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BEbeyille press and banner.! g BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1883. NO. 14. VOLUME XXVIII. 9 ??1 I- ||?HI1 ? ??a? ? J MY MASTERS. The first of all my Masters was Delight? I bent my knees to worship him, and sought His ministers, and all the bliss they wrought In day's large splendor and the peace of night, In song and dance, and every goodly sight; Until fair Love another lesson taught, And bitter pain, dearer than pleasure, brought, And made my whole soul subject to his might. Some while I strove for Fame?his laurel wreath Seemed good to wear, and dear the fleeting breath, "With which men praise the idol of an hour: But ono drew nigh me garmented in ]>ower, And I beheld the awful face of Death, Knew the true master, and before him cower. ?Louise C. AIoulton,in the Manhattan. / A BRAVE WOMAN. Twenty years ago, and while the present populous city of Denver was Known as Cherry Creek, when I'ike's ? Peak was to the adventurous soul what Leadville an 1 the camps of tlie Gunnison are today, there lived on the "gold trail," running from the settlements to the foot of the mountains, a rancher by the name of Ralph Lathrop. h He was a young man who, with his young wife, had come to this far-away Western country from Illinois, willing to work ami determined to win a home among the blue peaks of Colorado. He had built a small log cabin a little off from the main trail, and was engaged in raising cattle and sheep for home consumption at the time of which we write. His family consisted of himself and wife and a single hired man. Indians were neither plenty nor dangerous, the wild beasts of the country had retired t j escape being shot, and the travelers to and fro upon the j trail, though often rough, were seldom "-- Uof Vtiiai nikcu /?OHrv?nrlarl I (U??1V, ou mat nucu wuouiv^v v?vm.(?Uwv? Mr. Lathrop did not hesitate to leave his wife alone at the ranch for a day and a night at a time. One evening at supper, a spring night, with the odor of the lresh grasses and the budding leaves perfuming the air, the hired man, .Johnson, delivered a most startling piece of news. "Did ye hear o'the robbery at the Peak??killin'. too, I understand, .lim Bartlett, from the Creek, passed t> day, an' he was a-tellin' me. Seems a gang o' thesa plain fellows, rough riders, I reckon, dropped into a camp last night and tojk a 1 the boys' guld and shot two o' the miners. They've made for the mountains, it's 'sposed, but the hull Peak is after them. They'll swing the crowd if they catch era." "Who were thy desperadoes?" asked Lathrop. " There were only three o' 'em, an' Black Dan, him as was hung in New Mexico, was one. I guess they don't know the other," replied Johnson. "Black Pan !" said the master. "I thought he was on the Pacific coast. tUa wnrsf. mpn ?ver in this IJllC O UUV vt buv *? V.wv ? ? . State. I hope they will catch the party and serve them with border justice, quick .?.nd sure. I shall l'eel better to know tliat that rascal is under the sod." "Why, Kalph!" said his wife Nellie, "you are surely not afraid of the man. Why should" you wish him "He's a terror to any community and a danger to any State," returned her husband. "A murderer, and worse; hung in New Mexico for revolting crimes, but rescued by his comrades; a man whose heart is as black as his ilowing beard, and whose hands are red with human blood. 1 wish him no evil?only justice and a phortrope! And he'll get it if the Peak boys catch him." Quiet Mrs. Lathrop looked wonderingly at her husband. Surely this noted desperado must be of the worst that Kalph should speak so of him. And the memory of her husband's words came to her afterward. Night fell, the shad <w of a departing winter yet rendering chill all the world behind him, an I as the doors were closed and ba red?for this ranch ? ? : 1 no'irftcf noirrhluif fwas Lllliea imm Hie uuuvot fresh logs were thrown upon the fire, while the little household still talked of the tragedy at the l'eak and the fleeing robbers pursued by the vengeful miners. "Well," said Johnson, at last, as he rose to go to the loft and his bed, "I' only hope with you, Mr. I.athrop, that i they may catch 'em. The country'll; be better without 'em." An hour later sleep ruled, and not | until the early dawn, fr. sh and rosy, i crept over the eastern liill-tops did the ' little household unbar its doors again.! With the return of day thoughts of the ; evening before were iorgotU-n. What i had they to do with wolves. They j must caie for the sheep. Breakfast was over and the hired man had departed with the herd for the hills distant some three miles, where he would be absent i ntil night, when suddenly Mr. Lathrop called to his I htJ-Fq frnm thf? lncr ham. The vounff I woman ran to the door. "^Nellie. dtar." said her husband, I "I've just fotin I, greatly to my surprise, that we're all out of sa't. The sheep nee:l it, and I must have a bar- j rel to-day. I've got to g > to theCre;-k for it, and will not he back bJore Dight. Johnson will be up with the sheep early. Good-bye!" A wave of his hand, ;i rattle of the heavy wagon, the quirk beat of the horses' hoofs, and Frank Lathrop was gone, leaving his young wife alone in the roadside ranch. JJut the frontier woman turned La k into her cabin * ?' * > 1 L - T 1 1 I t alter sue nau waicnuu ner uusuauu , out of sight, wit'.i not a thought of danger and hardly one of loneliness ; amid all the work which her busy hands could find to do. It was high noon. For a little the young mistress had rvSted, while the soft warmth of the springtime had almost lulled her to sleep. Then she had prepared and eaten a plain dinner, all alone, and now she was engaged in washing the few dishes used, humming a low love song as she worked, and counting the flight of the moments that intervened before her husband's return by the creeping shadows upon the distant mountain side. As she worked her lack was turned toward the open door, and* she did not see the darker shadows that suddenly fell across the rough floor, nor note the crunch of heavy boots upon the fresh green grass,until a resoundingfootfall upon the s-tep start ed her, and she turned quickly to meet the first caller who had-appeared that day?a tall, fierce-looking, bearded man who stood j before her. "Missis, who lives here?" rnixr* wna l>n?? !< on/1 tKfOofani'nrt ' 1X11*2 IUUC H(VO IKUOil (VUU but the question was a common one, ' and Nellie replied: "My husband, Mr. Lathrop, and myself." "Where's the boss?" "My husband? lie's gone to the Creek for a barrel of salt." " Where's your hired help ?" "We only have one man, and he is not here now. Can I do anything for you?" "Yes," growled the bla'k bearded ; one. " Ye-', yer can. Yer can do this : fer me. Git a gojd dinner for three hungry cusses as ha-n't had time to get their own. Come in, boys," he con tinueci, turning lowuru me uuur, n,? all clear. The cock's away, naught but the hen at home, an' we'll have For a moment poor Mrs. Lathrop felt faint, and the world, sunlit and H warm, danced before her eyes, then full strength came again a3 she saw H this burly stranger fling himself into a BB chair and lay two enormous pistols be^9 side his elbow on the table, while a Hflj pair of others, each as wild and tattered and fierce-look ng as the leader, BB followed him; full of strength, even i Hj while the realized who it wus that sat' williin liorkit-lion, the man "whose 1 heart was as black as his beard"? I Black Dan, the ruilian of New Mex- i ico, who only two days ago, with these j very companions, had committed robbery and murder. This was the man I who demanded dinner, and Mrs. ; Lathrop knew it. "Don't waste yer time, missus," I suddenly spoke the leader, turning quickly and fastening bis fierce, bold eyes upon the young hostess, " don't ; ' * ? - *. I I waste your tim-j nor yer worus. uio i dinner." There was no mistaking the c mI mand, and the tone in which it was littered meant far more than the words. Mrs. Latbrop began at once to lay the table. We're busted miners, missus," j began P?lack Dan, with a wink to bis | comrades, "completely bunted, an' can't pay. "What ye give us to cat i must be lor charity. We ain't even got no weepins, except these pistils o' mine, an' th 111 we're keepin' to help us nut up at the creek, an' beggin' to git thar." Poor Xell'e h ard all th:s, believing not one word, but working steadily on, frying eggs making tea and supplying ! the table with bread and bnt'.er and cake. When all was ready s!ie placed ! chairs and t Id her enforced guests \ that dinner was prepared for them, j Awaiting no second invitat'on they j hastily stated themselves and began to j eat. Suddenly the leader of the trio I paused and turned sharply toward | Mrs. J a'.hrop. "Missus, are ye scared at such wild- | looking fellows as we'uns? Did you ' ever see our likes before?" It was a test question. Black Dan wislud to know if this little woman who fed tliem so willingly knew aught of the robbery at the Peak, or I ,.i.? i SUSpe ItM WUU MIU Viiifl UUULU. * vu while her he.irt lcajjecl in tear she answered : "Oh, indeed, no, I'm not scared I Why should I be? I've seen busted miners belore. I'm glad to be able to help you." "Yer a little brick!" ejaculated Black ran, "an' when I marry I'll look round first and see ef you're a widdv! Here." he continued, lifting his pistols from the table and extending them to her, " I'll ask one more favir o' ye. The cha g^s in them weepins is wet. and ef ye kin draw em an' reload 'em it wiil be a great ble.