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swung noiselessly to By the sexton, who
had not thought of looking in. then he
had locked the outside doors-the boys
we're alone in the church.
Dave gave one more look at the cross
of lilies and the Christ in the window,
then walked up the aisle a little way
and went into one of the pews- First he
sat down and then he lay down. and SO
comfortable bed did the soft cushion
make for the tired child that he object
ed to being disturbed when Tom sug-
gested going. So Tom, who was tired.
too, sat down on a fOotstOol and put his
head en- the cushion beside Dave.
There was . rustic of skirts. low
hum of voices. A committee of ladies',
to whom had been assigned the chapel
decorations for the children's service
that afternoon, were discussing what
flowers could best be spared from within
the chancel.
Tom was wakened, but Dave still
slept soundly.
A young lady who had been detained
in the chapel came hurriedly up the
aisle to join the group. and though Tom
shrank closer in his corner, she saw him,
and her exclamation brought the half
dozen ladies to her side.
Dave slept on, and pretty picture he
made, the gold of his hair brought out
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Easter greeting; in church and chapel
flowers sent up their incense to Christ
| who died but rose again. And while
Easter anthems were being sung and
Easter sermons preached the tired,
hungry lads walked from street to
street, looking into store windows where
the curtains were lifted, Tom doing his
best to interest and amuse weary little
Dave.
Just as they reached great stone
church the wOrshipers were coming
out, and the boys, from doorway
across the street, watched the long line
of richly-dressed people.
At last every one was gone, the little
groups that fingered in the vestibule
breaking up, one by one, but still the
heavy doors stood wide open. The in
| ner door. too, was open, and through
the two entrances the boys could catch
| a glimpse of color and brightness.
Lets 60 in." said Dave.
Tom hesitated, but the doors still
stood open. no one was to be seen, and
he venture3 TO cross the street and as
cend the steps.
As the boys entered the vestibule
Dave cried out in wonder and delight,
for through the inner door could be
seen great window, rich with glowing
tints. The sexton was in the chapel.
and there was no one to forbid the chill
dren entrance.
Once inside the church there was so
much to see that Tom and Dave quite
forgot they were unlimited guests.
They had never seen church interior
before. Tom had attended Sabbath
school at a mission chapel, and had
thought the framed notices, the white
washed walls and the wheezy little. or
gan very grand, but this fairly took his
breath away, the soft, rich carpet, the
wonderful window. the shining pipes of
the organ and its glistening banks of
keys, the carvings of the dark wood,
and more than all the flowers within
the chancel rail
There were masses of great white
lilies everywhere on altar and pulpit
and organ; just over the altar large
cross of lilies standing out with vivid
whiteness against the dark carvings of
the reredos, and above altar and cross
the window that was the pride of the
Grace Church people, window that
represented tho risen and ascending
Christ. The figure, exquisite and life
like, with ourstretched hands and flow
ing draperies, seemed to stand out
from the deep azure of the background.
Tom and Dave went quite close to the
chancel rail to look at the beautiful
window.
THAT is Jesus" said Tom. 81 know
it is, cause it's just like the picture the
teacher showed me. If you want any
thing you ask Jesus for it and He will
give it to you. Teacher said So"
Dave opened his blue eyes wide.
Lets ask Him for things" he cried.
'But you have to pray" said Tom,
land We DOM know how. The teacher
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EXPLODING STARCH.
Disaster at Chicago Sugar Refinery
Score of WOrkmen Killed and Injured.

