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DONOVAN'S LEAP TO DEATH. THE FAMOUS BRIDGE JUMPER MEETS HIS FATE IN ENGLAND. He Sprang from Hungirford Bridge, London, Only to Terminate His Reckless Career?He Eclipsed All Until Matthew Uyrne Beat His Record Last Friday. (New York Star, Aug. 8.) Fearless Lawrence M. Donovan, the bridge jumper, has made his last jump. The following cablegram, received at the Police Gazette office yesterday, tells the sad story of his death: "London, Aug. 7.?Larry Donovan this iLoiuiug jumped from Huogerford Bridge and was drowned. G. W. Atkinson," Lawrence Donovon, or "Larry," as he was familiarly called by his friends, seemed to know no fear. He first gained notoriety by jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge on August 28,1886, eclipsing Steve Brodie'a famous drop by about fifteen feet. Larry was born at No. 55 Frankfort street, New York, twenty-six years ago. His parents, who were natives of the Green Isle, gave him a fair education. The young man, while dutiful, managed to have his own way a good deal. His father, Lawrence Donovan, saved a little money by hard work, but just as Larry had arrived at the age when he could enter college the old gentleman wrote a book, entitled "Common Sense Facts." He was unable to find a firm willing to put it on the market, and published it-himself. It was almost a complete failure, and the old gentleman sank all his ready money in ft If vofi th^ri thot T.?my tcqq cant tr\ work to help support the family. After knocking about from place to place for a few years he joined the regular army, but the military routine did not suit his roving disposition, and when his enlistment time was up he eame back to this city. He secured ? position in a downtown printing i and in ? short tteo found himself ? fullflfcdged pressman. The death of Professor Odium, who was killed in jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge on May 24,1885, created a good deal of excitement throughout the city. It was thought that his sad end would prevent others from undertaking the feat, but in July of the following year Steve Brodie dropped from the trestle-work of the bridge safely'into the river, and electrified the residents of this city. He was the first man who had made the leap in safety, and it was thought he had done it more by good luck than anything else. No one dreamed that anybody would ever attempt the jump again, considering Brodie's miraculous escape from death, but on August 28, a mcnth later, Donovan made the leap in safety from a point fifteen Jeet higher than where Brodie had dropped. Justice Duffy in the Tombs Police Court fined Larry $10, which was paid by Richard K. Fox. The young man said he had made the jump for a wager of $500. He refused to say with whom the wager, but it was said that Richard K. Fox was the man. Shortly after this Larry told his friends that he was going to dive head foremost off the bridge. This was communicated to the police, and when he attempted to perform the feat he was arrested by a I bridge policeman who had been waiting i for ham and again arraigned before Judge Duffy. The latter committed him to the % Tombe, and only released him after he had ^ promised to do no more jumping about the ^ city. 1 Larry had been in prison for several V. weeks, and when discharged immediately x^Jeft the city. He was next heard of at 2?i\agara Falls, where he jumped from the Suspension Bridge, a distance of 195 feet, wiXijtou: even sustaining a scratch. He then jV>arneyed through the country, making hig&- jumps wherever the opportunity offered, oefore coming to this city leaped frouf^ie Chestnut street bridge in Philadelphia ir*f?jke Schuylkill. Here for a time u?iexhibited himself in a dime museum, and, growing tired of this, he organized a variety co3Spany and started on a tour of the States. St\<{Ot as far as Jersey, however, when the comjSSHs^went to pieces through lack of patronage, and once more Larry returned to his native citf> gor a time he remainedjyiiet; then suddenly he went to London to astonish the British with with his wonderful jumps. He jumped off the London Bridge^and. was arrested and released" on his promise not to do it again. From London he went to Scotland, and after leaping from -> several high bridges in that country returned to the English metropolis. There he wrote to his friends the the had been introduced to the Prince of "Wales and several other dignitaries. In January last he announced that he had given up bridge jumping and was about to bring a pugilistic combination to this country. But tMs fell through, and nothing-more was heard of him until the cablegram announcing his death was re? - *? - 4 Tf VkTf Cm>CVl jfwtciuajf. juj noo cu^juvu ujr W. Atkinson, editor of the London Sporting life, and there is hardly any doubt of its truth. . Hungerford Bridge spans the Thames in London near the Charing Cross station. It is an iron suspension structure, about 100 feet high, and is between the Waterloo and Westminster bridges. Donovan probably jumped at low tide, and as the river is very shallow became wedged in the mud and was drowned. As soon as the news of his death was received a; reporter of the Star called at Donovan's mother's home at No. 58 New Chambers street, and not wishing to shock the old lady, told her that Larry had jumped, in London and was badly injured. The woman's grief wes so pitiful that he did not dare to tell her he was dead. Her two daughters, Mary and Tassie, who are both younger than Larry, were soon in tears, aud he was compelled to beat a hasty retreat For several years Larry's father has been slightly deranged. His sisters, who are employed as feather curlers, manage, with the money sent by Larry now and then, to support the little household. TH? Greatest American Gun. The successful trial of the new teninched rifled breech-loading gun, the largest ever constructed in this country, is an event or more than ordinary importance. With a projectile weighing live hundred pounds and a powder charge of two hundred pounds, an initial velocity of two thousand feet was obtained for it at the Annapolis proving grounds recently. It is intended to have a charge of two hundred and fifty pounds of powder, which would doubtless increase its muzzle velocity to the estimated twenty-one hundred feet per seconds. With the latter charge its five hundred-pound projectile could effect a muuhwHnn ?