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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,. 1884. NO. 45. VOLUME XXVIII. ||j||
GENTLE WORDS.
Why not let our words bo gentle ?
Harsh words rudely jar
On the feelings of another,
And to kindly greet each other
"Would be better far.
In the plainest words of converse
Music sweet is heard;
If in tenderness they're spoken;
But the melody is broken
By an angry word.
It would show a strength of spirit
To let no hard word
Fall petulently from our tongue,
And strike the notes to music strung,
v.i.:? ?,,i?
X\LUILLII? I UUU UlOVUiU.
"We would find it just as easy,
In kind tones to speak;
Hasty, cruel words are grievous,
And too sadly, truly prove us,
Pitifully weak.
Oft a little word, soft spoken,
Falling on the car,
Throws a passing ray of gladness
O'er the heart darkened with sadneas
And dispels the tear.
Gentle words?they cost so little,
a _ j 1
Ana sucu puwcr uuui
To impart to others pleasure,
. Why not greater make their measure
B Many thousand fold ?
SB It will make our own hearts richer,
^T' v. . If we will but give
T Lavishly to our fellow-man,
| Gentle words when'er we can,
I "While on earth we live.
"We are lowly, sinf .1 creatures,
Sadly prone to err;
Yet, if we've blindly gone astray,
* And can make amends to-day,
Let us not defer.
If one kindred heart we've wounded,
By a word unkind,
Oh, let \is now forgiveness ask.
And make it our most willing task
The sad wound to bind.
There may be less sweet than bitter
In the cup of life;
There may be more thorns than flowers,
Yet, if unbt-oken love be ours,
We can bear the strife.
?Detroit Free Press.
A RAY OF SUNLIGHT.
"Quiet, Bess! steady, Fan!"
Jack Trevor gathered the reins more
tightly in his grasp, and touched the I
horses with the long circling lash of his
whip. f
"Five minutes more will accomplish I
the distance if we can maintain this
present rate of speed," he remarked to
his companion, who hud taken out his
watch and was auxiously consulting its
crystal face.
"And will the placc afford shelter fori
our party ?"
L40 "Shelter ?" Jack gave a low whistle,
"Why jou could quarter an army iu the
old barracks and have room to spare."
"Five minutes seems but a short period,"
said Laura Decker, glancing rue- j
fully at her crisp muslin gown with its (
dainty garnishing of creamy lace and j
blue ribbons; "but the floods will be !
upon us in earnest before the expiration j
of that time."
"Farewell, my love." murmured her ;
Cousin Rettie, pathetically, furling her
sunshade under whose rim of soft pink
silk her bright eyes were wont to peer
out beseechingly. ' You cost me a pretty
sum at SchaefTer's, but the elements will
hare mercy upon you, mv beauty."
"And my mauve sateen," wailed stately
Miss Johnson, surveying the said miraculously
fashioned garment with actual
-. tears, that she did not dare let fall on
her delicately tinted cheeks, for cogent
reasons that she fondly imagined was
known only to herself,
"Are you afraid, Miss Beckwith?"
Lawyer Hunter leaned over and was
looking into the girl's face, thinking
what a strong one it was, with its de
cided mouth ana aarKiy iringeci grev i
eyes.
"Afraid? No. Why should I bef"
She spoke a little impatiently and let '
her gaze wander hnrk tn the great masses
of black clouds that lay piled above the
horizon-like ebon mountains, the lurid |
lightning flashing fitfully above their
ragged peaks.
A sudden peal of thunder startled the
horses into a mad gallop, and brought
an hysterical scream to the lips of Miss
k Johnson.
"Oh!" cried little Rettie Trevor, un^
der her breath, her face growing very
still and white, and her sunshade slip
ping unheeded to the yellow straw that
had carpeted the bottom of the roomy
old vehicle.
"Don't shiver so, child."
It was Margaret Beekwith who spoke,
and she turned to tho little limp figure,
quickly divested herself of her wrap, and
[hid crisp muslin, dainty ribbons, and all
in its voluminous gray folds.
"But you will t ike cold yourself," reI
monstrated Lawyer Hunter.
"I am not a tender plant," she replied,
laughingly" touching with one slim hand
ithe dark blue of her cloth dress. "I do
not attend picnics clad in gossamer attire
when?"
"Eureka! at last!"
It was Jack Trevor's big hearty voice
that rang out, and a moment after he
drew up the foaming horses with a triumphant
flourish of whip and reins.
"Now, ladies!"
Ned Johnson seized Kettie Trevor in
his arms, aud sprung ]up the crumbling
steps of the porch. His stately sister ascended
with more haste than grace, and
just as Lawyer Hunter handed Miss Beckwith
up and followed himself laden with
books and shawls, the patter of great
drops sounded on the roof, and in a moment
the outside world was a mist of
driving rain and rushing wind, before
which the great tree* bent like saplings,
and the flowers laid their broken heads
on the drenched earth, aud looked up
with pitiful tear-wet faces to the angry
6ky that an hour before had been blue
and smiling as an infant's eyes.
"Open, ye inhospitabledoors," spouted
the irrepressible Jack, striking the panels
i with such force that the crazy latch
gave way and the entire party surged
^ into the wide, musty hall, from which
H. opened a large, dark parlor, sparsely fur
rnished with dingy curtains and a few
moth-eaten couches and chairs.
"Ugh! it's damp and musty," cried
little Rettie Trevor, tip-tilting her dainty
nose in disgust.
"And haunted, too," concluded her
brother Jack, looking at her with solemn
eyes.
'"Haunted!" Rettie would have
' screamed, but her particular cavalier
* ' was examining the dismal prospect from
one of the many diamond-paned windows,
and she wisely concluded that it
would be a waste of breath.
"Tell us the story, Jack-."
A dozen voices chimed in th? request,
and nothing loth, Jack seated himself on
the edge of a faded chintz sofa, and
begun in a deep, sepulchral torn;, that
aopnrHnri wnll with '.he shadows and
general mustine9s of he place:
"You may not credit the facts, my
friends, but considerably less than half
a century ago these rooms, now so silent
and deserted, wore filled with a gay
company, and jest and dance made the
hours fly merrily enough. The owner of
, the old mansion had brought to its roof
a bride, a bonny young thing, according
to tradition, and a year after an heir
appeared to complete their felicity. All
went merry as a marriage bell till the
floor young mother discovered that her
iege lord was given over to an insatiable
love for strong stimulants. Unfortunately
the shock broke her heart, and one fine
day she died. "
"And what became of the others?''
"That is as far as my information,
derived piecemeal from the aged father
of our landlord, extends/' concluded
Jack. "I only know that the father
finished his, days in disgrace, and died
? alone and solitary in this old house,
which is haunted, the superstitious
neighbors aver, by his restless ghost."
Ised Johnson had managed to entice
the fickle Rettie to a seat in the window
thaT~overlooked the tangled, neglected
garden. The others were conversing in
r ?;ro onH Murk- Hunter stood alone and
M-v. ^
unheeded in the doorway, a heavy shadow
on his face. Meg Beckwith, looking up
from the book whose contents ahe was
carelessly scanning, saw the shadows,
BMUHMBBHHMMIIHMBMMMHHnMnN
anil a sudden look of pitiful intelllgci.ce
crossed lier own.
''Mr. Hunter?Mark,"' she whispered,
crossing the room unnoticed, and laying
one hand on his arm. 4iI see it all now.
Oh, why did you come here?''
"How could I foresee this visit?" he
responded, his low tone penetrating 110
further than her attentive ear. "Remember
that when we left our pretty !
picnic ground in Horman's Glade we
expected to return immediately to the
hotel, and not to this abode of dismal
memories, whither the storm has driven
us."
"Ladies," said Mark suddenly, in his
usual everyday voice, "there must be j
some old quaint chambers above, to which I
1 1 Wl.f I
von long uuskv suim-asc ,
feels in a mood for exploration?"'
"Not I,"answered Kcttie, happy in the
company of her cavalier.
"Nor I," repeated Miss Johnson, I
thinking of dust, spiders, and her mauve !
sateen, all in one.
The others were engrossed in Jack
Trevor's nonsense, itnd Meg. gathering j
her blue skirts closely about her. swept
them a half-mocking, halt-disdainful |
courtesy from the doorway.
"I am going to lay the ghost," she
announced, and a moment after stood j
breathless on the broad landing above. j
her arm closely clasped around Mark's j
as she looked beyond, half affrighted |
at the gloom and dreary silence 01 ine [
place.
Hastening her footsteps a little, he !
led her into a large, low-ceiled room, j
barely furnished, like the parlor below, ,
and opening a wooden shutter, let in the <
cold gray of the afternoon's waning j
light. Meg's face was in the shadow, |
but the few rays that straggled through j
the dusty panes fell full upon his countenance,
and a faint flush colored hei
cheeks as she noted the eager expression ,
that rested on it.
Without speaking he drew a lettei
from his pocket, and held it toward
her. She glanced at the address, ejaculated
the one word, "Philip,'and without
opening it put the missive aside with
a lirm hand.
"Nay," he said, and his strong lip
quivered under its covering of dark hair.
"Now that you know all, be merciful.
Here in this house which his father darkened
with the dreary shadow of sin and
under which shadow lie passed a por- 1
tion of his miserable childhood, let me
plead for him. Was it so much his fault |
that he gave way to the miserable vice in- [
herited from his wretched parent? lie- !
member, he had no mother to guard his
young footsteps and turn him from sin. j
Once he shocked your pure womanhood, ;
but God knows he repented the deed in }
sackcloth, and as far as lies in the j
strength of weak man he has striven to i
overcome his depraved habit. Your in- j
fluencc, he avers, could wean him still i
farther from destruction, and?you love '
each other."
It was well that he did not see the
blaze of indignation in Meg's eyes, or he
would never have finished his vehement j
spcern.
"Mark Hunter," she answered, calmly |
and coldly, for she would have died j
sooner than betray the tremor that shook
her frame, "you cannot deceive me. j
Have I not seen?do I not know how you
stood by your cousin, day after day, [
warning, counseling, never impatient,
very weary, till you won him back to
virtue? lie docs not live in his own
strength, he exists in yours. As far as
the world goes, you have achieved a
noble action. If you did it for my sake ;
?I cannot thank you."
