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" 57*. ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.* ^ * . ; t/4 ;':fm ' III BY HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1884. NO. 6. VOLUME XXIX. ? |? ,? ? I ?II ! I !! ??^ III mm ? ? t ' A SUMVR TDVI:...V And bashful lovers sit u]K>n the stoop And sweetly spoon. While downward Summer's first mosquitos .swoop With weird, low tune, And high And higher up the sapphire skies She climbs the moon, And eyes look love co loving eyes, ^ And sigh greets sigh. The frog A nocturne warbles to his listening mate In accents low, The youth perceives the hour is growing late, And lie must go, Yes, jog. He kisses her a wild good-hy; Meanwhile, oh, woe! An irate pa, with angry eye, Lets loose the dog. Few moons E'er garni upon so harrowing a sight With smiling face; A youth, wild yelling, flying with afright, A dug in chase. Still croons The frog within the sedgy j?ool, ICln'lo >?n/>Ck The dog returns with lnouth crammed full Of pantaloons. ?Somerville Journal. A BR0W.N" STUDY. A little low brown house painted in blocks of light and dark brown, with blinds of the same tint, and a wooden fence that matched it all. Even the door-step shared the same hue, and the bare trunks of the elms, that swayed to and fro, with branches that clutched the passing crowd, were only a shade or two darker than the rest. And in the neutral-tinted rooms sat three girls whose rich brunette complexions harmonized with their surroundings. They were sitting, too, in a "brown-study," till the eldest, Marta, spoke at last, with a profound sigh in her tone: "It's no use,girls; the garden is closed up for the season. Mother is no better, and still no word of?father." She spoke the last word in a husky whisper, adding: "What are we to do for money?'' The youngest of the three, who could not have been more than fourteen, tossed back her golden brown curls, and, running her fingers through them, suggested : "Take me to a barber's, Marta." , * * 'It may come to that some day, Louise," returned the eldest, bitterly; and thon. turning to the silent sister, who had been fiittiDg in quiet meditation, she asked: "Hast thou no solution for this problem, most thoughtful Christie?" > The crirl started, hesitated, and said: I was thinking, girls, what slaves we are to fashion and to the conventionalities. Here I have been following the beaten track of music-teaching, walking ?iles of sidewalk for a pupil at two dollars ^ a month, and not able to eurn enough to keep myself in ' respectable clothing. Louise, with her deft fingers, has loaded down a table of pretty but unsold goods at the Woman's Exchange, and Marta's sales of Christmas cards and other art work do not remunerate her for the outlay of paint, the time spent; and then the worry, the strained eyes that are already beginning to suffer with such closc applica.ion. My poor Marta!" - 8ilence fell on the group. It was early evening, and, to save expense, no lamps were lighted as tney taiKeu. w "It seems strange," began Marta, at length, "that we*<jet no word of father's ship. Mother says it has often been as long, but she never before felt the lack of money. The failure of the Exchange bank has swept away all the savings that were kept there for rainy clays. I have no orders, Christie has only eight dollers a month coming in, and Louise has had to leave school. "We must look it square in the face, and see if there is no other way of earning money than those we have tried to far. "We cannot go out to leave mother, and we must earn money to give her more nourishing food, for that is what she most needs." ? Then Christie spoke: "'Signor Bellino gets two dollars a lesson from the young ladies in one of the house ? where I teach the younger children. I listened one day when waiting in the hull, and was surprised to learn how easily his money was earned. Girls, I'm going to give it up, and turn washer-woman." "Are you crazy?" asked the astonished Marta. "I soon should be if I keep up musicteaching in such a spiritless, half-paid way. No; I will tell you my idea." '1/* if **/*?? 1m?<r<> Ann " onul " MTICilSC UUj 11 y\J\i uutu o<?tu saucy Lou. "1 don't mind your sarcasm, if you will only agree to what I suggest." said Christie, a little timidly. "And to begin, I was in Mrs. Muldoon's the other day? you know she keeps a boarding-house on j James street?and I thought .some of her j boarders might buy woolen ties or cuffs, or these warm mits Lou knits; so I took a sample in, and while I waited two | young men were talking in the parlor. < One remarked that his shirts had been sent home without a single button, and i as yellow as old gold. The other l.mgh^ ingly answered it was enough to ni:'.kc a j fellow get married, without waiting for a | competence, to have to sew on his but-; tons before he could start for church, and j added, 'Why don't some of these girls that talk about woman's sphere, and the avenues of employment open for them, start a first-class Sundry, where washing, ironing^and mending can be carried on to such perfection as to he classed among the line arts?' 'But, my dear fellow,' drawled the other, 'it lowers tlicm in the social scale, don't you sec. A man can i dance with these girls who dabble in paint j or literature or an v of the arts and sciences, but he couldn't come down to dancing i attendance on his washer-woman.' 'Lie- j vate the business,' said the other one, hot- ; ly; and just then Mrs. Muldoon came in. j and Lou! she ordered three pairs of mits J fnr }ir>r hr>v?' ?^nmethinc useful sells! best, you see. " Now, let ns start a laundry. We j can't go out into society, any way, and we must have money. We have good stationery tubs, thanks to father, and an out-kitchen that is comfortable at all seasons. I have money enough to buy a box of soap and a steam-washer. We j will not tell mother till she is stronger, i but Marta shall write and cause to be printed a few neat cards, stating that we , 'wash, iron, aud mend' gentlemen's underwear on reasonable terms. Marta is a splendid clear-starclicr, and likes ironing best. You know you always pleaded father, dear, and lie was very particular. I will undertake the washing. Our garden gives plenty of space for drving, clothes, and Louise can put her fancy | stitches into mending socks and darning j whatever is needed. The buttons must be all in order before the garment is scat home. I will get a box of pearl buttons to begin with." When Christie had done speaking' there was almost an cntnusiasm in ner | tone, and after u little more debating as j to ways and means, the lamp was lighted, the girls put on an air of cheerfulness and freedom from care, as they gathered up j the different work they had been employed with when twilight befell, and i went upstairs to spend the evening in mother's room, after carefully closing the dampers to save fuel, and making such prepcrations as frugal housekeepers only know of for the morning meal. "When Hugh Brown married and took his wife to the little home he called Brown Cottage, he was only mate on a i coasting vessel, bur for many years before our story opens ho had been captain of a merchant ship, and of late years made long voyages to Mediterranean ports. It was now six months since he had sailed away, intending to return before that length of time to his home and dear ones there. But time passed on and no word came from him, and then the * bank's failure and mother's malarial fever brought finances to a low ebb, and as ehe lay in the upper chamber, worn with illness and anxiety, the young girls planned and saved and worked downstairs, hiding their fears from her and from each other. But a week from the time the story opens the cards were printed, and sent to the principal boarding-houses in the city by post. And whfen Christie called at Mrs. Muldoon's with Lou's well-knitted mitts, she was Mwarded by an order for all the washing j of the boardcrB. while some of the young | men promised to speak to their friends of the new venture. It was so neat and unique in its way, this little bit of pasteboard, that one was forced to read and remember it. GENTLEMEN'S UNDER-WEAR Washed, ironed, and mended At Brown cottage, Blauk street. Fine linens a specialty. Woolens washed without shrinkage. Kitty O'Keene, whose boy was hired to fetch and carry the clothes, called at the cottage and asked for work. "Sure and it's mesclf can wash for ycz half or a whole day, ma'am, an'Ted can h..iiirout thcclothes;*' and as the girls know her to be honest and poor, they engaged her services for half a day during the first three days of the week. The work progressed without any confusion, and when sent home was promptly paid for, each article being specified in the printed bill, which was inclosed in an envelope and neatly addressed. And so the weeks passed in prosperous labor, till Kitty O'Keene had to work every day and all day of the first five in the week to get the washing done. A patent clothes-drying machine was put up in the yard, and by keeping up with the work they were able to be punctual in returning the parcels; and the nourioliinrr fnnrl nml viiiH>rior mndiciil advice lou,,16 ; -t obtained for the mother was sufficient reward for many a weary hour. Hut little did Christie think, as she madl> out the weekly bills with mechanical and mercenary precision, that the little god of love was sharpening an arrow to pierce a good and manly heart, using as his emissary a washer-woman's bill. For it happened that Fred Van Coit, who was boarding at Mrs. Muldoon's while finishing his legal studies, had bccomc fascinated by the clear, concise penmanship and unwonted refined neatness of both bill and bundle sent home; and one evening when liis sister Margery, who was visiting the city, sat in his room, enjoying his little confidence as only sisters can, he suddenly handed her her his last week's washing bill without any comment. But Margery did not wonder at anything that brother Fred did, and read without suspicion: Mr. Van C >lt To M.. C.. ?