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(Jood IntrntlcinH may receive boiiio
notice, lmt only accomplishment gains
tlpplllll&e.
In China, twelve iiiIIch from Llou
Click, there 1h n iiioiinl.iln of alum
which yields 100 tons yearly.
The Methodists have 112 mlsslon
nrlrH In China, the Presbyterians l!0li,
and the American Hoard of Commis
sioners for Foreign Missions 110.
From thn way itomo people act, ono
would think It wouldn't bo safe for
them to go to sleep for fear they
would attempt to turn over and would
toll olT thu earth.
Kccent Hoods In upper, eeiitral, and
southern Italy, which thicateticd the
lines of inllway. have brought to the
attention of tbu government the neces
pity of replanting forests on the hillsides.
The largest sturgeon was caught re
rently In the. North Kc.i. It welched
f..ri poiindH, but the delight of the llsh
ernien was tempered by the fact that
It tl lil $7fiO worth of damage to the nets
before It wan killed.
In New South Wales a nnw two fot
the phonograph baa been found. A can
dlilato who found It Impossible to visit
all purta of the sparsely nettled legion
ho wlHhed to represent In the loglsln
ture dictated bin speech Into nn Instru
ment and went a number of copies
about for hla constituents to hear, a
huge plctiiri; of himself helping the
voters to know wboui they were voting
for.
HOPE SJILL HIGH
Lingering Belief that Ministers
at Pckin Live.
WERE HOLDING OUT ON JULY 4TII
Nothing Arriirulti Hiiiihii Slnnjr It"-
port I'niin I'rltln That lire Contra-
illctory HnieM Annnlt on Tlnu
Tuln Nii t In ti n tliinlmtcil.
Citizens of Esranitba, Mich., are now
all agog over the doings of a Chicago
man who fought a 1iiik bear the other
day, repulsed the onslaiighla of the an
imal, outwrestled the creature In the
cllnchoH and drove It off defeated.
TIiIh feat may have seemed remark
able for Escanaba, but no Clilengoan
who baa battled for a place upon the
cable cars of that city for the last few
years would think It even more, than
ordinary.
HuhkIii Is considering a new mono
for leasing the oil lauds owned by the
crown lit the district of llaku, In order
to mince the price of coal oil, which
within the last few years has been
inlsed exorbitantly, it Is proposed that
after 100 the lessees shall pay to the
government 40 per cent of tho oil pro
duced "In uatura," so that the govom
ment can become, a competitor In the
sale of the article. Heretofore thu
lessees paid a certain tux In cash.
A dispatch front London, Englnnd,
dated . I illy 0. says: The foreign con
Mils at Shanghai met on .Inly 7 anil
olllolally annoiineeil thai the legations
nt Pckl'nwcic safe duly I. The fore
going statement, read with Consul
Warren's dispatch to the foreign olllce
on Saturday, makes it possible to be
lieve that the legations will hold out
for it number of days yet. Having
fought to a standstill the first out
bursts of fanatical fury, it is believe
able that sometliinir may Intervene to
save them. The news, after the sinis
ter Illinois of the last ten days, is
enough upon which to build up hopes.
The Shanghai correspondent of the
Express, telegraphing on Sunday at
5:10 p. in., however, throwsdonbt upon
Consul Warren's information. He
says:
Tao Tai Sbeug now admits there
was an error In Ills couitiiiinieatlon to
General Warren. The date of the
courier') arrival at Chliien I'll was
1 lily It, which does not apply to bis de
parture from Pckin Tlic journey from
Pckin to Cliiitcii I'll occupies live days.
The courier, therefore, could not have
left Pckin later than .lune :.'S Thetlate
of the massacre there, as given by Chi
nese teports, was .Mine ,'to or .Inly 1.
Tien Tsin Is still hard pressed.
Disorders in the provinces appear to
be increasing.
The foreign settlemimt at Che Foo
is at the mercy of two Cltiiiu.su forts
equipped witli Krupp guns.
Thu provisional government at l'ekin
appears to have designs upon the south
ern provinces.
Refuges from Tien Tsin arriving at
Shanghi say only live civilian foreign
ers were hilled (hiring the long Chinese
bombardment.
The allies at Tien Tsin are short of
provisionsaud suffer considerably front
"sniping."
