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Indiana's Siamese Twins.

One OF the most wonderful freaks OF
nature ever known in this part of the
country is now causing a good deal OF
talk in Kokomo and adjoining counties.
Twelve miles southeast of Kokomo, Mrs.
Henry Jones had born to her twins, in
separately connected at the hips and lower
abdomen. The two trunks are joined
together at the base, with head at each
end, and the lower limbs protrude from
each side of the body, where the trunks
are connected at the hips. No vital
organs are connected, except the spinal
column, which is continuous from one
end to the other. Each breathes and
pulsates quite independent of the other,
and both are perfectly formed and have
free use of their limbs. Along the abdo-
men there is no line or mark to show
where one begins and the other ends, ex-
cept one umbilical cord, which served
for both. The infants are very plump,
we'll developed, and apparently as hearty
as any children of their ages. Both nurse
from the mother and bottle with regular
movements. Both are females. Their
Joint weight is twelve pounds, and they
measure, from crown to crown, ,twenty-four
inches. The lower limbs are of normal
size. They have bright, sparkling blue
eyes, and are not in the least peevish,
and when not nursing or asleep, content
themselves sucking their thumbs.
Thousands of people are flocking to
see the infants, the medical fraternity be-
ing we'll represented. The mother is
getting along nicely. The father is
twenty -four years of age, the mother but
eighteen, and the present is the second
birth in the family. The mother is a
spare built woman, weighing but ninety
pounds. All the physicians who have
made an examination express the belief
that the children may live, and think the
indications entirely favorable Indian
aDol;s Journal.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The criminal statistics Of prohibition Iowa
for 1857 report just one vagrant.
Six prohibition tents, well equipped with
able speakers, are sturdily marching over
the prairies of South Dakota, making many
converts to the cause
Sam Jones says that Georgia has already
III counties redeemed from whisky, that
only twenty are left where it is still tolerated,
and that during the next twelve months they
propose to put legs under the demlJohns and
run them out of these counties also.
Before the bar of all enlightened conscience
and the tribunal of God, every other sin Will
pale into insignifcance beside the awful
crime of forcing upon the helpless child
marred and tainted inheritance of blood and
brain and nerve, jnortgaging the future for
the base, ignoble indulgence of the present.
Racine (Wis.) saloons were closed by law
on the Sth Of July. Anticipating this, ihll.
wau.See breweries got up free steamboat
excursion to the ''city Of beer" conditioning
the free ride upon the purchase OF fifty cents
worth of beer tickets good in any Milwaukee
saloon. Another illustration Of what saloon
lists will do to destroy their fellow men,
The Hundred Dollar Band" is new in
yention for raising money for the temperance
temple, to be erected in Chicago. 1t Is to
consist of q thousand white ribboners who
pledge to give 800 each to the building fund
within two years. Many ladies have already
io;rcd this band. 4 similar hundred dollar
bcrL. 10 be composed OF thousand men, has
also been started.
A monster petition in favor of Sunday
closing of saloons was received at the House
of Commons recently from the Salvation
Army. The roll, signed by 436, 500 persons,
was borne through the streets Of London to
the House, drawn by four horses, and pre-
ceded by band in the army uniform. The
united efforts of six men were required to
carry the roll into the cloak-room.
$50 certain are the criminal effects of the
licensed drinks of the saloon and bar-room
that chemist in analyzing them should not
be surprised to detect crime in q crystalline
form, existing as an original element in their
composition; while it would not require the
microscope to discover the monad cells OF
every sin incident to fallen man in the foam
of the beer mug or the dregs Of the vino
cup" So says Hon. A. B. Richmond in the
Chantauquan. .
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HOming Pigeons.

