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two yachts going across the starting line al
most simultaneously. The yachts started on
the port tack, and the Puritan at once began
to gain upon her opponent, and in less than
five minutes had good boats length the best
Of it. The pair soon changed to starboard,
and the Puritan continued to gain, lead
ing by fully half mile rs they passed Fort
Wadsworth. At 1850 the wind died some
what and veered to southeast, tho boats in
the meantime both bobbing up and down in
the water and seemingly becalmed. Toward
noon the breeze, which was then very light,
-again veered to southwest, and at IL
the yachts were again going
lYe1H on a port tack, with the furl-
tan about quarter of mile in the
lead. Twenty minutes later the Genesta
went about on the starboari tack, the Purl-
tan going to port, and the latter was soon
TWO miles ahead Of the English boat The
wind now began to increase in volume, and
the yachts were soon moving at lively pace,
the Genesta gaining somewhat, both being
headed east Rounding the buoy on south
Awest>spit, the Puritan was ever three minutes
ahead, and at l:50 was to windward heading
toward the stakeboat, which was six miles
of The wind had again dropped to light
breeze, but soon freShened again. The Puri-
tan reached the stakeboat at 2:.3, and five
minutes later the Geaesta made the turn and
the homeward journey was begun. The
wind continued 10 increase IN We
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Foreign.

SAS"s
FLOODS have destroyed the crops in Bengal,
India. The Calcutta district for fifty miles
around is submerged, and famine is i'm
pending.
A FRENCH transport was returning from
Tonoun when fight broke out between the
sailors and soldiers Oh board. Altcrward q
mutiny broke ont among some Of the sailors
who had been punished, and thcy attempted
to scuttle the ship. They were landed at AL
giers under guard, and will bo tried for mu-
tiny, and probably shot or guillotincl.
CIVIL war still RACES in Peru.
a GALE at Paris did great damage to prop
crty, and many persons were in jurcd.
An international exhibition to illustrate
the history and development of travelling by
land, sea and air will open at Liverpool in
Nay, 1885, and continue through the summer
and autumn.
AT reunion he'd ly King Christian. OF
Denmark, at tret!cnhur.:, there were p"cstnt
the Russian car and czHrina, Prince and t'rln-
cess of Wales, King George Of Greece, and
the Duo and Duchesse do Chartres The o.
casion was the formal betrothal OF Marie,
daughter of the Due de Chartres, and Prince
Waldemar. youngest son Of King Christian
TIE smallpox epidemic Mt Montreal is raw
as;ng the city len deaths in one hous, i'll
one day were reported.
AsIATIc cholera has become insignificant
in France AMI is fast diminishing in Spain.
In Italy. however, infection centers have be-
'..,n" established at Parma and mt Palermo.
The Italian government has begun to issue
cholera bulletins.
DETAILS of the battle at Canta, Peru, show
that the government troops were badly
beaten by the rebels under Caceres.
SANTOS, the man who was recently arrest.
ed in Ecuador and released upon demand Of
the American government because he is a
citizen Of the United States, will put in lit.
tie bill of over 100000 damages against the
Ecuadorians.
THERE is q movement on foot to open the
government buildings in Washington to the
public on Sundays.
The President has appointed the following
collectors of customs: John McWilliams, for
the district OF Providence, r. J.; John S..
Hager for the district of San Francisca, Cal.
William j. Mckinnic, for the district Of
Cuyahoga Ohio: John Flanagan, for the
southern district of Oregon.
A dIsPATCH from Re- gina. British America
says that Riel, the rebel leader, has been re-
srited pending the decision of the privy
council of Great Britain. Riel appears t.,
have no idea that he will hang, and is defiant
aud unrepentant.
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THE PRIZE CUP.

