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\ MM?Fl>u 1 gg r * VOL. XLIII. WiNXSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1886. NO. 12. MR. DAVIS MAKES RETOKT. replvi.vg to t!j:: ov ue\. w. t. i-uuxx v The Prefidcat of th? C afeilrracv < :t?-? in Refutatiois of :!>; Cisarcs > !' v::rr::wu. au?l Facts a* to (he Late W ar 2Jrtv.cc:: *!stf?. Tiie Baltimore Sun prints a letter, five columns in length, from ex-President Jefferson Davis in relation to tLe long standing controversy between himself W and General W. T. Sherman. XL- j letter is dated Bc-anvoir, Xiss., September 23, 188G, and begins as follows: "if mmnsfrom manv of my friends, I have been asked to furnish a reply to Gen. Y?\ T. Sherman's socalled report to the War Department, which the United States Senate ordered printed as Executive Document Xo. oti, j Forty-eighth Congress, second session. T !*?? *?<-? Ix/irvo AAmrkallD.! 1\TT mOTlV ^:'Tr?'W JL liU. V ^ Vttu VVAU^VUVW Kfj v??.? -^.. to postpone a reply to itiese invitations, and have in some instances declined, fui the time being, to undertake the labor. A continuing sense of the great injustice clone me and the people I represented, by the Senate making the malicious assault of General Sherman a public document, and giving to his slander the importance "which necessarily attaches to an executive communication to the Senate, has recently caused the request for a reply by me to be pressed with very great earnestness, For this reason J ^ have decided to furnish a reply for pnbpt lieation in the Baltimore Sun. The history of my public life bears evidence that I did all in my power to prevent the war; that I did nothing to precipitate the collision; that I did not seek the post of Chief Executive, but a .vised my friends that I preferred not to lili it. rri.^L 1- mnv C!OT?_ JLiiUc IliiLUIJ UVliCitU uutiuiuii ii<^. o.iiu derously assail by his statements, but he cannot alter its consistency; nor can the Republicans of the Senate change its un^ broken story of faithful service to the Union of the Constitution until, By the command of my sovereign State, 1 withdrew as her ambassador from the United States Senate. Tor all acts of my public life as President of the Confederate estates j. am responsible: ut tut: u<u ui history, and must accept her verdict, k which I shall do without the least apprehension that it will be swayed from the f truth by the malicious falsehoods ci General Sherman, even when stamped as an executive document by the United States Senate. Mr. Davis then recites the statement made by General Sherman before a gathering oi ex-Union soldiers in 188-1, that he (Sherman) had seen a letter from (ilr. Davis to a United States Senator, in which he (Davis) said that he "would turn Lee's army against any State that mi edit attempt to secede from the South em Confederacy." Mr. Davis then quotes his letter to the St. Louis liepublican, printed at that time, deriving the truth of Sherman's statement and the interviews had subsequently by reporters l with Sherman, to whom the latter said: "This is an affair between two gentlemen. I will take my time about it ami r write to Mr. Pa-vis m^-^ tie the" maimer between us." j W "It is iiarciiy necessary iu? ut LSJ i*l>> j j continued Mr. Davis, "that General Shcnnan did not write to me, and we had not settled the matter between us. otherwise than I settled it by denouncing his statement as false and' himself as a slanderer. There the matter would have rested, so far as I was concerned, i But when the War Department of the United States was made the custodian of his slander and Republican Senators became its endorsers, and the statements made at Frank Blair Post were lifted into official importance, it became a duty r alike to myself and to the people 1 represented to follow the slanders with my j L denial and to expose alike its author and his endorsers." V ' . Mr. Davis reviews at length the proH gress of the controversy, reciting the de^BNT nial of every Senator from the Southern T States that lie load received sucn a leuer W as that spoken of by Sherman, cusing Sherman of first trying to substitute a letter from Alexander H. Stephens to Herschel Y. Johnson for the alleged ^ Davis letter; then of representing that the Davis letter Tvas lost in the confusion Hv of the rebellion archives in the "War De|||si partment, and finally of pretending that W* he had seen the alleged letter at Raleigh, X. C., and intimating that H was adri-rfKiCArl tn Governor Yoncc. Mr. Davis quotes tlie published denial of Governor Vance that he had ever received such a letter from him, and says: "My alleged Raleigh letter has nevei been found. Shprraan says it was sen; to Nashville, Savannah, Washington anci Si. Louis, and may have been final!) burned ill Chicago in the great fire o 1871. But in its travels no other persoi but Sherman saw it; not- a single office: at any headquarters has been producei who read it, and it passes belief that h the excitement of the closing days of th L war and during my imprisonment, )\vhe; every letter of mine was carefully es - --.I i.? m)on which t amineu tu uuu . .......?_A convict and destroy rae, not an officer a all these headquarters should have rea that letter. Even- fair-minded man nir.: therefore conclude that General iSherma stated at the Grand Army Post a wiln and deliberate falsehood, and that h motive had its inspiration in that men L Notice which ha* characterised his ac ind Viitia.cf In other respects toward ti Southern people. The so-cailed uisioi A cal statement concerning the pub] llflif policy of the Executive Department ij||p the Confederate States, as Sheraiai pT letter to the War Department is head F in that executive document, opens wi ? *. /rn,t T fS, the following mac) had seen papers which convinc I me that even 3Ir. .Davis, President of t L Southern Confederacy, had, during t f progress of the war, changed his Stat tights doctrines, and had threatened use force?even Lee's army?should ii&tQ of the Confederacy flflr cede from that government.' With w mental process by which General SI j|l|l|' man is 'convinced' I have no concc pip? but tfce 'papers' in which he alleged t X 'threatened' to use force against +',o nnnfedcracv ought to f QUiiU.') Vi mm ^ v tangible ?nd prodcc^able, ami in 'historic statement' tlic Senate ougL have demanded the production of pro and on failure to produce tkf-m and a denial by the Serito.-s who Sber: alleged had received them, such 'Li.v cal statement,' already branded f falsehood and unsupported by evidcL ought to have been rejected with I wonder how it got before the Senate I p- is apparent that this so-called Listc statement had been seen by Bepub +>>oi fhpv wr>re not i iiuJLKl WUL?