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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1884. NO. 46. VOLUME XXVIII.
EVEN I NO.
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It is that pale, delaying hour
When Nature closes like a flower,
And in the spirit hallowed lies
The silence of the earth and skies.
The world has thoughts sho will not owa
When shades and dreams with night havo
flown;
Bright overhead, the early star
.Makes golden guesses what they arc.
n.
A light lies here, a shadow there,
With little winds at play between;
As though the elves were deh" ^ wuero
The sunbeams vanished in the green.
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The softest clouds are flocking white
Among faint stars with centers gold?
Slowly from daisied fields of night,
Heaven's shepherd fills his airy fold.
?John Vance Cheney, in the Century.
THE CAPTAIN'S WEDDING.
There was a wedding in our church |
last night?not an ordinary one, but one j
with a real romance.
Ten jears ago there came to this place, j
from the far East, a certain Richard
3Iaurc. He came very quietly, and he j
? lived unnoticed, a lonely, disappointed,
I -unfortunate man. to whom loneliness,
-disappointinent and misfoitune were alike i
- new and cruel, lie had always been for- j
tunate, happy among the happy, loving
and beloved, using and not abusing his ;
gifts. Suddenly he fell among thieving
misfortunes. They stripped him of his
his wealth, of his favor, of his hopes and
of his lovo. Under the last blow, his,
sicut heari. failed him, and he carried it
away bv night to bury it among strangere"
ile'LlO'-ight it here.
There was leit to him plenty of wit and
"wisdom, a certain dauntless, hopeless energy
and a little money; He determined
they should not be thrown away, lie set
himself to watch how men toiled and garacred
in this new land, that he, too,
might become a laborer, lie had4&Cii '
iiere three weeks when he heard of the
coal lands. He hired a team and drove
out to them.
It was a long drive, and a novel one.
Leave our town where you will, sooner
or later you must cross ,la gully." A
Kan sa8 gully is u llat, stony stretch, with
a narrow stream runuing through the :
middle. Beyond the gully the land
rises, swells, and rises again to the rolling
prairie. The long, level miles, stretching
on and on and on, slid behind Maure,
"srtiile he still scanned the horizon for the
coal lands, and he was in the very midst
of the group of rough shanties which
marKS meir cciiier ueiure ne reauzeu mat
mining in Kan?<i< and Pennsylvania are ;
two different things. Here lie saw that
you had only to throw back the swarthy
skin, and the veins of wealth lay bare
upon the earth's hard breast. Her children
had drained them at their will, and
left her desolate in many places. Ho
4# looked east and west, looked north and
south. Great piles of slate and heaps of
limestone, rugged scars and wounds
whence treasure had been roughly
scooped, barren and frowzy wastes, were
ail ne saw. naggeci wans oi limestone
gathered from the land they girdled
marked out some few possessions, and
upon the hearths of rudest homes each
owner burned the coal he du<r from his
own land, beneath a boundless sky that
was the one lovely tiling left to life.
31aurc turned his horses' heads aud
drove townward. The desolation, the
stillness, the brooding sky, had a charm
for him in his altered state. The next
day he became a miner upon his own
land.
This life lasted a year. Then its work
for him was done. But a shallow channel
of the great mother's fortune-arteries
had fallen to his share, and at the end
of the year he stood up in his last trench
to face the world penniless but toil-liardened
and spirit-calmed.
The next day he started overland for
Texas. He was neither well-armed, wellmounted
or well-provided, save with a
steady determination, lie had an end
in view, and was just that much better
off than a year before.
At one of the stations on the route he
encountered a party facing south as he
was, which held a friend. In the old
days they had scarcely counted the tie
so closc, but in a new land hearts beat to
a new rlnthm. Mnure and John Dechert
clasped hands, and loosed the clasp slowly.
Then they sat apart, and Dechert talked. 1
He could do that. A reckless, brilliant,
fluent fellow, in the course of the day he
turned over and up to the light every
thought and feeling, every impulse and
belief. Those who *-an might read, if 1
they cared to, and interpret as they chose, i
Maure learned that he was leaving home
in distrust, and there was a ''woman in
it "?a woman who saiil "nay." There
Deehc-rt did stay his speech, for he rever- I
enced her. 1
Maure repaid the confidences in his ;
own coin. He unfolded his future as it
might be, but was silent as io his past.
He owned a ranch in Texas, and was
going to it. (
"What it is, God knows," he said 1
quietly, "it came to me in a business 1
way years ago, and I nc er thought of
it as a possible bcne&t until all else
failed me. I am going to find it?or
something else."
It WflfnrtC when they parted and early
"wlien they met for the day's march. Hut
- ? the night hours had borne fruit. Dcch- 1
ert made a proposal, lie had money 1
and Maurc land. "Why not unite the 1
. two? Why not stock the ranch with
the money and run it as joint proprie
tors?
Maure aareed on the spot. He said he
had now found the "something else'' before
the ranch. Of course, they soon
found that, and from that time forth
they prospered. Maure's ill-luck had
been turned into another channel by the
steadfast obstacle of his determined
will.
Out there in the wilderness they grew
up to be friends in no common sense. 1
They lived each his own life, near his
fellow, but never crowding him. Each
knew the other kept back something,
and respected it. Kadi asked of his
nwn hi'art. nlone?:n nil kindlv sviuna
thy and honor?"What woman darkened
his life?" but neither of them mentioned
the name of the woman he held sacred.
If the winds had but answered the
question!
Eight years went by, and one year ago
the romance was rounded to Fortune's
hand, as one more gift.
Life in the community of which they
formed the heart and center was "life in
the wild West" at its best and ut its
worst. Its worst, and the steady combatting
it. had raised Maure to the dignity
of captain, with no empty honors.
More than once he had led his men into
danger and "into the jaws of death"
for purposes of defence and succor. At
last there came a time when he carried
back from victory over lawless riot the
senseless body of his friend, and heard
those cruel jaws grinding and gnashing
beside him through long, long days and
nights of nursing and waiting. But the
day came when the poor lips feebly
obeyed the first intelligence of the wide,
dark eyes. " Maure, send for Madeline."
they beggeJ. <
She was his only sister. Maure sent
for her at once, and as soon as wind and
wave, steam and steed, faith and courage,
could vanquish space, Madeline
Dechert crosscd the threshold of the
Texan ranch, where Captain Maure anxiously
awaited her. They had known
each other in the old days, and the years
of separation was bridged by the cares of
that almost hopeless bedside. He only
wondered now aud then to find her so
little changed, so tender and so fair. It
was so long since he had spoken with a
woman such as those among whom his
youth was spent, that this one seemed |
doubly sweet. How it all came back to I
him!
It came back more and more as Dechert
improved. She had brought with her an I
^ old servant-friend?such as are left to
few households?and between them they j
made a new kingdom for themselves of
the wild ranch. Gradually this kingdom
touched, it over-reached, it neared to
the very center of Maure's round of duties
and scant pleasures. He fell more
and more into the habit of sharing his
daily life with her, now atDechert's bedsidei
now on the long gallery before the
house, now under the quie$ evening sky.
She was so sweet a creature that >ny man
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might have lovc<l her for herself Jilone,
but Maure love 1 her only for the sake of
that long-ago love.
The time came when they spoke of it.
They had been apart all day, for he
had ridden oil si dawn and had just returned.
They were slowly pacing armin-arm
beneath the lovely night, and had
been talking of many things dear to both.
With that softened mood upon him, born
of the "season and the scene," .Maure
spoke of Dechert and their years together
?spoke even his hidden thoughts of
Dechcrt's hidden past.
"The woman who did not love him
when he loved her must have been blind I
or a fool?I have never quite determined j
which."
"Do you know who she was ?"
"I do not, indeed."
"Do you know why she refused him ?" |
"I know nothing, Madeline. He has j
told me nothing, but I saw?with spirit |
nrnc f ll'lt liSfi&tni'V mil ill s'ich
a channel."
There was a dead silence, and he felt |
his companion tremble on his arm. Surprised
and alarmed, he looked down at j
her, and stood still. She laid her hand ,
upon his breast, as though to steady her- ;
self and him. and said, quietly:
' She was Rosamond dive. She re-j
fused him because she loved?has always j!
loved ?you!"
Captain Maure had never had such a : (
shock iu his life. But he answered, as !
quietly: !
"Vou do me too much honor. Nine !
years ago?it is a long time, but you j
may remember?Miss ('live sent me i!
whistling down the wind after my lost j,
fortune." ,
"Never! It was all a mistake. She ..
never cared for \ oar fort uue. She i
cared only for you?penniless or a
nrinrp '' I ,
Cuu :i mail make a 'mistake' where j
it means his whole life '{" he asked, ,
sternly. I
"Yes! Men and women, both! Cap- j
tain Maure, I know what I utn talking :
about. She has never told me?no! not
even on that last night before I came,
when she lay in ray arms, and her tears k
i?rr, Viol SrViur"T?oV,- -iiciie 0:1 m\ heart.
They were never for me, V<>r fornoor
Jack. They were for you?for you, to
whom I was coining the next day, while
she might not. I)o you think I do not !
know f 1 made a vow then that I would j
tell you the truth. And God sees that I 1
have!" I
She was so moved, so earnest,so eager, i
that it moved him. J
"Is this, the truth?'' he cried. j
"It is?it is! Captain Maure, trust 1
me and tell me all. If you do not love
her now?yoti did love her!?she shall
never know of this night. If you love \
her. let me set it riirht. Let me make ;
you liappv." j?
He told her. It was the uld story? j j
pride ou his side, too perfect trust on ,
hers, the influence of friends the gossip <
of thoughtless men and women, and then .
llight, in has:e and desperation, ruther j j
thiiii steady f cing of the worst. He told ?
of that one interview after his trouble, ' j
of her loving sympathy and courage, aud s
the strength it gave him to go forth and j.
struggle. But after that he never saw j (
her again. Her father sent him the let- ! {
ter she was too unhappy to write, even ! 8
while she admitted its wisdom. She j i
could not fulfill her promise to him. He |
took her at her word and left New York '
that same night. !