-sin'." Mechanically Mrs. Lathrop took the pistils and turned toward the chest where her husband kept his arms and ammunition. Hut even as she did so a sudden idea, an inspiration almost, Hashed through her brain. These men were now unarmed : her husband's double barreled shotgun loaded stood in the corner; why nut capture the murderers herself f Instantly the brave woman put the thought into execution. Dropping the pistols she quickly seized the gun, raised both hammers t > full cock, and turning presented it at the trio about her table. "Black Dan, you and your comrades are my prisoners!" It may be her voice trembled: it would hardly have been strange if it did, but her hand did not, and the three desperadoes looked with paling cheeks into the black muzzles that covered | them and knew that the little woman meant what she said. For a moment silence reigned; then, slowly turning toward the table again, Black Dan growled out a half-dozen oaths, supplanted by the statement that he would finish his dinner anyway. His companions imitated him. Mrs. Lathrop stood motionless, the gun still at her shoulder. She dared not lower it, yet she could not hold it there much longer. The ruffians ate steadily and silently on. The little woman began to grow faint?not alone with fear, but lrom the weight ol the gun. Iler hands 1 trembled. Suddenly there rang a wild shout mingled with furious curses. Chairs and table were overturned, and in the " * n ? ?? .%-? r?rtuf tnrn tiasn 01 clU 1VL1S. JUUUU ?p dttv? wiuo men spring toward her, each with a knife in his h;ind. She saw, and then, with a wordless prayer, she pressed the trigger. A tremendous roar shook the air ; j two out-shooting lla nes, followed by j two puffs of blue smoke; two heavy I falls; then a dark ligure drawing I himself out of the open doorway. That \ was all. And as the brave woman j leaned back against the wall of her ; cabin she heard the song of the birds [ outside, she saw the mellow sunlight ! ileck the rough floor, but she did not j see her enemies. Then she fainted. But clo ;e before her, doubly fierce j in death, lay the forms of two men, i while without, upon the ^reen grass, I writhed Black Dan, sigh'less und filled ) Willi WoUIlU.-i. Twenty minutes later the hired man, > Johnson, appeared, alarmed at the j sound of the shot, and saw what was i done. Three days later Mrs. Latlirop received the thanks of the Pike's I'eak camp and a golden reward. But she would no longer live alone, and her husband is now a merchant in Denver, while she is known as the brave woman who caught lilaek IJ an. A Liyely Trip from New York to Texas. 1 .Mr. Cephas F. Kobertson recently came to this country from England, lie cairn d eleven hat boxes and a ; valet, and was full of brandy and soila j and enthusiasm. Three days a ter he arrived in New York he met an old I lri nd in the usual way on the Bowerv. The meeting cost Mr. tioberts 11 $1,100. j lie left the following day for Chicago. The morning of ins arrival in that porc'ne city he met another old friend who obtained l'roni him a loan of$050 0:1 $1.95 worth of glass d a.nonds and | a certilied check on a Canadian bank | which failed two years ago. Mr. liobertson then undertook to do St. j Louis, and it cost him $.10 to have a j t,? ;i imlrri' wliV oTlt MJ.IWU ? .. J ? O- .. -v glass of pale sherry, which lie had taken with a casu.il acquaintance, should have so muddled his brain and I tangled up his legs that he lost his watch and his reputation for sobriety on the public street at 11 a. >;. Mr. ' Kobertson got into Louisville just in ; time for the most exciting horse ra c i of the season, and was fortunate j enough to secure a "pointer " from a too-eonliding friend, which euabled him to lose ?2,700 in five minutes on what is called in that depraved regi'.n a "whipsaw." lie then drilted into Texas, and got into a fiiend.y argu-j n:ent with a cowboy and into the sur- ; gi-al ward of the hospital on the same ' day. Flying to New Orleans, he went ] ''"" n ivi'h the "break-bone"' fever,' and then spent ?2,900 tiying to win j the capital pri/e in the lottery. He ! will now return to Kngland, and wil!! write a book which will convey a ! curate impressions of this country to the British public.--New York Life. I Isolalion from Cholera. As to the success of compute isolation in preventing infection by cholera the fact is quoted that in lfciJl the court of Russia isolated itself at lVt'-r-! ..a lrrnrr thfi nllLyi'.C Continued. ! 11*/X. CIO IVllQ - J Round the imperial palace the pestilence made terrible ravages, but not one of the 10,0 )0 inhabitants ??f the palace was attacked, in 1855 the military school and a pri-on at Con-' stantinople isolated themselves in the midst of the city full of cholera, and I not a pupil nor a prisoner su'l'ered. In the same year Sicily kept strictly, isolated from all communication with ! the infected countries, and the island remained exempt from the terril'le dis-1 ease. The hire court?Salaried judges. ' FA EM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. Hot Wntcr Ti cut merit for Plnntn. A correspondent calls our attention to the following from the Garden, and Inquires whether there is anything in it: "The Florist asks has any one tried hot water as a restorative for sickly plants, and then proceeds to say that M. Willermorz some time since related that plants in pots may be restored to health by means of hot water. Ill health, he maintains, ensues from ticia suosiances in me sun, wmi-n, beinpj absorbed by roots, act as poison. The small roots wither and cease to act, and the upper and young r sh >ots consequently turn yellow and 1 e:ome spotted, indicative of their morbid state. In such cases the usual remedy is to transplant into fresh soil, in clean pots, with good drainage, and this often with the best results. But his experience of several years has proved the un'ailing eflicacy of the simpler treatment. which consists in watering abundantly with hot water at a temperature of about 145 degres Fahrenheit, having previously stirred the soil of the pots so far as maybe done without injury to the roots. "Water is then given until it runs freely from the pots. In his experiments the water at first came out c!e ir, afterward it was sensibly tinged with brown, and gave an appreciable acid reaction. Alter this thorough washing the pots were kept warm, and the plants very soon made new roots, immediately followed bv visrorous crrowth." To our mind there is a great deal in it. We know to a certainty that sickly peach trees are often restored t > vigorous lie ilth. by the old-fashioned (iermanfarmers of Pennsylvania by pouring boiling water on the ground about the peach tree3. It cools, of course, somewhat before reaching any of the ro its. Here, however, it is believed to be beneficial by destroying parasitic insects and parasitic fungi, rather than chemically, as fusrgested by the extract. But, let the reasoning be what it may, we are willing to indorse it as goou pra tice.?(Jardencn' Monthly. Errors In the Poultry Ynrtl. Many errors are liable to occur with beginners at poultry-raising, for even the veterans are not free from mistakes at times. In selecting the breed a large majority pay gre iter regard to color and shape than to more desirable qualities. It is well to know that the characteristics of the breeds should be understood if no mistakes are to occur. But after a breeder has become perfectly familiar with all that pertains to his choice of fowls the common routine of the poultry yard next requires attention. The time* of feeding should be regular, certain hours being fixed upon for that purpose, but there are very few who thus systematically feed their fowls. Water should be kept in the presence of poultry at all times, and it should not only be clean and pure, but fresh, and yet this important matter is overlooked by many. "Warmth in winter is very es ential to laying, be'ng as important as a full supply of feed, but every fowl-Iiouse is not warm and comfortable. The prevention of dampness in the house avoids croup, whi.h is a terrible scourge in a flock, but the small leaks here and there are not regarded as dangerous matters by the average breeders. Kven the height oi' their roosts and construction of their nests have more or less tendency to affect the profits from poultry than many suppose, for high ro sts cause deformed feet and poor nests will not be occupied by the hens if they can get better places in which to lay. These things are seemingly small matters, which are usually overlooked, but they are imp irtant to success. Why poultry should be expected to prove profitable without care mor,; tl an other stock is what we do not understand, and the fact that a prolit is o!tm derived from a flock that has been overlooked, is strong proof that poultry raising can be made to pay well when conducted by thoughtful, attentive persons. It isthesmail matters that should receive the most careful attention, as the observance of method and system is sure to prove beneficial at all times.?Farm and Garden. A Clcanl.v Dnlrrnii" t As an example of what absolute cleanliness means, the hairy has the j following, contributed by an Iowa cor-1 respondent: It is said that it is as hard to be clean as it is to be goo J. Well, I think it is not hard to be good, even for a dairyman, if he only does as he would be done by, and just as easy as to be clean. Tiiis is my way. At 5 o'clock