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The News Condensed.
important Intelligence From All Parts.
From wAsHINoToN.

The public debt statement issued on the
LIST showed the total debt TO be 81, CD 40.
SIS; cash in Treasury, q 50, ~. AS; debt less
cash in Treasury. 81 .O7O. O55. $50 Decrease
during September, sI3, IS. O9A Decrease
since June -. ISIS. 1859, go
STATEMENT from the Treasury Depart
ment on the I'd showed that there was a net
increase Of si4, I'll, 800 in circulation during
the month OF September. and a net de-
crease OF siV.5g7 in money and bullion dur
ing the same period
THE formal opening Of the mteynati Onal
Congress took place in Washington on the
2d, and cordial address of welcome was
delivered by Secretary Blaine. who was
afterwards chosen president ~ the con
gress- The assembly thea adjourned To
November IL. President Harrison gave a
special reception TO the deIegate&
The Pension Office issued 1860 original
pension cert hcates during the three
months ended September b against 5. 90
during the same quarter OF last year.
The PostInasJer-Generalo on tbs 81 ap-
pointed David p LiebhardJ of In
diana, superintendent of the Dc d Letter
Office, vice George b. Halt. OF Minnesota,
resigned
II the United States there were Il.
business failures during the seven DAYS
ended on the 9Th against lGl the previous
seven days The total failures from Janu-
airy To date was i 494, against Z, as in lSSS
AT the leading clearing houses I'm the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 5rh aggregated
81 29S So 81 against 81 ,OO3, l26. 16S the pre-
viOus week As compared with the cor
responding week of 1888 the increase
amounted to 2S
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

II Ausuria-Slesia most OF the schools
were on the LIST closed in consequence OF a
disease OF the eye which had become cpl
demic throughout the country
THREE small towns In the State OF Chiapas
Mex, were destroyed by cyclone on the
lst. and storm AZ Carmen, an island oil
the coast OF Yucatan. wrecked two steam
ers. twelve foreign sailing vessels and
twenty coasting vessels.
NEAR Port Rowan. Ont the schooner
Elie Wave capsized on the LIST. and four OF
the crew and four landsmen who were
aboard of her We're drowned
IL the Black sea hurricane was raging
on the I'd and large number of Turkish
vessels had been wrecked and great loss OF
life was reported
IN Lancashire. Eng. seven thousand col
Tiers struck ON the I'd for an advance OF
five per cent. in wages
4 DETECTIVE i'm Montreal said on the Sd
that there seemed TO be q mania among
poorly-paid clerks in that cit to embezzle
from their employers and leave for the
United States light cases had been To-
ported in one week
II Europe Asiatic cholera was on the I'd
said to be epidemic 1t had also made its
appearance in Greece, Turkey and parts
of Hungary, and was spreading rapidly
Over two Thousand deaths had occurred in
Ba.dad.
Tbs steamer Geographic coliided recent
" with the sailing vessel Minnie Swift oil
St Pierre, " r.. and the latter sank
drowning two women, three children and
ten men.
THE loss of the British steamer Earnmoor
Oft the West Indies was reported on the 3D.
and nineteen persons lost their lives
THE recent hurricane in Laguna del
No HaaFrnvsaA hundred n, a
five houses and twenty seven vessels were
wrecked.
AT st Johns. " b., an attempt was
made on the 4th TO poison the families OF
three Protestant ministers by candy sent
through the mails Tho wife of one of the
ministers had died.
AT Altenbruch Germany n scaffolding
fell on the ath aud seven men We're killed
Is France re-ballots were taken on the
9Th in the districts in which tho recent cleo
tons for members OF the Chamber of Dep
uties were without definite result. and it
was estimated that two-thirds OF the lS3
constituencies which balloted went Eepub-
lean, BOulanger aud his followers being
vanquished.
THRTY-FoUR vessels were destroyed in
the harbOr OF Carmen, Mex. by til, rec mt
storm. and more than one hundred houses
were leveled to the ground Loss, ST.
OpGO
THE provinces OF Clgliari, in Italy, was
recently ravaged by terrific storm in
which two hundred and forty houses We're
destroyed, sixteen persons were killed an
hundreds were injured
ADyICEs of the 9Th from London say
that a terrible hurricane had visited the
island of Sardinia, and one hundred per
sons were buried in the debris Of buildings
shattered by the storm and thirty were
killed
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THE EAST.

