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VOL. XMI. WIXXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUXE 16, 1886. XO. 46. ix'kum; "ix old timks. W !.\tkkk?TI.\<; \cc(?l.\t OK the cook it \\ \s. liiciilruN ul the Kit-Id uf Hoiit>r in Anl<* Britain Uayv'Onr uf I'adily O'Cork'n Br?J ^Uh'lirsTlit l.'areer of Mo<'lusis?Hi* sUill Willi a Pi*toI--OUirr liit?T?*>.ti!i^ Inridrntx. (r'rora :h" At; m i <\>? ?iut n.) Hov.ever l?url>arous may Ik.: the custom of dueling, sis such, it is still a fact of historical value that no dueling community ever yet failed to send out good sol diers in time of war. I have been told by old residents of Mississippi that the career of McClung at first stimulated apj>eals to the lex talionis, but that towards the last it acted as a deterrent example. The duel ceased to be a duel in the ordinary acceptation of the word and became a butchery. McClung, of course, ran little or no risk, and it filled the public generally with a sickening contempt to realize that the leading men of Mississippi lived practically liv the sufferance of a madman. To refuse to fight a duel with him was, of course, out of the question. This was not allowed by the i code. To fight him meant death. His skiii with the pistol was fully up to that of Dr. Carver or Bufialo Bill with the rifle, difference in weapons being considered. On one occasion lie killed a black bird hopping about on the ground 20 yards distant. 1 once heard 31 r. Jefferson Davis reprimand a second who l>oasted that be had brought his principal out with flying colors, to the utter confusion of his antagonist, by a little piece of generalship. He explained that the seconds were supposed to be arbitrators, each representing both parties, and that it was the duty of the seconds to see perfect fairness, both in arranging terms of settlement and on the field. One of the most charming and amusing little works I have hit upon recently is by H. S. Fulkerson, of Yicksburg, Miss. He calls it "Random Recollections of Early Days in Mississippi." In this he gives a description of a notable duel that occurred in his own observation. He tells the story well, and I wish to show my appreciation by paraphrasing it for the readers of the . The event took place on Grand Gulf, on the Mississippi river, then a place of 1,200 inhabitants,and a rival of Vicksbnrg. It was almost a duel of professions, Allen }v:ng a lawyer i nd Marsteller a physician. Allen was a tall, slender, smooth-faced j fellow; Marsteller was rather plump and heavy set, and wore whiskers. Allen ' was married and Marsteller was a bache- ' lor. It is not known what was the cause J of the duel. The usual preliminaries re- ' suited in bringing the two together upon ' the field of honor. Allen was excited and vociferous, and expressed the abso- j lute certainty of his conviction that he ' would kill his enemy. He stripped him- ] self to the waist, absolutely nude, and * Ataxsteuer threw on his coat. As the ' second called out, "Gentlemen, are you i ready?" Allen answered "no," and pro- ceeded to explain to the second how the t word should be given. The object was c to ^ unnen e Marsteller, who, however ^ quiotly his niaixJ , 1 "The second," continues 3ir. tuikerson, | "<^Uck1 cmt distinctly but with Ueiubling voice: 'Gentlemen, are you ready? Fire! s One! two! three!' Tliey fired, both of ? them so nearly together at the word one, 1 that it seemed to the bystanders to be ^ but a single loud report. A great volume ? of smoke completely enveloped them, * and we all looked on in profound silence s till it rose and disclosed the two figures 2 standing and looking savagely at each ?. other and each with apparent astonish- j ment that his adversary was not prone 1 11 J-T- Q f AK! r ^ UpOIl X116 0UnH, llliU. laic: 4 equally surprised. Immediately Marstel- 3 ler began to sink slowly to the ground i and Allen turned away bloody and limp- j ing in the direction of my perch. I ' reached him as he sat down upon a log ! near by. * * * * A single ball had passed" through both thighs, high up. A single ball had struck Marsteller in the ! hip and he lay upon the ground, where he had stood." Alien was carried home. 1 Marsteller soon recovered, arose and de- ; manded that Allen be brought back as he desired another shot, saying: "I am not satisfied." He went to his room unaided, probed his wound, extracted the ball and never lost a day by it. This is what we now-a-days call "nerve." Peace was made between the two, but Marsteller always had a lingering desire for another shot, a circumstance that often threatened to cause a renewal of the difficulty. Speaking of New Orleans, reminds me of the celebrated Howell and iienry auei that took place at the so-called Half Way. The various accounts of this afiair contain so many conflicting details that I follow the one that strikes me as being most plausible. Joe Howell, a giant six feet six inches in his stocking feet, a brother-in-law of ?.Ir. Jefferson Davis, liad been with Walker in Nicaragua, and while there had had an altercation with a Major Henry, a wonderful character, a combination of Hudibras Cassanova and Knight of the Leopard. The recorded feats of his bravery put to the blush Leatherstocking ana all his kind. The cause of the difficulty was never known. On the way out Howell's second gave his principal some good advice which the latter received with "Tut, tut, my boy; teach your grandmother how to suck egg3." An immense concourse of people had preceded the adversaries to the field. Both parties were noted for their bravery, coolness and determination, | and both were seamed with scars from j head to foot. The duel was regarded as the Romans might have regarded the meeting of two half-famished Numidian iions. In the account before me the following story of the duel is given: "Will you please give me your version of the cause of this difficulty?" Howell's second asked. ~~ ~ " i . l- . I* _JT.x. " "It don't matter; we are nere w nguv, was the sharp answer from Henry's second. "Well, but brave men don't fight like children, for nothing; we want to know what we are going to fight about; if we are wrong we may apologize, or vice versa." "We don't know anything about it; but if fhere is to be an apology Major Howell must make it." "But if you are ignorant of the origin and cause of this difficulty, how can you }K>int out a wrong?" "Wait, we will see Major Henry." And off they went to the ditch where Henry sat leisxirely resting. In less than three mimites the Xicaraguans were back. "Well?" asKea Jioweu s man. "Well, Major Henry says if Joe Howell will apologize it's no tight." ' Apologize for what?" asked the other -with some animation. Don't know and don't care," was the laconic reply. "Then there is no possible way of arranging this matter amicably. Suppose both parties approach each othei balf way and sliake hands without i j word? Will you see Major Henry and tell him tlit proj>osition comes from our I side?" J After some discussion they consented j to this, but very reluctantly. ! This time the seconds remained fully I t<*n minutes by the side of their princi| puis. There was animated discussion and j much gesticulation among them, but | they returned and said: "Major Henry 1 says Joe ought to apologize, and then j they can shake hand? "Then it means light. Load your ' navy. We will do likewise. Ten paces; six lwirrels loaded; tire at will and adj vance." I The line of tire was a naiTow path, | flanked on each side by a small ditch, j Howell stood six feet seven inches in his ! lifints find coritnirv tr. j?