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PROMINENT PEOPLE,

THE king of Siam is not yet thirty years
of age, and has a6i children.
CONGRESSMAN HEwITT's wife, the late
Peter Cooper's daughter, has O private for
une of S2,0Oo,0C
Ex-Governor ST. JOHN, Prohibition cam
didate for President at the last election, Is
talking to Southern audiences.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is raising funds
to provide assistance for sick and wounded
British soldiers in the Soudan.
Miss CLEVELAND, tho White House mis-
tress, is said to look like Ellen Terry. Mrs
Garfield, Mrs. Window and Anna Dickinson.
Mr., GLADSTONE, who has to bear Eng
lands heaviest burden, isin his seventy-sixth
year. He hos been q parliamentary leader
for half q century.
CONGRESSMAN SAMUEL 8. Cox is under
stood to be at work upon a historical book
entitled ''Three Decades Of Federal leSiSla'
ton" 1855 to 1855.
PRINCE ORLoFF has resigned his position
! as Russian ambassador in Paris because of a
! complaint similar to that from which Zen.
cral Grant suffers.
SENATOR GRAY, of Delaware, Secretary
Bayard's successor, is nearly six feet tall,
with black hair and mustache and O bald
spot in the top of his head.
MAJOR E. A. BURKE, directOr-general oil
the New Orleans exposition, said recently
that tho great show now Is bound to he a
success. 1t will not close until May 81.
LEOPOLD Won RANKE is universally consid
! ered in Europe the most astonishing author
! of his time, in respect OF tho preservation OF
his mental powers. There is not another liv'
ing example Of n man occupied with histori'
cal work in his ninetieth year.
THE Cleveland Leader calls attention to the
fact that cleveland is the only man elected
to the presidency since 1856 who did not veal
q full beard. Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, nne
Garfield all wore full whiskers when elected
and indicted into office, though lincoln
shaved his Off afterward."
GENERAL E. C. WALTHALL. Secretary La
mars successor in the United States Senate
was in command Of the Confederates in tn.
sbattle above the clouds" on Lookout noun.
tain. lie also took prominent part in the
, battles of Mill Spring, Shiloh, Murfreesboro
Chickamauga, Kenesaw mountain, Peachtrft
creek, Nashville and SONIC others. lie i
more than six feet tall, erect, with black q @
J and hair Of plantation cut.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS

CocoAxUr planting is one of Florida's BOOM
ing industries.
SINCE January l snow fell for forty-h7e
successive days IN Leadvillc, Col.
CANADA turns out 5S,0GD,0O pounds
of cheese every year from 100 cheese factor
les =.
A rwo-CENT stamp, after June 30, Will
carrv nm ounce instead OF O half ounce lot
ter.
MANUFACTURERS estimate the monthly
production of roller skates at nearly 30',WO
pair.
AK ex-lieutenant governor Of South Caro-
lima is waiter in a Washington restau-
rant
DURING February 223 slaves were freed in
R,,zil leaving q total of 100000 still in
slavery.
Hot SPRINGS, Ark, has 5000 resident
,o,n,I,tion and last year had twenty-one
thousand visitors.
Mrs, MARY BROCK, m oil lady. 70
cantiv died Mt Rappnhannock station, Va
weighed over 600 pounds.
Two New Philadelphia Ohio girls stole a
crock Of lard from their cellar to pay their
fares to tho skating rink.
OSE.HALr of the entire orange crop Oh
Florida. is raised within q radius OF twenty
four miles around Ocala.
TIE present number of o.7ollcd volunteers
IN (;reat Britain is 2l',HW, II larger numbol
tlian over before attained.
IT is estimated there are 5,Wo,WO colonle
of bees in the Uni,el States, when ahhuallo
Weld lan, WU, 900 pounds of honey.
THERE are over fifty pcnitcnt'arlo' an'
Q 4 iails in tho United States. They con
tain So 900 criminals and thor estimated COS
is $40. 0O0,0)O.
area of Brooklyn il 1887 acres, tina
If the CITY of New York is 2j,TN acres ailt
That of Staten Island nearly that OF pota pu'
together, bcin , about 81, 4u acres. 4
Two colorcl men, both Of whom nre ell'.S
make n good living at saving wool III Amer
lens, Ga, and another. with only one leg
supports himself Mt the same business.
RUSSIA has 1921 doctors. and MAINTAIN
large universities. The professional mon ilccI
TO Tho cities and in the country thou ;ahds 0
neoplo die for want of medical attendance
THE price Of gum arabic has more ina
doubled since tn. Sou Ian war commenced
T'he Mahdi has control of the gum region,,a ar
prevents exports. The gum is obtained iron
] the acacia tree.
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A Big BLAZE.
The Buffalo Music Hall and q
Church Destroyed.
A Mans Fearful Fall from the
Church Tower.