,1,111" correspondents at Shanghai say
that a combined sorce of Russians and
laiiune.se have left Tien Tsin, follow
ing the railway as far as Lung Fung,
and have thence swept swiftly to the
west, attacking tins Chinese eighteen
miles north of Tien Tsin and killing
1.000 of them.
RUN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH.
Triiln on Uruml Trunk
Limiting
Wri'okatl Ncmr
The reunion of tho North anil South
will bo commemorated In a novel way
by tho stato of New Hampshire
through the presentation of appropri
ately Inscribed brouzo tablets to tho
two most recent additions to tho navy
the battleships Alabama nnd Kenr
Mirge. A commission appointed to
recommend a suitable gift front New
Hampshire to tho Koarsargo reported
In favor of a tablet and added the sug
gestion that, as tho old Kcursargo once
Tougltt anil sunk the old Alabama, it
would lie a pleasing pledge to tho
euitlon If a replica of the tablet for
;ho new Keni surge wore placed on the
lew Alabama.
According to a report of MaJ.-Oen.
Dtls to the war department front Feb.
0 to April Ti of this year, there were
ecelved at thu port of Manila 330.000
tales of Manila hemp. Additional
uiantltlcH of that liber were coming lit
.t the latter date as rapidly as coast
ng vessels could be scented to trans
lort the same. The receipts this year
iroiitlso to be as large as those of any
receding year The report character
zes the statement that the Insurgent
A La .Ing, Mielt., .Inly 0 dispatch
says: Win lira ml Trunk and Lehigh
express, composed of three coaches,
four sleepers and the baggage and ex
press cars, which was due here at 11:115,
was wrecked one milts west of the sta
tion last night. A number of the pas
engcrs were badly shaken up, but no
one received serious injuries. The
train, which was heavily loaded witli
eastern delegates returning front the
Kansas City convention and western
delegates en route to the convention of
the grand lodge It. 1'. O E. at Atlantic
City, was behind time ami running
through the yards at high speed, when
a switch suddenly opened. Two of the
day coaches anil the four sleepers were
derailed, the day coaches tipping over.
That all the passengers escaped seri
ous Injury or death is almost miracu
lous, as tlie wrecked ears are within
three feet of the Grand river, whi.di
runs beside the track.
BUTTWO MEN HOLDING OUT
Hloy nml llimi't Alone t'reMil 1'cnca
In South Afrlcii.
(Ieneral I'aget Is moving toward the
heart of the country held by Dewet.
Lord lloberts telegiapheil to the war
olllce tinder date of Pretoria as follows:
"Paget engaged the enemy success
fully at Plelslrfoiiteln. He drove them
tint of a very strong position across
Lccuwkop tollronerlfonteln, where he
bivouacked one night. He followed np
the enemy and on the afternoon of
Julyl was at Illaauwkopie, fifteen
miles northwest of llethleheni. II
reports that all of Steyn's government
ollluials eveept the treastirer-guneral,
who has gone to Verde, are at llethle
heni which has been proclaimed at the.
capital. Steyn himself is reported to
have taken lllght to the mountains,
ltuller teperts the line to Heidelberg
restored, thus completing railway com
munications between Pretoria and
Natal."
I.orcno Marque on I'riday learned
that the lloers are showing fresh ac
tivity. A llritlslt force is reported
within forty miles of Koouiutlpoort.
The Times' Lorenzo Marque corres
pondent, in a dispatch dated Friday,
says:
"Front a trustworthy source it is
learned that ex-Presldeiii Steyn and
Christian Dewet are the only obstacles
to the termination of war In South
Africa."
THEY ACCEPT AMNESTY
I'lUplm limirufiitt stnuillly I'utllntr
Inlo l.lllf.
A Manila, July ! telegram says: The
past week's scouting in Luzon resulted
in eleven Americans being killed and
sixteen wounded. One hundred anil
sixty Filipinos were killed during tin
week anil eight Americans who had
been prisoners in the hands of tin reb
els wero surrendered and u hundred
rllles were turned over to the United
States ollleials.
The enemy ambushed a wagon train
between I ndiing and Naie. The Third
infantry lost nine mei while on an ex
pedition to punish tlie liitdrones in the
delta of the llio (iramle.
In the Antigua province of I'anay a
running tlglit oi tntoe notirs niiraumi
resulted in the killing or wounding of
seventy of the enemy. There were no
casualties among the Americans.
Tlie insurgents arc slowly accepting
tin amnesty provisions. In some in
stances the'Aiiicrleans arc suspending
operations in order to give tlie rebels
an opportunity to take advaittagu of
the decree.
