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Report OF Treasurer Nebeksr 60 sec-
Rotary Foster.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.--rreasurer OF
the United States Nobeker has sub.
mlttcd his annual report to Secretary
Foster. The ordinary revenues Of tho
government during the past fiscal
year were $500, az, I47, or $40, 46s, 58j
less than the year before. The net
ordinary expenditures, exclusive OF
the amounts paid In Premiums ON
bonds purchased, was 1855, 81, GS4 an
increase Of sjI6S6,i0s. The surplus
revenues were thus cut down from
siO5, s4i, A9B to sST, 23s, 782, which last
summer was applied 10 the reduction
Of the public debt. The postal
revenues amounted to s65 TBl, 1908, ANA
theexpenditures 10 81, 057, $50, an in
crease OF about So 900, 0O0 on both sides.
Tho reduction effected during the year
IN the principal Of the bonded uebt anu
circulating notes which cmnot be TO.
issued amounted 70 sll6,501, g72, and
required the expenditure of slg6, 00l,.
aNi, including premiums on bonds
purchned. This sum wss made mp nv
taxing 5s0, Iil ,78l from the reserve In
the treasury, In addition TO the
surplu. revenues NJ the year.
The consequent reduction In the an-
nusl Interest charge was .i,322.0v2,
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rRIuMpn OF 1He ALTO.

fN' saH'N Wv HFINRHW hNWNA hNNN "
Get a Screen to Ksep the IIlcs Ou,.
"From all envy, hatrci aud malice,
good Lord, deliver us," slowly continued
the minister.
Good Lord, deliver u.s. echoed tho
congregation.
It WIS u day Of triumph for the 40.
prano Of the choir
All the city folks who were passing
tho summer In cool Befryylllo were in
tho congregation, and the alto, her
deadly enemy, had aucha cold that sho
could not sing note.
50 she SCARED aloft In highest notes %
gladstone praise, while the unfortuuto
alto sat upon the back bench IN tho
choir loft. coisnmod with envy that even
her dlmpest tcars could not qucuch.
"Glory DO Tor eveumorov droned the
bass with gusto,
"Glory be for oyormoroT sirillod the
tenor with fcryor.
Then tho soprano took II mp, tool, up
the glad strain, "Glory 10 forever.
more'" Took II up and held II iondly.
took It up and played with 1t among tho
lower notes, Snatohed II again FROM the
dccps and ran up the vocal scale with It
In her teeth, throwing It out above tbs
heads Of the cnrapturcd congregation
and catching II again before IL could
strike bottom, as she swept up the scale
and over the measures Ia triumphant
JOY. IL was day OF triumph for her
indeed.
Again she took up tho feryii cry,
"Glory be forcycrmorcl' Striking tho
lowest note In her compass, she glorious
ly rolled up the ciiromatic scale with tho
pa'In Of victory up-up-up-with her
swaying head far back, her stralning
eye, half closed, her mouth round aud
open with the full crcsccndo Of tho
pouring Hood Of melody. Up-up-up-
higher and higher, I'LL tho air quivered
Ia unison and the souls of the listeners
lost themselves In ecstasy. Up-up-
up
Then suddenly, without warning;
"isuch - yeuch! Chow.ueh UGH
uch acknowledgement
Her voice broke into choking gasp.
thin, rcody where, n horriblo, eve
staring gurSle-she turned black In tho
face aud fell backward into tho choir
chairs behind the green curtains In trout
Of tho loft.
The minister RlaIed wildly from his
place, hanging over the pulpit's edge.
The entire congregation rose rs one
mah TO leap upon tho pew seats aud
strain into tho unknown horror with
bursting eyes.
Tho Press representative dashed out
the side door on a dead run for tho tele-
graph Office 10 wire In tho death Of u
choir singer from bursted blood vessel.
When from the deathly stiffness which
hung over tho fatal loft came Kissing
whisper that ztuns the farthest ear dis.
tilotly.
"Ah-h-i Swallowed It, did shey In.
deedl told her once that II sho would
open her mouth like that Ia tho summer
timo she'd hsvo 10 get screen door to
keep the flies outl Why don't Fume ons
chunk her Ia tho back once or twiceg'
II was tho altos voice.
"From envy, hatred aud malice, good
Lord, deliver ual"-Cineiuaau CONNER.
cil Gazette.
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a fair summing mp Of tho present con.
diton u American nrt appeara "a Tie
Century, from tho pen Of Francis b.
