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DIAMOND DUST.
Meeting of the Board of Arbitration of
the National League.

the National League.
NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-The National
Board of Arbitration of the National
League of Baseball Clubs met this
morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
President Nick Young and members c.
H. Byrne of Brooklyn, A. H. Soden of
Boston and c. T. Bush of Cincinnati
were presnet.
The meeting was held for the purpose
of taking up the application of John
Montgomery Ward for release from the
reservation list of the New York Club.
Ward was about the hotel, and said he
intended to resign all interest in base
ball for the law. The discussion of the
Ward case occupied almost the entire
Session. Mr.. Ward and President Freed
man set out their cases at length, and
mass of testimony was taken. After
much weighing of evidence the board
resolved that Ward be released from
the reserve list of the New York Club.
AT the afternoon session some changes
in the national agreement were made
The first material change was the addi-
ton of another delegate to the National
Board which now consists of five mem
bers instead of four as formerly. The
name was changed to the National
Board of Arbitration. From the 1st Of
October to the 1st of January was the
time limit fixed for drafting players by
National League Clubs from the minor
clubs. This shortens the drafting per-
iod by one month. The sums to be paid
by league clubs for drafting players
from the lesser organizations are: To
class A, $500; B, $500; c, $500; d, $1OO;
E, $75 and F, $50.
National League clubs are prohibited
from approaching minor league players
during the playing season, and from
making arrangements to draft them at
the end Of the season. The conditions
as to release and reservation remain un-
changed
The record-union., 1896-02-25
Miners, Troubles in Iowa.

DEs MONIES Ga.), Feb. 24.-The
miners trouble broke out in a more
serious manner than ever to-day, when
a mass meeting of miners ordered all
the men out of mines that are not pay
ing the schedule demanded by the men.
Miners who are getting the schedule
will be allowed to remain at work, but
not to take out, coal to fill orders for
mines that have strikes. A resolution
to order a strike of all members, with
out regard to whether they were get
ting the schedule, was narrowly de-
feated. About 400 men are affected.
The record-union., 1896-02-25
Duty on Sugar.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-In the SEN
ate to-day Caffery Oem.) of Louisiana
offered an amendment to the House
tariff bill placing a duty of 30 per cent
ad valorem on all sugars, tank bot
toms, and a differential duty of one
eighth Of a cent per pound on sugar,
etc, imported from a country paying a
bounty thereon. On molasses, between
40 and 90 degrees, imposes a duty OF
three cents per gallon. and above so de-
grees six cents per gallon.
The record-union., 1896-02-25
TROUBLE IN NICARAGUA.
An Uprising Imminent in the SOUTH
ern Republic.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-According
to news received from San Juan del
Norte. Nicaragua, an uprising is again
imminent in that country. Newspapers
have been suppressed, but reports
brought to San Juan by passengers
from the interior are to the effect that
the city Of Leon has declared itself in
favor of Baca against President Zelaya,
and demands Zelaya's resignation. Ze-
laya considers himself strong enough to
put down the movement. trusting for
support to the Conservatives and the
The record-union., 1896-02-25
THE TRANSVAAL INCIDENT.
Story Told by One Of the Members Of
Dr.. JameSOn'S Expedition.
The Doctor Himself Ordered the White
Flag Raised.

The Trooper Does Not Speak Well of
the Treatment Received at the
Hands of the Leader Before the
Surrender-Almost Without Food
or Water for a Week-After the
Surrender the Men We're Fairly
Well Treated.
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CHURCH DIRECTORY.