& Brown, Dr. Underwear washed, ironed, and repaired $1 00 Four pail's of socks, ditto -10 Six shirts, ditto 1 'JO Eight collars washed and ironed. . -4 Six handkerchiefs, ditto IS Received payment, $3 02 C. Brow.W "I don't know why I should care about those girls, Margery, but I can't help thinking I have had something to do with this business. I was talking to Tom Levers the other day about washing, and I said a lot of nonscuse about the 'social scale,' and all that sort of thing, while he, like a sensible fellow, wished some of the girls who were wanting a sphere would turn to and mend our socks as well as embroider sraoking-caps for us. I happened to look up, and a young girl with a wistful look on her pretty but tired face was listening with a strained air to our remarks. I found out afterward she was a Miss Browu, and in a week they sent one of '.heir cards to the boarding-house; but I have never seen any of the?washer-ladies." "Don't be a ?oose, Fred," laughed the young girl. "Call things by their right name; and what more noble than 'a perfect woman?1 I can't get it out of my head somehow that I know one of these girls. Of course there are lots of Browns; but my 'Christie' would grace a wash-tub or a Fifth avenue drawingroom equally well, and she was considered a musical prod-jy at school. Grace Lane can tell me if my suspicions arc correct. I must see my sweet Christie while I am in town." And so it came to pass that two days afterward two very stylish girls called at Brown cottage and.asked for Christie Of course the meeting was impulsively cordial, and after a while they noticed a change in the manner of their hostess, and soon rose to leave. Then, with an elfort, Christie said: "You must not feel that J think any less of you that I cannot accept Miss Lime's invitation to go with you to any of your pleasant entertainments. But we are in great trouble, or rather have been. The bank failed where our money was invested : we lost all; then our mother | fell ill, and we had no word from father till yesterday. He has been shipwrecked, and docs not Know of our money loss. We struggled along as well as we could till debt stared us in the face. Then we set up a laundry, and since then have prospered financially, though not socially. We did not tell mother till the good news of father came yesterday, and she has wept over us ever since." Then Margery took her friend in her arms and talked to her, but Christie shook her hea I to all proposals of society. However, the ice was broken, the other sisters came in,formality was abandoned, and the visitors staid to tea, only that naughty Margery stepped out on a "little i errand" before taking oil her hat, and the result was that Fred Van Coit, sitting in his room at Mrs. Muldoon's, received this telegram: "Call at Brown cottage. Blank street, for me at nine. Eureka! "Mahoeky Van Coit." And when the pleasant evening was over, to the surprise of the family, Margery's brother called and was introduced to them all, and expressed his pleasure in making the acquaintance of his sister's friends. But through Christie's mind came the conversation she had heard, mid this young man had said, with :i particular sneer, "Jle couldn't come uown to dancing attendance on his i wasner-woman. mm au ^uuou^ iuuavu (it his hnadsomc face, in which admiration of herself was plainly discernuble, and felt a gentle disdain for a man who put such value on the Social scale,even while pleasantly affable, for his sister's sake, to his washer-woman. Meanwhile the laundry flourished. The girls hired an adjacent shi d, and Kate O'Kecne brought her sister to help with the ironing. Money flowed in, and cheered with their father's letters though he could not speak definitely of his return, they worked on in peace and hope ful contidence. keeping from the shipwrecked bread-winnerali mmey troubles that might add to hi?au.\icty. By-and-by around tin; little brown house a change oarne of nature's own devising. The crocus and snowdrop peejx d ' out of the brown earth, and the birds returned from the South to the spicy buds of the balsams and the poplars, and sang their morning songs in the budding elms. Not only our friend Fred, but his friend Tom Levers, called often at the cottage to carry some delicacy to the invalid or a message from Grace or Margery; and then Captain Brown came home one dull gray evening, and had to hear the whole story. Ilis only comment was, "Bless your faithful hearts, littie girls! Father will take care of you now." But Christie, in a conversation soon after, showed him their banker's account, wlierc several hundred dollars were to their credit, and reluctantly, yet with a sense of gratitude, mingled with a sense of justice, the eaj.tain did not interfere with their work That was two years ago; the laundry has grown to larger proportions now, and there are six needy women employed with Kitty O'Keene, who is forewoman. Marta is soon to be married to Tom Levers, but retains her interest in the laundry, while Christie is to brighten the home of Fred Van Coit in a distant city. She was not easily won. this proud washer-woman; and when, in earnest tones, he pleaded his suit, she scornfully answered, "What! dancing attendance on the washer-woman?"' I cannot tell all the arts he used to overcome her objections; but, to my mind, she always had liked him from that first day when she heard him speak at Mrs. Muldoon's. Louise still darns and mends and sews nn hiiHnns hut she intends to take as a partner in her department ;i young orphan girl who has no "sphere," and is dependent on her needle for a livelihood. The work has always run smoothly; the help have no cause for complaint, are well paid, and take an interest in their several departments; and now that Mrs. Brown has fully recovered her health, she is able to assist in the household duties, and to appreciate better her daughters' heroic conduct and praiseworthy efforts to keep the wolf from the door. Truly, "whatsoever thy hands find to do, tawnwiwi wm n? ujiiui mi ii | do it with thy might."?Annie L. Jack, ! in Harper\t Bazar. Utilizing Street Refuse. From an experiment now being made j it would seem that a large portion of the refuse of our city streets can be turned to good accourt. It is well known that ] numbers of Italians get their living, a i meagre one no doubt, by collecting ' portions of the refuse found in the ash j barrels, it lias occurred to one thought- , fill mind that the ragpicker might bo i displaced by machinery, and almost six I months since a company was organized, 1 with Mr. James Jv. Price as president, tc j make the experiment. The company : based its hopes of success upon an analysis which showed that a load of garbage , contained upon an average about 300 ; pounds of good coal, and enough rags, I paper, glass, tin, old shoes, and other 1 merchantable junk to make it worth j while to work it over systematically. It j was necessary to success upon a largo ( scale to have a machine which could ' i treat the garbage as fast as the carts I brought it to the dumps. Gigantic sieves | ] were found to clog after a few loads, i : Finally a box or hopper was constructed, ' j the tloor of which was composed ofmov- j j able slats like an ordinary window-1 < blind. The hopper had an oscillating j ' movement which allowed the line ashes j to fall through, and turned and shook i c up the mass of other stuff, so that rai*s, j t paper, glass, tin, bones, and other matter I 1 of any value could be lished out by j I watchers. The mass was moved with a j 1 regular motion toward one end of the i ^ apparatus, where it tumbled at last into ! ( a tank of water. The good coal sank to j E the bottom and was brought uo by buck- j s ets attached to an endless chain, while , 1 the floating garbage was brushed off into ' J the scow. j l At present not enough garbage has j c been brought to the Jackson street dumping-place, where the machine has t been placed, to supply its capabilities, * but this can probably be remedied. The {, president of the company says that two j hundred loads could be handled with I ease every day, whereas only forty loads t had been obtained to experiment upon. r Enough had been shown, however, to 1 prove that it paid to treat street refuse in this way, and the next sifter which I would l?e placed at a dump where more v business was done would be upon a still 11 larger scale. The money received for n the bones, rags, etc., found in each load ' ' is of course a small sura, but in the aggregate it is sufficient to pay a reasonable protit upon the capital employed. The uses to which the material saved j: from the dumps is put are many, and new ways are found every day of utiltiz- a ing stuff winch has always been regard- f cd as of no possible value. The line I ? ashes are sold to brick-makers, who use I v them for hollow light bricks. The rags 5 and paper go to the paper mills. The bones arc worth $2"5 a ton to the sugar r refiners, who, after using the bone-black j> to clarify their sugar, sell it as a fcrtillizer. The "lass is worth something, t and the old shoes go to the fertilizer fac- { tory. The tin cans are subjected to heat i till the solder runs off into molds to be used over again, and the plates of tin a are rolled out and sold to trunk-makers, who use Ihem to strengthen their bags J and trunks. The coal burns well and is -1-1 ? Hnl,r ohnnf I C JS 'III LU JiimilUilULUiU.l. VUAJ ?*vvuv , J twenty-five per cent, of the loads were 1t, rejected as worthless and sent to sea. Ultimately the company hope to burn s even this refuse of garbage and m ike i b manure out of it.?New York Observer. I , ? Life in Logging Camps. U The lumber industry of this section, ! says a Plymouth (N. II. i k-iter to the'* Boston Journal, is a very important one, I c and yet one of which lew people have v any adequate idea. Away up in the c Pemigewasset Va'ley, among the foot- $ hills of the Franconia Itange, stand immense forests, into which each winter en- | [j ter gangs of lumbermen. A rude shanty ' is erected, in which the men eat and ) r bunk, and large quantities of salt pork . ti and salt beef, Hour and molasses carted , in. a cook procured, and the winter j campaign is opened. The life of the ^ men in these camps is a most inonoton- 1 ous one, chopping steadily through the : day, with the exception of a short rest ' for dinner and a smoke. After supper t all gather about the cook's fire to tell , s stories or listen to the soulful harmony ; ? drawn from a $2.50 fiddle, and then J p they climb the ladder to their bunks in i the loft. I v I The typical river driver is to New J " ! Hampshire what the cowboy is to the West ?a creature of unbounded profani- ). ty and shirt collar, bold, reckless and dare-devil to the last degree. Yet among j j, the number are many who arc far above v the average of such laborers?farmers' | o sons who go down the river for the sake i of the one dollar or two dollars per day, 1 11 which is more than they can earn at home ;t: at this season of the year. I The life is a hard one. The men never j c sleep in a house during the trip, but two camps, the "front" and "rear," move j c with the drive, here to-day and further | <] on to-morrow. i ? The camp consists of a large cook's ^ tent and several "A tents," in which, on | f a few inches*of straw, the men take their ! s rest. At daylight the men arc called to | * breakfast, alter which they go immc- [ diately to the river. In the middle of p the forenoon a lunch is carried them, a and another at 4 p. m. Supper ollows I at dark, previous to 44 turning in." The ^ bill of fare is not extensive, but is one c well adapted lo the mode of life. Oof- c fee, fried pork, boiled corned beef, gin- t jerbread and biscuit, cooked in old- ? fashioned tin ovens before an open fire, c and baked beans cooked in the ground, ' are the usual dishes. Good cooks are J always employed and. the men are never ^ stinted. An immense wagon follows I j the drive, always filled and covered with j a heterogeueous collection of pike-poles < and overcoats, tents and coffee pots, etc. I The trip usually consumes from two to * three months. Tlie drivers, cooks, waiters, etc., comprise a force of about ( sixty men. < (ialhcring Cinnamon. j , The leaf-buds are fir.