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k mt tint, mmt and nxiNoia DAYS GONE BY. v^C',^ » !, t >*$r ^ £,.. t »TTf; ««» X'.SV ay* ffone by! oh, ths day* goau br I » in t he orchard, atid tM pathway The next morning tbe rising sun j saw the two travelers on their way to Broek. They arrived about midday, J but were obliged to leave their horses at an ion outside the village, as neither horses nor carriages were per- mitted to enter the streets. Brook enjoys in Holland an extratodinary reputation for neatness. The streets are paved with polished stones in different colors, which are arranged in Mosaic designs. In front of each house is a space reserved for the use of the inhabitants, which is enclosed by an iron railing wjth oright ornaments of brass and furnished with So great is the mania for cleanliness that a with­ ered leaf cannot fall in one of those elegant parquets without the family's rushing out in the utmost haste to remove it. When Master Woerden and his son arrived with snow-laden shoes, many covert glances of indignation followed their progress toward Master Van Elberg's house; but as they were at music of the laughing lip, the luster of the ] once well known and greatly re­ spected, no open remonstrance was made. On reaching their destination, however, the Servant met them at the door with slippers in hand that «• ..... through the rye; •^he chirrup of the rabbin and the whittle ot £ 'i:*,... the quail, w; *» he piped across the meadows awMt M any ,T _ nightingale; ,-KV %fcen the bloom WM on the clover, and the blue was in the »ky, muomcuiBui uiuoouuv. i ** "gon^by5 bwt brlmmed OVer' settees of carved wood. . :lia the days gone by, when my naked feet were tripped ^ ,n J|y the honeysuckle's tangles, where the water !£:'<*• lilies flipped, , Jtnd tbe ripple of the river lipped the moss t., alrng the btink, ; 1 'Where the placid-eyed and lazy-footed oattle ' i came to drink. , tLj|nd the tilting snipe stood fearless of thetru- ant's wayward cry, And the splashing of the aWtyukfct In the days fonaby. • v-;. • Oh, the days gone by! oh, the days gone by j eye; Hie childish faith in f&rries, and Aladdin's , magic ring, flfbe simple, Boul-repoiing, glad belief In svery- •"••-s thing. |fhen life was like a story, holding neither eob i4s; nor sigh. ' *, s --i £b the olden, golden glory, •( days gas* !»; by. " :.;.v - , 4#The Republic.' DOWRY OF HERRING. It was January 20, 1795. The French army had entered Amster­ dam and the soldiers waited in groups s in the square where they had stacked their guns to have their lodgings ttgned to them. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the inhabitants had left their homes and were collecting in the streets to welcome the liberating army. The greatest enthusiam ieiened in the city, and in the even- Stag every house was illuminated. 1 Near the Admirality, however,stood they might leaye their heavy shoes j spoiled. «flfcisfs what I have done," con tinned tie merchant of Amsterdam; "you have engaged to sell me these herring at 10 florins a thousand, but I already have them. You can only retrieve your honor by buying them from me. 1 will sell them to you for 50 florins| a thousand. Thus, you will pay m? 16,000 florins, and we are quite." "It is well," replied Von Elberg, who had now regained control of his scattered wits. "You are a skillful merchant and have caught me finely." He bowed ceremoniously to his companion, turned to his desk and drew up, a cheek for the required sum, which he handed to Master Woerden with another bow. The two fathers then returned to the parlor to partake in the wedding festivities. Eight days later the merchant of Broek came to visit his daughter, who now lived with her husband at Amsterdam. He found Master Woer­ den in great tribulation. "Ah, friend Van Elberg!" he cried in despair. "Whatsball I do? Tbe tishermen are bringing in my herring, and 1 cannot And a single cask to pack them in. They will all be outside. When the travelers entered the parlor, not only Master Van Elberg, but his charming daughter also re­ ceived them with much cordiality. | Clotilda wore the costume of her i Ah," returned Van Elberg coldly. "You bought up all the herring and I have bought up all the casks. 1 could sell them to you at an exorbi­ tant price, but as I wish to keep my word about giving my daughter her country. The short, full skirt, richly ! dowry of 4,000 ducats, 1 will only ; decorated with embroidery,the velvet | bodice and the dainty cap with its ; border of lace, the gold band across her dark hair, and the heavy gold ear- • rings thickly set with jewels, made a I picturesque garb that daintily set off j her fair, placid features. j "Good morning, Master Woerden!" : cried Van Elberg, as he held out hid | hand cheerily to his visitor. I "You know I care as little for the | French as for the Prirce of Orange. Politics never interest me." I come to mi .*• v. £ ?« - $ . w 4 s • i, 5> • '• ' :-f* * * !< "I ̂ , " - .»