Mark drew his hand across his brow.
"Your words sound strangely," he 1
said, with a dreary pathos in his voice, j
"I did not expect thanks, but"?with a ,
second quiver of the mustaclied lip, that
manlike he strove desperately to hide?
"but "
At the sight all the passion in Meg's i
strong nature was aroused.
"Because a woman was kind to a weak |
lnrl who unstable nature annealed so ir
rcsistably to her strong one, was it necessary
that the purest emotions ot her heart
must go out to him aNo ? Why should j
he have all?wealth, position, friends,
and?mercy ?" "
Mark's rugged features grew suddenly
i stern.
"Stop!" he commanded. "Tell me
I one thing. I)o you iove Philip ?"
Meg gave a little gasp at the abruptness
of the question; then her lips took
on the old decided curve.
"1 could love no one who proved himself
less than 11 man," she responded, and |
j there was honesty, at least, in her [
voice.
"Margaret,"?Mark Hunter leaned for- j
ward in the gray light with a half-awed j
look on his face?"my childhood was a i
hard, unlovely one, for I was not born to
wealth,as was my Cousin Philip. I have
educated myself by my own efforts, and
have won a position in the world; but
the battle I waged has left many a scar
on heart and brain. Answer me one
j question honestly, even if the answer
add to the burden my lite nas already
sustained. Could you?would
you "
Shy Mark, he was stammering and
stuttering like a guilty schoolboy; but :
Meg, with a smile that sparkled in the :
very depth of her eyes, put her slim hand
in his, and repeated simply:
"I both could and would."
A sudden ray of sunlight shoue out ;
j over the drenched earth, and in a trice j
dripping boughs and rain-laden grasses t
were sparkling diamond-like it its glo- i
rious radiance. ''Mr. Hunter! Meg!" |
It was Keltic' who called from the
regions below, and the truants came j
down the dusky old staircase much more i
slowly than they aau :*ccended. A t
second ray from t'.ie tiny window fell j
_ ? ' " a 1.1 rtf ur?_ I
I Ulliwari lllt'lil liivu it uiuaswu v/uiwu v/* c*|>- j
I prftaching weal.
'Poor Philip!" Mark said, struggling 1
between a sense of his own happiness and
| compassion for his cousin's disappointment.
"But not poo; Mark," echoed Meg, :
softlv, thinking how ncble his plain face
looked in the gold en glow.
'* Where have ymi b-jen?" questioned
curious .lack, as he stood by the horses'
heads, while the party surged out to
take their pluccs with laugh and jest.
" What have you two been doing all this
j time?''
" We have laid the ghost," answered
; Mark, gravely?"the ghost of doubt and
j misunderstanding that has cast its shadow
I over so many lives. I pray heaven it may
| never walk again!"
' Eh?" said uncomprehending Jack,
I wondering at the strangeness of the
! reply. Hut even after he and Meg were
j happy man and wife Mark never exI
plained how his life, hitherto so dark,
I had at last been illumined by a ray of
j sunlight.
A. South American Snake Story.
In Paraguay, at Guazu-Cua, a woman
I going to bathe in the lake laid ner cnuu
j uown under a neighboring tree and
j walked down to the water. A giboia,
I however, which was on the lookout for
i prey at the shore, sprang at her and
seizi-d her before she could escape. Soon
I afterward a horseman passing near heard
| some cries, and on examining around saw
the child alone under the tree. Suspect'
ing some disaster, lie rode down to the
lake and there saw a huge snake swallow)
ing the woman, who was already drawn
, in up to the waist. Hastily tying his two
j lassoes together the man threw the noose
over the woman and under her arms and,
j spurring his horse, succeeded in drawing
. the unfortunate woman's still palpitating
1 body from the throat of the disappointed
! monster. Whether the woman survived
| is not stated.?Anglo-Brazilian Times.
Mozart and Sullivan.
The composer of "Pinafore and Patience,"
as well as the writer of the librettos
of those charming works, have not only
! golden opinions from their delighted
j countrymen, but a goldon harvest has
; rewarded their labors. In Mozart's time
it was usual for the composer of an opera
i * mn <-lnr>nte unci thft lihrettist
j IU ri'Ut'lVU iW uuv??v,
j was given fifty. The income of Mozart's
i household in 1788 was 800 florins. In
I 1833 Mendelssohn accepted the post of
musical director at Dusseldorf at a yearly
i salary of 600 thalers, ?90. In our days
i a song that becomes really popular brings
in large sums to its possessor. "Nancy
Lee" brought over ?4,000.?National Review.
A water spout?A temperance speech.
A LOST ART REDISCOVERED!
THE ANCIEWTS' BLACK MIRRORS
MADE PROM FURNACE SLAG.
A Visit to Pompeii Kesiilts aim E*?
pcrimeiK* Which flay Revolution*
ize flic .Tlakinc: of (ilastuarc.
Pittsburg is the recognized headquarters
of glass manufacture in the United
States, and any new discovery relating !
to it is always of interest here. Obsid- I
ian, it may be premised, is a spec ies of ,
volcanic glass, and one of the lost arts j
was the manufacture of various articles I
from this material, among them black i
mirrors, which are used in the making of j
optical astronomical instruments. In j
the twelfth and thirteenth centuries mir- I
rors were made from an obsidian stone,
1 - 1 ?-?- ? ii? K.. T)/jfuvinnc !
arm useu principal^ i?? mu iv.v. .
The first mirror for optical astronomical j
purposes was made from obsidian in the
year 1279, by a Franciscan monk, Johan- |
nus Peckliam. who called it Perspcctiva ;
Communis. lie gave the first satisfac- |
tory prescription for the manufacture of ;
mirrors from this material. That they had j
been known at an earlier day is shown 1 ?y
their mention in Pliny's writings. In the
course of time the secrct of their manufacture
was lost. In the earliest ages
mirrors were made from polished metal.
Glass mirrors overlaid with silver were
used in Europe to some extent in the
thirteenth century, Venice being the seat
of their manufacture. From Venice the
art went to Bohemia, at that time called
"the mother of glass manufacture." ana i
it was not until 16C"> that it was conveyed
to Franco by one Colbert, a
chemist.
Mr. Enrico Rosenzi, of this city, who !
is entitled to the honor of having rediscovered
the lost art, is a native of Italy,
a chemist by profession and practice,
having studied in one or the leading
German universities. lie is now a citizen
of Pittsburg, and- here conducted
the experiment which ended in his Ihial
success. His attention was lirst directed
to the subject in 187!>, while on a visit to
Pompeii. Here lie found a fragment of ,
a stntue?an arm?made from obsidian,
and its evident kinship to the lava there
so abundant led him to think it might
have been made therefrom. Bringing I
away with him his trophy and a quantity
of lava, he began an investigation and
series of experiments which finally
led liiin to a knowledge not only
of the compouent elements of obsidian,
but also as how it might be reproduced
by artificial means. Like all investigators
he met with many obstacles and discouragements,
all of which only served
to make him persevere more energetically.
His first experiments looking toward the
reproduction of the material were made
at a Pittsburg glass house, and others in
the furnaces of several of our local steel
works. His first successful melt was
made at the glas-; factory of George Duncan
& Sons, in the latter part of 1881.
He there made a number of ornamental
articles and several slabs of the new
glass, and later went to New York city
<i?<i cot mi n cm nil furnace for its man
ufacture. He one day visited the best
known manufacturer of optical lenses
in the United States, Mr. Weiskopf, and
asked what he wouM charge for polishing
a slab of it, which he laid before the
great man. Mr. Weiskopf wanted to
know what it was, and when he got the
information curtly named a high price !
for polishing it. -Much to his astonishment
Mr. Rosenzi accepted his terms and
a day was named when the work was to
be completed. When he called for it
Mr. Rosen/.i was surprised to lind all
of Mr. Weiskopfs brusquerie gone.
"Do you know what you have !
done?" the latter inquired. "You lnve
rediscovered the lost art of making black
mirrors. Don't get excited and think
' there's millions in it' for you, because
' 1 ,i;0
DUt. ICW oi ilium arc urcu, jxt juui x.iocovery
is of the greatest scientific importance."
When it came to receiving
pay for his work he smiled and said:
"5>o, I want no money. Just bring me
a slab like this, or even smaller, and t i
will bo well paid."' He got tile slab and ]
from it made a mirror which is now in j
his possession in New York city. The |
lirst one he made for Mr. Itosenzi is
now in St. Petersburg, whither it was
sent by the consul-general of that country,
to whom Mr. itosenzi presented it.
' The new material has been patented
under the name of ''ferroline." Of
couise the articles entering into its composition
are the secret of the discoverer,
but the basic material is furnace slag.
It melts at 1,800 degrees to 2,000 de*->
> ' ?i-~,i :
grees r., anu can iju wui*eu m ciymttjj
to twenty hours after the materials are
placed in the melting pot. Its qualifies
are great hardness and strength
far superior to glass, capability of
being either cast like molten iron or
blown or pressed like glass, and susceptibility
to the highest possible polish. It
is opaque, the thinnest sheet of it successfully
resisting the passage of light; is
not attacked by any kind of acid, and
has a clean, highly-polished fracture.
Commercially it is well adapted for the
manufacture of tops for tables and
bureaus, slabs or plates for inlaying furniture,
marble or wood mantels, for
opaque bottles for druggists, fruit jars
and for wall and other ornaments. It
will take the place of ylass in many xises
for which the lultcr is poorly adapted.
Its cost is some greater than glass, but
not sufficiently so to render its use for
the above purpose too costly. Mr. Rosenzi
has not yet entered upon its manufacture
except on an experimental scale,
but expects to do so at no distant day.
There are millions upon millions of tons
of furnace slag in this country which can
be converted by this process from a positive
incumbrance to a useful purpose.?
Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph.
Names, Ancient and Modern.
The ancients, who loved symbolism,
viewed the name as an epithet, possess
mc some physical or moral signmcauon,
as with the Hindus of to-day. The law
of Mnnou enjoined that the name of a
woman should be easy of pronunciation,
and terminate softly like the words of a
benediction. "With the Hebrews there
was also significance: Sarah, suggested
princess; Haehel, mildness; Deborah,
industry. With each new dynasty the
! Chinese rebaptize provinces and cities.
