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FROM TAR AND NEAR.
Interesting News Cleaned from
the Dis tches.
A Disastrous Wreck on the Erie
Railroad.

A very bad wreck occurred to the Erie
Chicago express about one mile west OF
Shoho!a, N. Y, at forty minutes past
o'clock Monday morning. A fast freight
train was bowling along westward
at the rate of twenty-five miles ON hour
through pouring rain and almost impene'
trabo darkness Suddenly the engineer dis
covered, close ahead, n pile of rocks on the
track, washed down the mountain side by
the heavy rains. 1t was too late to
stop tho train, as tho next instant
this engine crashed INFO tho land slide
and was at once thrown from the
track, the freight cars piling in upon each
other in every direction. The shock OF the
collision extinguished the lights on tho train,
and the fast express crashed into the rear Oh
the wrecked freight; second afterward the
engine of the express turned to the right ana
plunged down the steep embankment, drag
gng five cars after it.
The plunge was fearful one, and in mo.
mont everything was in darkness, and out OF
which came the cries and groans Of the i'm.
prisoned and badly injured passengers and
trainmen.
One day coach aud the palace coaches
stayed OIL the track, and the passengers were
saved tho terrible plunge into the abyss, a
distance of eighty feet
Ali the passengers, together Win the unll
iured trainme;, hurried to the assistance OF
their less fortunate fellow travellers aud wcro
soon hard mt work relieving the imprisoned
men, women and children. Fire was next
discovered in one OF the coaches, but it was
soon extingulshcd.
John Kinsila engineer, md Alexander
Newman, fireman, went down the bank with
their engine Kins.la was seriously hurt,
whilo the uufortunlte fireman was caught
under the tank and held fast there until the
flames consumed his body to blackened and
shapeess mass.
Sixty passengers in all took the plunge, forty
one OF whom were more or less I'M ured The
express car contained sixteen racing, saddle,
and driving horses on their Way to Califor-
MIA, belonging to Mrs Lily Langtry, the act
ress, and Fred Gerhard, in charge of G. w.
Ably and four assistants, and also the filly
Scandinavia, in charge of its owner, NJ. d.
Storms, prominent California horse trainer.
Two of the horses were rescued; the others
were burned. The horses burned included
Eoe. Eolist Palanca, Orphan Boy, Certainty,
and Mrs. Langtry's favorite saddle horse,
and their value is estimated at not less than
$500. 000
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WISE WORDS.

Fraise undcservcd is satire in disguise
Wit is folly, unless a wise man has the
keeping of it.
The reward of one duty is the power
to fulfill another.
Do not talk of your private, personal
or family matters.
Fidelity in TRIES is the ladder which
leads to greatness.
Cultivate forbearance till your heart
yields fine crop of it.
Men love to hear of their power, but
have an extreme disrclish to be told of
their duty.
knowledge without discretion is like
force without direction never useful but
by accident.
Sacrifice being the essential basis of
virtue the most merito.io IS virtues are
those which are acquired with the great
est effort.
1t is the cultivation of the moral side
of our natures that has given to our
people as n nation their great strength
and grand strides.
Do not fret. It only adds to your
burden. To work hard is very we'll; but
to work hard and worry, too, is more
than human nature can bear.
Life is history, not poetry. 1t consists
mainly of little things, rarely Illuminated
by flashes of great heroisn, rarely broken
by great danger or demanding great ex-
ertlons.
A nob!eness and elevation of mind,
together with tirmuess of constitution,
gives lustrc and dignity to the aspect,
and makes the soul, as it were, shine
through the body.
If, in spite of wars and fevers and
accidents, and the strokes Of chance.
this world be as rich and fair and green
as we have found it, what must the CON-
, ing world be like2
The true way to be humble is not to
stoop till you are smaller than yourself,
but to stand at your real height against
some higher nature that shall show you
what the real smallncss of your greatest
greatness is.
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General Sheridan's Will.

