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9MfWpp •uNilir BUM) «| ito iwrtimt --> Mtaiiyir *•• »wi)|ipp|i>;fettt MI MtirtdiuntiMi »itk--WpftH mi «|pp£|lMr, Wrtt»«rtf «>«B»rfdtef tkl papK. "Ill Vwttaitfkt<r«BNha,klCtv1iwBMMa»od<Uta^tolum i|kb«d«ittact * A BOTTLE of beer recently exploded i* a Chicago court-room. This should farther endear the beverage to the •narchist heart. To GET good is animal, to do good S haman, to be good is divine. Tbe true use of a man's possessions is to lielp his work; and the best end of all His work is bo show us what he li, "LOVB may be blind, but it jreri- orally picks out a man with the most money," says a gossipy writer. The fact remains that there are six for­ tune hunters among men to every one among women. lost them, tthe personnel of a counts for much, and t-e United States has the largest number of thoroughly educated and trained. officers of any navy in the worlcL All we need Is a few more ships of the modern type to make us the equal in •sea power to any nation on earth. TABLE CUSTOMS SWEDEN, AW«r 4 *»y < 4fl ^ "V . . . < 3 . ' ll Miss MONROE is said to have read ( tier Columbian Qdeat New Fork with great dramatic effect*. The circum­ stance recalls the fact that there is a t Miss Monroe and that sh^ did write • Poem, and excites a fear that she <i*uu au\HiU<Jl. - LAWYRKS H appear basr so the bar «xce|jtio have ta lessioo, the lea tile leat much mora Unhanay ; ONE of theA1 ^•feen anywhere tee Sanitary P a gas stove i without a ch then, In o amount of putting a stove. A thrown i - large, a for com Water scienc almost ceased to traditional green y connected with days. With a few mbers of the bar dgeof the pro- g tenaciously to hey found that serviceable, and ried than the things to be country, says njber, isa man using eloped room and nection, and et a proper into the air," ater upon his tage of water by gas is very ore than enough use of a bowl of laughable. His rection. rk paper makes the 'startling accusation that "well groomed women from Boston drink bottled beer on the cars between that city aud New York." Do the de­ scendants of the prim Puritans enter an indignant denial? Do they denounce the accuser in the vigorous yet classical language indigenous to the "Hub?" Not a bit of it. The Boston Herald flippantly responds that it is impossible to get draught beer on the cars. Such decadence of the old Puritan spirit is indeed la-1 men table. J - RICHARD BRISCO IS a Kansas un­ dertaker who must have had many a laugh in his sleeve over the grisly jtike he played on the local author­ ities. Kansas has the Murray law for the regulation of liquor selling. No one in Alien could comply with Its requirements, but it was very evi­ dent that a "speak easy" was in full blast, for drunks were frequent. Suspicion attached to Undertaker Brisco^ but ftearch failed to supply any incriminating evidence until the other day, when <yrery coffin in bis stock was foundJHttte the abode of spirits; in ot bottoms he sorted stop under false and well as- 'oo t. '>;;AccORdH|^HFthe United States census women are wage- workers. " That is, however, a show­ ing of the Working-women of the land. The millions of mothers of the land are among tbe land's best workers, as are the men who use shovels and planes and drive engines. The wife who makes home bright cheerful and ministers to the wants of the family, at all hours and sea­ sons, does as much as the father and husband who works his eight and ten hours, and holds to the money he earns as if he alone had earned it. There are multitudes oi men who fall to appreciate woman's work, or the large part she performs in dghp- tfig life's battles p. THE new style of graduating at Tale, which doei away almost en­ tirely with public speaking and com­ pletely annihilates the amateur orator, Is a step in the right direc­ tion. The young man who "boned" through his entire course to attain the honors of the valedictorian, usually finished with an accumula­ tion of dead knowledge acquired at the expense of physical strength and that more practical information which helps the man of action through the world. Tale has broken from the /raditions but she has started the movement which will do away with the brief prominence of the self-conscious young man with broad cuffs, tortuous collar, unman­ ageable hands and abnormally de­ veloped feet. t- ENGINEER MELVILLE comee to the • defense of Uncle Sam's navy against the aspersions of some critics who are- inclined to pronounce it a one-horse affair He says? we have some of the fiaestand most formidable ships in the world. They are built on superior models and superior lines. 