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nocAL NEVIS Jor4INGs.

Lieutenant c. S. Gray, with the Charles Monson company, leaves for California to-day on 8 business trip. On his return in about two weeks he will be accompanied by his daughter Mrs. Charles E, Richards of Moreno, near Redlands. Mrs. Richards comes for stay of few weeks, and her large circle of New Haven friends will be delighted. to greet her. Lieutenant Gray resided in Moreno two years ago, and has property there, including home and about ten acres of arabic land.
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Ina Critical Condition.

Boston, Feb. 4.-Henry E. Bishop alias pr. Hesman, aged forty three, was arrested to-day on a warrant charging him with performing a crirn- inal operation upon Florence Adley, a young woman who roomed at 91 Court street. The operation is alleged to have been performed in the office of Bishop at No Fremont Row, on January 25. The young woman is now at the City hospital in critical cons dition.
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A Whist Party.

A whist party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Towne of Peck street to their friends Saturday evening. They played whist. and the first prize was won by MT. Henderson and the. second by Mrs. Rhodes. Both were beautifully bound books. The booby prize was won by MT. William Lenaghen. It was a pack of cards. Refreshments were served, and among those present were Mir and Mrs. Louis Converse, J. A, Lena ghen, MT. and Mrs. M. K. Beardsley, MT. and Mrs. Houstin, General Pier pont and w J. Lenghen. Mrs Con- verse has recently received large dia- mond worth about $500 from wealthy relative.
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There is Fear of Trouble.

Wheeling, W. Va, Feb, 4.--All of the non-union employees of the Buckeye glass works were arrested to-day on warrants sworn out by union men, charging riot as the result of the shoot ing several days ago. This morning an attempt to assassinate Manager Humphreys of the works was made by an unknown man. two shots whiz- zing by Humphreys head There is great excitement and fear of trouble at the hearing of the non-unionists.
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CTS, and the police furnished the sur geons with two cases of scalp treat ment.
 Albany, Feb. 4.-The hearing on the application to have the attorney general to annul the charter of the Brooklyn Heights railroad was resumed to-day, Arguments were made and affidavits submitted by counsel on both sides of the case, The hearing was closed this evening. with the understanding that both sides should file briefs on Thurs day of this week.
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ARMENIANs KILLED.
Details Have Been Received of tine Out
 rages.

London, Feb. 4.-The Daily News cor respondent in Constantinople says:
 There are now at hand the details of recent outrages elsewhere in Asia Mi nor, besides Sassoun and Moush; for instance, in December. 1893, at Yuzgat, owing to quarrels of Armenians and Mohammedans. The local authoritiesar- rested 400 Armenians, and soon after the Mohammedans attacked, beat and killed these Armenians in the market place. Armenians complained in writ ing of these outrages, but those com pIaining were immediately imprisoned and forty of them are still in prison.
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Chaplain Meoahs to 1eotnre.

At Trinity M. E. church, corner of Dwight and George streets, tomorrow evening Chaplain McCabe will deliver his we'll known lecture on "The Bright Side of Life in Libby Prison" The 1ec- ture is both entertaining and instruc- tive, and will be much enjoyed by a large audience.
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HABTARD HARD AT WORK.
Manager White Has Made Arrangements
 for Two Games.

Boston, Feb. 4.-Harvard Baseball Manager White has made arrangements for two games with the University of Pennsylvania. The first will be played May IS in philadelphia and the second will come off June in Cambridge.
 The men who have finally been se- lected to represent Harvard in the team race with the University of Pennsylva- mia February 9 are Bingham, captain of the Mott Haven team, Hildreth, Vim cent and Hollister.
 The team which will run against B. A. A. are Brewer, Little, Jackson and Mansfield.
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Confessed to Larcenv.

Boston, Feb. 4,-Walter p. Fuller alias Piper, young man of good fam fly, who formerly lived at 152 Shaw nut avenue, was arrested late Satur- day for having committed several lar cenies in this vicinity, to which he has confessed. He was arraiged to-day, pleaded guilty and was remanded for sentence, bail being fixed at $2,5O0.
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Annther Strike Ended.

