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l,AMENTABl,E IGNORANCE.
Peasants burn Village to Oct Insurance
mud Think II il All Right.

Peasants Bufn NllIhke 10 uot INSURANCE
nud Think 1t il All Right.
LONDON, August 7,-Forty Russian
peasants, comprising all the inhabitants
OF a small village in the Government OF
Kursh, have been arrested for burning
the whole village to the ground to OBJ.
tain the insurance. Tho curious feature
OF the case Is the evident innocence OF
these simple villagers Of any wrong DO.
ing. They made no secret oftheir plans,
gathered together and placed In d safe
place such OF their effects as they wished
10 save, awaited favorable wind and
applied the torch. Their houses, these
simple villagers explain, were old and
they were anxious 10 improve the town
by erecting new ones IN their stead with
the insurance money they expected.
They are at loss to understand their
arrest,
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Secretary Noble LAUGHED.

WASHINGTON, D. G., August 7.-When
Secretary Mobiles attention was called
this morning to the report that he would
leave the Cabinet for the bench Of the
Supreme Court, he burst into n hearty
laugh, and said that he would neither
deny noraillrm newspaper honoru.
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PARIS, August 1.-THE Appeal Court
has confirmed the sentences imposed
Upon NJ. De Roulede and NJ. La Gufruro
for fioting at Angoulem. The court
also increased the amonnt Of NJ. DO
Roulede'B Ilne by 62O francs. Two thou.
sand students assembled before tho real.
denCe Of NJ. Pasteur to-day and gave him
nj, nvAiinn.
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KILLED his STgPFATlgR.
The Crime ofa Young Man aud his Escap,
fihm Alrnst.

tihm Arrest
CHICAGO, August 7,-John McCann, a
teamSter,waS shot by his stcpson, James
Dolan, last night and died at tho county
hospital this morning. Yesterday young
Dolan quarreled with his stepfathCr and
MCCann told him not to return 10 the
house. About o'clock the boy came
back and shot his stepfather in the
breast. He then fled, pursued by n
crowd, which, however, he held at bay
with his revolver. He finally succeeded
in making his escape.
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A SHOCKING STORY.
The Dasturdly Deeds Committed by Three
Young Southern Bloods.

The Dasturtily Deeds Committed by Three
Young Southern Bloods.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August IA
shocking story comes from Covington
county, by way Of Garland. A widow
and two grown daughters and 19 year
old son are living near a little place
called McNeill. The other night three
young men went to the house,
outraged the women and demolished
everything about the premises. They
then went to the house OF an old
negro and found him sick. They shaved
his head and beat him so that he died
the next day. His son saw them and
asked them why they had treated his
father SO. Their answer was four pistol
shots, which killed him. The dispatches
gave no names. The place Is remote
from telegraph,
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A q. A. II. Conference.

CmCAoo, August 7.--Major Warner,
the National Commander OF The g, A,
r., will leave Dakota to-day for Chicago.
On his arrival hero hO will meet tho
Department commanders and q confer
unCe Of interest will be held, the out.
come Of which cannot now 10 fore.
Swallowed. Major Warner will probably
Vndeavor 10 make the enCAtnpnant cred
table, but he Ia not likely tovigorouBly
oppose tho wishes Of tile department
officers after their ptotfacted negotiation
for the stipulated fnte.
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Ohio Mining Engineers.