/1vu?a ivnrp wliite pants and an alpaca coat, making him a dangerously conspicuous target. The command was given: "Gentlemen, are you ready V" Joe, wlio was facing the woods, answered firmly "Ready!" lmt kept his eye looking steadily along the barrel of his I cocked pistol. Henry in a nonchalant fashion, threw his head on one side, his pistol dangling at his arm, and in a lazy tone said "Ready!" The word was then given, "Fire!" Both raised simultaneously, fired and missed. Howell cocked ] with his right thumb and fired again be- 5 fore Henry was ready for his second 1 shot. Howell's ball pierced Henry's left < forearm, when Henry again fired and J missed. Howell now came in with his i third shot, striking Henry in the abdo- '< men. To this Henry responded with a ( shot which threw up the dirt right at ? Howell's feet. The latter then advanced ? one step, and taking deliberate aim, a pulled the trigger. Seeing that Henry t was done for, Howell's second rushed up r and threw up Joe's pistol with his hand, r The f-hot flew away up in the air, that f certainly would then and there have killed f Henry. 1 The other side having cried "stop," n according to agreement in case of either n party being badly wounded, uttered p shrill cries of "Foul, foul!" and immedi- i) atelv whipped out their revolvers. Then c followed a scene of confusion, and for a o long time it looked as if a wholesale duel e: would follow; but the crowd interfered o and prevented the fight. The wounded o man was taken to the Half-way house, o: where he remained some weeks before he o: could be transported to the city. tl Perhaps the most celebrated duel that r< was ever fought in the South was the V Prentiss-Foote duel of duels. In 1833 ai these two were pitted against each other al in a law suit, during the course of which fr Foote, who was a very wasp, flung some k< taunt at Prentiss. The latter retorted 01 with a blow that knocked Foote down, fa The latter then challenged Prentiss. But fe one shot was exchanged. Prentiss, who was an unerring marksman, expressed m tiis intention before going upon the field T' of not firing at Foote. When the word g? was given Foote fired so quickly that is Prentiss was disconcerted and pulled the 01 digger "before he intended. Foote was hi lit in the shoulder, and here the matter wi vas supposed to end. "But whispering as ungues can poison truth." Prentiss, who ha vas lame, had leaned upon his cane dur- ge ng the duel and there was some talk of ga lis having used a rest. Such an irnpu- pa ation was wormwood to the proud spirit, wl ?f Prentiss, and his restless imagination nil forked him into a fine frenzy over it. ce< "jn&Uy he Tgas told, unon what he re-. clc limself had insinuated some kind of in- res nit about the matter. Prentiss was tfi ager to believe this and he did believe t. "I had no animosity against him rei ^ -T- p jt.x. Tip WI vnen x iougut, uut luc liall not come off so lightly." The erms of a second meeting were soon an irranged. The attempt to arrest the ea principals was anticipated. Prentiss and ex md his friends hid themselves near the anding at Natchez in order to get the cii irst boat. While here he accidentally is stumbled upon a cocking main. Prentiss be oined the spectators; the party were sc startled when two cocks were put down, 36 me named Prentiss, the other Foote, in p< lonor of the duelists. They were not er ' ? 1? c?fa i little cJaagnnea wnen X UUIC jvjuu^vi I Prentiss at the first flutter. h< Prentiss and his party arrived on the se grounds just in time and found not only ei Foote and his friends, but an immense le 2rowd of people. Among the latter several small boys who had climbed a tr tree, somewhat to the rear of the posi- F tion taken during the duel by Prentiss, ir in order to get a good view. As the sr principals were allotted their places Pren- ir tiss came limping to his with his cane, oi which he threw aside as soon as he took cl his position. Morgan noticed that he S smiled bitterlv as he did so. At the P l.io afrit word r OOUJ ureu ing the ground in front of Prentiss. The latter aimed steadily at Foote, who stood coolly and unflustered, ; his left arm T pressed against his side, his right hanging down. As Prentiss pulled the trigger the cap exploded, but the pistol fail- c ed to go off. His second stepped up and a' put on another cap, and fired the bullet p into a tree to prove the pistol was fairly j loaded. It is said that the box of caps con- k tained 100, every one of wlucii alter- t: v.ards, upon trial, went off. The pistols ? were reloaded. At the second shot Foote j fell dangerously wounded. There is a ^ tradition that after the first shot Prentiss ? advised the bovs in the tree to come Y down, as Mr. Foote was shooting very ? wild that dav. 0 v C Mr*. Cleveland'* Title. t A pretty story, if one could believe it, 1 is told by the Paris correspondent of a a Vienna paper, A short time ago a mati- a nee of music was given by the Duchess c Lamotte, and among the guests was the > liridp-ftlect of President Cleve- i [ land, then in Paris completing her trous- ? seau. The young lady was the object of i many marks of distinction, the high aris- 1 tocracy surrounded her, and there was 1 much talk of her position.. One ladv, 1 the daughter-in-law of the Duchess de 1 Persigny, condoled with 3Iiss Folsom < because she would have no title as the i wife of a Republican President. "All i would be well, only you will have no < title," said she; "you-will only be called Mrs, Cleveland." "But that name is only for strangers," was the answer of the fair'American; "the President lias for intimacy conferred upon me a very particular title.'' Jbveryooay iookl'u up curiously, and, blushing deeply, Miss Folsom addi-d: "He calls me?his darling. Can a wife desire a better title?" The hostess embraced her amiable guest, remarking, "You are right, and you appear to me as if you would keep the title to the end of your life." A .North Carolina Story. We are informed that a gentleman living near this city was plowing a few I days ago, and a peculiar noise on the branch near by attracted his attention. He went down to ascertain the cause, and beheld a most peculiar sight. A turtle had partially swallowed a frog, all except the hind legs. A water moccasin had hold of these and there was lively pulling going on as to which should : nave the frog, the turtle or the snake. The farmer broke up the meeting and the turtle adjourned very much disi gusted.?Charlotte Chronicle, ALL ABOIT CLOY KR. 1 The .Many Different Yariette* ami Their Several l ?en. There are about 160 species (if clover. Eight, at least, of these species belong to the Northern States, and there are several varieties in the South. Of the clovers, the l>est known and the most valuable is Trifolium pratense, commonly known in this country as "red clover," although there are quite a nnmWiV xra o-n/1 V?