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M *r fTWi'̂ ^r h f^I^V'%V T,i • '• *i3 sjajp^jT'; |J?: NEW ZEALAND STATESMAN Rtehard Seddon, premier of New Zealand, Is now on his way to Eng­ land to attend the coronation and to participate in the conference of the ooioBial premiers. He is the strong- eat man in New Zealand, has been a ineaiber of parliament for twenty-five years, and premier since 1891. He was once a saloonkeeper and is now a millionaire and an orator. He was born in England, but emigrated to Australia nearly forty years ago, go­ ing from there to New Zealand. He is a statesman of advanced views. j 1 i|2?i i i ! i : : j i > < } . } U i * j • ? • i ? *? .- I ! •: ? t? H -1 > j / f f ' m j ; j j j j l i i ' M ' u ; ..irSs m J*: 1f WRJ.AEBDW--*? Where Rosaries Are Made. In the parishes of Mieming and RieU, ta the Tyrol, the members of nearly every household are engaged in the preparation of rosaries, through the stringing together of beads. Ev­ ery person of the female sex, old or young, spends her spare time in this manner. The workwomen are paid by the piece and receive for stringing a docen rosaries of the ordinary kind from 10 to 13 kreutzers (4 to 5.3 cents), while in the case of those which require more delicate handling as ntoch as 40 kreutzers (10 cents) per docen Is paid, after the cost of all spoiled material has been deducted. STATUE OF GEN. HILL 'items b Miss Lucy Lee Hill of Chicago has just been presented with a bronze statuette of her father, the late Gen. A. P. Hill of the Confederacy. The statuette was given to her by Col. Thomas Eliert of the Robert E. Lee camp of Richmond, Va . It is modeled after a magnificent bronze statue that stands in a public square in Richmond. Gen. Hill was killed at Spottsylvanla $ ' Courthouse. No general orders an- Queer History of Deadly Arrow. "An arrow, studded with the most costly of stones, tipped at both ends with pure virgin gold and headed with the feathers of the rarest birds." Such Is the description given of the ISMpn zelo arrow," which, in 143 sented to Sir John Dalcourt ish gentleman. This wonderful *1 was made in 1204 by an am esttJfr the Spaniard's, and every stone jem'el with which It was set was to represent a human life cut shoi through its instrumentality. stones indicated the number of men to whom it had carried death, while • the curiously fashioned gold and silver jewels represented the women who had fallen under its poisoned point. The" Berliner*' Names. Dr. Pulvermacher of Berlin has dis- corered that 597 forenames sufficed for distinguishing the 41,000 children of Berlin uorn in 1889. Agreeably with these figures, every 68 little Berliners received the same forename. The most fashionable female names are I ucle Alice. Bertha. Hildegard, Wl- ti V<> TVrp. nounced his death; no guard of honor attended his burial. The army of which he had been a member had passed on to Appomattox. A year later he was publicly mourned in Richmond, when Jefferson Davis naid a glowing tribute to him. Miss Hill, since the death of Winnie Davis, has been given the title of the "Daughter of the Confederacy." She is almost as popular as was Winnie Davis. Arrival of 700 Irish Girls. Among last week's arrivals at the New York immigrant station were 700 Irish girls^ Of these over 100 were cartri for temporarily at the Mission of Our I ady of the Rosary by Father Henry, while waiting to hear from iriends and relatives. Father Henry iW.vs that of the entire number not is in want of a home or employ- * ~ In fact, he says that of the number of Irish girls who have ^ - iLere this year 99 per cent have go to, and it is impossible provide one out of 100 ovtfqglrtalor domestics with girls fro* MjWj those whom he shelters t< niporiMfet at the home. Courtship in Arkansas, while leaving a girl's sparking seance a s set upon and beaten he young man's father rival and the girl's the paternal ancestor an and was in turn e young man himself, into court and $94 lu ed. house young by a Whint father of t il a* whipp The c fines Illinois State News GIVES DEGREES TO my *af" FIREMEN EXPERIMENTS Italian Statesman a Jew. King Victor Emmanuel has given evidence of his courage and freedom!' from prejudice by appointing Gen. Ot- •tolenghi minister of war in the place of Gen. Ponza Di San Martino. Gen. Ottolenghi is not only of Hebrew birth but also of Jewish creed. So far as known this Is the first time a member of this particular faith has been ap­ pointed by a great power to Europe to one of the leading cabinet offices. The members