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The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

a. ihE new German Military bill fixes
su Ie peace effective at 4s6, ,7sS troops, ex-
Ias'e As OF the one year volunteers.
H,9r seo e october 1 the army will consist of
., oS' Oa'talons of infantry, 465 squadrons
IL. u Va.siry' ,ay 434 field batteries, 81 batter
b,t.', S VI loot and 2Opioneer and 81 training
itn'" i,.aiions The non-recurring expend-
am0a o entailed by the new measures
s.n mount to 3l,5OO, 1000 marks. The in
itrros oo :; IN the permanent yearly expend,
''ures Is $4,000, 600 marks
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

THE King of Dahomey is very tired of
tis war against the French and is ready
"a make peace at once. lie had expect
e5 TO drive the French garrison away
easily, but instead was badly defeated
and NAV even lose his crown.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

jnaas ns,hEsENTATIvE CALDWELL has intro.
SS IN the House bill introduced by
orsvaUo :, Uox In the Forty-fifth Congress to
Ms.eaS MnS the dissertation of the United
Oersos os nag The bill provides that any
fae -" VINO shall disigure the National
inc p ~ ei.ner by printing on it or attach
disnl0r any advertisement for public
neanon . shall be guilty of a misde-
NOT Or' oua and on conviction shall be fined
than ei ,si sou or imprisoned for not less
@u 'nirty days, or both.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

rur Chamber of Accusation at Con-
..antinople has confirmed the decision
of thq court that there is no case against
n %oassa ,r Bcy on the charge of ravishing
- Armenian girl.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

ArRufin, y. C., recently David Stokes
1iod from the bite of domestic cat
Tho animal buried her teeth in his arm
and her head had to be cut off to release
him. He died within twenty-four hours.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

rx.SrATE TREASURER ARCHER, OF
varvIand, has been indicted by the
land % Jury at Annapolis. The indict-
nent covers 100 pages. 1t is for mall
t,,sance and carries ten counts.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

,ent ~ a.. report of the special commission
Pan,ma' oy NJ. Brunei, hquidator of the
the a Goa Uoal Company, to investigate
that IL itOnul9on Of the canal, estimates
cOmnla. would cost 4s5, ZOO, 900 francs to
this 'oe sho sne canal lock system. To
iOrssa0u should be added sS per cent. for un-
sdditionn.e expenses and IS per cent. for
fxed Ina ~ a. work, the total cost being
turtbsar. .s SOO' 100000 francs. The report
years e. says it would take six or eigh,
' 70 complete the canal
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

ruv seventy-sixth annual commence
ntof the Princeton Theological Sem
larr h,.rr at Princeton, N. j., closed on the
saS ln"' class of fifty-nine graduating.
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15
A Negro Wins a First Prize.

BosToN, May 9.-The annual competi-
ton for the Boyleston prizes for Har-
ward students in defamation was held
last night in Cambridge. The first
prizes were won by w. E. Dubois, 80,
and H. E. Burton, 80. Mr.. Dubois is
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15

the Ionsn y, Petersburg correspondent Of
Russionn nuCn o Daily News SAYS that the
the dolo government has resolved that
shall nlo5 Mates to the prison congress
Question ipeuge themselves not to raise a
prisoner, n regarding political prisons and
The Brookhaven leader., 1890-05-15
-. SUBSCRIPTIONS.
CURRENT COMMENT.

rrr authorities of Edinburgh scot
l,h have resolved to give Henry nj.
G.u,ov lanui the freedom of the city.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05

Captain William Jameson, # Friendship,
Me-. is called tie tB4l Revere 81 the Ne
duncoolS. he received tbs ,lglne in lhe fol
lowing way 1t was during tie war of 1872
and the British, VIDA lnuHod oats ana
under coyar Of daeKpess, %eea tFNing io
reach and burn tae lsto sdlt % 'sning
schooners at the hs a VI 5ils -luGalc0pil
river, hoping also 70 gather Is soln9 clirii-
ems, eggs, etc, from the settlers along sac
route. jameson, then a hoy os sourtpea.
mounted bis horse uHd redo through ihc
town, givine the alarm IL eyerY hense, 10
then reutened home, jrgpcd tsom bis
horse, and catchiag up liza httla Ant iscl
rifle with tmer'y-lopr loaads Of asf.ridyas,
started OF on tho ran aaf,ss iots 70 JON his
neighbours at Bra,ilord's Roint. Tue British
soon found that They were discovered and
FASTENED back 70 their ship.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05

