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FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
In the Senate.

36rH Day Palmer discussed the
popular election Of Senators--Mr. Chiffon
introduced q joint resolution to amend the
Constitution so as to provide for biennial
sessions of Congress, and it was laid on the
table for the pre8nt-Mr. Proctor intro
duced joint resolution providing for q con-
stitutional amendment 80 that the President
shall hold his Office for one term of six years,
and shall not be eligible for reelection.
Laid on the table for the present---Eulogies
were given on the late Senator Plumb, OF
Kansas
37rH DAY.-A letter from Secretary Fos-
ter was received opposing the Revenue
Marine transfer Am issue Of District
bonds was discussed-Reports were re-
ceived from committees as follows: To au-
thorize an exploration and survey Of the in
terror Of Alaska. Calender. Terminating
the reduction in the number OF engineers OF
the Navy. Calendar To Ak the compensa-
tion Of keepers and crews Of life saving sta
tions. Laid over. To establish a marine
board for the advancement OF the interests
Of the merchant marine. Passea.
3STH DAY.-The Senate, Immediately
after the introduction Of a food Of petitions
and few bills, went to the calendar. 1t
passed but one impersonal bill, providing
for public building OF Newport News Va.
A number Of private bills were passet.
nounced the appointment Of Messrs. Cam
eron and Butler as members Of the Board OF
Visitors to attend the next annual exami.
nation OF the cadets at the Military
Academv-Mr Sherman reported bill to
protect foreign exhibitors at the Worlds
Columbian Exposition from prosecution for
exhibiting wares protected by American
patents and trademarks, and it was
passed Mr.. Manderson, refer
ring to what is known as "the
green-goods' business, said that there was
no law on the statute book to reach that
great evil, or rather crime, and he intro
duced three bills intended to remedv it.
The Dubois-Claggett contest was discussed
The Indian Appropriation bill was taken
up.
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Foreign.

PRESIDENT CARNoT, Of France accepted
the designations Of the Minis ters. He had
a long conference with NJ. de Freycinet, at
which the Premier told him that his action
could not be recalled, and that the course OF
tho Chamber left no choice but dishonor or
resignation.
HEAVY storms ragged throughout the
United Kingdom Of Great Britain; the dis
abled steamer, Sir Walter Raleigh, with her
officers and crew on board, was blown QUIT
sea from an irish harbor.
HUNDREDS of families are starving in Du-
rango, Mexico, and q number Of deaths from
famine have recently occurred.
Sixty houses have recently been destroyed
by earthquake shocks at Nanetsu, Japan.
MANY vessels were wrecked on the British
and Irish coasts in storm few days ago
and several lives were lost.
GENERAL ENRroUEz and several com.
panions were killed from ambush by body
of Guatemalan soldiers, near the city OF
Zacapa. Guatemala. close to the Honduras
coast. He was head OF party in Guate.
mala.
GREAT damage has been done in Spain by
floods.
PRESIDENT CARNoT entrusted to M. Rou-
vier the task Of forming new French Cab
met
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improved Weed Fuller.

A machine has been brought out to
pull weeds entirely out of the ground, or
to kill them, in case they are we'll rooted,
by stripping off their seeds and leaves;
1t is adapted to be drawn by horses, and
sprocket drive on the drive wheel is
connected to rotate forward shaft turn
ing in suitable bearings, this shaft leav-
ing a gear wheel by which drum IS
rotated on a shaft turning in bearings on
the front end of the main frame. The
drum has longitudinal slots in its rim, in
each of which moves a comb, the teeth
OF which form V-shaped opening into
which the stems of the weeds readily
pass, and are firmly gripped. 9he ma
chine is said to have given great salts.
faction in practical work, being well
adapted to pull up weeds in cultivated
ground in which the grain has appeared,
without injury to the grain.-Courier'
Journal. e..
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In the HOuSe.

