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JBBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.| BY HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY; NOVEMBER 21, 1883 NO. 21. VOLUME XXVIII. |jl CONSTANCY. iie said : Andleanod as ho spuko <>n the pasture l>ars. That ho vowed l?v the heavensli'.uo? By tue silvery Moon and the shining stars?j Toewr prove leal and true. I 'Men change, 'tis {nie," ho ?aid, ' hut oh! Believe me. my own dear luve, Affection liko mine, as time will shows Has a strength that no power can move. SHE SAID: ?? . . . . i r "i>o rear or do.'ors. oeioveu, mm: i. For loop in this h< art of mine Ib a lo>*o that will never dim or die, But will last for aye?like thine !'* Ho gave her a ri?? and a fond caress, While her tears like n torrent fell; As with falt'ring w.>rds ami in sore distress, He bade her a loii? farewell. But the ninn in the moon, who had often viewed , Such tender ft oiks, T ween, Winked knowingly then, as the lovers stood | Beneath, in the silver sheen. * * >s * * # i wo summers wi; n o.cssnin aim uuii hitu gone. Two winters -.villi fr. st and snow ; ^nd n^iiin, the man in the mo<>n looked down Dn the whirling v.v.rld below. ^ And what did lie see Why, the loVer had ( won A widow with wea'tli galore, While the maiden lu i wedded, that very, morn. The clerk of a dry g^ods store. Quoth the ma:i in the mo m : "It's exactly now As it was wli n the world liepan ; No weaker thin;; than a wonmn's vow, Excepting the vows of a man.'' JLUVOM UU fai'vn IHV- luuti m liie nicon Such cynical views of life That this is th- io:isoii lie lives alono And never l:a.> taken a wife BROTHER AM) SISTER. ""What is you- name?" * Clip.** "Kather appropriate, I .f^ncy," ol> 6crvcd Jack ( r;:nfi (ywiitr the dwarf- ! ish figure of llu? lad bffore him. "AYhoj do you belong to:*'. "xonmiv." "Well where on earth did you come; - from?'' " Clipper Cranford indulged in a hearty lnuirh. j "You want to know if you can stay | here, eh? Yes. you may, hut I warn you 1: that you won't get rither fat or rich very j soon unless vou l-.uvc better luck than the ; rest of us." <;Can Clipper conic too?" inquired the i boy, with an upward glance of his sharp < black eyes. ! I " " Who in the name of all the gods is | Clipper? Your dog, <-h?'' 11 "2^0, she hain't a dog, she's a gal, my ; sister.'' " A\'l iorp Oi/? nnw?M I < "Down b~ the gully washin' licr feet j 'cause thev hurt." "How old is she?" ''Don't know; l-ii-y.-r'n me. though." j1 "Concise and explicit." remarked ( ran- j j ford, with an amused smile. " You had I better run along and bring her up to camp. j; It is growing dark and vou mav get i lost." ^ " * | < " Clipper never gets lost, she can go ! > anywhere," he asserted in a tone which : bespoke the utmost contldncee in his f Bister. i i Cranford watched the boy as lie . I bounded nimbly down the hillside. " Hi-ch-hi-eh-hi.'" he sang at the top of ( his voice. A musical " llo-eh-ho-ch ho*' : resounded through the hills and the next l moment a slim girl darted forward, ? _ caught Clip in her arms, kissed him and ] then gave him a sharp slap on the cheek. I "Ye hateful little to'icl, I thought ye was lost," she said by way of explaining 1 the dual reception she had given him. u Where ye bin?" I Clij) rubbed his face and muttered < resentfully: " Up there, found a camp, the man | 1 wants ye to coine too." j1 "Oh, ( lip!she cried, not heeding j ] his answer. "I was scared?I thought j ] they'd caught ye?I wish ye wouldn't' run off like tint." The exclamations j< were uttered in a breathless soil of way, ! ' and she placed her aims protect ingly i ] around him. A very pretty picture she j made as slur stood there. The golden i I red rays of the setting san glimmering I athwart the live oak boughs, threw I' fantastic shadows over her gypsy-like face. I i Her scant costume, consisting of a brown ! petticoat and sack, and a gay colored , Mexican shawl draped Spanish fashion : 1 around her head and shoulders, gave her j i a quaintly picturesque air. Jack ('ran- }: ford, who had strolled leisurely after the j ] boy, appeared in view on a declivity a 11 couple of yards above them. Catching a 1 glimpse of him she started back a few ' steps, then lifted her d:irk, imlf-terrilicd : eyes to his face. "It's only the miner,' whispered Clip, [ in an assuring tone. ! i IJand in hand theyadvaneedta^vithin ? ?a- distance froniwJjK^lie sfrfllT. * Just thcfi il TuTii appeared oji ; the other side of the camp clearing. | The girl's sharp eyes discovered them, i and in an instant she was at Cranford's ( side, grasping his arm "Don't let them touch him!"' she cried, her dusky face growing almost white. j < "Nobody shall harm either of you," said Cranford, laying his hand on her! shoulder. . j "Hello, Jack!" called out one of the j party, "who arc your visitors?" "Clipper and I "lip. of Clipper Onp," ' he responded. Then to the girl, " Vou j needn't be afraid; they all belong to our camp." "You were afraid of me, eh?" queried | the P'-.wcomer, I>ick Emory, "what ' dreadful crime have you been pcrpetrat-1 ingP "I didn't do nothing lmd." she re]>lied ) with a touch of childish dignity, "but he," indicating lier brother, "stole, lie! hain't/got no one but me to look after I him, and they were going to put him in : the refuge, so we run away." 'Poor little creatures." said Dick, his r pleasant-toned voice full of tender pity, j "So you thought we were ogres sent to ! capture you." Meantime the other miners had gath- j ered around the children, for the girl ; was a'child in years, although a hard ex perionce hud left little of the child nature . m "her. * nTm not scared now,'' she iinnounccd. glancing toward the group of rough men. | " If ye'II let us stay I'll work for ye. Can cook an'wash, can't I, Clip?'' The youngster screwed <ip one eye and i nodded his head in an impish sort of j way, which caused the mincia to laugh I heartily, and they all expressed ? desire to keep them for awhile at least. I-ater on they learned that the children Verc orphans. They never saw their f&her, but had been told that he hva died before Clip was born. Soi\y three years before their mother, win;, on her death-1 Kn/t Viarl fii'irm'i] tllf'j-i-l tfi t;ike ('.in! of i liUM -w... -her brother, who-Ahl! proved the tornicrit j of her lifp, out whom, nevertheless, she j low** passionately. ' I tried to make him good." she asserted, with a pathetic sigh, " but he'd ' steal every chance he'd get.'' Her real name, she told Dick Emory, j was Carrita, and her brother's Ignatio, bnt (hey were called Clip and Clipper, because they were born in Clipper Cap. Dick Emory was young and handsome, even in his rough miner's dress. There was something c.mtagious about the j ? :_ii. a?i -Hr./I lilc iltirlr-hlun eves IHlI tll Hint. IV1VM ... _ and spread itself over his frank, boyish face. His courtesy and good-nature rendered him a general favorite with his companions: consequently they were not i surprised when Clipper exhibited a i i. marked preference for his sx-iety. She I* seemed to anticipate his slightest wish, and whenever he rewarded her with a smile a crimson flush would steal into her brown checks and her beautiful dark eyes would glow with pleasure. The girl was so young and childish i n many ways that noonedreamed she was capable of loving. And she, herself, was too simple and ignorant to comprehend the meaning of the joy ^us pres-j boforp? n??v^ i nat was enough. Past sor- ! *W\\.> wore forgotten: she was satisfied? , infinitely s>?\\}*.h the present, ami never . gave a thought t > the future. Did Km(?ry know, was lie conscious of the love ' he had inspired in the breast of this ehild-wonian { No; the sentiment was shrouded in such exquisite purity that j even hr> wsi* not aware of its existence. All womanhood was sacred to him, even this embryo woman, who was touching i his life with her love, and he lleatcd her , with a deferential tenderness, not for the , pu!|?so oi' winning her regard, but be- ' Jin nruihl tint /1a nt)i(*r\viflp< alas! for the peace of poor, ignorant little Clipper! Kvcry touch of his hand, i ' very soft inflection of his voice-, drew | the meshes closer around he'.'. After tho children had lieen in the en??p several months the rainy season set I in. and with it a low fever, which at- : tacked even th" mn5t robust miner. It i was Clipper proved herself a minis- I lering angel. She refined to sleep, or i even rest, when she fancied any of the sick men required her care. Emory had a slight attack. I>ut recovered in a I few days. "When all thought the disease i had spent itself the faithful young [ nurse was stricken down, but 111 her , case it assumed a far more serious form: ? the rcm< dies that had proved belielicial ! to the others kiiv hoi- iio relief. F'xally, a |il>yJri;in w as summoned from the nearest town. l>ut his skill was of 110 avail. One evening Kmory was fitting near the camp-bed upon whicli the girl was tossing restlessly. ' I'oor little clipper?'' I10 murmured, 1 tenderly stroking the dark hair hack j from her burning forehead. "You must ) try to get well, for 1 want to take you to : Frisco next week. I nm going to tell ' you a secret," he went on, hoping to in- I tcrest her. A slight movement of her J head indicated her desire t<? hear it. J ' You see, when I came up here, about two years ago, I left one of the sweetest i little girls in the universe in San Fran- I o'wn Kli? nrmnised to be HIV wil'C ?S ! soon ?s?" j A low moan broke from llic fever- ! parched lips. "What is it. dear? Are von in pain?" \ lie questioned in a gentle, almost woman- ! ly voice. "I have tired you with my j nonsensical talk. There." bunding over ; )-? a mother might over asiekehild, "let i me bathe your head awliile. I will keep very quiet and perhaps you can sleep." l,Ni>. tell me all about it," she pleaded, laying her hot hand in his. "I like to hear ye talkin'." "There isn't much to tell," he re' - - << ^ I srtned, anxious to please ncr, except i that I love her better than any one in the | whole world and hope to make her my ; wile next week." "Hetter'n me?" she questioned, in a t strange, surprised voice. Her dark eyes i were looking out yearningly from he- j n.cath th<'ir heavy lids, and Emory grew 1 ; in! arrassi d under the searching gaze. ' My? my love for you is?something ililferent? li'ce a father's for a child?a j !