As an attache of the Music hall, in Buffa.
10, N. Y, was lighting the gas jets a drop fly
took fire, and soon the whole stage was in
flames, and six minutes later tho entire build.
ing was burning. The Mccall opera compa
ny wero dressing preparatory to tho pro.
to escape, some only partially dressed. The
company lose their entire wardrobe for sew.
eral operas, and rs tho members had had
most of their trunks brought to the building,
these were consumed also. Very few per.
sons had arrived, and all escaped without in
jury.
An hour later the ST. Louis Roman Catho.
lie church tool fire, and it was soon evident
the fine cdiice was doomed. Tho street be.
tween Music Hall and the church is very mar.
row, rendering it impossible for the fire dc
partmcnt to do effective work. Two citizens
-George Smith and Joseph Greon-ascended
ladders in front of tho church to assist
the firemen in directing tho work. The
building burned rapidly, and the fireman and
Smith hastily left the roof, which they had
Green remained behind. He frantically
rushed to the cupola, climbing it in
full view of the thousands of specta-
tors. He clambered to the lightning
rod, but returned to the body of
the roof, which was now burn
ing fiercely. He ran to tho corner OF the
building, and, needless Of the cries of tho fro,
men, who had a tarpaulin stretched for him
to jump into, made for the tower, and from
it hung by his hands fully ten minutes. An
attempt was made to reach him with a lad
der, but was unsuccessful, owing to the net.
work of telegraph wires surrounding the
building.
At this time the entire front Of the church
was enveloped in flames, and, for a time, a
dense smoke hid the imperilled man from
view. When the smoke cleared away he was
seen to BIO still clinging to tho edge OF the
roof. Then he lunged forward, let 80 his
hold on the roof, and fell. His feet struck
the lower roof, and, turning over, he struck
on his head and wa instantly killed.
At 81 the tower of Music hall fell in with
crash, and in a fcw minutes the front walls
fell into the street. The fire was finally COIL
fined to Music hall and the church. The
north wall of Music hall alone remains, while
all above tho first floor Of the church is do
stroyed.
The Music hall was completed in 1888 ct n
cost of Sl75, 0O0.
The St. Louis Church was the Oldest Roman
Catholic church in tho city. It cost about
SIS. O0D, and was insured for S25,0o0.
Music hall will be remembered as tho
place Of holding the grand musical fes.
tival of 1883, the Democratic State
convention in the fall Of 1896, and
the grand musical festival OF which
Theodore Thomas and DR.. Damrosch ap-
peared, in June, 1884. Within the walls OF
the ediflce was one of the Oldest and most
complete German libraries in the country.
Books which cost over $1,000, but whose value
can hardly be estimated, as many Of them
can never be replaced, were destroyed.
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A SUDDEN VACANCY.
Ceath OF the Ncwly-Appointcd AZ.
sIstnne Secretary OF h INTERIOR

Ceath OF the NcwIy.Appointcd As
sIstnne Secretary OF the Interior
Mr.. L. D. Clarke, Of Vicksburg, Miss, tho
newly appointed assistant secretary OF the
interior, who had been suffering from an
attack Of typho. pneumonia for about ten
days, and who was considered out of danger,
had q sudden and severe relapse about mid
night OF the ED, and expired at 4:l5 o'clock
Mir, Clarke was a native Of Mississippi, and
about forty years of age. During the greater
portion of the late war he was upon the stall
of General E. e. Walthail, the newly ,ap-
pointed United States Senator. He read law
in the Office of Senator Lamar until $50. IN
1915 he married n niece Of General WalthalI'
SGT lei in Vicksburg, and entered into co
partnership with r. S. Buck. The firm Was
recognized as one of the first in that city;
The body OF Mr.. Clarke was sent to Holly
Springs, Miss, in charge Of his vile and Sen,
ator Walthall. Inasmuch as MIR. Clarke han
not taken the oath Of office, Mr.. Joslyn was
still the assistant secretary OF the interior
and promised Secretary Lamar to remain IN
Office until his successor could be appolh1eo'
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SELECT STRINGS.