> 7F7T' " WV 1''7E77'8V7'F7''
CAMBRIDGE, o. August 1.-THE open.
ing session Of the Ohio Institute OF
Mining Engineers was held here this
evening. The address Of welcome was
delivered by F. l.. Rosemond, and the
response by State Mine Inspector Halle.
tine. An able paper was read by State
Geologist Orion on "Stored Power"
The Institute will last over Thursday
and Friday.
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PRovipEScr, r., l., August 7,-An at
taChment was placed on the Rlyenlde
mill to-day in favor Of the National
Revere Bank Of Boston, for $4,000. An
official in the Merchants National Bank
says tho Boston attachment is a virtual
failure as II will stop the concerns
credit and the mill will have 10 shut
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BAR HARnoR, Ms, August 7.-Nlts.
Edmund pendlCton, q relative Of Mrs.
rendlelon Bowler, reported captured by
Italian brlgands, states thAtshe hos been
In constant correspondence with Mrs,
Bowler and has no information Of the
capture. Mrs. Bowler 10 now At ~,
N0lrtA, Switzerland,
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sr.JosEpH, Mo-, August7,-st. Joseph
wants the Worlds Fair At a meeting
OF City Council aud prominent business
men at the Board OF Trade this evening
the plan was discussed. 1t contemplates
the formation Of a corporation, and rails.
ing Of $20,0O0,000 capital stock in the
States Of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska
and Iowa,
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sptCI4 ONpIIcN 70 w INEtIVWtNVtF'
WASHINGTON, D. O., August 1.-THE
following West Virginia pensions were
granted to-day: Original invalid, Wm.
r. Wilson, John W. Freeman. Increase,
Sinnett Moats, Jackson D, farley. Orig
inal widow aud reissue, minor Of Well.
ington I, Leary.
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An UNJUST CHARGE.
A Reported Dsfaultor is Innocent, Sny II
lIank OIlcIals,

a Reported DefaultSr ID Innocent, Ehy the
Hank OfIlciAlS.
NEw YoRE, August 7,-lt having been
stated in several morning papers that a
clerk In the employ Of the banking house
Of Brown Bros. 4 90. was a deiaulter 10
large amount, Brown BROS. 4 %. au.
thorize The following statonentj "The
statements published this morning about
tho alleged deialcatlop In our firm are
ridiculous and untrue. The clerk 70.
ierred TO left tB some months ago Ior
reasons Of an entirely private nature bU.
tween himself and ourselves, and he ID
now doing business for himself"
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Special DlpaleA lo IN INltilianor.

Special DtGpdltA 70 Lh INlttliQenoer.
pARKERSBuRu, W. VA, August u
Loting plnnOll, lad living across the
Ohio at BOlprC, was killed this evening
by being run over BY a O, W. 4 u. train.
Young Plnnell was lettering about tho
train and fell between tho cars, ono Of
which ran over him.
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lIuNGARIANS MODDEp.
A Crowd Ofstrikors Cause n RIUt-A Deputy
sheriff Fatally Shot.

ohoth phhhJ ohOd
PirrsDuRon, Pa, August IA mob
Of strikers assaulted number Of Hun.
garians, who returned TO work at the
Carrie blast furnace near this city this
morning, and drove them away. Ono
Of tho Hungarians was beaten 30 badly
that he will probably die. A Bhcrifl's
posse then interiered and In free fight
which followed, Deputy Sheriff Sweeney
was probably fatally shot. The strikers
were finally driven of. The strike 10
against q reduction Of wages.
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TnB COKE STRIKE GgNgRAl.
All OF the Plants Closed and ID, 900 ovens
Asa Inih

N'''''7'' ''''''
Are Idle.
PlrrsBuRuu, PAo August 1.-THE great
strike In the Connellsvillo coke region
was made general to-day, and evOry one
Of the 70 coke plants, and over 1900
ovens, were idle. As the situation ap.
pears tonight the probabilities are that
the strike will soon end and favorably 10
the men,
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BUFFALO, N. Y, August 7.-2!22 class,
ttoLllng, Nelson won, time 2;lb; 2;27
class, trotLlng, ]. Il, Shedd won, time
2i27i, Two other races unfinished,
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WASHINGTON, D. G., August 7.-John
F. Ellis has been appointed storekceper
and gauger in West Virginia, and VII.
liam Q. Rose the same in the Eighth dis
triCt OF Kentucky,
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SARATOGA, N. " August 7,.-l'IrSI
race, 3 iuflonRg, ElmStonC won in l,O7i
second race, mile, Vivid won in i9li
third race, imile, Vermont won In i.lBi
fourth race, I mile, BaIlersby won ID
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A GREAT RECEPTION.
The President the Guest Of the
People Of Boston.
THE CITY IN GALA ATTIRE
And Houors the Nations Chief Mag
istrate In Splendid style-The Re-
ceptIon ut Old FaneuIl Hall.
The Exercises of tho Day,

