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THE AMERICAN. HENRY CLAY'S VALEDICTORY. JkUMfca HraM III I'alkrtl tarllli lit kuw Wm Ma4 Trvnu John F. Coyi (iitri f lU-ury CU t tr ;i lu lue tnate In the UnlltV Horn Journal. recanting It a tl nitn( dramatic evenl rvtr tutnewwd In the relied Stain .nt. Almost (ruin lh nHn!nit rl of the famous taleiltc Utry the vast as-wmMnice of peojiU r In lears. and the "irrat fommoii r" was frequently Sutemiptfil by Hit aobe of hta auditors, "Tfc ei-ue was Indeed Impressive an V.f. Clay pro-Boum-vd tb concluding words of liU farewell to public life," ys Mr. "oj li "He tood for a moment after lu rever ential attitude, while all about bnu strong men, swayed by the nugiieti)' power of the jreat orator, wept In al ienee. Tbe huhbcd sufprnse of Intense feeling and attention pervaded the crowded aaemliliiK aa tbe funioiii Utman. with lowering . fl aunted bis aeat. For aeveral moment tha alienee was unbroken; senator sat aa If in the shadow of some Impeiidiuii Calamity; men of all parties aeemed equally overcome by the patboa and majesty of the ureal statesman's fare well. Ai Mr. Clay rose to leave the chamber after adjournment, which di rectly followed hla aililreaa, and after he had aald farewell to all the other senators, he encountered Mr. Calhoun. The eyes of the whole assemblage were fixed on theae two old friend and old political antagonists. There a pause In the demons ration which awaited Mr. Clay the moment of sus pended anticipation was almost pain ful For five years they had been es tranged, and the only words which had passed between them had been those harshly spoken In debate. Hut now, an they met. the old time came over them. They remembered only the political ccmpanionBhlp of twenty years' stand ing. The Intervening differences which had chilled their hearts toward euch other were forgotten. The tears sprang to their eyes. They shook euch other cordially by the band, Interchanged a 'God bless you,' and parted. The re leased suspense which awaited this tearful scene found vent In shouts and cheers, which were taken up by the crowds outside the senate chamber, ex pecting Mr. Clay's appearance. He was surrounded by the waiting thousands on his way to his carriage, and throngs followed htm even to his hotel." Cholera Infantum. No one supposed that cholera Infan tum Is wilfully caused by mothers or persons who have Infanta In charge: yet in some places a large proportion of all children born die of that dla ease. That It results from cause which are preventable are shown by several facts: (1) Among the higher classes of peo pie the mortality Is very much less than among the less Intelligent and less provident. (2) Infants who are nourished only by mother's milk are almost wholly exempt from cholera Infantum. (3) The disease Is undoubtedly cnuseo. by changes In the Infant's food or drink, due to bacteria, fungi, or somi sort of micro-organisms. Diarrhoea. What Is true of cholera Infantum Is. in great part, true of dl arrhoea. The great cause of Infant mortality is largely due to ljrnorane end carelessness on the part of those who have the care of children. It ought to be known to every per son who has the care of a child during the hottest day of July and Augunt that a good light, clean, dry, warm fannel over the entire abdomen Is a very Important article for every child who Is In danger of any bowel trouble. The rapid evaporation of perspiration, and the consequent serious coldness ot the abdomen, can be prevented by the flannel. ltlRKMt Farm on Karth. The largest farm in this country and probably In the world is situated In the southwestern part of Louisiana. It extends 100 miles east and west. It was purchased in 18S3 by a syndicate of northern capitalists, by whom it Is still operated. At the time of its pur chase its 1,500,000 acres was a vast pasture for cattle belonging to a few dealers in that country. Now It is di vided Into pasture stations or ranches, existing every six miles. The fencing is said to have cost about 150,000. The land is best adapted for rice, sugar, corn and cotton. A tract, say half a mile wide, is taken, and an engine Is placed on each side. The engines are portable and operate a cable attached to four plows. By this arrangement thirty acres are gone over in a day with the labor of only three men. There Is not a single draught horse on the (ntlre place, if we except those used by the herders of cattle, of which there are 16,000 head on the place. The Southern Pacific railway runs for thirty-six miles through the farm. The company has three steamboats operat ing on the waters of the estate, cf which 300 miles are navigable. It has also