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STICKING TO IT.


Further Confrmatlon Of the Finding Of
Diamssd FislA ut Psducsh.
EvANsvILLn, IND., DEC. 9.-The report Of
. diamond Hsld existing In tbs vicinity OF
Paducah, KY, has resolved further confirm-
alton in letter from w. H. 6eagraveA
giving the result Of the examination OF
specimens secured by him. Mr.. sesgraves
says in . letter to Mr.. Eichel to-day:
II told you that I could not be mistaken
as to the surroundings and con-
ditions Of your gravel bed. The pres
ence thereabOuts OF the lami ated granu-
lar quarts rock, called italcolumute, of tai.
cose formation, was good evidence. The
gravel deposits also are composed OF quarts
pebbles, united by ferruginous clay, and
rest ON talcose clays, the whole being the
debris from talcoss rocks. The. specimens
gathered have been submitted to several
good geologists and lapidaries and they are
unanimous In saying that the stones arc car
bons and of considerable Q value. A lapildary
friend Of mine is now engaged Ia dressing &
one Of the largest specimens. He says 1t 10
q diamond, but so dark that it |. OF conf
paratively little value a. q brilliant. Con-
siderable interest IL manifested here over
my discoveries, and q geological party will
probably visit Paducah in the spring and
make an extensive survey Of the deposits.
The letter has caused considerable excite
ment here, and half the city are talking of
nothing but diamonds tonight.
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a bishop with . hit ~ P1aelk.
[victor1a n. o. Colonist.l

The Bishop Of Mstlahkahtla was out on
the road letely whom hs was attacked BY
six Indians. they thinking hs was an ordi.
nary mortal; but, to their ,nfinits surprise,
the prslste led on with his left, followed
IL mp With . postmsn's knock with his
right ducked aud butted breath out Of IN.
other, hit another below the belt In the
brssd-basksh and, dancing around thsm
like will-o'-ths-wisp knocked them al
out In NO time AZ ths end Of this, TIE
hrss snd last round, The worthy bishop
wss fssshsr thas ever.
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AssIsTANr SECRETARY FAIRCHILD . few
days ago gave hearing to representative
Of domestic iron interests in regard to the
manner Of Determining the dutiabls value
Of imported iron ore Under the tariff act
. duty Of ssventy-hvs cents per ton ID inn
posed ON iron ore. The Treasury Depart
ment recently ruled that duty shall b.
assessed ON the ore after IL shall have been
subjected to Temperature OF 2l3 deg.
Fahrenheit Domestic mins-owusrs have
protested against this ruling as unjust to
domestic interests. Arguments in support
of their claim vsrs made at the hearing
recently BY Msssra Wesd and Witherbss,
OF New York; Ely and Hanna, Of Cisvs-
land; Curry, Of Michigan; Imboden and
Bowling, Of Virginia; Swank, Of Phila-
delphis, and Weeks, OF Pittsburgh, and
others. Ex-Solicitor General Phillips rep
resented the intsrests Of the importsrs,
and mads an argunsnt In favor OF the rs-
cent ruling Of the department.
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Probable Suspended Animation,

POPLAR BLUrFs, No., Dec. s.-W.W. Head,
an alderman Of this city, and well-known
throughout the county, was supposed to
have died last Sunday evening. His body
was laid ont and all arrangements were
made for the funeral, which was to have
occurred to-day. Yesterday, however,
The face assumed its natural
color, the temperature Of the body
became distinctly higher and the eyelids
opened and shut several times. He was
spoken to. but made no sign that he heard
he may be brought b.k to life, although
the efforts of physicians to accomplish that
end have SO far failed. In the meantime
the funeral has been postponed.
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TIVE Meat Uneoamon Pigs,
lNarahall Ull.l gpecial1

John Crosslsy, = farmer living nssr this
city, is the owner Of curiously formed
pig. TIE animaL which % but few weeks
old, hes two perfectly formed sars Of the
same siss growing out Of the right side Of
it head, one directly behind the other.
On the left side An ear Of ordinary siss and
shape grows in the regular place but there
= growing from II . formation exactly
like Leaf 4 resident Of Casey owns .
hog which has two perfect feet ON each
leg. They are Joined together Of the snklA
All are perfectly formed and are Of the
sanas sisA What b most rsmarkabls 10
the fact that In walking. the hog plants
all eight Of it, feet squarsly ON the grouad
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ABOUT PHoNooRAPHY.