~if ftrxl nno half inches in wrought iron. The weight of this gun is about fiftyeight thousand pounds and that ef its carriage about thirty-two thousand It was found that the turret carriage, which waein this instance designed for the Miantonomoh, also worked in a very satisfactory way. The addition of this caHbre to the six-inch guns and eightinoh guns already introduced must be regarded as a great step forward in American heavy gun manufacture. Of the vessels thus far constructed, none would be able to carry a ten-inch steel gun of this character. But all the double-turret monitors now in course of completion will require them, and it is also designed that the unarmored cruiser Charleston, building at San Francisco, shall carry two of them. The armored vessels will take these and still larger calibres. With this success achieved, the twelve-inch gun will next be attempted. The Ride to tlieSparklirg Catawba. The ride from the railroad to the Sparkling Catawba Springs is a very pleasant one?made especially so by the fact that Messrs. Brannon Bros, have . established a regular nack line from ' Ccnover, N. C., the nearest station, to the Springs. In buying tickets and checking baggage, remember that Conover is the station and that Brannon Bros, will supply comfortable transportation at reasonable figures. It is anticipated that the Government exhibits at the approaching Cincinnati Exposition will cover forty thousand square feet of space. FARM FEEDING STUFFS. Analyses ot tt?.iv Constituents, Made at tlie Experimental Statiou In Columbia. Explanatory Remarks.?To prevent possible misunderstanding, and for the convenience of those who may not be familiar with the terms employed in expressing the results of analyses of feeding stuffs, the following explanations are offered: Moisture.?All vegetable substances, however dry they may seem to be, contain water. This is generally designated moisture, and is determined by the loss in weight of the substance on drying it for several hours at 100 degrees C., the boiling point of water. Ash.?The mineral or non-volatile residue remaining after carefully burning-the vegetable matter, is known as ash. Some of its constituents are im l j. * i r_ ru pOrUiiiL, SUU6UU1UW. iJJ tut) HBU ttibO tue contained most of the manurial matters withdrawn by the plant from the soil. Crude Fat.?On extracting dry vegetable matter with ether, the fat or vegetable oils, with small quantities of wax, coloring matter, etc., are obtained. This extract is called crude fat. Crude Fiber.?An agricultural plant is an aggregation of microscopic cells. The walls of these cells consist of oellulose. When the plant "'is young and tender, the cellulose is largely digestible; but, as the plant grows, these cellwalls thicken and become tough and woody. In this condition the cellulose, or crude fiber, is no longer digestible; and is not acted upon by dilute acids or alkalies. Cotton and linen are examples of almost pure cellulose. Crude Protein, or Crude Albuminoids. ?For the sake of uniformity these terms are made to embrace all of the nitrogeneous substances of the plant, viz., true albuminoids, amides and nitrates. .The true albumin****?.- which form much the iarger part of the nitrogenous compounds present in the plant, constitute a group of olosely related bodies, strongly resembling albumin in their properties. In the animal they form the muscles, and most of the solid matter of the blood and nerves. The white of fin egg, muscular fiber, gluten and casein, are laminar examples 01 una important group of bodies. The amides, generally predentin much smaller quantity, are substituted ammonia compounds, supposed to have a much lower nutritive value than the albuminoids. Non-Nitrogenous Extract, or Carbohydrates.?Here belong the remainder of the substances contained in the plant, after substracting Moisture, Ash, Crude Fat, Crude Fiber and Crude Protein. They are compounds free from nitrogen, and are soluble in either water, dilute acids, or dilute alkalies; hence the terms Non-nitrogenous, or Nitrogen-free Extract. The starches, sugars, gums, pectin, organic acids, and the tender parts of the vegetable fiber are the more important of th ese compounds. The albuminoids and fats are the most valuable constituents of foods, although importance attaches also to the nitrogen-free extracts and even to the fiber and ash. j ^ i ? Dwees xoLabjeM, ~ vjevig-u* jjutm, grown in Lexington county.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 73,31; Dry matter, 26.69. Total, 100.00 per cent. Analysis of Dry Matter.?Ash, 4.42; Crude Fat, 1.13; Crude Fiber, 2.89; Crude Protein, 4.51; Non-nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 87.05. Total, 100.00 per cant Analysis of the Fresh Potatoes.? Moisture at 100 degrees C, 73.31; Ash, 1.18; Crude Fat, .30; Crude Fiber, .77; Crude Protein, 1.20; Non-nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 23.24. Total, 100.00 per cent. This is about an average potato. The analysis agrees fairly well with the average of a number of analyses of potatoes grown on American soil, the results being slightly below the average. Soja Beans, grown by W. H. Perry, Greenville, S. C.?Moisture at 100 dedrees C, 10.00: Dry Matter, 90.00. Total,. " Anaijsis of Dry Matter.?Ash, 5.24; Crude F&V48-77; Crude Fiber, 2.72; Crude ProteinT-89.17; Non-Nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 34.10. Total, 100.00 per cent. " Analysis of the Beans.^--Moisture, 1ft An. AcV, A 70- r,mdA Fat 16.89: W. ? ?