of the Hebrew race who have held cabinet office in Europe have been like the late Ix)rd Beacons- field in England and baron Sonino in Italy, converts to Christianity. Collinsville Team Performs Ceremon­ ies for Edwardsville Laddies. The Collinsville firemen's degree team visited Edwardsville and per­ formed the ceremonies of the new se­ cret order of the department for mem­ bers of the local department. The feature has been carried on in the northern part of the state among the vqlihjteer firemen for some time, but jus^ recently has been adopted in the soutlb. The degree team's visit was made the occasion of a very enjoyable time by the visiting and home fire fighters, the Collinsville lads being royally entertained. WITH ma, ijjj, m ii GINSENG POTATOES IN HEAD OF ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE Rev* Dr. Horace Reed, a Zealous Advo­ cate of Street Preaching. Rev. Dr. Horace Reed, of Decatur, the newly elected president of the Il­ linois State Anti-Saloon league, Is one Jefferson County Man Demonstrates It Can Be Raised There. H. R. Allen of Jefferson county is experimenting in the culture of gin­ seng and so far has had g<?od suc­ cess, having demonstrated that the plant can be easily grown there. He now has 1,500 plants which are doing well. It will require six years before the plant will yield any returns. The root is used for medicine, etc., and is especially popular with the Chinese, who use it for many purposes. BRISK DEMAND EXPERTS ANALYZE THE SOIL L, REV. DR. HORACE REED of the most widely known Methodist ministers of the West- He was born in Ohio and came to Illinois in 1868. Since 1872 he has been a member of the Illinois conference, and has filled several of theleading pulpits within several of the leading pulpits within advocate of street preaching and his recent sermons in the public square at Decatur have attracted not only the casual passer-by, but have drawn in­ terested audiences from the best homes in and around the city. ^ Madison County Crops. Wheat cutting is almost finished In Madison county. The crop is pro­ nounced the best in many years and the grain is of first quality. Corn is looking fine and it is expected there will be more than a usual crop. The potato crop is not turning out as well as anticipated, the dry, hot weather just previous to digging having with­ ered the vines and prevented the po­ tatoes from developing fully. Congressional Convention. After two failures to nQminate a Democratic candidate for congress, •the committee for the twenty-third congressional district has called an­ other convention to meet at Mount Vernon July 15. Originally there were seven aspirants for the nomination, but since the last convention, which was held at Centralia on May 27, two others have shied their castors into the political ring. Struck by Lightning. During an electrical storm Joseph La Beal, residing two miles east of Vandalia, was struck by lightning and for a time rendered unconscious. None of his family were at home at the time and he was discovered by a passerby lying in the yard. Near his head lay an earthen jar which was shattered by the electrical bolt. Seek to Ascertain Their Uses and Productive Capacity. A corps of experts, including repre­ sentatives of the bureau of soils of the United States department of agricul­ ture and the agricultural department of the Illinois state university, are conducting an analysis of soils about Lebanon to determine the uses for which they are best adapted for pro­ ductive purposes. They have lately completed similar work in Clinton and Tazewell counties. Confirms Old Judgment. In the United States circuit court at Springfield a judgment has been en­ tered in favor of Louis A. Coquard, of St. Louis, against the owners of some 1,800 acres of land in Adams county. Coquard is the owner of bonds of the Indian Grave drainage district, on which principal and interest are due. The case has been fought tnrough the courts for jus a little over ten years, the original judgment having been obtained May 24, 1892. The judgment will stand as a lien against the land in the amount of $16,700. Explosion Burns Girl. A slight explosion in the factory of the Western Cartridge company at East Alton resulted in the Injury of Miss Pearl Starkey, who was operat­ ing a machine for putting the primers in shells. An explosion occurred in the feeder of the primers and several thousand of the caps were set off. Miss Starkey was burned about the face and forehead, but sutTered no dangerous injury. Railroad Storing