I am in the cow stables. The feed prepared tbe night before is put into j the feed boxes, which are first cleared ! of all former remnants of feed, an I, if sour, they are sjoured out with water and a broo:n. While the cows are (ating they are thoroughly carded j and brushe as well as any well-kept | horse is?and all over fro.11 head to | switch. The udder is sponged if nec- j essary, and wiped with a clean towel, j and not a dirty rag. The gutters are j then cleaned out, and the stalls; acom- j mon road broom being us;d, to finish : after a broad scraper which draws the ! manure down to the trapdoors intot -e , cellar. The floor and the gutter are then ! littered we'.l with saw tust, when we ( have no straw. For fifteen cows this akes an hour. Then I go to breakfast. At half-past six the cows are milked, and j each milker has overalls and an apron j made of striped ticking, with which he can milk in his Sunday clothes and slipp;-rs. if he likes ; and any lady may 1 go in with a si k dress on and not hurt it. As the milk is drawn it is strained at once into the deep pai's which stand on the plat for 111 and are kept covered ; the milk pails have strainers and a double strainer is k(pt in the deep cans, so the milk goes through three strainers. ]*ut this is not really neces- j sary, as I would cheerfully drink a | glass of the milk diie t from the cow j as I milk it. But out of consideration ; fur mv pmtmnprs wlmlmv inv butter and milk, I put the milk through three j strainers. As soon as the deep pails | are full they are closed and carried to the milk-house and handed ty the person who sets the milk in the p >ol or the creamery, or, if it is put into shallow pan*, strains it once more. Now, there is nothing hard t> do al out this. It is so easy after having begun it and got into the way of it. that it would be hard to stop it. And I don't se how it is easy to be cleaner than we are in our dairy. Farm nnd (iarden Note*. Skimmed milk is one of the best articles of diet for laying hens, and, so far as they can use it, it can be put to no more, profitable use. Mixed with wheat bran, it makes an excellent feed for growing chicks. To purify cistern water put a peck of charcoal in a bag and hang in the water: it will take up all bad odor, i'ut some in the sink, and keep it over the screen, and there will be no bad smell come l'rom it. It d< es not pay to keep poor stock of any kind. If every animal is goal of its kind it is always salable and can be turned into mon< y at any tim * that it is desirable to do so, whnvas an inferior one is always a drug on the fanner's hands. Members of the Elm Ira farmers' club advise the mulching of wheat fields with straw, saying the cost is .' mall, the benefit sure even in favorable winters, but greater in winters like that of when nearly every day after the first freezing was a strain on the plants exposed. II. G. Abbott, of Yassalboro, Me., says that two pigs, furnished with muck, sand, weeds and sod will manufacture them in'.othobe-it manure that 'can be found, and will be worth when the pigs are six months old, as much as a ton of (he best superphosphate that sells for $a ton. A Massachusetts farmer who has to deal with heavy (lay land told at his club the advantages of sowing a bushel of rye per acre in the corniuld, so as to have it ready to plow under wh<n the corn h taken off. He says its mechanical effects are equal to its " u ?. ;i iertiii/.mg powers ou suuu a.n. It never pays to underfecdanything. Even if the animal i.s only k'*pt in store condition?tliat is, neither giving milk nor lattening, a little grain will do no harm. Young heifers, however, should not he given fattening food hefore they have their lirst call. Hence oats and bran are better than corn. An experienced farmer says that oats should be s aked sufficiently to swell before feeding them to stock. \\ hen s. aked the husk is partly torn away, and facility of digestion increased. 1'oultry will caeiully pick out the soaked grains from the dry whea allowed a preference in the matter. The blighting of young twigs on apple tree s !s often caused hy the larva of the twig borer, a minute, slender brown beetle known to entomologists as Elaphi'lium. If the twig be split the larva may 1 e found, if tliey are the cause of the trouble. The only remedy is to cut the twigs and bum thom. These insects do not often do sufficient damage to warrant such precautions, however. A closely all ed species nfArlro r\n Jt is an unwise practice for the farmer to plant ornamental plants which are nut perfectly hardy, even if they possess superior beauty. A comp iratively homely plant, but one which resists the extremes of cold, will give more sat sfaction to the grower than the finest ti nder species which mu-t to constantly nursed and protected. The same thing is true, to a great extent, in regard to fruit trees. " Iron-clad " apple tr< es are constantly coming to be more of a favoritr Rcclpos. Nice Little Sugar Cakes.?Six cupfuls of Hour, three cupfuls of sugar, three-quarters of a pound f butter, and any llavoring you like. Nutmeg and cinnamon are common'y used, lioll out thin, sprinkle with sugar and bake quickly. Omelet.?Heat tiie yolks and whites until l:nrht. HI eij^iii/ oc|/,u?iw; ....v.. then beat together; add a little salt and one tablespoonful of cream. Have in the omelet pan a piece of butter; when the butter is boiling hot pour in the omelet, and shake until it begins to stiffen, and then let it brown. Fold double and servo hot. Tomato Chowder.?Slico a peck of green tomatoes, six green peppers, and four onions; strew a teacup of salt over them. In the morning turn oil the water, and put them in a kettle with vinegar enough to cover them, a teacup of sugar, one of grated horseradish, a tablespoonful of cloves, allspice and cinnamon, each. ]5oil until soft. Green CornSoit.?Cutthekernels from a do. en large ears of green coin, and just cover them in a stewpan with boiling water. Boil half an hour, a Id a quart of milk, pepper and salt to taste, and a spoonful of fresh butter. Heat three eggs very light with a tablespoonful of cornstarch. When the soup just comes to the boiiing point again stir in the eggs and serve quickly. Beefsteak Pie.?Cut the beef in slices, and slice a little raw ham; put both in a frying-pan, with some butter and small quantity chopped onions; let them simmer together a short time on the lire or in tlie oven; add a little Hour and enough stock to make s;iu:-e; salt, pepper; add also a few sliced potatoes, and cook together for about twenty minutes; put this into a piedish, with a few slices of hard boiled eggs on the top, and cover with a layer of common p:iste. Hake from fifteen to twenty minutes in a well heated oven. ___________ A Central African Villa??. One fine large vill ige, a long day's march beyond the Inkissi, gives a good i lea of Central African life. There is a general aspect of prosperity, and the people are unus tally sportive and merry among themselves. I even witnessed what is rare to see among these races?toying and loving caresses between a fine stalwart husband and his j plump little wife. 1 afterward found out that they had been recently mar- J ried, so this may liave accounted ior it. Children, pretty little black children, were playing together, and making mud pies; one Afr.canette, looking on, carried a baby as big as herself. A hen and chickens, with that steadfast obstinacy which is so characteristic of fowls, would insist on retiring for the night in the house which had been assigned me as my lodging; so two capable little boys caught the ti n chickens tenderly and cunveyed them to a place o!' safety, the old hen. perforce, clucking and protesting behind. An immense quantity of pumpkins, with the ripe fruit and the great yellow 1 losso n growing on the sa ue plant, and the waving lields of manioc which I saw in the bright morn ng light, lent an air of prosperity and plenty to the tidy groups of houses. In this village, in l'ront of many of the habitations, lay huge logs if wood, roughly trimmed tree trunks. At one end they exhibited but little handling from the operator, but at the other they terminated in a rudely carved a:id painted lit ad, executed with little linish indeed, yet the few strokes that wrought the semblance to humanity had been given w.tli a certain decision and skill. There was. in luui/, ;i guuu iiu.u ui tiiiiun vti mivi expression in this s .et-.-hed-out face, which, besiile, bore much res mblance to the prevailing type of man in that neighborhood. Whether these logs, of which many wcr? lying prone before the cottage doors, were house-idols in disgrace, or merely ornamental settles, I ci.uld not ascertain ; but, when 1 mentioned the word for "idol,'' and pointed toward them, the men ami women gathered round and laughed contemptuously. I might mention that the natives hero call themselves " Wambuno." The plural prefix "wa" again replaces th more classical "ba." Beyond this village all was magnificent, grandiose forest. The path goes down, down, down into its depths, ;:nd the tree tops shut out the sky. The long, straight l'.ianas depending from the bran lies appear like plumhlines and airy scaffolding sket hing out a sort of fantastic architecture. Large jessamine (lowers shine forih like stars in the gloomy depths of foliage, and down at the bottom of the deep i r;tv ne a brown stream catches a few I plints of irreen liirht as it hurries along. AVe stnp at the village of Ngonia ("Xgoma" means "drum;" ai you will have notice 1, it is often applied to a sounding fall of water) on t lie evening of the fourth day after leaving Lutcto. Here an old fetish ma'.i an I some young discipl s were perf inning a curious sort of daiico, in which they hopped like frogs, and, squatted < n tlu'ir heels, waving their hands downward from the luavens. I was told they were calling d >\vn the rain. Others/more iiv!ol< n\ were reclining ' indifferent postures, having their hair combed and dre sed by women.? Correspondence Low/on Tehgrajtli. Kevensre and Venjeance. "May I call you Jlevenge?" " Why?' " Because revenge is sweet." "Certainly you may, provided, however, you will let me call you Vengeance?" "And why would you call me Vengeance?" " Because v^ngeanr e is mine." And she became his in n few months after. 