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wrt -im.t A STORM CENTER. Xi Tv ^ - • i& 'Adi ̂ i;A^a-Jfc-^;4| J& ̂ A ̂ H T H E L O V E S T O R Y . • ; ; ; ; ; •• OF NUMBER SIX. * « 5^- * * * £̂¥' < 'te£ ia.s. N the Baptist Orphan Asylum of a small town In Vermont Lizzie Mac- ready was known as No. 6. The •lame was particularly fitting for more reasons than one. LIssie was the ybungest child in a family of six. She ' was the sixth orphan who had been ad­ mitted to the Institution in the sixth year of its establishment. Her father ' was a locomotiy? engineer on the Ver­ mont Central Railway. Lizzie; the youngest child, was 6 years old wh^n he was killed in a collision, and brought home a corpse to his little Vines, His eldest daughter had been keeping house since the death of her Mother, and soon after the father's demise she married a section boss- The Children were scattered among friends •nd relatives. The boys had found v food homes and Avere all at work earn­ ing money, Lizzie was taken into the otphanage, of which her aunt, a kindly, igjiddle-aged woman, was matron. Nobody objected to this arrangement, fir Miss Sanders stood very high in the esteem of the townspeople,, who thought It but right that the youngest child of the dead engineer should be <3*red for at the expense of the county, Since all the others had not become ,burdens on their charity. Number Sit grew up a likely girl •JRiidst the orphans of the place, and now, at the age of 16, she was quite a help to her aunt, who still continued in charge of the county's waifs. All who had been there when she was a toddler Were gone. The girls bad sought ser­ vice with the townspeople, the boys Were at work in the fields. Lizzie was taking upon her young shoulders the CAres which burdened the white-haired Woman who had been a mother to her. At this time there was not an empty bed r,or cradle in the institution: An •pen winter, something unusual in the rigorous climate of the Vermont hills, It&d depopulated the firesides and filled the graveyard. For years there had not been Infants in the home until this winter. Now there were two, a boy and a girl. The former was the son of the schoolmaster. The girl was a poor washerwoman's child. Bud, the male infant, was robust enough and thrived 4M successfully among strangers as he lud in his mother'^arms, but Bee, the charwoman's infant daughter, needed * deal of attention. This little mite of humanity had been christened Beat­ rice, to the great astonishment of ev- etybody. A washerwoman calling her child Beatrice, was an unheard of thing among the plain people of the Vermont hills. Maggie, Mary or Annie, fragged the gossips, would have been tsore suitable. Mrs. Rossiter, the mother of little Be­ atrice, came to the Green Mountain town when her child was not quite a year old. She wore widow's weeds and Informed those who asked after her antecedents that her husband had died a short time ago, leaving her in pov- esty. He had been a good man, she explained, but %. year's sickness had Ulten up their little savings. *This was in the summer of the yearj and a few days before Christmas the mother was called away from little Bee, before she could indicate what she wanted done with her child. After the burial of Mrs. Rossiter, the baby was taken to the orphanage and placed In charge of Miss Sanders. From the first Lizzie Macready--Number Six- took a violent fancy to the little one. Bee got all the coddling and fondling. She was such a wee thing; so delicate and frail. Big blue eyes gazed wist­ fully out of a thin, pale face, and there Was a sad droop to the baby mouth, as If the child realized its forlorn condi­ tion. For a time after Mrs. Roesiter's com­ bing to Water Hollow, the gossips in­ dulged in talk about the legitimacy of little Bee. All doubts were set aside, however, when the Public Administra- I w & a child, and a glance at little Bee satis: fled them that she was just what they wanted. The bargain was made and it was agreed \hat Bee should be sent to them a few days before their sum­ mer sojonrn came to an end. From that time on Number Six was a changed being. She pined aud fret­ ted, as the day drew near that would separate her from the little girl, and Aunt Sanders was more than once com­ pelled to call in the house physician to administer to her niece. • The girl, who had tasted all the bit­ terness of ao orphaned life, clung to the motherless child with all the vehemence of a first love. Night and day she prayed that somethinjg might interfere to let her keep the' girl a little longer. And the unexpected happened. A stranger alighted one day from the sin­ gle-horse fly, which plied between the railway station and the best hotel in town. He was a handsome, prosper­ ous-looking man. His clothes and the I BEE GOT ALL OB1 THE CODDLING. BEK WOUND HER ATIM8 NECK. ABOUND HIS fe 'r tor found in an old tin box among Mrs. Rossiter's effects two marriage cer­ tificates. One, the latest, pronounced „ner the wife of James Rossiter, whom * She had wed six years before the baby Was born. The other was ten years older. It had been issued by a minis­ ter in a small town of New York, and py g. *j/ the woman had become the wife » man named Correll.