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FOUR MEN KILLED.

Victims of the Explosion of Loco
motive Boiler.
A few minutes after 5 o'clock the other
afternoon an engine of the Beech Greek Rail-
road blew up with tremendous force near
Elmira, n. Y. Five men were on
the engine at the time, and all
were instantly killed but one
The killed are: Philip Knight. engineer;
Allen Ramsey, fireman; James Warren en-
gineer, and Joseph Fields, machinist. John
Stapleton, machinist who was on the
engine at the time, was blown about
twenty feet down a bank and escaped
unhurt All the bodies were terribly man
gled. At the time Of the explosion tn,
steam gauge only showed pressure of l46
pounds, which leads to the belief that it
was not working right. as it is supposed
that there were 300 pounds pressure.
The dome aud wagon top were blown 800
feet, and Fields went with them. These
pie ,es weighed about two tons and O.
half The track >for the length Of
three rails was torn up. Pieces of flesh and
iron were found attored all over the
lot. The noise of the explosion was heard
twelve miles away. All Of the killed were
married and had families
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APreyentiye to CONSUMPTION.

In a certain hospital a physician was
convinced that some of the patients were
hacking much more than was necessary
or safe. He therefore, by the promise
of rewards and punishments, induced
them simply to hold their breath when
tempted to cough. In little while he
was surprised himself to see how some of
them recovered entirely from their dis
ease. Constant hemming and coughing
is precisely like scratching a sore on the
outside of the body-as long rs it is done
the sore will not heal. Let persons
when tempted to cough draw in full
breath, and hold it until it warns and
sooths every air cell, and they will socn
receive benefit from the process. The
nitrogen which is thus occasionally re-
tanned acts as an anodyne to the irritatcd
mucous membrane, thus allaying the de-
sire to cough and giving the throat and
lungs O chance to heal. At the same
time o suitable medicine will aid nature
in her effort to recuperate. And if the
old adagc that "a stitch in time saves
nine" is applicable anywhere, it most
surely is with lung troubles. Every cold
almost can be cured if taken in time. If
you fear that your throat and luugs are
seriously affected lose no time in consult
ing a good physician. 1t is wonderful
how a thorough examination and the well
come statement that there is no necessa-
rily fatal trouble will even save from
consumption some persons who have be-
come morbid over their condition. n.-Bos-
ton Journal.
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A SAVAGE EAGLE.
Attacking O.Men-Trying to Car
ry One xyay

Attacking Two. to Car.
r. One Away.
Prof. w. F. Carr and Samuel Curtis, who
were surveying on Nicolet avenue, Mime
apolis, were attacked the other afternoon by
a large eagle. The bird dropped
down like a bullet, and knocking Cur
tis's cap from his head, assaulted
him with great fury. The man caught up a
crowbar, and for q few minutes defended
himself in an une lual combat, calling Justify
for his companion. Professor Carr coming
up, the savage bird turne upon him, caught
him by the leg, threw him down, tore his
trousers and, linking his talons in the fleshy
part of his leg, inflicted serious wound.
The bird then mounted to the collar of the
unfortunate man and scanned determined to
bear him away bodily, but just at this crisis
other men came up ami by their united ef-
forts the bird of liberty was finally conquered
and securely pinioned. Itwas found that his
wings measured nine feet ten inches from tip
to tip, and his talons were over four inches
long.
The capture Of the eagle goes fa- to explain
the fact that lately the farmers near the
Washburn Home have missed sundry pigs
and sheep.
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The War Department.

