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. ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.! |w ??ll BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1884. NO. 8. VOLUME XXIX. i|| noblesse oblioe. If I am tyoak and you are strong Why then, why then, To you tne braver deeds belong; And so, again, If you have gifts and I have none, If I have suade and you have sun, Tis yours with freer hand to give, Tis yours with truer grace to live, Than 1, who giftless, sunless stand, With barren life and hand. We do not ask the littlo broo To turn the wheel : Unto the larger stream wo look? The strength of steel Wo do not ask from silken band. Nor heart of oak in willow wand ; We do not ask the wren to go Up to the heights the eagles know; Nor yet expect the lark's clear note From out the dove's dumb throat. 'Tis wisdom's law, the perfect code, By love inspired : Of him on whom much is bestowed Is much required. The tuneful throat is big to sing, The oak must reign th? forest's king; The rushing stream the wheel must move, The beaten steel its strength must prove. 'Tis given unto the eagle's eyes tvs xvr 4U1.U IUC Iaiuco. ?Carlotta Perry. y. WHO was f Delhi, that rity of minarets, the seat n former year- of the great mogul, whose rule dominated Hindoslan, and whose style and magnificence reached the ear* of the inhabitants o;' the old wo ld in such an exaggerated way as to make people believe that the streets were paved with gold. In the year 1857. Delhi, though shorn of its ancient splendor, was still a place to talk and dVeam of. The bazaars were filled with rare and costly merchandise, and the streets of the capital contained nothing but jewelry, which was largely exported to Europe and America. But in a single night all this was changed, and instead of the hum of toiling thousands there came the brazen notes of the war-trumpet,'the boom of cannon, the rattle of musketry, and the steely flash of naked sabres. British valor was once more called upon to defend the honor of old England against a nation in revolt?a handful, so to speak, of devoted men were pitted against Seyoys, outnumbering them a hundred to one or more. Two officers were seated in a tent en- i joying a weed and a cup of fragrant cof- | fee after the toil of the day, on which a hard battle had been fought against the J enemy, victory declaring for the side of the British. "This is a change with a vengeance," remarked Captain Vandeleur, a gallant soldier in a crack cavalry regiment. "A m fortnight ago we were dancing at GenI eral Coghian's party, with his sweet grand-daughter, Cicely, as an engaging partner; now we caper to different music, with no lady friend to smile encourage- ! ment upon us." ''Quite right, old fellow," laughed Cyril Benthorpe. surgeon in the corps, j and as brave and handsome a fellow as ever used lancet to relieve suffering humanity. "I'm afraid we were both hard ! hit in that quarter?an affection of the, heart, which, perhaps, a rebel bullet will ! cure one of these days." "It's a soldicr'slot if it does,"said Yendeleur, lightly. "I had no idea, though, Benthorpe, that you were in the lists against me; but wc needn't be less friends for that, need we, old manr" "Certainly not," said his friend, whose face assumed a more serious air as he ad- j ded: "By the way, I wonder why we have received no news from the old general. I hope the rebels are giving him no trouble." "By Jove! I never thought of that. ' But here comes Major Pringle, looking like another Eombastcs Furioso, full of news." "Hallo, you fellows!" said the major, I "do you know that some friends of yours are in great peril.' i refer to the Coghlans; but before I say more just give me some brandy-pawnee; the acctirsed rebels kick up such a dust that I'm well-nigh choked." Vandeleur helped the somewhat bibulous major to the stimulant, while ex-i changing .serious glances with Ben-, ' thorpe. "We're sorry to hear that, Pringle," remarked Benthorpe. "How did the news reach our cnm:i?" "A fellow brought a few lines from i the general, rolled up, and hidden in his j ear. A squadron of our corps is to start ! to-night to relieve the beleagured little ; garrison, if possible, and to bring its j members in," said Prtngle, holding out his glass to be refilled. "I should ifke to go. Pringle,"remark- ! ed Vandeleur, as he poured out a bumper for his chief, with a view of propitiating him. "So should I," put in Benthorpe, eag erly. "What, two of you badly hit in that. direction ?" laughed Pringle. "Well, j well, I'm no lady's man n.vself, and so won't enter into rivalry with you fellows. I have already detailed you both in orders for the smart little affair. The trumpet will sound boot and saddle at nine. We shall have a moon to guide us, thank goodness!" When the major left, which he did in a hurry, after his last glass of brandypawn^fe, the friends sat on in silence for some minutes,evidently deeply concerned about the fate of Cicely Coghlan, a lovely brunette, with laughing black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing?just just such a yirl as to conc]Uor a whole regiment of impressionable officers?the very beau ideal of a soldier's wife?gay, impulsive.yet full of womanly tenderness and gentleness. ' See here, Benthrorpe," said Vand(leur, who was the first to break the 6ilencc that had come upon both, ''I love Cicely, se do you; let.usdecid? who Bhall have her.'' "How? in what way?" "We arc both going to the relief of the same place?the man who reaches her side first shall win her hand?that is, provided she is willing; the other L fellow must retire gracefully." Benthrope pondered over the proposal * for a few minutes, and then placing his hand in Vandeleur't, said with all a soldier's frankness: "Done with you, old fellow, it's a bargain. If you win, I shall congratulate vou; if I, I shall expect the same treat mentnt your hands." Anything inorc incongruous than thus staking love on the i^sue of a dangerous expedition could not he imagined. Love, indeed; when bullets not many hundred yards from where the pair sat were Hying about like 'hail, seeking a billet in the corporeal frame of some unlucky wight who was unfortunate enough to get in their way. Hound shot from long eighteen-pounders and shells from howitzers were bowling about as if the vast maidan, or sandy plain, were a veritable skittle-alley where Titans were amusing themselves at a favorite pastime, knocking over human beings in lieu of nine-pins. The moon had just shown itself over a tope of mango trees when the cavalry started on. their errand of mercy, to secure wemeu and children from death and dishonor, and to succor brave men. who at that moment were battling against great /vlrl.. for rlpnr lifp. Delhi was soon loft behind, and the boom of cannon became fainter and fainter, until at length it ceased altogether. The squadron rode through silent villages, embowered in palm trees, whose tall tops looked fairylike in the moonlight whioh flooded everything. A few village cur- barked defiance, and occasionally a troop of jackals made night hideous with their fearsome cries. A short halt was called near a tank, or miniature lake, where the horses were T watered, and the men partook of such refreshment as their haversacks afforded. This done, they saw to their girths, and, remounting by word of command, lest the sound of the trumpet should warn the rebels of their approach, they galloped forward, the clattcr of their swords and accoutrements awakening the echoes of the night, and sounding ominously of impending strife. "By Jove! they're at it hammer and tongs," remarked Yandeleur to Ben; j ( ' thorpe, in a stern tone. "I'm glad to hear firing; it shows that the garrison are still holding out." "Yes. Now to rescue Cicely," said Benthorpc with a grim smile. "For once I shall become a combatant officer, and shall use my sword to wound and slay, instead of saving life. The black hounds deserve neither pity nor consideration, they have committed so many atrocities." Every man of the British army shared these sentiments to tne full, and resolved that, whenever, the shock of battle came, to neither a>k for nor give quarter to such dastardly foemen. Swords leaped from steel scabbards, and for a moment both horses and men were almost as motionless as statues. Then came the clarion notes of the trumpet, sounding the charge, and away went our brave fellows, straight as an arrow from a well-bent bow, for the enemy. The relief had come not a moment too soon, for when the lirst British sabre descended on the head of a rebel Sepoy, a hand-to-hand tight was going on between the garrison and the mutineers. Vaudeleur and Benthorpc kept close together and thrust and Harried, and "O ----gave downyght blows, and they made their wny through swarms of dusky focmen. At last Vandeleur was able to take General Coghlan by the hand and to congratulate him. "Where is Miss Coghlan?" Benthorpe asked. "She was safe a moment ago."' "By heavens! that's her voice calling for help!" exclaimed Vandeleur, as, spurring his horse forward, he rode in that direction, followed by Benthorpe, | both of whom saw the woman they loved in the arms of a?ofticcrof sowars (irregular cavalry), who was well-mounted, and at that moment was riding off with his lovely prize. Both men rode after the wretch, eager to be the lirst to rescue Cicely. It was a race for love, and promised to be a long one, for the rebel's horse was a powerful animal, and kept up a ' good pace, in spite of his double bur: den. j Once out upon the open plain the chase i became exciting, for the sowar, seeing j himself pursued, put forth every effort to outdistance his foes, from whom he would meet no mercy if overtaken. Vandeleur being a light-weight and a good rider was gradually heading away from his friend Benthorpe, when his horse caught its foot in a hole and stumbled. This gave Benthorpe the advantage, and he was not slow to use it, for he shot ahead with a grim smile of pleasure, and was pleased to find that he was gaining on the sowar. Suddenly the fellow wheeled halfround, and taking deliberate aim fired at his pursuer, whose horse was hit and fell under him. By this time Vandeleur rode up, when Benthorpe shouted: n ti 1 i? r niUK, wju jicj?save . Vandeleur's answer was to wave bis hand, as he kept straight on, like a bloodhound on the scent of death. ' .By heavens!" he hissed between his clenched teeth, ''he'll escape me after all if I'm not careful!" Snatching a pistol from the holster, he fierd. but the cap only snapped. With an anathema of disgust, he produced its fellow, and being a noted shot, lired this time with success, for the sowar reeled in lb-? saddle, and fell to the ground, still, however, holding Cicely in his arms. When Vandeleur's sword entered the rebel's body it was only just in time to save Cicely's life; another moment, and the fellow's dagger would have been plunged into her heart. * * * * * * The war is over, and in dear old England Major Vandeleur stands at the altar with Cicely Coghlan, Uenthorpe being best man. 