with every imaginable and conceivable delicacy, with nothing to interfere with the ongoing of their pleasure from the rising of the sun to tho going down thereof, while other men, care ful, brooding, ever plodding earnestly, con scientiously along first this road, then the other, meet a continuity of disappointment and disaster, which absolutely enshrouds them in a gloom that is never peneliv.td I a ray of hope; couii-outod evvr uy uiaupiuiub ment until the closing scene wies them from the face of the earth into the blackness of darkness impenetrable. It wilt not be gravely argued that birth has nothing to do with man's chances in life. I remember, when I began to work in lsoo, thinking that of all the men in the world whose chances I envied, there were but two whose opportunities were seriously any better than mine, T.hey were Albert Edward Prince of Wales, whose progress through the provinces and tho states I was then chron icling for The New York Times, and young Jim Bennett, whose father was then editor and proprietor of the great journal with which his name was synonymous. Do you mean to tell me that young Bennett didn't have a better opportunity for professional renown than any other young man about to embrace that noblest profession, journalism? Did the Prince of "Wales have no ampler scopo than the other young men born in the British dominion? Of course, birth and soci.ti post. ion and pecuniary status have much to do with man's opportunities, but when we discuss broad questions we must look w;t It wide vision; we must not confine our illus trations to extremes, but must take the aver age. The averago man is poor, the great major ity very poor. If it be a fact, and it unques tionably is, that of every 100 young men who go into mercantile life ninety-five fail before they are 30 years of age, and of the other five, three get on fairly well, one makes a profound impression in his sphere and one alone becomes phenomenal, standing head and shoulders above his fellows in all the world, where comes in the matter of luc k? Where is the exception? Isn't it a fact that the great multitude toil and suffer through the blasts of winter and in tho torridities of summer for barely enough to keep themselves from starving arid to cover their nakedness from the jibes and sncerings of the world? I tell you temperament decides almost everything. What would seem to one luck, of the most growsome nature, appears to another on a similar plane of life simply an unhappy incident, temporary in its nature, not lasting in. its effect, Somo men, worth 1 100,000, groan over the luck of their neighbor who is worth 51,000,000, while en- other man who can honestly say "I um worth today 100,000," is so overwhelmed with recognition of his independence, of tl;t power in his nana to do good among thi suiTering and the sick and the tired and the weary of earth, that he can find no words sufiieiently rotund with which to express his satisfaction, his content, his delight. Some people say, "Whatever is to be will bo. If I am fated to be rjcb, J will have money, and if I am fated to be poor I won't have any. A man who was born to bo hanged will never be drowned, so whatever comes I take it because I have got to. I didn't ask to como here." Now that's silly. In the first place I don't know whether you asked to come here or not. Neither do you. That two and two added together are fated to make four, yes, but are you fated? Is there any compulsion that forces you to put ono two under anotner two? If you stub your toe you fall. But why stub your toe? If you hack your nnger wuh a knife, blol will flow, but why hack your finger? You may assume that you are fated to be rich. What difference does your assumption makes In order to be rich you must le industrious, saving, seu-sacrincing, metnoaical, lnuiis trious. Those factors enter largely into the problem of success in life, and if those factors are properly grouped in your case you will bo rich. It is a yery rare combination, this honesty of purpose, this continuity of in dustry, this intelligent direction, but if you have them the result is certain, and if you have them and do not use them the rcs-ait then is equally certain. You cannot raise figs on a thistle tree or thistles on a fig tree, and you cannot bring disgrace upon honor, nor can you, trow'n dshcnety witu integrity. I know a man who uas lost on eye, who n:u broken an arm twice, who was shot through his right lung, and whenever anything ha; peas to him, he says: '-It is just my lu-'k." My friend of the many accidents is apecu.