*V v**vj rant of its real character when the ] Jry resolution wci under diccnssic the Senate. TIio:e Ssnntors then that XJtoeyal S!ie?man had; in his of January 6, i$}?5, to the Secreta: "War, changed the issue between us one of veracity to a rambling, sin: discussion of a 'conspiracy' and of spirators'in the winter of I SGC I'.l jhat which at Prank Biaix Post ma; been 'a white lie,' not intended for pub-! licaliou?came before the Senate as :a ! historical statement,' bolstered with oth- j cr 1ki(j(1s e, niallv w ithout foundation i or support in anything written or uttered j by me. It now survives as an 'executive document' oi' picturesque prevarication. I know nothing of any 'conspiracy' or conspirators.' There -was no secrecy about any of the political affairs whicn led to the secession of the States in IboO-Gl. It was the opinion of the conference of Southern Senators in January, i 11 />/*/! in fliic* f 11 C4ATI /' O1 n ii:vu AO liiiivuiivvu ii; liiio uioiviivui I stiitwneat as evidence of 'conspiracy,' j that secession "was the only remedy left i to the States; tliat every eifort to pre- j servo tiie peace liad failed mainly through the action of that portion of the ilepublican party which refused all propositions for adjustment made by those who sought in January, 1861, to justify confidence, insure peace and preserve the Union. In the same month in winch tiiiit conference was aeld I served on a con niittee raised by the Senate to seel: son:e possible mode of quelling the excitement that then existed. That committer '.uts composed of the three political divisions of the Senate, and it Avas considered useless to report any measure which did not receive the concurrence of at k-ast u majority of each division. The Republican Senators. rejected every proposition that promised pacification, and the committee reported to the Senate that their consultation "was a failure. >, Was there less conspiracy in the Republican Senators combining to prevent ' pacification than there was in the South- : cm Senators writing in a conference to yjx lu'wii K^cctcv-o LJUC t their cause was hopeless in Washington? "As to the epithets which Senator Sherman, in debate, applied to myself, ;;s his mode of retaliation for my denunciation of his brother, I have been com- . pelled to prove General Sherman to be a taismer ana sianaerer in oraer iu protect uiy character and reputation from his ' willful and unscrupulous mendacity-. If bis brother, the Senator, felt the sting of that exposure, and his epithets are any relief, I am content that he shall go 011 the record as denouncing me as a traitor,' because I have proved his brother to be a liar. * * * 'This historical statement mi-.'ht have been enlarged and extended by the Senate and made to embrace the deliberate misrepresentation by General Sherman of a communication to him by Col. J. i). Stevenson in regard to Albert Sidney Johnston's command in San Francisco. In a litter to CoL Wm. K. Ivnight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, dated October 28, I s-4, General Sherman asserted that Coi. J. D. Stevenson, now living in San .Francisco, Las often told me that he had cautioned the government as to a plot or conspiracy tluxragh department commander Albert Sidney 0 ohnston to de liver possession of the forts, etc., to men in California sympathizing with tlae rebels in the South, and he thinks it was by this advice that President Lincoln scut General Suiter to relieve Johnston of his command before the conspiracy was consummated. That statement of Sherman, the veteran, Col. J. i). Stevenson promptly and emphatically denied. General Grant himself has notbeen exempt from Sherman's malice. To Colonel Scott Sherman wrote: 'If C. 7 " u disappeared to history.' The remarkable statement was published by General Fry and pointedly and emphatically denied by General Sherman. Prompt to slander, he is equally quick to deny his language. The letter of Sherman dated September (3, 1883, was written to Colouei Scott, now* of the war record office. The denial of Sherman has caused the publication of the letter and the exposure of his hypocrisy in hi* recent laudation of the dead chieftain. "The deliberate falsehood which Sherman inserted in his official report that - * 1 ? ^ liv I Coiumoia, O. U.J JUUlll yun Vv?. , j General Wade Hampton was afterwards I confessed in his 'Memoirs' to have been 'distinctly charged to General Wade Hampton to shake the faith of his pe< :fie iu liim.' Even when confessing one falsehood he deliberately coiiW another, and on the same page of 'Memoirs said that the tire 'was pudental,' when letter of General | he Knew irom ui? Stone, who co^anded the provost guard in Coliwb^ that the fire was not accidental. How much more he knew he may ijX future 'Memoirs' or 'stateat' reveal. Can any man imagine a less moral character, less conception of truti. less regard for what an official re-' port should contain than is shown by Sherman deliberately concocting falsehood for the dishonorable purpose of j shaking the faith of the people cf Sonth . j Carolina in their fellow-citizen General I Wftrle Hampton? I have in. this, vindi . cation, not of myself only, but also 01 the people who honored me with the [ highest official position in their gift, r been compelled to grouj> together inT I stances of repeated falsehoods deliberatej ly spoken and written by General Sherr man?the Blair Post slander of myself, I the defamation of character of Genera1 x Albert Sidney Johnston, the disparage e ment of the military fame of Genera a Grant and the shameful and corrup charge against-General Hampton. I hav< 0 prepared this examination and exposur< t only because the Senate of the Unite* ' clo-r\/1o States litis givtn to ouuiuau o ouuU^ the endorsement which gives it whateve a claims ii may have to atten and of powe j to mislead in the fniure. Having specif: is cally stamped the statement as false _n having proved its author to be ar; hahii ts ual slanderer, and not having a partisa ie Senate to make place for this notice c j. personal tirade, which was neith< jc oliicial report o:r record made dining tl 0f war, so as to entitle it to be received : '1 ^??inVo5 T submit it to tl lilC UIIICC L/i. axv.uA>vk<7 ? ed Public through the columns of a new th paper which discountenanced foul pb ?r_ and misrepresentation, and which w Ccl kind and just to me in its issue of Ja i?e uary24, 18S3." ;he ,.k?, hx^ccreiarv McCuxloch and His Wavs. .6 a * ^ ^ A prominent figure on the aven these pleasant autumnal days is ex-Sec /f'" tarv Hugh McCulloch, formerly of t , ^ Treasury Department, who, despite ; vancing years, lakes great pride in di - - v.-?of snirited bays. J ' T I lag LLLIii^Vi-i .t. J ~Vl* sides a town Louse on King place, ab< the Arlington, Mr. MeCulloch has country seat north of "Washington, \rh au he usually spends the summer with .t0 family. His clean-shaven face : '*? > straight crown high hat seen; the sj y* as in the days of Johnson's adminis tion, wh. n the Treasury portfolio '('.!V longed to him, and by a singular coi Vl deuce the closing days of Presi( nc,e? Arthur's regime found * Mr. McCul omv rhft ame Dost that he did ( j. -"-"{j J. \ " der a previous President, whose pr 'rCi^ eessor had been assassinated. E ncan morai1)g this famous old fina] j?ac" authority rises at an early hour at country seat, and after breakfas !n 325 drives into the citv to attend to pr J^5^ and personal matters requiring his o. Cf | t*0U"? ^ aSUlDgWli wmu Jrom j (),] s;Un(iay afternoon "Mr. J. E. Jell ttHicg j of York, fell 1'rom a ladder on wiiic 'c-oxi-1 v.