-t removed, and j 1 j the rod is scraped thoroughly, nut gently, j < so as to remove the outer skin, which, if I j left on, would embitter the cinnamon. I , The knife employed for this purpose is j ; concave on one edge and convex on the other, a form which greatly facilitates i the process. The bat k is then cut in two j I parallel lines, from one end to another, | and having been gradually loosened with , j the convex edge of the blade, each half j is stripped oil" in one entire piece. The smaller pieces are inserted in the 1 larger, and then laid on mats to dry. 1 These, when the moisture is sufficiently evaporated, are made into bundles, weighing exactly ninety-two pounds each. \ These having been bound tirmlv with j stroni: cords and sewed into a double i covering of cloth, made from the fibers j 1 of the cocoanut-trec, are conveyed to the j * i government store-houses, to he repacked j j j for exportation. j ! Between every two layers of cinnamon 1 in the ship storage, one of black pepper i is thrown, which, by absorbing the su- j ' perlluous moisture, preserves the bark, | and also greatly improves its flavor, while | | it is itself enriched by contact with the ! : cinnamon. Thus, these two spices are j I made mutually beneficial to each other. ! The bark before being dried is of a ! j pale yellow, and about as thick as parch- j I ?'Pi,.. Kf.et Id uli'ihlfi nnrl is dis- I j Jlll'IlL. J 4?\ ?ngv ? ( tinguished from inferior kinds bv this i ; circumstance. From the fragments a J . I very valuble oil is produced in the fol- j lowing manner: They are put into a | , large tub and completely covered with , water. Having been macerated four or | ' j live days, the liquid is distilled over a j slow fire, by which process cinnamon- j 1 water is produced. The oil, which floats j j j on the top, is carefully skimmed off. i 1 The Pullet and the Fox. ! * l j A Fat Pullet, who set out to see the l , country, despite the Solemn Warnings J , i of her Aged .Mother that some calamity ' ' j would soon happen, soon encountered a j Fox. Reynard's attitude at once con- | ( I vinced her that he meant Business, and j the Frightened Pullet cried out: "Please don't! Remember that I am 1 ! Youngand have no Experience!" I 1 "Exactly!" grinned Reynard. "If f you were an old lien I should be Foolish t to expect Chicken for Dinner!" : ] Moral: If we were all Experienced the ' ( gambler and confidence man would have t hard luck.?Detroit Free Press. ( ' < NEWS SUMMARY.! i Eastern and IHiddlc States _ A COMBINATION of llio various telegraph lines of tlio country has l>een formed in Now York against tho Western Union. The Derringer colliery, near Ilazleton, Pcnn., lifts been destroyed by fire. The 1 breaker was about the largest in the I'entisyl- I rania coal region, and was built a year ago at i cost of $150,000. During the conflagration i the building, which covers two acres of ground ind risrs to a height of l.Vt lVct. was one vrsl j :nass of fire, tho flames shooting up ~-">0 feet : !rom the ground. They were plainly visible it a distance of tt n miles. The private bank of F. G. Hall, at Elmira, ST. Y.. has suspemied with liabilities of *100,000. THOi\s.\xns of bricklayers and laborers onneeted with tho Imilding trade struck in \*ew York for a reduction in labor to nine , lours a day. In many instances their donand was complied with by the 1 >uildors. j A confeuen'ce of independent or bolting Republicans in New York was called to order iy George William Curtis, and Colonel j I'harlcs li. Codmnn, of ]Massac)ius>tls, was nade president. There were -i.V.t delegates iresent, representing Connecticut, Colorado, j Delaware, Georgia. Illinois. Louisiana, | Missouri,Maryland, Michigan,Massachusetts, S'ew Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Jttliode slnnd and Vermont A permanent organi- j :ation was effected, ami an address to tho ouutry issued declaring that the delegates ! vould not vote for Blaine an 1 Logan, but j vouirt support urover Cleveland. At a meeting of the New York Democratic '< state conimittco in Albany the Tammany ! nembers were conspicuous bj* their absence. [ iugene Kelly, the New York banker, was )lacedon tho electoral ticket as clector-at- ; arge in place of William Purcell, resigned. While Barman's circus was giving a perormance at Cortland, N. Y.. a terrific storm nose, and the huge circus tent was blown lown upon 5.00) people inside and torn into hreds. Tho people under the. tent were hrown into a frightful panic, which was leiglitened by the roaring and trampling of j ho animals belonging to tho menagerie. \bout seventy-five persons were iujurod, sev- ' iral it was thought fatally. At the National Prohibition convention leld in Pittsburg, Penn., the States rcpreented and delegates in attendance were as ! ollows: Alabama, 2; California, 23; Connecti- j 'ut, 2; Illinois, 4*>: Maine, 3; Kansas, 17; vcntucky, (i; Michigan, 50; Nebraska, 3; : )akota, 1; Ohio, :i4; New Jersey, 18; Mary- ; and, Hi; New York, 75; Missouri, 10; Ten- , lessee, 17; Texas, 12; Pennsylvania, 58; Wis- ! onsiu, 55; total, 4-1(1. Sou til nitii Went. Bon Hunt and Dan Parker, both colored, I vere hanged at Greenville, Miss., for killing : wo colored men; Cummings Nelson suffered i similar penalty for a iike crime on the same i lay at Ilouma, Miss., and at Waynesboro, j la.. Sain Williams, a colored man, was legal- j y strangled for murdering one of his race. | Cedar Springs, Mich., has lost its business | ectiou by lire. Three men and a boy perilled in the flames. i A nerro named Gibson was takon to jail j t West|>oint, Gn.. for brutally assaulting his j ourteen-year-old daughter. At night a crowd f negroes broke into the jail and attacked j iibson, who offered a d'-spjrate resistance, i rounding six men with a razor before ho was j hot dead. Mom: than 2,00) saloon keepers in Cincin- j ati are to be ptose uted for failing to take | ut lire uses undr wiial is known as tin Scott i iw. A train filled with laboring people on an xcursion wont over an embankment near j 'anton, Ohio, and nine cars were wrecked , Eighteen jiersons were injured. The St. Louis Ore and Steel company, with I , capital of $5,00:),0 )0, hiis failed. Five horse thieves Jiave been hanged near udith City, Montana, by a band of cow boys rtio had organized to rid the community of | hieves. "Within Ihreo weeks thirteen horse ! hieves havo been lynched in Northern Montma. A fihe in the San Joaquin val'ey, Cal., de- 1 troyed 0,030 acres of grain and several large 1 uildings before it could be subdued. Two I housand men fought the flames for hours. 1 l loss of $150,000 was incurred. Portions of Wisconsin, Minnesota and )akota havo been ravaged by a tornado, j ?'enr Del Rapids, Dakota, four persons?a ( roman and three children?were killed, scvral school-houses wero destroyed, and many , hildren hurt. Numerous other buildings i cere destroyed. Wisconsin and Minnesota : ach suffered to the extent of more than . 100,000. j J A wonK train with forty bridge hands was assing through Black Canyon, near Gunni- ! i on, Col., when a spark from the engine ig- j I iled a box containing giant powder. A tor- i ific explosion followed, wrecking the entire rain, killing three men and wounding a num- | < crofotheis. |t Two men, a woman nnd one child were ; rownod l>y the upsetting of their carriage ' rhile fording a river near Deerfleld, Kansas. ' WoNliiiiffton. Tnn Washington monument has reacheJ ; ' he height of 4*s feet, and is now the highest ! tincture in the world, with the single ex- j eption of the Cologne cathedral. The work ! n the pyramidal cap or roof which is to com- | lete the shaft will be.^in about Sej-tjinber 1. , j At a cabinet meetinir the session was de- i otert mainly to considering the best mothod j f ] ire venting the introduction of cholera into , he United States. ! j President Arthur has appointed Mr- 11 Villiain E. Curtis, a Washington correspond- I lit, to be secretary of tlio commission which j i to visit Central and South America to In- M estigate and extend the commercial relations I f the United States with those countries. President Arthur has issued a production calling for strict quarantine regulaions to prevent tho introduction of Asiatic holera, now ravaging Europe, and advising liat all cities and towns bo kopt in a cleanly ondition. ? The President has received the following able message from Queen Victoria. "The ueen heartily congratulates the President nd the people of the United States on the resue of Lieutenant Greely and tho gallant sur ivors of the Arctic expedition. She trusts that avorable reports have been received of the ufferers." President Arthur replied as folows: "The President, for himself and for the leople of the United States, sincerely thanks he queen for her most welcomo conxatulations upon tho rescue of Lieutenant Greely and the survivors of his >arty, and is bappy to say that avorable reports are received as to their icakh. The President takes this occasion to 1 xnress anew his high appreciation and that ?f tho people of tho United States for the imely gift of the Alert, which generous act idded spirit and encouragement to the expelition." Foreign* Cases of Asiatic cholera havo appeared in , Paris. Fifty-seven deaths in twenty-four j lours occurred at Marseilles. It is reported from '1 angiers that a French i :omedy troupe traveling tnrougn Algiers uus jeen massacred by Arabs near the Moroccan 'rontier. Sir George Xares and other well-known English Arctic explorers spoak eulogistically )f Lieutenant Greely's expedition and Amer?n enterprise in Arctic exploration. A monster procession of trades unions^ agricultural laborers and others in favor of the franchise bill took place in London. The