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Foreign.

TUE hill providng for commission to
examine into the charges made by the Lon
don Times against Mr.. Parnell. the Irish
leader and o5tler members OF farllament,
has passed. tile House of Commons by vote
of $50 to 81
SERIOUS conflicts took place in Paris be-
tween the police and striking nay y
Numerous cafe; were sacked ana sixteen
persons were badly injured
DURING O scvere,gale two large barlss, one
ENGLISH and the other French. sank in the
horIor of Valparaiso, South America, after
having been in collision. The crew OF tho
Enp:ish vessel, consisting Of seventeen hands,
and seven of the French crew,wcre drowne:i:.
live other vessels were blown ashore anu
dashed to pieces
THE residence of the widow of George Co
yonctte, III the parish OF ST. lgnntius, "a
NADIA. has been burned and five Of her chill
drcn persisted in tho flames.
THE Legislative Assembly of the Sand
wich Islands has passed Il military bill over
tbe King kaakaua's veto. by this Dill tle
naval establishment is abollshet ana Inc
army reduced to sixty-ive, exclusive Oh Inc
military band
! O'KELLy, Irish memter of the
pr;tish Parliament, has been sentenced 10
four months imprisonment for violation OF
the Crimes act
Tur parnell Commission Bill has passed
its third reading in the English House OF
Lords.
AT Grafton, Canada, house occupied by a
French family named Toussind was burne'',
and three of the children persisted.
TIE reservoir q. Valparaiso, South
America, belonging to the Mcnas Brewery
bnrst and over two hundred people Were
drowned The prnIhpl stree5s DE- Ihe ci'
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of the widow, her brother and sister, and the
military sta!p and several other intimate

OF the widow, her brother and sister, md the
military sta!p and several other intimate
friends Of tho General.
The President aud Mrs. Cleveland and the
committees Of the two Houses of Congress,
with barred heads, followed the nouTneis
Eight sergcants of artillery now lifted the
casket from the caisson. and bore it with Sow
careful steps down to the mouth OF the open
grave, placing it there upon rods.
The spot chosen Tor Ills resting p.ac, IS
some distance from tile cenlatery, and just
ut the summit of the steep hillside, which
slopes down from the yellow old mansion
toward TIE potomac. A few trees stand near
the head OF the grave and there is forest
at some distance. Over tho tree tops
structed, and the river, the city and the
Capitol all are in plain sight. From the city
tho spot looks like Il green oasis in the wooded
hills
After moment of revercnt silence the
clear voice oil the Bishop-elect was heard ut.
tering the words of blessing. With a sprls
of fir, plucked from a neishborin,; branch,
holy water was sprinklcd over the grave,
and the casiet was lowered by tine snrg'nnts.
Ths regular burial service brought the re-
ligious features OF tho obscqu.es TO All en1.
The priests stood aside and remained Ill @
group near the head Of the grave, and every
breath was hushed while the widow came
step forward and for one brief momen!
looked upon the cnsket which held
her beloved dead. As she turnel away
the other mourners in q boly. paid
their tribute of love and respect, and then at
signal the artillery fired salute OF seven,
teen guns. The Legion OF honor moved
up in line and Looked in upon tue still
uncovered casket and filed away. The
great hollow square now contained put
one figure, that OF stalwart cavalry
bugler who stood at ease, facing eastward,
his bugle under his arm, at the head OF the
grave. There was Il lluaise command at the
left, echoed and passed. OH down the line OF
infantry, n rattle OF steel. II m lnisnt OF ex-
pectation and them the simultaneous Hash
and roar Of five hundred nuskets. Again
and again tho volley WIS repeated. Then
the bugcr came to attention, raised his
horn to his lips and blew taps, +"
the signal for Lights out" " tile military
equivalent for goId-night. The tones were
low, mellow and iremuloui Mt the start,
but with each succeeding phrase swelie1,
clear, shrill, commanding. waking tardy
echoes from the surrounding banks OF
foliage, which cano back to bleed again
with the long drawn wait at the
end. As the last echo died away and just as
the shadow of the towering buckeye fell
across and covered the grave rs with pail
the groups OF living turned silently homo
ward and left the deal 10 solitude.
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"Niss Juliet, I've made up ny m nj
to do very pfcs,lmptnous thing" sad
he. "To ask you to marry me.h
"AIe' cried juliet, starting so that
she nearly dropped the basket of big
blue plum., that she WAS carrying home
to her mother, out of her lap. 'lou
don't mean mc-you mean Marian"
"But I do mean you, said he slurdily.
miss Marian is very sweet and lovely,
but I don't think she cares for me- and
certainly don't care for her. Don't
blush so, my darling. Is there anything;
very extraordinary in the fact of my lo'.
ing youg"
So it happened that Juliet and Martin
became ailinnced on the way to the ferry.
boat. And Juliet ran into the little red
brick house in Garley Court with cheeks
all roses, and eyes that sparklcd like
stars of happy light.
"0h, mother, mothorln she cried, as
she empticd the blue plums into Mrs.
jays lap, "what do you think. I've
promised to marry Mr.. Applchy, and go
and live on d furm on the Jersey flats.
And Marian is to live with us, because
the air agrees with her, and you are all
to come and stay with INC whenever you
please. And 1 am so happy-oh, so very
happy" =,
And even Mrs. Pretzcl agreed, with
the rest of tho Jays that Jul OTIS art had
done something solid and substantial for
her; while Sophy and Kitty were over
joyed.
"Wc can pick real daisies in the fields
now" said Kitty.
holidays this year." said Sophy.
Aud Miss Jay did not require her
studio after that first quarter, for which
she had paid in misunderstanding
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A Soldiers Life Saved by a Dream.