A ''homing club" is devoted to the
rearing and training of carrier pigeons,
which process is called "homing." In
Turkey, where the art is supposed to be
carried to its highest perfection, the pro-
cedure adopted is this: The person who
has charge of rearing and training them
takes the young pigeons when they have
got their full strength of wing IN
covered basket to distance of about half
mile from their home; they are then set
at liberty, and ii any of them fail in re-
turning home from this short distance,
they are considered stupid and regarded
as valueless. Those that return home
are then taken to greater distances, pro-
gressively increased to 1000 miles, and
they will then return with certainty from
the furthest parts of the country. In
England it is customary to keer these
birds in dark place for six hours be-
fore they are to be used. They are then
sparingly fed, but are given as much
water as they care to drink. The paper
on which the message is written should
be carefully tied round the upper part OF
the birds leg, but so as in no wise to I'M
pede its fight. In olden times the custom
was to suspend the message from the wing
or round the neck.
During the siege of Paris in 1870
carrier pigeons were employed to carry
messages beyond the German lines; very
long documents printed by micro-photog-
raphy on films indestructible by water,
and weighing only a few grains, were
thus transmitted with great success.
The ordinary rate of fight Of the carrier
pigeon is believed not to exceed thirty
miles per hour, but instances are on
record where ninety miles have been
covered in that time. When thrown up
the bird rises, and when it has reached a
good fight will at first fly round and
round, evidently for the purpose of finding
some we'll known landmark, and then
make off, continuing on the wing without
stop or stay, unless prevented, till its
home is reached. Thus pigeons, when
loosed from balloon at great height,
have, after flying round and round, re-
turned to the balloon for want of objects
to guide them in their homeward flight.
-New Orleans TSmes-Democrat.
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SLEEP.

Thou best Of all, Gods choicest blessing,
Sleep;
Better thar Earth can aford-Wealth,
power, fame:
They change decay; thou always art the
same;
Through all the years thy freshness thou
dost keep;
Over all lands thine even pinions sweep.
The sick, tho worn, the blind, the lone, the
lame,
Hearing thy tranquil footsteps, bless thy
name;
Anguish is soothed, sorrow forgets to weep.
Thou ope'st the captive's cell and bidst him
roam;
Thou givst the hunted refuge, fre'st the
slave,
'Show'st the outcast pity, calrst the exile
home;
Beggar and king thine equal blessings reap.
We for our loved ones wealth, joy, honors
crave;
But God, He giveth His beloved-sleep.
Thomas Nelson Page, III the Century.
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Umbrellas With Glass Windows.

There need be no further excuse for al
lowing your umbrella to drip down the
neck of your dearest friend in a rain.
storm, or running amuck of the hurrying
wayfarer coming from the opposite direc-
tion. The rainy day collision is one OF
the greatest profanity proVokers of wet
weather, and the Englishman who in
vented the glass window by which ones
course in storm may be sighted, de-
serves the thanks of Christian men
throughout the world. This window con-
sists Of small oval piece Of glass with a
brass or silver frame which is easily
mounted in a rib of the umbrella, while
it is fixed to the silk by sewing it through
the little perforated holes in the frame.
These windows can be placed in new or
old umbrellas in manner which will not
iniure the fabric in the least. AS to
whether the umbrella will roll up tightly
has not, however, been made apparent.
-C1othtsr and Furnisher.
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answer. Dead Dead! And then you will
take out the white lock OF hair that was cut
from your mothers brow just before they
buried her, and you will take the cane with
which your father used to walk, and you WIN
had done just as they wanted you
to, and would give the world Il
you had never thrust a pang through
their dear old hearts. God pity the poor
young man who has brought disgrace on his
fathers namel God pity the young nan nan
if he had never been born-better il, in the
first hour of his life instead Of being laid
against the warm bosom Of maternal
tenderness, he had been cof1ned and
sepulchered. There is no balm power
full enough to heal the heart OF one
who has brought parents to a sorrowful
grave, and who warders about through the
dismal cemetery, rending the hair, and
wringing the hands, and crying: "Motherl
motherN Oh, that to-day by all the
memories Of the past and by all tho hopes
of the future, you would yield your heart TO
God. May your fathers God and your
mothers God be your God foreverl
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TO THE AMERICAN CLERGY:

