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ill THE NASHVILLE AMEEICATT, MOTSTDA1? MOBKPTGr. MAY 1897. TO LEVEES ARE, HOLDING, pt ('? 1 MISSISSIPPI FLOODS "SlICOBEH IN DOING NO MORE HAIlItl. "FIST" THE lias completed his report allowing the coal and coke" output during 18I6. Grand total of coal In1 1896, 5,745,617 tons; for 1895, 5,705,718 tans; difference v'galried, tons; grand total of coke In 1896, 1,689,307" tons; in 1895,.

1,600,978 tons; difference gained, S8.328 tons. 'IMPORTANT RAILROAD DEAL. pounds of water evaporated per pound of coal, and in actual practice it is mU'ch less. Three birrclB of oil (forty-two gallons each) equal one ton of coal in heating capacity. Assuming the weight of tho oil to be pounds, which is nearly correct, there would seem to bo a large economy a3 well as advantage from an aesthetic point-of view in tho use of oil 'fuel In place of coal wherever ii is practicablePhiladelphia Record, I Healthy hilcSreti rle of niece of the Cbmterab whose eon, the Duke of Orleans, is tfija Bourbon aspirant for the crown 6f Ift-aVice.

The eldest son of the King of Denmark married the Princess Louise dt Sweden, who is a niece of the present King oCSweflen and Norway, Oscar II. The eldest sons of the present King; of Greece married! Sophia, tho sister of tfie" present Emperor 'l of'-Germany, whose brother Henry Is married. -to a' daughter of the late Princess Alice bflEiigfand, a daughter of Queen Victoria, Who-'died' in 1878. The heir to the throne of Roumanta Is the husband of the eldest daughter of tho Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, and this list" does not-b aqjr means exhaust tho summary of relatlpnships, between the royal families of It was said. In former -times integrity of the once powerful; and alwayB proud, empire of Austria wag maintained only through the fact that the princes of the house of Hapsburg, not handsome men, themselves, had, all of them, beautiful daughters, and the marriage of these- daughters to scions of other royal houses In Europe hud the offect of forestalling and preventing the dismemberment of the Austrian empire, frequently threatened after each '-successive defeat of the Austrian soldiors in battle.

At the present time it Is the royal house of Denmark, rather than. that of Austria, 'which exercises the largest measure of influence, mat-rimnnlnJIy, on other European courts. New Tork Sun. KENTUCKY PEN. SCANDAtS.

v. T. Rodgers Believes in the Widespread Influence of the Press. TO THE POLICE ROUND Opposes the Sundniy Effort of New Journalism niul the FiibUch- Uon of Criminal Items. i WaterK Continue at Xllffh Point, But No Ftu rtheKDnnlntfe Js Reported.

NEW ORLEANS' May 2. Dispatches from all points along the river to-day show that, the levees aro holding. A fall of one and a half tepths at LakJ Providence, strengthens the belief of tho englneors that tho worst is over along the Louisiana front from tho.mouth of Red River-to the Arkansas line. "Tho danger pojnts now from Red River Landing southward. At Plaquemine to-day: the river rosei thrce-tonths and the leveo workers in that, vicinity are having a hard time of it keeping the line in a conditlorf'of safety.

The gauge here showed 19.3 to-night. Maj. Richardspn, Chief -of State Engineer, came to tho city at the. Governor's order to act as advisory engineer on the local work, and declared the defenses. wellj COCBtt-UjCtea, Here and elsewhere "the day was 'devoted' to "hard work and no mlshapB are feportedt There Is still considerable alarm about -Davis lovee, but extensive reinforcement Willi be, beguu there to-morrow morning.

ON TH jRI VEIt PRONIY Crowds, the Hih Waer-itt St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, -MayS. The -continued high water has excited a grsat amount of interest, as was evinced by the.uiormous crowds, that flocked to river frpnt to-day.

river continued to rise, marking 30.3 feot In the morning and 30.95 fept at 4 o'clock this afternoon. At-a number -of places 'along the levee the railroad tracks'wero under water; The Terminal -whose tracks are partially under water1, 'express no uneaslnesa oyer tho situation. One of the officials stated that it would take-Ave feet of -water beforo all their rlvor tracks would be subniorged and that they had epglnea Which. wpMld work three feet of water, therefore 'It would take a rise stage before tho company would be inconvenienced, At Nntcheas. NATCHEZ, May 2.

With an of- half a 'rfsd during the last twentyf our. hours the river situation reihalns unchanged. The weather having cleared beautifully tho situation to-jiight seems more hopeful. A reporter to-day visited the levees at Viialia and Cowpen Poirit While tha levees are probably In fair shape they have streams of water running through them, necessitating a large ditch to be dug on the outside to carry off the water at VI-dalla. They ate being worked on -by a large force and closely guarded.

In many places tho river Is within less than a foot of-the tops and the current is very BWift. 1ETIU)LBUM USED AS FUEL. SuccenNfal Application of the Crude Oil for the Generation of Steam. Petroleum is the Ideal fuel, not merely because of the absence" of smoke, cinders, but on account of its cleanliness, ease of regulating the -fire, freedom from injury to quickness In kindling fires, etc. So apparent were these and other advantages that the Ptrfmsylvanla Railroad Company, desiring to; mid a solution for the vexed problem of smbke ejection" from locomotives especially wlthfn city limits has spent several years in the Investigation of the possibilities of petroleum as fuel.

Tho of, the company even sent their chief, chemist to Baku, where the greatest fuel oil wells -in the 'world Rev. 'V. T. KodgeYs delivered an eloquent sermon to a congregation; par tially consiEtlng of newspaper men, at Grace Cumberland. Presbyterian last night.

Ho took as his text, "For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing 'else, but either, to tell or. to. hear some new. thing." He said in part: "We understand that jiewspapers are great news-gatherers, andtbe same question is asked on the stretits to-day. that, was asked, at Athena centuries ago: "What Is the news?" To gratify tlie desire of the people newspapers were established.

All people read them. The newspapers have the eye and- ear of the and newspaper men- are writing the' world's history. They see and hear everything happens, and tell everyone about" libraries exist and are multiplied becauso of the writers, printers and printing presses. The Pekin Gazette, the olldest journal, in the world, was in 730. It was printed with wooden type.

The oldest European paper is the Frankfort which was established in the year. 1615. The oldest English newspaper is the London Gaxette, established in 1GG5. The first newspaper established In the United States was the Public Occurrences, published Benjamin Harris at Boston in the -year 1690. The greatest field for newspaper enterprise is in the United States.