'Twas not till the honeymoon was over that Frank told his wife of the little incident of "Who Wins?" Symptoms or Asiatic Cholera. The patient feels well up to within a few hours of the attack, or, it may be, goes to bed and sleeps soundly through "?wl JiMmnfli'.jfnk* ftn r?tl 11 (T I lie 111:4111, anvi iiuiuvu4<ibvij vu in the morning is seized with a violent fit of purging and vomiting. If judiciously treated many persons recover from this, the first stage of cholera; but if neglected, the tendency of the disease is to grow rapidly worse. The patient complains of intense thirst and burning heat at the pit of his stomach; he suffers also excruciating pain from cramps in the muscles of the extremities; he is terribly restless; and his urgent cry is for water to quench his thirst, and that some one might rub his limbs, and thus relieve the muscular spasm. The pulse is rapid and very weak, the respirations arc hurried, and the patient's voice becomes husky. His countenance is pinched, anil the integument of his body feels inelastic and doughy, while the skin of his hands and feet becomes wrinkled 1 and purplish in color. The duration of \ this, the second stage of cholera, is very uncertain?it may last for two or three hours only, or may continue for twelve or fifteen hours: but as long as the pulse can be felt at the wrist there are stillgood hopesof the sick person'slecov-1 ery. The weaker the pulse becomes, the nearer the patient is to the third, or col-1 lapse, stage of cholera, from which probably not more than thirty-five per cent. j recover. In the third stage of the disease 1 the vomiting and purging continue, 1 although in a mitigated form, and the skin is covered with a clammy perspiration, especially if the cramps are still severe. The patient remains terribly restlocc lnnrrinir rvnlv fr>r slp/rn and t.hftt he .*.oo, J 1 ' ? be supplied with water. His intellect is clear; but he seldom expresses any anxiety regarding worldly affairs, although fully conscious of the dangerous condij tion he is in. Sleep and a plentiful supj ply of drinking water arc the sole desires ! of the person passing through a collapse j stage of cholera. This condition seldom ' lasts for more than twenty-four hours, j and reaction either commences within that period or the patient dies in collapse I or passes on into the tepid stage, which j in ninety nine cases out of 100 ends ! speedily in death. On the other hand, the sick person having been in the collapse stage of cholera some twentv-foui ' hours (it may be a longer or shorter pe! riod), the temperature of his body may [ begin to rise, gradually crcepimr up tc : the normal standard; the functions of an | imal life arc slowly restored, and the sick I person recovers his health. ? Quamh Die! tionary of Medirihe. Kauri Forests of Sew Zealand. The Kauri forests are a thing alto gether apart. They are rapidly diminishing before the ax of the lumberer. I The kauri is the pine tree of New ZeaI land, the sole representative of the coni i ferous family, and a very noble represenj tativc it is, though by no means answering j to our ordinary notions of pine trees, I inasmuch as its foliage consists of leaves instead of needles; but it is tall and straight as a mast, and a very majestic mast, for these stately trees range from fifteen to fifty feet in girth, and attain a heighth of from a hundred to two hundred feet ere they commence throwing out the branches which foim their crown of somber green. The trees stand close together, forming endless groups and clusters, and long aisles of tall, dark pillars, like marble columns in some wondrous cathedrals of giants. For the bark of the kauri is smooth and verj dark,and the only relief to the solemnity of these forests is the carpet ef luxuriant ferns and the deli'-atc creeping fern; which twine lovingly around the stateh stems of the unbending pines, and lend them a touch of fairy-like life, more especially when a ray of mellow sunlight, gilding their dainty fronds, seems tc shine with magic beauty through th< dim twilight,which prevails even at noot beneath the kauri shade. The Emperor's Secret. "I read yesterday," observed Biggs tc his landlady as he strolled downstairs t? a late breakfast. ''that no matter whethei the Emperor Napoleon rose at eight oral eleven o'clock he always found a chickec ready for him, hot and done to a turn.' "Ah!" replied the landlady withoul turning a hair, "I suppose Napoleot usually paid his board in advance, Mr Biggs."?Nexo York Qruphic. , . V. A,FOUR-LEGGED POLICEMAN' "JACK," THE USEFUL ADJUNCT OF THE SEW YOKE POLICE. K Dog Who Captures EvH-Ooitm nn:l Attend* Strictly to nut)'?Kin Career on the Force. Policeman "Jack," of the Seventeenth Police precinct in New York, has been connected with the department three rears. He is the only memb.r of the force who cannot be made to discard his shaggy black coat for the' regulation blue, and who works for his board. In ill other respects he is a model policeman. Though he is only a big black dog of the mastiff breed, the department j has none with a better record. One j stormy night, three winters ago, Jack, wet, hungry and forlorn, fell in with Policeman Trass on Avenue A, and on th? j basis of a good square meal of meatscraps purchased at the nearest restaur- i ant established an understanding with him that has lasted ever since. Every night thereafter for six months Jack met him on his post and left him at midnight ] < -i ,i i or sunrise, as ms xour cnauceu iu uu, patroling the beat by his side with all , the gravity of a new $800 man who was being " broken in " to the lmsiness. lie j has since shown on many occasions that j what he then learned he remembers, for he stands credited upon the books of the department with having 1 made not less than twenty-five arrests, : Bome of them as clever as any made by ! Inspector Byrne's detectives, and he i brought his man home everytime. It was j not until he was thoroughly broken in to the service that he consented to go to the Fifth Street station and received an introduction to Captain McCullagh and ' Sergeant Welsing, whom he has since made his special friends, while fraterniz- , ing generally with the men. His home is now there in the daytime. At night I he patrols the precinct with a devotion to duty that is a good example to his comrades. Dog-catchers give him j a wide berth, recognizingthathe is about his business and would generally be an unsafe investment. He had joined Ofii- j cer Mat Fisher on his posr in Thirteenth street one night, when cries of "Murder!" J were raised on Third avenue, and two j men ran rapidly down the street. Fisher : Btarted in pursuit and overtook one, while 1 Jack with one enormous jump seized the ether by the coat collar and laid him on j his back, his favorite mode of "downing" malefactors. The two prisoners, 1 | who had attempted to rob a man on 1 Third avenue, were marched to the stai tion by their captors. ! Jack never bites a prisoner, but per- \ luades them into the path of penance by the irresistible grip of his mighty jaws on their coat collars. More than once j he has arrested an evil-doer on his own hook and brought him in unaided. Per- I hiuis his most famous exploit was the ar- j rest of a burglar at 29(J Kast Eleventh 1 Btrcet at 1 o'clock on the morning of April 5, this year. Two burglars w'cre j rummaging a room on the second floor where Frederick Bockel lay asleep, undisturbed by their presence. To save | carrying them down, they threw some clothes out of the window, as it hap- ! i pened just when Jack was passing on his ! rounds. The dog sniffed the clothes, J smclled a rat, and, bounding upstairs, I roused the house by his barking. Mr. Bockel woke up and found himself confronted by the two thieves, who attacked him and wore beating him when the door gave way and Jack rushing in seized and upset one of them and held him fast. The other escaped by rushing down and jumping over a fence where Jack could not follow him. A policeman came, attracted by the crowd, and took the burglar. He proved to be a wellknown evil-doer, John Smith alias 1 Kelly by name, and was sent to prison for ten years, for his share in the burglary. Recently Jack stopped a fight, on Third avenue, and while Roundsman 0:Rourke, who is amoDg his firm friends, attended to the man who had received the worst of it he arrested his adversary. Jack despises mixing himself up in canine (juarrels, but when last winter he ? ?? inw'inrifirl into ft barn untown bv an ex-policcman and matched against a fighting bulldog, he killed it in short order. The other dog's friends in revenge shot him, and .lack limped lame with a bullet in his left iorepaw. He was cared for and the police* paid for regular surgical attendance