*? .r ./V* v/i. t c*x av. lAV.t? OjA^lCO red blossoms. Trifolium pratense is biennial, aud as it is rather easily winterkilled, it is never safe to trust to it alone for either hay or pasture. The pasture should always contain a variety uf grasses to provide a succession, and also that variety in the food of the animals which is essential to their thrift. Hence, while red clover occupies a prominent place in every properly constituted pasture, the other grasses in such a pasture will make necessary feed until the clover springs up from the seed. The winter-killing of clover in meadows is more keenly felt, as there it is properly grown, if grown with other grasses at all, only with those ?very few in number?that mature at the same time that it does. The value of common red clover as a pasture or meadow plant is so generally known that I need not consume space ivith it here. The albuminoid ratio of . lover hay is 1:5.9. While the albuminoid ratio of milk is higher, the food Ar nnll' i\rA/1n/-inftr omrviolu V* iUlAA |?1 VUUV UUJUUUi.0 OAAVIliU XiUt C m albuminoid ratio of 1:5.3. Hence :lover is a splendid food for milk giving mimals. As a result, cows fed on clover, preen or dry, give a large flow of milk, md the butter made from it is of excepionally good quality, as nearly every eader must know. The albmninoid atio of clover proclaims it to be a good ood for all growing animals. I have ound no food so really economical for togs as clover pasture; and I attribute ay exemption from swine plague for :early twenty years, though it has often revailed on adjacent farms, to my feedig my swine during the summer on lover pasture, with a judicious mixture f other grasses. I find tliat the cheapst pork is made by putting March pigs n pastures as soon as blue crass and rchard grass start, and keeping tliem n pasture as long as the second growth j f blue grass continues, which is late in < le fall. During the season of its growth 1 ?d clover is the bulk of their food. r'hen grass fails, they are brought up id rapidly fattened (but not on corn < one.) The clover has built up a big ame of bone and muscle, and as it has < spt the digestion of the animal vigor- ^ is, that frame is soon rounded out with 1 .t. I would recommend this plan of ] eding swine to all who can adopt it. < The value of red clover for green 1 anuring js not often appreciated fully, lie reader doubtless knows, that of the iseous elements of plant food, nitrogen the only one whom we need concern irselves about, and also, that to keep a jeral supply of it in an available form [thin reach oi the plant is as important c it is difficult. Now no other plant a ls so great a power of taking up nitro- f; in from the atmosphere as clover. It a .thers nitrogen from the air in com- ^ .ratively very large quantities, and flen the clover is plowed under this c fcrogen is held in the soil for "the sue- y sding crop. Again the roots of the J e clover roots bring up mineral matter u plant food?which is put within the I tich of even shallow feeding plants tl len the clover is plowed under. li T?n/3 rtlrwfci-r l"Q nnft of the most import- C JwlUU V/AV/ T VJk *v ~ ^ _ ? t crops for soiling, on account of its a rly cutting and the large amount of 1, celle 6reen food it yiekis, h Two varieties of clover seem to be spe- ? illy adapted to the South: Japan clover t supposed to have been brought in tea t >xes from Japan or China. It will a arcely grove, I believe, north of the I ith parallel. It does well on soils sup- t >sed to be exhausted by cultivation; i idures the severest drought, its long v p root reaching moisture; is perennial, ince retains its foothold without re- ^ eding; is much relished by stock for t ?L on/J ie nlsn fVf.el mer pitsi/uic ui uuu ? nt for plowing under. Mexican clover, though considered a ? oublesome plant in cultivated fields in : lorida, is very valuable as a green soil- ] ig plant. It grows rapidly and is very ( icculent. It is too watery to cure well < ito liay. It grows very luxuriantly, and , i a soil too poor for the cominon red ^ over. It is a native of Mexico and j outhr America.?John M. Stahl, in , lanter and Stockman. , AX ALLKUKP COX-piR \r\ to inn:. hp IMot Which it ia vinld Wo* l)|?r?trrrii in Hast Sc. Louis. St. Louis. June 10.?A huge conspira- i y, the magnitude of which Hie sheriff : ud his officers as yet decline to make ublic, has been unearthed in East St. jouis, but when the details are f unknown they will furnish another sensaion from the turbulent little city across tie river. For abpijt t\yo weeks Sheriff tobiquet with ?onie special men have >een watching the movements of a gang a East St. Louis. On Thursday they rere run down, and one of the parties m plicated. it is said, made a confession .dving away the whole business. The >lan arranged by the gang was to ascerain when there were large amounts of ooaey on hand in the East St. Louis Creasury and the Workingmen's Bank md leading business houses of the city, tnd whenever a favorable opportunitv >ccurred to rob them, and also the private residences of wealtliy citizens who +/-, lioro nnnsiid^rahlG i'crc U5UC1 U11UCU IV J-mv ^ imonnts of s? onev and valuable jewelry n their houses. Noted cracksmen from rarious parts of the country are reported :o have been engaged by the gang to do :he line work. Acting on the advice of tne partv who squealed, Sheriff Robi ijiiet last night arrested Jack I5ntton at i the Little Rolling Mills, where he was it work, alleging that he was pfie chief of the gang and had charge of the bnrgiar's tools. Britton was taken to Belleville and lodged in jail, but denied all knowledge of the conspiracy. Important developments may be expected. It is alleged that a majority of the policemen of the city had guilty knowledge of the conspiracy and that they will be proceeded agaii;.