Lowell, Mass, Feb. 4,-The strike at Faulkner's Mills, which has now lasted about eight weeks was brought to an end to-day when the members of the mills offered to take the help back at the old rate. The employees struck be- cause of a reduction in wages
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CREDENTIALS WE'RE KNOWN.
Japanese officials at Washington Decline
 to Talk

Washington, Feb. 4-The contents of the credentials of the Chinese envoys are known to the officials of the Japan ese legation here, but they decline to talk about the matter, further than to say their powers were simply ad refer endum and not plenipotentiary.
 A cable message containing a synop- sis of the credentials was sent to all Japanese residents abroad to be com municated by the latter to the govern ment to which they are accredited and by this means to show thoroughly why Japan refused to treat with the peace enyoys.
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avenue to DixweM avenue, was read and on motion of Alderman Connor the whole matter was recommitted to the committee on streets.
 A petition asking that fiagman be stationed at the junction of State, Veto and Olive streets was referred to the committee on railroads and bridges.
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AN ALTER EG\o.

wonder-oh, wonder here tonight
By the dim hearthstone, when the flame
sinks low,
If any other woman counts as
Her rosary of prayers said long agoP
If she, remembering all the vanished time,
Thanks God for hopes that only dawned to
die,
And, looking backward down the shadowy
years,
Finds their old landmarks hateful-even as II
l wonder If some other woman knows
The story that the changing seasons sing2
If the first violets to any heart
Whisper the legend that to me they bringP
If to the hills her hopes and fancies turn,
Crossing their ramparts as the wild birds fly,
And she, outstretching to the sunsets bars,
Longs for the opening Of their gates-as II
question, with a wonder never old,
If every woman, sitting by her fire,
Finds in her heart of hearts the dull dead
pain,
The life long ache of some intense desireP
If something stings her in the sunshine's kiss
And haunts glad music with minor sigh,
Or if she feels life's narrow prison walls
Locked on her heart forever-even as II
And if there were-and she could come tonight
And lean upon my shoulder here alone,
Whispering the echo Of my silent thoughts
OF newborn dreams and idols Overthrown-
Even to her footsteps l would bar the door
And turn the key for all eternity.
And she-my alter ego-well know
That she would pass in silence-even as II
Exchange
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IRISH SUPERSTlTIONS.
Fairies and Witches Abound In the MIn6s
of the People.

OF the People.
All rural communities in the old world
nrr supGrstitious, and Ireland is no excep-
ton to the rule writes u foreign CORE
spondcnt Fairies are supposed to WELD
an awful power over a PERSONS life. They
can take fine, healthy babies from their
mother arms and leave sickly weaklings
In their place. They can spirit child
away from its father for certain length
of time and restore him when it pleases
their fairy highnesses. They can steal
wives from husbands and parents from
children, besides working all manner of
mischief in minor matters such as turn.
ing new milk sour, preventing cream from
looming" causing disease and death
among poultry and cattle and host of
other calamities, for the warding off of
which they have numerous charms.
In the little town of Ballinasloe lived
man, his wife and an only child. By some
unhappy chance the good people, cast
covetOus eyes on the mother and bore her
away on gray horse, allowing her to re-
turn at midnight for short time to see
her baby. This she did regularly, the
husband taking it all as a matter of course
and asking no questions.
Her brother, however, CHANGED to meet
her on the threshold one night, and by
asking where she was going broke the en-
chantmcnt, and she returned to the world
once more and lived, perhaps is living
still, to tell her story to the wondering
neighbors gathered around the glowing
turf fire to smoke their pipes of peace.
The belief in spirits and spirit walking
is just about as firmly rooted perhaps in
decd more so. If u man is unhappy after
death, his relatives are constantly remind
ed of the fact by his frequent appearances
to them, and until they have done their
very utmost to perform the duty which he
left unfulilled they are liable to be an
noyed by his visitations, which, however,
cease when it is accomplished. The trans
migration of spirits into the bodies of ami
mails is another article in peasants creed.
The writer has known a servant maid who
left n situation where she was happy and
comfortable because on her way into town
she was obliged to pass largo black re-
triever dog which she vowed was pos
sessed of an evil spirit.
The banshee is believed in universally
1t is the spirit by which death is foretold.
Its Cry, which resembles the bowling of
dog in pain, but from which it can be
Hoaully ulsIlHB ulSheu ny d Uruo DOru SUI VI
the soil, is repeated three nights in success
sion, and forebodes certain death 1t is
said that the spirit takes the form of "a lit
tie white robed woman with aaxen hair,
which she is busily engaged in combing
while emitting her dismal death wall
Should a mortal approach her she van
ishes, but if he attempts to touch her she
hurls her comb vindictively at him, and he
falls victim.-Chicago Dispatch.
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Explosive Power of Nitroplvoerin.