until he hud fully recovered. The only regular spree on which Jack is known to have been was wheu he went up to 170th street with some brewers, and became intoxicated on beer, but even then the accidental appearance of Roundsman O'Kouke, who happened to stroll that way, recalled him to duty and, he left his fellow-rioters to join the policemen. Jack enjoyed the honor of being the first dog to cross the Brooklyn bridge on opening day ahead of the proccssion.lt is not improbable that the police commissioners will some day put him on the roll of honor.?New York Post. How a Salt Well is Worked. In an article on the "Salt dsposits of Western New York," published in the Popular Science Month!;/, the writer says: The si latum of salt having been once pierccd, a saturated solution of the saline matter frequently rises in the boring to within eighty feet of the surface. Tnis, however, cannot always be depended upon?and here center the increased difficulty and expense. When a few liavp lif'cn ilrillftd. a six or an eight-inch iron pipe is inserted as a "casing." Inside of this a two-inch pipe ?also of iron?is placed. The "casinghead" has two openings, one for the entrance of pure water from a neighboring spring into the larger pipe, at the lower end of which it becomes saturated with saline matter; the other at the end of the smaller pipe, to allow the expulsion of the brine. Of course, the wells become foul or leaky at times, and then resort is had to torpedoes or nitro-glycerine, which are sent down to the bottom of the "casing," and alter them is sent an iron weight which secure the explosion. The rusting of the "casing" is the great enemy of the salt-worker; and, when his engine cannot lift the mass of rusted iron, a "knife" cuts the rusted metui, and the engine tears it away piecemeal* But the salt wells are exempt from any danger of taking tire; and it is never necessary,as in tlic case of oil wells, to shoot off the "casing-head," with a , cannon ball. After the brine has once reached the surface it is forced into large reservoirs, whence it is drawn oil through "string" +a m _r a n alter "airing ui ?uvuis, uum oimui evaporation has left the coarser grades of salt. The "covers" are usually sixteen by eighteen feet, and the product of each one per year is estimated at one hundred and fifty bushels; while the product at Syracuse in only about half that quantity. It is also claimed that the \ slope of the valley at Warsaw is peculiarly adapted to rapid evaporation by the sun. When the finer grades of salt are wanted, the brine is led from the reservoirs to an evaporating-pan, where a gentle heat is applied. Similar treat- ! ment in another pan completes the pro- J cess, and the residuum of salt is raked upon a shelf at the side of the evaporator. After a slight draining it is taken to the bins, where a more thorough draining is allowed for a space of two 1 or three weeks. An East India Version of Ihe Flood* ! ) I In East India there is a legend that ages ago mankind became so very bad f that God determined to destroy all ex- > cfpt jnst enough to begin with anew, \ The exceptions were mostly preserved j alone with pairs of all sorts of animals. : in a golden palace on a mountain top. A boy and a girl, born of parents who j j were "neither good nor bad," had been | previously carried off by an angel from the respective homes on the day of their birth, and were brought up in a! crystal palacc suspended in mid-air, j where they were tended by a mute female J figure of gold. When they grew up they > were married, and a girl was born to j them. The destruction of the wicked i having been effected by tire, the earth j was thereby greatly smirched. So giants ! were sent to wash it clean. They used : ! so much water that a deluge was pro-! duced, and the water rose so high that the golden palace and its inmates were | In danger of being submerged. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. ! Mons.E.E.Blavicr, the eminent French electrician, associates earth currents, which at times so powerfully alTect telegraphic operations and the mariner's ' compass with trade winds, and thereby indirectly with the sun. lie favois De la Hive's theory that the aurora borealis is due to the circulation of electric currents in the higher regions of the atmosphere. Investigations concerning the effect of different forms of artificial illumina- ( tion on the health show that the tallow candle is the most unwholesome agent, and the electric light the best. The incandescent electric lamp produces only about onc-thirUcnth as much heat as the tallow candle, while it gives out no carbonic acid or water. One gas-jet in a f _:.i X- 4i ?? I room is NI1U IU ViUUli; 1UU Ull il? llllil.ll <10 six persons. It is asserted on eminent engineering authority that the best wood yet discovered for railway sleepers is zapote, used ( for this purpose in Mexico. It is esscn- , tially a trojiical timber, and is exceedingly durable for outdoor or indoor works [ above or below ground. Samples of this wood taken out of buildings said to have i been erected more than two centuries ago did not show the slightest indications of ; decay, the wood being as sound as on j the day it was put into the building. In color the wood is nearly as dark as log- j wood, is very heavy, and sinks in water, and so hard that the boring of holes for j the spikes aud forming the grooves for j the rails i9 very laborious work. It appears to be almost almost impervious to I decay, but has a tendency to split if ex- i posed to the heat of a tropical sun for a i i- ii-- - r I lew muni us; lur which h'usuu buu ^aputi; sleepers liave to be kept equally covered with ballast. One of the most remarkable instances of the transmission of power by electricity is that presented by the electric railroad in one of the main crosscuts of the Oppel colliery, Saxony. This crosscut is 2,ISG2 feet long, and is the outlet for the coal mined in the vein, the quantity delivered to it being six hundred mine cars per day of sixteen hours, each car weighing, loaded, 1,594 pounds. A train of fifteen cars is moved at a speed of from seven to ten feet a second, the steam engine at the mouth of the shaft making from 225 | to 250 revolutions during the run, last- j ing from three and one-half to four and one-half minutes, through the crosscut, i When doing this amount of work, the ! steam engine delivered 11.2 horse power; or. assuming the friction of the engine's gearing to have occasioned a loss of twjnty-five per cent., the power actually transmitted by the electric current to the locomotive was 5.22 horse power, or 4(5.6 per cent. An estimate of the cost alinivs licit tliprc are nrobablv many cases in which the transmission of power by j electricity would pay well. Rattlesnake Poison. The death of the snake-tamer Reilh from the bite of a rattlesnake appears to be regarded bv some people as discrediting the remedial use of alcohol in similar 1 cases. This conclusion is. however, not justifiable; (he fact being that crotaline, the active principle of rattlesnake poison, j1 operates as a narcotic, more or less para- i lyzing the nerve-centres, besides devitalizing the blood; and the natural antidote to such a toxic agent is a powerful stimu* lant. If, therefore, Kcilly died, notwithstanding the free exhibition of whisky, j i it should rather be concluded that the venom was exceptionally powerful, or that the antidote was not applied soon enough. That the poison was exception- i ally strong is rendered probable from the facts, fust, that the snake had recently cast its skin (au operation during and ' immediately after which the venom is i more virulent than usual), and second, ', that it had not bitten anything for a long time. Kcilly is said to have been a man i of sound constitution, and. therefore, offered more than ordinary resistance to ; the poison. He drank a large quantity of whiskey without beiug intoxicated, < and this shows that a considerable por- ( lion of the poison was neutralized by the i spirit; was engaged, that is to say, in i overcoming the influence of the alcohol, i Iu this case, however, the poison was introduced into the circulation in so large i a quantity that its ctrect upon the blood ] outstripped the power of the antidote, and ; i the shock to the nerve system could not be , overcome. It is possible that the employ- j i ment of a still more powerful stimulant ' i than whisky might have produced good | eircct9 in this case. A correspondent has i suggested the use of ammonia hypodcr- < mically, stating that this remedy is frcclv ' i and sucessfully exhibited in cases of | poisoning by venomous snakes. When i gangrene has been allowed to involve an , j entire limb, however, it is doubtful if J any antidote would prove effective, for ; the vitality is then so depressed that it | can scarcely be rallied by any means. | The old remedies will for all this no i doubt continue to be employed with con- | siderable success wherever they can bo ,' promptly and freely applied. Could i lieilly have had the wound sucked at the : i aamn +irnf> tlmh lift took siimulants. the ! looal inflammation would probably have . i been much less, and the other remedy ( might then have saved him.?Xcio York , Tribune. i Life After Decapitation. i J The last canine martyrdom to science i operated by M. Brown Sequard was of a I peculiarly sensational character. That i experimenter wanted to .sue whether life 1 after a violent death is susceptibie of ! ( being recalled in an animal killed in a I healthy state. He therefore beheaded a | dog familiar with his voice. The blood of another dog was beforehand prepared ( to be transfused into the arteries of the , head. No sooner was it injected than 11 the inert head became animated, thee}'cs opened, and, on the professor calling the I dog by his name, an attempt was made : i to answer bv a caressing look. When i the arterial blood was exhausted life dis- ( appeared. This painful experiment was | suggested by one made by Dr. Leborde | on Campi's head an hour and a half , after execution, and when, prcsum- I j ably, tlie cerebral matter had greatly lost j excitability. Nevertheless.when arterial , blood was injected into the head tho . ] mouth appeared to take a living char- ! j acter, the eyelids were raised, the pupils {, contracted when light was flashed upon , them, and by an orifice in the skull it was seen that circulation was momcn- i 1 tarily established in the intellectual con- ' ' volutions. Dr. Laborde wanted to j 0]>erate on Campi's head directly it fell ' into the basket, but the rule, in virtue ' of which the form of a Christian burial J was gone through at the Champ de j 1 Navets cemetery, stood in his way. It ' is to be hoped that it will not be depart- j ed from in order to solve incompletely a ; 1 1 ! 