Then Madeline told him her side, and
told it well. He saw, as she went on, his (
Rosamond waiting, waiting, waiting, . i
while he never came. He realized what i
she must have fe'.t when she heard he i
had "gone West" without oue word. He ! c
knew how she had still waited aud hoped, 11
until the letters began to come from <
Dechort telling of him, but bringing ,}
never a word or a thought of her. j 1
' Then," said .Madeline, "i tlunK slic f
grave up, anil believed?I cannot imagine c
what. But she loves you still, if you a
care to know it." . (
He did, indeed! They talked late . 1
that night. Maure never went in-doors 1
at all. * All his last years had come back j 1
to him. All his trust, his hope, his ten- t
dcrness, his charity toward God and man.
Oh, men and women! And oh, the old, i s
old story! x
"With the next day he wrote to Rosa- 11
mond. and went a long distance to post ; i
it himself. But for Madeline, he thought J
he could not have borne the waiting for |
an answer. And even the answer would : i
have lacked its crowning sweetness with- f
out her sympathy, and what was she to j c
him in the time that followed no words 1
cau tell. She had such a wise little head . (
and such a loving little heart that she ! t
knew always the best thing to do. !}
There was a great deal to do. in a i
different way. and from very different '}
causes. Captain Maure round himself in 11
gr<":tcr than ever before. Here 1
was the ranch, to begin with; and there j i
was Rosamond, to end with. Between i t
the two was a perfect sea of troubles, i
The ranch could not "run" itself. Dech- ; t
ert could not run it nor himself, Maure <
could not leave either, and, when they : t
began to taik of that, Rosamond could j r
not come to Texas while Dechert was j i
there. Both Madeline and Maure de- | {
cided upon that. And yet Maure, loosing ! (
the pent-up love and longing and self- i t
control of years, could not live without.
Rosamond. Madeline arranged it with :
Rosamond's consent. The result was 1
that wedding in our church last night. J
TJie Rev. Walter came to me at noon (
yesterday, "all in a flutter." i
'I want you to go out and invite f
evervbodv vou know to a wedding in the . 1
uiul full t
dress." c
1 looked at him. i
l,I mean just what I say," he cried, js
"It is a real woman to your hand. I j t
will tell you later. Just now I have only j1
time to say this. The handsomest man I
I ever saw has been with me this morn- J1
ing, telling his story, and making ar- ' *
rangements for his marriage. He is from *
Texas, and has not seen the girl he left 1
behind him for ten years. He cannot 1
leave his ranch long enough to go to 1
New York, and he cannot wait. She is <
coming this far to meet him and marry j ?
him here. She comes to-day at 5 i
o'clock. They have not a friend, not an 1
acquaintance in the place. He left it to s
me to have the church look like a wed- j
ding for her sake. You will help me, I i
know." i
Of course I did. The Rev. Walter 1
has "a way with him." All the girls j
helped. We got flowers and lights and '
were as busy as bees. And while we were <
decorating the chancel, the Rev. Walter <
told me the story as I have told it. i
' Aud where are Madeline and Dechert?" t
I asked. 1
"Gone to California. Ho does not get f
well as he ought. Captain Maure thinks." i
"He knows this, of course?" <
"Yes. Madeline told him, and he took 1
it quite easily. But he asked Maure to !
wait until he was able to go of! for a time. 1
He said he did not feel up to civilization i
in'Lis weak state,after so longasavage life. |
Poor fellow!" \ (
.n>? i c..;,i i
"Does it .strike you in that way?"' he ]
asked, with a quick glance. j 1
"It does." j
"So it did me. But he does not seem i
to have an idea of it. I'pon ray word, '}
when you see him you will be convinced ]
of it. Any woman would love him? ]
could not help it.'' ?
I saw him at 8 o'clock, and I said in my <
heart the Rev. Walter was riirht. There f j
was a slight noise at the door?we were ?
all in church and waiting?a rustle of j
silk and a firm tread, and they came up i
the aisle to the Kev. Walter, writing in i
the chancel. They needed 110 attendants. 1
A more majestic, noble-looking couple I <
never saw. She was tall and fuir and ]
slight?sweet as a stately lily. He was <
simply the most magnificent creature in j ]
man's estate. Nature and life, art and ; <
culture, seemed to have done ev- . ]
erything for him. I could readily I ]
understand the girl at his side I'
being faithful to his very memory, <
yielding to his every wish, gladly and ;
proudly, doing him all the honor she
could in her strange yet not unseemly j
wedding. But the more 1 think of it, j
the more I reverence Madeline Dechert. 1
In the night she told him, God saw j
more than the truth she told. He saw a 1
woman putting f.v.ay from her her own 1
happiness in the cause of truth. And I 1
Cftiaat help wisking, after all, that I 1
had seen her instead of Rosamond Clive
married to Captain Maure. She was (
noble and brave and sweet, and true 1
enough for him?and that means much.
We had an informal Kansas reception
after the marriage, and saw them oil foi !
Texas in grand style. Captain Maure'i j
coal lands have turued out valuable after
all these years, so we will see them both j
again.
The Kitchen of the Past.
In very old times the kitchen was a
rudely constructed allair. The Gauls
and Germans built their kitchen near the
house, never within it, just as in India '
to.dav the kitchen is a separate build- i
ing, under charge of the butler. All old
Norman castles included a round build- ,
ing, completely roofed in. which was the
kitchen, and which we find upon the
same plan in all old monasteries. The
form of this kitchen whs at first merely ;
that of a round mound, having no windows
and being entirely dependent for .
light upon the wood fire, but it had, even
iu the earliest times, chimneys or a per- j
hires for the escape of smoke, often as
many as five or six. As time went on j
these kitchens grew in importance, and ,
were often marvels of architecture fin- j
ished off with windows and doors, every [
possible facility being sought for letting !
iu fresh air and sunshine. At first the j
tire was built in the corner of the room. !
but soon it became the central point, the i
smoke ascending to the roof in circles j
and thence liuding an outlet through the j
many chimneys. Then came the intro- j
duct ion of tables for the reception of ,
food, stools and other furniture. J no j
rude spit, let down from the ceiling, wis j
turned by a boy, and the cook sat in dig- i
nity watching the proceedings. Soon |
the chimney was built over the hearth, aud j
then the mantelpiece appeared. In au j
old cook book of the sixteenth century
there is a wood cjt representing an
Italian kitchen interior. A four-legged
brazier stands in the center of the apart-!
ment and near it bend two men cooks, '
while on the floor squats a man blowing I
the bellows, and two lads, one on either
iidc of the tire, sit on chairs, turning with ;
long rods the iron bars on which birds j
ire roasting. Above the stove is a strong I
beam, from which depend bunches ot
vegetables, birds of various kinds, herbs,
?c. A frying pan is ready to hand, and
jpon the gridiron two fish are_laj.<]^.f&i'ooking.
If we_s&fflfr (Town to a consideration
of kitchens in our own day, we
Jo not tinil very much upon which to i
congratulate ourselves. If we have!
gained some knowledge or refinement in
cooking (and that is an open question),
we have gained nothing in Hie situation j
?r appointments of our kitchens. lu ;
country homes we have the old-fashioned
chimney, the wide hearth, the annoyance
)f dirt and soot, to counterbalance the
fresh air and sunshine which gain an enhance,
while in cities we have the adjutages
of improved stove*, of self-actng
boilers, of pantries and closets, of ;
iteani heat and pneumatic tubes, with i
he decided disadvantage of darkness I
ind foul air. Of course, there are ex- j
optional cases where the kitchen is as j
feasant as any room in the house, but in
jreat cities these exceptions are rare inteed
in the case of those wise heads of
arge establishments who have had the
;ense to run counter to public opinion,
ind have the kitchen at the top instead
)f the bottom of the house! In the land j
>f elevators how easy this might be done,
ind how much it would conduce to the
lealth of the household.
How a Big City Was Bought.
A Melbourne letter to the San Fran:isco
Chronicle contains this: Recently,
11 the Melbourne public library?a maglificent
institution ? I inspected two
'ormal legal deeds, by which eight chfCfs
:onveyedto John Batman, the " William I
?enn " of Victoria, GOO,0U0acres, "more j
>r less,7' of land, in consideration of "20 j
mirs of blankets, 80 knives', 100 toma- ;
lawks, 50 pairs of scissors, 30 looking- j
glasses, 200 handkerchiefs, 100 pounds j
>f flour, and six shirts," for 500,000 i
teres of tract, and for the other of 100,- i
)00 acres ' 20 pairs of blankets, 550 J
;nives, 12 tomahawks, 10 looking-glasses, i
.2 pairs of scissors. 50 handkerchiefs, 12 I
ed shirts, flannel jackets, 4 suits of
:lothes, 50 pounds of flour." It was ;
tdded that a certain number of similar
irdcles were to be jjiven annually as a |
ental, such as would amount to $1,000, 1
tnd finally it is said to be "dated accord- ;
ng to the Christian era, this Gth day of ,
[une, 1835."
That was the year in which Melbourne
vas founded. Not yet fifty vv>?-.a old '
ind already the ninth city ui the British ;
:mpire in poptilafion! iiatman was a
"airlv ?ood man, but his ideas in the way i
>f buying lunil ?vere too large in propor- i
ion to his ideas for paying for it. His ;
,urchase was not much respected; wor- !
led to death by litigation, lie died four '
rears after his contract with the chiefs. I
lis descendants are poor, toiling people. !
lis story ought to be written on a mon- !
luient, in order that they who go forth j
o New Guinea and other regions may re- j
nember that there is an ambition that j
>'er-leaps its ''sell," or saddle, and falls J
>n the other si'.le. At the same time j
here is a respectable fact beneath this j
lew agitation for annexing the adjacent
slands; it is that the Australias arc :
,rowing a Monroe doctrine and that they
;an rest it on much the same grounds as
>ur Monroe doctrine rests on.
The Elephant Executioner.
Among the numerous dignities con- i
erred upon the elephant in the far East j
s one which, although certainly au honor j
ew would be inclined to covet, lias out- j
ived other and more creditable distincions,
surviving till within the memory
>f many men now living. Under the
mtive princes of Hindustan criminals !
lentenced to death were usually exe- j
:uted by one of the rajah's elephants,
vhich was specially trained for the pur- '
lose. The victim, bound hand and foot, I
vas laid at full length upon the ground, |
ace upward, winks the monster, at a |
iignal from his driver, planted one of his
luge fore feet upon the prostrate man's ;
>reast, and with one crunch pounded '
lim into a shapeless mass. The beast's !
