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Show nnium (tonii.Ms. Alttzn.NA la In the midst of another Apache I ndlan war rcare. Major Wm Downing, whose ranoha Is thirty miles from Ihe town of Wilcox, re-poiteil re-poiteil that one of his mt.ii ll. II. Daniels-had lien shot nnd killed by red men on the 23th Nor. Hhortly afterwards tho major lilnii'lf waa am bushed and shot while driving In Ids mtggy, about ten miles from his homo. Ills wound Is said not to be fatal. The military are on the trail of the perpe-tlators perpe-tlators of thrso outragis. At the held quarters of (leneral Miles the trouble Ii not thought to le general, but merely Irsonal. According to the latut computation Europe will mod 455,000,100 lalshclsuf wheat and ,V15,0KI,IIOO bushels of rye, or tlulr equlvalinU. Tho Unltid Htates, Canada and Indls could man-ago man-ago to spare enough wheat to All the bill very nearly, t ut tho rye Is not to be had, no rosttir what prlco tho ieo-pie ieo-pie are able to pay for It. Tho aggregate aggre-gate European deflolt of btraditutl, after allowing for tho surplus nt this and other countries, Is neatly 4D0,0oo,-000, 4D0,0oo,-000, an J the question Ii, i.hat shall lako the place of thla deficit flttl ami 1'arm taysi It la bad policy to letsheep ruu In the fields until un-til snow covers the vegetation. Frozen grass Is detrimental to their wilfare. Thcyahoull be placed In winter quarters quar-ters Immediately after tho first heavy frost aud rennln tluru until grass growsagalu lu the spring. Onco running run-ning out to grass gives thtm a dlstaslu for dry fodder. At Hhoshonv, Idaho, on tho night of Nov, 29th, William Johuson, an em-ploeat em-ploeat the U 1 machine shops was winding up a protracted drinking bout. He entered his roin). Thu landlord heard a scufllo and A sound of some one falling on the floor. When ho eiitired llio apartment he found Johnson lying on Ihe flwr with thm stab wouuds In his liody, from which lie will probably die. It, Karlston, Johnson's room nutt.,wna lu bed wheu the landlord entered. Ho denied having hav-ing done the cutting. It Hems clear that he did doll, hiwerer, an I Is lu custody under a charge of having committed thu died. Thiruwas a singular accident the other day at Medlcluo lodge, Hlng-ham Hlng-ham Co., Idaho, Divld Collier an la boy stsrted out ior a horseback ride. Collier's bursa bucked, backed and ran furiously. It collided with the horso ou which the boy was mounted with such force that both anlmtls were killed, while Collier was thrown and fatally Injure! by having his neck broken. The tools used by a blacksmith of Ihe presiut day aro almost Idontlcal with those used In the ssiue trale uver three hundred years ago. In a book ou "Mining," published at llasle, Hwlt-xerltnd, Hwlt-xerltnd, In 155;, one of the Illustrations re neents a blacksmith shop, lu whlili the nuvll, hnmmir auj tougs look like the tools still found lu every shop. Two more Herllu business men I'aartuan and Colin, watchmakers havetaken the ahort route to Iheotlur life. A hank failure ruined them. Ilacli of them took n "cup of cold poison," and, to mako their exodus bothsjwedy aud certain, applied ,! lolslo their heads. Recently, at tho annual meeting of the National CoustrvutlvoAMOclallou, held at Hlrinlnghom, I'rimler Hills, buryaald that If home rule weroglun to Inland, every part of the llrlllih omplru wovld clamor for similar I rlvl-leges, rlvl-leges, and that the ultimata result would bu illslntigratlou. Thiso wero not hit words, but alwut what he meant. As If In luiaiajlate Initial vi r-Iflcationof r-Iflcationof what heaald, tho Marquis of l.audsdowno is now advocating homo rulo fur India. The tendency of allconimuultltala lu thu ulrucllon of popularlzttlou of govimmeut. This nieaus