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matists, and held an honored place among
the "Forty Immortals," I" and 90 years ago
stood high in the graces of the first lady of
the. Empire, the peerless Eugeuie. The war
with Germany and the awful fate of the I'm
perial family ,efectually wiped out the in
timacy, and actually prevented the third
Napoleon's beautiful wife from actihg-if
the truth is told-a rather indecorous part
I'm play WHICH was written, expressly Tor
4her by Feuillet
This is not the place to criticise his works,
but it may be. said here that most of this
authors creations have been famous, if not
entirely noble ones. He excelled in the
picturing of rich, idle and frivolous women,
who as one writer expressed it, were
flowers of evil and restless dwellers in the
Land of Nod" and 'the novelist being
unable to follow them into old age, and to
show the ultimate penalties which in the
natural order of things overtake all such,
makes suicide the wind-up of their vain,
iutile and unnatural lives" g. -
The intelligence received early in the
week past of a stupenduous storm in the
Island of Hawaii, during which rain fell to
the depth of ,8.3 inches in three hour s., re-
calls some of the great rainfalls which have,
occurred sin the United States in recent
years The food which resulted in the
destruction of .Johnstown was caused by
rain aggregating 6.2 Inches in the drainage
basin; the ConemaIigh river in SO hours
AT Grampian Hills Station the fall was
greater hy,22 inches IN the samelperiod of
time. This record was nearly ,equaled. by
the, storm of February, 1888, whied took
place; in the region of the, Southern New
Ehgland states. In one day the fall there
averaged between g., and Z inches All of
these records have been sur passed, however.
and in this country, too. In, May, 1880, 3.9
inches fell at McCausland. Ia., in one hour,
SO inches fell at st. Louis in! the same,
time; at Tridelphia, W. Va, July 9. 1888.
60 inches were registered in so minutes,
and Galveston, Texas. capped the climax OF
heavy showers with g. 95 inches of rainfall
in IA minutes. This remarkable affair took
place on June IA, 1871. At Mavport, Fla,
49,! inches fell in "a hours; at Upper May
pole Col, 31.7 inches fell in five days.
Probably the most copious rain that ever
fell In this country was that at Alexandria,
La. In one day there was an actual preci-
pitation Of 21.4 inches. The only storm that
has equaled or surpassed the above occurred
in Purneeah, India, some years since, when 30
inches were recorded in the same length of
time. -.
The announced intention of the British
Government to return the famous Elgin
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since Thomas. seventh Earl of Elgin,
brought them to England and turned them
over to the Government in 1911 for paltry
a35, 900. As early as the date mentioned
not only the Greeks but the entire art world
raised their voices in strenuous objection to
the spoilation Of the grand old Acropolis of
its chiefest ornaments. The British Gov
ernment long persisted In its efforts to prove
that i'll England the great sculptures would
be saved from destruction, but many of the
best people of that country insisted that this
was poor argument to bolster up an injus-
tice. Among the many objectors was Lord
Byron. the poet, and he continued such to
the end of his existence. He always claimed
that England nor Lord Elgin had the slight
est right to these art-works, besides the
climate of his native country would
do more than relic-hunters to de-
stroy them. Time has proven that he and his
followers were right, and now, after retain
ing the great treasures for nearly 100 years.
England endeavors to be just at last-a
rather tardy justice. it must be said. And
it is very evident that the realization that il
they were not sent somewhere, the destroy
ing atmosphere OF England would eventu-
ally leave nothing Tor anyone had much to
do with the present determination. 1t would
have been pity ii these relics were per-
mitted to 60 TO ruin, as the collection was
acknowledged to be the most valuable in
existence, insomuch as it comprehends some
of the most noted sculptures in the world
The figure shown above, which represents
one of those in the collection. is the famous
Theseus OF the Parthenon, so we'll known to
art. Many other pieces which are usually
pictured in the better class OF art books as
the most perfect specimens of their kind be-
long to the Elgins
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600 over the price paid to Russia for that
territory in 1867.
But even 90, would it be good business
policy?.
