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WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1884. ICE BO^DS BURSTING. Property Endangered by Melting Ice and Swollen Rivers. (Twelve Barge* and a Steamer Ton i from TStelr Fart?nlosa in Pennsylvania?People Driven from j norKomet by tn? water. I I Phtsbueo, Feb. l?The ice on the Yongh? iogWjv and Upper Monongahela rivers has tnrokoi np. River men generally had made preparations for the protection of their propflrty, bat, notwithstanding their precautions, : * wor ^ An a "NTflflr Eliza- I beth, twelve barges were swept away. The steamer Oella broke Iqo e, Sbe struck a pier of the bridge and stove in her cabin. Several attempt* -were made to poll her ashore, but j the cummt was too strong. The men aban- : doned B?r and came "ashore. The dam at Leonards was completely swept away. Froi& Burgottgtown oomes the report that many families were driven out of their homes and that many homes were ruined.' At "West ? Newton and Broadford the Baltimore and Ohio railroad tracks are covered with water and> trains are greatly delayed A wooden 6rt2ge was swept off its piers and soon floated oat of sight. Just beforeit went .down tiw'stage'c&acb, loaded with six passengers, In "this city there has been no damage as :: jet, but tho river is rising rapidly, sod the prospect^ *8& tha& the lower part of the -fcOWn wfll fee under water. The ice has MM nrmtw nP nn fhn river. and'more'&airi3.ge is expected in that dir&cm River rcen are watching the ASegheny witS gfeV&T&au"S. The ice is it is expected to caeM Tiab to-morrow. It is Very heavy ltoEHfiPR^cMa& orft with a roah vrQl do great WltUAJCSPOST, Feb. L?Fully three feet Of snow covers the ground through oat the gedJS<rtb6uatain region. Grave apprehensions ?^tractive flood in the rive* are now srithicerangifig in thicknesafrom fourteen to twenty iaiefcea At "T .yypt&rnspcat the dam which forais the 1 Imm' ?Mnw. ?h'n? hitnihm! mSKntN of feet Of lumber in the log are annqafly caoght, is ' ftxaen tp a thickness of eighteen inches. ! T&?r^ ^rS>atane3 of the tfrest branch are I - *kejo#x3Btt+t&?<x. Tl$? point wfg&e immense ioe-Jams gener a% Io^ ia ^iiver whena break-op takes , - <g?Saiae? above Fairands' _ v9fet Tfirse years ago the great ice gorge ^ Kai&aww^tfce tract foar five mites, and reF % 500 meii- to cutachanf n?K throogh in two days end nights. At ^il^t^^ic^is giprged here for nine miles t l?tti ofdx and ejght leet If it canj HWbe-'forcedoat a frightful Jim must be i ? jtojtettgfcy which may endanger Lode Haven j r ifdt breaks, as the volume of ice and water i c -wSEf be -irresistible when once in motion. J ^ So{Arintendent Westfall, of the" -Eastern division of th5i Philadelphia and Erie RaiPg \ Toad, fii ^already making preparations to'-j '' * coabat tha great ice barrier, In case the; I J . jamoeeura A DMtmettre lee Gorge. | 1- St. Loras> Mo., Jan. SL?Ai dark the ice bridges across the Mississippi rivsr broken x[ ! and the great znass commenced moving from* | a point- just below the bridge. The ice waf B ' very thick, and great consternation ensued: B| x among thtfcrews of vessels. Fires were hurthe. shrf^steam whistles bro^SfcSto^aSds-^of people to the river1 a front. Theirresistfbfe-wall of ice moved on-' W *s though to cany everything down before^, it The-Anchor wharf boats, moored with! jf^rang* chains, were the first to succumb to L shock, and tfceywere driven high upon the: i levee. The wrecking steamer Salvo was5 crusted like an egg shell and buried out of' > sight beneath the ice. The St. Paul and St. JcukPacket company's fine steamer Minna, i apoBs,- valuf&at $40,000, was tho next vessel overtaken. - Ear sides were also crushed, in andshe-was totally demolished. The Salvo was^vaSued at $10,000 and was owned by Carroll & Powell. Many other small boats weto sank or damaged, and the ice is still monrisg: Toledo, o,, Jan. SL?Toledo, Ottawa, Napofeon and several points on the Maumee river are uireaseiwu wiwi a swiuos gorge i and flood. The snow along the banks of the - river averages a foot in depth for forty H ' miles up tfce iCauxaee. The ice is from one l(xt?re?f0et thick and has melted so fast in B tfhe !?st forty eight hoars that the river is - rising to a degroo which is very alarming. Without a liCader. Teestos, n. J., Feb. l?While ex-Sena* tor OMScKag was sitting behind the counsels' desk in the Dinsmore suit, a friend approached him and asked him what he &o?gfct~ of-the political situation. "I am taking no active interest in politics just _ - _ now,? said; Mr. Conkling, "being fully occupied -Witt legal business. I thinks however, that if- the republican parfy wins next fall it wifl be by means of democratic votes. I do Bbfr consider the republican party strong enough in itself to win. Democratic blun Qers, as usuaj, wju give victory w me republicans. No party, like no corporation, can succsxT without a leader. The republican party-has no leader at present9 CMB. Hancock at Home. lOEW Toss,- Feb. L?Gen. Hancock has again settled down at his quarters on Governor's Island, and has been decidedly improve by his jaunt through tha west and soate.-'- fa conversation he spoke most en" couragingjy of the prospects of. Southern * California, and was surprised to find the * ? ?? * > ' W i'I MLUTAU nlaAa A tniyiVTOTIWUV ?Tmva Iiw* wwtwn jwyp ? d^horo&^crosstbe plains- in' 1838. In the 3oati?arBr*tates?iierg?ticcapitalists were mills and factories, KKfrtfii? ~866tfon impressed him as being in a flourishing condition. He feared thattbe ffcnce qnesfion in Texas might ratals inwrfoog conseqnencge. tebmsfapsti&fr 3a3i? were present aad; "'ins trtiEaeti tal am# Atthe -^wiirfnsloii'^tbe^ eXertises, in ^it^guMiowtyir w juivyiu, .ool & 'fry, i ?up ^frjtead was starts ;^^-jQ?pos6rof arectiag-a Tiromrrnaat' to P^tV inersory. ^KsV Y0RK, j?p. 8L?Thei fog, the hearted ^ bT>8|W'r Thift^. fWrfo&ffifa" some- in I-A=r"i*ji-Sr srmr- ? TKi? QUCKHU* I ou-' yu; .?wiwu^<7. MUO. *?? < tirfi^B^carj^wr^ro^ toB?ai6g^iat^, IJTxt'' "tb?r rcad wa^t^'S^^-pSf^'a -g^ifitl oatfrfrfor the lajrmaig ^ohss/FoTZsry T>y a ConfiSciiee iTIan. davs ago a Granger amved' in this city aud ivs presented himself to be J. B. Studebaker, of the firm of Studebaker Brothers, of South Bend, Lad. He said the object of his ruit V was to establish branch works bere. He was well received by the citizens and ultimately'selected fourteen acres of land as a site ftarthe proposed works. He presented at' th#? rtnmtii'wvial hank a dnlv eertifwvl for $530, drawn oa the Quassa&k Xational bank, of Newborn, N. Y., which was paid. Inquiry proved the check to be a forgery. Search made for tha man showed that be had left town in a sleigh for Oil city. ?fie is being? pursued by citizens and police. -- - I ' ' *4 THE LATE MR. MACKEY. A Romantic Story Connected With His ITIarrlasre. Philadelphia, Jan. 30.?There is a ro mantle story connected witn ice