-;iv amending to the at tie of a butt . and j whi'-'i >pr:;in<-d iii< divider and s?ri > have hruise< i his side. ~%i iiin mi hi iii i ! Ill?ibimii?tirm?rtTWO COTTON MIRACLES. THE ilAKVESTKK AM) THE >1 \SOX <;i\. Ah Iiit?Te**tiHi; Exhibition ol (lie X?'\\ Machir.fi J ii Sumter Vct.(pr(!nv ? i'ii*kiii!r Tvui Thotwath! I Pounds a Day. (X wsan-I Courier, October 14.; A practical test of the Mason Cotton ; Harvesting machine was made in Sumter j yesterday before a committee of three j from the New York Cotton Exchange, j and committees from the * Charleston ! Cotton Exchange, the Agricultural So- ! ciety of South Carolina, the State Agri- i cultural Society and the State Board of I Agriculture. The committees were ac-1 eo-mmriiod bv the board of directors of! the Mason Cotton Harvesting Company. The New York committee arrived at Sumter at 4 a. m., by the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, and the other committees arrived at 9.30 a. m., by the Central Railroad of South Carolina A limit-, 10 o'clock the whole mrtv drove out to the shops of the Mason Cotton Harvester Company, which are located about half a mile from the hotel. On arriving at the shops the committees and other guests passed half an hour pleasantly in examining the tools and machinery with which the shops are equipped, and in having explained to them the several processes employed in turning out the wonderfully ingenious mechanism which is used in the harvesting machines. Everything being in readiness one of the Harvesters was pulled out of the shop, two horses were hitched to it, a cotton field negro jumped into the seat, and the machine, followed by the visitors, started for the cotton field, about one hundred yards oil'. To an observer of the machine, who had never seen its mode of operation, it would seem absolutely impossible to carry it over the cotton plants without tearing them all to pieces. Consequently when the macLine was driven into the r.ofovfml o vr\TU nf /vjffnn litiw. ttXlll O lUi UV/V*. Uw/"W IV.. plants, the faces of the visitors showed how much they were surprised in seeing that the plants passed through the machinery without injury, while at the same time they saw a constant stream of cotton pouring into the bags which are suspended at the back of the machine. After running it over the field for sometime it was suggested by the committees that the operation of the machine be i i>-i i'n nr/lol- fliof +Tiov m 1 <r)lf 11T1 Vl> I Li.AJLIV^U. XJJL VXUVX v.**-, . ^ j at an idea of its capacity. This was accordingly done, and as fast as the bags were filled others were substituted until a halt was called. The cotton was then weighed in the presence of all present and showed a picking capacity of 2,000 pounds a day. The cotton plants from which this cotton wis picked were not fully fruited and it was the general opinion "that in the rich fields of the far South and Southwest the capacity could be counted upon to be much greater. The machined-picked cottonwas then iafcgx to. oj^^^^e vx-uufc, ence of the company. IHi^^^^OTked superbly, and everybody present was delighted with its capacity, with the beautiful condition of the lint cotton turned out, and with the perfect safety to the ginner with which it can be operated. Several members of the different committees bundled up samples to take hor' j with them, that they might sli^- ,t c cotton which they had seer^ a 1-' minutes picked from tho ??c. f1 r - - < mnvfirfced into! Mason's machines, ~V~, ?. such beautiful ^ s Grin. An bo^- oX" ^wo more was spent at the shorn examining other Harvesters of varying styles and in different stages ol completion, when the party drove back to the hotel. At 4 o'clock the party all dined together at the Jervey Hotel. Among those present was Mr. \vT. L. Langley, of New York. This gentleman, who ris a mechanical engineer, and hearing that a committee from the New York Cotton Exchan^ had been appointed to come - - " . it L South and witness a practical neiu of the Mason Cotton Harvester, came j down also as the representative of Northern capitalists who own large plantations in Texas, and who for many, years have been endeavoring to secure a practical cotton harvester. In response to a toast, Mr. Langley took occasion to say that lie had been more than pleased with what lie had seen; that he had never seen a new machine tested with such suc. ! resnlts. and that he was prepared to report favorably to the gentlemen ' whom he represented. He was satisfied beyond preadventure that Mr. Mason had discovered the correct principle, anc1 that he believed that he had solved the j problem that cotton could be and woulc' be in the future picked by machinery, j The visiting committees were invitee , to stay over at Sumter and witness a tes a of the Cotton Harvester by moonligh * in order to show them that the machin i can be utilized at night as well as b; ? day. The committee, however, found i .. impossible to remain over. - " ' ? Tlie Mason Cotton narvesier ULlll l/U Mason Cylinder Gin will be exliibitpd i the State Fair of Georgia, commencin ? at Macon on the 27th inat., and at ti ? Alabama State Fair at Montgomer commencing on November 8th. ?r THE HARVESTER AND ITS HISTORY. ie The exhibition at Sumter yesterday the Mason Cotton Harvesting Maclim ie before committees appointed to inves s- gate its practical operation and repc iy upon its siiccess and usefulness, is as signal event in the history of the dev ' -e? ' " -iT.-firt'n ivlnVli rants OpiHGllt u1 ivxi. Julx y v/u. uxvijl > - - importance with those great labor-savi machines -which have, more than other influences combined, contribru to the rapid conversion of the vast' was of the American Continent into feirl r" fields and flourishing cities, and hi ' I exerted so powerful an influence in sh; c.~ ing the destinies and advancing the ci g ization of all the countries of the v-oi ' The Cotton Harvester did not spri ^ like Minerva, fully armed from the'br of cenius, but has been slowly and p: j- fully developed step by step, irou; I first crude conception of tb$ inyento ime tke present practical w orking mach . It will doubtless go on in the same nu \ J of progress until perfection is reache. ^ V It has now been several years sine T was generally known in this State, ; , in fact throughout the Southern c< try, that Charles T. Mason, Jr., of ? ter, S. C., had invented a contriv 1L liv for picking cotton nvm ILL^ JU^/iU ksj icial cilineiT> without injury to ^2Z ?Tq. plants CI to tue immature fruit. l ^ contrivance v,as the employment ivate pic]yngsteio/-or finger, about < 4-4>sv?