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WAsHiseros, April "a party OF
four Chinamen Of high standing in
the celestial empire arrived in town
this morning Their names are r. L..
Foo. FL X Eoo, III +. stwamu-a and
Tson Foo. and they have come on q
special com mis- Ion from the ensprro.
with instructions 70 investigate the
ways, manners, means and methods
OF American civilization. They will
be guided by the legation here 60 a
large extent in their researches.
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WAsHiscTos, April 20.--The light
house board has issued circular re-
dncing the salaries OF lighthouse keep.
ers about per cent uf their annual
pay. The circular says the reduction
+ made on account OF the appropria-
ton being insufficient 20 pay salaries
for the entire year upon the basis now
allowed. The salaries will be restored
to he regular rates on and after july
rrawf
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AppIsos, n. r.. April TO- Frank
Hancock. employed a. fireman At tils
mil In Blue Run. Pa, was found dead
this morning. having hanged himself
ia bedroom of the shanfy he occll-
pied. Ia ted in the sAme room lsEv
the bodies OF his four children. tuSo
with their throa.s cut and the other teAo
stabbed to the heart. The Oldest ursIn
10 years, and the youngest 4. Domec-
tic trouble was 'indenbtedly the cause
OF the tragedy.
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Psais. April TO- French diplomats
agents abroad have been instructed lby
the government 10 give q national
charter 70 the celebration Nay 5th, IN
commemoration OF the opening Of the
states general In 1850. TkSy are.
therefore. instructed to call meeting
OF the French residents at places e
which they aro stationed, for the
proper observance Of the day. Tko
circular to the agents states the disy
does not belong 70 : PARTY but "a (1eS
nation, and should 5c observed a. tAn
anniversary of union and concord. II
statue Of Gambetta is to be unveiled ID
Saigon. Tonanin.
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NEw YoEx, April N.-The loss tp
the New York Central il 81 $50 0oD.
which IN insured in London. DspeN
estimates the total loss by the m 3
5000 600. -Four engines and two nio
boats continue to pour water On a.
ruins OF last nights IRE. Two fhosl-
sand barrels OF oil In Wilcox's re6nosy
will have 70 burn until burned out.
The wounded are al doing well. No
further deaths are expccted.
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seed Departnsat Discentsnued.

WAsHiseTox. April 10 Secretary
Rusk to-day dispensed with the ser
vices OF eighteen persons employed In
the seed room of bis department, and
viii find IL necessary IN order 60 hiring
the expenses OF the department Within
the appropriation for the current
year. 20 close operations in that
division entirely
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WAsafs0ros. April 1D.--Surgeon-
General Hamilton received a telegram
from the pre- -idenf cf the state board
ss heath OF Florida to-day, stating
that the report If yellow fever in
Jack@onvflie ia absolutely false; that
The general health OF the city j. de-
cls1ed.y coed.
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ATTicss April 3o.--Simon Hoxty, il
weiidleger. entered his hoase this
evening snd. driving revolver, fIYed
three shots 81 bis wife. killint h1w
instantly. He then turned the wearoE
On himself and ended his life. fhn
deed Is supposed 70 be cansed bf
ieaIosisy.
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WsaHIsorcs, April 20 The annual
spring letting OF contracts for the fur
nishing Of supplies for the Indian ser
vice viii be begun In New York ne1.f
Tuesday. Tae bids are to be opened
by Commissioner 0beriy and olher
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BEsLiN, April m.--Thc Munich Al.
ge'aeiss Zesfang says that South Geif-
many has never witnessed anything
like the present recrudescence of So
cialism; the aim OF which II 10 infln.
ence the peasants and smaller land
owners with view to obtaining their
suffrages in the coming election.
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WAsassoros. April ~. The secfe-
tary 81 war has issssd . general order
that Battery G. first artillery. will he
equipped as battery ef rsountsin ar
tii:ers. xitl szx:ton At the Preside Of
san Francisco.
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ZASzrEAR. April 20. DR.. Peters Ahs
arrived here, and reports that the
people OF the Scmaii ports refused 10
give the steamer on which no Travelled
any cargo, and notified him that Il he
landed be would be Killed.
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seehlng Ala in nnsla.d. !.

