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Hunger and Typhus Ravages in Russia

LONDON, March s.-The Chronicles st.
Petersburg correspondent says: Hunger
and typhus are causing terrible mortality
in the famine districts. A daughter of
General Radetski, defender of the Shipka
pass. has died of fever contracted while
nursing the sick peasants. The car is in
censed at the incompetence of the min
listers to deal with the famine. The
greatest disorder prevails throughout the
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Conservatives elected ifty-three and the
Independents five. All the cabinet minis
tiers in the De Bourchville government
have been returned. Mercier himself was
reelected by $50 majority.
tMercer, who was formerly premier OF the
provinces, was deposed by Lieutenant Cover nor
Anglers after being detected in dishonest prac-
tees, especially corruption in the construction
of the Chaleur bay railroad. He appealed to the
country, confident that the Catholics would
rally to his support, but it seems that even in
Canada dishonest man is not preferred for a
ruler.1
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Association, and Benedict, editor OF the
Neue Freie Presse, members of the currency
reform commission. spoke in favor OF the
gold standard. with temporary continu-
ance of silver currency to small extent.
In Pesth today Hungarian commission
oftwenty-one currency experts met FIN
ance Minister Wekerle and concurred In
the adoption of tho gold standard.
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Secretary Foster Leaves England

LONDON. March s.-Charles Foster, sec
rotary OF the United States treasury. left
for Southampton this noon. He will en-
bark tomorrow morning for New York on
the North German Lloyd steamer Spree.
Before leaving Secretary Foster said he
had heard nothing direct concerning the
Boring sea negotiations.
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Pert Townsend News.

PoRr TOWNSEND, March ESPECIAL. !
Rev. John Z. Alexander, British vice
consul for the state of Washington, is dan
serously Ill with pneumonia.
The county commissioners rejected all
the bids Tor furnishing the vault furniture
for the new county courthouse today.
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NAsHITGroS CITY. March ESPECIAL. =
The Senate today passed Senator Squire's
bill providing for the purchase of site
and the erection Of a public haiiiing al
Spokane. This bill, il Will he reinem-
Lered, carries with It an appropriation Of
SS1fNB
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Murdered by Big Neck Smith.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, March S.-Just after
the polls closed in the municipal election
this evening, a San Francisco politician
called "Eis Neck" Smith shot and killed
Patrick Bcannisan, piasterer, during \
quarrel about the election. Smith shot
Brannigan twice, and IS the latter fell.
Smith placed the pistol 10 his head and
fired third SHOT. B7slnigaa died in
rHnrA.f.
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vienna, March s.--Dr. Steinbacn. Aus
traa minister Of finance, in welcoming
the members Of the commission on cur
Fency reform, said that besides the ques-
non OF the resumption of specie payments
ne commission was TO consider other and
dlmeult questions that have arisen in
consequence Of the far-reaching change
IN the arm ratio Of value which had so
.ong existed between gold and silver.
bauer, director Of the Vienna Banking
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Fonseca's Friends Plotting Restoration

RIO DE JANEIRo, March s.-Congressman
Lobo, who has exceptional opportunities
for obtaining information, says there is no
doubt of the existence of widespread
plot, with ramihcations in congress, the
army and navy, for the purpose of restor-
ing to Office General da' Fonseca and his
friends. Recent news from San Paulo and
Rio Grande do Sui indicate that the the
DRY of a general uprising is not altogether
h,solocS
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German Government Will Compromise

LONDON, March s.-The Times Berlin
correspondent says that the German gov
eminent is ready to compromise with the
opposition and meet the objections made
to the education bill.
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The New Chilean Cabinet,

VALPARAISO. March sit is expected
that arrangements will be perfected to-
morrow for the formation of new cabi-
net. Probably Eduardo Malta will be
minister of foreign affairs and Augustine
Edwards. minister of finance.
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Ballots Not Printed According to Law