Fifty years ago thene were no papers with over 5,000 circulation. Now some have 500,000 circulation. We have, tho United States 2,000 dailies, 15,000 2,500 monthlies and 200 quarterlies, a total of 19,500 papers. Besides these we actually publish millions of pamphlets, books, periodicals and magazines. Prices high a few years agcr, but now the' newspapers are within the' reach of nil.

The causes are the reduction in the price of paper, the introduction of typesetting machines, improved machinery by the means of which 40,000 copies are cut, pasted and folded in an hour's, duration. Cheaper telegraphic servlce-and a groat increase in the number, of readers and advertisers have also done to reduce the cost of papers. In my visit to the New York World office I learned that to run a big newspaper it costs money and hard work, and takes brains and great men, such as Charles A. Dana, of the New Yfk Sun; the late Horace Greely, of the Tribune, and the late George W. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger.

Some of our greatest newspaper men began their newspaper career as-newsboys, and then step by step they climbed the ladder of fame until they have reached tho TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME; AT THE CENTENNIAL. 4 pride of their parents. This is the The Genuine Johann Hoffs Malt Extract It has done more to make strong healthy children than any other nutritive tonic, because it makes Strong, Hialihy Motbirs GOVERNMENT EXPENSES MANY EXAGGERATIONS OF TUBIIO KXPENSE AMOUNTS. Figaros Are Pndded, Unfair State-men tit Made, and Incorrect Deductions Drawn, Which Arc Indefcnnlble and Inaccurate, Tho expenses of tho Government aro large enough and are increasing fast enough to justify earnest appeals for more economy by Congress, and to make ridiculous exaggerations as unnecessary as thoy are indefensible. There are, however, in circulation some utterly erroneous statemonts regarding the total or leading items of public expenditure, which the ordinary citizen has no meanB of correcting, and some of which appear in such newspapers, or over the signatures of such eminent men, as to give tho reader confidence la their accuracy.

In a leading magazine a gentleman prominently connected with the late Admin istration publishes a most alarming and In the main a Justly alarmingpicture of tho growth of public expenditure and Indebtedness, for States and cities, as well as the Federal been increasing their expenditures, and the two former classes of political corporations have been piling up -their debts. But, by way of exhibiting the extravagance of the national Government a table of gross and net expenditures is given, from which it appears that In 1800. the net expenditures were and the gross expenditures were Tho former item is correct; It includes all thojexpenses of the general Government except the postal expenses covered by postal receipts and payments on the public debt. The cost of the postal service defrayed by its collections is not an expense of the Government in the ordinary sense; It is- us-, ually and properly omitted from statements of Government expenditures, and when Included the fact ought to be clearly shown. The redemption of tho public debt la not one of commonly understood expenses of the Governments and whoa so Included tho fact should be explained.

Tho sum of 050,000,000 does not correspond with statements of the Treasurer of the United States, which include debt redemp-. tlonB.with payments of current expenses, so that wo are unable to Bhow tho-itomB which compose. but It probably -consists of tho. general expenses of the Government, together with certain payments on the public Thero havo appeared in several places lately statements of receipts and expefiBes In 1891 and 1802, showing an excess of eXpensoB ovor receipts, due to the fact that tboy were taken from tbe report of the Treasurer without care', enough to observe that they include among expenses redemptions of the public debt. If a man receives $5,000 a year, spends $3,000 on his living expenses and the other $2,000 and $1,000 which ho.

had at tho beginning of the year In paying off his debts It would bo, a gross par-version of facta to say that ho spending a thousand dollars a year more' than his in-, come. A very prominent and not usually Inaccu-v rauj paper nas given wnat purports to oe expenditures on our army and navy with view to proving the enormous cost of thoso services. They are expensive, and we do not say that thB expenditure is wholly wise; and wo say again what we havo said several times, that when business Is prostrated and tho national revenues aro deficient the cou---i Btruction of fortifications and battleships 1 ought to be postponed till better times. But the expenditures have been much less ban those alleged, some of the discrepancies being easily explained and some quite mysterlouB. "Tho following sums," says the article re-ferred to, "havo been appropriated during the last seven yours for tho malntcnanco of the two fighting services," and then follows the item "1891, army, For $20,000,000 of this wo find no authority, and for half of what remains It will appear In a moment It had nothing to do with the army, though expended by the War Department.

Tho official' Book of Estimates reprints from year to year a tabular statement of from, which It appears that tho appropriations for' tho support of tho army, fiscal year 1891, wero $24,206,471. If we turn for an explanation to the report of tho Secretary of the' Treasury covering tills period wo find that tho total disbursements under tho War Department were $48,720,065, Whore the unknown, compiler got his other twenty millions we do not know, but of the forty-eight millions reported to have been spent by tho War Department tho appropriations abovo cited show that only half was spent on the support of tho army. What was the rest spent on? It Is needless to give each Item, but tho expenses for Improving rivers and harbors wore over $12,000,000, the support of various Boldlers homes, which havo no cost of the prcsentarmr-than tho ponsTotis have, exceeded $3, 500, 001, and' the expenses of the Ordnanco and Engineer mainly on permanent fortifications, exceeded $3,500,000. The article to which wo refer states that tho appropriation for tho support of the army for tho current fiscal year, was $58,173,358. On the contrary, tho statements submitted to tho Houbo by Mr.

Cannon, Republican, and Mr. Sayers, Democrat, show that the appropriation for tbe support of tho army was $28,278,402, in addition to which there is' included under tho head of expenditures by the War Department over seven million for fortifications, nearly half a million for tho Military Academy and over twelve and a half million for rivers and harbors, all these aggregating wo aro unnblo to guess whoto tho 'other fifteen wore found to make a total of fifty-eight millions. In two of the Intermediate years covered by thin remarkabln nxposure of military extravngance tho expenditures on rivers and harbors were close to 'twenty 'millions each yoar. The cost of tho army, with tho cost of fortifications and of Soldiers' Homes, and of river and harbor Improvements, and the publication of tho War Records, and other items of the same sort, and then paddod with millions of dollars obtained from wo know not where, 1b sot forth as tho cost of supporting our small army, and the result of dividing It by the number of men in tho army Is compared with the cost per man of. European armies to give a rocklossly exaggerated idea of the greater cost of our own service.