% j inches long and about an inch in di " r - .1, L^li ter, on the surface 01 which wen raiged small teeth or barbs, so ,.rv- tected by adjacent guards as to pr Ij 'jjg the teeth from coming in contact dino-, any material except fibrous substa .,u*iy This principle of lacking cotton sense of touohj as it were, is the ( ??|??m j ?it???an ' tial feature of the Mason Harvester, j without the employment of which it is ! .self-evident to any one who has paid any | attention to the subject at all that the : picking of cotton by machinery would j be an impossibility. Having tested by a number of experi men us me uurreeuiess ui iuia uuiii/iun. uf discrimination between librous and non-fibrous material, the inventor gradually developed the .stern from its first imperfect and costly form of construction to its present beautiful and eliicient condition. The evolution of tbc picking stem is in itself one of the most interesting and striking features in the development of tlie Harvester as a whole. The first stems were made of wood and were simply small cylinders having grooves cut iu their surfaces, in which grooves teeth were set, which were protected by the shoulders on each side of them. These stems were made by hand with great labor and included various forms o: the same principle. Later on the inventor adopted a metal cylinder with V/i-Xiy iivai Ji/VilUiUlH/iiO 11A Jkbu Ui. *?*VV. am these openings teeth were set so that the points were disposed evenly with ox slightly below the surface of the opening. Then camc the sty]-.- jf stem which is now in use, being constructed of a metal envelope, the teeth being punched : out of the metal itself and being surrounded by an opening which guards the teeth from coming in contact with anything except it be fibrous. Very clear and perfect cuts of several of 31asonspicking stems were published in ' the April number of the Southern Bivouac, together with a very interesting description of the whole machine. The ' teeth in the stems are punched by a special machine constructed for the pur pose by the Pratt and Whitney C'ompa- 1 ny, of Hartford, Conn. This machine is cajjable of punching four thousand teeth a minute, and cost the Mason Cot- : ton Harvester Company several thousand ' dollars. Having solved the problem of picking out the cotton from the growing plants without injury to plant, boll or blossom, [ the inventor went to work to apply the ' stems to tne pianis uy automatic : mechanism, so tliat when the stems had picked out the cotton from the bolls they would at the proper moment re- 1 lease it, so that it might be deposited in ' sacks provided for the purpose. ; Several different styles of machines 1 have been constructed. The particular 1 style of machine which was exhibited at J work in the cotton field to-day is known ] as "the Radial Stem Machine." In a : strongly constructed frame of hickory and ash are placed two pairs of cylin- : ders, from which radiate the picking steins above described. The machine is mounted on two iron wheels simi'ar to J tliose used in mowers and reapers. The machine straddles the row of cotton ' 2>lants, the wheels posing along the alleys." Therefore, as the machines move 1 forward through the field the cotton plants pass backwards through the ma- : chine between the two pairs of cylinders ; ^1\ A ?>* AI'IW/V AW P T1! 1 A *" ujuuilieu \> 1 Lii bi?U Jj.lt.nj.ljjj OK^-LLIO. J~ J-1V_ | f cylinders are mounted on vertical sh^ and rotate backwards around tlieir -^afts T at the same-rate of speed as the. jiac_hine v fflaAnl. The stem?v^S^our- I ?+ same move lizwir pfla&iciunc starts, 2 the^ceys on' the stems begin to ea<^ A."rd with the plants, and, ^ xCiV-<?A>fi , ttfanetratc every part of the r< i i tiiey do not in any way jostle or r' plants. Now, in addition to the f1 ^Lcj^ard movement of the stems with ^ the plants, they have an independent, individual rotation on their own axes? r first in the dircct-ion of the points of r their teeth, so afrto catch the cotton, and I --i. -C c then, as tiicy pass out ui Lilt? JJl&XLU, AAA | the reverse direction, so as to throw the J cotton off by centrifugal force. When ; the cotton is thrown off it falls on a con veyor, which conveys it to a carrier belt, which in turn picks up the cotton and ^ throws it over the back end of the ma- ' chine into bags suspended in position to receive it. "When the bags are full they ' are dropped and others are placed in position. ' The machines are so light and I the machinery moves so easily that they 1-1?? +r\*rv can be drawn oy exuier uuc ^ v.,v horses. The use "of two horses has been found preferable, however, for the reason that they pull more evenly and steadily. While the machinery, in order to perform the work successfully, must be made with great care and exactness, yet it is by no means complicated, nor easily deranged. The public, no doubt, think that the invention has been developed very slowly. This, in a certain sense, is true, but in addition to the natural difficulties which have beset the inventor at > -1.1 T-. i ^ni. +y,0 every turn, it snomu. ue h.uu?u uuu ' company lias been again and again f harassed by piratical attempts to interfere witli their patents. The company has, however, fought out every case, both in the patent office and in the , courts, and the result has been that it . has won every case up to the present , time and has now a long list of patents which cover so broadly every essential ^ detail of the machines tiiat me mveuuuu i may be Sivicl to be thoroughly protected. 'L The following is'a list of the patents already issued to tl;e company in the United States. No. &6.0& Oct. 2, 15583 6 Xo.293.4S-- Feb. 12.1884 te No. 293.4S3 Feb. 12, lt<84 r> No. 311,344 Jan. 27.1885 -- - o i issr, i*lO. X u. ~-x, 2*0.381,514 Dec. 1,1885 f No. 337,007 Mcli. 2. 188(5 0i No. 345,24(5 July 6, 188(5 >"o. :j^o,:^12 July 13,188(5 "* Other patents are, of Course, pending ,r- and, as continual improvements are be a ing made all the time, new applicatior r" for patents are being continuously filet 111 In addition to these United ?tat< n? patents the company has obtainc ^ patents on thp invention in Egyp 'ecl Brazil, British India, Turkey, Mauritiu Cape Colony, Mexico, and indeed all tl cotton-groping countries of the worl - Xl i. 1 "I ^? ?A?r,fviAc o ico snr;n ana m muse wuuvuva aP" Great Britain, where agricultural a cliinery is manufactured or likely to manufactured. n?' These patents and all future impiw ments on the Cotton Harvesting M 3V1" chines made by Mr. Mason are own v+ by the Mason 'Cotton Harvesting Co : pany. in -vvhieh Mr. Mason has s, lai intevest. The President of the compa l:rc is Mr. Theodore D. Jervey, the sen . member of the old firm of "Win. C. I e it i ?,1 r.lcn (vJlfiftor of custom; , liUU vv., Uiiv. lilc ' tlxe port of Charleston. The eompa: p1111" up to the present time, has been rat ,um" a close corporation, numbering o ance about fifteen stoetw-3 . ma- -u. ?v/^viers, tnree T^om are residents of New York St *1D? and the remaining twelve are r^siclt ,* of South Carolina. Among its si< 9* ?x holders tlie company numbers somt t the most prominent and successful I * * ame~ ness and professional men vi LU111CO B $LT~ M^rj pro- The Atlantic Const Line railroad aul event jti-.s ]Ktve sent a check ta Mayor Courte ^th yf Charleston, for the handsome sur .nces. s:},708 for the relief of the earthquake by a ferers, tliat being the net amount rea jssen- iiy the excursion of October 2. THE STAR.