"With the Mussulmans, when a man expires,
his name dies with him. A baby
, when seven days old, is approached by
the father or grandfather, who whispers
; its name in its ear, and then repeats it
aloud to the family. Hut that name must
| be selected from the prophets, as "Ibrahim"
(Abraham); or from the heroes of
Islamisin, as 'Osman'' or "Omar." The
names of the Turkish ladies suggest softness
and sweetness. Zahra, flower; Saida,
happy: Loulou, pearl. During their minniiiv
tin. <4n.fl.-3 u-fTP (iftpimr known hv
' a sobriquet, founded on some defect.
! Being u stammerer, Demosthenes was
, called Batatas. Xistocles was the real
! name of Plato; the latter was a sobriquet
given on account of the breadth of
i his shoulders. In France the family
name is derived from the estate; in Italy,
after the Roman fashion, the family
name is maintained, as Medici, Orsiui,
Niccolini. The terminal i represents the
Mac in Scotch; the O in Irish, dp in
: Welsh, and the vitcli in Hussian?thut is
: to say, son.
The ancient Gauls and Celts generally
; took their name from their ollice; Bren!
nus was Kin# Ycrcingtorix, chief of the
; hundred chiefs. There was a duko of
! Normandy who had in his retinue, 110
knights bearing the name William. He
rechristened them after their fiefs. Un:
tier the Revolution names were taken
I ..l.utrnrt ho.
j in^s, Lihcrtc, vegetables aud fruits. One
Duces was hissed off the staj,re here because
he renamed the characters of
Shakespeare's plays. Desdcmona the
gentle became Ileldemone, and honest
Ingo, Arbate. In 1808, Napoleon de|
creed all the Jews to adopt lay, instead
j of Biblical names, so as to have a secular
hold on them. He suggested they should
select for surnames European or other
cities; hence why French Jews are called
Hustibomie. Creinieuve. Lisbonnc, etc.
j To change a name is difficult in France,
and can only be granted by permission
\ of the chief of the State. The Spaniards
j have a string of names, every hidalgo
i has eight. One night a Spaniard demanded
admission to a French inn.
"Who arc .you?" asked the landlord.
The Spaniard reeled off his dozen, names.
"I have no room for so many," said mine
host, "so try elsewhere."
li
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL, j
Platinum wire has been drawn down so j
fine by Mr. II. F. Read, of Brooklyn, as ;
to be invisible to the naked eye, although ! \
its presence upon a perfectly white card j
could be detected by the touch and could
be seen with the aid of a small magnifying
glass when the card was held in such rpv
a position that the wire cast a shadow.
Zirconia, an extract from a mineral
found in considerable quantities in the
South, is quite likely to succeed petroleum j
coke for the manufacture of electric light wa
carbons. Recent experiments have been j y...
highly successful, and the discoverer j ge'^
claims to be able to produce a carbon ,.g
point two inchcs in length that will last I .
for a year. j ?
|
Professor Chowlson, St. Petersburg, |
reports the invention of an electric watch, ! ^
which derives us muuuu nuiu a . .
small battery. It is said to keep very j **01
?00(1 time. No details are given regard- j ~~3
ing the construction and arrangement of j *
its several parts, but the mechanism must i shc
be very simple if, as it is stated, the | ^
watch has only two wheels. j c^f
Gas-pipes are now made ot hemp paper, J
as it4 possesses many advantages over j
the ordinary material. It is cheaper, and j
is not so liable to be broken. The pipes j bel
so made, are smooth and absolutely tight, . hai
and, when the sides are scarcely three- j tor
fifths of an inch thick, resist a pressure j
of more than fifteen atmospheres. They j jjjj
are bad conductors of heat and do not ! to
readily freeze. j v;a
The annual rainfall in this country, tll"
according to the Weather Signal, is lowest we
XT,*,.. Unrinn /tViirtivn innhos^ and floi
California (eighteen inches), and highest 1:01
in Oregon (forty-nine inches) and Ala- J
bama (fifty-six inches). The annual j fro
rainfall in the IJritisn Islands among the j pec
mountains is forty-one inches; on the | un<
plains, twenty-five inches; forty-five I
inches of rain fulls on the west side of j gjjf
England, twenty-seven inches on the | to
Ciist side. j net
Rev. Dr. II. C. McCook, of Philadel- ab^
phia, has been studying the habits of wa
spiders, and in a lecture on that class of wit
beings, finds much to admire in them j
and their work. Among other things
lie said that seldom does an artist sue- jn?
ceed in drawing a spider's web correctly, the
Moreover, an artist generally draws a sm
spider with its head upward, when it J
ought to be downward. Of webs there pe]
are the orb, the' sectional, the part circle, Me
the hanging net and the surface ground to\
web. Some arc also found in California, I
with their nest in the ground and hidden g?*
with a trap-door like covering. The cei
inside of these nests is covered .with a pic
delicate white silk, and the spider seldom str
ventures out for its prey except at night,
when it spins a fine web on the ground wo
near its nest. In this are caught many i ma
insects. Illustrations were shown of ! i
spideis which can construct a nest be- |
neath the water in the shape of a bell, j
To this they carry air, a breath at a ; the
time, and there they live and take care j
of their young. ]
! ini
Phenomena of Ocean Springs. j
It is known that on the Atlantic coast, En
a few miles east and south of St. Augus- J'"
tine, there is a remarkable phenomenon
in nature; a body of fresh water rising in j C3t;
the ocean, extending on the surface, j kn<
probably, over an area of several acres, | dr<
which it is supposed is a shoot of some ;
fimvnt from the land of I ?+
Florida. It is easy to conjecture a con- j no:
nection when we observe the figures in j boj
the mysterious bottom of our great res- | b?1
ervoir springs, like, for instance, that of i
Silver Spring, Clarion county. This i jn
ocean spring has been long known to 1 Ba
mariners familiar with coasting around j Jvc
Florida, but being out of the course of , ^
ships it is more Jocall/ familiar to ob- j crc
servers than otherwise. Though thus cv<
known and spoken of for long years it j Avis
only at a comparatively recent period j
that an officer of one of the United States j ^C(
coast survey vessels had his attention at- th(
tracted to it and made a report of his j vei
observations to the government. ; ?nA
fresh wafer rising in the ocean, :
equally curious, occurs on the gulf coast I
hear James island, on the lower part of ; 5]
Franklin and Wakulla counties. The
announcement of this in the public press J j
is very recent, though perhaps the "boil" | jjf
J in the sea has existed from an early geo- J ]
logical or maritime date. | rei
Itisprobablethatsimilarphenomenaex | f
ist on other parts of the coast, though no Al.
! report of them has been made by the
| coasters who may have perchance discov- 1
ered or encountered them.
fVirtninlv in rnrmppf.inn with that, Vast ,
Jt I J
interstitial coral and concrete foundation ; ga
on which the surface crust of the State j th(
popularly if not scientifically considered j
j to rest, and with the remarkable "dip- j doi
ping" of rivers in their course over the i s*n
| State, and with the lakes and lakelets | (
j and funnel-shaped "sinks" which every- I
where puzzle the interested beholder, the I
subject would form one especially worth}' f0j
of inquiry of the learned?more so than Yc
j all the sensational existences which have j an
I claimed attention in more doubtful iines ^
of conjecture. p ]
How much more curious would it be il ^
it were ascertained that such fresh watei yt
I springs were found repressed undet Pa
I the sea ; that a fresh water exists in- ,
| tact, without having strength to
| emerge to the surface. A spring ol
| this character exists on the Persian gul)
i near Bahrin. There the arid shore affords of
no fresh water; yet a comparatively j oti
numerous population contrive to live
there, thanks to the copious springs
which burst from the bottom of the sea. pa
The fresh water is got by diving. The MJ
diver, sitting in his boat, winds a great he
goatskin bag around his left arm. the Tr
hand grasping its mouth; then he takes ^
in his hand a heavy stone, to which is
attached a strong line, and thus equipped W(
he plunges in and quickly reaches the lai
bottom. Instantly opening the bag ovei I'o
the strong jet of fresh water he springs ^
up the ascending current, at the same pg
time closing the bag, and is helped on an
board. The stone is then hauled up, and eh
the diver, after taking breath, plunges nj'
J in again, liie source 01 mc.se cujnuut in,
I submarine springs is thought to be in ap
I the green hills of Osmun, some 500 01 be
600 miles distant.?Florida Herald. 8,1
a J
Butter vs. Butterine.
The Fanners'' Gazette, of Dublin, pub
lishes u statement showing how difficult
it is for ordinary judges to tell buttci Sj
from butterine. Home tine Norniand}
butter, costing forty-eight cents a pound,
and a sample of butterine, bought of ? ba
local retailer for twentv-two cents i th
j pound, were submitted to a jury of nine to
teen farmers, who tasted and examined |
j both samples. Ten out of these nine- | ^
teen judges declared the butterine to be |
: the butter. The makers of butterine ic j ^
! this countrv use all the way from sixtj
i ta 1?,,1 i, | 111
] IU Ciyiiiv-IMU I~.ua V/. ..v..... v. .v ^
I fifteen to forty parts of good butter, respectively,
in making butteriue. These
! are thoroughly mixed, Falted and col
j ored a golden yellow, and the tubs an **
I branded with fancy names as from conn nc
; try creameries. It is said an infallible uj
j test is to melt tlie buttqrine and ther j tli
j suddenly chill it by surrounding it witk .
