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TEMPERANCE. . " -y -rr -y;i A. Little Boy's Temperance Speech. Some people laugh and wonder - : What little boys can do To help this temp'rance thunder I ' '- 'J: Roll all the big world through; I'd have them, look behind them, . -. " nen tbey were small, and then ; S Td like just to remind them - -. That little boys make monf v Z The bud becomes a flower, J " The acorn grows a tree, ' -- The minutes make the hour - 'Tis just the same with me. I'm small, but I am growing : As quickly as I can; - . - . And a temp'rance boy like me is bound -' To make a temp'rance man. - : j- . Youth's Companion. ' 1 y - Beer Does It. - , . . "Beer does it.' ; : " I "Does what?" asked the reporter. . -"It starts them," replied the police sergeant "Do you see that woman?" It would have been impossible not to see her, and having seen her once it would be even more difficult to forget her. She was -, not old, yet she was tent and crooked as a ecrub oak. Her dress" was of the poorest quality, bedraggled, soiled and raggecL Her face was seamed with lines of dissipation, and her brown hair hung down her back in a matted and tangled coiL - She leaned heavily against the sergeant's desk - and looked de fiantly around her. . r. - " '"Mary," said the sergeant, "what is it this time?" . ' ... "Nothin'," responded the woman. -"What is itroftlcer?" ' ' ' "Drunk and disorderly," replied the officer. "She was singing 'There is a Detter land,' to the tune of 'We won't go home till morning,' on Tenth avenue about an hour ago, and when I went to take her in she laid down in the gutter and I had to get a truck, to haul her . to the station house," and the officer wiped his face as though the recollection even made him warm. " . -, : : " - . "Take her - down ' stairs," remarked the sergeant. "No need of questioning her. .1 know her pedigree. ; Ten years ago," con tinued the sergeant, addressing the reporter, v "Mary was as pfretty a girl as lived in this ward. : I once thought of marrying her my self, but a friend of mine was ahead of me, and the wedding was the event of the sea- "What is the cause of her downfall P ' "Beer started her. John, her husband he was divorced from her five years ago used to bring home beer in the evening, and she got to like it too welL . Now she drinks stale beer in tin cans when she can't get whisky or rum. I tell you, beer starts most of them. Out of fifty women arrested here last summer I learned that thirty of them got their Urst taste for liquor from beer." . "T Yesterday the reporter questioned a promi nent physician of this city, who was for sev eral years connected with the staff of the Fort Hamilton Home for Inebriates, regard ing the way women begin to drink. "I have studied rather carefully into this subject," replied the doctor, "and have a few figures which may be interesting. Out of 200 inebriate wroien.some of whom belong to out so-called 'first society,' I found that 126 be gan their drinking by the rxss of beer, 37 by drinking whisky (as punch at first usually). 20 began with wine, a with gin, and 11 could : not remember what -beverage was first used, while in but 87 .cases it began with whisky, In 187 it had become the favorite beverage. Sev eral hopeless dininkards, far gone toward in sanity, nad never drank any other intoxicant than beer. , One hundred and twenty-twc were committed to prison for drunkenness, 5t for offenses against chastity and public order, and 16 for crimes agaist property. Thqir ages when last committed averaged 30 years. Sixty-five were between 30 and 41 years ol age, 49 between 25 and 31 years of age, 34 be- . tween 20 and 26 years of age, 30 between II and 21 years of age. The remainder wers over 41 years of age." - . "How did this drinking affect their chii dren?' :i v, ; "I have' some statistics on this subject, too. Of 111 inebriate mothers, 33 of whom had inebriate husbands, 408 children were born. Of these "227 perished in infancy and early childhood, and of the survivors many art doomed evidently to an early death. In many cases the death of these children was indirectly due to the inebriety of the parents, as cold, deprivation, etc "Ages: Twenty seven of the 201 women began to drink in toxicants before they were 10 years of age: II between the ages of 9 and 15; 74 between 14 and 21; 37 between 20 and 26; 33 between 25 and 31; 19 between 30 and 41 ; 3 between 40and5L" . - . " 'To most women begin drinking early in life?' ?