courounp and marriage to his octoroon wife of Congressman Mackey, of South Carolina. Mrs. Maciey's father was a white man?one of the celebrated Sumpter family of South Carolina?and her mother a quadroon, was Cecelia Preston, a sister of William Preston, turnkey at the Nineteenth District police station in this city. Congressman Mackey first met his future wife, Vickey Sumpter, when she was a girl of twelve years, and he a man of twenty tbree. At that time she was a child of great beauty, but without any education. Mr. Mackey fell in love with her at first sight and determined to make her his wife. Ke gained her moth on/1 oont tVin <71 Ohflrlfn col CI 9 WiWUI/ ?AUVft ?MV Q? - w,, _ lege, Ohio, to he educated at his expense, that she might ;;o fitted to become his wife. She passed nearly five years at Oberiin, diligently pursuing her studies and corresponding with Mr. Mackey, but never seeing him until the day before she was to be graduated. Her vacation had been spent in Philadelphia with her uncle, William Preston, with whom her mother and younger sister resided. In the spring of 1874, when she was to be graduated, Mr. Mackey came on from Charleston and took Miss Sumpter's mother on to Ober lin to witness the commencement exercises and to bring Miss Vickey home. Wbn Mr. Mackey met her there after the five years separation she had grown, if possible, more beautiful. She was highly accomplished, and received her diploma with honors, after which Mr. Mackey, the young i lady and her mother came to this city and stopped at the Continental hotel. That evening Bishop Simpson was sent for and I fcim tr/vi-mo- munlfl were married in the Dar lor. The only witnesses to the ceremony were the bride's mother, her young sister Rosalie, and William Preston, her uncle. Mrs. Mackey has four children, who, like herself, are blondes. Two of the sons of the late congressman are students at Maplewood institute, ConcordviUe, Pennsylvania. FAILING FOR A MILLION. An Extensive Canadian Lumber Company Goes by the Board. Toronto, Jan. 30.?For some time past j rumor lias oeen ousy w?a me tuiturs vi toe British Canadian Lumber and Timber cora; pany, which has made an assigmeni. The | company had a capital of $1,000,000, mostly J Scottish money, when formed some years ago, and bought extensive limits and mflk from George J. and "VV. EL Cooke. It is understood that the Messrs. Cooke made a good thing out of the sale. George J. Cooke is president of the company and J. S. Lockitt, formerly manager of the Bank of Commerce, is its financial manager. The banks mainly interested are the Toronto, Onehec and Commerce. The liabilities' foot X up close on to 81,000,000, perhaps half of T^^^meroa^bank is ^ not to be tolerated in this state that a corporation, whose existence depends upon the legislative will, and whose property is exempt from taxation because of its religious uses, should be permitted to make a distinction haf vroar, tha white m?.r> ftnH the blank man X, therefore, recommend a passage of a law which ^hall make such a refusal, based on color, a criminal offense^ with such penalty as shall prevent a recurrence of soch an act. Gen. Grant's Mexican Enterprise. Chicago, Jan. 3l?The Chica:o capitalists, who are a leading factor in; the Mexican Central railroad, properly known as Gen. Grant's line, have begun to agitate the subject of the formal opening to the great j international line. A. s. Kent, one or the principal owners of Mexican Central stock in Chicago, received a telegram yesterday J from Daniel B. Robinson, superintendent of construction, in which it was announced that there remain less than one hundred miles to be finished. -Large forces are working on the line from each end, and the terminal points are now Jiminez and Jimulco. The territory to be covered is generally smooth, and the work can be done very fast. The greatest effort will be in bridging the Santiago river, four 100 feet spans being necessary to raise the tracks to a point of safety from the sudden rise of waters which follows the cloud bursts common to the locality. Mr. Robinson is confident that connections will be made with the city of Mexico by March 15, and that by April 1 through trains will be running from Paso del Norte, the northern terminus, into the ancient city I r>f Mnnte2iima_ A Desperate But Fruitless Sortie. Cairo, Feb. 1.?Information has been received that on the 19th inst. the Egyptian forces under Tewfik Bey attempted to cut their way out of Sinkat, and after desperate fighting;- in which" the Egyptians inflicted severe losses upon the rebels, Tewfik Bey and his command were compelled, on account of j the lorge force of the enemy in the vicinity, ! to fall back to Sinkat. Tewfik Bey's loss was nineteen lolled-and fifty wounded. The rebels, who are under the command of Sheikh Ibrahim, have completely invested SinSat, and the Egyptians are on the point of starvation. A Bold Negro Robber. PirrsBCRG, Jan.. 30.?Intense excitement was raised on Sixth street, cue of the most prominent thoroughfares of uie city, by tho robbery of S. Leveir's jewelry store. The proprietor was absent and had left his wife in charge. She was in a rear'room, and happening to hear a noise in the store, observed that the frdnt door was open; She started to close it when she was confronted by a burly negro man who presented a revolver and drove her back into the room. After securing the dcor he made his escape, taking with him jewelry, diamond^ and watches to I the value of ?1,500: 'An attempt had been ! made to open the inner door of the safe, but tho noise attracted vthe attention of Mrs. T rain TTar ft in front of the store, but the thief escaped with his plunder The Coming National Agricultural j Convention. New York, Jan. 80.?At the national agricultural convention, to be held at the Grand Central hotel in this city on "Wednesday and, Thursday, Feb,"6 and 7, under the j auspices of the American Agricultural association, discussions will be had upon ensilage, dairying, cattle breeding and feeding, the tariff, transportation and other subjects of direct interest. Addresses will be delivered and papers read by leading men in ofm'onltuKi and ntiHie affairs from all tions of the country, including United States { Senator Z. B. Vance, of North Carolina, United States Senator John W. Johnston, of Virginia, Dr. Byron D. Halstead, editor of The Ajseric^n 4#icultur$st, Hon. Cas; sius M. Clay, of Whitehall, l?y., and many ^ rvt^vat a _ *? . / ? !to reinstate poster i I Text of the Bill Passed by the , ! Tfouse after an Excited Debate, i Gov. Curtin's Brilliant Peroration.? Pishtins: the Memorable Battle I All Over A sal 11?Gen. Garfield's Position in the ase. . "Washington", Feb. 2.?Geu. Fitz-John I Porter has at last been vindicated, the bill [ to'restore him to his position in the army fco-mniT rvnccivt l>5 StnmblinC blOCt bV i & vote erf 1S4 to 7S. Tbe