Pendulums of clocks were invented in
1841.
Russia has twcnty.four public holidays
each year.
Paris contains $50 dealers in old post.
age stamps.
A melon on a shrub is the latest fruit
novelty reported from California.
C%cdar-wood fires arc fashionable lux
uries, giving out a delicious fragrance
not unlike that of simmer roses.
Gunpowder has been known in Europe
between five and six hundred years. But
the Chinese and people of India are said
to have used it as carly as tho time Of
Christ.
On moonlight nights Cubans have q
curious custom of betaking themselves
to sheltered balconies and carrying UNI
brellas. They are all moro afraid of TIE
rays of the moon than of sunstroke.
In China they have recently intro.
duced a new lea for summer drink which
is called ''Yu Tsi LAM" or fish egg flow
ers, from the fact that the seeds OK
tracted from the flowers resemble fish
eggs in shape and size.
The Scientific American has an illustra-
tion of q toadstool received from o New
York correspondent, which has a re-
markable resemblance to the profile of
the great duke of Wellington as lie ap.
peared in later years. The shrunkcn
mouth and lips and the prominent nose
arc strikingly reproduced.
The traditions and stories of the darker
ages abounded with examples of tho
lions generosity. It is recorded by Pliny
that the lion alone, Of all wild animals,
is gentle to those that humble themselves
before him, and will not touch any such
upon their submission, hut spareth what
ever creature soever lieth PROSTATE be-
fore him. 1t WAS also supposed that tho
lion would not injure q royal prince.
| We know better now. There is nothing
noble about the lion except his appear
ance
Washington is the only one Of the
Presidents of the United States who has
been honored by a unanimous election.
James Monroe, however, virtually re-
ceived tho same compliment upon his re-
election to the presidency in 1920, when
231 out OF the 232 votes Of the electoral
college were given him. The odd vote
was cast by on elector from Vermont for
John Quincy Adams, not on account of
Twill to Monroe, but because he was
unwilling to sec any man share the rare
distinction of Washington in receiving q
unanimous election.
A slang or cant phrase once familiar
was tho query, "How arc you off for
soap7" II originally long puzzled me as
we'll as a majority of those who ever
thought about it at oil. Recently I fell
into CONFORMATION with q friend who was
in Texas during its struggles with Mex
leo and aftcrward when the Lone Star
banner floating in the breeze proclaimed
q new republic. In one of the fights of
this period, said my friend, a number of
Texans were taken prisoners. They
were confined in Perote Castle, between
Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico, which
gives its name Perotc) to the village
which clusters about its base. In the
barter and exchange of commodities soap
became a sort of standard or measure of
value. Hence the phrase, "How are you
off for soap7"
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happened, 1 scarcely dared to say so,
for once, for many, many months 1
was all but happy.
For me that journey ended only too
soon. At night we reached Burgos.
the capital of tho old Castilian king
dom, and l laid my head on my pillow
and enjoyed sleep such as I had not
known since the night before that one.
when Philippa with the snow fakes
falling arousd her. stood outside the
window of my cottage and gave me
something to live for something to
hope for!
ITO Re CONTINUED.
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How Most Animals ore Affected by
Earth Trem0rs. -