•• . ^|ne house whose dark and silent as-' propose a good speculation." , jpect contrasted strangely with the ! brilliant exterior of its neighbors. A Bartow courtyard enclosed in a high %all, with a port ecochere, intervened ' Tbctween the street and the house, and §11 the doors and blinds were now Closely secured. This was the houas Of Master Woerden. Master Woerden was a rich Dutch "4 Merchant Entirely taken up with kis commercial affairs, he was totally indifferent to the political events .. Which so interested his countrymen, r; "besides which he too thoroughly un­ derstood domestic economy to waste eandles after the predigal fasnion of neighbors. ;. At this moment Master Woerden Iras seated in a comfortable armchair ki front of a blazing fire. His fur- feordered robe was folded across his P#hest, and his wolfskin cap was That is well. What is it?" re­ turned Van Elberg. "1 have engaged to deliver 400,000 herring in a month. Can you far* nish them to me in three weeks?" "At what price?". ' 'Ten florins a thousand." "Ten florins? Yes! 1 will under* take to supply them." "Good!" returned Woerden, rub­ bing his hands together contentedly, as the dining room door was now open, displaying the plentiful break­ fast which awaited them. After partaking liberally of the gocd things before him, for the long ride had sharpened his appetite, Master Woerden glanced significantly at the young girl, who shyly turned her eyes away from him as he began to discuss the question of the voung folks' marriage, linding his host charge you the amount you so skill­ fully made out of me in the other matter. You are very cunning, you merchants at Amsterdam; but we of Broek have positive genius, you see!" "1Jut you got the idea from mel" replied Master Woerden, proudly. AGAINST ALL TRUSTS, ASSEMBLAGE OP DELEGATES TO FIGHT COMBINES. BsprwmtstltN from Twenty-fire States sad Territories Present -- Gov. Nelson Telia the Need of Sweeping l*fflalatloa to Cheek Hobber Monopolies. The Anti-Trust Convention. Bepresentativesof twenty-five State and Territorial governments met In Apollo Hall on the upper floor of the C e n t r a l M u s i c Hall building in Chicago and or­ ganized a con­ vention- for the a b o l i t i o n o f trusts, corners and trade com­ binations of all sorts. About 100 delegates were in ^attendance. The ,, eonvention was failed by Gover­ nor Knute Nel- o o v . K E L S O N s o n , w h o , i n obedience to a resolution passed by the Legislature of his Sttfte, Issued an in­ vitation to all the States of the Union to take part in a conference to devise means to abolish trusts and combines. Thirty-four States responded by ap­ pointing delegates and nearly that many States were represented at the opening session. It was expected that Senator Sherman, of Ohio, author of the anti-trust bill, would be present Word was received that he would unable to attend. Prominent In the deliberations of the e o n v e n t i o n w e r e General J ames B. Weaver, of Iowa, the Populist candi­ date for the Presi­ dency, and Senator Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota. An­ other Interesting p e r s o n a g e a t t e n d i n g D O N N E L L Y " I the convention was Eepresentative j Ryan, who knocked down the Sergeant- i at-arms in the Kansas House of Repre­ sentative* during the recent war be­ tween the Republicans and Populists. Gov. NelHon llecltee History. Gov. Nalcon in his opening addrei fcressed down upon his brow, whose tlrmly insisting on giving his daugh- few scattered gray hairs offered no ; ter only the dowry he had before protection from the sharp currents of j mentioned. Master fffc'A* k- frosty air that found entrance at every , : , fspening of the door. j ! i On a table near him stood ai * polished brass lamp, a lar/e pitcher j ' i©f beer, and a clay pipe. In the : * chimney corner an old servant whose j , Extreme embonpoint betrayed her ••. JfFlemish origin, occupied herself with occasionally stirring and feeding the re v , , Presently the door bell rang and V'V??<;'"^^he servant rose quickly to V „ answer it A few moments later a |f-' young man entered who threw his it *cloak on the sofa and approached the §*:. I; ? _ old man. VvV "is that yoa, William?" exclaimed $" " Master Woerden. "1 had not ex- / V'* ."'sPected you so early!" "-14 "I left Brooks this morning," he y. , i replied, with a respectful salutation, ? 1 ^ but the roads are so cumbered with f , j" soldiers and fugitives that it has 1Vs taken me all day to get here " "Did you see Van Elberg?" The young man drank a glass of beer and sat down by the Are before answering this question. "Yes, sir!" he said slowly. "Master "Van Elberg consents to the marriage, but he refusfes to give his daughter more than 4,000 ducats as her dowry." "Ah!" cried Master Woerden, i T . „ »•+.; frowning heavily, "then he may keep j both his daughter and her dowry." ."But, father, let me " "Hold your tongue, William^ At ( your age one would sacrifice every- • thing to love, but let me tell you : love fades away, while money re-1 mains." ! "But Master Tan Elberg is one of! the richest merchants in Holland, and ! what he will not give his daughter in j his lifetime will surely come to her after death." ! ••What then? Am I not as rich ; as be? Listen to me, my son. You will one day succeed me in my Dusi- j ness. Remember, then, these two i axioms--never give more than you 1 receive, and do nothing for the sole j benefit of others. These are good rales for marxia^ ^s well as tor com­ merce " "But-- "Let the matter lyst, my son. We will not speak further of it now." William knew the self-willed