9bch bat­ tle ships as the Indiana, and such ^ cruisers as the Columbia and the ' Minneapolis can outfight and outsail anything in the shape of men of war . afloat. Although wa have fewer ships than the navies of some of tbe European powers wo could give a * *ood account of ourselves in a war THE London Daily News recently asked its readers ' lHow*can we save?" and in reply "A Young "Wife" shows her personal system, and tells of a fight carried on with astounding pluck against feartul odds. It ap­ pears that she and her husband have been striving with small success to keep body and soul together on the miserable pittance of $20,000 a year. Despite the most heroic economies, this cheerful pair of lunatics outran the banker to the tune of $3,458.60 during their first year of matrimonial bllS9. "A Young Wife1' gives figures to prove her self-denials are not mere assertions. Thus both she apd her husband contrived to dress on the sum of S4, t>ll. 50; they only spent $1,250 on tooks, and only subscribed $1,935 to charities; $237.50 was spent in dining at restaurants, to fcave ex­ pense in the kitchen at home; and during this year of misery |and pri­ vation thty only'allowed themselves medical attendance to'the extent of 910.&0! It is the tale of a noble struggle against remorseless fate, and shows anew the danger of marry­ ing on inadequate meanfs 1 SECRETARY CARLISLE'S OFFI* CIAL APPEAL IS OUT. WUl Im« 080,000,000 5 Per Cent Gold Bonds, PinbU In Tn Te«ri-̂ No Mini­ mum Price Fixed--Text of Clreulai Sent OnU :*m ©TJT."--Detroit Journal. IT looks now as if the forces united in the warfare upon the so-called theater-hat will carry the day, and the public will be delivered from an evil which it has long suffered in si­ lence. Good, sensible women are coming to the aid of the men. To he 6ure, some of these women sug- gestg that at the same time the big bat is driven out of the theater, there should be a reform in the man­ ners of men who iosisl on going out between the acts. It is demanded that when the new social law goes into effect, making it an act of vul­ garity for a woman to wear at a the] ater, concert or other place of amuse­ ment, a hat so large as to be ob­ structive to the view, another edict be issued stamping as rt.de and un­ mannerly the conduct of a man, wh(\ regardless of the comfort of others pushes and crushes his way out of a crowded row of seats between the acts. Doubtless any reasonable con­ cession will be made to secure the abolition of the big hat. Many sug­ gestions are made as to the course to be pursued. There are some men, who, in a spirit of malignity, not at all surprising in view of the exaspera­ tions to which they have been so long subjected, go so far as to meanly nint that the average wearer of ttie tall hat does not remove it because she knows she would not look well with­ out this artificial superstructure. There are intimations that the big hat is used to conceal the fact that the head coveted by it is unshapely or the hair frowsy, Another mean insinuation is that the woman with the big hat has no other hat, and so is compelled to wear the big one. Al­ lowance must be made for all such slurs uttered in the heat of the cam­ paign. It is a hopeful sign that many of those who are enlisted in tne tight are women. When women declare that the theater hat must go it may be considered as good as gone. £££V 'fJj/ "HELP ME CASSITJS, OR I SINK! "--Washington Post HARKISON KE£P & MCWMLEY. "RA1N MAKERS "RAIN-MAKERS. He Beat Him. His legs were of the sLe £pd shape of a couple of ten-pins; his bicycle was nickel-plated, pneumatic-tired and everything else; and he was bowling up hightb avenue like a run­ away walking-beam. Just as became opposite the Democratic anti-Tam­ many