1 * : ~ ? V /! /? ?,r?l i nf] hnjul i * psyciioiogicui ijuwuuu, uv;i??v"v.v% ^ could not speak or make signs or re- 1 plies to questions put about sensations : , were consciousness for u moment re- j, stored, as it was in the case of the dog. : Moreover, there is something incxpressi-1 ' bly shocking in an experiment of this ! ! kind on a human being.?London Newn. j ^ The Musical Language of the Moors | While sipping the mint-flavored tea, ( writes a correspondent from Morocco, 1 . listened to a tale of the Arabian Nights, , recounted by my host, in the most dramatic manner and with the use of many J gestures peculiar to the Moors. The violin and their peculiar guitar would be 6ometimes put into tune and Hammed Bing some of those sweet, sad, plaintive airs, so full of anguish one moment, so weird the next, in the elTect of its minor notes, as the tale of the unsuccessful lover was recounted, that you become i spellbound and do not miss understanding the words which recount, in the richest, most llowing manner, and with much of the most delicate imagery for which the Moors are famous, and which the richness of their language allows them to use and shade in the most graceful manner, the woes and thralldom of the lover. Such a scene as this, the time, place, surroundings, companions, music and all making it indescribable, the effect of it seizing hold of one and entering into your inmost iiber, more after the manner of the grand harmony of some masterful composition than anything else I know ol, to analyze, or describe which is impossible; it must be felt, like faith, which admits of neither. The hotel business in New York i* overdona. MARVELS IN MESMERISM J WONDERS PERFORMED B7 A TRENTON JOURNALIST. Trnmfixinp Mrcrt (iamin^ at Tivclve I'arc*?Srndin;; (hem up in u Halloon anil Out to N?;a? In the play of "The Bells," which Henry Irving appeared in with great success last season, the climactic point is reached when the lhirgomaster, Mathias, in a vision is made to reveal his guilt un-, der mesmeric influences. The episode, while theatrically effective, seemed high-' ly improbable to the writer, and this, opinion he entertained until a few days i ago, when a most extraordinary and convincing illustration of mesmeric power j came beneath his observation, and which established the possibility of the dramatic incident in question. The mesmerist was a journalist connected with the Trenton (N. .T.) True American, and who has been a writer for the press during the past twenty years. In person he is not j especially noticeable except about the eyes, which arc deep-set and of singularly penetrating expression. The S'ur reporter, having heard of this gentleman's wonderful gift, visited Trenton, and, af- | ter a short search, found him in Ihe cor-1 ridor of tho State house. Through llic kind offices of a friend he was induced to give an exhibition in one of the private rooms of the building. As the gentleman ' shrinks from publicity in connection with ; this matter, and as his accomplishment is known to but a few people, his condi- j tional request that his name should be withheld is acceded to. "I am not always successful," said he j by way of introduction. "Probably eight | out of every ten persons with whom I have experimented yielded to the in- j tluence. However, I do not believe there will be any difficulty in securing a sub- j ject." Accompanied by the writer, the iournalist then went to the entrance of the house and looked about. Across the I way two ragged newsboys were pitching j pennies. Neither of them looked to be over eleven years of age. "I think ! they'll answer," he muttered. Then ! raising the index finger of his right haud and fastening his eyes intently upon the gamins, he attracted their attention by making a hissing noise. The lads started and gazed at the journalist wraptly. Their eyes became fixed steadfastly upon his face, and they seemed at once to have succumbed to his power. Still keeping his finger in a beckoning position, the gentleman took a step back- ; ward. As he did so the newsboys I stepped forward. The manocuver was | repeated with the same result. Walking j slowly in this manner mesmerist and I mesmerized traversed the corridor, and j reached the private apartment previously I alluded to. Here the party was joined j by two Trenton physicians, who /id 1 they had on several occasions witnessed the newspaper man's remarkable ex hi- j bitions. The newsboys continued to stare as if entranced upon the latter, , who never removed his peculiar gaze ! from them. "Now, boys," said the mesmerist, j " let's go up in a balloonand take a look at Trenton. Here we are?the anchor's , loose and oflwestart." Thebovs' conn- , tenances wore a somewhat seared expression. They clung to two chairs and | peered down at the lloor as if they were watching the receding earth from an aeronaut's car. Then they became excited, and began shouting to each other observations on the imaginary sights below. "Hi, Jacksey!" yelled one, "dere's Ac dee-po. See dem folks walkiu' in de street?dey ain't no biggcr'n marbles." After a time the boys became timid at the ! tremendous height they were reaching, I and thev crouched upon the chairs and hid their heads in their hands as if to shut out the sight. "Now, bovs," said j the mesmerist, "we'll go down. My! j how fast we arc descending." The' urchins grew pale with fright, and they glared down at the carpet as though they sxpected to be dashed to pieces. " Get ready to jump," put in their torturer, " the river is below and you'll have to dive for it." Both boys stood up, trembling like leaves. They swung their irni9 to and fro and then lit out. ^fter landing on the floor they struck out for dear life, presumably swimming for the . shore, which they finally reached, sputtering and breathless. Then the mesmerist put his subjects on a boat at sea. Their bodies swayed as though by the motion of the ship, and when the gentleman suggested to one of the youngsters that he was feeling seasick, his face turned to a greenery vallcry complexion, and he was Attacked with retching of the most violent character. A number of equally singular experiments were successfully :ried. One of the boys was told that he iad an acute toothache. He clutched :he side of his face, rocked back aud forth as if in agony and moaned piteously. rhe journalist pretended to extract the refractory molar, and the patient smiled with evident relief. Then the boys were nado to sing, dance,Vlaugh and cry. nnf ulnail Mtlfl 1 IP Cnniwl L/L1U ?UO pui> bvr muv? .4V mdisturbed while a pin was run into his irm until it was all imbedded in flesh except the head. The most interesting illustration, however, was given with :he aid of a ruler. An almost invisible pencil-mark was made near ouc end. [t could not be seen except on close exlmination. "This," said the mesmerist, "is a writhing, slimy snake. Here (indenting the marked extremity) is his bead. I want you to pick him up otT the floor." The boys approached the ruler /cry gingerly, and showed a decided jbjection to handling it too freely. A.fter a time one of them made a grab ind took it up, holding the unmarked end ?supposably the reptile's tail. Several times this was tried and never was the ruler lifted by the marked end. When the remarkable performance ?ame to an end the Stur man questioned the lads and found that they were entirely unconcious of the parts they had played. They could remember nothing that had happened since they were tossing coppers outside in (he street. The mesmerist appeared to be thoroughly excused. Beads of perspiration stood on his forehead, and he manifested other signs of weakness. "I discovered this power," said he. in o nur.Qtinn ?'nhr?ut fifteen vears igo. I had been to see a mesmerist who was traveling from town to town and giving exhibitions. I thought I'd try to ilo what he did. and my astonishment was great when I found that I could exert an influence over nearly everybody r?n whom I practiced. Have I ever illustrated this power in public? No. I'm a journalist, not a showman" and that sort | of publicity is repugnant to me. Now and then I amuse my friends by a little j display; but I find that it absorbs my nervous vitality and leaves me in a debilitated state. I don't know where the power comes from, or why I should possess it more than other people. Perhaps it is will force, or maybe it is personal magnetism. I really cannot explain it." The Star reporter, on consulting with the two physicians who had witnessed the experiments with the boys, was unable to extract from either of them even a theoretical explanation of the matter. Like him, they were completely mystified.?New York Star. The Road to llichcs. One of the richest men in Chicago was j asked for a private interview by a Wall Street JVcicx reporter, who explained: "You are very rich. You have had wonderful luck. Tell me what to speculate in, that I may make money." ' Never speculate at all," was lhe serious answer. ' But you have made money in railroad 6tocks, wheat, silver mines, cun#l stocks, etc." "Not a dollar, young man! In fact, that's the way I have lost thousands." "Why, then, how have you made your wealth?" "By inventing u spring bed, and patenting a bootjack. Let all speculation alone, and turn your attention to the solid wants of the people." Fogg says he doesn't believe it pays in < the end to get your landlord to make extensivo repairs. Putting new wood into ! an old building is like putting new cloth J into old raiment. The rent is made i worse. I NEWS SUMMARY. Ennlcrn and middle State*. Two little bovs named Gibons and a sick man named O'keefe were burned to death in a lire at New York. A third Gibons boy was fatally burned, and Mrs. Gibons was seriously injured while trying to save her children At Providence. 