obsti­ nacy of his father too well to reply, and sat still in great sorrow and per­ plexity, while the, old man smoked his pipe. Again the dOor bell rang and the dogs in the courtyard barked furi­ ously. "Ah!" said Master Woerden, 'it must be some stranger. Look out of t i e w i n d o w , W i l l i a m , a n d . s e e w h o i t ! is." I The young man did so, saying in v|^es of surprise. | "It is a mounted militiamaif, j father." I Presently tbe old servant brought' in a letter, which Master Woerden re-1 ceived with an air of great disquto-1 tilde; but on tearing the envelope with impatient fingers his face as­ sumed its wonted expression of seren­ ity as be read the enclosure. V /'That is well!" he said, as he i||ijnded the letter to his son. sit was a requisition from the Gov ernment for 400,000 herring to be de­ livered within a month for the use of the French army. "William!'- exclaimed the old man, •Iter a moment's reflection. "I have y- '-iV if • r* ! v . : :>#- y.' j • i f '" i ' '1ft V.Vv'-" •' m. \ &-P-H ' " T*? V t §>•" " •> j I j-r * |v • Woerden made but a feigned remonst^nce to these terms, and at the end conceded the disputed point It was then decided that the marriage should take place in eight days. • As they returned to Amsterdam the next day, William ventured to ask his father why he had thus agreed to Master Van Elberg's terms. "My son," replied Master Woerden gravely, ' tlo not disturb me about trifles. The contract for herring is a serious matter and requires all my thoughts." Once more in hi#:, own house, Master Woerden shut himself up for hours in his own room, and when he I at length came forth he gave his ser- i vant a large package of letters to ' mail. Three days later the old man, with bis wrinkled fac? alight with tri­ umph, whispered to his son: "Ah, William, I have your dowry all ready for you." On the day appointed for the wed­ ding Master Woerden and his son re­ turned to Broek. This time they were received with great ceremony. The wide folding doors that are only opened for christenings, weddings, and funerals were drawn apart, and a large party assembled. The master of the house, however, came to meet them wth so pale and troubled a countenance that William feared he had some bad news to make known. Master Woerden did not share his son's alarm, for he knew only too surely the cause of his host's distress. "What troubles you, dear friend?" he said, with a hypocritical smile. "You look anxious and worried." "Ah! 1 am cruelly embarrassed. I must speak with you at once." "Can it be this marriage that dis­ pleases you? Do you wish to retract your consent?" | 4 *Ob, no!" "Well, then, let us go on with tbe ceremony; when that is over and our friends are amusing themselves we can speak at our ease of other mat­ ters. " Master Van Elberg hesitated, lie would gladly put all else aside until his distress of mind was explained; but seeing also how much wiser it would be to take the advice thus given him, he gave the signal for the marriage to go on. A few moments later the wedded pair were kneeling at the altar to re­ ceive the church's blessing on their union, and immediately on tbe re­ turn of the party to tbe bouse, Mas­ ter Van Elberg hurried his guest into his private room. Scared Oft the Book Agent. This is the story of the enterprising boarding-house keeper and the book agent. Pleasing her boarders and dealing promptly with her landlord, she had added to her humble begin­ ning one house, another and another until the board ina-house had spreart itself through four brownstone houses ? took strong grounds against trusts ln a of a Brooklyn street These the owners had obligingly thrown into one although they kept toward the street the deceptive appearance of tour separate private bouses. In toe morning it was the boarding-house keeper's custom to go through the establishment liKe a prince making the tour of his dominions, to see that all was well in every part One morning she was by the door of house No. 1 when the book agent rang the bell. Accordingly she opened the door herself. "Can I show you some books?" the book agent asked. "Not any to-day," the boarding- house keeper replied and shut the door. Proceeding on her journey she had arrived at the hall of the next house when the bell rang. She opened it It was the book agent He seemed to lose himself for a moment, then asked; "Can I show you any books?" "Not any to-day," promptly an­ swered the boarding-house keeper, and, with a bewildered look on his face the man turned away. The board­ ing-house keeper passed through to the third house and in time again to answer the Dell. It was the book agent The man staggered back, gazed wildly, put his hand to his brow and stammered out his inquiry. The boarding-house keeper answered as before, then shut the door and went on to the fourth housa The book agent was coming up the steps. His hand was scarcely on the bell when she opened the door. The man gave one glance, turned pale and fled across the street He thought himself hoodooed and. skipped all the other houses on the block.