There is an increasing and successful de-
termination to extend the saloon power IN
this country Saloons are multiplying, not
withstanding the public indignation which
at times bursts into fame The saloons IN
America are responsible for
Eighty per cent Of crime and OF all public
expenses resulting.
Ninety per cent Of pauperism and Of all
public expenses resulting.
Fifty per cent. of insanity and of all pub
lie expenses resulting.
Thirty-fve per cent. Of idiocy and Of all
public expenses resulting.
These estimates are not guess work, but are
based upon the testimony of such men as
Judge Noah Davis and Doctor Willard
Parker. .. .-
At low estimate $780, 900, 900 are spent
as NAV be easily computed averaging only
$40 day as the receipts for each saloon for
1856 days per year. Not less than $40O, 000,-
600 of this amount are spent by working
men, according to estimates of Powderly
and other labor leaders. The misery and de-
pravity that are resulting from this immense
waste are simply incalculable. As Canon
FaTTar said in reference to the saloon evil In
England:
1T has come to this, England must in this
matter mend her ways: she must get rid OF
this curse and crime, or she must ultimately
perish" .
No one will accuse Canon Farrar OF
fanaticism. What he says Of England VIII
apply, with scarcely any abatement Of force,
to America.
Said the New York Tribune some time
ago, with courage all too rare in its columns,
and in the columns of other secular papers:
''This traffic lies at the center of all politi-
cal and social mischief, it paralyzes energies
in every direction, it neutralizes educational
agencies, it silences the voice of religion, it
battles penal reform, it obstructs political re-
form"
What can be done? Will the churches Of
this nation be silent in the presence Of such
an appalling and growing evil? How can the
churches arouse the sleeping conscience OF the
public to energetic, aggressive decisive 7
prove omnipotent. By persistent and
1udicious efforts on the part Of the churches
It can be aroused.-The Voice.
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TEE TABLES TURNED.

A wealthy man was in want of male ser,
want and heard of Chinaman who was sald
to possess many desirable qualities. Inc Gel
estial was sent for accordingly.
''You smoker asked the gentleman.
mo, me no smoker
''Xou drink|
ssNo, me no dlinkeem
You gamble"
'sNo, me no gambler
'.Then you're just the man want" was the
prompt answer.
A few nights later the master Of the house
gave an elegant supper for a party Of gentle
men. Wine flowed in rivers, betting ran high
at cards, and cigar smoke as dense as Lor-
don fog shrouded everything in the rooms.
The Chinaman made the supper table
marvel Of beauty, and waited to charm.
When the next morning came, however, the
gentleman found no preparation for break
fast.
Drunk, the scoundrel, I've no doubt"
he said as he steered his way out to the rear
quarters expecting to encounter the pros
trate body of the Chinaman. No, there In
the kitchen sat the Celestial sober as
"Why haven't you got breakfast
me no stayee here!' was the answer:
''Don't pay you high wages enoughT
"Yessee; but you askee me l smokee? and
say no smokee; dlinkee? and I say no
dlinkee; I gamblee? and I say no gamblee;
and you smokee, dlinkee and gamblee,, all
tree. I no stayee here!'-Boston Herald.
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TEMPERANCE.
TEMPERANCE SHALL WIN.

TEMPERANCE SHALL WIN.
Must we call delay defeat,
Shall our gallant band retreat,
From hard-won field?
Never! for our cause is right:
And though long the bitter fight,
Wrong at last must yield
Slowly-as the tide come in
We are gaining-through the DIN
Timid souls may shake;
Far above the battles roar
Cries and groans rise evermore-
'sHelp! for loves dear sake"
Pause-to clear the smoke-dimmed eyes;
Pause-then as the arrow flies,
Swiftly charge the foe,
Push the war for hearth and homo;
Make no compromise with rum;
Forward! forward, go. )
Harriet ". Stra1,1cick, in the Voice
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The King Of the Sedangs.

"Thc King of the sedangs" is being
made much of and making much of him
self in Paris. His title is "Marie, Roi
des Sedangs." The Sedangs are an
Indo-C Chinese folk, who inhabit kind
of debatable land on the AMMAN -Siamese
frontier, notable for nothing so much as
it's swamps. A speculative Frenchman,
NJ. de Mayrena, affirms that the tribes
men elected him their King, though it
does not appear that they had any knowl-
edge of such an Office. As "Roi des
sedangs" he appeared in Hanoi and
Hong Kong, with the object of trying to
float loan for the development of his
territories. Colonial capitalists knew
too much of Sedang. and so King Marie
is attempting to work off his sedang
bonds in Paris.
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Ants Make q Temperance Drink.

