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Practical Philosophy.

'If you don't see what yo, want, asb
for it, That is what we sec in some OF
theretail stores. We act too often 8
though that sign was hung up in this
world for our direction. We fret for
what we have not. No; life says TO us,
If you don't see what you want, matc
IT," We are told that when Isaac Watts
was II boy he complained to his father
that he didn't like the hymns used in
the church. Young man" said his
father, roprovingly, "lf You don't like
the hymns we have, make better ones. i"
The boy took the hint, intended as u
reproof, and did write "better ones. "
As we have already said, il this paper
is not what you want, make it so. Ii
people about yOu are cross, be cheerful;
II they are impatient, be gentle; il tho
world is crooked, keep straight your
self We shall not be much annoyed by
the faults of others il we cultivate in
ourselves tho opposite virtues. What
VIC are toward the world the world viii
DO to us. - Yeaag Christian.
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FAIL RIVER, Mass, Aug, ia Hebrew
wedding occurred at the synagogue in
Watermon Block yesterday, and feast
followed. The noise late at night attract
ed the police, and they found a dance in
progress. As previous warning had been
given against Sunday dancing, thirty
three Hebrews, including several women,
were arrested. Scores of voices were
raised in angry protest against what was
termed an outrage. A few tried TO escape,
and half dozen We're pulled ont Of n mar
row closet where they were closely packed
away. The bail commissioner was absent
in New York, and the whole party had to
spend the night in the lock-up. Thc bride
and groom occupied separate coils.
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CHATTANOOGA MOURNS
over the Awful Result of the c.o.,
Conhagrator.


CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. 10 -Tbo
i'iei,ieh nave been throwing water all day
On the ruins of the terrible fire which Wis
ioed TINS city last night, Only four buiId.
inss on tho entire west side of the snuaro
ON Market street, between Sixth and Sov-
ehth' remain standing. and some of them
are Dadiy damaged, This was the finest
square Of business houses in the citv. Tho
oaidweli Griifs Block had a frontaoe of nm
leet' ana ran through from Market to Broad
street. distance of 80 feet. 1t is n total
wreck The city is in mourning over tbe
'appaillhg loss of life. Already the dead
BODIES OF James Z. Mcmillan, Thomas
smith, OF Atlanta, David Wech and two
men who have not yet been identified,
nave been recovered, and it is nos
ltlvely known that there are at least four
more bodies covered up in the ruins, while
at least the names of fourteen MISSING
have been furnished the chief of the fro
department For nearly twentvfour
hours all the ilromen have been ON dutv
ana having worked like Troians many of
them are nearly exhausted. The heat OF
the fire has been intense. At this hour
water Is being thrown on the south end of
the Shelton and Howard B..ildng. whnre
tWo bodies are in sight. One of the bodies
was almost recovered at : ,'clock thia of-
ternoon, but being buried in apileof bricks
hiteen feet deep they cGycd in on it, and
the heat was so sitting thag the work had
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NUMBER 80.
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

Cardinal Mazz0iAnti, the linguistr
Who is said TO have known hundred
languages, declared that he never for
got "A word he had once learned.
Bishop Perry, of Iowa, has re-
celved the degree OF I'D. d. Oxon.N
from the University of Oxford, En-
gland The only other living Amcricaa
who has received like distinction is
Rev Phillips Brooks, of Boston.
Isaiah V. Williamson, of Philadcl'
phia, is reported to be tho wealthiest
bachelor in the United States. He has
fortune Of twenty million dollars and
gives away a large portion of it annu'
ally in charities. He is plainly
dressed old gentleman, very modest
and retiring in his ways.
Mr. Chase. the Quaker Senator
from Rhode Island, is credited WIFE
this remaRlz: The longer am in pub
| lie the more am convinced that tenn
per is the one thing which every man
should have, should always keep, and
never let his neighbor know that he
has it. .
Charles Primeau, the aged interJ
prefer at the Standing Rock Agency in
Dakota, was an early Indian trader
among the Sioux in the Northwest.
He had many perilous and exciting ad-
ventures, sometimes barely escaping
with his life, and once had 100000 OK
property destroyed in twinkling by
the sayages.
One Of the brightest and most
earnest of the students at the Baptist
Theological Seminary in Louisville was
formerly what is known as "strect
fakirn He finds that his experience
| in lauding the virtues of patent medi-
| cines before street crowds has been OF
great help in developing his oratorical
powers for the pulpit.
AS a rule, donation parties are a
terror and an everything apprehension
to pastors, but a parson at Reno, New,
find himself an exception. Fifty OF
his pariohioncrs came to his house re-
Gently with provisions sufficient,
almost, to tide him over next winter,
and, in addition, they left behind them
on table a deep glass filled with gold
and silver
Clara Morris, being convinced that
no speaker hears his own voice exactly
as others hear it, theorized that by
speaking into a phonograph and then
turning crank she would have a cor
rect idea of her declamations. Her
experiments have not been exactly
successful, as the repeated tones lack
the volume of the original utterances.
but there is said to be a precise mim-
icry of emphasis, infection and tone.
Mr.. George W. Childs, of Phila-
delphia, has given another evidence OF
his generosity and artistic taste, and
in this case tribute of affection as
| well, in the gift of a memorial window
OF General Grant to st. Luke's Meth
odist Episcopal Church at Long Branch,
the church that both attended while
sojourning there. A life-size bust
portrait of General Grant in uniform
occupies the center of the window,
supported on either side by a full
sized figure, one representing Mourn
ing and the other Peace, while above
floats a figure emblematic Of Glory,
surmounted by the historic sentence,
''Lct Us Have Peace" As the base of
the window is the inscription: Gen
eral Ulysses s. Grant. Erected by his
friend, George w. Childs, as a token
of his Affection
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NATURAL GAS INITIATION.
ayers Balloon Lands Twenty-Five Miles
From the Starting Polnt-A Night Trip
Among the Clouds.