)bedience was, as a rule, perfectly prompt j
md effectual, but tradition records one i
nstance in which the tragedy took a
cry unexpected turn, bearing out to
some extent the stories told of the eleihant's
superior powers of memory and i
nstinct. The enormous foot was just j
aised to inflict the death blow, when it :
vas suddenly withdrawn, and the ele- !
>hant, snorting excitedly, began to caress
he fallen mail with his trunk. On inluiry
it appeared that the latter had i
)nce been the beast's favorite keeper,
ltd that it had recognized him just in
irae. The rajah, who had witnessed the
>vhole scene, listened to the story with
jreat interest, and ordering iiis attend- !
ints to release the prisoner, placed him !
>nce more in charge of the elephant |
viiich had spared his life.?New York
Times.
in Extraordinary Railroad Scheme. 1
A Washington letter says tint General
Jeorge P. Ihrie, formerly of the army,
jut who is now a mining engineer in
Boston, is trying to get up a company for
:he connection of the Northern Pacific ;
railroad with Alaska. He says that the '
mining regions and the fur trade of the '
section to lie opened up by this proposed j
ine will fully warrant its construction. :
lie also believes that a system of snow
sheds can be protected from the heavy
snowfalls of the severe winter, but Gene
ai nine wouiu noi nave nis nne si op nr
\laska. He says that the Russians are
ilrcadv beginning to cross Siberia with
*ailroads. It is only a question of time
ivhen St. Petersburg will be connected
)V rail with the coast at Behring's j
>trait. China will in time i
aave a railroad line along the eastern j
:oast line. General Ihrie would have j
luge ferryboats connect at the narrow- !
;st point of Uehring strait with the two j
railroad lines when the water was open, j
(luge sleds could be used in winter. ,
When all this is brought about passengers
can take a Pullman through car for :
Europe for at least six months in the j
rear. General Ihrie believes the Euro- i
r.nnn trnfflp wnilld lift VftfV llfiilVV. ManV I
people do not go to Europe because of 1
:heir fenr of the dangers of the sea. The |
jri-ater time required for an ad-rail jouroey
to Europe would be compensated by I
the variety of country seen and the greater 1
safety insured. All rail to China would j
be possible under this system. General !
Ihrie believes that this railway project is j
one of the certain things to occur in the
next twentv-fivc years at anv rate.
* I
A Belgian is breeding red canaries.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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The Beat Dairy Brcedf. (
The introduction of the best breeds of
dairy cuttle to this country from Europe t
should not only greatly improve our dairy j
cattle generally, but the fact that those s
cows have been brought to their present
state of excellence only by the best of (
care and handling, and the knowledge j
that without this same care they are sure ^
to fall off in their good qualities in our
hands should stimulate our dairymen not
only to possess those improved breeds, i
but to so improve their methods of farm- t
ing and handling that there > ;,I be no g
danger of deterioration in thci->r>rceds. t
with t>ir? intorost now beincr taken in ?
Jerseys and Ilolsteius, there is every indication
that instead of their being a falling
ofT there is every hope and evidence of *
marked improvement not only in the c
breed but in the method of handling.? 1
American Dairyman.
Tlie Hoe in Growing Crop*.
It has not been such a long time ago !
since the implements used in tending corn 1
by horse power were so few and so rudely c
constructed that the hoe was looked upon r
ns indispensable to the work. But now I
that these implements have become so di- 1
versified, ns well ns better constructed, '
the hoe is thrown aside as no longer necessary.
Men arc so prone to accept of
any theory that will enable them to live r
with le>s labor, that farmers have readily s
caught at the idea that all that was nec- t
essarv to insure a crop of corn is to throw J
earth enough to it with the plow to cover c
up the weeds. But that this is not all that c
is necessary we shall now endeavor to ?
show. We start out, then, with the es- c
tablished fact, well-known to all, that the c
more the ground is stirred the better 1
will he the crop. And why? Simply r
because the ground is then kept in its x
best condition to absorb moisture as well
as fertilizing matter from the atmosphere, n
with both "of which it is always filled, p
Not only so, but by the frequent stirring g
of the soil it is placed in its best con- o
dition to dr.iw up, through capillary! t
attraction, moisture, as well as soluble I j
"minef&t tnaVf&r "nVrtf uriottT iiui~srnfl?ri j
may ask, why may not all this be iiccom- - 1
plished by the plow? We auswei , 60 it I 3
could if, by plowing, the whole surface a
nf tVifi irrminrl W.'IQ kf?nt nU'lloW. but aS C
the plow throws the mellow surface nil j I
into ridges, leaving the spnees between t
ns compact and hard as ever, the power I
of the ground to absorb is thereby dimin- i
ished rather than increased, and in so far
the crop is damaged.
It is on this principle that summer fallowing
is so beneficial to wheat. By this
additional stirring of the ground it is put
in better condition to absorb and hold i
the fertilizing matter floating in the atmosphere,
especially when supplemented j
with a little plaster. The best chemical t
authorities tell us that the main use of
plaster to vegetation is its power to \
attract ammonia from the atmosphere a
and "fix" it in the ground for the use
of plants. Now the more the soil is pul- *
verized the more its absorptive power j
is increased, and therefore the better
enabled to extract fertility from the
atmosphere. This fertility consists F
of gases emanating from decaying
vegetable and animal substances, nnd 11
which, being brought down by the
rains and snows, are deposited on the ^
surface of the earth, and the more the | *
absorptive power of the latter is increased j a
the more of this fertilizing matter it in-1
corporates. It is evident, then, that the r
greater the area of surface pulverized the a
greater the amount of fertilizing matter j r
absorbed, and which is best done by the ,
use of the hoe; not in throwing the pul-1 c
verized grouud into ridges, but in mel-! c
lowiug the whole surface, as well as in I r
killing the weeds. Weeds in a corn-hill j .
are like parasites on an animal, drawing j *
the life-blood out of it, and not to use i
the hoe in their extermination is the very ! r
way to establish them on the farm.?Bui-1 ?
e?#r? j *
nil CV/G KJiXti,. |
Farm and Garden Notes.
Give salt to ewes.
Eggs absorb bad odors.
Tobacco dust kills sheep ticks.
This ought to be u good apple year.
Plaut asparagus roots six indies deep. *
Apricois may be bleached by sulphur 1 )
fumes and then dried in the suu. ! l
An Indiana horseshoer makes his shoes j 1
for interfering high on the inside. , l'
Mr. Marshall P. Wilder heads peach :
trees, when planted, down two feet.
An Indiana fruit grower puts moles in
his strawberry patch to kill the grubs.
The Rural yew Yorker recommends; j
blue grass for low lands subject to over- j r
flow. j
A New York horseshoer says never cutj t
the heel unless it grows faster than the s
toe, which should be short. 1 c
It is worth while for farmers to see i t
what can be done with their land under . t
the most favorable conditions. Take one ! s
acre or a smaller area, manure heavily, j J
cultivate thoroughly aud then make an ! \
estimate whether like treatment of all ! n
the farm would not give greater profit: c
than is secured at present. ! C
The roots of most crops spread so j 1
rapidly through the soil that broadcast)'
surface manuring, well cultivated in, will t
give better results than putting it all in ( 1
the hill. Where the soil is fertile, but, ?
naturally cold and slow, a little manure }
? ?.:n ...;n l (
iu iuc mil "ill I'W'V i'. "j e*'."o
young plants 1111 early start.
A large udder in a cow is commonly j11
regarded as a sign of a good milker, but ;
excessive size indicates a deposit of flesh !
which is of 110 advantage, but rather a : 1
burden for the overweighted animal to ; h
carry. If the milk veins are well de- j c
veloped the cow will be a good milker, I 11
and the udder will be as large as is of j 0
any advantage.
Without doubt, the way to get the , c
heaviest yield of potatoes from a small s
arcarage is to plant in drills, placing the j
sets one to one and one-half feet apart in ?
rows from two and one-half to three feet, y
apart, according to variety. But the |
bulk of potatoes for market are planted c
where land is cheaper and more plentiful j
than labor, and it is, therefore, economy j
to make hills with rows both ways.
The vegetable matter in all muck has a J
certain value on sandy or gravelly soils ; c
which need more humus to enable them I
to retain fertility. The farmer who owns 1
a muck bed near a sandy knoll, as many i r
do. can hardly mistake in trying the cf- ci
feet of the muck as a top dressing, j i
"Whether it will prove valuable for soil i j
not naturally deficient in vegetable mat- J
ter, depends 011 the character and compo-, t
sition of the muck. Some kinds of muck 1 c
abound in mineral elements, and these I c
are everywhere valuable. 1:
It is very rare in fanning that any jj1
single experiment can be regarded as i ^
conclusive. This is especially true of the v
cultivation and manuring jf crops. Dif- i 1
feience in season will make one manure [ \
nmre helpJul during one season, while c
something else proves better the next, j ^
In the same year there may be wider '
variations in the fertility of portions of *
the same field than the experimenter *
suspects. It requires several years of 1
careful study of a farm, and repeated i H
experiments, to make results at all certain. a
The curb or hip roof to a barn is a new j rs
device for getting increased space above '
the posts. It is best adapted to farmers J
who use horse hay forks which will nil ]
this increased space with comparatively i 1
little increase of expense. If hay or grain c
has to be. pitched up in these high lifts c
by hand power it costs too much to make ^
the greater space gained of any ad van-1 f
tage. The larger number of posts inside a
the barn are an objection, except in situ- ' v
at ions where they arc needed to give more J *
strength to resist winds. i r
A Georgia fanner gives the following j
remedy or rather preventive in the mat- j *
tcr of hog cholera: I feed my hogs on j p
buttermilk and kitchen slops. Every ' *
week I throw dish-water over them. I , c
have not lost a hog in ten years by j *
cholera. While mv neighbors' hogs have s
died of it, mine have been healthy. I '
keep a barrel 1 ear the cook-room hack i
window and pour all the slops into that; c
my hogs are fed on it once a day. They j
are free from lice and kept in a healthy i '
condition all the time. The grease and ! J
soapsuds keep their bowels 111 good con- I f
dition.
Klonneliold Recipe* and Hints* J
To remove the stain of perspiration j c
apply a strong polution of soda and riuse (
n no]/I -viratar
The yellow stains on the margin of | .
ingravintrs may be removed by a solution t
)f hydrochloride of soda.
