NODODY'LL GET HURT BUT THEMSZLVZ3.
SWEDISH CnTIIZENS OF CHUCAGO .
ERECT MONUMENT TO ERICSSON
General Nebraska Mews.
NEWSY STATE BRIEFS. 1
A number of rase of scarlet fever
ire riortf at Lyon.
A large number of oM soldiers at
landed the reunion at Falrbury.
The olj Hctth-rs of Ilarneston and
vicinity will hod! their picnic at Bar
neston August 2o.
Hagcnow's hand of Lincoln will give
a three days' cencert In Fremont
during September.
No hot wind have visited Nebraska
thus far this year and corn all along
the line lg doing nicely.
Section Foreman Warthen of tho
illfisourl Pacific railway, was thrown
from his car near Julian and fatally
fnjured.
M"rs. Harry Giles was brutally as
saulted by her husband at Wymore,
and tho authorities are looking for
tho transgressor.
Thieves raided the merchandise
store of White I'.roK. at Lcwiston. but
nil they got for their trouble was sev
eral airs of shoes, itlooilhouiids fail
ed to locate; thein.
TTio chicken shooting case came up
for trial at Coad. Itrazil Chapman
was fined $l3..ro and Kay Wilkinson
$18.50 for shooting prairie chickens
out of season.
Mrs. A. (i. Warner, who has held
the position of librarian of the Lydla
H. Woods library at Falls City ninre
it wa ' ned, lias tendered her resig
natii v fake effect August L
Dur...,: a hard electrical storm the
Missouri Pacific depot at Portal was
struck by lightning and burned to the
ground. This deot was considered by
railroad men to have been the finest
local station on the line.
J. I. Speck Is now superintendent
' the state property at Norfolk hos
pital ground. A. M. Thomas, former
superintendent, has resigned and gone
to the western coast. There are no
signs yt of any action upon the new
building.
TTie result of the bidding for tho
new normal school," said Governor
Mickey, "demonstrates that a healthy
public sentiment exists in the west as
well as In tho east. A state where
such rivalry for the location of an ed
ucational Institution is possible must
be congratulated."
Mrs. XV. T. P.oydston. wife of W. T.
IJoydston, a postal clerk running be
tween Grand Inland and Ord. attempt
ed to commit suicide. She tried to
enT her earthly existence by taking
ftrythntne. After taking tho drug she
Informed her husband of the affair and
after several Iioursv work the doctors
saved her life.
Just as Krick Kngel hail completed
his throe-year sentence in the peniten
tiary for burglary anJ was about to
breathe the free air once again, he
walked instead of into liberty into
the arms of a sheriff armed with a
warrant for his address on the charge
of burglary of the jewelry store of K.
8. Tuornton at Cozad three years ago.
Jacob Miller, a well-to-do farmer
living six miles northeast of Scribner,
xuet with an accidental death. He
and hi son brought to town two wag
on Toads of corn, anil when on the
elevator dump his team started up.
lie reached for the lines, when he
overbalanced himself, falling out of
the wagon, the wheels of which went
over his left breast, He died in an
hour.
There will be a cadet appointed from
the Fifth congressional district to the
United States Military academy at
West Point, who will be admitted into
the academy on June 13. 1301. In or
gy?r that all applicants for this posi
tion may have an equal opportunity
to obtain the appointment. Congress
man Norris will hold a competitive
examination at Hastings the latter
part of August.
Some interesting figures will be
presented by a crop report soon to
be issued by the department of labor
and industrial statistics. This will
give the acreage by counties through
out the state of all the principal crops,
together with a census of the live
stock. Comment on the outlook for
the yield of the various crops garner
ed by a recent trip across the state
will also be incorporated in the report.
Several changes were made in the
P. T. Hayden. one of the pioneer
members of the bar of Otoe county,
is dead. He was county attorney of
that county for a number of years,
and for the past four years president
of the Otoe county bar association.
Three unknown men attempted to
hold up Joseph Schneider, a farmer
living five miles east and north of Fre
mont, at his home. They not only
failed to accomplish their intent, but
were driven off the premises by Mr.
Bchneider at the mouth of a shotgun.
The remains of Cornelius Overton,
who dropped dead in Pennsylvania a
few days since, while there on a visit,
reached Nebraska City last week. He
was one of the pioneers of that sec
tion and leaves a wife, several sons
and a daughter.