I cracked ice, when the lard goes to tin ; ^
i bottom and tlie butter to the top, the line j ch
i of separation being plainly visible.? j fo
t Cultivator. i "'j
?? | bi
^ * v'f? ? ? Vau. LVnn/tK T Ann I bfi
lliKiiig' auures in u nun jl ivuvi> uui... |
A Paris correspondent describes tin j re
scene during the night prior to the issue |
j of shares in the new French loan, whei | sj|
i well-to-do investors and agents hin ; of
! persons, who, in turn, hire others ye* fc><
j poorer to keep places for them until tin
hour when the oflicc opens. It wat ^
I motly and distressing. A poor widow, 0f
j with seven children of a tender age, tin b?
j youngest about eight, had been standing ce
j there since 10 o'clock. The eight placet
j would fetch something like five or six j m
I francs?a fortune for a day. A charita I or
J ble sold sent them some hot coffee, sotm I or
j bread and cold meat, and the look ol j
i delight at the victuals told a heartrend : ^
ing talc of privation. " | m
I th
She was a sweet girl-graduate of a fe- w
male seminary. She had just been mar- ^
I ried and was preparing to keep house. aj
i Some one recommended her to buy sonu pi
spring mattresses. "Yes,'' said she,
sweetly, "if they are in season we'd bet- St
ter have some." ^
The London police are to be furnished "
with whistles, instead of the old-fashioned re
rattles. hi
Ui
ENGLAND SHAKEN. l
Great Earthquake Causes Widespread
Alarm. i
le People of Many Towns Fleeing j \
in Terror from their Homes, t
i.n earthquake shock of cor.siderab'e foreo I I
s fe'.t in the eastern counties cf England at ! t
0 o'clock in the morning. I.o all t es in Es j
; and Suffolk wcro the scenes of greatest j I
turbanco. At Ipswich, the capital of !-tT- i 1
k county, tho shock was so severe that 1 ho ' .
.. ... v. 4a>l? olin L'r-n I C
IIS 01 iuo nouses were i/jiL-vyuuij ? < > | s
tes Were rattled and bells rung. Thepo> jj
were thrown into such astnn of cousterna- j ^
a that business was for ti e tin:? suspended, j
mansion was shattered and the railway ! j
?twas destroyed. Tha duration of thj
>ck is estimated at thre sreonds. I j
riie shock was most serious at Col- | 1
ister, in Essex'. The coucus .ion lasted j *
f a minute. The first symp- j ^
a was a deep rumbling sound. This j -j
s speedily followed by a qun\ing un 1
iking of all the builrlings. The cliur h : t
Is sounded as though swayed by unseen 5
ads. The tall chimney stavks ot the fae- i ]
ies crashed in luins to the earth, and other I x
tystructures w.re de-tro.e.'. Thesrirj j
< no of the largest c'.ur li s in the city? ,
1 feet in height?fell with an awful crash '
the proiuvl. In one par; of tl e city a Are | j
s cau ed by the shoe';. The damage is e>- 1 *
lated at $45,000. In tho pri\ ate home? j1
1 greaUs'; confusion prevailed. TaUes
re overturned rn 1 chairs fell upon 110 ?
rrl? ?*??' rr'ncaivnrn ill C ID- N
jr. J. uu Litmu. uiiu ? _ ,
lrdsanl sideboards rattled together and '
re frequently shatter tl, whilepk-tures-and ' J
ier ornaments upon th" walls were loosened j'
m their fasfcningsand fe ll to the floor. The I1
>ple were teiTor-stricken. Men, women | J
I children rushed shrieking into the streets. 1 '
some streets traffic hns been forliidd n for '
) present, as the buildings have l>i en so badly ; (
ittered that they are considered dangerous 1
life and limb. Th? side walls of noutes 1
ir Colchester were shaken out.
^.t Chelmsford, likewise in Essex, and only ! J
>ut thirty miles from London, the shock '
s also severe, and the people were Jilled 1
,h terror and dismay. 1J
It Southend, a watering-place near the s
>uth of the Thames, the earth trembled for .1
les around. The windows of many dwell- |
,-s were broken, chimneys were clashed to (
> earth, and crockery and glassware were i
ashed. ! t
UShoebnryness.a few miles beyond South- j
1, the shock was distin. tly felt. It was j
veptible at Bury St. Edmunds, while at j
ddon, ten miles" east of Chelmsford, the (
vn hall and private houses were swayed , j
reral times. The wave passed from the t
ith to the north. The shock was felt in the (
rand, London. A bu-iness house wa< per- ,
Jtibly rocked, so much so that the em- ,
_ _ x ^ A infst t.hft
lyes were a:io u u um mnn ^ ? (
eets. The shock was felt in Cheipside and
;et street. i
\.t Colchester a child was killed and a
man's skull was fractured. There were
iny narrow escapes. i
Vn invalid at W ivenhoe died from terror,
e damage at Wivenhoe alone is $20,000.
Coggcshalla number of school-girls rushed
lie-stricken into the streets, and many of
!m were crushed. ;
!
Sarthquake shocks of various degrees of ;
ensity have fre'iuently been felt in Eng- j
id and other parts of the United Kingdom.
lOS'.t one prevailed throughout
gland, in 1142 one was felt severely at
icoln, and in 1274 a sho k destroyed th<! .
vn of Glastonbti y and w .s felt in all part?
England. On Wo/ember II, l.'S;S, was
p rienced the mos; violent shock ever
own in England, l a ts of St lV.ul cat'.e- ,
?1 a id of thj temple w re thrown down on
ihl <i, l5>0. '1 here w.is a hard s.mck at i
iblin on October I1 > 0, and a slight siiock j
i ondon on I'ebru iry 117 0. Tho
rthwest of 1' ngl nd was s' aken on >'ov< m |
. 9, 18.2, and Cornwall, slightly, on Oc:o- I
21, 185!', and again o.i January 13, ' (
?0. Throughout the central, west and j
rthwest parts of England a shock was felt j
the early morning of Octobor (5, 18li:i. ,
th, Swansea and other places in the south- 1
st of England and the south of Wales suf- 1
ed slightly on October .'10, 1818. Houses ,
ro shaken so as to break windows and ,
>ckery in the northwest of England on tho j
rning of Alarcn li, x?ii, ana 011 jiurcu ,
b days later, another shock was faintly |
t in Yorkshire. There were slight shocks
Invorary and other places in tho west of 1
Dtland on Novemb.-r 28, 18S0. Kesido '
se, tho great Lisbon earthquake of No- j
mber 1, 1745, and other slismic disturb- 1
ces at other points, have been felt in tho c
itish isles. " I
USICAL AND DRAMATIC ;
1
Tonx T. Raymond will act all summer. '
mitoba is his July objectivo point. <
io.sa France has been engaged by Law- !
ice Kan ett as soubretto lor next season. J
iCALCHisan1; fifty times this season for j
ibey, oftener than any other song-bird of
; company. I
3arrymore's play, Nad jezda, will be sent 5
the road next season with a s'.rong emo- 1
nal actress as star. , j
Urs. Charles Denison, a society lady of i
Itimoro, will act at the Madison Square
jatre, New York, next season.
Ulle VanZaxdt, the American prima \
rma, has signed with Manager Mayer w \
g in opera coinique in London. <
50CN0D has completed a new work, an i
itorio, which is entitled '"Mors et Vita,"' i
d is a sequel to the "Redemption." t
The forest scene in''May Bios om," period
at tho Madison Square theatre, New ]
>rk, has a number of artificial birds flying <
J singing, all operated by wires in the
nds of one man. Minnie
Palmer was presented to tho i
ince and Princes* of Wales durin: the per manceof
"My Swe theart'' at the Royal ]
[ and theatre, London. March :.'l. Miss
Imer sails for New York August 12. ' j
&.ll bar a Bernhardt demands for an Ameij j
In tour next season is $1,200 lor herself for j
;h performance; also, all her expenses from ' (
.ris and back, and hotel mid traveling ex- (
nses whilo here, in addition to the salaries
the company. The manager to pay ali I
ler expenses for theatre, advertising, etc.
American opera singers are just now en- J
ping marked subcess in Europe. In ad;ion
to the triumphs of Mile. Nevada at
iris in tho rolO of Lucia, an older favorites
He. Albani, has been adding fresh leaves to ]
r crown of laurels in Germany. In tho
aviata she has won golden opinions recently I
Antwerp, and Holland lies next in her path
victory. ; ]
Fanny Horton, a once celebrated aetnss, 1
>n her first applause in a somewhat singu- <
r manner. During her performance in a '
.rticular scene shj was loudly hissed, when,. |
vancing to tho footlights, she ask. d: ]
iVhich do you dis'ike-my playing or my '
rson "Theplaying the playing! was the 1
iswcr from all parts of the house. "Weil," j
o returned, "that consoles mo; for playing |
ay be bettered, but my p r.-onl c annot
ter!" The audience were si i struck with the 1
senility of this retort that they immediately i
1'ilaudo l as loud as they had th? monieii
foro condemned her, and from that niglitt <
u improved 111 tier acting, ana soon became
favorite with t^i pubiic. i
1
?
THE BANKRUPTCY LAWS. I]
rnopsis of tlic Rill F?tnt>li?liinir a ;
I'niform Ji>>teiii of liankrtaptcy<
The bill establishing a uui orni system of 1
inkrupt y throughout the country passe I '
e Unit d States .Senate by tliirty-t^b yea |
seventeen nays. |,
The bill as pass: d ronstitatas the several
stri t courts of th I'niteil .Stat.'sand of the
srritories and the supreme court of the Dis- j
ict of Columbia courts of bankrupt -y. For
e purposes of bankruptcy the court* shall
always open.
On the application of any ] arty interested
e district judge may certi y an v r,u ; tio:i of 1
w involved to th - Unite d State.* Hrcu't ! ,
urt. 1 he decision of the c're i >0 rtslml
it be roviewed by the supreme . ourt, ex . pt
011 a certificate of disagreem lit between |
e two circuit ju ti es.
The bill authorizes tho circuit co'irt in each
dicial district to appoint co nmissioners ;
bo shall have tho powers of tho mast-Tin j
ian'ery; also a supervisor in bankrupt y |
r each judicial circuit to examine into the
Imin stration of bankrui>tcy pro eedings in j
s <i:vuit. Every 1 arty 1 etitiouiug fori
inkru;it y shall pay $'.(), and ev. ry trustee !
all pay one per cent, o.' tlu gross amount '
aii/.ed from tlie assets, mil every debtor
iking a conipo ition sliall j av one-half of
io per cent on the amount of such compo:i?ni.
These lees are t > be pai 1 by the clerk
tho court into the treasury o* the Unite 1
iites.
Any person owing debts exceeding $M00
id unable to pay may. by ju'tition, apply
be adjudicated a bankrupt, and tho lilin^ .
such petition shall be deemed an act of |
mkruptcy. Any person owing debts cxeding$l,(XK)
who leaves his State to avoid
s creditors or conceals himself to avoid
rest or the service of legal process, or
akes a fraudulent transfer of his property,
suspends payment of his commercial paper
open accounts for thirty days after the
me are duo and payable, or who makes a
audulent preference, shall bo deemed to
ive committed an act of bankruptcy and
ay be adjudged a bankrupt on petition of
ireo or more of his creditors whoso bills
ould amount in all to $3C0.