-"-i-;r;-i --.v -: :, . , -i-- "The average age when they began was 18X years. More than one-half had formed habits of intemperance before they wore 21 years of age, and "more than one-third at the giddy age of from 15 to 20 inclusive. - One hundred and thirty-two began to drink so cial y and with female friends." " :r The police sergeant was right. - "Beer does R," New York Mail and Express. . Statistics as a Reformer. U " i ; The applica tiora of , the facts which the statistician can gather respecting the effect of the use of intoxicating liquor upon those who are its victims, and indirectly upon the community, is, at the present time, having more influence in favor of temperance and temperance legislation than any other agency. The Federal Government has already entered upon the work of collecting and presenting statistics relative to the cost of intoxicants to the people in this country. Its statement, to the effect that the people of the United States expend annually not millions alone, but billions a sum greater than our national debt f or intoxicants in one form or another, has opened the eyes of thousands to the wastefulness and evil of the drink habit who could not have been influenced by the most eloquent of appeals in favor of temperance, or the most violent anathemas of those who hate the traffic. - Men are discussing the sub- from this standpoint who never thought of it before and who are not total abstainers. The figures presented by ; the ' report of ; the Bureau , of Statistics have tned the eyes of - thousands of men - to - A new get of facts. To them the grogshop is no longer a place to be viewed with indifference, but a place which swallows up the earnings of tens of thousands, and gives them nothing in re turn but poverty and wretchedness. Not only does it take the money of the victims, . but makes the victims paupers by thousands, thereby increasine taxation. "I never thought much of this matter until of late," ! saia a man a lew aays ago; duc since my at tention has been called to it, I am astonished at the number of men, who may be seen in grog shops after pay-day spending their wages, while their families are in rags and hanger." These are the people who suffer most; and if the waste which thecrroffshoo causes could be -placed before the people in figures,it would astonisn people generally. JNot long since, in a manufacturing town in Rhode Island, an employer recently paid his workmen $700 on a Saturday night in new bills, which he se' cretly marked. On the- following Monday $450 of these marked bills were deposited in the bank bank by saloon or grogshop keep ers. .- This probably was an exceptional case, but the amount which wage; earners squan der at the grogshop is the price of comfort to many families. Boston Journal. x Largely in the Majority. ' "' A New Haven correspondent writes that in - the section of sixteen blocks surrounding the public green and college grounds in that city the total number of saloons, including licensed stores, hotels, and restaurants, is sixty-seven j J that there are eleven churches, including th j college chapel; and that besides the university J there are ten private schools. . two business y colleges, one public school, the high school ana me grammar scnooi. in otner war as or the city saloons are also numerous, r: It will be seen that the liquor saloons and other places for the legalized sale of intoxicating liquors are largely in themajority as com pared with the churches and schools.' The saloons educate downward, and it is for tha.fi sort of education that New Haven mos& un wisely provides the most abundant facilities for its young men and for the Yale students. National Advocate. ; v; Temperance News and. Notes. Our annual liquor bill, says the Signal. would send a Bible to every inhabitant of the cloba " , -.. - . In Rockdale County, Ga. one person only is appointed by the Grand Jury to sell liquor for medical purposes, and is not allowed to keep more than ten gallons of spirits on hand atone time. : ; ' - - . v The Women's Christian Temperance Union J or tno fctate oi pew xork nad cnarge of the food and beverazes sold on the Stat9 Fair Grounds at Rochester. - No liquor was sold, ' end fakirs, gamesters and swindlers were J rigidly excluded. :-- ; : - - ' ,i. J 3lrs. Mary Clement Leavittytheround-tha-world misiionary of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, recently' had an audience with, the King of Siam, who talked with her in English, and showed much interest in the temperance cause. t ; AGRICULTURAL .. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE t M TO FARM AND GARDEN. - ! i Fowl "With Broken Lieflf. : - The leg of any small animal, broken on the lower part or where the bone ' is not covered with muscle," can be easily re- E aired in this manner; i Procure a nura er of strips an inch wide of cotton cloth, and sew them together by the ends " and Toll them into a ball. Wet them thorough ly; have some one hold tho animal and the leg, properly;" adjusted, and 'begin wrapping. the bandage . around it . in a spiral manner the whole length. Then continue"; to . w ind the; band age, bu t sprinkle calcined plaster of paris upon it to cover the cloth thinly, until sufficient is wound on to keep the broden bone firmly in place. Then sew the end of the bandage and support the bone with three thin splints of wood'bound with, thread over