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ture, if one can afford it, is panel OF
tiling adjoining the sink. This should
be copied with strip of wood contain,
ing hooks, from which may be hung
basting spoons, collanders, measures,
and 80 forth.
As to furnishing proper, this is a
very simple matter, although many
people seem to think that it is suf-
ficient to tramp into the kitchen the
dilapidated and broken down furniture
from other parts of the house. There
should be two plain deal tables, a large
one and small one, the latter just
about the height of the range or stove.
This will be found extremely con-
venient in cooking if drawn close to the
range to hold utensils. The chairs
should be of the kind that have solid
wooden seats, but there should also be
at least one comfortable rocking-chair
Anything that is in the nature of an
ornament and has no utilitarian use is
wholly out of place, and should be ban
ished from the kitchen.
Tho aasinn nraaantod hoo q titnh an
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THE GRANT MONUMENT.
Description of the Magnificent Mausoleum
Oh Riverside Drive in New York.


The Grant Monument on Riverside Drive
is IN established fact, grand in its sim
plicity, inspiring in the memories that it
brings to life. There Is no place In New
York or vicinity better fitted for 1t. The
Hudson River flows silently within stones
throw. Directly opposite, across the river,
the Palisades loom in grandeur that has
given them worldwide fame. Looking
north, the eye may see as far as Tappan
Zee, over stretch Of country which is
famed in history.
The Immediate surroundings Of the mon
ument itself are very beautiful. In one
direction are located the stately buildings
of the, new Columbia University. Adjoin-
ing them, will stand the great Protestant
Cathedral OF st. John the Divine.
The monument is 165 feet higa, and
stands upon a promontory 14O feet above
the Hudson. The design is original in its
execution and conception. The square
Doric base is typical OF Grants military
career; the circular cupola is symbolic OF
his civil life, and the stepdome that COM
pletes the structure announces that 1t is the
tomb of warrior. The exterior is of gran
ite, and its interior of marble. On the
main floor is the crypt, thirty feet wide,
where already rests the massive sarcopha-
gus OF General Grant. The foundation,
winch ID OF concrete, Is llU loct Wy 1lo lCot
at the base, and 1O7 feet square at the top.
Its depth is twenty-five feet. The top of
the foundation is 1874 feet, and the top Of
the dome is 800 feet, above high water.
The main superstructure is Of granite, 100
feet square and eighty-f1ye feet high.
At eighty feet from the foundation is the
lower edge Of the cornice. Huge lion head
blocks Of granite form projecting layer
above this and one more layer OF granite
blocks completes the main body. The
monument faces the south, and on this side
are the only approach and entrance to the
tomb. The entrance Is through brazen
door. This front Of the tomb has four
granite columns at the entrance, but just
outside Of these is another line OF futed
columns six in number, thirty feet high,
seven feet in diameter ut the base and six
at the top. They form part Of the portico.
The portico is in the Ionic style, and is
in itself figure of great beauty. The ap-
proach to the porticois formed by granite
platforms 100 feet wide which afford q
gradl al ascent of forty feet.
The completion Of this noble mausoleum
within five years is lasting testimonial to
New forks civic pride. The first meeting
of the Grant Memorial Committee was held
on April 9, 1892, and over $4,000 American
citizens contributed the 100000 necessary
for tie erection Of the great tomb.
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Foreign.