The report Of the Secretary of War shows
that the total expenditures under his direc-
tion during the past fiscal year, were s;59,-
$50, ,903, of which Sc, 2294 ,30J was for public
works, including river and harbor impreve-
ments. The appropriation for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1887, aggregate SAG, OH, $50,
Of which SIG, 1854 lG is Ior public works, in
Guiding river and harbor improvements.
The present strength of the army is re-
ported at 23,a46 privates and 2, 103 officers
There are ten regiments Of cavalry aggre-
eating G,02 privates and AL officers; live
regiments Of artillery aggregating 2, ,473 pri.
Yates and 2i2 officers; twenty regiments Of
infantry aggregating 10, 721 privates and 836
officers. There are ten generals and sos In
dian scouts, besides 573 officers and 1,2l2
privates on the general staff.
retary Endicott says: "It is hoped that the
Apa :he wars ard raids that have devastated
Arizona and Now Mexico and the adjacent
States of Mexico, for so many years, are
ended by the permanent removal OF the
fiercest and most dangerous of the Apache
tribes
The Secretary OF War concurs with Lieu
tenant General Sheridan In his recommenda.
tion that all officers found to be permanently y
1ncapacitated for active service be trans
ferred to the retired list as fast as possible,
and he recommends action by Congress to
this end. Mr. Endicott. also recommends that
competitive examinations for promotion in
the army should be held. He does not think
that seniority alone should determine an ad-
vance in rank.
Mr.. Endicoott lays stress upon the defense
less condition Of the seacoast and says: I'VE
have sing'e problem to solve in defending
our cities; how best to resist and silence
the armored ships and the steel guns and
mortars of modern construction. 1t can
only te accomplished by guns Of equal
force to those which an enemy can bring
against us, and by torpedoes or submarine
mines laid in the navigable channels, both
so guarded and protected that they can do
efficient service when required We have no
gun now which can stop the progress OF or
do any material injury to we'll
armored ship The manufacture of gun
is a work of time, and of long time, aud
cannot be extemporized when wanted. Tor
pedoes may be more quickly created, but
still time and money are needed for their con-
struction. It has been said by a well-in-
formed writer on the sub jcct that it is mat
matter of doubt if we have on hand enough
cables and cases to control with torpedoes the
channels past Sandy Hook alone.
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THE TREASURER

The Governments Receipts and Ey-
penditures-Silver Dollars
From the report of the United States
Treasurer to the Secretary Of the Treasury,
it appears that the net receipts oftha gov
ernment during the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1886, were 1886, ,4S9,7T and
the net expenditures, s2422, ,4sS, ,lSa The
excess of revenue over expenditures
was $93, ,956,5S9. The receipts were
Sl2, 749, ,030 6S greater, and the expenditures
were $17, ,74S, ,796. G1 less than last year, maxi
ing an increase in the net receipts for the:
past fiscal year over that OF 1885 OF SSO,4
Bonds of the United States amounting to.
81, 53l $50 were redeemed and applied TO
the sinking fund. Coupons from bonds Of
the United States amounting to s., ,551,4lS
were paid by the Assistant 1reaSurers. In
terest amounting to S42, 49,, ,637 was paid on
registered bonds of the United States.
The balance in the Treasury at the close OF
the year ending September 30, 1886. was
500, ,055, IT'S, an increase over that OF 1889
Of sic, ,S15, ,636.
Worn and mutilated United States notes;
amounting to s63, ,0OO, 900 were forwarded to-
the Treasury for redemption and new notes
to q like amount were issued inplace thereof.
The issue of silver certificates amounted to
81, ,GOO, 900 and SIS, ,523,97l were re1eemed.
Gold certificates amounting to $40, ,1SS,SsS.
were redeemed.
The total amount OF debts outstanding ae
the close of She fiscal year was S346, ,6Sl, ,0l6-
The present business season, which began
much earlier than usual, the Treasurer says.
has absorbed large amount of currency ana
this increased movement has not yet ceased.
There are now in circulation $5f, ,7bl, ,4fS'
standard silver dollars, being the largest sum
vet attained in the circulation Of this kind
Of currency. The Treasurer is Of opin-
ion that s65,OOO,0OO is the extreme
limit which may be attained. He
says, however, that it cannot be
maintained at that sum when the new 81 and
and So silver certificates are in full supply,
and q return to the Treasury Of at least one
half the amount now in circulation is ex-
pected. The Treasurer thinks the Govern
ment would be benefited by suspension OF
the silver dollar coinage.
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LATER NEWS.