Disaster at n Chicago Sugar Refinery-A
Score of WOrlxmen Killed and Injured.
CHICAGO, March 2s.-Twenty-seven
men were at work in the starch room OF
the Chicago Sugar Refinery Company
last evening and General Manager
Arnold Behrs had Just entered the room
to give some instructions to them. when
there came tremendous clap followed
by flashes of fire and the rumble OF
falling timbers. Shattered portions Of
the building and machinery were hurled
in every direction and the wOrkmen in
an instant found themselves beneath a
mass of debris which soon commenced
to blaze.
Two hundred men are employed In
the main building. and when they heard
the report of the explosion and saw the
glare of the flames they were panic
stricken. Rushing down the long, mar
row stairs headlong and out into the air.
it was some moments before they real
ized the position Of their comrades and
began a rescue. Cries for help sound
ing above the roar OF the fire brought
the main building men to their senses
With the aid of the fire engine crews
the big refinery was saved and score
Of bruised and bleeding victims were
soon being deposited on imprOvised
couches in the laboratory Of the com
pany. Outside of this laboratory wives,
mothers and children, who had fought
their way through the smoke and crowds
Of spectators, were clamoring for admit
tance, but were kept back by the police.
The explosion resulted in the loss Of
at least three lives and the wounding Of
sixteen others, several of whom will die.
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BACK TO Us.
used to get down on her knees and talk
to Him, but l forget what she said"
''What did she ask Jesus for?"
''Oh, to be good, and to make us boys
good"
''Well, know what I'm going to ask
Jesus for. want Him to send mother
back. You said we had warm break
fasts and lots of nice things before she
went away"
''But mothers dead" said Tom; ''she
can't come back"
You said Jesus could do any thing"
persisted Dave.
''Yes, teacher said So" hesitatingly.
Tom seemed to be something of skep-
tic when it came to taking his teachers
words so literally.
''Well, I'm going to pray" and Dave
sank on his knees at the chancel rail
and drew Tom down by his side. The
perfume of lilies and roses was all about
them-a ray of golden light fell upon
them-two ragged boys amid all the
beauty and grandeur of the temple.
"How did teacher begin?" asked
Dave.
"Dear Jesus" said Tom, '.and then
she asked Him what she wanted"
Dave looked straight up to the loving
face of the Christine did not know he
ought to bow his head-and after little
pause he said quite slowly and distinct
ly as though trying to make some one
hear who was not very near:
''Dear Jesus, please make Tom and
me good boys and send mother back to
US right of. cause We want her so
much"
''Now say amen" prompted Tom;
''teacher always did,
Amen" echoed Dave, and the
strangest prayer ever voiced in that
house of God was ended. But did prayer
ever ascend to the great white throne
more quickly?
"Now let's wait here till she comes, !,
said Dave.
It'll who comes?" asked Tom.
"Why, mother. 1 said right of. >
Didn't you hear me"'
Tom was nonplussed. He knew what
death meant better than Dave, but was
at loss to make T. nlear to his brother
that his prayer could not be answered. So
he compromised by saying: ''Well stay
little while if you will be a good boy
and go when ask you to-"
Dave assented cheerfully. He had
perfect faith that his prayer would be
answered and quickly. too.
The children did not know il. but they
could not have left the church Il they
had tried. The inner door had been
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wear the bonnet
BY the mirror she will don 1t,
And I'll see her smile OF triumph
As she, blushing, turns TO show
Me that lovely Easter treasure;
How her eyes will dance with pleasure
At my gaze of admiration
And the praise shall bestow.
Then TIL vi ak beside that bonnet,
Glancing, o, so proudly on it,
On the aisle on Easter morning
With the dearest one on earth,
And I'll notice the attention
(Which afterwards will menfion)
That the other women pay
Tor it's beauty and it's worth.
o, all worthy Of sonnet
Is the dainty little bonnet
That till Easter must be hiding
All it's glory on a shelf;
But the sweetest thing about it
Is-though other husbands doubt II
That my wife. to save my pocket,
Planned and made il all herself.
H. c. Dodge.
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To be taken care of by a blue-coated
officer meant but one thing to Tom
the station in that precinct-and the
lad had a wholesome terror of the law.
The words brought picture of himself
and Dave dragged through the streets
as he had more than once seen viOlatOrs
of the law treated. There was only one
thing to be done, they must go, and go
at once before the family awoke.
Tom was eight years old, Dave not
much over five. Tom had bright face,
keen beyond its years, and a self-reliant
air. Dave was remarkably pretty
child, even with his tumbled hair and
generally uncared-for appearance. And
these boys were literally homeless and
friendless. 1t was the old story-so old
that people become almost Indifferent to
it-a drunken father, a murdered moth
er. Yes, murdered-not by mercifully
quick pistol-shot or knife-thrust, but by
years of want and ill-treatment. For
the two years since her death the chill
dren had been absolutely without care
except that given by a father who was
rarely free from the influence of liquor
and by the women who lived. in the old
tenement hc1se and who had families
of their own to look out for.
When the father walked off the dock
and ended his worthless life the boys
were scarcely worse off. The neighbors
gave them som ething to eat as they had
done before when the father was not
there. Tom, small as he was, mani
tested O sort of paternal care for Dave
that sometime touched even the hearts
of the dwellers of Ford's court. If he
earned . penny by an errand the larger
part of the red apple or the striped
candy stick went to blue-eyed Dave.
AS for Dave he had no one but Tom, and
his confidence in his brothers age and
wisdom was unbounded.
So when he was awakened it was with
unquestioning obedience that he dressed
and left the house with Tom. No one
was astir, for it was Sunday morning
and the occupants of the tenement house
slept late.
1t was bright Sunday. late in April.
Easter Sunday. though the homeless
boys did not know that. Although the
sun shone there was a chill in the air,
and Dave soon complained of being cold.
A horse-car station offered temporary
shelter and the children were unmo-
Tested for a long time. There was a
lunch counter in the room, and from the
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CHIcAGO'S WATER SUPPLY.