* This was news, indeed, to the deni- gens of Water Hollow, and they at once peculated what had become of her first husband. By the time they had found something else to talk about Baby Bee was forgotten, so far as they fvere concerned. Slowly the little girl grew, tenderly tared for by Number Six. who had be­ come deeply attached to her, and could ^yjhot .endure to have her out of her f'jiight. Several opportunities presented ^ themselves Cor Bee's adoption, but Liz ^,*1^ Maeteady objected. She could not •V.'-'pear to think of a separation from the ' little waif vrhose life, like liers, seemed ; |-«*ast in lonely paths. But there came % , / * fi time when even Lizzie could no $*, longer expect to retain control of Bee ftossiter. A childless couple hadcome to summer at a neighboring resort in T; the 'ireen Mountains, and while on their journ<*y visited the orphanage ^ *\T1»ey had long ago decided to adopt alligator bag indicated that. He asked for the best room, in the house and paid for it in advance. The morning after his arrival he set out for the parson­ age, and through the volubility of the minister's housekeeper, If soon leaked out that he had come to Inquire about Mrs. Rossiteiv The parson took him first to the little graveyard and showed him the mound beneath which the old char-woman lay buried. Then he ac­ companied him to the orphanage to see little Bee. ^Lizzie Macready wa$ busy at a win­ dow, when the stranger and the parson walked up the gravel path. The bronzed face of the former was aglow with excitement. Lizzie had never seen a more pleasing face, she thought. It was a good, honest face, too, and when a moment later she was requested to bring little Bee to the reception-room, her heart throbbed wildly. Perhaps her prayer had been heard! \The woman and the child entered the room, and the stranger came forward fo greet them. He caught the little girl in his arms and kissed her. Bee, who had never before been caressed by a man, wound her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder. A good omen, thought Lizzie, and con­ fidingly shook the stranger's hand. The minister introduced the visitor as Mr. Correll,' little Bee's half-brother. His father, a wild, reckless fellow, had left his wife. He had taken their child, a boy, with Jiim. The boy was , the man, who now stood before them. They had drifted the mining camps of Colorado and there Correll had amassed riches. A few months ago he died, leaving everything to his son and imploring him to find his mother. This the son did. He had learned of his mother's divorce and marriage to Ros­ siter, and of the birth of a baby girl. Their trail led to the little mountain town in Vermont, and here he found one in her grave, the other a public charge in an orphanage. Now he would take her away with him and spend his riches upo^ her. In a day or two1 fcfe would b$ jhatid$ to depart. Lizzie Macready grew pale as death, when he announced hist intention. The child, still nestling in his arms, held out her hand to her foster-mother. "Dear Number She,v she cried, "1 can never leave you!" | Sweet blushes crept In the girl's cheek at this avowal of affection on the part the child. .The stranger stopped and kissed her hand. How can I ever thank you for what you have done t6r her!" For days Mr. Correll, the rich young miner; lingered in the little mountain town. Again the gossips got together, wondering what kept him in a place so devoid, of attraction to people with money. There was nothing in the way of little Bee's departure. Surely that foolish young woman, Lizzie Mac- ready, would not again interpose silly objections. Every day the stranger went to the orphanage to spend hours with his lit­ tle sister and her beloved Number Six, for he insisted that Lizzie Macready should accompany her charge on all their strolls through the garden. At last he informed the landlord of the little hostelry that he would depart the next day. He ordered a four-seat carriage instead of the single fly to take him to th§ station. I am not going alone this time," he said, with a happy smile. Going to take the little girl with you, I see," answered the landlord, saying to himself that there would be one less for the bounty to feed. "YeB, and a wife'." continued Correll. "A wife?" gasped the innkeeper. "Where did you get her?" "Over at the orphanage. I am going to be married in the morning to Lizzie Macready--Number Six--you know!"