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again went down, on the evening Of the Sth,
precipitating an entire freight train OF some
thirty cars sixty-fiye feet into the river be-
low. The engineer, Jack KiTksby, fireman
Chamberlain, and one other employee took
the terrible plunge, but strange to say two
OF them escaped without serious injury.
Engineer Kirkby was either killed by the
fall or crowned. His fireman came out Of
the cab to the surface aud was rescued.
Several stock men leaped from the
caboose in time to save themselves
as they saw the front Of the
train plunging into the abyss. 1t was two
wears ago on the Sth OF 'nvember that a
similar disaster occurred. That time it was
the third span; this time it was the first
span that succumbed.
IT Is reported that the medical ex-
perts called as witnesses in the Guiteau case
are practically unanimous in their belief Of
the prisoners sanity so far as to render him
accountable for the Presidents murder. To
the hypothetical question put them by SEQ
vile while on the witness stand they were
compelled to answer in such a way as to APP
parently favor the prisoner, but privately
they say il they had been asked directly
whether they considered Guiteau response
bic or not, they would have felt bound to
answer in the affirmative.
d. NJ. OSBORNE & Co., harvesting
machine makers, Chicago, lost over 100000
by fire on the 10th.
HATHAWAY, City Engineer of Cold
water, Mich, pleaded guilty to the charge
Of being accessory to setting fire to the Cold
water Armory last June. He said that
three other persons were concerned with
him, that they had planned four distinct
fires in different quarters, and that the mo-
tive was to rouse interest in the fire depart
ment in order to raise funds for the State
tournament which was to be held later on.
AN explosion occurred in Cockrill
Colliery, Belgium, causing the death OF
sixty-six persons.
SECRETARY KIRKwooD is reported to
have acknowledged that there existed
among some Of the clerks of the Pension
Bureau a conspiracy to defraud the Govern
ment, but refused to give details as to the
in the conspiracy. Interesting develop.
ments may be looked for soon.
THE burial services of the victims OF
the Vienna theater disaster took place at st.
Stephens Cathedral on the 18th. The
cathedral was entirely draped in black.
Bishop Augerer OBLIGATED. The clergy en-.
tered the cathedral in a procession, fol-
lowed by the Crown Prince, AIchdukes
members Of the Imperial household, cour
Sdignitaries, etc. The large square in iron
OF the cathedral and adjoining streets were
| filed nv MANY thousands of Deople Th(
common grave for the unrecOgnized victims
in the Central Cemetery is $50 feet long ant
IA feet wide. The work OF lowering the
coffins into the grave lasted from noon until
nightfall. The number Of missing person!
has been reduced to S05.
SENECA V. HOLLOWAY, Paying Tel
Ter of the Poughkeepsie IN. W Nationa
Bank, is arrested, charged with embezzle
ment. A partial examination Of the book
shows a shortage of between $40, 900 ant
$4,000. Holloway was recently elected
County Treasurer.
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COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

bankers and merchants at Miles City, Mimi,
have failed with liabilities Of over quarter
OF a million dollars and assets valued at
about one-halt that amount.
THERE are indications that the cotton
operatives at Fall River, Mass, Lewiston,
Me, Manchester, N. H., and other cotton
manufacturing centres are determined to
strike for an increase Of wages at an early
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-17

"A hen was killed in Griffin, Ca,
the other day, and in dressing it Mrs.
Dunbar found twenty-five full-sized
eggs. The NeUS tells it, and adds that
Jonesboro hen laid an average of
eight eggs a day for three months. The
hen would lay sometimes four eggs a
days, sometimes six, eight, ten, twelve
and fourteen.
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day, and as a preparation for such action
are perfecting their organization. The
knights of Labor are particularly active.
IT is reported that President Para
more, OF the st. Louis 6 Texas Narrow
gauge Railroad, has leased the Cairo & st.
.Iouis Narrow gauge Railroad as portion
of the system
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Secretary FOlger's Report.
WASHINGTON. December

The annual report of Secretary Folgert
transmitted by the President with his mes
sage, covered forty pages of printed matter.
1t st,Hes that the revenues for the fiscal year
were $3.50, 80 2gt2 81. the ordinary expenses
f2G0 7l2,SSI.j9 and there was left a surplus OF
5000 ,4OL9s This surplus was disposed Of
as follows:
To the redemption of bonds for
the sinking fund $500. S14 OIL 800 90,
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INTERVIEWING.