18th DAY.-Speaker Crisp called the
House to order, but Immediately after the
delivery Of the prayer resigned the gavel to
Mr.. Richardson, OF Tennessee Presi-
dents message relative to the ChocJaw and
Chickasaw claims was laid bsfore the House
Secretary Foster sent an explanation OF
his course in continuing bonds-Tne In
dian Appropriation bill was discussed.
40TH DAY.-rhe House was called to order
by Mr.. Kerr, its Clerk, who read commu-
nication from the Speaker designating Mr..
Nc Millin, OF Tennessee as Speaker pro tenn
A debate took place over silver and pro-
tection-The House then went into Com
mittee OF the Whole tMr. Richardson, Of
Tennessee, in the chair on tae private CAL
endar
4lsT DAy.-The House chose Mr.. McMil-
lin, OF Tennessee, Speaker pro tem., and then
adjournei No business was attempted.
AID DAY-The Hous, went into Com
mittee of the Whole lMr. Bynum, of In
diana. in the chair on the Indian Appro--
priation bill. After disposing OF forty-slx
Of the sixty pages Of the bill the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
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South and West.

A SWITCH engine jumped the track SIX
miles from Houston, Texas, and turned
completely over. Six persons were riding
on the engine at the time, three OF whom
were killed and the other three badly in
jured.
The grip is playing havoc with the Chero-
KEGS Just east Of Usage Agency In Kansas.
Within radius Of ten miles OF Sklatook
twenty two have died within the last SIX
weeks. In one case an entire family. con-
sisting OF father. mother, sister and two chill
dren, died.
A SENSATIONAL duel took place near San
Diego, Cal, between two druggists named
Poole and Sapp, both we'll known citizens:
AS result OF the affair, which grew out OF
an old quarrel, Poole was instantly killed
and Sapp is in Jail charged with murder.
THE store of the F. NJ. Gillen Dry Goods
Company, Cleveland, Ohio, was destroyed oy
fire. Loss, S23O,OOO.
CHIEF JUSTICE MAXWELL, Of the Su-
preme Court of Nebraska, has handed down
an opinion holding that Governor Thayer
had no right to hold the office OF Goyernor,
nor had he the right to usurp authority;
that Lieutenant-G Governor Majors should
have held the Office pending the test OF
Boyd's citizenship.
Ex-PRrs1DENr CLEVELAND addressed the
students Of the University Of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, on Sentiment in Our National
Life"
WAsH1HGroN's BIRTHDAY was ge4arally
celebrated in the Western and Southern
States. Governor Mckinley, Senators Fer
kins and Dolph, J. Sloat Fassett and others
spoke at the banquet Of the Michigan Club
in Detroit, Mich.
ED. COY, the colored man who feloniously
assaulted Mrs. Henry Jewett at her homs
about four miles from Texarksna, Ark,
was captured aud an enraged mob burned
him at the stake, on street corner, in the
presence Of 5000 people. Mrs. Jewell, his
victim, applied the torch.
TIE Cara forces in Texas have been
utterly dispersed, thanks to the efficient
pursuit by United States troops.
The National Farmers Alliance men in
convention in st. Louis, Mo-, determined
upSc running Presidential ticket.
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Snow Storms in Europe.

: A cablegram from Paris France. says:
The weather is colder than at any time. dur.
ing the present winter. The suferings Of
the poor and destitute are intense. The
snow encumbers the streets and causes
suspension Of traffic. The tramways have
ceased operations, and nearly all the omni-
buses have stopped running.
/ Central France and Germany are covered
with snow to depth that has brought rail-
way traffic to stand. Southwest Of this
city five trains are buried in the drifts near
Chatres.
Railway communication with Mannheim,
Augsburg, Metz and other eastern centres Is
stopped, trains being either stalled on the
way or afraid to start out.
In Switzerland travel is altogether sus-
pended. The snowfalls have been very
heavy, and with the slightest indications Of
thaw the usual routes will be dangerous
from avalanches.
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LATER NEWS.

GOVERNOR ALBEIT. OF New JERSEY, made
large number Of appointments, including
those of Henry G. Kelsey for fifth term as
5ecretary Of State. and John P. Stockton as
Attorney-General.
GEORGE D. KELLY, partner in soms Of
the larsestironworSs in the Shsnang4 VAL
ley, shot himself at Sharon, Penn, death rs-
sulting instantly. Kelly was wealthy, and
leaves large family. Ths cause Of the deed
is mystery.
THE most severe, powerful and long.
continued earthquake shock ever felt in
Southern California occurred at San Diego,
a few nights ago. followed by several others
of lesser violence early next morning. The
first shock lasted for about twenty seconds.
The Industrial Conference at St. Louis,
Mo-, adjourned after adoption of a platform
tavoring financial and land reform, Gov.
ernment ownership Of railroads and tele-
graphs and free silver.
THE Senate in executive session confirmed
the following nominations: Rowland b.
Mahany, of New York, Minister to Ecuador;
Charles W. Erdmau, Of Kentucky. Consul
at Breslau; James Leitch, Of louisiana,
Consul at Beliz.; Edward G. o. Brien, Of
New York, Commissioner Of Navigation.
S1ssENArA JONES, the colored prima
donna, sang in the White House before
President and Mrs. Harrison.
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THE MOVEMENT IN SCOTLAND.

