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NEWS BY FTHiF, ljABIiE.
M legi III t.-,l.assiW Neftfg sitiit
LATEST n III: FoRE1sSi iINTEnIteENcg.
Gladstone says Il q jaa q Arraa Eetneae, Mo-
an "a Eresmenp, with the russian GOV. /
h, srnmsnt-sems French Views on
- the Probabilities gef War.

LONDON, March 10.-Gladstone has ex.
explained that ENGLAND ana Rnssia bss
-, - 4A ii - = l
aFEeee9, 10 esAseu " = tiiLy, tnas NO ipr'
ther advances should be madei in Afghan
istan. The statement Of this agreement
WAS based on on ;nts,c arsa ,,,' "A connmSnn;.
n 49, -
cAtlons eatfleo ''t ON tntousn tue BRUSH am.
bassador at st. Petersburg. The latest
communication on the DISPUTE received
fron the ambassador n was that of NIa,rch
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Tgs President has chosen for Commits
,iouer Of Internal Revenue an honest and
intelligent. man, capable officer and one
Of tho most genial Of gentlemen. MI.
Miller has all the qualifications to insure
A asuccessiul administration Of his import
ant Office. He will take pride in his work,
and tho public interests will not suffer at
his hands. = ei.a
He is an expert politician Of the better
class, and while serving his party with zeal
has made many strong friendships on the
other side. Through all the fierce con
troversy over the policy ofthe State'ad-
ministration with which he was so promi-
uently identified, Mr.. Miller personally
lost nothing Of the kindly feeling OF those
who knew him. Nothing could more
plainly show how he is esteemed at home
than the very general approval of his ap.
puintment. t. y l-f
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AspIpnsrisItniop,

FALL RtYER, MASS, March l6.-At aeon,
ference Of delegates from spinners unions
held in New Bedford yesterday, prclimi-
navy steps we're taken toward the iorma-
tion; Of o National spinneB' Union, to
embrace mule spinrers in the United
States, The scheme embraces the pubii-
cation Of q trade paper to be devoted to
the interest Of mule sp!nners. ~
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in making the statements about him III
his annual. d1.report which brought out wit
ness criticisms about the Secretary. Wit
ness Intentions in cfiticisihg the Secre-
taty Of War was not to assail the Secret
tary personally, but to assail facts as stated
by that officer, on authority as Secretary
OF War. General Hazen reiterated his
belief that on the return Of the escort
ship to- ST. Johns, on September IS, 1888,
there was still time to have sent effective
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JASnyiLIE, WIS, March lS.-Dr. Clara
n, jenkins, charged with abortion upon
the late SIs. Ebbets, to-day waived an ex.
animation and the 2ith inst was set for
hearing. Congressman Winans has been
retained by. tho defendant. Intense In
terest Is being taken In the case through
out Southern Wisconsin aud Northern
Illinois, 'fgf3 la b6f -
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wnba.h strIkers t;niu their point.

spRlNdriELD, LII, MarchI 10. This az
ternoon Superintendent Johann, on be-
halfoftheWabash road, sigasd ans ssgtee;
ment with the strikers providing that they
return, to work after Wednesday at the
wages paid beforethe reduction wasmade,
This was ratified by tho men at a amfcting
held tonight with the pr6aisetttiat The
sams is fatired. at Mobcrly and Fort
Wavna. saA "a
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nrother ana slster Lyneh 81.

..5 3tVtANE AhN otstttIl AsSuVhSuS iisf+i
F4taPlglp, Mn March 10. -Lastmonth
aboy named Taylor was arrested for mur.
dering q man named Roberts, and his
mother and her brother, Tom Jones, be-
ing suspected Of completely In tlie crime.
were notified by a vigilance committee 10
leave within thirty days. Just after mid
night on Saturday fifty citizens surround-
ed the house Of Mrs. Taylor and her
brother, took them 70 bridge over the
Little blue River and hanged them.
Their bodies We're cut down by The Coro.
ner Yesterday.
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THr wattcrson:Car wingis ayingin
hi.h dudseon over the defeat of Bourbon
IN tbe Commissionership fght. Do the
f,.e traders aud the distillers want the
earth blrslcd up and rolled down into
Kentucky for them? Go to! Z,
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Ca,tio a:hief Kilie1,