From the Starting Polnt-A Night Trip
Among the Clouds.
ANDERSON, lND., Aug. 1.-THE natural
gas balloon "When," which sailed from
Riverside Park at five O'Clock last evening"
with George Ayers as the only passenger
has been heard from. The balloon, which
Is ono hundred feet in height and sixty
'ive feet IN diameter,was inflated with nat.
ural gas from the Mccullough well. 1t is
made Of silk, fitting closely in n network
OF cords, and was inflated with gas from
the Mccullough well until a gauge indi.
Gated twenty pounds pressure OMr'
Ayers then took his place. in
the basket suspended from they net.
work of the balloon. His cago con-
sisted of a pint of brandy, a few sand.
wlehes and heavy overcoat, When all
was ready the word was given to cuS-ssls
anellc scope which held the air-ship fast
to si6 oak stump, ana up it went Mr.
Ayers arrived here this afternoon on the
Markleyille mail hack He says that the
| balloon rose steadily until the City of An
derson looked like a mere spot, and White
river like crooked thread Then he felt
the cold, damp wind, and as he was pull
| ing on his overcoat he saw the city and
| the park, with its thousands of people
in it, drifting away from him, but
he could not tell in what direction
| He could see the sun, but he could
| not tell whether lie was going toward or
| frpo, ~ Eino11,, ~ lien,Nronrp1 mud bn
was left in darkness, From what he could
discover he was drifting quite slowly. At
ten o'clock he passed over big light,
which he now believes to have been made
| by the Markleville gas we'll This light
was two hours fading from sight. Then
all was blank until nearly four O'Clock,
when daylight appeared. Soon he could
discern the fields from the timber land be-
low, and when he found himself over a
large area of cleared land he pulled
the valve rope of the balloon and gradu-
ally descended, alighting on the farm of
Squire Reeves, near Wilkinson, in Ham
cock County, and but twenty-five miles
from where he started. No one saw him
descend nor knew he was near until he
raped at the farmers door. After break
fast the old man took Ayers in his buggy
to Mar,deville and sent him home in the
mail hack. This is the first balloon ever
inflated and sent up with natural gas. Mr.,
Ayers is of the opinion that he reached al
least mile and half high, but it being
night and having no instruments with
which to measure the altitude, this is mere
conjecture. The extreme calmness ac-
counts for the short distance made.
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UP AND AWAY.

Hallonn Inflated with Natural Ga.
Bears Its Lone Occupant to the Cloud.
and sails or with Him.
ANDERSON, lND., Aug. 13.-Tho first bal
loon inflated with natural gas to arise was
sent up from Riverside Park, near this
city, at five o'clock this afternoon. The
balloon is known as the "Vhen," is new,
made Of heavy silk, and is one hundred
feet in hcightand siXtv-fvc feet in circum-
ference when inflated. II has long been
a question as to whether or not
natural gas would float bal
loon Ia any considerable height.
This one was filed from pipe from the
Mccullough well until gauge indicated
the silk, which was inclosed in strong net
ting, wns bearing twenty pounds pressure,
when George Ayers, an amateur aero1aut,
climbed into the basket, and the "lihon"
was cut loose. She rose steadily until an
altitude of about twenty-five hundred
feet was reached, when current of air
was struck which bore the balloon and its
single passenger away to the southeast,
'inor which nothing has boon soon or heard
from them,
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"A LITTLE NONSENSE"