debate over the bill ; lasted until nearly eight o'clock. At times j I it was very spirited. The bill as passed is as follows: "Be it enacted "by the' senate and house of j , representatives of the Unitedj States of ! America in congress a^einbled: Thai the ! president be, and he hertby is authorized to 1 ' ' r-? iv. ! nominate ana, oy ana wuu mo auvi^e wiu consent of the senate, to tfppbint: Fitz-John | Porter, late a major generaTof the TJriited j States volunteers and a brevet brigadier general and colonel of the army, to i the position of colonel in the army j of the United States, of the same grade and rank held by him at the time of his j j dismissal from the army by sentence of 1 court martial, promulgated January 27, i i 1S63, and to place on the retired list of the j | army as of that grade, the retired list being' ! thereby increased in number to tfiat extent; ! and all laws and parts of laws; in conflict | herewith are suspended for this purpose only; but this act shalljnot be construed as | authorizing pay, compensation or allowance ! prior to the passage of this act." The house dispensed with its morning sea1 sion and devoted the day to debate upon the : bill. Mr. Wolford, of Kentucky, speaking | in support of the bill, said he hoped that no ! man who |had served in the confederate | army had got so angry over the fight ! that after twenty years he could not J do an act of justice_to a man who had j fought against fcira. He nopea tnat no man ! would get up and say: "I can't vote on this ! bilL I am interested. I am still mad." He i understood that his Confederate friends ! were here loving the flag and losing the country, and that they were here saying today and forever that they had left behind ; them the bitter feelings engendered by the j war and everything that divided the country. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, began his speech : by saying he knew there was no doubt : about the passage of the bill. There was ! a condition of affairs now which made ! ft nmVmhln that the hill would mss all the way through, but if there was such a condition of- affairs now he would appeal ; from the action to the people. Members ; wet's asked by this bill to say, in the lani guage of the gentleman from New York i (Mr. SlocumJ, that Abraham Lincoln and I Edwin M. Stanton and Gen. Halleck con| spired together to organize a court to conI vic't Fitz John Porter, and the gentleman | undertook to attack the name of William T. i Sherman to help him out. Gen. Sherman I was true to his country, and while he and ! Stanton had a difficulty yet, with, the generosity of "late years, the general had said i that he did not believe that Stanton wai untrue to himself or him. If these scenes were to be re-enacted here, there might come a i time when the bugle blast of the grant! array of the republic, by the side of their camp j fires, would ask Gen. Sherman to come out j of his retirement and lead them again to victory as he did before. r Mr. Phelps of. Xew J er sey spofce in favor ! of-thfl W&r- Speaking- oi&ett. Garfield's con" | nection with the case," he read the joint resolution introduced by him for the appointi ment of a board of review, and stated that | he bad private letters of that gentler-^ ! which he could twist into an approval of ! this bill, as other gentlemen had twisted I private letters into a disapproval of it. The I leader of the confereracy went down the steps of the Capitol threatening to return and destroy it. He failed in the attempt, and yet he walked in freedom. The 'men who penned Union sridiers in Andersonville and Libby still lived. Officers who were i trained at West Point, whose treason needed no investigation," were sitting in this chamber. Should Porter be the only victim! , Should l)^ be the sacrifice of the nation? The bill was finally reported to the house, after several attemps to kilT its purpose by amendments bad been defeated, and Mr. Curtin, of PenneylvanjEa,\clo'sed the debate | witti a speecn in xavor or toe diu. in a Drnliant peroration, which was warmly applauded, he'appealed totb-Jbouse to do justicefo a wronged man, ^nd at the conclusion of his speech was heartily congratulated by his fronds. The biK was then passed; 184 to 78. Carltrie for Senator. Cincinnati, Feb. 2.?A. special to the I News-Journal- from Frankfort, Ky., says': I "At the beginning of the caucus several efforts were made to drop* the lowest candidate after each ballot, but all voted the | proposition down. .MrHaUam appealed to Mr. Harcourt' to withdraw Mr. Carlisle's name, bnt Mr. Harcourt refused. Mrv Robbins left the chair/' He said that he was originally a CarJLjsJe man, bat felt that be reflected the mshes " of that gentleman in saying that be could not bo a candidate. But for the magnanimity of Mr. BlackBurn, Mr. Carlisle coukf not. have been speaker, and it was just that Mr. Carlisle should not now be projected into this fight. Mr. Halt lam followed with similar remarks, saying that Mr. Carlisle could not be a contestant for this office anu could not ac'cept'it unless it came to him without Ins seeking. In order to give the members time for reflection I fae ipoved for an adjournment, and his moj iion was carried by a vote of 6S to 50. There i is a stfonc feelinff that his action points to ! t ha Domination of Mi*. Carlisle." The Jlorcy Letter Be'called. New York/Feb. 2.?In the suit cf Josh Hart to recover damages for libel from George Alfred Townsend the plaintiff said in ' regard to the famous Morey letter that he bad first,seen Morey's name on- the hotel [ register at Kirkland, Mass., in October, | 1879, and had subsequently seen it entered at democratic headquarters. To the na. tional democratic committee he had sent | 172,000 copies of the edition of the paper containing the Chinese lofted. The envelope which had held the" Morey letter was produced for the inspection of the jury. The New York Scott BUI. Albany, Feb. 1.?Mr. Locke, of Rensselaerf introduced as a biU today the Scott liquor law with some modifications. The 'first section of the Scott law, which is the central point of it, is a?follows:, "Upon the business of trafficking in intoxiI eating liquors there shall be assessed yearly, ' and shall by paid into . the county I Ktt ovni?tr anrr*rra^ I UOOOU1JI VJ -'WJ therein as hereibafter prcJvifled ana | for each place where such business ! is carried on by or for such person the sum of $200; provided, if such business continI ues through the year, namely, from the second Monday of April," exclusively in the traffic iu malt or vinous liquors, or both. Such assessment shall be but one-half of tho ; fofegoing stun." Mr. Locke's bill malms the yearly assess* meniif SSOO'for.spintuoxis and_$150 for malt li<ZjB8?f~ TheprovideiTior~collec^jtl^t^(-iEr substantially the same as TarifiT Fov Limited Bevenue. ' lica^ia^f by an ' ! The: substitute CONDENSED