11. I., the Western horse, Jay-Eye-See, a black gelding, trotted ono miJe in 2:10, thus beating the best previous time?2:10^4, made by Vanderbilt s mare, Maud S. Alexander Jefferson (colored) was hanged in Brooklyn, N. Y., for murder. In December, 18S2, he fired into a group of colored people, killing Henry Hicks and woundbig his brother, Celestial Jefferson. Then Alexander Jefferson rushed into the room, killed Emma Jackson with a knife thrust, and stabbed her daughter Annie until he be lieved that slie was dead. Jefferson thought that his brother Celestial had won from him the lovo of Kn.ma Jackson, and went to tho cottage to kill them both. When he was dragged Irom l eneath a building ten days later he shot himself. He recovered, and was convicted of murder in tho first degree, and sentenced to be hanged. After the rope was cut on the gallows Jefferson struggled terribly and succeeded in getting one liand partly loose and pulling tho black cap away from his face. Tho scene at thus time and luitil Jefferson's death was described as horrible in the extreme. The Thetis, Bear and Alert, comprising tho Greely relief squadron, arrived at the Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard and their officers, with Lieutenant Greely, were received by Secretary Chandler and Chief Signal Ofiicer Hazen. Lieutenant Greely's wife met her husband for the first time after the long sep- , aration, and the pair had an affecting reunion. Maud S. quickly regained her position as monarch of the trotting turf, for on tho day after tho Western equine wonder, Jay-EyeSee, beat her record of 2:10% by trotting a mile at Providence, R. I., in 2:10, tho mare outdid that performance by trotting one milo on a slow track at Cleveland, Ohio, in 2:01% An explosion of gas in tho ferry-house of tho Pennsylvania railroad at Jersey City, N. J., resulted in a fire which destroyed the ferry-house, a portion of the depot, and other property, causing an estimated loss of $500,000. Portsmouth, N. H., was tho scene of an imposing demonstration in honor of Lieutenant Greely and the other Arctic explorers. Mauy thousands of people lined the streets and > iewod tho long procession of officers and sailors comprising the relief expedition, military and civic organizations. Lieutenant Greely reviewed tho procession from a hotel, being too weak to take part in it, and was received with enthusiastic cheers, as were his companions and tho officers and sailors of the relief expedition. At a reception in the evening the prominent persons present included Secretary Chandler, Chief | Signal Ofllcer Hazen, General 13. F. Butler, Hon. Samuel J. Randall, Governor Hale, of New Hampshire, Senator Hale, of Maine, and others. Appropriate ceremonies accompanied the laying of the corner stone of the pedestal on which Bartholdi's statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, presented by tne French people to the American people, is to stand. The exercises took place on Bedloe's island, New York liny, and consisted of addresses and Masonic rites. Tw<5 men?Elmer E. Murray and Theodore T. Murray (no relations)?quarreled at Woonsocket, R. I., over a horse trade. Theo-, dore shot Elmer with u shotgun, inflicting a fatal wound and then killed himself. The national executive committee of the American Political Alliance, in secret session at Boston, ordered all the councils in the country to make nominations for President and Vice-President of the United States, the nominations to be forwarded to the nationa council to be acted upon in convention. Governor Cleveland and Samuel J. Tilden have had a conference at the latter's summer residence near Yonkers, N. Y. A letter from General B. F. Butler to Charles A. Dana, editor of the Now York Sun, has been published in which Butler says he intended standing by the nominations of the Greenback and laboring men and the AntiMonopolists, and hopes that everybody will vote for him who thinks that it is the best thing to do. A monument to General Herkimer, of Revolutionary fame,was dedicated the other day on the battlefield of Oriskany, near Utica, N. Y. Congressman Dorsheimer deivered the dedicatoiy oration. At the New Jersey Republican State convention in Trenton an electoral ticket was nominated headed by Frederick A. Potts and John Taylor for electors-at-Iarge. South and Wort. The other day seven person-. were hanged in dilFerent States?four for murder and three for arson, us follows: Frederick Cephas (colored), hanged at Cambridge, Md., forth* murder of an old white woman, the incentive being robbery; AVilson Stevens (colored) nged eigliteen, nungeu at -r-ugenuiu j Court House, S. C., for tho murder and robbery of nn old German Bnldler ; Charles Phillips, hanged at untington. Tenn., for murdering a colored man with whom ho had picked a quarrel. Frank Williams (colored), hanged at Pino Bluff, Ark., for wife murder, and finally, George Smith, George Hughes and Asbury Hughes, all hanged at Scottsborough, Ala., for Durning down a house and maltreating the inmates, the motive being robbery. They aro the first men hauged in Alabama for arson. Baik, the driver of Maud S., received $10< 000 for beating her own and Jay-Eye-Seel record in the one-mile trot at Cleveland. Repojits from tfio various cotton producing states indicate that there will be a good ! sized crop this year." An entire family of emigrants, consisting of J a husband, wife and four children, while on I their way from Missouri to Texas, were I drowned in fording a stream in Arkansas. ! I Officers of tho engineer corps of the j United States army in their recently published annual reports call attention to the entire inefficiency of our coast and frontier | defences, especially those on the Potomac for the protection of tno national capital. A statement of the United States treasury shows gold, silver and United States notes in the treasury as follows: Gold coin and bullion, $210,-"WO,351; silver dollars and bullion. $142,295,729; fractional silver coin, $29,797.4*0; United States notes, $(54,101,247; total, $440,733,813. Certificates outstanding: Gold, *91,491,490; silver, $'J5,138,3C1; currency, $13,105,000. There were coined at the various United States mints during July 124,800 gold double i eagles, worth #2,490,00 >, and 2,325,000 standard silver dollars. Total amount of United States currency outstanding on the first was $302,370,985.04. iui-iiiiliiif s:i40.0si.010 in local tenders and $15,354,420.04 in fructional currency. T"k Democratic State ticket in Alabama, | he de 1 by Governor E. A. O'Neil, was elected | wituuut opposition, the Republicans having no ticket An election forsherifTat Lexington, Ky., was attended with numerous brawls ending in bloodshed. Two men were killed and several severely wounded. I County elections in Utah have resulted in j the success of the Mormon ticket in every in- j stance. J I United States troops in large number3 I have been concentrated in Western Kansas I i for the purj>ose of driving out every white ! squatter from the Indian Territory. About j 2,tOO persons have entered the Territory for ' the purpose of seizing the laud. j | i . Washington. During July, the first month in the new j fiscal year, the public debt was reduced $3,!K)3,- I [ 288.83", leaving t ha debt.less cash in the treas- ! . tiry, on the 1st inst..at $1,440,050,040.97; cash j t in tlie treasury $405,010,003.05. The payments made from the treasury by warrants during July were as follows: On l account of civil ami miscellaneous, $8,012,- | 430.22; war, $3,818,184.24; navy, $1,478,- i 838.38; interior, Indians, $010,500.70; interior, i pensions, $10,033,783. 15; total, $24,!S53,805.78, ' Government receipts during July were: 1 Customs, $17,350,528; internal rt vnue, $805, 9C0; mLscellaneous, $3,105,500; t< t il, $20,273,- J 904, against $.'52,000,813 in July, 18*3. Expen- ' ditures of the government in July were: Or- 1 dinnry, $14,820,023; pensions, $10,033,783; in- 1 terest, $8,815,592; total, $33,009,39S, against < $37,009,820 in July of last year. A roivrtoN of the United States hotel at | Washingtt n suddenly collapsed, burying sev- , - ? A.l.linVlnh.lmr HIA 1 erui [>crSOIlS 111 lU'J mum. ?uu.v . colored head chambermaid, and Henry Hall, ! 