profession was viewed by the Prince and Princess I jf Wale*, Duke of Cambridge, members of :hc English cabinet, and a dense mass of other i spectators. At the meeting in Hyde Park j IOJ,lOO]>ersons were present Warsaw is found to bo the central point from which tho movements of tho Russian nihilists have been directed. Five terrorists iiave been arrested, and a large amount of noney, dynamite, bombs and documents j seized. Tho city will be declared in a state of siege. During a storm on Lake Luzerne, Switzerand, four boats were capsized and ten persons drowned. Thousands of persons are fleeing from Paris on account of the cholera ravages. At Marseilles tho total number of deaths has readied nearly 1,000, and at Toulon there is jreat distress and a famine is threatened London lias had a $2,500,000 firo. Among tho merchandise consumed were '.1,000 bales Df wool, valued at $*00,000; 2,000 tons of coffee, valued at $-550,0 )0, and 1,000 tons of pepper, a third of the entire stock in London, valued at $325,000 I UTEK ME VS. ! Wim.tam H Barvum. of Connecticut, was re-elected chairman, mul F. O. Prince, of : Massachusetts, secretary of the Democratic national committee at a meeting held in New | York to organize for the campaign. Both Republican and Dcnvvratic nationa] [ ommittces have secured headquarters in New York, and are actively at work distributing speeches, campaign documents, etc. The Yirginia law preventing officials from taking part in politics has been declared un- j constitutional by the State court of appeals. At the annual grand army national encampment, held this year in Minneapolis, Minn., I m immense crowd was present. Generals i Sherman, Logan, and others male speeches, j The contest for the Elchoshield, Groat Brit- I Tin's annual great long-distanco shooting i natch, was won this year by the Irish team, ! ivho scored a total of 1,583 points to 1,470 for Scotland and 1,474 for England. A decrease in the number of deaths from j liolera in Marseilles and Toulon is reported, j The Spanish steamer Gijon, which camo nto collision with the English steamer Laxlam, when not far from Corunna, Spain, had I lo persoas on board and a crew of seventy leven. Twenty-three passengers and twenty. wo of the crow have been landed at Corunna. !t is believed that tho Laxham's crew went j )ii board tho Gijon, which foundered after j he Laxham had gone down. Ninety of tho Sijon's passengers and flfty-flve of her j Tew *?e believed Jo be lost. BLAINE'S ACCEPTANCE. Letter of tlio Republican Nominee foi I'rcaidinl. Hon. James G. Blaine, Republican nominei for President, has written a long letter ae cepting tho nomination. Mr. Blaine commences by saying: ' "In accepting tho nomination for tho Presi dency tendered mo by the Republican nation al convention, I l>cg to express a deep sonso ol tho honor which is conferred and the duty which is imposed. 1 venture to accompany tho acceptance wi h soino observations upor the questions involved in the contest?ques tions whose settlement may a(Iect tho future of the nation favorably or unfavorably for 8 long series of years. " Jn enumerating the issues upon which the Republican party appeals for popular sup port, the convention has been singularly explicit and felicitous. It has properly given tiie leading position to tno industrial interests of the country as alFected by tho tariff 011 imports. On that question tho two political parties aro radically in conflict. Almost the tirst act of tho Republicans, when they came into power in 1SG1, was tno establishment of the principle of protection to American labor and American capital. This principle tho Republican party has eve: since steadily maintained, while on tho other hand tho Democratic party in Congress has for fifty years persistently warred upon it Twice within that period our opponents havo destroyed tariffs arranged for protection,and since tho close of tho civil war, whenever they havo controlled the House of Represen tatives, hostile legislation has been attempted ?never more conspicuously than in their principal measure at tho late session of Congross.'' Mr. Blaine next entors into a long dicuesion of tho tariff question, in which ho vigorously defends tho policy of protection. The material policy of tho country, he declares, is tho best argument that can bo made in favor of a high tariff. Ho denies that tho tariff has injured our foreign commerce. "The commercial cities of tho Union," ho says, "nover had any such growth as they have enjoyed since liiGO. Our chief emporium, tho city of Now York, with its dependencies, has within that period doubled lur population and increased her wealth five-fold. During the samj period tho imports and exports which have ei.t >r< d and left her harbor are more than double in bulk and value the whole amount exported by her between tho settlement of the lirst Dutch colony on tho island of'aAlanhattinand tho outbreak of tho civil war in I,SCO." *1- til 1 J. ?,,> n1 ?u l~. duuiiu hum laju" liui u)/uu lud o^iivuitur;'l interests, maintaining that a protective i o!i J is in the ditvi t interest of the farmers, In-cni S3 "in the home markot. The farmers see that in thi increasing competition from Ih ^rain Holds of Russia and the distant | lainso. India tl.e growlli of tho home market becomes daily of greater concern to them nnd tliat its impairment would depreciate tho value of every aero of tillable land in the Union." " A pohcy of this kind would bo disastrous to tho mechanics and workingmen of the United States. "Wages aro unjustly reduced when an industrious man is not able by his earnings to live in comfort, educate his children, and lay by a sufficient -"ount for the necessities of age. Tho reduci.on of wages, inevitably consequent upon throwing our homo market ojten to tho world, would deprive them of the power to do this. It would prove a great calamity to our country. It would produce a conflict between the poor aud the rich, nnd in the sorrowful degradation of labor would plant tho seeds of public danger." Continuing, Mr. Blaine says that the Republican party has always protected the free labor of America, and has guardod uur people against the unfair competition of contra"t labor from China. Concerning a foreign policy, Mr. Blaine ays "our foreign relations favor a domestic development; tliat we should cultivate closer relations with the nations of tho Western Hemisphere, and that all international troubles in North and South America should lie adjusted by impartial arbitration and not by arms." Concluding this subject, he says: "The name of American which belongs to us in our national capacity must always exalt the just pride of patriotism. Citizenship of the republic must bo the panoply and safeguard of him who wears it. The American citizen, rich or poor, native or naturalized, white or colored, must everywhere walk secure in his personal and civil rights. The republic should never accept a lesser duty?it can never assume a nobler one, than tho protection of tho humblest man who owes it royalty ?protection at home, and protection which shall follow him abroad, into whatever laud lie may go upon a lawful eiTand." Regarding the Southern States, the letter says ihat tho elements which separated the two sections are fast disappearing; that tho South "needs c apital and occupation,not controversy," that "f ny effort to unite tho Southern States upon issues that grow out of the memories of tho war, will summon the Northern States to combine in tho assertion of that nationality which was their inspira lion in the civil snuggle," and charges ttiat I lie Democratic party "shows its'If a foe to Southern prosperity always invoking and urging Southern political consolidation." The letter next discusses the civil service, tin- writer saying: "Impartiality in the mode uf appointment to be based on qualification, and security of tenure to be based on faithful Jischarge of duty are the two ends to be accomplished. The public business will be aided by separating the legislative branch of the government lrom all control of appointments imd the executive department will be relieved by subjecting appointments to fixed rules and thus removing them from the caprice of favoritism, but there should be rigid observance of the law which gives in all cases of equal competency the preference to yje soldiers who risked their lives in defense Df the Union." Continuing on the subject of the civil service. Jlr. Blaine adds: "My observation in tho department of state confirmed the conclusions of my legislative experience, ami impressed mo with the conviction that the rule of impartial appointment might with advantage be earned beyond any existing provision of tho civil service law. It should oo applied to appointments in the consular service. Consuls should bo commercial sentinels-encircling the globe with watchfulness for their coun try's interests. Tlieir intelligent aun competency become, therefo/e, matters of groit iiubiic concern. No man sho ild be appointed to an American consulate v. ho is not well instructed in tho history and resources of liis own country, and in tho requirements and lan-oia^e of commerce in the country to which lie is ?ont. The Mime rule should bo applied oven more rigidly to >e retnries of legation in our diplomatic service. The lieople h ive thf right to the most efficient agents in the discharge of public business, and the appointing power should regard this as the |>rior and ulterior consideration." On the Mormon question tho letter says that while " religious liberty is the right of every citizen of the republic "it "must not be perverted to the justificat ion of offenses against the law," and further that "as citizens the Mormons are entitled- to tho same civil rights as others, and to these thoy must bo confined. Polygamy can never receive national sanction or toleration by admitting the community that upholds it us a State in tho Union." In regard to our currency the letta.' says: " Tho people of the United States, though often urged and tempted, have never seriously contemplated the recognition of. any other money than gold and silver?and currency directly f l,nt7 Vinvn riflf-. flono OanVBJ-LIU.p 1I11U UIVIU. A i ?v. . ? so, i hey will not do so, tinder any necessity loss pressing than that of desperate war. The one special requisite for the completion of our monetary system is the fixing of the relntivo values of silver and gold. The large use of silver as the money of account among Asiatic nations, token in connection with the increasing commerce of the world, gives the weightiest reasons for an int"rnut!o:inl agreement in the premiso.?. Our government should not cease to urge this measure until a common standard of value shall be reached and established?a standard that shall enable the United States to use the silver from its mines as an auxiliary to gold in settling the balances of commercial cx< h inge." Tho letter says in regard to our public lands that "the tendency to consolidate large tracts of land in the ownership of individuals or corCorations should, with proper regard to vesjd rights, be discouraged. One hundred thousand acres of land in the hands of one man is far less profitable to the nation in every way than when its ownership is divided among one thousand men." Only to actual s utlers.and those who arecitizcnsofrthe republic, or willing to become so, should the public lands 1m; disposed of, in Mr. Blaine's opinion. About our shipping interests Mr. Main? savs that they si ould be encouragtd, and lie winds iij) his letter with the following comments on the "sacrcdnes; o' iho ballot:" ''This survey of rur condition ns a nation reminds us that material prosp rity is but a nuck tv if it does not tend to preserve tho liberty of the piop'o. A fre > ball>t is tho safeguard of repuM.cun ii,solutions, without which no national welfare is assured. A popular eitction, honestly conducted, cmImdie-i tho very majesty of time government. Ten millions of vo'crs desire to take part in tho pending contest. The safety of the republicrests upon tho integrity of the ballot, upon the security of suffrage to the citizi n. To deposit a fraudulent vote is no worse a crime against constitutional liberty than to obstruct me deposit 01 an uuhcsu >uh.