The Difference between Short Hand Clerk
Ing aud Verbatim Reporting.
We arc often asked by correspondents
whether it pays to learn shorthand,
whether any ordinary intellect can mas
ter it, and finally, how long does it take to
be able to follow speaker To each
of these questions. VIC reply: 1t all de-
pends. Industry will 60 8 great deal
towards enabling boy or girl to master
the hooks and curves, but industry is
not all, and we frankly acknowledge
that every one who chooses to try is not
fitted to become short-hander; but II
he is, the time when he will be able to
report with reasonable accuracy will
depend upon his own exertions. Many
boys and girls have of late years ac-
quired q smattering of the art; they can
write to dictation, when their duty calls
them to perform corresponding secre-
tary work; but if they were asked to
follow speaker at q public meeting
they would founder and founder. This
is the difference between shorthand
clerking and verbatim report ng. Our
own impression Is that the ability
to write short hand Is an excellent
qualification. but we would not advise
any boy or girl to be contented with
that alone. They should master some
other business quality, or they will never
advance very far in the way Of making
. living for themselves. In the majority
of newspaper Offices, q man who could
merely report speaker verbatim
would be Of little value for every day
work; but the man who Is an ''alf-
rounder," who can write intelligently
regarding passing events, who has .
head for details and knows just the kind
of news that readers will most desire to
peruse, and who can, at q pinch, give a
verbatim report Of a public speaker of
note, will always find his services in de-
mand. Similarly. good book-keeper,
who II also short-hander. will make
his way with far gr, ster ease and COM
mand Q much higher salary than the
clerk whose sole qualification is that he
can write q rapid shorthand and work
the typewriter. These are facts which
youthful aspirants would do well to bear
In Observation-Disclosures CONT
Times.
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Cheap Ocean Travel.

NEW YORK. Dec. 9.--The agents Of the
Guion, 1nman and Cunard lines in this city
announced to-day that their rates for pre-
paid steerage tickets. to New York had
been reduced to SIS. No change was made
in outward rates. The National line, which
keeps differential rate, has reduced pre-
paid steerage tickets to Sl3. The agents of
the Anchor and Monarch lines are awaiting
instructions from Europe before making
any change, but will undoubtedly cut rates
tomorrow,
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what Does Il Indicate ?

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Dec. "a magnetic
disturbance Of great intensity was noted
here yesterday. At II 30 .. m. a magnetic
needle two feet long, moved over an arc Of
five degrees. Tho motion of the north polo
Of the needle was from point two degrees
to the west of the magnetic meridian to
three degrees to the east This Is the most
violent ma agnetic disturbance since that on
tho morning of September 1, following the
great Charleston earthquake.
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SISTER DORA.