A country aggregating in extent 514, 700
square miles; having q coast line of 1850
miles (greater than that of our entire East
ern COAST; a river which is overa mile wide
800 miles from its mouth, and whose tribu-
tarIes would be considered large rivers in
Europe; a climate which in some, parts is
comparatively mild and forests OF great
magnitude. embracing good yellow cedar,
spruce. larch, fir. cypress and hemlock,
ought to be worth more than $26 square
mile. . $. $50 -
Alaska 9ill never be much of an agricult-
ural country on account.of the great rain
falls there, but the salmon and God fisheries,
the forests, and most particularly the fur
trade, out of which Russo American Fur
Company, chartered by Emperor PaulVIIl.,
of Russia, as early as 1888, managed TO ex-
port annually. q, 900 skius OF the seal, sea-
otter, beaver, etc., and about 200 sea-
horse teeth; ought. to be worth something
more that the price offered ii for nothing else
but pure '.cussedness" on the part OF the
United States. .
T.i
Although both sons of.our martyred Pres
iident Garfield take deep interest in public
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PUZZLES THE PHYSICIANS.
Peculiar Symptoms Cause the Death of a
Mercy Hospital Patient.

Peculiar Symptoms Cause the Death of a
Mercy Hospital Patient.
Thomas Durkin died at the Mercy Hospi-
tai last evening and post mortem examina-
tion will be necessary to determine the
cause of death. He was sent to the hospl-
tai at noon last Thursday, and all that is
known about him By the hospital authori-
ties is that he came from Morgan station, in
Fayette county. and was 80 years of age.
When brought in he was very sick, suffering
greatly and in a state Of delirium. 1t was at
first supposed that his condition was the re-
suit of drink, but this appears to have been
wrong, and the physicians are at a loss to
understand the case.
A remarkable feature of the case was
that the pulse OF the patient reached 10
early yesterday afternoon and remained at
that until shortly before death. The stew
ardess at the institution says this is the first
time in Is years experience that she has
seen the pulse of patient register SO high.
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the human kind to attain, is an instructive
lesson In itself, showing, as it does, what
industry and patience will do when prop
erly used.
Now, that this wonderful man has gone,
it must not be forgotten that notwithstand-
ing all he has accomplished, there is yet
much to be done in the field uniolded by
him. Troy and Mycenae have many coun-
terparts in Italy, Greece and Asia
Minor. The site of ancient Sybaris, which
was destroyed and the course of the river
Craft turned over its site in $40 B. c., has
been practically located by arcb@logists,
and, although it will require much labor
and expense to divert the stream again, it is
almost certain that the returns will be sufiI
cient reward.
Most persons would be of the opinion that
the center of our city pavements are the
most trod upon by the stream of humanity
that flows along them daily. The recent
heavy snow falls, however, were the means
of proving that such is not the fact. In the
center of each pavement pronounced ridge
was raised, showing that the people move
along the sides instead of the center A
gentleman commenting upon this fact, OBJ
served that it was less pronounced in this
city than any other in which he has been;
that in PiHsburg the main object of every
pedestrian seemed to be an aimless ''potter.
ing" along, in which he was not only in his
own way, but in that of everybody else. In
other places, the rule was fixed that the
tides should invariably flow to the right, in
fact, in England and other European cities
this was made law, and signs were posted
at every corner commanding pedestrians to
observe it.
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tween the fading out of the old and the
dawning of the new year. Politically,
of course, Parnell occupies the chief
place in the public eve, and
the coming conclusion of the conference is
discussed by the people who make the af-
fairs OF the nation their hobby. In this con-
nection it is worthy of note that Parnell's
latest defender is a lady of no less import
ance than Elizabeth, Lady Stanton, who, in
the pages of the current number of the
Westminster ReUieU, attempts to whitewash
the statesman's character.
This has created a very great deal Of sur
prise among all sorts and conditions of
men, and the newspapers have commented
on the subject, for Lady Stanton's principles
are well known, and consequently in being
Parnell's apologist, her present move 10 not
understood
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up the direction of plans Tor revenge in Rus.
sia and together we, accompanied by her
mother and younger brother, drifted down
the Levant. She seemed to have limitless
credit at all the English banks in Constanti-
nople and other cities. But whether it was
from the fragments of her fathers broken
fortunes or from the heavy purses of such
Jews as Sir Moses Moutifore and Baron
Rothsehild, with whom she was in eorre-
spondence, no one knew. Most likely from
the latter source, since she seemed to be in
accord with their long cherished plan for
rehabilitating the Holy Land. 1t was while
we were living for a season in Bethlehem, q
little town where women still weave and
spin, as in King Davld's time, and pretty,
dark-eyed girls still carry water from the
we'll, that she began to closely study the
life and character of Jesus Christ and to
quote him continually.