% Ho who corrupts suffrage strikes at the very foot of free government. He is the arch-enemy of the republic. lie forgets that in trampling iijKin the rights of others ho fatally imperils Ins own rights. ' It is a good land which the Lord our God doth gi\e us," hut we can maintain our heritage only by guarding with vigilance the source of popular power." NEWSY GLEANINGS, There are 2,ISO lepers in Norway. Artificial cork has been invented. Polygamous marriages are on the increase In Utah. IM.OIK), and the deaths 41f>,UU0. The worsted industry of England employs 2,225,820 spindles; in Franco, 2,70.j,0iK). Amos Pebkins, at tho age of ninety-four, Ls treasurer of the town of Unity, N. It. A lump of Alabama coal weighing 140,000 pounds is on exhibition at Birmingham. It is mid that 1n,<? 0 homesteads have been entered in Florida during tho past year. A postmaster in a North Carolina town was paid a salary of nine'cents last year. The people of (his country consume $100,DCO.OOO worth of uatentmedicines overv vear. i LOGAN'S LETTER, ' ilcccpilns tlic ltc;>n1>li<-iin \omlna? , 5 tiou tor Vicc?f'resident* i I General Logan, Republican candidate for j Vice-President, Las writen a letter accepting 1 c Hie nomination " with a gratefal heart and \ i!i op sense of its responsibilities." General c Lo; ft:i then cnt.'rs into a discussion of i the question of protection to American t I labor, of which ho says: "Tho ob* , ' j vious policy of our government is to ' protect b >th capital and labor by a proper 1 . ; imposition of duties. 1 his protection should f extend to every article of American produc-j* ; tion which goes to build up the general pros- J peritv of our people." '} He* then discusses "our monetary system.'1 J His remarks on this subject are summarized j j . in the following sentences: "Our system of : cunrn-y is most admirable in construction, j While all the conveniences of a bill circulation attach to it, every dollar of paper repre- ] jents a dollar of the world's money standards, , ! and as long as the just and wise policy of tho ! Republican party is continued, thero can bo . no impairment of the national credit. There Inx'i W.ilotin/* tlioivifn if. UH l", UI1UIT I'iCX'UV jan o ivmuiu- vwv* v?v| , will bo impossible for any man to lose a penny in (he bonds or bills of tho United States or in , (lie bills of the national banks." !: I I liter-state, foreign commerce and foreign j relations are next considered. lie thinks 1 . "that there is much to be desired in the way < of e juitablo rales and facilities of transporta- | ti<>n that coinmerce may flow freely between ' | the Ktat"s (h"inselves, diversity of industries and employments lie proiii-t.-d in all sections ] of our country, and that the great granaries j and manufacturing establishments of the inferior may bo enabled t> s.-nd their products ! to the seaboard lor shipment o foreign coun- j I tries, relieved of vexatious restrictions and : discriminations in matters of which it may emphatically be said 'tiiuo is money,' and also of unjust charges upon articles des. tined to meet close competition from the products of other parts of tho world." j With reference to the South American re- i Eublic, he suys: ''Politically we should be ound to tho republics of our continent by the ' | closest ties, and communication by ships and I ' railroads should be encouraged to the fullest possible extent consistent with a wise and con- j servative public policv. Above all, we should j bo upon such terms of friendship as to preelude tho possibility of national misunderstandings between ourselves and any of the ! members of the Amorican republican family. [ j Tho best method to promote uninterrupted I ?- 1 ?11 liV i . I , peace uebWueii uiw nuu Uii ?uuiu Iiu Alt I..V , 1 meeting of a general conference or congress, I whereby an agreement to submit all interna: tional differences to the peaceful decision of ' | friendly arbitration might be reached, j He devotes a paragraph to the subject of I our foreign relations, in which ho says: "The : I great moral force of our country is so univer- : ! sally recognized as to render "an appeal to arms by us. either in protection of our citl- j zens abroad or in recognition of any just international right, guito improbable. What [ wo most need in this direction is a firm and vigorous assertion of every right and privi- ' lege belonging to our government or its citi- j zens, as well as an equally firm assertion [ of the rights and privileges belonging to the general latnily of American republics situated i j upon this continent, when opposed, if ever \ they should be, by tho different systems of j : government upon another continent*' j The question of equal rights of citizenship j nextclaims his attention. On this point he says j ' that "while, theoretically, we are in the enjoy- j j mentof a government of tho whole people, practically we are almost as far from it as i I wo were in the ante-bellum days of tho i republic. Th? ro aro but a few leading and 1 imlisputablo facts whi h cover the whole j statement of the case. In many of tho South- ! ern States tho colored population is in largo j excess of the while. The colored dcodIo aro j Republicans, as are also a considerable portion of the white people. The remaining portion j of the latter aro Democrats. In faco of this | incontestible truth tlieso States invariably 1 return Democratic majorities. In other States ! of tho South Ihe colored people, although not . i a majority, form a very considerable body of j the population, and with the white Republi- ! i cans are numerically in excess of the Demo- ; j crats, yet precisely the same political results j I obtain?the Democratic party invariably i i carrying the elections." Of foreign emigration tho letter says: . "While it is the policy of tho Republican i ! party to encourage the oppressed of other I nations and offer them facilities for becoming I i.of.ti nmii infolliVfmt citizens in tho lesal ' .iolinition of tlio fc.-rm, the party has never ! 'contemplated the admission of a class of sor- I vile people, who arc n.)t only unable to com- j ; prchend our institutions, but indisposed to i become a part of our national family, or to j enbrace any higher civilization than ! their own." Concerning civil service he says: " I am in favor of the highest standard of excellence in the administration of the i i civil service, and will lend my best efforts to j the accomplishment of the greatest attainable 1 perfection in this branch of our service." i Mormonism, the letter asserts, should be j wiped out. olficial dishonesty promptly j I punished, ''our obligations to the defenders i of our country should never be forgotten," j the eight-hour law should bo enforced, our . navy increased, the public lands be reserved for free homes, and our present Indian policy be continued and improved upon as our ex- ] ' perience in its administration may from I \ time to time suggest. ' j i ! j THE SAVED AMD LOST. | A Liit off the Greoly Party, Dead and 1 \ Alive. ! The following members of the Greely party j ( . of olsarvation in the Arctic regions were j ( : found alive by the expedition sunt to their I , j relief: i Lieutenant Adolpjius W. Greely, first : lieutenant Fifth cavalry, acting signal 1 ? I officer and assistant; married; wife'spres- ] _ I cnt residence. San L)iego, Cal. ! < ( Sergeant David L. 13hainaud, sergeant com- 4 | ,.pany L. Second cavalry; enlisted at New ! York city; bom in Oswego county, N. Y. i | Hospitid Steward Henry Beiberback, pri vate Company G, Sovontcenth Infantry; , enlisted ut Cincinnati, 0.; born in Wal- I deck, Germany. I j Private Maurice Connei.l, private Com- j pany 13, Third Calvary; enlisted at camp ( ' at Goose Creek, Wy.; born in Kerry, ' Ireland. Sergt. Joseph Ell son',"corporal Company ( E, Tenth Infantry; enlisted at Fort | , \Y ayne, Mich.; born in Germany. (Sergt. Ellison was very much prostrated and badly frost-bitten when fouud, and died j at Godhaven on tho Uth of July, after J undergoing a surgical operation.) ' j Sergt. Julius Fredericks, Company 1,! ' ' - ' ~ ? ? f'ltwulanfl ! Second taviurj'j buiuku m ukiuwu, i 0.: unmarried; bora in Dayton, 0. Sergt. Francis Long, Company F, Ninth In- 1 fan try; enlisted at Omaha Barracks, i Neb.; born in "VVurtemburg, Germany. | 1 , The members of tlio party who died of star-1 1 j vation or exposure wore the following: Jacob Bender, private Company F, Ninth Infantry; enlisted at Omaha Bairacks, Neb.; born in Freidberg, Uermany. "William H. Cross, sergi out general service, Washington, D. C.; married; bom at Washington, D. C. j I William A. Ellis, private Company C, Second Cavalry; enlisted at New York ' city; born in Seneca Falls, N. Y. Hampden S. Gahdiner, sergeant Signal Corps, Philadelphia,Fa.; unmarried; born at Philadelphia, Pcnn. | Charles B. Henry, private Company E, Fifth Cavalry; enlisted at Cincinnati, 0.:' born in Hanover, Germany. Edward Israel, sergeant Signal Corps;' Kalamazoo, Mich,: unmarried; born at Kalamazoo, Mich. Winfikld S. Jewell, sergeant Signal Corps; unmarried; born at