Whoever works with high grade explo-
sives must take his life in hand. Some Of
the accidents that have occurred in the
course of the manufacture and handling of
such materials are rs interesting as they
are shocking. Recently a man driving
two horses to wagon carrying 1900
pounds of nitroglycerin met with some
accident and upset his load. The team,
wagon and driver were simply reduced to
understandable atoms. A fragment of the
mans clothing, found over mile from
the scene of explosion was all that could
be traced rs having belonged to a human
being. Bits of the horses were found miles
away, and some small pieces of the wood
and metal of. the wagon. In the adjacent
fields cattle were killed by the shock, and
in towns around tho country horses ran
away with fright, windows were broken
and buildings were shattered Almost all
of the window glass in the houses for sew
eral miles around was broken, and holG
was made in the earth 10 feet deep, 60 feet
across at the top and 30 at the bottom.
When such explosions occur with the en-
tirely unconfined product, it is not diff
cult to imagine what might happen were
this dangerous compound shut in and cir
cumscribed by rigid bounds.-New York
Ledger.
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SHYLOCK PROPlTlATED.
How Edwin Booths Company Once Ended
"The Merchant of Venice"

"The Merchant of Venice"
Edwin Booth told the following story
Once during the days of his early strug-
giles, young Booth was "barn storming"
down in Virginia. ut II place called Lees
Landing. The improvised theater was u
tobacco warehouse, and it was crowded by
the planters for miles around. Booth and
his companions had arranged to take the
weekly steamer expected late that night,
and between the acts were busy packing
up. The play was "The Merchant of Ven
ice, )" and they were just going on for the
trial scene when they heard the whistle,
and the manager came running in to say
that the steamer had arrived and would
leave again in half an hour. AS that was
their only chance for a week of getting
away they were in terrible quandary.
"If we explain matters" said the man
ager, 1.-THE audience will think they are
being cheated and we shall have o free
fight. The only thing is for you fellows to
get up some sort of naturallike impromptu
ending for the piece and ring down the
curtain. Go right ahead, ladies and gen.
tlemen, and take your cue from Ned here"
And he hurried away to get the luggage
aboard.
"Ned," of course, was Booth, who re-
solved to rely upon the ignorance of the
Virginians of those days to pull him
through. So when old George Ruggles,
who was playing Shylock, began to sharp
en- his knife ON his boot Booth walked
straight up to him and said solemnly,
"You are bouTd to have the flesh, are your"
"You bet your life, 3" said Ruggles
'Now, I'll make you one moro offer,
continued Booth. "In addition to this
bag of ducats I'll throw in two kegs Of Mig
gerhead terbac, a shotgun and couple of
the best coon dogs in the state.'
"I'm bowed if don t do it, " responded
Shylock, much to the appreciation of the
audience, who were tobacco raisers ard
coon hunters to man. "And to show
that there is no i'll feeling" put in Portia,
well wind up with Virginia reel"
When the company got aboard the steam
er, the captain, who had witnessed the
conclusion Of the play, remarked: "I'd
like to see the whole Of that play some
time, gentlemen. I'm blessed if 1 thought
that fellow Shakespeare had so much snap
in him. "-Life's Calendar.
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Peculiar Dialect,