Tho real coBt of tho army, as we have given It does not Include the coat of the, War Department, which Is $2,000,000 or something over that annually. It Is not necessary to with equal caro the alleged cost of the navy. New York Journal of Commerce. -f Bracelets for DoffR, Tho French poodle has sot tho faBhlon for the world's aristocratic lap dogs In the way of 14-carat gold bracelets, ablaze with jewels and spangles, with which to adorn his highborn legs, and with a collar and shoulder harness to correspond. The cost of thesO small trappings must, of course, vary according to the.

nlw. and number of jewels used. BvvlWK Reminiscence "Does your wife enjoy tfieso beautiful spring dayB?" 1 "No. sbo is too busy recalling how much more forward vbketatlou was this time last QUEEN CITY Cincinnati Delegation Will Be Escorted to the Centennial by Eighty Policemen. CINCINNATI AND OHIO DAYS Col.

Phil Deltsch Will Be the Head of the Escort, Which Will Be" the Most Imposing Ever Gotten. a Together. The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune of yesterday contains a page write-up of thepollce escort which will accompany the delegation to the Tennessee Centennial on Cincinnati and Ohio days, June 11 and 12. The escort will consist of eighty men, picked from the 400 of tho Que-in City's finest, and will be divided Into two companies. The men will be In command of Col.

Phil Deltsch, Superintendent of Police, and will be the handsomest body of police ever gotten together In the United; States. The men will be quartered hero in Price's Hotel, at Broad and Vauxhall streets. Here is a list of the men who will compose the escort, not one whom. less than 6 feet 11 inches tall: The Stiiff. Phil.

Deltsch, Superintendent of Police; Thomas A. Duffy, Superintendent of Patrol; John W. Carroll, Lieutenant and Adjutant. Color 'Sergeants B. Kortc, George Eu-banks.

Color Guard Edward Dean, Frank Hurlan-der, Henry Lammert, Henry Sandman, John Scholl, Joseph B. Stagge. First Comnnny. Lieutenant Commanding, John Poppe; Lieutenants, James Casey, C. M.

FiBher; Sergeants, James Sinkking, Charles Messer-schmidt, Wm. E. Watson, Louis J. Brinkman. Patrolmen John B.

Wessels, 5 feet 11 inches; Charles Palmer, 6 feet" ZY inches; Bernard Schmedes, 6 feet; Charles Stubbs, 5 feet 11H inches; Clemens Weber, 6 feet 1 Inch; Anton Batsche, 5 feet 11 Inches; Martin Flan-nelly, fl feet 1 Inches; Jeremiah Gruver 6 feet 11 inches; John Muhle, 6 feet; Frank Kruse, 6 feet; Conrad Kuhfers, 5 feet 11 inches; John Brenneman, 5 feet inches; Harry Morton, 6 feet 2 Inches; JameB Mount, 6 feet I inch; John E. McCarthy, 0 feet 1 inch; E. C. Buchanan, 5 feet 11 inches; Charles Fink, 5 feet 11 Inches; Frank McNulty, 6 feet; J. H.

Lemmlnk, 6 feet inch; Ed Prasse, 5 feet 114 Inches; Henry S. 5 feet ll inches; Levi Donohoo, 5 feet 11 Inches; Timothy Hanlcy, 6 feet; Charles W. Haines, 6 feet 1 Inch; Wm. Moore, 0 feet 1 inches; Benjamin Gramke, 6 feet 3 Inches; Herman J. Wolf, 6 feet; Fred Beck.

5 feet 11 Inches; Thomas Conrad, 6 feet inch; James Jennings, 5 feet inches; George Kruger, 5 feet 11 Inches; Henry Horstmeyer, 6 feet; George Babe, 5 feet 11 inches; Thomas Cal-van, 5 feet 11 inches; John R. Dupes, feet II inches; George J. Steidlnger, 6 feet; James Ward, 5 feet 11 inches. Scoonil Company. Lieutenant Commanding E.

C. Hill. Lieutenints Samuel Corbln, Luke Drout. Sergeants Thos. Hartley, Andrew Eichel- DerRer, uustin LiocKnardt.

Patrolmen Vincent Dumes, 6 feet 1 inch; Joseph Uckotter, 0 feet; Thomas Turnlpseed. 0 feet yt Inch; Henry Hannakns, 5 feet 11 'Inches; John Dumford, 6 feet Inch; Emmett Klncaid, fi feet 11 Win. Enneking. feet: F. Hovorstadt, 6 feet 2 Inches; "Wm.

Luhn, 6 feet 2 inches: Wm. Heheman, 6 feet: John Berte, 6 feet; August Bauerlin, 6 feet 11 Inches; John Quill, 6 feet; Henry Lammert, 6 feet; John Ryan, 5 feet 11 Inches; Ed Burk-holz, 6 feet; Jeremiah Storey, 5 feet 11 inches; Frank Eckert, 5 feet 11 incheE; Harry Israel. 0 feet; Ignatius GJiese, 5 feet 11 Inches; John Hugloucht, 5 feet 11 inches; Wm. Shafer, feet 11 Inches; E. M.

Swain, 6 feet 2 inches; James Jeffries, 5 feet 11 Inches; Jacob Bernhardt, 5 feet 11 inches; Joseph Forster, 6 feet Inch; Henry Frlcke, 5 feet 11 inches: Frank Eckert, 5 feet 11 inches; Wm. Bocra, 8 feet 11 inches; Herman Leuobtenberg, 5 feet 11 Peter Klein, 5 feet 11 Inches; Thomas McGulre, 6 feet; Joseph Ryan, 5 feet 11 Ringer, 5 feet 11 inches; Frank Seaford, 5 feet 11 Inches; John Weike, 5 feet 11 Inches; Posey L. Curtis, 5 feet 11 Inches. HIS HEAD NEARLY OFF FBICHTPIL TRAGEDY AT A PIUNIO IX ALABAMA. Yomifr Men Engnjsrc in a Flfflit, With moody ItcHiiItM Mormon in the State.

GADSDEN, May 2. (Special.) At a picnic at Sulphur Springs, St. Clair County, yesterday, a man named Steward interfered in a fight between two small boys, slapping one of them, Tom McKlnley, a young man standing nearby, became enraged at Steward and sprang upon him with a knife, cutting his neck and severing his head nearly from his body. Steward fell to the ground, and though rapidly bleeding to death, drew a pistol and as McKinley ran shot him in tho back, and as McKlnley fell he was again shot by Steward, the second bullet piercing, his heart. Both men werei dead fifteen minutes after the fight started.

INDEBTED TO Ilow tlie Grent Actor Saved a Hoh-pltnhle Burner From Loss. Sheridan once had occasion to call at a hairdresser's to order a wig. On being measured the barber, who was a liberal soul, invited the orator to take some refreshment In an Inner room. Hero ho regaled him with a bottle of port and showed so much hospitality that Sheridan's heart was touched. When they arose from the table and were about separating tho latter, looking tho barber full in the face, said: "On reflecting, I don't Intend that you shall make my Afitouffehed and with a blank visage tho other exclaimed.