In review Of the progress Of the tenn
Reformer finds cause for qualification to
every true-heareed friend Of the reform.
The activities of temperance work have been
felt in every direction, and especially In
church organizations There is rising tide
of public opinion against the liquor dealer,
due to persistent prohibitory teaching and q
realization Of the injury and loss caused by
the traffic. The hopes OF the great temper
ance army turn to che new parliament that
is almost certain to be elected during the
present year. The efforts that have BEEN
made to strengthen the temperance party In,
parliament will then tend to q settlement Of
the question Of the directveto at the outset.
This is g cheering outlook for the earnest
Scottish temperance reformers and one. that
sends its reflection clear across the water ~
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WORLDS FAIR EXCURSION.

Five Carloads of People Left Wash
ington tor Chicago.
The excursion to inspect the preparations
for the Worlds Fair made in Chicago was
probably the largest and most magnihcently
equipped one that ever left Washing
ton. Five special trains, composed of
luxuriously furnished cars, rolled out at
$50 in the afternoon, carrying $50 pas
sensers including nearly one-haf the
House of Representatives. and large con-
tingent from the Senate. Many members
were accompanied by the ladies OF their
families and score or so Of foreign minis
ters and fifty newspaper men were OF the
party. r,,;,
The excursionists were the guests Of Chic
ago. MIR. Durborow, Of the House Commlt-
tee of the Worlds Columbian Exposition,
and Adial T. Ewing, Chairman Of the Citi:
zens' Committee of Chicago. had charge OF
the party.
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Five Heroes Perish.

Five men lost their lives at Lille France,
IA a gallant attempt to rescue person
supposed to be within the walls of
. burning building. When the whole
building was wrapped in flames a re-
port was circulated that one unfortunate
person had failed to escape, and the five men
feel their way through the binding smoke
and fame. They had been in the building
only few seconds when the walls fell with
. terrible crash, and the five heroes were
buried beneath huge pile OF burning debris.
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FOSTER GOES ABROAD.
The Secretary of the United States
Treasury Sails for Europe.

Secretary of the Treasury Foster sailed
from New York sailed for Europe on the
Spree, accompanied by DR.. j. B. Hamilton,
ex-Surgeon General of the Army, and w.
F. McLennon, Chief of the Warrant Division
of the Treasury Department.
He was to 60 from New York to Bremen,
was to visit London for couple of days and
catch the return steamer at Southampton.
The Secretary was accompanied from
Washington by W. F. McLennon, Dr.. j. b:
Hamilton, E. o. Leech, c. M. Hendley and
R. j. Wynne, his private secretary. 1t Is
said that Secretary Foster is going abroad
for his health.
Secretary of War Elkins, Ex-Governor
Mccormick, Of Arizona, and many other
friends called at the Fifth Avenue Hotei
during the morning to express the hope that
his health would be benefited by the voyage,
and as the Spree steamed down the harbor
she was escorted by the revenue cutter
Chandler, on board OF which were many OF
the Secretary's friends.
By order of the Secretary Of War the
Spree was saluted with seventeen gums from
Governors Island and also by the guns at
Fort Wadsworth and Fort Hamilton. Seven
teen guns is tho regulation salute for a
Cabinet officer.
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More Trouble in Brazil.

A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
s>ates that advices have been received there
from Fortaleza, Capital of the State Of
hat State, and that the people Of the capi-
tal have driven the Governor from the city.
Ceara is one of the Northern States of Bra
M, and has population which is estimated
ut over 720.0 ZOO. The State abounds in medi-
email plants, balsams, gums resins and
fruits, and among its minerals are go d, iron,
copper and salt. The trade statistics OF the
State show that very extensive commerce
n carried on
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TEMPERANCE.
wk,RE FOR rkMrkRs!AKcE.

