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PrErnSad Can al

:: PlTTsBuRG, Nov 3o.-The State Canal:
Commission will recommend tile. building Of
a canal from Lake Erie to The Ohio River. at
the mouth Of the Beaver, thirty miles below
Pftfsburg. :: Tie canal Will be Zoe miles long,
twelve feet deep, and cost tabout S25, ,00o, eco;
burden can .Be brought from Erie to Pitts
burg iii twenty -four hours The average
time of RAILROAD freight shipments. inctud-
ing transfers. is about four days. =
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! The: :snh-Porf. Entry Act. i

h. .PoRT TOWNSEND (ANash.L Nov..30 Col
lector Bradshaw returned from Seattle last
night. He admits having received orders
from the Treasury Department to: in the
future to enter and clear foreign YES
The Washington officials Interpret the new
Sub-pott Entry Act as giving those cities
that privilege. The order Is In force from
date Il, i, =: e.
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The G,rdper. Ch,se & Co Faiiure

BosToN, Nov. 30.-An expert accountant
investigating the affairs OF Gardner. Chase
& Co., brokers, has found that of the
scheduled bad accounts, S65I, 600 represents
money lost IN speculation by Chase. He
also reports that the firm was insolvsnt in
1885, and since that time Chase and his
partner have drawn out nnWards of 22ii0 0On
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Acoiaent-Rain Wantad.

PETALUMA. Nov 30.-F O. Schultz, one
Of the Oldest settlers in Petaluma Town
ship, by an accidental fall last night broke
or badly sprained his right foot. He came
to California with Stevenson's Regiment In
1S4S.
Stock Is getting very poor and the farmers
are looking anxiously for rain.
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Failure of Carriage Manufacturer,.

CINCINNATI, Nov 3O.-Easton & Clark,
carriage manufacturers. assigned last even
ing. The failure is attributed to the discon-
tinuance of the branch houses In Kansas
City and San francisco. The estimated
assets are 100000; liabilities. $4,000. The
firm asserts that they will pay dollar for
dollar. The failure was great surprise.
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TACOMA. Nov go. J. McCausland was
yesterday found guilty of uttering and pub
fishing as true and genuine forged deed
to $50 acres of the town site of Des M0ines,
Wash. He has not been sentenced.
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AIR BRAKES FAIL
And Train Rushes to Destruction, Killing
the Engineer. ~.

TACOMA: Nov. ga runaway switch
engine and seven fiat-cars la st evening col
1ided with work train near the: Northern
Pacific Wharf-yard, crushing the engineer.
Fred Dexter, OF Lakeview, and in1uring him
internally so that he died. A man named
Talbot, time-keeper at the Northern Pa
eific: car-shops, was also badly injured. Sew
erai of the men jumped from the train as it
rushed down the grade at the rate of thirty
five miles an hour The switeh-engine and
two cars were demolished. The accident
was caused. by the failure of the air brakes
to work. The; rails were very slippery from
the heavy fog. Z: - -.
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ROUGHLY HANDLED.
A Quarantine Officer Beaten and Thrown Into
the Water.

JACKSONVILLE Fla). Nov. 3o.-Dr.
Joseph Y. Porter, State Health Officer, re-
ceiyed word to-day from Morris Cohen,
Quarantine Officer near Punta Gorda. that
he had boarded Spanish vessel in the
course of his duty November 9TH, and that
after beating him and abusing him the cap
tain and sailors had thrown him overheard,
nearly drowning him. The Spaniard then
landed smuggled goods and escaped.
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Dola Exnress.car Rohbery.

WEST POINT (Miss.), Nov. SO.-A robber
entered an express-car on the Georgia
Pacific train near Indianolia last night,
held up the agent with revolver, took the
money and jumped from the train. There
was little in the packages. To-day the rob-
ber and companion were arrested at
West Point
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:.Parneil and Mrs. O'shea.

LONDON. Nov. 30.-Mrs. UShea is. at
Brighton with her four daughters, and Par
nell was with her during the parliamentary
recess. He retarned to Brighton after the
trial of the divorce: case.
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six Men Drowned.