After three ve1atious postponements,
caused by the lack of wind, aud more veS'
atious delay on account of foul, the English
cutter Genesta and the Boston sloop Puritan
found day when they were enabled to sail
the first Of the three international yacht
races for the Americas cup over the course
q distance Of about thrty-eiSht miles-in the
time required by the articles Of agreement.
While it is true they had not overmuch time
to spare. owing to several deaths" IN
the wind, there were ample opportun!-
ties to test ths boats in all kinds OF
weather and chances, except the single one
of severity. There were fair winds and head
winds, light winds and fairly stiff winds, but
there was never any approach to a blow.
And in each Of these variations the Ameri-
can boat came out ahead. 1t was altogether
a grand day. AMI in the weather that pre-
vailed the Puritan proved herself an en-
phatic victor. :.
The trial was a good one from the start
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AIcoboIfn tho Kitchen.

"Of G22 moderate and lmmodcrate
drinkers with whom l have conversed'
3337 tell me that they acquired the desire
for wine and other alcoholic polsons oy
their use in articles of diet and in the
family and social circle, dealt out to them
by their wives and sisters and female
friends. OF this number, 16l cases were
from the use of liquors in articles of Diet
OF the whole numocr referred to. 32S
fill drunkard's grave, seventeen died OF
mania a potu, and five by suicide"
These are the words of physician who
has made the subject a matter OF careful
study. If only women could be enlIght-
ened on this one point, and cease to be
tempters. .-Nati0nal Bulletin.
Trc Woman's Christian Temperance
,nion of the State of New York will hold
its twelfth annual meeting in the Baptist
church, Cortland, on October 10, ID and
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TEMPERANCE TOPICS
A r,mpcrance Sermon.

A temperance sermonl IT'S lying there,
With q crimson seal OH the flooring bare,
Written dark and deep on the battered clay.
What more could the voice Of tho preacher
say
Than the helpless hands of murdered wife,
Cut deep where they fought with the frenzied
knife3
Little fingers frail, that were softly kissed,
Ere loving hand grew drunkard's fist;
They are cold-so cold-with their bloody
stain.
They can never plead for her life again;
But for other lives, praying loud, they call,
Lifted up to God from their ruddy pail.
Little, dainty feet, that were won't to pass
BY the hedge-rows sweet, through the meadow
grass
In the shabby shoes of drunkard's wife
They have toiled on the road Of life
To the crimson door with its faded stain,
Out Of trials keen, out Of want and pain.
Palid, parted lips. All, they used to know
Merry girlish songs in the Long Ago.
They have learned, alasl how the watchers
sigh,
How the hungry moan, how the fearful cry,
Till the mouth is set with its lines Of care.
Is there better preaching than this elsewhere!
Doth the circle small of a goblet's bri1n,
Grave and gallows hold in its shining rim?
Can the liquid fire, with its glowing spark,
Steal the light away from the homestead
dark?
As the solemn face, hunger-pinched and
white,
Can felon's death yonder treason rightl
-Led1er.
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A CHINESE HORROR.
Slowing the Homes Of BOD Rodto'
StoI IN from Cemeteries.

Slowing the Homes Of 300 ROdios
stolen from Cemeteries.
A horrible discovery was made in China
town, San Francisco. the other day. lnfor-
nation was given the coroner that fright
full stencil was being emitted from cellar in
Pacific street. He went to the cellar, forced
his way in, and found the floor covered with
human skulls and bones partly covered
with flesh in the last stage of
decomposition. In an inner room the coroner
found number OF Chinese engaged in boiling
down the remains of other bodies, while sew
cral other Cinnamon We're engaged i'll scrap
ing the boiled bones and packing them i'll
boxes ready for shipment to China. 1t is es.
mated that the cellar contained over 300
dead bodies, which have been
taken secretly from various ceme-
tcries throughout the State. AS M in
stance of Chinese ingenuity it is said that
those in charge of these operations fearing
that tho stencil from the boiling pots would
be 50 great as to attract attention outside, had
procured two living skunks so that tho odor
OF the latter might ovorcom, that Of the
forRler. The coroner has taken charge of all
the remains
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THE PURITAN, CLOSE HAULED IN wHoLE-sAH
BREEZE, INDICATING HER HEELING.
locity, and the Puritan was
making the most of it, gaining gradually on
her rival, and both travelling very fast
The Genesta, however, made up some lost
time in the next five miles, and when the
Puritan was fifteen miles from home the
cutter was only four minutes travelling dis
tance in the rear. The Puritan was doing
grandly, however on the port tack, the Cen
ests being to starhoard, and it was evident
that the former had winning lead ten miles
naa tie ssspasa sP sns n6 6 Te aa Hsftsss aSanss
terially to the end, and the Puritan crossed
the finishing line at 1850, the Genesta fol-
lowing at 4:44:3o, six minutes behind: the ac-
tual time Of the race being Oh. Am. 3Os. The
Ienesta's time allowance was 3ls.
When the Puritan went over the line a
winner, the din that arose was deafening.
Beside the vessels that had accompanied the
boats over the course, as many more had as
sembled at the finish, and between the Shrek
ing whistles and booming cannons the
fire-crac%ers. torpedoes, trumpets, drums,
! b lis, tin-pans and many other utensils
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" ashingtGr.

