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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1884. NO. 12. VOLUME XXIX. |||
THE 90WEB.
Lithe-limbed and tall is she,
And straight as yon young stately pine,
With eyes and hair of bronze,
And teeth milk-white, and lips like wine.
Her simple gown is set
CI060 to her form in modest grace.
Above hor shining braids
The coarse straw shades her comely face.
She comes across the farmer's furrowed field
To do his bidding with her bare brown
hands,
And over and anon she casts
The golden grain that winter's store shall
yield.
__ WItmi rth JJrri rii t* lit th t
"RED TULIPS.
BY LOUISA M. AI.COTT.
"Please, ma'am, will you give me one
of them red tulips?1'
The eager voice woke Helen from her
reverie, and looking up she saw a little
colored girl holding on to the iron railing
with one hand, while the other pointed
to a bed of expanded red and yellow
tulips waving in the sunshine.
"I can't give you one, child, for they
don't belong to mc." answered Helen,
aroused by the wistful face, over which
her words brought a shadew of disappointment.
i
"1 thought maybe you lived in this i
house, or knew the folks; and I do want j .
one of those flowers dreadful bad," said j <,
V- - the cirl. recrardinir the crav tulins with a I:
look of intense desire. ]
4'I wisli I could give you one: but it i
would be stealing, you know. Perhaps, | <
if you go and ask the owner, he may | <
let you nave one?there are so many." ! i
And having offered all the consolation
in her power, Helen wont on, busy with i i
a certain disappointment of her own, <
which just then weighed very heavily on j
her girlish heart. j t
Half an hour later, as she came down i
the street on the opposite side, sho saw
the same girl sitting on a doorstep, still ]
gazing at the tulips with hopeless admir- ,
ation. I (
Ine cliild looked up a* sne approached, j j
and recognizing the pretty young lady j
who had'spoken kindly to her, smiled t
and nodded so confidingly, that Helen
could not resist stopping to say: t
"Did you ask over there?" 1
"Yes, ma'am; but the girl said 'No,' j 5
and told me to clear out; so I came over ?
here to sit and look at the pretties sincc j
I can't have none," she answered, with a ]
patient sigh. t
' Vou shall have somt!" cried Helen,
remembering how easily she could gratify
the innocent longing of the poor child, j
and feeling a curious sympathy with all ?
disappointed people. " Come with me, (
dear; there is a tlower-shop round the s
corner, and you shall have a posey of
some sort." 1 ^
8ucu wonder, gratitude aDd delight \
shown in Betty's face that Helen felt re- j ?
joiccd for her small kindness. I \
As they walked, she (picstioned her
about herself.:iud nuitc won her heart bv r
4 the friendly interest expressed in Betty's c
* ?- mother, Betty's kitten and Betty's affairs ?
generally. j
When they camc to the flower-shop, ^
little Bet felt as, if she had got into a i j
fairy tale; and when Helen gave her a
pot with a blue hyacinth and a rosy tulip f
biooming prettily together she felt as if }
a lovely fairy had granted all her wishes
In the good old way. t
"It's just splendid! and I don't know t
how to thank you, miss. But mother j
takes in washing, ;ind she'll lo.ve to do a
yours and plait the ruffles elegant, 'cause f
you done this for me1'' cried Betty, em- j
bracing the flower-pot in one hand, and c
squeezing Miss Helen's with the other. j,
Helen promised to come and see her N
new friend, and, when they parted, kept J,
turning round to watch the little figure
trotting up the hill, often pausing to turn r
and show her a beaming black face, all A
smiles and delight, as Betty threw her s
kisses, and hugged the tulip like a treas- f
ure of great price.
When she vanished, Helen said to her- j
eelf with a smile and a sigh: ^
"There, I feel better for that little job, a
and it is a comfort to know that some i A
one has got wh it ?he wants, though it's j,
not I." ; j
Some weeks later, when Helen was ?
preparing to go into the country for the r
Bummer, and wanted certain delicate v
muslins done \ip. she remembered what | <n
Betty had said about her mother, and
had a fancy to see how the child and her j
flowers prospered. ' j.