-? AXi) S-TKIPES Hauled Down on an American \e>?cl I?y the*! Captain of a Itrititli \ easel?Serious ('ou!j>Ii- , cations Abroad. Halifax, N. S., October 11.?J>y far! the most serious event in international I afiairs since the abrogation oi the \? ash- J ington treaty occurred at Shelburne to- j day, when Captain Quigley hauled down J the United States flag from the American vessel Marion Grimes. At midnight j Thursday the Gloucester schooners-ail j into the entrance of Shelburne harbor to escape the fuiy of a heavy southeast gale. She anchored eight miles from the custom house. The storm moderating at daylight, Captain Landry hove anchor and wus about to proceed on his voyage irlmn 1.x uuaiuvu *' r ^ tutu*. from the cruiser Terror, and, subquently, seized for not reporting at customs. Captain Landry's protests, that the custom hc.use was eight miles distant, that it had been closed eight hours before he anchored and would not be open for four hairs after he sailed, and that he had had no communication with . the shore, \*cr> of no a vail j. a Ihis *>i t&iQO < was imjf'SSett by the Ottawa authorities. Consul General Phelan wired the Minister of Customs the trivial nature of the alleged offense, and asked for a reduction rvf rriiicr woo vnfntn/1 linf KJX. HilU. AUiO >?C*0 IV/llWCU. X^IU | pending tlie instructions of the Gloucester owners regarding the payment of the tine the Marion Grimes was allowed to ride it anchor under the how of the cruiser, instead of being docked and placed in charge of armed guards, as is i Captain Quigley's habit with captured American vessels. . This morning Quigley observed the American flag Hying from the mainmast of the Grimes, upon which had been placed the Queen's broad arrow. Quigley was astonished at the Yankee skipper's audaciiy, and immediately sent to inquire if had been released from the customs authorities. On receiving a necra tive reply he ordered the American skip- ' per to haul down the United States ilag, 1 as its display "was a gross impropriety < when the vessel was in the custody of ' British officials for a breach of British Law. i Captiin Landry accordingly hauled 1 clown Ms flag. The American simper J went ashore, conversed with his friends, J saw tie degradation to which he had been subjected, and immediately returned to l.isvessel, and was again in the act 1 3f hosting the Stars and Stripes when the (Jtnacuan tar once more hailed him, ? and learning that the vessel had not yet been "released by the customs; depart- 1 ment, ^peremptorily forbade hiir. hoisting 1 his flag i Lancry replied that he had a perfect right tc fly his Ameiican ilag over an Aanericui vessel and that Quigiey or no t Dtlier nan could prevent him, and he therefore hauled the Stars and Stripes to c the maithead. i Thisgreatly enraged Quigiey, who imme<2iately boarded the Grimes with an t 1,-nned guard and vigorously remonstrat- i ;d witi the American skipper upon the 1 OOhshrtess of bis nrn/rppflirtos ivliv'li 1 ioulci probably result in the loss efJiis 1 essei and bring about international un-""H' 'ieasantness. _ Quigley then lowered tlie ? tars ana Stnpes from the masthead, jm-Ji 2tion, but ConsSMieneral Plu&H line very indignant when the telegrfl^J sports reached him this afternoon, and " sgards it as the most high-handed out^ ^ age yet perpetrated. He immediately a slegraphed the facts to Secretary Bayard. 1: "Washington*, October 12.?Advices ' L? if t.liis { CCClVCCl ilt 1110 i^cpnrtmujuiu ui mwuu ^ aoming corroborate the published re- 1 >ort of the hauling clown of the Amcri- c :an flag on the American schooner Ma- i ion Grimes, at Shelburnc, by Captain .^iiigiey, of the Canadian cruiser Terror, i flic action of the captain of the -Marion ] crimes in running up tbe colors while : .he vessel was in the custody of Canadian Dil'cers is deprecated at the department. Assistant Secretary of State Porter today said he had received from Consul General Phelan a dispatch narrating the facts of the case, but no action had been taken and he did not know that there would be. "It seems to me," said he, 'that it may be construed into a retaliation against this government for the placing of the Stars and Stripes on the topmast of an -Lngiisn vessui Straits not long ago." ? Lodge?\Yorkerx. It can be noted generally that the business of Lodges is always conducted by half a dozen or so of the members, ! whose leadership is always accepted, even if directed in lines not wholly satisfactory to the others. Numerous members hardly ever rise to address the chair, save to second a motion, and their difiidence is such that they will even allow propositions to which they are opposed to pass, become a law or De pntct.-u ^ cord, and which they also think unwise or ill-timed. Their silence, in such conditions,' is a tacit confession of incompetence, although often arising, not so much from lack of ability, as from a detrimental diffidence or baslifulness, a^d sometimes from a fear of offending, ' particularly when an ambition exists to : "'pass the chairs." Other members, radically different, speak too often, perhaps, but between those who have too it say and those that h^vc too much, tlic rroinn trt Ijodse of the latter is muci greater, Especially when their self-mum tained prominence is caused by excess o enthusiasm and sincere interest, and no by any desire to thrust themselves i'ox ward or push themselves into leadership ;, Young or newly initiated member >- should make it a point to acquire is knowledge of their Lodge and societ I. laws ?,ud customs, and with this a is aiined, they should not hesitate to mat :d their individuality felt in the aftairs ( t, their Lodge. If they fail to do so, the s, they should not utter one word of con -nlaint against the mode in which tl d, business of their Lo.dge i-- conducts as since they have liad, and thrown avra ,a- an opportunity to change the current be the same. All Found in Chicago"* Directory. ? Did you eve? lock ink) the city dirt ec~ tory with the anticipation of finding ai: thing amusing? Perhaps not. Thedri* S? thunabed the leaves of the lag hook t inr ,, 1 - ]tti ?UUI otucr uav, uyu ulu> ^ *0i Viotov Hugo is an engraver on hedgw: ee street; George Washington is followj 5 ^ the meek and lowly occupation of a he. .u^: ler, and Andrew* Jackson cats h-ti'1 Polk ?.