WE'RE FOR TEMPERANCE.
We hope that you do not suppose dearest
friends, q
That our very long silence on temperance.
portends s%ll
A lazy or wearisome shirking;
In this great, busy world we've great deal
todo, g ~, IS,
But we stand as band, to our pledge, brave
and true, s q
No towards among us are lurking.
We love our cold water in springtime'ssof
showers; 80
We loveit, when Frightening the summers
sweet flowers; t
In autumn its pleasures are chosen:
When winter comes on with its days cold
and bright
It is water supplies with unbounded delight.
Oh! I tell you it is glorious when frozsn.
So If we are silent you must never suppose
That our juvenile army is lost, drowned, or
froze, -
In this land where these dangers abound;
For when swimming, or boating, or coastins
So FAR from the dram-shops you need have
no fear; s G
We're for temperance all the year round.
Mrs 8. Irwin, in Temperance Banner. Il
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SOME man is said to have discovered
a method of deodorizing whisky. Ii
this genius who has struck such
body blow at the Glove industry can
now devise method of eliminating
the drunk" from the juice Of the
corn and the fermentation of the rye
he can make bi-chloride Of gold a
drug in the market.
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BOUNDING UP WOLVES.

Five Thousand People Take Part,
and 500 w Wolves Killed.
At nine o'clock the other morning an snor-
NOUS wolf hunt started over Crawford and
Bourbon Counties in Kansas. As a result
about 300 wolves lay dead that night Both
counties and others adjoinin- were secured
by 50a0 men. women and children. armed in
all conceivable ways. Two thousand jack
rabbits wera also captured in the general
roundup. Owing to an error in signalling
there was one break in the line which Te-
duced the number Of captures. Thera was
but one accident. Thomas Perkins, Of Far
mgton, being fatally bitten bv couple of
wolves. He was torn fearfully by the ami
mails.
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DIED ON A BEKR-KEG.

One Of the recent pathetic incidents con-
nected with intemperancs in New York City
was the death Of an old man in tattered gar
ments, with one Of his feet bare and wearing
neither hat nor coat. he was found on q
recent cold morning, dead, sitting on beer
keg. Many had passed him sitting IN that
position, when policeman tried to arouse
the unconscious figure and discovered that
he was dead. What a pitiable end, indeed,
for an old nan to come to, brought TO 1t
through the degr ading agency Of strong
drink. How different, indeed, would have
been his life and death could he have been
pledged in early youth to total abstinence
from intoxicants ~. .2lt = Z. ny !!
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H., is estimated at 10000. Taking it for
granted that Chicago has 1000, 900 inhabi-
tants, there would, at that rate, be 2, 400, 600
unemployed people in the United States;
but even reduce this number fifty per cent,
and we would have l, 200, 900 out of work in
this country.
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THIRTEEN KILLED.
A Factory Smokestack Falls, Crush
ing the Female Workers.

ing the Female workers.
The fall few days ago, of the hundred.
foot smokestack of the Thornton Mills,
Checkheatou, Yorkshire, England, was at
tended with serious consequences. Thirteen
female operatives working in the mills were
killed and twelve injured.
The great stack quivered and swayed and
then toppled over from the top, at first
almost keeping the chimney form and then
bursting into an avalanche OF brick and
mortar and dust, which fell with terrific
force upon the mills.
All the employees heard the warning
sound, and although they did not know
what was the matter they stopped work
instantly and many made rush TOR the
exits. Then came the vast mass OF ma
terial, crushing the mills like an eggshell,
aud everything was hidden by the cloud OF
Lust that arose, dense and sufocating from
wh=re the chimney and factory had stood.
Many of the injured were trampled on at
the doors during q mad effort to escape.
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FRED DEHLE, a farmer at Germantown,
Cal. was fatally injured by an explosion OF
a "sheep dip can," which he was using as
boiler to furnish steam to run a miniature
engine OF new design preparatory to ap-
plying for patent on the engine.
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Smallpox in Bombay.