headquarters, near Fiftieth street, a weazened little messenger boy on a rickety, belated bike turned on to the asphalt He caught sight of the gigantic athlete, tucked a let­ ter into his breast pocket and throw­ ing himself down on the handle of his machine yelletl out: "Kace you, mister." The athletic gentleman looked with surprised disdain at the boy. put a few extra bulges into his calves an.i shot ahead. But the boy struggled with his wheel like a tangled grass­ hopper and drew alongside Then the unterrified on the sidewalk saw it and cheered the boy and jecrea the giant Then it became a race with a tine accompaniment of advice and adjectives from the sidewalk, until the two bicycles disappeared in the shadow of tne elevated at Fiftythird street. Ten minutes after tne boy came rattling back. •'I beat him," he screeched," "clear round de circle and out to Fift' averner. Now I got to go down to Bleeker." And off he trundled. The race was but ah episode at tangent.--New York Sun. 1 m MASSACHUSETTS PwMĥ 7555*-'--*-- SUCCESSFUL BEYOND THEIR EXPECTATIONS--Chicago Record' Where the Salt Went. "Hello, goin' to town?" inquired Farmer Hayrick as he walked out ib the road and rested his foot on the hub of his neighbors' wagon. • Yep: I've got to get a sack o' rock salt to sait that beef that I killed las' night" "Wby you jus' bought asackyister- day morning. What did you do with that?" "Wheu I dumped it outen the wagon by the barn I told that thick­ headed boy o' mine that if he would put Salt on a sparrer1s tail he could ketch him. I put up the team, killed my beef, an' when I got it 8kun I weut around to get my salt au' that kid bad throwed away every blamed erain of it tryin' to get some on a sparrer's talL" ••Beckon you sailed in an"skun the kid 'bout that ti-ue?" "Some." and the neighbor drove on. > 'r#'Z/ if. THE Gh O V. QARRIES m3SOUi^^--^Jfc>nJk ̂ To Borrow 950,000,000. Secretary Carlisle has issued hi* eilt for bids for $50,000,000 5 per cent, ten- year bonds, interest to be paid in "coin," which is interpreted to mean gold. The only material changes made in the pres­ ent call from that issued Jan. 14 last are the omission of the upset or minimnfa price which would be accepted and the notice that the proposals for the present • issue must be sealed. It is confidently expected at the Treasury Department that an amount will be realized consider­ ably in excess of that received at the Feb­ ruary issue. This expectation is based on the fact that there are exceptionally large amounts of money now lying idle and seeking investment in the money centers of the country, aud upon the further fact that the February issue is now quoted at $118.50, or about 2 per cent, above the price which would yield 3 per cent From the last issue there was realised $58,660,- \SA. i . th-LiU Ui 4 iiiO tlUlUUill was in gold coin, $5,810,420 in gold cer­ tificates, and $233.39 in other money, which the sub-treasuries were compelled to take in making change. While these amounts were actually paid into the treasury in gold or its equivalent, a very considerable amount of gold was withdrawn from the sub-treasuries for the express purpose of using it again in paying for the bonds. The exact amount thus withdrawn cannot be ascertained, bnt the best knowledge obtainable is that it approximated $15,000,000. With a view of a more exact estimate of the a^punts which may be withdrawn be­ tween now and the settlement of all ac­ counts under the call, the sub-treasuries will from this date keep a record of all de­ posits of legal-tenders made in exchange for gold and the names of the firms ojr persons making them. Secretary Carlisle's Circular. The following is the Secretary's drctt> lar calling for bids: - "Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.