-| , Crude Fiber, 2.45; Crude Protein, 35-25; Non-Nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 30.69. Total, 100.00 per cent. As is apparent from the analysis, this is a feeding stuff of great value; the crude proteins and fat are exceedingly high, and the crude fiber quite low. Bermuda Hay, grown on the Station Farm at Columbia, S. C.?Moisture at 100 degrees, 10.36; Dry Matter 89.64. Total, 100.00 per cent. Analysis of Dry Matter.?Ash, 9.59; Crude Fat, 2.44; Crude Fiber, 24.15; Crude Protein, 8.76; Non-Nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 54.06. Total, 100.00 per cent. Analysis of the Hay as received.? Moisture at 100 degrees C, 10.00; Ash, 8.60; Crude Fat, 2.19; Crnde Fiber, 21.65; Crude Protein, 8.75. Total, 100.00 per cent Vetch in full bloom, from Station Farm at Columbia, S. C.?Moisture at 100 degrees C, 85.54; Dry Matter, 14.46. Total, 100.00 per cent. Analysis of Dry Matter.?Ash, 10.11; Crude Fat, 4.11; Crude Fiber, 17.50; Crude Protein, 28.63; Non-Nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 39.65. Total, 100.00 per cent. In freshly In the exit grass, cured hay. Moisture at 100? C 85.64 9.85 Ash 1.46 9.11 Crude Fat 59 3.71 Crude fiber 8.53 15.78 Crude Protein 4.13 25.81 Non-Nitrogenous Ex. 5.75 35.74 100.00 100.00 The good qualities of this material are ?Tha amnnnf nf pmHu nrdtfilTl mauuccu uu ouuvuuv v* ? , is large, and it is highly digestible. Vetch, with pods half developed, from Station Farm at Columbia, S, C.? Moisture at 100 degrees C, 76.44; Dry Matter 23.56. Total, 100.00 per cent. Analysis of Dry Matter.?Ash, 8.97; Crude Fat, 3.52; Crude Fiber, 19.04; Crude Protein, 20.12; Non-Nitrogenous Extract (Carbohydrates) 48.35. Total, 100.00 per cent. In freshly In the cat grass, cured hay. Moisture 8t 100" C 75.44 9.87 Ash 2.11 8.09 Crude Fat 0.8S 3-17 Grade Fiber 4 49 17.16 Crude Protein 4.75 18.13 The Sea Serp.mt Again Seen. Pbovidence, August 7.?The sea serpent seen off Watch HiU is reported again in Tho olnnn Afarv. UiC 0OUXC UiOUAVV* *MV r ^ y Captain Delory, waa on her homeward trip from New London, where she had taken a load of clams. When two miles southwest of Point Judith on Saturday, the wind being strong and the boat under a two reef sail, Captain Delory first sighted a monstrous head two feet above the water and about fifty yards distance. The appearance of the head is descri| bed as like that of an alligator; the jaws I looked to be at least five feet in length and were studded with teeth six inches long, while the eyes were as large as the orown of a hat. Back from the head ran a huge fin which was kept straight. Ihe body moved rapidly through th i water. The entire length of the creature, as estimated in its passing the boat was about seventy feet. The captain says it was within about ten feet as it swept by the vessel. The glimpses of its body, which was about the size of a barrel, showed bright grayish scales. The crew were badly scared. An Electric Disaster. Dayton, Ohio, August 9.?By the crossing of the wires the full power from the electric street railroad dynamos was turned intrt tno t olpnhrvnp "F,trhftt>p-p set tin 2" it on fire and destroying 600 telephones throughout the city, completely shutting off all telephone business. THE CITT THAT WAS TAKEN. Met/, at the Present Time?How the French and Germans Get Along Together. I had not been in Metz twenty-four hours, writes a correspondent of the St. James Gazette, when I was informed that the chief commissary of the police of the third section wished to see me. I found this personage sitting in uniform before a desk in a little room. Without being cordial he was perfectly polite. It appeared that I had not given sufficient information concerning myself in the printed police form which I had been requested to fill up on the previous night. The police not only wished to know my name, nationality and profession, but also the date of my birth and my religion. I was also asked how long I intended to stop in Metz, and how I proposed to spend my time here. The account I gave of myself seemed to be satisfactory; for the inquisitorial expression had left the commissary's faoe at the close of the interview, and he was almost blind. The police keep as firm a grip upon Metz in a civil sense as the garrison does in a military one. The town is divided into 01V ru-ili/^A oonh'nnQ fVio ftnmmiRRft ries of which receive their instructions from and make their reports to a central authority. Any stranger who enters this place soon becomes aware that he is watched with an interest that may or may not be disturoing according to his degree of sensibility to such surveillance. My first impression on coming hero was that the attachment of the native population to France was by no means so strong as the French would have ns believe. Nothing could be calmer than the life of the people, judged from the surface. The old French or Messin stock seemed to have grown thoroughly accustomed to the presence of the Germans in their midst, and to have becoraa WonJoa witn tnem. (Jioser observation has forced me to a very different conclusion. Metz has been greatly Germanized by continuous immigration from beyond the Rhine: but the Messins are more French in sympathy than they were before the war. They mis freely with the Germans in the ordinary business of life, but the two elements do not mix socially. There are many cafes where only French is spoken, and others where one hears nothing but German. Even those Lorrainers of the lower classes who habitually speak in German pators persist in calling themselves French whenever they can do so with discretion. Young Messins who were boys when this city belonged to France, and who have served their time in the German army, return to their old associations as soon as they are free: and they have the credit of being more hostile to the Germans than the older generation. Yet indirect taxation^falls less hea-vily upon the workman here than it does inFrance. Bread and tobacco?only to nam? two articles?are much cheaper here than they are on the French side of the frontier. On the other hand, trade is languishing and work of all kinds is t hard to obtain. The Germans have spent vast sums upon the construction of forts, but they have been careful to employ only German and Italian laborers. The Lorrainers and Alsatians are evidently regarded as a conquered people ready for rebellion. All attempts at nnnfiiliatinn annear to have