BosToN, August7,-President Harrison
and party arrived here at 0!O3 a, IN, As
early as s o'clock crowds began to gather
about the station, and when the train
arrived the depot and adjacent streets
were packed with humanity, AT $3.50
Lieutenant Governor Bracket and staff
with Mayor Hart arrived at the station
and made their way to the platform, aC-
companied by Lieutenant Colonel Mans
field, United States Engineer Corps, who
is detailed as a special aid To the Presi-
dent, Immediately upon the arrival Of
the train Lieutenant Governor Bracket
boarded the special car and cordially
greeted The President. The party then
left the train and moved along the plat.
form, kept free from the crowd by cor.
don OF police, to the entrance at Knee.
land street, where carriages were In
waiting TO convey the guests TO the
Hotel Vendome, When the President
at the entrance a cheer went
up from the crowd, which enthusiasm
was continued along the entire route
from tho depot to the hotel. The Presl.
dent bowed his acknowledgements. The
party were escorted by the first battalion
Of cavalry and police detail, Many OF
tho buildings and stores along the route
were gay with flags and bunting and
appropriate notices, and the sidewalks,
windows and streets were iringed with
people anxious to get view OF the
President.
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Postmaster AppoInted.

Special Dlpatch to Rs IatelliORctr
WAsuISGroS, D. G., August TT. NJ.
Henseman was to-day appointed post
master at Newberne, Gilmer county,
W. Va, vice +. NJ. Henseman, resigned.
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New YoRx, August ,z-Atrivsd-
Steamers The Queen, from Liverpool;
State OF Georgia, from Glasgow; VII.
ommen, from Bremen, and Obdan, from
Rotterdam.
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CErTlNJE, MONTENEGRO, August 7,-
Princess AnaAtasia, third daughter Of
the Prince Of Montenegro, has been DO.
.toLhed to Duke George, Of l,ouihL0n.
burg.
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PARlS, August 7,-Captain Hujac, for.
nerly member Of General BOulangOrs
staff and afterwards attached 10 lho
foreign office, has been arrested on
charge OF being German Bpy,
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TllE many remarkable cures Hoois
sarSap9rilla acCompllSlOB are pnillclent
proof thatit does possess peculiar Cufa-
tive powers, 4
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noa, S' lni9 point the chair announced that
otI,la.lohs otIn, a., lor State Treasurer were In
S,Ne. S,oV1, aug Senator PonroSO arose 10
"su' v'eu' lho name Of Hon, Henry K
snsn ssvt OIL PhlladVlphia. II was A briei
lbs bvn ca,a and recalled in eloquent periods
dNs VIGteSf I o. tue popular Young cSndI.
I6S swo,. .,t Dtlglt record being dwCIt upon,
Soco"Iilng a!InOst constant applause.
CtSsyiV.SInuing speeches were made Oy Mr.,
S"' OI VhVSter lion, Henry Hall, oi
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WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

The majority OF tho London papers
fail to concur in the MaybriCk verdict.
The Times holds that "there Is enough
on the woman's side IL make II a CasO
for the earnest consideration OF tho
Home Office. 1t isnotable that q judge,
in passing sentence, reirained from ex.
pressing agreement with tho YerdiCt.h
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Thousands awaited the judges depar-
ture from the court and howled with
rage when he appeared. The hooting
was inCessant, and there were frequent
cries OF SHAME" TheCrowd threatened
to attack the judges carriage, but tho
police interiered. The feeling over the
result Is intense. Steps arc being taken
to stay the execution, further medical
evidence having been secured.
, 1889-09-04
A Bitter Disappointment.

"Ah," said the leading American hui
morist to q well dressed stranger whom he
met at the Pesth house, down by the sea,
81 think I have seen you before. You
graduated at the Snail university last
June, did you notT' Il did" replied The
stranger, with the air of a man who
would notlie about a little thing like that.
YES said the leading American hu-
morist, Il thought 1 recognized you. |
wrote the affair up for The Slab. And
what are you doing now? Waiting
on table?' The alumnus shook his
head. Driving an express wagonf"
mo" "Oh, l see; pitching for the
Grounders?" mo; l have been appoint
ed managing editor of The Slab and am
down here attending the national con
vention of marble cutters. If you like l
will give you an assignment that will
help pay expenses" And the leading
American humorist went out and lay
on the shingly bench and died hard.
Mighty hard. Burdette in Brooklyn
Eagle.
, 1889-09-04
LIGHTNING INQUIRIES.

