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Tho Christ mas Carols.

George Moore, the eminent English
philanthropist, began life in extreme
poverty. His biographer, Samuel Smiles
gives q pitiful account of his crying IN
the streets of London, because he had no
friends and could not find work. His
middle life was passed in well-earned
affuence, and his last years were spent
in the grand old castle of the ancient
Percvs, which he had gazed upon in W
in bovhood, and which his great wealth
at last enabled him to purchase for a
home. His moral life was a succession
of growths. He was exposed to great
temptations in youth, but when he came
to feel that the tendency of his life was
wrong in any direction, he arrested the
wrong course by prompt decision.
. It was these decisions, these constant
turnings from evil courses into lifc's best
ways, that led him at last to a career OF
worldly success, piety and philanthropy.
He thus describes Il of the dangerous
periods of his first apprenticeship:
"My master gave way to drinking. and
set before me a bad example. l lodged
in the public house nearly all the time,
and saw nothing but w~ickedness and
drinking. I played cards almost every
night. l sometimes played the who Q
night through. Gambling was my pas
sion, and it might have been my ruin"
1t was Christmas morning. The ap-
prentice lad had spent the night at the
card table. lie had retired long after
midnight, with a conscience i'll at ease,
and the prospect of dismissal from his
masters service before him. Suddenly
his ear was arrested by strains of music.
The gray light was breaking, and the
waits, as is the custom in England, were
abroad playing cards. The music brought
before his mind, like a vision, his old
home, the future dangers of his present
course, and, in contrast with his own
eclipsed life, the luminous Bethlehem
story.
"Bettcr thoughts, "he says, ''came over
me with the sweet carols. l felt over,
whelmcd with remorse and penitence. ]
thought OF my dear father, and feared
that | might break his heart and BRING
his grew hairs in sorrow to the grave. |
resolved to give up rd-playing and
gambling. This resolve l firmly carried
out"
Many years passed, and George Moore's
life became an expression Of gratitude tc
God for the grace that he had given him
at these critical periods of youth
"George Moore's Christmases" became {
famous feature of London's charities, ano
he himself had learned to sing in spirit
| the refrain:
! "Iet's hasten to adore Him,
let's hasten to adore Him,
Let's hasten to adore Hin,
Christ, our Lord"
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RIOT At COAL MINES.
Nom nionists Attacked by a Body
Of Masked Men.
Several Men Injured and q. Loco
motive Wrecked.

Pittsburg penny dispatches describe
another riot among the striking coal miners
along tho M~onongahela river, which resulted
in probably fatal injuries to Newton Camp
bell and serious in iuries to several other non
union workmen. The riot occurred at the
Pine Run mine, owned and operated by
James Lynn & Son, located in the second
pool, three miles above Mckeesport. For
some weeks seventy non-union men have been
at work there for two and a half cents per
bushel. A t ) o'clock A. Nj. $50 strikers, wear
ing masks and arrayed in grotesque costumes
started out from their rendezvous near the
mine. Half a mile below the mine they met
Newton Campbell, a driver, on his way to
work. He refused to return home when
ordered, whercupon several men bounced
upon him, knocked him down, kicked anu
tramp!ed on hin, and then left him bruised,
bleeding and unconscious. tie was found
several hours afterward conscious, but still
unable to al himself. ,
The desperate strikers marched on toward
the mine, where they met fifteen miners on
their road to work. The latter wisely re-
turned homo, thus escaping INJURY; Soon al
terward another squad OF Workmen ap'
peared, and they were commanded to return
home. Richard Hall, more bold than his fcl-
lows, deied the masked strikers and at
tempted to enter the mine. HAT" cried one
of the strikers. but Hall kept or his way. Then
one of the masked men rushed at him Win a
club and struck a blow at his head, but the
club fell upon his shoulder. He was par
TALLY stunned by the blow. but managed 10
get back to his comrades, who left at once lor
the residence of Superintendent James O'Nell:
The strikers also assailed and beat Samuel
Morford and James Dorford. The pit boss,
William Menford, was also attacked and
knocked down.
The superintendent and a number of men,
on being informed of the action Of the strlk-
ers, boarded all engine n started Tor the
scene of trouble. When the strikers saw the
smoke rising from the little locomotive they
ran down tine track and opened several
switches and blockaded the track. The en-
zine was thrownfrom the track and wreckeu,
but it's passengers escaped injury. Mr:
O'Neil, surprised at such q large body OF
men, offered no resistance. The strikers Gel
ebrated their victory with a yell and dlsnp-
peared almost as suddenly as they had come.
Later in the day fifty non union mon en-
tered the mine and continued their work
without interruption. Word was sent to
Sheriff Gray, who went to the mine with O
posse, arriving there at 10 o'clock. All was
Quiet then however, and the sheriff's force re-
turned to P%lttsburg. About twenty OF the
strikers, Notwithstanding their masks, were
recognized, and their names were given to the
superintendent. Warrants hal been issued
for their arrest. The strikers were becoming
desperate, and the families of tile miners who
were at work had been alarmed for their
safety. It was feared that the riot would
be renewed if tile non union men attempted
fl Oh tn work.
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NEWS SUMMARY.
Eastern and Middle states.

