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' 1 , ' t " i r , • ' " . i , . , , . i i ' „ • „ . » . , • n „ - , - - r M r ^ ^ - « v y ^ . V i > j ife j jjnclent flri treasures (Special Letter.) VALUABLE find of ancient treas- I*.-» _• j,^ ^ ure is reported !?:/;'< Hfjh ' from Montalto, in Liguria. During the demolition of one at the most ancient churches in Italy a small un­ derground chamber was discovered ^ filled with objects of art dating back \V;». to the era of the Roman empire. They •g-' t consisted chiefly of silver amphorae 'f**; and vases finely chiseled and filled V1 ". with gold and silver coins of the Ko- fB'i'?^man empire.' ^ ' Mgr. Scaiabrini, who has been prac- Irv / .tically selected by the Pope to suc­ ceed Mgr. Martinelli at Washington, has begged the holy father to be ex­ cused from such promotion on the double ground of age and dlsinclina- tion for a diplomatic career, for which he feels that he has no qualification. The Roman police have arrested a notorious anarchist of the name of C&lcagno, who -has just arrived from the United States. He has been sen­ tenced several times for anarchist crimes. The only document found upon him yas a list of addresses, which was apparently a copy of one hs had left in New York to enable his friends to communicate with him. The disquieting point was that Calcagnt* managed to enter Italy unchallenged. He was comfortably lodged in Rome, when he was recognized by a detective in whose hands he had been on several occasions. Many papers in Europe recently an­ nounced that Italy had adopted a uew jfa national emblem, basing their report on the appearance of new postage lish on a firm basis commercial rela­ tions between Massowah and Abbys- sinia with the full and hearty ccfn- currence of the negus. Some details of the pope's will are matters of gossip. The pope's neph­ ews, it is said, expected tc claim the accumulated millions which the Italian government allows annually to the pope--that Is to say, the $600,000 a year which is placed at his disposal, but which is withdrawn at the end of every five years under prescription. The pope has decided that nothing of his allowance shall be touched. His small personal fortune goes in equal distribution to his five nephews of the Pecci family. The. fortune he leaves as pontiff is placed under the trustee­ ship of three cardinals, of whom Car­ dinal Rampolla is chief/ ANTIQUITIES IN PALMYRA. Htoac Writlncs Explain Customs Uctln Md Tariff* Levied. A few years ago the Russian Prince Ambemalak Lazareff, during his visit to the ruins of ancient Palmyra, dis­ covered a large block of stone, about twelve feet long and eight feet wide, containing a well preserved bi-llngual inscription (i. e., Greek and Palmy- rene), which Is supposed to date from the third century of our era. The in­ scription is said to contain the tariffs of custom duties and taxes levied dur­ ing that period, divided into tl^ee ta­ bles. Last year the authorities of the Imperial Russian museum at St. Pe­ tersburg sent Professor Uspensky, of the Russion Archaelogical institute, who resides at Constantinople, to Pal­ myra, with other experts, to report on the inscription and to ascertain whether it was possible to cut it out stamps. It is true that both the new Italian postage stamps and coin have assumed some heraldic modifications, but they are very insignificant and were Introduced during the reign of King Humbert. The Italian national emblem consists of a shield with a silver cross, sur­ mounted by a crown and a pentagon star, dating from the seal of Peter II. count of Savoy. The royal coat of arms shows this same shield, with the royal heftnet and the historic golden cross held by two lions and surround­ ed by the great chain of the Annun- ciata order and other high orders of the monarchy. But the house of Savoy has from time immemorial possessed the em­ blem of the two-headed eagle, so that the action of King Victor Emanuel III. simply revives an old dynastic sym­ bol. The papal policy concerning the Philippine islands has been deter­ mined, and will be definitely an­ nounced at the approaching consistory. The archbishop of Manila has resigned and will not return to the Philippine islands. He has gon& to his home in Vet lawQimc Vbkt (Erroneously Reported to Have Been Changed in the New Postage ' Stamps.) &pain. Archbishop Chapelle, who was sent to Manila as apostolic legate, has been recalled. His administration is disapproved by the authorities of the Vatican. He- has left Rome, but will make a visit of several weeks to his parents in France, and make a pil­ grimage to the shrine of Lourdes be­ fore he sails. M. Hugues Le Roux, a distinguished Frenchman/ who is