--New York Evening Sun. weltonv' It Jffw ao difference we work. wo*.. There is'the MUad. Dr. AlDcrt u..Mwp9 TOWt wieny, alter wnleh the Karauie di .duMMloup - L au- bat spoke of the need of temperance reform In France. At the afternoon session the Congress was addressed by the Bev. Albert G. Law-eon, D. D., of Camden, N. J.; Amos Schofleld, of London, repre­ senting the United Kingdom Alliance and the city of London; Louis Fenn, representing the National Tem­ perance League of Great Britain; Charles Wakely, of England, Secretary of the United Kingdom Band of Hope Union; the Rev. Clarence Greeley, rep­ resenting the law and order movement; T. Y. Henderson, representing the Total Abstinence Society of the Pres­ byterian Church of England; the Rev. John McNeill, the great Scotch revival­ ist; Guy Hayler, representing the North of England League of Good Templars; and several others promi­ nent in the temperance movement, At the evening session addresses were made by the Rev. Dr. Theodore L. Cuyler, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, and the Bev. Dr. O. P. Gilford, of Boston. . EDWIN BOOTH IS DEAD. The Great Tragedian Famd Pencrfnll/ train Earth Early Wednesday Morning. At the Players' CJub in New York city, where he had been ill for many weeks, Edwin Booth ended his brave light for life. The great tragedian passed peacefully away, shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, surround­ ed by weeping relatives who had been summoned when the change was ob­ served that foretold the end was ap­ proaching. In the room where the actor oied were his daughter, Mrs. Gross­ man, and her husband; Supt. MoGoh* Igle, Mr. Booth's brother-in-law; Wm, Bisham, an intimate friend; and Chas. FaiireL £dwitt Booth was born near Balti­ more, Md., Nov. 15, 1833. His father wa^ Junius Brutus Booth, and he was trained for the dramatic profession. Having filled many minor parts, he made his first regular appearance on essel in "Richard IIL" the stage as Tressel FEARFUL DISASTER, FORD'S THEATER THE SCENE OF A NEW HORROR. C$*U|* HORSE TA«bft& Awfnl Catastrophe Attending the Collapee of the Batldlnjr--Four Bandred United State* Government Clerks Sorted Cinder Heavy Timber*--Few Escaped Injury. Scores Are Killed. Death visited the national capital Friday in its most terrible form and reaped a mighty harvest. Ford's Thea­ ter. where a little over a quarter of a century ago a tragedy startled the na­ tion, was the scene of the black angel's visit. Without a moment's warning the building collapsed, and 500 Govern­ ment clerks and a cellar full of laborers •were buried in theawful massof wieck- age which was piled in the cellar. The A Kaa W&o Has Seen Many :pr <I|*0h England. " "The most curious thing I ovef c,; saw in my travels," said a G Lilliasgi^'^l who had just returned from Europe^ "was one day in England, right aftcf a friend and I had attended a sesslarpm of Parliament We wanted to sed tbe stables of Queen Victoria. W<j had been told that there were some splendid horses there, and being in; teres ted in fine horses, we thought w« would take a look at them. "So we climbed aboard a hansoni and started. The cabmen drove u<j to a big gate, where there was g gorgeous tellow with a tall bear skixj hat on. We had to give him a shil. ling, and we didn't go more tnar ^ ... -v ~ front half of all three floors fell, carry- i t ® f.of , . " a ing everything to the bottofc. ttwelve feet ^torc he handed us ove For a moment all was still. Then the air was split by the shrieks and groans of the fr'ghtened, wounded, and dying hundreds who, like a mass of worms, struggled, twisted, and fought to free themselves from one another and from heavy Iron beams and timbers and fur­ niture and government records which pinned them to their places. The peo­ ple in the neighborhood were for the mo­ ment stunneJ. The horror of it all had robbed them of their senses. Then in a few moments, but what to the wretches pinioned in death's embrace seemed ages, the truth burst upon their befud- straightforward, temperate speech. He recited the attempts to suppress the coal combine of Minne­ sota, and told how it led to action by the Legislature of that S t a t e . F r o m t h i s movement grew the proposition which led to the anti-trust con­ vention opened at Chicago. Gov. Nelson J. B. VTBAVER. spoke of the lumber trust, which is spread all over the Northwest. He said the Sher­ man law was not fitted to cope with trusts, as its operations only extended to Interstate commerce. He quoted from Supreme Court decisions to sus­ tain this contention. He advocated the regulation of prices by the state of commodities or concerns which in their nature were of public necessity. Gov. Nelson suggested that the remedy against trusts lay in improved Federal and State legisla­ tion of a more defi­ nite scope and more far-reaching than at present exists. The outcome ot the convention was the formation of a National Anti-Trust Association, wh'ch Is to be followed by a vigorous campaign against trusts of Branches are to be organized in every State. Attended the Convention. The following delegates were in tendance at the convention: J. B. Co- BDW. ROSEWATER all descriptions. at- KCW1H BOOTH. I roan's THEATBB. Climate and Longevity. On the 30th of June of last year there were on the pension rolls twenty-two widows of men who took part in the Revolutionary War, though the oldest of the widows must have become a wife long after the war was ended. Seven of the twenty- two were