>rother's for sister's." he stammered. "An' ye like her hetter'n me?hetter'n j me?" she repeated the words in a far sway voice. Then with a sudden move lie threw her anus around his neck, lrew his fare down and kissed it, saying: " I like you hetter'n Clip?hetter'n the whole world." "You are making her talk too much. 1'mory. you remember the doctor said J he must be kept quiet." Tt ? 1??L- wlin ennlco. The I It ??.-> V . , rounder man arose. ' Yes.*' lie assented, huskily, "she j annot hear agitation. Perhaps you can : >oothe lier to sleep." |, lie turned away and the next moment j tvas striding up the mountain as if hop- : ng to escape the torture that tilled his leart. "Good God, is it possible that that ! iluld has learned to carc for me," he ! tsked himself. "And have I done aught :o win her love. No, God knows I never 1 reamed of such a thing. I looked upon tier as n child ?a guileless child to whom lie sentiment of love was unknown." Dave Poole was the lirst man he met ulifn lie ret is rued to eamo an liour later. ' How is Clipper?" he asked, glad | I hat it was ion dark for the man to ob- I serve his imitated air. ' On the liume stretch. I reckon, poor ; little gal! She's lieen asking fnr you." lie re| onded. Mowing hi< nose vigorously, lioping thereby to keep the tears from j liis eyes. Kraory stepped softly into the tent j where she lay. Death was dealing gently ivith her?aye, even more gently than j life had. A drawn look about the mouth j was the only visible trace of his presence. Seeing her lips move, he drew near. *- L 1 * ?* -- ' b ' bill iidt/irA Tl'O ! duty mi*?uui uii uiu uiii ? ?un,iv ??v, ; went one day?to git flowers. It is I uiglier heaven up there/' was what she I said. The <lay that she was laid to rest on j ihi! hill that was nearest heaven the ! miners gathered around the grave and ciii;' "The Sweet Bv and By" for j her mpm-m. It was the only sacred j song they knew, and they sang it with i Fervor as if each hoped to meet poor I little Clipper again " on that beautiful j diorc." Clip rather enjoyed the excitement, [ probably for the reason that he did not |i comprehend his loss. The miners spoke ! more gently to him. The best of ever}-- | fTrtn- in the way of food was given him, ;uid taking it all together he had a very . good time. In the years which followed, Emory | tried, lor ( Uppers saKe, to mane an | honest man of her brother, but, as the j poor child expressed it, "he'd steal every chance he and at last reports Clip was servii; gratuitously, the State of Californi:^ .Modern Courtship Scene. "And you really love me dearly?" he asked, as lie coiled his arm about her wasp-like system. 4,And you'll always l 5V 1U\ U 11IU Ml* 44 Always, Frederick; ever so." "And von pledge me to sew but?" t4 Sir!"" u You pledge me to so beautify my ! life that it will always be as happy as now?"' 44 With my last breath, Frederick." 44 And, darling, you will mend my stoc?" 44 Your what, sir?" 44 You will mend my stock of knowledge and draw me upward and onward to a better existence 41 It will be the pride of my love so to do, Frederick; 1 will sacrifice all for your complete happiness." ' - .t ? I ""I KHOW I!i;u, swvtlm-iii i. nut ou|i- I Iiose in the fullness of time some acci- j dent should happen to?to?say the trou?" " You forget yourself, sir. To the what!" ' To the trousseau: would it defer the hour that makes you mine?"' "Never, Frederick. I am yours, mind ! and heart, ami naught can se]>arate us." "And you will care forme ever, my soul, and I for you, for though I may never have a shir?" "Enough! J.eave me forever." "But listen. Though I may never have a shirking disposition, 1 shall some times, pernaps. m mu mih^ic <,i Jllt, forget the plain duty?" ' All. I'll remind you of it. Frederick, in tender actions, ami make the duties of existence so pleasant of performance that to avoid them will he pain." And so on. That's modern courtship. Lots of abstract swash, but a manifest disinclination tc contemplate such conveniences as buttons, socks, trousers and shirts.?Chicnyo Tribune. A Domesticated Eagle. "A workman," says El li'i, "who l?.,c nrimiif/i/1 ffrt-lin l; .|,.l ml V llV Ill's "UO ?*V?JUHVM ? vv.t..... "V fortune in the hunting field as well as for his success in training wild birds and animals, had succeeded in domesticaling an eagle so far that the bird would come down from the greatest height in answer to a simple sign or a slight whistle. The eagle Hew about with the pigeons, causing no little consternation among them at first. It used to fly long distances, but came back two or three times a day to take its food out of the hands of its master. After a few days, however, a flock of cables was seen in the neighborhood, and their domesticated fellow disappeared with his friends, never to return." The newest imported sealskin sacks are lined throughout with fur, thus making them doubly warm. ' FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD Liming Ulrndoivn. Liming meadows or old pasture land.' with, say thirty bushels to the acre, say? the Orange, Qninty luinnrv, has nil I'fTeel Upon the condition of the crop of gras; that few fnrhicrS would helievti WiHinul jrivinjf it a trial. In faet> wfc do not know limv the same amount Of, nionej can be expended upon land, with thfc&ihi* profit. It is ndt *>niv certain but lasting. We liavc known farmers to pasture meadows fifty years withon\ being turned uj by the simple ajiplicatinn of lime Hncc in six br ten yca^. These pasture.' which hrb regarded as permanent and mostly abound in clay molds, after being grazed down thoroughly, are restored knCe-deep in from five to six weeks. Wc do not hesitate to say that nowhere haf lime a more marked elTect and can lie used with better results than in the renovation of old pastures. Vilnl'ly off Seeds, It is well known among gardeners and seedsmen that while some kinds of seeds Ix-tain their vitality for many years. others soon lose it eveh wheii kept undef ivlint urC supposed to be the most favorable conditions. As a rule, seeds toiltaining considerable oil, like the sunflower and mustard, retain their vegetative powers much longer than the dry and farinaceous kinds. The thick shells of some seeds mi<rht be considered ns it protection against loss of vitality, but we do not find that the larger nuts can be kept for any considerable length of time, or seldom more than one year, while some of the smaller seeds, with an apparent thin covering, like the pea and bean, will vegetate when a dozen years old if kept under anything like favorable conditions. Onion seed will seldom vegetate after the second year, while turnip seed will remain sound for half a dozen years, and if kept in a cool room for twice that length of time. Perhaps the best possible conditions under which to keep most vegetable seeds is in a cold, dry atmosphere. There is, however, much to be learned in regard to preserving the vitality of seeds, and the man who undertakes to investigate all the phenomena in regard to the vitality of seeds has a large and interesting field before him.?New York- Sun. lTIanure nnd irinniirinfo Every season the inquiry is made, What manure is most suitable for the garden? I prefer good stable manure that has been turned once or twice to any otlur, and if some bone-dust has been mixed with it in turning, so much the better. If good ashes can be obtained, so much the better, as a handful or so, applied to the hill or spread along the row and worked into .'lie soil when hoeing, will prove of great benefit to the crop. Commercial fertilizers are much praised by some, but my experience witn them has been rather variable. In wet seasons, on good ground, they produce very satisfactory results; but in the event of severe drought the result is quite variable. If your grapevines, pear or app'e trees show a lack of vigor, give them a good dressing of well-rotted manure and work it under with the hoc or fork. I)o not spread it in a small circle around the stem of the plant, but at a considerable distance beyond. No manure can be much better for this purpose than that from a well-decayed compost heap, and do not forget your currants, gooseberries and raspberries at the same time. . The asparagus bed will also be considerably benefited by an application of this compost, or, if this is not at hand, scrapings of rich, earth from the barnyard or from where a manure heap has stood will ?.?11 Jf cw.o/l r\n fr/im +l,,v>n iiua^u ua ? til, iX r?JflV?IY4 V/<> 1IVUI % 141 vv to four inclics (or more) in depth.?ltural New Yorker. Bnirjr Cdwk. Never before in American history has there been anion# the most tliiiikini^- men engaged in the dairy and stock business according to the lJurlington Jlmrlrt/r, so earnest reaching out for a typical race of cattle suited foi the dairy, and which at the same time shall be well fitted for beef production, as is witnessed at the present time. All the races of cattle at all suited for dairy purposes are brought to the test, and probably no great length of time will elapse until grand results in this direction will be achieved. The diminutive breeds common to the Channel Islands, although proving to be of superior merit for the single purpose of me Duuer umrv, ujiii iiuvit uuuuihu lar among the mass of our people for the general purposes for which neat.stock is kept. Amplitude of size for beefmaking is one of the prime requisites in this species of stock, ami the intelligent farmer will be satisfied with no breed or race that does not possess this requisite merit. The llolstein nice is now under trial as a dairy stock, and so far has given general satisfaction. This race attains to good size, yet as a rule is better fitted for dairy purposes than for beefmaking, lacking somewhat in the compactness of form that is essential in critical markets for this purpose. The Holstcins have long been a standard breed in a dairying country, and came to us with a long ancestry, carefully bred by a painstaking people for the single purpose of the dairy. It will not be at all surprising that this breed, crossed with the beef-producing shorthorn, would develop into the type of neat stock for the double purpose of the di.l.