A despatch from London states that the
money market is regaining more confidence
every day in view Of the Turkish victories
Emperor Francis Joseph Of Austria and
the Gear Of Russia held review Of the gar
rison at st. Petersburg.
Forty-one persons were reported killed by
hail in Mexico, some OF the stones weighing
over three pounds each.
An explosion has occurred in church in
the Island Of Cyprus, in juring thirty per
sons. It is believed to be the result OF a
Turkish outrage.
A new yacht is to be built in Ireland to
compete for the Americas Cup.
The Swiss Bundesrath has informed
Greece and Turkey that an ambulance with
nine doctors Is starting for the seat OF war.
Moderation and conciliation is urged as
the policy Of the Transvaal toward Great
Britain.
Germany, Belgium and other nations
claim as treaty rights the same privileges
under the new Canadian tariff as Great
Britain.
Prince Louis William August of Baden, a
brother Of the Grand Duke Of Baden, died
at Carlsruhe.
As one effect Of the new tariff several
men have been laid off at the Western Wire
and NAH Works, at London, Canada. and
the entire force will be discharged as soon
as the raw material on hand is worked up.
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William Steele Holman was born in Dear
born County Indiana, in 1922. He had
common school education, supplemented
by two-year course at Franklin College:
Then he taught school to support himself
while he studied law. When twenty
one years OF age he was elected Probate
Judge. He served also as prosecuting
attorney, was a member OF the Constitu-
tIonal Convention OF 1850. Then he en-
tered the Legislature, and later on was re-
turned to the Bench. His Congressional
career commenced with the Thirty-sixth,
and out of the twenty sessions Of that body
which have followed be has been absent
from but four, the Thirty-ninth, Forty-flfth,
Forty-sixth and Fifty-fourth, a record
unparalleled in American public life.
Personally Mr.. Holman was Of genial and
approachable disposition, which did much
to reconcile his colleagues to his course on
public matters, notably appropriations.
The body of Congressman Holman was
taken back to Indiana for interment upon
the old homestead. 1t was accompanied by
tho customary honorable guard of his late
colleagues.
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the fnny monster most extraordins

the fnny monster a most extraordinary
appearance.
The thing was imported from China.
It is a species of goldfish and is con-
fessedly sort of manufactured freak.
The story told by the dealer to account
for the extra pair of eyes is sufficiently
marvellous to strain the beliving pow
ers of the most credulous. He says
the Orientals who breed these fish
place them in a tank which is kept in
absolute darkness, save that from a
lens or a mirror placed above the tank
one single tiny ray of light is shot
down into the water. The fish natur-
ally seeks this ray of light and spends
most of his time where it fails verti-
cally upon his head. In time, the
dealer continues, the extra pair of eyes
develop.
Now, this is a fish story, indeed,
and no reader need believe it unless
he wishes to. 1t is given here simply
to explain the curious freak which the
New York dealer has for sale, and
which he says would be cheap at $100
of any mans money.
"In fact" he continued, "three New
Workers. have already paid S10O apiece
for three other fishes of this same
type"
The Chinese have curious name for
this fish. The nearest approach to an
English translation of this name is
Celestial telescope" the word ''tele-
scope" being used because of the pro-
tuberant structure of the eyes.
Besides the double complement of
eyes, the celestial telescope has q num-
Der of other curious characteristics.
Its body is short and chunked and its
tail is very long, perhaps twice or
thrice as long as the body; more than
that, it it so divided as to seem to be
four tails instead of one.
But, notwithstanding this surplus
of apparent propelling power, the
celestial telescope is an exceedingly
slow and awkward fish in getting about,
and seems to be even more stupid than
most other fish. For instance, it will
not feed at all as other fish do; its food
must be placed in the water on the end
of little straw or stick, in such way
that it can see it plainly, and then the
food must be held in position q long
time before it can be induced to eat.
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splendid specimens Of womanhood,
averaging six feet in height, being
straight as arrows, stronger than the
average man and each weighing in the
neighborhood of 200 pounds. Despite
the fact that they are unused to tight
lacing their figures are attractive, and
none of them know what it is to be
sick. They labor hard six days every
week, but seem to be perfectly con-
tented with their lot, as do also their
younger sisters and brothers, who as
sist in the colliery. These young
women are expert farmers, and in ad-
dition to knowing how to run a coal
mine are perfectly at home performing
the household duties that are indis-
pensable to all well-regulated homes.
Katie, the oldest girl, performs the
duties usually assigned to an outside
foreman, supervising the running Of
the breaker in a highly satisfactory
manner, and selling the fuel to the hun
dreds of farmers from the Mahanoy and
Mahantongo valleys, who patronize this
plant, while Mary has charge of the
much maligned mine mule, which hoists
the coal from the bowels of the earth
by means of an old-fashioned gin. An
ME, who has turned out very fair
mechanic, runs the pump that keeps
the mine free from water and the boil
ers and engine that supply the steam
for operating the machinery, while Liz
zie is slate-picker boss, and assists her
three younger sisters and three little
brothers in picking the rock and the
slate from among the coal as the fuel
passes down the chutes to the storage
pockets. These girls do not affect the
garb of the new woman, but instead
wear serviceable skirt and petticoats.
Stout brogans cover their feet. Each
girl knows what is expected of her and
goes about the various duties in busi-
ness-like manner, while the father is
cutting coal in the mine.
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Thirteen years ago Mr. Mans was
employed in the mines around Shamo-
kin, but, desiring to branch out for
himself, he leased this mine, which was
barely hole in the ground at that
time. Since then he has purchased
the mine and tract of coal land outright,
and the disappointment he and his wife
felt when their first four children
proved to be girls instead of boys has
been softened by the valuable assist
ance the girls have since rendered him.
Of the seven later additions to the fam
lily four are boys and three are girls,
so that Mr.. Mans is now looking for
ward to having four young miners to
assist him in cutting coal from the
bowels of the earth before many years
pass by.
While Mr.. Mans and his athletic
daughters operate the mine his wife
attends to the household duties and
tills their farm, which, according to
his story, is better paying investment
than the mine. Since acquiring pos
session of the colliery MIR Mans has
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WE SHALL MEET AGAIN.