Coal. While the officers of the Centralia miners' qnion say tdere will be no strike this summer, the railroads are still storing coal along all their sid­ ings. The scarcity of cars makes It necessary to unload the coal ou the ground, and hundreds of tons are now piled up along the tracks of the Illinois Central. The mines are all running and the demand for coal cars is great. Musicians Join Union. Fifteen members of the Litchfield military hand went to Mount Olive and were admitted to the American federation of musicians, lodge No. 88 The visitors were met at the depot by President Arkebauer and escorted to the band's clubrooms. MASTER OF MYSTIC WORKERS. Gideons to Meet July 13. A meeting of traveling salesmen is to be held at Mount Vernon on July 13, under the direction of the Gideons Charles H. Palmer of Chicago, national superintendent of the order, will con­ duct the meeting and a large atten dance of traveliug men from all parts of Southern Illinois is expected. The Gideons is a religious organization composed of traveling men. Quincy Bar Association. The attorneys of Quincy held a meet- ingwith Judge j. C. Booady as presi­ dent and Lyman McCarl as secretary. It was voted to organize a permanent bar association. The adoption of by­ law? and election of officers was de­ ferred to a later meeting. Sues for Injuries. Albert H. Ketcham has filed a suit against the city of Springfield for $5,000, alleging damages to this amount, received from a defective sidewalk on Douglas street, between Twelfth and 'ihirteenth. He was a cripple at the time of the accident and suffered severely from his injuries. Fagin at Alton. Harry O Hare, an Alton man ac­ cused of teaching young boys to com­ mit burglary in box cars and with as­ sisting his pupils in crime to make away with their plunder, was given a thirty-five days' sentence in the coun­ ty jail. To Dedicate Church. The new Christian church at Car- bondale, which is one of the finest church edifices in Southern Illinois, will be dedicated with appropriate ex­ ercises on Sunday, July 6. Big smokestack. The Equitable powder company of East Alton has awarded the contract for the erection of a 110-foot smoke­ stack to be used in connection with some ixhportant additions which are being made to the plant. Shot While Hunting. While out hunting together near Argcnta, Ralph Querry, aged 12 years, was accidentally shot by his friend, Harry Thomas. The injured box I* In a very critical condition. Robert S. Cowan of Rockford was elected supreme master of the Mystic Workers of the World at the recent meeting of that body. Mr. Cowan did ROBERT S. COWAN. much to build up the order in this ^state. Jasper County Apples. The indications are that the apple crop of Jasper county will be abun­ dant. There is some complaint of the fruit dropping, but practical orchard- ists assert that notwithstanding this the trees will contain all or more than they ought to bear. Find Petrified Foot. Workmen engaged in sinking a well on the farm of I^ouis Kuntz, near the northwestern limits of Belleville, found a petrified human foot at a depth of eighteen feet, below the surface. How it got ther6 Is a mys­ tery. sun To 8elect Reunion Date. The executive committee of the Southern Ilinois soliders' and sailors' reunion association will meet in Cen­ tralia on the evening of June 27 to fix the dates and select the place for holding the twentieth annual reunion. The reunion will last three days. Poor Crop in Alexander. Wheat cutting is going on in Alex­ ander county. The crop is very dis­ appointing. There is plenty of straw, but the heads are poorly filled out and the grain is light. Glass Factory Clean-up. The window glass factory at Cen­ tralia has cleaned up the last melt of the season, and will be closed down till September 15. During the vaca­ tion extensive improvements will be made. Child Ground to Pieces. In attempting to cross a railroad at Evansville atter a train had passed, Olga Ruth was run down by a train coming from another direction. The child was ground to pieces. Buyers on the Ground at Nameoki Of­ fer 60 Cents a Bushel. There is sharp competition for the potatoes which are being shipped from Nameoki to the large markets. The potato digging season is now on and hundreds of men are engaged in dig­ ging ana hauling the potatoes. Name- oil is the center of activity in tne potato-raising district in tae American bottoms near Alton. Many represen­ tatives of commission houses are stay­ ing there and are buying up the pota­ toes when they are hauled