said to have dis­ covered the sources of the Blue NiJ^ has just returned to Europe after a tour in Abyssinia, where he was a -welcome guest of Emperor Menelik. He is now at Rome, where he will be received, in a day or two, by King U Victor Emanuel. He has been inter­ viewed by an Italian journalist who publishes a long report of the con­ ference in the Trlbuna. The Italians, M. Le Roux says, are popular in Abyssinia. The Italian war prisoners who resided for years in the .country after the battle of Ahba Kar- ' ima, have paved the way to a thorough reconciliation of the two races, and the negus is now convinced that Italy has given up every idea of colonial expansion to the prejudice of Ethio­ pia. The only object of Italy la to from the hhge block. The professor having reported on the feasibility of the undertaking, the Russian govern­ ment obtained the sultan's sanction to remove it to Russia. Accordingly an expedition was sent to the spot last summer, composed of workmen under the superintendence of a Russian con­ sular official, and after cutting the block of stone into three parts sepa- r«tsd ths inscription from stud It is now on its way to the Russian capi­ tal. Palmyra, or Tadmor, as it Is now called, is fanjous for the ruins of the Great Temple of the Sun. It wfis an important commercial place, being a depot for silk and other Asiatic and Indian products; and, on account of its copious spring,, it must always have been a halting place for caravans pass­ ing through the Syrian desert. It at­ tained the height of its glory and prosperity in the third century, under Queen Zenobia, wife of the Emperor Odenathus. The* Fntore of tbe Globe. It was believed by Lyell, the geolo­ gist, and other followers of Hutton, that the earth ^-as a kind of "perpet­ ual motion" machine, that is to say, would go on forever as it is, and has been, illuminated by the sun, and a habitation fo/plants and animals, race upon raceybut Lord Kelvin \showed, in his doctrine of the "Dissipation of Energy," that tht solar system was running down like a clock, and that "within a finite period of time past the earth must have been, and within a finite period of time to come must again be, unfit for the habitation of man as at present constituted, unless operations have been, and are to be, performed which are impossible under the laws governirg the known opera­ tions going on at present in the mate­ rial world." Fox Farm In SewfonndUiid. A company is being formed at North Sydney, Cape Breton, to establish a fox farm on the west coast of New­ foundland. Incorporation will be sought at the next session of the New­ foundland legislature. A number of . business men of iNorth Sydney and other parts of the prov­ ince have volunteered to take stock, and a suitable location in Newfound­ land--the natural home of the valu­ able fox--has been obtained, as well as a number of fine breeding animals. The price of skins range from $2 to $3 for the ordinary fox up to $50 or more for the- silver-gray or black fox. Prince to Bread Ostriches. The Prince of Monaco has long be­ lieved that he could duplicate the sac- cess of the California ostrich farms in the climate of his principality. After receiving reports from the agents he sent to California to investigate, he has decided to breed ostriches on a large scale. Some birds will be brought from America, others from South Af­ rica. Their Lot* Eternally Itorled. Before the Empress Frederick's cof­ fin was finally closed all the love let­ ters she received from her late hus­ band, the Emperor Frederick, together with his last written messages in­ scribed after ne had lost his power of speech, were placed in the coffin over her heart. Bx°Empress Bugente. A . cablegram says Eugenie, widow of Napoleon III., and for ft time Regent of the Empire of France, is spending the last days of her life with four secre­ taries writing and dictating her mem- From large prints a dado may V made. otrs, material for which is being sift­ ed out of some 150 boxes of personal and political papers. These papers have been carefully preserved since Eugenie left France an exile thirty years ago, and are believed to contain greatly interesting revelations in re­ gard to Napoleon III. and the causes that led to the fall of the last empire. The ex-ruler is now 70 years old, and moves about in her house and grounds in an invalid's chair. She ixas twice within the last two years been falsely reported dead. M. de Blowitz Retires. It is announced that M. do Blowitz has resigned the Paris correspondence of the London Times and retired to private life, and that he has been suc­ ceeded by Arthur Fullerton, an Amer­ ican. M. de Blowitz, who is credited with having