MOUNT HOLLY, N. j., March s.-The
Democrats carried Burlington county to-
day by large majority, but it looks now
as though the Republican candidates may
get the offices. The entire county is in a
state of excitement. Under the state law, it
is claimed, not single ballot was cast for
the Democratic nominee. The Demo-
cratic ballots were not printed according
to law. The trouble seems to have arisen
through misunderstanding.
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LONDON, March AT this hour (6 a. m. J
Latham's lumber yard in Curtain road,
Shoreditch, with several adjoining factory
buildings. is burning. No particulars are
obtainable.
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A County Option Bill Passed by the
State Sonata.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, March s.--The state
senate tonight adopted the Catch license
bill, providing fer county option. license
or no license to be determined by special
election, which may be called upon the
petition of fifth of the legal voters of any
county. If it passes the house it will be a
substitute for the present prohibitory law.
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Bogns Mineral Creek Mines.

TACOMA, March s. Especial. = More
bogus Mineral Creek MINES are reported on
sale here. Recently an attempt was made
10 toat an alleged Mineral Creek mine
which did not exist
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Stole Money to PLAY POLICY.

NEW YORK, March S.-William A. Losey.
Of $50 Monroe street, Brooklyn. for eleven
years confidential bookkeeper for Maids
den Bros. & Co., paper warehousemen.
was arrested today charged with embez-
element. His peculations have extended
over a period of about two years, and in
that time he has taken S3l.70 This sum
he invested in different policy shops.
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PIrTsBURG, March S.-The Dispatch to-
morrow Will print ten columns of inter-
views indorsing the candidacy of John
DaiZell for United States senator.
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The Texas Republican Convention.

AUSTIN, Tex. March S.-The Republican
state convention to select Minneapolis
delegates met today. After the appoint
ment of committees it adjourned until to-
morrow
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GRAssE, March S.-Dsac0n was released
from prison this afternoon on bonds OF
10000 francs.
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Boodler MERCER signally Defeated.
MONTREAL, March s.-The general cleo
tions for the province of Quebec were held
today, heavy vote being polled. The
MERCER party sustained signal defeat,
electing only fifteen candidates, while the
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Edward 5. Drew. who shot his wife and then
himself Lass sunday ST Lowell, Mass, died on
Tuesday. The cause of the tragedy was Jealousy.
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Assistant Prosecuting Attorney A. G. Mcbride
will leave at O'Clock this morning for n visit
to his boyhood home, St. Joseph, No He will
be gone about month.
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Bold work OF PennsyIvania Robbers.

PirTsBURG. March Sat Finleyville,
twenty-five miles south of this city on
the Baltimore d Ohio road, gang of
four highwaymen assaulted ]. K. Nc
Millen, the shifting conductor. After
they had bound and gagged him he was
carried some distance away and tied to a
post. The desperadoes then relieved him
of his watch and money and after threat
ening to kill him if he tried to make a
noise they went to the telegraph tower
and at the point of the revolver forced the
operator to surrender. He was bound and
gagged, after which he was relieved of his
valuables. The robbers next turned their
attention to the safe in the office. 1t was
locked. but they blew it open with a
charge of powder, the explosion wrecking
the office. The report attracted the atten-
ton of the trainmen in the vicinity and
the desperadoes were frightened off before
they could secure the contents of the
safe. which were scattered over the room.
The entire detective force of the Baltimore
Il Ohio road was at once sent out in pur-
suit Of the perpetrators of the outrage,
but up to noon they had not been cap
tured
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THE MOB AT MEMPHIS.
Takes Five Negroes From Jail
and Hustles Them Away.
LYNcHEp IN A RAILROAD YARD
Trial Of the U. .. Marshal Of Utah for
Renting . House to Chinese GAM
blers-sacramento Murder.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, March "a mob to-
night broke into the Shelby county Jail to
lynch negroes who killed the deputy
sheriffs Sunday night. The mob was
organized quietly, entered the Jail and
took Ave negroes from Jail and hurried
them off, It is presumed the negroes were
lynched. There were twenty-seven in jail
charged with ambushing and shooting
down four deputy sheriffs who tried to
arrest q negro at the crossroads Saturday
night. :.
There were seventy-fve in the mob, all
masked. They broke in the big doors,
securing Calvin Mcdowell, Tom Moss and
Will Stuart, leaders of the gang, and rush.
ing them out of Jail quickly disappeared
with them. They have undoubtedly been
lynched.
LATER-It is now learned that at a.
m. five negroes were hanged in the yards
of the Chesapeake e. Ohio Railroad Com
pany, Immediately back of the jail. The
names of the other two were not learned.
1t is said the Jail doors were battered in,
but they do not show any effects OF hard
usage. The mob knocked on the big iron
gate on the high stone wall surrounding
the Jail at O'Clock, and called loudly for
Keeper ODonnell.
"What do you want?" came O'Donnell's
voice. ave have prisoner here; open
the gate" "All right, ~ and he came down
and opened the gate.
In an instant he found himself pushed
unceremoniously aside, and while two of
mob held him tightly against the walls the
fellows filed into the jail.
1.-THE circumstances OF the crime for which
these negroes were lynehed are as follows: On
Saturday night, March 5, four Memphis deputy
sherifs went to the crossroads, about three
miles from town. to arrest a negro who in
quarrel had seriously shot white
man. When the deputies were in the
grocery store the place seemed to
I'LL with negroes. Suddenly shot was fired
and Deputy Cole fell to the floor, MORALLY
wounded Then the firing became general. and
Deputy Harris fell dead. The negroes then
shot Deputies Yierger ami Weber and escaped
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The Coiviiie Indian Reservation Bill.
WAsRENeToN CITY, March ESPECIAL
The Senate committee on Indian affairs
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
The Wedding Finger.