OF seventeen Massachusetts, cities that have
held municipal elections thirteen voted
against license
REV. ]. HYATT SMITH, a prominent Con-
gregational minister of Brooklyn and ex-
member of Congress, is dead.
GOVERNOR LEE on the 9Th granted T. j.
Cluverius, condemned to be hanged at Rich
mond on the 10th for the murder of Fannie
Lillian Madison, a respite Of five weeks.
SECRETARY BAYARD has sent to Congress
the complete official correspondence in the
Canadian fishery questions
NOMINATIONS by the President: Thomas
Moonlight, of Leavenworth, Kansas, to be
Governor of Wyoming Territory; Arthur L.
Thomas, of Pennsylvania, to be q member of
the Utah Commission; also a number Of
officials in the naval service.
A HEAVY storm has resulted in widespread
disaster to shipping along the coast of Great
Britain. A French vessel foundered Off
Dymchurch. and six persons were drowned.
On the Danish coast also many vessels have
been wrecked.
OWING to b avy Importation of gold from
Europe, caused by large purchases abroad Of
American railway securities, there is now at
the New York Assay Office $40, 100000 in
bullion, against SCI ,o5O, 900 last August.
THE Boston boot aud shoe house of Field.
Thayer & CO. has failed, with estimated liza
bilites of s6oO,OOo
Rev. DIR. McGLYHN, pastor Of leading
Now York Catholic church, who took active
part in support Of Henry George during the
recent Mayoralty canvass, has been sum-
moned to Rome to explain political acts and
utteranc,s that have not met the approval of
his ecclesiastical superiors.
COAL in immense quantities has been dis
covered in Texas.
FOUR negroes in York county, S. g., de-
capitated boy who detected them stealing
his fathers cotton. They were arrested, and
two confessed.
THE Internal Revenue officials estimate the
revenues from the tax on oleomargarine a.
81 900, 900 per annum.
INDIAN Appropriation bill, as completed
by the House Committee, provides for a
total appropriation Of S., LIS, ,000-a reduc-
tion of s35O,OOO as compared with the esti-
mates for the current year.
Two steamers collided off Queensland, and
forty-two persons were drowned.
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's expression in
his Message of desire for the negotiation Of
new commercial treaty with Mexico has
been we'll received by the press and Gov.
ernment of Mexico.
A REVOLUTION is in progress in Ecuador.
RENE GOBLET is the new French Premier
called to form new ministry.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

A PRIVATE hobby of Secretary Whitney
is said to be chicken raising.
MR.GLADsToNE has q rent-roll and land
income OF SO, 900 year
LORD WoLsELEYs salary as Adjutant-
General Of the British army is $l3,5Oo a
year.
FACE, the Sioux chief who
killed General Custer, has begun to study his
A B Cs
Mrs. LANGrRY is said to be writing q
novel dealing with English life in England
and America.
The late ex-President Arthur's estate is
variously estimated at s101.0U to 5000, 900
1t probably will not much excel the first
figure.
Mr.. HERON ALLEN, England's young
palmist, is examining the hand of New YORK
society people at $40 each. He tells about
twenty fortunes O day.
L. B. DAVIS, inventor Of the locomotive
'.cow catcher" is living in Cincinnati de-
voting himself principally to designing
patterns for iron work.
MRS. GENERAL HANCOCK is visiting the
widow of General Nit hell in Washington,
and it is likely that she will make her future
home in or near that city.
Mrs. GENERAL GRANT Will visit Washing
ton during the winter, her first visit to the
Capital since she went there with the Gen.
eral in the Winter Of 1854.
JOSEPH HOLT, President Lincolu's Judge
Advocate General, still lives on Capitol Hill,
Washington. His hair is white and his
form bent. He lives practically alone.
COLONEL R. g. INGERsoLL has been re
tained in behalf OF the condemned Chicago
anarchists, and will appear for them 10
argue the appeal before the Supreme Court
in March neIt.
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The Kriegsbibliothek-war library
of Berlin, is q unique collection of books.
It contains oil known works printed dur
ng and since the Franco o-Germaa war of
1870 AMI 1871, having direct relation to
that campaign. The library contains
portly volumes compiled by staff officers,
pamphlet descriptions of single battles,
war maps, plans of battlefelds, diplo-
matte documents, biographies of Princes,
Generals, and other prominent military
personages of the period, caricaturcs
and humorous war pictures. Additions
are continually made to this kriegsbib-
liothek, and the ''kaiser" naturally takes
much interest in it. He would, no
doubt, like to know very much, also,
what new mat rials for this library OF
strife the next few years will supply.
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Ocean travellers do not know the ter