Two women were fatally injured and three
houses destroyed by an explosion Of natural
gas in P%ittsburg, Penn. Many families were
rescued with difficulty from the burning
buildings.
SIX children, bitten by a mao dog in New
ark, N. j., have been sent to Paris for treat
ment by NJ. Pasteur, the French scientist
whose recent discovery of a euro for hydro
phobia has been heralded to the world. In
response to a cable message from Newark, M.
Pasteur replied that if thsre was danger to
send the children Immediately. Public con-
%tributions of money were made to send the
six unfortunate children to Paris.
Upon a test case, the issue of which has
long been awaited with interest, Judge Sim
onten has decided at Harrisburg, Penn, that
the State law prohibiting the manufacture
of oleomargarine is constitutional.
Two of the mon employed on the tugboat
which was blown up at New York were not
on board at the TINA of the explosion, leav.
ing the number of victims at four.
FIVE men were seriously and Others
slightly injured by a collision Of cars on the
Brooklyn bridge. The accident was due to
the failure of a grip to hold the cable which
run the trains.
WHILE five workmen were descending a
shaft of the new New York %a9ueduct near
Sing Sing, a heavy wooden crosstree fell upon
them, instantly killing four and fatally in
juring the fifth. By q similar accident a few
weeks previously three men met their death.
On the day after five men were killed
while at work on the New York a4ueduct
another accident occurred, resulting III the
death o: one man and serious injuries to q
second.
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A new mania which bids fair to have
as great a run as the spelling matches
of a few years ago has appeared in some
sections of the country. 1t is the "pro-
~nouncing match" The contests are con-
Quoted somewhat like the spelling
matches. Sides are chosen and referees
are appointed, who have before them
copies of Webster and Worcester una
bridged. A word pronounced by either
authority is considered correct. Inc
test words, which have previously been
chosen, are spelled by some one selected
for that purpose, and those entered fo'
the fray pronounce them-or at least
they try to-. When any one fails he sits
down, the word is pronounced correctly
and another word is given out to the
next person. When any dispute arises
it is Immediately referred to the referees.
If the word is not understood it may be
written down on a blackboard, and the
contestant may ask to have it defined
At a recent match in an Ohio town some
thirty-fve contestants above the average
skill and ability in this regard were put
down on q list of about $50 words, the
most of them III everyday use. Among
the words which were missed were dis
may, sacerdotal. equablc, presume,
courtesy. harass, amateur, suffice, vol1-
minous, infantile, oleomargarine, apo
theosis, ~tonsolitis, brooch, Arab, brava-
do, exhibit, piquant, wan, almond, con-
dolence, comely, ELUSIVE, blithe, etc.
There are probably very few persons who
can attend a contest of this nature with
out obtaining considerable valuable in
formation concerning their own Ian
guaGe.
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There is q man in Nevada named An
cela Cardclia, who claims to be the
strongest in the world. He is an It.
allan, aged thirty-eight, and stands five
feet ten inches, weighing 1873 pounds.
His strength was born with him, Tor ne
had No athletic training. lie differs
from other men chiefly in the osseous
structure. Although not of unusual
size, his spinal column is double the
ordinary width. and his bones and joints
are made on a similarly large and gener-
Gus scale. He has lifted a man 200
pounds with the middle finger of his
right hand. The man stood with one
foot on the floor, his arms outs'retched'
his hands grasped by two persons to
balance his body. Cardelia then stopped
down and placed the third finger of his
right hand under the mans foot, and
with scarcely any perceptible effort
raised him on a table near at hand.
Once two powerful men waylaid Car
della with intent to thrash him, but he
seized one in each hand and hammered
them together until life was nearly
knocked out of them. His strength IS
inherited, for he says his father was
more powerful than himself.
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THE TREAsURER'S REPORT.
Statistics About tlae Contents OF tho
National POckctbOOk.

