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0. W. FAIRnnOTnER k CO,, Proprietor!. CALVERT, KHIIKASKA. THE JNEWS. ; ' t -' ." j r ; . , Ooinpilod from Latost Dispatohos. ComrrcHsloniil. ' In tho Botmto on 1 ho 90th Mr. Hide, from the Census Committee, miulo it fuvornblo re port on thu House ApiHirtlnnniout lilll, und Muted tlmt tho committee went unanimous In Ulportof Inn measure Mr. SnumliTfl Intro r (luccriablll for an appropriation to Improve inn Missouri iimir opposite tno mutes nr nn brnska iiml Iowa. Mr. full oircrcl ii rcmilu tlon favoring a (Joiikn-as of IteproHontut Ives of .tho American Jtopubllcs to Mettle tho contro versy iKitwccn (hill anil Peru. Mr. Ijou-itti called tin tho Mil 10 place General (Irtint on tho retired l cu usi, mm ino question i win further ills- cusscu. Tho l'eiislon-Arr krroiim reso lit on wis taken up, mid Mr. Mcl'hersou or fcrod nod advocated n sillntltiito do clnrJiiK thai tho Honnto iidhorcm to thn prln clplo that pensions shall lio computed from the time or disability, mid illroclliijr tho ,1'pijbIom Committee to brfmr In it Mil by which tho business of tho 1'cnHloii llnreau may ho expedited and frauds delected and punished. ... In tho IIoiIho hllli wero Introduced: lly Mr.Cobh(Iid.), providing that all silver coin defaced or worn Uy ordinary use shall bo ro vol veil ly tho Government and paid for In per fect coin nt Its original value: by Mr. Hunk imr, for the construction of n bridge across tho 'MIsmsslppI uoitrthti northern piiititfHt. I.oiiIh; liy Mr. Whl to, to enable noldlerM and (tailors to obtain In inonoy tho valno of tho homesteads to which thoy aro entitled; by Mr. Itandiill, providing that all puhllo building Nlmll bo constructed of material found In tho Htato whora tho buildings aro to tm erected. Mr. -Itoblnnou Introduced u resolution extending sympathy to tho laboring olusseM of Ireland mid their representatives now In prison. A Joint ri'Holutloii wan piiHied refunding to Ainurloaii ItovlHorsof tho Now Testament tho duties paid on coplosof thoitawltuvlHcd'rcmu mont forthousoof tho ontupnny. Jlllli wero passed: To promoto tho elllolencvof tho Mfe Huvlng Service and onoouriign tlm saving of llfo from shipwrecks; nut liorlzlng tho payment of the .Japanese iudcuiulty fund, amounting to 1,77(,!II0 with tho oxeeptlon or fVI.UOU, which Hltall bo paid to tho ollloors mid crew of uio uiuicu winies snip Wyoming. 51 it. JWWKH presented a petition In tho Hen- .atoon tho 21st, In behalr of tlm Tudliui tribes, and said that one hundred thmiHiiiiil cltl.ons of Inllueueo had Blgnod similar upponlH. Mr. l'liiuib hoped hi seo tho relations nftho Gov oruiiieuttotho Iudhins placed on a practical biiMlrt. Tho Hoiibo Apportlomnout bill was passed by a vlca voce voto. Hills woro Intro 'duced: lly Mr. I'lumb, amending tho act of 1874 to encourage tho growth of timber on Western prairies; by Mr. MoMlllan, to set apiirt a portion of Montanu for curtain Indian .tribes, and to pay each trlbo W),ooo per annum for ten years. Tho resolution declaring 'that tho law granting arrears or pen Hlons ought to bo repealed, and tho iimendments thereto, again eaiiio up as iinlln Ished business, and, after several amendments were otrerod and rejected, tho wholo subject was tabled -91110 2.1. Adjourned to thoUld.... In the Mouse, In Committee of tho Whole, an amendment to tho Pnst-olllco Appropriation bill wild agreed to JCi to (HI providing that malls shall bo carried without extra charge on tho fastest trains whenever tho l'ostmastor- ' (lonenil think? It desirable, and upon failure to comply with this provision the compensa tion or roads Is to bo reduced llfty per cent. After a long dismission an adjournment to tho 2Id was egiocd to. iNthoHciiatoon the Sid a Joint resolution was adoptwl authorizing tho Secretary of Yar to Issue rat tons for tho relief of tho laboring classes In the overflowed region between Mem phis nnd Vloksburg, and