Researches show that the upper gallery must
have fallen into the pit, where the only re-
mains found are small fragments of bones
Beyond a doubt 800 gallery tickets had been
issued. Only 100 Of these are known to have
jumped from windows, and competent judges
fear the loss of life will be found to be fully
700.
The number Of persons actually reported
missing is 600.
In regard to the origin of the fire, the Su-
perintendent of Machinery states that the
scenery became ignited as the lamps we're
being lighted by the electric current.
All the performers except three of the cho-
rus were saved
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Something New in Entomology.

Last Sunday rs Mr.. Jones was return.
ing from church with his family he dis
covered a new and singular looking bug
or his front door step. AS he was some
thing OF q scientist he was naturally
forming his pocket handkerchief into a
sort Of cage, he bounced down on 1t,
and succeeded in capturing it.
Bring the microscope, children" he
called, land tell your ma to hurry; !
want her to look at it; I'm sure it be.
longs to the Hempitera class and is q
new specimen. Here, Charlie, put your
eye to the ocular side and tell me what
you see."
"Oh, pa, amt it splendid ? It's got
four wings, eight eyes, and, oh, my
amt it q sparkler, though Red, and
green, and yellow, and-oh! it's getting
away, amt it, pa ?"
"Then it isn't dead" cried MI. Jones,
in ecstacy; 81 Wasn't Quite sure
whether it moved or not. Let me look!
Yes! it's a terrestrial, I think, after all;
it belongs to the genus Pentatoma-the
autenna have that peculiar flexible
look; and yet, now that | look again,
Luc eyes Seeu W luQlCdIc lLdG IL Is u
phytocoris, in which case it will be very
destructive to your mas plants. and we
must kill it ut once. I'll ask Professor
Sill. 1t will be, in any case, a valuable
addition to science. Maria, where's the
chloroform ?"
up Oh the clock shelf; Whist are you
going to do With it," asked Mrs. Jones,
who had been giving her undivided at
tention to the baby.
XII this bug rs soon as you have
examined it," answered Mr.. Jones. in
q lofty voice. II shall present it to the
Detroit scientific association"
"Well, I guess not, Mr.. JONES'" broke
in his wife, who was looking with much
interest at the new specimen. 81 paid
two dollars for that bug last week to
wear on my new tonnet, and l must
have dropped it off when I came in. 1t
belongs to the genus m%illinere, and
couldn't be any deader if it had been
baked for q century. Science will have
to get along without it. Jones, it's al
ready classified" Poor Joncs!- Free
Procc
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Josh Billings Wisdom.

The man who gets bit twice by the
same dog is better adapted for that kind
of business than any other.
There is q great deal of religion in
this world that is like a life preserver,
only put on at The moment Of danger
and then half tie time put on hind side
before.
Experience is a school where q man
learns what q big fool lie has been.
The man who doesn't believe in any
hereafter has got Il %dreadfIlly mean
opinion of himself and his chances.
There are two kinds of fools in the
world-.hose who can't change their
opinions and those who won't.
A good doctor is q gentleman to whom
we pay three dollars 4 visit for advising
US to eat less and exercise more.
Out in the world men show us Two
sides to their characters; by the tireside
only n
The world is fitting up with educated
fools - mankind read too much and
learn too little.
Every mar has his follies and Often
times they are the most interesting
things he has got.
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Attaching o Water. Wheel.

A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post met (ieneralB F. Butler on
q steamboat on Long Island Sound. The
correspondent says:
Who has not heard of General
Buffers attaching the water whonlc %
a Lowell Tili 10 bring the milo wners
to immediate term in his suit to re-
cover the wages of an operative? 1t
was a good opportunity to ask him If
the story was true. Mot q bit Of it,
he replied; but yet it had 4 founda-
tion in fact, which is more than the
stories told about me generally have. II
you will look at it there is an absurdity
at the start, for you can't attach real
estate-and the water wheel is real es-
tate without further process Of law.
But this is the way it was:
The mills for convenience pay their
operatives quarterly. Now, 81 poor Irish
girl rushed into my Office one morning
in a state of great excitement telling me
that she was obliged to leave on account
Of the illness of her mother, and that
she could not get her wages. She in
sisted with feminine vehemenee on my
prosecuting them at orce. I told her by
the time the suit could be decided the
quarter would expire and she could
then get Ter money. But this did
not satisfy her. She wanted imme.
date justice. "Mr. BrtIer," she
exclaimed, why don't ye atsatch the
watthcr wheelP" "Well, WELL" l re.
piled, "you come in at two o'clock end
| will see in the meantime w at can be
DONE" On her departure l went over
to the mill and found out the AM cunt OF
wages that WAS due to her. When she
returned l handed her the money, which
| took pleasure in advancing, and told
her to sign a rcceip, which she did.
She gathered it UP with alacrity and
was so protuse in her EXPLANATIONS oil
gratitude that I could not get in q word
of explanation, and she skipped out oil
the office with, Good for ye Misthel
Butter; I knew ye'd get it by stopping
the Watther wheel, didn't l tel! ye sou
That is where the water wheel story
came from.
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Habits Of the Beaver.