- iarly constituted individual. Had he loo .-m ho wouldn't have fallen down the hatchw That he was shot through the right lung wis due to Lis presence upon the field of bar le. That he lost his eye js attributable q the f ! that when he flashed his Uttle pile of pov.-k'r ! he didn't shield his face, and yet he says, :.s accideat after accident occurs, "It i3 just raj luck." It ij just his stupidity. And when you nay that it is Jay GouM's luck, or it is Vanderbilt's luck, or it is tho luck of this, that and the other, you uu- tribute to some unseen potentiality results which might much better be attributed to the natural forcings of perfectly well unHer- derstoqd. but rarely possessed, elements in human nature. Joe Howard in Boston Globe. A Desperate Case. Physician Want treatment for yourself? You look hearty enough I'm sure. Caller This fatness which you notices is not natural, doctor. It came vpry rapidly. MYour flesh looks all right. Don't worry over a little plumpness. Avoid rich food uud highly seasoned dishes of all kings and" "I board." "Great Galena ! Dropsy." Omaha Wc rid. Newspapers with a shibboleth, a cast i: oa i mission, are like sailing ships which won Id ! cross the ocean without tacking. 'iGathp' ' There are certain things that virtue won't mix with j ingratitude Js one of them, Vaol P- ..ihI nway, v . it- i'.eix-e and wild, k of a ionny day : :;..cJiii.i. ' ,ivi were nilld, A vviiii t. David Graham A dee. t Friu I.lfo In Noitbern Iluly. An Italian woman gives a sad account of the state of farming in the northern jiortions of her country. Almost all tho farmers nro tenants. They furnish, the team and imple ments, while the landlords make repair mid pay the taxes. 1 lie crops are equally divided. As a rule both classes have a hurd time. In regard to the food and drink of tho laborers she writes: The, light, pure wine, which be fore tho vine disease cost next to nothinfr. and acted as a corrective to all the defects of diet, has been succeeded by wiuo which is more heady and less wholesome, and of which tho price places it out of the reach of tho peasant as a daily lieverngo. On a feast day he may driuK a glass or two nt tho osteria but, being unaccustomed to it, it does him more harm than good, ami violent quurrels we tnt! consequence. Ihe lUiliun navvy is s'iil u "ixii; -o.'s worker; nearly nil llio are tuo work of his hand. But then, it must bo remembered that ho eats aud drinks better than the peasant. Tho rurul ioor can not afford coffee, which is heavily taxed: their drink is water, and not always pure water, ana tneir staple lood is muize Hour. either prepared as jxdenta or mude into a very indigestible kind of bread. The former is the usual and less objectionable way of eating it. "Maize matures to late that in wet seasons it does not harden naturally: most of tho rich proprietors have introduced stoves for drying the grain; but the peasants are care less and leave it out in tho lain till it be comes moldy. Polenta forms the uuiailin"- morning meal ; for dinner there is sometimes a mincstra or soup made of rice or of the coarser Italian pastes, with cabbage or tur nips and a little lard. Ou last days linseed ou is a substitute tor tho lard. Sausages, gen erally of a home made kind, and raw vege tables with or without oil und vinegar, nro .idUtal when luey can Ijo got, and eggs, cheese and dried flh aro luxuries. On dairy farms the peusanu get a little milk or buttermilk. and u"zzajuoJi who keep a cow reserve a unaA portion cf the milk for tho chil dren. Ihoso wUo keep chickens eat one now and then, but butcher's meat is hardly ever bought, except for a marriage or for a sick person. If a horse has to be shot the peasants are very glad to eat tho flesh. and some are said to also eat that of animals who die of disease. Hedgehogs, frotrs and snails are esteemed as great delicacies." Chicago Times. Queer Dwelling Ileuses. CThe Gilbert Islander does not generally care to have any sides to his dwelling, lie sets in four corner posts, about four feet' high, made from the trunks of screw palms, cut off and inverted so us to stand alone on the stumps of the branches. Lashed from one to the other of these are long, slender trunks of cocoanut palms, and from these again spring pairs of rafters, which, in their turn, support tho neatly thatched roof. The gable ends are then closed, aud the house is complete. Not a nail or a pin of any kind is used. All the beams, rafters und the thatch are secured by ingenious lashings, made gen erally