The will of the late General Sheridan has
been filed, and letters testameatary issued
to Mrs. Sheridan, Colonel Mike Sheridan,
and the lawyer who drew the WILL Mr.. Linden
Kent. 1t was drawn May p, the second day
after General Sheridan was taken sick. Nc
mention whatever is made of the memoirs,
nor the amount he had received or was to re-
ceive from the publishers for the manuscript
and the royalty from the sale of the book.
Mrs. Sheridan is secured third OF all
the real estate except the Ohio homestead, at
Somerset This property he leaves to his
s;ster-in law, Mrs. Kate Sheridan, to revert
to his son, p. H. Sheridan, in fee simple. All
the rest ofhis property he leaves to his wife,
M Y. Sheridan and Linden Kent, in trust,
to recover rents etc., for the maintenance
and education of his children; and, if mora
than is necessary, the excess to be paid to his
wife.
As each of his children shall reach the age
of twenty-one years the trustees shall assign
to such child its share in hesitate. He gives
the care and guardianship Of bis children to
his wife and names the trustees also as exc
cutrix and executors. The petition states
that there are four children, aged twelve
eleven and seven; that his personal estate
consists of 1921 money, 5000 stocks, etc:
$4,000 swords, ETC.. 5000 household turni-
ture, 5000 horse and carriage and 5000 IN the
house at Nonquitt, and the indebtedness is
not more than $3.50.
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LATEST NEWS.

AT Oneida, Iowa, lightning struck gang
of harvesters, killing one and fatally injuring
another.
The large rolling mills at South Chicago,
Ill, have shut down, throwing 1900 men out
of work.
NEBRASKA Prohibitionists convened at
Omaha and placed full State ticket in the
field. headed by George z. Bigelow for Gov
ernor.
THE President has sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate: To be Judges Of Pro-
bate, Territory of Utah, John Houston
Thomas J. Brandon, Pardon Doddo, John A
Marshall, all of Utah; Ernest w. Smith, of
Massachusetts, to be Consul of the United
States at Mozambique.
THE business part of Cayenne, French
Guiana, has been destroyed by fire. The loss
is 100000.
EDWARD HANLANr JR., the young son OF
Hanlan the oarsman, while playing with
matches in Toronto, Canada, set fire to his
clothing and was burned to death.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany, at ban
met at Frankfort on-the Oder, said that
forty-six millions of Germans would die
rather than give up Alsace and Lorraine to
France,
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Won Moltke.s Retirement,

General Won Motke has been relieved OF
duty as Chief of the General Stall OF the
German Army. General Won Waldersee Sue
Emperor William has written General
Won Moltke gracious and affection
ate letter, nominating him as Presl-
dent of Country Defence. The appoint,
ment thus conferred upon Count
Won AIoltke was held by the late Emperor
Frederick until he assembled the throne, since
when it has been vacant. Count Won Moltke
continues on the active list.
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Won Moltlle was
born a subject of Denmark the 10Th of Octo-
Der, 1900. The Count Won Waldersee, Won
Notifies successor, was born in April, 1872,
and he began his military career in 1871 IN
the artillery. Count Won Waldersae's wife is
an American, formerly named Lee. OF New
York
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Washington.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has decided TO
place the Inspectors Of the Post ofice Depart
inent under the civil-servicc rules.
AN extradition treaty has been signed be-
tween the United States and Colombia,
Central America
THE Senate has confirmed the following
nominations:-J. H. Haynes, Consul to Bag,
dad: J. L. Facon, Minister TO Paraguay and
Uruguay: Rufus Magee, Envoy Extraordln-
ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden
and Norway; r. B. Roosevelt, Minister TO
Netherlands; Lambert Tree, Envoy EJE-
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary 10
Belgium, and c. L. Scott Minister TO sene-
zuela.
SENIOR DA SILVA has been appointed Minis
fer of Venezuela to the United States. Senior
do Silva has been Consul General of Vene-
zuela at New York for some time past.
TIE National Convention of the American
Party has been held in Washington Dele
gates were present from nineteen States A
1Iatform was adopted, and General James
s Cnrt:s of New York, was nominated Tor
the Presidency and James S. Grier, OF
Tennessee, for the Vice-Presidency.-
MAJoR-GENERAL ScHoFIEbD has issued a
general order announcing that he has as
sumad command Of the Army and detailing
First Lieutenant J. F. Sawyer, Fifth Artil-
lery; First Lieutenant I. Fl. Bliss, First AR
tiilery. and First Lieutenant John Pitcher,
First Cavalry, for duty at Army Headquar-
tiers as aidcs-decam
The President has sent tine following noml-
nations to tina Senate: To be Judges of Pro-
bate, Territory of Utah, John Houston,
Thomas J. Brandon Pardon Doddo John A:
Marshall all of Utah: Ernest w. Smith, OF
Massachusetts,. to be Consul of the United
States at Mozambique.
BRIGADIER. GENERAL ABsALoM BAIRD, In
spector. General has reached the age OF sixty
four years, and has passed from the active TO
the retired list.
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TIE NEWS RPIToMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