NEWS. I Ittouday, January 2S. The troubles of the "West Short railroad have been lightened by a loan of $12,000,000. j Ben Butler say?: "i Have no amDicion doyond the confines o? Massachusetts, and "even ;here I am 'out of politics.' " The Liberal League of Philadelphia celebra tod the 147th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Paine with addresses' and a ban- ! qaet. _ | A cut has been made in the prices paid job hands in the Waltham watch factory re- ! m v i-a11 frrtm SI Aft onn a month to : ?w- * ? ? - , $90,000. -' - I The Ohio senate has refused to confirm j Gov. Hoadley's appointment of ex-Gov. Foster as one of the trustees of the Toledo asylum. ~ Mrs. Abe Buzzard arid three members of her husband's band of outlaws have been arrested yesterday on Euphrata mountain, Pennsylvania. Tuesday, January 29. Ged. Hancock is expected to return from ; his western trip on "Wednesday. * ( Franz Josef Potmeky, the murderer of Mrs. Pauline Froitzfaeiih, has beien sentenced to be hanged in Auburn, N. Y., Jdarch Si. The skeleton bridegroom of the Philadelphia dime museum will habeas corpus his bride, who is forcibly detained . rom him. Disastrous storms have visited England and France, with destruction' to life and property. A man named Lyde'n has been arrestffi in Npw York for a murder committed in Wish ington ten 3'ears ago. ; The Chinese New Year was celebrated in* New York, Chicago and San Francisco by resident Celestials on Saturday and Sunday. The United States carried off the largest number of medals awarded by the late international fisheries exhibition. Mr. Webster Gillette, of New York>. has invented a telephone with twenty points, by which he says he will be able to talk to London. Wednesday, January 30. Permission to erect a monument to Luther at Riga has been refused by the Russian authorities. The steamer City of Macon, Capt Nickerson, is to take the place of the lost City of Columbus. The total of lives lost and aggregate of property destroyed by the fecent storm in Great Britain is swollen daily.' A large number of New England factories: j and cotton mills began' running on half time ; Monday on account of lew prices. The breakwater at Port Erin, Isle of Man, ; the construction of which cost ?70,000, has J been entirely destroyed by the storm. Mr. Brewster Cameron testifies that re- > ports in the department of jukice sustain the charges against Gov. Murray, of Utah. . A good deal of excitement attended deal- i ings in New York, and the shorts in Oregon Navigation and Northern Pacific preferred were badly squeezed. The safe in the post office at Blue Island,.' one of the southwestern suburbs of Chicago, was blown ooen by burglars on Monday-p night The value fit the plunder secured is I $915,000. ni Thnndar, Janaair 31. j; The Nihilists are again active in Russia. The new Spanish minister pre ;ented his, credentials to the president yesterday. A verdict of sane was rendered by the jury* in the case of William Meredith, of Philadelphia. ? ? The Zulu .King. Cetywayo madat his jgcaps, j "from'Ebowe'on Stinday' last,"btrfc' was "caj?" tured the next day. Twenty-nine freight cars were smashed on me Boston and Albany road, at Ashland, by collision. No one was hurt. At a meeting of the New York Produce exchange grain trade a new grade of corn was adopted to be called "rejected." One of the Oriental Powder company's mills at Windham, Me., was blown up anc an employee named McKinney was killed. Jay Gould discounts the value of the National Telegraph' company's property just sold to the Baltimore and Ohio company. Bonanza Mackav La- gnaranteed Patti $65,000 for a season in 'Frisco, and Mr. Mapleson has accepted the proposition for her. 4 A forge of workmen began operations in Stamford arid Greenwich on the New York Air Line, better known as the Olmstead Parallel Railroad. Friday, February i. Hazing renewed at tho Naval academy at Annapolis. Ex-Mayor Robert Liddellhas been nominated by the democrats for mayor of Pittsburg. The Poenix Glass wo'rk^. in Philiipsbnrg, Fa., we're destroyed by fire Tuesday night." The loss is $125,OCX); insurance, $74;ow. The seven months' strike of the window glass workers in f'ittsbnr? has been settled, and operations will be resumed at once in the western factories. Representative Brucnn says he does not propose to .let drop the .investigation of the charges against Mr, Hewitt" in connection wftE the O'Donnell case. At the office of the. Oregon Transcontinental company, in New York^ the story that Messrs. Gould and Sage will enter the directory is emphatically denied. ,. It is believed now that the man Baser, ar rested for tbe assault on the Sprajjues, was the murderer o? the Maybees and the assailant of the Townsends, oh Long Island. The trial of Rowell for the killing of Lyaoh, his wife's seducer, at Batavia,N. Y., was ended yesterday by a verdict. of not guilty, on the ground of self-defense. Saturday, February 2. The death of tha Swedish bishop Carl Olaf Bjorling is announced. Mr. Morrison is ready "to submit his tariff bill to the ways and means committee. Temperance and the tariff promises tp be the leading issues in New Jersey legislation." Admirals Porter, Rogers and Jenkins are fViQ r?r>nef.-rtipf.?nri nf flddlfcfnnnl sVifno *** ----- ? ? of war. H. N. NeviDS, of Red Bank, was elected commander of the Grand Army of the Republic of New Jersey. The report that Admiral Courbet bad lately stormed Bac-Ninh and been refcul^ed is pronounced to be without foundation. The workmen in the window glads' factories at Pittsburg, Pa.,.have resumed work They have lost $500,000 in wages by the strike. Meyer, who was carved by Koebel in a fight in a foundry at St. Louis, on Wednesday, is dead. Berger, who was also stabbed, is dying in thd hospital The grfeat ice carnival .will begin in Montreal Monday, and a great- number of per sons will be in that city from.various part* of the country to take part in the sport. Bradsfreet reports 365 failures in the United States during the week, fifty-five more than the preceding week, eighty-nine more than the corresponding week of 1883. The Newfoundland sailing steamer Bear was sold at St. Johns, N. B., to the American government for the coming Greely ex- < pedition. She leaves St Johns for Now York next week. Death of Wendell Phillips. Boston, February 2.?Wendell Phillips began i , to show signs of railing at -LS0 this afternoon i ana aiea at g o'ciocs. uq was conscious up to i within an hour of his death- He had been ill j , Just one week. Mr Phillips was In his seventythlrd.year. ?In a lonely spot on the East Bay shore, twenty-five miles from Galverton, on Sunday evening a hunter named Lewis McComb, while eating snpper in alonely cabin owned by Mrs. Burrows, with whom he boarded, was shot and instantly killed by some unknown person. Mrs. Burrows recently separated from her husband, who is still living iu