been &b?rt doned; and it looks as if the provinces were to be Germanized by the forced emigration of those who are bound to France by family ties as well as by political sympathies. As the inhabitants leave, their places are taken by Germans. Thus the trade of Metz, which a few vears ago was almost exclusively in the hands of the native population, is now to a large extent in the hands of the Germans. All who have capital invested here, whatever their political differences on other points may be, are deeply discontented with the new passport regulations on J-1,; movement for petitioning tne Governa-?my with restrictions so injurious to the interests of its own subjects is on foot. And the passport grievance has been succeeded by another?unimportant by comparison, but one which the Gallophil part of the population regard as an extra drop to their brim tmug UX Until recently French money was allowed to pass currently here; then an order issued forbidding shopkeepers to acoept it. The Messina have kept up the practice until the present day of reckoning in all their commercial transactions by francs and sours. They continue to do so in spite of the official order. If you enter a shop to buy anything you are told the price of it in Frenoh money and are expected to know what the equivalent is in marks and pfennigs. A Drummer's Mistake. "I wonder if that pretty girl over there is not a flirt?" said one drummer to another on an inooming Illinois Central train the other day. ''She looks like it," said his companion, "and what is more, she and I have passed a good many happy hours together. I've stayed many a night at her father's house, but I don't do that any more, and if you can make a mash on her, go ahead." N+V.Af. dmmrriOT -arAnf. rtvar fn whftrfl J.UC VU, fIVM* VIV. ? ?she sat, and said: "Permit me, madam?" "Certainly," she replied. "My friend over there says he has known you for some time," he continued, as he sat down. She blushed and smiled sweetly as she acknowledged the old acquaintance. "Very nice fellow," said the drummer. "I?I think he's ever so nice," said the woman, modestly. "Bully fellow, but he ain't very popular with the girls. Don't Geem to care much about 'em." "Don't he?" she archly inquired. "Not very much." "I like him ever so much. I .have thought the world of him for a long time." "Happy old boy! Say couldn't you love me a little as his proxy, couldn't you?" "Goodness, no!" "Well, that's pretty tough on me; but if you think so much of ham, I'll get up and let him come over and sit by you. "0 I wish you would!" The masher looked red and bine by turns, and got up and went over and told bis companion what she had said, and added: "Say, old fellow, you've got her dead. She's mashed on you the worst way, and wants you to come over and sit by her." . "Is that so?" queried the other, with a satisfied smile arising and bowing to the lady, who beconed him over to the seat with her. And then he went over and put his arm around her, and when the oonductor came along the masher pointed them out to him, and began to tell him what a mash the other fellow had made, when the conductor smiled blandly, and told him to go and soak his head; that was the drummers's wife, and he had known her ever since she was a baby. The masher got off the first time they came up with a freight train, and went the balance of the way as live beef. A Fatal Tenement Fire. New York, August 8.?At 4.10 o'clock ! this morning the four story tenement house : at 1'020 Avenue A caught fire. The family of Gustave Berg, who lived on tne top ; floor, were burned to death. They were Gustave Berg, 40 years old, his wife, 36 years, his mother-in-law and his twelve year old daughter, Gertie. The other oc- ! cupaats of the house were Peter Block, ; John Rupin, Samuel Stern, Thos. Fifz- ' gerald and Oliver Lichter. All their fur- ' niture was burned, but they escaped. The 1 building was owned by Peter Bloek. 3 Damage $2,000. Insured. The family skeletons are now on exhibi- ! tion at the bathing beach. BLOOD IS SHED L\T PARIS. BOMBS, SWORDS AND GUNS AT GEN EUDES' FUNERAL. Encounters With Gendarmes ?Folic? and Military Charge Upon the Communists and Capture the Flaming Red Flags, Pakis, August 8.?The funeral of Gen. Eudes, the ex-Communist, who dropped dead while addressing a body of strikers on Sunday, took place today. Fifty thousand persons gathered in the streets adjacent to the house of the deceased, and thousands lined the route to the cemetery, along which cavalry was stationed. The other troops belonging to the Paris garri ' v* oi M vawhaawA SOD were uexu wumu lucu uoj. 1 a\*n.o xu readiness for any emergency. Traffic in the streets through which the cortege passed was suspended and the stores were closed. Among those who attended the funeral were Henri llochefort and Louise Michel. Many flowers and wreaths were placed upon the coffin. FIFTEEN THOUSAND COMMUNISTS. Fifteen thousand persons marched ic front of the hearse bearing the body. They wore bouquets of red immortelles. M. Basly, member of the Chamber of Deputies, was present, and he and M. Roche fort were greeted with cheers of "Vive la Revolution!" and "Vive la Commune!' The procession started at 11 o'clock. The pall bearers were MM. Vaillant, Le Fran caise and Arnold, members of the Commune of 1871, and M. Ostyn. Louise Michel marched after the hearse. A brigado of police headed the procession. Large bodies of workmen and strikers followed quietly. The waiters and hair-dressers in the line were noisier and demanded thai the red flags, which were carried covered! should be unfurled. The crowds along the ttng stiuuied "Tim in Commune!" ai the hearse passed. , SWORDS, PISTOLS AND GUNS. \ When the procession reached the Boule! vard Voltaire three reel flags were unfurledi A commissary of police attempted to seizj one, when some one in the crowd flred t revolver at him, but' the bullet went widi of Its mark. Another commissary wa beaten with sticks. M. Rochefort was ae upon by an Anarchist, who handled hi a quite severely. The police were powerless before the menacing attitude of the mob. The gendarmes made