Cliltiitint'ii llintly Treulpil.
Manifestations of growing intoler
ance of the resident Chinese, have
alarmed the merchants and head men
of Chinatown, New York, and u proc
lamation calling upon the. Chinese to
obey the laws and be cautious wasread
on the sticets, signed by seveial prom
inent Chinese.
The matter had been under discus
sion for several days ami mistreatment
of Chinatown residents at points along
the llowery on Saturday night precipi
tated the matter. The bead men esti
mate there are 15,000 Chinese In New
York and vicinity, and say not one of
them is from the north of China or
even of the same tribal races involved
in the disturbances.
NEWS OF I HE STATE
MOVES FOR GOLD COAST
(liiirrnor tif WfM African Colony Out-
Kt'lllTUlH till Nil til, I'.
The London colonial olllce has re
ceived a disputed from the governor of
the iloitl Coast eolonv. Sir Frederick
irculatcd for the purpose of keeping
ip tho prevailing high prices.
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uthorltles ture.ueii to am any oi me Mitchell Hodirson. dated Atckiwiutu.
iittlvos found cleaning hemp as being .lune "JO, saying that owing to the non-
arrival of the relief column and the
reduction of tlie food supply he had
decided to push through thu rebels and
deceived tlie enemy regarding the
routu followed. The column suffered
great privations, but tho loss was only
six men killed and several wounded.
Governor Hodgson expressed the hope
of reaching tin Hold Coast in ten days.
He added that thu buffering at ICu-
miissl was terrible, the mortality from
starvation being thirty persons' dally.
The column of the governor numbers
400 and Includes all the Hnropeaus,
among tbeiii being tlie members of the
llasel mission.
That part of the Congressional Uec
rd Index which gives the history of
11 the bills nnd Joint resolutions pre
onted becomes, upon the adjournment
f congress, Interesting us a baslti of
ovlow. Tho references given In this
history show tho succenslve stages of
legislation. For example, bore 1b the
history of Semite, bill No. i.S: To
iiinenil tho Hovlsed Statutes of tho
United States relating to the northern
district of Now York. Intiodiiced by
Mr. Piatt of Now York and referred to
Committee on Judiciary Reported
back with amendments. Amuuded and
passed senate. Referred to llotiso com
mittee on Judiciary. Reported back
u-ith nmniiiliiienta. Consideration ob
jected to in House. Debated nnd
passed House. Senate disagrees to
House amendments. Hottso Insists on
Its amendments. Oonferenco appoint
ed. Conference report tuado and agreed
to. Examined and signed. Approved
by president.
Vienna's Academy of Sciences has
decided to collect phonographic rec
ords and stove them In one of tho V -ennu
libraries. Tito collection will
include first, speelmeiiB of uvnry Euro-
toun lanBunBO and dialect, to which
Ku be "added inter on non-Europeai,
Tinges; second, tho (litest contem-
torSy musical performances with
fl naon nirs and tunes of all races
"id th rd. Blcfdes or phrases uttered
S celebrated men. Tho academy Is
Ks to 0l BO,no mo,' dubUT
erinl than Is now employed o take
" impression of the sounds.
UmtliiK ICiift-H lit llriilcy.
A lleiilev, England, dispatch says:
Showers ushered In the llniil day of the
great English rowing match. It. 11.
Howell, the American, was defeated by
E. I!. Heiiitiierdeof Oxfotd In the dm
nioiid sculls by three-quarters of a
length, after a spirited contest which
so exhausted the American sculler that
lie fell out of his boat and would have
drowned but for prompt assistance
from the umpire's boat. The tiinu was
eight minutes forty-two seconds.
Mmiy Mfii Thrown Out.
A Lebanon, Pa., special says: Six
teen hundred men were thrown out of
employment by the banking or live
furnaces operated by the Lackawanna
Iron anil Steel company of Scratiton.
The cause stated for the stoppage of
operations is the removal of the large
steel works of the Lackiiwanua com
pany from Scranton to llulYalo and the
existing war over railroad rates for
luko ore.
,1 ii licit to lit Ulmlrmttii,
The national committee of the dem
ocratic party met In lCansas City, af
ter the adjournment of tho convention,
and immediately organized. Thomas
Taggart of Indiana nominated Senator
Jones for re-election and he received
the unanimous vote. The matter of
selecting thu executive committee was
left to Chairman Jones.