Very probably not only fish but mi.
mails and some birds hear as much by the
vibration of the earth as by the sound
travelling in the atmosphere, and depend
as much upon their immediate perception
of the slightest tremor of the earth as
upon recognition by the ear in the man
ner familiar to ourselves. When rabbits,
for instance, are out feeding in the grass,
it is often possible to get quite close to
them by walking in this way, extremely
slow, and carefully placing the foot W
slow degrees upon the ground. Pho earth
is then merely pressed, and not stepped
upon at all, so that there is no jar. BY
doing this l have often moved up with
in gunshot of rabbits without the least
aid from cover. Once now and then =
have walked across a field straight at
them. Something, however, depends
on the direction Of the wind, for then
the question of scent comes in. To some
degree it is the same with hares. 1t is
certairly the case with birds, rs wood
pigeons, a flock of them, will remain feed
ing only just the other side of the hedge
but if YOU stamp the earth, will rise
instantly. So will rocks, though they
will not fly far if you arc not armed.
Partridgcs~ certainly secure themselves
+ by their attention.
the ground. Phcasants do so too, and
make off, running through the under
wood long before any one IS IN slghe.
The most sensitive are land rails, and u
is difficult to get near them, for this
reason. Though the moving grass must
conceal an approaching person from them
as it couceals them from him, these bras
change their positions, no matter how
quietly he walks. Let him be as cunning
as he will, and think to cut off corners
and cross the land rails retreat, the bird
battles him nine times in ten. That 1t IS
advised of the direction the pursucr
by the vibration Of the surface is ut least
probable. Other birds sit and
hope to escape by remaining still
till they detect the tremor COM
ing direct toward them, when they rise.
Rain and dry weather change the suscep.:
tibilitv of the surface to vibratc, and
may sometimes in part account for the
wildness or apparent tamcncss OF BIRDS
and animals. Should anyone doubt tho
existence of such trcmors he has only to
lie on the ground with his ear near tho
surface; but being unused to tho expert
mcnt, he will at first only notice tho
heavier sounds, rs Of a wagon or q cart
horse. In recent experiments with most
delicate instruments devised to show the
cosmic vibration of the earth, the move
,ncnts communicated to it by the
tides, or by the "pull' of the sun and
moon, it has been found almost lmpossl,
BILE as yet to carry out the object, so
greatly are these movements obscurcd by
The ceasclcss and incxp!icable vibrations
of. the solid earth. There is nothing un.
reasonable in the supposition that, if an
instrument can be constructed to show
these, the cars of animals and birds
living organisms, and not iron and steel
should be able to discover the trcmors
of the surface.-Lif;e ofhe Ffsl/s.
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Dovn 70 the Marrow Bones.

Among curious New York diner rar'
novelties is the dish of marrow bone
Which has become highly fashionabe C.
They arc brought to the table folded in
a napkin, and if the reader inquire the
nrocess it may be added that a cunning
little spoon, buckct-shaped and adapted
to the purpose of extracting the marrow,
has been invented. The bones arc
served hot and the marrow eaten with a
thin trumpet.
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Senate Special acknowledgement
Day.

Days
After some further discussion Of the We'll
and La Abra treaties they were postponed
until next session.....Mr Sherman's resolu'
luton providing for a committee Of two
Senators to inform the President that il he
hal no further communication to make the
Senate is ready to adjourn, was adopted and
S,nators Sherman and Beck were appointed
uch committed.
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Mr.. Evarts introduced into Washing
ton what is called the statcsman's fash.
ion of wearing silk hats. lie wears his
hat clear over on the back part OF his
head Mt an angle of forty-tive degrees
until it pushes out his cars at right an
glcs from his head.
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The moistcst climate known is in
India, at Chcrrapongce, where e q
small area the yearly fall of rain is more
than six hundred and ten inches, or
about fifty. one feet.
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In Cape Colony the extensive planting
of the common tomato is recommended,
as it is alleged that insects shun the land
on which it is grown.
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$50, OOO,O O0 90 eo,slo,oO0
Grand thtal. .se17, Csc, 24s A s193, s37, 495 81

Y
In addition to the amount appropriated for
pensions in 1SS4-5 an unexpended balance of
see, 900, 900 was reappropriated and made
available. The appropriation for the District
Of Columbia includes only the amount pay
able by the United States.
INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT.
Mr.. Walter Evans's last act as commissioner
of internal revenue was to make q brief no.
port to Secretary Manning on tho conditionin
which the bureau would bs found by the new
commissioner and OF the recent WORK done
under MIR. Evans supervision. This re-
port shows that thus for during tho cur
rcnt fiscal year s7s,500,0Oo Of internal rev
enus taxes have been collected. The
work of tho office hos been accomplished
at a rate Of expense about 100000 p,or
year less than the appropriation made by
Congress and about that sum less than was
expended during the last fiscal year. The
last three months has been reduced from sew
enty-nino to sizty-three. The value Of the
stamps turned over by Mr.. Evans to his sue
ccssor was over->sG CO.. DOC.
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The East Wind sinseth a song Of sorrow,
A song of sorrow, and vague regret,
A timorous plant for a brighter morrow,
A minor wall of o soul beset
With many an earthly jar and fret.
The East Wind mutters, with dreary moaning,
With dreary moaning, and endless pain;
He singeth ever, with deep intoning,
OF an angry sea and o driving rain,
And a clip laid low in the hurricane.
East Wind! East Wind! tho the waves may
cover,
May cover tho ships I sent to sea,
Ye: will I defy thee over and over,
And wait for the fairer day to DO
When they shall como sailing homo to mo-.
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Inhabitants Of the ~Ilimalaya regions
cat six meals a day-the hare, chat'e,
hsirche, lifin, lunch and dinner.
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The Bible church of Stafford, England,
makes vegetarianism as well as tcctotal-
ism and total abstinence from TOBACCO
an essential condition OF its church men,
hnrahin.
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B INVESTIGATION.