the'bandage until the ; plaster - sets and dries. In a few days remove: the wooden splints and leave the "plaster bandage for a month or six weeks, when it may be removed.' This plan has been used to repair fractures of legs of 'horses, and cows withsuccess. New York Times. I I Hintsoa Killing Weeds. Plants cannot live indefinitely deprived of their leaves. Hence preventing their appearance above the surface - will kill them sooner or later. ' , - . Plants have - greater need for . their leaves, and can'be more easily killed in the growing season than when partially dormant. . . - . Cultivation in a dry time is most inju rious to weeds and beneficial to crops. Avoid the introduction of weed? in manure or litter or from weedy sur roundings. So.me gardeners use no stable manure on grounds they desire to keep especially clean, relying "on commercial fertilizers and the plowing under of green crops. . . - . : ? After a summer crop' has ripened, j in stead of allowing the kind to grow up" to weeds, it is oftea well to sow rye 6r some other crop to cover the ground and keep them down. Give every part of the farm clean culti vation every few years, either with a hoed crop or, if necessary, with a fallow." - ; i It is often stated that : cutting : weeds while in flower will kill them. This is only; reliable with biennials, and with them only when done so late that much of the seed will grow. . . . . ; , If j the ground is kept well occupied with other crops, weeds will give much less trouble. ' Keep meadows and road sides well seeded - and plow-land culti vated, except when shaded by crops. Agriculture Report. ;"'-y- y- Best Time for Harvesting- Crops.- i In" harvesting, important principles are involved. While we allow root crops to grow as long &s they can, and harvest them before lrost damages them, grains, wheat," barley, oats, etc., need to be cut before perfectly ripe, if we would secure the largest amount of. starch in the kernel,- which, improves the quality of th flour; the value for malting, etc., while at the same time, the straw is better for feeding. - Indian corn is quite sensitive to frost. 1 Sorghum . should be cut when the grain is fully ripe to secure also the largest quantity of sugar in the stalk. Grass when cut before it is in blossom is innntritious, and dries out greatly in making hay. ; When cut in full blossom, or when just out of blossom, it is in lull flavor, in its highest degree of nutritious value, and loses far less in drying." When cut sifter ; the seed has formed, much of the foliage will nave turned brown and dried,'- the stems will be woody, and, though it dries with comparatively little loss of t weight, yet it is far less relished by rattle, and is less nutritious, while in very few grasses does the seed make good the damage to the rest of the plant. , The same general principles apply to clover and other; forsge crops. Thus,; corn for ensiloing or for drying for coarse fodder should fee cut up after the ca:s are .well formed, and before , they are fully ripe, for. then the stalk is richer iu sugar, has morel foliage, and les3 woody fiber. American Agriculturist. -. ;. -Oat Straw for Stock. , ; In ; a recent report of conclusions reached through a long series of experi ments concerning the feeding of oat straw, - Professor, Sanborn, of .Missouri, says that this straw is mainly valuable as a heat and fat producer..": It does not produce much . fat, because cattle Will not eat enough of it. It contains but 1.4 per cent, of digestible X albuminoids, or tiesh formers, and 40 per cent, of . diges tible j carbohydrates," or ' fat: formers. Hence, to use it with advantage and get the full benefit of it, it must be fed with a food of directly the opposite kind, such rs oil meal or cottonseed meil. The Professor found that" thirty-four pounds of oat straw and six pounds of cottonseed meal ' gave the same - results ; ai ; fifty pounds of the s hay because cottonseed meal ihas 33.2 per cent.' of albuminoids and but 17.6 per cent, of carbohydrates, ihus formings with the straw, a well-balanced ration. ; Oil meal contains 27.6 per cent, bf albuminoids and 27 per cent, of carbohydrates, so that a pound more of oil meal than of cottonseed meal should be . fed.