Ordinary and Extraordinary
Happenings,
THE PAST SEVEN DAYS IN DETAIL
ItrUf Hiiiiiiniiry of Hhito Oolnqn Htnto,
County nml .Miiiili'ljml Ni-mk of Im-
lortiinrn to Our limy Ke:nli'r
11K Ileitis llollml Oowu.
'JS
Monday night Coony f.eliernlcklc of
Pavld City, a veteran of the late rebel
lion and sivty years old, blew oil' one
hand and cut open one of his legs by
the e.vnlosioii of a cannon cracker
which he was at the time holding in
his hand.
Owing to th activity in tlie grain
trade the board of managers of the
New York produce exchange has re
fused to grant n largely signed peti
tion asking that thec charigc be closed
next Tuesday, the day before the
Fourth of .July.
Chris K'li'iiim, a prominent farmer of
Heaver Crossing, Neb., was critically
Injured by overturning a load of hay
an which he was riding and falling on
a barley fork. One tine penetrated
the left lung ami one the abdomen.
Dr. Doty of this city was called and
dressed the wounds, leaving tin suf
ferer as well as could be expected.
Very few accidents resulting front
the fourth celebration are reported,
but one that is proving painful is that
of Willie Mencke, of Washington coun
ty, Neb., who was playing with a toy
cannon, when it exploded, the powder
going into Ills face and eyes. Dr.
Langstair, who was immediately
.ailed, thinks lie can save theeyes, but
thu boy is sult'cring much pain.
During the ball game at Sterling
tlie Fourth on the Sterling ground the
amphitheatre went down with three
hundred people in it. No one was se
riously hurt although many narrow
escapes front death occurred. A large
number were bruised and scratched
and some badly cut and a large num
ber of women fainted. After tlie in
jured were cared for the gaiuu proceed
ed and resulted in a sunns of 15 to S in
favor of Teeuinseh.
As the second section of No. 77, on
tlie Jtitrlington was between Friend
and Exeter the llreinan. Mr. Mtinson,
after attending to his tint les took Ills
sent, which, giving away precipitated
him out, he striking on his head and
shoulders, Indicting a very severe cut
im the bead. The engineer did not
miss him until they hail run about two
miles. They ran the train back and
picked him up and brought him to this
point, still unconscious, where his
wounds were attended to by the com
pany's physician.
The Fourth tire broke out in Have-
lock, which, for a time, threatened to
wipe out tlie town. As It was, six
buildings along the north side of the
main street between ami including the
harness shop of C. O. Johnson and C.
Moran's meat market, were destroyed,
the total loss being about S11JMI0. The
linker block to the west of the burned
district is valued at S:i,o and is un
insured. Mr. Johnson who occupied
the upper lloor for a living room and
the lower part for a harness shop,
values his property tit S."u). I is in
sured for S:ioo. This building, while
not completely burned down, is a total
toss.
Injiirt'tl by Toy Cannon.
Very few accidents resulting from
the fourth celebration are reported,
but one that is proving painful Is that
of Willie Mencke, of Washington coun
ty Neb., who was playing with a toy
camion, when It exploded, the powder
going into Ids face and eyes. Dr.
LangstalT, who was immediately
called, thinks he can save theeyes, but
tho boy is suffering much pain.
(thru Tlirni Up for l)ril.
llev. E. 1). WyckolY of the Pilgrims
Congregational church at Onuiho.Neb.i
has virtually aboudoncd all hopo that
Ids sisters. MIsh Oortrudu and Miss
Grace Wyckoff, have been able to es
cape the fury of the boxers. Tho
young women wero stationed at Pang
Cliaung, '.M0 miles south of Poltln, nnd
were engaged in mission work under
direction of the American missionary
board. The Mlfcses Wyckoff gradu
ated from Knox college, (Inlcsburg,
111., lu 1880, nnd went at once to tho
foreign mission field.
Ilnril to Control.
A New York dispatch says: The lire
at the Standard Oil company's works
at Constable Hook, llayonne, N. J., is
still burning The lire ..epartntettt ol
llayonne and the II e lighting force of
tho Standard Oil company keep up
their struggle against the Humes but
elVorts toward saving burning prop
erty wero of little avail.
viro vii'tiiim NiiiiiImt riv.
Stewart Hums, who was taken out
of the wrecked Evans building at
Pittsburg, Pa., died, making tho list
of dead number live.