the ultlmato aw ei ping nwoy of tho old conditions and su planting them with now ones. The great danger Ilea In tho probability of overstepping over-stepping the mark and enuring tho realm of anarchy. Conservative progress pro-gress la best, because It Is In accord wllh the (roiesscsof uatuie, A vilnwt exchange sis: "The terrllln grip haa taken a Irish grip on n good mauy Colorado ieople again and onaort'so daths aro retor(td, Wo have had the grip for tbreu ioiisi outlve svnsoiiiandaruunilcli'd with It now us w a write, but It Iim iio (articular terror for us. Wuiiseluhslatlonsofbinzolne In hot waler and jwallow hnlfad'ten fresh laid hoiniopalhlo aconite pills every hour. Htay lu doors, kit p the ftet warm, avoid drafts nt air, take n llttleqululneatnlght, colo bed tarly and the grip Is easily couquired," Ilrszll has completely changed front with respect lii IU altitude toward the Catholio church. After the deposition of Djiii IVIro tho I'uhi ataled, In reply to a qurstlon bearing on the sulject, thutthe Vutlcan would only couieotto ni'ognlro the uiw repulllo on the ground lint fulhtillcliru I nokuowl-e nokuowl-e Igod an t treated as llio Htato religion, Nov tin . ! l.liifirmelthattheHtulc will ii t i Ural, any Intcrftrenco on the part of Uie uhurji witu pollllca .llalia, and that If any siith meddling occurs the llrazlllsn Minister will lu wltlitlrawufrom tho atlcan. There have lieen eight national famlnea In HuhIa during the present cSnlury, In 1801, 1309, 1811, 1SI2, ISM, 1840, 1880 and 1891. lu aJdltlon to these, there have Uon several provln-ilal provln-ilal famlnes,whlch are ns severe, If not as extensive, aa those which nflect the whole jiotiulatiou. There Is said to be a aecret society In China, wllh millions of members, whose motto Is "China for the Chinese," aud whose ptlnrlprl aim Is to prevent foreigners from living lu that country. Theorganlzstlan Is lu advance, lu llio herolo character of Its methods, of Ihe society lu the United Htstes, whose olject Is to preserve "America for lha Americans." Ice one and one-half Inches thick will support luau, four Indus thick will support cavalry; tiro Inches thick an olghty-fuur uni cannon, teu luchea thick will support a multitude and eighteen Initios thiik Will tupott a railroad train. Tholongrstelectrlo railway In the world la to b constructed In Ituula. Tho very audacious project Is being considered of constructing A line from Ht, Petersburg lo Arkangel, a port of the White Has, n distance of more than toOkllometersttlg inllia). Tho dec-ttlo dec-ttlo currant Is to lie furnished by a series nfKencratlugitatlons,dlstributed along the line. Mr. Archibald Forbes, tho great war correspondent, holds hlnmlf at the command of his editor-in-chief at all hours. Hohas twoentlrerqulpmcnle, one for cold countries, the other for the torrid tone. Firearms, clothing, saddles, sad-dles, are all ready, even to a purse full of gold and isports for every country onthoglolio. Au order by telephone, auj Instantly he deparla for Zanzibar or Moscow, Thrrnls nodlcount on the Immensity Immensi-ty of Ihe grain yield all uver America this) ear. According to the report of the secretary of agriculture, the Increase! In-crease! value of all cereals over that of last yesr, on the basis of November ralues, Is not less thau $5OO,O0J,O00. Tho advisability of twttMlahlng n starch factory In Utah has lately la en agitated, A correjondentof a Colorado Colo-rado paper asks what a plant for that Industry would cost. Hero Is the answer! an-swer! "riie size of the lant would largely govern Its cost. A smalt olio might 1 put up for $10,000 or $50,000. A good sized one would cost $150,010, wlillo a bl,T, ouo might require $100,000 Any local michlulst may bo able to giro you this Information." |