a charge in front of the Prince Eugene barracks, striking in every direction with the butt ends of their muskets. They succeeded in releasing the police, who had been surrounded by the mob, and captured the red flags. When the procession arrived at the Maine of the Eleventh Arondissment a revolver was fired and a bomb thrown close to the police station, but the bomb did not explode. The reserve forte of police left the station and charged upon the crowd with drawn swords, wounding and taking into custody maDy persons. The procession continued on its way to the cemetery, but grew smaller as it progressed. A number of orations were delivered at the grave amid cries of "Vive la Commune!" la Revolution!" At the tte orations the gathering dispersed. The p> Uce did not oppose the display of red flags inside the cemetery. BOULANGER AND ROCHEFORT HISSED. After the conclusion of tbe ceremonies at the cemetery tbe persons composing tbe procession withdrew quietly. M. Rochefort, -vho rode in an open carriage, was in some places greeted with boots and cries of "A has Rochefort," and "A baa Boulanger." Tite conflict on the Boulevard Voltaire was the. most serious eyent of tht day. The riotiDg lasted fifteen minutes, when the crown retreated before the charge of tbe gens d'armes. They left their flags and a number of funeral wreatbs behind them on tbe pavement. Fifteen persons were wounded and twenty-five arrests were made. 31. Scadey, Secretary of tbe League for the Suppression of tbe Registry Offices, was arrested on tbe charge of inciting to murder and pillage. CONFLICTS WITH STRIKERS. Conflicts occurred last night on the Boulevards Belleville and Rochechourt between police and strikers. Two cafes were sacked oi puncc auu wjuicio YVCIO vrvtmtreanrcauT/ persons were wounded by clearing the streets of strikers near the residence of M. Coquel, at Amiens, last. Fifty arrests hare been made of persons engaged in the attack on the house. The glass-makers of Lyons threaten to strike unless the firms of Mesmer & Jayet amalgamate and permit their employes to work in batches in rotation. If a strike occurrs in Lyons it will in all probability extend to the glass-workers of Paris and the whole of France. Delegates to the Farmer*' Association. The following is a list of the delegates to the meeting of the Inter-State Farmers' Association to be held in Raleigh, N, C., on the 21st instant: First District? G. Leaphart, Lexingtor; Ira T. Shoemaker, Bamberg; James H. Fowles, Orangeburg; John S. Horlbeck, Charleston; R. Rivers Lawton, Armevilte, Berkeley county. Second District?Harry Hammoid, Beech Island, Aiken county; Dr. B. C. Roberts, Allendale; J. T. Micholson, Riige Spring, Edgefield county; Or. Vara, ifofEs Store, Colleton county; Dr. Southwood Smith, Brighton, Hampton county. Third District?Jos. L. Keitt, Newberry; J. D. Fouche, Coronaco, Abbeville courty; B. F.Crayton, Anderson; Jno. W. Sheor, Tugaloo, Oconee * yunty; J. H. Boven, Pickens. Fourth District?Thos. J. Sullivan, Iaurens; J. W. Wofford, Spartanburg; D P. Duncon, Union; N. C. Robertson, Whnsboro; B. F. Perry, Greenville. Fifth District?Oen. J. B. Irwin, Lancaster; Maj. J. C. Coit, Cheraw; Iredell Jones, Rock Hill; W. R. Davie, Landlord, Chester county; W. A. Ancrum, Canden. Sixth District?Jno. S. Scott, Mars Bluff, Marion county: W. D. Owens, Rdlins, Williamsburg county; C. S. Land, Toreston, Clarendon county; P. L. Breeden, Bennettsville; W. E. Dargan, Darlirgton. Seventh District?E. McC. Clarkson, Weston, Richland county; L. C. Mills, Mayesville, Sumter county; J. StoneyPorT^iitomuillA "RptVpIpv miintV! E. Li. Rivers, James Island, Charleston"'county; H. D. Elliott, Beaufort. Experimenting With Pea Meal. Senator McCall, of Marlboro, replying to an inquiry from Col. Butler, Commissioner of Agriculture, makes the following interesting statements regarding some experiments he has made with pea meal: "I used the pea meal on corn, 200 pounds to the acre. I used cotton seed on ODe plat, Peruvian guano on mother, and found the pea meal equal to the cotton seed meal and better than the Peruvian guano. I consider the meal from the pea one of the very best and cheapest of fertilizers. Take three bushels of peas, grind them into meal, and you will have enough fertilizer to manure an acre of land moderately well, at a cost of $2.25. Two hundred pounds of cotton seed meal will cost, say, at $25 per ton, freight included, $2.50 for the 200 pounds. The acre of land planted in peas, with proper attention, 'will produce at least six bushels?enough to manure two acres, which can be converted into good manure with nothing but a very common mill that will grind corn or peas, without any freight or trouble of exchanging, as is the case with cotton seed. I look upon the pea as the salvation of the farmers financially, as the money spent for fertilizers is one of the greatest draib? upon us."?Columbia Daily Record. Democratic Gains in Kentucky. Hopkinsville, Ky., August 7.?The election just held here has been the most exciting one in years. The county has heretofore been 1,800 Republican, but this time has gone 700 Democratic. A Sheriff and Judge of the Common Pleas Court were elected. Woodbine, Ky., August 7.?At Page precinct in Knox county a difficulty arose ->? q hr.t An thp plefition. Jim Jones struck Bill Gilbert in the mouth, when Jack 3mith took sides with Gilbert and stabbed Tones in the neck, from which wound he jied about 7 o'clock last evening. No arrests have been made. Four men are reported killed in Indian Creek, which is also n Knox county, but as yet have been unible to learn the particulars, except that it vas about politics. T ?????I?? |SHE MARRIED THE BROTHER. A Strange Case Just Brought to Light in the South. (From the CbiCago Herald.) X remarkable romance of real life has jolt come to light in Westminster cointy, Md.j writes a correspondent. It follows: Twenty-two years ago Ecnund levies was % young man in his 2(Jh year. He had a younger brother, ! jut 18. His name was Frank, and he t wis an exact double of Edmund. It was early in 1864 that Edmund Da vies began pying attention to Fannie