Mlllc,, vico president OF Atnosicas LEAD.
ing AIT organization, tho National Aca1.
envy Of Design. We as a people became
conscious OF urartisic deficiencies after
the Philadelphia exposition and ut once
sought 10 remedy thom. After the closs
Of that summer Of education In 1870 art
schools and ayt museums began 70 spriue
up throughout tho country. Before thou
many American artists had studied 60
EUROPE, after that they went across C.
foreign art 1rhools moro than ever
They have now come home Ia numbers.
and the result OF their education and Of
their subsequent labors Is to some cx
tent msnifcft.
To begin. our American nsiists have
proved apt scholars. They rcproduc,
tho teaching Of thcir foreign MASTER
with careful labor and fidelity. Witl
such caro- and fidelity, indeed. that whcr
their pictures aro hung upon tho walh
Of galleries with foreign paintings thej
cannot be distinguished from tho foroigi
work by anything In either subject
treatment, THIS, Mr.. Millot thinks, !.
tho chief criticism 20 b. mnde on on
native pictures American art Is now II
that stage Of development in which (, IL
ablo 70 execute with distinguished skill
in tho methods Of Others" But for the
rest We are "s,ill IN the leading string,
of school tradition and tho Qualification
OF technique"
There Is no such thing as an Amcfi
can school OF art or American style IN
tho treatment Of u picture. Bat oui
progress Is full OF hopc. Tho artist
who have been educated abroad have
devoted themselves faithfully 10 teach
Ing those beginners who are at home
50 tho fundamental principles have
been well grounded. Tho rclt will
come. Tho field most attractive that
lies immediately before tho American
artist Is that OF poriraiturc. We have
n national typo Of feminine beauty dis.
tinguiahol for symmctry and refine.
mont; We havs strongly Accumulated
masculine type" Tho typical American
face il nervous, high strung aud keen,
possessing great clements Of beauty. 10
reproduce this fiee Will DO ono Of The
fimt achievements Of tho American
school Of art. Finally, in tho art ias,i.
tuition which Mr.. Carnegie hi.spresentod
n Pitisburg, with It's income of $40, 200
a year, we have the gFostost and richest
art museum In tho world. The feature
Of most interest 10 the American art
world g. noroovaT tho fact that 90 per
cent. Of tho money spent there for pie.
turel must purchase works OF art pro.
duced In this country.
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LONDON, Dec. 2.-rhe Times today
prints dispatch from Santiago de-
Chile, which says that, during the
hearing before Judge Of Crimes Foster,
who IL investigating the attack on n
number u sailors from the American
cruiser "Baltlmofc," n witness from
the "Baltimoro's" crew appeared IN
court In such state " intozication
that II was necessary 10 remove him
forcibly. Captain Schlcy, commander
OF tho Baltimore" apologiEed b.
the court for tho condition oi the
witness.
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CRY or MRXIoO, Dee. "A tole.
gram rom Honduras received here 20,
Jay states that DlmiugO Vnsqub1,
commander OF the Honduras in,urs onis
~ NHicome, has said II President
Leyvn does cot attack him no will
march ON tho capital tonight aud make
smother attempt 10 CAPTURE Leyya, " no
y ehlronching himself at pcyurignipa.
where he II awaiting roinforcomenls
otiort follnYing Vasquez. The same
telegram also states that number Il
american miners are coming 10 the aid
~ li-yya, being expected 10 arrive to.
night while the rebels count ON SALIVA.
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dorian refugees 10 aid them. Another
telegram, however, states that vasquez
IL retreating.


KANSAS CITY, Dec. when the
curtain went up at Coates' Opera House
this evening, where Fanny Davenport
In engaged In "Cleopatra, II was nh.
ncunced Mics Davenport was too III TO
attempt 10 play. IL was afterwards
learned that she was suffering from
nervous prostratlon, due TO the high
altitude OF Denver, where she has been
playing the last week.
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t7pArts Dec. 2.-In the Chamber Of
Deputies today Hubbard gave notice Of
an Intention TO question Minister Fal.
llcres In regard TO the attitude u the
Catholic bishops, and demand that the
government notify the Vatican Of the
termination Of the cOncordat ut the end
Of the year.
The newspaper lie Figaro has been
fined 500 francs for opening n subsorlr-
ton foi the benefit Of the condemned
Archbishopof AK.