Rev. /. w. evils, in his "Reninis
ccnccs of the War;" published i'll the
Christian A.frOcote, relates an instance
where dream saved the life of asoldicr.
~ mun by the name of Zoe Williams
had told a dream to his fellow soldiers,
some Of whom related 1t to me months
previous to the occurrence which | now
relate. He dreamed that he crossed q
river, marched over a mountain ana
campcd near church located ina wood,
near which terrible battle cnsucd, aud
i'll charge just as we trossed ravlne
he was shot in the heart. On the ever
memorable tn Of December, 1861 (l'at-
tie of Prairie Grove, Northern Arkansas.
as we moved at double quick to take our
place in line of battle, then already holly
engaged, we passed the church, small
frame building l was riding III the
flank of the command opposite to Will
lams, as we came III view of the house.
THAT is the church l saw in my dream,
said he. / made no reply, and never
| thought of the matter again until the
evening. We had broken the enemy's
lines and were in full pursuit, wheel VIC
came to dry ravine in the wood: and
William said: ".Iust on the other side of
this ravine l was shot in my dream, and
! I'll stick nv hat under my shirt Suit
ing the action to the word he doubled
up his hat Il, he ran along and crammed
it into his bosom. Scarcely had he adj
! iusted it when minnie ball knocked him
! out of line !; jumping up quickly he p1llcd
out his hat; waved it over his head .
shouting: I'm iii right The ball
raised black spot about the size of q
mans hand, just over the heart and
! dropped into his shoe. "
Here the prophc y was long time
ahead, and forctoid the exact coming Of
ball depending on combination OF
circumstances which it would seem i'm,
I possible for reason or intuition to foresce
and forcknow. Its fullillment is pc.
culiar, for guarding against it the danger
was avcrted aud the dream proved un-
tr,,a
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Strange Fatality at Sea.

a telegram from Madras, India, re-
ports an extraordinary fatality at sea.
Soon after the steamship Clan alacin-
tosh had left Socotra, series of deaths
due to asphyxia occurred on board. The
steward, accompanied by the butler and
a boy, entered The statcroom in the port
hold for the purpose of issuing stores,
leaving man on the second deck to re-
ceivc the stores as handed up. The first
three had hardly rea, he'd the storeroom
before the were asphyx:ated by poison
Gus vapors emanat.n from the hold, and
the man above WITS also overco re and
fell. a fireman saw this MAN fall and re-
ported the matter to the second officer,
who Immediately descended the hold
with lighted lamp. This was extin-
guished, and the officer, overcome by
the gas, tell down. The chief officer
then descended and found the body OF
the second officer. He had it haue.l up
with sings aud followed it. lie then
descended again and eldeavored to
rescue the Others, but fell dead The
second and third engineers, two quarter
masters, and several natives. after ie-
covering the bodies, were with difficulty
revived. -Lon!0n Tones.
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THE NEWS EPIToMIzED.
Eastern and Middle states.