Smallpox has been prevalent at Bombay,
India, for some little time and has now be-
come epidemic. During one week there
we're twenty-three deaths from the disease.
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at Portsmouth, England, before many Euro.
pean powers, and it gave great sattsfactton.
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All the members Of the French Ministry
have rendered their designations to Presi-
asnt Carnot.
The cause Of this was the action OF the
Chamber Of Deputies in connection with the
hil dealing with associations. NJ Hubbard
demanded urgency for the bill as reply to
tho attitude Of the French Bishops. M. de
GUS measure.
Premier de Freycinet denied that the
measure was intended as an act of pre-
caution of the Church, or that it need be
REGARDED as precursor Of the separation OF
Church and State. He warmly COM
nended the conciliatory spirit of the Pope
Who he said. often gave evidence or sympa-
thetic sentiments toward France. He con-
tinued: I'VE shall doubtless be called upon
religious question. A portion OF the
clergy may possibly refuse to enter upon the
path pointei out to them. but universal
suffrage will judge between the two policies"
In conclusion, NJ de- Freycinet gave his
assent to the demand for the urgency, though
he said that would not give the measure the
significance that M. Hubbard desired.
An excited discussion ensued Oh NJ. Hub
bard's motion. Finally M. de Freycinet
again demanded that an order OF the day
be moved, indicating, the views OF
accordance with the Premier's de-
mand, Boisserin moved that the Govern
msnt be requested to continue its republican
policy. NJ. de Freycinet accepted the mo-
tion and intimated that he considered 1t
Cabinet question.
The vote Of the Chamber being taken. NJ.
Boisserin's motion was rejected by SO4 to
feat. Immediately left the House In body.
The Chamber then rejected the urgency
motion by a vote Of 2S5 to 246.
The Bark Tamerlane Wrecked.
The bark Tamsrlane, which was wrecked
OF the the Rocks Of Puma, Hawaii, few
mornings ago. cleared from San Francisco
with a crew of thirty-six men. The voyage
down was satisfactory, but it appears that
tho vessel lost her reckoning the officers
thinking her at the time OF the wreck to be
near Kalakeakua Bay, almost two degrees
TO the westward. No breakers were
sighted when the ,, vesse, es,o struck aSs
crew into great confusion. Only two
sr,nll boats were available, and one OF them,
when lowered. foated away, before it Sc
cured an occupant. Captain Rowland. the
first mate OF the boat, the carpenter, the
cook and two others entered the second
boat, but the ship was rolling heavily and
It was stove in and the occupants
were washed away. Those of the crew who
remained on the bark were picked of by the
waves one by one until the vessel broke up.
Eighteen men, including Third Officer Par.
dee, managed to reach the shore with the aid
sS = plank. The others, seventeen lin all,
were all drowned.
The Tamerlane was built in Wiscassette,
Ne. She Tad lis barrels Of oil aboard when
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.rHE BUN CURSE 1N ARR1oA. I.

The United States Consul at Sierra Leone
Hon. B. Bowser, In recent letter to citt-
zen Of Hartford, Conn, referring to the:
ravages Of the liquor traffic in Africa
writes: ~
lam not a missionary. nor the son Of one,
but judge the present from the past The
Christian nations Of the earth must set .
better example than flooding this country
with rum and gin, and landing It on the
Sabbath day at the wharf, within fifty
yards Of the church. stood on the wharf
last Sabbath. and saw steamers come into
the harbor from Germany and England. and
they commenced to land rum and Gdn. There
were over one hundred men employed all
day, and the customs officers had to be on
duty. The native kings are pettioning ths
Government to stop the liquor traffic t{s
running their people, One king says u they
continue 1t win cause him to leave his ooun.s
try, and go where the white mans rum
can't reach his people. II 5s ~ 5
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GENERAL SCOTT AEp rsxpnnAncr.


General Scott was in command at Rock
Island when the cholera broke out thera
and, after various injunctions In this order
as to sobriety and cleanliness he added this
curious paragraph, which was recently
printed In the Magazine of American
History; "In addition to the foregoing, the
senior surgeon present recommends the use
of flannel underctething. and woolenf stock
ings; but the commanding general. who has
seen much OF disease, knows that it Is in
temperance which, in the present state OF:
the atmosphere generates and spreads the
calamity, and that when once spread, good
and temperate men are likely to take the in-g
fectlon. = a y. ..s " i
"He, therefore, peremptorily commands
that every soldier or, ranger who shall be
found drunk or sensibly intoxicated after
the publication OF this order be compelled, as
soon as his strength will permit, 70 dig q;
grave at suitable burying-place, large
enough for his own reception, as such grave
cannot fail soon to be wanted for the drunken
man himself or some drunken companion.
This order is given as well to serve for the
punishment Of drunkenness as to spare good
anG temperate men the labor Of digging
graves for their worthless companions