Haa Become Provsrblsl.
In October, 1886, statue was raised
in the town Of Walsall, in the Black
Country. 1.-THE first every erected In
England to woman, with the excep-
toin Of Queen Anne and Queen Vic
toria."
A singular story lies bchind this
event. Walssll, largo manufactur-
ing town, was filled, twenty years ago.
with . rough, drunken community Of
laboring people. The drai ,age and
streets were in deplorable condition,
and every year smallpox and lowfever
ragged unchecked.
In 1854 Dorothy Pattison, better
known as ''Sister Dora. went to Wal
sail dur ng fearful outbreak Of small
pox, nursed the sick and dying, and
even with her own hands laid out and
buried the dead, when no man would
dare to perform the last friendly Office.
So violent was the antipathy to the gray
gown Of the Sister, that she was stoned
and driven through the streets OF Wal
sail with vile obscenity and abuse.
Once q stone thrown By boy cut her
In the forehead, and ielled her to the
earth. She went on with her work
quietly, but with indomitable resolution,
treating her rough enemies. when they
became her patients, with infinite ten
derness, mixed with shrewd, joking hu-
NOR, which caught their fancy. One of
the very men who had stoned her was
brought in, crushed almost beyond rec
ognitiOn in q coal-pit, for her to nurse.
He became her most devoted friend.
Slowly she won over the mutitudes
Of ruffianlv men and women. She be-
came ''Our Sister Dora" to the igno-
rant, faithful souls.
On one occas on, when the hospital
was filled with cases Of virulent small
pox, she closed the doors to prevent the
spread of infection, and with one mans
help nursed, cooked, washed and
scrubbed for them all. One patient.
when in the last agony, raised himself
with terrible effort, and cried out:
kiss me once, sister, before die!'
which she d d instantly.
When she fell victim to her work.
at last, the people mourned for her as if
each man had lost his nearest friend.
One of the eigh cen laboring men who
carried her to the grave said:
1--WE want her cut IN marble, with her
cap an goon an blessed face. It's not
that wen forget her; no danger O. that,
but we want her to be there SO that
when strangers come and see her stand
ing up there, they'll say: Who's thatp'
An we'll say: Who's thatp That's our
Sister Dorap"
L The statue recently erected was built
by countless small contributions from
the poor, and stands in the very square
where she was stoned, to show one tri-
umph of pure womanly goodness in the
world. Youih's Conpdnjon.
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shst Ms Eaushssr Tor q Burglar.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Dec 12-J. q. Hill, q
prominent resident of Edgewood, wealthy
suburb Of this city, mistook his daughter
for q burglar and shot her through the
neck, infiicting q dangerous and, it is
feared, fatal wound. Mr.. Hill made collec-
tions Of about $1,000, which he took to his
home to keep over night. His daughter
who had bad toothache, arose early thi,
morning and went down to the library is
the fire to warm herself Her father, hear
ing the noise, thought burglars were in the
house, and taking his revolver, followed
her down stairs When he reached the
door of the library, he fired, the ball
striking his daughter in the back of the
neck, and passing to the front. The young
lady is in q crit cal condition, and he'
father is almost crazed with grief.
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THREE LIVES LOST

6y 1nhaling the Gas From . stove Inad-
vertently Left Open.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12.-Mrs. Mcclure and her
grown daughter and son were asphy yxiated
by coal gas last night at their residence, In
the suburban town Of Maplewood. They
closed all the doors and windows tightly
on retiring and forgot to replace stove
lid after replenishing the parlor fire, Mrs.
Mcclure appeared to have fallen seuseless
while trying to get out to the open air.
Her daughter was lying lifeless across q
chair . few feet from her bed. Tho son
was on his knees before the door, and evi.
IDENTIFY had become unconscious during q
stupehed search for the knob Of the door.
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SOUTHWARK

The Iron Trade Takes Its COursc-Chatta.
noogA's Latest.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 8.-The move
raent Of the great iron masters Of the North
toward the South is becoming more mani
fest every day. Yesterday Perry Il Co.,
stove founders Of Albany, N. Y, closed no.
gotiations for removing their entire plant
from New York to the South. There was
and Birmingham district over the prize.
The firm closed arrangements to build the
foundry at South Pittsburg, town on the
Tennessee rive, just below Chattan ooga.
1t will employ from 500 to !, 800 men.
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Patent InirinQement Suit.

CHICAGO, Dec. 9.-Herman Roger, . citi-
zen of California, and Louis R. Roger, a
citizen Of Europe, through their attorneys,
began suit in the U. 8. Circuit Court to-
day against Herman and Julius Loesher,
of Chicago, for $4,000. The plant ffs
claim that in 1868 they invented certain
had patented, and they aver that the de-
fendants have been making and selling
and using their invention.
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0IoWN 10 Atoms.

JERSEY SHORE, Pa, Dec. GA Beech
Greek railroad engine, which had just left
the shops and came to a standstill near
the station here, exploded this afternoon,
killing Phil. H. knight and James Wearne,
engineers, and Allen Ramsey, fireman,
and J. c. Field and J. H. Stapleton, ma
chinists, were seriously injured. The body
OF Engineer knight was gathered up In
small fragments, and the body Of the fire.
man was also badly mutilated. The body
of Fields had been thrown distance OF
fifteen hundred feet. 1t is thought that
the steam gauge Of the locomotive did not
work properly, as it only registered l40.
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Death at the Curve.