RICE LAKE (Wis.). Nov. 3o.-By the
swamping of small boat on Long Lake
were: Frank Founier, William Knight.
Charles Stikes, AL Clark and Arthur Page.
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GRASS VALLEY, Nov. 3O.-The suit of the
Idaho Mining Company versus the Mary
land Mining Company was satisfactorily
compromised last night. Both parties made
concessions and the trial of the case will
stOD.
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Bedz Found in a Corn Field

DENVER, Nov. 3o.-The body of F. B.
Crocker, President of the Board OF Public
Works, who mysteriously disappeared last
Sunday, was found in corn field three
miles from this city about noon to-day,
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MORROW AND vANDEvER.
Names MENTIONED in Connection With a
Diplomatic Appointment.

DIp1um1tIC hpp5!utE5cnt,
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-General Van
dever's friends will try to get him some ap-
pontment under the Government Er.
Morrow has been mentioned for Minister to
Central America, vice Miner, who will be
recalled, according to the Washington Post,
but 1t is believed that Morrow would rather
practice law in San Francisco. His reputa-
ton as lawyer would undoubtedly bring
him as great an income as the salary at
tached to the above diplomatic position.
Besides. he may have some ambition to run
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SUsANvILLE, Nov. 3o.-E. E. Dixon, Otis
Dixon and Arthur Sylvester have been ar
rested for horse-stea ling. They were taken
before Justice Schooler, and gave bonds
In S3Q0n
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Rslisior, services.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.-Father Ignatius,
the celebrated Anglican monk, Will inaugu-
rate series of religious services in New
York during the coming week. Bishop Pot
ter has given him freedom of the diocese.
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A Steamer Ashore.

VICTORIA B. CO., Nov. 3o.-At noon to-
day the steamer Costa Rica, owned by Duns-
muirs. went ashore in dense fog near
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PORTLAND, Nov. 3O.-Jack Dempsey left
for San Francisco Tonight. en- route to New
Orleans, where he will fight Bob, Fitz-
simmons in January
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DR. Mary Walker Dvinr,

OswEGo (N. ", Nov. 30-Dr. Mary
Walker lies dying at her farm near here
from heart failure.
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suit Comrromised

Race Rocks. The extent If the damage is
unknown. The steamer Pilot has gone to
her assistance
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URGED TO RETIRE

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 30-The Parnell
branch of the Irish National League. one of
the Oldest and most important in the
country. to-day adopted resolution calling
On Parnell to retire.
NORLEY'S REPLY TO PARNELL.
LONDON, Nov. 3o.-Mprley has written to
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TIE WEEIlNG --WILI0W.

bomb cover Or the quality Of the exploding
material within. The wheel may be either
vertical or horizontal and when carefully
prcarrangcd wiz last Il long time Outof
the wheel grew the cobvcb, the ball Of
stars and the spider aud web The last
named has been so developed that now
when the bomb eyplodeS n vast cobweb is
seen on whose suriacc is {; gray object ,;rc
sumab!Ta ny aud over it IA brown nnr 81
spider TlIc latter IL the heavier ana iAl.,
faster than the former, uyertalillG and
mSing with it before it falls helo" the
surface Of the well.
By Aa:;itl2, the exploding forae drive out
slo" huFniHg solids Is well as its own
smoke what are knuwi rs the umbrella,
jelly i.>!l, tree ana weeping willow designs
We're created. These are c.nu!sitcly beaHli-
full. The oa1line is /, series ii pnrabnie
curves and thc lines %te y mass Of delicate
waves.
Another type is the loop. III thi. hi.
smoke moves iii Irregular curves, bl1t pro
duccs very picturesqu" effect. No ore in
this country understands how these loop
curves are made japanese experts, ho~-
ever, have Il thorough knov!edge. and
claim 10 hp able u make :.3t varieties,
10 l,onb and balloon alike parachutrs
are attached These in the simplest form
are pieces Of bright rolnrctl paper or nthor
tissue whose ends are beat over by -
weighted strin!, siinilartp t!lose lnadrby
every American boy III his chilaAooc BE
yonl this is the l1araS,l of umbrella, Eladc
of the lightcst and i,:,sie-t materials
Beyond there is :il endless number III
odd shapes, cltunt Of linsel paper and
other light stuff. and fashioned to rc5cln-
bic or suggest everything in heaven, earth
and in the water beneath the Garth The
effect of .llc contrast between these and
the smoke figures is sometimes more hun
startling
Thus far We have only begiln To Ntilize
the pyroteclinics Of Japan, OF vSiat has
been described and Suggested hardly
tenth has yet been brought across the srHs,
to bu seen by our o@';i people. .fndstng
from the increasing popularity ot I he lap
anese who arc settled here and til" I.lgrea-
ing prestige cf their sept!s AMI wares. il Is
highly probable that The next iiy1 years
will make their fireworks n, familiar hclp
as they arc in the capitals Of the cnst
WILLIAM +. ). ftLi.5.
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LINES OF THE HAND.