I am well acquainted with the habits
Of the Northern beaver. Several years
&go | bought up several hundred acres
OF mining lands near the south shore oil
Lake Superior, in Ontonagon county,
Mich. On Carp river, a snail stream,
That crossed 2 part Of my lands, the
beavers had built several dams, and
formed extensive ponds, in which they
built their houses or lodges, as the In
dians call them. These lodges are
built in water several feet in deEth, and
the entrance is several feet under wa er,
but the floor OF the lodge is built at
least two feet above high-water mark.
The floor is built solid from the bottom
of the pond except the entrance.
Although the beaver is warmly clad
with long, fire fur, he is very sensitive
to the cold, and rarely, If ever, leaves the
pond or lo"ee during the cold weather.
He lays in his winter supply OF food,
which mainly consists of the bark of q
certain species of poplar. He cuts down
small trees and cuts them into short
pieces of one foot or q little over in
length and takes them into the pond.
These pieces of wood are dragged up
into the lodge rs often rs tood is needed.
and the bark is gnawed off; and after
being denudcd Of the bark they are by
no near thrown away az useless, but
are taken under the ice and carefully
placed in the dam, to strengthen it.
They built one dam q little below the
foot of Carp lake, which raised the
lake thirty inches. The lake is a small
ono. onont ono milo long and q fourth
OF a mile wide. measured the stump
oil q maple tree that they had cut down,
and 1t measured fourteen inches III
diameter. There were no less than
eleven dams on the stream, all in sight
of our buildings, where we were mining
for copper.
The beaver possesses great engineer
ing skill, always building his dams in
the form of an arch, giving it strength
to resist the pressure Of the water. The
Indians used to tell me many singular
traits of character that this animal pos
sesses.--F0rest and Stream.
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ScaWeed and Its Uses.

In tropical climates the little cir
bladders which support the scawracks
are OF great service; for the masses Of
seaweed are several hundred feet long
and Of considerable height, having stems
the thickness Of & mans thigh, and
branches and dropping stems which
support innumerable forms Of animal
life, such as corals, crabs, worms Of diff
weeds Of the sea, and being beside 4
place Of deposit FIR innumcrable eggs
Of various creatures. In Scotland the
tender parts Of the scaWracEs Known lis
tangles, are used IS tood, and when
cooked are considered choice diet for
cattle. The stems OF g very hard, horny
variety of the seawracks are lsed rs
Enife-handles. They are cut in snort
pieces,a and while still moist or green the
blade is forced in ut one end. When
the stem dries it clings irmly 70 the
knifc-blade. Being gnarlcd and horny
it resembles bucG's-horn, aud when
tipped with metal and fully finished
forms q neat, inexpensive knife handle.
The r~ose-tangles are higher up in the
scale of vegetable life, ana their delicate
tints render them very beautiful. OF
these dulSe is ia important variety to
the Scotch and Irish, who, beside using
it rs food, both in its raw state and
cooked in milk, lind in it 3 substitute
for tobacco. C%a1reg1cen mtss is an
other kind Of rose angle from which
a nourishing jelly is made. The Chinese
use one variety Of e.tangle as a var.
inSh for their paper lanterns, and as q
rbiaf in urodjoOt in Othpr nlouCinU Orn-
p%arations; $4,000 pounds arc brought
annually TO Canton and sold for six to
eighteen picc per pound.
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Fashion Fancies.