THE firm of John Taylor & Co., Trenton,
the leading pork packers in New Jersey, mas
failed, with liabilities estimated at S250, 0OO.
FIRE broke out ut an early hour Wednes-
day morning in tho basement OF crowded
New York tenement house. The family OF
Gustave Berg, Il bartender who occupied the
top floor, were unable to escape from the
fumes and were burned to death. They
were Gustape Berg, aged forty years; MS
wife, aged thirty-six; Mrs. kratssr his moth.
er.in-law, and bis daughter, Lizzie, aged
seventeen.
THE residence OF William Graves, at Pitts
burg, was struck by lightning during n re-
cont severe storm. The current was attract
ed to the steel springs of the bed on when
Graves and his wife were sleeping, and botn
were killed.
Four women and little girl were drowned
in the Delaware River, opposite Penns Grove,
Del, by the capsizng of n little sloop that
had been struck by waterspout during
heavy thunderstorm.
WELLS COLLEGE, Aurora, N. Y, where
destroyed by fire.
A RICH discovery of gold-bearing quartz Is
reported from Center County, Penn.
DIPHTHER1A is epidemic in Everett, Mass.
There has been au average of one death q
uGy vuel 1Ol biC pooV lAOAVp'
LlrcHFIELD, Conn, was visited by a dis
astrous fire which consumed the new Court
House and large portion of her business
blocks. The loss is estimated at Sl5O,000.
THE big log raft recently constructed and
launched ut Joggins, Nova Scotia, has safely
arrived at New York.
JAMES A. SLADE, man with happy
home, u loving wife, good health, in comfort
able circumstances, and in the prime OF lille,
has committed suicide in his elegant home in
New York under circumstances that are I'M
explained.
CHAs. H. RIEDEL has been hanged at New
Castle Del, for killing his wife and child.
GEORGE BRADIEv, twenty three years old,
killed his sweetheart, Lille Potter, aged sew
enueen years, at Plainville, Conn, and then
shot himself fatally.
LAWRENCE r JEROME, of New York, who
was prominent in financial and social circles,
has died at Sharon, Conn.
Mrs. wILHELMIYE BRIERMAN, a German
woman, used flfty-four. hanged herself at
her home 10 Pittsburg while suffering intense
pain from cramps.
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IN A BELLIGERENT MOOD.
China Equipping 100000 Sol

China EquippinG 100000 SOL
dicrs for Aggressive Operations.
The leading Chinese merchants of Dundine,
one of the chief cities of New Zealand, have
received a copy of Chinese Imperial pro-
clamation and edict from which the action OF
the Australian colonies i'll trying to prohibit
Chinese immigration is condemned.
The proclamation goes on to to say that tn the
Imperial army numbers 5000, 600 men, tut
they are not SO well armed or drilled as the
troop, of Western nations, while the navy,
though larger than few years ago. is not
sufficiently large to warrant the Empire
taking aggressive action. The Government,
however, intends building more ships and
also improving tn, army. This work
of re1rlling and redrilling the army
and of building war ships sufficiently
powerful to enable the Chinese Empire TO
cone with the sodiery and navy of Great
Pritain will occupy period of three years.
BY the cdict the Government of China co;Il-
mands all Chinese subjects in Australian
colonies TO wind up their business affairs
within the next three years and return u
China by the expiration of TINT period.
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WORKMEN MANGLED.
ix Men Carried Down With a Trcstle
-. Grn,,n Car

Six Men Carried Down With Trcstle
BY Stone Car.
Three miles cast of NIapleton station, on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, sixty men have
been erecting heavy stone piers for the new
iron bridge at that point. Near noon Tues,
day six men were engaged upon light tres
tie when heavy car of bridge stone i'll run
ming fly switch became uncomfortable, LEFT
the rails where the bridge began ana lanae en-
upon the trsstIe, crushing the workers INTO
the Juniata River, fifty feet below. ,,.-
The result was simply l hOrrfy YIN scr Tnrsi
of the men will die and tnree are er IF ME-.
aGr lcs; n Y, fell tfrty-dve feet and
not live. George Spnnsler; Of Middle 1'',,,
Pa. sustained injuries to the spinal column,
n torn breast and abdomen, and broken
leg; his case is hopeless. Albert Mllens: OF
Birmingham Ala received n %d aha la1o ofhsr
rorlsuIep were iniurfd.
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South and West.