The bill excepts and exempts in favor of tho
inkrupt the necessary and proper wearing
)parel of himself and family, and s :.ch other
opc-rty as niny be exempt lr jm attachment
,* the Jaws of the United State;, or of the
iatsin which tho b:in :rupt y procedings
e instituted, and the courts m iv, fro.n the
isets, allow the bankr.ipt a sum "not to exsd
|50J for his s.ippo t, pending the prosedings,
if his circumstanccs require it,
asouable wages for any tser /ices rendered
s estate at the request of his trustee and the
mal fees when attending as a witness. ?
(JEWS OF THE WEEK. 1
i?
Eastern and Middle States
I th
Memorial services in honor of the lato nc
Vendell Phillijis were held in Boston, and at- j pi
racted a notable audience, including- the j |a
[overnor and staff, mayor nnd city council, j p,
iprem e court and other judge s, etc. Georga j g,
a iliiani Curtis delivered the memorial ora- j jj,
ion. I ]a
Theodore Hoffman, twenty-three years
Id, was hangel at AVhite Plains, N. Y., for gj
lie murder of a Hebrew peddler named j gt
ilarks with an ax, the motive of the crime j jj,
:eing robbery. j a'
Julia mitfhell.a colored woman of Brook- b}
yn, N. Y., died a few days ago ut the age of ar
10(5 years* I ar
While firing a salute in honor of a wed- j
ling near Erie, Penn., the cannon burst, and j m
even of the amateur artillery.sts were in- | in
urcd, one man receiving probably fatal | m
vounds, and two others losing th-ir eyesight, j di
Fifteen out of the sixteen district dele- j to
rates to the Republican national convention | lo
ilccted in Now Vork are ior -fiirnur.
An ocean steamship?the Oregon?has just |
nnde tlio voyage from Queonstown to New | ti<
fork in six days, ten hours, ten minutes, the j su
astest time cn record. ca
A lace factory, the only 0110 of its kind in to
he United States, ii about to be started at 1X1
rViJkesbaiTe, Penn. nt
The second annual exhibition of the Wo- 1 ^
nen's Silk Culture Association of the United I
tates was onone I in Horticultural hall, | . f
'hiludelphia. 1 he display is a great improve-j ^
nent upon the association's first exhibition. |
A party consisting of Jacob Keefer and j
lis young son, George Hilliker and wife and !
iCatnau el AV'ri^ht, weue drowned while fish- j
ng for shad from a rowboat in tho Hudson
lear Verplank Point, N. Y.
There was a determined struggle between j
he Arthur and the Blaine factions at the I in
S'ew \ ork P.eptU lican State conven ion, j OC
leld in l tica. Finally, by a coalition le ai
ween the Ar.h lr and the 1< d r.unds n;e.i. $|
ojrdelegntes at large favorable to ..dmunds j cl
vere el tie I to tho i utioi.al convention by; <ti.
otes ranj.ng l'rom 25 ?to 47:.'. Senator Mil- e:
er received votes, five less than a1 j:
najority of the convention. Judges Andrews oi
Kepublican) and Rapallo (Democrat), wero j li
enominated for judges of tho court of ap-j di
)eols without a division. Presidential elec- j hi
ors were chosen, and a new State committeo | if
vas appointed. The latter is divided between j ni
be Blaine and Arthur men. The platform ! is
ipproves the administration of Prosi lent T
Arthur, advocates protection, opposes further ct
iilver coinage, and favors Federal aid for ed- J]
icaiional purposes. n
New Jersey Greenbackers, at their State ^
.nuTonHrti in Trpntnn. i-loced four do'egates
it largo and fourteen d.strijt delegate; to I "
;ho >ati nal Greenback convention. I eld I .
u Indianap Wis May ~8. All the delegated | 1E
favor General But er for President I
Uninsthocted delegates to the national j p,
:onvention were chosen by the Connecticut j fo]
Kepubl.can fctate con > en ion at Harford, j ^
ind resolutions were a lopted praising 1 resilent
Artlr.r, and de.-larf.ig that if oc asion J j,
should arise the delegation would meet the | tj
man mous sentiment of theRepi blicanpar.y ;
jf the i-tato by pr senting 1he name of Sena- j l
:or hawley as candidate for President. j p(
John H. Deane, a iSew York lawyer, and ! st
;he largest b-.iilder of houses in the c ty, bus j v<
'ailed lor $.00,000. He has erected over j bi
1,000 buildings in the up, er part of the city, ..
mdojOOO men hi\e been employed at one! bi
ume on his structures. His as-ets aio |
;hought to be largely in excess of his l.nbili- : ei
;ics. Mr. Deane is prom'mntly identified ; p
with the Baptist church, and has presented to | ?$
nstitutions connected with that denomination : bi
>ver $500,000. j U]
The I'.'nslish sloop-of-war Alert, presented 1 pi
?the T'nlted States by the Briti h govern- of
nenf, has arrived at th* Lrooklyn navy! p]
^rd. S;.o is the strongest vessel ever built ti
or the English na y.and in 187.5 went lurther ci
into the Arctic tvirions than any other vess -1 j sr
lad ever been. The Alert will ac company j ai
;he other vessels - the Thetis and the Bear? !
is a supply ship in the search for Lieutenant j
jreely's Aivti.' exjKdition.
Vi
i re
South and West ' re
; tl
Tore Turner, about to be hanged for mur-1 0|
ier at Greenville, Ga., asked tno sheriff to bi
eavo him alone a few minutes so that ho tv
night pray, and when the sheriff returned to -w
3ut the law into execution his intended vie-1 tl
:im had choked himself to death with a silk hj
inndkerchief. er
United States revenue ofliecre have been C
raiding Kentucky moonshiners nnd making ir
nany aiTests of men for manufacturing illicit m
whisky. ui
Oreoon's Democratic State convention
nominated John Myers for Congress, elected
i delegation at large to the national cmven-:
Jun at Chicago, ami udopled resolutions i .
avoring the old ticket?Tilden and Hon- j 81
Iricks. .... - - .
Governor Ordway. of Dakota, has been *
indicted by the United States prand jury at P1
S'ankton on a charge of corruption in county 111
jrganuation. | cc
j ulian Martinette. a circus clown, Hxty- I
:hree years old, fell (lend of heart disease
while performing in the ring before a tent full I
)f people at Dayton, Ohio.
About 300 feet of snow-shed on the Central n,
Pacific railroad near Truckee, Cal., fell sud- i ni
ienly, covering a working train and a num- j K
ber of C'liini s.'laborers. Six Chinamen were x
killed and five more s riously hurt. bi
Big oi. welis have been discovered near Ma- la
rietta, Ohio, an l speculators are flocking to It
that section in droves and buying or leas- ol
ing the land for miles around. si
Heavy rains caused a partial inundation of a)
Arkansas city, Ark. la
Salinevii.le, Ohio, is slowly sinking into
the earth. Tfco town sianas on an uiuucuao
hill, which is undermined by several large w
;oal mines. A lew days since people were I ?j
startled by observing tfieir houses and yards ?
jinking into the ground, and hastily sought
afer quarters. I <u
. The Lodies of tbo 101 victims of the Poca- j ^
hontos (V'a.) mine disaster have all been re- tl
covered. . ' t<
H. B. fll'lbkut.recently deceased, leaves by : d:
cvill over ?!,000,00;) t> the citv of Cleveland, oi
Ohio, fcr the purpose of building an art gal- ai
lery. and $-UJ,00o to the Cleveland City Eos- pi
pital, i di
The Mississippi Republican State conven- j?
tion at Jackson elected de;egates-at-large who j
favor Arthur. | "
The Mississippi Republicans, at their State n,
convention in Jackson, elected unpledged jr
ielegates to the Chicago convention. 0]
DuniNG a lit of insanity William Austin, of al
Allen county, Ky., threw two of his little it
children into the "fire and stood by while they ..
burned to death. His wife seized their third a
child from its cradle and fled to the woods. bi
The election in Louisiana has resulted in a
victory for the Democratic ticket, headed by **
McEnery for governor, by about 20,000 ma- &
jority. " n
Senator Mahone was at the head of af- 0|
fairs in 1h-> Virginia Coalition convention,
held at Richmond. The platform adopted t<
ledared emphatically for Arthur and pro- ir
bection, and announced that the name of the j bi
party hereafter would be tho Republican tl
part}-, and that it would act in tho future C(
with the Republican party in national poll' f?
tics.
Washington.
The House committee on public lands in- structcd
Representative Pavson to report
favorably bis bill to prevent the unlawful
occupancy of public lands. It provides that
it shall bo unlawful tor any person to de- j,
molish any fence when it includes more than ,
?540 acres of land, or any agricultural land.
Lif.utk.vant Dan'en*howeu's testimony ai
Dei oro the House committee of investigation ''
intotho Jeannetto expedition was mainly a
vindication of Commander DeLonj.
Trie Housj committee on reform decided to t;
report adversely the bills for the repeal of the
civil service laws and to reduce the salaries
of the I'resident. cabinet oflicials, judges of w
the supreme court and Congressmen. tt
Rei'Reskntative Rosechans has prepared 01
an amfiidm-nt to the pension apjtropriation hi
bill, providing that paymasters of the army ni
shall bo detailed to act as pension agents. w
Genekal Hazen, chief signal ollicer, has ?
decided to rstalilish a signal station in Alaska
at the head of Bristol bay. This will enable Ej
observations to be made of ttie great tidal jV
waves that roll in upon the coast at that *
place, as well as of the currents and the ordi- P.
nary meteorological conditions.