NEW YORK Democrats met in State con
ventiOn on the LIST at Syracuse and nom
mated Frank Rice for Secretary OF State
Edward Wemple for Comptroller. Elliott
DanfOrth for State Treasurer. Charles f.
Tabor for Attorney General and Dennis
O'Brien Tor Judge of Court OF Appeals. Tar
1T reform and Governor Hills administra-
tion were indorsed
ON the LIST Baptiste Penaud. the French
jumper. leaped from a l5O-foot tower into
a net below at Trenton. \. j., fell fiat on
his back and was instantly killed
IL session at Philadelphia on the ID the
National CIvil-SeTvice Reform League re-
eected George William Curtis as president
MASSACHUSETTS Democrats In STATE con-
vention at Worcester on the ID nominated
W. f. Russell. OF Cambridge, for Governor
o. the 3d Stafford Conn. celebrated its
two hundred and tiftieth birthday
The state convention of the Woman Suf-
frage party met at Saratoga. n Y, on the
Sd and a resolution was adopted to aid
candidates for the Legislature who are
friends to won II suffrage. without regard
TO party lines.
On the Sd two miners were instantly
killed and one fatally inl red by fall Of
earth in n colliery at HazIet0n, Pa
CHARLES PRATT of Meriden, Conn,
cashier OF the IL Wales Line Company, was
arrested on the 81 for the embezzlement of
$1,000 He confessed his guilt
IL Brooklyn on the Sd Daniel Robins, a
ship-rigger, aged sixty-fOur years, shot and
killed his wife. aged fifty years. and
then shot himself dead The couple had
frequently quarreled over property.
GENERAL LESTER $ FAULKNER was con-
victed on the I'd at Buffalo. n Y, of max
ing false report on the condition of the
Dansville National Bank and was sentenced
to seven years imprisonment
PETER SINS 4 Sons morocco factory at
Salem. Mass, was burned on the 18th loss
SlOl COZ
JOIN F. LAWRENCE, o. Bangor Me SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life for muir
deTing his mistress, Miss Elmira Atwood
in lS5I. was pardoned on the 4th
FLAMES destroyed the Mount Mansfield
Hotel at Stowe, Vt, on Tho 4th. Loss
slOO.gOc
At LOckport, " L. he first snOw-storn
of the season occurred on the 9th, causing
the destruction OF apple trees aud vege-
tables.
At JOhnstown. Pa. two more bodies were
taken out OF the river on the 5th by the
state forces which were at work taking out
rubbish and opening sewers From pres
ent appearances there were great many
dead yes in the river.
The death Of ex-COngressman A 4. Har-
denbergh occ aired at his home in Jersey
City. =. J.. on the 5tl aged fifty-nine years
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each berth so that the travellers could have
their sleeping apartments lighted at night
If they chose
II is expected here that Secretary
Biaine's election as the presiding officer Of
the International Congress NAV cause some
stir abroad, as the opportunities it will af-
ford him for brilliant coup in regard to
our relations with other countries will be
1t is said, so numerous as TO cause anxiety
among foreign powers desiring to hold the
commerce OF South America
NEW YORK, Oct I. The SUMS Washing
ton correspondent says the delegates from
Chilli and the Argentine republic TO the In
ternatiOna congress are greatly dissatisfied
with the election Of Mr. Blaine as president
OF the congress, and that they may with
draw. Up to this time they have taken no
part in the informal meetings of the con-
gress nor attended the Presidents recep-
ton and luncheon, and have not joined the
railroad excursion which the other mem
bers of the congress are making.
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HUNDREDS ARE DEAD.

Flood and Famine Find May Victims in
japan over 400 Llves Lost, aud
Thousands of Houses swept Away
Fatal Hurricane in sardinia by Which
Great Many Were Killed.
DEATHS AGENTS AT WORK N JAPAN
San FRANcIsCo, Oct. Z. Adyices re-
ceived from Japan state, according to the
latest report published IN the Osaka Asahi
Shembun, that 23S houses have been de-
stroyed and 2l7 persons killed or drowned
by the floods at TotSukawa Several thou
sand people are destitute of food
4 telegram from the chief police in
spector Of the Wakayama prefecture, dated
August ~, announced that l,t19 persons
We're drowned by the late floods. l22 CT ushed
10 death lsj injured severely, 5,2i3 houses
swept away anl demolished, u, 3SG build
ings submerged and many bridges and en-
bankments damaged
The TOKYO on under date OF Septem-
Der T.. states that on the afternoon Of
September ] I, az the dock-yard at Toxic
one OF the boilers OF the steamer Yeiia
Maru exploded, killing eight engineers and
fireman and blowing up the ves-e,
HURRICANES MANY VICTIMS.
BoHE, oct "A ter bile hurricane swept
the entire length Of sardinia Saturday
dwelling many villages ana doing incalcuia-
bic damage TO property Hundreds of peo-
pie were buried IN the ruins of their own
homes and thirty are known TO have lost
their lives
PARIS, Oct THE province OF Cagliari
has been ravaged by a terrific storm in
which $40 houses were destroyed Sixteen
persons were killed and hundreds were in.
iured The town OF Cagliari suffered Sc
yerelv
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a BENEVOLENT DOG.
lie Gives Away His Own Breakfast to
Poor. Homeless Cur.