Swansdown may be washed in soap ,
ind water; after washing shake it out. I j
ind when the down is somewhat raised '
ihnke it before the tire till dry.
To insure the cranking of pork being
:risp and eating short, just before the j
)ork is done moisten the skin all ovei j I
villi a little butter, dredge it with flour, j
ind place it near the tire to brown.
Take some sardines, carefully skin and j
>one them, lay them on slices of buttered j
oast, with a few drops of lcmoti juice ; f{
ind put them into the oven with a but- jj
ered paper over them to get quite hot. i
Serve at once.
Cut some smoked salmon in the very { ^
hinnest possible slices; lay them neatly j t]
>n pieces of buttered toast, sprinkle with
icpperand put.iuto the oven, with uj
>iece of buttered paper over them, just !
ong enough to get quite hot.
Fish almost more than anything else, ; tl
s improved by slow cooking; especially h
s this tme when the lish is boiled. If ! h
looked rapidly it will fall apart, and will | ^
icither taste nor look so well. The great | tl
joint insisted upon by scientific cooks o! p
he present day is this of taking abun- j ?
lant time to prepare food in, and the fact
hat nothing is gained by rapid boiling, i w
A common fruit and spice enke is '
uade of one cup of buttei, two cups of
ugar; beat these to a cream, then add i 0
wo well beaten eggs, the whites and ; tl
oik l)eaten together, a large handful of f<
:urrants, a quarter of a pouDd of citron P
:ut in small bits, one teaspoonful each of j]
grated nutmeg, of cinnamon, and of d
:loves, half a cup of sour milk with a p
luarter of a teaspoonful of soda dissolved ?
a it, and three cups of flour. This cake j j
equircs nearly an hour for bakiDg, in a j v
noderate oven. n
A common loaf pudding maybe varied
nd so be made appetizing. Make the t
udding after this receipt: One cup of f<
[ranulated sugar, one cup of sweet milk, r
ne egg, and a piece of butter the size of ?
he egg. two tcaspoonfuls of baking j
towder, flour to make it like cake dough; I
hrt Ti ViVTr o'r iViis in - lite- -tiu, tk'.'n aj^
ayer of jam, then another of the dougH, |
.nd so on until the tin is haif luil; have I 1
it least two layers of fruit, and have !
lough on the top. This will need to |
take longer than if without fruit, and | c
vhen it begins to brown on the top it is j c
>est to lay a paper over it for ten min- j ~
Ltes. | f(
I D
1TISE WORDS. j ?
I n
Every base occupation makes one sharp |
n its practice, and dull in every other. ! ?
There is a class of men ever ready to j tl
jump you to any extent, if you only give c<
hem a handle.
Honest and courageous people have ^
'ery little to say about either their cour- ai
igc or their honesty. c<
"Where the people are well educated, ^
he art of piloting a state is best learned tj,
rom the writing of Plato. w
As ceremoney is the invention of wise "
nen to keep fools at a distance, so good j
ireeding is an expedient to make fools m
ind wise men equals. i hi
Oh. strange caprice of fate, that a ship ; ^
vhich has outlived the lightnings and i ai
erapests of the sea, should be wrecked in i ui
i quiet harbor at last! !
Whether religion be true or false, it: g?
nust be necessarily granted to be the only j w
vise principle and safe hypothesis for a j.e:
nan to live and die by. I
To be happy, the passions must be j ui
heerful and gay, not gloomy and melaniholy.
A propensity to hone and joy is
eal riches; one to fear ana sorrow, real pn
Hjvcrty. th
The every-day cares and duties, which
nen call drudgery, are the weights and |
lounter-poises of the clock of time, giv- j ang
its pendulum a true vibration, and its i di
lands a regular motion. i J?
? lii
1t <
The Red Gum Cliewcrs of Annam. ! ^
The Annamese, about whom so much * >'
s being said nowadays, are not an atmotive
people, but they do not wear ; m
jigtails, and I can tolerate any other vice, | hi
vrites a correspondent of the New Or- j tr;
eans Tinta-Democrat. They are much ,,c
ike the Chinese in appearance and in j jjj
nany of their habits, following the same j r0
eligion and liv.ng in much the same way.' a
Hie most striking thing about them is
heir chewing habit. Instead of chew- ^
ng tobacco, the men and the women | er
ilike universally chew a quid about the ' M
ize of a filbert, made up of Syri leaf, lit
>ctcl nut, gambier and ohunam. This j
reparation is of a deep red color, and j ^
mparts an exceedingly nasty appearance en
o the teeth, lips ancl gums. The people j Ti
eem never to have discovered that tuis Jo
lisgusting juice does not contribute to
heir personal appearance. Some day ^
he revelation will burst upon them with k<
tunning effect. At least, I hope so. ! th
fudging from the reddened ground 8r
vhere Anamites have been expector- ^
,ting one would think that this is a col- g(
inly of consumptives. Like all the other dv
)rientals, the Anamese wear their hair |'(
ong, but keep it bound up in a top-knot, j {?
'erhaps 1 should except me .Japanese iu ar
liis sweeping statement, for the revolu- su
ion in the matter of toilet which the last "
lecade has wrought in Japan almost Pa
>laces the people there on a plane with (jG
)ccidentals in this as well as many other fo
espects. The appareling of the people 8.
s, in keeping with the climate, quite ^
imple. The Anamese whom I have een W(
q full dress, wore cloths around their jc
leads after a semi-turban fashion, and T1
isually an elaborate hiirh comb. These P?
loths were dyed some brilliant hue, K
isually blue or red, but I noticed in a.
very case that one corner was left un- es
tained by the dying liquid, so as to
how to best advantage the original
olor and the texture of the fabric. The pr
hoes worn are lieelless wooden affairs,
hat turn up in front and terminate in tic
long curved and pointed toe. The
icople are slender, have high check
lones, homely features and are of a to
oppery color. wi
H<
Art Regions and Tribes. lai
' J.
Raymond Lee Newcomb, the naturalist ( ]
if the Jeannette expedition, in the Long pi
sland Historical (society's hall in Brook- 111'
yn, gave a familiar talk about "Arctic
cgions and tribes." Mr. New comb first [t
lescribed the natives of St. Michael's h-;
sland. Their habits, he said, had in a ! of
freat measure been explained to him by
Ue.xai, who was himself one of the na- ar
ives. and who became a member of the is
rew. He described Alexai as so much 'iu
if a man as to have laid down his life for
lis commander. The inhabitants of St.
ilichael's had, like people all over the lvi
n r\f ifimpnl rnsnrt or rendez- on
,u"h> ?
oils, where they took it easy, smoked, ttlanced
or worked on skins, according to
heir inclinations. The lecturer gave a tjj'
lescription of their huts, which, he said, Ai
vere rough, barren structures, with a re
lole eight feet square in the middle for {o
he fire, and scats made of logs on which r?
lie occupants perched themselves. The o<
vomen in sewing used knives instead of fo
cissors. Tobacco was in great demand re
itnong the natives. Except in rare intances
it was not manufactured tobacco. , W)
They wore amulets andjnieces of bone in c'i
liffercnt ])arts of the face. He rcnicm- th
icred Alexai to have put a collar button f.(J
n his mouth, and to have seen it come ]a'
?ut of one of the holes in his face. Tho jr
:hildren wear beads of all colors and b i
cinds. lie saw little girls with strings *
tf glass beads hanging from their noses .
tnd ears. As far as work went the tic
vomen did their share. The ndministra- lai
ion of public affairs was looked after a i
nostlv by the men. i
An ordinary clay on the Jeannette was
lien described. There was a sameness co
ibout everything that transpired on board, b i
''or breakfast they had oatmeal and l'(
anned mutton, and for a great while poatoes.
Then there was St. Michael's j-(
almon, and while it and the potatoes
a?ted the meals were immensely enjoyed. Qt
iVhen they had to rely altogelher on the ^
:anned mutton their appetites fell off. ftp
<>esh flour was aboard and tne steward Pi
cnew how to make excellent bread. ;
Yfter leaving the ship the butter, bread
ind sugar disappeared from the meals. , ^
i fo
A late Australian invention is a method | v*
>f adapting a saddle to various horses j to
ind securing a good fit by having a sad- j
lie pad inflated with air." I yj
/ ? ^
L FRIGHTFUL CALMfj?
Jurnin? of a Poorhoiisa and Its g.
Helpless Inmates. ?'
[811
:
'ifteen Persons, Unable to Escape, j a i
Lose Their Lives. I !
i
i ve
! th
A dreadful calamity has happened at Hart- j ad
3rd, Mich. The Van Bure.-i County poor- j
ou-e was partially destroyed by fire and j gr
iteen of the inmates lost their lives. I sti
The county building* comprised a large j
wo story frame structure, with a wing on i
ae east side, and a two story addition ex- i 0f
mding to the south; anew building, accu ch
ied lately for th9 service department, anl j
building beyond known as the jail, tho ; qj
rst floor of which was occupied by |
ij superintendent, Mr. Cash, and je
is family, and the uppT story was occuoiei j
y the hir^d help. In tho jail were confined ?Q
be idiotic and \iolent insane. The newer ^
uildlng had no occu. anti. The addition to j mj
ae main bu lding contained a batter class of 1
atbnts, and it was here that the loss of life ,
criirrMl. I P?
'1 he til at alarm was at 2 o'clock, when a man PL
am d Hals -y, sl^epin* in the main building, H(
as a ouedbytho cms of the inmates of Pr
:e addition. He ran to the door leading }n<
om t ie hall and oj.ened it. Ashedilso be
19 fiam^8 burst out intj his facj, almost ?a
verp .wering hinx He manag d to siiut | lr<
le acor again and gi\e the alarm. This j 1U
Drtunate mo e enablod those in tie front j
art of th9 >t.Ti turd, which burned rxipillv, j m<
3 escape w.th the r lives, an 11 a, is all. The j pa
lil did not im neoiately cat:h fire, having a J <
etached builJin ; betwe n it an 1 tho princi- j w?
al structure, so there was plenty of time to - an
etthe inmates out. Nothing was save! frcm j wl
be svpe1 incendent's quartern, however, but i tir
liss Ca h, daugh'er of the superintendent, I cu
ho wa< ill from typhoii lever, ani was re* (
loved ti apla:e or tatety. : m<
1 he patients who perished were all in ona ; ta
ring, and most of t iem were smothered in | lc
heir beds, though after the lire several were j soi
aund together. Only oae of the bodies wai I
Bcogni able. All that co.ild be found of tiia j ^0'
ther fouiteen bodi-s w is put into one box, ^
lie size of an ordinary coffin box. I ^
POLITICAL OTVENTIONS.
i al
Election In Various I po
ftt?? to Xat.onal Con.emions. "tw
At the Massachusetts Republican State j
onvention, held in Boston, Messrs. Hoar, th
'rapo, Long and Lodge were chosen dele mi
atee to tho national convention. They are I
r>r FHmnnHa rtiH T Inrvrin. TVia tari.f t)lank
f the platform adopted was as follows:
We advocate tariff lawg which, while furishing
necessary revenue, shall favor the tic
ibor anl indust.ial entarpriSes of tha coun- sh
7 and not assail them. While we inslsj a!
i on a reduction of cus om duties becaii; e o* ?