By a resolution of tho Senate the coinmiseion^r
of ajri'-ult ire ami the secretary of the tl
Smithsonian institute havo been admitted to ai
tho floor of that body.# ul
By resolution of the Senate the United gi
States has formally re ognized tho African tl
no;,,cintion. which by this act
IJIIUI 114*1 IU1HU
becomes to this conn ry one of tho estab- bi
li-hed governments of tho world. Thisasso- 01
ciation is engaged in opening up to conuner.e tthe
valley oi' the Congo in Africa, and the gi
provident is tho kinvc of Hclgium. ?hile the ni
chief cxo.'iitive oflUer is Stanley, the ex- b
plorer. It has already acquired much territory
and established many stations in Africa c:
: .The secretary of state, in a communication
to tho Senate on the production and consump- 1
tion of wheat and other cereals, says that the
I nited States should Lie drawn upon during ..
tho pro-cut year for 17r,(XX),0(H) bushels of j.1
wheat against I!8,000,000 bushels from all J1
other wheat j'.rowin^ countries, and that it
appears that tho I nitoil States, instead ot
being controlled by, should bo ablo to control n
foreign markets.
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h
Foreign. ' t w
Fa. Mahdi, the False I'rophot, is reported 0
4... i .Wonted bv Arab tribes a
who are opposed to him, and to lie completely
surrounded. - i
A kihe at Rangoon, India, raged two days, y
destroyed forty-on" houses, and caused a total \
loss of about $(!,000.000. 5
The Black Flags of Tonquin have been b
completely routed iu a battle with the French, j p
A Winnipeg (Manitoba) dispatch says that u
an Indian'uprising has occurred in tho north- \ tt
west territories, and that 2,000 half-starved 1 ^
redskins have gone 011 tho warpath. I G
Queen Victoria is a^ain a grandmother, j ;j
her daughter-in-law, the Duchess of Edin ' f
burgh, having been delivered of a daughter, j "
A steamer containing 4-jO refugees from ! tl
Shendy, bound for xJerber, Egypt, rap tl
aground on a sandbank and was soon sur- j]
rounded by swarms of rebels, who massacred 1
anybody on board.
Men1, women and children to tho number
' 2,000 were maj-sacrrd by El Mahdi's Arabs
hen they captured the town of Shendy.
Interviews ore published with leaders of
e Irish factions in Faris. Fatri-k Casey
Ivocates the dynamite war, James Stevens
oposes an armed revolution, John O'Leary
,vors open rebellion against England, and
xther Ho^an, of the Catholic College of St,
llnice, condemns the use of force and thinks
at honr* rule will ba the panacea for Irend's
grievances.
While a performance was going on at tho
idali ciivus in Bucharest, the roof of tho
nicture fell in upon the spectators. Tho
*hts were extinguished by the crash, and
terrible panic ensued, which was increased
r an outbreak of fire. Five dead bodies
id 100 wounded were carried from the spot,
id many people were reported missing.
Hugo Schexk and Karl Schlossarek, who
urdered twenty servant girls, were hanged
Vienna. Robbery was the incentive to the
urders, tho victims being in every caso ini.-ori
hv Srhpnk. under nromise of marriage,
accompany him with their savings to some
nely spot, whero they were quietly put out
the way.
Widespread consternation, several fatali3s,
and great damage to property have rel?ed
from a severe earthquake shock in th?
stern counties of England. In a do en
wns people rushed from their houses in terras
buildings, steeples, towers and chim>y.s
were sent trashing to the ground; the
.rth tremb'e 1 perceptibly for miles aroimd,
id in one town?.Colchester?several streets
ere rendered dangerous to traffic, so tadly
id the buildings been shattered. The
lock was distinctly felt in London.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate.
The postofflce appropriation bill was passed,
icreasing the appropriations about ?5,50 V
10. As amended tho bill increases the
nount allowed for postmasters' salaries from
10,500,(100 to $ll,7.W,000, for salaries of
erks in postofllces from $(,775,000 to $4,H),000,
for payments to letter carriers and
frno rloiivor-v from
j,t)00,000 to $4,000,000. The Senate strikes
it the clause providing that periodical pubcations,
other than daily newspapers, when
slivered within the city of publication
ill be charged the same postage as
delivered elsewhere. For inland
iail transportation the appropriation
increased iroin $11,700,0Ji) to $12, i?.0,000.
he appropriation for the raijwav postofflce
ir service is in raesed from $1,0.0,000 to
L,Cir>,000; and $185,000 is appropriated for
?cessary and special facilities on trunk lines,
he lattor item is understood to be for faster
iail service in the South. The appropriation
>r Star routes is increased from $4,1300,(XX)
i $">,0C0 0 JO, but the last clause reappropriitig
the "unexpended balances" of last year's
jpropriation is stricken out Mr. f-'herian,
iro n the committee on the library, re)rted
adversely the Newspaper copyright
ill. It was, however, placed on the calenir.
In the Senate Mr. Jonas, of Lousiana, intro:ced
a bill to appropriate 11,COO,000 in aid of
le world's fair at IN'ow Orleans. A similar
ill was ,introduced in the House....Mr.
o^an, from the judiciary committee, rejrted
favorably on the bill to amen I the Conifution
so as to empower the President to
jto one or more items of an appropriation
id while approving the remainder of the bill.
.. The bill to provide a uniform system of
mkruptcy was amended and passed.
The bill was passed providing for the govTiment
and control of the Sainte Marie
alls canal, which was given to the United
tates by tne State of Michigan, and also tho
II protecting Indian reservation* from the
ilawful cutting of timber.,, .The House bill
roviding for tho establishment of a bureau
! animal industry and the extirpation of
euro-pneumonia among cattle was substiited
for the Senate bill. Mr. Coke severely
.1 ,L. j 1 *. fn*
lliciseu LUtJ UUJJUI IriUCUU \JL 0)jiiuuiViuu *v?
ireading false reports of the nature of the
scaso among American cattle.
Home.
Quite a scene occurred in the House. Mr.
"hito, of Kentucky, in speaking to a bill,
snewed his charges against Governor Murty
of Utah. He was called to order, and
le speaker said he thought that the remarks
! the gentleman were not relevant to the
ilL Mr. White said that the difference beveen
the Speaker and himself was that
hile ho had been endeavoring to defend
le rights of the jworest people in
is State, the Speaker had been
ideavoring to get his bills through
ongress for the biggest whiskv monopolies
i the State of Kentucky. Mr. Miller deanded
that these words be taken down as
^parliamentary. The Speaker said ho dered
that the "words should not De taken
)wp, and that no notice should be taken of
lem. This was received with applause, and
icre the matter rested... Twenty-eight penon
bills were passed at the evemng session.
Thre& messages-wgre received from the
resident. The ilrst recOffimdmfcd-tha-sp opriation
of $G2.">,526 to settle the awarO.T
ade by the French and American Claims
tmmission. The second recommended the
Dpropriation of i'2i,000 to pay the expenses
hile in this country of the embassy from
iam which is soon to arrive here. The third
icommended the appropriation of $10,000 to
ly the expenses or the approavhing Interitional
conference at Washington to fix a
eridian proper to be employed as a common
iro of longitude throughout the globe,
hfl messages were referred.... The
11 to establish a bureau of
bor statistics was amended and passed.
; provides lor tho establishment of a Dureau
labor statistics in charge of a commisoner
at a salary of $3,50'), who shall acquire
11 useful information upon the subject of
ibor, its relation to capital, and the means
l promoting tho material, social, intellectual
ad moral prosperity of laboring men and
omen. Ho is authorized to employ such
nployes as he may deem necessary for the
orking of the bureau, provided that the
>tal expense shall not exceed $25,000 per
mum.
Mr. Muteliler moved to pass a bill repealing
le sections of the revised statutes restricting
le terms of certain Presidential appointees
> four years. Th3 appointees referred to are
istrict"attorneys, territorial judges, surveyrs-general,
registers and receivers, collectors
id surveyors of customs, and presidential
sstmasters. The motion, after considerable
abate, was lost.... A bill was passed creatig
a bureau of navigation in the treasury
apartment A bill was passed providing
lat all persons who have served tliree
lonths or more in the military or
aval Service of the United States
t any war, and who, by reason of injuries
r (lispHso oririnatine in that service, are un
i)le, in wholo or in part. to earn a living by
innual lahor. shall b ; entitled to a pension.
,. .Bills Were introduced for the creation of
silk cu'ture bureau; to reduce the tax on
randy distilled from fruits; granting a ]>enon
to the widow of Commander DeLong>
tax tho manufacture and sale of oleomararine:
to promote education by carrying all
ewspapers l'ree of postage.
The naval appropriation bill and the postfHce
appropriation bill, with Senate amendlents,
were reported back from the commit;e
on appropriations; non-concurrence was
10veil in ea h case and objected to, and
oth bills were referred to the committee of
le whole The Kansas < ontested elo tion
lfie of Wood against Peters was decided in
ivor of Peters, thi sitting member.
A PATHETIC JOURNAL,
ut Words of Dr. Ainblcr, of the
Jcannclte Expedition.
Tho journal of Dr. Ambler, surgeon of tho
eannetto expedition, was introduced in evience
during Lieutenant Danenhower's exmination
bofore the House committee of inairy
at Washington. The doctor's journal
as lound on his body when tho l'ro/en
jrpses of Commander DeLong and his comuioiLs
were recovered by the search expwlion.
The last entries iii the diary are as
)llows:
Sunday, 9th October, 1881.?Yesterday
f/in/l i.rr nnf tliH alcohol. Till? can
lin spoke of giving tho m*jn option to-day
: making their way as best they could: that
a coiil 1 not keep up. 'i his occurred in the
lorning, when he had made two miles that
e had to retrace. I told him if he gave u>>
took command, and that no one should
ave him as long as I was alive. I then sugasted
that we send two men ahead to try
ud make the settlement, and that we make
le best of our way with the rest of our
arty. This was done. Kinderman and
oros are ahead, tiod give them aid and
e are getting along. The captain gave mo
10 option of going ahead myself, but I
lougnt my duty require 1 mo to bo with him
ud tho main body lor tho present. J.ee is
bout broken d w.i. Alexa- has shot three
r: ui83 by aid and we will havesomei!nz
11 eat
V? kdnksday. 0( tob r 12. 18S1.?AVe havo
3011 wit 110111 HK)U S111C' r UIIUUY ?.-Atcj'u uug
in-oof alioliol. ono dram of give Tine ves rday
and today. Wo have mid; no j rol*v>s"s>i;iCJ
Monday up to oVlo.k. Wind
lid snow against uWe have been lying in
ollow in the liver bank.