NUMEROUS appointments VI fourth-class
postmasters are being made.
FURTHER appointments by the President:
Henry W. Gilbert, of New York, to be con-
sui at Trieste; James NJ. Rose, Of New York,
to be consul at Three Rivers Canada; Moses
A. Hopkins. of North Carolina. to be minis
ter resident and consul-general to Liberia.
The Rev. Moses A. Hopkins was born
slave in Montgomery county, Va, and after
gaining his freedom pursued course OF study
and was graduated ut the Lincoln university,
Pennsylvania. III 1874. He was al;o Sradu-
ated at the Auburn (N. W Theological SEM
mary. In addition to his service; as Pres
byterian clergyman, lie has been engaged in
educational pursuits and was the principal OF
the State Colored Normal school at Franklin.
ton, N. c., for several years.
THE President has appointed Ross A. Fish,
of the District of Columbia, to be assistant
register of tue treasury, vice w. P. Titcomb,
who has been reduced to fourth class clerk
ship
WITHIN twenty eight days sixty postoffices
have been burned or robbed by burglars.
The average loss in each case was less than
500, which falls upon the government.
Mr.. A. NJ KELLEY has formally rendered
his resignation as United States minister to
Austria.
EIGHr.more clerks have just been removed
from the treasury department. 1t is stated
that their places will not be filled for econolni'
cal reasons
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The scene about Staten Island after the
two racers came to an anchorage, was re-
markable one. Nachtsmen by the hundreds
visited each craft. On the Puritan feast
was spread and partaken of with many
sincere wishes and much mrth.
The officers of the American sloop were near
" shaken to pieces by their enthusiastic ad.
mlreH. Upward of 100 congratulatory dis.
patches were received from Boston. where
the greatest enthusiasm prevailed over the
Puritans victory.
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stCrossino the Line.',

A boy who went with his father on a
VOYAGE to South America, was anxious to
see the equatorial line, and said to an old
sailor, "Jack, will you show me the line
when we cross it2"
"Oh, yes, my boy"
After a few days the boy asked whether
thcy had crossed the line. The old tor
said, "Yes, my lad"
"Why didn't you tell me, and show 1t
to mc?"
The sailor replied, "Oh, my lad We
ALWAYS cross the line in the dark"
Moderate drinker, you always cross inc
line between moderate and immoderate
in the dark. Mental and moral night
settle down on you as you cross the line
between moderate drinking and incbrlety'
binding you to the awful facts or ruin
and death only little farther on In 'he
road you are travelling.
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AN INSECT PLAGUE.
Whole Districts In Mexico HaVaGed
Inv (srasSllOnpcrS.