BRADDocx, Pa, Dec. 9.-The fast line on
the Pennsylvania railroad going east last
evening came laundering around short
curve near the depot, striking . party of
four young people, who were not aware Of
the approaching train until It was upon
were killed instantly. Their bodies were
terribly mangled and crushed almost be-
yond recognition. Barbara conway and
Festus Cook. the other couple, were thrown
from the track, but escaped with slight
cuts and bruises. The parties were resi-
dents of BraddOck.
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A Snook k.Haunied Mreck.

Sr. JOHN, N. B., Dec. at has been
found necessary to postpone the sale Of the
wrecked Swedish bark Squando because of
the ghost stories told Of the craft which
render it impossible to induce men to work
on her. She is said to be haunted by the
headless spook Of the ships mate who was
killed by the captain because Of suspected
undue intimacy with the latter's wife.
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Ericssons's Latest invention.

NEW YORK. Dec. 1O-Ericssons, the fa.
nous inventor, who has been experiment.
ing for fifteen years with view to utiliz-
ing the heat of the sun IS . motive power,
announces that he has finally perfected .
motor, costing but little more than steam
engine. with which, In hot countries, an
amount of work can be obtained which
would, in one year, more than repay the
extra cost Of the apparatus. He hopes 70
interest capitalists In the invention.
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Carried on bv ckoIera.

DECATUR, IND, Dec l0.-The hog cholera
that made its appearance here in Septem-
Der still continues with unabated fury ON
what hogs are left. The crop of hogs is all
sold or dead in this part Of the county.
Farmers usually hold their hogs here till
the first of January before marketing, but
they sold what did not die half fattened, or
as soon as the disease made its appearance
in their neighborhood. The estimated loss
by cholera is $3O, QUO in this county.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. lO.-In . recent dis
patch to the State Department Mr.. Tree,
the American Minister ut Brussels. reports
State Of Congo has contracted for the
establishment Of . regular line of Belgian
stssmers between Antwerp and the Congo.
The vessels will depart from Antwerp at
hrst once every six weeks, but eventually
OncD q month.
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UnvsiIinq Of Garfisld's Statue.

WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Lieutenaut Gem
sral Sheridan has to-day issued . notice
that ''the Society Of the Army Of the Cum
berland will hold its eighteenth reunion in
the City of Washington on the 1lth and
18th Of May, 1887, on which occasion the
statue in memory of its lamented comrads,
General James "A. Garfield, will be uu.
veilod.n
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Palace wrecked BY Dynamite.

BUcHAREsr, Dec. ia box containing
200 pounds Of dynamite was conveyed to
the summer residence Of King Charles at
Cotrocone last night and exploded against
the side Of the building, badly shattering
1t and smashing all the windows. The
mangled corpse Of . man was found near
the spot, but his identity could not be as
certainsd Tho police have not been able
to find clew to the perpetrators Of the
outrage
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4 Young Mans Rash Act.

MARION, IND, Dec. 10-On Nov. q Roy
Barnes, the thirteen-year-old son of DR..
Barnes, prominent physician, gave Fred
Love, the eleven -year-old son of Lemon
Love, piece of wood filed with sunpow-
der, and told him to burn it out with hot
iron for pipe. Young Love did SO, and
the block explode terribly mutilating his
hand. To-day Loves father brought suit
against DR.. Barnes for 5000 damages for
the injury.
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SPRINGFIKLD. O., Dec. 10.-Mrs. Jacob
Wagner, of fremont City, this county, left
her house few minutes day or two ago,
to 60 to nsighbor's house on an errand.
While she was away her infant sons clothes
caught fire. Tho mother returned just in
time to 500 her child writhing in the flames.
She rolled II over on the floor, but the
child's life was lost. The mother IL almost
crazed with grief.
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Yrain Robbery.