IaStCF1 anu w tuQiC oteibCS'
VERY heavy rainfall with high winds and
sylyania, Northern New York and Rhode
Island caused serious damage in many places.
PROVIDENCE. R. l., was visited by
deluCe, which flooded the buildings on the
PRINCIPAL streets and caused damage to the
amount Of $4,000.
AMANDus and Wilson Heller, brothers,
aged eighteen and twenty years respectively,
were drowned in the Sus Iuehanna River at
Wilkesbarre. Penn, while bathing.
FIRE started in the cupola of tho Convent
of the Sacred Heart, in New York City, and
destroyed the main building and the old east
and west wings of tile famous institution
The loss was about s2OO,0OO
A SERVANT attempted to kindle a fire with
kerosene in Mrs. McCuskie's house at Mt.
Tabor, n. j., when tho can exploded and the
young children.
THE Republicans of Connecticut met in
State Convention at Hartford and placed in
the field q full ticket headed by Morgan g.
Buckley for Governor. The platform Of the.
Chicago Convention was endorsed.
ALERT WIsHAM. thirteen-year-old lad. ,
was bitten by rabid dog at Camden, N. j.,
and though the wound was Immediately eau
terized, he died after six hours of aSonizing
COMMISSIONS.
HEAVY earthquake shocks were felt near
Winthrop, Me.
A YOUNG German named Ado,ph Holman
took his wife and mother. in-law on pleasure
excursion to Navesink, N. j., and there, while
in Jealous mood. killed his wife, fatally In
jured her mother and thencommitted suicide.
MOSES EASTMAN McRoY, and his son-in-
law, Phonoro Nash, of Harrington, Me-,
have been drowned in Schoodic Pond by the
capsizing of boat.
Mrs. JOSEPH McDAY and Miss Kate Arm
strong recently from Ireland, wer. burned TO
death at South Adams, Mass, by an explo-
sion of oil with which they were endeavoring
to start fire.
DEACON LOWERING, aged ninety, his SIS
ter and housekeeper. Mrs Richardson, were
instantly killed by lightning at Greenfield
Mass Tie old man. who had been the dea-
con of the village church for fifty years, was
found sitting in the chair dead. His sisters
body was burned to crisp.
JOSEPH S. WARD, wealthy farmer OF
Middletown R. J., and member one OF the
Oldest Rhode Island families. recently hanged
himself in his barn. He put one end OF the
rope around q beam and the other on his
neck, went OH ladder, and swung oil.
SETH GREEN, the wellknown fish culturist
has died of paralysis at his home IN Rochester,
n. Y, aged seyenty-one
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Italian Troops Massacred.

An official despatch received from Mas
sowah, Africa contains the following
startling intelligence: Three hundred ana fity
artillery troops, under the command OF Italian
officers, have been destroyed by Abyssln-
ians. The killed included all the officers.
An attack was being made by the auxiliarles
upon Saganeti. The catastrophe was due to
treachery on the part of native allies, VINO
Joined the enemy during the fighting.
The Abysinian Chief Deheb had assembled
force of 40 men, with the intention of rad
ing the Arkiko District The Italian COM
mander of Massowah bearing of the intended
raid, sent five hundred Bashi- Bazouks under
the command of five Italian officers to try TO
surprise Debebs force. On the road the
officers enlisted the services of two hundred
members of the Assaortin tribe. Saganetl
was reached and it was found that
Debeb had been warned of their approach
and had intrenched his position. An attack
was made by the Italian force. however,
and they succeeded in carrying the village;
But during the assault the Assaortins proved
treacheroIs, and made an attack on the
italian rear. The Bashi Bazouks became
panic stricken, and were massacred while
endeavoring to fly.
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The small villages of Kishizawa, Akemoto
and Hosono, in Hinokihara Mura, Japan,
were recently covered with sand and ashes
from a volcanic eruption, and the sites on
which they stood thrown into mountain.
No one there escaped alive. At Nina % res
licences were destroyed and II persons were
killed: at Shibuya II residences were de-
stroyed and 20 persons killed or wounded; at
Nagazaka 25 residences were destroyed and
9S persons killed; and ut Horeki 81 residences
we're destroyed, but no one was killed. Tho
people fed.
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THE GUEST OF THE EVENING.