1 NEWS OF THE WEEK, Eastern and Middle States. Jay-Eye-See, the five year-old trotter, made a mile at Providence It. I., in 2:10 3-4, which is the best tim? on record for a five-year-old, and within a fraction of a sccond of the Ix st time made by Maud S., who trotted a mi'c in 2:10 1-4. Governor Jarvis, of North Carolina, and the widow and daughter of Stonewall Jack, son, wero the recipients of many attentions during their visit to New Haven. President Arthur attended the funeral of Mr. Hastings, editor and proprietor of the New York Commercial Advertiser. Pleuropneumonia 1ms appeared among tho cattle in Delaware, Chester and York counties, Penn. Many of the afflicted animals have had to be killed. General Joseph S. Pitman, a Mexican war veteran, died tho other day in Providence, E. I., aged sixty-five years. Professor Swift, of tho Warner observatory at Rochester, N. Y., has discovered another new comet. Junius Brutus Booth, elder brother of Edwin Booth, tho tragedian, and himself a well-known actor, died a few days since a iuanciicsicr, iuus*. The colored men of Massachusetts have been holding a convention in Boston. While on a visit to his parent? in Brooklyn tLc- Rev. James Kemln, late pastor of the Reformed church in Mountville, N. J., near Newark, first cut his wife's throat, and then. * severing his own jugular vein, leaped from a : fourth-story window. Both of them died 1 within an hour. They left two children in Newark. Mr. Kendo had suffered from ma- < laria for three months, his head being espe- i cia'ly affected, and it is considered certain 1 that he was insane when he committed the terrible double crime. A fire on Broadway, New York, partly 1 destroyed a five-story iron-front double bu ild- 1 ing, occupied mainly by wholesale clothing < dealers and manufacturers of straw goods. 1 An estimated aggregate loss of 81.000,003 was i caused. < PnEsinTN-T Annum, assisted bv Secretary of State Frelinghuysen, received the Corean i ambassadors at the Fifth Avenue hotel in ( New York. The embassy consisted of Prince ; Min Yong Ik, nephew of the queen of Corea and minister plenipotentiary to tho United | States, together with a vieo minister and several other Corean nobles and members of the suite. The whole party were dressed in robes of state, and went through the ceremony of introduction to the President by dropping to their knees and going through ' other oriental manifestations of good will and regard for this country. A New Youk jewelry firm has just imported the largfst diamond over brought to America. It is yet in the rough, and weighs 125 carats. The famous Koh-i-noor, a diamond belonging to Queen Victoria, weighs 102 1-2 carats. ! Sixteen million dollars were left by the j late Nathaniel Thayer, of Boston, fifty Ihous- , and dollars going for charitable purposes. A train of eleven flat cars filled with Ital- ] ian laborers ran into a hand car near Syra- J cuse, N. Y. The train was wrecked, two j men and a boy were instantly killed, and about twenty men were injured, several prob- ' ably with fatal effect. President Arthur has been on a visit to friends at Newport, R. I. J At tho State convention of tho Massa- ' ehusetts Prohibitionists, held in Boston, ' Charles Almy was nominated for governor. j A new telegraph company?tho Inter- ( national and Northern?has filed articles of 1 incorporation at Albany, N. Y.: capital ' $5,000,000. with power to make it $10,0 .X),00.1. A large boiler in ono of tho buildings of < theSligo iron works at Pitt-iburg expbded with such force as to throw huge fragments n of iron to a irreat distance, to shake the | j houses in that part of tho city, anil to fet Are to railroad buildings. Three workmen were instantly killed, ' another died soon after, two more wero ex- < pected to live only a few hours, and several J others were badly hurt. Five children on J the porch of a dwelling near by were injured and one died. i 1 South, and West. Moody, tho evangelist, preached in his old church in Chicago before a congregation j which crowded the edifice to suffocation. In t the rush to get inside a number of women and I children were seriously hurt. William H. Cook, a prominent citizen ot i Shelby, Ohio, was fatally shot, and .aianmai 1 "VV. H. Sutter severely wounded by a farm i Hand named Eli Spiddle, who had come tj ' town on a spree and resisted arrest. For murdering a man with whom ho wa > i sleeping in a wagon, Henry Moslier was I taken from jail at Cheyenne, Wyoming, by a ! large crowd of masked men, and do-pito the | pleadings of the mayor and other influential t citizens was hanged to a telegraph pole in j the hi art of the city. J All t'no public schools in Louisiana have i been closed owing to ill-judged legislation. ' Apaches are again on the warpath in Ari- ! zona. Eight of them attacked a ranch near Tombstone, killed one of tho two men there and stole many horses. J The steam barge OaKland, lumber laden, from Bay City to Erie, Penn., foundered in Lake Erie. Captain Stevens and tlireo men were lost, tho mate and seven men escaping in a small boat. Five drunken cowboys attacked anil fired upon a merchant named Arragon at San Hilario, New Mexico. Arragon returned the fire, killing two of his assailants and wounding a third, and himself received wounds from the effects of which ho died. The remaining cowboys fled into Texas. Two more naval cadets have been dismissed from tho Annapolis (Md.) academy for hazing. Ox a ranch near Socorro, N. M., Joel Fowler, a large cattlo dealer, met Ponly Forrest and Bill Childes, with whom ho had had previous trouble. Forrest and Clul.les be .'an firing at Fowler, who returned tho lire, killing Cliildes. Forrest ran into a house occupied by a Mr. MclJee, who went to the door and asked Fomst to come out. Instead of doing so, Forrest fired, killing McGee, where- ' upon Fowler set fire to the ho'.;se. ltather \ than take tho chance of a shooting match j with Fowler, Forrest put a bad through his ( own heart. All three acre buried in tho j same gruvo. The mouunient erected by the .Statu of > Kentucky to General and President Zachary " Taylor was dedicated at tho Taylor homestead, live miles from Louisville. General Thomas Crittenden, of tho United States army, delivered tho eulogy. Tho monu- j ment is marble, thirty feet high, and sur mounted by a statuo of General Taylor. ] Washington. J, The Corean embassy has arrived in Wash- < ingtui. < Scugeon-General Hamilton, of the Uni- ' (ed States marine hospital service, lias infor- ! mation from Yuma, Arizona, of the existence . of yellow fever in Guaymas and Mazatlan, in ' Mexico. He says, however, there is 110 rca- ! son for fear 1 hat the diseaso will spread into j Arizona. i Prominent naval ofTlcers at Washington | express the opinion that tin increased navm r force in Chinese waters is ini])eratively neees- ; sary for the protection of Americans and j American interests. It lias been decided at "Washington not. to Bend an expedition for Lieutenant Greely's ] relief to Smith's Sound this year. < By direction of the President a cadet of ] the fourth class in the United States military academy at West Point, N. Y., has been j dismissed from the service for improjier con- 1 duct and violation of the rules cf the acado- * my in " hazing" other cadets. Secretary Fomseii has called in ? 15,000,- ;, 000 of the three per cent, loan bonds of 1-SSri. < Supervising Architect Hill has re- ' signed. j The requisitions upon the postoflico depart- , ment fcr the new two-cent stamps are s) 1 large that the contractors are unable to j suj>jily the demand, and thedej artment is reducing l he amounts called for in the re-iuisi- ! tions. 