"Did you know that ants would make
lemonade2" said Bridge street grocer to
a Tribune man the other day. "They
will, for have seen them do it several
times. The other day I left slice Of
lemon on the counter, and there happened
to be some sugar not far of, and directly
T noticed the ants carrying the sugar to
the lemon juice. I thought it was rather
queer as we'll as cute, and, to test the
matter, have tried it several times by put
ting piece of lsmon on the counter and
placing some sugar near by, and the anti
never fail to carry the sugar to the lemon,
What do you think of that nowa It il
an absolute fact. Tampa 1ri5ssts.
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RELIGIOUS READING;
SEED TIME.

SEED TIME. n
We are sowing, ever sowing,
Something good or something III
In the lives Of those around us
We are planting what we will
Not word we say fails fruitless
Not deed we do decays;
Every thought and word and action
Will be found in future days.
When perhaps the haud that sowed them
Shall itself have ceased % be,
Still the record Of their being
Will live on eternally.
Grant then Lord Of all the harvest,
That the seeds we daily sow
May refresh the hearts Of others
Spreading blessings as they grow.
May each thought and word and action
Be the growth Of Christian love,
To be found in coming ages
In the garner-house abovei z
Treasured there, in Thine own keeping,
just to prove our love was true;
For the motive gives the value #&
To the meanest thing we do.
Charlotte Murray.
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TT PRODUCES DEATH.

fine lowest estimate that have seen OF the
\ J,mber Of deaths caused by liquor traffic,
a1nnally. in this country, says writer In
Il Voice, is 10000. This makes 1854 every
/ 1renty-four hours, and seven every hour, Of.
Ared to the god of avarice: A grand total
foce the close of the American Civil War in
S5, of l. ,4O, 900. know of no heathen ma
on that sacrifices anything like the number
human victims to their heathen gods that
q offer in this ''land of the free and home OF
ne brave" to the gods Of avarice. Gam
|,rinus and Bacchus, and the suffering of the
ictims thus offered is tenfold greater than
phoss offered by the heather. 0 shame,
where is thy blush! Would it not be well
for heather nations to send missionaries to
this countrys
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IT'S DESTRUCTION INEVITABLE.

The saloon seems to have frightened its grip
on some communities of late, but this fact
should cause no despair, nor even discourage
ment The saloon is such an indescribable
breeder of sin and sorrow that advancing
civilization will just as certainly destroy 1t
as spring sunshine melts ice. 1t is an intoler-
able nuisance, and must disappear. Despair
on this subject implies belief in the persistent
existence of the worst institution in the CIVIL
lied world. Western Christian Aduocdte.
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darling ofmy disinterestedness, for, as she
has confessed since our marriage, she
knew that fell in love with her that day
on the cars, before had an idea that she
was Miss Emma Brookes and Mrs. Roy
al's legatee. .-Saturaav Niqht.
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: f taking revenge, man Is but his enc
mEs equal; in passing it by, he is his su-
pfior.
iie is doubly a conqueror who, when
cd.aueror, can conquer himself. Modera-
tita and mercy shed over the laure!s OF the
clloueror the lustre of true glory.
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CHRIsT-PossEssED.