The Bolero is the name OF q new hat
Of the Spanish shape.
Dress caps Of spangled illusion are
worn by young married ladies.
Combs, if worn at all, are now placed
low on the LETT side Of the head.
Butterfly bows of ribbon are scattered
all over the new lace mutfs.
The japanese fashion of arranging
the hair is to come next, it is said.
Silk dresses are not very dear since
Lyons satin became fashionable.
A little circle of fringe is sometimes
placed around ornamental buttons.
Six plaitincs of different colors are
used 10 trim some black velvet skirts.
Englishwomen think that serge makes
the best Of costumes for all weathers.
Gold bracelets are worn outside the
sleeve above the elbow--by some
women.
White plush is the newest trimming
for bridal robes. 1t is becoming and
stately in effect.
House dresses are made to FL rather
tighter than last winter, and no longer
suggest dressing gowns.
Siciliennc and brocade, in pale colors,
are the tavorite materials fcr young
ladies' evening uresses.J
Shell ieweryis fast going out of fash,
ion. and the imitation of it is bought by
the very few persons who wish to wear
it.
Red plush bonnets, Mothe1 Hubbard
cloaks and lace-trimmed mufs make ul
the uniform Of the London ladies nova.
days.
Chatelaine bags are worn far back on
the left side now. Those which accom-
pany street costumes have q stiff lining
Those meant for house wear are limp.
Fringes, having each strand finished
with s. jet ball, are used to trim satin
! dresses.
Tight sleeves are sometimes left open
at the wrist and finished by = bead
fringe.
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Garments of GLASS.

When Sarah Bernhardt made up he,
mind to visit this country she deter.
mined to wear on the stage some novel.
ty that no other woman had ever worn.
The genius of Worth was unequal to the
demands Of the artistic, and she was
about to give the idea I'D in despair.
At last one Of her friends suggested q
ralment that was at once novel, beau
tlini, original and practically possible.
his loea was to array the divine Sarah
IN garments of spun glass, glorious in
al II color of the rainbow. not trans
parent, but as flexible as the softcstsilk,
Inc world laughed and looked upon his
lHea as an advertising scheme. But
Sarah encouraged him and at last il wos
announced that be had accomplished
what the world deemed impossihIn
Messrs. Attlebury e. Co. of this
city, says the Pittsburg Tclcgroph,
one OF our prominent glass firms
are actually engaged in the manufacture
OF articles CT dress from 4 material tba,
ls composed of a combination of glass
and silk. Experiments have beer
carried on for the past few months in 8
secret manner, and the firm has given the
impression that they arc now engaged
IN making some part o Bernhardt's
wardrobe. The firm obtained the secret
OF manufacture from the original dis.
coverer OF the great secret. The articles
are as flexible as cotton or silk, and can
be washed or tied in knots. The ma.
terial is not fragile, and is uninHamma.
BILE: The exact mode of m%anufacture
will be kept q secret for sometime vet.
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A New York paper says: Sealskin
sacks come from S75 to $500. Dol
mans made of this fur are very expen-
sivc. The prices run from $500 to $575.
A muff, with collar or boa to match,
will cost from $50 to S75. Caps of seal
! are from Sc to SIS and hats are from
Sl2 to S25. Fur-lined garments come at
various prices, all depending on the
quality of silks used. Circulars cost
from $50 to 500. A princess" fur
lined sack will come to $50 and all the
way up to $3.50. A handsome s1ck
made of Sicillienne silk and lined with
the "entire fur" of the squirrel are
valued from $50 to 500. A chin
chilia set can be had for 1926
up to $50. A muf and boa OF
Hudson Bay sable is priced at S75 up to
Sl25. A set of silver fox fur ranges in
price from S75 to $3.50. A set or sea-
otter can be bought for S75 up to 500; a
set Of tiger cat f)r $50. Fur trimmings
come in widths from three-quarters OF
al inch to n and 81 half inches on the
pelt. The chinchilla bands arc from 50
TO IS per yard. The genuine silver fox
i2 from S. to Sl3 per yard. The Nor
wa, silver fox fur comes much cheaper
it is from IS cents to 81 per yard. Blue
fox costs from Sl.25 10 $3.50 per yard.
Sealskin bands are So and up ward per
ward.
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Benevolent Mr.. Wixhan..