The system has been reduced to such
perfection that, while a new customer is
telling the superintendent or head of a
firm about herself or her references, the
house will have obtained her whole ped
igree from a business standpoint with
out her knowledge, and before she leaves
the store.
Mrs. Moneypenny, for instance, comes
to a store. II wan my goods charged"
she a y to the superintendent or a
member of the firm. She explains that
her husband is in Philadelphia or some
where else, and that she has found her.
self unexpectedly short. Her name is
all in such a case that is actually re-
quired to determine whether Mrs. Mon
eypenny, whose name does not appear
upon the agency's book, is worthy of
credit or not. While she is talking a
swift footed messenger, Or perhaps the
telephone, is put into play, and within a
few minutes after Mrs. Moneypenny has
announced herself an employe of the
agency is hustling around all the dry
goods stores to find out if Mrs. Money
penny is known in any of them.
If she is known and her record is bad
she gets no credit. The result is the
same if she is not known. The refusal
is conveyed with as much Difference and
politeness as possible and she takes her
departure entirely unconscious of the
fact that while she was talking in the
store her history and standing were
being thoroughly inquired into. AS a
general thing, when the party applying
for credit is not known, a definite an
swer is not given. The customer is told
that Mr.. So-and-So is not in and that
when he comes the question will be set
tied whether she shall have the goods or
not. In some cases there is no circum-
locution and the customer is frankly in
formed that inquiries will nave to be
made in regard to her references.
"In consequence of the general credit
system, / suppose you find many people
who make a business of trying to get
goods on credit without eve intending
to pay for them?" was asked of the SUI
perintendent of a large uptown store.
"A few such people are found occa-
sionally, but we never sell goods on
credit to anybody that we know abso-
lutely nothing about"
Any losses that the dry goods houses
Incur are more than paid for by the
slight advance that is made in price
where credit is given. Credit is, as a
rule, given nominally for only thirty
days, but practically for sixty and ninety
days.-New York Daily News.
, 1889-09-04
eYGoNE YEARS

lam arolllng through the orchard,
Where In childhood | used TO play
And gather the sweet scented bloSsdnA
In the pleasant month OF May
I'm now at the sweet russell tree,
Where the dear old swing ent hung;
And our happiest time would DO
When each In turn was swung.
In you pear tree so green and tall,
The orioles each year built their nest
And fed their young with insects small,
Till they were able to fly with he rest
Close by is the winding streamieL
Where we fioated bark and chips;
We called it the Mighty Missouri,
And the chips enormous racing ships,
But let me rest on this rustic s-at
And think DER the bygone years;
For here George and ! used to meet
And happily talk OF the future years
Since then so much has happened,
And as the steps of old age ! ascend.
! think OF the happy days Of yore,
And feel | love them more and more.
Buffalo Times
, 1889-09-04
A CRADLE OF GREEN.

Uushaby, baby, thy cradle Is green,
Out in the summer air, where the warm wind
Waves the long grasses; as silent by day
As when thou at night In thy home cradle lay.
Nothing in nature TO thee is unkind.
Nothing can mar the still peace Of thy sleep,
Tended and rocked by the mother OF all,
For her never waking to smile or to weep.
Mine the last kisses thy pale brow shall keep,
And mine the last name did thy baby lips cali
All, there's n cradle all lone In my heaTtl
Sadly rock it by night and by day;
Not for all gladness with IL would l part
Place where my joy and my treasure once lay
For some time, through even my tears, l can see
The baby will come back 10 ii and to me.
-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1889-09-04
Lady Dur Gordon,s Pet Snake.

Lady Duff Gordon has a tame snake,
and used to carry her pet about with
her, wound round her arm INSIDE the
large baggy sleeves that were then the
fashion,, and it would put its slender
head out at the wrist hole and lap milk
out of the palm of her hand. 1t was as
fond of glittering things as Lucie her
self, and when she took her many rings
off her fingers and placed them on diff,
ferent parts of the table it would go
about collecting them, stringing them on
its little body, and finally tying itself
into a tight knot, SO that the rings could
not be recovered until it chose to unite
itself again. London Spectator.
, 1889-09-04
The Southern Forests.

The western lumbermen are turning
their attention to the southern forests,
and the southern forests will have to go.
In some sections of Louisiana and Ar
kansas, western capitalists have bought
big tracts of timber Land at prices that
make the cost average in many instances
less than 81 an acre.-York vile Is. c.
Enquirer.
, 1889-09-04
SELLING GOODS ON TIME.
THE PLAN IN OPERATION IN LARGE
NEW YORK HOUSES.