'iho contractors at present are able to furnish 1,S00.0X) stamps daily, but this is , much less than the number demanded. Foreign. A conflict between the military and tho people has taken place at Kostainicza, in ' Crotia, many persons being killed or i woundeil. ! At a firo which broko out in a jail at Hiroshima, .Tajan, sixty-ono prisoners were burned to death and 157 others were more or lesa severely burned. France and China may submit the differ- | ences between them to tho joint mediation o? i England And the United State* _j i Floods in tho district of Taranto, Italy, have result? .1 in tho os i of many lives and much stock. Signor Rchira has composed a comic opera entitled " Tho Islo of Beauty." Mexico has just been celebrating tho seventy-third anniversary of its indenencler.ee. Hostilities have been suspended in Ton quin until the arrival of French reinforcements. O'Donnell, tho slayer of Carey, the Irish informer, arrived in Southampton, England) from South Africa, and was conveyed to London guarded by many policemen. A melancholy marine disaster is reported from Halifax, N. S. Tho bark Britannia, from Jamaica for Montreal, struck on a bar off Sable island and soon after went to pieces All on board got 0:1 a raft. Beside the crewnumbering twelve persons ? the captain's wife and four children were on board. During the night eight of the men. together with tho captain's wife and children, were lost, two of tho latter being washed away and two others dying in their father's arms. The steward of the ship had been lashed to tho plank.; of tho raft, but, the tremendous seas washing continually over him, he soon perished. Another seaman was lost while leaving the vessel, and only four persons out of tho eighteen succeeded in reaching Sablo island. James McDermott, who left Brooklyn recently for England, and who was examined three times before a stipendiary justice at Liverpool on a charge of conspiracy to murder public officials in connection with tho d y namite party, has been discharged, tho evidence against him being deemed insufficient; Ihe London Times declares there will bo a. prcat strugg'o between capital and labor in the Lancashire cotton trade, as tho operatives will resisi a propose reduction in wages. Foil tho first time in many years the guillotine has been usd in France, the victim :eing one Holtz, an Alsatian, Mho had murlered another man for the purpose of robbery. Holtz hail his head cut off at Rhoims in presence of 5,001) jieople, women and ch.il3ren being in an overwhelming majority. Royalty was well represented at the parid 5 of the Austrian army near Vienna. Tho ;mperor of Austria, king of Italy, king of Milan and Duke of Edinburgh were present. Fifty vessels were wrecked, many house? blown flown and sixty lives lost by a hurricane at Nassau, "West Indies. The Bulgarian cabinet has resigned, and a new ministry been formed. An enormous crowd at Rome witnessed the :ereinonies attending the commemoration of :he entry of the Italian troops into tbo city n 1S75. __________________ THE NATIONAL GAME. The Cincinnati club will have twenty-three ilayers under contract for n?xt season. James Peeples, <if the Independence chib, inu luw.n mirrnm.il l.tr tlw> f Hnr.ilinn t i fltlh fur lext season "at a salary of 81,300. McCokmack, of tho Cleveland club, will probably never pitch again. He recently broke a tendon in his arm anil wassent home, fie was considered one of the best pitchers in the country. A desckiptiox of Jones, the champion i'a'c pitcher, in his first appearance with tho Athletic club, in Philadelphia, is as follows: " Tho Kt. Louis club took th" bat, and Jones Ditciicd two or three times wide of the plate, rhen he jumped two feet into tho air, and while (rleason gazed at him in astonishment, the ball passed squarely over the plate, and a strike was called. Jones jumjicd again and lileason aimed at a ball two feet from the end >f the bat. He jumped again and Gleason was c ailed out on strikes. Tho jumping of Jones so surprises tho batsman that he forgets to hit tho ball." Delegates representing Chicago, Philalelphia, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Indianapolis and St. Louis met at Pittsburg, Penn., recently, and organized tho L'niou association of baseball clubs by electntr tho followintr oflicers: President, H. B. Bennett., of Washington; vice-president, I'hoinasJ. Pratt, of Philadelphia; secretary ind treasurer, William Warren White, of Washington. The constitution and by-laws jf the American association were adopted. Resolutions were also adopted to the effect ihat while the ass .ciation recognize the validly of all contracts made by the League and American associations, they cannot recognize iny agreement whereby any number of ball players may lx! reserved for any club for iny time beyond the terms of their contract irvith such club. ' Profession* ? Hum?yeV said an old awyer, idly toying with an Advertiser in Parker's reading room. " I believe if I was i young man a^ain, looking nliout for a profession, 1 should go into baseball. Look at ;ho demand for players. With all our coleges, wo can't turn 'em out fast enough. Here's a gay fellow gets $:2,0UU or $.'5,000 for the best of athletic exercise during six months n the year, and has the other six on his hands for recreation. No rough and tumble fight ivith starvation or stupidity to get into colege. No teaching school or waiting on sumr.er hotel guests half the time to stay there :he rest. After you graduate, no nu grv it-ramble after business, no cold shoulders -u? ^..oinnnL. nn T-otrntn'yinrr frnm rom UIUL'I [IHHTOIUIIUI.-.. ..... 0 :he luckier, 110 tricks from behind by tho iglier. Oh, no. A man can go up in the Maine wools and study for the ball field, muting, farming and lumbering, and in two >r three years be competent to take degrees iv the dozen on tho diamond. Bless mo ! rhre.: thousand five hundred for playing ball *ix months?but' I ain't as young as I used .o bo !"'?Host on (11 obe. LEAGUE CLUB RECORD. Tho official record of tho lcaguo championhip frames played up to the 15th is as follows: s d P 3 ? C Club. . -g if "E 2 ? | c .2! u'Js 5 >4 I tc a c ri I c3 o o 1 ," * 1 o o | S'.s' > .?It 1=. ? I ? 2 8 i s jz .?: o 4< |j3 8 e d ? S3 ,0 (CJ S ?;3h C* I U ? Boston 1 4.71 7 8 7,'lt 8' :"t ElcQTalo 1 G? j 5; 7j <.?[ S; 8,' 5| i8 8S Chic^o j 7 9?[ U, n 7! v, ?>j ;>.} ;u Cleveland 1 4 7; 8 ? 9 G 12 7 58 8S Detroit i 4 ft; 5. ft ?! G' 8; 2 8ft HO Sew York...., 7 ft 4 4; ft ? 12 ft 42 S7 Philadelphia 0 4J 2| 2 8 2 ?! 8 10 90 Providence 0, G^ Gf 4 12j DUJ? fti 90 Games lost !84 10 87 lift ftft 4ft,74l.':G ?1 ? american association record. fl IT \f\Jti Club. j? d = 3 ^ S I * -H 511 -2 af 8.'3 t.\ % Tt * .a -g g * ? S g 8 i=- s.: ;it oj dI d \< < PS '*> w' y 2 X O, C5 \Ueghcny, 2 9 0 4 2 5 2 ;-.0 JH) \tllletic '12 ? 11 4 18' G 9 7 G2 89 Jaltimoro 5 15? 8 5 ft 8 2 2G 8!) Cincinnati * 8 S ? 11 10 8 8 50 HO Columbus 8 1 G 3? 5 8 8 2!I 90 Eclipse 9 4 7 4 9? 7, fl 4G 88 Metropolitan 1 9 ft 10 8 8 0? 3 49 88 -'* 1 ! <> I ! ? (Jit 6 9? 59, 90 31,1 I ' . Games lost |U(J U7CM 31 01 I:.' 30 :JI ?'? YELLOW FEVER Frightful l{ava^c<i of the Disease In jTIcxM ?"?\'ictiiissIluried A live. A dispatch from Cunyiua , Mexico, says: [t is now clearly establ'she 1 that the diseoso "aging here is yellow fever. All who an are fleeing from the city. Tho tnetli al corps is b;*ing rcoiifuived as rapidly is possible. Twelve members of a lately irrived opera troujK! have died. Eighteen leaths were reported )*esterday, and tlioro ivere many others u incn were nut rejui mi. Iho streets were alpinist deserted, tho only iouiuls heard being tlio rumbling of tho dead art. The b ard of health !:as issued orders hat the dead slia'l ho immediately removed ind buried. A fcjan Francisco dispatch, dated 011 the nine day as the above, says: A party of twelve Americans who ha I fled from (itiaynas arrived here last night. They said tho :h?: 'plo were leaving (lie city by hundreds. Flu re was hardly a house but contained some victim of yellow fever. The authorities had ,'iven over the work of burying the dead to liired Indians, who went from house to house arrving tho bodies of those they siippt sed to be de:id crdying. The Indies wero juried sj rapidly that mistakes wero mado. md ii'nnv were put under pround while still living. This was mainly due to the disease, ! ivliicli. at a favorable turning p iint, leaves the 1 a' ient in a comatose state, mistaken bv ' ' * 1- Ai. r 1 1." :ho Indian unciortaKers utr uuaui. mu i whole eicy was panic s-tricken. 'lhe hut- ! limits luitl cIomxI their stores and nailed up tlio dmi's, n:ul a'l the restaurants were losed. Reports from Ilermosillo say that the fever is raging there. At Ma/atlnn its ravages are j jven more frightful than in (iuaymas. All ' tvh:> ran are leaving for the mountains. ear- i rying olF what bedding they c an pack, and a i little food. ^ FOURTEEN LIVES LOST. mo [ Kliin; Srli??nt*rn I'ocimtcr nnd all on Ho:ud I'l-riNh. A vessel which arrived at St. Johns, N. F. brought intelligence of two terrible disasters J luring tho recent heavy gales oft" the Gra'ul Banks that had not been previously re; orted. I'lie 8 'hooner Flying Arrow, with a. crow of seven men, beside Captain Jnkpeu, fi-hing master, s-ank with a'l hands. Tho banking schooner Freedom, Captain Hic!;man, and a crew of five men met a hiiiimw iulv. A novel effect has botn marlo by York- j shire choirs in England, singing in boats on the water gleea and part-songs, while tho audie listened to them on shore. ' LATER NEWS, The Dickey County bank, of Ellendale, Dakota, has suspended. While practicing a double somersault at rehearsal, George W. Ryan, an athlete connected with a circas performing at Efliug^am, II]., fell and was killed. A party of masked men forced their way into the jail at Rockingham, Va., took out a colored boy twenty years old, incarcerated for having assaulted a five-year-old white girl, and hanged him to a tree. Leading freethinkers from all parts of tho country participated in tho proceedings of the seventh annual congress of the " Nati jnal Liberal League'' in Milwaukee. Recent naval department lvports show that tho total strength of the United States navy is seventy-eight ships carrying 548 guns. Of this force there aro in actual service, either cruising or employed as receiving ships in navy yards, forty-two vessels carrying 412 guns with 5,134 men. Secretary Folger, in a letter to the civil service commissioners, expresses the opinion that the now civil service