"Good heavens, Mr. Sheridan! How can 1 have displeased you?" "Why, look you," said Sheridan, "you ate an honest fellow, and, I repeat It, you shan't mukc my wig, for I never Intended to pay for it. I'll go to; another less worthy sou of tho, craft." New York Journal. ROYAL INT Ell MARRIAGES'. Nenrly All tlie KIiirI' Families Are Ueluteu Through 3Iay Ties.

Attention has recently been drawn to the extent to which the royal family of Denmark is related by marriage to the governing families of other European kingdoms. Christian of Denmark, the oldest secular ruler in Europe, Is the father of the Princess of Wales (wife of tho future king of England), the father of George king of Greece, and the father of the Empress Dag-mar, mother of the Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II. In the present complication in and about Crete, the English and tho Russian Governments are perhaps nioro deeply Interested than any other, and tho relation which they bear to King George is therefore of tho very first importance. Ho Is related by marriage to tho royal house of- each empire, ono sister being the mother of the Russian Emperor and the other tho daughter-in-law of Queen Victoria. The King of Denmark, however, Is not the only monarch of Europe, at present who owes much of his influence to matrimonial alliances.

The present Emperor of Austria, Franz Josef, has two daughters, the older of whom, Glsela, la married to the second son of the regent of Bavaria. His son Rudolph, who died' by suicide ItrlSSO, was married to tho second daughter of Leopold tho King of 'Belgium. The. present King' of Portugal, Charles Is a son of a daughter of Victor Emanuel. The heir to the throne of Savoy married tho daughter of a former King of Portugal and his eldest son married the Archduchess Louise of Austria.

The present Kins'of Greece not only fs the brother of the Dowager EiupreBs of Russia, but he married the Grand Duchess Olga, of Russia, and younger brother married the Princess Ma- are a comfort to themselves and the reason so many families bless What Mrs. Kendal Writes: "The genuine Johann HofPs Malt Extract has helped me considerably to keep my strength I consider it the best nutritive tonic and tabic beverage i Know or. ssaaaaaaiiimj! DOE WAS EXTRAVAGANT ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAll CALLED TO ACCOUNT. He and a Clerk Compelled to Mnlce Restitution and Their lies I g- notion, itfi Called For NEW Washington special to the Trlbuno says: Assistant Secretary of War James; B. Doe, of Wisconsin, was practically dismissed by Secretary Lament.

The Trlbuno says: There was considerable comment 'concerning the unusual act of President McKlnley in accepting Doe's resignation before the selection of his successor. Doe's resignation' was accepted at once1(ahd his was vacant until Mr. Meiklejohn, "of was appointed. This was due -to a hint -from Col. Lament, who had practically made a vacancy In the office several.

jpapnths. before. As early as he was able to find time, Secretary iVIger began an Investigation of the official conduct of Mr. Doe, but soon discovered that Secretary Lamont had anticipated him, and the'only result of his Inquiries was the dismissal of Richard J. Wnitten, bo from Janesville, who was brought to Washington hy po and served as his private secretary two.

years or more. About a year ago Secretary Doe began to issue orders to the division of alinnlies and other branches of the department that caused considerable gossip' among'the. clerks, and to make requisition for articles for his personal i use which had not before been purchased from the public fund. He.contlnuedkto do so during tbe frequent absences of Secretary Lambnt, until atter the, election November when i that port of business, became so active as to attract general and; within a few weeks the eosslo reached the bead of the department. Secretary Lambnt at oncp" made vn investigation.

He' called before' Him the clerks in the shpply department, the storekeeper and other officials of? the department and secured, statements, from, them- which caused him to require Doe and Whitten to make restitution to the amount of nearly In cash, and to surrender to' the, department a considerable amount af property, which In Mr. Lament's opinion, belonged to the Government." FUNEHAL OF DR. J. M. SHARP.

liirgre Co'ncottriic" at 'FrTOn'ns'rinther nt the Family Residence. The funeral of Dr. J. M. Sharp was held yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the family residence, two miles out oh the Gallatin road.

A large concourse of friends gathered to pay a laBt tribute to the dead. Remarks full of feeling and ImpreBBlveneBs -were made by Rev. R. K. Brown and H.

B. Blue. The following were tho pall-bearers: Honorary Maj. John S. Bransford, T.

P. Wtfakl-v. Dr. I. C.

Lofton. Dr. B. Talbot. Isaac T.

Rhea, Moore, Q. W. Davis, Hiram vaugnn. Acttve-viaj; j. rryor, Len K.

Hart, E. C. Roberts, Bush Spain, R. Wat Wenfeley, Matt Stratton, John P. Hickman, D.

L. Dougherty The remains were Interred at Mt. Olivet. ICANSANS AIU3 QUEER PEOPLE. Fanny Scenes Are Witnessed Even at the Funerals.

What promises to be the most' remarkable lawsuit ever tried, in Kansas, is brewing over at Atchison. Last week William Dutch died and was burled. After the funeral Mrs. Dutch found ampng. her husband's papers a written agreement between himself and Fred Buetmer, the undertaker at Netawaka, through which each agreed to pay the funeral expenses of the one who died first.

MrB. Dutch Jiad already paid for the coffin for her husband, but sheent the bill to Mr. Buebner. He responded that he was ready to pay the wholesale price of the caskot, as that is all it would have cost hlni If he had been notified in time to furnish it according to agreement. This, it is said, Mrs.

Dutch will refuse and try tcj enforce "the collection of the full amount In This Atchison case reminds one of an agreement which eiftB between two of To-peka's beat-known citizens. Years ago Sam Radges performed some service for JohD R. Mulvane. When Mulvane sought to pay him he declined to take it, and Mulvane- then said: "All right, Sam; when you die I will see that you get the best funeral the town can afford." "Do you mean queried Sam. "I certainly do," -responded the rich man.

"Well, jus.t put this business shape," said eccentric Sam, and he forthwith proceeded to call in witnesses and make the contract binding. By its terms the Modnc Singing Club, Marshall's Band and the Opera House are to be paid for by. Mulvane, together with the finest coffin to be had. Radges had already built himself a fine stone tomb 'in the Topeka Cemetery, which is the first sight pointed out to visitors. He has arranged large electric light in the centre of the tomb, and In his will has set apart a sum to bo employed in payment for tho Topeka Daily Capital, which is to be thrown into the death chamber every morning.