PARIS. April 20.--Le Paris says that
the liquidator OF the Panama Canal
Company has sent an agent 70 I4ond<ln
10 contract . loan for the benefit 81
the company.
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sks F2Axctsco. April D---Tae Una
tsslA arrived here this morning, eight
d4ss sfem Honolalu. she had on
beasd I.seatenant Louis Ripley azd
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coMMAKprE NlIIAN's LErrKg

This letter was received from Cora-
marder II. w. MILAN, Of the Nipsic,
dated Apia, March D. addressed TO
the secretary of the navy. threads:
In compliance with paragraph -. PAGE
Is, Of The United States navy regulations,
have the honor 10 report ali the boiler
power Used on the 10th oE March during
violent hurricane wniril occurred in this
harbor. b. w. MILAN.
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FOREIGN AFFAIBS
Canada Excited Over the
Behring Sea.
noUIaseEs MUST lxAvH
The Eresck WIN seek Aid te Rstaan
the Pas.ma Canal d
England.

Togoxro. April ga special iron
otsaws 70 the Esspsse, tho '.Eoyslrn-
mens eEEan.' says. Colonel Plior
.ome day next week viii initiate :
decision in the house in reference -
the Rehring Sta seizures, The people
OF British Columbia are anxious u
secure termination cf the unpl<taS-
antneSs which has existed for the laSt
three years ana until the question: ~
jurisdiction IN Rehring Sea Il deter
mined the same In -ifssion Is likely to.
exist. It Is understood that negutiAr
tons arc Sill IN progress ON the sub
lect ami the general belief Is that there
viii I've an International conferences to
deliberate on the question IS to
whether or not Rehring Sea is szuss
eiassers.
The prsposterous claim OF The
United States To the exclusive isaltis-
aiesion IN rhssse waters Is enc that
affects all the great maritime powsRa.
France. Germany and Italy are almost
rs much interested In The question -
oreat britain and Canada and t'ho
support OF the governments Of shskeQ
countries u confidently relied upon 10
sustain the contention Of the Canadian
government.
Al ..se pr seiss jnneture the prenior
Wiz doubtless rot feel Justified in
speaking rs openly on the question as
be or the people OF British CoIumlkiA
would hse. bet doubtless he will BE-
able 80 give such assurances IS will
satisfy. the coantFv that the govern
naent has not keen neglecffui o; Its
duty or of Canadass interests.
a Il - l.
lec; says; The seal fishers gong cut
are armed and prepared 10 resist seLx~
ure by the American cutters. The
Globe commenting on the possibility 81
q conflict SAYS: In order to ohyiato
this danger the British government
should order man-of-war 10 protect
the Canadians in the Behring sea or
should plainly abandon the apparently
shallow prctense that Great Brstafn
will stand by Canada's rights arairist
any American aggression whatever.
Honianger WIN leave Belssun..
BaussELs, April 20. Gen. Boulanger
has decided to leave for London nn
Wednesday. Bource, the French ana
hassaaor, yesterday informed the
Prince dc Chimmay, minister Of fsr-
eign. Affairs. OF the meeting OF the
Boulanger commission in Bruxselz.
and impressed upon him that tho
French government was unfavoralkle
TO the holding Of such meetings. The
cabinet thereupon sent an official -
the hotel at which Boulanges Is stop
ping to warn the general that he must
leave Belgium or the government
would expcl him. After consulfi1ne
with Rochefort, Boularser consented
to leave. The other B0ulanxisS lead
ers in Brussels viii accompany him 70
London
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BERrIs, April 20. - The Queen
Dowager Of Bavaria Is dying.
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rnF RrnnrR nRnkKN