--By virtue of the authority con­ tained in the act of Congress entitled an act to provide for the resumption of specie payments,-approved Jan. 14, 1875, :he Secretary of the Treasury hereby gives public notice that sealed proposals will be received at the Treasury De­ partment, office of the Secretary, until 12 o'clock noon, on the 34th day of No- Timber, 181)4, for United States 5 per cent, bonds, in either registered or cou­ pon form, dated Feb. 1, 1894, redeemable in coin at the pleasure of the govern­ ment after ten years from the date of their issue, and bearing interest pay­ able quarterly in coin at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum. "Bidders whose proposals are accepted will be required to pay liO per cent, in .gold coin or gold certificates upon the amounts of their bids as soon as they re­ ceive notice of the acceptance of such bids, and to pay in like coin^or certificates an additional 20 per cent, at the expira­ tion of each ten days thereafter until the whole is paid, but they may at their option pay the entire amount of their bids when notified of acceptance or at any time when an installment is pay­ able. The first payment, however, of not less than 20 per cent, must be made when the bidder receives notice of the accept­ ance of his proposal. "The denominations of the bonds will be $50 and upward, and bidders will, in their proposals, state the denominations desired, whether registered or coupon, the price which the bidder proposes to pay, the place where it is desired that the bonds shall be delivered, and the office, whether that of the Treasurer of the United States or an assistant treas­ urer of the United States, where it will be most convenient for the bidder to deposit the amounts of his payments. "The bonds will be dated Feb. 1, 1894, in order to make the proposed issue uni­ form as to date with the existing is­ sues, but interest thereon will begin Nov. 1, 1894, and bidders will be required to pay accrued interest at the rate of 5 per cent, on tho face value of their bonds \from Nov. 1 to the date or dates of pay­ ment. _ The total issue of bonds, in pur- suance of this notice, will not exceed the sum of $50,000,000. "The Secretary of the Treasury here­ by expressly reserves the right to reject any or all bids. All proposals should be addressed to the Secretary of the Treas­ ury, Washington, D. C., dnd should be distinctly marked: 'Proposals, purchase of 5 per cent, bonds.' Blank forms for proposals may be had on application to the Secretary of the Treasury. "J. G. CARLISLE, "Secretary of the Treasury." The cash balance in the treasury Tues­ day was $103,?5S,986; gold reserve* <82,001,106. TOOK 294,474 SEALS. Lar|« Increase In ThU IMI'I Catch of the Canadian Fleet. The official statement regarding the pelagic sealing of 1894 has been for­ warded to Ottawa, London, and Wash- ington. This being the first season since the international complications arose in which sealers had acess to Bhring Sea they spent from Aug. 1 to the middle of September strictly observing the law prohibiting the use of firearms, under the watchful supervision of United States gunboats, and confining themselves to the use of spears. Only about half of tho fleet were able to secure spearsmen, and these did remarkably well. Despite this and other interferences, the total for the year is the largest on record, the tiatch of the fifty-nine vessels being 294,474 this year's skins, against 70,332 for the fleet of fifty-five in 1893 and 45,385 for the sixty-five schooners in 1892. There were engaged this year 818 whites and 518 Indians, last year's crews including 847 whites and 432 na­ tives. Divided in sections the catch of the Canadina fleet this < season, as com­ pared with last, is as follows: 1894. British Columbia...... 1&703 Japanese coast.......248,993 Copper Islands....... 7,487 Behring Sea catch.... 2(3,341 1893. 29,113 29,206 12,013 Totals 294,474 70,332 It will thus be seen that the Behring Sen. catch made all the difference. • • ----: 1-- i IF you want to know how the peo­ ple speak of you behind your DacK, .listen to the reckless manner ia which they pitch into others. \ii M ,*.4' Good Subject for a Museum. It was M. Pouyer-Quertier who set­ tled with Prince Bismarck the condi­ tions for the payment of tho .>.>.00,0 .