law, in tho matter of appointments, gives tho preference?other things being equal?to honorably discharged soldiers and sailors of the late war. Owing to the prevalence of tho foot and mouth diteae anicng cattle in England, tho secretary of the treasury has written to C'ol'ejtor ltobertson, of New York, setting forth the importance of vigilance 0:1 tho part of custom officers in regard to cattle which may bo imported into this country. The emperor of Germany, the Crown Prince Frederick William, tho Princes William and Frederick Charles, the Prince of Wales, the Icings of Spain, Saxony and Snrvia. and the dukes of Edinburgh. Con naught and Cambridge witnessed (ho parade and participated in the review of the eleventh army corps at Homburg-vor-der-Hohe. After tho par.ido a grand dinner was given to tiie royal visitors. By an explosion of fire damp in a mine near Unna, "Westphalia, fifteen minora were killed. A HORRIBLE OCCURENCE. Sickening Sce^ei at the Railroad Accident in Germany, Mors Than Fifty Human Beings AM I^J I... _ r "7* iviariyicu uy un express train. European papers give tho following details of (he recent railroal disaster at Steglitz, a village about three miles from Berlin, on tho Potsdam-Magdeburg-Colo^ne railway line: Tho fine Sunday weather had tempted to the place, as to all other suburban resorts, crowds of pleasure-seekers of the poorer clas=, including some patriotic societies, to celebrate the anniversary of Sedan. At the close ol the day the station was besieged by several hundred of the excursionists, enier to eet home by the first train from Potsdam. The station at Steglitz is furnished with insufficient waiting accommodation, and passengers going to Berlin hove to cross the rails in orrlei I to enter tho up trains. Until tho up trains | arrivo it is usual to detain Berlin-bound i pas-engers on the down platform, by mrans ' of a movable banner, such as is used at most crossings: and behind this barrier la3t night, toward 10 o'clock, an impatient crowd of 200 or oOO people wero waiting for the train that was to take them home to Berlin The train arrived, and, eager to secure seats, tho excursionists eith r burst, or jumped, or pushed back the 1 arrier-poles, and began to stream aero-s tho rails like a flock of sheep. This they did in spite of the shouts, remonstrances, and lantern waving <>f the rni'way officials of whom, however, it is said that there was an alto gether insufficient numl er?who saw, to their horror, that the Cologne exoress from Berlin was tearing down upon the station at the rate of a kilometer per minute. There was one heartrending and unanimous shriek which silenc.-cl oven the thunder of the approaching wheels, the heavy engine dashed in among the wedged and slruggliripShiass, and in another instant the line was strewn with the horribly muti'ated and dismembered i bodies of some forty human bVngs. For a distance of one hundred yards the line was covered with ho lies, all shockingly mutilated, and human fragiw nfc. Of one family of five arsons only one boy e: coped. Tiio kille 1 include four married cuuples, fivo members of the Shooters' company, with tlu f!agb(arer and three artillery corporal*. One of the lot er hal boih legs and his 1 heavy raber cut through as with a knife. I One girl had nearly reached the local | train when the draft caused by the ex- j press threw her under the locomotive. One i woman had both legs cut off, and on being < arried into the waiting-room gave birth to i a dia i chi d and expired. Another woman ; and a sailor in the imj erial navy were com- j pletely decapitated, and 110 vestiges of the heads have b en found. A child lmd one I hand cut off, and ono body wai entirely di- j vested of clothing. The driver of tin express train had u? ijo relieved, being unable to proceed after wit- j nes ing the scene of carnage. His locomotive was covered with nieces of flesh, bones, ! rags, nnd drem he I with blood. The line remained blocked for hours, while detachments ! of firemen a':d soldiers gathered the remains of the victims by torchlight." RIOTING ABROAD, Ten Croatian I'tamiirs Killed by iIip military. Six hundred peasants from Gradecz and Bellovar assembled at Farkasvvincz, arnv.'d with muskets, axes aud cudgoLs, shouting, 1 "We won't belong to Hungary!" A smaU body of military attempted to disperse the ( nmb, but were resisted am coinpeuu j m withdraw. Reinforcements arrived at mid- j night, which were received with a volley of ' stones and shots from the rioters. The i troops returned the fire, killing ten and wounding many of the mob. Two additional companies of infantry were sent from Agram to Forkasmincz to aid in suppressing the riot. The Harvests of the Aborigines. The harvest moon shines for the j pinenut harvest of the aborigines. In t his region the pinenut orchards of the red men are no more. They have; fallen before the ax of the white man. j Before the discovery of silver there ' were in this vicinity thousands of; acres of bearing trees, yielding yearly hundreds of bushels of nuts. At j Como, also, was a famous orchard?an j orchard that old Captain Truekee, whose bones now lie buried there, vainly strove to save. Now the l iutes must* go far away into the eastern part of the State to lind bearing tn es.! Many of the tribe go to Cowitch j mountain and other places in that di- j rection gathering the nuts. It is now - J 4. l??l ! tlieir OilIV IKUYr&L. x Uimcnj iurj nau j ii harvest of bunch grass, reaping it,! tying it up in sheaves, and threshing ! it just as our ancestors reaped and j threshed wheat in ancient times. But the cattle of tlie wliito man now reap the hunch grass on a thousand hiils, and reap it very close to the ground.? ( Virjiniu City (A?<\) Hnttrprise. "Six of One," Ktc. They were going to give a perform-! ance of the " 1'iccolom ni" at a provin-j eialth.atre. An actor from the me-, tropolis was to be the " star" of the ! evening and take the part of Isolani. i At the rehearsal during the banqueting set ne he ^aid to the footman, as he was about to present to him the inkstand in order to sign the declaration: "Ali! while 1 think of it, I wish to explain to you, my friend, that 1 have a little trick here for which you had better be prepared. When you hand me the inkstand this evening, 1 shall, | in my excitement, wipe my pen on your shirt-collar. Of course it will make a stain, but you will see?it will fetch the house !" " Capital !" replied the otln-r; "just at this pla e I, too, introduce a little trick of my own. As soon as you have wiped your pen on my collar I sha 1 deal you a tiemen nous nox on iiic ear. i/i cuiiuu 11 vi in hurt, but you will see--it will bring the house down F/ieijeii'/r Jilutti-r. An Interest In? Tal?!c. The following table shows tlje pro ; portion of homes to population in the citiis named: l'n\nthi'ion, So. of I'rwins hi /w. ihrrll'iKix. mhreUinj hilndolphia. 817.1.0 ll(J,tl2 cw oik-ans. 21 .oo) iv r?.y.i altinioio.... a /?.HIK! (l.iVl an I'nincisco S,!W :?l,110 t. Louis r.is 8.15 liiniyo ft Kt. 1.-5 til.O ?9 <V.'J I os' on :i y.8R) 4 !,'J41 8-2?; rooMyn.... .r?i;ii.Ci? 9.11 | incinnaii... L';T?,l::!> 'JS.017 {'.11 New I'orlt... 1 78,8:54 An uj-jCityJof Homes," Philadelphia takes the J??s?d, j POLITICAL NEWS. New Jersey Republican State Con Tention. Senator John Taylor presided at th New Jersey Republican State convention ii Trenton. Jonathan Dixon, of Essex county was n iminated for governor on the first bal lot. The following is the platform adopted I. The Republicans of New Jersey, in con vention assembled, declared as follows: i ney rtamrin, as to an questions or reoera policy, the doctrines enunciated by the las Republican national convention. ft. That we cordially approve tho wise an' conservative eourso of President Arthur' administration. III. That we congratulate tho countrj upon the successful application cf the prin ciples of genuine civil service reform in th< national administration, and favor the adop tion of the system in all branches of our Stati government. IV. "VVe believe that the prosperity am happiness of our own people are of para mount importance, and, therefore we msis upon a tariff so adjusted as to give full pro tection to home labor and industry and suf ficient to develop all resources of the country and we favor such wise and proper State leg islation as will protect honest labor from un fair competition. V. That we demand such a prudent an< economical administration of the affairs o 1 he State as will make needless any direc S ate lax. VI. That we hold it to bo one of tho mos imrnrntirp nf thn timn thnt nil system of Stato taxation should be so exactly e<]uitab!o as to reach all corporations as we] as all individuals. " A:1 property to b taxed," in the language of tne constitu tion, " under general laws and by uniform rules accordirg to its true value." That w are opposed toallencn achments of corporal power upon popular rights, and we demam that all monopolies which oppress the peopl and unfairly discriminate against their in terests shall be curbed and restrained b; [>rop< r legislation. VII. Tnat we favor legislation looking to ward the adequate protection and further de velopment of our fisheries. VIII. That we pledge to the candidate o this convention our earnest, hearty and en thusiastic support. New York Republican State Con vention. A.t the New York Republican Stato con vention in Richfield Springs tho followinf ticket was nominated: lor Secretary o Ktnfcn firncini 1 .Trmnnh R fnr-r onntrnllfir