*y and beefmaking, and thus (ill an urgent need now upon us. Time will solve the question, and wc shall not have long to wait. Purifying Knncid flutter. Rancid butter is an exceedingly undesirable article for, generally speaking, when once butter lias lost its sweet, milky flavor and attained a rank, unpleasant taste and odor there is little hope for it. It is a much easier matter to keep the butter sweet than to restore it after it has become rancid. There arc several methods by which it is claimed that rancid butter may lie purified, but tin's dries not mean that anv nrocess will ever make rancid butter a really good article again; it only means that it can be brought back to a sufficiently improved state to admit of its being consumed where economy forbids throwing it into the soap-grease jar. Perhaps one of the best methods is one that Professor Willard indorsed and a number of practical buttcr-workc follow. Melt the rancid butter in twice its weight of boiling water and shake it well occasionally when in the water. By this process the acids producing the rancidity are dissolved and partly volatilized; the oil rises to the surface leaving the impurities in the water. The butter, of course, loses its consistence l>y this operation, but that may be restored to it, to a great extent, by pouring it, when melted, into a large quantity of ice water. A second process consists in melting the butter in a clean vessel under a slow and regular heat, and while it is melting add two ounces of pulverized alum to every five pounds of butter, the butter being stirred gently while melting. When thoroughly melted it is strained through a fine strainer into clear, cold water. The butter will rise to the surface, more or less pure or transparent. The alum coagulates the albumen, the cascine and other foreign matter, all of which are retained in the strainer. AVhen the butter is sufHcientlv cool to be in "i i .-.-I... 4..i? 1 good worKing orucr ]i i* uim-u uut mm thoroughly worked, adding to each live pounds of butter throe ounces of good dairy salt and one ounce of pulverized white sugar. Another mode of treating rancid butter is as follows: First agitate the butter in hot water to extract the salt. After standing awhile it soon separates from the water, when it must be again agitated with an equal volume of fresh hot water and ii few ounces of fresh animal charcoal to the pound 01 muter, inc charcoal must l?c in coarse powder and free from dirt. It is freed front charcoal by straining through a fine cloth while still hot from the water by the difference in specific gravity. The butter when cold is well worked with fresh milk, to which a little sulphate of lime lias been added, and then reworked and salted. Household IfintK. Oatmeal cookies combine many good qualities, and will be relished by child . rcn. Make them just like nil ordinary conkv, using two-thirds oatmeal and onethird wheat flour. ' Light kid gloves may he nicely cleaned 11 with a little fresh milk, white Castile or t common snap, and a clean white cloth. ' j Huh n little soap, whetted with the milk, I (?ii Die ntld upc a clean portion of - the clotii each tinie; Cold hbiletl rice left Over from dinner ' makes bxfcclient iidt paricakcs for next I morning's breakfast whfcn mixed 1rith rt ! I little Hour; milk, one egg and a spoonful 1! bf sugar td form a rather still hatter. ! Then frv in a vbrv little hbt butter; I j . IT the family is very small, itnd lar^c; , j loaves of bread arc likely to beeomastalc | before they can be eaten, it is a good ' plan to make two little loaves for one tin , | They "will keep their shape all right, and j will not run together or adhere any more ' i than rolls or biscuits do. Apple custard pic should be baked with an under crust only. The filling is delicious if made of one pint of sweet milk, one pint of smooth apple sauce, .! well sweetened, three eggs; flavor with j a little cinnamon. This will make two i small sized pies or one very large one. j A tiit'c dish for breakfast Is made by in flilM cIlPOC I WIIJIIJ4 IVUVlVllVlIin 4U IM1I1 UUV.VU , i stew them in wnter until they fire nearly i done; then put a little luitter in a saucc pan, and fry them till light brown; ' serve them on buttered toast, with ! mashed potatoes and raw tomatoes sliced ! thill. A way to cook beefsteak, which makes j it almost ns good as when broiled, is to 1! heat a spider red hot and put in the j steak, after pounding it for a few ; moments. Turn quickly and often, and j serve immediately when done, with a J piece of butter on the top. No lard or ! fat should be put in the pan. j Delicious oatmeal gruel may be made I by stirring a cupful of oatmeal into a howl of water, allowing it to stand for a j few minutes until the coarsest particles have fallen to the bottom, pouring oif I t)w wdtnr ntirl rpnnntinrr the onerntioil ,,,v ""l * o -r--" once or twice. The water should then 1)0 boiled, stirring it constantly until it is sufficiently cooked. i Potato eako is easy to make and very nice. Take the mashed potatoes left from dinner and remove all lumps; soften with a little milk, one egg, a pinch of salt, and a spoonful of sugar; mix in enough sifted flour to make a dough, and then make into a cake to fit a round griddle, and about an inch or more thick. Dust with flour only, and place on the griddle over a rather slow fire; turn often, and when half done cut in triangles from the center. These cakes are to be eaten hot with butter. Thev are very healthful, as they contain no soda. Barley soup is excellent if the stock is sufficiently rich. To make it so cut j three slices of lmeon and two pounds of I *!%/? t\f i r? evr??ill nionno* Til if I them in a saucepan or small kettle with i a pint of water. Let this simmer for i three quarters of an hour, then add one i small onion, a carrot, two stalks of celery, I a bouquet of herbs, half a teaspoonful of ! black pepper, a teaspoonful of salt, and i two quarts of water. Let this boil for at i least two hours, then take from the fire, ! and when cold remove the fat or scum | from the top, strain the soup, nnd put on ; the fire, and add a pint of barley which j has been washed and soaked in cold water for three hours at least. There should be a pint of the barley after it is soaked. This is the proper proportion for two quarts of soup. - . 8 Qunrrying Marble. In an article in Harper** Monthly?"A Vacation in Vermont"?Herbert Tuttle says of the marble quarries: The "West lint land quarries are not, like those of Dorset, in the side of a great mountain, hut seem to form the bed of alow hill or ridge rising very little above a level. The excavations foilow, therefore, nearly vertical lines directly into the earth; and J the cuts themselves, which arc shaped to j the seams of the stone, have at the surI face an eastward inclination of about j forty degrees, then of sixty, and again of I twenty, until in some places they are alI most perpendicular. The cuts are j marked olf from fifty to seventy feet j long, twelve to sixteen feet wide, and about four feet deep, and are afterward subdivided into desired or convenient sizes. Some of this work, under ledges and in close quarters, is still necessarily done by hapd; but the substitution of machinery for manual labor is nowhere more strikingly illustrated than in a Vermont marble quarry. Three of the machines thus used may be described. For the diamond borer or drill the power is steam, and the work is done by two drills terminating in I diamond points about one foot apart By going frequently over the course a close line of holes is formed, not unlike the perforated division between postage stamps, and as the instrument works with great rapidity, it makes a cut one foot deep and seventy-five feet long in one day. It can be adjusted to any angle near the perpendicular, and is used for upright drilling. Another machine, the Ward well, for vertical work, is a species of locomotive on a track, along which it moves backward and forward, and makes complete cuts by means of systems of chisels acting on the trip-hammer principle. There are two of these, four or fivn font nnnrf jinfT lioth sides of a lllock are therefore cut at oncx*. The horizontal eut is made by the Ingersoll drill. It is 11 small instrument hanging and movable 011 a fixed cylinder, and adjustable there to an angle either above or below the horizontal. The power is supplied