10 dangerous surplus in tho treasury re"
siptH, at the same lime we deem it essen- ?a1
al thit this r duction t-hould be made
ith the least possible injury to the la jor t?"
ad manufacturing interests of the country, :
id we c n;demn the arbitrary per- I
mtage redu t;o.i proposed by the !
resen: Democratic Elousj of Repreronta- !
ves, because it tails to relorm any ine^uuli- ! 31;
aa of taxation, disregards the busine s j jef
ant3 of the country, emd. iJ adopted, would j
'.pple many industn s and at the same tim j
ould probably increise the reven le." Presi- ?nt
Arthurs administration is warmlvcom-* j cit
ended, bat no preference is expreiSid as to 1 1 c
i successor, except to demand that the can- | H<
late shall be "a man o? prore 1 fidelity in 1 h<
lblic life, and whcsj relations to the party | su
e such that all of its memoers can heartily ; sir.
lite in his support" j ric
Tha Massachusetts Democratic State cou- !
ration, h id in Worcester, balloted for dele- i go
1 es at la'-ge to the national convent ont I
th the folio win ; result: .Benjamin F. But* I j. '
r, 6:34; Jos.ah U-. Abbott, 608; M. J. McCaf-I i
rty, o7J;Jaire3 Delaney, 8o3; and thise^ JL
are dec arcd el? tel. A motion was c rried * ^
i mimoa-ly that it was thesei sj of th i con- j
mtion that General Bu.ler should ' 1
nominate 1 for Pi evident of the !
nitei States at the national Democrat! j i
invention in Chicago. Another motion ; ]
at the delegates at large be instructed to spi
>te at the Chicago convention on every , v
illot frr General a. F. But.er tor c indi !ate i $2.
r Piesilent was tabled. The platform I <
loptei deprecat s ad tendencies to class I (w
stuut ons or towarl tho c.eition of ! Dc
ono o iea; advocates :re"juent eectionsand j c0
nlted tenures of office; reillirms the resolu- ! <je
Dn? of the last national L'e;no.ralic conveii- ; (n,
3n; opposes extravagance of Republican j jn
ipenditures. and denounces the accumula- 1 ^
an of a surplus revenue from tho taxation i
the pjople; demands t'.ie recognition of {
e rights of tin working p;ople by govern- i vj.
en's, both Stata and Federal; denounces ' ~~
apublican neglect of the fisheries indusy
aud commercial navigation; de- jji
mncea the a.llcial abuses of i en
tferonoge an.l tha rotten conditio 1 of the [
lblic service as demonstrated ly the Star ; ne
ute fraud j, and domar.ds reform; demands : an
reduLtion of tie tariff, and declares that on
e burden of taxation should be removed j *a
om the necessities of life, and not from <
hiskv and tobacco; tenders thanks to Gov- ta]
nor Butler lor his able and fearl -ss adm n- thi
ration, and commends his energy in public soi
e. i inNew
Hampshire Republicans, at their State I th
nvention in Concoixl, elected as deleiate; | large:
Charles B. Sawyer, George H. How- I
I, liaward H. Rollins and Joseph B. Clark, j cfl
ivo of these delegates are understood to be to
r Arthur, one for hdmunds and one for , t ^
laine. The platform adopted congratulates I j?(
e Republi ans o. other States on the flat- j 0f
rin<* prospects for another triumph of :
spubliean principles, commends" Ar- | urs
administration, demands such ex- : % ?
ciae of power by tne national giv- ! m<
nment as will insure the enjoyment of his
institutional rights to every citi-en in the !
mth. condemns the horizontal reduction of | ,
ities and maintains the doctrine of protec- i
)n, favors a reduction of duties on tna nec- ! ' _
saries of life ani in Tease of those upon !
ruries, urges the eradication of pjlysamy | #
id a reform in the civij aervire,demands the
sp nsion of the coinage of the silver dollar, i W1
id approves the national education bill
5S?d by the Senate. gc
'lho Maine Republican State convention, | ru
Id in Bangor, renomina'ei Frederick Rome ch
r governor, by acdamat on. General John mi
Cas?,of Rockland and Weston F. Mil;it n, : ]
Portland, were chosen pre.-i lential electors. be
le follow.ng delegates at large to Chicago te<
are chosen: J. R. Rodwjll, George C. Wing, pi
is. S. Wheelriebt. and J, H. Druraironu. mi
10 platform adopted favors the j rjiective go
ilicy: urges a prudent, though firm, foreign ti\
ilicy; presents tho name of James G. , be
aine as their choice for the presidency; St
proves the present administration J tic
:presses severe disapproval of the action of ) >
e Democratic majority in Congress upon ! a-r
e Morrison Tariff bill and on the shipping i u
lis, and rea:Tirms approval of the pobcy or j ^h,
ohib.tion. , j.e
The Maine Straightout Greenback conven- n,<
)itat Augusta nominated \V. F. Eaton, of
ipe ElizaLeth, for governor. Delegates to : e
National Greenback convention and two '
esldential electors were choscn. A motion
instruct the delegates for General Butler *"!
is defeated.
At tho Vermont Republican State conven- i J*?
>n in Montpeller the following delegates at ?
- 3 ? vn
rge to the liaticnal conventl >u were en >s n:
Gregory Sini;h, Ho Ifield Projtor, Fre ler- j i-,
c Billing. Broughton D. Harris. The dele- i J,
tion's ch i o is Edmunds. The platform ; '
opted reafBinn allgiince ta toe great |
rcy, and raol.es that the party rannot rest , b.l
, its past, but mits'' Lo a party of pro;r '.ss. j f'J
declares that Con xrossmen and o?U e- j nit
ilders mast b? relieved from the impjrtanity to
oflLe-seukers. The system of pro- j ,
;fioa will h has developed na- j die
>nal inriu^trie*, made labor ri h j pit
id li-.ing (ho.- p, is approved, an 1 a desire 1 na
oxpres.id for the rei istatoment of the alt
ti s on wi ol and woolens, nn I a call is J i
ide 'or a reduction o-.' taxa ion on ne<xs a- ;
s rather than luxuries. Goo gj F. Ed- , *j.'
unds is ] resented as a representative of ! *
lat i( best in th It' p lbli an party. and as j c
,j whrse high and unsel ish pub i: ;er/i< e, j jr.
;gres ive intj^rity, abilitv, hag.icity, stitcs- ,
anshin and tinblcmshed mord," fit him j
iove all others for t e ch ef magistra y of *0'
e nati n. The admini tr.ition ol Prosi.ient j
ithur i; heartily commended as free from i fl?
)roa h. It in tra ts the d3l ga4os t3 vote be
r Edm;m Is as long as he stands bjfore thj , pri
1 - - ?' - ? 4.(
'Clonal u 11 ciio on.
The Jo>Va Republican Stntj ronvention at ]
3s .Moines do e a solid Blaine de.egation H<
r the nation d <onvont'oii at;d a iopted hif
solutions which dtc.are strongly iu favor of co
e K< publican ](>ositi n on the ari I' d -iriand th<
at emigres s mil halt in the d strjetiva ve<
sr.v pro use 1 by the Morri on i.ill an 1 do- <
ire that .Inm s G. Mains i? the choice of ?j
e Republicans of Iowa tor Presid nt. j(
[vans is Republicans, at t'leir State oonven- t
>n in Topcka, cle ted four delegate; at (ju
re.e favora' lo to Blaina and ehos s tw o
e idential fie tor-;. The i> solution - a lop ed '
rong'y comme: d Arthurs adminis:raton "n
d favor nati >nal legisiafc.on to regu ate J?6
tor-State cornm tree.
1'he U es* Vir<:miaRopuV>li"anStat3Conven- "u
>n at Mar.in;b irg elcc >'d f"ur delegates at I
'' A! 1 ?o*%r1 r^n^orvi rflj
rge m mo nauuuui cumuiuuu
rj ol ition instr ntin; thi delegate> tj vo:e 1 il
r 1'lriino ns o.ng as tliero was a rjusjnaUe wo
ian: e of his nomination. wl
Virginia : t aig.it >ut K< p iblicans, at their vie
nv.ntion in t<ichmond? <1 ctod an uniu- wi
ru .-toild 1-ga ion lo ti o national i onven- 1.1
)n. but doclai' a in tin ir rcso utions fc at tho tes
>mina'ion of B1 line and Lin -oln would in- foi
ir; courago among tuo Ripublicans of the his
>uth. m<
Tlie Michigan Gr -mibaok State convention
Dt troi'was attend-d by Governor B gole nc
;d prominent Gie nback rs. The deleea es th
osen t:> th'> nat onal c nvention ttt Indian- sig
to]is were in.stru t d to vote for Butler lor
eBident.
Attbe Wisconsin Republican State con- ,
miio:i in Ma lison uninstru ted delegate
the rational convention were chosen.
lirchild is the firs, choice of the delega.ea a?
r.Prefideni. at
Nebraska Republicans. at their S'ca'e con- !
intion 11 Oman i, ele ted a Blaine delegation in;
the Chicago i on. enti ^n. wt
Nevrdi Republican; sent an uninstructed ri\
(legation to Chicago, but passed a reeolu- ]
jn favoring Blaine for President. Or
fEWS OF THE WEEK
rastern end Middle States
Dr. w iluakd Pauicer, one ot the most
mous surgeons in America, a native of New
ampshire, but a resilentof New York lor
any years, died in t';iat city a few days
ice in his eighty-second year.