Lisbon, N. H. Fred. F. Kislingbury, second lieutenant, acting signal oflicer, of Rochester, N. Y.; was a native of England j entered the ser-} vice aa a private in the l'ifty-fourth Now York State militia in 18G4 as asix months' man; he re-entered tho service again in 1(505; was promoted to sergeant in 1S72, and created a second lieutenant in October, I 1673; ho was a widower and had two chil (Iron. David Linn, sergeant company C, Second cavalry, enlisted nt Philadelphia, Penn.; born at Philadelphia, Penn. James B. LoCKWouD,lirs?t lieutenant Twontythird infantry,acting signal oflicer,Washington, D. C.; unmarried; is u son of Gen ' eral Lock wood (retired;, U. S. A. Nicholas Nalor, corporal Company H,; Second cavalry, enlisted at Cincinnati, Ohio; unmarried; born at Luxembourg, . Germany. Dr. Octave Pavy, medical ofiicer, married; 1 wife's address, Jlaryvillo, Nodaway county, Mo. Dr. Pavy wts horn and educated i in Havre, France. Ho accompanied a < French expedition to Lady Franklin bay and remained iu the Polar regions several | years. Ho also joined the ilowgateex- | pedition. He was a reporter for the New York Tribune and did work for other . papers in the city. He afterward went West and studied medicine. Ho joined 1 the Greely expedition at Disco island, off the coast of Greenland, where lie re- ( mained after the unsuccessful Howgata expedition. David C. Ralston*, sergeant Signal Corps; unmarried: born at bloomfield, O. Geolge W. Rice, sergeant Signal Corps, Washington: unmarried; born at Sidney, 1 N. S. 1 R. H. Schneider, private Company A, First Artillery: enlisted at Fort Columbus, New York; born in Chemnitz, Germany, i William Whistler, private Company F, Ninth Infantry; enlisted at Omaha Bar- i racks, Neb.; born in Carroll county,Ind.; ' I father's address is Motion, ind. Frederick, an Esquimau guide. Jens Edwards, an Esquimau guide. In addition to the men mentioned above, . Jens Edwards, an Esquimau, and Frederick i , Ti""'"" Christiansen, a half breed, both of whom were engaged at Proven, accompanied [, the expedition. 1 I ' ; I The trial of 420 peasants for complicity in tin- anti-Magyar escutchonn riots in September last took place in Pesl h, Hungnry.and resulted in the conviction of 2'.Hi o? them. Those convicted wero sentenced to imprisonmont for terms ranging from thre? days to ten I rears. I ? I i I THE American tour of Mute. Ri-tori, which > was arranged to begin in October, has been 1 postponed and she will commence her season j November 10. Her repertoire will include j "Mario Antoinette," "Mario Stuart," j 1 J " Queen Elizabeth " and "Medea." THE PROHIBITIONISTS. inmmary of Tlici* National Convention in Pitliibnrg'. At the opening of the Prohibition National onvention in Pittsburg a large assemblag? vas present. The Hon. Gideon T. Stewart' if Ohio, called the convention to order, and ntroduced the Itev. Dr. A. Miner, of Boston o lead in prayer. After the prayer Secretary I. \V. Nelson,of Chicago, read the call for the onvention. Mr. Stewart delivered the openn<j; address, in which he arraigned the liquor ratlic as a greater curse to the country tnan hat of slavery before emancipation, and leclared that if the anti-slavery people had I ormcd a national prohibition party, had j akcn possession of the government, and had | * * - xf.Jr?i?<4. ! iboiisneci mo curse uirouguuuu wi? uauuu, | he slavery i)roblera would have been peace- I 'ully solved by the abolition of drink by the ; jallot, and the civil war would have had no place in history. Ho denounced any compronise on the liquor question, taking the ground ;hat "a compromise with crime is itself a rime, and that a national crime could only i le dealt with by a national prohibition." The local committee on credentials reported ;hat there were credentials to the number >f CO), representing twenty-two States. After an address by the Rev. C. IV. Blanchard, president of Wheaton [111.) College, Miss Frances ^Willard was minted leave to read a memorial from tho woman's Christian Temperance Union earnestly petitioning the convention to adopt such measures as are requisite and necessary to prohibit the importation, manufacture and ale of alcoholic beverages, and tliat tho Prohibition party's candidate for President shall bo by character and public pledge committed | to a national constitutional prohibitory amend- : ment. The motion to indorse the memorial i was unanimously adopted. The committee on permanent organization reported the name of Professor Samuel Dickie. President of Albion College,Michigan, as permanent chairman, with one vice-president from every State. Ten of the la iter were women. Professor Dickie made an acknowledgement of his election. At 10 p. m., the convention adjourned to nine a. m. the following day. Second Day's Proceeding*. The Prohibition National convention resumed its session at 'J a. m. Hymns were sung by the delegates and spectators, and prayer | was oflftrod by the Rev. W. Lee. Altar speeches by Messrs. Mosher, of Maryland, and I inch, of Nebraska, the States were called for | the nomination of candidates for President A delegate from California nominated R. H. McDonald; Illinois proposed Ex-Governor John P. St. John, of Kansas. Several delegates seconded St. Johns nomination, after which the convention took a recess to 3 P. M. The afternoon session was also opened with the singing of hymns and prayer. A motion to call the roll of States so that each delegation could announce Its choice of a candidate for President was carried, and the call was proceeded with. The total number of votes cast was (302, all of which were for John P. St John. The announcement was received with cheers. Delegates and spectators joined in singing the chorus, "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Our Cause is Marching On." This was followed by the singing of the hymn, "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow." The platform was then reported by Mr. Black, of Pennsylvania, chairman of thecommittee on resolutions It begins us follows: "The Prohibition Home Protection party in national convention assembled acknowledge Almighty God as the rightful sovereign of all j men from whom the just j>owers of govern- } nient are derived, and to whoso laws human j enactments should conform." The second section declares that the impor- j tation, manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages should be prohibited, and details at length the evils of intemperance. Speaking of tue two leading parties it says: "The fact that they have turned a deaf ear to remonstrance and petition for the correction of this abuse of civil government is conclusive that the Republican party is insensi- i ble to or impotent for the redress of those | wrongs and should no longer be entrusts with the powers and responsibilities of government; that although this I party in its late national convention was silent on the liquor question, not so were its candi- i dates, Messrs. Blaine and Logan. Within the : year past Air. Blaine has publicly recom- j menueamattne revonuu umnw uum u>e , liquor traffic shall be distributed among tho j States, nnd Senator Lo^an has by bill pro- I posed to devote these revenues to the support ! of schools. Thus both virtually recommend the perpetuation of the traffic, and that t he States and its citizens shall become partners in the liquor crime." "The fact that the Democratic party has in its national deliverances of party policy arrayed itself on tho side of the drink makers and sellers by declaring against the policy of prohibition of such traffic under the false name of 'sumtuary by-laws,' and when in power in some of the States by refusing re- j medial legislation, and in Congress of refusing to permit the creation of a board of inquiry to investigate and report upon the effects of this traflic, proves that the Democratic party should not Le intrusted with power and place." The platform then declares against the collection of revenues from liquors and tobacco; that the fostering of American labor should be jeld in view in the collection of customs duties; that the public lands should be held j for homes for the people; that coin and pajier money should be issued and regulated ay the general government; that no person or people should be excluded "rom residence or citizenship in the [Jnited States; that all reforms are of minor mportance to the drink reform; belief in the jivil and political equality of the sexes, and jiat the ballot in the hand of woman is a right ;or her protection and would prove a poweriul ally to the cause of prohibition, but the ubject is referred for action to the several itates and Territories. A resolution was also idopted changing the naaoe of the party from 'The Prohibition Homo Protection Party" to 'The Prohibition Party." ' A dispatch \\ as read from Dr. McDonald ongratulating the convention on the choice >f (tovernor St. J<4in as the nominee for President and promising to support the ticket, rho reading of the telegram was received i vith shouts of approval. After discussing the platform the convenion took another recess to 8 p. M. At the j 'veiling session, upon motion of Dr. Miner, if Massachusetts, the financial plank adoptoa ! * * *-? in fVlfl nlflta I )y 1110 party m io<u was iusci ia^j. m wi*w , 'orm in lieu of the one adopted at the morn- i hg recess, to read as follows: i " The separation of the money of the gov- j :rnment from all the banking institutions. | rhe national government only should exer- j :ise the high prerogative of issuing paper money, to be paid, on demand, in gold and | silver, the only equal stanrlard of value re- j cognized by the civilized wori 1." William Daniel,of Maryland, was then nomi- j rift ted for President by a rising vote, and he I gave thanks for the honor, alter which, at midnight, the convention adjourned sine aie. | At a meeting of the national committee in the evening, John B. Finch, of Lincoln, Neb., i was chosen chairman; D. P. Sagendorph, of .Mich., vice-chairman; A. J. Jutkins,of Chicago, corresponding secretary; J. A. VanFleet,of j Chicago, recording secretary; S. D. Hastings I r>f Wisconsin, treasurer. These officers, with i Miss Frances E. Willard, of Evanston, 111., j and Mrs. Brown,of Cincinnati, constitute the I executive committee, with full power to act i when the general committee is not in session. , John P. St. John, Prohibition candidate for I President, has been a prominent figure in j Kansas for fifteen years. Ho was born in In- j iliana, and studied law under many difficulties. He begiui practice in Missouri, and a I ter settling in Kansas became a leading Republican. He served in both branches of the legislature, and two terms as I - Stain TAter he J-jl' V CI 1LKJI VI became prominently identified with' the Prohibition party. He endeavored in | vain to make the Republicans put prohibition ; in their platforms, and, failing to ao that, cut loose from the party and devoted himself to the temperance cause. Ho is about forty- \ eight years old, aud has un interesting family. ! He is personally a rather slim, wiry man, and I looks much like Governor Paterson, of Pennsylvania, He is a fluent, forcible speaker,[ and has made hundreds of temperance, speeches. