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pattsmoutli Journal C W. SHE It il A.N. Publisher. FLAT TSMOUTII. u : NFBRASITa. The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Parts. CONGRESSIONAL. KeSuLir Session. IS the senate on the U8th ult. the tariff bill as further discussed and Senator Hale de clared that a plan to reconstruct the measure was bftn secretly considered In the house the army appropriation bill was taken up in committee ot the whole, but an adjournment was forced owing to the lack of a quorum. On the 30th ult. the time in the senate was occupied in discussing the tanfl bill.... In the house the army appropriation bill was passed after adopting an amendment limiting the number of assistant adjutant generals to four. Afteu the chaplain's openinif prayer in the eecate on the 1st the death of Senator Stock bridge, of Michigan, was announced and the senate adjourned In the house no business was transacted on account of the death of Sen ator Stockbridge. Ssnatok SyuiBE (Wash. ) delivered a speech In the senate on the 2d in ceneral opposition to the tar.ff bill In the house bills were Intro duced to repeal the tax of 10 per cent, on the circulation of state banks and to reorganize tw affairs of the Union Paciflc Railway com pany. A resolution was introduced to appoint a special committee to devlso means for the employment of the Idle men of the country, re strict immigration, start up mines, increase the currency and prohibit the issuing of interest-bearing bonds without authority of con gress. TrtE senate on the 3i passed the house bill authorizing the wearing of a distinctive army and navy badue on public occasions, and the Diminution of Thomas E. Benedict, of New York, to te public printer was conflrinei. The tari.T bill was furtherdiscussod.... In tbo house the time was taken tii in the consideration of tbe river and harbor MIL Mr. Ilrckshire (Ind.) introduce. bill providlnc '.hat no greenbacks shall e issued of a sma'iw denom ination than HO. DOMESTIC The percentages of the baseball clubs in the national league for the week ended on the 23th ult. were: St. Louis, .657; Philadelphia, .750: Boston, .714; Cleveland, .714; Baltimore, .571; Cincin nati, .571; Pittsburgh, .420; New York, .42'J; Brooklyn, .2SC; Louisville, .2S0; Washington, .250; Chicago. .123. Winchester, Va., suffered a loss of 100,000 by an iucediary fire, the second within a month. Fiftt of the Coxey recruits who stole a Union Pacific train at Troutdale, Ore, were in jail at Portland, and the rest were imprisoned in box cars Representative trade unionists met at Philadelphia to form a new national labor organization which it is intended shall absorb all others. Jonx Slate and Frank Storer were crushed to death in an elevator shaft at Warsaw, Ind., and William Shinn was fatally injured. A pekmaxex't commercial museum where manufacturers can show goods suitable for export will shortly be opened in New York. A new trial of the Breckinridge-Pol-lard suit was refused by Judge Bradley in Washington. The entire division of the industrial army marching under CoL Galvin, who stole a train, surrendered at Mount Sterling, O., to the sheriff. The Vaughn library building and contents and other buildings were "burned at Ashland, Wis., the total loss being 8175,000. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher was said to be very poor and a benefit would be tendered her in Brooklyn. United States Marshal Croxaj; was given command of 200 regular sol diers in order to effect the arrest of Great Northern strikers in North Da kota. A ctclone swept over Kansas City, Ma, doing great damage to property and causing some loss of life. A waierspoct in the northern por tion of Adams county, la., did great damage to property and twenty -three head of cattle belonging to George C Calkin were drowned. A passenger train on the Burlington road was wrecked in the northern part of St. Louis and t-ts-o persons were killed and several InjuretL Near Abilene, Tex., a cyclone swept trees, fences and outbuildings from the face of the earth. An anonymous letter was received by the postmaster at Paris, Ky., giving warning of an alleged plot against the life of Congressman Breckinridge if he attempted to speak in that town. The business portion of the village of Davidson, Mich., was practically wiped out by fire. Fire destroyed a block of business buildings at Hot Springs, Ark., the lost, being 1100,000. J cbor Alvin Armstrong, who offered to hang the Jury in the Indianapolis .bank wreckers trial for 85,000, was sent to prison for eighteen months for con tempt of court The Scandinavian and Finland Emi grant company of New York, which did an annual business of (4,000,000, lias failed. Herman Stockel, who forged notes In excess of 