First Presbyterian Church, on Frederick 81
between New and Market streets, services
II a. m. and p. m. Pastor. Rev. A. N. Fraser
Second Presbyterian church corner Freder.
lex and Lewis streets. Services at II q. M
and 8. Pastor, Rev. VIM. Cumming.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church. worship at Y.
NJ. c. A. Hall. Services at II a. m. and p. m.
Rector, Rev. r. c. Jett.
Trinity Episcopal church, Main street, be-
tween Lewis and Church streets. Services at
IL a. M, and 8 p. m. Rector, Rev. W. Q. Hull
linen
United Brethren chCrel, Lewis street, be
tween Main and Johnson streets. Services at
II a. m and 8 p. m. Pastor, Rev. ]. D Dom
ovan.
Methodist church, lewis street, between
Main and Frederick streets. Services at IL a
m. and p. m. Pastor. Rev. ]. H. Boyd, D. D
Christ Evangelical Lutheran church Lew
Is street, between Main and Frederick streete
Services at IL a. m. and p. m. Pastor Rev.
II. F. Shealy.
Baptist church, corner Main and Washing
ton streets. Services at II a. m. and p. m
Pastor, Rev. W. J. e. Cox.
st. Francis Roman Catholic, North Augusta
street, Mass at Z and 10.30 q. m. vespers and
benediction of Most Blessed Sacrament 1T
p. m. Pastor. Rev. Father Mcverry
Young Mems Christian Association, corner
Main and Water streets. Services at 4 p. m.
Sunda
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When Kings Are Administrators


When kings are the actual admins
traitors, they labor under special temp
tation to hate the press. They seem to
be, or, in some cases, actually are, ad-
dressed by it, and they are SO accustom
ed to Difference when addressed and even
to form of flattery that plain speech
Of any kind, and especially sharp criti-
cism, even if respectful in form, creates
in them strong suspicion of the loyal
ty Of the critic. We have heard of this
emotion being felt because critic wrote
'shis Majesty" instead of "His Majes-
ty," and that curious instance of gensi-
tiveness is but an illustration of far
reaching truth. We can understand,
therefore, the dislike of the German en-
peror for the press and his readiness
when excited to allow prosecutions for
pure criticism, even respectful criticism,
on the pretext that the writer's are guilty
Of leze majesty. "They cannot be 10y
al" thinks his majesty, "or they would
never criticise me- y
What we cannot understand is states
men not seeing that if there is press
at all 1t must be critical, and that the
critics who are respectful set an exam
pie to the populace, who among them
selves are never respectful unless they
approve, and therefore deserve rather
official favor than condemnation. The
mistake is the more remarkable because
it occurs in Germany, where the gov
erning idea has always been that while
action must be strictly supervised by
authority thought may be allowed to 60
free, even if it chances to be expressed
in print. There is not country in the
world where respectful criticism would
shake the throne SO little or where there
is SO little necessity for furnishing at
tacks on institutions with anything more
serious than social sneer or an official
frown.-London Spectator.
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When We Were Bows.