Radges Is certainly tho oddest character in Kansas. Ho is not a crank, for ho has the most thorough appreciation of the humor of his own oddities. He takes great delight in reminding Mulvane of this burial contract, and It will be carried out faithfully unless Mulvane plays "Injun." Kansas City Journal. THE VAILLANT SURVIVORS. Pnlnfnl Operations Necessitated hy Their, SulferiiiKs.

ST. JOHNS, N. May 2. Last night the surgeons performed amputations upon the four Valltant Burvivora brought In yesterday. Two, who lost their hauda and the lower part of their legs, are not expected to' recover.

The other' two who underwent similar operations aro somewhat better off. Tho remaining four are still very weak. None of the elpht men can be said to be out of danger. The Btory tqld by the party last rescued that dog food was all they had to cat is dis-. credited here by many.

It is feared and believed that they also werB compellod to ro-Bort to human flesh. ALL HOPE ABANDONED. One of Kins GeorgfeH Staff Wires Hini From Epirus; LONDON, May 2. Capt. Rabbek, of King-George's personal staff, wired here from Athena yesterday that the right of the Greek army had ropulsed the but that the left wing had retreated behind' the old frontier lino to avoid being circumvented.

Capt. Rabbek adds: "The Greek in Bplriis, after defeat at, Pentoplgadla, has retired to Arta. All hope of continuing tho war 1b now virtually- abandone'd; The fieot has returned to Volo for the protection of the inhabitants." MUHt Have Perished. CAPE MAY, N. May Kano and two companions, sturgeon fiBhermen of Fishing Creek, were caught in a gale while out fishing to-day and are supposed to have perished.

2 Southern and L. fc N. iVonld Ilotli Like, an AlaUiiiuu Hallway. HUNTSVILLE, May 2. (Special.) There are many speculations as what will be done with the Middle Tennessee Alabama Railway which will bo sold, at Fayette-ville, next Wednesday to satisfy mortgages held by a New York trust company.

The railway at present, is completed' from Fayettevllle to Madison Roads, a point tea miles northwest from Huntsvllle. This short line is most valuable piece of property. and both the Louisville Nashville and the Southern Railroads have been trying to effect a deal to secure' it. The plan, now Is for tlie present owhers" of the line, New York and St. Louis capitalists, in.

the property- -at the sale and re-organlze and-complete the line to Decatur as originally projected. This route will undoubtedly, be taken if the present owners undertake ta complete the road. There arc two schemes formulated the extension of the Mfddlo Tennessee Alabama In caso the present owners may be induced to step out of the way. In case the Louisville Nashville secures it, the lino will be extended from Fayettevllle north. to Nashville, orf to Clarksvllle, connect with the Gordon line which runs to the Ohio River and there connects with the Wabash system which runs into St.

Louts. South from Madison' Roads, the present, southern line will ho projected to Huntsvllle and southeast from this.clty with Atlanta as, the objective point. In taking the line to Atlanta, tho Louisville Nashville will probably make it touch Oneonta, which is directly connected by this system with Birmingham. This would give the Louisville. Nashville a double line from Birmingham tn Nashville.

The Southern has a deal' tinder consideration with the view of entering Nashville from the east by vay of Knoxvtlle. From Nashville, the Southern will project a line "to Fayettevllle and there taking irf--" the present Middle Tennessee Alabama to' Madison. 'will come to Iluntsville for a terminal. CHANGE IN SCHEDULE. New Time Curd at Nashville, St.

Louis Komi. Tho change in schedule on the Nashville, Chattanooga St. Louis Road has gone into effect. Trains Nos. 1 and 2 will run in two sections, the first section carrying the Norfolk Portsmouth sleepers.

Train No. 5, which formerly left Nashville at 3:35 iu the afternoon, will now leave at 12:30. Train No. which formerly, arrived-at 11 o'clock in the at in the afternoon. These changes are made to make close connection with the--Southern at Chattanooga and the Seaboard at Atlanta, both of- which roadc will carry through sleepers to- Thoy are in effect to-day.

"Tho new train "from Cowan. to Nashville be placed in service to-day. It will leave Cowan at 6 o'clock and arrive here at 9:30 o'clock. Returning, will leave Nashville at 5'o'clock'in the 'afternoon and reach'towan at 8:30 o'clock. RAILROAD 'C.

A. Harmon, of Atlanta, General Passenger Agent of the Western Atlantic, Is registered' at the Duncan. J. A. Thomas, Ticket Agent Western Atlantic at Atlanta, who has been- in the oity for the past few days, returned home last night.

Tho Freight Committee of the Western trunk lines will hold a meeting at St. Louis to-morrow to consider the rate situation. TENNESSEANS AT THE HOTELS. MAXWELL Percy W. Smith, E.

H. R. G. Pickering, Springfield; T. W.

Jordan, James P. Connor, C. F. Litlard, Knoxville; S. P.

Harlan, Columbia. DUNCAN G. M. Palmer, Cv A. Kelly, Memphis.

TULANE H. L. Lenoir. T. J.

Edwards, Union City; S. B. Boyd, Knoxville; J. Butler, Murfreesboro: J. A.

Hill, Mrs. M. A. Baferrikn, Mrs. V.

A. Goldsb'y, Mrs: N. Williams, Misses Goldsby, and James Tfey, Memphis. UTOPIA 13. A.

Brown, George L. Harris. J. Prent, W. Boy ville, Memphis; Robt.

Morrison, Chattanooga; James O. Kirby, Springfield. Personal. Maj. A.

W. Wills left for Montgomery last night. Rev. George A. Lofton left last night on his way to Wilmington, N.

to attend the Southern Baptist Convention. Hon. Adlal E. Stevenson, of Illinois, and Gov. Lon V.

Stevens, of Missouri, who have been, attending tho opening of the Centennial, returned to their homes last night. DR. ZERTUCHA ARRESTED. lietrnycr of Antonio Mnceo Languishes in ii Spa hi sli Prix on at Hnvann, NEW YORK, May 3. A special to the Journal from Havana says: Dr.

Maximo Zertueha, Antonio Maceo's physician, who is alleged to have betrayed the Cuban General to the Spaniards, was arrested at his home near Gulnes yesterday and brought to Havana under close guard. He Is now In the military prison in the fortress of uananas, opposite tnis city. He is held incommunicado. It Is understood at the palaco that Weyler this mqrnlng ordered his deportation to Cha-farlnas, Island, the Spanish penal station. OBITUARY NOTES.