About this time the rudder was
broken with crash and it seriously
injured some OF the helmsEaen. Tie
relieving tackles and spare tilIer were
applied promptly, but il was dis
covered that the rudder was broken,
and il was soon entirely useless. The
wind by this time Was blowing with a
hurricane force and the seas were very
heavy. The ship had begun TO make
water during the early morning. The
hand pumps were manned and all
bllge pumps IN the engine room put
cn. The water gained and threatened
20 put osIf the fires, the greater part oil
il seeming - come IN through the
hawse pipes. which are situated on
the heyth deck Every effort was made
10 stoE tsse entrance OF the water ai
this point by iammsng in bedding and
by putting moulding on the chains
and by seering into the hawse pipes.
IL could be checked in this way. but
not ssopped for the siolence OF the
seas was 80 grs2t it would force back
everything opposed 10 IT, All hands
we're SEE 10 b4iling and handy rigged
bat by 3 c'e clock the Ilres had been pul
out. The Tnen came up from the kise
room ard work al the hans pumps
and with buckets xas continued srons
this time throughout the gale sifh the
hcEe os lseing able -
KEx4Gax ruE rIzKs.
and keep the ship afsozt- A Eftie be-
n fS..fEssxr... -,
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kEIatfA1 fAE Va

and keep the ship afsozs A Eftie be-
fore fccn the CzIsiope was ssen 10 be
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pgsrERArE EFroRrs.

During all this time the officers of
the flagship made every effort To man
age her by storm-saiis and putting
men IN The rigging. We drilsed by
the port side of the Olga and across
the western reef, dragging anchor and
talling now on the western reef as we
had before done ON the eastern.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1889-10-31

The humor of our western pioneers
has become proverbial The men who
were the early settlers of Illinois
took with them plenty Of the sort of
fun which is recorded in a thousand
anecdotes of President Lincoln. One
of these Illinois pioneers, Mr. Owen,
whose family, like the Lincolns, came
from Kentucky. bore striking per
sonal resemblance 10 the president.
A month or two before the election
of Mr.. Lincoln, Mr.. Owen was accosted
one day In O Chicago street by news
paper man. who believed that he was
addressing the Republican nominee.
How do you do. siri" said the news
paper man. We arc highly honored
to see you in Chicago. I had not heard
of your leaving Springfield
Much Obliged Tor your politeness, y
said Mr.. Owen "And who may you
'sMy name IL -" replied the edi-
tor.
"Ahl I've heard Of you. I've heard
you called the Horace Greeley OF tho
west"
sYou are very kind, Mr.. Lincoln" /"
THAT amt my name" said the
farmer, with twinkle In his eyes
my name is Owen, and live out on
Poplar creek"
II believe you are Mr.. Lincoln, and
this Is one OF your famous jokes, y said
the editor, gazing at the quizzical,
kindly face 30 strangely like that OF
the NOMINEES whom he had seen during
the Douglas debates and at tho Repub-
hcan convention
you seem bound TO have IL 70,
said Mr.. Owen, and I'll tell you how
70 fix it Let's swap dAguesreotypes.
and you'll feel - II you've got Ike.
ness Of Honest Abs, and I'll feel A. II
I've got one of Horace Greeley. -
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Aaxapt.ss. Of .ths Forty y,nkx !.

Sleep is closely connected with the
question Of diet; good sleeping" was a
noticeable feature in the large major
ity of DIR. Humphreys cases. Sound,
refreshing sleep is of the utmost con-
sequence TO the health of the body,
and no substitute can be found for it
as a restorer of vital energy. Sleepless-
ness is, however, often a source OF
great trouble to elderly people, and
one that is not easily relieved. Mar
cotic remedies are generally mischiev-
Gus; their first effects may be pleasant,
but the habit Of depending upon them
rapidly grows until they become in
dispensable. When this stage has
been reached the sufferer is in far
worse plight than before.
In all cases the endeavor should be
made to discover whether the sleep
lessness be due TO any removable
cause, such as indigestion, cold, want
of exercise, and the like. In regard
to sleeping in the daytime, there is
something 10 be said both for and
against that practice. A nap OF forty
winks" in the afternoon enables many
aged people to get through the rest OF
the day In comfort, whereas they feel
tired and weak when deprived Of this
refreshment II they rest well at night
there can be go objection 10 the after.
noon nap, but il sleeplcssness be COM
planned Of, the latter should be discon-
tinued for q time Most old people
find that a reclining posture, with the
feet and legs raised, Is better than the
horizontal position for the afternoon
nap. Digestion proceeds with more
ease than when the body Is incumbent.
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A Trotting Dog.