One can bear with hope and calmness
parting which is only for q time and not for
ever. AS the great ship swings away from
the dock, with every revolution OF It's wheels
carrying our dear one away from US, hall
across the globe, to be gone for years, we
span the gulf Of absence with the bridge OF
hone we forecast the coming back, we know
that ere long, or perhaps after long, we Will
meet again. So, when out on the silent sea
the muffied oars OF death carry our barque,
our dear ones here know that In Christ we
shall meet before many years: When we
give our loved ones up it is in the good
hope of the resurrection. Death hath no
more dominion over those who are one In
faith and love in the risen Christ. And this
is the Easter Joy in the crown Of rejoicing.-
Margaret e. Sangster.
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THE NEWS EPIToMIZED.
Washington Items.


Tho Dawes Indian Commission has
reached an agreement with the Choctaws
and Chickasaws at Anoka, Indian Territory,
abolshing tribal government and allotting
lands in severa!ty.
W. J. Calhoun, of Danville, ILL.,, was
chosen by President Mckinley as special
Commissioner to Cuba to investigate che
cases Of American prisoners there.
Admiral Miller will probably be sent to
Europe to attend the Queens jubilee on
the cruiser Brooklyn before he assumes
command Of the Pacific station.
new passenger traffic association was
formed by the principal railroads of the
South at q meeting in Washington.
The Democratic members Of the Senate
Finance Committee have employed an ex-
pert to examine the tariff bill. They do
not expect the examination to delay re-
porting it to the Senate more than two
weeks.
Lorin A. Thurston, Hawaii's Special
Commissioner In Washington, has submit
ted to the Senate reasons why the Hawai-
ian reciprocity treaty ought not to be
abrogated by the tariff bill. Claus Spreck-
els thinks the abrogstion OF the treaty
would be benefit to the United States.
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VOICE FROM TIE DEEP.

There is, it is said. a beautiful custom In
parts Of Sicily when the fishermen are 60
ing on some expedition into the deep seal
their wives and children accompany them
to the shore, and az they embark they raise
all together their voices in hymns OF praise
to God and as they put out to sea, those in
the boats answer to those on the shore, in
ali antiphone of devotion, verse after verse,
until their voices die away in the distance,
and the yearning sea carries them out OF
sight and hearing. So we today stand on
the shore Of eternity, and as soul after soul
puts forth into the deep and passes from
our sight, we raise the song Of confidence,
"Christ is risen," and the answer comes
back from the bosom OF that boundless
ocean
"Christ is risen, risen brother,
Brother, Christ is risen indeed"
Canon Ncwbolt
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COAL NINE RUN BY WOMEN.
How the Stalwart Daughters of Penn
syIvania Miner Help Their Father.