She found them in a small, poor room, g
hot and close, and full of washtubs and t.
flat-irons. The mother was busy at her j,
work, and Bcttv sat bv the one window, v
t:~*i?i *
iiawt-'ssiy jiitMuj,' uiu mints. ;1
L^? When she saw the face at the door she x
^ jumped up and clapped her hands, cry- j
ing delightedly: j j
"Oh. mammy, it's my lady! my dear, ?
pretty lady truly come at last!"
Such a welcome made friends of the {
three at once, and Mrs. Simmsgladly un-1 a
dertook the work Helen offered.
"And how arc the posies ?" asked the a
young lady, as she rose to go. 0
"Only leaves now, miss; but I take n
real good care of 'cm, and mammy says c
they will blow again next spring,"!
T>. 11 ? "V* r\ HAAAI* j -
BOSWUrt'U DULUf, Miumilg lici puvi ; v
little garden, which consisted of
the hyacinth, tulip and one stout dandalion,
blooming bravely in an old tea-pot. ' j
That will be a longtime to wair, won't _
it?" s
"Yes'm; but T go and take peeks at
them flowers in the shop, and once the
man gave me a pink that hadn't no stem. ^
Maybe he will ag;iin, and so I'll get j
along," said lietty, softly touching her t
cheertul dandelion as if it was a friend, j
"I wish you would cojne and see my ^
garden, little Hetty. You should pick .
as many flowers as you liked and play
there all day long. I suppose your mother r
couldn't spare you for a visit, could ' *
she?" !?
^ Betty's face shone at the blissful g
thought; then the smile faded, and she *
Bhook her head, saying, steadily: I r
"No. miss, I kucss she couldn't; for
she gets so tired, I like to help her by I c
carrying home the clothes. Some other r
day maybe I cun come."
Something in the patient little face t
touched Helen, and made her feel as if t
she had been too busy thinking of her j i
own burden to help others bear theirs.
She longed to do something, but did (
not know how till Mrs. Simms showed s
"" her the way by saying, as she stroked J
the frizzly little head that leaned against ,
her. . '
"Betty thinks a heap of flowers, and ?
'pears to get lots of comfort out of 'em. |
She's a good child, and some day we are j
going to see the country?soon as ever s
we can afTord it." I
"Meantime the country must come to j
you," said Helen, with a happy thought j
shining in her face. "If you are will- j 1
ing, I will make a nice little plan with ,
Betty, so she can have a posy all the |
time. I shall come in town twice a week t
to take my German lessons, and if Betty i
will be at the corner of the park, by j
the deer, every Wednesday and Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, I'll have a nice
nosegay for her.'' i
If she had proposed to present the J
child with all the sweeties of a confcc- i
tioner's shop, it would not have given
her greater joy. * (j
Betty could only dance a jig of rapture j
among the wash-tubs, and Mrs. Simms
thanked Helen with tears in her eyes.
"Ain't she just like a good fairy,
mammy?" said Betty, settling down in an
empty clothes-basket to brood over the f
joyful prospect. 1 i
"No, honey, she's an angel," answered ' <
mammy, folding her tired hands for a ]
moment's rest when her guest had gone. J i
Helen heard both question and answer, I
and sighed to herself: j]
"I wish somebody else thought so." j '
When the first Wednesday came, Betty i
was at the trysting-place half an hour too J 1
soon, and had time to tell the mili-eyed
deer all about it before Miss Helen ]
came. 1
That meeting was a pretty sight, \
though only a fewn and an old apple\ry
woman saw it. I
Helen was half-hidden behind a great i
nosegay of June roses, lilies-of-the-valley,
jwcet jonquils and narcissus, sprays
of trader green and white lilac plumes.
Btit.y gave one cry of rapture as she i
clutched it in both hands, trembling with
delight, for never had she dreamed of !
owning such a treasurer as this.