to that point for shipment in cars to the mar­ kets of Chicago and St. Louis. The price paid was 60 cents a bushel, but competition for the tubers is so sharp it is expected the price will be ad­ vanced. CONSUL TO MARTINIQUE. John F. Jewell of Illinois has been confirmed as consul to Fort-de-France, Martinique, to succeed the late Consul .lOHN F. JEWELL. Prentiss, who lost his life in the up­ heaval of Mont Pelee at ot. Pierre. New Wheat Crop. New wheat is now coming in to the Cairo mills. A shipment of the grain which came from Pulaski county graded No. 2, while another shipment from the same county graded lower. Some fine wheat has been received from Missouri. In fact, the Missouri wheat is generally superior to the wheat from this end of Illinois. Binder Injures Boy. Archie Burchyett, aged 11 years, was seriously injured while driving a team for M. Otrich in a wheat field at East Cape Girardeau. The team became frightened and ran away, throwing the boy in front of a binder, the guards of which badly lacerated uis right arm. He was also bruised about the body. Sunday School Picnic. Dr. W. S. Wallace of Sparta, Chair­ man of the committee on arrange^ ments for the union Sunday school picnic to be held at Oak Park July 17, has appointed Prof. L. J. Sexton chair­ man of the programme committee and S. S. Taylor chairman of the commit­ tee on privileges. Accused of Killing Her Babe. Mrs. Emma M. Rasor of Staunton was conveyed to Carlinville and lodged in jail on the charge of mm dering her babe. The ennd was born Saturday and an investigation resulted In the finding of the body of the in­ fant wrapped in clothes in an out building. To Sprinkle Streets. Citizens of Benton have organized the Benton Water Supply company, capita! $1,000. W. R. Ward is presi dent of the company. The object is to sprinkle the streets of Benton, but later possibly a waterworks plant will be erected by the company. Steam Heating Company. The secretary of state has isstfed papers to John Cherry, Sr., John Cher­ ry, Jr., and Josepi a. urown as incor­ porators of the Jacksonville Hot Water and Steam Heating company. The capital stock is $50,000. Girl Jumps from Train. Miss Sophia Davis, aged about 14 years, sustained serious injuries by jumping from a moving train on the Illinois Southern railway at Salem. Her left ankle was broken and right arm dislocated. Loses a Limb. Richard Jones, a young man from Auburn, 111., was badly injured in Litchfield by an east-bound train on the Big Four. The injured man was taken to St. Francis hospital. One limb was so badly crushed that it had to be amputated. Granitoid Sidewalks. Granitoid sidewalks are being laid on the west side of South Main street for a distance of three blocks, south of the oublic square at Greenfield. Religious Debate. A joint religious discussion is being arranged for-some time in August at Waltonville between Rev. Hughes of north Illinois, on behalf of the Univer- salists, and Rev. Todd of Indiana, on behalf of the Baptists. The discus­ sion will be held at the Universalist church In Waltonville. Rev. Hughes is one of the ablest debaters of his denomination, is about 70 years of age and has participated in twenty similar discussions. Franklin County Crops. The crops in Franklin county are in want of rain. Hay, oats and potatoes are suffering and wheat has been con­ siderably damaged by chinch bugs, which are also doing great injury to the growing corn. The farmers, in view of the fact that all the crops failed last year, are very much dis couraged by the outlook. VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN Sf aiAJ.J.oraQQTf̂ * Charles J. Osborn, who, after forty - seven years of work as St. Louis rep­ resentative of the Associated Press, now retires from active duty to the position of advisory editor, began his Journalistic career in 1S47 as a writer on the old Cincinnati Herald. In 1885 Major Osborn went to St. Louis as rep­ resentative of the Associated Press, and has filled that position ever since in a most capable manner. He is one of the best judges of news values in the country, and is known to the work­ ers of the Associated Press in every city in the country. Major Osbor^S new position is a compliment unique in the history of th« association ha serves. A Union Church. The far-reaching influence of the striking workmen was felt at Wyo­ ming Sunday night when a church service was interrupted because non­ union firemen were employed at the electric light plant The Mount Look­ out colliery of the Temple Iron com­ pany furnishes electric light for the borough of Wyoming. The firemen are on a strike, but steam for the light plant is kept up by nonunion firemen. Business men have been requested to quit using the light, and a number have complied. At the weekly pray- prayer meeting in the Baptist church Sunday night, a member arose and said: "In tne face of the struggle between capital and labor, I don't believe it right that we should hold services by the aid of electric light furnished by 'scab' firemen. 