Secretary Dobson of the State
Hoard of Irrigation and his assistant,
Hubbard, have gone to Niobrara to
investigate the applications of two
rival concerns for the use of the
water of the Niobrara river for power
purposes. One of the claimants pro
poses to plant a series of devices
something after the order of turbine
wheels In the channel of the river,
while another plan to divert the waters
Into a canal, with which to develop
e.'ctric power for an across-the-coan-try
trolley system-
UNION PACIFIC IS REBUILDING.
Three Hundred Miles of Double Track
in Nebraska in Two Years.
Reconstruction work on the Union
Pacific railway in being pushed all
along the line and the Intentions of
the engineers to Improve the road un
til it is second to none in the country
It seems will soon be realized. At
Yutan a new steel bridge across the
Platte river connecting that place with
ValJey Is nearing completion. The
bridge Is a modern affair and it rst?
upon concrete piers similar to those
under the viaduct across the tracks at
Twenty-fourth street in Omaha.
The bra urn between Valley and
Lincoln is being greatly improved,
the intention being to reduce the
curves and perfect tho road bed, thus
making it possible to increase the
speed of all trains. The work will be
completed some time next year. Tho
terminus at Lincoln is being bettered.
All along the line in Nebraska new
ties an; replacing old ones,' and large
section gangs are at work every day
in the year preparatory to replacing
the old steel with a much heavier ar
ticle. Construction for the second track
throughout Nebraska is being pushed
and it is predicted that within the next
two years COO miles of double track
will cover that much of the state. The
enormous business of the road which
is expected to Increase very materially
during the next few years has forced
the company to place the second
track. I-ong sidings also will be built
and when the improvements are com
pleted the engineers say the roadbed
and trackage of the company will not
bn excelled in any part of the country.
NEBRASKA AT ST. LOUIS FAIR.
Commrssio.i Working Hard and Is
Greatly Encouraged.
Assistant Secretary H. G. Shedd of
the Nebraska commission to the
Iouitiana Purchase exposition is in
St. Louis on exposition matters.
The commission is wasting no time
in arranging for the Interests of Ne
braska at the exposition and the en
thusiasm with which the project Is
meeting from all quarters of the state
is ver;: encouraging, according to Sec
retary Miller, who has been in Om
aha in conference with Secretary Wat
tlestles on commission matters. Prof.
Ilarltour. superintendent of the educa
tional exhibits of the exposition, is in
Omaha on a like mission.
Prof. Barbour met with the repre
sentatives of the State Federation of
Women's Clubs and President Wattlea
to confer upon matters pertaining to
the educational exhibits, in which the
women's clubs throughout the state
are taking so active an interest. It
is the purpose to make this exhibit
one of the very best at the exposition,
and in this endeavor the most hearty
encouragement is being given bv the
educational interests of the state.
Hog With Many Feet.
PAPILLAON, Neb. A strange freak
in the shape of a hog with six well
formed feet at the farm of T. J. Snide,
near Portal, has caused quite a sensa
tion hereabouts. The animal has only
four legs, but ha3 two feet on each
of his front limbs. It is nearly full
grown and seems to handle the extra
feet without difficulty.
Fined for Illegal Fishing.
NORFOLK. It cost D. Gardener,
who hails from Wichita, Kan., just a
$10 bill to cast a fish line into the
Norfolk river here. "I'm from Mis
souri." he exclaimed when a bystander
insinuated that he was violating the
state law in fishing without a license.
And Deputy Game Warden J. A. Rai
ney "showed" all about it with an im
mediate arrest.
Getting Ready for Sugar Crop.
M'COOK. The Burlington Is taking
steps to be in readiness to handle the
sugar beet crop of this part of the
state. Materials have been ordered
for a large increase in trackage facili
ties up the Frenchman branch and on
the main liae west of here. At Cul
bertson a sidetrack 800 feet long will
be laid and still three miles farther
west another 500 feet long.
The fine new Methodist church at
Ashland, just dedicated, was struck by
lightning and damaged to the extent
of $200.
Heir to Big Fortune.
John P. Kelly, who shovels coal for
the Burlington in Lincoln, received
word that hrs father, Patrick Kelly, a
prosperous farmer living near Albion,
Boone county, has been left by bis
brother a half interest in an extensive
and valuable coffee plantation in far
off Brazil. The estate is valued at
$200,000, and comprises one of the
most productive and best plantations
in the vicinity ef the capital, Rio
Janeiro.