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W. r. Stead, who % always with the
undor dog In tho fight, stands forth
ready to break a lance "a defense Of
ghosts. His Review OF Roviewa for De
combcr will contain an assortment o,
well authenticated ghost stories. wher.
ever strange appearances aud expert.
cnccl have boen encountorod by any per.
ron who a willing TO align his name a.
evidence Of ycraeity, MIR Stead invite.
this individual to write down the story
Of Them and send It to him for puhlica.
tiun.
Mr.. Stead does not say whether tn
appearance lao classes under tho head Of
ghosts are spparitions, hGlluciuatiuna OF
even real spirits, Ilo incliucs 10 think
tho nppgritions cannot an bo accounted
for under tho head OF hallucinations. but
even where they can thus be accounted
for thoy viii be u valuable contribution
10 psychic aclonoc, such contributions "a
Mr.. Stead thinks Tho world stauds crest.
yin need Of at this stage Of its progress.
He himself Is thoroughly Ia earnest in
tho belief that thorc are genuine appear.
mcos and experiences outside the realm
Of tho material senses. As 20 those VIII.
laugh 20 fcorn these apparidoni as lies
and delusions. Mr.. Stead oharactrriLls
Heir ainusolnentast tho "laughterof fools
which tho wise inan Of old compared "
the cracking Of thosus under Iot"
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The inhabitants OF the Canary islands,
tho Guanches, We're, II Is supposed, but
tho mountain shepherds Of a submerged
world. Though 10 strong physically, the
duauohes were, nevertheless, very
gentle raCei they rarely made war on
ono another, and when tho Europeans
fell Into their hands thoy did not kill
them, but sent them 10 tend sheep In
tho mountains, 50 tam0 were the birds
in this happy land, that when tho Span
iards frat landed they came and fed out
Of their hands.
To kill an animal degraded a mani tho
butcher was u reprIoyod criminal aud
outcast, and lived apart, no aud his a..
tisnnis being supported by the state.
No woman was allowed 10 approach the
fhNmbles, and insuch horror wa. killing
held BY these Nnnts that no man could
DO ennobled until he had publicly de.
clarcd that ha had not been guilty OF
killing any animal, not oyon a goat.
Their standard Of morality was high;
robbery was almost unknown among
thom'--st. LouiA Star Sayings.
A giant pendulum, $50 feet long, with
a steel globo at the end weighing 100
pounds, has been suspended from the
EiiIcl tower, at the second platform. It
Is designed 10 demonstrate the oarths
motion.
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WAsInNuloS, Dec. -. The state.
ment prepared by the treasury depart.
ment shows that there has been u net
increase OF Sls,7s0,0l9 In the clrcula.
tlon since the irst Of November. The
circulation per capita ON December lst
Is stated ut :9i,s5.
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LIST OF DISASTERS.
Los. Of Life Through Explosions and
Other Causes.

NYAcIs, n. ", Dec. 9.-Ths dyna-
mite factory Mt Haverstraw was blown
up this afternoon.
NJ. Wadaworth, Peter Carlossa, Jo.
reph Williams, Joseph Il. Adler and
Perry Lounsberry were instantly
killed. The frst four, who were Gun.
ployes, were literally blown 10 piece.
The last named, who was In boat near
the factory, was Instantly killed, while
his companion, sitting within n few
feet OF him, ESCAPED inJury. After the
explosion the building, which was q
frame structure, caught fire, burning
| 10 tho ground. The other buildings OF
the works, $50 feet from the explosion,
IN which wis also stored dynamite, o.-
capcd destruction. Tue property be-
| longca 10 the Clinton Dynamite Com.
pnny. The explosion broke rlass ia
! the buildings OF several adjoining VII.
lagos. Tho cause ia not yet learned.
At the CoronoT's barn tonight tho
body Of the dead fisherman, L1uns-
! berry, aud horse-blanlIet full OF parts
Of human bodles, including ono arm Of
NalsgOrth, two logs, part Of back,
lot d entrails and numbetless bones,
with burnt flesh. The remains prp.
h'uNth NIiihie rlkhtt ali uulnk llAtk
with pow der marks and the flesh
burned oil. The parts Of the bodies are
supposed 10 belong 10 WGdsworth aud
the two Italians. In the go!atlnu pack
ing house were 300 pounds ~ grlatine
being packed Ia tins. La the power
house wera 1900 pounds Of giant pow
der and 200 pounds OF dynamite.
a RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
NEW YORK, Dec. I'm crossing
switch ut liDth street this evening, the
rear car Of train on the Harlem rail-.
way was thrown from tho track on IT,
side. An unknown man, two car.
cleaners and another omploye Of the
company wore killed, and two othen
were injured.
a STEAMER ON fIRE.