appropriating $100,000 therefor. Tho bill Tor tho retirement or Gen eral tlrant camo up, and Mr. Huyard uiTurod a Hiibstltuto providing u pension for all ox-l'res-ldonts oiiual to ono-fourth tho amount of their pay while President, suuh pension not to bo paid In oaso of n second I'resldontlal term. This substitute was ri)octod-0 to ill. An amcnilmontby Mr. Sherman wiw ngreed to without discussion, making tho proposed re tirement addithmiil to tho number authorized by law, Tho bill wns thou passed lift to 17. Messrs. lb-own, Cull, Davis (111.), Jones (Mu.) mid Jlansom voted ayo with tho Jtopublleiuw. Otherwise tho voto was u party one. Tho bill prohibiting othor than Indians from trading with tho tribes on resorvutlons was passed.. ..In tho House Mr. Chalmers Introduced a bill for tho rollor or HUtrorors by tho overflow or tho Mis sissippi, nud an appropriation of $100,000 was passed. In Committee of tho Wholo tho l'ost oMco Appropriation bill was taken up. It was rosolvod that no oontraetor shall bo roleused until a bond has been made by tho sub-eon-tractor. A proposition to Increase to fl.BOO, 000 tho amount set aside for postal clerks was rejected, its was also an amendment Increas ing by $300,000 tho appropriation for route agents. Domestic limit wuter In ull Western rivers and ills nstrous Hoods In ninny places, Interfering with railroad and telegraphic communication and threatening great disaster, was ngaln re ported on the Slst. Not only the Mississippi and Ohio lMvcrs,uut scores of smaller streams, wore booming. Memphis, Tenn., mid Helena, Ark., were practically under woter, iind re ports from tho Lowor Mississippi country stated that plantations wero under wa ter, and cattle, sheep and hogs In large numburs had been drowned. At many points In Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, Biimll streams had swollon to unusual pro IHirtlons, causing wnshouts on many railroads and cousequont abandonment of traltiB. In Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan a terrlllc snow storm prevailed, Interrupting all trnveL Tub milling tlrm of FllclUon it Sons, of Fredericksburg, Vn., suspended on tho'JlBt with liabilities of ia0,000. At l'nducah, Ky., II vo persons who lived on a flat-boat wero drowned during' tho storm on thoaist. ' Tub Hush Medical College, Chicago, grad uated 170 new doctors on tho Dlst. Hkv. O. O. IUhsks, thu mountain Evan gelist of Kentucky, claims 2,473 conversions as the result of seven, weeks' work in Louis vlllo, and the restoration to health of nearly us many more by the prayer-cure. Tun will of the lato Joseph K. Sheftlcld, of Now Haven, gives tho Sclcntltlc School his mansion and grounds on tho death of his wife and son, as also one-seventh of his ostntei which is estimated at from $7,000,000 to $10, 000,000. A I'Ackaok worth $10,000 was mailed by a New York bank tou Charleston institution In December, but has not reached Its destination. Tho Tost-olllco Department is investigating. A l'AUT of the Insane Asylum at Urooklyn, N. Y., was burned on tho morning of thu 21st. One Inmate was burned to death and three es capod. Kki'OHts from the Mississippi Valloy on the 22d showed tho existence of n sad state of af fairs owing to high water. Tho entire shore lino between Memphis and Vicksburg on the Mississippi side, and the whole eastern shore of Arkansas, were either under water or threatened with Inundation. Tho Inhabitants of a vast area of country wero in great dis tress. Many had been forced from their houses and were subsisting as best they could on rafts, and some on knolls or parts of the old levees. The destruction of live stock Is lieypud calculation, and tuiMvasto of property l&outsidatho limit of present computation. Arkansas City wns completely submerged, not a single house In the city being frco from the presence of the muddy Howl. At Cincinnati fully 5,000 people were thrown out of work, and railroad