16,000, was held for trial at Galena, I1L His father, a wealthy iarmer, died from grief. Johnson, the burglar who shot Town Marshal Whitney at Mis souri Valley la., was lynched by a mob. A decision by the supreme court in Washington in the case of Mrs. Jennie Campbell against the Pullman Car com pany is in effect that transportation companies are responsible for injuries or indignities inflicted by employes. Gen. Horace Porter was reelected president of the Sons of the Revolution at the annual congress in Washington in which twenty-eight states were rep resented. It was decided to offer an nually in the schools medals for essays on American history. Georgs IlaDson and wife, of Ells worth, la., while out driving were struck by a train at a crossing and both were killed. The Erie canal was opened for navi gation. The public debt statement issued on the 1st showed that the debt increased $1,160,971 during the month of April. The cash balance in the treasury was f970,820,fi(0. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to 1, 017,536.970. - Frank Rhoxer &. Co., manufacturers of furniture in New York, failed for 1100,000. Pennsylvania populists in conven tion at narrisburg sent greeting to Coxey and nominated a ticket headed by J. T. Allman, of Juniata, for gov ernor. Br a vigorous use of clubs the Dis trict of Columbia police prevented Cox ey's commonwealers from invading the capitol grounds. The general tried to make a speech, but was hustled to his carriage, while Chief Marshal Browne and Capt Jones were put under arrest. TnE children's home at Temesca, Cal., was burned. One hundred babies and children were safely removed. Through the efforts of the business men of St. Paul and Minneapolis the Great Northern railway strike was set tled. A treasury statement shows that during April the receipts aggregated 122.692,304 and the disbursements $32, 072,S."6. Seven thousand unemployed men paraded the streets of Cleveland, O., and several riots occurred, in which street cars were wrecked and a number of persons injured. The coinage at' the United States mint in Washington during the month of April was: Gold, $10.14.000; silver, $554,000; 5-cent pieces, $12,500; total coinage, $10,750,000. The pension disbursements for ten months of the fiscal year amount to 5117,305, 1S4. against $133,078,345 for the some period last year. Two persons were burned to death and three others fatally injured in an explosion and fire in a New York dye ing establishment. The Marietta & North Georgia rail road shops at Marietta. together with locomotives and cars, were de stroyed by fire. Loss, $125,000. II. O. Southworth, member of the firm of Southworth &. Gratton, grocers at Stockton, CaL, failed for $234,000. Gen. Coxey was placed under arrest while in court in Washington attending the trial of his lieutenant. He declared he and his men would remain in Wash ington until their bills were passed. The Lexington (Ky.) Ministerial union passed resolutions condemning Col. Breckinridge's course and denounc ing his canvass for renomination to congress. Representative Isaac B. Tompkins. of New Bedford, dropped dead in the Massachusetts state house. Henry C Brown, a millionaire aged 70 years, surprised everybody at Den ver by marrying Miss Louisa Matthews, a 22-year-old school-teacher. Gen. Jacob Cox was chosen to suc ceed ex-President Harrison as com mander of the Loyal Legion at the ses sion in Cincinnati. Seven thousand of the unemployed of Cleveland, O., wrecked a number of business establishments and drove out the men at work. They were dispersed by the police after many had been in jured. The grand council of the American Protective association convened at Des Moines, la. Latham & Co.'s tanyard and bark mills were burned at Staunton. Va., the loss being $100,000. In mass-meeting the University of Chicago students adopted scarlet as their color in place of the abandoned orange. On a ranch near Ramoh, CoL, Joseph Ada shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Rosa Rich during a quarrel and then killed himself. David B. Joxeb, who died near Burr Oak, Wis., left ten wives in various portions of the country. Stockholders in the World's Colum bian exposition will receive a dividend of 10 per cent upon their holdings June 9. Postmaster General Bissell has made a rule that no man shall be ap pointed postmaster who has sold liquor in the town from which he is an appli cant According to Commissioner of Labor Wright there are 5,833 building and loan associations in the country, with net assets of $450,607,693. The felt mill at Kenwood, N. Y.t owned by Mrs. Sarah Townsend, was burned, the loss being $250,000. The association of general secreta ries of the Young Men's Christian as sociation of North America, represent ing a memberhip of 300.000, met at Cedar Rapids, la. All the Columbian postage 6tamps are gone except a few of the eight-cent denomination. The entire issue dis tributed throughout the countrv was 2, 000. 