--Visitor--"ls your mother in to-
day, my boy?" Candid child-"No.
sir, she's doing up preservos."-Neo
Harcn NewS.
Compassionate housewife $50
you were in the army, my poor man.
What was your capacity there?'
Tramp-"DoubIo rations, mum "-4c-
cidem NclCS.
Tommy" said his penurious un-
cle how would you feel if | were to
give you nickel?' Il Think replied
Tommy, "that would feel q little
faint at first. Life.
Mrs. Williams-'I am sorry to
hear that your mother is i'll, Georgia.
hope she isn't sick abed." George
"Oh, no, Mrs. Williams. She is only
sick alounge."-M Y. Morning JomWal.
Pa, what makes the little piggies
eat so fast?n Pa" was so confused
and finally said that he would have to
give it up. "'Cause they want to be
hogs said four-year-old. - Toledo
Biade.
Customer Qn restaurant) - a
broied spring chicken, waiter, and
small bottle, vintage IA" Waiter
''Yes, sir Uater) Find every thing
right, sir?' Customer-"No; you've
made a mistake. You've brought me
spring wine and a "a vintage chicken"
NJ Y SHn.
Harry, what have you
been doing to the poor dogP He's
been bowling dreadfully." Harry
"Well, he knocked over your vase and
| spoke to him, and guess his feelings
were hurt" Mamma - Nonsense!
Dogs can't understand what you say"
llarry-"Oh, yes, they can when-you
kick EN-. Time.
-"Maw, how | perspire!" Dear
me, Clara, don't let me hear you use
that vulgar expression again" DO
| you want me to say 'sweatp'n "No,
you wretched vulgarian; you must say
you are 'bedewed with heat Tho
first thing you know people will say
wo haven't got no style about u.s.
Teras sHtinqs.
--Ohicer-"Look 'rhere, you! What
| are ye doin' round here this time o.
mornin'?" Stranger (boldly)-"Tm
'tendin' to me bisncss! Wat yer
s'pose?' Ohicer-"Oh, ye are! Where
did that chicken come from?" Stranger
with more under his coat, savagely)-
at came from neg, av corse! What
in blazes did yer tink it come from? A
sody-fountin'P"--Puck.
Mrs. McSwyny-"Oi'm told your
choild fell out o. the top windy, Mrs.
Clinchy,N Mrs. Clinehy-"Yis, an av
me little mon hadn't COON along jest
ut the roit tonne an broke the fall wild
the top av his head, me byc'd been
killed. Mrs. McSwyny-"Did it HURT
your hoosband, nowP" Mrs. Cinchy
-"0i don't think so. 1t broke his
neck, an he doid without groan. ~
Harper's 1Gcasins.
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JAPANESE EARTHQUAKES.