the vicinity. i OUR PATCHED UP NAVY j . * - * ? | Star cling Statement of American j j Naval Decadence. | jl'jic f u one Lieut?xiw hui; vu ?? w> ?Popular Election*?"Working- i men moving on Congrew? Southern Outrages. } Washington, Feb. 1.?The reduction oS tne puDiic aeot aunng me montn 01 January | was $119,580,04. The cash in the treasury on January 21st was $393,415,283, The reduction of the debt since January 80, 1883, waa ! $65,007,487. The gold certificates outstand- ! tag are $101,250,620; silver certificates out- j standing, $110,137,081; fractional- currency j certificates outstanding $16,880,000; fractional currency outstanding, $6,987,750; le- i gal tenders outstanding. $346,681,016; refunding certificates outstanding, $30,790. j ! ' The senate committee on privileges and oto/itnfmc will moof. tsi f?rm<5i^Ar linw fco ! Kate the investigation of. political outrages j in Virginia and Mian ssippi,, caCed fot, by the Sherman resolution adopted on Tuesday. Xhe members of the committee, are undecided as to the wisest plan to adopfc There ^considerable talk about sending sub comouttees to the two states to make inquiries | tin the- spot, but there are some difficulties I in the way of this course. The resolution ; as passed by the senate, made no pro- I ij|uonfor an investigation outside of Washington, and to do so the committee would Jjav'6 to get special permission, from the senate. Then, too, only the chairman of ^-.committee is allowed by the statutes to aomimsier oatns, so urns u cue sudcommittees desired to take sworn testimony t?ey would havo to be made special committees of the senate It would bo inconvenient for the prominent members of tie election committee to leave the capital for some time. Mr. Hoar, for exr ample, has his hands full of. work, as. a ijpember of the judiciary committee, the chairman of which, Mr.. .Edmunds, has to deviate most of bis time to the duties ^presiding officer of the senate. Mr. Sbermftn is also very busy with measures before t?e finance coznmittee. ...The committeemen are also undecided whether to investigate first one state and then the other, or to go on with both at the same time. It. is pro ba? ble, however, that both investigations will bo begun here, and that the question of sending .out sub committees will be left undecided until the committee can judge what to do from the results of its work here Regard will be' paid to this. respect to the wisheeof senators on the. democratic side. Admirals Porter, Roger and Jenkins and a large delegation of officers of the navy made arguments before the; senate committee pn naval'affairs in favor of the construction of additional ships' o| war.. In the last congress it was enacted that the secretary of the navy should not repair any vessels in the service where the cost of the same should exceed 20 percent, of the original cost of the ships. The startling statement is made that unless this law is repealed or amended there will not be half a dozen ships of Ihe American navy afloat. at the expiration of two years. The naval officers urged upon the committee the necessity for the prompt completion of the new cruisers, now being constructed, and also for the building of other new ships of war. it is proposed also to amend the law, so as to allow repairs 09 old vessels to be made np to the amount of. 33>? per cent., in sie-oooi ttu per cent, oi uriyimu jjost. j*janSraf'Porter thought the: advisory board should put more sail power on the new cruisers. He favored steam a? an auxiliary to sail power, while the board wished to make sail simply an auxiliary to steam power. All the officers who spoke expressed their confidence that the new cruisers would be first class in all respects. The Ohio legislature.has asked the representatives of that state to vote for a restoration of the old dutv on wool Mr. Hurd proposes to disregard these instractious, aud be wauts to tell the house and the country bit reasons for disobedient conduct./. The fanners of the Buckeye state have .presented hundreds of petitions to congress for the restoration of the wool duty, and the democrats say it will be impossible for them to carry the state next fall unless, the duty is reimposed. On Monday next Mr. Converse will be recognized to move to suspend the tales to fix fin early day for the consideration of his bill restoring the jffbol duty. Converse will advocate the motion and Hard will oppose it A two-ttufcds vote is required to suspend the rules, and it is not. probable Mr^Convftrse's motion will prevail Senator Pendleton reintroduced in the senate his joint resolution of the last congress proposing jmch an. amendment of the constitution of. the United States as. will provide for the election by . the people of postmasters, marshals, district' attorneys of the United States rand all such other civil officers of the United States as exercise executive or ministerial power within the sev^ I AM AWHl'fAWAo OH/) in tuui sutlers ui ouu m u^i/i composed o?. the whole or a port of any state or territory. _ ? . . . The first move of the workingmen. on congress will be made by a Pittsburg delegation. This represents the working interests of the Iron and Steel, association and the Miners' union respectively.. The delegation will have a bearing before the labor committee, of which Mr. Hopkins, of Pennsylvania, is chairman. This is the first instalment of what may be expected of the latter committee this session. It is said that quite a number of delegations from other labor organizations ia the United States ? 11 Uama KATIH* f ilA to wa!? AM DE LONG AND HIS COMRADES The Funeral Services to be Held In Trinity Church, New York. Brooklyn, Feb. 1.?Lieut Ward, Com. modore Upshur's aide, is busily occupied making preparations for the reception of the bodies of De Long and his comrades. In view cf the fact that some of- the deceased were Catholics aud some Protestants the lieutenant has sent a letter to each of the relatives of the dead men, of which tbe following is a copy: Tbe remains of. your late husband (or relative) will arrive in this city by-Feb. 14. Should-you indicate nothing to the contrary, it is proposed to hold the funeral services of the deceased at Trinitv church. New York. and either to inter the remains with thos* of the late Lieut De Long, at Woodlawn, or to hold them subject to your orders. Please indicate at ypur earliest convenient your preference in the above matter, and any other wishes you may have In ttiis connection. Very respectfully, COMHODOBE UPSHUE. The Seventh and Twenty-third regiment! will act 43 escorts.in the procession from th* Battery to the equipment department in the navy yard, where'the remains will lie depos J i V 11? tt~.I > lteu lA?LU?XJ? tliUjr vuini,iivuyxo y t?um 4U4 nished the following list of the dead, together j with the ages and birthplaces of the de- j ceased: Lieut. TV. De Long, New York, 37 years, > 7 months; James S?. Ambler, Virginia, 33 i years, 3 mohthSj Jerome J. Collins, Ireland, ! 