->t. A significant fact in this connection is the special session of the City Council called List night by Mayor Joyce. A resolution was adopted discharging the entire police force of fourteen men, Chief Hoileran alone bcr ing retained. Detectives are jiow workir\rr An f?:YSP<. *"? --- ----MeJirn! l"ne? of !v>li, A poultice of salt and the white of an egg is a molt powerful resolvent, and if applied in time will disperse a felon. Salt aud cider vinegar will cure obstinate cases of diarrhcea. A solution of salt will relieve pain in bruises. Equal parts of strong salt water and spirits of camphor applied to the teeth is a cure for toothache. Salt will check bleeding of the lungs when other remedies fail. Salt is a remedy in catarrh.?Exchange. TIIK l'ETS (IF THE I'Klll'I.K. 1 ( 1 1 KKTIR.V OF THK PRESIDE.VT AM) HI* ( BKIDE TO THE WHITE HOISE. i They are Greeted I pon Their Arrhal at tlie j Oepoi by a Large l-nt liioblruwive Crowd? t >lr?.Cleveland Delighted with Her Sojourn in I I tie Mountuin*. (5pecia' <? tlie X w>< a <1 Cour'er ) Washington'. .Tmifi S?Pr^siMont. o Cleveland and lii.s bride returned to the ^ White House this evening, after their six (-| days' sojourn at Deer Park. As it was generally understood that the President J would arrive at the Baltimore and Ohio a Railroad station at lialf-past 6 o'clock a large crowd was assembled at the station a: to greet the happy couple. The clock in the steeple of St. Aloysius' Church jj had just rung a quarter lifter 7 o'clock, when one of the small boys in the crowd 01 at> the depot shouted "Here she comes!" and a minute later the Presidential train glided in under the shed and stopped. ^ An ample force of police was on hand to H regulate the crowd, but their services 0t were not called into requisition, for all c present stood back a resuectfnl ilLsbinep and allowed a good wide space on the (>i platform for the dusty and tired travel- w; ers. The train was made up of the same st; cars which took the party to Deer Park fr, ?first, the baggage car, followed by two St parlor cars,' 'Baltimore" and' 'Delaware." 0\ As all of the window curtains in the Q, "Baltimore" were pulled down, it was at jf. first supposed that the Presidential party Pj were in it, but while the eyes of the of crowd were riveted on the "Baltimore," the President surprised them by stepping na from the rear platform of the "l)ela- as] ware." The party consisted of Mr. and ni( Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mr. and Mrs. Lamont, a white maid and the colored steward, St. Clair. The President wore "'J a silk hat which showed signs of having V01 been brushed the wrong way in various i)e( places, probably the work of his wife, ^ who has not yet mastered the art of Wi1 caressing a plug hat; a black Prince rrif Albert coat closely buttoned, dark trous- 0f ers, turned-down collar and black neck- j0, tie. The dust of several hours' travel in 0ti: a. railway had gathered upon his face, the shoulders and hands, and exposure to tlie sun on the mountains gave his complexion a more ruddy hue than he had when he left the banquet hall at the Ex- Wa jcutive Mansion last Wednesday night, ^ai Mrs. Cleveland was attired in a traveling bet suit of gray, white and black mixed Cle joods, a black straw hat trimmed with the jiack velvet and a dove's wing sat upon Tin ler head most gracefully, giving her an fr0] exceedingly stylish air. In her gloved wal lands she carried a bunch of daisies and sco; eras, and as she walked up the platform ver )?side her husband she looked simply mo] >eautiful. Her face was also a trifle sjsti anned by exposure to the sum. Mrs. Thi Cleveland walked on the left side of her of t msband and did not appear the least gut] lisfnrV>Prl lw fliA uroeonno r\f +Via wv%% |/*VWV.UVV Vi CJUO iai^C UQ ^ nil motley crowd which peered into her true ace. Oh the contrary, she looked pleasnt and smiled a 1'm-the-happiest-girl- L a-the-United-States smile, as she grace- and ally walked from the depot without Hoi hitching at her husband's arm as many ]lorf oung bridep would have done, Mr. and beei Irs. Lamont walked behind, followed pfcn.v-viJ^v'eu"Tiiu" TKJII tive carriage, driven by the veteran stra lawkins, and quietly rolled away toward as ^ No TTnn^f At the latter i>omt a liasl irge crowd wits also assembled. Mrs. nm< Cleveland stepped from the carriage first Q]e$ nd stood for an instant on the portico, roui joking up at the grand old mansion, thei er future home, with m Wracsfc dro^ lioughtful expression. The doors were brown open and the President greeted ^ be servants at the door familiarly as he ye^ nd Mrs. Cleveland passed on into the ^ touse. Miss Cleveland, Mrs. Hoyt and ? he Rev. Dr. Cleveland, who were wait- * ng, gave the tourists a cordial welcome ? tome in the n*ain porridor. " Before the Presidential tr?iin arrived here was some speculation as io where ;i he train would stop to drop its passen- }iej( jers. A majority of persons thought he train would come directly into the j itation, as there seemed to be no further ^fu lecessity for seclusion on the part of the C]U( President. However, about half-past 6 >'clock, while the platform at the depot u. t .warmed with newspaper men, some of vhom had just arrived from Deer Park, ^ t ;he President's cftrriagp, tbo P tlioiul par? ]aiv riage, and the steward's wagon drove up irithin one block of the depot, and then Mysteriously filed around and drove on it a rapid gait in the direction of 1st 311 d ^ K s^rcpts, tlie point where the President nor and his bride embarked for Deer Park "\ last Wednesday night, Many of the Yo] aewnpaper men followed in carriages, t md upon arriving at the above point the found a large crowd in waiting. The gc] Presidential carriages pulled up and idly j waited for about ten minutes. Suddenly ]mJ n?? tliroA F,vff?nHve vehicles cot under ,.1,; way again and drove back toward the n depot, much to the disappointment of , ' the residents of that neighborhood, who did not like the idea of being deprived ^ of the glory of being the first to welcome thp Presidential paif. Back to tfte cjepot . went the carriage followed by the crowd, J?1 who rim along beside the carriage which tl0 Hawkins was driving, determined that if J the President intended to ride home in nac his own carriage tney snoma see mm enter it. As the carriage containing the to Presidential party drove rapidly from of the depot to the White House, but few ' persons recognized the Executive team bu as it dashed along. Occasionally some tin one on the sidewalk or on a door step fir recognized Hawkins, and immediately tin informed his neighbor that the Presi- lai dent's carriage was passing. At 15th and G streets, always a busy thoroughfare, vii the speed of the seal-browns slackened it, to prevent collision with passing vehicles, w] thus affording those on the sidewalk an Ce opportunity to peep into the carriage ta: and behold the President and his wife. XI The President and Mrs. Cleveland took a light lunch soon after their arrival home, and an hour or favo Vfts spei}i in ^ talking to his brother and sister of the se incidents of