Some day or other every reporter will
carry around phonograph, and when he
interviews man the latter's words will DO
taken down with an accuracy admitting Of
no dispute. Then When the Interviewed
gentleman comes around in the morning
like a volcanic eruption to explain that has
language was distorted and all that sort of
thing, the reporter can quietly pull the
phonogrUph with one hand and gun with
the otheg and aslS him whpt lie is going to DO
about IN. When TINS scheme can be sue,
cessfully operated a lons-felt want will be
filed As it is ut present, wfen man gets
into trouble because Of his remarks beng
faithfully printed he at once swears that
the reportet mixed APP his WORDS with an
egg heater and then run them in. In such
a manner the euileless newspaper man fire.
quently gains q reputation foF lying which
he does MOI deserve.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05

An interesting. not to say valuable, dis
coveryi has been made by Captain Weedin,
in charge of the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington. The building is infested by
rats, and how to get rid of them has long
been perplexing question. Traps were
used, but nothing would telnpt the rodents
to enter, In a store-oom drawer was
placed quantity Of suniiowor seeds, used
as food for some Of tue BIRDS. Into this
drawer the rats gnawed their way, af2ct
which led 1he Captain 70 experiment with
them as bait in the trap. Tho result was
that the rats can't be KEPT out. A trap
which appears crowded with six oY eight
rats is found some mornings TO hold fifteen.
They are turned into the cages continuing
weasels and minlIs. The latter will kill Il
rat absolutely aiGlost before one cen see ii,
so rapid are il; movements. The weases
are trifle slower, but mono OF She rats es-
cape than.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05
An Honest Gas Meter.

The Electrical World says that there
used to be such a prejudice against gas
meters that consumers 81 eieut7ici,y dl nov
like to have their electrical meters put any.
where nsar their gas meters, lest tho new
gauge might contract bad and lying habits
from the old one. The electric meter has u
reputation as good Us that Of the gas meas
urers is bad. Now an ingenious follow has
turned up with q patent for u combination
gas and electrical meter as accurate in its
workings as pair Of jewelers. scales.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05
- FORGOT THE SPONGE.
A laundering Operation Performed by \
Chicago Female Physician.


Il see" remarked young man about
town to Now York Star reporter, "that
Chicago Women's Medical College has
weaned couple Of dozen young lady NJ ID. 5.
wouldn't allow one of those lance-iuggleis
to carve any part of my anatomy,n he CON
tinued, with q shu9der. mot that they are
unsliilled in the profession. but they are
liable to overlook small bets, as it were.
The worst blancer in This Inc that ever
came under my notice occurred during an
operation performed in Chicago hospital
By woman, and which to my knowledge
has never been equaled in the history of
sun gerry.
"Ihe patient was a girl under treatment
for tumor in the stomach. After several
months Of fruitless medical treatment the
female physician in chargs decded TO re-
sort to the knife. Accordingly the victim
was placed underline influence of anassthet-
les, lad out on slab in the presence of
numerous doctors and nurses of the female
persuasion, and the carving began. The
girl was operated upon in a seeu ific style
and the tumor' successfully removed, rs
were also several large antiseptic spouges
which had been placed in the cavity 10 all
! sorb the blood during the operation.
Then the 1ncision was neatly stitched
with silver wire, the boss surgeon had
rolled down her sleeves and was receiving
congratulations, when q young doctrcse,
who had taken the precaution to count tho
sponges before and after using, suddenly
excaimed: oh, doctor, you have left
sponge inside of the patientp
"At first the doctor secuted the idea that
she could possibly make such bunder,
but as one of the sponges was missing, and
which careful search of the room failed
to discover, she thought perhaps it might
have got lost in the shuttle The stitches
were removed, and sure enough there lay
sponge as big as a half grown mud turtle
snugly reposing among the Latin arrange
ments OF the young woman. The sponge
was rescued, and, az the surgeon was sew
ing the grl together again, she calmly re-
marked: Pm glad my attention was called
to the matter, as thatspo is worth sixty
five cents'n
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05

INV ENJTION h Issa f re-" wdlid
duripg the la4t half century. Not least
among the inventive progress is method
and ssstcla of work thaS can he performed
all eSes the country without separating Inc
wortors from their homes. Pay liberal; airy
ono can do the work; either eek, Young or old
no special ability required. Capital no.
uceded: you are started FIRE. Gu, Ibis out
and reiurn 10 us and will send you tree
something Of great ga;Iie cad !mportance to
YOU. that WIN tiart you in brsiness, which
Will hr A. YOU in more MONEY right away
than my hing else in the world. Grand out,
1T free Address True Il Co Augusta Maine.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05
No Home should be Without Il.