Secretary Lamar has given his approval to
a plan OF investigation OF labor problems out
lined by the commissioner Of labor. The
question of industrial depressions, involving
q study of their character, their causes and
whether they are ~contamporaneous in the
great producing countries Of the world, aud
whether as TO duration, severity and perioi-
lefty, they are alike in such countries, will be
Investigated. The plan will involve the om-
ployment Of three special agents from three
to five months in Europe, including the great
industrial centres, and eight or ten such agents
from four to six months each in the United
Sketas
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Esqnimaux dogs will draw q slcdge
sixty mikes IN q day.
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Crematoriums and cremation socictie
have been in existence in London 10!
twenty years.
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WOULD LIKE TO 90 ABROAD.

Applications for foreign missions continue
to pour in at the state department, and take
about the entire time Of one man to index
and file them. Some Of the requests arc in
regular application form, but many are made
in personal letters to the secretary. The
majority are for consulships, but tho moro
important offices are not sighted, and many
applications are made for the most promi-
nent missions in the gift Of the government.
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TIE COST OF THE GOVERNMENT.

The following is q statement Of the
amounts appropriated at the second session
of the Forty: eighth Congress. The amount
appropriated for 1856 exceeds that appro-
priated for 1SS45 by 500, S51, 747.G2:
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About 40, 600, 900 pennies were e,iaed
last year.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Various Matters of. Interest in
Washington,
How Work in the Departments is
Progressing
TIE PRESIDENT AND MArR1MoNY.

Regarding the rumors Of President Cleve-
lands marriage o New York World corre.
state, upon the best authority, that matri-
mony is not included among the Presidents
intentions. He finds other business more
pressing and is still fond Of his
bachelorhood. His sister will do
tho honors at the White House dur.
ing his administration, and all her arrange
ments have been made with that end in Wow.
She expects to have other Indy friends visit
her ut intervals and the White House will be
made an agreeable home for her brother.
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AN EXAMINATION ORDERED IN II TREAS.
URY DEPARTMENT.

The secretary Of tho treasury has appointed
assistant secretaries Fairchild and Coon and
Assistant Treasurer Graves a commission,
with instructions "to make On examine.
ton Of the treasury department. with
special reference to the simpliflcation
and improvement of the methods
of doing business and to the reduction and
Encouragement Of the official and clerical
force" They are further instructed as fol.
lows: "You are also authorized to call before
you and examine the officers, clerks and en-
ployes Of the department, to call for such
statements as may seem to you necessary and
to inspect personally the books, accounts and
records. You will report to mo from time
to time your conclusions and recommended
lions. You will be provided with the clerical
assistance required to enable you to prose-
cute your inquiries promptly and thorough
ly. In any recommendations which you may
make for the discharge of employees you will
BIO guided solely by their fitness to perform
the duties assigned them, having due regarl
to the provisions Of section I,75t Of the Re:
vised statutes and Of section 8 Of the act OF
August Is, 1876"
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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TO VISIT GETTYSBURG.
The President has accepted the invitation
of the veterans Of the First and other corps
to visit the battlefield Of Gettysburg when
they make their historical visit there on May
4 and 5. He has assured Ex-Governor Curtin
that he would 60 unless prevented by some
urgent necessity Of the public service.
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No general business was done. In c1ecu-
tive session the Senate received the nomlnn-
which was immadiately confirmed. a list OF
nominations for postofices was also received.
Tho nominations of Henry L. Muldrow, to
be assistant secretary of the interior, and
William A. j. Sparks, to be commissioner OF
the general land office, were also confirmed.