Ocean travellers do not know the terri
bic ordeal the stokers undergo. The
steamer Umbria has seventy-two fur
naces, which require $50 tons of coal per
day, at cost of 100000 per voyage.
One hundred and four men are employed
at the furnaces. One stoker tends to
four furnaces, rushing from one to
another, spending three minutes at each.
Then he dashes to the air-pipe, takes a
turn at cooling of, and waits for his call
to 60 through the same operation. Four
hours'of scorching and eight hours of
sleep make up the routine of life.
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Cook county, Illinois, last fall elected
blind man to the State Legislature. His
name is James O'Connor. He is musi-
clan, and is probably the first blind man
in the United States elected to a legisla
tive trust. He lost his eyesight by the
explosion of fowling piece in 1874, and
was previous to that accident, a marine
engineer on the Mississippi river. At
terward he turned his attention to music,
and was able to earn his own living by
that. He is thirty-eight years old. JUS
tice, they say, is blind, but it remains to
be seen whether Mr.. O'Connor is more
exemplary legislator than his fellows.
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We were recently told that Mars the
planet was endeavoringto communicate
with the Earth by means of electricity.
This was not great success; people
won't take to big thing in hurry, but
now the learned signor Schiaparelli, di-
rector of the Milan Observatory, and
other astronomers, reasserts that on the
planet Mars several luminous points,
marking parallels of latitude and me.
ridians, and arranged in trianglcs,
squares and rectangles, appear. There
are excellent reasons for believing that
these luminous points are due neither to
SHOWS nor mountain peaks; and SO NJ.
Flammaricn, the French astronomer,
comes forward with the opinion that
they are nothing more nor less than sig
nails being made by the astronomers or
engineers on Mara to the inhabitants of
our earth. 1t was assumed, of course,
that there are inhabitants on Mars, that
they study astronomy, that ttey have
discovered the electric light or some
thing like it, that they have optical in
struments as powerful as ours, and that
they watch with attention aud curiosity
our earth. As geometry is the same
throughout the universe, and as twice
two makes four on Mars as on the earth,
the only available way of signaling to o
distance of some fifty million miles is by
system of geometrical figures, chang
ing the fiery circle this month into a
rectangle or an ellipse the next.
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The average duration of life has been
made the subject of fresh Investigation
by German statistician, who finds that
the lowest average is for the day laborer
Ghirty-two years., and the highest
among those who engage in manual toll
is among the gardeners, sailors and
fishermen, ffty-eight years, The pro.
fessional occupations come even above
regular open air occupations, as the
average given show forty-nine years for
physicians, fifty.four for jurists, fifty.
seven for teachers and slxty-seven for
clercYmsn.
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ESTIMATES FOR 1883.

Secretary Manning Submits His An
nual Budget to Congress
The Secretary Of the Treasury has sent to
Congress the estimates Of appropriations re-
quired for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1SSs The total amount estimated asreauired
for all expenses of the government is $685.
1s5, 74. which is 14,4O3,759 less than the
sum called for in the estimates sub
mitted last year, AMI S3,272,69l less
than the aggregate Of appropriations for the
present fiscal year. There is au increase Of
about S4,O,W,GD for public works, about
S3,DOO, OOJ for the avail ,tabli>hment. aboat
S1,C0O,OJ1 for the military and about s. ,oO0,-
OOO for the postal service establishment. The
increase in the other items is small
The estimates for public buildings under
the Treasury Department amount to $S,4i4,-
Ola, of which Sl65,OOO is for the Brooklyn
Postoffice, 100000 for the Rochester Court
house, $40 1000 for the Troy Pcstoffice, and
$3.50, for the Marine Hospital at New
York. An estimate of S500,0c0 is made for
continuing work on the Congressional Lii
brary building.
The estimates for river aud harbor i'm
provements aggregate $50, ,2Sl, T49.
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The United States Treasury authori-
ties recently notified Henry Berg, the
well-known President of the New York
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, that as the result of a settle
ment of his accounts while Secretary of
Legation to Russia in 1865, the Govern
ment owes him $l31. Mr.. Berg has
created somewhat of sensation by re-
fusing to accept the money. The refusal
to accept any money proffered by the
Government is regarded little short of
extraordinary.
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The farmers hired man who has been
getting out of bed every morning at four
o'clock to feed the stock will be mad all
over when informed that actual expert
ments prove that horse can live eleven
days and cow nine without food. As a
hog can live for twenty-nine days there
is no use in feeding him but once in two
weeks, according to the lightning calcu-
lator of the Detroit Free Pres.
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Foreign.