-- St Louis Republic Bailor* Have to Find Out Where It Is •ad Avoid It. Lieut. John M. Ellicott, V . S, N„ con­ tributes to the St. Nicholas an article on "The Cradle of Cyclones.** Lieut Ellicott says: When caught In a cy­ clone, a seaman must determine as quickly as possible the whereabouts of the center of fhe storm, and the direc­ tion in which it is moving. The first Is easy to find out, for if it is remembered that the wind is blowing around a vast circle, in a direction opposite to the movement of the hands of a watch, one can face the wind and know that his right arm, extended, is pointing nearly toward the storm's center. Thus, when the, wind comes from the east, the cen­ ter is to the south. Now to discover which way that cen­ ter is moving we Ihust wait for the di rection of the wind to change. If the direction from which the wind comes changes gradually toward the right, the wind is said to "haul." If It changes to the left the wind is said to "back. If, then, our gale backs, and we con­ tinue to face It, our right hand, always pointing toward the center, has swung around to the left, showing that the center is moving from right to left. If the gale hauls, its center is passing from left to right. If the wind neither hauls nor backs, but persistently blows from the same direction with increas­ ing violence, the center is approaching in a straight line. When in a cyclone, it is a seaman's endeavor to avoid its center; for, like the swirling water around the hole In the tub, the motion is more rapid, ,the hurricane more violent, as we approach that center. Sometimes, like the hole In the water over the place where It runs out of |he tub, there is a dead-calm center, for the air all around it is rush­ ing upward; but woe betide the foolish or unfortunate captain who gets his vessel there! Into that confined circu­ lar area the waves have been lashed and driven like countless wild cattle In­ to % corral. Like cattle, those confined wavtes madly turn hither and thither, leap forward, and pile upon one anoth­ er; for around them sweep, in endless circles, the regular, onrushing seas of the storm. A ship In the midst of these confused seas knows not which way to turn to meet them. They leap about her with demoniac frenzy, falling In mountain heaps upon her decks, until, perhaps, she is swamped and sinks. The discovery of the direction of mo­ tion of a cyclone's center may be a mat-. ter of hours or even days; for the storm may be of such vast area, ahd traveling so slowly that the wind blows from the same direction for a long time. Once discovered, it is a seaman's endeavor to cross the storm's path, if cross he must, behind the center instead of in front of it. In the southern hemisphere cyclones revolve right-handedly, and move toward the south pole, so what Is here told must be reversed to fit storms in that part of the world. If a ship has left port In good weath­ er, the captain will be warned of a storm by his barometer. You know how In that instrument a column of mercury is balanced by the pressure of the outside air. When, therefore, the barometer falls steadily ffbur after hour, a sea captain knows that his ship is approaching a spot where the uprush- ing atmosphere of a cyclone's eenter is making the air around it thin and light. Then he must watch and wait for the wind to tell him Which way the storm is going. TESTING A BIG GUN. A brutal young man is one who would tell a girl who oilers to mend his gloves that there is a hole in her father's coat.> She First Thirteen-Inch Cannon Ever Fired In This Country. All the guns that make up the arma­ ment of a United States man-of-war must be tested before they are placed on board, from the small rapid-fire gun which stands on the upper deck, to the monster thirteen-inch that is mounted in the steel-armored turrets of a bat­ tleship, so that Uncle Sam may know that they are safe, and will not burst and so endanger the lives of his officers and sailors, as well as fall In the su­ preme moment of battle, when they are called upon to defend the Stars and Stripes. This test is called the "proof," and all guns, great and small, and sam­ ples of powder and of projectiles, also specimens of the armorplate which is to cover the sides of our battleships and armored cruisers, are sent to the Naval Proving Ground at Indian Head, on the beautiful Potomac river, to be tested and proved^ In 1804 the first thirteen^nch rifle was flred at Indian Head. This gun was the largest ever built in the United States, and is one of twelve which are now mounted in the turrets of the bat­ tleships Indiana, Massachusetts and Oregon. This gun was called the "Peacemaker." The great 1,100-pound projectile was hoisted to the breech of the gun, and shoved into place by a curious hydraulic rammer that length­ ened itself like a spyglass. Then came four men, each carrying a white bag containing 120 pounds of brown pow­ der. The bags were placed, one back of the other, In the powder chamber of the gun. The breech plug was now swung into position, pushed into the open breech, and given a quarter turn to the right, which locked It safely In Its place. Through the center of this plug is a small hole, in the outer open­ ing of which was fixed the electric primer, which, when lighted, sends a jet of flame through the hole and into the center of the powder. The wires being connected, all was ready. Lieut. Mason brought their ends together. A spout of flame and smoke shot from the cannOars mouth, a tre­ mendous roar which was heard for miles reverberated out over the Poto­ mac, and the huge bolt of steel, urged by the enormous pressure, sped across the valley and burled itself in the hill­ side opposite. On its way it passed through several frames on which wires were strung, breaking them ip its flight. These wires were electrically connected with a lit­ tle house on the hill above, and there registered on the delicate chronograph the speed at which the projectile trav­ eled, and soon the tingling bells told the story: one, nine, seven, five--1,975 feet in one second. Think of that, and what it means--a mile in a little,less than three seconds, over twenty miles a minute, a speed that carries the projectile thirteen miles, or sends It through twenty-four inches of ordinary steel!--St. Nicholas. It is easy enough to say bright thing*; the difficult part is to think of them. I Photos of Moonlight Scenes. Moonlight effects in photographs have long been admired by the uninitiated, and fully appreciated by both amateur and jpr&tMetehal photographers for their beauty, and many plates, too, have been spoiled by snapshotters who have accepted moonlight as the real illuminator of these views, and accord­ ingly focused directly on this beautiful orb of night. Moonlights with the moon herself In evidence are really sun photographs; that Is, pictures taken with a rapid exposure, the camera pointed toward the sun generally in the late afternoon or early morning and with clouds between the lens and the direct rays. Many charming so-called night-pictures are taken by making two exposures, a short one In the rapidly diminishing afternoon sunlight, to get an impression of buildings and other dark objects, and another longer one after dark to print in the gas and elec­ tric lights that line the long street or mark out the roads and winding path' way of m city park.--Scrlbner!a.r *> ,, ri •, >, ff 7* »« CRETAN MOSLEMS RIOT. MANY ARABS SLftlJi oiriiL* dr BRITISH ' TRIUMPH IN THE SOUDAN. & The total area of the coal fields In the world Is estimated at 471,800 square miles. The eyes of the birds that fly by night are generally about double the size of those of day birds. The sun has three motions--a rotatiott about its axis; a motion about the cen­ ter of gravity of the whole solar sys­ tem, which point Ipalways within the sun's volume; a motion toward the con­ stellation Hercules. It is not an uncommon sight- in a laboratory, where experiments with liquefied air are being conducted, to see drops of air falling on a lecture table and running about, exactly like drops of water on a hot stove. In fact, the table may be regarded as "red hot" In comparison with the temperature of the liquefied oxygen and nitrogen of which the drops consist. A writer in Harper's Round Table describes a piece of. amber in which Is embedded a lizard eight inches in length and belonging to a species which Is no longer extant. The little animal is perfectly preserved in its golden-hued prison, all of its colors showing through. This Is not the only instance in which the fossilized gum named amber has preserved specimens of liv­ ing forms that have now become ex­ tinct on the earth. i According to the results of an inquiry among the bee-keepers of Germany, human beings may acquire immunity from the effects of bee-stings simply by being stung a sufficient number of times. In some cases thirty stings suf­ fice to Impart the desirable immunity; in other cases as many as 100 stings must be endured; before the victim ceases to suffer serious Inconvenience from the attack of bees. Occasionally a person is found who is naturally im­ mune to the effects of bee-stlngs, while others are not able to acquire immunity by Any amount of heroic experience. A singular atmospheric phenomenon, recently noticed by R. De C. Ward along the western