000, (WO. Richard Thompson, aged 28, Carrie McKibben, aged 26, and Hannah Peters, aged 20. were drowned in the river at Keokuk, la., by the upsetting of a skiff. By a vote of 37 to 1 the democratic senators in caucus adopted a resolution agreeing to support the tariff bill of the finance committee. The one vote in opposition was cast by Senator Hill, of New York. H. H. Kohlsaat has sold his inter est in the Chicago Inter Ocean to Wil liam Penn Nixon for $400,000. Mrs. Maky A. Rulison, of St. Joseph, Mich., aged 80 years, committed suicide by hanging. Family trouble was the cause. Two sons and a daughter-in-law of Sam Gammon, who lives near Cockrell, Ma, were killed by foul air while clean ing out an old well. Three hundred Coxeyites captured a Northern Pacific freight train atOrling. Wash., and started east Flames in a brick factory in Cincin nati caused a loss of $100,000. An agreement has been entered into by the American turf congress and the jockey club discountenancing win ter racing. E. S. Fi'lford broke twenty straight targets in the interstate shoot at Springfield, O., tying the world's rec ord, held by Young. Miners in convention at Albia, la., by a vote of 65 to 55 ordered a strike. This will take out 9,000 men. Poles of Chicago celebrated the cen tennial anniversary of the insurrection against Russia with a parade and speeches. The Hollander. Bradshaw, Folsom company, conducting a department store in Boston, failed for $141,000. A report on the valuation of build ing stones produced in the United States during J 893 shows a decrease of over $13,000,000 from that of 1S92. After beinj? divorced fourteen years Isaac A. Whitney, of St Paul, Minn., and Mrs. L A. Whitney, of Chillicothe, were once more married. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Francis B. Stockbridge, of Kala mazoo, Mich., died at the home of his nephew in Chicago, aged 63 years. He was elected United States senator in 1S37, and was reelected in 1893, and his term of service would have expired March 3, 1899. Frank Hatton, editor of the Wash ington Post, and postmaster general in President Arthur's cabinet, died in Washington from a stroke of paralysis, aged 43 years. The North Dakota democrats will hold their state convention atGiatfd Forks on June 2V Paul J. Sorg (dem.) was elected to congress from the Third Ohio district Reports from fifty-five towns in In diana show that fifty were carried by the republicans at the municipal elec tions and five were carried by the dem ocrats. F. C. Layton was nominated for con gress by the democrats of th? Fourth district of Ohio. Julian O. Davidson, who had achieved fame as a marine painter, died at Nyack. N. Y.. aged 40 years. Georuk W. Arei.l, managing propri etor of the Baltimore Sun, died suddec ly from pneumonia, aged 52 years. The Georgia populists will hold their state convention at Atlanta May 16. Chester I. Long was nominated by the republicans of the Seventh Kansas district for congress. The Tennessee republicans will hold their state convntion on August 21 at Nashville to nominate a governor. The funeral of Senator Francis Stockbridge took place at St Luke's church in Kalamazoo, Mich. William Richie, the astronomer, died at Sharon, Pa. A book on which he had been working for tweuty-fivo ! years will be published by his niece in Chicago. Henry Edick died at the house of his daughter, Mrs. Frank Ile?diey, in St Joseph, Mich., at the age cf 104 years. FOREIGN. While the pier at Brahilov, Ron mania, was crowded with people in hol iday attire, bound for Galitz, on th Danube, the structure gave way and I 200 persons were drowned. Latest advices say that the loss of life by the earthquakes in Greece was piaced at 400, and there were 20,000 persons homeless from the same cause. The Walter Wellman American ex pedition sailed from Tromsoe to Spitz bergen to begin the search for th north pole. The scorpions have made their ap pearance at Durango, Mexico, in great er numbers and with more deadly re sults than ever before, many deaths havincr occurred from bites from the poisonous insects. Five hundred Mexican troops were said to have been ambushed by Yaqul Indians in the Le Bacetet mountains and 200 either killed or wounded. Nise villages on the island of Euboea were destroyed by the earthquake shocks in Greece. An international bimetallic confer ence, under the auspices of the Bime tallic league, began in London. The enormous sawmills of the arsenal at Mourillon, France, were burned, the loss being $1,250,000. Another earthquake in Greece com pleted the destruction of many houses. No