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Mr. Blaine is to bo given a banquet in ! Faneuil hall by four of the Boston clubs early n September. Governor Cleveland has no real estate, md is estimated to be worth in porsonel propsrty about ?5,000. Cleveland is forty-seven years old and Elendriek.s sixty-tlvo. Blaine is fifty-four and j Logan fifty-eight. Brsitoi' Whiitle is said to have ridden lonseback over3:;,i0 > miles during ins ^lorcy t roars service among the red man of the North- | vest. Belle Boyd, who held a commission in tl.? j Confederate army under "Stonewall" Jackson, is now the wifo of Colonel John S. Hammond, who lives in Dallas, Texas. Richard A. Proctor, the astronomer j who arrived iu America recently, is to be- : :omo a citizen of the United States, and to | make his homo at St. Joseph, Mo. General "Bob" Toombs has lost much , flesh during the past few years, hestoops considerably, and his infirm walfc deuotes tl.e : weaknais which comes of old age. Sur- j rounded bv a merry group of grandchildren, i however, ne passes his time quietly and comfortably in his Georgia home. Mrs. Catherine Lorit.lahd "Wolfe, of ! New York, has volunteered to ] ay the expenses of an American archaeological expedition to Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar ate grass In days of old. The leader of the party is ! the ltev. Dr. William Hayes Ward, who, with his three associates, will start for Asia m September. The Paris correspondent of the Chicago/n- | ter-Ccean writes: "I met Mrs. Kute Chase Sprague at a recent reception. She still has the same handsome face and bright intellect as in the old days when both shoneso brightly j in Washington society. Mrs. Chase is living j hero quietly, studying painting, if 1 am not i mistake)''. Congressman Ciiace, of Rhodo Island, is I of a wealthy, aristocratic family of Friends. ! Ho "aflirms'' instead of taking tho oath when | a new Congress opens, anil ho says "thee" and i "thou," which lends a quaint unworldliness ! to his familiar speech, as it also does to that | of Major Buttorworth, ex-Congressman and i uow commissioner of patents. I THE INDEPENDENTS. Convention of Di. aid fieri Republican* in Ne?v York. At a meeting of independent Republicans In New York who were dissatisfied with the nominations of Blaine and Logan, 459 delegates signed the roll and formally enlisted as bolters. They represented sixteen StatesCalifornia seut 1; Colorado, 1; Connecticut' 28; Delaware, 2; Georgia, I; Illinois, 3; Louisiana, 5* Missouri, 2; Maryland. 3; Michigan, 1; Massachusetts, 84; New Jersey, 33; Pennsylvania, 19; Rhode Island, 0; Vermont, 1; Brooklyn, 56; and other points in the State, outside of this city, 49. The representatives of New York city numbered lift. Among the prominent delegates were Carl Scliurz and George William Curtis. Mr. Curtis read the call for the convention and put the question as to the selection of officers. Charles R. C'odman, of Massachu"aU" ? ?" rvHAm/lnttf rtf tKfl Ortn. PCLU), wua t'ltxicii l^icoiucuv Vfc va?v vention, and made an address in which ho said that this was a conference "not of office-holders nor of office-seekers, but of citizcns desiring only the nonor and we]faro of the republic." The speaker said that they had examined the evidence against Mr. Blaine and believed that it showed he had used public office for private gain, and that his standard of public "morality is low. " And believing all this, we say." said the speaker," to the American people that this man is not fit to be their president, It is not without pain that wo find ourselves compelled to oppose the presidential nomination of this historical organization. Parties are but means to accomplish political ends, and they must stand for principles. They cannot live alone upon the memory of great results achieved, if they do not meet the demands of the time. Wo are confined in this presidential canvass almost exclusively to the question of the fitness of candidates." The speaker closed by eulogizing Grover Cleveland, and declaring that "those Republicans who would make effectual opposition to a candidate they believe to be unfit, can with no loss of self-respect, without surrendering a conviction and in the exercise of the highest political ex[M.diency, give their votes for the reform governor of New York." Upon motion of Carl Schurz the chair appointed the following committee of thirteen, to whom all resolutions were to be referred without debate: Messrs. Carl Schurz and George William Curtis, of New York, Moorfield Storey and George F. Williams, of Massachusetts. F. B. Reeves and William Sunt, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Morris F. Tyler and C. P. Armstrong, of Connecticut, W. Hayes Ward, of New Jersey, W. G. Thompson, of Michigan, Benjamin F. Thurston of Rhode Island, James F. Qaflin of Illinois, and H. A. Goddard, of Maryland. A communication from the National Temperance society, requesting that the conference should take some action in favor of the suppression of the liquor traffic was referred to the committee as above. A committee of six was appointed to report a plan of organization. Speeches were made by Colonel Theodore Lvman, Itev. Thomas R. Bacon and Thomas W. Higginson. On the motion of Mr. Charles P. Miller the conference took a recess until 2 o'clock. After recess the convention was called to order at 2 o'clock, and Mr. Claflin, of Illinois, Green, of New York, and Quimby, of New Jersey, made addresses. Mr. Horace E. Deming, of Brooklyn, chairman of the committee on organization, reported the following national committee: Carl Schurz, Theo. Bacon, John H. Cowing, Charles P. Miller, R. R. Bowker, George IV. Folsom, Ethan Allen Doty, George Walton Green and Horace E. Deming, of New York; William II. Forbes, Joseph Tucker, Joseph H. Walker, Samuel Hoar, George L. Leveretfc and Wiuslow Warren, of Massachusetts; Simeon E. Baldwin, C. P. Armstrong and F. W. Far man, of Connecticut; Daniel Drake Smith, Simeon Huntington and W. G. Peckham, of Now Jersey; Francis B. Reeves, Stuart Wood and Joseph Parrish. of Pennsylvania; and J. T. Claflin, of Illinois. The chairman of the convention was apded to the committee and the action 1-atified.by the convention. Mr. Schurz presented the report of the committee on resolutions, and Mr. Curtis then read the platform. This is addressed '1 to our fellow citizens in tho United States," and begins by saying that " the paramount issue of the presidential election this year is moral and not political. It concerns the national honor and character and honesty of a^minia. * ?? --fVion rrnnara 1 nnlirnAa l\f <rnv. trutiUli laiuu vuuu gvuvtw. ^ Qw . eminent upon which the platforms of the two parties do not essentially differ." It declares Blaine and Logan to be unfit men for the positions for which they were chosen and unworthy of respect and con fldence." The address declares that political morality and purity of administration are more precious than party; that the fountain of office and honor should be pure and that the highest office in the country should be filled by a man of absolutely unsuspected integrity. It says that the character of the i-unuidates is of the highest importance with all citizens who do not hold that party victory should be secured at any cost, and further that "while the Republican nomination presents a candidate whom we cannot support, the Democratic party presents one whose name is the synonym of political courage and honesty and of administrative reform ." The address concludes thus: "Is'o citizen can rightfully avoid the issue or refuse to cast his vote. The ballet is a trust. Every voter is a trustee for good government, bound to answer to his private conscience for his public acts. This conference, therefore, assuming that Republicans and independent voters, who, for any reason, cannot sustain the Republican nomination aesirj to take the courso which, under the neoessary conditions and constitutional methods of a presidential election will most readily and surely secure the result at which they aim, resjwctfully recommend to all such citizens to support the electors who will vote for Grover Cleveland in order most effectually to enforce their conviction thflt nothing could more deeply stain the American name and prove more disastrous to the public welfare than the deliberate indifference of the people of the United States to Increasing public corruption and to the want of official integrity in tne highest trusts of the government" The platform was adopted with cliecrs. Discussion followed upon Mr. Everett's motion that "Grover Cleveland,or isew x orK, and Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, be declared the nominees of this conference for President and Vice-President of the United States." Mr. Delavan, of New York, opposed the motion and attaekoJ the Democratic party, saying he was in favor of a third ticket. Mr. Everett's resolution was tabled on motion of Charles P. Miller, of New York, who said the same ground was already covered in the platform. Other delegates explained that they thought it had been made clear that Cleveland was their candidate and a formal nomination was unnecessary. At 4:30 p. it the conference adjourned sine die. The national committee met after the adjournment of tho conference. They decided that the executive committee should be composed of ten members. Then reports were mode from the States represented in the conference, all of which were to the effect that the independent vote throughout the country would be cast for Governor Cleveland. After some discussion it was decided that tho principal work in the campaign should be done in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut. THE NATIONAL GAME. Each club in the Leaguo has now defeated the champions at least once this season. If the official umpires don't eara their salaries, there is not a class of men on the * C ,1^ IttCO Ul Ulltf ?1UUU ?YLtV-r uv. Thirty-sevex of the men originally signed to play in Association and National League teams for the season of '84 are from Ohio. Both Blaine and Cleveland will catch it until election day, and yet their lot is bliss untold compared to that of the poor umpire. Nothing alcoholic, less meat, more vegetables and fruits, with moderation in all things, will help ball players and all other athletes to get comfortably through hot weather. The baseball mania in North Carolina is rapidly reaching fever heat. In the town of Henderson the stores close; and all business is suspended on the days when a game is being played. The mayor of the town is a member of tho local club, and take; as much interest in its success as any boy. The June averages ot* tho American associ ation show that the best batting was done by Esterbrook of tho Metropolitan club. The following players lead in their respective positions: llecker of Louisville, pitcher: Carroll of Columbus, i atelier: Orr of tho Metropolitans, lirst bits >; Creemer of Alleghany, second base: Carpenter of Cincinnati, third base; McLcughlin of Louisville, short stop; Kenn -dv of the Metropolitan*, left field; l.emsen of Brooklyn, cent re field, and Knight of the Athletics, right field. According to th.:ir averages these players would make tho beat team in the American association. Tho twelfth week of tho League champion >hip contest closed with tho Boston nine still in the van, the record of tiie different clulw being as follows: Club*. Won. Lost. | Club*. Hon. Lot'. Ko-'ton 44 1C I rhic.iRn -9 31 Providence 44 IS Cleveland '-" i 3" New York 37 22 I l'hil ulelphm IS 44 Huffalo. 