Good actions are fruitage ripe and rare
That bears not lingering. Let me then be-
To touch with venturous hand this curving
branch,
Nor lean too kocdlcssly against tree
Thus at its prime o'erladen heavily
With golden harvest OF stock so stanch,
Lest by some rude shock at this light hour
Bring down the Virtues in n mellow shower
To drop the figure, friends-let's be content
Tho guest shall fancy less than we have
meant.
Speak not too closely of his special good:
That wo arc here tells more than trumpots
could
Our friendship holds his merits as the light
Holds the hid rainbow; storm but makes
them bright.
The modest veil they wear may not raise,
Lest he should blush to hear and l to praise
Robert U. johnson, IN Harper.
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Chinese Banking Profits.

0Ianchooria, China, appears to be the
paradise of bankers. Wealthy mandarins
and merchants, DESTROYS Of concealins
their wealth from their Government,
make deposits with bankers without
taking receipts, and rather. than risk
the loss of capital so deposited by its
becoming known to the paternal GOV.
crnment. to whom probably sucn capital
rightly belongs, no interest is derived
from such deposits, except of course for
the bankers own investments. AT the
death of a depositor his heir may not
know that 100, 1000 taels, more or less,
are deposited in some bank or other
From such causes as these native bankers
become very rich.-Graphic.
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lifted her dainty chin for kiss, "was it
not enough that he gave you to me i'm
mcdiatcly, and asked our pardon SO
humbly: What do care how he got
them back, seeing that 1 got you2"-
Frnnk LesliG'S.
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Mrs Mary Lowe. Dickinson, who was 70:
several years National ". c; T. y. super
inicndcnt for the Department. OF Hlgher
Education, has been elected 70 tne Hou'aas
chair Of the University Of Denver,
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"Kirk, dearest" said pretty Mrs.
Wiley to her husband, one day not long
after their marriage, "did ANGLE never
tell you how he got the Jewels back3'
FesDollikins,H answered Kirk, as he
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Fifty cents worth of land in Lenois
County, n. c., has already occasioned
$40 of costs in suit over a variation OF
eighteen inches in an old boundary line.
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Id eness was defined by Jeremy Tay'
lar, AS title burial Of tho living man"
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LIST OF PREMIUMS

DIVISION A-HoRSEs W. Superintendent
Maryland horses
DIST
premium So EXhihlbd at II NJ
old colt f tin Harness be t. IN nall mule meats Isl
premium premium Three muue class rotg In hafhcs
best 3 j. heats premium $50; End premium $40
SECOND DAY. 22Np
Best nd premium Exhibited at II
g @ 30
Fastest trotng harness. best in mile heats LIST
SO
$50 class trotng harness. mile heats, s5; End s
DAY-THuRsDAy
Bct year old colt fv LIST Exhibition II
Fastest rottn harness. best mile heats s
premium $15 2nd premium $40
mile heats list $50 End pr 49,
FOURTH Gusr24TH
Most stylish looking horse So Exhibited at II A NJ ~
Pacing harness. mile heats 1st premium SO End premium @
mile heats LIST pr S40 2nd pr so
compete Tor purses
All races will be called aud the heats will lie sand
the National Irotng
carely his horse into another driver
Immediately and forever expelled from the
language the Judges the stand
will be expelled his horse horses ruled from The track
DIVISION w KImon R. Hutchinson supdS
' Cow Years old Under premium $40 90 2nd premium co
and UNDER . w o
, regardless of age ~ w 1900. M M
\ Boar oVo m od m
Pair ShoatGm months and under IVY e w
as Ram regardless of oVo SVo
Rocn Ewes
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.anshp a
of the Eastern
will
notin competition with other exhibits
good order which char
h latF BY o
Mears T c. Kln J Wescott
" ADAR President J,E MApP Secretary.
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AS he sprung out OF the carriage, MIX
leaned Lack, and, moved by sudden
impulse, watched his rctreating form
through the little rear window until he
entered the arbor. Suddenly young
Wiley started ncrvously. Sure that
shadow that lay in the moonlight, clear
cut as silhouette, did not belong to
Mr.. Morton There was curious bend
in the shoulders, and instead of a frock
coat, the man in the arbor woro q short
Jacket, and the face showed no beard. a
minute later the shadow vanished, and
Mr.. Morton returned to the carriage.
"lYas there any one in the nrbor"
Kirk inquired, as soon as the banker
was seated.
His question was evidently unexpect-
ed, for Mr.. Morton exhibited a little
perturbation as he replied:
"N0 Whym
Kirk told him OF the shadow, when
he laughed and said: "Scarei at a
shadow, Kirk2 / gave you credit for
stronger nerves than that. But here's
your corner. Goodnight"
Goodnight, Mr.. Morton"
When the banker returned next day,
Nellie greeted him with o frightened
face.
''Some one has been in the house,
uncle" she said, "and your desk was
opened.
She followed him to the library, where
hurried search revealed what she had
feared. Her precious jewels were gone.
"Who could have taken them?" she
cried, aghast. Then wondering at the
quiet way in which her uncle took the
loss, she said: "You suspect some oue?'
Yes" he answered, as if repeating q
scarcely learned speech. My child,
these jewels were taken by some one
who knew just where they were hidden,
just how to open the desk, just how to
enter the house There is only one per-
son besides myself who possesses this in
formation. lshowcd the gems to Kirk
Wiley last"-
Irnclc!" interrupted the girl, tic in
diguation and horror in her voice almost
compelling him to stop, but he went on !:
"What his motives were we can
readily guess One Of the stones would
sell for enough money to remove my OBJ
lection to his marriage. Then he needs
funds to meet mortgage on his home
stead. He probably reasoned that the
jewels would all come into his possession
some day, and lie was only taking them
q little sooner"
81 don't believe word Of it," Nellie
exclaimed. "kirk isno thief"
"Wcll, (" her uncle said, 81 shall pat
II detective on the case ut once, and 1
only hope Kirk will be able to clear him
self. Meanwhile I shall feel it my duty
to have him arrested and searched"
''Oh, uncle" The girl looked at him
in such white heat OF anger as almost
seemed to scorch his purpose. Don't
do that! I will never forgive you, never !
1t wonld be ruin to both him and me.
"NVcl, Mr. Morton replied, slowly,
'if you will promise 10 have nothing
more to do with him until give you
permission, I will see the young man,
and perhaps can prevail upon him 10
return the icwcls quietly"
"rIl promise anything" Nellie an
swcred, desperately, "if you will only
not investigate this now. After to-day
I will never speak to him again"
Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-16
THE COPYRIGHT BILL,