coast of Sputh Amer­ ica, is a bank or band of cloud extend­ ing for 2,000 miles, from Ecuador to the center of Chile, and following the trend of the coast range of hills. The cloud-band is between ten and twenty miles broad, fioats at an elevation of between 2,000 and 3,000 feet, and has a vertical thickness of not less than 1,000 feet. Mr. Ward ascribes this cu­ rious phenomenon to the prevalence of cool southerly and southwesterly winds blowing obliquely alongshore, and hav­ ing their moisture condensed by the coast hill range just sufficiently to pro- duce clouds without rain. A feature of the modern gun will doubtless be, Its accuracy of aim, says Prof. Ira N. Hollls in the Atlantic. The guns of the first monitor had the ordin­ ary sights, and the men had to look out through the portholes of a revolving turret to find the enemy. We might say they often flred "on the wing," with very Indefinite notions of the range, and the. briefest instant for training the guns. The Iowa's turrets have small boxes projecting above the covers for lookouts. Horizontal slits are cut near the tops of these boxes, giving a view around the horizon. The guns themselves are aimed by means of cross hairs In telescopes, aud flred by electric buttons, which are instan­ taneous in their action. Once the cross­ hair is on the object, the projectile may be sent on its way at a velocity of two thousand feet a second before the roll of the ship has time to impair its ac­ curacy. Superstition* About Death. Superstitious persons will find food for their morbid imaginations, qo doubt, in the fact that the other day a wom­ an fell dead at the funeral of her moth­ er. They will find that a mirror owned by some members of the family unac­ countably fell from the wall and was shattered, that some other member saw the new moon over his left shoulder, or that somebody else saw a cross-eyed colored person, a humpback or a black cat coming out of a graveyard. To such persons all these and other similar "signs" will be held as having been In­ fallible prophecies of the death that occurred. As a matter of fact, how­ ever, the daughter who expired was probably suffering from an affection of the heart which was aggravated to a fatal extent by her emotion at her bereavement aud by the excitement of attending the funeral of her mother.-- Philadelphia Press. Size of Atlantic Fog*. The captain of a big Atlantic liner, after many calculations, has come to the conclusion that the general size of a fog in the Atlantic is, about thirty miles in diameter. Somewhat Noisy. Henshaw--To me the merry prattle of children is music. Teubroeck--Yes; but it's--er--rather Wagnerian, don't you think?--Philadel­ phia North American. Ship* for the Japanese Red Cross. The Japanese Red Cross society is go­ ing to build two vessels of 2,0QP tons each for the use of patients in time of war. Men are li|ce rivers; the deeper they are the lesS noise they make. How Gen, Kitchener's Qreat Victory Was Won--Dervishes Fonsrht with Fanatical Bravery, Throwing Away I«ife--Operations Before the Fight. In a terrific battle Gen. Kitchener and Ids Anglo-Egyptian column dealt a death blow to mahdism and to the dervishes of the Soudan, capturing the cities of Om- durman and Khartoum, and adding a large stretch of the Egyptian hinterland to the British possessions in Eastern Af­ rica. In this engagement the dervishes fought their last great fight. Though Khalifa Abdullah escaped with Osman CtjpA handful of men, (he #r- GENEKA.L KITCHKNKK. vishes can neve# again harass the British and Egyptians on the Nile with their pred­ atory raids, for their army has been al­ most wiped out, their black standard has been captured, and their leaders are henceforth destined to be fugitives until they become prisoners. At last the mur­ der of "Chinese" Gordon is aveiiged, and the last of the Mohammedan strongholds in Africa is practically destroyed. This great British victory is due to good discipline, fine arms, steady work and ex­ cellent generalship. The British have made the Egyptians into effective soldiers under English officers. Both the natives and the redcoats were armed with the best rifles and machine guns known to modern military science. The strength of Attack British Soldier* in tandia and Born Houses. Candia, Island ©f Crete, is In a state of anarchy. A collision between the Mus­ sulmans, who were demonstrating agaidfet European control, and the British author­ ities, who have been installing Christians 88 revenue officials, culminated in bloody fighting between the Mussulmans and the British troops. Riots took place in va­ rious parts of the city and many have J>een killed. When the outbreak was fiercest a warship stationed in the harbor began firing