invented the interview in journalism, began his work for the Times in 1871, a few months after he had earned the gratitude and confi­ dence of M. Thiers by notifying the government of the doings of the Com­ mune in Marseilles, where he was a teacher of languages. His intimate re­ lations with the statesmen of Europe has enabled him \<t> give the world news which no other correspondent could get, and his dispatches to the Times, being repeated from London to other t countries, have made him known wher­ ever newspapers are read. Our Shoes In Ireland. At the Gaelic school meeting P. O'Neil Larkin spoke of the coming excursion from America to the Irish exhibition in the city of Cork next May, and made the announcement that two shoe manufacturing firms of this state will establish boot and shoe factories in Ireland, which will give employment to many hands, and it is expected that several factories will result from the exhibition, which will be the commencement of indus­ trial^ prosperity in Ireland.--Boston Globe. Red DraJJon of Wales. There will be rejoicing in Wales, and among loyal Welshmen the world over, now that the Red Dragon of Cad- wallader is to find his due place in the Heraldic Achievement of the Princes of Wales. The order of the King in Council is "that there be added to ihe achievement of the Prince of Wales the badge of the Red Dragon." This ancient badge is to be borne--as a badge, of course, and not quartered in the shield of the Prince--on the sinis­ ter side (the spectator's right, that is) of the royal crest as heir apparent, while the ancient badge of the ostrich feathers is on the other side, the crest and the two badges appearing thus in line over the fihield. Mixed Relationships. Lord Chesham, who kept his fifty- first birthday last week, was doubly connected, and in a curious way, with the late Duke of Westminster, who was not only his brotber-in-law, but also his father-iri-law, as Lord Chesham married his Grace's daughter by his first wife. Lady Chesham was, in con­ sequence of this double alliance, sis- +er-in-law to her own father, while the Duchess of Westminster became moth^ er-in-law to her own bmQier,^-<'PtIe duke was, further, grandfather and also uncle by marriage to Lord Chesh- am's children, while his own children by his second wife were at the sajne time his great-nephews and nieces. Four Populous States. There are only four states in the country which have more than a mil­ lion voters each--New York, Pennsyl­ vania, Ohio and Illinois. OIS Arkansas Forests.' In Arkansas vast belts of forest lands still lie untouched by the ax of the woodman. Edward Cheney of Galesburg seri­ ously wounded his wife and her sister, and then killed himself. Frank Washburn| who was killed in the recent New Tm-k tunnel disaster, was burled from Evanston Saturday. The funeral services were held at the residence of Frank P. Crandon, a rela­ tive, at 2 o'clock. Rev. C. J. Little, president of Garrett Biblical Institute, and Prof. C. W. Stewart officiated. American Trust and Savings Bank admitted to the Chicago clearing house. A fee of $17,816 was paid Friday to Secretary of State James A. Rose by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail­ way company to do business in Illi­ nois. Last October, when the company was organized, it complied with the foreign corporation law by paying the minimum fee of $30 in Illinois. It was then licensed to transact business in the state until the proportion of the capital stock and mileage in Illinois could be determined. The company has a capital stock of $100,000,000, of which $17,800,000 is apportioned to Il­ linois, or 17 8-10 per cent of the total capital stock and mileage. H. W. Weiss, 209 Adams street, Chicago, is named as the representative of the cor­ poration in Illinois. The final papers were filed by E. M. Shelton of Bur­ lington, la.,, the company's solicitor. Mr. Shelton said that, while the fee In Illinois was a large one, the company bad paid larger fees in Kansas and Colorado. In this state the fee is paid on the proportion of capital stock and mileage lying within the state, while In Kansas and Colorado it is paid upon the entire capital stock. In Kansas the license fee was $20,000, in Colorado $30,000. Chicag6 alumni and friends of Wooster University will join in the ef­ fort to raise the $140,000 necessary to secure the provisional gift of $100,000 to the Ohio institution. The donor of this sum is a wealthy New Yorker, and not Dr. D. K. Pearsons of Chicago, as reported in the dispatches from Ohio. Since the burning of the main college building a month ago the trustees have received $60,000 insurance, and this, with the expected contributions, will make