Nrw oRlE8Ss, La, March, 10-The
Tiaes.D Democrat Little Rock special re.
ports the running down and killing Of
Frank Strong, a noted cattle thief,
by q posse, which had traced him
to 8aa deserted cabin on Wild
Horse Creek, 0hiekasaw nation. where
he was shot to death. Heiousht his pur.
guess to the last. a reward of 81 800 had
been offered for his capture. He had
operated successfully inwestern Arkansas
and Indian Territory for years, stealing
herds oi cattle from ranchmen and driv.
ing them into Texas and tlisposing OF
them. eR
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THE LABOR STRIKES.
OF THE ENe1NEERs
On the sns,sa1f Peelne Rosa-A Confer
onoe to bs Held rro.dnJ4The Employees
strike oyor..Ths strikers In Texas Ae.
eept the Company,a PfoposltIon.

Z H rs Vi 81 ri n q = y q d q
isr. LOUIS, Mos March sle. y. Il. Htz-
gerald, Chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Gfieyalee Committee q the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers, act
companied by two or three other mem
bers Of the committee; arrived hero from
sedalia, and several Others Of the commit
tee, are expected to arrive tonight and
P. N. Arthur, Grand Chief Engineer Of
theBrotherhoed, willlbe here tomorrow.
The object Of this. visit is to consult among
themselves and then have q conference
with Vice Presidents Hayes and Hoxie, OF
the Missouri Pacific, regarding lsone
grievances which the engineers claim
t. have against g the Z company.
What these grievances are the
committee decline to state, but 1t iS
known thatJth discharge Of four engir
neers at Kansas City for refusing to move
freight trains when requested not to do 80
by The strikers, and the question OF pay
for loss Of time occasioned by the strike
will be subjects for decision. 1ngeneral
terms the committee say the agreement
between the engineers andithe company
made two years ago, and about which!
there was trouble some months since, has
not been strictly carried Out aud they are
talking the matter over with the managers
az tha rnnd . fI.N't--N-. It.-i
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The ploel,a,ie itaisetl .

5 KANSAS Cry, Mo-. March l8-Ihs
strikers here received orders late this af-
,ternoon from sedalia to raise the freight
blockade, aud trains were. started out to-
night.,a The proposed terms, have been
accepted by the Conference commlt tee oi
the etrikesa, and will gba raliled by the
meeting at sedalla to-night.
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rnEHcaith Commlttecof Council stands
,,i,b the Mayor in his controversy with
,Ss Ss" vtrallh Officer. The Health otacer
SnDdcred, M and the Mayor has been on the
right track. r
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HON on there, West Virginia. There ll
;,n,. room for the whole State in the In;
terual Revenue Bureau. Write and enclose
stamp for reply. ltisvsry notifying 70,
have 10 walk home. r.sJ
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c,vvrL1yD couldn't Withstand our
,..'nh's handsome manly form and win
sGssr ';sa rays: That's where the Blue Grass
man vent short. -.-.-.- sijgs
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temperance Visitors at tho waite House.

Tcmperanep Yisitors Mt tho Waite House:
iIW4sHlsafsS, Match ID "a delegation
6f about two'hundredl Christian workers,
mostly ladies, composed mainly Of the
Woman . Temperance Union and Temper,
ance Alliance 81 the District; called atlthe
White House to-day. Miss Cleveland ret
ceiyedi them inthe Blue Parlor. The call
was not for thepurpose Of making any re-
quests regarding temperance matters, but
Miss LaFetra, who addressed Mis- Oleve!
land on behalf of the visitors, stated that
they simply desired to pay their respects
and ito express their confidence in her
Christian character. and that asfnistrfss oi
tho w bite House she wauld perform her
duty a. small plush album was presented
Miss Cleveland in which the sentiments
Of the visitors were inscr bed. Miss Gleve;
land ID reply, expressed her appreciation
Of the delicate manner iniwhich the visit
was made, and her pleasure at meeting
the visitors. .fhe members OF the deleea;
ton then, passed into the East room where
they were introduced to the President,
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John NJ 'conahay, who has been on the
sick list, is.able to be out again. ,+i 7
Mr.. ). II. Morris, general agent forthe
Cleveland & Pittsburgh road, was in town
yesterday. y tpa stJi sia' q ~
MIA, @. .Woodeock, who has been Wis
itipg friends here, returned yesterday for
his home in Sioux City. f.5,} .,j 1
Mr.. s. Slick, a miner at K obline's coal
bank, was seriously Injured yesterday by
alump Of coal, which fell striking him on
the head. i,i
Miss Jessie Sharp, Of Bellaire, and Miss
Bee Holiday, Of Steubenyille, who have
been visiting friends here, returned home
yesterday. tse.is5 sil,g ID
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Nav We sec tho misfortune Of having a
, MayOr without power. II the Mayor
eopli control the police force the gambling
he'll. would be rooted out. Mayor Grubb
hn,lbc nerve, but not the power. M
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rne Ro1isl(r comes along saying nice
,hins. about cx.Auditor Miller, but it Is
s.,l . ii salI, for all that. And its friends
st,hs s,ate administration
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TIE ECLIPSE
AS Observed. at weshlngton.A M mber o;
photographs Tnkep.i 'sl55,q.rii I