There are facts connected with the ring
finger which reuderit in a peculiar manner
an appropriate emblem of matrimonial
union. 1t is the only finger where two
nerves belong to two distinct trunks; the
thumb is supplied with its principal nerves
from the radial nerve, as are also the fore
finger, the middle finger and the thumb
side Of the ring finger while the ulnar
nerve furnishes the little finger and the
other side of the ring finger at the point of
extremity of WITCH real union takes
place. II seems as If IL were intended by
nature to be the matrimonial finger.
That the side Of the ring finger next the
little finger is supplied by the ulnar nerve
Is frequently proved by common accident
that OF striking the elbow against the
edge OF a chair, door, or any narrow, hard
substance The ulnar nerve is then fire.
queutly struck, and a thrilling sensation
is felt in the little finger ana on the same
side of the ring finger, but not on the
other side Of it.-Ncw ork Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

More women sin through undertaking
than through overeating, and all w0lDcn
sin in hot distributing rightly the amount
Of food taken through the twentY-four
hours. An empty stomach is as bad az n
empty head. Digestion is the proper fuuc-
tion of the stonlach, and it can be made
more nearly continuous than people think.
The common practices OF putting into the
stomach three times in twCnty-forr hours
just ~ much food rs it can hold, and then
If giving it nothing whatever for twelve
hours more i about A. illogical an an
rangemcnt as anybody ever devised. 70
the credit of the human race be it said
chat this is a habit that is not now UNI
vevsel
The French eat four times dry, the
English four and sometimes five the Ger
mans four also A woman who breakfasts
at shculi eat again between II and -
Luucheor at ! again and TEA and biscuit
at D. when dinner is at $50 or Z. Before
going to bed at II she should eat Iito.e
nore--a biscuit again and something hot.
This will insure quick and resting sleep.
because it takes the blood from the head,
where it doesn't belong, down to the stom-
ach, where IL does belong. World
Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
The Second Summer Tallacy.

If children are artiticially fed, the greater
prevalence of bowel troubles in hot weather
is very remarkable. This and the benefits
accruIng from proper preparation Of food
sterilization, etc leave little doubt that
much, indeed most, of the "teethiug dier-
rhea" is due to improper food. The eXag-
Eerated terror of the second summer"
aud the evil repute of the stomach teeth"
dover canines) arise from the same cause.
We have heard One mother congratulate
another, You'll have no trouble with that
baby; his second summer will come in win
ter, meaning that the eruption Of the first
mOlars, and especially Of the CANNES, would
occur in cold weather.
Now if the teeth were responsible for the
disturbance of the digestion, season would
be Of little consequence. The trOuble at
tending the eruption Of the CANNES are
due to the fact that the child il already
weaned, and among the poor is given or
helps itself to adult food, among the com
Portable classes is fed as unwisely, or at
best is made the subject Of all sorts of ran
dom experiments in feeding.-Dr. Henry
ID. Chapiu in BabyhoOd.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
The RIudiess Gown.