Forbes, the r * jtiLug uau^uKi ui a iteuguuonug iaimer, 'i^e brothers were very much attaohed ! Keach other, and Frank also was a fre1 ^e girl often took the one for the other, | ad some time afterward agreed upon a ; Egnsd with Edmund so that she could | jadily know to whom she was talking. s "'he neighbors could not identify the ! rothers, and they were known only and jferred to as the Davies boys. It was the girl that suggested to Edaund that when he came to her he was 1 o use the Latin word "idem" (the same). ?ime passed, and, after a courtship of ix or seven months, Edmund proposed ' aarriage. Fannie accepted and asked ' |iim whether he did not have some mark > :>n his arm or hand by which she could .readily distinguish him in case of sudden 'aeath or serious accident. He told the igirl that on his next visit he would disclose a mark by which she could recognize him in any case. Edmund went ihome and meeting his younger brother intrusted his secret to him. Frank, d i his innermost heart, too, loved Fannie Forbes, and the confession of his brother ?-j ?1 tt_ 1 obuxcu ixus jettiuuajr. ne proposed a trip to Baltimore, persuading Edmund to dispatch a messenger to his sweetheart that they had gone to the Monumental City for the special purpose of haying a tattoo mark placed between the first and second finger on the right hand. While in Baltimore they met an old friend of their father, Captain Aker, of the ocean steamer Franklin. The captain said he would sail the next day for Australia, and was very solicitous that the namesake of the deceased friend should accompany him. It was Edmund. Ha-hagitated. The captain told hrm of the p qf iji11 i|||i and the fine country to which lie " . being urged by Frank, he ^elaelPw*^influence and consented. Tlmt evening^ he wrote a farewell letter to his intended bflr to await his comincr. and that he was hopeful of gaining fortunes in the distant country, "Remember Idem," were the last words. The next morning, Friday, Aug. 24, the Franklin started on the trip. Now Frank had an open field, and he improved the tine wonderfully well. Hie first word "Ichm" seemed to puzzle him, but he renumbered hearing his bi^cner use it when\pproaching the girl, and he hit upon thecorrect meaning of it. Next he had his ight hand tattooed. He would marry the rirl he loved, he thought, and resumedthe name of Edmund. His return al*ne caused some talk, but when the n%il brought the weekly newspaper anncmcing the departure of one of the iavies boys of {Carroll county for Ausralia in the Franklin, all was welL Even though he give the correct word signal, Fanny Forbes seemei to doubt his identity, but after the marriage had been postponed for a month &e felt assured he was Edmund and the? married. The union was a happy one. tears went by and they prospered, and by strict economy saved a good-amount ol money. Ten years after they had been married the husband was in Baltimore, and there ascertained that his brother had died in AnctraliA an#? harl will at? all his Aftrniafffi to Frank. This knowledge the husband imparted to his wife. The woman never knew until the day before he died that hiier husband was Frank Daviea. But had loved him just as dearly as if he 'IJ^rentiy happyf~i=-'^~^^?;. FRENCH CANADIANS IN LINE. Two Hundred of Them Form a Democratic Club In Yorkville. (N. Y. Star, August 8.) The Trench Canadians of Yorkville are doing good work for the Democratic national ticket. They formed a club a month ago, which has already some 300 members ! on its list, and hold well-attended meetings ! every Monday evening, when good speakers in the French and English languages expound to the members the platform of the Democratic party and its principles in general. They see that Cleveland's administration has been wise and patriotic; they prefer his re-election to the bombastic administration promised by the Republicans 3hould Harrison be elected. Numerically the French Canadians are not very strong in New York, yet they ax<r destined to wield a great power in politics, and their present organization seems well planned for that object. United in a common cause, their political differences are put aside, all agree in combining to do the most wherein they can gain the greater credit. Though they have never taken active parts in politics in this city, the French Canadians known to have had naturalization clubs as far back as 1880, when the work of naturalization was begun in a systematic manner and has been carried on year after year, so that every one of its members who eligible to citizenship is made a voter. Besides the clear understanding they seem to possess in uniting for the common weal, and not dividing their strength and of making every one a worker for the cruse, they have the natural advantage of being located compactly together, mostly in the Twenty-second Assembly district, where their united efforts can be better felt. They form already a people by themselves in Torkyille; tbeyowu a magnificent little church in Seventy-sixth street that they have built themselves. The French Cana dians are practical in this, that wherever they go they carry with them their church and their school: for these two things they will keep?their language and their rSigion. A parochial school, attended by some 200 cnildren, is attached to the church, and is under the immediate care of the pastor. Besides the Vilta Maria Academy, an institution under the care of the religious sisters, where French and English is taught to the young girls, a benevolent association, called "La Societe St. Jean Baptiste,".is a most flourishing society that does much good to its members every year. . Too Much Fame. Seedy Tramp?Good morniu', madam. Kindly permit yourself tlie pleasure of providin' me with a leetle nootriment Mrs. Sibleystreet?Poor man! Your lancnace would certainly indicate that yon had seen better days" Seedy Tiamp?Yes'm, very recently. It was too much notoriety that drove me to this. I couldn't stand to be pointed at and alluded toby every sight-seer, People blocked my way when I walked the streets. Everybody yelled, "That's him!" when I showed myself