in the form of steam in rubber pipes. Beside these three leading varieties there are other machines, differing in slight details, all of line for special kinds of work, but difficult to describe in the language of a layman. The final rupture between a block and its ancient bed is an interesting process. Let us suppose the two cuts to be made, one nearly -vertical, and the other, or horizontal one, at right angles to it, and both one or two feet deep. A series of wedges is then inserted into the openings, and :i man with a heavy hammer goes along tapping them lightly one after another. As they are driven in. the menlisten sharply for the efTeet, the erack gradually widens, the great mass of stone begins to heave and swell under the strain, the quick ear of the experts detects the critical moment, and a simultaneous blow on all 1hc wedges throws the monster loose. Now and then, of course, a failure is made, and a block splits in two. But the judgment of the workmen is singularly correct, and the block is generally thrown out in its full integrity. Three Ways of Opening Oysters. A Ww York restaurant keeper says: There are three ways of opening oysters?cracking, stabbing and sculling. Have you ever been in an oyster saloon and stood up to the counter and eaten' raw oysters? Well, a cracker is a man who opens oysters by laying them on the block and breaking off the shell with his knife first, after which to open the oyster is easy work. It is the old-fashioned style, but is gradually falling into disuse for the reason that particles of the shell and mud arc liable to fly into the face of the customer or remain on the oyster when opened. Stubbing an oyster is a Koston style. It is gradually being introduced all over, and must supersede cricking ere long. To stab an oyster the bivalve is held in the hand. The knife is then run in until it catches the eye of the oyster,and then the shell is dexterously taken off. Some men lay-the oyster on the block and stab them instead of holding them in their hands, but the principle is the same. A Trick of the Trade. William Petty was a most successful fumbler but bv a oncer trick. As he sat at the table with u pile of coin before him there lay nt his hand a twenty-dollar gold piece that was hollowed out and contained a mirror. Hy holding this at an angle of forty-five degrees behind a stack of coin in front of the dealer he could see every card held by his opponents, lie was recently arrested at Portland, Oregon, with three false pieces in his possession. The annual value of the poultry prod. ucts of the United States is estimated at $600,000,00' THE ONE-EYED PASSENGER, HIS FELLOW-TRAVELERS THOUGHT HIM CHICKEN-H?ASTED. Dnt IEc I'rovt-d tlic Hcvcrsc When the IIo;kI apfcnln Cjiiiic?-A IVcnN cru siiiuc-t'oacli ICyisoilc. ' ! The Detroit Free J'rf** tells how a | humfoer of passengers traveling in n I tVesfprn sfiurp-roni'li wen* mistaken ill one of their number, find how they found out their mistake. The passengers were discussing the probabilities of being utj tacked by "road agents." By-and-hyc ! an army oflircr mentioned somethin? about road agents, and directly the con! versation became interesting. Coaches ; had been stopped at various points on i the line within a week, and it was pretty j generally believed that a bad gang had ! descended on the route and were .still j ripe for business. The man with one eye ! had nothing to say. Once or twice lie raised his head and that single eye blazed in the darkness like a lone star, but not a word escaped his mouth. The captain had said what he would do in case the coach was halted, and this brought out the others. It was firmly decided to fight. The passengers had money to fight for and weapons to light with. The man with one eye said nothing. At such a time and under such circumstances there could be but one interpretation of surli conduct. "A coward has no business traveling this route,'' said the; captain in a voice which every man could hear. The stranger started up, and that eye of his seemed to shower sparks of fire, but, after a moment, he fell back again without having replied. If he wasn't, chicken-hearted, why didn't lie show his colors ? If lie intended to fight where were his weapons ? He had no Winchester, and so far as any one had seen as lie entered the coach he was without revolvers. Everybody felt contempt for a man who calculated to hold up his hands at the order, and permit himself to he quietly despoiled. "Pop! pop! halt!" The passengers were dozing as the salute of the road agents reached their ears. The conch was halted in a wav to tumble cvcrybodv together, and legs and bodies were still tangled up when a voice at the door of the coach called out: "No nonsense now! You gentlemen climb right down here and up with your hands! The first man who kicks on me will get a bullet through his head!" We had agreed to fight. The captain had agreed to lead us. Wc were listening for his yell of defiance and the click of his revolver when lie stepped down and out as humbly as you please. The sutler had been aching to chew up a dozen road agents, and now lie was the second man out. The surveyor had intimated that he never passed over the route without killing at least three highwaymen, but this occasion was to be an exception. In three minutes the five of us were down and in line and hands up, and the road agent had said: "Straight matter of business! First one who drops his hands won't ever know what hurt him!" Where was the man with one eye? The robber appeared to believe tlmt we were all out, and be was just approaching the head of the line to begin his work when a dark form dropped out of the coach, and a revolver began to crack. The robber went down at t lie first pop. His partner was just coming around the rear of the coach. lie was a game man. He knew what had happened, but he was coming to the rescue. Pop! pop! pop! went the revolvers, their flashes lighting up tlsc night until wo could see the driver in his seat. It didn't take twenty seconds. One of the robbers lay dead in front of us?the other under the coach, while the man with one eye had a lock cut from his head and the graze of a bullet across hi.-> cheek. Not one of us had moved a finger. Wc were five fools in a row. There was a painful lull after the last shot, and it lasted a full minute before the stranger turned to us and remarked in a quiet, cutting manner: "Gentlemen, ve can drop yer hands!" We dropped. We undertook to thank him, and we wanted to shake hands, and I somebody suggested a shake-purse lor I his benefit, but lie motioned us into the I conch, banged the door after us, and I climbed up to a seat beside the driver. I His contempt for such a crowd could not be measured. Down In an Iron Mine. While at Islipeming (Mich.), writes a Boston llcrnld correspondent, I made my first inspection of the inner workings of the great iron mine. Descending shaft "A" of the Barnum mine on an iron cage, I was landed 4S5 feet below the surface of the earth in the space of fortyfive seconds. It was a quick trip downward and a thrilling experience to a novice. Stepping from the cage to the floor of the mine one stands a few I 1.r .,,,,1 inlriIIir wllilf! the UiUiiiCii ir? i;uiii\ni- <?>..% ! eyes grow accustomed to the dense darkness of the place. The head whirls for sonu: moments, and it seems as though the lights of a thousand stars were dancing in u black sky which spread itself before, behind, above and below, on every side, i By-and-bye a candle is thrust into your j hand, your head grows steady and your eye is abie to make out indistinctly that , the lights which you see are not stars | in an inky firmament, but the more prosaic, greasy little lamps attached j to the hats of miners who are j at work all around you, some drill| ing with their power drills a series I of packets which lead them fifty or 100 t feet directly up through the sides and I roof. Others pursue a vein that takes { them directly to one side. Your ears are almost deafened by the constant rushing, poundinix, sawing noises made by the great drills as they crash their way ' through rocks and iron ore. It is well that you arc provided with rubber boots, rubber coat and rubber hat ere you enter the mine: waterspouts from everywhere i ?from the walls on either side, from tlie roof overhead and from the floor beneath. The main corridor in the mine is about 500 feet in length, ten in width, and j fifteen in height; smaller corridors or i chambers lead from this in every direction. On one side of the main corridor runs an iron track for use bv the ore cart ! which comes rushing along, propelled by I a tough little mule, at the most unexI pccted moments. Winking and blinking, I hardly knowing where you are, or what j you are about, full of curiosity over what i you see, feel and hear, glad you are down i there, but sure you will feel happier when 1 #inpfi mure :tl>ove?vou stumble alontr i between the rails of the little underground track: tripping over huge chunks of ere, anon planting one's foot into a deep pool of water and then clinging close to ihe cold, ragged iron-rock wall, while the ore cart rushes by. At j the end of the corridor you find a gang of men with pick and shovel, breaking j the ore last blasted into suitable size, and loading it into the car. You watch them, talk with them a little, and then turn backward. You are convinced of one thing-a miner's life may have its attractions for some, ccrlain it is, however. it is not what a newspaper man I 1'II'II'IK fnr \V 11 I'll Villi :!!'