their stav at Deer Park. T> '1 - Ti ,? HTw. OW.o'lon/l , iiou; txie x rebiuciiu uuu iaio. said nothing had occurred to mar the pleasure of their trip, and Mrs. Cleve- ai land remarked that she hoped to l>e able fu to repeat her visit to such a delightful m place. Then Mr. M. Cleveland said slyly m to his brother that if the fish stories which hji'.l ponjo fj'fjm Doer P|;.r}? reliable, lie would likp to take a run up ! there himself. As the President expects a| I to pitch right in to worn tomorrow, hp tl j fortified himself for his task by going to e] ! bwl early, K, m, l, ^ ! mifi ei i vnv ivvni?iv<: ? j J--** ?ljf 111] p Tile ( ii'tinieiitu of I>ad!e?. Krporti'r* and OMicinl* on Ihc Occasion. j] Secretary Bayard, an acknowledged j authority, pronounces the President's j bride extremely pretty. t i Secretary Whitney's wife says the c , bride has dark brown hair, gray eyes and a very lovely expression of face. THE MINISTERS FEE. J 1 The Rev. Dr. Sunderland received a ( 'ce of -SI 00 for performing the Pre* lent's marriage ceremony. It was jrand-new bill which had never appa mtly l>een in circulation. It was lianclt o the Doctor by Colonel Lamont, imm liately after the President's departure rhe Doctor made his wife a present c he lull, and she will keen it .is it mi uento of the occasion. WHY OAKLAND WAS AIJSKXT. A brief call was made by the Heral orrespondjnt on Attorney General Gai ind, on Thursday afternoon, to find or ?hy he had been absent from the wee ling. -"Why, I haven't attended a weddin i twenty years," he answered. "Th 'resident kindly- accepted my excuses nd my absence had no significant* hatever. My best wishes go with hin ud his bride." After some general conversation tin abject of evening dress was approached t drew out the following gem: "There isn't a dress coat in the wliol< f Arkansas." TIIK I'RESKXTS. Dan. Lamont, the President's privatt cretajy. is something of a humorist, e said W a reporter in Washington tin her day: "The President and Mrs. leveland will return about the middle ' next week, I believe. He has giver ders that he is not to be communicated ith except under extraordinary circuminces. The congratulations received om foreign potentates will be sent to 'cretary Bayard, and lie will use bis i n discretion in making them public, ueen Victoria writes an excellent hand, the telegram be any indication. The esident was much pleased at this act Her Majesty." "Will the presents be opened and the mes of their donors made public?" Seed a reporter of Cul. Daniel S. La>nt the otlier clay. "The names will not be given out unr any ciicumstances," was tbe reply, lioucli manv presents fomw fmm <V ted friends, very many others have in sent by people who have no object e to secure notoriety or to curry favor tli the President. He desires no such ts. Remembrances from friends are, course, delightful, but the President 2S not wish to co-operate with the ler class of people in getting before : public. Likely as not all such gifts 1 be returned." MISS n.FVPT. V vn*< iVirmtV Vlien the President's bride reached .shington on Wednesday morning she 5 met at the depot by Miss Rose Elizah Cleveland. In describing Miss veland's descent from the bridal car naughty reporter of the New York les says: "The reach was long enough m the lower step of the car to the k to display to the fraction of the re of spectators gathered about, who e not all eyes for Miss Folsom, rather re of the anatomy of the President's 2r than is usually to be seen in public, s mistep did not escape the quick eye he bride, and with a dainty kick she lered her skirts about her and jumped he walk with only her boot tips proling. A BASKET OK STKAW HEWS [ICS. ate in the afternoon an old. farmer .1 ? x_ xv . I Lun wjib urove up to me w tine ise in a dilapidated and ancient onese vehicle that looked as if it had 1 in use before the war. The farmer wberries, each one of which looked irge as a teacup. The edges of the cet were wreaths of tastefully arjed flowers.. "Give this to President ,-eland," said the farmer. "I'll call ad for the basket some day." And 1 the couple started up the horse an<] co quietly away. UABIKS AT TUB WKHIMXO. singular incident occurred at the r* instant the sen-ice began. It was crying of a babe. The little fellow ed as if the United States Senate were ? A?nAntJi.Q cAcuinn without a ill IU CAUCUU > ^ ,., r; rum.. Thai's a happy omen!" cried three es ami a clergyman in ohoiu*. Oh! it's one of Lamont's jobs to jliten the dramatic effect of the event," I another. n eleven minutes l?y the bride's beau 1 new watch the ceremony was conwi ?-rwi f}>?, Pr^ciflpnt, of the United iCU Ci.HK*. (.MV tes was a married man. Most joyouslie band played; a thousand happy .'s seemed happier. A dp?e? Imbies lie throng crowed while their mothers jhed for joy. Tliou^lilx Alioul Women. len make laws; women make mans.?l)e Segur. Vnnwn is the <jHi?eu or hooial lire.? Itairc, ??J. no?4li -ic tilJ1H >llt (JilU nil uuu. .t, wife?that is the mother.?Leopold lefer. Excellent woman is she who, if the >band dies, can he a father to the ldren.?Goethe. Hiy wife is a constellation of virtues; s is the moon and tliou art the man in ! moon.?Congreve. The world is the hppfc of women. ifljjgYW knowledge they may possess nore pommonly acquired by observan than reading.?Unidentified, [ know the mim of all that makes a .n, a just man, happy consists in the 11-ehoosing of his wife; and then well agree it dues require equality of years, v>;~+v? r?f fnrt.nnn.?^lassinirer. I / 1JL Lii., VA ^ The mother makes the man, jjcrliaps, t the -wife manufactures him. Someaes the "wife in her manufacture counts the making of the mother, someaes oountei'upts if.?Rosu E. ClpYe* id. All amusements of youth to which rtuous women are admitted are, rely on deleterious in their nature. All men 10 avoid female society have dull perptions and are stupid, or have gross stes and revolt against what is pure.? lackeray. Their intuition, or insight,. i? more LUe, and if tl}e pannot see a cat in e meal there is no cat there. In counlling one to tell his trouble to his wife, 2 would go further, and advise him to ;ep none of his affairs secret from her. any a home has been happily saved, id many a fortune relieved, by man's ill confidence in his better half. Woan is far more seer and prophet than an, if she be giypf, {i chance.?Selected. S*?y .Vuininolcil for (aovrrnor of \la!>amn. In the Democratic State Cunventior t Montgomery, Ala., on Friday on tlu lirty-first ballot Thomas Seay, foy Gov rnor, received hu>gp majority ove: oth competitors. The other namei ere withdrawn, and he was nominate*. y acclamation. The convention mad< *pid work with the rest of its nomina ions. All the present officials were re .ominated, including the entire Suprem tench. Resolutions were adopted en .orsing President Cleveland's adminis ration and the State administration. Th >_ i onvenuon men uujomm.