!rln Cr Derailed,
A Chicago special snys: An open
switch at the intersection of Itobey
street and Milwaukee avenue caused
the derailing of a crowded southbound
Milwaukee avenue grip cnr. Eight
passengers wero Injured seriously aud
many were brulsen or shaken up.
Chllil Ilurnetl to Imt li.
Cyrus rjtiughllu, four years old, was
burned to death at Mtinlco, Ind. It U
believed the child lighted a match and
threw it In a straw mattress on which
ho was playing
A West Point, Neb., dispatch says:
West Pointers got a big shock when a
display of fireworks In Gregory's con
fectionery store window became ig
nited. Skyrockets, rouiaii candles ami
cannon crackers kept up n fusillade for
ten or llfteeii minutes, demolishing the
store front and ruining a portion of the
grocery and confectionery stock. The
building took lire, but It was soon put
out by the bucket brigade of the lire
department. The lire started from
shooting oil" a target pistol, the cap of
which Ignited the tissue paper orna
ment of tho window. The lire was
then communicated to tho crackers.
While switching In tlie Grand Island
yards, George Eetehani was run over
and almost Instantly killed, living but
live minutes after the accident. A car
had just been loaded at the freight de
nut and was being taken on another
track. Upon arriving at the bwltch a
coupling bail to no iirrangeo. ivcich
am stepped in in an unusual way, his
face toward the coining car and en
gine. The coupling was made just
where there was a frog lit tho tracks.
He happened to step Into the same,
only about an Inch when the rails
Join. The oncoming car made him
move back, his foot was tight and
when the cnr struck the foot It whirled
him about, running down the left side
nf tbo entire body. Tho accident wiib
at once known by the other members
of the crew.oneof whom was a orouier
of the unfortunate man. He was picked
up and was being taken to tho olllce
of tho yard master, a few hundred feet
west, dying on the way. Tlie company
surgeon was immediately called, but
by the time he arrived Ketehiitn was
dead.
Liabilities amounting to S4iW,000
worn Rfibeduled in a petition in bank-
r,,tr.i- nt Chlcne-o bv .Tames T. Mix,
formerly in the paper business with
the firm of G. II. Taylor & Co. No
assets.
A thunderstorm that suddenly burst
upon Chicago after n day of torrid
weather, tore down tho tents at the
Korassan carnival, Loomls and Con
giess streets, caused a panic among
U.OOO persons and did much other dam
age to property aud Individuals
throughout tho olty. Five futalitles
and numerous prostrations resulted
from tlie Intense heat preceding the
storm.
A llio de Janeiro dispatch says: Tho
total number of bubonic plague cases
reported since Jaiiuary I is'.".'l. Tho
fatal eases number ninety-nine.
A special train of twenty-four car
loads of cattle and two of hogs left
lloldie-lgc recently for Chicago. The
cattle were fed by various farmers iu
tlie vicinity of l.ooiui.
The temperature that has tortured
Chicago for the past two days did not
vary today. Tonight live deaths and
thirteen prostrations had been re
ported.
The residence of II. F. Austin of
Hendlev, Neb., was struck by light
ning out of an almost cloudless sky.
Two young ladies in tlie house were
badly shocked, otherwise no damage
done.
The Coon case, which was on tilal In
the district court in Walioo was given
to the jury, which brought in a ver
dict of not guilty. The plea was that
Coon was not responsible when be tired
at his divorced wife, and the jury
"oeined to be of that opinion.
The drugstore of George Chrlstoph
was entered at Norfolk, evidently
through the transom over the back
door, the safe opened and SSO taken
from it, S''C of the money belonging lo
the American Express company. Thei e
is no clew so far to the burglars.
A fatal accident occurred near Up
land. Neb. James Norman. In com
pany with his father in-law, 11. Aowell,
was shooting ratsaboiit tlie farm build
ings when that which Norman was
shooting exploded near the breach,
the load entering his side, causing
almost Instant death.
W. W. Erown's burlier shop at Creigli
ton. Neb., was broken into and be
tween S.l.'i and S."0 taken. The burg
lar entered by breaking through the
back window of the shop and effect
ually making away with the above
amount of money, which was mostly
in nickels ami small change.
lien Earns, an Elk Creek. Neb., lad,
was walking on a picket fence when
he fell onto the same. An ugly wound
was indicted in his side, which re
quired half a docn stitches to draw it
together. Fortunately the picket did
not enter a more vital portion of his
anatomy than the llesh of his side
Eugene Schneider, a carpenter, who
has the contract for building the Ger
man Lutheran church three miles west
of Sterling, fell front the sciilVolillng.
striking his head on a rock. His skull
was crushed and his body badly
bruised. It is thought that It will not
prove fatal, although a very close call
from being killed.