"If man take thy coat at law give him
thy cloak also."
She said this as we walked not far from
the little field where Ruth, the grand mother
of David had cleaned after the reapers of
Boaz, and then looked in my face for
answer.
THAT is Christianity, Princess; that is
the spirit and the breath of Christ
"Well, then why do you Christian people
fight and contend so continually? Why in
it that more than half the time and the
talent of the ablest men in all Christendom
is given up to eontending, not only for the
coat but for the cloak also?"
1 could not answer well. And when Won
cannot answer we'll and truly you should be
brave enough, and wise enough, too, to be
silent.
1t would be tedious here to tell how that
!, a proessed Christian, was continually
put to shame by this woman's. observations
OF like nature. 1t had to be frankly con-
fessed that so tar as 1 could find out there
were few, if any, Christians living in the
Nineteenth century. The massive Law
courts in every Christian land; the millions
OF indolent, beeffed bullies, whose only
trade was and is the trade OF killing their
brothers, Christian men, so called. the
hatred of men in the hearts of men. the
rich men and the beggars at the rich mems
gates, the salaried men in surplice who seek
to improve on the Lords Prayer, that thev
may be heard OF men-ah. mel what =
formidable indictment might be drawn
here if time did not compel us forward.
We went to Nazareth after time. irving
to get down to the very footprints, to follow
if possible in the very footsteps of Him
whom she was now wont to call sthat
divinely beautiful young jew"
This Nazareth is wooded town. In
truth, the very name Nazareth means woods.
1t is restful, pleasant place. The soil is
still rich and fruitful 'sBirds of the air's
are here still. And here even to this day
foxes have holes in the ground" GRAY
doves are here as of old; and the farmer eocs
forth to SOW, a. in the days Of Christ II
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me from first to last like lion. No, not
lioness, but a lion, with all its mighty
strength and majestic lift of head.
Tall, dark, silent and superbly beautiful;
very silent; indeed, she was very serene; yet
with such intense serenity OF persistent
self restraint she seemed to be being of
another and better world. Her history had
been terrible one, but in years at least she
hardly, as yet, stood upon the threshold0f
womanhood, still, she was almost old. 1t
would seem as if she had never, even in her
childhood. been quite young.
She. had returned from Siberia week.
She was surely dying; beautiful as she was
in her serene and patient valor of soul and
body, she was surely standing in her black
garments at the door of death; waiting. She
never spoke of herself; indeed, she seemed
never to think of herself or care for herself
or her broken health in the least. And this
drew me continually toward her. 1t seemed
to me as if / had a right to care for and look
after her, since she would not care for and
look after herself.
That she had world of care on her mind
was plain to be seen; but what it was she
would not say. L remember one dav in the
Kremliu, Moscow. when we were looking at
the crown Of Poland, slowed away there
along with dozen or two other like SYM
bols, she said, II am Judith" There was
no sense of connection in this last sentence
hissed between her teeth, but it sounded
terrible There was scar in the palm of
her right hand. as if it had been burned
there by hot iron. As said before, she
was always closely garmented in black. A
costly diamond was in the clasp that held
her garments about her throat, and her
stately shoulders were always hidden and
heavily mantled, even to her throat. How
then was it that came to know that those
fair and shapely shoulders had jelt the sting
and indignity OF the lash. and were still red
and striped from the stroke Of brutal Rus
sian officer?
There are things thar we know by intui-
tion, q shudder, shrug OF the shoulders,
sigh that comes rs up from the grave of
buried yesterdays. A word, look, lift
of the face may tell as much in moment as
a whole book can tell in a day and night.
We had met on common ground. The
cause of humanity is the common cause of
all sincere souls. Such souls are not
strangers; and they need no introduction.
But Notwithstanding our common aim for
the amelioration of man we differed widely
in our plans and ways and means OF reach
ing that common end. For example, she
was all war; I all peace. She was
Nihilisti
"Why not seek new worlds" said I, "and
build new cities there?"
"We. the people, have built these cities of
Europe, and we, the people, should possess
them"
s'But you do not propose to possess st.