syIvania Miner Help Their Father.
An anthracite coal mine tat IS al
most entirely operated by American
female labor is the unusual spectacle
that can be seen in the Mahanoy val
lev several miles southwest Of Sham
okiu, Penn. The owner and operator
of this mine is Joseph Mans, an indus
trious native of Germany, and his four
grown daughters and three younger
girls assist him in operating the col
liery in q manner that would make
many mine owners and slate pickers
envious.
The Mans coal mine is located on
the southern side of the mountain
that marks the lower extremity of the
Shamokin coal basin, and is rather q
primitive operation. The women mine
workers who have employment there
for several years past are Katy, Mary,
Lizzie and Anna Mans, daughters OF
the mine owner, whose ages are about
twenty-five, twenty-one, twenty and
eighteen years respectively. They are
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RELIGIOUS READING.
TEMPERED.

When stern occasion calls for war,
And the trumpets shrill and peal,
FORCES and armories ring all day
With the fierce clash Of steel.
The blades arc heated in the flame,
And cooled in icy flood,
And beaten hard. and beaten well,
To make them firm ard pliable,
Their edge and temper good;
Then tough and sharp with discipline
They win the fight for fighting men.
When Gods occasions call for men,
His chosen souls He takes;
In LIES hot fire He tempers them,
With tears he cools and slakeS;
With many heavy, grievous stroke
He beats them to an edge
And tests and tries, again, again,
Till the hard will is fused, and pain
Becomes high privilege;
Then strong. and quiekened through and
through,
They ready are His work to do.
Like an on-rushing, furious host
The tide Of need and sin,
Unless the blades shall tempered be,
They have no chance to win;
God trusts to no untested sword
When he goes forth to war;
Only the souls that, beaten long
On pain great anvil, have grown strong,
His chosen weapons are.
Ah, souls, on pains great anvil laid,
Remember this, nor be afraid
Susan Coolidge, in Congregationalist.
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APRAYER OF ADoRATIoN.

Blessed be thou, o God who hast raised
up our Lord Jesus from the dead that he
might be the first fruits Of them that are
asleep. We bless thee for his service Of
humiliation, his atoning death, his glorious
resurrection and his continuing life. For
his sake pardon our transgressions and
shortcomings and enable US so to use this
world Of passion and temptation
that we may win the victory Of
faith. Teach us to live as heirs Of
the inheritance Christ's death has purchased,
aud to die as those who follow without fear
the path of him who conquered death. Out
of the experience Of Thy love we praise
Thee. With the innumerable company OF
the redeemed in heaven and earth we wor-
ship the Lamb slain from the foundation Of
the world, who died and rose again and ivee
in an immortal life. Glory be to Thee, O
Christ in heaven and earth forevermore.
Amen.
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Bismarck,s Stock of Oaks.

Prince Bismarck, as is we'll known'
on his retirement, devoted himself to
agriculture, his chief hobby being the
exploitation of his forest lands. From
all parts of Germany he received ap-
plications for oak saplings from his do
mains, and these oaks have been
planted in all quarters of the father
land, and are known as Bismarck
oaks" The Prince has now been
obliged to publish a notice informing
his admirers that he is unable to ac-
ceGe to the numerous requests that
reach him, as his stock of young oaks
is exhausted.
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WE, SEEK NEwNEss OF LIFE.

We are the children OF the resurrection,
and the dearness OF the earth In all its warm
and Joyous life under the sun is the greater
when we remember that our Lord re-
turned thereto from the tczlb, and was
again known unto his disciples in the break.
ing OF bread. The sun, for whose coming
we ever look, is his true symbol, for his
appearings are from everlasting to ever ever
and this we have always, having his life in
us-the Vine which, after innumerable vim
tages, still blossometh in all its branches.
II is he who is our springtime, with big
baptism of flame quickening the tender buds
and consuming all the dead wood.-Henry
NJ. Alden.
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fORLD'S LARGEST CASK.
BUILT IN CALIFORNIA AND WILL
Z HOLD $1,000 GALLONS