Dry Goods Sold on the ypstalment Plan
the Same as Observation-Disclosures In
vestigated while You waIt-A Bureau
of Information.
1t will be something new to the public
generallyto be informed that the biggest
dry goods houses sell goods on the credit
plan now. The fact that furniture and
household utensils can be bought on
credit is something that everybody
knows, but that the great dry goods
firms, who have hundreds of thousands
of dollars invested and that depend to a
great extent on quick sales for profits do
the same thing, is by no means gener-
ally known.
A News reporter had his interest
aroused recently in this phase of the dry
goods business while visiting a lady
whose husband is in the receipt of a
moderate income, payable quarterly.
"Quite convenient, is it not?' was her
remark, as she unfolded a lot of silks,
cashmeres and other dress goods. She
explained in a very few words that she
bought all such goods On credit and that
ton to be able to do so.
L uOn pdlIOIlLe One blOTe eAClu-
sively," she continued. 81 buy in nearly
all of them, and my credit is as good in
one as it is in another"
H YsTE PROFITABLE.
In making inquiries subsequently
among dry goods men, the reporter found
that the credit system practiced by the
big houses was reduced to so nearly a
perfect science that the losses in conse-
quence of selling goods on this plan were
comparatively trifling. The dealers are
helped to a considerable extent by an
uptown retail commercial agency, which
devotes itself almost exclusively to in
vestigating people for the dry goods
trade and its several branches, including
d~ressmaking, if that industry a be
placed in the same category. For a GER
tain sum the agency puts the dealer in
possession of a book, renewed yearly,
containing the names of thousands of
persons in this city and the suburbs, Civ
ing the rating of each as made by its re-
porters from various sources.
The last edition of the book has 70, 900
names of heads of families in this city,
Brooklyn, Jersey City, Yonkers, Newark,
Paterson, Staten Island and other places
convenient to the metropolis. The agency
agrees to give free with the books special
reports to the number of 200 when called
upon.
do we give credit" Mr.. Louis Stern
repeated rather in surprise, when The
News reporter preached the subject to
him.
Certainly, we give credit" he said.
"And we are only too glad to have the
custom. Every big house has to do it."
1.-The credit system must DO profitable,
them
Certainly it is, or we should require
cash."
allow do you guard against dishon-
esty?'
"'In various ways. A lady whom we
do not know comes here, selects goods
and asks us to charge them. We ask for
references and put pertinent questions,
and-the lady goes away satisfied that if
her references are all right she will re-
ceive the goods on the following day.
We are helped to some extent by the
agency, but we do not depend on that
altogether. We nave means of our own
for finding out whether credit or not
ought to be given and we act according
ly. Our losses are hardly worth speak
ing about"
, 1889-09-04

The best salve in tine world tor cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
:orns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or 10 pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to .:vc perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by Dr.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1889-09-04

Miss Romantique-And which of your
poems, my dear, brought you the most
pecuniary reward?
Tubbs-The one l wrote for the patent
medicine man.-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1889-09-04

In a st. Louis hospital a man had a
dream which covered 10, miles of
travel and six months time, yet he was
only a minute and a half covering the
whole business. If the body could move
with tho brain how we would whizi
, 1889-09-04
Have Won heard wbat'Mr. e /. Weas,

Have You heard what Mr.. G. L. Weast,
of Cambridge City, Ind, says of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and DiarrhGa
Remedy? If not, here it is: During last
summer [ was troubled very much with
severe pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced by a friend TO try this
remedy. | took one dose, as per direc-
tons. and it gave me almost instant re-
lief" 25 and so cent bottles for sale by
d. B. David, Druggist.
, 1889-09-04

All kinds of Job Printing neatly and
promptly executed at the eader office.
, 1889-09-04
"a az,

DIR. Appei's Office hours for the treat
ment of catarrhal diseases and diseases OF
the eye and ear will be from 2.30 to 5 y.
m. Carey block, room l6.
, 1889-09-04

Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & Hist,
, 1889-09-04

Of price. DR.. HUMPHREYS MANUAL, ga pages)
richly bound in cloth and gold, mailed free.