1t Brings to Light Many fearfuIly Made
Animal Curiosities.
Every once in awhile-and sometimes
twice in awhile-we see stories in the
local papers anent the reptilian speci-
mems that make their Chicago debuts
through the faucets of the dwellings of
the elite. 1t is with no idea of compet-
ing with the enterprising daily press
that we submit the appended anecdotes
garnered by our reporters in the course
of their vigils in the cause of good
government and pure water.
Daisy Magnify, a wash-lady in the
residence of Potiphar Porkchop, Of Ash
land avenue, recently drew tub of
water from the faucet in the kitchen,
when what was her astonishment to
find in the water a half-grown specimen
of the behemoth of Holy Writ Barnum
has put in q bid for it.
Bebe Pumpernickel. . French nursery
maid in the family of Mrs. Obrion, Of
Obrion Villa, Line oln Park, North,
while giving little Raoul Obrion his
morning bath one day this week was
surprised to find issuing from the faucet
boa-constrictor as large as a full
grown bologna sausage. The reptile
was in excellent health and very intel
ligent Surely something should be
done to prevent respectable people in
Chicago from imbibing boa-constrictors
in their drinking water.
A full-grown ichthyosaurus was drawn
from the hydrant in Hon G. Whilli-
ken's house last week. 1t has been sent
to Mayor Cregier with letter of intro
duction.
Miss Petite Muldoon found q phoenix
and q unicorn in . pitcher of drinking
water yesterday Turn the ras<als outl
America
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
CHEAP FOWL HOUSE.

1t Costs But Little. L. simple In COnstfuc-
tiOn and Answers Every Purpose.
Large sums ofmoney are not needed to
build houses in which poultry will pay.
In the cut first shown an outside view
of an excellent house is given. and in the
cut following the west side. The ends of
the coop are built of matched boards,
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OCT IN THE STREETS AGAIN.

rear came the appetizing smell of coffee.
Dawes lip quivered, he was SO hungry,
but Tom comforted him by bidding him
wait little while. Tom was hungry,
TOO. but there was sturdy independ-
'ence about the little lad that forbade
begging. At last the car-starter told the
boys to go-not unkindly-for they
we're 30 small and so quiet he could find
no fault with them.
Out into the streets again went the
homeless boys-streets that were flied
Nth people now on the way to church,
nAny with the desire to display their
eaDter flnery; some with sincere love
or the Master who had burst the bonds
4 the tomb and whose followers wese
promised that because He lived they, too,
hould live. The chimes rang out an
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Three Brothers Killed.

SUsQUEHANSA, Pa, March sS.-Trsin
No. IA on the Erie railroad killed three
men at Red Rock, a small hamlet seven
miles YES: OF here, early yesterday
morning. They were at first thought
to be the men by whom a safe in Bing-
hamton was blown open short time
previous. but later it was found that
they were three brothers named
Diedrich. John and Henry Backfeld.
all OF New York, the two latter en-
ployed by Henry Eggert & Co., whole
sale grocers, corner Duane aud Green
wich streets The bodies were all hor>
ribly mangled. and death must have
been instantaneous
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DAWES EASTER PRAYER.
How It Was Answered in q Very
Unexpected Way.