shells, with the result that a portion of the city was soou ip flames. The greatest confusion and uproar pre­ vailed. The trouble began with the attempt of the British military authorities to install Christian officials. They had appointed a council of internal control to administer the tithe revenues, and a detachment of soldiers was stationed outside the office as a precaution. A crowd of unarmed Mus­ sulmans who bad been demonstrating against the Christians attempted to force an entrance into the office. The British soldiers fired and wounded several. The Musulmans ran for their arms and re­ turning attacked the soldiers. Other Mussulmans spread rapidly through the Christian quarter, shooting into windows and setting many houses and shops on fire. „ REPORT ON PENSIONS Commiaaioner l' vans Says Roll Is In­ creasing in Numbers and in Value. The annual report of Hon. H. Clay Ev­ ans, Commissioner of Pensions, was made public Saturday. The commissioner says that the roll is not only increasing in num­ bers, but in value. It is believed that it will increase from the war of the rebel­ lion, as there probably are 200,000 ex- Union soldiers living who have never had pensions, and it will increase in amount naturally by reason of increased disabili­ ties as provided by law. The amounts paid out at the several agencies for the year on account of pensions under the general laws were $75,275,383, and on ac­ count of pensions under the act of June 27, 1890, $66,255,670. The number of pensioners in foreign countries at the close of the fiscal year was 4,371, having increased 309. The total amount paid to pensioners living abroad was $669,862. COUNTRY'S YIELD OF WHEAT. Not So Laftce as Bxpected, Yet Larger Than Kver Before* The wheat crop of 1898 io not quite up to promise, according to the report of the American Agrie;i!t«rist. This says that in a few States it now appears the prom­ ise of wheat was nut fulfilled in actual gain by what muni seem like a large mar-1 gin, while in a number of Slates the rate a* ai KfiARTOUM, DERVISH CAPITAL AND OBJECT OF THE EXPEDITION. the dervish army was estimated at 60,000, while the British force that dealt out such a terrible defeat to this army consisted of only 25,000 men--10,000 British regu­ lars and 15,000 Egyptian natives. Ac­ curate figures as to the losses on both sides are still lacking, but various esti­ mates place the Anglo-Egyptian casual­ ties at from 200 to 500 and those of the dervishes at from 8,000 to 15,000. The most impressive features of the battle were the fanatical Courage of the dervishes and the terrible execution of the Maxim guns. It was another demon­ stration, if any were needed, to show the impoteney of the fiercest courage before the modern rapid fire machine guns. The Arabs thyrw themselves in fierce chargcs upon various points of the British forma- tKm. but the Maxims hewed horrible lanes through their ranks, and the deadly v;iliey fire of the British and Egyptian battalions annihilated them in the act of charging. The attack of the dervishes began at dawn, the battle raged all clay, and at 4 .o'clock the great army lay in white lie^ps on the field or had surrendered as prison­ ers. . The khalifa and his elusive chiefs escaped wj,th a,mere corporal's guard. It was a great triumph for the British arms. The British Soudan campaign resem­ bles our Cuban campaign in the nature of the original prqvocation, in the suspense attendant upon its events, in the marked disparity of the death lists on the two sides, and iu the ultimate increase of ter­ ritory accruing to the conqueror. For years the raiding and implacable dervishes have been a menace to all civilized life on the borders of upper Egypt. There could be no peace or safety until the power of the Mahdi, or of his successor, the Kha­ lifa, was crushed. The present situation in the Soudan is th^cfutjjrowth of the fall of Khartoum and tTi'o ddath of Gordon and the massacre of Hicks' army. The Soudan, formerly belonging to Egypt, wal then taken by the Mahdi and Gen. Gor­ don, the governor, was put to death. That was in 1885, aud not a moment since theh has the British public or the British Gov­ ernment rested satisfied with the Soudan in the hands of the Mahdists. The Mahdi is a religious fanatic,, whose followers are no less fanatical. When the Mahdi died Abdullah Bin Sayd \Johamnied. o^ie of the Mahout khalifas, proclaimed himself successor, and he has made a cunning and cruel ruler While the above was the immediate cause of the British expedition against the dervishes, the ultimate aim of secur­ ing another large slice of the African con­ tinent and the taking of another stride to­ ward the completion of an unbroken stretch of British territory from Cape Col­ ony to the