Considerable ex itement and one failure
? lted from asu d;nalvanc_>o. four cents
bust el in the pii e of wheat at the New
crk prod.ice exchange.
The Massachus tis Greenback ft ate conntion
at Lynn olo ted delegates at Urge to
e Ind ana olis national convention, and
opted rt>olutiona fa o: ins: General Butler |
r 1 resident, declaring that ei ht hours
o-'ld constitute a da / s work, demanding a
aduate 1 incom? tix and asserting that the
ugile lor greenback money would be conrned.
Major-General Emerson* Opdycke di?d
his residence in New York fro n theeflects
a wound receive I by th* accidental ulsarge
of a p.st< 1 which hi was cleaning,
. reral 0} dy.Ko was tifcy-flva yen soli, and
d be n a prominent Federal officer from
lio in the Jate v.ar.
Ex-Govkunor Marcus L. "Ward, of New
rsey, died at his homo in Newark, the
her day, aged 71 years. He was elected
vernor of New Jerse : i:i 1865, in 1MW was
nirman of tha P.e.-ubliean nitonal comIttee,
aud in 1872 was fleeted to Congress.
George E. Ewixo, a prominent Philadelia
Eculptcr. came to New Vork for the
rpese of model ln^ al o r lievo models of
jnry Irving, t!ie En.lish actor, and his
incipal support. Miss 1: lien Terry. A few
rningi a:o, Mr. Ewing was found de3d in
d at his hote'. He bad turned on the unlit
and been aspkyxiatd. Mr. En ing cauva
>m h'cctland two years a^o and had acired
considerable reputation in art article i.
A. National Conference of Colored Men
it in Pittsburg, with delegations from all
rt; of the cojntry in attendance Tbe obit
of tbe con erence, as stated by a delegate,
is to secure to the c< lored people, North
d South, tho re -o^iiition under tne laws to
i:"ch they are entitled. Various papers perlent
to the occasion wore rtad and disssad.
Charles L. VnsE, a retired New York
?r. hant, and Antonio Moreno, a metro do lift
rcmni sion merchant, were impelled a
jv days ago by phyrf.al suffering and ifluni
i to (hoot themselves to death.
A. fire at Ulens Falls. N. Y., destroyed
th rpera houses, 1 he Presbyterian?h.r.h, ,i
d Gi da s'.eeves Unioa hall building, en- j
i.ing a total less of about $3)0,000. ,
A. fire in the great dry good? district or
iw York city i estroyed property valued at 1
.0.0 0. Daring t :e progress of the fire 1
adder fell on a proup of newspaper re- (
rters injuring one or them?Samuel F. ,
)IUJ_ l]y,' mployed on the Sun?dangerously.
The steamer F&lfflviUth was burn?d at her 1
aarf in i ortland iMe.)~b.>rbor. Three of ]
e crew p rished in tha Barnes. "The esti- i
ited Its; is $175,000.
3. F. Donnelly, the New York reporter '
Tick by a falling ladder at a fire, ctyea from '
a effects of h:s lujurio?. i
James R. Keexe, tin great New York
>ck operator, has failed to meet his obligams
after losmg some $4,000,000 in the past
: months. Mr. Keene came lrom San Fran '
ico to New York about six years ago with
fortune estimated at from $ I,(.00,000 to
.000.00!*. He went into Wall street, apecu- ;
ied fieavily, and recently has been engaged
selling stock privi'eges. A heavy fall in
a market led to his downfall. J
i
South and Wert
Later return; put the votj in Louisiana
out as fellows: Democratic atate ticket, 1
,10i": Republican State ticket, 42,931. The ,
'is'aturo will stand 11i Democrats to thirty
I others.
Miss Ida Davis, a young lady of high sod
standing, while out riding on horseback in |
>li< ar county, M.'ss., was attacked by John
snder on, a colore! man, dragged from her i
rsa and ass lulted witti probably fatal re- |
It. Henderson was caught by neighbors, |
,wly strangled, and when nearly dead was i
Idled with shot and torn limb from limb. ; !
VV. J. Buchanan* has been nominated for j |
vernor by th9 Tt nne-sej Ureenbackers. j
Many persons were kil'el, abo.it lCOinre
1, an t an immense am >unt of da-nag) to
opeity w.is don; by a torn ido in the v.c'n
of Dayton, Oh o. The town of Jamastvn
was entirely destroyed.
Dcdtev Francis, of Mossvfb. HL, and
o of his childro i were drown.d by the up;ting
of a rowboat
Moses Fralev, an extnsive St Louis
sc ilator in grain, has fai ed for about 11,),000.
By a sudden rise in wheat he lost
50,000 in le ? than an hour.
rijouas L. Thompson and Daniel Jones
hit*), Jack Womaukiller (Cherokee^, John
ivis tChociaw) and Fanny Echols (neeress),
nvicted in the United S ate3 Court ofmurr
in the Indian Territ ry, aud Mat Music
izro', convi;ted of crin-inil assault in the
uxan Territory, have beea sentenced to b?
nged on Friday, July 11.
Pv.r,ni-RBvnR Henry M. Matthews, of i
et Virginia, died at his home in Lewis- j
r *, "VV. Va. aged fifty y? ara. He had
ve 1 in th Conri derate army, was ele.ted
torney-E ne.al of Weat \ ir^inia, and gov- i
aor in 18.6.
An exolrsion of dynamite at a stone quarry j
u-H etCdville, Ind., h :rled huge timbers
d pieces of iron in everv direction, kill a
e man and injured twelve, several with I
tal effect.
Dne night recently Hiram Jefferson was
ken from his home at Audobon, la, by
ree meu and hanged. Hid son, Cicero Jelfer- !
a, has confessed that he and his brothers- i
law, J. J. Wilson and J. A. Smyth, were
a murderers.
William Xeal, the last of the three men !
ip'icated in the as ault and murder of three
iidien at Ash'aml. Ky., has le>n sent n:ed 1
death. It wa; tne attempt to lynch th-^e I
ree men wh ch led tj a c^lHsim with the i
entirely militia and a crowd, and the death
several men.
A. fire at Harford, Mich., destroyed the
in Buron County poorhouse, and flftaen inites
lost their lives.
?Washington.
The House committee on postofflcei and
st roads his directed a sub-committee to
epira a bill providing for a contract sysn
of postal tefegraohy.
rHE House committee on military affair
11 ask for the appointment of a special cointtee
to investigate the management of the
ldiere' home at Dayton, Ohio. Gonerat
.trick, governor or the h >m3, has be:n
arged with bein? overbearing and inhu\n
in his treatment toward the inmates.
Representative Stewart, of Texas, h*s
en directed by 1he House Commit>
on foiei m affairs to prepare a bill
? i.l.V,-. fsy *ha nr>r>r>mtmnnf', o thrp? com
tuners to visit Mexico an 1 Central and
i th * merica to se lire information re a'e
to inc easing the commercial interest
tween thoso tountres and ihe Unitid
a es The hill is to contaia an appropnan
of $*0,Oi 0.
The Hcu-o committee on appropriations
n e I to report Mr. Ell;s'9 bill, with amendants
piovuiing for a oan of $1,000,000 to
a ;N ew Ui 1 -nns expo-it o l. This sum is to
tetunud :o !he gov. rnmenf after the pay?nt
of cun e t ox pen es. and before any
ir.dend is paid to stockholders.
Mr. Nuf.no, chief of the bureau of statis8.
reports that the to al values of
3 imporis of merchant si for the
tlve months ewiel March 31, 1S84,
ire $883,258,042, and for the twelve months
led March 31, $"42,51)8.875. The
lues of the exporti of merchandise for the
elve months ended March 31, 1884, were
31,733,431, and for the twelve months ended
irch 31, lXSo. $>>08,727,802.
The consular and diplomatic appropriation
1, a; report d n ttie House. appropriates
i i'.i70. which is $347,275 1 s; than tiie capites,
and $:;18,;?85 hs< than the approprian
lor the present year.
Ia^ob Cole, boatswain of the Jeanne'ta,
xl tho oth'-r day .n St Elizabeth's Hosal
for tho Insane, at Wash in jtin. He
I Ixjc me insane from hardships endured
;-?r the wreck of the Jeannette.
[ t ie contested election case of Wallace
McKinlcy, of Ohio, a sub-committee of
House committee of elections, by a vote
three to two, decided to report to tho full
nmittee in favor of the sitting member,
. juirwuncy.
The wor!; of laving stone on the Wns'dngj
monument has be n resumed at a hdg it ;
411 feet, t.ie point reached at the s-usp nn
of wor.c 'ast tall. Aiourseca.-h day will
laid during favorable weather. Stone is
?pared to raise the struct .u*e 10 a height of
) feet.
lixirineer Melville appeared before the
niso committee of investigation and give t
? version of the life on tie Jennnette. r^inting
.hovari jus littloditft ren esl>etween
3 otJl crs He said ho bad never been in a !
ssel where there was less quarreling.
The President has sent to Congress a coramication
from the secretary of state ex- '
lining the need of the consular and diplo- J
itio service nnd advising against auy rection
of the appropriations.
Dvr.rxi. the present Congress 6,8"?8 bills 1
vo lie n introauc -a in the House of Hepre- ,
ifntaLi .e . In the last Congre s d :ring
s samo period the number oi bills introcod
was < ,0 1,
n the criminal court at Washington tho
>e of th? United States against William
st Kellogg was be^un. .Mr. Kelogg .
w charged with having receiver! money
lilo a Unit d St:ites Senator for s<_res
renders 1 in relation to a contract |
ththe Unite! States in vio.ation o: sejtion I ]
8?, revised statute. Contractor Price ;
ititied that he hid paid Kellogg $-0,000 i
r obtaining the x >edition of service upon ]
i (I rico'si routes from the i>06.o.Ike depart
int. ]
Hejtrt W. Cannon, of Minnesota, was f
iminated by the President for controller ot i
e currency, qh successor to Mr. Knox, reined.
Foreign.
rHE British government has adopted a ]
liting policy in the Soudan, e.nd will prob- j
'.y not attempt to rescue Ceaeral Gordon
Khartouin until the autumn.
Several persona were killed and twenty
jured by on iiccid nt through which a ra 1ly
tiain was thrown iroma bridge in o the
rer near Cuid.d-.rte.il, Spain.
By the upsetting of a yacht at Midland, t
itario, three men were drowned, , ]
.i h.