Ira l5avenport; state treasurer, Pliny T Sexton; state engineer and surveyor, S lai Seymour; attorney-general, Leslie W. Rus sell. With the exception of Mr. Sexton who was nominated on theflr3t ballot,the fore going are the present incumbents. Follow ing is the platform adopted: The Repub'icans of New York, in Stati convention, hold that ths record of the Re publican party in the past affords the besi guarantee of the party's purpose and acts ir the future. The preservation of the nation's life, the extension of freedom and equa rights to embrace all, the keeping of the national faith, the promotion of the na'.iona credit, the payment of the public debt, th( reduction of taxation, the protection of home industries, the elevation of labor, the purification of tho civil servic?, and, in fine, the administrative policy based upon wise legislation that l as given unexampled prosperity tc the country nnd promoted tne happiness and progress of the people, are achievements thai commend the Republican party to continued popular favor. We rejoice in the wisdom and success oi President Arthur's administration of the affairs of government, which commands universal respect throughout tho country, and has the confidence and support of the Republicans of the State of New York. Our senators and cur representatives in Congress have our thanks for their part in the reduction of internal taxation to the extent of $40,090,000. While the national credit is kept unsullied the public debt is being steadily reduced, and the defenders of the national life are justly the recipents of a grateful republic's bounty. We approve honesty and fidelity in governmental expenditure, tlie reduction of interest on the public debt, and the payment of the debt as rap idly as may l>e without unduly burdening the people; the bringing of taxation within the lowest practicable limits, the reduction 01 tho force of public officials to the lowest number consistent with the requirements of the service, and the adoption of every practical means that will diminish the burdens of taxation. We rejoice in the successful inauguratioi f civil service reform, a result of Kepubli can agitation and national progress, and in sist that the work thus auspiciously begui hall be prosecuted to complete success. We favor a system of tariff laws undei which, while revenue for tho government i provided, American producers are justly pro tected. American labor elevated, and hom< Inarkets are secured to lfbme products forthi advantage alike of the producer and laborer We favor the removal of all unjust burden upon American shipping and tho awarding o ocean mail contracts to the lowest bidder among owners of American vessels after opei competition. \\ e favor the establishment by Congress o a national bureau of labor statistics, witl the object of promoting tho industrial, socia and sanitary condition of tho people. r We favor the surrounding of the priman meetings, as well as the popular elections with the security of honesty and purity, ai indispensable requisites to correct pohtica action. The tendency to create monopolies requires checking by adequate legislation. Unjusl discrimination in transportation should 1* nmhiliitpfl. and violation of chartered privil egos justified the interruption of tho State t< correct the evils thus engendered. Tazatior should be equalized, and its burdens be borne proportionately by real and personal property and the policy of tho taxation of corpora tions is approved on the test of its practical operation. The froo canal policy of this State has in practice justified its adoption by restoring the canals to their usefulness, by bringing tc the State increased commerce, by assuming to it tho continuance of commercial prosperity. We approve of the plan of party reorganization in the city of New York, and recommend that it be persisted in to the end that it shall embrace all Republicans in the city of New York. We believe in the wisdom of the people in deciding all questions pertaining to the public welfare, and would accede to the desire of a large body of our citizens to submit to tiie voters of the State a constitutional amendment in regard to the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors. Democratic incapacity and inability tc administer government are demonstrated in tho conduct of the late legislature, where a two-thirds Domccratic maior ity was false to its pledges ami to pub li.' interests. The reckless partL-anship anc insatiable greed for office of the Democratic party brought it into contempt. Its specia legislation to make p!a-es for partisans and its inert as.-of the salary list to reward lav ontes, brought upon it public execration Its utter disregard of important public inter ests and increase of State taxation are of lenses not to bo condoned. The course pur sued in its cowardly attempt to evade the responsibility of the affirmative action 01 thi convict labor question and tc shirk the issue directly presented in the platform of the last Democratic State cniven tion, lias earned the dis:ru->s of taxpayers and the contempt of the working man. "It i) the duty of tho people to rescue the legislature from the control of an incompetent anc faithless party and from being tiie sport o p!aco-tiunters* and spoilsmen, and to secure i continuance of economical, eincient ana satis factory administration of the State depart ments'by the election of the ticket for Stat oflicers this clay placed in nomination. Narylnntl Democratic State t'onven tiOll. Following is the ticket nominated by thi Maryland Democrats at their State conven tion in Baltimore: For Governor, Rober McLane; comptroller, J. Frank Turner attorney-general, Charles B. Roberts. Th platform is as follows: The national Republican party has durini its tenure of power made the public lands th spoil of favored corporations, it nas squuu tiered tlio money of the country by main taining a horde of idle, profligate, and incapa b!o placemen. It has not during its tentir of jwwer in its tariff legislation given tha just ami equal protection to the industries o the country which it ought to havi afforded; " but has, on the contrary made the masses of the people pa] from their earnings enormous bountie t<> favored monopolies. It lias broken up tin eomineice of the United States in vessel carrying the national flag. It has permittee the unworthy men who planned and execute* the frauds, perpetrated in the presidentia election of ISO and 18^0, to deal with th patronage of the government and with th pub ic money in the treasury as if these grea trusts were the spoils of an enemy's camp. The Democratic conservative j arty of tin State demand that national taxation in a! its forms shall be limited to such amounts a are neces-nty for the economical administra tionof thegovernnieiir, for the payment o intere>t upon the public debt, and for the re demotion in each year of a fixed and rea >or:al)Ie pro|K>rtion of that debt. It will de maud such revision and amendment of th Federal laws relatingtashippingandcarriag of ocean freights as will restore our merchan ? fnnncr nrosweritv. I1U1I 111*-' l? ? - * . . The'Democratic c ouservalivo party of thi Si a to, in fullil me t of itsniedges made to th 1 <>!-h*. has lightened tho burden of taxation bv aliolishing oltices not lucessarv tor th piibiie s? rv.c \ by reducing salaries subjec t<> its control to the limit of the compensj tionsof i ersons en: aged in similar einploj i!.cuts in private life, a d it will continue ft efforts to devise such further legislation n w.ll give effect to a true and en ightene policy of governmental reform. It will endeavor to remedy any unjust, di; crimination a.uainst our local interests whic may be practiced by corporations in thi State. It will, while respecting the obligr tions of all existing contracts, confine withii the appointed limits ail exemptions whic any of such corporations, or the j ropert, thereof, may enjoy frcm he burdens ot' tax at^on imptsed on tho citizens of this Stat owning property therein, and it will preven the unreasonable extension of tho powers o such corporations by State or municij al legif lation, and it will keep such corporation under strict supervision. It will afford such protection as can t>e given by law to the health, permanent safety,and welfare of men. women aud children' " engaged in labor in this State. It declares ' that laboring men have an equal right with e the owners of capital to make peacca le HI n combinations for their own protection, and ,.jKH that such right ought to be recognized by* statute, and that the collection of statistics and information concerning the needs of .? various branches of industry and the abuses . which exist therein ought to be provided for by { ffaMachUMtti Republican State ConTenlian. H \ The Repub'icins of Massachusetts at their s convention in Boston nominated the follow- I ing tick't: Go\ ernor, George D. Robinson, j who rcc ived !>90 votes to 117 for Charles Francis Adams, ?r., a.) ror ueorge a. urucc, v b 0 for Thomas Talbot, and 14 scattering; lieutenant governor, Oliver Ames, who received 9 775 votes to U07 for Charles R. Codnian; sec- ; retary of state. Henry B. Pierce; treasurer,] Daniel A. Glen-on; attorney-general, Edgar . A. Sherman; auditor, Charles R. Ladd. t The p atform adopted reads: In presenting to H - the people of Massachusetts its candidate for ~ . State office the Republican party does not , f!e-jm it necessary this year to offer any formal statement of political principles, fhose BH I - principles have been often declared. In national affairs wo believe in equal ricrhts and a i fairly counted vote, a thoroughly f pure and reformed civil service beyond ?9H t the reach of party conflicts, a sound currency based on an honest specie dollar; a t liberal, but in no wise ex'ravagant or waster r ful expenditure; a largely rcduced taxation y and wise and well-matured laws to protect Bfl :l and develop American industry and enter- ' . 