One good effect OF short skirts, il ever
Generally adopted, will be to force women
10 learn how TO walk we'll. At present
they shuttle miuce, turn in one foot, do
everything but walk. Nothing commands
more respect than dignity of carriage, al
ways excepting elegance and dignity of
speech, and when my sex discovers that
feet have higher mission than to be
crowded into boots and shoes too small for
them, and that corus are an oifeuee against
nature the reign of noble bearing may
set in.
Its tie rarest thing in the world to
fad foot with straight toes among wom-
en- say chiropodists. They lap and over
lap, and frequently are doubled under.
As for buuions, well, they are the rule"
No woman with distorted foot can walk
naturally, aud it stands to reason that
such torturing Of the eXtrcmitIos must
conduce to physical ailments of various
kinds So turn it which way we will,
TIGHT boots are an ahomination. Let the
apostle Of the mudloss gown but Introduce
a fetching covering for the feet and prove
herself mistress of the art OF walking, and
she will go on2 way seward breaking
down those most formidable of barriers -
tradition and prejudice. kate Field S
WASHINGTON
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

There Is "A question which it is strange
rhoughtflll women do not ask, Why should
the schOojhoy if he have any prefix at all
10 his name, be called master, and tie
adult man. married or single Mr., while
The schoolgirl and the mature woman are
alike styled Miss, unless married in WI ich
case the more diRnifed title Of Mrs j. NE
slowed? \ woman never knows whether
the man to whom she is in, reduced is mar
ried or single, but II woman is labeled. She
must marry something, no matter what,
so II have the semhlance OF a man, before
she is permitted by society to assume the
title of dignity and maturity,
The woman who carries about with her.
as kind OF appendaGe, some useless crea-
ture called Der husband, who serves only
TO cumhcr her and drag her down. is
counted by society more worthy TO wear
the title Of mature wolnAuhood than the
woman who values herself so truly, who
holds herself and her destiny 50 sacr 4,
whose ideals of life and love are SO hiLh
that she cannot marry her inferior, who is
denied any title more diSLifed than is be
slowed upon the schoolgirl of fourteen.
Blanche Fearing in Chicago Woman's
News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
Mrs. BroMning,s Appearapce.

Mrs Browning wore her hair in long
ringlets, which, falling very much over her
(ace, and when seen in profile, suggested
he unpleasng idea of blinkers, that harshly
tut across the graceful curves of brow and
cheek. 1t was this style of arranging her
dark hair that made Mrs. Browning look,
not old fashioned-for that would have
given touch of scntiment-but strangely
out of the fashion. Her slight pretty
figure was rather disguised than set off by
garments that fell hopping around her;
but, thank heaven she was entirely and
utterly free from the bad taste of the self
styled clever women, who acknowledge
themselves to be failures as women, by
apin9 masculine style Of dress and ad-
dress Temple Bar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
Advice for Chinese Girls.

Miss A. G.. Stafford has been translating
a Chinese work which is over 1000 years
old, and which relates to the conduct of
women. AS to how daughter should
comport herself, the book says; I'm the
presence of her parents or parents-in-law Il
woman may not sneeze or cough, neither
stretch, yawn nor loll about when tired,
nor may she presume to stare at them.
She should wear a happy face and a mild,
pleasant department in serving them in
order to soothe them" Wle wife of GER
tain Liu Kung -tseh comes in for a large
share Of praise SIMPLY because for three
years after her marriage nobody had ever
seen her smile"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
Keen Plenty of Onions ON Hand.