Rays ucfoss the hand from the basis Of
the thumb always denote worries, and the
nge at which they occur is always shown
by the point nj which they terminate.
The line Of health comes from the base OF
the line of life Clearly traced, it seldom
exists in a hand: but, when it is found il
is a sign of good health, gayety and success.
The line of tile heart is the line sweeping
from the forctinger across the hand. If il
goes right across, it indicates excessive at-
fection, resulting in 4 morbid jealousy. ! (
it is chained, the subject is an inveterate
nirt. Very, very thin and bare, it is 4 sign
Of murder
The Cline of heud,'' which is the next
great line in the hand-it extends from ht
tween the thumb and forefinger across to
the third tinger-should be clear and well
closed, without fork, break or ramiticatiou.
Pale and broad, it indicates fecbencss Or
lack of intellect, but if it is long and strong
it denotes self control.
The line Of fortune is that which rises
through the whole hand from the wrist to
between the second and third fingers. II
it starts from the line Of life it shows
that ones fortune results from ones own
deserts; rising from the wrist, it is always
AslRii vi Eoul 1uEh' t"lsteu Ok IaBbeu AZ
the base, it indicates i'll luck in early life.
The most important line in the hand is
the line of life-that line sweeping around
the base of the thumb from the wrist.
Long, clear, direct in its course and we'll
colored, it denotes long life, good health,
and good character and disposition. Pale
and broad, it indicates i'll health, evil in
stincts and n weak, envious disposition.
Thick and red, it betrays violence and bru-
tality-SnfperyiIle Journal
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A GROTESQuE HEAD.

neso We're enjoying frccrnckcrs from those
no larger than u match to the monstrous
ones which weigh five pounds apiece
bombs, Roman candles and Bengal lights.
AT the same time tie japanese were send
ing up balloons in thousand shapes and
developing their wonderful system Of day
fireworks into d fine art
OF the two races the Chinese were by
long odds the first in point of time Their
annals show that tile familiar frecrackcr
was known to The people Of the Flowery
Kingdom at least ll50 j. e. On the other
hand there is no direct proof that the Jap
anese were able TO manufacture fireworks
of any sort prior to 1910, some tweni y-onc
centuries aftcrward. ...5...~. "..." A..
But the Chinese seemed s;,titcl with
what little progress they made in the early
age, and have never gone beyond ,vha. they
then accomplished. The japanese, on the
contrary. have never been stationary, hut
have kept up experiment and research to
the very present moment. Many who read
these lines viii recall the invention of pyru
techEic novelties ana Improvements by the
japanese and their suppl.nting older bur
less attractive piece, ;!S soon as brought
over to the United s3;ntes.
In discussing: TIE remarkable success ol
his cauntryE!eu i'll this industrial art It
member Of the japanese embassy ut Wash
ington said 10 me recently; The secret Of
our prosperity l., not as simple as might le
supposed. In til" first PLACE We have Il
trade system something like the guilds Of
Europe 4 good fireworks maker brings
up one or more Of his sons to follow linn i'll
his profession and tcachestI tIiu1n every little
trick or discovery he has made OF; that has
been handed down TO Kim by his ancestors.
There are many ftgnilie, homc that lavr
been fireworks makers for more than II con
iury, and wl!o seemingly have Il natural
kind Of genius for that vocation IN Yoke
hama ! know 3ne manufacturer. whose
business has belonged to his family for
eight generations. and whose cil}loycs can
point Lack rs nlany generations during
which their ancestors have been rmplnved
in he same ri%cc.
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ROYAL FlUSHES.