"All for me! all for me!" she said, as
if it was hard to believe. " Oh, what 1
will mammy say?" 1
11 Run home and see. Never mind ' 1
thanks. Get your posy into water aj
soon as you can, and come again Satur-iday,"
said Helen, as she went on, with a 3
nod and a smile, while Ilettv raced hora<
to till every cup and plate they owned
and make a garden of the poor little ;
room where mamma worked all day.
All through the summer,rain or shine,
thes^ two friends kept tryst, and though
Helen seemed no nearer getting her wish
this little flower mission of hers has '
1.1?i i? A ;i. i
iicipi-u ticr iw wiin.
Strangers watched the etty girl with (
her nosegays, and felt refreshed by the c
winsome sight. Friends joked her about '
her black Flora, and would-be lovers *
pleaded in vain for one bud from her I '
bouquets.
She found real happiness in this small *
duty, and did it faithfully for its own J
sake, little dreaming that some one was s
tracking her by the flowers she left behind 1 I
her in the highways of her life. | f
For. seeing how much these frequent 1
messengers were to Hetty and her mother '
Helen fell into the way of taking flowers I
to others also, and never went to town I 11
without a handful to leave here and
there, by some sick bed, in a child's 1
hand, on a needle-woman's table, or s
dropped in the gutter for dear dirty r
baiiics to find and crow over. j 1
And all unconsciouslv these glimpses 5
ot poverty, pain, neglect anil loneliness *
laught her a lesson she never learned be- j
fore?a sweeter language than German, j
1 nobler music than any Herr Pedal- '
strum could give her, and a more win- |
ling charm than cither youth or beauty j
:ould confer?for the gay girl wasdis-,
covering that life was not ail a summer
lay, and she was something better than I
i butterfly.
When autumn came, and she returned i
:o her city home, her young friends dis- j
covered that Helen's quiet season had ,
mproved her wonderfully, for behind . t
he belle they found a tender-hearted c
fvoman. j t
She took up her old life where she j
aid it down apparently; but to those j e
vho knew her best there was a differ- ?
:ncc now, for, in many unsuspected ways, P
>retty Helen was unconsciously fitting n
icrsclf for the happiness that was coming E
o her very soon. a
Betty helped to bring it, though she *
lever guessed that her measles was a | fl
Messing to her dear lady. When Dr. c
-" * ~ n V* Alton KAI KA. ! ^
jll'UUg, JlllUili^ a nuvuuuoc ?/v/c4\jv*tw wu;ide
her bed, very naturally asked where e
t come from. Hetty told all about Miss ?
f-Ielen from the time of her red tulips to '
he line tea-roses in her hand.
"She has lots of bunches like these 11
ient to her, and she gives 'em to us poor j!
oiks. This one was for her to take to a *
splendid ball, but she kept it fresh, and
:ame herself to fetch it to me. Ain't a
ihe kind?" n
"Very, to you, but rather cruel to the E
jentlemen who hope to see her wear c
heir gifts, for one evening at least." c
mswered the doctor, examining the j r
jouijuct with an odd smile. 0
"Oh, she docs keep some, when they c
iro follr? alio )ikp< T \VJL<? thprfi ! ?
>ne day when some violets came in with ^
i book, and she wouldn't give me one. s
3ut I didn't care a mite, for I had two 11
jrcat posies, all red geranium and pinks, 1
ustead. ?
"She likec violets, then?'' and the doc- 1!
or gentiy patted Betty's head, as if he e
iad grown suddenly fond of her.