Whole Districts In Mexico HaFaGed
by GrasshOppcrs.
To add TO the distress of the fever injected
district of the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1t
is learned from wealthy residents OF Vera
Cruz who have fed from that fever-strickon
city that the country is swarmin% with
myriads of grasslloppers, which are
,icrouring tho crops and everything
green. They are similar to tho Kansas grass,
huppers, but smaller, and sweep the country
OF every vestige of verdure' even TO .ne oeta, ..
der shoots OF the trees. Tho bean crop the
solo reliance of the poor population, is ccm
p.e!ely destroyed, which will cnt;nl great sut'
fcrng on that class. The grasshoppers are
rapidly spreading. They have appeared III
other southern states of Mexico, and the raw:
ages are reported as equaling those reported
in the state Of Vera Cruz
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THE GESESTA, CLOSE HAULED IN 4 WHULE-shlE
BREEZE, INDICATING HER nEELlSG.
of noise, person could not hear
his neighbor shouting in his car: And it was
kept up for many minutes, while dozens of
boats tried to surround the victor and con-
gratulate her owner. The Puritan finally
anchored off Stapleton, Staten Island. When
the Gcnesta came along sho met with re-
ception fully as enthusiastic, and Sir Richard
Sutton. hr owner, was kept bowling right
and left for q quarter OF an
hour. The cutter was towel up to Tomp-
kinsvillc by the judges boat, Llckenhach,
where it was discovered that hsr upper cap or
yoke" that holds the topmast i'll place ut
the mainmast head. had been cracked. On
this account Sir Richard asked that the sec
ond race he postponed for a day, and to this
the Regatta Committee consented.
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How to Hear.

Theodore Parker, speaking Of his early child.
hood, relates the following:
When was little boy in my fourth
year, one fine day in spring my father
led me by the hand to distant part
of the farm, but soon sent me home
alone. On the way I had to pass a lit
tie pond, then spreading its waters
wide; a rhodora in full bloom, rare
flower which grew only in that local
ity, attracted my attention and drew
me to the spot. saw little tortoise
summing himself in the shallow waters
at the roots of the flaming shrub. l
lifted the stick 1 had in my hand to
strike the harmless reptile; for, though
I had never killed any creature, yet I
had seen other boys do so, and I felt a
disposition to follow their wicked ex-
ample. But all at once something
checked my little arm, and a voice
within me said, clear and loud, ut is
wrongw l held my uplifted stick in
q wonder at the new emotion, the con-
sciousness of an involuntary but in
ward check upon my actions. till the
tortoise and the rhodora both vanished
from my sight. I fastened home and told
the tale to my mother, and asked what
it was that told me it was wrong. She
wiped tear from her eye, and taking
me in her arms, said, "Some men call
it conscience, but l prefer to call it
the voice of God in the soul of man.
If you listen and obey it, then 1t will
speak clearer and clearer, and always
guide you right; but if you turn deaf
ear and disobey, then it will fade out,
little by little, snd leave you in the
dark and without guide. Your life
depends on needing that voice.
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am resolved not to go hence
trusting for an opportunity to repent
after death.-Joseph Cook.

Remember that You are not tree,
that can live or stand alone. You
are only branch. And it is only
while YOU abide in Christ, as the
branch in the vine, that you will
flourish, or even live.-McCheyne.
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JUMBO KILLED.
Tragic Death of the Worlds Big.
gest Elephant.
Run Over bya Train in Canada
Sketch of His Career.