1t takes the p,aco of u
doctor and costly pre-
scriptions. All who lead FOR WHOSE
sedentary lives Will find arpsrir
ii the best preventive NJ
and cure Tor Indigestion,
Constipation, Headache, Biuousness.
Piles and Mental Depression. No loss
of time, no interference with business
while taking. For children il is inosl in-
nocent and harmless, No danger from
exposure after taking. Cures Collie, lii
arrhma. Bowel Complaints, Eexerisii.
ness and Feverisli Colds. Invalas and
delicate persons will find ID The niiidest
Aperient and Tonic they can use. a little
taken at night insurcs refreshing sleep
and n natural evacuation of the bowels.
little taken in The mo.ninE sharpenS
the appetite, cleanses the stomach and
sweetens the breath.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1890-02-05
DEEP SEA wospans exist m

r, X, ? HEA WVWN@saH extfS N
-a-S 'slAlA thousands Of forms, hut are sAr.
pissed by tho marvels OF invention. These
who are in need o prnstable work that can
be done while living nj home, should at once
send their address to lIalles il Co. Portland.
Maine, and receive FREQ, III Information how
either sex. of all agcs. CAN s,rn from IS to
S25 a day and upwards wherever they live.
Yoe are started free. Capital not roquirsd-
Some have mndo over $50 in 4 single day
this work. All succeed.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMS.

The Ishpeming, Mich, miners want
their employers to give them six days pay
for five days work
BY an explosion in shipyard a. New
castle, England, Wednesday, twelve work
men were fatally injured.
Thomas Ward WAS literally roasted to
death by an explosion of gas in the Feger
Ridge colliery near Fremont, Pa ,Vednes.
day, and James Lewis and Albert Miller
were seriously burned
The New York Socialists, under the
lead of John Most, attempted to hold a
sacrilegious entertainment in burlesque
of the Jewish fast of atonement, but the
mayor ordered the police TO prevent it and
the show did not come off
At bridgeport, Conn, Wednesday the
national council of the Order of American
Mechanics elected Charles H. Jewett. of
Salem, Mass. councillor, and John Sea
yer, of Philadelphia. secretary The next
national council will be held at Troy In
September, 1891
The Potter-Lovell firm, which fai ed at
Boston some days ago, owes about So, 00O.-
600 according to the experts.
An Illinois firm has agents all through
northwestern Iowa buying up the entire
hay crop at from s. 80 to 81 90 per ton.
Thomas Neyin, an insane resident of
Marissa, Ills, Wednesday fatally shot S
Il. Curry. proprietor of the Marissa cream
cry, and then escaped. 1t seems to have
been pure crazy cussedness.
A number of the memb rs of the Ro-
man Catholic congress at Fulda are down
with typhoid fever, alleged to have been
brought on by eating canned American
Holsters. Four deaths have occurred.
About 900 women, representing all de-
nominations except the Roman Cat holic,
met at Chicago Wednesday to form I'm or
ganization to secure the reading OF the
Bible in the public schools.
Arthur Buett, one of the alleged New
York Central train wreckers, has with
drawn his plea of guilty and now COM
plains that he was not permitted to have
counsel, and intimates that he has been
treated unfairly.
The citizens of st. Paul having re fused
to supply bail for the indicted census
enumerators, they promise to make it
warm for "P0dmaster" Smith, of st. Paul
by swearing that they padded the ret urns
OF that city under his orders
Sybil tombstone. who wears such n
thin" costume in "The Clemenceau ase"
has been offered 81 too to pose for a pho.
tograph in her suit" and has refused,
She says she uses the costume in the in
terest of artistic truth, and not as u money
making speculation.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25
REPAIRS ON THE WHITE HOUSE.
What the Artists Have Been Doing 4