- The cost of ; this feed; as compared 1 with . hay. at $5 a- ton, or of a i cent per pound, is an important . question.. It is r said to take twenty-five pounds of it to make a steer gain a pound a day, or 6 cents daily to keep him in good growing con dition. ' But if by feeding four pounds of oil I meal," worth 1 cents per pound, the same gain can be made, and by feed ing a proportionately less amount we can keep up the weight, -it will-help out a short crop of hay. But to the farmer, who has not and cannot get oil meal the fol lowing facts will be of value : Clover hay contains about 0 per cenfr of albuminoids,, timothy .contains 5.8, and oat straw 1.4 per cen;' therefore, it will be seen that a ton of clover hay fed with a ton of oat straw will be equal in value to two tons of timothy,' because clover hay contains an excess of albuminoids, and it is. waste to feed it by itself, as it is waste, to feed oat srraw alone." A steer fed on the straw long enough would starve, but when fed with clover they are a well-balanced ration, and make a poor hay crop go much farther. ' It is clearly established that the' food : value of oat . straw can be obtained only by feeding with something that has an excess of albuminoids and a deficiency of carbohydrates. The farm er's food of this class is clover hay. "; ; : "" Farm and Garden Notes. ; . It a mistake to suppose . that . sour, fermented slop for hogs is better than a fresh mixture that is sweet and clean. ' s Sunflower seed is often fed to poultry, Jjut if too much. be given". it, will cause the feathers to fall as it promotes early moulting. . ,' . " , - - - Although it is supposed that the hog eats anything, yet it rejects many grasses and weeds that are readily eaten by sheep and cattle. ' Rats are dire" ene&iies of young chicks, and will kill all of the crop if they can remain; among the fowls long enough Professor Stewart reports 'the feeding of 104 cows on" an acre of corn in the. milk, and it gave them full feed for lour days, equal to 416 days for one cow. i If ina very. fat condition -the chances are that the hen will show an inclination to set..- Even .the so-called non setters on becoming fat - will attempt to hatch a brood. - ;; When the leaves of plants assume a yellow tinge -the j application of fifty pounds nitrate of soda (saltpetre) .will often cause them to again become green and thrifty... "? - ' . . : . . ' . - In Flanders the farmer's maxim is : "Without ;. manure there is no grain ; without cattle there is no manure, and without green crops and joots cattle can not be kept.'.' '. ; , ; :j Animals arrf subject to sunstroke , as well as human beings if compelled- to endure excessive heat.. The pasture should always contain a few shade trees, and also running water. . ' . -' " A poulterer says ; 1 We would never at tempt to keep a flock of . chickens through th winter 'i without plenty of dry earth for a dust bath." The best time to store it is when it is dry. . ; The free use of insect powder in the stables will greatly lessen the annoyance to stock from; flies, but the stalls and floors should be kept clean. Dusting the legs of horses with carbolate of lime will aid-in preventing attacks from insects. A farmer writes that he , considers a cow three-quarters Jersey and one-quarter corn meal about as good for butter as any he can find. He has a small herd of such - cows whose butter sells at a handsome advance "over5 the "average price.: '. y;y j l:;-'!,-1 w T; ;r -' -: 'N;-"Ur":. The dairy cow may be regarded as a machine for transforming the food which she receives into milk," butter and cheese. She has no power,' however to produce something out of nothing. - .The best sheT can do is to perform her work econom ically. , i . .. A correspondent ot the London Horti cultural Times, who has used salt upon all kinds of crops' successfully for thirty years,; warmly recommends it. He says, however, it should not be used on cold, heavy, moist soils." -It should be in every garden, - -y ; ; v;? - y Farmers will find it to" their advantage to corn mutton in a weak brine fo home consumption. I The hams can be smoked and used like dried beef , or they can be: boiled. The corned mutton will be found an agreeable change from sausage and spare ribs. ' : - ; ; -- ; Tomato vines will endure quite an amount of cutting and trimming, and of ten renew themselves when aearly dead. If the branches be. too thick it will be of advantage to cut some bf them out from a few vines where a limited amount of early fruit shall be desired. Store beets, carrots, parsnips and turnips in bins in the cellar and pack them in dry sand or earth and they will keep well for winter use. - This method will enable the farmer . to use them at any time, which will not be the case if they be stored in mounds in the open air. , ' Hogs kept ; in confinement will eat charcoal or even bituminous coal , with relish, and they - are also fond of -' rotten wood, these substances, seeming to fur nish a desired,- if not" necessary, condi ment or appetizer, ; Charred corn once a week is a welcome variation in the fare of swine. Sassafras is a nuisance in any field, but it cannot be destroyed very easily except by grubbing it out, removing all the roots.- Being a hardy and persistent plant ; it must be .killed in its younger stages. - : If allowed to overrun a field it will entail nearly; as much labor as is required to clear new land from brush."' An observing . writer remarks1 that farmers may naturally be divided into three classes : 1. . Those who grow crops below the average, and whose lives are a struggle with poverty. 