lives were reported lost LATER. In the United States senate on the 4th an amendment to the naval appro priation bill authorizing the construc tion of twelve new torpedo boats was favorably reported. The tariff bill was further discussed. The only business of importance transacted in the house was the passage of the river and har bor appropriation bill after a long dis cussion. Trade reviews report business as smaller in volume throughout the country. Jacob Brown, a negro convict who murdered Frank Mackin. a foreman at the penitentiary, in 1892, was hanged at Jefferson City, Mo. There were 233 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 4th, against ISO the week previous and 216 in the corresponding time in 1893. A bolt of lightning struck a wire fence in a pasture near Crown Point, Ind., and killed eight horses which were huddled against it The First national bank of Sedalia, one of the oldest financial institutions in central Missouri, closed its doors. The bank had a capital of $250,000. Mrs. Dodson (colored), familiarly known as "Aunty Dodson," died in St Paul, aged at least 107. There were records showing that she was 107, and probably older. The National Stove Manufacturers association in session in Chicago elect ed George D. Dana, of St Louis, as presiflent The coke strike resulted in a bloody riot at the Painter works near Scott dale, Pa., in which fifteen persons, in cluding a number of women, were shot, some of them fatally. Mrs. Margery McIntyre, aged 73, was burned to death in a fire which de stroyed the Glenn house at Rochester, N. Y. The secret service of the treasury was informed of the existence of a new and dangerous counterfeit of the two-dollar treasury note. It is of the series of 1891, check letter "B." The figure "a" in the lower rig-ht corner face of the jjenuine is missing in the counterfeit Mosk Fair, a negro, was hanged at Chester, S. C, for the murder, five years ago, of Ike Wilson, a colored man. 1 The Illinois prohibitionists in con vention at Bloomington made the fol lowing nominations: United States senator. Dr. J. G. Evans, of Abingdon; : state treasurer, J. W. Puterbaugh, of j Mackinaw; superintendent of public in struction, N. T. Edwards, of Kewanee. ' LAID LOW BY LEAD. Another Terrible Riot Occurs la the Coke Regions. Strikers Wives Lead a Charge Against Workers Guards Fire Cpon Rioters and a Desperate Fight Knsues Three or Four Killed Many Wounded. 8T30RY OF THE BATTLE. Uniontown, Pa , May 5. One of the bloodiest scenes in the history of the bttike in the coke region occurred at daybreak Friday morning at the Faint er mines of the McClure Coke company near Scottdale. It is thought at least three or four persons are dead and at least twelve others have been seriously injured as a result of the day's conflicts. It was a day of bullets and axes and the wildest lawlessness reigned. In a daylight battle at the Painter plant fifteen Hungarians were shot, several fatally, and at least three dead comrades are thought to have been carried off the battlefield and buried secretly. Superintendent Sauford White, of the Painter plant, and E. B. Roddy, bookkeeper at the same works, were horribly beaten and both are lying at the point of deatlu Sixty-three Slavs are now in jail charged with rioting. By contract with the McClure compa ny thirty workmen reported for duty at the Painter mines. The works had been closed down on account of the strike, and for several weeks not a wheel had turned The report that men had gone into the mine was circulated among the strikers and about daybreak they began gathering on the common. There were many women in the crowd. They were armed with axes, hatchets, clubs and picks. A meeting was held at which it was decided to charge on the worKs and bring the men out and to place the women in the front of the procession, so the deputies would not 6hoot A charge was made with the women in front, the men daring the deputies to open fire on them. They were soon in the yards, regardless of the presence of the deputies, and sweeping every thing before thim. Superintendent Sanford White urged the deputies not to shoot, and while trying to prevent serious trouble was knocked down by a blow from an ax wielded by a woman He fell to the ground unconscious and was dealt another blow after he was down. This started the battle, and for twen ty minut-es bullets from Winchesters and revolvers were flying on every hand. All the deputies opened fire, and Sanford White, who regained con sciousness, fired his revolver into the howling mob as he lay on his back with the blood flowing from two horri ble scalp wounds. In the first eonilict fully ten Hungari ans fell to the ground and were car ried away to their settlement while a great many were injured by flying