0. W. FAIRnnOTnER k CO,, Proprietor!.
CALVERT,
KHIIKASKA.
THE JNEWS.
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, 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 "
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