*treefc . , *nlv - "LrLPir> wun xsrowns body ri be mouldering in the grave, but 0 John Brown on Lake street iz a p*.< lively pcliceiaan. Oiesaf drives a v/a'g -rVs and Brutus is an Elk Grove ave >cK: laborer. Monke and Parrot live on V 5 . Huron street.?Chicago Herald. tusi- ? ?In London, it seeins, but little j)0I. be done without the police. A xc uav suicide was left hanging the other a of pe?ple who saw him swing, bec;i , suf. having never seen anything like it Jized 'ore, thought it safer to wait. But l>oy in the meantime^dieci. HLl I*?KM.\!? IN CIIIWTOM.V. A Chinaman lulervi?*we?I? A Ca'liolio Vintii0:ir I'cWip Softool The Chinese quarter on Mutt street is getting to look its much like a Chinese city as Sacramento street in San Francisco. In Xew York tlie Chinese are fully protected by the police, and most [ of them are earnest scholars in Sabbath J schools, They are watched over carefully by the chi; rches. There is no spccies of licentiousness visible in tlie entire (jiiarter. They have tlxcir Joss houses or God houses where they go fo pray, as we go to our churches. Their fnitli is about like the Unitarian or Jewish faiths. They believe in one God, who his such attributes as omniscience, omnipresence una potentiality, i ney reject au propnecs who claim to have a spiritual connection with (rod. They say God is too great to need a prophet or assistant. Their food is usually rice, peanuts, oil, sugar and cheese. They live on about eight cents per day, and are healthy and fat. They are all learning to talk English. They never fight unless iii-fit assaulted, and then it is for protection. The Irish are lighting all around them, but the Chinaman is only a curious spectator. Yesterday an Irishman and his wife were fighting hi front of the Joss house. A reporter asked one ?* - ' J-? rn.i 1 i?-U ui uiu twenty vmiuuiivu wnu was watuu.ing the scrimmage why the Chinamen didn't light too. "You wantee know why Tlishman and Melican man likee fightee?" asked John, avoiding the spirit of the question. "Xo, I want to know why you Chinawen don't fight'?" "Ilishman and Melican man,'' said John, still avoiding the question, "him tightee 'cause he flaid of him wifee. Melican vellv fond stay out latee. Him wifee get heap mad?taka a poka?say, 1 'Me givec him fit'?takee pitchee lice ; ivata?say, 'Me coolee iiim off.' Bimeby Melican man come home, takee off llim : -hoe, stealee upstay?say, 'Me foolee ole ' tvoman.' Allc same him wifee open him : ;ye?say, 'Ha! why you be so latee? ! vYha time you think him be?' Den 1 vr^l -J ivirtv? 1-k-iTY* fn 1 ( -aviitdu Uiiciii iiiiXL oavj J.vu. iw*at ne lone?me velly bad man. Me see 1 Iglitee alle night?Patsee Hogee?Paddy ' Lyan. Me heap sabe Sullivan?knock 1 you out in a minute. Me sabe Muldcon 'f ?givee you fall?bleakee you neck. Sl ou let up; me velly tougli man?muchee 1 vosee man Sullivan.'" "What does his wife do then, John?" . isked the reporter. "Den him wifee eatchee poka. Hittee lira velly hald. Flo licee wata all ovel ] iim. Takee him v.ipe de fio. Melican < nanyelle, 'ALudda! n! n! pleece. , "And then what?" J "Xexa day. newspapa heap muchee j alkee, veily bad on Melican man? ] Pelican man. him go Chicago, get 3 livolce, catchee nudda -wifee, sabe heap ? noney, ail veliv nappee." ' i Throe apparently bright young men j ,otally failed in their civil service*exami- ( lations for positions in the Custom j :Icuse last week. The young men now \ ay their failure to the fact that they did lot attend the public schools, but, being ( y^olics, they attended private Catho- ] s .a:.l.ooij^diL^^icy were not taught? avIlO'TSVICU, Bus very indignant, i diC Civil J Normal school sys- a wiiere all the teachers arc Nor- r ml school graduates, and sending me to c school where I w<is taught more re- i igion than geography." "Then you do not think the average T Catholic church school is as good a ? i A. >? n-li-iz-.-ifirtn in ns ? )jl?ICC lOr il UUV tU cm ^.iitvuwvM ? j, >txr regular American public school?" I ^ nquired. ( "Certainly I do not. I shall henceforth send mv children to the New York public schoofs. I am a Catholic, but I im not willing to cripple my children as 1 myself have been crippled. If I had ' gone to our public schools I would now < be in the Custom House at ?1,600 per year. Instead I failed in my examination and I go back to a menial" place where I only make SG00. No boy who graduates at the average Catholic school, where they have old fashioned books, "* > J old fashioned systems aim solemn fcLUU I shallow teachers, will be able to pass these civil service examinations. We Catholics are hurting ourselves. We are keeping ourselves in the mud through ignorance when we couid go to the public schools without money and without price, and fit ourselves to cope with the rest of the world. If we want to take a place among educated Americans we must quit all nonsense and go to American schools and colleges." Eli Perkins. Half n Duli:>r More. For four nights the peo^e or isranford, Conn., enjoyed a real old fashioned ' calitlvainpfo." something very rare in those parts. Thomas Gear, a "widower, and an alu resident of the town, last Wednesday evening married a widow named McQueeny, and half an hour after the ceremony a crowd of men and boys surrounded the house and made as much of a racket as possible. The newlv i wedded couple, armed with cord wood, . charged upon then; az.d drove ihem oil'. , Tlie r;c".t night the serenaders returned ; I again, With increased numbers and more " - drams, horns unci tin pans, x his bride charged tli^u; again, but wer< - driven back, Then the groom offeree ? his visitors $2 to go afav. They re t fused his oiler, and. then demanded' hal a dollar more. The parties disagreed i. and for two hours night was made hide s oris again. Tlic Calitliumpians retva-nei a on th'.~ following night, and the racke y was worse than ever. Gear stuck to hi t- otter, and the crowd would not love ;e their demand a cent. Last night ha * 1 1 t-r- fluv frm_ an )f tile town lumi'ii L'i'i Vv ow - , :ii tlic horn-blowers and drummers fairl >- dro\e Oear wild, but he held out unt ie threats w? re made to add the town cai .1, non to the orchestra. .Then 'he vicldc v. and gave ilie crowd $2.50. They ke; of their bargain, got someihhig to drin and Branfovd is ouce more at peace. T'.ie s??'a ^frjx'iit En-<?. -c~ A w. liable H-'iyx-ui was seen at t T luouJi: o< ;liv I'ismta'pia viver at o'clo ,'ei W'ctiiit?i:'.y morning l>v Augustus Fern: lie and I [irar.i Tebey. oi Kiltery, as they \vi id; pulling up in llicir ilory lroin rcrnal ick weir, "ll Pocahontas Point. Their att :iig iii>n v.::- f;r.-l attracted be seeing v.hat tl >st- 1'a iv ->" supposed to be a 1< oli siring oi' floating s.