2. Those who : grow average crops and make a living by elose economy." ; 3. Those whose crops are always above the" average, and who are prosperous: " Those - making use of : driven wells should remember that the patent expired two years ago,; and that the wells put down since then are free of any royalty! also, ; that the right of any person claiming to act as agent of- the patentee should be clearly established before money is paid him.! It is a good rule in all such cases to go slow and act with neighbors, r , Grease of any kind will destroy lice on cattle, but the use of grease to a great extent will injure the cattle. 'If a single animal be infested with lice all the others will soon be in the same condition. A pound of carbolate of rime, mixed with a" bushel of fine,' dry dirt, freely scattered on the back3 of the animals, is aiiarm less remedy, and will prove successful if used daily. K- . - - " V; Farmera generally do not yet appreciate the value of bran as a feeding . substance. It contains less oil than corn ; meal, but one-fourth more flesh-forming, - bone-building-material. It is, therefore, less heating aud more healthful. By analysis its manurial value after being fed. to animals is rather more than double that of meaL Bran can usually be bought in the fall for about one-third less than"; in winter. ' yy Al -V ;' ,;;:; '. Cream is more valuable than but ter, since it is equal to both butter and buttermilk, although the impression seems to prevail with most milk producers - that the ? one. great and only legitimate end of milk and ita cream is to make butter," and a sense of waste and misuse involuntarily arise i whenever either is used for any other "purpose ;; . while," in "fact, butter making is the least lusef ul purpose -- for which milk is employed. ;",;.'.-.,. ; . " Profit in agriculture means hard work and plenty of it. . Instead of a few old log gums and box hives : and brimstone for the bees in the fall, with no manage ment the present demands the best mov able frame hives with large capacity for surplus,,simple in ? construction and ad mitting of ease and sp eed in V handling one that . V ill winter well on summer stands without further packing or protec tion, with entrance easily contracted or enlarged, and with a brood chamber that can be expanded at will. ' A Taste Destroying Plants - - It has been for some time reported that there existed in Madras a plant the leaves of which, when chewed,s destroyed the taste :' to such an extent that one could not distinguish; sugar from sand. The report was supposed to be founded on a mere ; notion. Specimens received in Europe prove it to be a reality. The plant is Gymnsma sylvestre. The use of such, a plant in removing nausea from disagreeable doses, and in many other ways, is apparent. It belongs, however, to a natural order, Asclepiadaceoe, which have patent powers of , their own, and it has yet to be known whether its power of destroying taste may not also destroy the value of the medicines it may be used with. Philadelphia Telegraph. - ; MILLIONS LOST IN THE DEAL Enormons; Sams Borrowed- from the Nevada Bank by the Wheat Man . iputators. . ;A dispatch from San Francisco, Cal., says William Dresbach one of the chief manipu lators of the recently' collapsed wheat deal' has filed with the County Recorder a full statement of his : liabilities and : assets. Among the ereditors. who- loaned Dresbach are theJfollowing, who are rwell secured by wheat, which, -if sold at presant prices, would cover1 the' claims: C. H. Kaufman, tlOO.OOO; Searles & Stone f386000j Staub & Cooper, f 75,000; Charles F. Reed, $650,000, Abby M. Parrot, $300,000; Star & Co., $43. 000 ; London. Paris and American - Bank, $140,000; Blum, Baldwin & Girviu, $231,- ooo. - --" ..; -- . - -. . -. . .. ? ; Following this statement is given a list of wheat contractB, -,whereby Dresbach agreed to receive 80,000 tons of - wheat from various persons at prices ranging from $1.70 per cental to $2 per cental The current price now being $1.25, the . amount due on these contracts is now in dispute. y-v::,'-! . . A startling exhibit made is the amount of money .owing to the Nevada Bank on prom issory notes. The statement shows that Dresbach owes the bank, directly, $550,000. He also obtained from the banJi $6,000,000 on guaranty given by Charles F. Reed, so that he received from the bank in various ways, fully $6,500,000. Mr:; Reed, who ap pears as guaranty for this enormous. loan, is aj'armer of Yolo county,, in this- state, and owns a: large tract of land there. " How he satisfied, the Nevada Bank is not stated. Mrs. Paran Stevens, of New York, is his sister, and he has other wealthy relatives. -In the list of assets there is given a state ment of 57 -vessels bound for .Liverpool, carrying . 