The annual report Of Mr.. Z. N. Jordan,
treasurer of the United st ties, shows that
the net revenue OF the gov, rlmsnt during the
last fiscal year was s3E*,eN ", 7o5, or s24,-
S29, 1853 less THAI that OF the preceding
wear, while the expenditure was
$3.50, 2a6, 935, or Sic, 100, G0O greater than that
of the preceding year. The surplus available
for the reduction of the public debt at the
close of the fiscal year was therefore 4o,9s9,-
s54 less than was available OH July l, 1854.
TIE assets, according to the new form OF
statement, September 80, 1885, were $574,-
1OS, $50, or an increase of So, 01S,O0, over
1854: the liabilities were $3.50, SSl, Titan in
crease Of SlO,2l6, 59l over 1884, and the bal.
ance 1874, 326, 47S-an increase OF S44,eOl,4l6
over 1854.
During the same period there has boon an
increase of s53, 463, 653 in the gold assets of
SOC, O95, DIG in the silver assets, SG.775,423 in
the legal tender assets, sl7l,2S S in national
bank notes, and s., 147, 17 in national bank
deposits. The bullion fund" or deposits in
the mints, were on the 30tl Of June of this
year Sl4S, 5O4, 629, as against Sal ,G4S,O6S on
June30, 1854.
The amount Of fractional coin held in the
treasury is s3l ,236, 500. 40, and the treasurer
recommends the appeal Of the redemption
law as to these and the minor coins.
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Undoubtedly one of the motives TO

Undoubtedly n of the motives for
our Northern neighbors spending $780,
600, 900 in the building of the Canadian
Pacific railway, much of which money
was furnished by the capitalists of Great
Britain, is in the conveyance of troops
for the defence of the Dominion, and, in
fact, to furnish a line for the shipment
of stores by the imperial government for
its naval stations on the Pacific coast, as
well as for the conveyance of troops
should trouble in the East prevent their
being forwarded through the Sucz canal,
or by t heordinary channel of commerce.
Great Britain now has a railway for the
transportation of her troops to the East
over a road owned and controlled by
Englishmen.
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A man who has the cramps and sends
in haste for the doctor is naturally a
good deal astonished if the doctor, hav-
ing found him rolling in great pain on
the sofa, AID having felt of his pulse,
falls to cutting him soundly on both
sides of his head, and pulling his nose
powerfully, and slapping his face. An
ailing person in Paterson, N. j., recent
ly, who alleges that he received treat
ment of this sort from a physician whom
he had called to treat him for cramps,
caused the physicians arrest; but the
law did nothing to the physician, be-
cause he proved that the patient did not
have cramps, but hysteria, and that
cutting is an old-fashioned and excel
lent treatment for that complaint. In
the case in point the cutting made the
patient angry, changed the current Of
his thoughts, and left him deeply Of.
Tended, to be sure, but without hysteria,
and without even the dciusion that be
had cramps.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