1 a white employe, were taken out dead. ] Tiikiik will lie an estimated deficiency of ' fci.o.huhlii in postoflico expenditures during the past fiscal year. I The number of emigrants who arrived in I tln? various customs districts of the United : States during the past fiscal year was 509,8:54, I being 82,1'.hi less than during the preceding' fiscal year, and l'lio.'isc less than during tho year ending June :;0, 188v\ The principal de-! crease was in emigrants from England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, German}*, Italy, Norway, Canada ancfcSwedeu. The only increase was from Austria. o.n" account of the prevalence of yellow fever in Northern Mexico, orders have been | t given by the treasury department to inspect j all trains coming to the United States from 3 that region. The total exports of petroleum from tho j United States during tne lust jca. ; , nmounted to f>i:i,070,0'.KJ gallons of the value of | t?47, lOI.'Jf*. being an increaso of 7,788,470 gal- ] Jons anrl $'J,l!)0,l!M) as compared with the exports for the preceding fiscal year. Ix order to avert as much ns possible tho continued decrease in the gold reserve, which now amounts to a little over $117,(MJ:i,(l0), ns compared with $li^',000,(K);i on the 1st of May, 1 it has been decided to restrict tho further payment of gold certificates from the treas- : ury, and where possible to make payments in I other funds than gold or its immediate paper representative. Foreign. The king of Annam is dead. ( Thirty thousand pigeons are to be used ' in establishing military pigeon stations at all the British army centers both at home and i abroad. Settlers in tho Canadian Northwest complain of depredations by cowboys and Indians from the United States. ikiHHBHI Disagreements between England and Franco over matters regarding Egypt have become so serious that it was predicted the two countries would drift into war. Many French papers demand the recall of M. Waddington, the French ambassador at London. It now transpires that there were numerous cases of cholera in the hospital at Marseilles last year, many of which were fatal. The fact, however, was suppressed in order to prevent alarm. The attendants wero sworn to secrecy. Later reports state that cholera has abated somewhat in France. At Marseilles more than 5,000 of tho fleeing inhabitants have returned to their home. N umerous cases of death from the dreaded disease have occurred in Italian towns. The total numl er of cholera victims in the south of France since the outbreak is put by the oflicial record at 2,200. The sultan of Morocco has caused the massacre of a whole tribo in Angara Kabila, because they asked for French protection. The men were killed and tho women and children made slaves. A Halifax (X. S.) dispatch says that the Dutch steamer Amsterdam, while on her passago from Amsterdam for Now York, grounded on a bar and was wrecked. There were USO souls on board. Passengers and crew took to tho boats, and all were safely lauded on Sable Island except four personstwo gentlemen and one lady passenger and a fireman?who were drowned oy the swamping of ono of the boats. Emperors William, of Germany, and Francis Joseph, of Austria, have had a friendly meeting at Ischl. The English steamer Dione from London for Middlesborough, has been sunk in a collision in tho Thames. Seventeen persons were drowned. The city of Berber in the Soudan has been attacked by the False Prophet's rebels. Severe fighting ensued, and many men were killed or wounded on both sides. A great reform demonstration was held at Birmingham, England, 200,000 persons, including John Bright, taking part in the procession. El Mahdi, the False Prophet, it is said, has sent troops to Khartoum with instructions to capture General Gordon, alive or dead. LATER NEWS At an encampment of tho Maine G. A. R In Old Orchard, about 25,000 persons, including 5,000 soldiers, were present Mr. Blaine, Republican candidate for President, made an address. Governor Cleveland, Democratic candi date for President, has taken a vacation trip to the Adirondacks. Nineteen Chinese lepers were shipped back to China a few days since from San Francisco The grand jury at Petersburg, Va., havo ndicted tho cashier, paying teller and bookopjr of tho suspended Planters1 and Mo "hanics' bank for felony, and the presidon' and two directors of the institution for misdemeanor in connection with the bank's ad. ?ninist ration. A Washington telegram states that tho agricultural department estimates the wheat Top for this year at about. 4*5,000,000 bushels. During a regatta on Lake Quidividi, New foundland, a race boat was swamped and throof her crew wero drowned, while the coxswain, who was taken from the water alive, died the next day. Stellmacher, an anarchist, convicted or tho murder of two men?a banker and a broker?has been hanged at Vienna. Many persons wero injured and n large number of buildings washed away during a violent hail-storm in Austria WELCOMING TEE EXPLOEEBS. Grand Celebration at Portsmouth in Honor of Grccly'i Party. The following is a vivid account of the imposing celebration in honor of Lieutenant Grcely and the survivors of his expedition, under the auspices of the municipal government of Portsmouth, N. H. Throngs of people from the surrounding AomA f.hft ClfcV BOOH wunn j utiuo vnutup, _ v after sunrise, and thousands were added by trains and incoming steamers. At 8:30 a. m. boats, barges and steam launches began to discharge oflicers and seamen from the North Atlantic squadron and Arctic fleet along the crowded wharves. As fast as they arrived they were drawn up alonjj the streets adjacent to Market square. Civic organizations and military companies arrived from various points on early trains. All tho public build ings and many private ones were handsomely and appropriately decorated, and " Welcome to our Arctic Heroes" was imprinted every where on flying bunting. From an early hour in tho morning crowds blocked up tho streets near where Greely waa to land. At 10:20 a. m. Commandei Schley, Lieutenant Emory, and Communder G'ortin disembarked from a barga Then came the other oflicers of tho Greely relief expedition, the sailors of the Thetis,Bear and Alert; wearing heavy stoga boots, with trouers tucked in the tops, dark blue shirts, and regulation navy caps. All were bronzed and weather beaten. They were enthusiias.ically greeted as they landed, and the crowd pressed forward to shake their handa A roar of welcome went up when Greely was discovered with his comrades coming toward the landing in tho admiral's barga | Greely was clothed in wliito, with a slouched hat, und woro spectacles. As he and his companions alighted all crowded to welcome him. Greely leaned upon tho arm of Lieutenant Powell and languidly lifted his hat. Hi? eveiy movement indicated weakness His comrades received much at tention, and were objects of curious scrutiny, All wero placed in coaches and immediately driven to the Rockingham house, it having been decided that they should not appeal* it tho procession. At tne hotels crowds gathered to catch a glimpse of them. Mrs. Greely joined her husband at the hotel. At. 11 -20 tho nrecession began to mov* along the packetl streets. Great applaus* greeted the sailors of the relief squadron ai they moved along, the crew of the Thetii leading, with ttiat of the Bear, and then fol lowed the men of the Alert. Commandei Schley, Lieutenant Emory and CommanJej Coffin were received with thuuders of ap plausa as they passed along in an open carriage. They smilingly acknowledged the tribute by lifting their hats. Th? | other officers of the relief squadron also re | ceived a hearty reception. After them, in an | open carriage, came Secretary Chandler. 1 General Hazen, Commodore Wells, and Act> j ing-Admiral Luce. As the head of the pro < cession neared the Rockingham house, when | Lieutenant Greely and the survivors of th? party were waiting to review the procession, the pressure of the crowd became so greal I that the advance of the column wai! delayed several minutes. Lieutenant Greely j and his comrades were seated upon a balcony, j and wheu the head of the procession appeared, I cheer after cheer greeted him. As the crewi 1 of the Thetis, Bear and Alert passed, Lieu- | tenant Greely bowed very low, and seemed to look his gratitude to the men who had so recently rescued him. The relief crews respect- ' fully raised their caps. Lieutenant Greely j was kept busy bowing his acknowledgment us the long procession passed. Commanders ! Schley ana Coffin and Lieutenant Emory I raised their hats as they passed the hero. After the procession had gone Lieutenant ' Greely and his party entered the hotel and | reniamed a short time. They were theD ! ilriven to the grand stand in Market square, j where they ugain reviewed the procession and received the plaudits of tho multitude, j Among the prominent men on the stand j were Secretary Chandler, General Hazen, | Sovernor Hale, Mayor I,othrop, of Dover, j tho mayor of Xewburyjiort, Mayor Put- j nam, of Manchester, tho Hon. Sam- | nel J. Randull, Congressman Kobinson of | New York, officers (if tho relief expedition 1 liid North Atlantic squadron, and menders 1 the city government of many New i England cities. The procession was dis- I nissed at about 2p. m. Soon after 2.the incited guests went to tho Rockingham House, where they were entertained at a dinner by J ,ho city of Portsmouth. At the meeting in Music hall in the evening ;he programme was as follows: Prayer by 1 ;lie Revs. W. A. McGinley and J. A Gross; j eniarks by tho Rov. "Vv. A. McGinley; ad- 1 Iress of welcome by tho Rev. H. E. Hovey; 1 ipeeches by tho Hon. W. E. Chandler, the Son. S. J. Randall, Commander Schley, Lieuenant Emory and othei-s. The meeting was largely attended and was i :haracterized by unbounded enthusiasm. j Among those on the stage were the officers of [ Iia Xnrth Atlantic suuadron and Arctic relief leet. In the front seats in the orchestra sat he crews of the Thetis, Bear and Alert. These sturdy sailors were enthusiastically re- I :eived by the audience when they entered, as s ere their ollicers when they soon afterward ook seats. Among others on the stage were j he Honorable W. h. Chandler, General Hazen, \dmiral Luce, Commodore Wells, General B. P. Butler, the Honorablo S. J. Randall, Congressman Robinson, of New York; Governor ilale, of Now Hampshire; Senator Hale, of Maine, and many ethers. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC, Emma Ajibott, the singer, has become very rich. Ax English lord is to go on the New York stage next winter. Clara Louise Kellogc. has been dined in Paris by Mrs. Mackay. The application of Mine. Palti vs. the Marjuis de Caux for divorce will be the first case tried under the new divorce lr.w in Paris. Christine Nii.ssox says that if Patti is to got ?4,0:X) jj-r night in this country next season her services are certainly worth f3,OJO. Mils. Lan?!TKY's next season in America tlocs not begin until January 5. She will have four new pieces and three new English actors. It is now iii linitely settled that Mr. Abbey controls both Mine, liornhardt and Miss Mary Anderson lor this country. Both of them will bo brought over a year from the coming autumn. and Mr. Abbey's agents are already engaged in bock ng time all over the country. COMING HOME. Return to the United States of Lieutenant Gre?ly, Affecting Meeting of the Explore With His Family. Upon the arrival at Portsmouth, N. H. oC the three vessels forming the relief squad ron which brought back Lieutenant Greelj from his Arctic prison, there was an affect ing meeting between the explorer and hia family. The scene is described as follows: To avoid publicity as much as possible Sec' retarv Chan<Uer arranged to receive the com landers of the relief ships in the after cabir of the Tennessee. Acting Admiral Luce escorted them to the presence of the secretary of tlio navy. As Commander Schley steppec !nf/i tlirflmn 1ip wna mwt/vl hv S/v^rpt/in Chandler, who clasi*fl his hands with fervor ?d pnssiucr one nrm cvei*" his shoulder said in a voice almost smothered with emotion, "God bless you, sir; I am glad to welcome you home." Commandtr Coffin, of the Alert, was next introduced, and in answer to the query of- Secretary Chandler, said: I never was in better health in my life. It seems to have agreed with us." Lieutenant Emory, of the Bear, was next ushered into the secretary's presence and rereceived a cordial welcome from the representatives of the navy department. After a brief and informal conversation between Commander Schley and Secretary Chandler,the former looked anxiously around the cabin, and gradually his countenance becaino overcast with gloom. Surgeon-General Gunnell, noticing the look of disappointment which had overspread the commanaer's countenance stepped forward saying, "Your wife is in yonder stateroom, Captain." With a bound Commander Schley reached the presence of his wife and daughter. After half an hour soent in conversation and general handshaking the commanding officers of the relief ships returned to their vessels. Manv were the appeals made by all classes of people to Secretary Chandler to permit them to go on board the Thetis to catch a glimpse of the rvxutiu UUV) uiCTjijr j uuu tucou ic^ucaio noio invariably refused. Mrs. Greely, wife of the explorer, had reached Portsmouth on an early train this afternoon, and was at once conveyed to the flagship Tennessee by the United States steamer Aladdin, reaching there about 3 o'clock. After the commanding efficers had come back to their ships. Mrs. Greely was put en board of the secretary's barge and conveyed to the Thetis, where her husband was. As the lady passed down the eompanion-way to the barge she walked with a Ann step and showed no signs of omotion other than biting her lips and lightly clutching her hands. lieutenant Greely had not been informed that his wife wnj about to come on board the Thetis, and a few minutes before her arrival, in conversation with Commander Schley, he said he did not expect to see her to day, as she probably had not been able to reach there so soon. When the secretary's barge was seen to leave the Tennessee with Mrs. Greely and her two brothers, G. 0. and C. A. Nesmuth, sitting in the stern-sheets, Commander Schley said to Lieutenant Greely: "Lieutenant, I would like to see you in my cabin for a few momenta." Commander Schley entertained Lieutenant Greely in conversation about Arctic matters until a peculiar signal was given on a boatswain's whistle to indicate that Mrs. Greely was on board and ready to meet her husband. Now the lady trembled in every limb, her breath came in gasps, and her whole frame shook with emotion. With trembling steps she went to the cabin door,'and just at the instant she entered Commander Schley left the room, leaving the long separated couple alona Lieutenant Greely was sitting with his back to the door, but when Commander Schley so abrubtly lelt him he turned and at the same instant saw his wife enter. With a loud cry that was more like a gigantic sob half smothered, Lieutenant Greely bounded from hia chair with eyes gleaming with joy at the sight that gladdened tnem. Mis. Greely, tall, dark, and stately, sprang forward to meet her husband, crying: "Arthur! Arthur I home I" After Mr. and Mrs. Greely had been alone for twenty minutes her brothers were called in and cordially and tearfully greeted their brother-in-law. It was noticeable on board tho Thetis that everybody Bhed tears when Mrs. Greely entered the cabin where her husband was. Late in the afternoon the mother of Lieutenant Greely came from Newburvport, and was taken at once on board the Tennessee. Shortly after she was put in tho secretary's barge and taken on board the Thetis. When she arrived there Mr. and Mrs. Greely and the latter's brothers were seated in Commander naKin olfomin+olv prvino* ftnd Iftllgh* M4.UICJ O VUU1U (UVC*uuw?j w. j ?0 inland embracing. A minute before the Lieutenant's mother entered the cabin Com. Schley stepped to the door and said: "Lieutenant, your mother is here." Mrs. Greely then entered and threw her arms around her son's > neck, saying only: "My sonl" "My 6on!n Lieutenant Greely spoke but one word: ' Mother!" but in his tone and expression there was a world of tenderness. Clasping I his mother in his arms, the lieutenant did nothing else but sob, while the mother cried ii! e a child. Fearing that the excitement would l?e too much for Lieutenant Greely's shattered constitution, Commander Schley entered the cabin and wisely directed the conversation into less emotional channels. At about 4 o'clock Secretary Chandler enJ tered his barge and was rowed to the Thetis. Secretary Chandler went at once to Lieutenant Greely and affectionately took the gallaut explorer to his arms in the fervor of his greeting. "God bless you! God bless you!" said the secretary, "i ou have come back to us almost from the grave. I Iiojxj your future happiness may reward you for the terrible experience you have had." The lieutenant responded feelingly, thanking Mr. Chandler for his kind expression, Lieut. Greely to an Associated Press reporter said that he desired to thank the newspapers of the country for the universally kind manier in which he had been treated by them. He could say but littlii at present concerning his expedition, but the public would soon be given the entire details through the official reports. When asked as to his health Lieutenant Greely stated that he feltcomperatively well in all respects, excepting that 1:6 was at all times considerably affected by a feeling of intense weakness. THE NATIONAL GAME, Sutton Ls the first League player to make 100 base hits. Navy and armyofllcers in large numbers attend the ball games at Washington. ' The Philadelphia? lmve thus far played twenty men this season. Six pitchers have been trie 1 and five catchers. Corkhill, of the Cincinnati, lub, has made the wonderful record of thirty-six games in the right field without an error. It will now be in order for pitehers to watch Buflinton, of the- Bostons, in order to discover that peculiar drop which he alone has. The numerous clubs in the country are training schools for players, and talented ones ought to improve their chances to get into the big leagues, winch will be the only survivors some day. Hackett. of the Bostons, and Ewing, of tho Now Yorkers, wear the two heaviest masks in the league, and probably in the profession. They were made to order for these two catchers, and tho wire is much larger than that ordinarily used.' While deadheads were en joying a game at the Boston club's ground, Boston, from the tops of telegraph poles near by, somebody came along and painted the jwles blac k as far as could be reached. It is [>erhaps needless to adil that there was no patent dryer in i that paint The clothes of the pole-toppers 6howed it after they had come down. An exchange, speaking of tho invention of, baseball, says: "Now the game is playe I by young men who play it as an avocation, who are called professionals, and who receive large pay. A contest requires the exertions of eighteen men of exceptional skill and endurance, one umpire, two managers, and UMially onmiwin TllO tile services oi uniii-ti"ii|'ii>in;?.o.uev -vball Is a combination of cast iron ami India rubber nearly as hard its a cannon ball, and propelled as rapidly. To occupy the grand stand of a baseball ]Kirk is a dangerous proceeding, while the players take tho ball and their lives in their Iiands at the same time." At trie end of tho fourteenth week the record of tho League clubs in tho championship race was: Club*. Won. Lout. | Club*. Won. Lost Boston 50 '2o I Cliicngo 35 33 Providence 49 20 Cleveland 24 44 Buffalo 40 27 I I'lilladelphia 20 50 New York 40 29 | Detroit IT 53 The record of the twelve Associations clubs up to the 1st was: Club*. Won. I.o*t. | Club*. Wtii. Lout Metropolitan.47 19 | Hnltimore....Sl 27 Louisville.. ..42 20tBiooklyn 24 39 Columbus 42 19 I Toledo 21 41 finxitinnti 90 I Allecrhenv 20 43 Bt. Louis 30 20 I jwlianapolis..l6 44 Athletic 36 lis | Washington..12 60 111 the Eastern league tho record was as follows: Clubt. Won. I.ant. \ Club*. Won. Lost. Wilmington....41 S j Virginia 23 23 Active 24 21 | Newark 22 27 [Trenton 25 23 I Allentown 16 29 I In the Union association race the St. Louis i tenm held tho winning lend, tho Baltimores being second, and tiie nostons third. j In the Northwestern League race the disnandment of the Bay City team materially Idvanral tho Grand Rapids club, Saginaw being second and Quincy third. Miss Makv Anderson says that she