Miss Emma Weinreltor died yesterday morning at 2 o'clock, at the home of her stepfather, T. l. Good, 904 Monroe street. She was 20 years old. Alice Emma Jean tho infant daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. W. M. Sadler, died yesterday morning at the home of her parents in the Thirteenth District. Ex Stouffer died suddenly Friday night at his home, 004 Fatherland street.

Ho was 65 years old, and bis death was due to apoplexy. He leaves a wife and several sons and daughters. The remains will bo shipped to Macon. 111., to-night, from which place the family removea io iNasnvme a rew rnontns ago. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH.

William Ransom, colored, died at tho City Hospital Saturday evening. Ho was 38 years old and lived on Delugu street. A negro by the name of John Buchanan called ut the hospital yesterday with an ugly Kasli on his face and asked for medical attention. Six stitches were taken In tho wound, alter which he left. A man whilo occupying a scot In the lobby of the Maxwell IIouso yesterday morning slipped and fell on his face, breaking his nosu in the contact with the stone flooring.

A porter assisted him to his feet apd ho was able to bo on hU way unattended. He was a stranger and bis name was not ascertained. Ills lack of equilibrium was' attributed to liquor. ANCIENT TIIEATHE TICKETS. IMnten 1nm1 for Print iilfr Them in the UajN of Lycui'fiUN.

During tho last few years a largo number of small metal plates have been fouud at diggings hi Athens and at the Piraeus, and. they were commonly supposed to he small symbols. Tho Greek archaeologist Svoronos has now demonstrated beyond doubt that theao metal plates were used as tickets of admission to tho theater of Dyonisos about the time of Lycur-gus. The images on these thcuter tickets, certainly the oldest of their kind In existence, show cither the head of Pallas Athene, turned to the left, or the head or a lion, and letters of tho alphabet in single, double or triple arrangement. It apears thereforo that the laws introduced by Lycurgus, which had such a great influence upon Albanians in all walks of life, extended alao to the admission to theaters, which was also probably regulated by him.

Philadelphia Record. Inter Conn 1 1 1 on CLEVELAND, May 2. Dispatches from the interior of the State say the rain last night turned Into snow, and that In many places winter conditions 'prevailed this morning. At Bueyrus three inches of snow fell, and at Martin's Ferry, in the southeastern part or the Stato, the ground was covered with It. Rs-Rov.

Alhort i. Porter. INDIANAPOLIS, May 2. Kx-Gov. Albert, G.

Porter 'is fatally ilt ut his resilience In this; city. Gov. Porter was Minister to Italy under President '-ilarrlRon, and at one time" was a M)r factor in the Republican politic of Indiana. He Is 74 year si old. FOOLED BY A DECOY DUCK.

Rnglo Thought He Had Secured Choice Morsel for HIM Dinner. My reputation lor veracity among my fel-low-sportamen has been seriously impaired, if not entirely destroyed, by my insisting upon the truth of the following experience that befell me last Thanksgiving Day: My boy of 15 and myself were indulging in a few days' outing at a little club-house on the -Potomac a short distance below old Qunston Hall. The weather was fine, in fact, too fine- for our purposes, as we were after ducks. Early in the morning we put out, off the aid historic Hallowing point, dear to many duck hunters, about forty new wooden decoys, as handsome as I ever saw, and then took our positions in the blind, fall of those feelings of exhilaration and expectancy which all true sportsmen aro bound to feel In some degree, even when all favorable conditions for sport are dead against them. After a fow hours' waiting in came a bird, which my boy knocked down prettily and with much en thusiasm retrieved, but which proved to his disgust to be nothing but an old merganser, or saw-bill, known in these parts as "fisherman," a bird, I need hardly add.

of large size and beautiful' plumage, bat absolutely unfit for the table. The incident oVer, we' waited and waited, with no results, until finally, leaving the decoys in position, we went back to the prepared and ate a luncheon and then took a stroll back Into the woods and fields on a tour of inspection, when, finding our heavy clothes rather oppressive under the eun's rays( we concluded to. return to the blind, where we were sure to find it more comfortable becauso of the light breeze that was coming over the water. On arriving at the blind we noticed that one of the decoys was positioned some twenty-five or thirty yards. from the others.

My first thought was that it was adrift and I was about putting out in tho skiff to recover it When I noticed that it did not change its position, although the tide was running quite briskly. Could it have floated off and again become caught? Could it have dragged Its anchor that long distance while the others remained undisturbed? These and other theories were being discussed by'us. when suddenly over ouftheads from behind there passed a dark shadow, which, on our looking up, proved to be made by a large eagle, and as we gazed upon htm he sailed out over the straggler decoy about which we had been solicitous, poisod himself for an instant and then settled down suddenly and with outstretched talons grasped the poor, helpless wooden thing and rose with it until the leaden anchor Bhc-wed at the surface of the water, when, for some reason, perhaps because of the discovery of his mistake or becauso of the sudden and unexpected increase In tho weight of his burden, this king of birds dropped his quarry Into the water with a splash and scuttled across the river as though to keep a suddenly remembered appointment. Forest and Stream. The British soldier receives daily as rations 20 ounces of biscuit, 14 ounces of meat, 7 ounces of peas or beans, 2 ounces of sugar and 1 ounce -of cocoa DO NOT LEAD LONELY LIVES.

LlffhthouNe Keepers Do Not Mliiil the Solitude That Surround Them. Lighthouse keepers do not mind or even feel the loneliness of their notwithstanding that tho mere thought of such an existence is enough to make the average petson shudder. Here is a story that one tells by way of illustration: "I once spent a week on Scotland lightship near the entrance New York harbor. The assistant keeper was in charge, and he was nearly stone-deaf. He had not been ashore for three months, and even; a newspaper came to, him only by chance from time to time, when a pilot boat stopped by on her way out of the harbor.

Prom isunrioo- until o'clock at night he did little else but sit on a hatchway, smoking an old pipe and' gazing reflectively at the harbor, receiving and dismissing its thousands of vessels. One day he asked me to use my influence to get him transferred to Cape God. I asked him why he wished the change. said he, very seriously, 'I want a quieter station; it's too lively here. I want to be where there is less going St.

Nicholas. The Sncred liens of Prayer Rugn, Verses from the Koran and other pas-Eages considered sacred are generally stamped on the fabrics used aB prayer rugs byr the Mohammedans, and it is criminal in law to export such pieces; This isdoubtless because use by the Occidentals means the treading of Bacred -words tinder infidel feet, and when you think it ovr it is not to. be.w.ondered at. few yeays an American succeeded In 'getting tvfo jpueh pieces as near home as Paris, but Lhe Inducements offered Tilm to returh thorri to the Oriental dealer were potent enough to effect their purpose. Jail Commit tain.