I ravel between that city aud In (fhiiwpolls wns entirely cut off. ' ' .hms ,W. Uvanh, ii plano-tuher, , employed by Hoot fe Son, Chicago, surrendered himself to the police on tho morning jof tjic2d, slut? Ing thut he had been assaulted by n footpad, and that he had killed thojiimii. The innif whom he killed turned out to bu tho yard master of the Lake Slioro & Michigan South ern lUliroiid. Doth men have iilthertn Ironin good reputations, and tho case Is involved in much mystery.' A gaicmmd of jMitaloes front Glasgow", PcothiutL wero soll,Jn Ghlcngojon the 29d for $1.15 cr bushel on- tho track. This Is Iho1 llrst Instnncc of the arrival and sale of Scotch potatoes in that market. Cmnton II. Smith, ofNcw York, a dealer lil.lric'cs, has made aniiSHlgiiiiient', giving pref erences for e 118,000. Ills llablUt'lcs aggregate $'i.V),O0O. Tun Krio IUIlroad hns decided to doublo trnck llsjue. west qf JIoniellsvlllcyN.l'. ,.-. TiiJ State vof North Carol IniC ha olTernd lundfor the Hebrew refugees from Hussln. TlmCTntttllan Mllors u'ero dhJiviicd'lii Nev York hurbor on the 'J91 during a lit'iivy" squiill. A jt.tition fs in circulation In N6v Yorlc for tho abrogation of the reciprocity trcuty with the Hawallnii Islands. Tlir.'crew if a wrecked British lurk, con sisting of the Captain, Ids wife aud two chil dren, and two scahieii, were rescued' on tho 22d from nn open boat oil tho eoist of Cali fornia by tho stcamor Nowburn. They woro starving. "j I'iiok. SiMi'iir, Jackhok, tho owiicr of tho stock of Ilreworks wlilch.cxplodcd at Chester. l'a., and Charles Van Horn, who assured tho firemen that tjiero waH no danger of explo sion, were on the 22d held to answer at the next term (if courf.. HtTzr.HN A; Hkotiieu, wholesale liquor dealers in New York, whoso liabilities are re ported at $200,00;), made im assignment on tho SKId. Fiiik oiv the 21d swept nway tho .works of the Teabody Oil Company at Chester, l'a., valued nt $100,000; tho manufactory of Kstn brook & Co., at Mllford, Mass., worth $50, (KW, nnd Schuiuan'K Hour-mill at AUentown, ru., on which Uio loss was $.10,000. Osk of the' boilers In the Vulcan Steel works, in South St. Louis, exploded on tho 2:id, fatally Injuring four men. Tiinnahnumunn Medical Collegc.of Chicago, graduated 110 hoiiKcpathlc physlcluus on the aid. A Gloucimtisk (Mass.,) dispatch of tho 23d announced tho probable wreck of three schooners from that port, Involving a loss of llfty lives. ' At Omaha, Neb., a. new National Hank, called tho Nebraska. National Hank, was or ganized on thakl, with a capital of $250,000. A l'AUTV of 1125 Jewish refugees from Hus sln arrived at Philadelphia- on tho 2Jkl by tho steamship Illinois. Stki'iiux Huo.VTiniiST, once n leading lot tery agent In Maryland, recently throw him self befoio a train at Baltimore aud was hor ribly mangled. Tin: district overflowed In Mississippi on tho 2.'Jd was thirty miles wide by sixty long. PorHoiml and Political. Tim Indiana Greenback 8tato Convention was held at Indianapolis on tho 22d. Gilbert Do La Matyr was chosen permanent Chair man. A platform was adopted declaring that all money should bo lhsued by tho Govern ment; labor should bo protected by National and Stato authority, tho Eight-hour law should bo enforced; tho bonds of tho United States should not bo refunded, but paid us they become duo In tho lawful monoy of tho United States', legal tenders should bo substi tuted for National Hank notes; tho Hurlln gumo treaty should bo abrogated; publle do main should bo rcservpd for actual sottlcrH; Congress should regulate Intcr-Stato com merce; denouuelng railroad, land and moneyed corporations as monopolies, und declaring that men who loaned them money should never bo preferred to soldiers; demanding a graduated income tax; opposing nn Increase of tho standing army; favoring tho placing of nil ropresentntlvcs of tho peo ple on un equal footing; demanding u Govern mont of tho