What the Artists Have Been Doing In
the Presidents Absence
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 25.-The pres
ident returned to the White House last
night aud found the ancient mansion in
the hands of workmen from top to bot
tom. A great deal of handsome work is
being done on the old house. The presi-
dents room has been newly papered with
pearl-grey paper that has dash of blue
in its foliations. The gliding has all been
retouched and the frieze is richly ornate
DR.. SCOTS room has been newly papered
and calcimined, and Mrs Dimmick's
room has a new paper with Louis XVI
festoons all over it. The private dining
room has been handsomely decked.
The Giorified Blue Room
The chief work In the house however. is
going forward in the Blue Room. This
undetermined apartment is taking on
glories never dreamed of before. The
beautiful oval of the ceiling will have
sky effect, in softly clouded cerulean.
There will be decorative centerpiece and
border with the arms of the United
States in gold at either end The walls
will be hung with rich blue silk brocade
IN Louis XVII pattern, wrought from
special design; the frieze will be an arts
tic free hand relief, damask pattern, and
the dado will reproduce and continue the
design of the wall effectively.
Mrs. Harrison's Good Taste.
The woodwork will be treated in china
white, the furniture will be covered with
handsomely embossed silk plush in cleo
trio blue, and the mirrors and mantels
will be gilded The draperies will be of a
piece with siiken hangings woven espec-
tally for the White House, and there will
be new chandelier. The decorators have
the Blue Room full of scaffolding, and
will take all of next month to finish the
work. Mrs. Harrison mas selected all the
hangings aud designed all the improve
ments of the house, and has shown much
good taste.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25
NerN Youthful for a Ginntcss.
Scores on the Diamond.

CHICAGO Sept 25-The records made
yesterday on the base ball field were as
follows: League: At Pittsburg-Pitts-
burg g. Boston 3; batteries-Clarkson and
Bennett, GUmbert and Decker At Cleve-
land-Cleveland l, New York 5; batteries
-Beatin and thinner, Rusie and Bulk
ley. AT Observation-Disclosures l. Brook
Ign .; battcries-Duryea and keenan,,
Terry and Clarke. At Chicago-Chicago
3, Philadelphia 8; batteries-Stein and
Cooney. Vickery and Schriver.
Brotherhood: At Pittsburg-Pittsburs
6, Brooklyn IL; batteries-Maul and
Fields. Hemming and Cook At Buffalo
Buffalo 6, New York 4; batteres-Staf
ford and Clark, Crane and Vaughan. At
Observation-Disclosures 4, Boston s. batter
ies-Gruber and Sutcliffe, Radbourne and
Kelly. At Chicago-Chicago 4, Philadel-
phia 2; batteries-King and Boyle, San
ders and Mulligan.
Western: AT Minneapolis-Oma 3.
Minneapolis Z; at Denver-M Milwaukee TO-
Denver 6; at Sioux City-St Paul O.
Sioux City 10
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25
In DAILY DREAD.
The Fate ofPompeii Threatens
Granada, Nicaragua.
AN ANCIENT VOLCANO In ACTION.

The City Shaken by Repeated Earth
quake Shocks and Nearly Deserted by
Its InhabitaDts-Every Building More
or Less Injured-Investigatin the Con-
dition of Observation-Disclosures of English
men Looking over the Ground-Govern-
ment Relief Work.
GRANADA, Nicaragua, Sept. % Twelve
thousand people, terror-stricken by earth
quake shocks and continued rumblings of
The ancient volcano Mombacho, have fed
from the city ince Sunday, and now only
fifth of the population remains In
ternal rumblings were heard on Sunday.
and the shaking of the earth during the
last three days has resulted in injury to
| nearly every house in this city of 1900
| souls Granada is built at the base of the
great volcano Mambacho, which has been
| considered as extinct for centuries, no
| eruption having taken place in II since
the discovery OF the country.
The Solid Earth Upheaving.
But there is now "A daily dread lest the
| .ong-closed crater should open and bury
| ,he townin lava and ashes. 4 heavy
shock come on Monday morning that
| caused immense damage, cracking walls
| in all parts of the city, and it was felt at
Managna, Rivar, Masaya and other towns,
| sixty and seventy miles distant Other
shocks. equally heavy, followed, though
| no damage has been done outside of this
city, where there is hardly house that
hoes not threaten to fall
Wild Panic of the People.
A wild panic seized the residents, and
tvery one at once made made desperate
Efforts to leave the city Those who have
been able to get away 10y railroad, car
iiage or cart or on foot to neighboring
towns or hiciendas are living in abject
terror. The vibrations of the earthquake
have been from northeast to south vest,
and til ose of the heaviest kind have num-
| bered half dozen, though the minor
sremblings have been innumerabe. The
one-story adobes-and brick houses made
with straw after the fashion of the an
eient Egyptians-were of course cracked
from ceiling to floor, hut the firmest
structures of masonry have also been in
iured.
The Threatening Mountain.
ombachO, the volcano which is looked
upon rs the center of the upheaval, is
| about 5000 feet high, and Granada is To-
| Gated at its base. u part of the town being
built on the lower portion of the slope,
| and less than fifteen miles from the crater
There are evidences of a terrible eruption
In the past. when the greater quantity of
the lava coursed down the volcanoes slope
To the center of Lake Nicara qua, from the
| shores of which the peak rises. There are
numberless little islands short way
from shore, formed by the flow of lava.
Should there be an eruption Granada
would he doomed, even should the lava
take direction away from it, as the fail
| Of ashes would be sufficient to make the
town uninha bitsble.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25
STUCK NO LONGER.
Reported Agreement of the
Tariff Conferrees.
COMPROMISE OF THE DIFFICULTY.