over 90 years of age on the day mentioned; two of them, one of whom has since died, had passed their hundredth year; six were more than 80, but less than 90 years of age, and the youngest on the list was near to her seventy-flfth birthday. Only ten of the twenty ladies are residents of the Southern Staces, three being from Tennessee, three from Virginia, two from Georgia,one from Kentucky, anrl one from Ttforth Carolina; two of the ten belong to the younger group of ladies, who are but in their seventies. Of the ceiv tentarian? one is credited to Pennsyl­ vania and. one to Virginia; the two who were rated at 92 years belong to Illinois and to tne State of Wash­ ington; of the three who had cele­ brated their ninety-flrst birthdays two have flourished in the bleak climate of Vermont and one in the scarcely less trying temperature of New York!. In fact, the Southern States claim but one of the ten ladies whose ages range between 90 and 100. These flgures certainly do not argue against the severe climates of the Northern States.--Inter- Ocean. * Some Delaware K^nes. Delaware has a curious collection of surnames. There is a family of Colts Pennsylvania--D,eWitt C. DeWitt, rey. Thomas H. Walker. Mlesisftim)!--Gen. J. H. Brinker. Kansas--ft. Nichols, Noah Allen, C. CL Clem­ ens. W. B. Ryan, Lyman Naugle, W. H. T. Wakefield, Richard Hawkins. . North Dakota--John--E. Hodgson, H. P. Pink- ham, Anton FloalitL Ohio--C. M. Brain. Arkansas--WilUam M. Pride. Iowa--Gen. J. B. Weaver, Justin Wells, Jo­ seph R. Lane, N. V. Brower, H, Z. Cnrtls, T.H. Idaho--T\ V. Halveston. Wyoming--C. D. Kelly, Robert Homer. Kentucky--C. E. Morton. Nebraska---N. V. Harlan, E. Bosowater, John 1). Howe, B. F. Hinman. Oregon--J. J. Daly. Utah--Philip Corooran, W. D. Roberts. Texas--J. K. Bymaters. Minnesota--Ignatius Donnelly. Frank F. Da­ vis. James A. Tawney, U. B. Shaver, H. B. Strait, J. F. Jacobson, A. E, Rice, J. B. Wake­ field, C. A. Oilman, W. P. Murray, Gov. Knute Nelson. Missouri--E. Tiedemann. Illinois--John P. Stelle, Henry D. Lloyd, E. O. Brown, Henry W. Clendenln, John W. Pot­ ter. West Virginia--'W. J. Johnson, Col. Robert MeEldowney. New Mexico--N. B. Lauffhlln, J. C. Carrera. Colorado--John Hanion, David O. Boyd, F4tnk A. McLister, W. R. Calllootte, Frank Moody, J. O. Barry. Oklahoma-- Samuel L. Crocker, A. C. Scott Montana--A. H. MitcheU, J. M. Qninn. Washington--John R. Kinne&r, Edmond 8. Meany, Percy W. Rochester. Michigan--John E. Taylor, T. D. Dell, E. E. Whipple, b. B. Daboll, L. D. Harris. COLD WATER PEOPLE. In 1849, and in 1851 played the part ef Richard III. in place of his father, who had been suddenly taken ill. After a tour through California, Australia, and many of the Pacific inlands, he reap­ peared in New York in 1867, visited England and the Continent in 1861, and returning to New York began a series of Shakespearean revivals at the Winter Gardf n Theater In 1863. After a series of successful engagements in Boston, Philadelphia, and other large cities, he began in 1868 tbe erection of a new thtater in New York, which was Opened Feb. 3, 1869; but the cost of the building, In which Mr. Booth had invested all his means, prevented ulti­ mate pecuniary success, and the thea­ ter, although It still boro his name, passed from his hands. For several years he virtually retired from the stage, but near the close of 1877 he be­ gan in New York a series of brilliant performances. He rarely took any ex­ cept the leading characters of Shak- speare--Hamlet, Othello, Iago, Shylock and Richard III.--Hemlet being his most admired personation. In 1881 he went to England, where he remained two years, meeting with marked suc­ cess--especially in "Othello," where he alternately took the parts of Othello and Iago with Mr. Irving. In the early part of 1883 he played Shakspearean parts at Berlin and Hamburg with great* applause. His last appearanoe on the stage was in "Hamlet," at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, on^Aprll 15, 1891. Since that time he has stead­ ily declined, and an attack of aphasia at the Players'^ Club in New^I'ork City brought about his death. ^ ' died brains, and tfiey joined their cries with the unfortunates within the col­ lapsed building. Then, dividing, some rushed for help, some ran to the sink­ hole of death itself to lend their hands, while others, with selfleh regard for Iheir own safety and curiosity, stood Where they were to look upon tbe scene. With the speed of the electric mes­ senger the news seemed to fly from man to man throughout the city, and by the time the first ambulance reached the street that fronted the theater the thoroughfare was choked with people. It was like breaking into a mob to get through the crowd to the building, for many there had fathers, husbands, brothers, soas and sweethearts in the wreck, and they fought to retain the places they had gained and fought to get nearer. Meanwhile the cries of the wretches within the trap--for it was but little eise^WSya^boeoming weaker. Many whose voices had blend­ ed with the rest at first had died a miserable death, others had fainted from fatigue. Some in their terror jumped from the third story windows and were crushed into a mass of llfe- to another fellow in need of a shil* ling, and so on, I think it was re» - peatcd about eight times, and 1 parted ; ^ with about eight shillings before w# , i.41 got to the first stable. : "There were six yellow horses ia that and six brown horses in th6 stable adjoining. Six of these horsey- ^ make up a team for the Queen. Th# -' 'J fellow that was showing us the horsef said these were very fine indeed, and; altogether just the thing for He|M;S" Majesty. <.,% ^ "I took a look at them and couldn'i .