people, by tho pcoplo and for tho people. A resolution was also adopted favor ing tho submitting of tho Constitutional aud Suilrago amendments to tho State Constitu tion to tho pooplo. Tho following nomina tions wero made; For Secretary of Stato, Hiram Z. Leonard, Cass County; Auditor of State, J. N. Armantrout, Clinton County; Trensurer of Stato, John Studebaker, Wells County; Attorney-General, M. W. Lee, Dela ware County; Superintendent of Public In struction, Howard Hull, Howard County; Clerk of Supremo Court, Jured Solter, Clark County. Tho nomination of candidates for Judges fff tho Supremo Court was referred to tho Stato Contrnl Committee. ' O.N thc22d. a committee appointed by vw.ucuuuui-s living iii umcmnuii ana vicinity presented eulogistic and sympathetic rcsolu. tjons to. Mrs. G.irllold us utrlbuto to tho mem ory of her lato husband. Washington's birthday (February 23) was geuerally observed throughout tho coun try as a holiday, in some places by civic pro cessions, and In others by social festivities. IN the Sprague divorce enso on tho 21st tho ex-Senator withdrew his counter bill, and tho complainant struck out all allegations excopt that of non-support. Tho divorce was then granted, the question of alimony only being held In ubeyance. Tho three girls were surron dercd to tho mother and tho son to tho father. Nkitiiku branch of Congrcbs was in session on the 22d, out of respect to tho memory of Washington. Tin: Reform element wero successful lu the recent Philadelphia municipal election. 8AMUM, II. Owkns, a prominent lawyer of Missouri, and a Mason of high rank, died In a hotel ut SU Louis on tho 22d. Anti-M.oh.mon meetings wero held in vari ous parts of tho country on tho evening of tho 22d, ut which resolutions wero passed asking Congress to put a stop to tho evil. It Is stated that tho Auditing Committee in charge of the accounts of the Into President Garfield's Illness have inado tho following al lowances: Bliss, $10,000; Agnew and Hamil ton, $15,000 each; Heyburn, JJoyntou nnd Mrs. Edson $5,000 cnehj Crump, r$3,000. Euivr.N of the twenty-two vctcranof the war of 1812 in New York were banquctod a few nights ago by tho Dahlgren Post of the Grand Army. Tun Ohio House has passed n bill to pro ven gambling lu railroad stocks, groin, or other cjbminodltlcs, Imposing a flno' of from 20 to $50d" or conllncinertt fn Jail for six months. The legislature of Michigan met lu extra ecsslou on the 2,'id to consider the nc,wTax bill as recommended by tho State Tux Com mission, the reapportionment of the State in to Congressional Districts aud to devise meas ures of relief for tho Ilro sufferers. It Is announced that General Brady has summoned' tho parties Implicated In the al leged tar-route conspiracy to Washington for consultation. j r' A iiihpatch from Salt Lake City on the 23d Indicated n feverish condition of affairs in Mormondom. Petitions to Congress asking to bo let alono'wero being circulated, uridjothcr .measures wero beingurgently pressed to sweep back the rising flood of'nhtl-Mornion feeling in.Uio Nation. Tinf Ticrzcgrtvlnlans have "dereifted tho Austrlsns in sevcrul minor engagements. An nttack was mnde on Mottla on the 21st In which toil, women und six children were killed, mit the insurgents Wcr6 driven awuy. Tin: British and French Comptrollers-General in Egypt declare the present state of affair In that country a practical nulllllcatlon of their control. On tho 22d Mr. Dradluugh was again ex pelled from tho British House of Commons by 2511 iiyos to SI noes. M. Davitt was on tho 22d elected from County Meath, Ireland, to the scat in Par liament rendered vacant by the resignation of A. M. Sullivan. This Is considered mi In dorsoment of the no-rent policy. Houziiaud, the husband of Christine Nllsson, who becaino Insane over tho recent financial crisis in Purls, died In an asylum on the 22d. The stdamer City of London, which started for