at a winder. I couldn't stand it. It drove me to the woods. Mrs. Sibleystreet?Why, what was it made you so famous? Seedy Tramp?Can't you guess? You must have heard that there are but four hundred persons in the exclusively highest circle of New York society? Mrs. Sibleystreet?Well? Seedy Tramp?Well, I'm one oi' the * t J J ! iullt iilluuicu; A Pleasure Party Drowned. Newcastle, DeL, August 9.?About 8 o'clock last evening the sloop Flora B., of Pennsville, capsized near this place during a heavy blow. She had on board Mrs. Elijah Wheaton, Mrs. Jonathan Turner, Mrs. Samuel Wheaton and her 9-year-old daughter, and Mrs. Thomas Finnon, all of whom were in the cabin at the time, and were drowned. The bodies were recovered and sent to their homes in Pennsville. The crew of the sloop, three men, succeeded in climbing into the yawl and escaped. ???????? CONDITION OF THE COTTON CROP Monthly Report of the Rational Department of Agriculture. Washington, August 10.?The August report of the Department of Agriculture shows a small reduction In the condition of cotton in the Caroliuas, Alabama and Louisiana, and an advance in Florida, Tennessee, Arkansas and Texas. The averages of Georgia and Mississippi are unchanged. The general average is 87.3, against 86.7 a month ago and ?3.3 last*A.ugust. The figures by States are: Virginia 84, North Carolina 82, South Carolina 84, Georgia 90, Florida 92, Alabama 90, Mississippi 92, Louisiana 90, Texas 79, Arkansas 93, Ten nessee ya. There has been an excess of rain until recently. A drouth of short duration is locally indicated on the Atlantic coast, while on the Gulf coast, east of the Mississippi, in Northern Mississippi and Western Tennessee, rains have been frequent and abundant, and the growth of the plant is from medLium to large. East of the State of Mississippi the plant is comparatively small. In nearly the entire breadth development is lepresented as later than usual, though picking was about to commence in lower latitudes. Cotton is almost without exception reported in sound health and vigor, with a slight shedding of leaves and forms, as is mentioned in the most successful seasons. There is a little rot but not serious, except in a few counties, mostly in Georgia and Alabama, where black rust prevails in certain localities. The cateroillar is nresent veiy generally in the southern half of the lower tier of States, but. is doing no injury except in a county or two in Florida, It is not much dreaded, being kept in limited numbers by pruning. The boll worm is reported in some counties of Texas. Chattanooga's Fatal Fire. , Chattanooga, August 10.?The loss of i life at the fire last night was very great. ; In the excitement of the conflagration hun- ; dreds of citizens rushed into the buildings j and endeavored to save their effects. It , ofla?n cl Koha ltro? ? ? i/uai tutic *yfto v^iiixiiuai t in erecting the four-story structures, because they collapsed solely from heat. One ] building fell in when fifty persons were Inside. At noon today five dead bodits bad \ already been recovered, and it is feared that 1 the loss of life is considerably greater. 1 The following remains recovered have ' been identified: James P. McMillin, Henry f Welch, James Smith, colored, and Edward i Lowe. The body of another colored man t recovered, bat the remains have f Iimii 1,|| 1 Twi'i morebodies have cannot be reacSe^^^^toalM. but they believed that Ed. T~ iTiiTl j_1 I I neath the ruins, and six or seven others. The total loss of life is estimated at ten, and four badly wounded. J. P. McMillin was killed while trying to save his books. He was a prominent citizen. Ed Lowe was trying to save goods. He was a lead ing builder and contractor. Ten Thousand Tramps. Dover, Del., August 9.?Tramps are still coming down the peninsula by the carload, and what to do with them is now the conundrum. Over one hundred of them are now in Dover jail, and that edifice can hold no more. Twenty-six were added to tiie number yesterday, rne rauroaa omcers are doing all the arresting, and they only take men who have broken into cars or damaged property in some way. Last night Detective Hutchins received a tele gram asking him to come to Wyoming, where fully 200 tramps were hanging round the station. But he did not go, as he had no place to put Ihemif they were arrested. A great many think that the fruit men made a big mistake in passing that "tramp protective" resolution at their last meeting, as it evidently encouraged this class to come here. It is estimated that fully 10,000 are now on the peninsula and still they come. It is proposed by some that the railroad company run a "tramp train" daily northvard until about four-fifths of them are carried back from whence they came. _ /> .AYUAVMln ?arrow juacapeoi a [ As the down fast mall and passenger train on the Atlantic Coast Line, due in Charleston at 9.10P. SI., was near Otranto, miles from this city, the engine maaea lunge, whici was likewise felt throughout the train. Brakes were immediately Spiled and the train brought to a standstill, -^hen it was found on ex amination that scroe villain or villains had torn up a rail froiL over a trestle, cnH the engine had fortun**>ly fcopt on one raff until it struck the oti^r enci or the break, when it again mountea the track and carried over the mail car ind one coach, but^ derailed the passenger coach, ihiof^ three tiers of wheels off the tracjr^ pag near turning it over with^g,^ jjf on sengers in it. I* m?med, as the 25SS nnretb>0tlS? S one of the fastest and the train was moving vervran^yatthetime- Noeffortsboul? 