a fund of $300,000. A requisition on the governor of New York hps heen Ipsuerl Rt Spring­ field for Wickllffe Higgins, former sheriff of Richland county, 111., who embezzled $1,000 in 1890 and escaped to London, where he lived until a few weeks ago, when he landed in New York and was arrested. At the examination held by the state board of pharmacy in Spriftgfleld, Jan. 7-8, the following passed as registered pharmacists and assistant phar­ macists: Registered Pharmacists--M. J. Bereczkowskl, P. Czaja, H. L. Hull. S. J. Jerusal, F. P. Sanderson, P. G. Stahlfeld, C. R. Sherman, J. Swanson, all of Chicago; C. H. Althoff, Quincy; W. S. Cluxton, St. Frauclsvllle; A. A. Eberleln, Alton; F. D. Griffiths, Fer­ ris; E. H. Haines, Taylcrville; A. W. Henke, Danville; W. T. Isted, Canton; E. Roberts, East St_ Louis; J. E. Tay­ lor, Gridley. Assistants--G. N. Gouy, Decatur; J. R. Neal, Jr., Springfield. President Hughitt has issued an or­ der affecting pensions of 25,000 em­ ployes of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. The order is contained in a circular which states that the pen­ sion plan now In effect over that road will be changed so that any employe who has been in the service of the company for twenty years may be re­ tired on a pension. Heretofore, ttylrty years' connection with the corporation was required, to receive the benefit of the pension arrangement. Joseph Greenhut, father of factor^ and tenement inspection, stricken with paralysis six years ago, now unable to leave his bed at Baptist hospital, Chicago. Illinois Central by using the block signal system has greatly lessened the chances of accidents on its line. Professor Coe of Northwestern Uni­ versity thinks the rich and poor should mix to prevent snobbery. Man caught passing counterfeit money in Chicago stabbed policeman who arrested him. Striking employes of the Allis-Chal- mers Company, Chicago, hope to induce machinists employed at the Milwaukee shops to quit. Police suspect Louis Thombs is in­ volved in the. murder of a young wo­ man two'years ago at Cedar Lake, Ind. He and Keissig held by coroner's jury of Cook county for the murder of Min­ nie Larson. More than 400 birds, representing the aristocracy of poultrydom, are on exhibition in Olney this week. They represent the entries for the second annual exhibit of the Richland County Poultry and Pet Stock association. The work of judging is under the charge of 'D. T. Heimlich of Jackson­ ville, 111 Anton Schamorofsky, 10 years old, was drowned in a clay pit in Chicago. The boy, in company with several companions, was playing on the thin ice which covered the surface of the pit. Anton ventured on one of the dangerous spots and the ice broke. Freddie Gallup, aged 7, broke through the ice in the river at Quincy", and was drowned. Eddie Lehman, his companion, w»i rescued. A young man supposed to be from Jndiana was drowned while attempt­ ing to cross the Little Wabash River on the ice near Concord, 111. Judge Lowell, who was formerly mayor of Elgin and later a county judge and member of the state legis­ lature, Is dead at Elgin. The Illinois Poultry and Pet Stock Association is holding its eighth an­ nual exhibition this week at Jollet Fowls of all descriptions have been arriving by every train and a splen­ did lot of exhibits is assured. William Tuescher was accidentally shot and killed by his brother while hunting in the Barnett neighborhood at Carlinville. The top of Tuescher's head was blown oft. The pension board of Bloomington has just discovered a man whose heart is on his right side Instead of his left The man is Georg^W. Hunt of Lexington. When he appeared before the board to undergo the physical ex­ amination necessary before an appli­ cation for a pension could be secured, the surprising discovery was made that his .cardiac organ was misplaced. The investigation conducted by the board showed that Hunt experiences no discomfort or inconvenience as a result of the odd location. The dis­ covery did not invalidate his possible pension. War has broken out between the Chi­ cago & Alton and the Wabash in Jack­ sonville. The Alton is moving its station from the present location at Wabash Junction to a site about 15 feet wide, the Wabash having ordered it ofT the Wabash right of way. The Alton, to retaliate, ordered the Pa­ cific Express company to cease the use of the Alton platform for the pur­ pose of handling express matter. This is a result of a'war between the Alton and Wabash here on account of a con­ tract, In which the Alton secured an alliance with the Jacksonville and St. Louis, a former ally of the Wabash, in the handling of St. Louis business. John H. Siegel, a prominent young physician of