595,000. quarters of wheat. Dres bach drew -upon the - consignees - of this wheat" in England for; more than present valua of the cargoes and assets, therefore they are of no value. ; . Amojg other assets are $378.46 cash on hand. There ia " also- a- book account of $1,795,000 owing to Dresbach by Johnston, Bosch & Co., of England, but this amount will not be more than sufficient to cover the losses sustained by this firm. on advances made to cover losses on wheat in Europe on account of Dresbach. Henry Cobrough, of London, is also mentioned as owing $712,00n but is an estimated value of the account,-for the same reason stated in the case of John ston, Besch & Co. There are various other London accounts of less magnitude, but deemed valueless. . ' - ? ;: John. Rosenfeld is also quoted as owing $107,000. He was partner with Dresbach, and this represents his share of the loss on joint account. A summary shows as follows Money borrowed on wheat and -secured $1,00,000; owing to the , Nevada Bank, $6,553,000 : losses on contracts, $300,000 ; losses on cargoes en route, $535,000, making a total indebtedness of more than $7,500,000, which is practically unsecured and which is supposed to approximately represent the loss in the great deal. Taken as a whole the ex hibit is regarded as the most remarkable in the history of speculation in this country, and is accepted as a eonf ession of the neces sity of - the changes . which occurred three days ago in the directory of the Nevada Bank. ' -:; -'- - - - "3.-; y.- EX-G0V. BLACKBURN DEAD. Kentuclcy's KInd-Hearted Doctor and V Favorite Executive. ' , Ex-Gov. Luke Pryor Blackburn died at the ressdence of his sister, Mrs. Floumey, in Frankfort, Ky. His last intelligible words, spoken on Saturday last," wei-e, "Oh," the beantyof religion !" He had been confined to h's bed for six or eight weeks with a com plication of diseases, i His h art was affected and there were symptoms of Bright's disease. Kentucky never had a Governor w ho was more widely known or more generally be loved than was Gov. Blackburn.; ; His kind heart prompted him to pardon a large num of convicts out of the over-crowded and disease-breeding penitentiary, and at the time he was greatly censured bymanyfdr his free use of the pardoning power. He was born in Fayette county, Ky., June 16, 1816. His father was Edward M. Blackburn, and his mother was the daughter of John Bell, who represented Fayette county in the first Constitutional Convention of Kentucky. He was graduated in medicine at the oM Transylvania University at Lexington, anl began practice in that city in 1835, when cholera broke out in the town of Versailles, ho went there and remained' . during the prevalence of the plague, giving gratuitous service to the sufferers. He afte. wards made that town . his home, and he represented Woodf rd county in the Legislature in 1843. In 1846 he removed to Natchez, Miss , where he became rich by the practice of his profes sion. -'He - distinguished himself bv his generous and devoted sacrifices in the yellow fever epidemics of 1848 and 1854, and -in devising ' measures for the prevention and treatment of the disease. His first wife who was Miss Ella G. Bos well, died about the close of the last epidemic, and he went to Europe. While there he met Miss Julia M. Churchill, of Louisville whom he married. Returning, he located in New Orleans and practiced medicine there until the breaking out of the civil war, in which he took an active part for the South. By request of the Governor-General of Canada he vis ted the Bermuda Islands for the relief of suffer ers there, for which he received grateful acknowledgement. In 1867 he retired to his plantation in Arka'jsasr where he remained until 1S73. ' In that year he returned to his native State, In 1878 he gave his entire serv ices and time for the- relief ot sufferers from yellow-fever at Hickman, Ky. Dr. Blackburn was nominated for Gov ernor of Kentucky in 1879 by the almost unanimous vote of , the Democratic State Convention He was elected, and at the ex piration of his term of office he took up his residence in Louisville, where he had since resided.- He was charged with having sent clothing infected with smallpox to Northern citie3 at the time of the ciyil war, but those who knew him best say that he was incapabl e of so inhuman a deed. ' - A BIG BLAZE. - Damage to the Amount of $400,000 ' y Soon Done by Fire. - The extensive candy manufactory-of Milton E. Page & Co., 211 antt 213 Lake St, Chicago, was totally destroyed by fire. The fla nes spread to the buildings adjoining on either side, one of which is occupied by J. A. Tay & Co. , of which Mayor Roch is a part ner and manager, doing considerable damage The fire was discovered: a "few minutes after 11 r o'clock. It gained- rapidly, "and - soon spread to the ad jacent building.the lower fl jor of which is occupied by Fay & Co; and the upper floors by Page & Co. i: Tne firemen p. evented the flames from burning down ward, though so much water was required that the building was deluged. ! Next the fire ate its way into the building Nos. 215, 217 and 219, occupied