Tho empress Of Germany speaks good
French with hardly any perceptible Ger.
man accent
The car OF Russia says that he considers
dueling i'll the army not only allowable
but necessary.
King Oscar of Sweden, who has hitherto
confined his pen chiefly to verse, has writ
ten n war paper.
Emperor William has conferred the first
class decoration of the Royal Order of the
Crown upon Charles Gibson, ut attorney of
St. Louis, Mo.
Christine, the queen regent of Spain, has
worn mourning ever since the death Of her
consort, and only lately has begun to wear
jewelry on state occasions.
Prince Bismarck speaks English with q
German accent and rather old fashioned
pronunciation, but his mastery Of the Ian
guage is complete and his knowledge Of it's
literature is very great.
Tho empress of Austria is building I,
magnificent Pompeiian palace Mt Corfu, to
cost nearly s., 900, 900. It is being construct
ed of Carrara marble. The gardens will be
claborately ornamentcd with terraces,
fountains and electricity. Three hundred
men are Mt work. Corfu is perhaps the
most beautiful spot Oh the globe.
King Louis Philippe OF Franco had in
his employ as porter in 1e45 one Joseph
Catonio-n man of immense proportions,
Il giant He was taller than the tallest
drum major, and his manners were excel
lent. Catonio died recently and left his
body to the Anatomical museum at Rome,
and Professor Todaro in few months will
have the skeleton of the porter OF the Tuil-
cries on exhibition. 0 rs
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WHOLE NO. 1924.
IF an accident should happen, what

''1f an accident should happen, what
them"
"a tumble to the bridge would mean
mutilation and almost sure death. In Il
fall to the water Il man would stand one
chance in ten of living But none of
us complains. In fact, Pm glad of
the job, 1t makes my head swim to go
up there, and grow almost mad with
desire to jump off When feel that way,
although l amt a religious nan, just
close my eyes, say little prayer and think
Of the wife and babies who've got shelter
and food because can pull out s2 u day on
this contract. Would be here if was a
single manS No, sir. I couldn't stand the
pressure. But you see it gives fellow
lots Of extra sand when he feels that those
he loves are dependin' on his doing his
duty. But my work is nothing to that of
my mate over there on the main s-hle.
Fail orr NOT II gripplh' Tight IL save
him. He's in the same boat with me-got
big family to support-and he's goin' to
hang on to that cable and tend to his blsi-
ness manful like if things do get black be-
fore his eyes now an then. But must
hurry along Good day, sir.'
Something of the hero, is he not, this
brawny workman with paint splashed
clothes, who recognizes peril yet faces it
undauntedly that those he cares for may
not lack the needs Of existence?
strolled onward and soon caught good
view of ''my mate" Like the mun with
whom had talked he seemed person in
spired by stern determination and with no
wish to calculate chances. There he SAT-
astride one of the outer cables nearly 30U
feet above the water Over his head ran
couple Of small ropes which he occasion,
uly uripocl tn steady himself H,lt his
eyes never glanced to left OF right, They
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" DISHONESTY PANIED him.

Ills Confluence In Human Nature Shaken
. by an Immigrant. ." $751;
Everything dead wrong in this World,n
said u shabby man who was sitting on q
park bench the other day to his companion,
land url't got no confidence in human
nnture left Everybody is ski1lnin' every
body else, it seems to me, and genovine old
fashioned honestys all gone to the dogs.
This country is SO wicked that even the ig-
norant immigrant sucks in dishonesty with
his first Whit Of Battery air ..
4 WAS a-walking down there only this
morning, when an innocent looking Pole
comes up to me and begins to jabber at me
in the worst attempt at English you ever
heard
"'What do yon wantS' says !. taking
pity on him. for he looked so confused and
lost like
Wan!,l tinda inspector man. says he.
"Whut fpr;' says l.
/" Give heem this1, says lie, pulling fat
envelope half way ont Of the inside pocket
of his wHlstcnat and rammng ii back again
in" jitfy.
What's Ills names says l.
'Forsetta, says the poor devil with u
most perplcxed look DE boss will sack
me, and he began to cry. .....&
''Wcll, learned iron, his actions and his
that he had only been in the country q
month and had got his first job that week.
That the boss sweater for whom he worked
mad sent him down to the Battery to de-
liver letter to customs inspector whose
name he, the poor Pole. had forgotten.
Let me see the package says |: cant
you read the address,
";No rcatla,' he says, dolefullv, us he
pulled open his waistcoat just far enough
for me to see the top of the letter.
Well can't help you, says I, unless
you let me see the address,
He was afraid to let it out of his hunds
for IL minute, but finally got hold of it
and could tell ut II touch that it had roll
of bills in it. Besides thatit was marked
in small characters up in one corner, 'so3;
pay messenger fifty cents
".Why, it's addressed to me- says sur
prised like I've been looking for this all
the morning. It's mighty lucky you found
me. You must be more careful to rcrncnl-
Der names that are told you after this till
YOU have learned to read the English. I've
4 good mind to tell your boss Of your care
lessness'
1.-The poor creature fairly squirmed with
fear when | said that and begged me not TO
report him.
We'll, I'll not do it this time says I
saraBely, but don't do 1t again Here's
your fifty cents. Now get back rs quick as
you can and say to your boss that said it
would be MI right
''-is soon as he was gone Iopcncd the en-
velope, and would you believe it, there WAS
nothing inside but paper
''How kin 4 man retain any confidence in
human nattlr' under such discouragemen
Mcs-Bnncn Peie-skinned by Il greasy Inn
migrant Just landed The perfcsh wants
protection just as had as any ether trade
frnm European pnnrrrconpclition, New
York Tribune
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AREAS OF AMERICAN STATES.