40 years, 4 months; -Seinrich H. Kaack, j Germany, 24 years, 4 months; Carl A. Gortz, j Sweden, 37 years, 2 months; Adolph Dres- j sler, bora at sea, 24 years, 3 Months; Walter i Lee, Rhode Island, 41 years, 1 month; Nelse [ Jarson, Denmark, 33 years; George "W. [ Boyd, Pennsylvania, lit> years, Q months; All Sam, China, 29 years, 7 months. j oilii iinll Always Alieaa. Cairo, Jan. 31.?One of the results of the. conferences between Sir Evelyn Baring, the British diplomatic agent, and M. Barrere, | the French diplomatic agent, in regard to } French interests in Egypt, was the appoint- ; ment today of M. Mnzac, a ^Frenchman, who I has been kindly disposed toward. British in* | finance in Eervot. to the important post of | director general of the Egyptian revenues. \ 1 X 'V v AN HOUR WITH MODJESKA. i r.; : . J. ? . ? ,1 A Delightful Chat With the Charm- : ins Actress?-Sensible Talk Con <. . eernine Real Idfe. ["Mary Jane77 in Coorier^Joarual} j J, It was on a murky, iigly afternooi>,.a. real Cincinnati dirty.-day, which canhol^ j be appreciated unless seen, and the 1 more seen the less appreciated it is, and : we went down to the Bnrnet house en- i cased M umbrellas, gossamers and the grunts. ; ;...1' "We sent up our cards, and, in a few '\ minutes were conducted to the famous suite, occupied in years pest by Sontig, Nilsson, Neilson, Jenny Lind,.itnd 1 where,. last year, X was so delightfidly entertained by. Miss Mary Anderson, 1 and there we found Modjeska, her hjis- ' band and. a lady of our acquaintance' were seated about , a little tabled The; ( "nnnt vaqo f A moot, Ttfl T TTflS T>rASAnt<v1 ( to madame la cotmtesse, who shook 1 hands with a Teil, good oId-fashior(ed ' hand-shake, and in a minute "was at thy 5 table talking and. being talked to,, 98: J though we had known each other Since 5 cllildhood. jr .. . - "Which of your' plays, do you like ] best, madame ?" asked Dickey. i - * "None of them; none of them. :Fm ' tired of it all; and want to rest.. _ I like 1 to play, but I don't like the rehearsals," J and her fihe face ahowied a weariness * which made me think of a tired child ( looking for its mother. - { "The houses have, not been good in Cincinnati, and yon are depressed,1* ' said her husband. "When the clouds s are dispelled and the sun shines it will [ lv/% rtvif A ^ A TfTA oil IonA/^ 1 uu ouicicuv. *T C au laugucu over her -woes; and. she laughed, too, and Wd ns how lonesome it was at the matinee, and how,if it had not been for a few familiar faces, she would hardly . have had heart to go through her lines. The. conversation drifted along in a delightfully aimless way, fall, of interest, as would be the floating down a 1 river windonc: among beautiful hills and s dividing lovely valleys, carried along. by the current whither it would, i Finally Modjeska's own work, came up," and gracefully and without egotism sfe"'^ talked of it. It happened that 'Trou- . Frou" was the play spoken of, and J Dickey said: * "Do you think, madame, that Frou I F Frou loved her husband ? Do you playix it With this feeling?" ii "Oh, no," she answered. "Frou ! Frou was a spoiled girl, who knew i nothing but to be laved. Caieless and j2 thoughtless she went about until Louise i' came upo'n^the scene, and. she thought, her husband loved her sister. I think she loved her child as a result of in- ' stinct, but her surroundings and her as- I sociates led her away from all such I thoughts. "When at last she left her j Home it was not done though jealousy,, j t t i. ?jj ?-j.- ?a - * UUb Uligt?! UUU. lUi apiWi, iiiiU. 5Iie 2 once realized what she had done, and < tbe woman, wife and mother developed c in her, but too late to repair the-wrong t she had done. She was still Frpu c Frou, however, and in the death agony s the same spirit was with her, and sbe ? was but a child." t "Do yon play those parts, with other. t than the feeling of the artist?" asked i TKnlrfttt." * ?? ' T "Not always; but sometimes one t can not help bu? feel what one is 11 doing." Ii . Jl "What of the effect of applause and i good audiences ?w asked Mrs. "W. t '"They are much, very much." 1 "Do you approve of recalls? Don't 1 you think they spoil the illusion pro- < dneed by the play?" said L ] "No, indeed. I appreciate the com- ? pliment and like it. I think the illu- a sion is mostly gone when the curtain t goes down,, and the appearance of the -'-"t player after that has no.bad effects- I- c do not, however, approve of recalls dur- 1 inganact." . ... a "How do American audiences com- c pare with foreign audiences in enthu- X si as tin. demonstrations ?" asTwvl THAVc.tr r "Not at all Why, when I made, my t first appearance in San Francisco, I was told that such applause was rare, and I could scarcely understand that I had not made a failure. In England f audiences are cold, but I received Jive J recalls in London; in Dublin it was al- ? most.like home; in France audiences : are less demonstrative, but in Italy and in Poland; especially,;, they: are wild- 1 One night I was recalled. twenty-two 8 times, and I was so tired that Ihad.to have a chair on the stage and finally I e had .to ask the manager not to let the 8 curtain be rung up again. That was a s little too much, but it was very flatter- J mg. ri We spoke of Mary Anderson, and I told her how I met her in that room, ? and how cordial she was. Modjeska praised her greatly, and the count dwelt c glowingly upon her beauty. * .they had 8 seen her in London, and I asked .if she e thought the. fair Kentackian was cold \ as trie cnucs naa prononnceq-ner to be. i * "No -woman is cold," she saaSL "Though I I think one must know something of I the feelings she wonld portray.to, do it : with the "best effect. No girl who is perfect Jgjk her.A phjaral; jdeyeloprnient and is W(^"^'%on^cattJ)e$oli. It is her nafee to have a heai^dsmd when it is toucfred^tfamr thflifAdmg -will -be 4 developed and'lier'-womanhood will be \ beantiful. Th?re ,^ a .*right one some ! , place iatilhejy^l^^nd^when he comes I? the^deistrTOir^ _ ; " Ah," r sa&ct7 a~ydiin?mew?5^)er_man ! just. arrived, "J ;thml?soaae -girls are ! awfully' Jtrhave been frozen p^jwre'llmnonc? ... " Oh," langh|ff madame^ "ih^was be- y cause you were the wrong one, that's c iSS*? ... J ' - Wc^j^mer he.^h^d,! Love-wd feieiadship were discussed. "I siBttd W.^".tEat .friendship >ritf^nojf?^^ love can exist J between aman.and woman." .... j1 "A : veiy \yotihg ..man!.-and i vonng I ;a T-. i WOmaa-C-r ssrnu. a* ui ituxug ?ia vcajr. I "Wel^ n6-) not thatiind," she said,1 c. and:i?ey flj&attfl 10 - - ---- - ij "Tfis-love of a hj^sba^. and-wife," I . sai^l^^e^^^fhejnr^friejidsliip, f and;; the hv^l^'ds and.mres vho ate J 1 friends,''as "weU'as lovers/ are the hap- i? piest^>( -A ,:V-} i." "L^e is selfish, "satd^ "the highest i and best form or^eTCshgees-." "Yea^said^fiecoxmt^^itis." * j. "I know," said I, , "that a jroman /who ' j is in' loy^. thin'ks hagpi- * ne^'^d,wl^t .inaybe apparent sacri-1 fL6^jB }^pl^svoce. S!? x^tJt>ciiappT j onl||m icing miserable for one .alie j Ioyes. :Her love is s-ibje.'tive iismricli . a j it is objective'.". . j "Is a mothers love selfisli?" asked j ! 