Frank Illado, reported to the police
that his big lay horse had been stolen
from his barn. The otllcers wereasHeil
to keep ii sharp lookout for the animal.
The sheriff of Dodge county telephoned
the Lincoln police that a team had
been Htolen at Fremont and was head
ed toward Lincoln. A description of
the team wsa given.
itev. H. D. Wyckoff of the Pilgrims
Congregntionufehurch lit Omaha, Neb.,
has virtually nbnndoued all nope Hint
his sisters, Miss Gertrude and Miss
Grace Wyckoff. have been aide to es
cape the fury of the boxers. The
young women were stationed at Pang
Chaung, Sll) miles south of Pckin, and
were entriiL'ed in mission work under
direction of tlie American missionary
board. Tlie Misses Wyckoff gradu
ated from Knox college, Galesbttrg,
111., In lsSO, and went at once to the
foreign mission Held.
The Dorchester, Neb., state bank
was tampered with tlie other nigbt.
Two citizens were going down street
when a dark lantern was Hashed In
one of their faces by some one on the
bank corner. They got another citi
zen and approached, when they could
plainly hear tlie burglar alarm on the
inside'of the bank which was going
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continually, woe muuu h1""" ' "
other awakened the marshal and sev
eral other citizens, who formed a shot
gun brigade and marched to tin bunk,
but the burglars had left and no trace
of them was to be found.
A heavy and much needed rain storm
visited Hrnken How. The precipita
tion was '.'.OR Inches. While this comes
in ample time for the corn, which was
never better in the county, it is too
late to help a large part of the small
grain. In some localities which have
not been favored by local showers the
small grain never got so far as bending
mid bus been In condition to burn for
two or three weeks, whllo in other lo
calities wheat will still make part of a
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crop, i tie pasiuies int.-nmi in ii,iv
good condition and the hay crop has
not been materially injured.
Ah a result of an accident to the ex
cursion steamer Dan Mlnix. during the
celebration ut Lake Miinuwn, near
Omaha, Neb., Fred Mayne of Park
avenue, Council Itluffs, la., will prob
ably die. The boat was .making its
usual rounds of the lake with about
100 people on board when the high
wind drove it on a shoal off the island
on the side of the lake. Tho passen
gers walked front the boat to a point
:.')0 yards to the pavllllon and front
there an attempt was made to carry
them to the mainland hi row boats.
Six row boats made the crossing in
safety, but two were capsied. There
was some dillleiilty in reaching Mayne
and he had gone down the third time
when rescued.
A dispatch from Mtiangnai, oaieu
Thursday, July , says that inasmuch
as the steamers sent to the nsslstanco
of tho United States battleship Oregon
have not returned, many persons havo
concluded that the Oregon Is btlll
ashore.
LANDING IN DURBAN.
Tho I'lHtensei-it llstit'ie from Hit) tjhli III
It liinltrt.
A novel method of leaving a steam
er Is In vogue at Durban. In NataL
Tho originality of the mctlrod arises
from the peculiar character of the b.ty,
which a long, lainl-loclted lagoon, con
nected with the open sea by a tiartow
channel which Hows between two
brealnvatuiH intended to prevent tho
formation of the bar, nnd bo to main
tain free access for ships Into the har
bor. That bar Is the battle-ground of
political pnitlc't In Natal. The bishop
of Natnl, writing In Good Words, ex
plains that politics turn more on pro
posals for lighting the bar than on any
policy. In the meantime the bnr holds
Its own, and the mall steamers, tiro too
big to get Into the harbor. Tho out
side anchorage Is u rough nnd restless
place, and nine days out of ten, tugs
are afraid to lie alongside n gangway.