Holds Enough Liquid to Give 100000
Persons Full Glass Each-Its Lumber
Would Build House-TwO Train
Loads of Redwood Used to Make 1t.
\ The largest cask in the world has
ecently been completed at St. George
neyard, located at Maltermoro, Cal.
contains $1,000 gallons, or enough
= give 5000, 900 persons each an or
kary wineglassful of its contents. 1t
built of the very finest California
lwood, and in all the vast amount of
nber used in constructing it there is
single flaw.
The object of building so large a
bk is to keep on hand at the st.
orge Vineyard a uniform supply
wine, the contents of the cask being
1t wine of which most is sold. To
lid cask of the size referred to
emed an impossibility at first, but
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Killed by a Heart Blow,

Timothy Harrington, proprietor OF a
cigar store in East Baltimore, Md, died
from a blow similar to that with which
Fitzsimmons knocked out Corbett. Har
rington was sixty years old and was play
fully sparring with youth named George
Worth, when the latter jabbed at him
across the store counter, striking him above
the heart
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parts Has 100, 900 Horselsss Vehicles.

It Is not bit more unreasonable to sup
pose that carriages propelled by electricity
should come into popular use, than to know
hat over 100000 horseless vehicles have
been In use in the city of Paris In the space
nf year OF a much less agreeable pattern
These carriages are propelled by little Pc
sroleum engines, und they smoke frighttully
and Extensively.
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Test of Il kiflh's Power.

The power of the Lebel rifle was ex-
hibited at Berny, i'll France, recently,
where soldier was called on to shoot
an escaping bull. The bullet from the
rife penetrated the animals skull and
left the body near the tail.
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Joseph Mccoy, colored, was lynched at
Alexandria, Va, for assaulting his employ
er's two daughters. He was arrested in
the afternoon and confessed his crime. Two
attempts were made to break in the Jail.
The second attack was made by mob Of
500 men, who overpowered the jailers and
hanged the prisoner to lamp-post.
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CONGRESSMAN HOLMAN DEAD.
The "watchdog of the Treasury" Succumbs
to Spinal Meningitis.

William Steele Holman, Of Indiana, the
oldest member of Congress in point Of SER
vice, died at Washington, Thursday, after
an illness of several weeks. Spinal menin-
gitis was the direct cause Of death, and the
venerable statesman had been un-
conscious for days preceding the end.
Congressman Holman was nearly seventy
five years of age, his birthday falling in
September. He was serving his sixteenth
term. Mr.. Holman would have been called
"the Father OF the House" during late
years were it not for the fact that for over
twenty years he was known, both in and
out of the House, as "the Watchdog Of the
Treasury"
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ARROW IN A DEER'S RIB.
Mark of an Indian Hunter Found In II
nOls.

Mark of an Indian Hunter Found In ILL.,
nols.
Herbert W. Fay, one of the editors
of the DeKalk (Ill.) Review, will pre-.
sent to the Lew Illinois State Normal
School unique relic which will doubt
less be highly appreciated. 1t is the
rib of deer which has been pune
tured by an arrowhead. The rib was
found on farm near Sandwich, Ill. #,
by Levi B. Erwin, who recently dis
posed of it to Mr.. Fay. The rib is
eleven inches long and was found with
the arrow head sticking in it as shown
in the picture. The Smithsonian In
stitntion in Washington made an effort
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FISHES WITH FOUR EYES.
Chinese Monstrosities Imported to New
York as Curiosities.

York as CuriOSities.
A certain New York dealer in fancy
creatures, pet and singing birds and
such like things is just now exhibiting
a Chinese four-eyed fish, the like oi
which, he solemnly declares, was never
seen in America before. Certainly,
says the New York Herald, it is GU.
rious creature, and, to all appearances,
it has the four eyes it's owner claims.
They are set in pairs high on the
sides of the head, one "eye" of each
pair looking straight up and the Other
sideways, each pair being fixed in a
sort of aeshy protuberance that gives