0 prise, both at home and on the ocean. Wa 1- indorse the administration of President - ' 1 Arthur as wise, conservative and MDfl e patriotic. As respects State affairs, |HB e we continue to believo in a widely i diffused education, an ever higher standard e of temperance legislation, a pure and ex tended suffrage, equal taxation, an intelli- HB y gent recognition of the rights of labor, as well as of capital, and we would take no step - H i- backward in regard to those philanthropic, i. charitable and educational institutions in the . constant development of whrh our beloved ' f commonwealth nas been ever foremost. All these thines we have many times asserted, and we appeal to the gradual and steady progresB unmistakably apparent through the records flfl of the last quarter of d'century, both in State B|| and nation, as proof that we have not as- HH sorted in vain. We stand ready to assert - them now, and to maintain them also. Meanr while we do not believe in that political f charlantry which makes a business of sham S , reform, mdiscriminatingly treating great . moral and humanitarian questions, public 9 offices and public issues as counters, ^H| - in a game, the sole end of which is , one man's political preferment; neither > . can we patiently see methods or political |^H . corruption unknown here before introduced into our State and municipal governments. ) Unless checked here and now these methods . will surely bring the politics of Massachusetts fW t to a level which wo have seen elsewhere, and i have not been slow to vigorously denounce BW i this year, therefor, the work of reform begins - '"ffifflW 1 at home, The L'sue is well understood. Wo > propose to blot out, in so far as we may, the I record of the most discreditable year in '.:QH| s the history of the State. It is a time, not for -r|U . many words, but for decisive action. We nrMont thorafnrp mir candidates as men r3S > simply pledged, if elected, to carry the administration of affairs back to those better 'U i days when our public men were not the first | to traduce the State, but if the State were SB ; traduced by others were ready to stand up. ?39 as did "Webster once, saying with honest pride: " Massachusetts, there she is; behold In ! her and judge for yourselves." JH| ; MUSICAL rn DRAMATIC, 1 Minnie Maddern will have a new play 0558 i next season, entitled "Ye Puritan Mayde." JMj Patti gave two concerts in Birmingham and Manchester, and received $5,000 for Strakosch will make a concert tour of I this country next spring with Mile. Van The new opera of " Manette," written by . Mr. A. G. Kobyn, has made a hit in St. Fanny Bloomfield, American born, is a i n-nmisins' nianist. say tho journals of Vi Emma Abbott has started out again and is singing to enormous audiences wKerever she Mb. F. Bret Haute, said to be a son of th /'^H j novelist, is a member of Boucicault's com' pany this season. SB It is stated that Josephy, the brilliant flH i ycung pianist, is engaged to marry a young --?33 lady of New York. H r Gerster has volunteered the proceeds of 3 two concerts for the Ischian sufferers before - coming to America. 3 John T. Raymond is engaged all over the . 3 country, from Kalamazoo to Montgomery, for every day up to June 7, excepting two. f Miss Maud Banks, daughter of General : N. P. Banks, will this season go on the stage fm * as an elocutionist. She has been training in f The Philadelphia Ledger says that $600 II i per annum wou d be a maximum salary for a 1 j singer in a church choir in thai city, except in special instances. r Anna Dickenson* and her company are re- flB , hearsing in New York, and will begin the SB s season under Mr. Jason Wentworth's manage- HH 1 ment at Steubenville, Ohio. Emperor William, of Germany, has de- Vfl ' sired that Lortzin^'s ''Undine " shall be prodn/wi nt t.hn beeinnin? of the winter season 5 at the Royal opera-house in Berlin. * > Joe Jefferson says: "If actors would t treat their fun-making as thoughtfully, earn> estly aud with as strong a desire to be artistic ( as they do their pathetic work, the class of BH . fun on the stage would be vastly better and I more amusing." Wagner's "Lohengrin" will be given next spring in Buenos Ayres. This will be JH ; the first time chat a work of Wagner's has > been performed in S;,uth America, as that country takes its operatic ware direct from ' ' Italy. It is the influence of the German element which is turning the scale. Mr. Harry W. French's illustrated lectures for the coming season bear the follow; ing significant titles: "Wondc-i-s of Our West," '/ Haunts and Homes on the Hudson." fl| "Amone-the White Mountains," "A Ramble * ]Q| 1 in tho British Isles," " Three Cities of Italy." ; "The Land of theMidnicht Sun," "Syria KM and Ejryptj" "Paris and France," "India," MB 1 and "The Wild New England Coast." . Stuttgart, in Germany, is said to be the head center for schools of music in the ( world. There is a great number of musical pensions, and in some streets, when the H| weather requires open windows, the continual sound of young ladies practicing upon pianos H is almost maddening to pedestrians upon the M fide walks, who can hardly hear the sound of their own voices, which are drowned in the din. Mr. Louis C. Elso.v writes from Italy to H the New York Music and Drama tho following: " I heard some really excellent singing 4B , y an American la iy resident in Naples. She fl is known in concerts as Mine. Athee, and has been a pupil of Warfel, of Paris, and Belari, of Paris, now in your city. It was a genuine m I surprise to hear so great a voice. She has flj ? great dramatic expression, a large compass, H . and much brilliancy or execution." An excnange is responsible for the follow- -H t ing: "The opera-going portion of the Swedish fljj j ix..pulation must be exceedingly honest, for a H ) visitor to a Gothenburg opera-house says that 1 ev.ry one hung up his hat and coat in a / 'jM f lobby, without apparently any watchful eye 1 over theni. No tickets were given, and those - who chose to take fresh air, or anything else - between the acts, passed in and out without 8 2 return checks or any heed being paid to their movements, and this in a house packed by l,S00 persons." JU Times have changed since George Frederick Cooke, early in the century, paid his visit to -.M| America ; actors were then content with a ' JB3 3 very moderate sca'.e of remuneration ; they d ' did not demand the stijjends of viceroys, am \ baisadors or lord chancellors. Cooke, one of the most famous tragedians of his time, 0 was engaged for ten months to plav at New . JH York, Boston, Philadelphia anu Baltimore, V 5 upon a salary of twenty-five guineas (say 0 $i:;0) per week, and a benefit at each place ; * * * l" I his passage irom i,ivt-ij*iui ^ .. ? ' i a:a, ana he was further to receive a sum of *1 twenty-five cents i>er mile for traveling ex- M I jienses between the said cities. PROMINENT PEOPLE, J| Coleridge.?Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, ' 4m , ot Great Britain, now in this country, is the -3 ^ recipient of much public attention. i> Blackburn.?It is said that ex-Governor 1 s Blackburn, of Kentucky, intends to found an 1 institution in Louisville for the cure of inj I ebriates and opium eaters. M ,1 Polk.?The eightieth anniversary of the e birth of Mrs. James K. Polk, widow of M c President Polk, was observed at her residence """'SB Xf.H! PnIL- Itvilrv ljL-o n ^ t ill isasnvnie, xi-Liu. a. ? lady of sixty. s Logan.?United States Senator Logan has 1 j a son for whom a military career is proposed. x The younR man has just l asted a successful <: - examination toenterthe West Point academy f as i adet-at-large. Villard. ?The true name of Henry Villard, president of the just completed Northern Parifle railway, is Heinricn Hilgaril. Ho as1 sumed " Villard " as a nom do plumo when ho J was writing Western letters to a New York 1 i?i];er. Browning.?Mr. Robert Browning is fond r of dining out in London, and is a good storyteller. In his dress lie is scrupulously neat. ' London World says that everything that t C'arlys'e is or aspires to be in prose Sir. Browning is in iwetry. Hughes.?Thomas Hughes, known to fame s as " Tom Brown/' has reached America on "s his way to his Rugby colony in Tennessee. I j I lie Is accompanied by several Englishmen, [ who will return with him to the oliC country j ... I in October. Mr. Hughes is a county judge j I, I now, having been cnoien 10 mat position i s ' ub ut a year ago. . [ Kkicsson.?Captain John Ericsson, the u ! coK brated inventor, is eighty years old, and g h'| vet devotes all his time to inventions at his I y ; humble home in New York. A correspond- M > j eut who visited the inventor of the Monitor B e i found him a short, thickset person, not look- M it ing to be more than fifty years of age, with H ? hair slightly touched with gray, and side j- whiskers that have hardly passed from their M b native color. He talked shortly and with a fl tinge of abruptness in his vole* M fciHrtririYnmni