GENERAL LOGAN expects to make fortune
and fame out of his new book.
SENATOR EDMUNDs reals books in most OF
the modern European languages.
VoS RANKE, the distinguished German his
torian, was ninety years old recently.
The three daughters of the late Francis A.
Drexel, of Philadelphia, are worth S4,OOo,ooo
each.
IT pays to be president of France. Greyy,
who is said to be very close, draws s24O,ooo q
year.
CONGRESSMAN GREEN, Of North Carolina,
owns the largest vineyard cast of the Sierra
Nevadas.
SUNSET Cox and George Fl. Pendleton have
both written homo that they enjoy their
diplomatic posts immensely.
TIE Chinese minister at Washington IS
soon to give a ball, which, as it is the first or
the kind, is looked forward to as a novelty.
S.:yAToR STANFORD intends to add enough
mol:..y to his great university at Palo ALTO,
Cal, to make Its total endowment at least
S2O, 100, 0QU.
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~
The New York Herald says that
bright red stockings are condemned by
DR.. Edison. Several persons who have
worn them have complained recently
that painful sores appeared on their feet
and legs. The doctor purchased a lot
of the stockings at different stores and
analy zed them. He said that they were
all found to contain arsenic and anti
mony. The arsenic is one of the in.
gradients Of the dye, and the anthony
is used to fix the color. The arsenic can
be easily extracted from the stocking
after it is dyed, but it is so cheap that
the manufacturers do not care to take
the trouble. The poisonous bright
red stockings are all made in Saxony,
anil were found on sale in the best retail
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The city of Albany's o-hundredth

The city of Albany's two-hundredth
anniversary will be celebrated July %,
1886. On that day in 1886 the city's
charter was received, and the event was
duly celebrated on the Goth by her 1900
inhabitants. In 1856 the centennial eel
ebratiop was held. Albany IS one of
the oldest cities in the Union, and pro
poses to hold a celebration worthy her
history and her advance in population
and industry. The governors of the
thirteen original States and the mayors
of cities hat are over 100 years old will
be invited to participate.
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The passion for relics has curious
phases. Sticks and stones, grass and
weeds are common forms of qualification
of the clio -hunters; articles of personal
apparel, furniture, and chips are other
means enjoyed. A cat-o'-nine-tails is
certainly unique and would not be sup
poscdly a desired relic, but after the
sheriff at Chester, Del, had performed
his duty of chastising two offenders at
the whipping.post, a New York gentle
man purchased the cat o'-nine-tails for S.
and carried it off with him as q memento
of the occasion.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
The Annual Report Of Attorney.G Gen.
craI Garland.