an ice-house, bank, shipyard and rice mills. From the Knoxvllle Tribune. " Seotty's Remarkable Apple Tree. Oil City Blizzard: "Scotty," of the Oil Well Supply company, who resides on a farm in close proximity to the fair grounds, owns an apple tree which can be considered a sort of novelty. A few years ago it was known as a "wild" apple tree, but Mr. Scott bad it grafted ' and it now produces seven different kinds of apples, some of which grow to an immense size and have a dell clous taste. Bis Canstio Comment "Here's a queer story, don't you know. A fellow in San Franclsoo cut bis throat with a tobacco tag." "Well, I'm deuced glad It wasn't a cigawette picture." Cleveland Plain- I s- Fer the k F. 4. Wry often a peraoti hears the ex pression "I have no use for the A. I A s. When a person mas.es a reroar of this haraler It causes some to think many thing. First, he dmi not fully undftand the principle on which the A. I. A'a. are working, and he doe nt want to understand ihem. Soond. he la sn Ignorant person re garding the hltttory of nations. How many 4inie. by some small state ment, a person will tell much more than he Intended to tell. They want to le considered wise, and I hey make statements to corroborate this fad and what they say produces the opjioKiie letmlt. Third, it makes anyone suspicious that the m tin Is living for the money there Is In It. He wants to leave well enough alone that Is when money is coming Into his pocket well enough. Iet anyone read a correct history of the time when Charles V was deter minedtocriiHh the work of the Brethren of the Common Life In the Nether lands, and when I'hlllp II Increased the numbers of the bishops, who were also inquisitors, that the work against the A. P. A's. might be complete. And when the Puke of Alva boasted of having killed 18,000 people and then say, "I have no use for the A. P. A'a. There are men In every society who are unwise, hut because there are some In the Protective Association, who should hnve done otherwise, this is not sufficient reason to condemn the principles which they, the pro-pnplHts, Becrn lo know little about and do not want to know. There are some men who can play the part of the coward better than any other part on the stare of life. V. O. A. To Weed It Out. A special correspondent of the Lon don Telegraph writes from Berlin that a fresh proof of religious intolerance In Russia is given by the proceedings at the congress of high Russian ecclesiastics at Kastln, which met to consider measures to atop the spread of sectarianism. It was declared that the adherents of Count Tolstoi were particularly dangerous to state and church, and oujrht to be treated ac cordingly. The government will there fore be asked to proceed rigorously against the count and his followers. Further, the schools of the sectarians are to b closed, an t the congress demands that membership of the oif f rent secs be declared dishonorable. The peasant communes are to hnve the right t.t exclude sectarians and lo send them to Siberia. Sectarians me not to be allowed to have orthodox servants under age. Those of ago are to be placed under the surveillance of the orthodox clergy. Finally, some particularly rigorous measures were discussed. It was pro posed that sectarians' children should he taken from them and educated In public Institutions In thj orthodox faith. This proposnl met with difficul ties because there are no such insti tutions. A RusRlnn bishop also 6ug- gested the confiscation of th property of sectarians. Almost all of the reso lutions were passed unanimously. Th? state religion In Russia is rha Greek Catholic, which bears somq strong points of resemblance to the Roman Catholic. Wot Without Its R. vfrd. President McKlnley's many Romish appointments and the extreme defer ence with which be has treated Ro manists in general, is not without its reward, it seems. Pope Leo in a small way shows his appreciation by sending a gift to the president, consisting of a "fine illustrated work descriptive of the so-called Appartamunti Bor gla, at the Vatican, which were recent ly restored." It is strange, however, that Leo should show such poor wisdom aa he has done In this case. The history ot the Borgias is most Infamous. One of them, under the title of Alexander VI., occupied the papal chair. He was the father of Lucretia Borgia, by a alone,oaJvloYnor(DHrbmtgmDas: mistress. When Lucretia grew to womanhood, most horrible to relate. Bhe became the mistress of ber father. The death of vice into which the popes sank during that age seems in credible; and Alexander, or Borgia, was the foulest monster of them all. 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