"Can you tell me, asked clerical friend
Of mine of candidate for missionary work,
''what justifcatio Isl" Tue man gave to
the question satisfactory reply. "And.
what" pursued my friend, 'tis sanctiica-1
tion% "Sanctifcation, f" said the candidate
the fire kindling in his look as he spoke
'sanctifcation is a God possessed soul. sir.n
No truer answer chuld be given. It one
thing to possess Christ-it is a very different
thing to be posses ed by Christ In the one
case we have life, but in the other we have
life triumphant. If God l.. in possession,
Satan is cast out, for what concord hath
Christ with Belial, and what agreement hath
the temple of God with idols!" q Cor,
6-10)
It is to be feared that OF this most blessed
and high privilege OF God possession, many
Christians know comparatively little; yet ii
is the one secret both of holiness and Of
safety, for where God is not there sin and
Satan are, Just as where light Is not, there
darkness inevitably. is. Amid the ten thou
sand snares that beset our path heayenward
there is absolutely no security except to obey
our Lords own words: "Abide in me and
I in you" to be. as some one has put it at
.nce. "Christ-inclosed AMI Christ-indwelt."
The Reu. E. W. Moore.
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A Christian should always be in praying
frame. "How much time shall spend in,
my devotionsfn is sometimes asked The
Psalmist said, Evening and morning and at
noon will pray and cry aloud, and BE shall
hear my voice. Daniel when in great dam
ger, 'kneeled upon his knees three times a
day and prayed and gave thanks before his
God" Are not these good examples to fol
low? Instead Of going before their Maker
thrice day, now many protested followers
OF Christ scarcely speni II quarter Of an hour
in the twsnty-four in secret devotion. Can
such persons grow in grace?-and are they,
prepared to go; out into the world, to resist
temptation and to set u worthy example be-
fore their neighbors and friends? Are they.
ready to do urto others as they would have
others do unto them? Are they prepared to
resist temptaton!-to return good for evil?
to suffer rather than to bring reproach
upon the causs of Christ? OF course, it is
not convenient for many to retire ut noon to
seek an interview with their Saviour, but
cannot they lit up their hearts in secret, Tor
q few moments, at their places Of business In
walking to and fro from their meals, OF even
VIXEN engaged in their regular employ ymentsf
If the heart is right there will be no trouble;
opportunlties,will be presented through the
day, when tie Christian will find lime to
converse with his Maker. Who will ever re-
gret, when life closes the time spent m
prayer and Religious Herald
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-01-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Chinese new year began to-day.
The cannery in this city is now engaged in can
ming beans.
Hi. Henry S minstrel troupe will appoar at tho
Opera House next wook.
The grounding is duo on Saturday and may
settle this complicated question of the weather.
No effort has yet been made looking toward Sc
curing an evening mail from Washington for this
city.
F. L. Eutwislc has sold to r. F. Knight lot
and brick house the west side of Fairfax street
north of Wilkes for $3.50.
A pound party will be held at Odd Fellows
Hail, on north Columbus street, tomorrow night
for tho bonc6t of the poor of tho city.
Mr. j. F. Robinson has loaned ono of his horses
to the Hydraulion Fire Company until that COM
pany is furnished with another pair.
There is on exhibition in the window of Mr. j.
p Clsrke's store fine crayon of DR.. Bedford
Brown, the work of Miss Esther Dempsey.
a marriage license was issued in Washington
yesterday to Thomas Reed of Fairfax county,
and Lille l.. lIarrll, of Jefferson county, W. Va.
Sons OF Rov. mr.. Nourse and Mr.. Chas. King, it
is said have been made sick by the bad ventilation
of the new school building in which they are pu-
pills.
Inspector of Boilers Seville yesterday inspected
the boilers of the ferryb boats City of Washington
and City of Alexandria Both boilers were found
to be in good condition.
In tho Superior Court of Baltimore yesterday.
in the case of Lee, &c, VS. Holland the w. & o..
f. Z CASE, before reported argument on dcmur.
rcr was Concluded and held sub curis.
George Reed, soldier stationed at Fort Myer
ia this county, was convicted in the criminal court
of Washington yesterday of the charge of highway
robbery, he having knocked down q man and rob-
bed him OF silver watch.
Mis- Jennie Winston's opera troupe rendered
BOCc4ccio at the Opera House last night to one OF
the largest and most fashionable audiences that
ever assembled there. All present were much
pleased with the entertainments
An order has been issued for the delivery by
carriers Of unpaid mail matter. Such msttcr is
TO be presented to the addresse by the rer and
the dehciout postage collected delivery by
means of postsge-due stamps affixed to the letter
or Parcel. If the addressee refuses to pay tho
postage and receive the letter parcel, it shall be
sent to the DC. d letter office ss is other refused
matter
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,'smc of my children, girl about nine years
old l. I'd very bad discharge from her head and
U," -, ~ chick, yeowish matter We had two
physicians describe for her, but without benefit
". tried EIy' 'ream Balm, and much to our sur
prise. there was marked improvement asatt . we
t6n discbsrso was sppare.etly cured.-o A. Cary
Corning, N. Y. r;tS o.+orrh 7
purchased bottle of your Cream ,>aim d. II mas
effected complete cu1e.-[H. C. Abbott ~ orAn'
ave-, Allegheny City, Pa.
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ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Mrs WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP, for
children teethng is tho prescription of one of tho
best female nurses and physicians in the United
States and has been used for forty years with
never. falling success by millions of mothers for
their children. During tho process of teething
its value is incalculablo. 1t relieves the child
from pain, cures dyscntory and diarrhea, gripping
in the bowels and wind-colic BY giving health
to the child it rests the mother. Price 20 cents q
bottle.