1t happened to us, on glorious occa-
eions, to put up a far wandering cock
pheasant, whose whirring wings made
our little hearts beat at such rate that
we could scarcely see the wonder until it
had risen high above the tree tops. Rab-
bits, even, were SO scarce that with all
our searching and digging we never
came upon q nest, though we used often
to see them sitting in the field outside
the boundary fence or catch glimpse
Of them as they scudded from us through
the bushes. Our little weapons, cata-
pults and the like, wero not sufficient
for their destruction, and we never be-
came the possessors OF any steel trap
larger than those in which we caught
the poor small birds.
Squirrels we used to see and persecute
from tree to tree, until they escaped us
behind bough OF in some dense leafy
obscurity. Fur, in fact, is always too
big game for boys until they reach the
cunning age. The true quarry of boys is
feather, and suficing delight to them.
Yet it did happen once that fur fell in
our way-once and once only, and not
In too satisfactory manner. For, as we
wandered in the winter time over the
cracking floor of red, dry leaves. we es-
pied tiny bundle which looked for
moment as if it had been got together
for purpose-looked like ali edition,
on very small scale, Of those balls Of
leaves and grass which the hedgehogs
manage to roll round themselves, and in
which we often found them, both in our
orchard hedge and in the wood.
We took up this tiny bundle and pull
ed off leaf or two; then, thinking it aft
er all a mere chance collection, we threw
it to the ground again. On which Joe,
more sariently curious, picked it up.
and, unrolling yet more coats Of leaves,
revealed at last, within this snug nest,
a coiled up, tiny red thing-a dormouse
This was its winter home, in which it
had promised itself to lie asleep all the
cold weather through.-Macmillan's
Maoazine
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telligent physician in some arrangement
of the complicated and delicate feminine
organs of generation. The woman who
half understands herself, feels that she
cannot always be complaining; she cam
not always have the doctor in the house.
The young girl suffers, bodily and men
tally, in silence. The trouble usually
comes 50 gradually 1t Is attributed to
some outside cause. There is undue
WEAKNESS, unexpected pain, unreason-
able tears and fits of temper. All these
symptoms are simply protests of the
silent, long suffering nerves. The trouble
shows in dark circles below the eyes, a
downward curve of the mouth. "a sallow,l
brownish-yellow neck.
Unregarded, the trouble grows AL
few years of tortured invalidism, probably
insanity, before mercifu1 death comes
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is theI
fruit of years of study. 1t is the product
of an investigating mind united with al
generous nature. When an intelligent
person gives years of study to subject
there must be some good result. TheI
"Favorite Prescription " is a compound
of extracts of herbs that makes al
Strengthening, soothing medicine. 1t actsI
directly upon the distinctly feminineI
organs. It stops drains from 1iningI
by healing diseased parts,
thereby curing also the inflammation
that is always present.
Twas in a critical condition. Often was inI
despair. I experienced great improvement bys
taking one bottle of DR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
Icription. have taken six bottles, and I am
sure that it will not only liberation but all
diseases of females" Yours truly.
enrA) ~ Zs<
Neapolis, Virginia.
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From 1894 to the present time plati-
mum working has been carried on among
the Ural mountains, and considerable
quantities are annually produced there.
The grains are found in alluvial depos-
its along with grains Of several other
metals-iridium, osmium, palladium,
gold and silver-and they have also been
discovered in the greensboro rock and
serpentine Of that district. The process
by which the crude platinum grains are
purified is long and expensive, SO much
so that most of the platinum ore," as
it is termed, which is received at st.
Petersburg from the Urals is exported
in it's crude state to other European
cities.
Pure platinum has white color ap-
preaching to that of silver. It is re-
markable by its great weight, being
heavier than any other metal, gold
itself not excepted. It is no less remark
able for its infusibility. It does not fuse
in any Of our ordinary furnaces, which
soon melt copper, iron or gold. But at
white heat it can be welded and fash
ioned into various shapes. In the new
electric furnace and by means Of the
oxyhydrogen blowpipe it can, however.
be melted and even volatilized. 1t is ex-
ceedingly malleable and can be beaten
out into thin plates and drawn into
wires which are only one two-thousandth
Of an inch in diameter. Wires even ten
times thinner than this can be made
by special process. Air and moisture
have no effect upon platinum, even
when it is heated to very high temper
ature, and it will nc issolve in acids,
with the exception of aqua regia, which
is mixture Of hydrochloric and nitric
acids.- Chambers Journal
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I saw a funny thing at one Of the
hotels. A man came into the office, and,
seeing guest whom he knew, greeted
him with great enthusiasm. The Wash
ington man dilated largely upon the sue
cess he had enjoyed since coming here
and insisted upon his friend going with
him to see how he lived. The more the
friend declined the harder he urged and
the more graphic the description Of
how elegantly the Washington mans
house was furnished. Finally the friend
said ST am glad you have done so well.
John. Perhaps you can now pay me the
Is you borrowed three years ago.
Certainly, Tom. I forgot it, but !
haven't checkbook with me. Twill
mail it to you.'' And the Washington
man said gcodby aud left. Washington
Star.
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Japanese Journalism.

A Japanese correspondent Of the Bal
timore Sun says: Considering the fact
that John Black founded Japanese jour-
nalism in 1879, commendable progress
has been made. -Four years ago there
were 658 newspapers, magazines and,
journals Of different kinds published in
the empire. Newspapers, like books, are
written in the written language, which
is quite different in grammar and vo-,
cabulary from the colloquial language.
The press laws in Japan are very rigor-.
ous. Article 10 of the newspaper req
ulations reads as follows: when news,
paper has printed matter which is con-,
sidered prejudicial to public order or,
subversive Of public morality, the min-''
lister OF state for the interior is empow-'
cred to suspend it's publication either,
totally or temporarily. During the.
month following the proclamation Of the
constitution the brethren Of the press
expressed themselves rather freely. and
newspapers were suspended at the rate
Of two week"
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KingsIey's opinion Of Music.