"1 guess she does, for when I went 11
he next week, that very bunch was in a
he vase on her table all dead an 1 yel- |
off, and she wouldn't let ine fling it j *
iway when I wanted to put in a rose | 0
rom the bunch she gave me." *
"You are a grateful little girl, my 8
lear, and a very observing child. Now 0
teen wjirm and ouiet. and we'll have ^
oil again trotting off to Miss Helen's in J d
i week or so." P
The doctor stole a sprig of rose gera- ^
lium out of Betty's last bouquet, and *
vent away looking as if he had found J
omething even sweeter than that in the v
lingy room where his patient lay. ^
Next day Miss Helen had fresh violets v
n the vase on her table, and fresh roses 0
>looriling on her cheeks. Dr. Strong v
dvised her not to visit Betty, as there c
vas fever in the neighborhood, but ''
;indly called every day or two to let 91
Ieh-n know how her littie friend was
m
;etting on. ^
After one of these calls the doctor ^
vent away, saying to himseif, with an 1
ir of tender pride and satisfaction: ^
"I was mistaken, and judged too has- s1
ily last year. Helen is not what I thought ^
ter, a frivolous, fashionable beauty but a n
wcet, sensible girl, who is tired of that s
mptv life, and quietly tries to make it ri
n autiful and useful in the best and truest n
ray. I hope I read the blue eyes right, "
nd I think I may venture to say now s'
i'hat I dared not say last year. a
After that same visit Helen sat think- s1
tig to herself, with a face full of happi- 0
ess and humility: ''He finds me im- v
roved, so I have not waited in vain; and
believe I shall not be disappointed after <1
11 ? c:
It is evident that the doctor did venture
nd that Helen was not disappointed, for '
n the first day of June Bitty and her e(
nother, all in their best, went to a certain 11
hurch and were shown to the best seat n
n the gallery, where several other hum- ?
ile friends were gathered to see their dear 0
iiss Helen married. a
Betty was in high feather, with a pink n
Ircss and blue sacque, and with yellow ^
ibbons in her hat, and lighted up the
eat like an animated rainbow.
Full of delight and importance was
Iiss Betty, for she had been in the midst w
if the festive preparations, and told glow- c'
rig tales to her inteicstcd listeners while n
hey waited for the bride. w
"\Vhen the music sounded, Betty held u
ler breath and rolled up her eyes in a )'
>ious rapture. ^
"When a general stir announced the 0
rrand arrival, she leaned so far over the 81
rallery that she would have gone head h
irst, if her mother had not aught her c
triped legs: and when the misty white ^
igure passed up the aisle, Betty audibly
cmarked:
''If she had wings, she'd look like an
nit-and-out angel, wouldn't she, mam- 11
ny?" S
She sat like a l.ttle ebony statue all a
hrough the service; but she had some- j p
hing on her mind, iincl the moment the i a
bridal couple turned to go, liettv was j 0
>ff, scrambling down stairs, dodging | b
inder people's arms,hopping over ladies'
Hr s, and steadily inakiug her way to *
he carriage in waiting for the happy *
>air. ' ! A
The doer had just closed and Dr. J
Strong was about to draw down the cur- ! n
Hin, when a black fa re, with a yellow ! t
lat surrounding it like a glory, appeared j e
it the window. An arm was thrust in, I v
)lTering a bunch of flowers, and a breathess
voice cried, resolutely: I t
"Oh, please do let me give 'em to my ! 1
ady! They bloomed a-purposc for her. j v
ind she must have 'em I" j d
Those outside saw a sweet face bend j *
o kiss the little black one, but they did j a
lot see what happened afterward, for j *
lelen, remembering a year ago. said, i a
smiling:
"Patient waiters are no losers. The '
loor child has red tulips all her own at:
ast." I t
"And I have mine," answered the hap-; ?
>y doctor, gently kissing his young wife J t
is the carriage rolled away, leaving Betty v
;o retire in triumph. I I
s
Hard Drinkers. 1
It is said that I.ichard Porson, the : j
Treat Hellinist, drank undiluted alcohol | [
ind spirits of wine, and even on one oc- j a
:asion got away with a bottle of furniture i e
polish. He, however, was surpassed by ! ~
i lady petitioner in an English divorce j *
>uit. who, it was proven, was in the
Liabit of drinking turpentine and sal
volatile. The testimony did not state J
whether she diluted these beverages or j *
took them "straight." The taste for j j
ibsinthe is a puiely acquired one. I j
Pulque, the national drink of Mexico, (
bears a striking resemblance in odor and j C
taste to bilge water, and in color to milk, i ?