-;:*.vte<l, but upon a sli lav inspection luey ascertained the. SUing the t0 v* ' o:r-c of a living ci V .. turc, wiiidi lii-lil its head about' four / above water. Wiieii they first saw ] ,ou'^ (or her or in he was passing over VV ru; Island bar and making Lis way vapidly kCS ward, ib- appeared to be about'To .? tviii-n flipv were nearest' IOI1LA. >uiu _w the}' were not over 3<K) feet away. 1 can were somewhat alarmed at Hie proxii 'ung 0f tiie illustrious visitor, and plied t day .);\r> !u>ti!y for the hliore.?J\rtswn(tl uise, II.) Chronicle. be- ... the The man v.-ho feels certain that he n<>? succeed is seldom mistaken. TEX O'CLOCK L!.\fc>. Au Indian Way of Fi\in^ Boundaries of Grant* j to White Men. (From the Omaha World.) "That's a 10 o'clock line," said an old j gentleman putting his linger on a deli- j eate line on one of the Grand Pacific ! maps yesterday. "What in creation is a 10 o'clock line'?" I chorused two young companions, us they j traced the line in question from near the | mouth of the Miami iiiver northwest j through Indiana. "It was the boundary of an Indian grant?a kind of natural way of surveying. I was down with l party once to ratify a treaty by which a tribe agreed 1 to cede some territory to the whites. It was a small matter, but it was a big occasion with the savages. Everything was : ready. The surveyor had his compass ( and telescope and had mounted them on ; a tripod. The head man of the tribe ' came up, looked steadily; at the instru- ' nient for a while, grunted and returned ! to the circle around the council fire. ; Not a -word was spoken. Soon another Indian got up, walked sedately to the in- * strument, gravely examined, then granted and in silence returned to bis place by the fire. This example was followed 1 bv half a dozen other bncks. Then thev t held a short consultation, and the head < man arose and came over to the white imen. i " 'That what Indian know,' he said, = drawing a small circle on the ground with a stick; 'that what white man know,' he continued, drawing a larger circle 1 around the first; 'this what nobody know,' he concluded, pointing to all \ without the last circle. 'White men i know that,'pointing to the instruments; [ 'Indian no know it. Indian knew the <. sun. Him never cheat. Him always <. same. Him throw shadow. Indian give- c white man land one side, shadow and \ ke^p other side.' After a big pow-wow t it was decided that a line drawn in the c direction of the sun would cast a shadow I. from an agreed point at 10 o'clock which t should be the boundary of the concession,. i the white man taking the land on the [ Dne side and the Indian keeping that on s the other. The other boundaries of the- a 3oncession were those of the - original r territory of the tribe, supplemented by s water courses and other natural objects. L rhese lines were frequently used and t oeeame known as '10 o'clock lines.' s I'he Author of ''Curfew Shall .\or. Ring To- ? .\ISht;" ^ ^ There is perhaps not one person in a ] mndred but is familiar with the poem 1 ;'Curfew Shall Not Ring To-Night," and v pet there is not one of the hundred who c; jan tell the name of the author. . The 1 poem was written nineteen years ago by iRose Hartwick, a Michigan girl, but lid 'i lot find its way into print for three years c afterward. Tbe-aruthorwas not pleased lJ vith her own production, and withheld li t from publication. It was her first fi effort. and'was laid awav until one day, v n an extremity to fulfill an engagement b ^ ..I-l. r'nmmnnn'nl A J III ,\J HU.UIZM1 lllC JL/CfciVJlU l~~TU" ** -'ertiser with a certain amount of copy S; iacli week, and not having "anything on ti land when the demand was made for it, p lusty shelf and senti: liafe^adn'tthmk it worth SStl&iSyo tie n 1 now lives at Grand' vJlfHTjiT oceut visit to Chicago the Tribune said j ei >f lier: '-She is bright and entertaining i u n manner, and bt no means shows her a ive and thirty years. She has never o vritten anything of note except her Curfew,' but derives quite an income 11 rom her children's stories, which she is \ rating with some success."?St. Paul d jlobe. I v -? ? li fV Tale That Had To Be the La.*:. c A party of gentlemen at a Birmingham ! hotel ?vere telling stories one night reeently, of famous shots and how many * qurib, partridges, ducks and other bird* v had been killed at a single discharge, j After listening to what seemed a .willful i exaggeration by different' narrators, a j ' stranger who was present volunteered ills experience of Ins only use of the doublebarreled gun as follows: "I went into the field one day to try gunning. The only game discovered was an immense flock of black birds. I should say there were 10.000 in the flock. Slowly I crawled up toward them, :md when not more than four rods away the birds rose in a solid mass, I fired both t i barrels, anct iioxy iftany uu. juu m??. -v killed p1' Dij&vent guesses weye made by tlie pa,rty, -ranging iioyx twenty to one hundred .^ Noi ojfte*""5 said the stranger, "but I went out with brother to look for results and wo picked up four bushels of legs. I had shot a little under." It was the last story told.?New Haven' News. _ France ''Foolin 'Mil""Germany. Pa His, Octobcr 12.?Th?rr. Li a vivid I ?wor fw:r,<v in" France. M.. SiuHi.il ?0 i Lavedon. tlxo tnilitary critic, writes to Fithat Gen. Boulanger has prepared a well conceived plan, in'conjiisction with a stall otlicer of high rink, for a continenta1 [ campaign. ? Jrditaire says that Gen. Doulanger [ desires war. not for the purpose ox recowri ing Alsace, uor to gratify persoual ar,?'ui[ tion. bu.t as a step leading to a solution of soc-Iai quest'.ons. r The Strictest to,boo of everything Gorman is l:eiag. observed. 31.. Lockeroy, * Minister of Commerce, has ordered the poli'.e to prosecute all persons selling boxes ?* J riAftnonv irwl kt. oi coys imported i^.wiwuj ... taininff a map of France without Alsace, is " i| ?The Great Zvoitbem Railway Com ^ pany employs boys to carry special mes ? sagos about Loudon on horseback. Aj ^ American messenger boy "on foot nov a. goes cm both sides of the street am ui everywhere he can tmd takes the mos ,'jj roundabout route to his destination, eve: k though he must sacrifice his shoe leatlce and leg strength. Who but the impis. sloth himself can imagine the extent ?. Lis wanderings ii he suouict nave ;i jiu? to carry him where lie listeth? l,c ?Pittsburg saves annually 105,000,(X cj.; bushels of coal by the use of natural g; i!d for fuel. In the river towns as fur ; ere Wheeling almost as much is saved. Ti d's amount of gas daily piped into Pitt en- burg is estimated at 351,000,000 euh icy feet. The substitution sex oo >ng has compelled thf ^Jl 9.U.1I operators . - ?-v> , ;0r: J 3^ yn( t>X business m i HUWUI6 ... ol vicinity, but the largo corporation La _ea' [ general!* succeeded ii. earring a marl I ?ct for their ry^uut at distant points. 'nnJ ?Almost every millionaire in Chica is fat or heavy, beca.v^o oi 3 big i'rar fe6t ^ Kent, though, v^ho is rated at $5?GC jjp-, QQG, ia this, small, "wiry,, and so. ser\< j that he can't keep still fosg eaougli mitv j have a photograph takes, their ?In France the number of suicide i <X. alarmingly on the increase. In 1 there were ten suicides to every 100, inhabitants, but in 1884 there \\ will twenty to the same number, as the 1 tistics show. A XEW IDEA. What is One of the Greatest Curses of This Intellectual Age. i'r*cu lr.