32 20 | Detroit 'C 45 The twelve clubs of the American association stood as follows at the end of the twelfth week's play. Club*. Won. Lost. | Ctlih*. ITon. I MM. Metropolitan.33 1S| Baltimore... 27 34 I.miicville ...17 | Iliooklyn S3 31 Columbus.....IB 17 I Toledo 20 35 Cincinnati....36 IS 11'ittubnreli ...IS 39 St. i.ouis 34 17 I Indianapolis.. 15 33 Athletic 31 '25 | Washington.. 9 44 The record of tlio Eastern leaguo was as follows: Wiimington....40 10 | Newark 19 2S Trenton 7 23 | Allentown. 21 27 Virginia 11 23 I York 0 3 Heading 23 24 | Ironsides 17 V CONGRESSMAN Chace, of Rhodo Island, is of a wealthy, aristocratic family of Friends. He "afiirins'' instead of taking tho oath when a now Congress oj>en.s, and ho says "s.uee"nnd "thou," which lends a quaint unwoiidliness N) his familiar speech, as it a'so does to that of Major 1 Jut tor worth, ox-Congress man and uovv commissioner of patents. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Mr. Blainf. is to b<3 given a banquet in Faneuil hall by four of the Bo6ion clubs early in September. Governor Cleveland lias no real estate, and is estimated to bo worth in personel property about 16,000. Cleveland is forty-seven years old and ! Hendricks sixty-five. Blaine is fifty-four and Logan fifty-eight Bishop Whipple Is said to have ridden horseback over 30,10 J miles during his forty years service among the red men of the Northwest. Speaker Carlisle and Mrs. Carlisle are taking their summer at Old Point Comfort, Va., as they have made a point of doing for several seasons gone by. Belle Boyd, who held a commission in tl.? % Confederate army under "Stonewall" Jackson, is now the wife of Colonel John S. Hammond, who fives in Dallas, Texas. Richard A. Proctor, the astronomer who arrived in America recently, is to become a citizen of the United States, and to make his homo at St. Joseph, Mo. i Ofverat. "Ron" Toombs has lost mnch flesh during the past few years, he stoops considerably, and his infirm walk denotes tho wuaknes which comes of old age. Surrounded by a merry group of grandchildren, . A however, he passes his time quietly and com- fortably in his Georgia home. Mrs. Catherine Lorilla.ro Wolfs, of New York, has volunteered to fay the expenses of an American archaeological expedition to Babylon, where Nebuchadnezzar ate gran in days of old The leader of the party is . ; f. tho Ptev. Dr. William Hayes Ward, who, with .5 his three associate, will start for Asia in September. The Paris correspondent of the Chicago In fer-Ccean writes: "I met Mrs. Kate Chaao *3 Sprague at a recent reception. She still has tho same handsome face and bright intellect as in the o.'d days when both shone so brightly ?9| in Washington society. Mra. Chase is living here quietly, studying painting, if I am not Hi mistaken. THE CHOLEBA PRECAUTION m A Proclamation by l he President of . H tho United States* While quarantine regulations are commit- . ted to the several States, the general govern- K| ment has reposed certain powers in the Presi- Hg dent, to be used at his discretion in preventing a threatened epidemic. |H Feeling it my duty, I hereby call upon all 4 .iVra persons who, under existing systems in the Hn several States, are intrusted with the execm- H| tion of quarantine regulations to be diligent and on the alert in order to prevent tho intro- j fM duction of tho pestilence which, wo all regret ;'$3 to learn, has made its appearance in some of 1^32 the countries of Europe, between which and the ports of the United States intercourse is direct and frequent. I further advise that the cities and towns of the United States, whether on the coast or ;Y "" + >?? lmoc nf intpn'nr (Vimrrmnicfttion. bv - < sound sanitary regulations and the production . of cleanliness, be prepared to resist the power of tlie disease ana to mitigate its severity. And I further direct the consuls of the , United States in the ports where the pesti- is lence has made or may make its appearance to exercise vigilance in carrying out the instructions heretofore given, ana in communicating to the government of the United j States any information of value relating to the progress or treatment of the disease. Given under my hand and the seal of the . United States, at the city of Washington this nineteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and of the independ- \ *>' ence of the United States one hundred and eight Chester A. Arthur. By the President: Fred T. Frelinghutsen, Secretary of State. . WISE WORDS. We had better appear what we are than affect to appear what we are not. Next to au effeminate. man, there is nothing so disagreeable as a mannish . woman. Those sentiments of love which flow s>i J from the heart cannot be frozen by adversity. It is one of the worst errors to suppose that there is any other path of safety except that of duty. Ladies of fashion starve their happi- . . V|5 ness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. Those beings only arc fit for solitude who like nobody, are like nobody, and $ are liked by nobody. Usually speaking the worst bred person in company is a young traveler just returned from abroad. The bread of life is love; the salt of < vvj life, work; the sweetness of life, poesy; the water of life, faith. Be not penny-wise; riches have wings, and sometimes fly away of themselves; sometimes they must be set flying to bring ; in more, ' Women in Some Indian Tribes. Rnmfl vr>rv curious facts have been - 1 brought to light recently in a paper by ' ? M. Lucian Carr, assistant curator of the r' Peabody museum at Cambridge, Mass. He has been investigating the social and ^ political condition of women among the Huron-Iroquois Indian tribes. Wendell f Phillips used to say that the North American Indian race was superior to the white in all the attributes of honor and ^ manliness, because they were ruled by , their women. Mr. Carr's paper proves it is a mistaken notion that the women/^7| among these ancient Indian tribes weraf slaves and beasts of burden. Amon&anl tribes east of the Mississippi and 8*>uth I of the Cumberland, the ultimate aiWthority rested with the women. The descent .c~j of the chiefs was in the female ljlne. The *5 son of a sachem could not succeed him. It must be the son of the chiefs) sister or of a relative on the mothers side. Women made all the matches anii ruled married couples after they were wadded. J&j The wife had the right of di- B vorce equally with the husband, and to her belonged the wigwam and all therein. When a separation wias n had the wife packed her lord off to find gg anew home. There was a perfect sys- v tem of patriarchal rule in families, but the patriarchs were, in fact, matriarchs. I Man were gloriously under women's 91 thumb, from his birch-bark cradle to his | grave. The women held a council of their own, apart from that of the chiefs, and decided what should be done. Then the waitiug chiefs and men went * and executed their commands. They elected the chiefs, and war and peacc B were in their hands. The children belonged wholly to them. The man could not go upon the war-path without the woman's permission. As often as she 'Kg pleased, however, she could send mm ga out to take captives for slaves. Instead of having all the life and spirit worked out of her she really did not have so hard V a time as our own pioneer mothers. Fin- fl ally, by way of a rubbing in of indignities, polygamy was not allowed, but occasionally a woman took unto herself 7 several husbands. In view of all these curious and interesting historic facts it is b^rne in on the mind of the Hartford Cournntto exclaim: "Men and Brethren! are we to become Iroquois?" An Accident Worth Millions. Mr. B. F. Jones owes his fortuno to his shrewdness in taking advantage of an accident, says a Pittsburg letter to the * New York Mail and E.ri>ra<s. About thirty years ago, when the rolling mill of his tirm, then Jones & Lauth, could w" have stood on a narrow avenue without obstructing the pavement on cither side, one of the workmen got his heavy iron toners, weighing about fifty pounds, fast to a bur of hot iron. The bar was already in the jaws of the rapidly whirling roils. There was no time to release the tongs and they went through the rolls under a ponderous pressure. Instead of being crushed and broken, they came out at the other side flattened out of shape, of no more use as tongs, but a bur of iron of a high polish and changed texture. The firm made no fuss about it, but 1 1 ~ ?4. 1 * ? i <>mnn nr thnm uuu u cjnit:l uuuauiittiiisit ?w? selves. They set to work analyzing and experimenting1. The result was that instead of a discharge the workman who let the tongs go through cold got a bonus of $20,000, and instead of the little one-horse rolling mill the present immense plant was constructed. It makes cold rolled iron under an exclusive patent at an immense profit, and the head of the lucky firm, who is now chairman of the Republican national committee, is a millionaire about ten j times over. At the time the tongs got fast lie kept the books and his partner looked after the mill. Mr. Lauth retired from the firm some years ago, and when the patent on the cold rolled process waa reissued received $100,000 from the new firm for his share of it.