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BY HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1884. NO. 6. VOLUME XXIX.
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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
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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 ,
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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. (
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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
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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.
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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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.