1 suggest that we get another means of lighting for our church." The electric lights were immediate­ ly turned out, and service was sus­ pended for fifteen minutes unt.. enough oil lamps could be secured to light the place.--i'ittsburg Corre­ spondence Philadelphia Ledger. Nations' Imports and Exports. Two nations, as shown by the latest official figures, have exports exceed­ ing $100,000,000 a month each. The United States is first, leading Great Britain by four per cent. Two nations have monthly imports exceeding $100,- 000,000, Great Britain and Germany. The former is far in the lead. Her imports of $212,(K)0,000 a month alone exceed the total foreign trade of either the United States or Germany for the same period. Five nations have com­ bined importes and exports of $100,- 000.000 per month. Frauce is tlM fourth, and Holland fifth. . What Astonished Her. I ast year Miss Anna Lindmark, a bright young Swedish woman, made a tour of this country and on her return home wrote for a Swedish magazine an article giving her impressions of tnis country and its p<*>ple. She was much impressed by what she saw and heard, but the thing that astonisaed her most was the extravagant way in which American women dress. "When they go out shopping they ac­ tually wear silks and velvets and jewels," says Miss l.i^idmark. PROMINENT IN FINANCE gs'JSHLT JJILLTlAn James Stlllman, who by the in­ crease of the capital of the National City bank to $25,000,000 is given the distinction of being the premier bank president of America, is a product of commercial rather than financial New York. Mr. Stillman is a Texan who was reared in Connecticut and who got his business training in the cotton The Martinique Volcano. Some of the phenomena attending the destruction of St. Pierre have been difficult to explain, especially the sheet of flame that seems to have accompanied or closely followed the violent expiosion of gas. Prof. Verrill of Yale states his view to be that the heat is sufficient to cause the dis­ sociation of hydrogen and oxygen from water coming suddenly into con­ tact with the lava in the crater, and that in the case of sea water, chlorine would be dissociated from sodium. These gases suddenly ejected with great violence and exploding in tlie air above the crater would produce the effects manifested on so great a scale at Martinique. The people were killed by the sudden explosions of a vast volume of hydrogen and oxygen; and this accounts for the sudden burning of flesh and clothes, as well as well as pf buildings ard of vessels In the roadstead. The cilorine com­ bining witn some of the hydrogen would produce hydrochloric acid, arilch is poisonous and suffocating would quickly kill all thoee not fe*4-Oj.ed by tie first explosion. commission house of Smith* Wood­ man & Stillman. His father was a merchant, and tie future financier be­ came a partner in his father's firm. By careful investment Mr. Stillman acquired considerable bank stock and recently emerged as a financier of ability and singular strength. He la J jysl ;>2 years old. Meaning of Tree on Roof. On many of the new skyscrapers now in course of construction about the city may be seen fixed at the rwy top a small tree or American flag. To builders they signify that the Aral beams of the roof have been | placed in position, and in honor of the * j event the contractor usually taps a keg '• of beer for the workmen. The pree- ! ence of the tre*> or flag also indicates | that ro lives were lost during the con- j strrct on of the building. | Builders never refer to the signal as a tre*» or a flag. "The keg of beer i is up." Is th" technical way they hare li;! ! of sigrifyir.g that the roof frame i| || Complete. ^ & ̂ French in SwitzerlaML '. T>e French language is making | ranW progress In Carton Nenchate), ' Switzerland. German is being spoken ! bv a d'vrea "!'•? rnmher of people every y«>ar. Tl~e Hoc res «e Is estimat­ ed at 23" r*»r l.w-0 tMs year. I ast j y«»9r StS j Grants to N«»uchi»tel are chiefly ] thfir native torgrte is significant Litil- vAJi