« see a thiog about them to recommend* ^ them. To me they looked just lik| so many common plugs, about sixteeii . " : hands high, especially the browi^ ones, to which our particular atten^, ; ' tion was directed. I said I thought they would be gentle, and that ji ' didn't think the Queen need be afraid of their running away. '•Suddenly thoy flared around and | saw three of them were rat tailsjp~*~^ Then I was mors astonished thai|? ^ fever. 'What!' I said, 'the QueeA satisfied to drive those ornery old rai $ »ail horses? This beats me.' t , ^ "Oh, we fix that all right," said the attendant, and with that h|| -- whipped down a false tail--nice^ • ^ black, and flowing as you please-* ' and buckled it on. It wq.s done s$ well that you wouldn't know it was - false tall. Then he brought down tbe other tails and showed them til i; us. That, sir, was the strangest thing I saw in Europe, and aston­ ished me the most. I never knevr they had false tails for horses till | saw them on the rat tailed horses b^V;,.!t longing to the QueeD."--San cisco Examiner. , Some Animals Flav Tricks.' Among the incidents of jokes playef$ by animals upon one another cited a writer on the animal sense of humoii in the London Spectator, is that of i jackdaw, which, whenever it found its setter dog companions asleep would steal to them and pull at thft fluffy tassels of hair between their toes--where the animai was rnofSF sensitive than iruother hairy part9 of its body--unpleasantly waking thefiT -apr a Certain house a tame mag­ pie was kept in the stfrbleyard wish two kestrels. The kestrels were in the habit of sitting on the -sides of the water pails that stood outside of the stable doors. At one time the less pulp on the concrete below. At the time this dispatch was sent out it was impossible to tell how many had been killed outright, but the num­ ber was conservatively placed at sev­ enty-five. Many others will die. Awtnl Tiag.e of UebrH. The tangle of stuff inside of the build­ ing that had to be cleared away in get­ ting at bodies was terrible. Girders, bricks, beams, desks, furniture, all were inextricably piled together. Several hundred men were at work clearing away, heedless of the danger that men­ aced them from tbe possibility of fall­ ing walls. It was a difficult as well as dangerous task, but there was far less confusion than one would have expected. Men turned pale and sick at the horrible spectacle pre­ sented by the Injured. General Schofleld promptly ordered two troops of cavalry from Fort Mever, just across the river, and two companies of in­ fantry irom the Arsenal to the scene of the disaster. The Secretary of the \ ® " Navy also ordered out all the naval medical officers stationed there, and magpie approached a kestrel from be­ hind, seized its long tail in its beak, jerked it violently and pushed it over into the pail; but the kestrel after­ ward caught the magpie and punished it well. A cat expressed its dislike of a peacock by juhiping through its spread-out tail when the bird wasdis-' playing its beauty and exhibiting its* own vanity, to the great discomfiture of the fowl. The writer's dog, whiob was accustomed to hunting rabbiui, showed its d.spleasure when the mas­ ter had shot a bullfinch by going into the hedge, finding a rabbit and bring­ ing it to him. Another dog, whicli knew tame duckte and that they were not hunted, but had no acquaintance with the wild ones, was mush dis­ gusted when its master shot a teal, believing he had made a mistake,and would have nothing to do with th© He behaved in exactly the same way when we shot a black rab­ bit; nothing would persuade him that My friend," be said anxiously, as ! County. The x_eppers and •' ••.A*:- • ^ is> k b > < \ - ' soon as he had closed Vhe door, "I have engaged to deliver 4(10,000 her­ ring to you in fifteen days, aid I have not yet succeeded in getting a single one. They are all sold." "Of course they are!" cried Master Woerder, with a burst of laughter; 1 have myself bought them!" "Ah!" cried Van Elberg, after staring a moment at his companion in utter amazement "What, then do you expect " "That you will fulfill your engage­ ment Listen to me, my friend. You will one day leave your daughter a large fortune, and I shall do as | much for my son. That is all very j well for the future, but for to-day thev are not on equal terms I shall an idea! You shall marry Van El- j'give my son a share in my business, berg's daughter, and she shall have a good dowry too." "s; "Can it be possible?" 5^'/*, "Leave it to me. As the canals :?v.|ffe all closed by the ice, be ready with . "two saddle horses at daylight to-mor- low. Ah! My son! if you only in- ^rit your fitter's geniug." .'fei. ';4 .. uufa. 