1t is not necessary to go to the far south
or west to find provincial customs or hear
peculiar dialect. There are some very
primitive people not farther off than the
Rhode Island border of Connecticut.
In this thin line of little villages the
grave faced men and women still live us
simply and take life as seriously as Mas
sachusctts Puritan. They solcmnly make
two strangers known to each other by" Mr..
Smith, here's Mr.. Brown to you" MIR.
Brown here's Mr.. Smith at you"
They confess to IN interrupted state of
good health by saying they Fec manga
the day" to contrary state of well being
by, II am feeling kidge the day" The
Saunterer finds manga good Shakespeare
but "kidge" is as yet beyond him.-Bos-
ton Budget.
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LoUDEST NOISE EVER HEARD.
1t Was Caused by Volcano and Was
Heard Thousands of Miles Away.

1t Was Caused by Volcano and Was
Heard Thousands of Miles Away.
No thunder from tho skies was ever &C
companicd by roar of such vehemence as
that which issued from the throat of the
great volcano in Krakatoa, an islet lying
in the straits of Sunda, between Sumatra
and Java, at 10 O'Clock on Monday morn
ing Aug. 81, 1888. AS that dreadful
Sunday night wore on the noises increased
in intensity and frequency. Tho explo-
sions succeeded each other so rapidly that
a continuous roar seemed to issue from the
island.
The critical moment was now approach
ing, and the outbreak was preparing for q
majestic elimination. The people of Ba-
tavia did not sleep that night. Their win
dows quivered with the thunders from
Krakatoa, which resounded like the dis
charge of artillery in their streets Final
ly, at 10 O'Clock on Monday morning, q
stupendous CONFUSION took place, which
far transcribed any of the shocks which
had preceded it. This supreme effort it
was which raised the mightiest noise ever
heard on this globe.
Batavia is "a miles distant from Kraka-
toa. At Carimon, Java, $50 miles away,
reports were heard on that Sunday morn
ing which led to the belief that there must
be some vessel in the distance which was
discharging its guns as signals of distress
The authorities sent out boats to make q
search. They presently returned as no
ship could be found in want of succor
The reports were sounds which had come
all the way from Krakatoa. At Macassar,
in Celebes, loud explosions attracted the
notice Of everybody. Two steamers were
hastily sent out to find what was the mat
ter.
The sounds had travelled from the straits
of Sunda, distance of 900 miles. But
p2ere hundreds Of miles will not suffice to
illustrate the extraordinary distance to
which the greatest noise that ever was
heard was able to penetrate. The figures
have to be expressed in thousands. This
seems almost incredible, but it is certainly
true. In the Victoria plains, in West Aus
tralia the shepherds were startled by
noises like heavy cannonading. 1t was
some time before they learned that their
tranquility had been disturbed by the
grand events then proceeding at KrakatOa,
1,7OO miles away.-Youth's Companion.
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Didn't Amount to Much.

II saw very curious thing on the train
going to Chicago the other day." said the
man with the Burnside whiskers as he re-
lighted his cigar. "a married couple had
the seat opposite to me, and they rode all
day long and never passed word. 1 was
fully satisfied that they were mutes, as
were also several other passengers, and
great was our establishment to hear them
speak to each other as they left the train"
81 don't call that bit curious" said
the man with the pea greer necktie and a
growing voice.
"You don't! How do you account for it?"
"Why, they were married, you said?"
eyes"
"Well, that accounts for it. rode half
way to California with my wife once, and
there was only one word spoken and that
by her. She called me fool Your very
curious things don't amount to shucksp'-
Detroit Free Press.
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ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
The System Has CONS 10 Stay, but 1t Is
Still Crude.