mis silos. The sight of the wounded and the dying fulling at their sides only in furiated the mob, which rushed on the deputies like wild men and women. They pounced upon White, who was still ly in g helplers near the ovens, and beat him into insensibility with clubs and stones. As a Hungarian was about to kill him with an ax James Tarr, a deputy, knocked the Slav down with a club. White received three very severe scalp wounds, his skull was fractured and he was injured internally and has been vomiting blood ever since the bat tle. He is thought to be fatally in jured. As soon as White was unable to raise his head above the ground the furious Slavs attacked E. B. Roddy, book keeper for the company, who has been acting as a deputy since the strike be gan. He was slashed twice on the head with a hatchet and was ba.lly in jured internally. He, too, has been vomiting blooi. The marauders did not give up the invasion until the last deputy had taken, shelter in the tipple. A shower of bul lets was poureil into them as long as the ammunition lasted and as fast as a Slav would fall he would be carried away. The ammunition at last gave out and the guards fled to the tipple for protection. It is impossible to tell how many Huns were shot They were carried away as fast as they were dropped out of the ranks, and it is said by persons in the riot that at least three or four were killed outright One woman was shot in the breast and another through the thitfh, but both will recover. Deputj Sheriffs Mat Allen and John Richards took a posse of deputies and started at once for the scene of the riots. They found the men and wom en all in the houses, and without meet ing the ltast oppjMtion arrested sixty three of those who composed the mob. They were brought to jail here under the protection of twenty-five Win chesters. In the gang of prisoners were twelve women and ten children. At the time of the trouble thirty men were at work, all of whom have since quit. The works are idle. The situation in the coke region is alarming. The big operators say they will start up on Monday morning re gardless of consequences, and numer ous repetitions of the day's bloody work are inevitable. Late reports from the north end. where the works of W. J. Rainey are in operation, are to the effect that armed strikers are assembling in large numbers for the purpose of raiding the active plants. Fears are entertained of further scenes. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Moths dislike newspapers as mucB. as the prepared tar paper. Rugs when shaken should be han dled by the middle, and not the ends. Cauliflower used for pickles should be prepared by first boiling the vege table. A teaspoonftjl of powdered borax added to cold starch will tend to give the linen an extra stiffness. Pole rings can be made to run easily by rubbing the pole with kerosene un til thoroughly smooth. - JUDGE JENKINS CRITICISED. Ilia Northern Pacific Injunctions Declared to Have Been an Abuse of Power. Washington, May 5. Representa tive Boatner. of Louisiana, chairman of the special committee of the judi ciary committee of the house of repre sentatives appointed to investigate the Northern Pacific injunctions of Judge Jenkins, on Friday submitted in behalf of the majority of the investi gating committee a report to the full judiciary committee. The report was discussed for two hours, but no action was taken by the full com mittee. The report was made the special order of the full committee for next Tuesday. Representative W. A. Stone, of Pennsylvania, the republican gnember of the sub-committee, dissents from the majority report on the ground that it is an attempt to make a judicial ruling, but he has not yet submitted a minority report The subcommittee find that the ob ject and purpose of both writs of in junction was to prevent the employes of the Northern Pacific railway from striking; that is, withdrawing from the service in a body, which the court was informed by theoflicers of the road would result in a suspension of its oper ations, inflict great damage to the prop erty and inconvenience to the general public. The order which practically com pelled the employes to accept a lower rate of wages, and which prevented the officers of the labor orgauizations from the discharge of one of the most important functions in their possession, is, in the opinion of the committee, a gross abuse of judicial authorit', with out the warrant of law, and void. The committee is also of the opinion that the men had a perfect right to withdraw from the service of the company, singly or in a body, ii they saw fit to do so; that they had a lawful right to combine to obtain the best terms of em ployment and any error of the court which practically deprived them of that right