State Lets Printing Contracts.
The state printing board held a pro
longed session a few days ago to con
sider bids for upward of a score of
Jobs of printing. The more important
jobs were awarded to the Geneva Sig
nal, North & Co., of Lincoln, "Wood
ruff & Collins company of Lincoln,
State Journal company of Lincoln,
Hammond Bros, of Fremont, and T. EL
Sedgwick of York. Several of .the
bidders were tied and coins were
flipped to decide.
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SSS Bono 88 ifrui
Uncle Sam "Just the Usual Wall Street Disturbance Nothing
Bull Run We Had Forty-two Years Ago To-Dey."
Chicago Tribune.
INDORSE CONFERENCE ACTION.
Executive Committee of the People's
Party Holds Meeting.
DENVER, Colo. The national exec
utive committee of ihe united people's
party met Wednesday and indorsed all
the proceedings of the conference of
the reform parties which has been in
session In this city for the past two
days. The proclamation issued Tues
day was also indorsed.
A resolution was adopted calling a
meeting of the national executive com
mittee of the united people's party
to be held at St. Louis. February 22,
1904. It was also resolved that it was
the sense of the committee that the
nominating convention should be held
early in 1904 before the convention
of either the republicans or democrats.
A permanent organization was effect
ed, of which J. A. Edgerton is chair
man, to organize the reform parties in
every state in the union.
Plans for American Tour.
NEW YORK. The plans for the
American tour of Richard Strauss, un
der direction of Henry Wolfsohn. have
been completed. Mr. Strauss first ap
pearance in America will be in an or
chestral concert in this city, which
will immediately be followed by a
Strauss recital in conjunction with
Mme. Strauss de Athne of Beyreuth
fame, as vocalist. Richard Strauss
presiding at the piano on this occasion
only. He will then conduct a number
of orchestral concerts throughout the
United States for the leading orches
tral managers, who have extended in
vitations to the performer. Mr.
Strauss will also appear in a limited
number of recitals, together with
Mme. Strauss de Athne, in the larger
cities.
. Rains Damage Crops in Austria.
VIENNA. Continuous heavy rains
in many parts of Austria are damaging
crops. Already most serious floods
have caused great havoc in the Jaeg
erndorf districts of Silesia. Buildings
have colalpsed, crops are ruined and
the loss is estimated at several mil
lions of kronen. At Naschkautz and
Bucovina the rivers have overflowed
and have submerged eighty houses
and destroyed the crops, inflicting im
mense -loss on the poorest classes of
the population.
Roosevelt's Namesake Dies.
TOLEDO, O. Theodore Roosevelt
Spychalski, the remaining boy of thi
quadruplets born to Mr. and Mrs.
Stanislaus Spychalski, died Sunday of
cholera infantum. The other boy.
Samuel Jones, died last Tuesday. The
.two girls are also ill, but will prob
ably recover.
In the Nation's Strong Box.
; WASHINGTON. D. C Today's
.statement of the treasury balance in
the general fund, exclusive of the
$150,000,000 gold reserve in the divis
ion of redemption, shows: Available
cash balance, $227,359,527; gold, $99,
!440,751. Take Out Four More Bodies.
HANNA, Wyo. The bodies of four
more miners, all Finlanders. have been
recovered from the Union Pacific
mine. They were found in entry No.
,16. which, with entry No. 18, is now
occupying the attention of the search
ers. Pumping will soon be commenc
ed at the twentieth entry, where wa
ter has been encountered, so work may
be commenced there as soon as all the
bodies have been taken out.
. Sugar Duties Continued.
SIMLA The levying of counter
vailing duties on imported and boun
tied sugar-has been extended to March
31, 1904. The decision is based on
the fact that most of the sugar avail
able for export from . bounty-giving
countries up to March 31. 1904, will
have received bounties. The govern
ment reserves the power to reimpose
differential duty in case of any
country restoring bounties directly or
indirectly. '
Like the
TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Export of Hemp and Copra Has In
creased. WASHINGTON, D. C The official
reports of the Philippine trade for
the month of March, 1903, have been
received at the insular bureau of the
war department, from whose summary
of commerce the achipelago, it is
shown that during the nine months
ending March 31, 1903, exclusive of
gold and silver and government sup
pliees, the value of merchandise im
ported and exported amounted to $46,
868,485, against $42,300,308 in 1902,
and $4,332,19G during the same period
of 1901.