lie Gives Away His Own Breakfast to a
Poor. Homeless Cur.
A dog in the neighborhood of Man
chester has been distinguishing him.
self in marked degree This is not
homeless cur, but a dog in easy cir
cumstances, and owned by kind and
indulgent master. Too iudulgent the
reader may be disposed TO think, when
he is told that every morning at lunch
time the creature was presented with
a penny, which it carried in its mouth
to the shop of baker, and there pur-
chased a biscuit 1t happened. how
ever, that the baker, meeting the
owner of the dog, mentioned to him
that he had not been for his biscuit
lately. This was unaccountable. and
the more so because the animals
master had remarked that during the
past week or so it had exhibited I'M
usual Impotence for lunch time. en-
deHvoring by caressing and tail-wag-
ging to obtain the luncheon money be-
fore it was due. When it at last re-
ceived it it had never failed to run off
in a hurry, and after awhile returned
without the coin. seemingly satisfied
with its investment.
The next morning after the baker
had made his communication TO the
gentleman, the latter, after giving his
dog the penny, was curious to watch
it. And 10 and behold! it never went
near the biscuit shopl Without an in
stant's delay it FASTENED to 3. tripe sell
er's, and there bought and paid for
neat and tempting skewsring of
paunch. But it was not for its own
eating. With cheerful alacrity it took
the meat in its mouth and made for an
empty house, and to the cellar thereof,
and, being closely followed, the benev-
Olent creature was discovered in the
act of delivering its precious penny
worth 10 a poor, miserable tyke, a
stranger to the neighborhood. and APP
parently of the tramp" species. Evil
IDENTIFY IL had been taken i'll on the
road. and probably would have died in
the cellar into which it had crawled
for shelter had it not been for the kind
commiseration OF the other dog. who
probably quite by accident had found it
there London Globe.
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LATE RETURNS,

Those Receiyed f,'"r'i t;s Elections in the
New Statos Show "a Probable Success for
Prohibition ia Both of the DIkotas-
The Capital of south Dakota Goes to
Pierre a Neck and Neck Race In Mon
tana News from Washington.
Sioux FALLS. n D.. Oct 1.-THE election
OF iierre as capital OF South Dakota is now
conceded here. The fact that this city had
a Senatorial candidate in the field is as
cribed the defeat
Approximately correct returns from all
counties give a total of IS, OCU votes cast,
1900 below last year. OF these Pierre re-
ceives 2j,0)0; WATERFOWL, 1850; Sioux
Fails 12,G0t; Huron, 10, 800; Mitchell 5000;
Chamberlain, 1000.
A dispatch from Blunt says that already
the rush of boomers to Pierre has begun
The westward-bound train for Pierre
passed Blunt Wednesday night loaded with
Pierre settlers Farm property in that
vicinity has already taken a jump of 100
per cent
In South Dakota prohibition carries By
q substantial majority, ranging from $500
to 10000 The State ticket il Republican
by at least 2JO0l Chairman Hundly. OF
the Democratic ; tate Central Committee,
admits l2O00
BIsaIABCK. " D., Oct 4 The Ward Nc
Lean Legislative district has in all proba-
bilito gone Democratic by a small majority
electing William Hoae Senator and A. G
Nedrud Representative. This makes
ten Democrats and one independent
Republican thus far The number may
be incr,1-eI three and probably five,
but that will be the limit The interest in
the election returns has shifted TO prohibit
ton, and the liquor men are willing to bet
fg br- gufo mi
cess Of prohibition is a great surprise II
looks now rs if the highest Republican ma
jority on the State ticket would exceed
12GO1.
HELENA, Mont, Oct 4-The Republicans
now estimate their majority for Governor
at 100, while the Democrats claim Iooe S
election by 400 Returns from Silver
Bow County. which elects eleven
members OF the Legislature, are
still incomplete. The Democrats claim
nine members sure and possibly
all Tho Republicans only concede six to
the Democrats The Republicans now
claim tire, majority on Joint ballot in the
Legislature. while the Democrats claim
nine Republican paper places the ma
jority of Career, tiep) for Congress at
! ,9J0 The Republicans have probably
elected all their State ticket except their
candidate for Governor.
OLYMPIA, Wash. Oct 4 -Returns con
tinue to come in from all parts of the
State slowly. The latest estimates place
the Republican majority at not less then
100 The Legislature viii be oyerwhelm
ingly Republican, Nothing more definite
will probably be known until the Official
count is made.
The constitution is carried and pro-
hibition and y oman suffrage defeated two
to Que. Olympia has . plur; lily for the
capital, North Yakima and ElleHsbury fol-
lowing; but another election viii decide
this point. The Legislature will probablv
elect Ex-Governor Watson G. Squire SEN
atOr
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.