(kto ?t IS. 1S-1.?Ai?'X'i? died last night of
ihaustion from hung. r and exposure.
Thursday, U< tob>r -0, 1881.
o Edward Atnbl r. P'sq., Murkham Postoflice.
Fauquier County, Va.
My Dkar Kkotker: I wrote these few
m s, in th- faint lio;ie thnt by God's mareill
iTOvidencj they may reaVli you all at
oni \ 1 have myself no w vtrv litt e iio.ieo;
irviving. We hive ben without food i or
early two weeks, with the o<o option of tour
tarmeg.ms among eleven o us; we're grnwlg
weaker, and lor more than a we 'k have
ad no Io:k1. We < an barely manage to get
ood enough now t > ke *p warm, aivlin a day
r two that will bo jias.se I. I write to you
11?my mother, sister, brother Gary and his
rife and lamily- to ?ssuro you of the deep
>ve 1 now and have always borno you. If
i hod been God's will tor me to have seen
ou all again, I had ho;>ed to once more,
[y mother knows how my lieart has been
ound to hers since my earliest years. God
less her on earth and prolong her life in
eace and comfort. .May His blessing rest
pon you all. As for myself, I am resigned,
nd bow my head in submission to tho Divine
m. My love to my sister and Brother Gary,
lod's blessing on tnem and you. To all my
riends and relations a long farewell. Let
:ie Howards know 1 thought of them to the
ist, and let Mrs. Peg/am also know that she
nd her nieces were continually in my
bought. God in His infinite mercy grant
hat these lines may reach you. 1 write them
i full faith and confidence in the help of our
X3rd Jesus Christ. Your loving brother,
J. M. AMBLER.
LATER MW&
Maine Greenba'kers asemblfd in h'tate
convention at Lcwi>ton, nominated a full f1
ticket headed by Dr. H. B. Eaton, for governor,
chose four del3gate) at large to the
national convention in Indianapolis adopted j
a resolution favoring the nomination of Gen Yl
prnl Rnt.'nr fr>r I r?iirlfnt; nnd reaffirmed the I
p'atform of the Chi ago convention of 18?0.
One of the large Fall River (Mass.) cotton
mills?Sagamore Mill No 1?Las been i
Lurnei to the ground. The fire is supposod wh
to have been of incendiary origin. Sagamore j on
mill was a briok structure 360 feet long' ha
eighty feet wide, and was five stories high. | '
It had 3:),000 spindle* and 1)50 looms. There j '0I
were about 900 I ales of cotton and a largo 85
amount of finished cloth in the basement, j Hv
The mill and machinery were valued at
*soo,cojl ! ju<
Governor Cleveland hassign'jd the I ill \
pa?s.d by the New York legislature prohibit- de
ing the manufacture of o'.eomar^ari ;e. j 'la
At the Iowa DomocratiState convention j
in Burlington the fcur delegates at large j nu
ch< sen for the national convention were un- flc
instructed, bat are understood to be for Til
- . . , . I ve
1'en. The platform adoptol oppose? prombition.
frt
A kike in Cincinnati destroyed all but a *-'s
small portion of the Ameri-an Oak Leither ^
tannery buildings, the largest establishment tei
of its kind in the world. There were 4o,00) th
hides in the factory. Four hundred persons ??
are thrown out of employment and the pe- mi
cuniary lo.rs is about $403,000. co
The Dakota Republican Territorial con" ?
vention elerteJ Blaine delegates to Chicago, C3
and adopted a resolution instrjcting them to th
vote for Blaine and Lincoln as long as there ! he
was a pos ability of their nomination- ! j?*
At the Michigan Republican coggsg^tion. { re
held in Grand Rapids, delegates f&^all the |
districts in the Stats were ele .t ;d foi the Chi- !
cago convention. All but four of the tw enty- l,
eight delegates are for Blaine. tr
The Ohio Republican convention at Cleve"
land nominated a State t cket, four delegates ^8
at large to the Chicago convention, and in
presidential electors. The delegates at laige jj?
are divided between Sherman and Blaini. I ?j?j
The alternates chosen were all colored men. mi
The platform adopted is outspoken for protec. an
tion. J. S. Robinson for secretary of state
heads the State ticket nominated. he
J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, who was re- er
cently nominated and confirmed as solicitor i c?
of the treasury, has written to the President ^
formally declining the office. to
The wcrk of laying stone on the Washing, tri
t-.n monument has been resumed and will be ^
?L !
pushed to a completion during the coming
sea on. of
President Arthur has appointed Robert "
n fJY-nVmm nl Noith Carolina, secretary of ?.u
the civil service commission, vice "William S. I b?i
Roulhac, resigned. ^
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LATEIl CONGRESSIONAL NEWS. *e
th
Senate.
A bill was reported favorably for the ad- jv
mission of Tacoma as a State of the Union; i
also the bill authorizing bridges across the Ai
Kill von Kull.... A bill was passed providing ^r
for the disposal of abandoned m'litary reservations
The bill was passed amen ling the en
revised statutes relating to trespassers on In- of
dian 'an Is. It ad Is iraprisonmont to the fine a 1
* ?Tl?o AAnfinnoil ! ^
nireuuy j;iu?incvi iiy*.... ^
the debate on t ie bill to provide for a bureau j po
of annual industry and to suppress cattle dls- j &L
lax
cases. jui
Home. m<
Four reports were submitted on the pro. cu
po. ed woman's suffrage constitutional amend- Jj?
ment, the majority report baing adverse.... | at
The Ho-se concurift in the Senate ordnance j bi<
amendments to the naval appropriation bill j
and refused to concur in other Senats amend-, ^
ments The Senate amendments to the tt i
postofflee appropriation bill were non-coa
curred in. ^
HEALTH HINTS. j n
_It is 9tatecl by Dr. Fooj?t^SeoiUi \ {j?
' "'tTpwimcnts-'fo determinc | ho'
the effect of tea, coffee and cocoa on the | ho
digestion secni to prove that they all re- ta
tard the digestion of meats and had ' P1
therefore better not be used with meals I ^
where meats arc the chief of the diet. j
A pleasing drink for one with a cold i
is made by putting a large spoonful of j
Irish moss in a quurt of water; let it
steep for a few minutes, drain it, add in
lemon juice and sugar to your taste: if
this is drank warm at night the effect ^
will be to lessen coughing.
of
For burns take strong, fresh, clear
lime water mixed with as much linseed fa
oil as it will cut; shake the bottle before
applying, wrap the burn in cotton sat- is
united with the lotion, wet as often as it j igi
appears dry, without removing the cot- j
ton from the burn for nine days, when |
new skin will have probably formed. j gjj
To clean the scalp and remove the dry j
skin nn eminent nhvsician, who has ?u
liven much attention to the diseases of j Kt
the head, recommends a dressing or j gg
wash made of equal parts, say eight,
drachms of glycerine and borax to eight m
ounces of distilled water. If badly af-' j?1'
fected use it daily; otherwise not so j ^
often.
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The False Prophet's Warriors. w<
The Arab sheiks who rushed unarmed j [jj
upon General Graham's bayonets illus- to
trated very strikingly one of the most 60
ancient and picturesque of Oriental superstitions.
Few beliefs are more universal
in the East than the possibility of! k,
becoming proof against all weapons by 1 E'
magic art, and such a privilege was *nd ha
is naturally prized very highly by the i
warlike races of Africa and Asia. This i ^
invulnerability (which was fully credited j
even in Europe as late as the end of the j l?
thirty years' war) is supposed to be con-1 ar
ferred in various ways. In Arabia and | ^
Egypt the patient is laid at full length ~
upon the ground and smeared all over : Ei
with some very unsavory oil, while the le
operators mutter over him a mystic rig- "c
marole. supposed to have magical power. ^
r., oil nnfl SJinm flip snina result is nl
attained l>y tattooing the whole body ;
with a line network of dark blue lines, qv
so closely interwoven as to give the *r
patient, even when perfectly nude, the
appearance of being clothed from head . to
to foot in a close fitting suit of blue gauze, eri
Lust October a soldier in the king of Jh
Sunn's body guard publicly underwent zj
this operation at Hankok, with the aj
avowed intention of securing him against to
the chance of beinar killed in an expected ' 1
collision with the turbulent mob ol the a
Chinese quarters. But the collapse of
the threatened tumult prevented?per- fa
haps fortunately for him?this practical pa
test of the prescription.?JYor York Time*. 1
tb
Wanted a Fighting Suit. 'i;1
015
When Vinnie Ream was modeling her a,j
statue of Farragut, thoadmiral's old boat- or
swain visited her studio. She asked him I
to look while she worked, and tell her if
there was anything he liked, "and anything
you don^ like, either," she added. |
He stared and stared, and presently he!
[ began tr/. laugh softly to himself. She n
turnecUfUickly: "What's the matter?''' Ef
"Why, you've gone and left out the ba
! trumpet, and the old man never would 'a ^
j left it off that day." The lirst idea was ^
I to represent the historic "swear-word' tfo
scene at the passage of the forts. "Why. rh
I to be sure,-'she said, "and what else?'" p
But Jack's courage was gone, and lie jv
hemmed and hawed, she urging him with ,a
questions, until he burst out with: "Well, th
I now look a here, the old man wasn't such in
a fool as to go into a liirht with his best | ^
clothes on, and you've togged him out ^
then* like a house afire!" Then he tied
precipitately, "leaving me," the sculp[
tress said, "face to face with the awful
| fact that I had put him in full-dress unij
form. I sent at once to Mrs. Farragut for
j a 'lighting suit,' and she let me have the ci
I very one he wore at Plaquemiue Bend, of
which this is a fac simile." j ci.
There Is no trouble these muddy time j ^
to make a young man stick tu a farm. c].
All you will have to do is to <ret the tit
young man to try and walk across a ten
acre lot that was plowed last fall. He'll ^
either carry the lot around on his boots ?'I
or stick right where he is.?Peck's Sun. gt
^ . I to
The highest prize attainable to English j
musical students, the Mendelssohn schol- j on
arship, has been won this year by a ! he
woman, Miss Mary Wurm. One of her chief I
teachers in piano music was a woman, | |*:
too?Clara Schumann. I
HUMAN MONSTERS. M
no Slayers of Twenty Serrant -'j^|
Girls Hanged in Vienna. '3|
oung Women Lured to their Deaths ' -jM
by Offers of Marriage, - ?