THE State Convention of Indiana Republic
cans assembled at Indianapolis and nomi-
mated full State ticket, headed by General
Alvin P. Hovey for Governor, and Ira j.
Chase for Lieutenant Governor. The Chi
cago platform was Endorsed in every par
ticular.
Mrs. FRANCIS A. ScorT, widow of dis
tinguished Confederate General, has COM
mitted suicide at Memphis, Tenn, on account
of her extreme poverty.
FIRE destroyed the immons, lumber mills
of c. See g. Co., at Saginaw, Mich, causing
loss OF over 100000.
The Alabama Democratic State Conven-
ton met at Atlanta and renominated John
B. Gordon unanimously for Governor. All
the State officers were rcDominated and an
electoral ticket was selected.
A DEMENTED emp.oye of the lockwood
pottery at Cincinnati William Achland, after
auarreiug with the engineer, James Flyer,
drew revolver and fatally shot him. The
fireman, Joseph Bailey. then inserfered, and
Achland killed him and then committed
suicide.
A BOLD mail robbery has been committed
on the Missouri Pacific road, between Jelfer-
son City and st. Louis, in which over 81 900
was stolen, Of which 5000 was from the
Missouri State Treasury.
in State Convention at Detroit and placed in
nomination complete State ticket headed
by Cyrus G. Luce for Governor The Ma.
tional Republican platform was Endorsed
and temperance plank was added favoring
local option.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, was visited by fire
which destroyed houses and stocks i'll the
heart of the city valued at 100000. Four
men were crushed by a falling wall, two OF
them fatally.
HENRY LASDGRAr, who was hanged at
the same moment and OIL the same gallows in
st. Louis, Mo-, with Maxwell. the English
chloroformer, was executed for the murder
of bis sweetheart, Annie Tisch, on the night
of March s. 1885.
YELLOW fever is spreading in Florida to
the proportions OF an epidemic The govern
ment las taken every precaution to re-
press it.
TnEO. J. Luce Manufacturing Company
of Nashville, Tenn, has made an assign.
ment. Liabilities, $l20,O00.
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A NATURAL GAS BALLOON.

The first balloon inflated with natural gas
ever sent up arose from Riverside Park, An
d,rson, Indiana. 1t has been q question us
to whether or not natural gas would noat
balloon to any considerable height; This
one was fillet from pipe from well until
a cuage indicated that tue SILK, wlllcn was
inclosed in strong netting, was Tearing 1weh
ty pounds pressure, when George hyels, .,, an
amateur ;eronaut, clim bed INTO tne Oashe,'
md tha balloon was cut loose 1t rose stead
iy until al altitude of about 2,5o0 feet was
r..acned, when current Of ;lir WAS struck,
which lore the balloon and its single pa '5.l-
ger away to tho southeast, siuce whel hQtp
lng has been seen or heard from him
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DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.
A Fatal Accidcnt on an Indiana
Hallway.

A Fatal Accidcns on an Indiana
hallway.
A passenger train OH tho Falkland and
Franklin railroad met with a frightful
accident near Morgantown, Ind. The mail
and baggage cars and passenger coach were
thrown down n steap emhanknent, and
twenty one persons wcrc injured, ten OF them
fatally
The train was running at its usual rate OF
speed when the accident occurred. Inc 10
connective had passed. broken rail, but the
engineer did not notice it. When the bag
gaze chr struck the defect it jumped from
the track, dragging after it the mail car and
one passenger coach The three cars were
plunged down an embanknent Of titty-four
feet.
The passengers were hurled violently out OF
their seats. The car furniture was wrenched
from its fastenngs and thrown about,
striking several OF the passengers and pin
ming them to tho floor OF the car The coach
turned over three or four times in its de,
SCENT Not passenger in the car escaped
injury.
There were no facilities for caring for the
wounded, as the accident occurred in q
sp,rsey settled location where teegraph'c
and Other facilities are very meager.
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Washington.

NEWS has been received at Washington
that Hon. e. r. Breckenridge, prominent
member Of tie Ways and Means Committee,
was recently renominatad for Congress by
the Democrats Of Arkansas.
THE Postmaster-G General has transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury his annual
report, which shows II deficiency for railway
transportation of SJG2. 49,.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has approved the
act in regard to the Belt Line Railroad OF
Washington, the act for two additional As
sociate Justices OF the Supreme Court Of
dakota, the act to restore the homestead OF
NJ. +. Vance of Colorado, and the act i'll re,
gard to marriages between white men and
Indian women.
THE River and Harbor bill. which appro-
PIRATES nearly s2a, 0010)l, has become a law
Without tine Presidents signature.
NORMAN ]. FAKE, q native of Richfleld
Springs. N. Y, employed as chemist at the
Department of Agriculture at Washington,
has been drowned IN the potona &c liver Inc ne
Young man was nephew of Commissioner
CONAN.
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UNRETURNING.