-.i ?It is charged that 8127,000 has bee: >aid to less than twenty Councilmen c Jhicago for street railway franchises. .j. COXDITIOX OF THE CHOI'S. '* How South Carolina Stand* in the Li*t--Di r. crease in Area in thin State. :cl e. The Department of Agriculture make e> the area of spring wheat nearly the sam ){ as last year ?about twelve million acre? > There is an increase of one-sixtli of las year's l>readth in Dakota, a decrease ii Nebraska, and a small reduction in Min j nesota, and "Wisconsin. The mino r s] iring wheat districts show a small ad ^ vance. me extension ot the mino; sp-ing wheat districts sliow that th< small advance in the extension of tli< n area in Dakota is due mainly to settle ? meut and the necessity of ready mone} for improvements and somewhat to las1 ? year's unsatisfactory flax product ir Southern Dakota. The effect of low prices for wheat has been conteracted bv e the superior rate of recent years. The condition of spring wheat averages 98J. against 97 in June last year?"Wisconsin 97, Minnesota 98, Indiana 100, Nebraska 97, Dakotu 1)9, Washington 100. Winter wheat is not quite so promising as on tlu; 1st of May. A slight decline J in condition is reported in the West, and ' the low condition of the Southern crop is snu more reduced, vet tiie average is only reduced two points, from 94.9 to ; 92.7. It is still from an average to high ' in the great wheat producing States. In New York it is not ti lering as in years of strong root growth. It is very promising in Man-land and Virginia, in wet lancis. In the South it has been affected with rust, shriveling the grain harvested. There has been injury from drought in Texas, rains and floods in Ohio and hailstorms in Missouri. The prospect is good for a small fraction above twelve bushels per acre. The tendency to an increase in the area of cotton has been checked in the Eastern States of the cotton belt. Returns show a slight reduction in Sontli Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Virginia. The more Western States, in which settlement and farm extension has been active, exhibit some increase, mainlv in Texas. The net increase is alinnt 250,000 acres, an advance of about one and three-eighths per cent. The record stands: Virginia 99, North Carolina 100, South Carolina 99, Georgia 98, Florida 103, Alabama 99, Mississippi 102, Louisiana 102, Texas 107, Arkansas 102, Tennessee 101. The condition of the crop is lower than in 1885, averaging 88.7 against 92 last year. It is lower in seven States and higher in North Carolina, Florida, Texas and Tennessee. The State averages are: Virginia 95, North Carolina 97, South Carolina 83, Georgia 82, Florida 97, Alabama 87, Mississippi 88, Louisiana 85, Texas 96, Arkansas 83, T Arm accoo r j iaiuo 1UIYC tauscu damage in Georgia, and a drought was threatened in Texas, but it has been broken since by refreshing rains. The stand has been irregular but has been practically remedied by replanting. GKORGE FOX'S FEAT. Hi.w ili?- Founder of the Society of Friend* Set < a Dislocated Xeek. (From the Medici E.-c ud ) , T? - _* a:? -_ i ?t. i -iu mi luwrtsuiig auu sciioianv aa- ^ dress by Dr. J. J. Lcvick on the "Early j I hysicians of Philadelphia" he tells us 1 how George Fox traveled through New f Jersey and New England, keeping a faithful journal of all that occurred. "In am imtii&iktouxltXew.Jesaevii* I mistake not, of one oi our present, Board of Managers, and of three physi- ?. cians of that name who have so well t served this hospital,) and next morning j went on to Shrewsbury, 'While at ? Shrewsbury,' writes Fox, 'an accident befell which for the time was a great ex- ] ercise to us. One John Jay, a Friend, { of Barbadoes, who came with us from < Boad Island, being to trie a horse got { upon his ba?k, and the horse fell a run- \ ning and cast him down upon his head, < and brake his neck as the people said. ( They that were near him took him up < - - " - > dead, ami oameci nun ?* yuuu tbj il>UU J laid him on a tree. I got to him as soon as I could, and feeling on liim, conclud- < ed he was dead. As I stood by him pity- \ ing him and his family, I took hold of j his liair, and his head turned anyway it ] was so limber. "Whereupon throwing : away my stick and my gloves, I took his j head in both my hands, and setting my ; knees against the tree I raised his head ; and perceived there was nothing out or broken that w;iy, Then I put one hand under his chin and the other behind his i i ?i two or three lieau, mm imscu u*o times witli all my strength and brought it in. I soon perceived his neck began to grow stiff again, and then he began to rattle in his thTOfltj and quickly after to breathe. The people were amazed, but I bid them have a good heart and be of good faith; to earn* him in the house, give him something warm to drink, and put him to bed. After he had been in the house a while he began to speak, bnt did not know where he had been. The I next day he was pretty well, and many hundreds of miles did lie travel with us after this.'" .Million* of EiM<>lupC!it The Postmaster-General has awarded the contract for stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers for four years, beginning Oct. 1 next, to the Morgan Envelope Company of Springfield, Mass., "Pivirmfrm Manufacturing Com UU U M4V/ _ pany of Hartford, Conn., these companies, uniting in a bid, which was the lowest under the recent advertisement. They are the present contractors. Making a due allowance for the natural increase in the issues of envelopes and wrappers, the expenditure during the four years of the contract term, it it estimateil, will be about $3,250,000, as against a cost of about ?4,200,000 for like quan-1 tities at present contract prices. The reduction, therefore, under the new contract will be nearly $1,000,000. The public will receive the direct benefits of the reduction, as Lite envelopes are sold near as may be at the cost of manufacture. ?It is not probable that the speed of ocean-going steamers will be increased for the present at least. A high rite of speed can only be obtained at an expense ail out of proportion with the cost of an ordinary speed, and the fastest steamers > are not proving profitable. The present ?iv tuvntv knots an hour. umAUJiuui ? v l To increase this to forty knots would re. qnire eight times as much power, and to gain this regular sea leviathans would have to l>e constructed which would rei: quire 176 tons of ooal per hour to feed i j them, Five hundred passengers at $lo0 - per head would be necessary to meet the r expenses of each trip. it seems to he s | altogether practicable to cross the ocean 1: in four days hut it would be a piece of i) practical extravagance not likely be - | tried in our day. e ! ?A fire at Litchfield, Connecticut, : which began at 1.30 Friday morning, : destroyed the Court House, the Enquirer e | printing office, the Mansion House Ho! tel, Cooley's Hotel and fifteen business i houses. The loss is estimated at ?2U0,' n 000. Well insured. if; ?Tin.