'k M but you give your daughter only 4,000 I ducats, i have not wished to disap- ( point our children's hopes, but lhave j planned to compel you to be more just in your arrangements.M I While Master Woerden thus spoke j his companion was becoming more j ipl more bewildered. IJlHftajrds have long lived neighbors in j^Ktopex, and there are Peaches in Newcastle County, Inauspiciously fettled north of the peach belt One man named his three sons for the sev­ eral counties of the State, and Del­ aware is an occasional Chistian n^me. A girl whose name was Leonora Mis­ souri Cannon provoked from a stranger the prompt declaration that the name was sentimental, patriotic, and explosive. Charles Dudley Warner's Win, A comparatively unknown wife ef a prominent writer is Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner. It is a matter of re- feret to her friends that more people haye not the pleasure of knowing her, for she is a woman of strong charac­ ter, an ideal hostess, and a very fine musician. In her Hartford home there is a music room whose big win­ dows command a beautiful view of the woods and bills of the Connecti­ cut Valley. ; IF one has a horror of bearing • ciiUd : Knthnalaatle Opening; or the World's Tem­ perance Congress. France, and England, and Ireland, and Scotland, and Wales joined with the temperance forces of America in the inauguration of the World's Temper­ ance Congresses at Chicago. Excel­ lent addresses were delivered by promi­ nent workers in the temperance cause and great enthusiasm was displayed. No particular phase of agitation or method was favored more than another. All societies and organizations engaged infighting the drink tiafllc met on a common platform to engage a common enemy. Among the associations par­ ticipating were the National Temperance Society, the Independent Order of Good Templars, the Woman's Chris­ tian Temperance Union, the Nonparti­ san Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the several Catholic temperance societies and a few minor lodies. President C. C. Eonney called the congress to order and introduced Right Bev. Bishop Samuel Fallows, who of­ fered prayer. In his address, Mr. Bon- ney saW that the congress was not for the purpose or discussing differences, but to seek to get out of the good of all movements having for their aim the growth of temperance that which might Form a common basis for action in the future. He said in the congress were gathered the leaders of the thousands who throughout the wold com batted the evils of intemperance. These would tell of their work; every method of warfare, every means used to light the demon of drink. The prohibitionist, the temperance man, the total abstin­ ence advocate, all classes of workers Would lain of the effort to reform the men who wreck their lives and destroy their families through the curse of drink. II© then introduced Archbishop Ireland, who delivered an addross full of eloquenee and wisdom, which won from th« audience sincerest approval. In oonrhiding his address the Arch­ bishop said: "Let us work together. There is the enemy hi serried ranks be­ fore us. It is not the time for us to dispute. I have made It a rule in my temperaace work never to say an un­ kind word about another temperance CROPS DOING WELL. The Weather Dating the Lott Week Gen­ erally Favorable. According to the Washington crop bulletin, the weather during the week was generally favorable, and crops were benefited, except In the States of the lower Mississippi Valley, including por­ tions of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Al­ abama, where considerable injury has resulted from rains and floods, and where warm, dry weather is greatly needed. The special telegraphlo re­ ports show the following: Missouri--Crops growing and work progress­ ing slowly; dry weather and sunshine needed at once. Illinois--Twenty-two counties report cut worm and army worm injuring corn and mead­ ows; oats, wheat, and pastures in good condl- opened the naval hospital to receive ; it was not a cat, and he would do no the Injured. The Commandant of the I serious work for the rest of the day. navv yard was ordered to render all j The writer tells also of dogs that- assistance in his power, and every thought it beneath their dlgnltv to hospital in the city was called Into | cha^e rats, except when their masters tion; planting retarded; fruit prospect poor. Indiana--All crops in fine condition, prom­ ising a fair yield, escept tree fruit; wheat is heading. Ohio--Corn, potatoes, tobacco, grass, and small fruits doing finely; wheat, rye, barley, and clover heading; com nearly all planted; corn and potatoes being cultivated; work re­ tarded some by ruin. Michigan--Warm rains and sunny days great­ ly Improved crop conditions; wheat, oats, and grasses making a good growth, and fruit pros­ pects. except apples, excellent; corn about all planted. Wisconsin--All grain In fine growing condi­ tion; prospects seldom better; rye heading; corn and potatoes coming np; late planting about done; tobacco plants small. Minnesota--Cropn nearly all in; small grain and grasses very promising; corn and potatoes growing nicely; com cultivation just begun; chinch bugs and grnbworms numerous ia Wl- nona County. Iowa--Vegetation progressing; not more than average amount ot replanting necessary, with increased acreage; heavy hay crop assured; ap­ ples below average- North Dakota--Crops in good condition and farmers jubilant; barley and oats about seeded; come corn to plant yet; grass crowing rapidly. 