AVE was sleeping
SO soundly t h a t
Tom hated to wake
him-he looked SO
pretty, too. with
his flushed face and
yellow, curlin z
h air-but a Ms.
Brady's words of
the night before
still rang in Toms
ears.
II will speak to
Officer Williams to-
morrow. Those boys
must be taken care
fss IL s1
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be used in tying the horse. The weight
or force of the horse in pulling back is
borne by the tail, which will persuade
the most determined halter-puller to
desist at every attempt. This device
can be worn whether the horse is in
harness, under the saddle. or il stand
ing in the stable. If not in harness,
surcinger must be used, as shown in
Two or three trials will
teach the horse addicted to this vice
that pulling back" is not the better
part of valor. Judd Farmer.
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FROM reports that come to US In va
rious ways We are glad to know that
there is much better care given to stock
every winter. 1t is beginning to be
learned that shelter Is cheaper than food.
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IT may be possible to. give nearly

IT may be possible to. give a nearly
perfect ration for an animal, but it is
not always advisable to use such "a
tion. 1t is possible that in some seasons
or in some sections the cost of An ele-
ment in that ration would make 1t un-
advisable to feed. We must feed, to
some extent, according to circumstances,
always keeping in mind that it never
pays to feed what will absolutely injure
the animal, however cheap it may ba-
Western Rural
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FIG. 4.

trough. Fthe feed-trough and D the dust
box. The roof is covered with tarred
paper kept on by laths. The perch
crotches are shown in the last cut
Farm and Home,
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AN EASTER BONNET.

ELL worthy Ol y &c u
Is the dainty little
bonnet
That my wife will wear
on Easter
When she GOES to
church with me;
Flowers, ribbon, lace
n and feather
Blending prettily to-
gether
Make a poem most ex-
quisite
And a work OF art to
see.
When it's time to
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FIG. /.

with the door on the west side and two
sashes in the east, with a set of nests
under them. On the south roof are four
sashes and two sets of nests of five each,
also door nine inches square for the
fowls. The end door is six feet high
and three feet wide, to admit wheel
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Q crack abo

1t and the front, to allow a faint light
in the nests. When a hen wants to set,
a door made of laths or wire can be
placed before her to keep other fowls
from disturbing her. w is the water
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barrow. In the ground plan are the
perches set in crotches. made as in the
last cut N n n are nests, made with a
passage in front. with part of the roof
hinged to form a door to get the eggs.
The door does not shut tight but has
. crack about half an inch wide between
The morning call., 1890-06-22
BISMARCK INTERVIEWED.
Adherence Of NihiIiSm- England and Ger
many-PfaiS8 for CapriVi.

BERLIN, June 21.-Prinee Bismarck has
been interviewed again. When asked to
give his impressions on the subject Of
cessions can be made to the Nj
hilists. who are would-be murderers,
one and all. Assassins by premeditation
if not by deed. The only way TO deal with
them is 10 strengthen and sharpen the law
and bring 1t TO bear u on them with in
creased stTingency. There can be no Ques-
tion of yielding to these wretches; nothing
kindly or cOnciliatory can be offered to a
people who do not even know what they
want, but are perfectly ready at all times
to commit any sort aud number Of heinOus
crimes.
AS for England and Germany" said
Bismarck, emphatically, " regard 1t as an
impossiblity that these countries should
that they should even quarrel Sc
riously. Were that to happen it
might lead to a continental con-
fit, even if England should abstain
from taking an active part against us by
sea or land. But this contingency is as
widely impro obable as that we should draw
swords against England. We are both fair
dealing people, we know one another well
aud respect one another sincerely"
Bismarck spoke fayorably of Caprivi as
"a fine soldier, man OF remarkable inteli-
gence and varied information, and
above all thorough gentleman.
CapTivis appointment as Reichskanz-
Ter was an absolute surprise. He
accepted it from lofty and loyal sense as
a duty, free from any charge of overween-
ing personal ambition He has clear
working powers, and is altog ether first
class man"
The morning call., 1890-06-22
MEXICAN TYRANNY.
An Uprising Which May Develop Into a
Revolution