sAN Francisco, Aug. l2.-The ste,mo,
Clty OF Sidney, which arrived this evenin,
IRON Hong Kong and Yokohama. hrings
,nrough Japanese journals with particu.
lars OF a volcanic eruption of Bandai San
On the 10th Of july. The details of the ca.
."sttophe come in somewhat disiointed
io'hi' The Choya Mimbm dispatched a
special reporter to the scene. Accordipg
10 MS account the villages of Bandai San
heara strange rumblng sounds, and felt
snocKs OF earthquakes from the 18th.
lheSe phenomena continued intermitinpI,,
ior TWO days and nights, but not being ot.
tended with any serious results no disoli.
etude was felt On the morning of the 18th.
az ABOUT $ O'Clock, the smaller Bandai San
.rembled and roared violently. Almost
Immediately alterward ashes begun to
iail, the sky suddenly grew dark.
ana The fumblng sounds contin-
ued' accompanied by a violent earth-
quake and flare Of dazzling flame The
crest OF the smaller Bandai San appeared
to be lifted bodily upwards and then to
IAN again with tremendous noise, Then
iolloWed showers of red mud, mingled
with large stones, spreading havoc around
such, indeed was the nature of nearly all
the matter crupted-red mud without
small stones, but accompanied OCCASION
ally by heavy rocks Above the mud fell
Few inches of ashes In the villoqes of
lwase, Gousan, Wakamya, Misato and
hlbara the greater part of the houses
were buried to depth of from seven 10
twenty feet. The state of the bodies re-
covered is terrible. Some arc literally cut
to pieces; others are parboilcd SO that it is
scarcely possible to distinguish between
men and women, A few corpses were
found suspended in the branches Of frees
which had caught them as they fell.
Up TO the nth the number Of bodies rccov-
cred is 40. 1t is believed that sixty-ono
are still cntombcd, The wounded number
forty-one, Ejghty-seyen houses have been
destroyed. The inhabitants Of Inawashiro
and adjacent villages fed to Wakamatsea
and other places when the cruption5 oc-
CURED. The report of the local official of
Wakamatsea says the inhabitants, Of Ina
washiro and adjacent district escaped
with their furniture, The wounded are
receiving treatment at the school house in
lnawashiro, Their condition is shocking.
Some have fractured skulls, others broken
limbs, and the faces of few are battered
so as to be unrccognizable. There are
about thousand people in need Of help.
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NEW YORK, Aug. ll.-George Kennedy o
steerage passenger by the City Of New York,
says the passage was very unpleasant one
for the people in his part of the ship In
addition to the tedious delays caused by the
brealsago machinery at Queenstown and
on the voyage, there was fire in the coal
bunkers Sunday morning, which lasted four
hours before it could be extinguished and
caused much alarm, On Monday morning
they ran short of water and were put on a
short allowance of warm condensed water,
hardly drinkablc. They suffered from thirst.
Though the vessel arrived at the dock here
at eleven a. IN. yesterday, the steerage pas
seugers did not reach Castle Garden until
i:30p. IN. The food was only moderate in
quality and amount Several other steer
age passengers made the same statement.
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LrAvENwoRTH, KAN, Aug, lO.-The four
days's shoot for positions on the depart
mont team closed yesterday at Fort
Leayenworth Sergeant j, ?. Kelly, Com
pany Z, Sixth Infantry, won the first and
second prizes, gold and silver medal for
known distance and skirmish firing. Cor
poral Halney, Company L, Thirteenth In
fantrv, the twenty dollars offered as a
prize by Mrs. General Merritt for the best
ecord made at known distance firing.
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MONUMENT TO SHERIDAN.


Proposition For the 6. a. Il. to maugurate
Movement In Honor OF the Illustrious
Dead
WASHINGTON, Aug. ia morning paper
makes the following suggestion: There
have been but few suggestions in regard to
monument to Sheridan, but it is hoped
that the Grand Army of the Republic will
move in this matter without delay. One
dollar contributed by each member of that
organization throughout the country would
create a fund out of which u suitable
memorial could be erected over the hero Of
Winchester which would be an ornament
to the beautiful city OF the dead in which
he now resides, and would substantially
testify the regard which the eX-sodiers
entertain for the foremost cavalry officer
of the Union,
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Found in the Well.

BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Aug. A.-Tho
body Of Geo Campbell, aged twenty -four
years, was found at the bottom of well on
the farm Of Charles Chddister, in Connis
Township, this morning, by a party OF
ncighhors who dug out the well. Camp
bell disappeared in August of last year,
and was reported to have gone West.
Frank Iousc who then worked for Mr.,
Chi3dister, claimed he had bought n team
and other effects from Campbell. The
ncighhors, who had suspected something
was wrong, dug up the well withthe result
stated
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THE SCOURGE