is a violation of their per sonal liberty. The injurious effect of an exercise by them of a lawful right on the interests of the corporation and the public could not justly be taken into consideration by the court The committee finds no sufficient evi dence to sustain aDy charges against the judge, as he may have conscien tiously believed that he had the power to issue the writs complained of and that a proper occasion for the exercise of this power was presented. The committee recommends, how ever, that, to set at rest any doubt on the subject a prohibitory statute be en acted which will prevent a recurrence of such orders. It also recommends the enactment of a statute defining and limiting the powers of United States judges in proceedings for contempt. It also recommends that a statute be enacted which will declare the causes for which a railroad receivership may be ordered in the United States courts. Milwaukee, May 5. Judge Jenkins firmly refuses to break the silence which be has resolutely maintained ever since the first move to investigate bis judicial conduct was begun. It is undet stood that he considers the whole proceeding beneath his notice. CHANGE IN THE INCOME TAX. Proposed to Eliminate the Iuqulsitorial Feature of the Measure. Washington, May 5. Senator Vest (Mo.) offered the democratic caucus amendments to the tariff bill providing for a change in the income tax feature of the bill. It does not change the tax of 2 per cent nor the amount at which incomes should be subject to tax, leav ing it at S4.000 and upward. The ob ject of the amendments is to relieve individual investors in corporations of the charge where their net in comes do not exceed f-,000, but to have the profits of the corporation taxed. It is also proposed to eliminate the iuquisitorial features of the income tax. Instead of compelling the indi vidual to exhibit his books and papers the assessor may estimate the amount of the income, and the person so as sessed may appear and prove that he has been assessed too high, if such is the case. An important amendment is made to section 55, which is as follows: Provided, also, that In compiling the income of any person, corporation, company or associa tion there shall not be included the amount re ceived from any corporation, company or asso ciation at interests or dividends upon the bonds or stock of such corporation, company or asso ciation if the tax of 2 per cent, has been paid upon its net prolits by said corporation, com pany or association as required by this act." The clause in paragraph 53 requiring estimates to be made upon the shares of persons in the gains or profits of com panies in levying the income tax is stricken out 'ihe intention of these amendments is to prevent double taxa tions. Amendments are made to section 65, providing for returns of corporations so us to include companies and associa tions and place them upon the same terms under the law as corporations. Matched tt Trot Two Miles. Buffalo, N. Y.. May 5. The much-talked-of 2-mile trotting match for the championship of the world between C. J. Hamlin's Nightingale ('i:10) and I. ii. Udell's Greenlander (2:12) has been made. A ?500 forfeit has been posted bv both owners. The conditions will be best two in three for S3.000. The race to take place during the circuit races at Buffalo in August Nightin gale last year placed the 2-mile record at A:Z'V4, "which Greenlander later re duced to 4:32. Both of these records were against time. HORSE NOTES. Don't give a good horse a second class trainer. Be kind to the colts and you will have gentle horses. A iiARBLE shaft is to be erected over the grave of Dictator. Paris killed last year 11,803 old horses for roasts and soups- Standard-bred trotters that can't trot are poor property for any breeder to stock up with. Care and feed are just as important factors as pedigree in raising trotting stock at a profit BE SURE OF THESE WORDS. Reeking," Deslcrated" and "Lurid" May Sot Mean What You Think. The old dictionary sell about "tran pire" and "perspire" is still worked with so much assiduity as to lead one to suppose that there is none other to be had. But there are others quite aa pood. Take three words "Reeking, "desiccated," and "lurid." and ask your friends what they understand by them. "Reeking?" one will say. "Why, reek ing means dripping with moisture, fcoaked with wet" Another will say that it means "slippery, slimy; as with filth." "Reek ing with filth. Having a pungent, un pleasant odor." If j-ou can get a bet that the word does not mean anything of the kind, take it. It is sure money. If he won't bet j'OuTl have almost as much pleasure in noting his surprise when 3ou tell him that "reeking" means "smoking, steaming." A chimney can reek, or a new pipe can