1. in". ; ! i mauame. ... , ."To an extent, yes," said the co.mt j * and I simultaneously. \ "Oh, don't talk so," said she. "You i t would make us all creatures of selfish- j ness and destroy whatever beauty of I 1 spirit we may have. I know I am .self- | \ ish, and every morning when I got np j 1 I resolve to be better, bnt it seems j * very hard to fulfill my promises to | myself:" - . - .1/ "Ah," said her husband, with the J look of .a loveri "zou are noi 1 ' * A V . V rKnow you better than that," and their eyes met. in a /way which made my old maiden heart go ont warm to them, aa old people hold ont: their hands in blessmg'npon happy lovers. :;i And so the talk ran on lor an hour full of interesting topics, Ml of variety tuiu. ixavxixg xjj. aw ui uuav uuu^ sirable constancy of stage talk, so often marring the conversation -with and among actors. A more delightful call I never made, aiid a more -womanly woman does not live than Modjeska. She calls her husband "Charlie" in the brightest sweethearticalist way, and there is none of that disagreeable gosh one sees between married neonle. anA tvhich one knows is only a little dash Df sdnshme to fool people into going . wt without an umbrella only io: be"' :anght in a storm.- : They are an .ideal ' jouple, as much inloye,as when years igo they joined heiirfe, and hands. They are both highly intellectual and both iccomplished, and upon neither Ms &3re;;eser. been, cast .the slightest jhadow of reproach. ..*.1 .: ' As an aOtress Mod jeisEa,! think,' ranks irat'of all English-speaking women: She.has a nature loving, warm and ;rue, and it.. imbues . characters she . assumes and gives to ; them such. ights and shadows of feeling, that jvery listener ~ follows- her action and expression as if theywere parts of him-s iel?" Sie presents^'inher. acting an deal realism which is the ultimatum of ihe highest dramatic art, and she pos iesses 10 nae xuuest extent a quiet zorce )f expresssion, which _is intensified by ts very greatness. She can bring tears rO the eyes of her auditors without sayng a word; she is, indeed, a heart pan;omimist. In her love scenes there is a >urityas beautiful as love itself, and ler own high character permeates all he characters she assumes. Tins is my dea of - art, aid this is why I say the rue woman alone can be the true artist. . .. j However, life is. .short, which this I etter'is not, as Dickey. would .say,.and ! 'must bid this delightful couple adieu, 1 vithai world of good wishes. JU we -went away we shook hand3 \ hree several, times (Modjeska has a ' >eautiful hand)!, and .the soft young ; lewspaper man stepped back for an , nstant, while I overheard him say: "Ah, madame, your, golden hair and ' nrown eyes are like my sweetheart's." ! "Have you only one?" she said, 1: achly..;. _ ... |Only one, madame." _ ."'Ah, most unusual man," she replied, i ind the door shut us out from all but j feasant memories. The Orchestral * Baton. . [Home JonrnaL] The baton, was first used at the King s heatre by Chelard. He came to London tt Monck Mason's invitation with a. German company in 1832, and always jonducted with a baton. Before that he leader alone .'with his violin bow conLucted the orchestra. Sir Michael Costa aw at once the advantage of the baton ind adopted it from that time. Bnt he practice was rrmch criticisedi>oth in he case of Weber and Mendelssohn/wEfcT ised it .in conducting for the Ehilhar* Qohic . society. . Prof. Ella . tells me hat Mendelssohn, in company .with or>i^ r*A?4? wn?A /Y rmfT* UCJC.OUU VVOUfllj WCAO TUUU rim the day after the Philharmonic ehearsal, and .was so much, annoyed at he. impellent .remarks, made by the eaders of theorchestra,who eritjcised ris Ttse oI the baton, that he was serirasly thinking of giving it up, when 311a exclaimed, with his usual strong lense: "My dear Mendelssohn, do no nch thing; don't pay.any attention to hem; if yon give np the baton to please hem, it will be pnt down to cowardice m yonr part." Both Costa and Meyer>eer urged the leaders to set a good ex.mgle by accepting, the baton. This lecided Mendelssohn, and he retained he use of the baton, which was also tsed by Moscheles, and has been re- ' ained ever since. -; The Bonanza Kings. [St Louis Globe-Dsmocrat] Flood, Fair, and Mackev are brawnv. ull-blooded men, -with, good color, 1 leightened by good living and drinlring. Chey dress carelessly and have all the California characteristics?free and easy < q address, hail fellows well met with i til their friends. Sharon, on the :ontrary, conld sit for a picture of a food Connecticut deacon. He is thin, ingular, undersized, fiat-chested, with traight, lank hair, whitened: by ; age, iombed down smooth over his small lead; a pallid face, almost destitute of expression, and a mustache that adds lothing to the countenance, "When he ooks at you, however,, you notice a pair >f eyes as sharp as those of. a weasel, aid the quiet gestures show that the mall body has a good deal of nervous snergy. He always dresses in plain, >lack broadcloth, of ministerial cut, md this, with his white necktie and silk lat, adds to his clerical appearance, le is one of the best poker-players on he Pacific coast. They wanted mm iwtcc. [Wall Street News.] A Nebraska sheriff who was on a rain coming east from Omalia the itber day fell into conversation with a tfew Yorker, and finally admitted that le was in pursuit of a broker. "A broker?for what?* "Ok, one of our smart towns was geting ahead so fast that it must needs ;end to Chicago for a broker. It ranted him bad and he came. He tpencd an-office, put in a ticker, dis>laycd quotations, and made about >20,000 in six weeks. "How?" "Well, that's what they want liim he second tunc lor?tney want to asK iOW." "Has it affected the town?" "Well, a little. I think that if a ihap should come through there offer g to seli tickets to heaven at $2 for he trip he could not get a man to put lown a nickel in advance. They'd ex* >ect to be side-tracked somewhere ibout half-way." Vying to finish a Book* r*3J ? J 1 J^n#uujuiiu auuuus viouvu.j And I conclude that the good Damas. las lost none of liis freshness since the ime, alas! rather long, when he was : lear causing the death, of one of our j jchoolfcllows. He was a Spanish boy, ] i boarder at Massin's. He had lost his ! ippetite, ceased to sleep, and was slowly wasting away, like one suffering rom home-sickness. Sarcey, who was n his class, and who had struck up a Tiendship with him, said to him one lay: "You want to see your mother ?" *No," replied the child, "she is dead.'' 