Our country and all Europe have benefited immensely by the operation of the interna- tional patent right system. Food, clothing and all other necessaries of life are far more abundant and cheaper because. mechanical inventors have been allowed to share every where in the profits of their inventions and have thus been stimulated to further discov- cries. It is thousand pities that our coun- try has not applied the same honorable, wise and profitable system to literary productivity.
 Instead of the sure gains and vast results of fair dealing commerce we have preferred the uncertain gains and meagre outcome of adventuring. Buccaneering as a means of national prosperity is delusion. It pays wretchedly; it brings supplies at high cost; it is as stupid as it is dishonest. Let it be driven from literature as it has been driven from commerce. The House should at once take up and pass the international copyright bill which has just passed the Senate. It will honor tbe country, benefit the reading public and help lay the foundation of great American literature
Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-16
DRAINING THE LINE,

Ic appears that the President is going to try to force the Mills bill through the house by the use of patronage and the veto power. It is generally understood that the veto of the bill for building at Allentown, PennsyI- vania, was intended as a rebuke to Mir. Sow den, in whose district Allentown is, and who, though a Democrat, made 8 speech against the Mills bill The President has signed bills for buildings in many other towns of less population and with no strong CT claim for them, but those were in the dis tricts whose representatives, if Democrats, obediently follow the policy of the party as defined by the President
 The Washington Post, which is considered to be the organ of the administration, openly declares that there is E'an Allentown for every Sowden." And it further says: 'fHe that is not for me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me -scattereth abroad He who is not for the Presidents message as represented in the pending tariff bill is against the Democratic creed, the Democratic party and the President, who is the leader oi the party. The test of Democracy is fidelity to revenue reform. There are but two side. to this issue-one Democratic, the othel Republican. No man whose sympathy and votes are on the Republican side ought te have the effrontery to expect recognition as Democrat by the present administration And in all cases where such unreasonable expectations exist it is the duty and should be the pleasure of President Cleveland to disappoint them. We expect the President kr.1 al xlL A. E.. which he has undertaken to lead, being a good cause, sound in morals, lofty in patriot ism, he must not betray it by putting it's enemies on an equal footing with its friends.
 This is plain enough and seems to ''mean business" It will be interesting to see how the scheme works.