(' 110 Oil Solid ground again (you :irc in midair :i minute and a half going there) you fed that there is still some joy left in this life. Then you examine the great Sturtevant exhaust fan that pumps a constant current of fresh air into every part of the mine below, and divide your attention between that and the huge Cornish pump, which lifts all the water from the depths below and sends it toan adjacent swamp. Definition of a Knby. It is composed of a bald head and a pair of lungs. One of the lungs takes a rest while the other runs llic shop. One of them is always on deck all of the time. Tiw. iv .| hinder man than his mother, lie likes to walk around with ! his father at night. The father iloes most of the walking ami makes remarks of a cursory character. The Mexican Central railway runs through twenty-one cities with an aggregate population of 8!N?,009, ami eight of them aire state capitals. In these cities are seven mints, whose annual coinage is not l'.es than 000,000, and the agricultural valuation of the twelve states through which it. pnsses is something like ' *110,000,000. FASHION NOTES. Fleccc-lined stockings arc worn cxtcn1 sivcly. ! Many bows of ribbon trim children's 1 dresses. Gauntlet gloves arc taking the place o ! mousrjuctaire. " Sliin's shadow" is a new color. It is I a limp, yellowish green. | The princess is the fashionable cut j for evening dresses this season. j Velvet vests, ctifTs and collar make I pretty additions to a cloth dress, j Dresses of large blue and crimson plaid I arc worn over crimson silk skirts. White jet bonnets with duehessc lace j strings arc pretty for evening wear, j Dagger-shaped silver pins arc the most | fashionable for fastening the plain linen I collar. Gainsboro' hats of velvet combining two shades are very handsome and fashionable. Dotted tulle veils of black, cream and dove-color reach only to the bridge of the nose. Short, tight-fitting jackets, trimmed with narrow fur bands, are worn by young married ladies. A pretty evening1 bonnet is made entirely of gold beads, with large ones dangling from the end. Some of the equestrienne hats arc orj namented in front by two large doves with their bills meeting. Quilted satin petticoats bordered with fur are both warm and fashionable. The favorite color is crimson. A pretty dark brown dress seen recently had panels of cream and dark brown striped silk set in the front. Basques are made high and short on the hips and pointed in front. The back is generally long and box-plaited. Lace flounces about two inches dee]) are put upon the edge of small children's winter cloaks, that come to the edge of the dress. Chinese slippers, with very pointed nwl turned-up toes, are worn by ladies for morning and evening. Bronze is the favorite tint. Jersey fonts, from the short jacket to the long paletot, are worn more than any other one kind. Many of the richest are trimmed with fur. Black lace scarfs are twisted about the neck in a very fantastic fashion, one end being thrown over the left shoulder, where it is held by a gold pin. Black dolmans of satin brocade and lace have, sometimes, the entire back, from the neck to the waist, covered with long, cat-tail jet beads, that jingle at every movement. A very pretty evening dress, seen at a recent wedding, was made of pale blue and pink surah silk. The skirt was laid in wide box-plaits over a plisse of blue and one of pink silk. The box-plaits , were alternately pink and blue, and the bodice was of blue, with a vest, cuffs ' and sash of pink. The effect was exceed- ; inglvgood. j SCIENTIFIC AM) INDLSTKIAL. According to a writer in a foreign j paper, nnimal oils are unsafe to use in air compressors, as they take lire spontaneously in compressed air, or, in other 1 words, they create an explosive gas. A specimen of vegetable wool is on i exhibition at Amsterdam. It comes from Java. When it is freed from its leathery covering and the seeds, through a very simple process, it is worth between < sixteen and seventeen cents a pound. Haron Mueller asserts that palm trees I reach their extreme southern limit in i New Zealand, where a noble species extends as far as forty-four degrees south ( latitude. The most southern American , members of the same tribe?Kentia j sapida?ceases in La l'lata, in inntuae thirty-four decrees. ' Germany has 500 mills for the manufacture of wood pulp, and such a decree of perfection has been reached in its manufacture that even for the better ] qualities of paper it is a complete substitute for rugs. Wood pulp constitutes seventy-tive per cent, of the paper j stock used in that country. The difficulty of dealing effectively , with leprosy in India is that it is hcrcdi- 3 tary, and it was not until late years that ( a rational system of treatment was ? adopted with the lower order of natives. Now the isolation which had been prac- , tieed with this terrible disease since the days of Moses and proper hospital care f may in a generation abate the evil. Keccnt investigations at Ilochst-on-the- f Main, where no fewer than liT'i persons A are employed in the aniline color works, go to prove that though aniline is ad- K mittedlv poisonous, none of the men who j became ill died, and those engaged for I eighteen years in the magenta house, al- ' though reddened with dye even to the ] inside of the mouth, suffered no serious 1 bad health. 1 " The best oualitv of charcoal," says ' the Engineer, " is made from oak, maple, < hoech and chestnut. Wood will furnish, i when properly charged, about twenty per ' cent, of coal. A bushel of coal from ] pine weighs about twenty-nine pounds. | A bushel of coal from hard wood weighs ] thirty pounds. About 100 parts of oak ( make twenty-three of charcoal; the same j (pmntitv of red pine 22.10, and of white , j pine twenty-three." | S. H. Cancstrini has been experiment- j [ ing upon the effects of decapitation upon j insects. Butterflies were able to use i I their wings eighteen days after they had i j lost their heads. Crickets leaped on the i third day after they had been beheaded, I and the praying-mantis showed signs | of life on the fourteenth day after the i | head had been separated from the body. ' He gives still more singular observations, j tending to show thatihe head in insects j i cannot be subject to the same perpetual ' | strain as the head in mammals in ytiiding 1 I he motions of the body. j English and American Women. ? If the men of the English middle class > j arc less hopeful and contented than were J i their fathers in their day, so arc the ( women almost a*: helpless as their mothers were before them. The question, "What!,; shall we do with our girls?" is not disJ cussed in the public prints, which devote ! so much space to the future of the boys. ( This silence can easily be interpreted. ] ' English girls of that class are expected to enter domestic service if they are ' thrown upon their own resources, and , i even if they marry poor clerks or small > tradesmen they have no other way of i eking out their husband's scanty income j | than l?v doing all the drudgery of the J i household themselves. Now American i women who are forced to support thcra' selves occupy a superior position in this rcspcct. Every year makes it easier for ' American women to earn their living in , | some way better than the common lot of < | English women who are left dependent ' upon themselves?household service. J i Every year there arc more occupations to which they may have recourse. Their ' labor is better paid, they are more contented with their work, and their future , is more secure.? J\/?r }*"/ / Tribune. Washington Law Practice. f i Law practice in Washington pays well i to mm who luivc Imtii mi Congress and , ! who have a latye aeipiaintanee joined to ^ I considerable leiral ability, .says a letter , j from the national capital. I5ol> Inijer- , soli makes xso.ono a year, ami the star t | route trial must have netted him about l $-10,000. Jerry Wilson was an Indiana ' coiiifressinan, and he came here on leav ! iiiif the House of Keprex ntatives to prac , ! tire law. lie makes now from So0,000 a year and upward. .Iinli^e Slicllabar'jer 1 , was an Ohio member of Congress from ] Keifer's distric t, and his fees are now , six <?r eiyiit iiim*^a?,?ni^rc,ssuj:iii ssaiary. i Hi- lias lmill a niaiisi)>tt since lie came to < I Washington ami has amassed wealth. 1 j "St|'.Iire -Meiriek made between $70,000 j j ami **0,000 out of the star route trial, 1 and lie is worth a nice little fortune, j I5ig lawyers here charge 1 ?i?j fees and get : them. Koseoe Conkling tloes a business j here running pretty far up into the thou- , sands yearly. Kx-Seeretary Hunt well, of Massachusetts, has opened a lav office \ I in Washington, and I understand Sen- 1 j ator McDonald intends to come to Wash- | ington in case lie does not get the prcsi- i J dential nomination. / ^ ? /ia THE" UNITED STATES " MINT/"" Report of Its Operations Daring the Past Fiscal Year. ! X . . ! o The Gold and Silver Co;neJ--i>ugge:iions of the Director. Mr. K. M. J'urchard, th? director of the g mint, lias submitted his annual report show- li ins tho operations of tho mints and assay j ? oil'cci during tho last lis -al year. | r The receipts of gold bullion tell of from ! li tin s j of the provious year owing to dlmin'sho 1 j c cold imports, but the rep lp's of silver bullion | ^ for bars and coinage sM. litly increased. The n total amount of gd 1 and silver received and c operate I upon was $87,758, l.">4. of which 1+")..V>!) w :s gold ni d &is.<512,5!)5 was silver. b Tho coinage of the year co sisted of !W,? b VVJ.'St purrs,of tin Value of $tjrt,20),?0>. a Tho number of pio es s'ruck Was greater by ii about 11,5itO,(M) t than in any other fiscal y?ar a since the organization of the mint buredili 1 h T li!