<U,- 0JO francs which France, after the war, had to pay over t.» (Jer,;;any. The story is tolct* that one day w"hilo tbe two plenipotentiaries were discuss­ ing at table the details of those condi­ tions Prince Bismarck conceived the idea of trying to make M. Pouver- Quertier drink too much. The latter hal scarcely emptied his glas3 when the Prince replenished it, and th« French plenipotentiary tossed it off immediately. Prince Bismarck, how- over, had to Keep up with him and drink in his turn, so that after an hour the great Chancellor felt his head grow rather heavy. Ho gave up the bout and said to M. Pouyer-^ uerticr: "I see that the wine has no elfect upon you." . "Oh," replied the other, who had nth ticed Bismarck's attempt to fuddle him, "I can absorb almost any quan­ tity: I can oven swallow the glass it­ self." »And suiting the action to the word he ground Prince Bismarck's crystal glass between bis teeth with­ out even cutting his lip«j. j EVERY square mile of the sea con­ tains 120,OIK ,000 heh of various kinds. I . • - Brleflets* --D. J.. Kennedy's paving-block ̂fac­ tory at Bay City, Mich., burned. Loss, $8,000; insurance, $2,000. --Will Reynolds, a Grand Trunk em­ ploye, while riding on the'pilot of an en­ gine at Valparaiso, Ind., fell off and was killed. --A Lake Shore train was pillaged by tramps near Osceola, Mich. Several thousand dollars' worth of merchandise was taken. --Charles F. Pitt & Sons, Importers of chemicals at Baltimore, Md., made op assignment. Assets about $150,000. The liabilities, it is said, will not exceed that amount. Help foaiwlt the OmmkI Rule Itews** oat the Satire Jfe*V Table methods in Sweden differ from those in most other countries. An institution which exists every­ where and precedes all meals is the so-called. •-smorgasbord." says a writer in the Philadelphia Telegraph. This is a high table in every restau­ rant-room spread with small appetiz­ ers, such as shrimps, anchnvea, cold roast meats, radishes, tinned fishes, and an abundance ot bread and but­ ter. To this the guest walks up and oelps bimsoi! |to his satisfaction at the same time ordering of a waiter *hat he desires for his next later course. When he has finished his standing meal ho takes a seat and is ready for the meal, which is very like what is to be had in other countries. The visitor will be impressed with tbe fresh milk, cream and butter, which are set on the'table in lavish quantities, a circumstance which is easily explained when It is remem­ bered that Swedenand Denmark pro­ vide Great Britain and some otber parts of the world with a great part of their dairy products. The system of helping yourself often extends to the entire meal, as at railway stations where a halt is made ftir dinner. A great table set with an abundance of the njost excellent viands is placed unguarded at the mercy of the guests, who each for himself walks to tbe soup dish and dip* out what he wishes and takes it away for silent consumption at the small side taoles near by. When the soup is finished he casts his dish aside, takes a new one and goes to tbe tlsh salver and so on throughout the meat. When he has done he walks up to tbe cashier, reports what he has eaten and pays the bill which is never extravagant. A feature of the table £n Sweden is the so-called "fladbrod," or tat bread which a stranger is not apt to like. It occurs in the form of a thick water extending to about the circum­ ference of a bucket top It has a hole in the middle, into which one might almost pqke his head and adopt the thing as a new mode in collars. It is mostly very dark, and is made • variously, usually from wheat or barley, and mixed often with mashed potatoes and peas, in the north it is sometimes made of ground-up bark. It is very brittle, cracks under the teeth like nothing else on the bill of fare, and tastes at times like coffce, at other times no worse than a left-over-from-Christmas Crarker. It is set on the table teu or fifteen thicknesses high, a joy to those who like it. and a pest to those who do not, and who would like to see the space tilled up with some­ thing else. MANAGER OF THE NEWSPAPER ^ UNION PASSES AWAY. * < The WeQ Kaown and Highly Kate*eee4i H««d «f the Ltrfot AaxUiary Prii|iag Establishment 1b til to Heart I'aratysls. ;5 Sketch of Hie Life. f T Charlfes E. Strong, general manager the Chicago Newspaper Union and its branches, died at his home in Chicago early Wednesday morning, paralysis ot the heart being the immediate cause of death, although his illness dates from tho time of the annual meeting of the Ty« pothetae at Philadelphia in September. While in attendance there he contracted a severe cold. This aggravated a compli­ cation of heart and bronchial troubles ' from which he had long suffered, and on Nov. 7 he was obliged to take to his rooife There were no particularly alarming symptoms, not even ou the day and even­ ing of his death; in fact, his jovial spirits had given the anxious ones hope of final recovery. At midnight, however, Mrs^ Strong Was awakened by unusual rest­ lessness on the part of her husband, an! 