from the palm leaf li!er, though some times braided Irom tho owner's own hair. The floor space is sm-jothed ol", ' i.cu covered with a thick bed of small, smooth pebbles or coral. Ou this are spread plenty of soi't, thick mats, made, of course, from palm leaves, und then, with a supply of young cocounuts at hund, with a sirni" of shells filled with a good supply oi "ion!y" hanging outsu-ie the house, and the hi:0o fragment of shark, baked in a wide oven i.i the sand, the islander is content lo eat ami sleep until hungry again. In tho middle oi every village ir; a "coii:;'. Jl house." This is a larp-e hut. one that we measured Leinpr 120 li-cl lonir. Go l'eefc u i.it- uid 00 feet hih at the ridgepole, biiiJi. on uie same plan i;s tue dwellings, but intenueu as a place of meeting, especially for the "old men," who rule each cniiMiumtv. Thcs-. potent, gre.ve aud reverend seignors" meet daily, and hear and decide uli eom-iluiiit-i, md i-isaa all ordiiamces for tho trveruine'-t i the people. 11 their divisions uiai orui- .l-nces hupp-en to '.nect wnh the approval of a, ni.ijeiiiy oi those interested tl.ey a:e auopicd. if ti.cy lioii'i, another lo; are pr. uiingatcd tho ujr.z day, un-l so on until the matter is toiUed or dropped San Francisco iaiiiiuer. An eoo-Yeur Old ranu j-. A family cf niummivs recently unearthed in IJcxieo have ju.-t L-.-cn Lronght to San Francisco and pir.ecd in the state mining tireuu. They v. ire found in u ttratum 1 1' i;i:o several fc t below the surface of the ii-i.ii, i;oi far from the Arizona boiV.LT. Tke ,ruup. consisting- of a man, woman and two jhi.drcn, were cio. together. 1 he two adult iignres have on a scanty clothing of coarso uniting competed of g: u.i und bark of trees, uiie ono of the children, apjiears to have been ckid i:i fur. The r.ii have the knees drawn up to the :'M::r., while the uai;!s clarr the Lead.;, as if i-cy no 1 ll! a.ipea: ;:l!'.-e if the cast j 'a in great n:;o:iy. , ia t is l-spL-ut, ij n; of the l'o:;!'i.-ii:ai v Tw feo.i.ral nth l.ke limt ;ct;;-.;s. The i 1 .a laa Sony black l.air, and in the lobos j r hereais are sinail tub-. 3 for ornament. The man has but little L Hi.s features ire dis'ioicd another evidesicj of pain but i ,resce:i very di-Liiicily, and Lis o;a mouth I '-O' LLi tongue. Near tho bodies were also found curiously formed Lcud. and the x.-r- ! feet fona of a cat, whic-Ii seenrj to Lave shared their burial place. From the appear. . . I. 1 ,..7 : . . l ii. . . . . . . . i L- thought they must bav- fcaeudead at least S00 j-eai-i New Vork SJun. Annual Cost of Miaving. An eastern statician has estimated that 3,000.000 men in this country get shaved at a barber shop three times a week. He says, tha this means an expenditure of thirty cents a week, or fl.j.'JO a year for each man, or for the:'.,0e0l(ji'o I5,iob,006 annually. To this he should add a onsiderable sum to account for the numerous fifteen cent shaves the ruiir:g price in the west. Chicago Herald. Wood Displaced by Iron. la the manufacture of caska, carriage, c.irts, j lacking cases, furniture, sheds, tele graph poles, ar.d mauj- other things, manu facturers of France and England are dis placing wood ly steel and iron, and with fat;ofactory rt-suits. Light doors and hol low v. n elow frames are in use, aud, of course, far linger thau wooden ones wouli- i Vublic Opinion. I l'aris, on i, .o csciteuioat ; Si -hool of Art of l!ir tho greatest industrial it iirogrcss in technical i . . The lx ll which was used at Anderson ville prison during war times in now in K)Kscssion ot ono of tin llcya brothers, of Aincricus, (Ja., who values it highly as ;i war relic. It is n singular fact that in Nebraska there arc no legal holidays established by utalute, and in Minnesota Washington's; birt'.ulay i.-i tho only general holiday provided hy law. Dr. Hammond is strongly opiiosed to tho substitution of electricity for hang ing, arguing that death by strangulation with a silk or c-Uoii lopo is painless ami ultogelhcr a rather agreeable sensation. An artificial limb maker said recently that ''after the war it was thought that tho wooden arm and leg business was nt nn end, but tho locomotive und labor saving machinery have continued to create augmented demands." The attempts to employ dogs in tho scntinc-i service have no well sticce (led that It has been decided to extend tliein to the whole army in the mountains of Prfwnia and Ilelv.egovina. Consequently the dogs are now In ing trained so as to bo able to be employed in the great maneuvers in the stinmn-r. Senator Stanford's