Petersburg, you propose to burn st. Peters
burg7"
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British North Pacific squadron, based upon
the assumption that overt action will have
to be tAken early in the season for the pro-
lection OF the British and Canadian fishing
interests. - rrf 80
These instructions have been confidential
ly communicated to the German Govern
ment, which has learned that several Ger
man sealers are at this moment being fitted
for seal fishing, in readiness for the opening
of the Bering season. Early In the'co
ing spring both German and British war
vessels will be cruising in Behring Sea,
and there will be something like naval
concentration at Vancouver.
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GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC.

Not Succeeding in Samoa, It Now Trys to
Gobble Other Islands.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-The schooner
W. f. Beebe arrived yesterday from the
Marshall Islands, bringing intelligence
man Government had taken possession OF
the islands, The schooner reports that the
chiefs were compelled to sign petition re-
questing Germany to establish protector
ate over the group.
One chief, however. who declared himself
in favor of allegiance only to the United
States, refused to sign the petition, which
has been forwarded to Berlin. A German
cruiser is stationed at Joluit, and the Ger
man agent has announced that the islanders
will be required to pay yearly tax.
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I'VE built ST. Petersburg, and we will
burn St Petersburg if we will.
She said this with her great black eyes
fairly blazing from their perfect mantle Of
sable fringes. All the lion OF the desert
was In her look. Her sympathies seemed
to be especially with the Jews. This most
like was simply because. the Jews we're
more persistently prosecuted by the relent.
less Russian Government. For 1t is doubt
full ii she was, in religion, at least, of that
ancient and ali-enduring race when we FIRST
met. In fact it is here recalled that she
seemed favorable to all forms ofreligion and
partial to none. But she surely had Irish
blood in her veins. On one occasion, when
being urged to be less violent in her plans
for the betterment Of mar, she suddenly
said: ''Yes, you are right That pure and
patient young Jew, Jesus Christ. did more
rtan all TIE millions of reformers that went
before or came alter"
But we must hasten past these days and
all the ways anu walks aud talks and incl
dents of them, pausing only to say that we
daily grew closer together. As said before,
her plan was to drive oIft the tyranr
''Destroyi destroy, ,deslroyw
f.And. then?" - ~
She looked at me with her great, deep
soul and was siieat ts-4srf
% An, Princess, ,, I urged, 'you may de-
stroy, and destrovsand destroy till the end
iof time, and yettill the end Of time the
tyrant viii tower up through aud over all
your destruction. What matters 1 change
Of msn?s Tou must frss change the hearts
ofmen. ss% '-i.
Again she looked at me, and then, after
long silence, she leaned her matchless face
close to mine and, asif to assent to what I
had said, IN voice slow and still repeated
nm thorrr 16rIff ~ /. Fa.f@
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REPUBLICAN CLUB ELECTIONS.
The Young Mems Tariff and the Fifteenth
Ward Organizations Select Officers.


Ward Organizations Select Officers.
The Young Mems Republican Tariff Club
Friday evening held their annual election
with the following result: President, Harry
P. Ford; First Vice President, Colonel E.
H. Brady; Second Vice President, D. K.
McGunDagle; Treasurer, Joseph J.
Marshall; Recording Secretary, William j.
Dithrich; Financial Secretary, James H.
Graham; Board Of Directors-William II.
McCleary. Chris J.. Magee, John Gripp,
Vincent Stevens, John Doyle, George w.
Miller, Joseph C. Brown, Elliot Mccall,
Samuel Z. Grier, Thomas NJ. Mcfarland.
The contest for President was lively there
being 81 votes cast while over 100 was cast
for the various candidates for dictatorship.
The newly elected officers will take their
positions on Monday next.
The election of officers of the Fifteenth
Ward Republican Club was held Friday
night. The result was: S. j. Wainwright,
Jr., President; s. f. Kerr, Vice President; E.
j. Martin. Treasurer; DR.. J. j. McQrew,
Secretary. The Directors are: w. S. Bawler,
w w. Gallery, I. D. Maloney, Jacob
Ochenhirt, John A. Smith, Charles Bund-
shuh, and j. J. McGrew.
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He seems to have great desire to take his
place in the political arena, and bis alliance
with the family OF one who, represents one of
the most powerful Of the Vanderbilt sys-
tens, may result in furthering his ambl-
tions. 1t is worthy, OF note that the three
Garfield dchildren-Harry, james and Miss
Moilie-ail got their consorts out Of the
same little party that had been gathered to-
gether for social enjoyment few. years
ago..