2 W&I to ferret out the perpetrators of . . Xewq orid (Ymripr wuuugu. ? Dynamiters In Wllkesbarre, Wilkesbabse, August 9.?It has lately become known to the police that a regularly organized band of dynamiters exists in this city. They hold regular meetings and are possessed of considerable strength, and a genuine sensation was caused this morning when it was noised abroad that a bomb had been found under Williams Brothers' wholesale grocery house. It was seen by a number of citizens at police headquarters this afternoon. It resembles a small tin can, with screw, top and soldered bottom. The finding of the bomb is significant since Mr. Williams, under whose store it was concealed, is a member of council and chairmnn of the police committee. Detectives are eagerly at wore ana they hope to unearth the mystery, though as yet there is no clue. Horrible Accident to a, Mule Driver. Wilepsbarre, August 9.?Today, as Joseph Richards, a boy of 14 years, was driving a mule in the Murray shaft in this city, a train of five loaded cars ran away and came down the plane. The cars struck the boy with terrible force and drove him against the mule. So tremendous was the blow that the boy's head was driven entirely into the mule's abdomen. His shoulder was broken and he was otherwise injured. When the horrified miners discovered the boy's terrible condition they endeavored to extricate him, and found the united strength of two men necessary. The boy's head penetrated the stomach of the mule. The boy was taken home for dead, but revived somewhat, though his skull is fractured and he will probably die. The mule died almost immediately after the accident. v Another Cleveland Recruit. Carlisle, Pa., August 7.?John LahT, a staunch and influential Republican of this ' city, publicly announced today that he intended to vote for Cleveland and Thurman this fall. He was- a soldier in the late war and lost an arm. He says that Cleveland's views on the pension question shows sound judgment. He has been a Republican ever since he had a vote. He says that Cleveland's message and the Democratic platform does not mean free trade, but a reduction in the war taxes which have been so long ruining the country. A Wife Murderer Hanged. New Castle, Del., August 10.?Chas. H. Riedell, a weaver in the Arlington cot- j ton mills, was hanged today for the mur- j dor of his wifft and sevtn-vear-old son last September. His wife v.^s soon agaia to become a mother. There was no cause for 1 the murder except that Riedell was morose and surly when drinking, as was the case when the murder was committed. Riedell struggled but little and was dead in four minutes. Maxwell Hanged. St. Louis, August 10.?Maxwell was hanged at 9 o'clock this morning in company with Henry Landgraff, who murdered his sweetheart on the 5th of March, 1885. Landgraff was sentenced to be hanged on the 29th of April, 1887, but he, like Maxwell, has been making strenuous efforts to save himself, and has had the benefit of appeals, stays of execution and respites. A STRANGE LOVE STOKY. How a White Girl Died for a Young and Handsome (savage. In Australia several attempts have been made to educate the blacks'out of their nomadic habits and into civil life, but in almost every case the philanthropic effort has failed to eradicate the instincts of barbarism. Mr. Ballou, in "Under the Southern Cross," tells the romantic story of one of these failures. A young native, a lad of 10 years, was taken from his wild life and brought to Brisbane to be educated and to grow up in the home of a white family. Those engaged in the experiment secured the consent of the ooy, ot nis parents and of the tribe. They did their best to make him comfortable and happy. During nine years everything promised success. At school he proved an apt scholar and. ^became a favorite with the pupils and teachers. He was dressed like his associates and seemed so satisfied with a civilized life that many good men and women looked forward to the day when be would exert a strong and beneficial influence upon his own people. One day, shortly after he had passed his nineteenth birthday, he was missing from Brisbane. No one knew what had become of him except one young lady, and she kept her knowledge to herself. After months of search he was found at his former home living the nomadic life of a naked savage. No inducement could prevail upon him to return and live among his friends. At last there came out the romance which revealed the secret of the young black's nine vears' sojourn among the whites of Brisbane. He had fallen in love with the lovelv daughter of the white family with which he made his home. She reciprocated his attachment, for he was a fine specimen of his race, and her influence made him studious and a sojourner at her father's honsfl. When feelings begat a longing for the bush 2nd a nomadic life she restrained him from returning to his tribe. At last he frankly told her that he loved her too sincerely to suggest that she should go with him to his savage iome, but that he was unhappy and restless and must seek his native wilds. She had the good sense not to protest igainst the separation, for he would not emain and she would not go. Accepting he inevitable, they parted; he to live as i savage and she to die. ^T^^Narits. timentai?peopie 11y mm* lovely to be a nurse, - They lo&JS&L sweet it must be .te. ba&a the jtecid Kvnn nf tlm nil Intra under his head, and to talk to ?221 in low, soothing tonesL " Bat when you have alighted from your romahtb balloon on the hard-ground of fact it doesn't seem so lovely, after all. There is no dilletanteism in a hospital. The girl that daubs plaques and strums the piano badly is not the kind of girl you find doing hospital work. Almost all the work that a nurse has to do in a hospital is drudgery of the most disillusioning kind, and only girls that have the real desire to do tne work and to succeed in it, whatever discomforts it may entail on them, ever go through with it That is why these trained nurses are an extraordinary band of young women. For the sake of proficiency in their profession they have gone through more than most girls dream of. They deserve all the praise and honor that are bestowed upon them. k J 1 1 --CC jx. cyLiiciti uaciiciui uucii wjmu?cuj am tistics that two wives elope to one husband, that three widows remarry to one widower, and that seven-tenths of the engagements which are broken are broken by women. The hotels that are swell habitually carry this quality into hil l a PITTS CAKMlUATIOi fob evfakt8 AtiO . ! j TEETHING CHILDREN^ Am instant relief for colio of infants. 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