The import figures indicate that
there has been no material change in
the volume of this class of trade as
compared with the previous year, the
gain being confined exclusively to an
increase in exports, principally hemp
and copra, both of which products
doubtless will be shipped in large
quantities for some time to come. The
prospects for greater exportation ot
sugar and tobacco, especially the lat
ter, are good.
PENSIONERS SHOW DECREASE.
Fewer Recipients of Government Pay
Receive More Cash.
TOPEKA, Kan Wilder E. Metcalf,
United States pension agent for Kan
sas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma,
Indian Territory and Colorado district,
has compiled his annual report. Tho
number of pensioners decreased by
226 during the fiscal year. There are
now on the list 115,629 pensioners.
During the year the Topeka office paid
out in pensions $15,851,710. This is
$54,000 more than during the previous
fiscal year.
Missouri leads the district in the
number of pensioners and has 11,000
more person's on the roll than Kansas.
During the year the number of Mis
souri pension claims paid was 50,114,
and the amount of money distributed
in that state was $6,835,230. Kansas
has 39,074 pensioners and during the
year they received $5,445,430. The
7,802 pensioners in Oklahoma received
$1,990,846.
All Quiet on the Isthmus.
WASHINGTON, D. C The tempo
rary ebullition on the isthmus has sub
sided, according to a cablegram from
United States Consul General Gudger,
dated at Panama Tuesday. He says
that everything is quiet and he anti
cipates no more trouble. Mr. Gudger
would like to come home on leave of
absence, but Secretary Hay was oblig
ed to deny the request, until condi
tions on the isthmus have become
more settled.
Earthquake Destroys Houses.
LONDON Dispatches sav that an
earthquake has destroyed some houses
in the towns of Filatierra. and Mulaz
zoa, in the province of Tuscany, Italy.
Filatierra is a town of 2,000 and Mul
azzo a town of 4,000 inhabitants. They
are near Spezia, on the Gulf of Genoa.
Czar Receives a Petition.
LONDON The Times Sunday morn
ing prints a Vienna dispatch saying
that the emperor of Russia received
with benevolence from the Croatians
in the United States a petition de
scribing the condition of Croatia in
the darkest terms. The same dis
patch says that Prince Urusof, who,
July 17, was reported as having been
wounded in the Razan district by
the peasants, has since become in
sane.
Government Buys More Silver.
WASHINGTON, D. C The treas
ury department has bought 159,000
ounces 'of silver for Philippine coin
age at an average of $0.5403, all for
delivery at San Francisco.
.Establishes Military Academy.
WASHINGTON, D. C -Mail advices
from Caracas to the state department
say that the Venezuelan" government
established a .military academy for th
training of officers for the army.
To John Ericsson and Abraham Lin
coln was given the greatest meed of
praise for the success of the Union
cause in the civil war at a banquet
at Chicago in celebration of Ericsson's
hundredth birthday anniversary. The
Swedish Inventor was lauded as the
greatest engineer who ever lived and
his name was applauded every time
it was uttered. The dinner, which
was given by the Scandinavian Tech
nical society, ended in a Swedish
American love feast, the American
and Swedish speakers toasting each
otner and one another's country.
Gen. William Sooy Smith declared
that Ericsson's success was largely
due to his lack of training in a tech
nical institution and his consequent
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freedom from the authority of opin
ions of theorists. The inventor him
self was quoted to substantiate this
assertion, and as Gen. Smith knew
him personally his remarks were ac
cepted as authoritative.
"Ericsson was once commiserated
upon the fact that he had not had the
advantages of a school training," said
Gen. Smith. "He replied that he re
garded himself fortunate in not being
hampered with such an education.
Free from the authority of theorists,
untrammeled by the restrictions of
AIRSHIP FOR FRENCH ARMY.
Gen. Andre Accepts Offer of Balloons
Made by Santos-Dumont.
The Paris Velo says that Santos
Dumont, after a successful demonstra
tion with his dirigible balloon at the
review July 14, offered to place his
balloon at the disposal of France in
case of war. Subsequently be re
ceived a telegram from Gen. Andre,
the Secretary of War, accepting the
offer. The letter' was as follows:
"At Uie review I noticed and ad
mired the facility with which your
balloon steered. It was impossible
not to observe the progress made in
aerostatics, which seems to have at
tained a practical application, espec
ially from a military point of view.