California ranch contains id, 00(1 acres, mid is probably the largest in the country. Some ;,80) acres are planted in grapevines, mid ho lias a wine cellar that holds 1,000,70(1 gallons. One Ixtnded warehouse now contains 70,000 gallons of brandy made . on the senator's ranch last year. In Xchrusku, when! glandi red liorsc.s: are exterminated b- order of the author ities, the state pays the owner the value of the animal. It i.s said quite u profitable business is c arried on hv parties who tal.o over the state line lots of diseased hor.sf ! from Dakota, Iowa ai d other localities for the purjiose of receiving the bounty. Seaweed is coming extensively into use for decorative puriMises. It will be used during the summer to ornament dresses instead of flowers, and is already in twi for decorating dinner tables. It can lie had in the natural color or delicately tinted, and the elFect is ehnrmiiig. It has also the advantage' of never fading or looking the worse for wear. According to the latest nccoiiiit.s tho IiO'.iisiana strawberry crop 'u the large:, t ever grown. Use west I ennessee straw- lierry crop will be far Ix-low the average, and so will that of Kentucky, southe; a:, t Missouri and Kouthem lilinoi.-!. The Ar kansas crop will not 1 e much over half the regular yield. Texas will not raise more than enough for home use. Ala bama will not ship many to northern markets this season. The vegetable crop in most ot the southern states will bo large. Louisiana and Mississippi will have fully double tho output of any for mer year. How India Absorbs Coin. In the latest governmental report on the precious metals the curious fact is brought out that the gold and silver of the world have a 6teadv tendency to finally find their way to India, w hero there exists a "gold passion" in all classes. No other wealth is considered distiri- A gtiished, and no other satisfies. The ex port of silver to India throughout tho Eighteenth century is estimated at 23,- 000.000 marks, and double that for tho first half of this century. Gold and silver thus absorljed are simplv hoarded as coin or converted into ornaments. A native judge says: "You can leave everything; else unprotected; even the most valuable things are never stolen. The only thing that the Hindoos (esjK-cially the women) value is gold, Geld coins are not in cir culation, I icing used chiefly at weddings and other festivals as presents." In civil- x Izcd countries the secreting of coin has nearly ceased, while the use of the pre cious metals in the art a has greatly in creased. Globe Democrat. Trout Caught in Atda. A trout caught with a f!y rod in a stream in the Nuwara Illiya plain, in Ceylon, Jan. 21, is said to be the first angled, i:ot only in Ceylon, but in all Asia. Some tine ago a public subscrip tion was raised i.n the colony for the pur pose of obtaining ova from England; and, with a view to ascertaining whether the fish were still alive, the Nurwan Eliya plain was fished, with the result here stated. The tly u.;e 1 was a Loch Iieveu one, red body with teal" wing. Tho trout was nine incheslong. It ir; pro posed now to pass a bylaw forbidding; fishing for another year, by which time, it is hoped, the fish will liavc become ac-. cliniatLzed in the new waters. Doston Herald. pluck of Railroad J;iiiiiJoyof". At the recent fire at the transfer house of the Baltimore and Ohio Ilailroad cimi pany in South Chicago nil aK'-mpt.s to re move the cars from the transfer hcitso had Leen abandoned, when Fiiddenly tho ciy was raised that teveral cars ia tho burning building contained gai;.ou-Ic-r Tii? crews of three transfer engine? vol unteered to attempt b remove- the cr3 from the Hazing building, and three lo comotive; r.t once started toward it. Tha engines eoitph-d on. and in a few second all the cars had leen removed. One car contained gunpowder, but was success fully drawn out. it being itself in a blazo at the time. New York Sun. Kover IIa-1 a Speaker. Illinois has never had a speaker cf the house or a president of the senate, and no speaker has ever lived west of the ML:s;.v s.ppi. Rhode I.-land anel Delaware, among the eastern states, have never been honored with tho frpTakcrship, and neither Louisiana r.cr Alabama ha3 ever had a speaker. Boston Budget. Coht i fa "rhe'.l" nal. To 'shell" the shell road at St. Augus tine, ria.. f . r one mile rnd a half will take 50,000 barrels of oyster shells. A tramway wiil 1h built to tranixrt tha material from the sea to the rond. ar.d it lA df ;eml for ten cents a Larrcl. twlorkfeun. t r 1