Rufe Bond, colored, by capias; Will Alloy, alias Maan, larceny and stolen property, by caplufi. Ifeurliiff Relative to Them Will Re RcNnmed To-Day. FRANKFORT, May 2.The Senate special committee which began an Investigation, of the local penitentiary several weeks ago will resume operations with a vim to-morrow. A. big sensation, involving a-number of as yet unknown parties, has been sprung at tho prison to-day.

This time it Is a money matter -and not a scandal affecting the name of prison It has been discovered by State officials who have been paying penitentiary accounts that the prison is short a million feet of lumber, worth $17,000, and that amount has been paid out for which no returns have been made. No arrests haye been made, but it is charged that a dozen men are involved and the matter will be far-reaching, though only a few underlings are charged with guilt. The Sinking Commissioners will talk but little, though they admit something very serious is wrong and that they have trying to learn by a quiet Investigation wherein the trouble lies. The legiBlatlvo committee, composed largely of Democrats, who believe that tho Republican administration has honeycombed more than one Institution -with corruption, is preparing 'to go to, the bottom, of this particular matter, and it Is hinted that others of a similar character may keep extending the extra legislative session longer than was, expected when the senatorial race came to an end. 1 KENTUCKY KERNELS.

Bank President W. R. Roblason died at Lancaster. Paducah's tax levy has been fixed at $1,410 on. the $100.

Turnpike raiders destroyed another toll gate in Mason County. Gov. Bradley has turned down eleven applicants for pardon. Mrs. Howard J.

Williams was: killed by lightning near Stanford. An association is being formed at Newport for the purpose of resisting the. payment of city taxes. Al King was arrested near Winchester, charged with committing a murder twenty-live years ago. School warrants from suspected cities will be held up at Frankfort till the padded school census reports are explained.

A ramarkable ceremony was held at Lexington out of respect to the memory of Miss May Collins by the free thinkers. The cf.se against the charitable and religious institutions will be given a rehearing bf.fore the Court of Appeals to-morrow. Shortly after her death in tho Daviess County poor-house, a widow's claim for $500 pension was allowed by the C. C. Reynolds has withdrawn as a candidate for County Judge in Itr having discovered thathe is a non-re sident.

Y. P. S. C. E.

CONVENTION ASSOCIATION'S EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING AT AN END. Services of Sons: and Prnlse and Topics of Interest Murk the Closing Moments, CHATTANOOGA. May 2. (Special.) The eighth annual convention of Tennessee Y. P.

S. C. E. Assosiatioti closed a four days' session here to-night with a service of song, and praise led -By E. C.

Excell and a special choir. Before adjourning a resolution was adopt-ed indorsing tho action of the Executive Committee in declining to erect a Christian Endeavor building on the Centennial grounds after the management had decided to permit the sale of beer on the grounds. The exercises thiB morning were given up to the regular church services, the members of the convention officiating in nearly all of the churches. In the afternoon Rev. George' W.

Shel-ton, of Clarksvllle, conducted an. open parliament on missionary work. Reports were received from, many societies throughout the State, showing a healthy missionary spirit. "Missionary Study Classes" was tho topic assigned to L. L.

Rice, of Nashville. He discussed the importance of having systematic study of missionary literature, and suggested that a State superintendent of missionary study should be appointed to assist In having such classes formed In each society in the State. The State Secretary read letters and telegrams from officers of other StaieB and a cablegram from Dr. Francis F. Clark, the father of Christian Endeavor, who is now in South Africa.

Miss Grace G. McKeage, of Clarksvllle, delivered a practical address on "The Duty of tho Christian Endeavor to tho Un-evangelized of Our Cities." Tho services closed with a Missionary consecration meeting, conducted by State President Noell, A large number of En-deavorers signified their willingness to go as missionaries' to the foreign field if they were called to 'do so. A special meeting was hold from 5 to 5:40 o'clock, with "The Deeper Spiritual Life" as the topic by L. L. Rice, of Nashville.

AithcIiser-IlitHoIi IlruwIiiR AHs'n. recommends tho use of the greatest of all tonics, "Malt' Nutrine," and guarantees tho merits claimed for It. For sale by all drug- To Soften and Wliltcn the Sktn. Almond meal is said to soften and whiten the skin. It Is usually put into a bag made of nun's veiling or of soft bunting and used as a cake of soap would be in bathing.

After Its uso tho skin should be bathed with clear water. The ratio of insanity Is greatest in Ireland, 37 to the United States comes next, with 33. Allays Nervousness, relieve the Headache, Cramps and Nausea, arid so prepares the system that the time of recovery is shortened and many say "stronger after than before confinement." It insures safety to life of both mother ari child. All who have used 4 'Mother Friend" say they will never be without it No other rem edy robs confinement of its pain Book "TO EXPECTANT MOTHERS" mailed frco, containing valuable information and voluntary testimonials. THEBRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.ATLANTA.Qs.

SOLD BY ALL DRUQGIBT6 AT 91.00 PER BOTTLE. 9:00 a. m. Closing exercises by "EsBenic Knights. 10:00 a.

m. Meeting of Committee on Parades. 11:00 a. m. Formal opening of Woman's Building, PRAYER.

Address of Welcome Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman. Music Centennial Band. Address Miss Mary Boyce Temple, Vice President for East Ten neesee. 1 Music Address Mrs.

Charles N. QroBTen or, Vice President for West Ten nessee. Music Centennial Band. The leading musician- in to-day's exercises will be Corinno Moore Laweon, of New. York.

4 PKOGKAMME OF MUSIO 2:00 JP. M. SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 1. March, "New Administration" Bellstedl 2.

SceneB'from the opera Poust Gounod 3. Waltz de. Concert, "Tuttl Fruttl" Arnold 4. Humorous Intermezzo, "Cotton Hall 5. Overture, "Poet and SUppa 6.

Grand Burlesque Medley, "Rome under Nero" DESCRIPTION Rome in agony and howling; H1b Royal NIdb, Nero, on playing the Arkansas Traveler on tho Clarinet; approach of the Triumphal Procession; (The Girl I Left Behind Me.) Bacchanalian FeaBt (Bully for You, Rickett's Reel, and Pop Goes the Weasel). Nero doing a Soug and Dance; Nero assaulted and annihilated in the streetB of Rome (this is m.t historical, but it goes); writhing in pain; death of Nero; Funeral March (burlesque); Nero climbing the Golden StairB. Finale, f. Persian Glese 8. Solo for Cornet Selected Mr.