As I think the balloons may render
valuable service in time of war, I am
glad to accept the offer of your aerial
flotilla to the government of the re
public, and in its name I thank you
for the offer, which proves your lively
sympathy for France."
Climbed Mount Rainier.
It has Jong been supposed Impossible
for a human being to climb to the sum
mit of Mount Rainier, in Washington,
but Dr. R. W. Betts of New Orleans
and H. M. Sarvant of Tacoma suc
ceeded in accomplishing ihe feat last
week. Before reaching the summit
they were compelled to cut steps in
the ice surrounding the old' crater in
order to scale some of the declivities.
Paderewski Must Take Rest.
Paderewski is at his castle in Mor
ges, Switzerland, suffering from se
vere inflammation of the muscles of
the right arm. A specialist in Paris
consulted with his regular physician
and they ordered him not to touch
the piano for at least three months,
so his recital in Paris this month and
his private engagements In London
have all been abandoned.
Boiled Fish Alive.
It is seldom that one sees a boiled
fish alive, yet there are such in the
boiling lake of Amatitlan, Guatemala.
A species of fish was lately seen there
by M. Marcellin Pellet, a French trav
eler. These fish, he asserts, often pass
days in the boiling water, which, comes
from numberless hot springs. .
Loubet's Personality.
A Chicago man who was in London
at the same time as the French presi
dent and had a close view of M. Lou
bet gives -this brief verbal portrait of
the distirguished visitor to the British
capital: . "He is an abrupt looking
man somehow, with a face of leather
Mid eyes of stecL"
thought acquired by too close atten
tion to the rules laid down by unprac
tical minds, he made his way by ex
perience and the deepest possible per
sonal study of the subject in all its
practical aspects to the greatest fame.
"You may laud to the skies the ad
vantages to the youth of America of
the purely and absolutely theoretical
study in the technical schools of tho
land, but the best technical education,
coupled with scientific study, will not
make an engineer.
"You must combine with dally prac
tice the theories and the science or
only half an engineer will result. I
have an admiration that amounts al
most to worship for tho genius of
Ericsson, and he was an e-ntirely prac-
tical genius. He had the ability to
perceive what were the requirements
of the age, the greater ability to dis
cover and develop what would meet
those requirements, and then, greatest
of all, after planning he provided the
means of applying his discoveries.
"The confederate fleet at Hampton
Roads were put to flight, the Union
army saved from destruction, the At
lantic coast freed from the danger of
confederate guns, the federal . cause
saved and all the world made to know
that we could preserve our instltu-
PAINT THE TOMATOES RED.
Dishonest Dealers Selling Poor Qual
ity of Canned Goods.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
Warren has announced that retail gro
cers here recently have received
among the orders for canned toma
toes packages which, upon close exam
ination, proved to be a miscellaneous
assortment of vegetables. Including a
few green tomatoes, and red paint, the
whole having the appearance of ripe
tomatoes. Agents detailed to inves
tigate found that red paint was used
to a great extent in coloring worth
less and unripe tomatoes and that oth
er coloring matter also was used to
give a ripe appearance to worthless
canned vegetables of various kinds.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Proud of Her "Reservoir."
A woman of the "newrich ' type ret
up a pretentious establishment in New
York with the view of gaining an en
trance into society. Among her
choice possessions was a Russian tea
urn wrought- in embossed brass. The
term for this device is "samovar" and
the woman treated her urn like a new
toy. She gave a reception in order to
exploit her tea device and her guests
were In continual subdued fits of
laughter because their hostess said:
"I do so love tea out of a reservoir.
This reservoir came from Russia. Of
course, it is really, a tea urn, but I
prefer the national term, don't you?"
Champion Laggard Lover.
Edward V. Read of Lancaster, Pa.,
seems to have some claim to be con
sidered champion of laggard lovers. He
was engaged to marry Miss Alice Burk
holder seven years ago, and the wed
ding day was set once in each year,
but Read always had some excuse for
postponing his happiness. The last
date set was July 17 of this year, but
he failed to appear, and now Miss
Burkhoider seeks $10,000 damages for
breach of promise.
Eccentric Scientist Dead.
Dr. John A. Trembly, the eccentric
scientist, has just died at his home in
Hamilton, Ohio. This home is unique,
the owner having designed the various
rooms in geometrical figures, some
octagonal, others circular, others
elliptical, and specimens-. of every
known wood were . procured from all
parts of the world and used in the
structure.