Still Crude.
An expert points out that while in the
early days of electric lighting people
thought much more of the mere fact of
having tho electric light than of the actual
efficiency they derived from it, the consum-
or of today is usually perfectly well able
to tell whether he is getting full value in
light for the money he is paying the CEN
trail station; SO that between the strict ex-
action of the customer and the COMPETE
ton Of rival lighting systems an electric
light company can only hope to succeed by
the best possible service.
The whole subject of lighting is in a
transition state In factories and largo
shops the practice of allowing the rays of
the arc lamp to fall downward will proba-
bly, soon be discarded. 1t is found that by
inverting the lamp and throwing the light
to the roof, which should be whitewashed
or white painted, the powerfully reflected
rays are so different throughout the build
ing as to give the maximum efficiency
without straining the eyes Of the work
men. Much of the present outdoor light
ing is condemned as crude and unscien-
tific. The street arc lamps dazzle and
strain the eye, throw sharp Shadows land
waste light. The next improvement will
probably be the use of lower candle power
lamps, placed at shorter intervals and
having rejecting hoods. The bottom half
of the globe will be semiopaque and pos
sibly tinted deep orange color. This
would neutralize the painful glare of tho
arc lamp and give the streets the effect Of
being Illuminated with Chinese lanterns.
In domestic lighting shades having
prismatic corrugations on their surfaces
are coming into vogue They give a good
diffusion of light, with but little absorb
ton. An authority on decorative lighting
says that, although many new ideas have
sprung up in the distribution of masses of
light in interiors, none has yet superseded
in beauty and effectiveness the system of
putting lamps out of sight and lighting
the room entirely by diffuscd and possibly
colored light. This will probably be tho
method of Illuminating churches in the
future. In churches where it has already
been adopted the effect is described as so
infinitely restful and appropriate that in
comparison the ordinary methods of church
lighting seem garish and barbarous.-
New York Times.
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Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troubles? If not get bottle now
and get relief. This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the re.
lief and cure of all Fem lie Complaints
exerting wonderful direct influence in
giving strength and tone to the organs
If you have Loss of Appetite, Constipa-
ton, Headache, Painting Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melan-
choly, Excitable or troubled with Dizzy
spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine
you need. Health and Strength are
guaranteed by its use. Large bottles
only fifty cents at G. D. Gibsons Drug
Store.
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the greatest value of any $500 Mems
Shoes on the continent.
Best calfskin, dongola tops, solid
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Each pair contains a paid-up Acct
dent Insurance Policy for 500, good for
90 days.
Wear Lewis Accident Insurance Shoes
once and you will never change. The
insurance goes for "full measure.''
Talk with your dealer who sells Lewis
Shoes.
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A ouesn,s Gentle Rsbuks.

Speaking of the womanly qualities of
Queen Victoria reminds me of q good story
told of some one-I forget the name for
the moment-who has the hereditary right
to wear his hat in the presence of the SOW
ereign. Awaiting himself of the privilege
in the presence of the queen, her majesty
quickly noticed the incident and quietly
remarked that although gentleman
might have the right to wear his hat in
the presence of his queen il was not usual
for one to do so in the presence of a lady.
-Lady's Pictorial.
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Texas Steers on q Spree.

Patrick German, an extensive stock
feeder, few days ago shipped to his ranch,
ten miles northwest of Fort Scott, Kan, II
herd of wild steers from the plains of Tex
as. During their first night on Kansas
ranch they stampeded through the line
fence of the pasture into an orchard on
the ALI Cleal farm.
The prolific fruit season had made it I'M
profitable for Mr.. Cleal to gather more
than small portion of his early apples,
and the burdened trees haG dropped their
ripened fruit to the ground full three lay
ers deep. The apples had rotted, and were
in that state of fermentation that makes
them most Intoxicating feast for cattle.
Until the next morning the beasts glut-
ted themselves, and they were found in a
condition Of inebriety that caused them to
conduct themselves with boisterous hilar-
ity. They were rounded up and corralled
with much difficulty by score of cattle
men. The effects of the dissipation on
some passed off soon while others were in
the "sobering up" process for two days.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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Why He Kicked.

was strolling about in Madison square
with an artist when We ran across such a
ragged and woebegone specimen of the vag
that it was suggested that we secure his
picture. TWAS left to me to approach him
ON the subject, and 1 asked:
my friend, do you want to make a
quarter in about ten minutes?"
GAS to how?" he replied
1.-THE artist here wants to make q sketch
of you. Sit still for ten minutes and I'll
give you quarter"
what do you take me fur!" exclaimed
the man as he rose up. "D'you think be-
cause I'm hard up that hain't no sense
iaft9''