Collinsville, and Miss Es- telle Peers, youngest daughter of Mr. James N. Peers, editor of the Collins­ ville Herald, were married at the home of the bride's parents. Rev. C. H. Branch, pastor of the Presbyterian church, performed the ceremony. The county Democratic central com­ mittee for Jefferson county met and se­ lected May 31 as the date for holding primary elections to select candidates for county offices. The primaries will be held under the Australian ballot system. A meeting of the Republican Con­ gressional committee of the 24th Il­ linois district has been called at Shawneetown February 20 for the purpose of effecting an organization. Two of the oldest settlers of Lincoln are dead. John Kearney, born in Lon­ donderry, Ireland, died of pneumonia, aged 81 years. Samuel D. Irwin pissed away at the age of 78 years with lung fever. He was one of the earliest merchants of Lincoln. Eugene Ritchey and Miss Pearl Richard were married Wednesday at the bride's home at Lincoln. Thomas Arnold and Miss Elsie Smith of Omega township, 111., were married Wednesday. Patrick Walsh, formerly a mail car­ rier in Springfield, has been convicted of abstracting articles of value from letters which he delivered. Sentence Thshls case was deferred. A conviction w^m also had in the case""of John Milll- gan, the leader of a gang of counter- terfelters who operated in the neigh­ borhood o' Vandalia about a year ago. Milllgan was convicted under two counts. A wreck occurred on the Illinois Central about eight miles from Carbon- dale in which Engineer Tippey was se­ riously injured in the side. He also lost an eye. Fireman James Dounel was also injured. The cause of the wreck is supposed to be the spreading of the rails, which made the engine turn over. The second and last day's session of the convention of the Illinois Retail Clerks' Association closed at Spring­ field with the association a member of the state labor federation. This move was made in the morning. The state secretary of the federation, W. L. Mor­ ris, of Springfield, performed the cere­ mony of bringing the infant order within the protection of t^e larger body. The only other business accom­ plished was the efection of delegates to attend the state federation convention to be held in October In East St. Louis. Fivo were chosen, as follows: J. E. Hartman, of Alton; Emma Lamphere and Oscar Peterson, of Galesburg; J. H. Johnson, of Chicago, and Henry F. Risch, of Springfield. The association decided to hold its next convention the first Tuesday in January, 1903, In this city. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, the Chicago phil­ anthropist and patron of ed^caticin, has extended the time limit one year on his proposition to give to the en­ dowment fund of the McKendree Col­ lege. of Lebanon, $20,000, conditional upon the raising of an additional $80,^ 000. A large part of the conditional amount has been subscribed, and Presi­ dent Chamberlin is confident the full amount will be raised within the time as extended. < A permit was refused for the burial of the late Mrs. Mary Ricketts, widow, of Crothersville, until it was demon­ strated that she died of cancer. She belonged to a society who deny the existence of disease, and she never sought medical advice, her intimate friends not knowing that she was af­ flicted. The Governor appointed Mrs. Fan­ nie J. Howe of Chicago a member of the beard of the Geneva Home for Female Juvenile Offenders, vice E. B. Sunny, resigned, and Michael H. Mad­ den of Chicago a member of the Labor Commission, vice John Felker, Chi­ cago, resigned, to accept chief clerk­ ship of the commission. Several new cases of smallpox are reported at Irvington. The schools have been closed in consequence. Safe blowers robbed the Chestnut postoffice of $225 in stamps and some money. "Young Griffo" and Jack Cullen have been matched to spar before the Riverside Athletic club of Peoria, Jan­ uary 22. There will be several pre­ liminary sparring matches. James Lavery, one of the pioneer merchants of Carrollton, presented each of his four sons with a check for $8,000 on New Year's day. . Miss Harriet Jenkins of Elkville has been added to the corps of teachers In the township high school at Murphys- boro. She will have charge of classes in mathematics, algebra and America* history. Illinois pensions granted: Qriginal-- August Blettner, Chicago, $6; (war with Spain) Frank A. Miller, Sol­ diers" hnd Sailors' Home, Quincy, $6. Increase, restoration, reissue, etc.