That Has Settled Upon Jacksonville
Persistent and Patient Efforts to Stamp
1t Out.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 1i.-The sit
uation to-day, in many respects, seems
more favorable than for several previous
days, inasmuch as the eXcitemont has to a
greater or less extent subsidcd; also, a
largely increased sanitary force was put
to work early in the morning and kept
huSiiy employed piiing up and burning old
boxes and barrels, and raking the streets
and yards, scattering lime and doing
suon other work as in the discre-
ton of the officials was necessary. During
the morning Dr.. Mitchell received "A tele-
gram from Surgeon General Hamilton
stating that the Governor had approved
the establishment Of the refugee camp at
Boulognc twenty miles west of here, and
that Dr. Guitcras had been assigned to
take charge of the same, In compliance
with Ills ordor Dr. Guitcras left for Bou-
logno last night to perfect arrangements
as speedily as possible for opening the
station.
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1--WE must curtail expenses" said
the husband to his sweet wife. ln-
deed, and ! don't sec how anybody
could be more saving than | am.
We'vo got Il family of four of our own
and two servants, and yet | manage to
get along, my dress bills and all, with
only little over 500 II month. "
And get u salary of 800 month" "
"Well, you must get them 70 raise
your salary. You have the least man.
agemont about you of any person |
ever saw. Oh, If only were man"
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WASHINGTON D, C., Aug. 1O.-All last
night in st. Matthew's Church the remains
of Genera sheridan were guarded by two
Lieutenant, and eight artillery Scrgeants
and by detail from the Loyal Legion. At
seven O'Clock this morning Father Mackin
largely attended, At eight O'Clock Father
Kcrrick celebrated requiem mass, the
junior choir rendering appropriate music.
When at the conclusion of the mass the
congregation had filed out of the church
Mrs, Sheridan, accompanied by her father,
Miss Rucker and Dr. O'Reilly, entered and
looked upon the remains of her husband
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PARIS, Aug. l2,-Whilo Genera Boulan-
ger was driving in an open carriage at
Saint D'Angcly to-day, Prof, Perrin, Of
the Lyccc fired five shots ut him from a
revolver, NJ, Ratapan, a friend Of the
General, rushed forward, and managed to
turn the weapon aside. The result was
that Ratapnn himself received bullet in
the back of the head, but the wound is not
serious. Two peasants were also wound
ed, General Boulanger was not touched.
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QUINcY, LII, Aug. 1.-THE proprietors
of the Hutdid, of this city, We're surprised
yesterday morning in finding one of their
printers hanging by one heel from the
lower porch of the building. The TYPO"
was James purves, nineteen years old,
and it is supposed that he accidentally fell
from vcrandah which runs along the
third story, and that he was caught in the
fall. where he hung until life was extinct.
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pov,ior of Farnsworth's Brigade

GETTYSBURG. Pa, Aug. l2.-The da'e of
the reunion at Gettysburg of farnsworth''
Calvary Brigade, consisting of the First
Vermont Fifth New York, Eighteenth
Pennsylvania, First West Virginia and
one SQUADRON of the First Ohio and Elders
regu lar battery, will be September 70 mol
%, as heretofore published.
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BosroY. MASS, Aug. le.-Nicholas @nr'
phy. a Waterman at the wharf ior nso
wears past, has during that time saved the
uros NJ ono hundred persons who nave
foIIon overheard. To-day his employees
presented him with a goid-hcaded cane.
liza had previously received silver medal
from the Massachusetts Humane Soeie'y
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ncnIh INrnm IOCkiaw.

.HopKrNsvLLE, KY, Aug, l2.-MisS Fan-
nie Thompson, young lady residing IN
Caldwell County, accidentally ran thorn
into her foot as she was returning home
from neighbor's several evenings ago
Her sullcrngs were intense whrh Inc
thorn was extracted, and produced 'ocA'
law. from which she died yesterday.
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Not Posted. III m! h'm" eiacu-
lated Jones while glancing over tho
morning paper, 81 know I'm not well
posted in physiology, but when it
comes to reading that man was shot
in his saloon, boy mOrtally hurt in
the alley and woman injured on
the back stairs, | may as well own up
to complete ignorance OF those parts
pf the anatomy"
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Shot His Sweetheart and Himself.

HARTFORD, CT., Aug. l2.-!n Plainyille,
twelve miles west of this city, yesterday
afternoon, Geo. Bradley aged twenty
three shot his sweetheart, Lille Potter
aged seventeen, and then shot himself.
The affair occurred at the girls home, on
Broad street. Both were alive at nine
o'clock this morning, but neither can live,
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arge.t grape crop ever known
vluia is now maturing, and it
almost every known variety
,liN of the fruit. This crop
every seven years in California,
re is a profit to the growers at
Ia pound.
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a Murderer Hanged.

Nrw CASTLE, DEL, aug 10 Char'es
henry Reidel was hanged ut l!;i' th'S
AFTERNOON for the murGer OF his wife ana
child on the night OF Se9Iemu'r 10 'a,''
The murder was committed during 'no '
night, and the shots had been urea WINS
I'm, mother aud child were sleeping
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CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE stream of crude
petroleum which was started from Lima,
O., three " weeks ago, TO fill the two great
tanks at South Chicago, began pouring
into thcirreservoirs shortly after midnight
this morning. The oil is now flowing at
the rate of 5000 barrels or $50, 900 gallons a
day. Each tank has capacity of $1,000
barrels
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WASHINGTON, Aug, 12.-Norman j, Fake,
nineteen years old, a nephew of Agricul-
al Commissioner Colman, was drowned
while bathing in the Potomac river yester-
day afternoon, His body was recovered
and will tomorrow be conveyed TO his
home at Richfield Springs, N. y. Mr. Fake
was employed as Il chemist in the Asri-
cultural Department.