Meditoranearn, was equally definite and avowed. The fall of Omdur- man and Khartoum means that these cities are ultimately to be way stations on a British transcontinental railway run­ ning the whole length of eastern Africa on British territory. The advance of the expedition from Cairo along the Nile has been slow, but considering that a railroad has been con­ structed as the columns moved forward, the march has been rapid, from a military view point. Americans Rush to Hawaii. The effect of the tremendous advertis­ ing Hawaii has received as a result of the -var and of annexation is now being felt. of yield was even grejater than indicated on July 1. But with full allowance for all disappointment, the fact remains that the crop this year is the largest on record. The reported rate of yield in winter wheat is 14.8 bushels and in spring wheat 15.4 bushels. If the present rate of yield indicated shall be maintained the total production of winter wheat will be rather under 400,000,000 bushels, and spring wheat fully 300,000,000 bushels. The present report of the American Ag­ riculturist on corn places the condition 85.4, as compared with 85.6 a month earlier. The condition of oats when har­ vested, is placed at 78.4, 2.2 lower than on Aug. 1, with the general quality not as good as last year. QUEEN 6F THE DUTCH. Wilbelmina Places Upon Her Head the Crown of Holland. The ceremony of the enthronement of Queen Wilhelmina of Holland was cele­ brated ip Amsterdam Tut^day morning. The coronation ceremony was democratic in its simplicity, but the court festivities and processional displays, both preceding and following the ceremonies at the church, were attended with much pomp and circumstance. The ceremonies be­ gan with the preaching of a short sermon, In taking the oath the queen remained seated. As a part of the ceremonies she took from the hands of the president of the states general the jeweled crown and QUEfcN WILHELMINA. scepter and placed the crown upon her head,> After the ceremonies there was a tri­ umphal drive through the gayly decorated and crowded streets? followed by a public reception at the royal palace. In the re­ ception hall the queen received the con­ gratulations of her ministers, the admirals of the fleet, the officers of the army, the members of the diplomatic corps, the bur­ gomasters c,f the lending cities of the kingdom, the governors of the provinces and the representatives of the Dutch co­ lonial possessions in the East and West Indies. Disappointed Gold-Seekers. The steamer Del Norte arrived at Se­ attle, Wash., Saturday from St. Michael People from all over the United States with a hundred disappointed miners, some are pouring into Honolulu. Report says they come by every steamer and every sailing vessel. Many are already practi­ cally stranded, and the captain and agents of every vessel leaving are besieged with applications for free passage back to the of whom were almost penniless. Two of the Del Norte's passengers had gold dust. They were Peter Johnson and J. Lang- ford. who have been in Alaska for the past fourteen years. They broiight out about $50,000 worth of dust, which was taken Cram the little Mtnook district, v Abarlo-firSXptian Amy IDealaa Deatfc* * blow to Mahdlsxn. £ The news of Gen. Kitchener's victory' ^ »ver the dervishes at Omdurman was re-» . reived with the greatest satisfaction in' previous expedition to" ., , the Soudan. The sirdar, with the khalifa's- black standard captured during the battle, - :'S entered Omdurman, capital of th«\mahdi, ' at 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon at - ^ Ihe head of the Anglo-Egyptian column, - f after completely routing the dervishes. and dealing a death blow to mahdism. •'* Jag Estimates of the losses to the British : side in the attack on the dervisBf capital' ore placed at about 200. The dervish/5 - 1 losses are variously estimated at from^'V^ 2,000 to 10,000. It is probable that the , number killed is about 5,000. The wound-r ed will reach three times 5,000. All the. *">-^v savage camps have been routed and it is . thought there will not be much further ~*v serious resistance to the British advance. The heroic bravery of the dervishes '• evoked universal admiration. Time after '\^ time their dispersed and broken forces re- ^ formed and hurled themselves upon the Anglo-Egyptians, their emirs conspicu­ ously leading and spurning death. Even when wounded and in death agonies they % raised themselves to fire a last shot. - For nearly a week the English nation ? had been passing through a state of gus- - pense not unlike that which prevailed in "v,,-~2 the Lnited States a few months ago while ^ news was being awaited of the result of%"' % Dewey's expedition against Manila. It* was