* Papal Consistory at Koine haj nominated sis more American Bishops. mmmmmmaommammmrnaBammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm THE IIEliO OF THE SOUTH. A MO\FMi:\T TO BE ERECTED IX HOXC s OF GE.V R. E. LEE. e i Conxollilafinn of tli<? Tun Monumental Axsocl it ^ tions. and all Working Harmoniously for t Speedy Erection of a Monument that Will the Pride of the ^outh. r (From the New York Herald.) r Richmond, Ya., June 2.?Govern* 2 Fitzhugh Lee returned here a day < J two ago from Cincinnati, where lie ha T been attending the musical festival, vei t much pleased with his visit. He wi 1 called upon to-day by the Herald corr< . spondent, and, agreeable to an ol : promise, gave mm a unei out very in pox-fcant interview in regard to the erec tiou of a monument in the city of Bid mond to the memory of his illustriou uncle, General Robert E. Lee. Th building of this monument has long beei determined upon. As early as the yea 1867 a Lee Monument Association wa formed by ladies in this and other South ern States but principally in Virginia A considerable amount of funds wa. raised by this association in the way o: private subscriptions, and several Acts o: the General Assembly of Virginia wen passed to facilitate the action of the ladies, but no money has ever been appropriated by the State for the purpose. An Act was passed creating a State Lee Monument Association, distinct entirely from that of the kdies. The latter also went to work and raised a fund, creating at first some little jealousy on the part of I the ladies' association. The latter, acting independently, advertised for models, which have been and still are on exhibition in the Senate Chamber of the -X T * *1 1' A J* il ? v>upiwji uuuumg. a. pnze ior uie nest model of General Lee was awarded to the artist and designer of one of these; but, as far as public sentiment regarding them can be ascertained, none of these models 'will be acceptable, though all of them, as before stated in the Herald, are meritorious, and some of them highly so. In the meantime still another Act of the Legislature had been passed authorizing the two monument associations to 1.3 xi i*- i " i;uusuiiuttt? suuuiu Liiev ever ieei inclined to do so. They would not, and did not consolidate. In this way the matter has go along through jecss in a slip-shod, go-as-you-please sort of way, and it was not until General Fitzhugli Lee had been elected Governor that the matter was taken in hand in a serious, business-like manner. I can now inform the readers of the Herald that the erection of a monument to General Lee has become a fixed fact, to be accomplished in the very near future; that ample funds will be forthcoming from time to time as they are needed to defray all expenses; that the monument will be grand in con ;eption, characteristic in design and highly artistic in execution and finish, md that an artist wliose fame is worldaide by reason of his grand achievement ii Virginia already will probably be selected to design and execute the model 'or the monument. But to return to the Governor, who, vhile speakingj^itefree^d^not^Uow ^ .tilting how you are getting along with he Lee monument for the benefit of the Dublic through the columns of the HeriId?" "Oh, no," said the Governor, "I am iatmv to sav we are making some pro press toward erecting a monument to j-eneral Lee in this city. The different issociations which had "collected money "or that purpose have now been consolilaied and the whole subject is in charge )f the board of managers which represent the consolidated associations." "Who compose this board?" "The new board is composed of the Grovernor, Col. Marye, first auditor of ;he State, and Col. Harmon, the State treasurer? also Miss Sarah N. Randolph, iate president of the Ladies' Lee Monument Association; Miss Nichols, formerly of Richmond, now of Washington, D. C., and Col, Archer Anderson, of Richmond, Ya." "Has the board selected a design for the monument yet?" "Xo. The board has made no progress in that direction, except to look at a number of models that are on exhibition Qnnnfo P.1ionilir>r liere. and which IJJL UIU kJls+ltvuv* ? j were procured by the Ladies' Lee Monument Association." "Will any of these l>e acceptable, Governor?" "That question I can't answer. At their next meeting it will probably be decided what particular design will be cliosen. The hoard, however, is not necessarily limited in its choice to the models now on exhibition." "Have you determined upon a site yet?" "The hoard of managers, as above constituted, have inspected the various points suggested as sites for such a monument and have narrowed down their choice to two locations." "Where are these, Governor?" "One is Gamble's Hill, on the south side of the city and near its present centre, east and west, which gives a fine view of the river and the surrounding country. The other is a piece of land known as'the Allen lot,'at the head of Franklin street, in the west end and growing portion of the city, and it is expected that In a short time one of these two lots will be determined upon." "What is the amount of the fund for the monument now in hand?" "We have enough to order and pay for an equestrian figure?horso and rider. +i>? will cost the A. iiO V/X uiv ? association nothing, and it is expected that the city of Richmond will contribute her share in giving us a foundatior and in laying off and beautifying the surrounding grounds." "But it will require more money?" 'Oh, yes. Then it is proposed to re new the effort to obtain fresh subscrip tions, and, I presume, after the work i: in progress the State would be willing t< do something toward completing th< monument to her distinguished son." "When do you propose to lay th< corner-stone." "The date for that has already beei j fixed upon, for we have named Saturday j the 23d of October next, as the day j The Virginia troops will be in cam] here during that week. The annua ! State fair begins on Wednesday, Octc | her -0, and ends on Friday, '22d, so tha ] the corner-stone will be laid on the da; ! after the termination of the fair and dui ; iug fair'' week. It was thought tha j would be the best time, because the mil: i tarv encampment and the fair woul ' both take place during the same week." "Do you expect a. large crowd and wi ' | there be a grand militarv pageant?" .1- -?v. i.. ' j **XCS, W V hujju i<j a uuu > j bev uf people in Richmond then than i any time within her history. There wi be a grand military Dannie and tl > ladies, with the assistance of acknow edged artists, are going to decorate tl city in a more elaborate and artistic manner than they did during the celebration of the Yorktown Centennial." )R "The corner-stone, Governor, I suppose, will l)e laid with Masonic ceremonies?