FOrty-Ninth Annual Meeting Held iu
JsnssvilIe- Some Statistics.
The forty-ninth annual meeting of tho
Wisconsin Congregational convention was
held recently at Evansville Rev. A H.
Minor. OF Madison, made report showing
the condition of the churches in the State
The membership is Is. 742, of whom =, 2O7
are absentees This membership has been
under the care of las pastors OF the sixty
one vacant churches ten have been sur
piled by licentiates for some portions of
the year Besides the I4S pastors they
have sixty-eight ministers employed in
other work throughout the State Con-
nected with these churches are Sunday
schools with a membership of 20 635, re-
porting an average attendance of II, 765, a
gain in membership OF 2,47. Rev. J. f.
Dudley submitted the following resolutions
which were discussed and adopted:
Reso!Usd, That we advise all our churches
and pastors TO carry on, n some definite ana
systematic way, Temperance work, especially
aiming in moral suas On at total abstinence
and IN legal suasion at entire prohib ton
ResOiUsd, That We heartily reaffirm all the
deliverances Of the convention, IN the past
years, urging urcn our churches and pastors
the Importance and duty OF encouraging and
supporting the tenn erauce reform as part OF
their proper and legitimate Christian work
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GERMANS CELEBRATE.
Anniversary of the Landing of Their
Colony in This Country.

COLONY an 1h1s Country.
PHILADELPHIA Oct THE 21Gth anniver
sary of the landing of the German pioneer
settlers in Philadelphia was celebrated
sunday afternoon by a large meeting st
the hall of the German society ut Marshall
and Spring Garden streets. DIR. Gross. of
the German hospital, presided and spoke
in German and English. Addresses were
also made in German By Prof Sidenslicker
and DR. Kellner, and Il. English by City
Solicitor Warwick Over 4,0Jo p2ople were
present
ST LOUIS, Oct. Herman Day was
celebrated here Sunday in notable way.
The principal feature was a monster pa
rade, there being over $500 men III line
The line OF march was from the southern
part OF the city to the heart, passing the
courthouse where the parade was re-
viewed by Mayor NOonan and other city Of
fcials Al.religious and political features
were excluded. and no flags except the
German and american National flags were
permitted Sunday night there was fine
display of fireworks upon the river, fol-
lowed 10y excursions ami balls on steamers.
monster meeting assembled in music
hall, Exposition building where patriotic
speeches were made and a musical pro
aramme rendered by the German singing
societies
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PlTH AND PoINf.

wit without judgment is a weary
thing to the company.
Ii you wish to improve your
memory, do things il would be S.se To
iorget.-Atchison Globe.
We only know ourselves and what
we really are when the force OF cir
cumstances brings US out.
Those who aspire to dive deep,
should beware of coming up muddy
Batchelder Greene.
-Remorse is a good deal like a
wooden leg. 1t may help you on your
way, but you always think how much
happier you would be without it =
Puck.
To be able to endure honest and
kind criticism requires quite as much
wisdom as to be able to make honest
and wise criticism.
No man for any considerable
period can wear one face to himself,
and another to the multitude without
finally getting bewildered as to which
may be true.
Crime and punishment grow out of
one stem. Punishment is a fruit that,
unsupported. ripens within the flower
of the pleasure that concealed it
Emerson.
There are sins from ignorance;
but most sins are intelligent and de-
liberate. It is not always easy to
know just what duty requires, vdt, as
a rule, it is easier TO know what Is'
duty than to do what we know to be
duty.-S. S. Times.
Conscience IS too great a power in
the nature of man TO be altogether
subdued; it may for time be re-
pressed and kept dormant. but con-
lectures there are in human life which
awaken it; and when once reawakened,
it flashes on tho sinners mind with all
the horrors of an invisible ruler and a
future judgment Blair.
Our shortsightedness or want of
capacity is often the cause of our STUN
bling. With a clearer vision. a sound
er Judgment and a wider knowledge.
we would avoid many circumstances
which involve vexatiOn and trouble.
The blind OK falls into the pit.-ChrIs-
tian Inquirer.
The great high road of human
welfare lies along the old highway OF
steadfast well-doing, and they who are
the most persistent and work in the
truest spirit will invariably be the
most successful Success treads on the
heels q every right effort.
=. does us good. especially if we
are defeated by long and monotonou5
work, TO get the intellectual invigora-
ton that comes by contact with other
minds. The stronger, too. and healthi-
er the minds are, the greater will be
our benefit. The soul of a friend may
be to US a tonic as certainly as Il
breeze from the horth. United Pres
{ byterian.
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DIFFICULT WORK.
How an Armaiurc for n Dynamo Machine