It's rather difficult accounting for tastes
at times Waynesboro, Ga, prides itself in
the possession Of citizen who was formally
a native of Fiji snd,one time partook' OF
feast in which q missionaries formed the
points de resistance" of the menu. The
'unfortunate preachers hadsbeen engaged in
locating churches in the Fiji Islands, and
the natives took so kindly to them, that they
one day "gobbled" the whole party and in
augurateds banquet lasting for q days, or
as long as human provender held out at the
rate OF one. per day. The Wavnesbora chap
tasted OF them all aud pronouncess them to
have been in every case excellent eating. Z
1T is not vet too late to discuss the achieve
menis ot DIR. Schliemarn. the renowned
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RNGLAND's SEVERE WINTER.
No Such Terror Has Been Known There
for Sixty Years.
rBY CABLE TO THE prspArcH.


for Sixty Years.
rBY CABLE TO THE prsPArcH1
LONDON, Jan. 3.-Twenty-three days of
continuous frost, the glass at times reaching
within 30 of zero, has given London's
population better conception of rigorous
weather than they previously possessed.
No such winter has been known in England
since 1880. Hares, rabbits, pheasants and
wild birds generally are dying by the tens
OF thousands. Sea gulls to the number of
many hundreds are seeking shelter in Lon
don. huddling close to chimney stacks for
warmth, but frequently perishing from
hunger and exhaustion. Great hummocks
of snow-covered ice floating down the
Thames and piles OF snow in every thor
oughfare outside the main city avenues,
give London theappearance OF an Arctic
city.
A curious feature about this severe winter
is that it is confined to London ana the
southeast of England. Beyond one or two
sharp bursts of frosts, Ireland and Scotland
have been favored with comparatively mild
weather
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COST OF THE CASE,
The Expenses of the Eyraud- Bompard Trial
Foot Up S6, 800.

TOOG Up SO,oOU.
rBY DUNLAP's CABLE CoMPANY.1
PARIS, Jan. 3.-Some amateur of sta
tistics has made a curious calculation re-
gardIng tn. expenses of the Gouffe murder
trial. Without counting the expenses of
Eyraud's execution, or those of maintaining
the woman Bompard during her term of
imprisonment, he arrives at grand total of
"a, ,00G francs CSC S00). 1t will interest those
unacquainted with French legal methods to
learn that $500 was spent in searching for
the murderer in Paris; that the first journey
of the detectives to Lyons, where the body
was discovered. cost $50; the second, $225,
and the visit to London in search of the
famous trunk, $120.
The whole expense of the American tour
was 81 .615, while the expedition to Havana,
with the cost of bringing Eyraud back, was
s., 300. The trip of the examining magis-
trate to Lyons, accompanied by Bompard,
involved an outlay OF $40, while 5000 were
paid out Tor sundries. The purely legal ex-
penses exceed 81 900.
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UNCLE SAM LOSES MILLIONS.
Chinese Opium Smugglers in the Dominion
Ply Large Trade.

Cniueso Opluiu cAnuSSiorS inc DOmln1Ou
Ply Large Trade.
OTTAWA, Jan. 3.-A Government officer,
just returned from an inspection from Winni-
peg to the Pacific, says the United States is
losing nearly S1,OOO,OO0 annually through
the operations OF opium smugglers. These
Illicit dealers are just row playing a big
game in British Columbia. and there is not
day on which large quantities of the
deadly drug are not smuggled into the States
from some point.
This smugglingis not, by any means, con-
fined to British Columbia, however, he says,
as a short time ago he caught persons in the
Province Of Quebec In the act of smuggling
opium across the border. The thing is going
on all the time, and the smugglers only
laugh at the United States Custom officials.
The officer suggests as a remedy that the
United States Treasury engage a number of
Chinese detectives to watch the operations OF
suspected parties and manufacturers of re-
fined opium makers in British Columbia.
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aHalrs, the youngest,
james B., who was
married during the,
past week to the daugh-
ter Of, the President of
the Lake Shore and
Michigan s o nth ern
Railroad-Mlss Helen
Neweil-most resem-
.bles his father and is
most likely to follow in
his fathers footsteps,