> tntjil rnitifi d, i\( milrl win fcJ5.8ttli.ll2r. V Tho value of the nivr coinage was ?'28,8:55,- t t 4*0, of whi- h $'2K, 111,11!) was in standard | silver dollars. The pro'its on the coinage of I Ji standard dollar# during the year were $V j v nnd on fractional silver $!>,1(<0. The 1 net silver profits for the last fivojears paid I into tho treasury were $H:,8liO,310. li Under the provisions of tho act of 1878, ? requiring tlie coimge of S-2,()(*),IX)(( worth of w silver bullion por month. $li5f,tt70,8!W have g been c oined pnor to October 1,18S5, and that amount, together with tho $81,000,00) of frac- ^ tional silver in tho country, making a grand v tolal of $'?{5,000,000, is, in tho judgment of ? the director of tin mint, in excess ot' the re- J?( quircrnents for silver circulation. This, he remarks, is apparent lr ?m the fact that ~ thero nro in tne vaulis of tho Treasury 89,(1'0,0'H) standard silver dollars over and above the i utstanding silver ceralicat.-s, and in ad- p dition to nearly $^7,<>fH),U K) in fractional sil- * ver coin?a total of 0,0 ;0,00t). He thinks the question ajrain presents itse'f for the con- ?' sideration of L gisiators whether the law directinz the monthlv coinage of not less than ?2,<x o 0 K worth of silver bullion into stand- s* ar.l dollars should not be mo liflei or repcale I. At the beginning of the fi cal year the mint had rn hand ? {.5,365,0'^ standard do'lars: the coinage amounted to $38,111,119, p, n*- aW-o v/ioi? rliaro woro ra_ A Ui"i Ui/ mu- V.urr; \jl ;v?i ?'v.v ..v?? - ~ s: m lining in the mints $4.'J,:504,5 K). ci The director recommends that tho coinage w of tho gold dollar ai:d of the three-cent st nickel piece lie discontinued. Tho repeal of b tho net authorizing the coinage of the trade ol dollar is also recommended. A considerable 0i number h id probably gone into circulation prior to its demonetization in ISTti, and q probably from five to seven millions are now held in the country, mostly in the mining and manufacturing" regions of Pennsylvanin, and in tho vicinity of New York. *While the United States has incurred no legal liability, nevertheless, by th; act of the gov- n crnment, these coin* were at first, put into J" cii culation and given compulsory currency, and manv remain in the hands of those who bi can ill afford to sufier from the depreciation, pi He says it would therefore seem to lj bo only an act of justice to them to permit these coins to bo sent to tc the mints and exchanged for other silver e, coins, into which they could be profitably re- U] c lined. The director believes that no cause jjj pxi-ts for the a-ipreheusion that a iarge num- ei b -r of exported trade dollars would bo re- m turned to this coun.ry: for those heat to tc China have (on account oJ tho rgreate:* value aisycej silver than as coin) b~en melted or N tlisa^ eared in the int rior of that country. f; The production of told for tho c irrent cal enrlar year wi'l prob ibly lw ? 0 ',00) less than in l*s~', and that of silver ;.t lecst $ .',0 xyMKJ cj greater, which will make tho production #52,- P< IXJ0,m:o gold and nettriy $1'.','O'.NHl silver. P< The consumption of goli i:i the arts and manufnc ures was fully equal to that in the T( previous year, or about $12,00 \CKtO,* the tc amount of silver thus u ed was about half a ai million dollars le.-s thin la-t year, being $<>,- je ') 0,000. jii l)irector Burchard etfimitos the tota! coin w circulation of the United States July 1, lNii, tr at ?7t?,(iO).(0?, of which &"$r,0!)0,00<) -nas gold and $-?2s.()U),00 ) silver. The estimate of _ the circulation of United States c Jin October ? 1. iss-j, is $r>+4,oi2,?>?jy of gold und *$tt,3Jl,- u, [)?'! silver. _j The report 1 kew'se contains information _ I- 1 m rejauve lO II1U IIIUUUkll.T 31X1UU>I/IV"> ajm UUI1II jn einl u.Tairs of foreign countries. Tlio production of gold in twenty countries is placed at o,? ^UW.Kilnnd of .-liver $H>!?,44<5,5S6t show- g ing a de: rea.so from th<? previous year of $4,in gold and an increase of $i>,00(),U0<) in silver. The coinagc of twenty-four coun- JJ$ tries was $!?! ,'.HMi.i'S > gold and $1M7,}KI7,U53 T1 silver. The paper a id specie circulation is tr ?iveu for thirty-eight countries, of which the ai pal er circulation n the gold 3U circulation X) and the silver cirLulation $2,712,221),000. en ?? at ELECTION EOHOES. ? bi th Lntc Figure** C< nrerning ll<c Rcccnt jj Elc-ciii>n? in Various! (r Elections were hel 1 in Connecticut, Alaryand. Massachusetts, Minn s ta, Mississippi, N'eb. a-ka, New Jersey, New York. Pennsylvania and Virginia on the Hth. Marylandf m Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Jersey re 'lecfe'l governors, and Nebraska, New York th 1 TT? 1 1 uiu rennsyivaiuu e:ecieu imnui nmwj umer.s. Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts klississipj i, New Jersey, New York and Vir ex ;inia elected members of tk? leeis'ature. The lew legislature in Maryland will choose a er 'mid .State, Senator. Following are late he inures, giving tha re>u.t of tho voting in the th 'arious States named: ; In New Yorlr the Democratic State ticket, gt xcepting J. H. Maynard, the candidate for th evre'arv of state, was elected with a ma- pj, ority of about J. B. Carr, the Re- th mbiican candidate for secretary of state, je vas re olecte 1 by a majority of about l*,tHK) th igainst a majority in 1H"S1 of 13,1)2*2. In th Sew York city, Maynard ran :.0,(xx> behind f0 is ticket. Maynard also ran belind in other cities on account if the opposition of the brewery interests. . ['he Fepub!i<ans carried both branches the Legislature. In the Senate there vill lie 1!) Republicans and 13 Democrats, ? 1 - t, 1,1: a vi in 11U1 111 mo ilOU-O iu;puiu;uiu9 auu >-* Democrats. The Ja-?t senate was composed of |r I* Democrat.* and 14 Republican-, and the? a>ta s Miibly contuine I >5 Democrats and -M Republicans. In New York city the Demo- . rats elected their candidates for regis'er and iudgis, and a majority of aldermen. Mayor Low whs re elect* d in Brooklyn over Hen- St Irix, Demotrat, by about 'J,(WO majority. B; 1 he constitutional amendment providing for v? lie abolishment of contract labor in prisons was carried by a large majority. re In New Jersey Julge Abbett s majority U tor govt rnor oVvi'Dixon, his Republican com- th petitor. is i bout 7,000. The senate will stand p{ VI Republicans an 1 0 Democrats, and the as- la iombly -ii Re|mblicans to :.'4 Democrats. In Pennsylvania the Republican candidates a for State treasurer and auditor-general were fo ;lected by about 21),(JO.) majority The Phil- i ^ idelph'a Republican < i'y ticket was success- \r ful bv about the same majority. (,| In Massachusetts Governor Rutler was de- fU "eatccl for're-eli ction bv about lo.OK) majority. ,.t ? ? i 1 ii" io:ai voie was nu.-u n um iuhwko, Kii.ia i); Hut lor, l.'O.t* 0: Almy (Prohibition) |sj 1,70 *. The llupulilii ans have a large majority in the legislature. ? *ln Maryland M. Lane was elected gov- , ?" ?rnor by ?b<iut 12,1 W majority, the remain- m lor ?'f ill Democrat iv State ticko: also being uctss'uI. The leg slatare is Democratic on joint b illot. Baltimore elected a Democratic j!n ity t'eket, with the exception of sheriff. In \ irginia Senator Mahone and the Read- ni uster ]>a> ty suffered defeat, the lxipular ma- ve jority for tiie Democrats being about .'J0.U00. I he Democrats regained both branches of the egislalure. In Minnesota Governor Hubbard was ro- pr 'cctetl. together with the rest of the Republican Slate officers, by a reduced majority. .. In Mississippi both branches of tho legis aturc arc largely jjen.ocraur. In t'oune tic-ut the Republicans e'.eeted >Ieven senators and tlie JJennxrats one If er.ator. I he State sena;., with the ar lie senators holding over, wi J stand sixteen an Republi cans t i eight I'enio< rats. The house ivi 1 stand !.b mt 14* Republicans to ninety Democrats. The State vote .-hows about t0 >,T'Mi Kepub'ican plurality. in Nebraska, Reese, Republican candi- . lutes for su; renie c.<urt justice has about ira.'ority. In South Takota the citizf ns voted upon ' ) uvi carried a ^reposition to present their t(' .^institution to Congress this winter and ask ti?. ,,f southern half of Da- til cola, which contains 250,000 j eop.'e, as a I all State. A FiiLIING E03F. r' IVos It men (rumitcil lo Death I:ndor fl (lie W nlls of \Yi*co;iNinN Capitol. of A Madison (Wis.) dispatch says: The ntire roof, with tlio iii*ido w.ilLs and roil and s'one c iluinns, of tlio no.v Statecap tol building fell at l.4i> r. M., killing four ^ wrkinen and injuring nin-teen others, three j u whom will die. The cause of the accident is 'onii.'what uncertain, hut the most plausible ti< .henry is that tie ht avy iron pillars sup- I ci; orting the roof of the second story balcony j ki auk into the plank on which they rested, Mi litis pulling th .-ound wall outward, which j n turn eaused the roof of tlie entire wing to aw in. j The north wins was complete I several [ weeks apt, and th" south wing was rapidly ' h nring < omplction. This afternoon, while j ?f il? mt ti'rty nu n were at work oil the south J oi; niiis the roof fell in with a greic crash, and I e south wall wrs imn:edia*ely forced out, j \'< i lowing the debris to fall through to the first th loor. The noi e was deifening, and very | ?om a great crowd had gathered in the j > inndsoine p::rk surromid:ng the building. , y Wh.on the dust h id partly raise I, citizens be- i ;:m the work of tectie. Several bully I nanglcd woiknien were piilied out, dying in ! nr i f, w .