reek. When a horse reeks with moisture, it is because its flanks smoke and steam. Jean Igelow writes: No Same did Hash or fair blue reek lioso up to show me his place That is the surest catch-word of the three. "Desiccated" is pretty good, though. Nine out of every ten will in stantly'say that the word means: "Chop ped up into little bits. Smashed up in pieces." In this word, as in 'reeking," the process of change from the real meaning can be traced. Anything very wet would reek in frosty weather, so the wetness was assumed to be the real characteristic of reek. Pretty much the only articld in common use to which the adjective "desiccated" is applied is cocoanut prepared for use in cakes and pies. It is chopped up in small bits. But it is chopped up that it may be thoroughly dried, and "thor oughly dried" is the only proper mean ing. "Lurid" is a word little better known. Ask a man what color lurid is and he may answer correctly, but the chances are that he will say "red, flaming, orange or bright yellow." Of course, lurid means smoky or dull color. Lon don fog is lurid; thick, suffocating smoke is lurid. Lurid and livid are al most s-nonymous. "Lurid flames' are flames almost choked with smoke. A lurid sunset is not a brilliant one, but one dull and gray and cheerless. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. THE FLYING MACHINE. A New Light Cpon a Very Popular Hut L'ntolved Problem. It seems to be impossible for any machine, natural or artificial, of greater weight than at most a few hundred pounds, to lift itself straight up in the air, or even to maintain itself it the same place like a hovering bird, by the j force of propellers alone and without the aid of a balloon. Therefore, there must 1m some device other than, or in addition to, propellers to raise the ma chine in the act of starting. But ob serve, I said straight up. Many birds can not rise so. They must rise at very gentle incline. They must get onward motion before their wing's can get full effect on the air. It is said that the mode of taking the condor is to build a pen, say, forty to fifty feet in diameter and six feet high, and put a carcass in the middle of it. The condor alights, but can not again rise at an angle which will take him over the fence. Many heavy bodied, short-winged ducks rise from the water at so small an angle that they must use both feet and wings for thirty to forty feet in order to get on ward motion enough to give effective ness to their wings by coming in con tact with larger masses of still air, as already explained. It follows, there fore, that the flyinjr machine must have some station device to start it. It may be an elevator, but more probably it will be machine rollers on a rail way. With ieroplane spread and slight ly inclined and propellers directed a tittle backward, velocity might be got sufficient to sustain and finally with the help of the propellers to raise the machine. As far as I can learn, this is the plan of Maxim. Prof. Joseph Le Conte, in Popular Science Monthly. Freaks of Southern Sand Storms. Strange freaks are played by wind blown sands in the New Mexico river calleys and mountain canyons. In the eanyons one.raaj' see cliffs and natural tone pillars cut into fantastic forms by the natural sand blasts formed by the winds sucking up and down these narrow passes. In broad river valle3-s, the Rio Grande especially, great areas of sand hills are seen tossed up like giant waves of a sea. These shift their position slowly, travelling in the direc tion of the prevailing winds, until they scatter on the plain or encouuter some obstruction, such as a mountain side, against which they heap. Not only valuable lands, but towns may be buried in this invading element. Thus along the Pecos river, at distances from twenty to forty miles below the town of Eddy, in southeastern New Mexico, there are five old deserted pueblos or villages built by ancient agricultural Indians, which, it is estimated, once contained a population of from ten thousand to fifteen thousand people. Now the villages are nearly buried in sand blown from the hills that bound the valley. Vestiges of a canal to these towns have been discovered leading from a canyon near by which once fur nished water, but is now filled with, sand. N. Y. Sun. Only Kelatlves Parred. Mouldy Mike We ll live on th'fat o' th. land soon. In th town we're com in' to there's a asylum where all us fellers is welcome. It was founded by a rich woman, and all us tramps takes it in every time. Wearie William- Why didn't she leave her money to her relatives? Mouldy Mike She said she wasn't goin' to support idle relatives that was able to work fer a livin'. N. Y. Weekly. The French government annually appropriates thirty million dJlars for various charities.