1 South Dakota--Excellent week; has placed aU crops and meadows, especially small grain. In line condition; corn coming up rapidly and grass thick. Nebraska--Good growing week; rainfall heavy, especially over eastern halt t>f State, washing out com in places; all orops Improved, especially spring grain, grass and potatoes; corn needs warm weather. Kansas--Wheat harvest begins In south por­ tions this week; wheat, corn, oats, grass and potatoes much improved. Brleflets. THE President is gathering financial data for use in hie message to Congress in extra session. ItEvivAii meetings are being held at Leadville, Col., in Loeb'a danee house and gambling resort. BETWEEN May 22 and June 1 there were fourteen eases of cholera and eleven deaths at Marseilles. A pank- was caused tn a Leghorn theater by the falling of a boy from the gallery, and many persons were In­ jured. Two pxnsoirs were killed and thir­ teen lnjurtd by the explosion of a cart­ load of powder at Kirn, Bhenish Prussia. ^ ~ V ^ - . . . . v : . * . - 1 . . i t * . h J v " , A t * . .•t< « i i * < n. , rv "jf'i requisition to care for the wounded. Cau«e of the Accident. An investigation of the cause of the accident discovered that it was appa­ rently due to criminal carelessness. A number of laborers were at work be­ neath the first floor excavating for an electric plant. The building rested on underpinning and the earth, and as the earth was dug away the pressure of the building rested on the unsupported beams of the first floor. The weigbt proved too much, and the floors col­ lapsed and fell into the excavation, burying the laborers and olerks beneath them. The building was acquired by the Government some years ago because of its historical associations, and, although it had been condemned as unsafe and unsuitable for the purpose for which it was occupied, sentiment kept it un­ changed. The floors were heavily loaded with the records of the pension division of the War Department. The clerks employed there were all men. How the World Wags. A PENSION revision board of twenty* three members has teen appointed. THE B. Goodman Company suspend­ ers, failed at New York lor $63,000. THE debts of Barr Co., the New York coffee merchants who failed recently, are $l,00O,C0l». THE new coast-defense vessel Mon­ terey has been ordered from Ban Fran­ cisco to Puget Sound. SrsiE MCBETH. for twenty years a missionary among the Nefc Perces Indians, died in Idaho. FIFTY-SEVEN waiters In John Wana- maker's restaurant at Philadelphia are on a strike for better food. THE Bradstrcet-Thurber furniture store at Minneapolis was destroyed by fire, with a loss of $1G0,000. CHOLERA IS spreading; amontc the Arabs of Turkey. Tweatyk deaths a day are reported at Bassorah'^ OWING to the corn famine, 6,317,000 bushels of corn from the United States have been shipped Into Mexico. Wi W. JOHNSON & Co., whose plant is one of the largest in Cincinnati, will withdraw from the Whisky Trust. B.TT8SIA will raise its Washington mission to an embassy, and probably send some older dipiomate as embas­ sador. THE Gould pleasure party has returned to New York from Its three weeks' trip to the World's Fair and to the West and Southwest. REPORTS from several cities ol Asiatic Turkey say that the cholera has ap­ peared in many districts and is spread- I were engaged in the sport, and he ' speaks of the obvious disliite of dogs to be laughed at. 4cape Prince of Wales. The following dialogue contributed by a bright young schoolmarm ot rural New England shows how much more clearly Young America's mind can grasp a point of fact than any point involving the '^divine right of kings." The„third class in geography, numbering one pupil, was reciting. Teachcr---What is the most west­ ern cape in North America? John (promptly)--Cape Prince of WaIes. "Do vou know why that is called Cape Prince of Wales?" "No, ma'am." •'Did you ever hear of England, John?'* ••No, ma'am." , The globe is produced, and some time spent in locating England on it» and on John's mind. » 'i| Teacher (with enthusiastic desire J too add another fact to John's scanty-- supply)--Over there the people doa*t have a President, they have a king, or if the ruler happens to be a woman she is called the queen. There is a queen in England now, and the old­ est son is always called the Prince ot Walea Now, John, to-morrow who will you tell me that cape is named for? John (confidently)-- Miss King's oldest boy^ To Feed the Queen. Ferbaps the gayest kitchen in the | world is Queen Victoria's, with its crowd of servants in royal liveries, J the Highland and Indian domestic® J and the clerks of the cellar and other | heads of the departments in their respective uniforms. The clerk of the kitchen has a staff of four as­ sistants and clerks, and a woman-ser- ; vant who is known as the "necessary woman." The chief has four master cooks, two yeomen of the Kitchen, one of whom is a confectioner, two roasting cooks, two coffee women and a small regiment of scourers, kitchen maids, storekeepers, and general servitora--New York Ledger, H A MAW can convince a woman with „ ' eloquence, bat it takes figures to <*»* vlnce a mar a •***< v-v » , ( „ , ~ < ' m a * jh.tj . i l ...11