photographs Taken, -.1GYsf1l
2 wAsulSeroS, p. Cs March 1e "A dog.
en- of more officials Of the naval obserya.
tory took o sauint at the sun to-day,
through smoked glasses end small sized
instruments. NAin't it, o daisy2' obsery.
ed classical looking individual wearing
a dressing gown and red skull cap!
deceased ssaulnting aud handed his glass
10 a companian. .,she.s hit him, came
from a small wooden building out otwhich
a telescope protrpdedi where an observer.
was intently watching for the contact Of
tho moon and sun: There was a hurried
rush to q similar building some 80 feet
away, q slamnipg OF idoors and a closing
OF red and yellow windows, and scientists
began taking photographs Of the eclipse
OF the sun at the rate OF three minute.
Heavy clouds obscured the sun The greater
part Of the afternoon but the observation
could be taken. a fraction more than
one.hali OF the sun was coyeredat one
time, as observed from this point, and
this was the greatest portion concealed
during the afternoon. While 1t prevent
ed taking as many observations and pho
tegtaphs as desired, the officers al the OBJ,
servatory express themselves az well
pleased with those obtained. +
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u,xD.oTE men TO the front! Sec how
Miller scars!
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,tor casy il is to frighten free trader
look at Watterson! ~.
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wurRr is Carl Schurz in this era oi re-
,,.mg +, there no Civil Service hole small
..n,yb ., for him to crawl into2 /,
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q taif Interpretation and execution OF me
internal revenue laws, ana have 4 segefaed
the West yitginian as nostlie 70 tnen a1d
their 1nterests VIII be alsap ppotntsa. (,
IAe qnea,len Y econ ionic, h9l t.oIaI y il.,i
aa ~ trse,s W. y .ss P,essant and I hs s adj
,visets ina narrow spirit. It will be given
out, ol curse, taat t5is H 2 tflnmpno nm q sIi
Ut ~. lom
aspeIq psssiSant Tn SIIies S;m
sell I 70 Mr. Randall III he viii do do Gis il openly
and not clahdestihelyg 1the does, Il will
Involve g hopeless g sPltt 4 q. III, the
w. ysnt ~ sHcb a cSnct N % anS sbSlI % so
iii III dur fSower toayoidit. B1ttt ttagatnst
the protest of an overwhelming majority
0f the Democrats II tshotild come 10 pass,
the advocates 81. q sound and honest reye:
iilue systsm wili hot befonnd UNEQUAL TO
IL. In affairs OF this sort IL Is best to
have no SG6neealnents, Daneers are
ofttimes avoided BY going ont to-
meet them. THE President might! have
eyaced an issue by the familiar expedient
.ofappointinp q third party, neutral, or, he
NAV consider, and he may be right incon-
sideriae tfat there IA no issue al all. 10
our mind ana ifnper rfact knowledge we are
inclined 10 thinkthare d, and that tits not
enSonfa sing ID Tic. friends ofreal revenue
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niig Had isotblps toiDo' with y. : Z n

\ PfTrsBuRdH, March lU.-Ihe stltefnlepntt n \
of the Railroad Commissioners at the
conference Of tho strikers and rail.
road officials at ST. Louis, yesterday, that
the strike was engineered from Pittsburgh,
ard that llsorderss emanated from here,
and that the knights Of Labor directed
and controlled the movement Of the men,
is denied lemphatieally by. prominent
members oflthe olganisati6nlo of this city.
The headquarters Of the Knights Of Labor
were removed from here several years
ago and are now =at Philadelphia. The
members assert that the order had moth
ing to do with promoting or organizing this
strike. M ~ N
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Tho "Arrangleifn enp' oniirmed. 4