CHICAGO, June N.-In Times special
from the City of Mexico information is
given of an uprising in the mining State Of
Guanajuato, which Is believed to be the be-
ginning Of a general revolutionary move
ment. of which there have been repeated
warnings for some time past As the tele-
graph wires are under Government control
it is impossible to give the details by
wire, and some days must elapse before all
of the facts can be obtained There are
signs of uneasiness in Government circles,
and the general feeling is that q crisis is
imminent. The tyranny of the Govern
ment is daily becoming heavier, and 1t is
almost certain that within year Diaz will
proclaim himself Dictator. Only a revo-
luton can prevent such a disaster to the
republic, and this may come quickly if the
movement in Guanajuato should strengthen,
as is expected. If it be put down success
fully by the Government then the day Of
general resistance will be postponed.
Business is dull, and a reaction has set in
against the buOyancy created by credit.
The latter is exhausted and the inevita-
BILE is at hand. This state Of things in-
creases the feeling of reStlessness. There
is no freedom of the press, therefore one
need not look to Mexican papers for inform
alton.
The morning call., 1890-06-22
SEEKING REDRESS.
The Filibustering Plot May Lead to Inter-
national Complications.

The Filibustering Plot May Lead to Inter-
national Complications.
WASHINGTON, June 21.-The Mexican
Government seems determined to secure
redress for the attempt of an English COM
pany, assisted by certain citizens of the
United States, to seize Lower California,
and has instructed its Minister here, NJ.
Romero, to secure counsel and cause the
matter to be thoroughly investigated and
report the results.
Hon. John w. Foster, ex-Minister of the
United States to Spain, Mexico and other
countries, was at once retained by Romero
as advisory counsel and put in charge of
the case Ex-Minister Foster called upon
the Attorney General this morning, and
was allowed to peruse the report made by
the special agent, Foster, who was sent by
the Department Of Justice to investigate
the matter on behalf of the United States,
and after finishing the perusal of the re-
port Special Agent Foster was summoned
and closely questioned by the Attorney
General and Minister Foster.
The conference lasted about two hours
and the verdict arrived at was that nearly
the entire blame for the plot should be at
tached to the English company, as its officers
were the head and front OF the whole move
ment, and that the Mexican Government
must look to England for satisfaction for
the overt acts of its subjects. The United
States were partly implicated in the fact
that certain of its citizens were aiding the
English company. Special Agent Fosters
report was complimented by eX-Minister
Foster for its cOncisaness, and at the same
time fully confirming the extent Of the plot
and the persons engaged therein. The At
torney-G General was seen this afternoon and
again declined TO make public the contents
of the report. Special Agent Foster also
declined to discuss the matter.
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NJ ormon Church shall be devoted to the use
and benefit of the common schools OF U tan.
Butler offered an amendment devoting
the funds to the endowment OF institutions
of learning in Utah. and for that purpose
turning them over to General Board OF
Education of the Church of Jesus Christ OF
Latter-day Saints, subject to regulations to
be approved by the President of the United
States, and not to be used in the teaching
or the propagating of polygamy.. !,
Edmunds in charge of the bill, opposed
the amendment.
Voorhees, ntimated that Edmunds was In
too great hurry to get at the results OF lit
igati0n not yet concluded. With that hti-
cation still undecided in the Supreme Court
of the United States, he thought this was
not the proper time to decide where the
fruits of such litigation should 60.
Nine affirmative votes were given by
Bates, Berry, Butler, Cali, Coke. Harris.
Ransom, Teller and Vance. All the mega
tive votes but one Payne's) were given by
the Republicans.
til the second Tuesday in December.
Edmunds opposed the motion, and said
the bill did not affect property at all until
after the Supreme Court should have dis
posed OF eyerybody's rights, public and
private.
Voorhees, motion was not agreed to-ayes
90. noes 25 The bill was then passed with
out division.
Morrill, moved to proceed to the consider
alton Of the Senate bill to establish an ed
ucational fund and apply the proceeds Of
public lands and receipts from certain land
grant railroad companies to the more com
plete endowment and support of colleges
for the advancement Of science and indus
trial education.
After some objection it was taken up, but
soon went over without action.
Edmunds offered an amendment to the
Sundry Civil Service Bill to pay the widow
OF Chief Justice Waite $3.50, equal to the
balance of his salary for one year, and an
appropriation of $500 for tablet in the
interior of the Washington Monument stat
ing briefly the history of the structure. Re
ferred,