New York In No ember last, went to pieces oil tho coast of Ireland, with u crew numbering forty. A signal locker bearing her name was niuotig the wreckage which on the 22d floated ashore. Sin Leonahu Tim.ev, tho Canadian Minis ter of Finance, has estimated tho cost of run ning tho Dominion Government next year ut $53,000,000, which Is ten millions more than last year. Tun Bank of England has reduced Its dis count rate to live per cent., and tho Bank of Franco and tho Bank of Belgium havo fol lowed suit. A CAiu.i:aitAM from St. Petersburg on tho 23d announced the departure of Llcutenaut Hurber nnd Master Scheutzc, of the United States navy, In search of the Jcannctte's third boat. The mercantile firm of Hill, MueMastcr & Plant, of Manchester, England, suspended payment on the 23d, with liabilities of 70,000. Emimo Ca8ti:i,mi, in an article published at Madrid, predicts an Invasion of Europe by tho Slavonic Nations, and warns the Latin races to ally themselves with the Germans. LATEK NEWS. A bnow-smde 111 Big Cottonwood Canon, Utah, on tho 21th burled a wood-chopper and his wlfo and llvo children. Tin: flint-glass manufactory of Kobbs, Brockintertfc Co., at Wheeling, W. Vu., one of tho largest In theUnltedStutoa, was destroyed by fire on tho 21th. Tho loss was estimated at $10,000. M.vjoh Hicks, aoloto.l man, was oxectitod In tho Jail at Covington, Ky., on tho 21th, for the murdor of Henry Williams. He confessed his guilt. On tho sumo day White- Brown (colored) suffered death. at Pino Bluff, Ark., protesting his Innocence. Cii.vui.esW. Stioknkv, on, trial at Denver, Col., for tho murdor of Montgomery Cainpau, was acquitted on tho 2 Ith. In tho House of Hopresontatives on tho 21th tho Election Commit too refused to rec ognize tho claim of either Campboll or Can. nou to tho seat for Utah, but declared tho same vac int. Dit. J. N. Biunuon, of Caneyvlllo, Ky., continued on his death-boil on tha 2lth that ho was one of tho thrco floods who causo.l tho burning to death of Wiloy Kmbry and six chil dren last year. A package of currency amounting to $7, 000, belonging to tho Lake Erie A; Western Hallway, was stolen from tho oxpross olllco at Lima, O., on the 2-lth. A dihi'ATCh from Helena, Ark., of tho 2Uh states that tho Mississippi Hlver was falling slowly, aud tho backwater was receding some" what. Arrangements woro being made to feed sufferers. Heports from, Clarendon, Ar k., showed much suffering along tho St. Francis and tho river was overflow lug the country. The President on tho 21th nominated Itoscoo Coukllng for Judge of tho United States Su preme Court, and A. A. Sargount, of Call fornla, for United States Minister to Ger many. In tho Unltod States Senate on tho 24th a resolution offered by Mr. Davis was adopted, to inquire Into tho oxpedlcnoy of giving to States and Territories more aid in organizing their militia. Mr. Bayard introduced a ies lutlou'that tho Committee on Foreign Rela tions Inquire Into tho charge that persons of llclully connected with, tho Government of tho United States have promised Intervention lu tho controversies lu South America in con nection with tho guano contracts. Tho Immediate Dolleieiicy bill was taken up ; amendments appropriating $tX),000 for tho expenses of, tho funerals of the Into President Garllold and tho lato General Burnslde, and Increasing tho Item for addi tional clerk hire in tho Post-olllco from $75, 000 to $150,000 wero adopted, nnd the bill was then passed. Adjourned to tho 27th. In the llouso a resolution of Inquiry Into the allega tion that certain papers connected with tho Chill-I'cruvlau corrcfltiondcnco hud been loit or removed from the lllos of the State Depart ment was adopted. Hills wero passed to ro tlioW Idiom P. Chunibllsa with the rank, of Major, und Carlisle Boyd with tho rank of Captain, and to grant ai rears of pension to tho widow of Mujor-Gonerul Alexander Hays. Tho Apportionment Itlll as Passed bj the House. Washington, February 17. The following is the full text of the Appor tionment bill passed by the Hottso to-day: lie It fit'icUd, rte, That after the lid of March, 1883, tho House ' of Jfcprcsentatlvcs shall bo composed of 325 members, to be ap portioned among tho several Stated as fol" lows: Alabama 8 Mississippi 7 Arkansas r. MIhcoiitI ..i..k..H Ciillfornh ".Nebraska II Colorad lNovndn..i A.. 1 Connecticut 4Now Hampshire 2 Delaware -....... 