A hundred people or SO saw a novel
exhibition at the exposition driving
park track today by dog who can trot a
The dog is an Irish setter, not yet 8
years cid, owned by Mr.. Ketchum,
of Brighton, Ont, and he trots as
perfectly as any horse. His name
is Doc, and there is nothing about him
to indicate speed. His build is that of
the ordinary Irish setter, but in race
he seems imbued with all the spirit of
thoroughbred racehorse. Today
Doc was attached to- little cart weigh
ing twenty y-eight pounds, and when
the youthful driver. Willie Ketchum,
aged probably or s years, took his
seat the dog was pulling eighty-one
pounds, much more than his own
weight. Mr.. James Riley drove Loafer
around the half mile course with the
canine racer and the latter turned the
half mile in / :55. the first quarter be
ing made in So. Mr.. Riley had his
horse just behind the dog, and every
few moments the latter would throw
his head around, and seeing the horse
close to him would trot faster. The
boy urged him on with few touches
of the whip and shout coming down
the stretch, and the dog responded
well. The track was quite heavy, and
had it been well scraped, the owner
says the dog would have gone much
faster. After the race the dog was
loosened and scampered off playfully,
just like the ordinary canine. Does
froffiuu ability was first discovered by
Mr.. Riley while driving with his
Strathlan Queen on an asphalt paved
street on the east side some time ago.
There was race, and the story is told
that the setter beat Mr.. Riley's mare
about ten feet in two blocks. he
was trained to trot before a year old,
and one feature of his work is that he
never loses the gait A special matinee
viii be given at the course Saturday
afternoon, and 1t is likely that the set
ter viii give an exhibition.-Kansas
City Special to Globe-Democrat
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A rfilInon OF ISabies.

Take your pencil and follow me
while We figure on what will happen
TO the 1000, 600 of babies that have
been born in the last /, ,o00, 900 seconds. /
believe that is about the average Tone
every time the clock ticks" Oct. 1,
1890. if statistics don't belle us. we
will have lost $50, 900 of these little
"prides of the household" A year
later So, 900 more will be keeping com.
pany with those who have gone be.
fore. At the end of the third year we
lind that %, 600 more have dropped
by the wayside. The fourth year they
have become rugged little darlings,
not nearly so susceptible to infantile
diseases, only 5000 having succumbed
to the rigors imposed by the master.
BY the time they arrive at the age of
IL years but a paltry few hundred
leave the track each year.
After three score years have come
and gone we find less trouble in count
ing the army with which we started
in the fall of 1889.
OF the 1000, 900 with which we be-
gan our count but $4,000 remain;
$50, 600 have gone the way of all the
world, and the remaining few have
forgotten that they ever existed. AT
the end of so, or, taking our mode Of
reckoning, by year 1869 A. D., there
are still $1,000 gray haired, shaky old
grannies and grandfathers, tcothless,
hairless and happy. In the year 1884
our 1000, 900 babies with which we
started in 1889 will have dwindled to
an insignificant 223 helpless old
wrecks, stranded on the shores Of
Time" In 1892 all but IL have left
this mundane sphere forever, while
the last remaining wreck will prob
ably, In seeming thoughtlessness,
watch the sands filter through the
hour glass of Time and die in the year
1897 at the age of 10S. What boun-
teous supply of food for reflection -
Cor. st. Louis Republic.
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1t is by no means uncommon that in
the course Of being rebuilt q town
loses the charm Of old associations.
An English writer tells story which
shows this point with unconscious alb
surdity.
a certain mayor OF Norwich was Sc
lected for royal favor because Of his
kind treatment of the wretched rem
nant of the English army which
found shelter in the city after an i'll
fated expedition against the Dutch.
When the mayor was presented ai
court, his majesty honored him by a
few words of conversation
..Ah, Mr.. Mayor, Norwich is a very
ancient city, u 1t notf"
1T used to be, your majesty, was
the mayors regretful reply.-Youthi
COMPANION.
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Phrenolerx Unscisnttlls.