How an Armaturc for Dynamo Machine
Is Made.
The most difficult and important part
Of the structure j. the armature. and
in building this the first thing is tho
laminated iron core. For this pur-
pose an immense number OF thin disks
of shoet-iroa are cut ont. each having a
central hole TO admit the shaft, and
several other holes for the bolts which
are to hold the series Of disks together,
so a. 10 make OF them a soiil drIlh.
These disks are then piled one upon
another around the iron shaft which
4s TO form the aS Of the armature, {
and thick iron plates are applied at
each end and bOlted together by iron
bolts going through from end to end.
The dram o. cylinder thus formed il
then nonn;cd in "a lathe and turned
to q. smooth surface, except for
such projections as may be left
for guide in winding on the copper
wires TINS is the next operation to
be performed. Tie workman draws
the insulated copper wire down from
drum overhead and passes it length
wise around the armature core. which
is supported by its axis in lathe,
while another workman assists him in
pressing the wire accurately into place
and keeping it close TO the core. This
wire Is rot wound on continuously, but
in a Number of short sections whose
ends ste ont somewhat irregularly-
These eds are TO be attached to the
succc i've sections Of the commutator-
IT, r. aerous radiating lines at the
scar end Of the drum are parts of the
s,am.autator sections, which are at
,ached - their outer ends 10 the sue
cessive coils Of wire on the armature.
A their nearer ends these radial bars
bend at right angles, so as to pass
along the surface If the shaft. being
insulated from IL and from each other
By mica or other appropriate sub
stance. Henry Morton, in ScribHer's.
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LhTEH


LONDON, Oct. IA terrible gale pre-
vailed TO day throughout Great Britain
and Irelnnd 1t was particularly severe
along the River Mersey. Much damage
was done at Blackpool and Lancashire
and in ireland. A large number of ship
wrecks have been reported. The tele-
graph wires in many places We're blown
down. The British ship Prince Louis.
Capt. Page, from Quebec Aug. "a, was
driven ashore in the Nersey. The storm
destroyed 100 yards Of the Holyhead break
water. ana has hoisted the lighthouse.
The coa Z is strewn with wreckage. A
large steamer IS ashore of Abe rffraw,
INnlla
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II the late war between the Black
Flags of TOnquin and the French the
leader Of the Chinese outlaws offered
his men a sum equivalent TO Sl2j for the
head of every Frenchman, and $25 ad-
dit;Onal ifthe victim had gC braid on
mis- coat. The fact that mos. Orientals
express great contempt for native
Christians was illustrated in this
Black Flag proclamation, which
offered So apiece for the heads of
native soldiers in the French service,
but added that SIS for the heads Of
Eative Ca'holics was all they were
worth
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II the most useful man is the hap
piest man. a gentleman in Steep Falls,
Me, must enjoy supreme bliss. Be
sides keeping a general store in which
he supplies the villagers with every
thing from saleratus to gum. from
canay to collins. from cold soda to
wooden stockings; he is also the village
barber. sexton and gravestOne manu-
facturer. and keeps a livery stable.
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JomXsrowN. Pa, Oct. Typhoid fever
is on the increase, twenty one persons be-
ing sick with the disease in the hospital.
and two died TODAY Tho cold weather
is causing great suffering. The distribu-
ton OF 81, 900 900 relief money is delayed,
and but few Of the persons have their
winter clothing. while the homes many
live in are shanties into which the snow
win drift. Two more dead bodies were
found in he debris today