1 New Jersey 7 Morldu S Now York & Georgia,. KVNorth Carolina. 0 Illinois JMOhlo t,... 21 Indiana...., i:i,()regon ..... 1 Iowu , ll1Peiiifsylvnnhi..A....2 Knnsns ,,.,.. ...... 7 Ithodo Islunill.. ?..... 2 Kentucky.. ?: .,.,.'.. A South Carolina.;.. .. 7 Louisiana O.Tennossee 10 MahiB TexnS 11 Maryland (iVonuont 2 Massachusetts. ...... 12 Vlrglnlu 10 .Michigan ii, West Virginia 4 MmicBotu..., ,. u'WlFconshi 0 8nc. 2. That whenever a new Slate Is ad mitted to the Union thu Representative or Representatives assigned It shall be in addi tion to the numbcrof 325. Sec. 3. That lu each .State entitled under .this apportionment the Lumb'er of 'Represent atives to which suchjStnte may be entitled In the Forty-eighth and each' .subsequent Con gress shall be elected by districts composed of contiguous toirltory, und. containing as near ly us practicable an equal number of Inhab itants, aud equal lu number to the Represent atives to which such State may be entitled in Congress, no one district electing more than ouo Representative. J'whM, That, unless tho Legislature of sueli Stato shall othcrwlso rovide, before tho election of such Repre sentatives shall take place, as provided bylaw, wheio no chungc shall be hereby mudo lu the representation of a Stale, tho Rcprescnta tiV(M thereof to the Forty-eighth Con gress shall bo elected therein ns now provided by law. If tho number as hereby provided for shall be linger than It was before this change, then au additional Repre sentative or Representatives allowed to said Stute under this apportionment may be elect ed by tlio State at lurge, and the other Repre sentatives to which the Stute is entitled, by districts, as now prescribed by law lu such Stato; and If tho number hereby provided for shall in any State bo less than it was beforo the chnnge hereby made, then the whole num ber to such Stntc hereby provided Tor shall bo elected ut large, unless the Legislatures of suld States hnve provided or shall otherwise provide before the time llxcd by law for tho next election of Representatives therein. All nets nnd putts of acts Inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. A Terrible Explosion. Chkstkii, Pa., February 17. This Is the blackest day In tho history of our fulr city. Death In Us most frightful shape has laid low nearly a score of our jeople, nnd many more have been wounded. The entire city Is in mourning. Following close upon the destruction of tho Military Academy a severe loss of Itself to our community camo an alarm of lire from Jackson's lire-works and magazine. This wns In tho old Porter Man sion on Second street and the river front. Prof. Jackson had occupied it for the past llvo or six years. He employed eight or ten hands, and wus running tho plneo to Its utmost ca pacity In order to supply his largo trade. At 7:30 tho ulnrm of lire was sounded. In llvo minutes after the alarm, the Fire Depart ment was throwing wuter on the building. A terrific explosion shook tho city, The noise reverberated throughout the country as far as the Jersey shore. A mass of flame shot high Into tho ulr, and the fragments of the building were hurled nbout. A qunntlty of gunpowder had exploded. It was then felt that tho dan ger was over, nnd the firemen npprouched the flames until within reaching distance without apprehension. A Inrgc crowd of citizens gathered. At the time when the citizens wero Bure that tolerable contiol had been secured nnd the danger was