by the Pennsylvania Tube Works. ' A huge eale fell from a flagstaff on Page's building and injured several firemen.;;- Lieut. Case, together wi li Frank Walters and Co Sullivan, were standing on a . ladder-- nearly up to the fourth story when the eagle fell.. It struck .Walters on the head, knocking him off the ladder: and. against Case, who was also carried ; off his feet and they bumped ,down the ladder to the sidewalk, taking with them Sullivan, who stood ; lower down. O'Neill was on thi sidewalk, and, when a warning shout arose, started to run close to the building, but was struck by a fragment of the eagle. : Walters was badly cut on the head. Lieut. Case was somewhat bruised. The origin of the fire is unknown and the loss is about $400,000. The buildings 211 and 213 were valued at $75,000. It will be a to tal loss, together with its contents. The firm also occupied the three upper floors of 207 and 209, the lower floor, as stated, being oc cupied by Fay & Co. The loss to their stock in this building was also large, making an' entire loss of stock which was valued at $200,000. The building 207 and 209 was dam aged about $5,000. Mayor Roche said his loss would be slight, by water only. - Tte bull ling 2 to, 217 and 219 was also damaged by fire and w ter to the extent" of abiu; $5,000.. GAMBLERS RAIDED. An Opulent Negro and the Policy ; , Queen Among Those Arrested. -"-" A special dispatch from Willmington, Del. says: This city. f of 60,000 , inhabitants has been a hot-bed of gambling, especially policy playing, for several years.- The, State law did not cover policy-writing or playing. The last Legislature made - a new law against gambling, but the bill was mysteriously stolen just as it became a law. A similar bill was prepared and hurried through the Legislature.- ; : -: -. -y:-, -:yy Under this now law forty-three writers, gamblers and; players were locked up, the -result fit' a . general raid on the gambling houses. Detectives from New - York and Philadelphia have been . securing evidence for about a .month. Ten detectives from those cities and twenty-five local policemen made the raid. E. T. Stroud and Lee G. File, two of the heaviest backers in the cityf were caught in their head-quarters counting the money their clerks had turned in. -Their daily income amounted to from $200 to $300. John A. Parker, a coloied man, is the heav iest backer in the city, and his daily income has been nearly $500. - He is wealthy and l.ves m luxurious style In an elegantly fur nished house filled with costly bric-a-brac. John Farmer, who ran a keno and faro den from which he has been deriving a daily in come of - $125, was among those arrested. Mrs. Foy, the "Queen of Policy-Players,", was also lodged in the lockup. She kept one of the most disreputable dens in the city. She is a breezy creature and was the -presiding genius in the low dingy room in which the game was carried on, and the door rpf which she operated by means of a string. ' - The number of prisoners does not Include half of those engaged in the business. - These places abound throughout the city and are patronized by clerks, mechanics and colored people of the lowest class. " One keno and faro room, however, catered only to "high toned trade." Some of the backers were re leased on $5,000 bail and the writers on $1,000 bail. The cases will probably come up in court next week. More arrests will follow. : THE : PENSION OFFICE. . ' Figures From Commiss' jiier Black's - ; Annual Report. - I ' General John" C. Black, Commissioner of Pensions,in his annual report.makes a number of suggestions as to changes in the pension laws. The report shows that there were at the . c!os3 of the -year 406,007 pensioners, as follows: 294,445 army invalids; 85,010 army widows, minor children,' and depen dent relatives; 3,281 navy invalids; 1,975 navy widows, . minor children, and dependent relatives; 1,069-" survivors of tho war - of 1812, and 11,831 widows of those who S3rved in that war; 7,503 survivors of the war with Mexico, and 895 widows of those who served in that war, ; There were . added . to the rolls during the -year 55,194 new pensioners, and 2,707 Whose pensions have been; previously dropped were restored. ; The names of 17,677 pen ioncrs - were dropped. - The aggregate annual value of all pensions is $52,824,641, an increase of like value for the year of $8,116, 833. - The amount - paid for pensions during ,the year was $73,465,581, an increase over the previous year of $9,669,750. The amount paid to 44,019 new pensioners during the year," upon first .payment, was $25,166,990; ;i,091,200 pension- claims have been filed since 1861, and 676,948 . have . been allowed: 55,194 - original certificates v were issued, a greater number than ever be- lore in one year. Tne uommissioner as us for two additional Chiefs of Division at $2,- 030 each per annum, fifty additional clerks at $1,200, and fifty additional clerks at $1,000 each per annum. ; - ; 1 . Following are the estimates for-the next fiscal year: balaries. , sa,l44,0; inves tigation of " tension - claims, "$525,000; . repairs and improvements - - to - build ing, S63.CMJ; pensions, f7.",OUU,00O; ex amining surjreons, $1,000,000; pension agents and agencies, $312,400. v Total, $79,- ; U4o,su. i ce appropriation tor tne last nscai year was $78,701,250. c . BIG RAILROAD WASHOUTS.