-ccoiids. The oxc. lenient was si great t that it was s line time liofnro relief was prop- j W( rlv extended. Tlio lire ?lo| ft"t inont turned out andren- | it 1 rod good assistance, and a cordon was es- to al>!ished to keep t'le crowds b ic'%. Li A roll c ill of tin workmen showed that twelve were mining and four were lying t.j, it r und dead. Eighteen or twenty were in'ured, some very tadly. Jcy NEWS OFTHE WEEK. Eastern and Middle States. A farmkr living near Erie, Penn., wcretly ilaced $ 10,0.)0 in his parlor stove that it might ? out of the reach of possible burglars. His rife innocently lightel u Ore in the stove and estroyed the money. Arthur B. John.' on*, a prcminent lawyer nd politic an of Utica, was found dead in lis private office with a bullet wound in his lenrt. Mr. Johnson was the uncle of Johnm S. Lynch, 111? younj Utica lawyer who lad bjf n killed a few ?Ia>8 previously at 15a\v?ii, N. Y?by E. N. I'.ov.vlJ. Jt is vnnised I hat l he tiu^cdv w rice 1 on Mr. . uson's I Kind, v. h'ch Imd Ih? n s >mcwhat u: s.a ed of j ; ate, find tint in n spusnud c aoerrauon no ommittod snoidt*. Mr. Jo'.inson was a warm crsonnl fr.'end of Pi orient Arthur and Hon. loecoe CV nklinf, and f-?r three venrs was a < innl.or < f the Nov York Republican State onmitUe. A 15 istox dis; fttcli siys that the whaling ark Louise, of New Hertford, Mass., has ' ce-i lost in the Arctic occan by striking ice, ' nd that :lx of her crew j> rished. Concernig the wlia' n; secson In the Arctic <cean, | Ncwlelfor.l leligram siys it his been a nilure, as up to Oc o'er 21) on'y fifty-eight 1 'bfl'es had been taken by a feet of twenty?v> vessels. i Tie d.reF. Rakeolpij, ex-governor of low Je:>ey and ex-United States Senator, ho die 1 suddenly a few days ago at his ' on e in Morriitown. N. J., was born in New 1 IruiiMvick, N. J.. in IS-6. be .'an his political fcn> a Drmrcratic member of the New Jer- ( ;y n>sembly in 18U'*, served as State senator. re a e'ected govern r in 1SW and United ( tatcs Senaior in 1374. General Grant hns written a long letter ] j General Fiti John Porter, of New Jersey, , .ho wns c< urt-n at tialed (luring the war, ivins his reasons for his change of mind in pgcrd to PorTor's cafo, and hojing that Con- 1 ress wiJl repair the injury done to a loyal j (fleer. , A jr itT took p'aco between a party of venty five arued c'tiiens, near Lincoln, enn., a id a band cf r. bb?r? known as the \W.cli J.'ouiiia'n gang.' About thirty < lots were lire!, resulting in ti e wounding of j vo of tie outlaws, ono of who-n was cap- f ire'. A men ber of the c.teens' party wa? lot in th? fa e. < South and West. I Traojc disturbances growing out of bittoi olit'cal feel'iig occur:el at Taiville, Va. l white 11 an and a negro quarrel-d; largo 1 rowds of both race; olectcd: many shots ] ere inter hanged, and when order was ref rid it v ai lound that several negroes had { en kil cd or fafidlv w ounded, and a number f whites had re.oive I wounds which in one 1 r two instances mfcht prove fata'. Fire de.-troyed the business portion of Port \ rvetn Pnl nnd i>i(rlit, railroad cars loaded i ith wheat, < ausing3a loss of $100,00:). ' Charles AVilson* shot an 1 killed Kitty . lyde, an actress, at a Dcadwond (Dakota) 1 jeatre. nnd then shot liim-olf through the i ?a", inflicting a probably fatal wound, ra'ousy was the cau'-e of tho act. t By the fall of an elevator at tho capito 1 tiilding in Bismarck, Dakota, six men wore recipititcd fifty feet, an 1 all probahjy fatalr injured. " t Sr-ivofield, Mo., has been visited by a ( >u. do which almost in the twinkling of an j re demolished men* than one hundred houses, nroofed or otherwise damaged manyothers, illed about six peiso.is in the town and scv- 1 al in the surrounding country, and iujured lany more, 'i he p.cuniary damage amounts i more than ?-'f)0,000. Fitch, tho defaulting cishier of the Second ational bank of Warren, Ohio, has been ntenccd to five \ears' imprisonment Additional reports from the scene of tho ' clone at Sprii gfleld, Mo., say that eleven arsons u:?l. mi'i sevurai uiurc v?ei e uui :cted to recover. ' John L. Maiitin, a rr sklent of Luling, 1 Bxas. shot and Killed his wife, and then prended she had c >ir.milted tuicile. He was rested, and confessed the crime, alleging 1 alousy as the incentive. At ni?ht 10) nskei' men toik Martin from the hoiue in i hie h he was confined and hanged him to a 1 ee. A threshing midline exp'oded on a farm 1 >ar Canal Dover, Ohio, fatally injuring < rs. Geottge, the owner of the farm, and irlly wounding two men. The si ics of the ( [joining house werj cru-sh^Hl in, fencts de- , (lished. and a large barn and its contents clud'ng the thrcslu-r, twenty tons of bay, . <l bushels of wheat, "<)() liushels of corn ai.d ! <i b ishels of oats, were co.i.-u:nei by the e that followel. A passenger train ran into a freight train ' i Lockport, Ohio, causing a tearful wreck. ie engineer and llren.an of the ]>a'.cenger ain were instantly killed, and the engineer 1 id fireman of the freight train fatal y in- * red. i A kohrtble double trage ly and suicide was n<.M iiw niw ilnv ntii littlo farm-house ^ tout leu mi'es ex-t of Kansas City, Mo. A ' an named Henry Clay McGee. note1 for his j id temper and ugly disposition, first ki led s wife "and daughter with a shot trun and en cominit;cd suicide bv taking morphine, a cGee came to Missouri abr.ut three years ago c om Kentucky, where he had just escaped c nging for ki.ling a man. e Washington; j It is estimated by the United States om- * issioner of pci.sions that $40,iH)0,()00 will bo ? quired for the j)ayment of pensions during f e next fiscal year. Secretary Foi.ger has decided that , iwer see 's are not dutiable under tho prosion for gnn'en seeds, and that they are J einpt fi'om du'y. 11 The annual i ession of tho Universalist gen- f al convention was field this year at ihe c itional cap tal. delegates from all j arts of v e country being in uttendance. t Mr. Bt'rchalid director of the United ates mint, in his annual report, states that t - ?* ?t??o OsJ /'JUt 1^1 6 lOtlll CUlIUt^C 1U1 LUC J cai ??C*0 . g ece-', wort'i ?W.'i00.*0 ). The earnings of fl e various mints were ?5,21.1,W.), and the ex- ? uses $1,?:>y285. The director urges that j e eo'iiagc ol silver dollars be curtailed, nnd c at the trr.de dollars be received in exchange c r them. fl Mr. Evans, commissioner of internal venue, in his annual reports, states that the ^ tal receipts from all sou ices of internal venue taxation for the fl cal year, were 1 44,5:^,">44, as compared with 1HS2. The total c?t of c o'ketion for the :st fiscal \ ear was $">, 1 During tho l cal yc ar ii^i violations of law were reported j id +H> persons were arreted. Repairs costing $'.2,(WO have been done j the White House the past thirteen years. ^ Judge Otto, official reporter of the United ates Supreme court, has resigned, and J. C. i incroft Davis has bet n appointed to fl 1 the i icancy. * The annual report of the chief of the bu- j au of equipment and recruiting of tlv* ] nited Slates navy for the fiscal yiar show< j lat seventy-four vessels have been wiiouyor irtially equipped, at an expenditure for bor of and lor material of Hallett KilboURN has been awarded by District of Olumbia jury $ro,(HH) daman's r his imprisonment by the House of Heprentative-i a few years a;?o as a contumacum itnos. Lasc year a verdict of ?UH>,UUU was itaintn!, a-il it was ?et aside. The j arty ed was Tnompson, the ex-scrgeant-at-a-'ti s the House, but, lie has reallv nothing a' * ?ke, as Congo s; will be called upon to snt:y any verdict rendered. Acconnixo to the report of the chief signal leer, the numlwr of signal service stations fc operation at the c!o>e of the year c is or lis less than at the close of e previous yi ar. The work of the serv o ,s Int-n done b/ ni.iet e i officers ami 5 K) < n- r fd men. The indications of weather fur- < shed to the press t'uring tin year wore fl rifled in eighty-eight per cent, of the eas_\s. ( ? a Foreism; | S A k.re in Glasgow. Scotland, destroyed ' ojH'rty valued at about $ I,.")<*>,00* The int( rnation-il electric exhibition at t ienna was closed by the Austrian crown j ince in the pre-eiice of spectators. ? Disttiuiances occur almost daily in Ire- t ml. ('ontinue 1 rioting between Orangeim n $ id liationali ts took place in Londonderry, c 11 many persons were injured. A bailiff in unity Gal way was shot dead. t Afghanistan is reported tj be in a stateof e mplcte anarahy. Moody and fc-'ankey. the revivalists, are ( Ming large meetings in London. v Ten i>er.-ons were killed and forty injured s an explosion of benzine in a burning fae- li ry at Ilouhaux, France. It The Hritish sto .'iner iris has 1 e?n lost off e Spanish 00:1st. (if a crew or unrcy-six j I except one were drowned. China is a tively pre- aring for war with :v i'UCP. Sixty-three miners were killed hv an ox- e osion in a colliery at Actrington, England. 0 lore were 110 mine!sin the minfl at the time the explosion. \ A serious revolt has broken out in Servia. t A plot was discovered to tar and feather v e lord mayor of Dublin. Twj nty-koi r regiments and 3.0H) officers ok j art in the recent uprising in Spain. Two prominent residents of Chajultenec, exico?Mr. Deghersst. of the Mexican Nnmnl bank, nnd Mr. Oliver, a French mertant?fought 11 iluel, in which the tatter was lied and the former badly wounded. A r ght dispute was tlio cause of the duel. ir fi IMMINENT PEOPLE, .1 o Moi.tke.?Count von Molko, th> greatest a (Jernian genera's, lias just completed his, jlity-fourtli l'irth lay. . s,' M> >hkii L.?Senator Justin S. Morrill, of t1 nimnt. will he seventy-five years oC age at '' e expiration of his term next year. o Zi'ketokt?J. H. Zuketort, the champion si ies< phr er of the world, arrived in rfew <> ork a short time since from I/on Ion. ? Hoadly.?'The health of Governor-elect nadlv, uf Ohio, is not yet restored, and it i< J. ob ible that he may go to Eurojx) for a few . sek>*. ,s Hahni'M.?P. T. Barnum the great show- 1 an, now in his sevi nty-tbird year, is sa d p be negotiating lor the Alexandria palace, C] >ndon. s| Hyacinth.?PereHyacinth, the French ec- |( esiastic, arrive I in New York recently and incd his wife, who is an American lady, and tUd, at Washington. 