passed, another explosion, more fearful than tho llrst, gave a terrlllc Ehock to the earth. The scono was horrible, and It Is impossible to describe It. The crowd of firemen wero scattered in all directions, many of thorn with their bodies mangled beyond recognition. Homo were so badly torn that It was Impossi ble to tell what part of tho body the shreds of flesh were torn from. On tho spectators the effect was scarcely less disastrous. Many of them were killed many werowounded. Those who were not rushed through tho city spread ing the news. Almost instantly thousands of people, stricken with terror, poured from ad joining streets to tho scono of tljc disaster. Tho news was quickly spread to tho country, aud hundreds of peoplo camo from there. Tho- cries of women and children, who had lost husbands and fathers lu the calamity, and the wild inquiries of others, added to the terrible effect of tho musses of bloody corpses and wounded. All the physi cians In tho city and all the priests and pas tors were on the spot in a short time to dis pose of the dead aud to nssiht the wounded. The nearest house was about a hundred yards away. Many of tho sufferers were taken there, nnd every other house In the vicinity was thrown open, and kindly hands minis tered to the icllcf of the victims. Wagons wero hastily transformed Into ambulances, and everything that could bo done was done to mitigate the horror. The killed number eighteen, and the wound ed nearly or quite llfty, some of whom will die of their injuries. After the explosion tho ground was covered with victims, some killed, somo sorlously in jured, and others badly hurt. Dead bodies of men lay colled ou the ground, while others la bored In tho agonies of death. A uumber, writhing in tholr blood, moaned and groaned plteously for help. Many lay insensible of thelr'surroundlugs, and others, bruised und bleeding, groped their way from the scene of tho terrible accident. Tho scene beggars do tcrlption. People prayed In the open streets, and the shrieks of tho dying wero appalling. The fire was abandoned, and everybody lu condition to do so turned attention to allevi ating the distress. Houses In tho vicinity of tho explosion were conveited Into hospital mid tho wounded removed thereto. KELWIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL. X Tho Supremo Court of Wisconsin hns decided tlmt a teacher who uifduly whips a pupil is guilty of a misde meanor. Tho London Guardian says that " In spite of anti-religious manifestations, thcro nover was a timo when religion commanded a larger and more Intelli gent interest than m these days." Friday is the Turkish Sabbath. On that day tho Sultan goes to the JMosquo near tho palace, and, as tho successor of tho prophet, makes a public prayer. The event is attended with much pomp and ceremony and great crowds gather in tho streets to seo the Sultan. ' Thoro are now 26 Protestant church es in Utah, with a membership of 958, . nnd the Sunday-schools number 61, with 8,821 scholnra and 120 teffchors. Tho growth has chielly taken place within the last ilvo years, and it is said that tho Gentllo religious influences havo now begun to bo felt in tho land of polyg amy. -Tho Young Women's Christian As sociation is quietly doing a good work in Now York City. It has a liible class of 420, has frco olusses in sewing, pho nography, type-writing, ponmansliip, book-keeping, photo-coloring and silk Tyitftamg all practical ways by whicht is able to assist young women. Last year it furnished positions to 1,12-' ap plicants, and secured board in Christian families for many persons. Such a work is valuable in many ways, and deserves Christian encouragement. Tho Ladies1 University tit St. Pnlnrs- burg has a physical laboratory with 130 students, a chemical laboratory with 60 students, and a physiological laboratory with -iOO students. Tho botanical cabi net has twenty microscopes. Tho whole