binding Irvine To ne Taxed Three
Free Up to No. I6-Kennedy's Blast at
the Senate Stricken Out of the Record
-Rejuvenation of the White House
GIeanings from the National Capital.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 1.-The Re
publican conferrees on the tariff bill held
a meeting yesterday morning and dis
cussed at some length the differences be-
tween the two houses on the sugar sched
nle and the duty on binding Irvine. No
conclusion was reached, and at further
conference in the afternoon there was the
same result. An adjournment was had
for the day at 400 O'Clock The action of
the western senators Tuesday in entering
a protest against the proposition to place
4 small duty on binding Irvine has com
plicated matters seriously.
Would Reject a Compromise.
A well-known western senator said TO
reporter of the United Press that while
the senators who met Tuesday afternoon
were not bound to stand together on this
proposition, there were enough Repub-
lican senators pledged to stand out for
free binding Irvine to make it certain that
the conference report would be rejected
In the senate if the senate conferrees
agreed to any compromise on this dis
puted point. The conferrees and other
Republicans who are interested in the
fate of the bill have used every possible
argument with the recalcitrant senators,
but thus far apparently without effect.
The Whole Bill in Danger.
The conferrees said yesterday that it is
almost impossible to come to an agreement
lnless compromise is made on binding
Irvine and that if the conference report
should be rejected through the efforts of
The friends of free binding Irvine,
senators who are opposed to other feat
Tres of the bill will feel at liberty to use
The same tactics to obtain other changes,
and 1t will be impossible to pass the tariff
bill.
Later-The Conferrees Agree.
The Republican cOnferrees on the tariff
bill have agreed on binding Irvine and su-
gar. Binding Irvine is TO be taxed at q of
cent pound, and sugar is to be free up
to No. 10, with 6 10 of a cent per pound
above No. Ii. This is essentially n COM
psomise. The conferrees Tuesday night
about decided to report their inability to
agree and ask for instructions from their
respective houses, but on consulting
Speaker Reed they thought it best to
abandon that programme. The speaker
Informed them that if the report came to
the house in any other form than as full
agreement and the DISCONTINUED mem bers
OF the house were given an opportunity to
pick the bill to pieces he could not answer
for the result.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25
A Ripe Old Age,

J. Il. Holcomb and wife, of Belcher-
vile, Texas, have celebrated their fifty
fifth wedding anniversary, and are still
hale and hearty. The secret of their
ong life and good health Is that they
correct any slight ailment promptly. and
in that way avoid serious sickness. Like
most everyone else they are more FREE
quently troubled with constipation than
any other physical disorder. To correct
this they take St. Patrick's Pills in pref
erence to any other, because, as Mr.. Hol,
comb says, They are a mild pill. and
besides. keep the whole system in order.
We prize them very highly" For sale
by Hartz & Bahnsen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-25

MATTERS are getting desperate for the
republicans when they find it necessary
to have Uncle Dick Oglesby come into
the district for the purpose of creating
some enthusiasm. The arguments to be
used are already known. They are the
same everywhere. The farmer will be
told it is blessing to be taxed and the
consumer will be told the same, both OF
whom will have their eyes upon Mr..
ogiesoY and their ears open to every
piece OF political clap-trap he utters.