OLYMPIA, WASH, Dec. 2.-Tho loss
on tho burned steamer eastern Ore.
gon~ "a $3.50, 900. Tho are was caused
by buruing gresso In tho galley. The
steamer Is a total lUss. She was FOR.
merly tho "City OF pala,kap In the
the Florida trade. In 1857 she was
bought by the Oregon Pacific Railroad
company tn run between San Fran.
cisco and Yaquina bay, but last year
tho Orcgou Improvement company
purchased her and brought her 10 the
Sound. The insurance Ia unknown.
a STORMY PASSAGE.
VANCOUVER, II. G., Dee. 9.-The
Canadian Pacific steamer "Empress
Of China" arrived hero today, having
lud Yokohama November 10Th. The
vessel hat n very stormy passage, with
hard Winds Of hurricane force, nnd tho
seas ran mountain high. When Oh
the Alcutian Islands wave stove ia
the steel life boat aud swept over the
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hurricane deck. the water rushing
down the fuhnela and the grating, ex-
tinguishing tho fires In some Of the
furnaces. The mailboat was carried
over n spar on the ships decks by the
force " tho wind. She weathere1 the
storm bfavely and reached port on
time and had only one boat slightly
damaged.
On November 2sth Charles ". Go,de
Of Clovolanl died nnd was buried NJ
sea.
NATURAL GAS
DETROIT, Dec. .. - Last night,
through some machinery getting cut Of
order, the flow Of natural gas was sud-
denly shut oG,fenaluing ~ for some
time. when the dow WINS resumed
the gas permcated many houses, tho
inmalcs Of which wor. all asleep. Al.
though patrolmcn were at once sent
ont 10 notify people Of the danger from
nsphyxiatlon, several PERSONS wetu not
rcactel until they had suffered great.
~. II "a thought that there arc no ia
talilios,
a DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FfRE.
EMrORIA, Kan, Dec. .. 49, A disns-
trUua prairie iirO awcpt over the north.
crn portion OF this (Lyons) county
today. Many haysiacts, grnnarirs
and orchards were destroyed, and tho
loss VIII amount to Thousands OF dol.
lars.
pRitiHliED.
biTI1.E Rock, Ark, Dec. 9. Cap
tain MAXWELL store ut Dewitt, was
burned last night. Three children
In II persisted.
CHILDREN KILLED.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, Doc. a.
Last night two boys, August Swan
anj Armour Glover, did not return
home. Today their remains were
found IN a frozen sawdust pile. They
had dug n cave In II and the crust had
fallen In and cFushod them 10 death.
TWO NrS BURNED 10 DEATH.
CLEvELAsD, Dec. 1.-TWO men. an
engineer aud n brennan, iost their lives
today 10y tho burning OF tho steam
barge "James l.. pcasc."
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Tho q. y. ronsuI Repeatedly. Insulted
by irsneh OGIrlal-.l


CHICAGO, Dee. 2.-rhomas Wilhiu.
son, an Eugllsh merchant In Madngns.
car, said In an interview here today
that tho United States consul there
had been repeatedly insulted by the
French oillclhle, who assert that their
government hasa protectorlte over that
county. Tho American consul, Mr..
Miller, a colored man, deals directly
with the Queen Of Madagascar, not
recognizing theasslsiancc ofthe alleged
protecloral.. The matter hR not here.
tofore been madrpublic, Wilkinson saws,
because two American firms, having n
virtual commercial monopoly IN the
Island, seek TO prevent general alten.
ton being directed 10 the affairs of the
Island, 40 that other Americana win be
discouraged from going there. IL Is
said that there la. beeH thus supprcss sod
actual knowledge Of gold FIELDS In tho
islands, which, wilkinson Eays, arr
among the greatest In tho world. The
French protootOTate Is upheld by Ger.
many aud England, IN exchange Tor
French recognition Of Germany In
Africa and English claims TO Zanzibar.
williamson was a forty-ninar ~ Califor'
nla,an was member VI the nli0ustef-
ing expedition 10 South America, led
by General Walker.