Fiugo Schenk, the monster in human form '. "/J.
10 murdered twenty servantgirls In Austria*
d his accomplice, Schlossarek, have been
nged in Vienna, Austria.
Schenk, his brother Carl and Schlooank
a long time pursued the calling of muitMT
a regular trade and for the past threeyeain " -la|
ed luxuriously on the profits of blood. The f.j|B
lienks, Silesians by birth, are the sons of ft 'jrffl
ige, who causidth'mto be weU'eiucated)w
they first took to the occupation of mnr" ;
r is not known, but the Vienna authorities
ve discovered that they associated them
ves with Schlossarek, a confirmed crimi.
1, and with several other bad char- -"IffiW
ters. It is not uncommon in Vienna ' '?
r servants who have saved money to ad- .%"$?9
rtise for husbands in the local papers, and *
jgoSchenk?a married man, living apart
)m his wife?used to answe.- such daver- '
omenta, sometimes under pretence of being
i engineer in receipt of a good salary and
casionally as a wealthy aristocrat witii coo- . 'gfH
inpt for class prejudice. He would meet '' tjSi
e girls by appointment, and, after paying . }&&
urt to the.-n for a few days or weeks, Induce e
silly, trusting creature3 to draw their
oney out of the bank, and, so provided, acmpany
him on a journey to get married.
iizo Hchenk would get out at some roman- ? 'gjjgj
: spot, where he hod arranged that hia ac- mplices
should Le in readines3. and together ' 'ag
oy would strangle or shoot the gir], secure ' \ysB
r property, conceal her body and return 7%gk
ickly to town, as if nothing had happened, . '"--pM
plan fresh murders and to carry out their
jular business of killing.
A man somewhat of Hugo's stamp was ob- ,4;
rved at one time, from a passing railway ^S8
ain, struggling with a woman, not far from. -3
mdenburg, on the Northern railway of An*ia.
The passengers were sure they saw the. \
an in the act of raising his arm to stab the ? ?
jmanwith a dagger which he held in his -'"'-'M
md,. but when the police arrived at thexpoc ;V?gl
dicated, both were gone, leaving not a tra? '
hind. Schenk afterward admitted that he - 33
d murder a woman in that neighborhood. - /-J
lere is little doubt that he killed a great -43
any women beside those whose disappearice
has been reported to the police. Two
o accounted for in May, done to death after- Js.^Am
ur weeks' courtship; and at the time tha ' c-HrI
mse of Schenk had no fewer than fifty oth- 'afla
b on their books, "with all of wiiom Hugo . v-ja
rrespondel in lovelike terms, while the m
irncy vyuiuu nao kaj icau w vucu
ned. Had these Aastr.on thugs continued
conduct their frightful and abominable ,, /ade
with ordinary prudence the/ might; be
ill at large: but one of th<?m. having killed '/gjzS
vrvtmt girl, had the audacity to take her V
mk book to the postofflce, with the object .
drawing the deposit standing to her credit ' ' h
le woman had been missed. Suspicion ivw Vjafl
itura.lv aroused at the posto Hce, and th?
ree principal members of the firm were conqnently
arrested. The Schenk brothers and
: ilossarek- were placed on trial on the 12th.
last month and convicted and sentenced to'
ath. Th? sentence of Carl Schenk, who ' VJ|
ems to have been but a tool in the hands of ?.4sH
e two arch fiends, will probably be comuted
to imprisonment forlife. OnthetHal, *. '"&M
e tiiree murderers pkad'-d "extenuating
cumstances." ~
The method of executing murderers in
istria is somewhat peculiar. Bixty persons ^
e allowed to witness the execution, which '
kes place in a small courtyard inside the
ison. A post about eignt ifiei mgn w ? .^vs
icted in the center of the yard. At the top .
the post is a small hook and at the bottom C.f9?j
pulley. The condemned man is brdught
t at7 o'clock in the morning precisely- -rjjjgl
d place 1 with his back against orio of the - .-.,
sts. He is not blindfolded. In front of - ~4S
n the troops and spectators form an irreirn- ' >
- semi-circle, while in the center stand the '
dges qif the last court of appeal, in ordinary -ifijs
jrning dress. Aftir some little time is oo-(
pied by the reading of the sentence, a sig-' ::
lis given by tha public prosecutor for tha
ecution to proceed. Two stops are placed
the foot of a rost, which the condemned is '> '%
Iden to mount, his hands being then pin- ,
led to his left thigh. The chief executioner.
jn mounts a ladder, and, taking oat of bis - cket
a rope with a loop at both ends, peeaes.
around the culprit's ne~k. and( securing* >.'*>
ot under the M* oar, cightcns it. Mean-' , -/
lile one of IiLf assistants tiei tin j
th another ro S.-SnT passing "if through
3 pul ey, keepgthe other end In his hand..
iecjii<>f--orecutioner then gives the signal,'.
(iTwith the aid of another assistant, the ' ">'''
ndemned is lifted bv tho rope attached to *
; neck about six incnes and hanged on the .?
ok at the top of the post. The attendant
lding the rope attached to his leap simulneously
pulls with foive, while nis chief , '-'-3
ices his hands on the criminal's mouth and '
es. Schenk and Schlcssarek mettkeirdoom
this manner.
PROMINENT PEOPLE. ' |
nfrcc Pinrnj {? civiner lectures on COOldnit . "Xfi}
Detroit
Mrs Sartoris (Nellie Grant) will spend..
o summer at Newport i Ra
Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage has been pastor (
the Brooklyn Tabernacle ten years. . >
John Bright says that, neztto Milton, hit $
vorite reading is the poetry of Whittier. j .4
Francis Murphy, the temperance worker,' "^3
about to attack tne strongholds of Midi* iJ9
Mrs. Dubuys, of Pass Christian, daughter,'
General G. T. Sherman, is the owner of;
ie of the loveliest rose gardens in Missis-;
jpL She has .'350 varieties of roses in it j
President Arthur has a cracker and a . ',*3
p of coffee for breakfast between nine andl
a, and after that he eats scarcely anything t >
itil dinner at eight. The dinner is always
Mrs. Senator Sherman is very quiet fa 'rjj
J onw rrr?oxr Violr hfling '^38
armer uuu uao uuu ??; j
ach younger than her husband. She S ' jK
nd of French literature, and in religion she. J
an Episcopalian.
Chief Justice "Waite, of the United
ates supreme court, is a short man, and he
;ars a dignified broad brimmed hat. The
ce is a very strong one. The chief justice i J:'*
rns his toes out in a dainty way aa^i ly?
uchee the ground with the whole flat of the .I.
le. . 4?figg
Henhv "Ward Beecher had a lecture enigement
at Evanston recently, and missed
e train from Chicago. '1 he Chicago and -?s
Drthwestern railway officials sent him to
i-anston on a special engine. He was on
md at th-3 lecture hour, but suffered a mor- ..,
yin; disappointment by finding a small
id ence?1 he smallest he has ever had,"! '. yu
id his agent. < '"*3|
Carl<5s Aguero, the Cuban revolutionary .
ider, is a man below the medium height *'-'^3
id weighs only about 115 pounds. He has
ack curling hair, and a small mustache .
tiich turns up at the ends. His smiles are Vjj
im and there is a look of fierceness about, 3#
s face, but ordinarily he is the most harm'
ss person imaginable in appearance. Ag- \ ?
;ro belongs to a wealthy family in .Puerto v 3
incipe. He is not yet thirty, and has been * \
arms against Spanish authority in Cuba " .
most continuously since ho was fourteen. <
It is narrated of Bismarck that he has ao-. M
tired French to a degree that even the highcircles
of society at Geneva or St Peters- flH
irg would hardly lind fault with. Besides is,
lie knows sufficient English to come tip
rather high ex|>e?tatious, and understands
toueh Italian to have no difficulties with <4
' nevqnpen of that country. With Polish
i is likewiseac juainted, and Russian became
fficiently familiar during his three and . in
if vpars' stnv on the Neva to enable him
converse in that language.
The empress of Austria, while recently at
Wiesbaden hotel, spent her days in athletic .'
lining. Mio seldom attended the concerts,
tatres, mid the other amusements of the
shionablc watering-place, but a day rarely
issed wh ii she did not ride to soma of the
rround.ng chateaux or" villager, accomiiiied
liy her groom. Xot i-oritent with
es-j Ion,' rides, the empress devoted several
urs daily to fencing and gymnastic exer?
, in which she is said to show more skill
d endurance than many a practised fencer
gymnast.
MASS AfTRPTI -RY AftATtfl
IIUIUUUUIUU' JU> Jb
ivo Thousand Pcnoiw Killed by EI
."Vlalidi'M Follower*.
Details of the recent massacre at Shendy
the Soudan are as follows: Three hundred
ryptian troops and six hundred non-com-;
tants, preferring to make the hazardous atinjit
to mofieh to Berber to starving inside
shendy, set out from lha latter place. Part
the number went slowly by steamer down
e river, while the others marched along the
er bank. When two hours distant from
lendythey were atta-ked by Arabs, and
t^T a short fi^ht all the troops excepting a
x wt re massacred. The Arabs afterward
ptured Shendv. The Egyptian troops
ere htd discarded their arms and uniforms
the hope of being spared. Few, however.
aped the general m-issacre. Two thousand
?n, wora.'n an I children were slaughtered,
any of them were re'u^eo-i from ivhartoum.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
t tvitw millions of workinj?peo
iic.w ?
0.
There are 83,000 Hebrews in New York.
It" will take $1.000,000 to replace the Cinunnti
court-house.
It is estimated that 25,000 people havo set?d
in Florida within the past year.
til eke are forty-eight pro.'e-sional baseball
lbs this season. 1 hey represent thirty-eight
:ies.
Fliere were 1,500 murders last year In the
uited States, and only ninety-three legal
:ecutions. The
number of cotton mills in the Southern
ates has increased from IsO, four years ago,
315 at the present time.
Harriet Beecher Stowe is said to gather
an average 00,(XX) oranges per year from
r little grove in Florida.
It is said 6,000 boys and 2,000 girls under ,
a years of age are employed m Chicago
ctories in violation of law.