Onions ara invaluable for soups. They
arc blood purifiers. A liberal use Of them
is recommended as cure for hollis, and
they tend 10 make the complexion clear
and the face free from pmples. The chill
drcn Of those nationalitics who eat of them
uo et largely u0ticoably escape that bane
Of childhood, worms. Their use is bcne-
fetal to the digestive organs, they are ey-
ccllent in diseases of the bladder and Kid
ucys, are OF benefit in liver complaints.
and their power for good in lung troubles
is we'll known. They are the best cure for
iusomuia,-G Housekeeping,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05
IN THE BATTLE.

II a trouble binds you, break Il;
Life Is aften what we mako il,
Good or ill--~and 80 We taka it,;
Let not Disappointment fret you,
If aseentns VI besct yor,
Cast IL or, and hopeful got you
On your way
As ysu make II. SO you tateit,
In the battlo-evory day.
II your genius slupbor. wake it;
For or life is What we make it,
AS we shape Il, SO we take IL;
II we hunt For care or sorrow,
We shall Gully always berroy
Trouble from a better morrow
Every day
AS we make it, 30 we take it
So the iife viii run away,
If the heart is thirsty. Stake it;
If q blessing offers, take IL;
For our life IL what wo make It;
Joy abounds in heppy faces;
Pleasure lives in rosy places;
Let us court the gaodly graces
BY the way;
And we'll take it ca we make II
In the battle every day.
Dig the garden. smooth II, rake il;
For the matb Is what you mako it;
As you work II, so You take it;
Sit not idly hoping, dreaming
Nrapt in fapcy's futile toemipg;
Victory docs not come by soheming-
Strike and stay!
AS yoaInake il, so YOU take it,
D you faint not by tic way.
M. V. Moore in Detroit Free Press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

Thy British Medical journal quotes some
in portgnG remarks by well known Ger
man physician on the subject OF the blood
Iessnaso OF girls at school. DR.. r. A
keaHly ailirms that neglected cases of this
clurs 80 from bad 10 worse, and finally die
Of tnbevcular consumption. This is an
observation which every experienced ply
siciaR can confirm from his personal knowl-
edge 4ne whole question Of the school
life OF girls is one eriutntiy demanding
irye 'tiestion and the application of mod
ogn principles Cf hygiene.
Heamy corridors That The root of the
difficulty lies in the fact that girls AZ
sphoel do mob iphale sufficient oxygen; in
other words they sufer, become delicate
and die from want oi fresh air. By way OF
remedying this condition Of things he pro
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-05-05

Children's Tonsils Should BE Eemoved.
Dr. +. II. BosWorth said that ten or
eleven year, ago he had made the asser-
ton that practically there IS no tonsil in
the healthy throat. The existence of
tonsil should br regarded as u disease TO be
dealt with summary and promptly. AS
10 symptoms, he did not think snoring and
iLterl renee with breathing were to be at
tI.hutcd TO enlarged tousils, but rather TO
enlarged SO called thiru tGusil or enlarged
IIa4l, in the pAaryuX. he did not believe
than enlarged faucial tonsils gave rise to
difficult breathing, or nasal catargh, or
LiN.eGb meaning.
What toLal5 should be cut out? All
ton sis SHOULD be cut out. Tonsls meant
diseased Emphatic tissue, which, if 1t re
4ay.ued Sufficient length Of time, would
then continue to e,sist during life. 1t had
Z. "a said that to-si.s disappeared at pu
igrty. b,,y lie could say they did nothing
Of t.r-urt. They sLGank up al puberty,
but ia doing so they became a source of no
iucjnsldcw,le trouble, especially 10 form
INK place. Tor the ac9umulGtiou OF mucus
which would undergo cAeesy degeneration
Continuing Dr. Ecsworth asked; What
constitutes a healthy tousilY How were
we to teri? How inany children were in a
state Of absolute health regarding their
Iyinphatic glands? W4en the glands were
enlarged he assumed that they were dis
cascG. Yet M would not say remove every
busil But as soon - d 50 called enlarged
t0nsil caused symptoms he would remove
It.-AIedical Record.