Cotton Operations.
There are more than 17,000 machine
tending operatives in Lowell.' Mass.,
earring' for 838,000 spindles and earn
ing over $530,000 a' month in wages.
tlons, through tho genius of this son
of a Swedish mine foreman, the boy
who used to lie at tho top of a mining
shart anl watch the machinery that
ho might learn the principles of mo
chanlcs.
"The American navy was clumsy,
weak and unwieldy before Ericsson
came. The screw propeller, tho re
volving turret, the most perfect gun
and many other inventions aro tho
product of his genius. In tho broader
sense he was a humanitarian, for ho
made war more dangerous and there
fore more likely to be avoided in the
ages that follow htm.
"To Ericsson, who was laughed at
by the naval experts who sat in office
chairs in Washington, and to Abraham
Lincoln, who brought his mighty fist
down and said Ericsson's Invention
should bo tried in spite of tno bureau
experts, is due, more than to any
others, the salvation of tho Union."
The monument shown above was
presented to Chicago by tho Swedish
residents of that city.
HISTORIC MILLS ARE GONE.
Flames Wipe Out Old Industry of
Ogden, Utah.
The Ogden wrnjlen mills, tho second
oldest industry of the kind, have beon
burned.
The mills were built at a time when
the nails cost $100 per keg and other
material in proportion. The machinery
for establishing them was brought
from th.3 Missouri river, nearly forty
years ago by ox teams. Irln Farr,
for twenty years Ogden's mayor, was
the originator of the enterprise For a
number of years tho enterprise
thrived, and In 1S84 Enoch Farr, who
for several years was manager of tho
mills, went to Boston and purchased
an entirely new set of machinery. The
mills were closed for several years
soon after this, but about ten years
ago were acquired by Mr. Piatt, who
again started them on a successful
era. Recently they were niado the
basis of a stock company. Tho con
cern has paid heavy dividends and
had on foot a plan to convert some of
its surplus water power into electric
power to be marketed. Salt Lake
Herald.
RUBIES CAN NOW BE MADE.
Chemists Able to Fuse Small Stones
Into One Large Gem.
In connection with recent decisions
by the general board of appraisers re
garding duty on imitations of precious
stones a well-known Jewelry expert of
New York, through whose hands roll
lions of dollars worth of precious
stones have passed, declares that ra
bies, beautiful in color and rivaling
the natural gems, today are easily
produced from the chemist's crucible.
The secret of their production which,
he says, was known in France years
ago, but was kept secret, lies in the
manner of fusing a number of small
cheap stones into a single large one.
It is said the manufacture Is now be
ing carried on extensively in several
European countries and only tho most
experienced examiner can detect the
difference between the real stones and
those from the crucible.
Diaz Gocd for Many Years.
Outside of Mexico there is a general
impression that because President
Diaz is now 73 years old he must be
failing and that at best he can last
but a little time longer. "On the con
trary," says a man who has Just re
turned from a business trip to the sis
ter. republic, "half a minute's talk with
the general will dispel any such no
tion. He is of Oaxaca Indian LToo4,
a tribe noted for longevity and physical
prowess. He sits his saddle with old
time ease and from all appearances
can stand as much fatigue as when be
rode into Pueblo conqueror of the
French thirty-five years ago. His son,
Porfirio Diaz, Jr., is now a man of af
fairs in the Mexican financial world."
Strenuous Life Too Much.
The strenuous life at Newport baa
proven too much for some of the
young. women who endeavored to keep
up with the giddy whirl. Some of them
began to show signs of being nearly
"all in" and physicians who were con
sulted have ordered the wearied girls
to quieter resorts. Newport life this
summer has been too exacting for all
but such as are of unusually good phy
sique, social dissipation enough for
an entire winter being crowded into a
few weeks.
Only Three Survivors.
Only three of the fifteen members of
the famous electoral commission of
1877 survfve ex-Senator Edmunds,
Senator Hoar and Gen. Eppa Hunton
of Virginia the two last having been
chosen on the part of the house of rep
resentatives. All of the five justices
of the supreme court who sat on th
commission- long sir.ee passed away.
British Postal Income.
The income of the British postofflce
from money in envelopes having no
or insufficient address Is $30,000 or
$35,000 a day.