- Damage to an extent of $200,000 on y. the Line of the Southern Pacific. ; The damage to railroads in the West by heavy rains is much greater than; was at first supposed. It extends at intervals from the Colorado river to the Dragoon Moun tains, east of Benson. One fill 50 feet high on the Dragoon grade is washed out for eight miles, and the washed-out places between Ben" son and Tucson will take three weeks to repair so that trains can pass over. Eastern passengers tied up here will be transferred overland by coaches. . No trains from East or West have arrived since Thursday night. Two hundred men are working in Lienega and one hundred and thirty at Dragoons. Two hundred went west on a wrecking train and repaired the road west of Miricop. A gang of one hundred and fifty from Yuma got between Texas Hill and Sentinel, where they expect to. meet another gang on an early t -morrow train from the West The" present is the most destructive washout ever suffered by the Southern Pacific, and it will cost not le s than $200,000 to repair the dam ages. The heavy rains extended into Sonora, where five miles of track and three bridges were washed out on the Sonora road. The streets of Tucson are flooded with perishable freight for the Eastern market- A large quantity was sold by the railroad. KEY WES r EXCITED. Spanish Gunboats Around and Sup posed, to be Bent on Kidnapping. ; . Key We t, Fla., is all agog. . A Spanish ram is anchored in the harbor, and another Js "cruising np and. down the keys outside. ,There is a rumor, which has gained consid erable credence throughout the city, that th6y are there to be used in kidnapping two .Cuban-American citizens supposed to be im- ? Ilea ted in the latest filibustering movem nt. -. he Spani sh Government always has a few well-paii spies, and a successful knidnapping expedit on would not be at all difficult. So far as defens-- is concerned,-the town has none. ; There is not- even a militia company on the island, v -The importance attached to the n ee t filibustering expedition is shown by the activity of the Spanish Government. The latest news from Cuba has it that the force of filibusters landed near Matanzas, numbering fifty-seven - men, was led - by Manuel Garcia, and that he was killed in the skirmish with the troops and civil guards. This information is discredited ; in some quarters and nothing official can be learned. Gunboats have been stationed ; along the coast. Seventeen men supposed to belong to 1e filibustering force have been captured in the jurisdiction of Matanzas, and. will be tried -by court-martial;- in the city of Mantanzas. - ' . A STRANGE DEATH. - A -Young "Woman Tal&es Alcohol for . Blood-Poisoning and Never " TVakes XTp.r : , R. A. Jackson, manager at Chateau2ay Chasm, who .died recently at Chateaugay Clint n county, N.- YM" had been sick for months and a council of doctors "gave up hope of his recovery. He sent for his sister-in-law t nurse him. Tho night before he died ha bit her severely on a finger while in a state of delirium. '-After- his death she feared blood-poisoning as she suffere 1 from pain in her arm, and so she cut a vein-hr her hand near the bite. The wound bled profusely and she thought she would be all right, but fear again seized her and she called for whiskey and sent for a doctor. There was . but little whiskey in f e houss and so she reduced some alcohol,' and not knowing its strength took more than she intended and fell into a stupor, from which she never o woke - . . - - -- An istqu st was held and a verdict of ac cidental death was returned. The incident caused rumors to be circulated whic i had the effect of c using an inquest to be held over the remains of Mr. Jackson. ' After a thorough examination the facts that he had had the best of care and bad died from nat ural causes wero brought out . : Jm It Not SinsrnTa - That consumptives should be least -appresen-eive of their own condition, while all their " " urging ana Deseecmng tnem to be more careful about exposure and overdoing. It TTl 11V wall lw. nrmairt- vnA 1. i 1 . v , V vu wi feu? uiuav ttii rill lng symptoms of the disease, where the patient . Ttr V V D Luai 11 0 IE, 111 danger. Reader, if you are in this condition," OO Tint nP!rlv.t. tli nnlv vnAan. A . wuv. rt ill ixuit WUQVfi LlliiL JXQ IS IU Avoid exposure and fatigue, be regular in your iiriuiws, aiiu. uste laiuuuiiy - oi ljr. fierce's tioiaen Medical Discovery." It has saved thousands who were steadily failing. 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