1 LATER NEWS. |||| A tug-boat exploded her boiler and w J|| b'own to fragments in the Fast river, at Hell Gate, New York city. Captain Earla yfl ai:d his wife, and the cook were instantly killed. Mate Edmund Lewis, of a schooner which the tug-boat was towing, was strne'e by a piece of the boiler and nearly beheaded, * fa'ling dead on the deck, and Engineer Kelly, jjg of iho til ,--bo it, was danger., ady injure !. r,"??0 Drni.vo a severe wind-storm at Buffalo, N. Y., an unfinished four story wooden build- V;>? lug was b'.own down, and of the twelve;'Vjsg w orkmen employed on it at the time, four werekiKel and nearly all the rest were mora '0M or less seriously injured. General TV. T. Shermait. who has just ' retired as head of the army, was iziven a ception in New York by tho Grand Army of the Repub'ic posts. Henry Freshwater to shot at andkfllrt./,i2|| by a neighbor at Delaware, Ohio, and two -V^jS da\s afterward his father, Reuben Freth-^v? water, resilrnt of a near-by village, was In*' mam stantly killed by a btroke of lightning. At I.aurinburg, N. C., while a gathering -'ffy. of colored people was in a pablic tall tha ;J0| Boor suddenly gave way, followed by ti>? nails tumblin-j down. After aU had been extricated from the luina it was found that . ?ight persons wjre injured, two mortally. ^"^33 The President has appointed James T. -'-JS Dubois, of Pennsylvania, United States con* ~'i&& ml at Lcipsfe. Postmaster-General Greshak is ba--*1gjM lie vol 1o be considering the advisability of ?? recommending to Congress an increafe of the weight allowance for sdngle rate letters frocn. jne-half ounce t) one ounce. Major-General Wright, chief of engfo. ?crF, in his annual report rays that our coast ,s defenceless against a modern naval attack, befm rhe appropriations recommended for the, '.% ;oming fiscal year aggregate ?50,730,485. ' A brilliant proccsion a mi'e long, and a ianiuet at which Premier Gladstone, Fust'co Coleridge, a id other notablitiea wara re* nt, wcrj the features of Lord Mayor JgSa P.wler'it inauguration in London. The four hundredth anniversary of Mar- -?l in Luther's birth was celebrated in BerHa )j a festival at the Berlin university. . A mob attacked the Jewish resident! of - 'is Salalocvoe, Hungary, and fired upon the po- ^ ice, who were called upon to quell the di* , $ urbance. The police returned the fire, kfll> ; ng two of the rioters and wounding wrwi^ nore, and then made several arrests. Three vessels went down during a gale off ircS he coast of Nova Scotia and New.Bruo* j||?| News comes from Pern to the effect thif ifter the revolt of Montoneros in Arequip*, Lionel Raygado opposed the mutineer^ T tilling s:venty of them, including the mayofr >f the city. General Canevaro was killed by lis own troops. MUSICAL AND J)RAMAIKL|| Miss Helen Hopekirk, an Engiisnpianvs a<3i }f note, has come to America to give a serial it concerts. V ?8 tygfS Mrs. Langtry opened her second Aawir'gjjjm ?an season, at Rutland, Vt., in " The School tor Scandal." Nat Goodwin has bought the new comedy, ,'?aB " Warranted," recently produced at the Baa* *'5< ton Museum. The word "Nocturne" was first ussd to de?. note a musical composition by John Field, r2 who died in 1837. :;r-$ER Mme. TrebelU, the greatest living coora'.to, Fang recently at a Philharmonic COB* SB ?ort in Brooklyn. Mr. William Warren, the Boston come* lian, will pass most of the winter on Mr, - ^ loscph Jefferson's Louisiana plantation. The American actress Lotta, is preparing . \r$ a play in the French language in one of tfa? "ijfg Paris theatres during the coming winter. ; Four hours and a half were consumed fat .;>? ;ho first representation of "A Sailor and his '\~a La s" at Drury Lane Theatre, London. Six dollars will be the average price for mrquntte opera seats ia New York this wto? _ tVgJ or. Patti is to have $5^000 a night, Nflaaon ^ >s,mnt, aim v.aui^xuimi ^i,vw. Auoustin Daly has sued the proprietor* >f the National theitre, of Chicago, for 51.400 damages cn account of the uoaathMV " jljSB zed rroductioa of hisjplays of "Divorce" and 'Unaer the Gaslight.^ Mme. Jenny Lino still suffers much from - 'A i neuralgic affection of her throat and* "fS hest?the same which years ago q*ed to . aise her an agonizing headache after " very appearance on the stage. The authorities of the "German Theatre n Berlin, have forbidden actors to appear 29 >efore the curtain except at the concfasiqn VjS if the last act, or to accept any bouquet -rjij lung on the stage. They appeal to the pab* -. w Ic to help them to carry out the reform. fS Speaking of the singing of the quartet ' Honor and Glory," from Costa's " EU," at l~;\ he Birmiuernam festival some years tif limself, Mme. Patti, Mme. Sainton-Dolby ~1t ud Mr. Stanley, Sims lleeves says the perormanco "must remain the most gknooe ?rfo| ombinaf.ion of sound ever heard in the jjg v-orlH. Never ajain will there be lour voice* cng ojrether like tho e. Miss Mary Anderson, the American sorcss, after successfuly acting in London for ' ight weeks as Parthenia, made her appear.in eas Pauline in the "Lady of Lyons." A -'f j irilliant audience was present, including ^ Jrince and Princess of Wales, and she WMi'jMB nthusiastically received, though the critics jnbidor her methods slightly old-fashioned j ind wanting in naturalness. At home at Weimar, Liszt still world inlustriously. He is usually at his deak at ; o'clocx in the morning and remains ja here, busy with pen or pencil, until 7, i-jn vheii he has breakfast. At 9 he takes a !fcp, and at 11 is about again. At 1 Si ie dines, and then takes an after-dinner napi ;? U 4 he receives pupils and visitors, and s engnged with them until late in the even ng. Whist-playing is ms lavoriie iw ion. Mr. Abbey estimates the cost of each per* .. [orwance at the Metropolitan Opera-house,' V'ew York, at ?tf,500. In "Faust," on thw *--4J ipening night, for example, Nilsson received.' ! "J,000, Campanini $1,000, Scalchi $500, Del . ;? 3uente $250, Novara $200, secondary singer*jtfOO, orchesti a of ninety ?150, conductor iw >50, chorus of eighty jfi-lO, ballet of fifty '.a 150, Cavalazzi, chief dancer, $100; supernu- 1 neraries, scene shifters, costumers, usher*, idvertising, heat, gas, and a hundred small) xpenses which no one not in the business ever Ireams of, $1,000. THE INTERNAL BEVEHTOE fnc:? from the United Slate* CommM * ?.'oaer*a Annual Report* Commissioner of Internal Revenue Evans - ^ ui#?mc hia nnnunl ronor hv referring to tbe "ffi gIMM UW MMMUM. . - ? - T' . >na onsolidation of certain collection districted vhich, he says, has been-accomplished as diet-: e i by the President in on executive order ated January 25, lhS 5. This order involrw . reduction of fort>threo collectors and ollwtion districts, and will result in an ,r-tual saving to the government of about ;|?r>,000. The reduction of taxation made iv the act of March 1SS3, the conuniftioncr says, will ag >re;jati not lo? than $43,ixi.OOO per annum. W h ie this is so. it is e?iniuted that the increased revenue from dialled spirits for the current year will so aug;ientreceipts from that source as to make he aggregate receipts for this year at least 1^0,1*10.1* 0. should there be" no further hnnge in the internal revenue laws. The total receipts from all sources of inernal revenue taxation for the fiscal yaw -t ruled Juno .'1 , lsS i, were ?144, W,!J44, at ompared with ?w;,ior me jww -H-j, ami for the year 1881. The otai c.)st of c >116011011 for the jia^t fiscal year i;ls $ *>. I l.i.r.M, and the total expenses or the erv.'c? will be found on final aiju&tment to o almut :i.lj jkt cent, in the amount colcted. The collections from tobacco for the fiscal ear from the several source* were 142,104, " > l!>, or ?-V>7,7:?) less than fi r the preceding ear. The re taction of tax rates made ho ac" < f March 1, l-Ji!, will, on the basis of ist year's business, cause a reduction of revnue from tohncc >rluring the next fiscal year if at least 8i*>,00 There were operated during the last fiscal ? ear ">,!-!>distillcrieThe quantity of disilled spirits in thr> United States, except rhat may l?e in customs bonded warehouses, ? iwnhT I. iss3. was nearly ll'i.OC'O.OOOgal* * A Street Full of Millionaires. No street in the world, perhaps, pos sses more value to the square foot than iftli avenue. New York, the abode of so lany millionaires. The figures as taken *om the tax-hooks of the current year low that the city derives a revenue of ver ?1,000,000 a vcar from this one venue. between Eighth iinrl Eighty,'< 011(1 street. The total amount of the gures printed is ?4!),440,000, it being ?rty per cent. less than the actual value f the property. Taxable property is ipposcd to be assessed at sixty per cent, f its real value, at which rate the estii.-ition of the tax department officials lace the actual value of the property on it'th avenue, not including that which exempt from taxation, at $(?!),228,COO. hese figures, however, only take in the roperty from Washington Square to the nd of Central Park; and in many induces the records of portions of assessale property could not be found on the ix-books by the reporters.? Jfine York > Vorld.