Alabama, 52,25o square miles; Arizona,
11S,030 square miles; Arkansas, 53,O5C
square miles, and California, 155 $50 square
miles
Colorado, l03, OPS square miles; Connect
cut, 1890 square miles; Dakota, 140,10C
square miles, and Delaware, 1850 square
miles
District of Columbia, 70 square miles;
f'lorida, $3.50 square miles; Georgia, 59,-
s15 square miles; Idaho, 81, 800 square miles,
and Illinois, 59,65o square miles.
Indiana, 1850 square miles; Indian Ter
ritory, G,690 square miles; Iowa. 6,025
square miles; Kansas, s., ,0so square miles;
Kentucky, 0,400 square miles, and Louis
lana, As. 720 square miles.
Maine, 5000 square miles; Maryland.
l2.2l0 square miles; Massachusetts, S,3l:
square miles; Michigan, 5s, square miles;
Minnesota, So, 365 square miles; Mississippi,
46,sl0 square miles; Missouri, G9,415squara
miles, and Montana, 146,0 ,0s0 square miles.
Nebraska, 7G,s55 square miles; Nevada,
1i0,1oo square miles; New Hampshire,
1906 square miles, nnd New Jersey, 7,s15
square miles,
New Mexico, i22,5s0 square miles; New
York, i9.110 square miles; North Carolina,
o-Soo square mllcs, hnu ONO, Al, OU0 square
miles.
Oregon, $1,000 square miles; Pennsyl-
vania, 45,2l5 square miles; Rhode Island,
1880 square miles, and South Carolina,
805,0 square miles.
Tennessee, 4a,O5O square miles; Texas,
265,7s0 square miles; Utah. s497O square
miles; Vermont, 9,5G5 square miles, and
Virginia, $3.50 square miles.
Washington, 69,1SD square miles; West
Virginia, "a, $50 square miles, and Wiscon-
sin, 5000 square miles.
Wyoming, 9i,so0 square miles; Unorgal-
lied territory. 5,140 square miles, and Della,
ware bay, G20 square miles.
OF the whole area Of The United State.
$1,000 square miles is water surface, and the
total area of the United States is 3,r5.Gu,
square ,nilcs.-,Tonrn:tl OF Education.
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1.-THE low price Of labor is another ee-
ncnt of importance There is n very large
amount Of unskilled labor required in the
production of fireworks Such work rs
the cutting and coloring Of paper from pat
terms, the pasting and fastening of edges of
fancy balloons and the making Of tiny para
chutcs involves the lowest order of intelli-
gencc. 1t could be done by little children
Just, rs ,cell as by grown folks. When the
latter do this kind OF toll for living they
get chiltlrcr,'s wages and certainly could
expect nothing more Like labor. the raw
materials are very cheap also and espr
riully since so many Of our youth have re-
ccivcd scientific education in Europe and
America and have introduced foreign Pre-
cesscs into their own land.
"On account Of the great technical skill
of the artisans and the cheapness of labor
and materials our manufacturers are able
and willing to spend money literally in ex
perinenting and trying every new notion
that comes along This they have been
doing for more than n hundred years, and
4 result is the discovery almost weakly Of
some new feature or production III fire
works 10 these several different causes
may be lscribcd the success of the Japan
ese in the pyrotechnic world. They have
no rivals anywhere, no other land being
able to combine so many favorable cond-
tions or having the expert artisans for
which Japan is famous"
In ordinary displays, such ns set pieces,
rockets and bombs, there is but little dit
ference between the Japanese and the
American It is in the 80 called "day fire.
works. that Che former asserts his suprem-
acy These are of various kinds and class
cs, but may bt, roughly divided into smoke
effects, balloons. parachutes and combina-
tions between the three. The balloons are
like our own; the others are made in the
form Of bombs, which are fired from NOR
tars and do not make any display Until
they have exploded in midair.