institution is maintained by private con tributions and by entrance fees of $25 per year, tho Ministry of Public Iustruc lion allowing only Si ,600 per year. Tho natures are delivered by professors of tiie St. Petersburg University, and sinco last year tho programme has bcOn ren dered quite equal to that of tho male uni versity; a special mathematical faculty was recently opened. Tho number of students at this Freo Ladies1 University is 980, and -12 assistants. No careful observer lias ever failed to seo that tho chief troubles and disap pointments of tho public schools como from the employment of teachers who have taken up the work merely to earn a living and not because they havo a natural aptitude for dealing with vary ing natures and imparting ideas. To lead and enlarge a young mind re quires peculiar tact and temper, and not every nerson emerging from a nor mal school and carrying a new certifi cate is fitted for tho work. Thero is not a little good sense in this paragraph from tho Loudon Olobc: "For a man to be a successful teacher ho must te sympathetic with boys, there must lin ger within him an over-juvenile, ele ment, en rapport with their mpdifcj of thought, sensible of their prejudices and, suspicions, abreast of all those impor tant discoveries for shirking work to which each generation manages to add something new, willing to see their in dividual struggles, to cheer on their am bitions and condole their defeats.'1 Eighteen Hundred Hcggars. " You want to know how many mon dicants there are in Philadelphia? Woll, I should say there wero 1,800," said Charles D. Kellogg, General Secretary of the Society for Organizing Charity, in reply to a question from a Record re porter. "Last winter Mayor Stokley took a census of this class of our peoplo for the beneflt of tho society, and ho found there wore 1.G00 persons depend ent upon street begging for support, while in tho llouso. of Correction and Almshouse there were 600 more seeking food and shelter during tho winter months, but who would becomo com mon beggars when warm weather re turned. Of courso some of these wero forced by circumstances to beg, but tho greater number did so from choice or laziness, whichovor you wish to call it. Business being hotter this winter than last, thero are fewer men out of work. Besides this, tho society lias cut oil' tho sources of supply of many mendicants, and ns a consequence of these two facts wo find the number of persons needing relief reduced by .several hundrciC L Nine-tenths of tho street, beggars will refuse work if offered them. East win ter tho Superintendent of ono of tho district associations sent 200 able-bodied men to tho wood-yard, and how many of them do you suppose reported to tho manager and earned their bread by workP Just thirty; tho other 170 pre ferring to bog from soft-hearted persons who would givo them food or clothiii" without inquiring into tho needs of tho recipient. When the sooiety beo-an its operations it found hundreds of families that doponded upon soup houses fot their food and the Guardians of tho Poor for fuel, cheating tho landlords out of rent by moving as often as possible. Neither the men nor tho women would work when opportunity ollered. It is this kind of pauperism tlint tho society is seeking to break up, nnd already Philadelphia is shunned by tho pro fessional beggar as a city whero his trado does not thrive. It is our aim to find employment for tho poor, and per manently relievo their miseries, spend ing $10 for such a purpose rather than $1 for temporary relief. Wo only re sort to this latter method in urgent cases. How many families arc under our care. Well, about 6,000. This is a largo number, but when tho society aids a family our agents keep an eye on its future movomonts, and by this means wo havo a supervisory caro over laro-o numbers to whom wo give no relief " Philadelphia Record. , l M 13 - ! " f 1 fl ? r M if.