ST. Louis, Dec. 12.-Psssengers on the
train which was reided by highwaymen
near Bellevue Station, Tex, Saturday,
saved Sl2,OOO in money and $4,000 worth Of
diamonds by giving them to the ladies, who
were not searched. The highwaymen Sc
cured only about 500 in money and q
lumber OF watches.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The towns in Ohio
~hich will be affected by tie bill extend
ing the free delivery system, passed by the
House to-day should it BECOME law, are:
Chillicothe, Delaware, Hamilton, Lima,
Mlddletown, Newark, Painesv lie, Piqua,
Portsmouth, Salem, Steubenville, Tifiin,
Wooster, Xenia. Kentucky = Frankfort,
Paducah. Indiana-Eikhart, Logansport,
New Albany, v ncennes.
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Bold Safe Robbery.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12. - George Hillen'a
liquor saloon, in Park Row adjoining the
entrance to the Brooklyn bridge, was robbed
Of 81 200 early this morning by burglars
who had concealed themselves In the build
ing. The bartenders were fastened In their
room over the saloon by an iron bar, and
the burglars drilled the safe In full view
from tn street and in the glare of an elec.
tric light They mixed and drank several
glasses of liquor while in the saloon. The
robbery is one Of the most daring on record
in this city.
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-Physicians arc now using aniline
oil a. Q local anesthetic, when simple
operations. such st the opening OF q
felon, are to be performed. Tho finger
in such q case Is dipped for . short
time In the oil; and although the 6esh
may subsequently be cut to the bone, 1t
Is said there 10 absolutely no pain. =
RoskQsl ktdQek.
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Coal In The Northwest.

OTTAWA, ONT, Dec. s.-A seam Of an.
thracite coal seven feet six inches in d.
ameter has been struck at BanR, N. w. T.
This seam Is only one out of six in that To-
calitv, the smallest being three feet in
thickness. The six seams contain coal
enough to supply the entire Northwest Ter.
ritory for the next fifty years.
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ISDIAxAPoLI., IND, Dec. 10-Stats Au-
ditor Rice made his annual report to the
Governor to-day. The document b very
lengthy, and makes bad showiagl for the
financial outlook for 1887. According 70
the Auditor the taxables arc reduced t5s..
00a00 and the levy Of twelve cents will
fall short 100000 OF the sxpsnsss for the
present year. He says that this must bs
PROV lded for, but makes no suggestion -
to the means
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Record Of The Piaeus.

BuINos AYREs, Dec. 9.-Telegrams from
Rosario, dated December z, say that ON
Monday the heat was terrific, and that .
heavy rain fell during the night. Twenty
two deaths from cholera occurred on that
day. During the past twenty-four hours
there have been seven deaths and no new
cases. In Cordova during the same period
seventeen now cases and ten deaths
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chal,,nooaa win sub,crIbe s,oo. 600.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, Dec. 9.-At a pub
.ic meeting Of citizens tonight, including
the Board Of Trade, it was agreed to SUBJ
scribe SlOO, coo to the Chattanooga and Co
lumbus (Ga.) railroad. This insures tho
hui ding Of the road via Rome. President
Williamson. in an interview, said work
would be commenced within ten days.
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Terrible Boiler Explosion.

BosToN, Dec. IA boiler IN Haxlett &
Underhill's dry house and box factory at
Cambridge exploded yesterday morning,
injuring seven men, three of whom it Is no
ported are fatally hurt Frank Silva was
badly burned and will die. seven other
persons were seriously scalded and bruised,
but 1t il thought they will all recover.
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psiauI,sr,, Case cemprenl,sl.

LOUISVILLE, Dec. 12.-The civil suits
against James A. Wallace, the cashier Of
the Hopkinsvills (Ky.) Bank, who was de-
faulter to the amount Of $4,000, have been
compromised by his attorneys by the pay.
mont of el7, ,366 An effort will bs made TO
secure pardon for Wallace, that be may
be exempt from criminal prosecution.
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There appears to be no doubt that
the Egyptian obelisk in Central Park
is still decaying, Notwithstanding the
application of hot paraffine to Its
surface. 1t may yet be necessary to
enclose II in Q glass structure In order
to save 1t from total disintegration. -
~ Y. Nail. t
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Il. C. Gorsuch caught . lot Of cells
In fshpots in the Susquehanna, put
them In barrel, and started 10 carry
them up the bank. The bottom OF the
barrel fell out; and. despite Mr.. Cor.
such's best efforts. every. eel wriggled
back into the river, and he now knows
what he's talking about when he ssys
''as slippery a. an eel."-M r. Sun
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kIlIe1 Resueelne Frem Church.

DEyIANCE, o., Dec. 0.-Asthias Pfeiffer,
aged seventy years, after atten ling mass
at the Catholic Church this morning start
cd for his home. two blocks away, taking
the B. and o., railroad track a. the shortest
route. B ing slightly deaf, he did not hear
an approaching freight train, which struck
and Killed him Instantly. r