-.u'Ui and Ilomo. One of the greatest cnrscs of this iii'ioHecUuil age is the great lack ot proper education of our girls in the practical allairsoi every-day life. They all want to be "schoolmarms," governesses or tiie wives of rich men. llouseihold work, which should form the ha.-ic principle of our economic life, is shunned by them as something degrading. A young woman will .stand behind a dry goods counter fourteen hours a day tor a mere pittance-not enough lo clothe her?lose her health, become aiuemic aud unfitted for the l>Cifornriuoe cf her natural duties, rather than accent a Dositiou as a ilomestie, where she would have a rotnfortablc home, good health and become properly fitted for the duties >1" a wife and motner. The ranks of ihe unfortunate are filled with shopwho, having no place to spend : heir evenings, seek* the parks, and gardens, .where young men, as it' cvere< lie in wait for them as their natural prey. -How many young tvoinen ;an trace their downfall to his' misplacement of their talents? .iood domestics and wives who are rood cooks are 50 rare that when one s found she is worth her weight in rold. . We have schools in which our girls ^ ire taught cooking, embroidery, music, , minting, schoo) teaching, the lan- A nuiiro.s. but Donitivelv not one in m vhich Is. taught the art of hoiise-keepng. Why? Simply because of the nvjudicc against it. Yet all girls ' lesiro 10 get married, which is very ': sasy lu do, bui-it is very, very diffir.lt 10 iive happily in marriage; and ' vhcre the wife has no knowledge of he art of ':eeping, domestic iconomy, or ? oor cook, be hev susbaaul as l icti us (Jrcesus,.her lot will jc miserable. Sueha woman is totally ncomnetent to be a wife i,her orooe'r >lace fs in some garret "singing'the 1 o:;g of the shirt." While a man 1 Ldjaires womanly . beauty,-yet in mar- 1 iecl'Hi'e he admires much more a good quard meal, cocked by the hands of lis wife or under her immediate direcions. What we mean by a good quare meal is not simply roast beef ,:id potatoes, with-a-piece of indigesibie pie and a.cup-of ordinary coffee, ?ut a table covered with snow-white ipen, ih.e. china and glassware shintig like so many miniature mirrors, 7irh bouquets of fresh blooming flowrs in season, and napkins soft audi ?i t'erh from the laundry, not. stiff as rasteboard, so*- that they will slide ;-om your kuccs. These" Drenarations j est but :i trifle and are the invariable A irecaisor of a good appetite. No J] lisk should be served jmdecorated, the A .sh and meat should be surrounded ,*ith small pieces ..of either parsley or A eets, carrots or turnips cut by molds BL :uo various knick-knack deviccs, not o mucii ibr eating as for ornamema- ion, and also as ait appetizer. For uddings, melons, etc.,. pulverized agar should, always be at hand, and Dr-iced tea a slice or two of lemon I fifch "-f<)?YT>Wr>r1 snwa.-. H eanli.iess oi' tiie body. Such a tabic "onld never l'.iii to make home the biding.place of true love and solid am fori . lint as we luve no schools for teachi;r the above art what are we to do? Vhy i:ot establish one, establish a o/.cn, yes, and in every city and every illage. Have it a school of practical lousekeeping. Instruct the pupils in from the scrubbing* if the front door steps to the raysteies of I lie kitchen.. Run it actually as t boarding house. Issue diplomas ot rrad nation to your servant pupus. ifter a two, three or four veal's course^. Have each pupil begin by learning thcnost menial labor, and by degrees, uirahcing until she is thoroughly juaiitied in every department of the scullery, chamber, laundry and kitchen. Have her to do practical work, not cvrtrlc in iheorv. Take in boarders, charge <jood prices, give first-class service, and sis'Colonel Sellers wonld say, "there's millions in it." "Will any of our readers take the hint? A diploma from . such au institution would insure marriage, and .what is still better happiness iu marriage. Destructive storms. Chicago, October 14.?A high wind, Lfconipanicd by a driving rain, has becru prevailing here since early this morning.. * K *1>a ??nao nf TVfllflr-. i He Siorm tore uirou^u 111C UtWVi ~ ~ ?0 lass. Garfield and Humboldt Parks with, the "fury of a. hurricane. The soft maples nr,d saplings were twisted off close to their roots and "hurled over the >ops of large j tree's. Two real estate agencies' buildings . c;i -'uuiison street, near. Garfield Park, were picked up. by the wind and pounded to pieces on the" praries. The reports showthai the storm extends over a very wide - ?: 1vr> nhtninpfl AS | HO XTi'iijd mu ov/ vwm*?VW -~. ! the telegraph wires are down in almost j every direction. j A fcrirful storm prevailed just west of i Toledo, o? yesterday, wrecking thousands I of dollars' worth of houses, windows, &c. | Several steam cars were blown from the } truck, freight cars demolished and six ' " * 1"- 1/visp and yachts r:uing ui uukhhjl wwv ? were smashed to pieces. A dispatch from. Fort Wayne, lad., tiiat a terrific gale from the south psssed over that city yesterday, unroofing the Odd Fellows' Temple. Cantivcr's brewery, Hake's bottling works, the Adams Express ollicc, together with some of the i principal business buildings. A lire broke . i out just before the i:;iie, which spread rap, j idly, destroying many houses. ,i i A hard wind storm prevailed throughout v UK- State ot Kentucky yestercuiy, uui uu I special damage is reported. II Matters in Mexico. ii t Sr. Louis. 3Lo.. October 14.?A special Ix from Ei I'aso, Texas, says that startling >f rumors sire ufioaffieru to the effect that the ? Mexican government is again struggling to suppress the insurrectionary juuvciuou. )Q A Mexican ollicial s:iid this afternoon tks>. he. had positive information that otoh. ^ twenty persons had jus: been shot as Fres-. ' nilio. a town in the State of ZacSecas, by . order of ihv Mexican government. The T office. .ilso said that he heard rumors that " i r\t ?W. Tnterinr. ~V i isomer-> :>.ijik-us VI iuv :u {I: iiici;-;u*k\v of President, Diaz, bad u'; :iis;jvv:;ro! wbiie cut riding iu the suburbs m ; Oi ;i.io city <>f Mexico, and that lie was supve ! po.-cd to lutve l>ccu kidnapped bv the insur;et gouts. n Riwsia Df?an:/.ii^ t'ivil W ar in Bulgaria. son October i.>.?The Sobranje has. ^ 1 been summoned to meet on October 27 al * Tirnova; 'J suspected officers have resigned * +from the army. ami others have been trans'1 ?K..n rnorim/vnt* flpTV i tcrre'i io iwuhii-iwi ivj,.*"? . [ Iv:tulbar.s is uxiuxted to arrive here tos_xi? i morrow. The Ilu>sian consolaie Las summonod the Monteneirnns and Macedonians000 to assemble and put themselves at the dis ere posai of Gen. Kaulturs. Orders have l>een. sta- driven to arrest Col. Filoff, the commandant