Barnum, was killed on the Grand Trunk Air
Line track half milo east of St. Thomas,
Ontario, the other night. His keeper was
leading him along the track to load him, when
q freight train came up behind unnotlced and
ran him down. He was injured so badly
that he died in thirty minutes. The trick
elephant Tom Thumb was also injured, his leg
being broken.
Jumbo was probably the most famous ele-
phant that ever lived, and at the time of his
death was the largest animal in captivity
He belonged to the African species, and was
about twenty-five years Of age. Taken to
tho London geological gardens when baby,
as he attained his growth he was used to con-
vey loads of children upon his back about
the gardens and when so employed was
perfectly tractabc. AS he grew older,
however, he manifested an unruly dis.
position when closely confined, and 1t
was for this reason, it is said, that the coun.
him when Mr.. T. T. Barnum opened negotla-
tions for his purchase in tho early part OF
1882. They feared that he would become pos
sessed By the peculiar insanity to which ele-
phnnts at certain stages of life are subject.
When, however, the fact became known that
the council had made definite contract to
sell Jumbo to Mr.. Barnum Tor 92,OOO, great
Indignation was expressed by tho London
press, and in a short time IN extraordinary
popular craze on the subject was developed
In England. Jumbo became the chief topic
of tho day, and his removal from the coun'
try was lamenteI as a national calamity.
Every effort was made to prevent it, even in
Guiding an injunction suit in chancery
and the matter was brought before the house
of commons Tho members Of the council,
roundly denounced rs they were, adhered to
their legal contract, and latc in March, 1882
Jumbo was embarked for the United States
on board tho Steamship Assyrian Monarch.
For weeks before the elephants departure
the geological gardens were visited by
crowds of men, women, and children OF oil
classes of society, who went to take fare
we'll look ut Jumbo and to feed him with
buns and other delicacies. Popular feeling
rau so high that there were runors that
riot would take place when he was conveyed
through the streets to tho steamship dock,
but the removal was made in tho early morn
ing hours without causing any ydemonstratlons
except those Of farewell. 1t is said that the
total cost of bringing him to the United
States was SEQ 0OO, exclusive Of the price paid
for him.
The height of Jumbo was eleven feet and q
half. His immense bulk wassuch that front
view of him was about US imposing as side
view. Other elephants looked like pigmies
beside him. His trunk for several feet after
having. his head was as thick as a stout man 8 8
BODY. When he lifted his head and stretched
hi, trunk upward, he could reach up twenty.
six feet or five feet higher than the largest of
the other elephants in his owners extensive
herd.
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Elapsed Corrected
Finish Time. Time.
II. NJ. :. II. NJ. S. II. NJ. s.
Puritan % Is ) 03 II 5 03 "A
C;auestn 10 80 ) o. .3 ) OF ~

Tho IIcresIn had Tho b"st 0t INC stavL pE
forty-iive seconds, in the Puritan finished
one minute anil forty-tive seconds ahead.
This gives the Puritan the victory over the
for,y-miie course by two minutes and nine
seconds actual time anl by one minute and
thirsy.cight seconds after allowing her an
tas onist the thirty one seconds time allowance
of corrected time. After crossing the line both
yachts hove to, and were taHen in tow to
their moorinps off Staten Island,
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UNITING TO ATTACK BIG BEAR.

ST. PAUL, June 2 (SpeciaD.-The Pioneer
Press has dispatch from Winnipeg
which says: The provoking announcement that
the Government wires are down north OF Humboldt
was received at todayl This cuts OF all commu-
nication with Batteford. Just before the line went
down private message came through which
announced that General Middleton had
formed junction with General Strange and
movement against Big Bear be made this morn
Ing. General Middleton hoped to be able to
catch up to Big Bear by tomorrow morn
ing when he expected battle would take place.
Scouts reported Big Bear in the same place where Gem
era Strange encountered him, and state that he has
fortified himself in such as to render his
resistance formidable.
Frauds In connection with the transport service are
beginning to come to light daily and 1t IL evident
that the Government has been swimed out Of hundreds
OF thousands of dollars. Many Of the officers
appointed to prominent positions were worn out
politicians who have always existed at the expense
Of the Government, and who eagerly seized the oppOr
tunity TO plunder the public purse 1t is stated that
Colonel Irvine knew he wanted at BltOuche, but
paid no attention to the request to come.
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RrSJFGJyG THE s1ACKAuAXOy BANK.

PHILADELPHIA, June 2 (SpeciaD.-The ex.
citement at the shackamaxon Bank continues and var-
Gus deposiors have begun suit. The experts are at
work, but there are developments All sors OF
stories told The bank doors beseged all day by
infuriated creditors who requested to leave their
books and call again.
One OF the experts, who is employed in downtown
bank gave up IN despair this afternoon saying that
would be almost impossible to straighen the accounts
and that the would exceed the figures fst given
out The Auditing Committee OF the Board OF Directors
OF the bank compared OF the deposit books with the
ledgers this afternoon ana horritcd 10 find differ
eDce OF 81 400 for day. That is 400 received
In single day which was not entered upon the books OF
the bank. The statement made this afternoon by
friend of Joseph Conkn, the highway contractor who
played important part in the failure OF the bank that
the which lie drew is much larger than the d.
rectors thought. Eighty thousand dollars was the
figure named but IL is said that the amount 's
$4,000. Cashier Millegen, who formerly paying
teller of the bank asserted to-day that Conklin dew at
least $l40 600 from the bank.