Thus It happens that passengers uru
driven to tho alternative of escaping
from the ship by the same method by
which St. Paul escaped from Damas
cusIn a basket. "We owe gratitude,
however, to the Empires Eugenie,"
says the bishop, "for since the day
that she came to Natal on her sad er
rand, the basket has Increased its di
mensions, it is, In fact, almost as
large as the elevator iu n London man
sion, affording room for three or
four people to sit or stand." in this
commodious receptacle the passengers
are hauled aloft by a sieant crane, and
dropped with much care and precision
lute tho tug lying alongside. Tito
sensation of swinging aloft and drop
ping into that heaving tug must ho
anything but pleasant. The bhoro
gained, the visitor to Durban has a
chance of making the acquaintance of
the Natal rickshaw boy, who will gal
lop him up to the lloyal Hotel In
good style. These Zulu hoys are good
specimens of their race a race of
children. They have tremendous spir
its. They would think It very tame to
wait their turn for a fare, like tho
London cabmen. When a traveler
conies out of the hotel there Is a wild
cltnrge of rickshaws across the street.
The boys enjoy the race and shout nnd
leap Into the air. The dress of tho
rickshaw boy Is a picturesque medley.
It Is a common thing to see one wear
ing the discarded tunic of a private
of nn old English line regiment, his
head covered with n child's or n lady's
strnw hat, ornamented with tags of
lace and tied with a ribbon under tho
chin. Others affect the ferocious stylo
and adorn themselves with enormous
feathers and a pair of cow's horns tied
to their heads. Youths' Companion.
ECLIPSES
Ahtiiyn
OF THE SUN.
IllttTCHt to
Object of llt'tip
AHtroiiom4.
The earliest records of solar eclipses
are ascribed to Confucius. One of tho
eclipses of antiquity was famous for
two events. Ono wits that it was fore
told by nn astrologer, the year being
585 1J. C, and the second was that its
alarming appearance stopped a bat
tlo between the Lydltttis and Medes.
Formerly eclipses of tho sun created
terror among tho beholders, and even
today educated aud Intelligent people
express n dread of the solemn and 1m
presslvo darkness. One who has wit
nessed a total eclipse gives this
graphic description: "As much as
live minutes before tho total obscurity
It may bo possible to detect strango
waving lines of light and shade draw
ing across the landscape. Then, with
frightful velocity, tho shadow of tho
moon Is seen approaching, a tanglblo
darkness advancing like a wall, swift
us imagination, silent as doom. Tho
immensity of nature never conies so
near as then, and strong must be tho
nerves not to quiver as the blue-black
shadow rushes upon the spectator
with Incredible speed. A vast palpi
tating presenco scorns overwhelming
the world. Hats emerge stealthily.
An assembled crowd Is awed into ab
solute silence. It becomes curiously
cold, and the chill Is mental as well as
physical."
Writing the llutr
There are two ways of writing tho
dato In abbreviated form, viz., 5-:i0-00,
and 30-5-00. It Is Impossible to s.'iy
that ono form is correct and the other
wrong, tor both nro lu common use.
The latter Is the ono moro commonly
used In Great Hrltaln, while the form
er Is perhaps more distinctively Am
erican. To our mind tho Intter Is to
bo preferred as It gives the day of thu
month, tho month of the year and tho
year In consecutive order, which fceeniB
more natural than to give first tho
month, and then the day of the month.
It Is, howover, largely n nintter of
taste, and, as we have said, both form
are correct.
A report from Shanghi snys Emperor
Kwang-Su committed suicide by talcing
opium, and that the empress dowugwr
is insatio from the effects of tho drug,
but did not take enough to cause death.
The two took it by order of l'llneo
Tuuu.
Ai.IIith tilth 7H I'lilntM.
A Snn Antonio, Texas, dispatch says
Mr. Henry Hoeko has received an of
fer of $1,000 from tho Smithsonian In
stitute for a pair of deer antlers, said
to be the Attest In the world. Thoro
nro 78 points to the antlers, tho larg
est number on moid. The deer was
killed by a hunter named Ware, noar
Hrady city, MrCullouch county, Tex.
The antlers wero sold to Mr. Hoeke,
who had them moutted. Mr. Hooka
also Is the owner cf 3,500 pairs of ant
lers, said to bo the llnest collection In
tho world.
till lIllRlllt't III I'llltHtlllC.
According to an English consular
"port oil engines are rapidly advanc
,' In favor In Palestine for tho pur-
-o of drawing water from tho deep
-Us to Irrigate tho orango groves.
.I'lorto the water was pumped by nn-
.ill power. Theio was a largo water
heel, and from four to eight nnilea
re teipilred to revolve It, aceordlna
the size of th wheel.