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CR0SS-EXAMINED.

Countess Russell Persists In the State
menis Made Yesterday Concerning
Her Noble Lord.
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Tho New PnbIisher OF tho New York
"NorId,r

hr. PAUL, Dec, 2.-Frederlck Drls.
eeol'' ~, for some year, secretary Of
thr Foneef. frtss company, has gone
70 New York TO assume the duties OF
publisher Of the New York World.
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biTTtE Rock, Ark, Dec. .. - Cap
tain MAXWELL store at Dewitt, was
burned last night. Three children
In ID perished,
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Corn promises good crop in Glencoe
this year If the chintz bug can be kept
down.
We are reliably informed that Mr.. AID
rich and D. J. Wilson received shock OF
lightning last week
Frank Cross has some of the finest bar
ley and millet we ever saw. The millet
has heads eleven inches long.
Lightning struck a corn stalk near d..
Wilson's house last Wednesday evening.
All of the Wilson were shocked more or
less.
Frank Cross says that there was fall
in wheat in Glencoe last Saturday even
ing; several loads of wheat fell from a
stack that G. w. Palmer was stacking for
D.. Wilson.
GRAvcpR
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For Sale or Rent.

160 acres in Cove county, Kansas, with
the best flowing spring in the state,
Land is the S. W. 4 of N. E. 4, and n
= of S. E. i and s. W. 4 of S. E. 4 OF
section 4 twp. Is, range rs west. Nine
miles north from Utica on the Missouri
Pacific railroad. The well known "For
roster Spring" is located on the land at
the head of natural corral of about 80
acres, and through which corral the
water flows from the spring into several
pools on its way to the Smoky Hill River
which crosses the corner of the land.
Spring never dry and furnishes enough
water for LOCO or more head OF stock.
Examine the land and make US an offer.
Correspondence solicited.
BURNHAM, TREvETT & MATHS.
80 st Champaign, Ills
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OGALLAH OBSERVATIONS.
OGALLAH, July %, 1891.
GRANGER.

A
Hudson Harlan is helping G. C. Yetter
harvest this year.
Joe. Richards is at work for man east
OF Ellis somewhere.
Mrs. Mapes and Wynn were in Wa
Keeney last Saturday.
Mr.. Davidson was visiting in Ogallah
last Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Rogers has been i'll for few days
but Is able to be about again.
Messrs Wynn and Palmer have rented
John DeGroot's farm for the next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips have a new boy.
We hope he will grow up to be good
man.
We are not very good at hunting up
news items and have less this week than
usual
Mr.. Eli McCollum and family are talk
ing of going to Illinois on visit as soon
as they are through harvesting.
A few of the young people around Og-
allah expect to attend the teachers insti-
tute in Wa-Keeney this year.
Mrs. George Mckinley is expecting
her father here to see her in about q week.
His home is in the eastern part of this
state.
Mr.. Henry Palmer has young man by
the name of Marshall helping him through
harvest. Mr.. Marshall has been tramp
ing most of his time lately.
Some of the children who have been
having the whooping cough are about
over it, others are at their worst and 9th.
ers are just beginning to whoop.
Ogallah was well represented at the
quarterly meeting in Gibbs grove last
Sunday. 1t is a beautiful grove. We
had joyful time and good sermon.
Mr.. Hays and family returned from
Iowa last Wednesday. They will reside
in Wa-keeney while and while only
We hope. We want them for our neigh
bors before very long.
Mr.. Eli McCollum thinks he will have
twenty-five bushels of peaches this year.
We hope that in few years we will be
able to raise as much fruit here as in the
eastern part of this state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mapes went to their farm
last Surday and there entertained Mr..
and Mrs Hudson Harlan for dinner. Mr..
Mapes and family would stay on his farm
in summer fit we're little nearer town.
We made two mistakes in our news last
week which We would like to correct. 1t
was Mr.. Bach, not Mrs. Berch who want
ed to buy ten or fifteen mich COWS and
Mr.. Fulton's sister who is visiting him,
not his niece.
Mr.. Thomas Wynn went to Hays City
one day last week and he called Oh Mar
tin Allen. Mr.. Allen has raised about
| five or six hundred bushels of apples and
plenty of other fruits such as pears, april
cots, cherries, plums and peaches this
year. Mr.. Wynn reports the grain as be.
ing good all the way between here and
Hays City.
RAGS & TATTERs.