-- Nathan B. Lyon, Plainville, $6; Timo­ thy F. Deveny, De Land, $8; Thomas O'Neely, St. Elmo, $8; Christophet- C. Crawford. Dundee, $12; William M, Livingston, Peoria, $10; George Wels- enberger, Bellmont, $10; Patrick Bar­ ry, Jollet, $12. Original, widows, etc. --Tillie A. Rhinesmith, Kempton, $8; Elizabeth Wild, Burksville, $8; Eliza­ beth McCall, Carterville, $12; Sophie Turner, Quincy. $8; (Mexican war) Anna A. Hollaker, Ottawa, $8. Attendants Ball, Barbour and Smith of the Kankakee insane hospital have been suspended for thirty days for fighting in the general dining room of that institution, Barbour, who has charge of a table, incurred the enmity of Ball. Ball grabbed Barbour by the throat and shook him, while Smith knocked him down. Ball then knocked Smith down. Attendant Hill black­ ened the eyes of both combatants in separating them. Patients became ex­ cited and threw crockery before peace was restored. For stealing spoons at a banquet given in their honor by Achilles lodge of the Knights of Pythias, thirty-three guests, leaders in church and social circles in Abingdon, have been placed under the ban by a local knight and will be cut oft the list for future en­ tertainments. The banquet was large­ ly attended. To serve the guests eighty souvenir spoons were rented for the occasion. They proved so attract­ ive that thirty-three of them stuck to the guests' fingers. A daughter of one of the best families in town was caught slyly picking up her souvenir as she left the hall, having dropped It accidentally in passing the door. So­ cial circles are thoroughly aroused because of the theft, which has shocked the moral sense of the com­ munity and threats are made of ex­ posing the names of those found with the stolen spoons in their possession. Eben E. McLeod, chairman of the Western Passenger Association, with headquarters in Chicago, has issued a statement showing that during the twelve months ended June 30 last 487,918 immigrants arrived in this country through all ports. Contrary to prevailing opinion, a majority of these did not go west of the Mississip­ pi river, but settled in the older states in the East. A brilliant wedding was celebrated at Gardner, the principals being Wm. B. Moore, teller of the People's Bank of Bloomington, and Miss Alice Eldred of Gardner. Both are members of prominent and wealthy families. The bride has been a student at the Nor­ mal university at Bloomington. A large company of society people from Bloomington attended the nuptials. At the big dispersion sale of Here­ ford cattle in Chicago Perfection, a bull owned by Thomas Clark of Beeeh- er, 111., sold to Gilbert H. Hoxie of Chicago for the record price of $9,000. This is the highest figure ever paid for a bull in this country, and stands next to the sale of Lord Wilson in England some years ago for $19,300. Hoxle is the Bon of the late John R. Hoxie, the railroad magnate, and is a" millionaire. His hobby is fine cattle. He owns a highly improved stock farm at Thornton, 111., and a big ranch near Taylor, Texas. The trustees of the incurable insane asylum held an Important businees session in Peoria. The institution so rapidly nearing completion was thor­ oughly Inspected and arrangements were completed for the opening Feb. 1, when 400 incurable insane will be received from different portions of the state. The board also determined on a number of appointments, Peoria securing the lion's share. James R. Conway, former city clerk of Peoria, was chosen as chief clerk. The other important appointees are: Bookkeep­ er, J. S. Sexton, Aledo; chief engineer, O. C. Hamlin, Peoria; assistant, Frank P. Palmer, Galesburg; matron, Mrs. C. B. Martin, Peoria; storekeeper, Rosco Unland, Delavan; electrician, O. Wal­ lace, Decatur; chief carpenter, J. S. Glrton, Peoria. The state board of pharmacy has elected officers as follows: President, B. Schwartz, Jr., of Salem; vice presi­ dent, G. H. Sohrbeck of Mollne; secre­ tary, L. T. Hoy of Woodstock; treas­ urer, W. Bodeman, Chicago. An ex­ amination of applicants for certificates as registered pharmacists was held at Springfield. " 1 The tax Yate on the $100 of assess­ ment for the city of Edwardsville, as extended on the collector's books by County Clerk Henry Riniker, is <5.25, comprising the following items: Stat®, 60 cents; county, 70 cents; town, 15 cents; road and bridge., 50 cents; city, $1.70; school, $1.70. The rate for Al­ ton is $5.05. George H. Webster has resigned as a director of the Diamond Match com­ pany, and J. P. Lapsley was elected to the vacancy. Director John Hopkins of St. Louis was elected vice-president in place of Mr. Webster. The retire­ ment of the latter has followed the liquidation of the Armour holdings in the company. Mr. Webster was a bus­ iness partner of the late P. D. Armour of Chicago. Joseph Stipes, colored, afflicted with smallpox, was taken from a dwelling on Sangamon