*' ia- "YeS*" he "Who will probablv deliver the adJh. dress on the occasion?* "The orator for the occasion has already been selected by the board of managers. The gentleman upon whom the -)r choice has fallen is Col. Charles Marshall, )r who was formerly one of the aides-ded camp and the private secretary of Gen. Robert E. Lee during the war. He is v ^ i ? . ? - iiuw an emmeni lawyer oi Jtsaitimore, is and having been so closely associated a. with Gen Lee through those four years j of the war, besides being a fine speaker and writer, the selection was unanimousl" ly determined upon." - ~ "Now, Governor, when do you think t. the monument will be completed?" "That question is difficult to answer. s Monuments and great works of art of e this description require time?often a Q great length of time. Much, to be sure, r depends upon the rapidity of the artist, the builders and others selected to do ? fho trnrlr Aftr /VKi/x/?4- <o +/ >. .1^ ? .?^ AO iAJ Kl*J Wlliitcvcr I can to have such a monument unveiled * during my administration as Governor, P feeling of course a natural pride in havP ing the erection of such a monument as one of the landmarks of my administra| tion." Inoculation lor Yellow Fever. The New Orleans Picayune, of June 1, says: In a letter dated May 26, 1886, addressed by Dr. Domingos Freire, of Rio de Janeiro, to Dr. Joseph Holt, President of the Louisiana State Board of Health, the following interesting statement is made, presenting a summary of his results claimed for the inoculation of yellow fev^r: I have performed over 7,000 inoculations with full success; the immunity was almost absolute, notwithstanding the intensity of the epidemic this year. More than 3,000 persons who were not inoculated died of yellow fever, while among the 7,000 Inoculated, inhabiting the same infected localities, subjected to the same morbid condition, but seven or eight individuals?whose disease was diagnosed as yellow fever? died. It is hardly necessary to sav that I - * - - " witii uuics uui ox one oi mese cases. My confreres here have the abominable habit of not giving notice of the fact until after the interment (<f the individuals, and consequently accuse me of being unsuccessful. You therefore see that in spite of all this bad will my doctrine comes out victorious once more by the test of this year, when the epidemic characterized itself by energetic intensity of infection and contagion. Thanks, a" thousand times thanks, my dear confrere, for the powerful aid which you have given to this universally beneficent cause, and accept the sincere expression of my highest sentiments of esteem and fnVnrUVmi Domixgos Friere. .Mr. Lai:iar'.? Co.ic!u?ive Answer. Secretary Lamar, referring to the sensational statement in the New York Tribune that information as to the nature of his decision in the telephone case was obtained clandestinely, for speculative purposes to opexate upon Bell telephone stock, said: "The only thing to say about that is that my report was never my possession." ?It is Laughable for people on this side of the water to notice how terribly frightened at Irish home rule the title aristocracy, the millionaires, and the big wigs of England are. That the Irish people can be capable of self government, that they can be more loyal to the impe rati, >vuriwitMii uy eiiLiic tuuuui of their local affairs, are ideas "which seem to be utterly beyond the grasp of John Bull. It is just as noticeable that the small farmers and working classes are not visibly alarmed at the prospect. The problem doubtless has its difficulties and nr. doubt Irish home rule 'Rill tie down at once into the orderly methods which obtain in this country, but when a man like Spurgeon talks about it as a scheme "Jull of dangers and absurdities as if conceived by a madman," it is painfully apparent that a great many persons in England have still something to learn. ?Now, girls, considerthis fact. The day of uselessness is nearly past. Young men are not going to gobble you up for nives on the strength of any looks or manners you may possess. Some of them are fools enough to do it, but they cannot afford it. The pressure of the I J-" * vi. tt__ _ ume 15 liicxuiauie- use, use, use, m jw - ? constant demand. The 'last generation of women were simply wives and mothers. The demand upon the present generation is that they shall be helpmates, partners intellectual equals, and brave, struggling, independent and jovial comrades. T*>? J ? ? i- At*A JTI CJ5>JLUtJil L V^/IC V CJUUIU U.ITCO UVt vyv^J-LC. ? v, ill spending the people's money in gratuities. Soldiers that are entitled to pensions should have them, but the public money is not to be used up in gratuities, and he has vetoed enough of private pension bills to make Congress understand his position. It is safe to say he will apply the same principle to the larger appropriations, and this is not the kind oi conduct to mate a rresiaenx unpopular in this country. If the Democratic administration does not prove to be an economical one, the fault will not lie with the President. ?A lady who lives "out Dorchester -?. way" and' whose income, though it exceeds S30,000 a year, is yet cherished with exceeding watchfulness and jealous care, suffered the lose of her husband the other day. When the undertaker came to attach the crape to the door the rain ; was falling. Wiping the tears from her eyes the bereaved lady came to the ' door and said: 'I think"you had better 1 wait, Mr. Undertaker, until it clears off. ; I'm afraid the crape will spoil!"?Boston Record. ?It is said that of the 1,867 .storekeepers and gaugers in the revenue ser1 vice at least 1600 are Democrats. The ' President lias expressed the opinion that I in the revenue service the places should 1)3 pretty generally filled by the politia cal friends of the administration, on account of the great responsibility which it is obliged to assume. Acting on this principle there has been almost an entire ' change of assessors, and of other officers * connected with the service, j ?A story about the capture or an exploit of an eagle will go the rounds of t the press at any season. Why? The v eagle is not a very remarkable bird in .. any way, not even remarkably scarce. ^ But he wormed liimself into the confi[. dence of the founders of the Republic, (j and apparently their descendants have a superstitious regard for him as some H tiling thai has come down to us from a former generation.?Buffalo Express. i- ?Justice Woods, in the United States it Court at Atlanta, has rendered a decision 11 which in effect is a warning to the Georie gia Railroad Commission that regulating 1- freight rates l>eyond State limits would te be interfering with inter-State commerce.