Three thugs never como again.
Snow may vanish from the plain,
Blossoms from tho dewy sod
Eelrluro from the broken clo.l,
WATER from the rivers bed,
forests front the mountains heal,
Night may brighten into day,
Noon in midnight fade away,
Net tho snow shall come onco more
When tho winter tempasts roar.
Blossoms cnch returning sprint
In her laden arms shall bring.
Grass he green where plHughsharcs run,
Rivers flash in autunln'Ssun,
Time shall lid tho forests grow,
Noon aud midnight como ani 20,
Eut though al thy soul complain,
Three things shalt not c0nls again.
Never TO the box that bonds
Comes the arrow that it sends;
Srcntin space, itsairy flight
Van'shcs like lost delight.
When with rapid aim IL spran-
From the howssr;ng's sh vcring ttSang
Straight to brain Or heart it fled;
Once for all It's course was sp!d.
No wild wall upon its track
Brings the barb of vengeance back.
Hold thy hand Lefore it go; v.
Pause beside the bcnde.l bow;
Hurt'el onco across the plain,
No spent arrow CONES agaia.
Never COMES tie chance that passed:
That one moment WIS IFS last,
Though thy life upon it hung,
Though thy lie 18th hcnca.!I it swung.
If thy future ail the way
Now in darkness goes astray.
When the instant born OF fato
Passes through tho go!lcn cute;
When tho hour, but not tile mani,
Comes and Soes from Natures plan;
Never more its coiutenance
Beams upon thy Sow advance.
Never more that time shall DO
nurd.n bearer unto the.
Wcep and search DER land and main,
Lost c.nnce never colncs again.
Never shall thy spoken word
Be again unsa;d, uniiearl
We'll its work the utterance wrought,
Woe or veal, wlatc'er it brought;
Once for all the rune is read,
Cncc for nj The Judgment snil.
Though it pierced puisonc spear
Tnroug!i the soul thou hol,lcst dear,
Though itquvcr fierce and deop,
Through some stainless spirits sleep;
Idle, vain, tile flying string
That passing rage might bring
Speech shall give it fangs Of steel,
Utterdnce all its barh reveal
Give thy tears of tloo and fire;
Fray with panss of mud desire;
Offer life, AMI soul. ami all,
That one srntea - to recall.
Wlestie with its fatal wrath,
Chase with flying feet its path.
Rue it nll thy insering days,
Hilc it deep with love and p.aiso;
Once for al thy word is spel,
None invade it but Tire dead.
All thy travail will be vain
Spoken words come not again
Rose Terry Cooh'a, an Boston TrdnScrip!
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MILLIONS OF MOTHS.
PENNSYLVANIA Visited BY n Dense
Swarm Of Cotton Bats.

Swarm of Cotton Bats.
The Central portion of Pennsylvania has
lust had remarkable visitation of moths
Myriads of them infested the air, resembling
at a distance snowstorm. Millions OF the
bests have been l,illel by liutterins about tie
electric lights at Rclding and lLaston, ana
the same State of affairs is reported from all
sections Of the Lehigh Valley. III EaSton
alone over forty bushels have been Killed.
while other places report fully as many.
They are gathered UP in the morning.
saturated with crude oil anil then burned.
Fires were butt under the lights and neaIS
of the moths were burned. The doors ana
windows of dwelling houses had also to oe
kept closed to keep them out
j1ntomologists sly the insects are species
of cotton hat, usually called moth, and inhe
they spring from the cotton fields OF inc
South, and always precc;le hot wave FOL
lowed by a dry spell. Scientists say they
disappear as soon as the hot wave passes
Their greatest ravages occur every twenty.
one years In the years 1S1l, 1873 and 1910
5he whole cotton crop OF the South was nearly
destroyed by them. They deyour 10th the
short Staple and the long staple cotton, and
rarely, if ever, touch any other plant.
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Energy will do anything that carbs
done in This world. anil 10 talents, III
circumstances, no opnlrt!!g!llcs VIII
plAae o rnaa without it. -
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Old Men for Council.

Young man (on railroad train)-Yes,
had about made up my mind to invest
my savings in little enterprise, but
I'm feeling mighty doubtful about it
lust now. I understand Presidential
years are bad for business.
Old man-All fudge. I'm nearly
driven to death; can hardy find time to
sleep; overrun with orders. The fact
is, I just coin money in Presidential
years. .,
"Eh? What business are You in?"
"Iiauor. "-Omaha World.
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It is proposed to form an Irish coll
INV in South Carolina upon o tract Of
$4,000 acres.
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girl Il letter addressed to the
Shore turl Fair 20
will
rzed tn la
Fleming, L. Jears 7. c. K Ham, Wesc0k
\. ADAB, President JE NAPP Secretary,
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Commencing Tuesday August 2lst 1885, and continuing Days
aldre
Keller, Accoa,ac