'itefore the physician could be summondB •'\k * ;a f $ fit OBABL.ES K BTBOXa '>3f I .>» \ i * , - r v Retribution. "Twonty-tive years ago." said the man in the mackintosh, "my Uncle Tobias, down in Macoupin County, made a vow he wouldn't cut his hair until Gen. John L Kinakcr was elected Governor of Illinois He has kept it faithfully ail these years, and he's a sight. I don't suppose fou've ever seen a man that's a match foi him in the matter of hair." {, ,4I've seen nearly a dozen such men tn mv time," said the man with the goggles on. "There was a fellow Darned Howellton over in Missouri that vowed he wouldn't shave or cut his hair till John CL Fremont was elected Presjdent* He is alive yet and going around with hair and beard more than two feet long. Then there was " "1 knew a man named Hugbitt, down somewhere in Illinois," broke in the man in tbe slouch hat, "who made a vow of tbe same kind. When I saw him last, he had at least a peck of hair on his head. Over in In­ diana " "I was well acquainted with a fel­ low of the name of Grimshaw, down in La Salle t ounty," interrupted the man who had his feet on tho table, "that registered an oath in I860 he Wouldn't cut his hair till Elizabeth Cady Santon was elected President ot the United States. He has a tangle on his head now that would hll a half-bushel basket" "You mean well, gentlemen," said tbe llrst speaker, -'but none of those freaks you have mentioned can trot in the same class as my l nele Tobias." 1 " •'I suppose his haiti is about four feet long." .. "That doesn't.,begin to describe him." "Five feet?" ••You'll have to come agat<B." '•Well, six feet, itben. I've heard of one or two men with hair as long as that" "You don't come an) where near it." >(Contound It!" exclaimed tbe man in the baggy trousers, "how much hair has he got on bis head, any­ how?" • "Gentlemen," replied the man*in the mackintosh, edging toward tho door, "he's as bald as a glass marble." death had come peacefully and painlessly in the presence of his devoted wife awl daughter. The deceased leaves a widow and two children, George and Emily, the former • in his capacity aB manager of the News­ paper Union's supply department being well known to the newspaper fraternity* of tho Northwest. * After a touching funeral service in* Chicago, the remains were conveyed to Milwaukee Friday by special train. Nearly one hundred devoted employee accompanied the body to its last resting, place, and by the side of the open grave in Forest Home Cemetery mingled their sorrow with that of the grief-stricken family, and paid tribute to the memory o f o n e w h o a t h e y a l l t o v t t k ' ' v V M ' ^ Story of His I4t» • Charles E. Strong was born in Union City, Mich., March 28, 1841. His pa- rents were among the early pioneers of that State, having located there in 1S36L In 1850 they removed to Milwaukee Wis., where, at the age of fourteen year*, their eldest son, Charles E., was appren­ ticed to S. M. Booth, then publisher of. the Daily Free Democrat, to learn the printer's trade, with whom he remained for four years. Afterward Mr. Strong wa3 engaged in the different newspaper and job printing offices in Milwaukee until the year 1S60, when he entered the office of the Evening Wisconsin as com­ positor, and two years later was made foreman of that establishment, which position he held until October, 1870, when he was sent to Chicago by his employers to establish and put in operation the Chicago Newspaper Union, which has become, under his management and di­ rection, the largest auxiliary printing house in the world. He had probably