- a1V H11V IllVus q
IoypoS,i March l6.-In the Commons
this evening the Government announced
atelegram from ST. Petersburg fully con-
tirming Gladstone's views Of the Anglo
Russian arrangement regarding the out
posts on the Russo: Afghan frontier. Il
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gladly accepts lalithe benefits oteonquest
without having tolendure any. Of the bur
dens Of imperial government, layishes her
attention on the king OF kings, bnt. the
true sovereign Is the diplomat whose
shabby palace guard ed by 6oSSGck stands
hidden away nsar the bazaar IN tse 81 t4Ras u
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Ole GstelIigtn'llf1el,r!1 l1l,!
Tns top o the morning 70 $. ra'Flek'

6ss,, So.. 70 and 81 Fourteenth street.
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..rHE srAn,EY4p aoDDEssp

see. Bloedi on .as q nsss s.,,, q ne Appoln'@sn
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Y There will BE "a "hliRd hunt at the
Elysian rink to-nigEt Last hight! there
was o Queen Anne curiosity party, The lat
dies wearing various articles OF We ancient
hmes to be matched by the gentlemen loti
tunate enough TO get envelopes. WiiltH!
Daniels was tas attraction; AZ s1 the ! Baekeye
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ttsll Nlsi1a5 ~ M q y rs a. iiidfil.7
sssI0ga siikI .!5I IN
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-24
The Oriental Press.

Japan possesses at this moment 2, 900
newspapers. Considering that not asin-
gle journal of any kind existed, or was
thought Of, in the country twenty five
years ago, this rapid rise and spread Of
the newspaper press there is one Of the
most remarkable feats in the history of
journalism. Japan now boasts of a
greater number Of newspapers than either
Italy or Austria, of more than Spain and
Russia taken together. and of twice as
many as the whole continent of Asia.
The appetite of the Chinese for news is
sufficiently fed by the Pekin Gazette
which is, in fact, not newspaper at all
and two small sheets published in
Shanghai. Corea possesses an official
gazette since 1884, and nothing else re
sembling newspaper exists. The French
have already started paper in their new
ony-L' Agsnir de Tong-king;; but as it
is purely French sheet, It can hardly
contribute much to the enlightenment OF
the natives. The Persians are compare.
lively insensibIe to the fascinations OF
the daily paper. The six papers which
they possess owe their existence to the
reigning shah, who is man Of letters
himself. and composes poetry in his
spare hours. The natives of India have
thousand newspapers. Nel0 York Sun.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-24

remained waiting beside the couch Of
Tanase-seeing to all his wants by night
and day. One morning the men Of the
little village saw two travellers approach
ing on the road Ia blind man, wrapped
in soldiers cloak, with cross Of honor
on his breast, and young girl who, as
she led him by the hand, joyfully said
to the passers-Dy: this is my betrothed,
brave man-as you can see by the
decoration on his breast
'.And by that on my face too, " added
poor Tanase, with sigh. But never
was there such rousing wedding in
those parts before Folks came from
far and near, and scolded beautiful
Pauna for having taken blind husband.
But she, all happiness, only smiled, and
answered. am courageous and strong,
and can work for both of us. .
As for the mountain they saw burning
that night, the people ever after called
it t'The Burnt Rock;" and the hunters
who climbed it in pursuit Of the
chamois swore that they had found the
rock changed into coal.
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a Boy Without Arms or Legs.

Mr.. G.. B. Williams, Of Mendon, Mass,
has a son who was born without arms or
legs and yet goes around the village and
fills. a worthy place in the youthful So
ciety of the town, with promise Of an
active and useful manhood in the years
to come. He is twelve years Of age.
His features are rather old looking for
his years and the expression is bright and
intelligent. His language and look in
dicate belief in his ability to take care
of himself before a great while. He is
nearly qualified to enter the high school
of the town and his writing is above the
average. In accomplishing the latter
work the pen is held under the chin and
with the aid of the shoulder the tracings
are made. He attends the public school
and goes around the village without the
aid Of any other person, but the means
to this end were not invented until
within year or so, and not until after
long time Of study upon the subject
and the trial of several aids, which
proved by experience to be Of little use.
He could get up and down stairs, put
on his cap and roll or throw himself
from one point Of the room to another
without help, but to 60 much outside Of
the house it was necessary to carry him.
Now he carries himself. For this pur-
pose pair of wheels similar to those on
boys velocipede were procured and the
axle padded. The boy rests his chest on
the pad and by means Of his imperfect
lower limb propels himself around the
town. It required some practice to learn
TO balance himself, but he socn overcame
the difficulty. IT can go anywhere ]
want to, said the lad; "can go down
hill faster than a walk, but have to rest
on up grades. He does not complain oi
any pain or trouble il the stomach from
resting the weight Of his body On it So
much. Leassa l1faas.) Courier.
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NUMBER 5.
EAcrs roR ZEE CURIOUS.