inFfln/L fy\ ov,.?l nMvUiinrr <uv.r dnito lu' \Tf Tr? ring in the staging of '-Romeo and Juliet." I She has brought several sketches and plots for I itage sets from Italy, and the scene painters ; are now busily at work preparing for her fall t->anipaign. The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says that Mrs. Isabel Fassott. of Albany, who has met with marked success in oratorio in Europe, will sing in a festival in W orevster. The statement is made that she will sing nowhere else Si this country, but will return at once to Ea1 rope. THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS. What State* Will Vote, and Che OUlcer* to be Voted lor. All the States will elect presidential electors on Tuesday, November 4. The electors then chosen will meet at their respective State capItak on Wednesday, December 3, and cast their ballots for President and Vice-President of the United States. Alabama will elect State officers and legislature on Monday, August 4,; Congressmen oo Tuesday, November 4. Arkansas will elect State officers and legislature on Monday, Septembers], and vote upon an amendment prohibiting the levying of any < >.ji tax or the making of any appropriation to pay certain railroad and levee bonds of the State; will elect Congressmen on Tuesday, November California will elect part of its legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. , j and vote upon a proposed constitutional . amendment providing for a State board of ed' ucation. ] Colorado will elect Stats officers, legislature I and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Connecticut will vote upon an amendment -i 1 providing for biennial elections on Monday, ? October 0, and elect State officers, legislature . and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. ' Delaware will elect legislature and Con- V3 greesmen on Tuesday, November 4. Florida will elect governor, lieutenantgovernor, legislature and Congressmen on. -4; Tuesday. November 4. Georgia will clect governor and legisla- '-'vjj ttiro nr> WfldnpaHfiv. October 1; Concrrejsmen ' I on Tuesday, November 4. Illinois will elect State officers, Iegisla- ' / ture and Congressmen on Tuesday, Novem- "V ber 4. Indiana will elsct Stato officers, legislator? and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Iowa will eloct minor State officers and Congrtasmen on Tuesday, November 4. ' 'Vi Kansas will elect State officers, Iegiala-' ?b^m tore and Congressmen on Tuesday, Novem- jMgjP Kentucky will elect Congressmen on Toes* Ba day, November 4. Louisiana elected Democratic State offlosn WsS and legislature on Tuesday, April 22, and voted on several amendments, some for tod gra| some against, including among the latter one providing for an increase in the rate of interest upon the public debt; will elect Congrew j men on Tuesday, November 4. . gUfl Maine will elect governor, legislature, and . ? Congressmen, and vote upon a proposed Kfl prohibitory amendment to its constitution on Monday, September 8. 8W Maryland will elect Congressmen on Toe*K>8 day. November 4. . Massachusetts will elect State officers, leg- Kg islature and Congressmen, on Tuesday, No vember 4. [ <: Michigan will elect State officers, legidature, and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Minnesota will elect legislature and Codgreesmen on Tuesday, November 4. Mississippi will elect Congressmen on Turn- jt$ day, November 4. Missouri will elect State officers, Iegialature and Congressmen on Tuesday. Novem- ' ber 4. ? iV/S?3? Nebraska will elect State officers, Iegisla- .. . ture and Congressmen, on Tuesday, Novem- ' ' & ber 4. ' Nevada will select supreme judge, legislature and Congressman on Tuesday, Novem* ber 4. New Hampshire will elect governor, rail- */% road commissioners, legislature and Congw- i:'j men, and vote upon the question of holding a , constitutional convention on Tuesday,Novem- '. * ber 4. New Jersey will elect legislature and Coo- - gressmen on Tuesday. November 4. ' , > New York will elect two judges of the court of appeals, assemblymen ana Congress ft en on Tuesday, November 4, and vote upon '" t a proposed amendment to the constitution ot , the State prohibiting the loan or use of public money for private purposes and restricting the indebtedness of counties, cities, towns and villages for any purpose whatever to ten per cent of their valuation. North Carolina will elect State officer^. , legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, . November 4. * Ohio will elect minor Slate officers and ~ J Congressmen on Tuesday. October 14. Oregon elected a Republican Congressman and legislature and a Democratic supreme ^ judge and defeated a woman's suffrage amendment to the State constitution on Monday, . S? June 2. Pennsylvania will elect legislature and' Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Rhode Island elected Republican State officers and l^islature on Wednesday, April 2; will elect Congressman on Tuesday, Novem- . \3f3j ber 4. South Carolina will elect State officers, legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Tennessee will elect governor, railroad \'i commissioners, legislature and Congressmen , on Tuesday, November 4. , Texas will elect State officers, legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. Vermont will elect State officers, Iegiala* _> ture and Congressmen on Tuesday, September 2. Vireinia will elect Congressmen on Tne*-, day, November 4. West Virginia will elect State officere^leg islature and Congressmen on Tuesday, ucu> ber 14, and vote upon a proposed amendment . v; to change the time of the general election to November. Wisconsin will elect State officers, legislature and Congressmen on Tuesday, November 4. A DEADLY ENCOUNTER, | 'I'hrje Men Killed and a Fourth Wounded in Texa*. A fierce combat occurred recently ten miles ? north of Fredonia, Texas, between four des j.ernte characters. Samuel Faulkner and Henry Allen attacked two brothers nam-jJ Uroodall with repeating rifles. The Wool" _ nils retired behind their horses. Alleu fell v. about the fifth round, pierced through the heart One of the Woodalls received a bullet in the shoulder, disabling him. The other Woodall and Faulkner then fought with bowie ; knives, each being a skilled handler of the weapon. - The wounded Woodall, bleeding to death, urged his brother on. Faulkner, how- bH ever, seized Woodall's left wrist and j< r .*ei 'jM him to his knees and plunged his knife into 9 nis heart. Faulkner then turned to look after Allen. As he did so he received a bullet in EE the breast from the pistol of the elder Wood- ;? all, who witnessed the duel wMle lying with Iiis neck and shoulder split open by a rifle : wound. Faulkner may recover, but both of D0 W ooaaiis were mmiij' nuunucu* Mr. Burner, who tried to prevent the hos- 'Sfwftilities at their opening, received severe flesh J* wounds in the arm. He and two other men saw the battle from tho beginning, but dared >}, not interfere. Faulkner told one of the spectators that the :'3 'Ight was the result of an old feud in ArkanNEWSY GLEANINGS, M Mackerel, it is said, are never found south SH of Cape Hatteras. Neably 38,000,000 barrels of petroleum is rf?M stored m tanks in Pennsylvania. Or Washington life it is said that nearly Vl everybody either boards or keeps boarders. Fourteen foreign governments have se" cured space in the New Orleans exposition. The peach crop of Delaware is estimated to reach 10,000,000 baskets, the largest since 1875. gg The Tennessee mountains are becoming fashionable as a summer resort among people in the South. During the first six months of the current year the sum of $69,221,000 has been invested in new industries In the South. There are 1,002 hotels in Switzerland, with 58,137 beds. There are more English travelers than of any other nationality. California promises to contribute 57,000,000 bushels to the 500,030,000 bushels of thia country's next estimated wheat crop. Cuban taxes for the current year amount to $30,000,000, while the value of her sugar crop for the same time is only $25,000,010. The assessed valuation of t'ls r^al and parsonal estate in the city of Philadelphia is $.")83,612,683, an increase of $12,128,429 over 1883. Virginia is to set down this year for 2,100," 000 bushels of peanuts, Tennessee for 2-">0,000, and North Carolina at 135,000 bushels. According to the returns for 1SS3, just ?9 ' J"1 ' fhQ plf?CA f\f m ISSUeilj IflCHJ wcnj ill n^iauu aw yuw myuu ^ that year, 7,752 schools under tho jurisdiction 9M of tho national educational commission, ?80 PROMINENT PEOPLE, || Lieutenant Schwatka, the Arctic explorer, has resigned from the army. j}g|| Congressman Abram S. Hewitt, of New 3a| York, has gone on a trip to England. Pierre Lorillard has built in Jersey City !9| a library for the free use of the 3,500 operatires in his employ. Thomas Ewino Sherman, the eldest son o/ General Sherman, is now one of the scholastic brethren of the society of Jesus at Nnshotah, Wis. The newspapers are mentioning tho somewhat curious fact that Mr. Blaine was for a time a teacher in a deaf muto coll>>ge,and Mr Cleveland was a teacher in an asylum for th< blind. Admiral Cooper's (lag has been lowered at Portsmouth >"av v Yard, closing his brilliant official record. Admiral Luce succeeded to tho command of tho North Atlantic squadron. The Maori king gave a "reception" recently at the house he is occupying in Montagu vino.. Tendon. Several well-known literary I and musical jxsoplo were present. but mo proceedings could hardly be termed lively. Lord Kcpektswoiid, of Victor' *., is ro? ported to l)e richer than \V. H. X'utiderbUt. lie is worth more than $3X)f0U0,otl0 n;id hii wealth is rapidly increasing. He inherited a great estate from his father, inclu ling millions of cattle and sheep 1n Australia. Hii residence in Melbourne is said to be th< most magnificent in the world. It cost $4.. 000,000.