street, Decatur, Co the pesthouse. Miss Caltha Eads, the young woman who was arrested in Baltimore, Md., while masquerading in male attire, is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Eads of Springfield, 111. Her compan­ ion, Nathaniel G. Henderson, was for­ merly employed in Springfield as a solicitor on the State Register. He went to Springfield from Tallula, 111.., Christopher Bamberger, aged 35. foreman of Stanford & Adduddell's cigar factory at Flora, died while seat­ ed in a chair in the shop. Physicians sav death resulted from heart failure caused by nicodun poisoning. . m aluminum "'c M Unique New Violin* Vf The Stroh violin made its first at>- pearance at a special concert given at the Prince's Restaurant, London, J. E. Muddock, who has furnished thefH"% following description of the violin's , „ construction. The1 vibrations of the strings are* conducted by means of an ordinary T] violin bridge, which rests upon a rock- Ing lever to the diaphragm and reson^'fl^ ator. The lever supporting the bridgfl^ '.' ^. oscillates laterally upon the body ofY the instrument, the end being at- : tached to a diaphragm of by a small connecting link. The dia „ . phragm is held in position betweert two india rubber cushions by means h [ of a specially designed holder fixed, % ̂ upon the body of the violin by tw® ' brackets. Attached to this holder i4-f the trumpet or resonator. The body } or main support of the instrument J. is no way employed for sound pur-^J- *\- poses; it simply holds the var:0H?lv , *;;• parts of the violin together and bus--1 .. • . tains the enormous pressure of the v4^ strings when tuned. The disk Or dia*-' " phragm which represents the belly of , 'i an ordinary violin Is perfectly free to V, ' vibrate, the result being that when thdk ->< strings are set in motion by the bowt> 'v the bridge and rocking-lever vibrat^ ;V 'p, r V-, ^ "3 \ -'r accordingly, and thus every vibratloil' is transmitted to the diaphragm. Th^ diaphragm sets in motion the air con^ tained in the resonator, the resonate# augmenting and distributing the audi to the surrounding atmosphere. Lesson to Bankers. The Jewell County (Kansas) Repubi lican tells a little story in illustration of the circumspection with which counj* try bankers must handle their custom** ers. A Kansas banker lost patienc* with the "dribble-drabble" business ©t- a man who caused the bank a lot ofc trouble in bookkeeping, and the cash* ier told the man that his account way not desirable. In a little while th% man died, leaving a large sum in lif#' insurance, which was deposited by th#'< wife in a rival bank. And a little later; still she married the best customer th£ first bank had. and induced him to re*.'* move his deposit. 'i# And the lesson is that all bank*; should treat us kindly, for there is n<k 1 telling how soon we may leave a lot of vengeful widows to deposit the l*f$ insurance elsewhere and marry away the baiik's best customers. 'fcV •&5 New Bahamas Stamp, Of interest to philatelists will be th%' *; *£ announcement that a new postage'><: • stamp has been issued. It is specially..; ^.1, designed for the mail service on tii4k • Bahama Islands and has been manufac* , nmsr /'ViVa m W anj* ^ 5 Trfl tured for the British government by. ^ W h i t f i e l d , K in g & C o . o f I p s w i c h , E n g V - ' V land. The issue is of the 1 pennjf>r y-< series, and while not remarkably or-^,.; I. J nate, is still, in a sense, artistic. Th»: view in the center of the stamp is of; J a place locally known as the "Queen's ' Staircase." The picture shows th« new stamp considerably enhwrgeC^ PnloHes Increase In EntlaoA ' During the last fifty years the sui* v ^ cldal tendency in England has grown,,;-, ^ -3 „ into a formidable disease. The growth* ~ < ji too. has been continuous. Suiride hast J# steadily increased 200 per cent. Ua^ *4^? happily, too, the growth has been mos^... ';y y rapid in recent years. *"*-]$ -- ' M Florida's Ora»;« Crop. The time is close at band when Ww*- > 11 ida will ship as many boxes of oranges as she did before the great freeze ot.rgM 1893--namely, 5.000,000 boxes. If it had . not been for that disaster she would . be shipping more than 8.000.000 now. - ^ -- • ' * -A iiiM uwrm*> The Aztec language, in use In SfrSTW . at the discovery of America, hickevl the sounds indicated by our letters b» ^4^ d, f, g, r, i. 3, and •. • Fh*ro»h» ta The Pharaohs wore their beards when in mourning for a relative Court mourning in Egypt assart Irt. have lasted a year. ' , Passeag*r TrtBc la The Eastern Trunk Railway out of London carries- and out daily. ' Dyspepsia from l'u»oiin«l Torth. A German physician declares that 7* 5 per cent of dyspeptics have uSr» • sound teeth.