There are many interesting facts
which make one believe that the
greater the extent Of brain surface in a
man, or, to put it a little differently,
the more the folds and deeper the
creases between them, tho greater are
the mans mental powers, and just
here it becomes apparent that TO judge
of the extent Of the entire brain sur
face by the size of the head, or by the
extent of the superficial irregular sur
face which is covered by the skull
without any regard to the number Of
folds or their depth, Is to fall into an
absurd error, and here we begin TO
see how baseless the old phrenology
really is.
For little brain with many deep
folds may really when spread out
have a larger surface than a large
brain with few shallow folds, and a
so called bump or elevation on the ap-
parent surface Of the organ, even il Ii
produces a corresponding elevation on
the head, which 1t frequently fails TO
do, will indicate nothing regarding
the number of the folds or the depth
of the crcases which lie about it, SO
that it may be stated without hesita,
ton that from the size or shape of the
head no conclusion whatever can be
made as TO the extent of surface OF
the brain, and consequently no con-
clusion can be reached regarding the
mental capacity.--M Allen Starr, II.
D., in Popular Science Monthly.
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The Primrose league of England
numbers 80, 900 strong Tory women,
and the Women's Liberal federation
numbers $4,000 just as strong Liberal
ones.
Hiram Ephraim Brookson, of Gays
Crossing, Sullivan county, Pa, weam
a No. IA boot. He bears the reputa-
ton among his neighbors Of being
something of kicker.
A short time ago lady, the first Of
her sex, graduated in medicine in Mex
leo. As an appropriate compliment
her fellow students of the other sex
got up an amateur bull fight in honor
of the occasion.
At the time Sir Walter Scott made
his remark about literature being an
unsafe crutch he was earning $50, 900
a year. Twenty of his volumes
brought $550,O0O, and in eighteen
months at one period hts work netted
$13O, 900.
In Now Mexico's constitutional con-
vention the majority refused to permit
the incorporation of a woman's suf-
frage clause in the elective franchise
article. The woman suffragists fill
bustered to delay action, but the re-
port OF the committee was finally
adopted.
While everything else has taken
step forward in the last decade, the
manner of putting up a stove remains
the same. The tools are those used
fifty years ago-an ak, q crowbar, a
hundred cuss words and crushed
foot.
At Logan, o., man was arrested
for stealing lot of tools from mill.
One of the lockers on at the trial rec
ognized a pair of boots on the prison
er's feet as his own. After the trial
he examined the boots and proved his
properly. The boots were taken and
given to their owner, and the sheriff
went out and purchased pair of shoes
for the prisoner before taking him to
Jail
A training home, where both Ameri
can and foreign girls will be cared for,
trained and homes secured through an
intelligence bureau, is about to be or
ganized. 1t Is to be called the Sunshine
Mission. Mrs. John A. Logan, Mrs
j. Ellen Foster, Miss Kate Sanborn
and Miss Frances Willard are inter
ested in 1t, and propose TO form stock
company with a capital of $50, 900.
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A new lens viii show 1-2o4. zoo. 900
Of an inch.

of an inch.
Mr.. Wilson declares that servants
are getting worse and worse, his last
cook couldn't even boil water without
burning II.
Elias Kerr, OF Hanford, Cal, In
herding band Of 2,700 turkeys. he
counts them every night and hopes TO
have them ripe by Thanksgiving day.
The French factory OF Mantois IL
the only one in the world where glass
large and perfect enough for the lenses
Of a big telescope can be successfully
cast
The parents Of Mr.. Kco, attache Of
the Chinese legation at Washington,
have written TO him informing him
that they have selected wife for him.
He has never seen his prospective
bride.
Owing 10 the low price OF cochineal
in Europe, the trade in this article,
which forms the chief export OF the
Canary Islands, il said to b steadily
declining. iA
The Eiffel coiffure Ii 70 be introduced
into London from Paris and viii Be
entirely composed of hair. The back
hair is TO be worked up TO any peVnis'
sible height and ID TO end very taper
inxly.