-Herman Bellstedt, Jr. 9. Melange of Popular Dowltt 10. Two-Step, "My Darktown Gal" JohnBon 11. Polka, your Eyes Open" Herbert 3:30 Arion, "King of the Air," on the high wire on Lake Watauga.

PROGHAMME OF MUSIC TiOO P. SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 1. March, "The Middleman" Bellstedt 2. Ballet frm Dellhes 3.

Rhapsodic Hongrolse, No. 2 Liszt Grand Selection, "Trovatore" Verdi 5. Vase Elegante, Hackney (i. A Parlor Scene 11 p. Vollstedt 7.

Patrol, "Blue and Gray" Dalby 8. Solo for Selected Mr. Herman Bellstedt, Jr. 9. March, "Ah, Bellstedt 30.

Melange of Popular Airs Andrews 11. Darkies' Frolic Bray IU. Galop, "The Dandy Drummer" Tracy 8:00. Arion, "King of the Air," in hitj great electric act, riding a blcy-. cle on a live wire charged with 500 volts of electricity.

pinnacle or protession. Trained muscle is just as necessary In gelling out a newspaper as a trained jnind. JtJLbelieve that the Church of Christ fa not as much interest in newspaper men hi they should. I have searched the records, but have never found a special sermon ior newspaper men. Newspapers have exerted a great influence upon the public.

This great Centennial not have been what it is to-day without the great advertisement that-the papers have given it. Thent-news-paper' correct evils and right wrongs. "The opportunity for doing good, breaking chains of depressions and other great things that those men have are untold. There are some changes, however, that I would likn to see made in our papers. I wish that our daily papers would omit the Sunday edition, because, in the first place, It Is unnecessary, It is issued disregarding the law of the Scripture, Uncounted thousands of merchants advertise In Sunday's paper.

It robs men or their Sunday rest, breaks up the fumily circle and keeps many from attending tho church Services. I wisli that our papers would quit printing so much about the weaknesses of humanity. It. is all right to exp03e fraud, but I mean tho articles About suicides', burglaries, rapes and such criminal eases. "As a man thinketh, is he." I believe that a great many people commit suicide who woul.i not have done so if they had not read of so many similar caBen in tho papers.

1 wish that' the newspaper men would minimize the evil and maximize the good. I also wish that newspapers would be more careful about personal matters. A man wronged by a newspaper can never bo righted sulUcl'Uitly to erase the blot from his reputation. believe that newspapers ojghL to put. sin in Its true linht, and, on the other hand, put virtue in Hit right light.

I believe that the true and righteous printing press Is the greatest ciunny that the devil has. These men are largely the leaders of tho peojOe, and they ought to be tho best men in tho world. Although newspaper men gre it temptations, with the help of vRoi3 they can serve him as well at the printing prens as anywhere else in the ivoi'ld. A man is not so fallen but that Rod can lift, him up so that he may be a blessing tn the world. Conscience is tho mice of God.

1 don't care how gooT or how moan a person is, bo has a conscience. Newspaper men, as other men, will havo to give an account of their actions on tho judgment day. 1 congratulate you newspaper mentor your glorious opportunities, Ami sincerely hope tlmt you will use them In the elevating and Christianizing of tho people. I believe that a glorious crown awaits man who has eonseerated his printing press fcr the uplifting of the people. May God bless the newspaper men of this country and use them fnr the good of the people is my earnest prayer.

AI.AHA.MA NOTES. aro located, to study tho question on the spot where this oil is chiefly obtained, and in that part of tho world it Is the only fuel used lor locomotives, steamships, factories, dwelling and practically for all heating purposes. The chemist, Dr. Dudley, upon bis return to this city, gave an interesting reBume 'of h's observations at a meeting of the Franklin Institute, and after describing the simplicity and perfection of the process of burning crude petroleum in Russia he made the surprising statement that If the Pennsylvania Railroad Company should the Use-of petroleum as fuel for its locomotives the output of all the wells of the country would not supply its requirements, and, if we recollcot correctly, ho further stated that a single well in Baku produced more oil than nil tho wells In the United States put together. Very recently a Russian engineer said in Philadelphia that the gushing oil formed lakes from which it escaped back Into the ground'.

Petroleum is now being quite extensively used in this country for fuel, and one of the most interesting exhibits at the Columbian Exposition In Chicago was a battery of boilers which developed 25,000 horse-power by means of fuel oil piped directly from Lima, O. Looking into tho firebox or chamber through dark glass windows waves of pure flame were observed, and a beautiful sight, It to behold. Instead of the ueual number' of brawny and grimy stokers shoveling coal constantly under the boilers and scattering coal dust and, dirt in all directions, a single overseer was ob-Berved In the boiler-house and he was attired in a white flannel Rutt of clothes and was engaged In reading an illustrated paper. The boiler fronts and the floor and walls of the building were all faced with beautiful tiles, and tho placo suggested a showroom. Occasionally tho officer (we.

do not know whether he was called a stoker b.r would stroll about and glance how and then into tho boilers through the peep holes, and If need be he would slightly turn a Bmall baud wheel which would open a valve and regulate the proportion of steam or oil iESulug from the "atomizer." It was stated that each pound r.f oil 'ijniJsumcCi converted seveni.ion and a linlf pounds of water into steam, while tho test that could be obtained from coal under favorable circumstances 1b thirteen and a half Throe gold mills nre in successful operation in Clay Cpunty. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, will meet in Huntsvllle this week. A new lodo'o, Knights of Pythias, has been instituted at Line ville with seventeen inembers. The programme for the Chatamma Assembly to be held iu Tullcdega has been made public. The Barbour Herald hns changed its name to tlie Harbour Journal and appears in dress.

Maiiifgor Jack Prince is expected to visit this week with bicycle Coliseum In view. Th" city prisoners of Birmingham have been returned lo the city and will be kept In mPi'ikhk until tlie Supreme Court pusses on iln legality of their lease lo the mining in The on it. 1 for the building of tho uon to $500,000, owned by "on hern and Birmingham capitalists, 1u(m l-'en lei. The mill will contain 32,400 H.lmHfB and the engine will be of 1,000 boi'so power. A has been Issued addressed to silver republicans In Alabama to meet for conference in Birmingham May 2(1 for the purpose of electliiK a committeeman to meet with the provisional National of I he fiMwr Republican party at Chicago JUIie fiUte-'Miue Inspector James D.

Hlllhouse year." Chicago --Record. The Duchess of Teclc, LONDON, May 2. Tho Duchess of Tece bas undergone a critical operation, dul progressing favorably toward recovery. we nave a iew toe ueuuuiui oiuwib Rnnlt left, fint four of them far 10 cmC at "The American" office.