No one has touched the secret Of mu-
sic more closely than Charles Kingsley.
"Music, - he says, ''goes on certain laws
and rules. Man did not make the laws
Of music. He has only found them out,
and if he be self willed and break them
there is an end of music instantly. Mu-
sic is a pattern and type Of heaven and
Of the everlasting life of God which per-
feet spirits live in heaven-a life OF
melody and order in themselves; life
in harmony with each other and with
God" This goes down to the bottom OF
the subject. Music is that obedience to
law which secures order, harmony, one
ness, and sympathy, the realization OF
which Is heaven. Kingsley does not here
speak as preacher SO much as q stu
dent Of natural science.
The point at which the harmonies Qf
the external world touch the correspond
ing moral chords Of our inner nature Is
mystery. 1t is part of the great ques-
tion of the relation Of sensation to con-
seriousness. We only know that harmo-
MES Of sound touch the mind and sug-
Qest moral harmony. So true is this
that all these masters Of thought whom
/ am quoting do not hesitate to name
the result as heaven, by which they DO
not mean any place, nor any fulfllment
Of earthly expectation, nor any here nor
there. but a moral condition which ts
the outcome Of obedience to laws.-Cen-
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THE OLD FARM HORSE.

~Why don't you sell him2 He must eat
His value In month, twice told;
Hes spawned, hidebound. nearly blind
He's twenty. If he's one day old.
You ever work him. What on earth
You keep the brute for, can't see.
Your other horses. young and sound.
Seem to faro scarce rs well as he. F"
tsI1l tell you, neighbor, why keep
This old horse. though he's lame, half blind:
Once-hc don't look 1t now, own
He was good horse, sound and kind;
He hadn't one bad trick, and worked
Right faithfully; day in, day out,
And he could trot; though he toiled hard,
He was as lively as a trout.
"When first took this farm on shares
own it now, all free and clear
'Twas twenty year or more ago.
Then land was cheap enough round here.
It was hard scratching with me then,
Fer had little cash or stock,
And though the soil was fairly good,
IT was sprinkled pretty thick with rock.
"Oll Dan, there, was little foal;
/ laised him, fed him, broke him, too,
Put his first harness on, and soon
OEedient to my word he grew.
ne yer saw q steadier horse
Bt fore the harrow or the plov;
He'd work, yet scarcely turn hair,
Although he Is SO feeble now.
81 ought, one year, the land I'd leased;
This sorely crippled me in purse.
The next, my crops failed out and out,
Ard matters went from bad to worse.
My milk cow died; at length had
To give a mortgage on the place;
sold my team, but still kept Dan.
Though ruin stared me In the face.
'But I'd touched bottom, though twas deep,
Al things at last began to mend.
worked hard. pinched. crops turned out well;
Where once / owed, now could lend.
And Dan had proved friend indeed
Friends, when you are down, are precious
few.
No, Dan, old boy, won't forget
How hard you toiled to pull me through.
"And SO you see that Dan and I
Have known the ups and downs of life
Together. I'll not part with him,
Neither will Mary-that's my wife.
The children, too, love poor old Dan,
Though failing fast in wind and limb;
When he was young he helped me out,
And now he's old I'll stick to him.
w. R. Barber in New York Ledger.
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The Kings Guard.

The most extraordinary precautions
are taken in Spain to provide for the
safety Of the sovereign at night. His
slumbers are watched throughout the
night by the Monterof de Espinosa,
body of men who for 400 years have en-
loved the exclusive privilege Of guard
ing their royai rna se~ or mistress from
suneet to sunris
Giving Credit.
The customs surrounding the giving
of credit differ widely in different coun-
tries. In Italy credit is given only on
undoubted security, in Cuba five months
after delivery. In the Bermudas settle
ments are annual. In Austria it Is i'm
possible to do business without giving a
years credit; in England settlement Is
counted upon every three months; in
Spain four-fifths Of the business Is done
bn cash basis; Turkish and Russian
credit is unknown. and so days is the
suis ia Canada. Rochester Herald.