Fire In London burned out William Whiteley,
a large dealer in goods of every description,
causing a loss of $ 1,000,000.
Many persons are dying continually of
fello f/ fever on tho .ithmuj of Panama.
The king nnd queen of Italy opened the
international exposition at Tu.in.
A fire at Panama destroyed two block*
jf houses, causing Idssj-s which aggregat;
5500,000. During its progress a large mob
)f armad plunderers were tired upon by owners
of buildings and several killed.
The ministerial party has been successful
n the elections iu Spain.
Thirty convicts wore injured by the sudJen
fall of a pare of the ne .v barracks in pro;ess
of erection at Port-mouth, England.
A greater loss of life than was at first rejorted
re ;ultxl from the tiunbling of a train
>f cars through a bridge n<ar Cuidad-Heal,
spa n. thirty-eight corpus having been taken
Irom the wreck. Fifty soldiers v ere reported
nissing.
A French fishing schooner was run down
?y a Norwe I in bark oa t :e bail- s o' Newoundlund
during a tog. Twelve of the ei hje
n fishermen on board the schooner lost
;heir lives.
Two gunpowder magazines at Havana
were blown up with terrific e Feet. A number
of artillerymen and the men guarding tho
itjck were killed. In Haveni balconies,
windows and shutters fell to the grjund in
ilmost every street within the custom house
wall.
Sir Michael Costa, the distinguished
English composer and musical conductor, is
lead, in his saventy fifth year.
Queen Victoria led tie bridal procession
it the marriage of her grand-dau?nt.r, Prin:e.ss
Victoria, of Heae. to .Prince Louis, of
Battenber^, in Darmstadt, Germany.
By the powder mrtga?ine explosions in Havana
twenty-one persons were kiiled and
laventy-ninein j area.
Floods resulting from heavy rains have
:aused great damage to property and somo
loss of Life in the Argentine Republic. A
iunber of hou es fell la Bueno3 Ayres, four
:hildr n were killed, and many villages have
>een inundated.
LATER JNEWS
Sheriff Atkins, of Boone county, \V.
lra., was visited at his house by a band of
robbers, who demanded his money, and upon
its refusal to give it up they shoe him dead,
rhe robbers next visited Alanson J. Woods'
'armhouse and fatally shot Mr. Woods and
dlled his son Albert, but were driven
f\9 O Mtrrtl I'AW
jti uy uio uau^uicx aw wg p/iuv u toiunoi
Two hundred citizens wont in pursuit of the
nurderers, and three of them?Scott Hill,
Erownlow Hill and Charles Spurlock?wfirfc
:ap'.ure& acd taken to St. Albans. A /crowd
of :.00 took the Hill brothers away 'from the
officers anl hanged them, fc'pur lock was spirited
away by officers to Charles'own.
Four robbers entered a bank at Medicine
Lodge, Kansas, and shot and kilbd the
cashier, George Geppert, and fatally
wounded tho president, E. W. Payn9. Then
they fled without securing any money. A
large crowd of citizens followed and captured
lh?m. Their imprisonment in ja 1 was short,
however for a crowd took thre^ of them out
and hanged theui; the fourth was shot to
death in his call.
-Timcii Wvt.tt". rlppiHM In thn rrimin&l
court at "Washington that the prosecution
against ex-Senator Kellogg is barred by the
statute of limitations; accordingly a verdict
of "not guilty " was entered by the jury.
The se:retary of the interior has trans"
mitted to Senator Flumb, chairman of the
comniittjo on public Ion's, reports from
Bpe.ial agents, showing the methods adopted
for the ur.lawrul acquisition of tit'e to public
lands ia the interejt of foreign capi:alists.
fcBands of insurgents have be: n committing
depredations in Spain, cutting telegraph
wires and destroying a railroad bridge.
A wall belonging to a burned bu ld'ng in
London fell suddjuly. burying fliity work,
men in the ruins. Eleven men were seriously
Injured.
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
Provision* of tbe Senate BUI Ertablikbinff
tbe Bureau*
As amended and parsed by the Unit'd
State3 Senate, the bill providing for the establishment
of a bureau of animal industry
and the extirpation of contagious cattle diseases
provides that the commissioner of agriculture
shall organize in h s department a
bureau of animal industry, with a chief who
Bhall lea competent veterinary surgeon,and
who shall investigate and report the condition
o? the domestic anima.u of the Unitjd State*,
and tie cause of contagious, infectious una
con municable diseases among them He
shall also collect s .ch oth r inforiunti n
on these subjects as may b: valualle to
the agricultural and commercial inc:re.ts
of the Uni.ed States. For the purpo es
of the bureau the commissioner of agriculture
is authorized to employ a force not to
ex eed twenty persons at one time. The 8 ilary
of the chief of the bureau is fixed at
$3,000; that of the clerk at 11,303. The commissioner
Is to appoint two competent agents,
who shall be pract cal raisers of or men experienced
in commer ial transactions affecting
live stock, wco shall report the best manner
of transporting and caring for animals,
and the means to be a loptxi to sup iress and
extirpate pleuro-pneumonia and other dangerous
contagious or tommunicabl > diseases,
'lho com;.e.isa:ion of such agents is fixed at
|10 pe.- day.
The commissioner is to prepare as early as
possible such rules and regulations as may ba
necessary to extirpate the diseases named
and certify su-h rules, etc., to the ese utivi
authority of each State and Territory, and
invite the co-operation of sich executive
authority in the e tecation of the act of Congress.
TVheu tha rules, etx, shall ha <*e be .'n
accepted by su h executive authority, the
commissioner may expend in the State so
accepting so mu.-h money as may be necessary
lor th3 purposa or the investigations
contemplated by tha a jt and for such disinmiBvontinfl
monq-irAq A? TTIRV be
neces ary to prevent the spread of ttoe d.sease
from one htate or Territory into another.
In oner to pron ot) export itioa <v'live
stock special i.ivcs igution shall bj made ta
to the existence of contagious disace amg
th* dividing line tetwe.n the United Snt^ted
and foreign countries, and a'ong the transgoitaticn
iines iron all parts o' the Uni ei
tates tj jorts from which <at:le are 6 4ported,
and reports n:a le to the secret r/ of
the treasury, who shall co-operate with the
Statj and muni ipal authority, corporation!,
andpei6on8 engiged in transportation of neat
cattle by land or wat ;r, in estil liahing regulations
for the safe conveyance of ihecitt e,
an J preventing the sprca 1 of dise ise; a::d the
secretary of tne treasury is authorise t to
take siuh steps a* may bo ne essary,
not inconsistent with the act, to pievent
the exportation of cattle affected
with any contagious disease, especially pleuro-pneumonia.
Transportation companies
are forbidden t> tr ansport catt:e affe teiwith
any contagious disease irom one .State or Territory
to another, but the so-called splenetic
or Texas fever is excepted trom the category
of communic ible diseases, 9? far as regard.-;
the transiwrtation oi cattle to mi: ket Violatio
i of the act by railroad companies or vessels
is de lai ed a misd mo ;nor on th?t art of
the manager or captain, punishable by t'ne
not to exectd $o,0'X), r.r imprisonment not to
exceed one year, or by both. It is made the
duty of the United States district attorneys
to prosec ute the cas s
The su u appropriated for the purp oses of
the a 11< $150,00 >. 'I he > omm ssio ler of agriculture
is re :uired to re ort annually to
Cons ess a full ac ount of tin op *rat.ons o.
the bureau, a list o:' all j er. ons employed,
their compensation, et\
AT CHICAGO,
How rclcjntci to the Rennbl'ran
Prcaidcniial Convention Stand.
As a matter of general interest we give the
following estimate, made in New*Yo.k,of
the way in which most or the delegates sent
to the Republic an Presidential convention in
Chicago, will vote on the first ballot:
For Arthur?Alubima, :.0: Arkansas, 14;
Delaware, 1; Florida. 8; Georgia, -4; Illinois,
(j; Indiana. ii; Kansas, 2; Kentucky, 4;
Louisiana, l'i; Maryland, 2; Massa- husetts
IH: Miinesota, 1; Mississippi, 17: Missouri.
Nebraska, 2; New Hani; shire, 8; New
Jersey, 0: New York. ' >; ><orth Carolina.
1~: Pennsylvania. 17: Rhode Island 4; South
Carolina, ;8. Tennessee, 8: Texas, 11: \ irsiijii,i4:
Wisconsin. 7: i istrict of Columl.ia.
2; Wyoming, I tali, 2. Totfil. 2U\
For Logan?HI nois, 3-*; Indiana, 7: Kansas,
2: Missouri, 7; Tvnnossre, 1. Total, 55.
For John Sheiman?iniliana, 4: Uh.o, If.
rotal, 25.
]-or Jo-eph R. Hawloy?Connecticut, 12.
For Grrsliam?Indiana, 6.
For Fairchild?4.
F< r Grant?Maryland, 1.
For Edm nit's-Massachusetts, 16: Michigan,
K; Minn sofa, 5; New Hampshire, 4:
New York, 14: 111 o:lo Island, 2; Tennessee,
I; Vermont. 8; Wisconsin, 6. Total, 61.
For Blaino ?California, 16; Delaware, 5,
Indiana, 7; Iowa, 26; Kansas, 14; Kentucky,
!; M; ine. 12; Maryland, l j; Michigan, IS;
Minnesota, N; Mississippi, 1; Missouri, 11;
Sew Hampsh re, 1; New Jersey, 12: Xew
i'ork, l.'O: N vada, 6; Oh o, 27; Oregon, i?;
Pennsylvania. 43: Rhode Island. 2; 'Jennes>ee.
4; Texas, 15; We-t Virginia, 1*2; Wisconsin,
5; Arizona, 2; Dakota, 2. Total, MOO.
RECAPITULATION*.
Arthur 29S Hawloy 12
Elaine I^CO Gro^ham '
Edmunds 64 Faircliild 4
LiOgan 5.5 Grant, 1
Sherman 23 I TT
Total 703
Not reported "
Total ?20
Necessary to a choice 411
The Colorado convention chose on uninitructerl
delegation of six, believed to be for
31aine.
| A SCENE OF DEVASTATION.
Details of t se Tornado's Barages
in Oi.to.
An Immense Cloud Sweeping Away
Everything in It3 Path.