TIE French Ministry rendered their resig-
nations on the I'd after the defeat Of the
Government on motion to abolish the Office
Of Sub Prefect.
TIE British Government continues its pro-
hibition Of Nationalist meetings in Ireland.
CoUNr vow MoLrKE.the German militar1
Icader, IN a speech before the German heicn.
stag predicted European war at an early
date.
LARGE findings of gold have been made in
South Australia, and 5000 men are already
there, with hundreds docking daily to the
new Ell Dorado.
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Ten per cent. of the students in the
University of Zurich, Switzerland, are
women. Twenty-nine of them are study
ing medicine, fourteen philosophy and
two political economy. There are now
forty-eight female students of medicine
in London, and in Par:s i09. Within
the last seven years eighteen women have
taken medical degree in Paris.
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DR.. Merriam, the ornithologist of the
Department of Agriculture at Washing
ten, is engaged in collecting reports
from all parts of the country in relation
to the English sparrow. He has received
thousands of such reports, but only one
of them is favorable to the feathered
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A Norwegian farmer named Christian
son, living near Toronto, Dakota, was
driving home from town recently, when
an eagle, measuring nine feet from tip to
tip, settled on his shoulders and at
tempted to carry him off. The farmer
managed to get several lines about the
bird and captured it alive.
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Railway churches are to be attached
to the trains in South Russia. Owing to
the long distances travelled and the con-
slant work, the officials complain that
they have no chance of attending divine
service; so carriages fitted up as churches
will run on Sundays and fete days.
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Washington

THE President has appointed Eckford
Moore Postmaster at Trenton, n. j.
PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT has notified
the Treasury De- artment that an immediate
appropriation Of SS5, 900 is needed to prevent
the suspension Of work in the Government
Printing Office.
ADDITIONAL appointments by the Presi-
dent: Charles B. Morton, Of Maine, to be
Commissioner cf Nayigation; j. B. Cald-
well, of Indiana, to be Deputy Second
Auditor of the Treasury; A l. Lewis, Of
the Treasury; Hugh A. Haralson, Of Geor-
gia, to be Deputy Auditor of the Treasury
for the Postoflce Department; John Nc
Cafferty, to be Collector of Customs for the
District Of Alaska, and John Cousins to be
Collector OF Customs for the District OF
Kennebunk.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has been suffering
from rheumatism, and has been advised to
take more exercise, having gained greatly in
weight.
A FIRE in Washington destroyed Herzog'a
Opera House. Loss about SITE, 900.
THE commissions eff sixty Presidential Post
masters expire during December.
The President has appointed George A. Al.
Ian to be United States Attorney for the
Western District of Pennsylvania, vice VIM
A. Stone suspended for offensive partisan
ship"
DURING the past fiscal year 634 suits, ag.
gregating in amount So, 100000, have been
brought under the ordinary jurisdiction Of
the Unitei States Court Of Claims The total
number of such cases pending is 69l, involv-
ing s25, 100000.
SENATOR CHENEY, of New Hampshire, ap-
pointed to fill temporarily the vacancy in
the United States Senate caused by the
death of Senator Pike, has taken his seat.
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A contemporary states it as notable
fact that two-thirds of the statesmen
y no have lived in the United States be-
gan their career as teachers in the dis
trict schools.
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THE late ex-President Arthur used often
to 60 out walking in Washington, and before
doing so invariably put "a lot of silver coins
in handy pocket to give to beggars, organ
grinders, newsboys, etc.
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TIE design for the new two-cent postage
stamp, which is to be put into circulation
about January l, represents an embossed
head of George Washington in profile upon
q blue tinted background.