known that Gen. Kitchener, at the ^ h e a d o f t h e A n g l o - E g y p t i a n f o r c e s , w a s • ' ' $ gradually advancing upon Omdurman, the; J ,| fortified stronghold of the Khalifa on the ^*3 west bank of the Nile, and while there ' has been little, if any, doubt of the result, there has-been an intense anxiety to know that the expected victory had been won and at how great a cost. The battle, resulting in the defeat of the dervish forces, is presumed to have open­ ed the way to Khartoum, at the junction of the Blue and the White Nile, which has been the point the expedition was in­ tended to reach. If so, the first step in the movement designed to s^enge the murder of "Chinese" Gordon in January, 1885, has been accomplished. Since that event Khartoum and all eastern Soudan have been sealed against the English and the condition of the latter practically un­ known. With Khartoum in its posses­ sion England will be in practical control of the Nile--a control which it is evident­ ly the determination of the British Gov­ ernment to retain at any cost. ' f FRAUDULENT SUBSCRIPTIONS. ^ Any Were Made in New York for the Recent Issue of Bonds. The solicitor of the treasury, Mr. O'Con- nell, has made a preliminary report to Secretary Gage on his investigations into - fraudulent subscriptions to the war bonds in New York. Mr. O'Counell spent near­ ly three weeks there inquiring into sub­ scriptions aggregating between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, which were regarded with suspicion by the department, and five em­ ployes are still engaged in the work. A detailed report will not be made until their investigations are completed, and it will not be known until then just what portion of these subscriptions are genuine. Mr. O^Connell says he found all sorts of dodges were resorted to by wouid-be sub­ scribers. Fictitious names and addresses were numerous, many of the latter being those of tenement houses. Many cases of outright forgery were also discovered. While these are subject to prosecution, the department has not yet determined what action it will take in the matter. RELIEF FROM THE HEAT. Protracted Spell of Torrid Weather Broken by Thunder 8torms. After six days of the most general and hottest hot spell of which the weather bureau has a record, thunder storms brought welcome relief. The heat has extended to all parts of the country and has been extraordinary in its intensity. At lake shore points the thermometer has registered from 94 to 96 degrees. In the interior the mercury has touched 100 de­ grees and over. From Chicago eastward comparatively the same temperature was the rule i% the centers of population cov­ ered by the weather bureau's observa­ tions In New York the mercury remain­ ed on a level with that in Chicago instru­ ments and in Boston, Baltimore and Phil­ adelphia similar conditions prevailed. Washington was from 2 to 3 degrees warmer. But in St. Louis and other cities between the Mississippi and the Rockies the heat was more intense. The tempera* ture in a number of places reached the 100 mark. Fifth Texas District Democrats have renominated "young Mr. Bailey." Democratic national committeemen say it will be Bryan and silver in 1900. Henry T. Gage, for Governor, heads the State ticket nominated by California Republicans. , J Charles F. Stone of- Concord has been nominated for Governor by New Hamp­ shire Democrat s. ̂ The Wisconsin Democratic convention nominated Judge Hiram W. Sawyer of Hartford for Governor. Wisconsin prohibitionists nominated a full Sia^e ikiiet, headed by E. Wf Ch&ff- fin of Waukesha for Governor. Many New York politicians believe that ex-Senator David B. Hill will be the Democratic nominee for Governor of New York. G. N. Haugen was nominated for Con­ gress on the three hundred and sixty- sixth ballot by Republicans of the Fourth Iowa District. Roman I. Jarvis of Benton Harbor wee tiomlaated for Ooagten by the Fourth District Democratic convention at Three Rivers, Micflyt' Senator Lodge, while in New York for a conference with Col. Roosevelt, was robbed of a purse containing a large amount of money. Ex-Secretary Sherman has made it known that if the Republicans of should nominate him for Governor lie would stand by the party. The Iowa Republican convention in * Dubuque named candidates for auditor, railroad commissioner and attorney gen­ eral, and indorsed McKinley and gold. The free silver Republicans of Cali­ fornia have nominated James G. Maguire for Governor on a platform indorsing the war, but condemning the issue of bonds. Joseph V . Quarles of Milwaukee j^os been formally placed before the people by the Wisconsin Republicans as candi­ date for the Senate to succeed Senator Mitchell. - ; ^ ' ' 'i/> -Sf iat'