craI Garland.
The annual report to Congress OF Attorney
General Garland gives a detailed and sue
cinct statement Of the operations of that de-
partment during the past year, including the
business of the supreme court, the court of
claims, and the court Of commissioner OF
Alabama claims. He discusses the various
plans suggested for the relief Of the courts,
and endorses the general features of the
Davis bill for the establishment Of a court OF
appeals, or intermediate court, as best adapte d
for the purpose. That measure, however,
does not, to his mind, cover the case, and ne
suggests a plan based on that bill, the main
features Of which were incorporated in the
Presidents message to Congress with his
commentator.
The encouragement treats at length on the
subject of prison reform. and repeats the rec
o,nmendatien Of his predecessor that author
ity be given the judges Of the United States
courts to sentence in their discretion pris-
ouers convicted of first offences to such refor-
matories or graded prisons as may be Sc
lected by the encouragement He also sug'
gests the ACCESSIBILITY of building jails at each
place in the county where United States
courts are held. The necessity OF building a
government peulteuG!dIy "ueio XII petSoiio
Convicted Of United States offences could be
confined, is strongly urged Such convicts,
he says, could be employed in the manufac-
ture of supplies exclusively for the govern
ment, which would assist in making the in
s%titution self-sustainlng.
He renews the recommendation OF his pre-
decessor that the number Of witnesses which
the United States shall be required to sum-
mon and pay for any defendant shall not ex-
coed four, except in capital cases, unless their
materiality and Importance are first ap-
proved and certified to by the district at
torney. He also adopts the views of his pre-
decessor on tho subject of criminal pro-
cedure, and says that it is of the highest i'm
portance that the pleadings in criminal cases
be simplified, a uniform system of challenge
provided, and the whole proceedings shorn of
the technical objections and number.ess dila-
tory motions that can now be interposed to
prevent a speedy trial upon the merits.
The Acknowledgement suggests the propr1ety
of erecting on the grounds adjoining the de-
partlnent of justice a proper building for the
accommodation, in addition to that depart
ment, Of the supreme court and other proper
courts and commissions Of the United States.
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Commodore Vanderbiit's plans were work
;n1 To full f~ruition when the Oldest son was
summoned to his aid. After assuming execu-
tive control of the Harlem he was, IN lou;
elected vice president Of the New YORK anu
Hudson River railroad. During the nte
years that followed his entrance ln soha aht
road affairs MIR. Vanderbilt was propaDly
tho hardest working executive
in the country. He made himself tamlllar
with every detail OF administration, person.
ellv examining each mile Of the great system
under his charge, and becoming ACQUAINTED
with the nature Of every mans duties anu
work and wages, and the relations they pore
to all others employed by the corporations
he controlled.
In pursuance of his fathers plan OF con-
cpntratinc the great interests he possessed Ill
his family's hands, his son William was
named in the articles as first vlce.presldea1
of the New York Central railroad--that Is:
Of the consolidated roads. This consolidation
involved at the time All investment or at
least 800, O00, 0O), a majority or wnlcn was
owned and controlled by the Vanderbilt lam
lily. At the death Of his father. IN io w.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was elected president OF tne
New York Central, the Lake Shore and Inc
Michigan Central railroads, positions Wh'ch
he held until 1888, when, in his I'D year. ne
deliberately retired from the active controlo OF
these corporations, providing for the van
derbilt direction, however, In lne
persons of his sons and sons-in-la"'
who are active as directors.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was q man OF strong ana
stalwart frame and build, being nearly SIX
feet in height, and large in proportion. ne
was a sturdy-looking man, direct IN speech,
and in manner. He was fond of horses at
one tina owning Maud S., aid his stal"arG
frure behind a team Of thoroughbreds vase
familiar sight on the boulevards OF the me-
tropolis.
Mr.. Vanderbilt was regarded rs one OF the
richest men in the world, and the impression
was not far wrong. He was richer than any
single member Of the Rothschild family, ana
although the Duke of Westminster is cred
ted With being worth 5000, oOO,oO his
Estate pays him only about two per
cont. Last year Mr.. Vanderbllt nela
s5t, OOO, OGO of + per cent. bonds, but latcrre'
duced it to SIS, 5000, 900 of 80 per cent. gov;
ernment securities. 1t is said that he o"h9u
at least SIS. 900, 900 in government bonds. lie
valued his house in Fifth avenue VITA ls
art treasures, at S3,00o,0 900. His ordinary
household expenses were S20O,OOo a year:
It is estimated that Mr.: Vanderoilt was
worth 5000. 600, O)O, although his investments
deprecated last year. His income was cal
cufated as follows: s2,372, 900 a year from
government bonds: 81 ,:;o+,o h) from railroad
! stocks aud bonds; s5TG.G?5 from mlSce'Iane0us
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The water boy who goes through the
passenger trains in Connecticut, with his
pail of water and tray of tumblers, offer
ing free drinks to all the passengers, is
a survival of the war period. During
the Civil war thousands of sick and
wounded soldiers passed through the
State on their way home to be nursed,
and many of them, their canteens being
empty, longed in vain for a draught of
cool water. The late j. F. Trumbull, of
S%tonington, who was in the Legislature
at the time, having ridden on a train in
which were home-returning soldiers and
noticing their distress on account of
their inability to get water, at once
pushed a law through the Legislature
providing that all railroads in the State
must carry water boys on their passenger
trains. The statute still remains in
force.
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Why ?

On, why should the spirit of mortal e'er
utter,
One word 'gainst the ~"beautiful snow"
When a fellow can take his best girl IN a
coulter"
Through the city and country to go.
What matter ii passed the ball season
When a fellow has plenty of chink?
To complain of dull times there's no reason
When there's festival joy at the rink.
Oh, why is the spirit of anglers distressed
If the season for fishing is dead?
In the festival stew he might now invest
And 60 fishing for oysters instead.
For all of our ills there is some compensation,
IT'S q rule that will work t'other way;
Though editors are pleased with much con-
densation,
They still nave "the devil to pay"
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NEWSY GLEANINGS

The Hebrew population Of New York .
$4,000.
A PITTSBURGH entomologist has 5o,Ooo
butterflies.
THE Am rican colony in Paris umoers
about sou persons.
The personal expenses Of the sultan are
sl2, 0O0,OU per year.
A COLONY of Scots, with a capital OF $751;
coo, is on the way to Florida.
THERE are $780, 900 worth Of flowers i'll
the White House conservatorles
MANY Australian wool growers shear their
sheep by machinery driven by steam.
HALF Of this years cotton crop in the
South he's bean ra.sea ~ white labor.