done mote to advance the ready-print news­ paper system than any other man in the country, and was the pioneer in practical work pertaining to that business, his first experience in making tip what is itermed "patent inside" forms dating back to the spring of 1864. Probably no man in Chicago had a larger or more agreeable acquaintanceship or was held in greater esteem among the country pnb^ Ushers of the West than Charles 'BL Strong. sigm NEW DIPHTHERIA TREATMENT* A Cruel retell. it isn't favir to give a Detroit girl away, possibly, but truth will out, even in ^ newspaper Detroit has one amonz its countless pretty girls who was in the country, and one day she happened out toward the cow-lot about milking time aud was asking tbe man several questions.' "Why don't you milk that cow?" she asked, pointing to one in an ad­ join i f£ lot "Because she's dry, ^iiss." "Dry." j "Yes, Miss. She's been dry for two weeks." "You cruel wretch," she exclaim­ ed; "why don't you give her some water?" and the man turned his face to tbe cow-house and shook with emotions he could not suppress.--De­ troit Free Press. Alniuinom Woven with Silk. A writer in a London paper de­ clares it is not impossible that alum­ inum may be app ied to the making of drapery goods, since it can be drawn into wires tiner than a hair, and vet so tibe ;ind supple that they can be woven with silk. It is be­ l i eved tha t the re i s a wonder fu l fu­ ture before aluminum, owing to its remarkable lightness and tenacity. There are those who think they see in this material a solution of tbe problem of tlying n achlnes, and some of the prophets go so far as to predict an age o! aluminum, not very far ahead of the present time. Serum Greatly Reduce* the Death bnt in Very Costly. Among the reports coming to the Stats Department upon tha new serum treat­ ment for diphtheria is one from Consnl General Charles DeKay at Berlin, ex­ hibiting the efficacy of the new treatment by comparison. He says that the estab­ lishment at Schering, near the Jungfem Heide, has forty horses under treatment for the production of serum, yet the de­ mand has been so great that the hospitahl ran out of it in September. This has a singular effect on the death rate, which in children under four, the most difficult age, had sunk to 11- per cent, before the exhaustion of the store of serum; it rose during October to GO per cent. The se^um is costly, because estab­ lishments for its production are few; it takes a long while to prepare and must be had comparatively fresh. It takes at least nine mouths and sometimes a year to get the animals--all under three years old--into condition. One animal does no* furnish much blood at a time--say two quarts. It must be carefully fed betwee* dates of tapping, and as in time the strength of its blood as a means of cure gives out, it is necessary to go over again the process of cultivating the baeillnp. Absolute certainty is not. ascribed to the cure, and cases in which other diseases are present should, not be considered * fair test of its virtues. }y* v 4 "•* Sparks from the Wires. --A project is afoot to establish tefe. phonic communication between LotMhnt and the Netherlands. --James Nolas was shot and killed hr '"Wild Bill" Turner at Middlesboro, Ky. It was the result of an old grudge. --Customs authorities at Cincinnati^ Ohio, have seized the imported weddhl# suit of Arthur Stem, the wealthy attor­ ney. --William Mosley Hall, a New York promoter who had a hand in many grubt railway enterprises, is dead, aged SS years. --Matthew and Frank Waldecker and Matthew Nicholaus were indicted on a charge of murdering Joseph Schaeffer at Avon, Ohio. --The whaling hark Mara, which re­ cently. reachedr San Francisco, is to be dismantled and burned to secure the ire* and copper in it. --A man named Zastrand and Mm, Carlson, a runaway couple, were arrested at Little Ltock, Ark., on a telegram tram Red Wing, Minn. --The British steamer Serate cut dons* the Italian hark Balastina Roeenta St Montevideo. She was loaded with whelt for Europe and was anchored )( Indio. Her crew were saved "r .i.< '"A ' y y» I •' '• Js J..S- . . 4 ' ' , -siM* < %•?> : i 4 Jfv;; ^ :/<4 r A&Jiau'V!- *vA