Details of the terrific tornado which swept
i over a portion of Ohio, carrying death and
j destruction in its train, are given in tha following
dispatch from Dayton:
A litt o be o o 5 o clock in tbe afternoon ft
tornado pass.d over the southern part of
Moutgom.r. and i r.en? counties, devastatin;
eve ythin; in its curse. It originated
near 'Woodburn a small town ten miles
si uth of hero, and was f. rmed by the
union of two light storm clouds from the
south nnd nortuwest, which inmeliate.y a?ciiiiia
i tlio in r\f a wilt^?rsr?nll rik'lmr
defending like waves of tde sea, anl destroying
everything in its way. Mr. K Eest,
| of this city, w h j was near eno tgh to observe
accurately, siys that its path was fully onej
eigh.h of a mLe w.de, i he storm moving over
j the country like an immense cloud
of smo e, wnile everywhere in Its course
the ar was filled with trees and the
rjin; of houses, ^oiests w*re mowed down
like weeds, f n es destroyed for milds, and it
is estimated that in this county alone at least
j tw. nty residence. are i i ruins, to bay nothing
o. the 1 ss on othei bu ldin a, live stocx, and
farm prope ty. in Alexanders ille.sixmJes
soutu o.'nere; se-e.al | 0i?0 is are known to <
, have been injured, and one la .y is re. ort.d
\ to i ave b en luLid, and a sawinLl, b.ons and ,
; |ther bjJIdin:8 w re ai8troyed.
At cano aoa,F ieud^pi-pe millandother
tul irgi were bs.d y damaged, and a mmber
oI reticences weie de tr yei. The te.eI
graph lins ciodown in all cl e.tims, and
the roads are mi. a a de. in and near Wood1
burn many hoii. es anl lar is with other
property were destroyed or badly
| Two iarm hands aror<;poi ted miainj. Brick
i sihool hoi83 No. y was <1 s royed, and the
; roof was carried 600 yardi. A child was
! ^onoVifin fVin Min'o^ 9fifl Vflnffl JlT.d
I dro pjl to the earth slijhtly inj ired Con;
sideiug the la. ge cumber oL hoir?3 de!
Etroyed, 1 he 1 o- life must have teen h avy.
The tornado struck Jamestown at about 5
p. u., and two-thirds of th; town was rujjed.
; Six persons were kil.et, a* follows, xim
\ Stela Jones, aged tif.ejn, of Ksculaple.
Springs, b. j.; Mrs. Ann Carpe.iter, LetJtia
| Jenkins, Miss Kate Bo'.elftr, x.,ra. Stewart
| (colored , and * -en of j ames taullo. Twenty
others were i aily wounded. Hundreds of
peopb are txi ned oat o their homes. Among *]
other residences, that of L. Wic ersham was
veined rom its ioundatijn and carried quite
a distance.
Near Xenia there was considerable destruction.
The Soldiers1 and Sailors' Orphans'
Home was badly damaged, and the barn,
laundry, and other buildings were destroyed.
The hospital and other structures were un- '
! roofed. Miss- Harvey, matron, and Night
Watchman Richardson were injured, but
none of the children were hurt Be|
tween Jasper and Cedar Creek, on
I the narrow-gauge railroal, the damage
is gre.t to larm property, and at this
I point some trains were umblo to move on acj
co int of the wind, while others dare not past
I over the Ced>r Creek trestle during the tor-'
j nado. in a 1 drections south and eas-of here
th s eneor d^s ruction defies disc, iption. In
; B< llbrook, Greenj co-inty, at Last fifteen
! fa:m housas vere damaged, but the occui
pan s generally esca^l by taking refuge is
the cellars.
! SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate.
The Senate agreed 10 a resolution providing
for the deposit in the Smithsonian Institute
of the silk flag presented to the Senate
by Mr. Joseph Newman, of Ca ifornia, being
the tir.t American fla< made o' American
I i ilk?The Hou e bill to establish and
maintain a bureau of labor statistics was
reportel favorably: also Mr. Blair's
. bi 1 to p-ovid or the study of phvsio!ozj and
the effects of intoii^itiag, narcot c and roU:
ono b s.ibstaaces on lUe. h alth a d welfare
among the i eo jle of th3 Territories ani the
| 1 i triut of Columbia?1 he Senate vuted'to
Insi t upo i it; amendments to the naval apfiro
rlitionbi.l....Mr. Wilson 8 >oko on lus
oint resolut.on relating to inter-State cam|
ner.e.
The greater portion of the day's session
1 was devoted to the bill to establish a bureau
of animal industry, and to extirpate conta!
nous cattle diseases. On motion of
i Mr. Coke the disease known as
i "Texas fever" was exempt jd from dlsew*
! Intended to be included within th? meaning of
1 the act, so far as it concerned t. ansporta!
tion to market. An amendment was adopted
; to strike out altogether the reference to the
slaughter of animals. The amount to ba approp:iated
b\ tt e bill was reduced to
.. .Tnebill to consolidate the bureau
of military justice and ths corps of judge advocates
of the army was passed.
Mr. Edmunds' till to aa iust tae account*
of tho Untel States with tha subsidized
' Pac fl:: railroads was favorably reportxi....
The bill for the Sileofthe owa lniianree;
ervation in Ivebraska an 1 Kansas was pa aod
I ...'.After debate, the bill to est iblish a bureau
of animal industry and to exterminate contagious
disea es amon; cattle was passed.
The Sanata devoted the greater portion of
; the s ess'on to the consideration of the ihip|
ping bill A joint resolution was passed
appropriating $25,000 to pay for the cere|
monies of the Washington monument dedicaj
tioaHouei
In his prayer the chaf 1 lin of the House invoked
divine protection for the Greely relief
expedition, and divine aid for a successful
I terminat on of its mission?The bill for the
1 relief of Alyra C ork Gaines was. after debate
| in committee of the whol>, liil aiie with a
, favorajld recommendation....The House
' a?re id to the confe:e.ice report on the little
I deficiency bill At the evening session sev!
era' pension "oil's were parsed.
Mr. Hewi t reiterate! the statement made
by him on ihe previous Friday that Secretaiy
i Cnandler had received 420) 00 J for the sale of
j condemned ve^e s, and had not yet turned
the monev into the trea ury, as re uired
! tiv inw ^Tn said it was de josited with the
] treasury to the credit ol the secretary of
; the navy, and he could draw, out the whole of
it at any time on his mere c ieck without
I vouchers. He imputed no intention on the
I part of i he secretary to do any dishonest thin^.
i i But the issue was whether a great oficer of the
j government had obeyed the command of the
i \ law. He asserted tin t the srcretary had not.
Mr. Calkins, of Ind.'aua, defeniea Secretary
> ! C.iandler. He said the liw re -uired only that
, j thi n t "ro -eeds be covere I into the treas.
ury. Tha net pro eeds of the 8i e could not
; le obtained until all e :r euait ures had been
! settled f>>r. a jd this ha 1 not yet be n d me.
; | ....At the e e.iin^ sefsi n spjeches were
i j made by Me sr.% Wolford. o'Kentucky, and
Van Eaton, of Mississi ipi, in favor of the
; ' Hon i on tarifr I ill, aid by Messs. Sto m
and Lawrence,of rennsylvauia, ia opposition
! to it
i I "1 he House passed the joint resolution di,
recting the President to demand and enforce
an immediate settlement of Mr. J. E. Wheelock's
cla m for ind mnit/ for gros3 outrage?
and tortures inf.icted upon h'm by an officer
of the government of Yeaemela. An attempt
: was made by the Veneiueia officer to extort
from Mr. Whes!o:k a confession of
crime of wl.i;h he was not guilty....
The army bill wa? reported, and referred to
t ie fommi tee of the whole. The amount api
j ropriated is $&.&!),-150. which is $4 2 800
less t.ian thj lost ?:p >ropriation....Me8>TS.
His ock, Hurd 31or?e a :d Dinjley. and othe
s s;>oke in ti.e d-bae on the.uom>ont.iriff
, bill.
A report was ttibmitt d in the contested
e'eei on case of O ler ail again t haul, declarin
r the i ontestant entitle 1 to ths sea;....
A po.-tal te'e^.aph b.ll was reported favorab
v Debata oa the Morrison tariff bill
i was resumed.
| PROMINENT PEOPLE
Patti, the singer, plays billiards almost aa
well as the warbL-s.
The lato duka of Buccleuch owned the
greater i art of time Scotch counties.
United states Senator Logan's father
was a:i Irish doctor, and came to America in
lb Jo.
General Gordon is said to be the only
Chri>tia:i who is prayed foriu the mosque* at
1 llecca
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
novelist, is a tenant in Washington o.f General
(Jrant.
| Edward Eoglkston's daughter, Allegra,
is claimed to bo the be=t woman wood carver
in America
The enni ess of Austria sels tvp3 with the
grace anil skid which oiuraeterize an intelligent
tomposior.
Dom 1 ediio, having as-ended the throne
of fcraz 1 at tue a;e u? six, i.as now reigned
longer th .u any other living so. e/eigu.
Pre-idk.vt Jkwett, of the Erie road, la a
! cons ant sufferer from iheu nati m, and his
affliction i said I e telling on his otherwise
rugged constitution.
The Earl of Aylesford, who his paid $75,*
COO lor a ranch in Texas and h is bought a
hotel at Big S;)rin s in th it btate, is heir to
un estate ot $.8,ixj0,U00.
\ erdi, the composer, is an impressive^
look ng old man, w.th s.iow wntto nair ana
n us ache. Hi s| it it an 1 health have been
failing ever :-iuce the death of Wagner.
Neither of the two living daughters of
General Hobert E. Loo married. Th - v both
live v.ith th ir brot.ier, wito succeeded his
father as-proideutof 'Washington university.
Ex-Senator David Davis wears his marriage
w II, ami is s-aid by his friends to be
jovial, social on 1 even sprightly?more like
a boy ot tv.e^ty than a man of 27b or thereat
o.'ts.
Congressman O'Hara, the colored member
from .North Carolina, is a graduate of
Harvard and a lawyer by profession. He
lives in go >d style and has a white tutor for
his four children.
President Arthur favors bu lding anew
mansion oa Lafayette s|uare, oppoai.ethe
\\ hiti Hous?, for the strictly private home
ot the chief magistrate, and .etuniag the old
White Hous for the executive offl:es and for
ho.ding oiicial and public receptions, dinners,
etc.
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