'Vnnr faf.Tior?" *."Nn. he wralfl heat! ne.".. "Why, then, do you want so nuch to go back to Spain ?" "To fin sh a book I began during the holi lays." "What was it called?" "Los Cres Mosqueteros." The poor boy, gentlemen, was home sick for "The Chree Musketeers." He was easily mred- , X ' * , ?? PAPER LUMBER PRODUCTION, A Xovel Substitute for Sat oral Lum< bcr?-Its Many Desirable Qualities. [Ngw York Cor. Chicago Tribune.] A tall, elderly man, "with a round, pleasant face, took from the marble mantel shelf of a room overlooking Printing Hesse sqoare yesterday afternoon a section of what appeared to be walnut board. ."That is paper lumber," he said. ; "You may- not be aware that a process has been invented for utilizing pSper palp in the manufacture of a substitute for "natkral lumber. ^ A mitt has been-erected'in a western town,for tbepurpose of manufacturing artificial lumber from paper stock, and a number of capitalists have taken hold' of the matter. We are thoroughly convinced of the perfect v practicability of paper lumber in the manufacture* of all articles- at present irom wood. It is only * question of a very short time "when paper lumber will come into general use..__ 1 feel confident that.it will prove much cheaper, than wood, equally as durable, and fully as good an article for fine work." | Attention was -directed to several articles of cabinet ware made of the materia!.. Two of these were ordinary parlor tables, one of which was finished ia'the natural gram of the lumber, resembling somewhat the peculiar mottied appearance seen in some choice . hardwoods. The surface of the table was varnished and highly polished, pre- 4 confrniY acmnAtlnioea omal tn Ana glass. The other table was finished in exact imitation dE rosewood. A panel doorwas alsoshown,the finish resem bling mahogany. A'couple of jewelry or ladies' work boxes, made after an elegant, pattern ~anflL highly finished, were also produced, showing the adaptability of paper lumber in the construction of'ornamental articles. aThe paper "board,"'^contmned the. gentleman alluded to, 'tis susceptible of taking the finest polish as .well as any tint,* shade, or color.,. The lumber is made principally of the pnlp of wheat, rye, oat straw, and ether vegetable fibres, combined with chemical ingredients Mid cements. - <iHs formed of layers. about one-quarter t>f an inch in thickness, and these lay-ers are pressed ^ together by powerful machinery, and ?' thus rendered as hard. as the hardest wood, brides much more dense. The boards are also rendered waterproof in varying degrees, according to the purpose for which they are to be used. The material is as durable as time, and can be sold at a good price for almost half the price of ordinary pine lumber. ? It will take any--finish, and in this respect alone is equal to the finest hardwoods. Moreover, it can be marhlejTxxi in imitation of.anv kind of mar- - . N ble, both in respect to a high degree of polish and an exact imitation of grain. It will not warp and can be rendered perfectly waterproof, - if. desired, thus making it suitable for tie, construction , of burial caskets. It makes just as solid a surface as any wood,. and may be tl>g hardness of stone. As a substitute for in the construction . | of buildings it^pd^BSes ijpalifaes ox ? perfect adaptation. It wOl make the finest material in the. world for roofing. not excepting slate or* iron. It can be sawed,. split, or .planed, and boards made of it are perfectly smooth and fiat from end. to end on both sides, without any knots, cracks or blemishes of any kind commonly" met with "in wood." "Do yon think that the supply o? paper stock is sofficient to permit the general use of paper lumber as a substitute for wood?" " Why. not ? The production of straw alone is sufficient. It takes 100 years to grow 20,000 feet of natural timber on an acre. of ground. This is according to official statistics. On the other hand an acre of ground will produce eyery year straw enough to make 2,000 ^lwflAA <m A UGC0 yJL OIMUUtU iUiUUU> auu ucuw?.iu 0 hand red years it will produce 200,000 feet, ten times the quantity of natural lumber. "What do we propose to do? - It is our purpose besides entering- into the manufacture of paper lumber on an extended scale, to lease rrfocMnery to ' _ Dther parties desiring to embark in the industry." rh<niM rnlm - PTew^ori Sam] "Is the. change a physiological secret?" "Not at alL We have well-defined ideas concerning it In the first place, wo know that many animals change their color at a moment'* notice, f-spec- ^ _ ially fishes and reptiles. Among^te* former the stickleback, percM&rranns and dolphin are the most reiftarkable. In many this change is evidently made at the option of the fish. This is olort rarifflfia an/? r>nw f/vr Oi*?V IU.UV VX ?MXV AVJ^IVMW} IVfc ?*vn *V* the explanation. Here is a microscopical section of a frog's skin. Yon see it consists of two distinct portions, the epidermis and the cutis. The for- ; mer is made up of cells, while the latter contains nerves, fibres, and cavities ' for . cell elements. . These j cells are filled with pigment or Jfl coloring matter, and are known as , chromatophoses, and to their contrac- w!r tion and expansion is due the coloring Y of various animals, for .all, from man" $ down, have them, differing "in color in different individuals and in various parts of the body. Different colors or ' 7 degrees of intensity seem to cause a contraction or expansion of the cells. ) Thus, in the gobins, the pigment cells, that are yellow when distended, assume an orange-colored hue when contracted, and the orange or red cells when shrunk become brown or black, as the case may be. Now, when a fish that habitually lives on a white bottom passes on to a black one the change is conveyed by the eye to the brain, and telegraphed, so to"speak,tothe pigment cells by way of what are called the sympathetic nerves, and the change is produced. "How do we know this? By watching a blind fish pass from one colored ground to another. la such a case there is no. change at alL . The eye is the medium, yet there is probably no intelligent appreciation on the part; of the animal that the change has been made. The experiments with the sympathetic nerves are very remarkable. By cutting one a fish has been shown , spotted on one side and striped on the other, and, in fact, the coloring is at the nrill nf drills ana^miof T'Vio ?nn. lis, our common southern lizard, that seems to take the place of the chameleon, is the most "wonderful in its power. '<5 of changing color, adapting itself to 3 variety of hues.* Keeps Up Wis Correspondence. Mrs. Tabor tells a reporter in- Den il. 1 T T J IT. _ " j ver mat ner uusu&uu, uie ex-senator, now away from hom^^gends her "a postal card every day and once a week a sweet letter." . i Tennyson's income is about $20,000 per year. . ...jga -