It was formerly the custom to draw
away the pillows from under the heads
Of dying persons in order to accelerate
their departure.
In their statues the Creeks represent
the second toe as longer than the great
toe, while 10 the modern European foot
the great toe is generally longest.
Not many persons know that On the
middle stem underneath cotton leaf ia
a small cell or cavity that contains drop
Of blood which can Be seen BY pressing
between the thumb nails.
The military salute, which consists of
the hand being brought To horizontal
position over the eyebrows, has o very
old origin, dating in fact from The very
beginning Of the history Of the English
army.
DR.. Troftsl1i publishes the results Of
number of observations made by him to
ascertain the effects produced on the
temperature and pulse BY smoking. He
has found that in every case, varying ac-
cording to the condition Of the indi-
vidual, there is az exhilaration Of the
pulse rate and slight elevating Of tenn
perature.
The japanese swain carefully places q
choice specimen of plant or flower in q
vase in the garden Of his beloved. II
she carefully tends it he knows il ia all
right, even with the old folks. II The
damsel pulls it up and casts it on the
ground, he mournfully departs and
makes love in the same manner to some
other girl. The idea is poesical in con-
cepticn and practical in the following
out.
Among the local items in the Pennsgz-
Vania Gazette, published in Philadelphia,
and bearing date November A, 1772, ia
recorded the following: "At the mayors
court, held in this city last week, John
Underwood, for counterfeiting and pass
ing counterfeit money Of this province,
was ordered to be whipt, stand in the
piIlory, and have both his ears cut of
and nailed to the post; others were Or
dered to be whipped and stand in the
pillory for divers felonies, and five more
to receive the discipline Of the post,
which was put in execution on Saturday
last y
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1885-09-24
The century PIant.

The century plant is the American
aloe Its botanical name is AgaYe Ameri-
cana, and it is called the maguey in
cal. 1t is plant Of the cactus kind, z
having short stem, which terminates in
acircular cluster of fieshy, sharp-pOinted,
blush green leaves, covered with spines-
Each of these lives for many years, 80
that but few have withered when the
plant has reached its maturity. 1t Is
popular error that this only occurs once
in a hundred years, wherefore the name
''century plant is used. The period Of
maturity Of the plant varies generally,
according to climate, from ten toseventY
years. In tropical countries it rapidly
attains its perfect state, but in colder
climates, where it is cultivated as an ex-
otto, it often requires full century to
reach its maturity. AS soon as it does
so it sends up stem, which grows to
the height Of forty feet, and sends out
numerous branches, forming a per-
feet cylindrical pyramid, and each is.
crowned with a cluster Of greenish
yellow flowers, which continue in per
feet bloom for several months This
blossoming is never repeated as soon as
the flowers fall the plant withers
and dies. The plant grows through All
the central part of the American conti-
nent, from Mexico to Chill, fourishing
alike in sandy plains at the level Of the
sea and mountain plateaus 10, 600 feet
above. Various parts OF the plant are
put to different uses. From its sap,
drawn from incisions in its stem, IL
made pulque (pool-ka), fermented
liquor with very slight intoxicating
qualities, and from this is obtained, by
di tillation, the vino-mezcal, drink
pleasant to the taste, but powerful in y
toxicant, and otherwise injurious to-
those using it. From the leaf hbers q
coarse fax is made. The dried flower
stem make thatch which is perfectly
imperviouz to rain. Soap-baIls are made
from an extract of the leaves, and from
the center Of the stem, split longitudin-
ally, substitute is obtained for hone
or razor strop, which, owing to fine par
ticles Of silica contained in it, has the
property Of putting very fine edge
upon STEEL Chicago Inter- Ocean.