At q meeting of the Ladies' Renev-
| olent society, held the other day, it was
resolved that q Committee of four ladies
be appointed to canvass for donations,
and in the course of their perigrinations
this committee yesterday dropped into
MI. Wixham's office. He received them
as a gentleman should, and after the
usual formalities one of them beg M:
"Mr. Wixham, we are asking aid fol-
benevolent purposes"
"Ah! yes. Benevolence is q bumr
which should be cultivat d. Are you
looking aft r poor folks?'
1--WE are"
every %proper-very proper. You ali
have children OF your cwn?"
"Oh. yes"
All or them are well-ted, well.
clothed and well. cared for, are they?'
Eyes, sir"
THAT'S very proper. I presume their
stockings are properly darned, buttons
in their places, and they say their pray
ers when they 60 to bed? Am l
~correct?"
The women looked at each other in a
sly way, and then at him, and one OF
them said:
eve shall be happy for any contri-
button"
"Yes'm, yes'm. You don't want this
contribution for your W families,
eh?"
"No, sir" answered four voices in
chorus.
"Well, I am somewhat inclined to
benevolence. Hardly q day passes that
| don't do something for charity. Hsres
an old account of S26 against Mr.. -.
1 know he's hard up and having 4 close
time to get along, and yesterday ! can
celed the debt"
One of the canvassers turned red,
white and blue and looked out of the
window. That vas her husband, but
Wixham didn't know it.
And yesterday I found q poor, for
lorn-looking little boy out here crying
with hunger and cold. He said his
name was Tommy -, and ne lived at
No. 36 - street. He hadn't been
washed or combed for a week. and [ felt
sad for him. I was going to take him
home and feed him, but lie Slipped
away.
Another woman suddenly looked ont
OF the WlrG0W, q her pulse ran up TO
l20 q minute, but Wixham was as in
nocent as . lamb Of any knowledge
that it was her boy.
"Then you won't aid usp" queried
the spokesman.
oh, yes, certainly I will. I was
simply figuring to see how much I could
spare. l signed q note with Mr.. -
last fall, and | had to pay it yesterday.
That makes me feel rather poor"
The third woman didn't turn red, but
green, but Wixham couldn't have posi-
lively known that it was her usband.
"het's see. Let's see. want to give
you all l spare. Mr.. -- on -
street, owes me four months house rent,
and I'm give you an order on him
for 800"
The four women rose up. They rushed
in a solid body tor the door. They went
out in u heap. Some were red and some
were pale. and all mad. They tried to
speak, but they couldn't, and rs they
FASTENED TO get away from each other,
Wixham held up the half written order
and gasped:
How very, very singular! Perhaps
they thought they couldn't collect the
money" Detroit Free Press.
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FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Gladstone's

Miss Helena Gladstone, a young
daughter of the prime minister of Eng
land, is causing quite q sensation in Eng.
land and on the continent by the moral
COURAGE developed in her recent deter
mination to enter an active and useful
career, and give to the young women OF
England q very noble example. A
London correspondent of the lead
ing political journal of the con
tinent, the Belgian Independent,
announces that this young lady has
passed her examination, and now re-
turns to NEWMAN college to study for
the position of p%receptress in that insti-
tuition. The idea of the daughter of tho
prime minister becoming a teacher, or,
as some other authorities state, secretary
and active agent, is something so new
to the aristocratic feminine word of Eu.
rope that it is making an "epoch," ST
hey say.
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A Successful Community.

Godin, u Paris iron muster, has COM
bined community of work and tie &C.
operative store in Il paiais social he
founded at Guisc, near Compc;Hre, in
1860. Godin makes his workmcn 1850
ciatcs in lis business, giving them
twenty-five per cent. CT the nnC profit.
and houses his whole community Of
1900 persons in q large mansion OF three
wings, each four stories high. There
Mru extensive grounds and gardens, q
hospital and Il store where everything
OF the first quality car lie had a. nearly
cost prices. The factory also employs
women, suiting Tic hours to those
caring for children; fixes the boys as
apprentices when they leave school. and
boards and lodges the aged AMI inca
pacitated for the good they have done.
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[St. Louis Western Watchman.1
Music Hath Charms, etc.

One of the great manufacturing inter-
ests of Boston is the Emerson Piano
Company, whose pianos are used with
high appreciation and satisfaction
throughout the world. In a recent con-
versation with Mr.. Joseph Gramer, one
of the proprietors, that gentleman re-
marked: l have nsed that splendid
remedy, St. Jacobs Oil, in my family,
and found it to be SO very beneficial that
l will never be without it. It has cured
me OF g. severe case OF rheumatism, after
other remedies had failed.