Kershwasser requires an apprenticeship, i j
but turpentine must be terrible.?Mcdi-' j
yil News. I
? l (
A New Pru?. I
i
Jurubeba a drug that is quite popular ; j
in Brazil, has been recently introduced j
into the United States. It belongs to the !
Solanum or tomato family, and is said to j
possess all the virtures and none of the
vices of mercury. Dr. Carralho, of Rio j
de Janeiro, and Dr. De Champs, of Paris, i
calls it "the vegetable mercury." | ^
i.iift 3af. -tafc . ;
WHAT EARTHQUAKES ARE.
IOW THEY TRAVEL AND THEIR
TERRIBLE WORK.
I'hrnomrnn of tl?c KnrJh'd Ifphdavnix
intimately ronitertrd Willi Volcanic
Eruptions?Soinc ViftitatioiiM.
Earthquakes, or the shaking of -tho
olid ground by natural causes, have
>eun described and their causes theorized
ipon since the time of Aristotle. Where
he convulsions have been severe whole
:ities have been destroyed, fertile plains
aid waste, and innumerable human lives
:acrificcil. Sixty thousand persons were
tilled in the earthquake that overthrew
Lisbon in 1755, and 100.000 in the great
'alabrian earthquake of 1783. "The
Earthquake Catalogue of the British asiociation,"
a very complete record embraces
between 0,000 and 7,000 earthjuakes
between the years 1608 B. C. and
V. D. 1842, in which it is estimated
i3,000.000 people have perished. The
)henomena attendant upon earthquakes
tre as various as their extent is broad.
Appearances in the heavens or changes
n the atmosphere, irreaularities in the
easons, sudden gusts of wind, interupted
by sudden calms, violent rains at
musual seasons and reddening of the
un's disc have all been described as in:idental
occurrences, but it is doubtful,
n the absence of any good reason to the j
ontrary, if they have any real connec- [
;ion with the earthquake. Not so with i
indcrgroimd noises, which always pre:ede.
accompany or follow a shock. In
ome earthquakes they are likened to
:hains being pulled about, increasing to
hunder tones; in others the sound is
ike the rumbling of carriages, gradually
growing louder, until it equals the loud!St
artillery, or like heavy wagons rollng
on a road, or distant thunder, or like
he hissing produced by the quenching
>f masses of hot iron in water or like
he rush of wind underground.
The most intimate earthquake phenomenon
is, of course, the shaking of the
ground. Sometimes, as yesterday, it is
jentlc. In severe earthquakes there is
.lmost invariably a trembling, then a prolounced
shock and then a trembling
gain, which gradually grows impercep
ible. The whole area of the surface
.ffected is not moved at once, but by an
arth-wave or true undulation of the solid
rust of the earth. The influence of this
arth-wave is often communicated to the
ea when the earthquake is near the shore,
fhe sea swells and retires slightly from
he beach and then a great wavo rolls in
ipon the shore. At the Lisbon earth|uake
this wave rose to a height of sixty
eet at Cadiz.
The phenomena of these upheavals
nd of volcanoes arc most intimately conlected.
Although the earth must be
aainly solid, it is believed to be ahoneyombed
structure, and that the cavities
ontain in many places lakes of molten
ock, between which and volcanoes are
rifices of communication. Into these
avities water, sinking down through
revices from the ocean or the land, must
ic constantly finding its way, and the
team thus generated exerts such enoraous
pressure as to force the molten mater
to the surface, itself mingling and esaping
with it. When a mass of water
3 sud icnly precipitated into a hot cavrn
the explosion of steam will cause an
arthquake concussion and where there
3 no vent may be sufficient to convulse
nd rend the superincumbent strata.
No part of the earth's "surface is free
roai these te.rifying visitations, and the
cean itself is not free from them. On
)ctober 10, 1870, occurred the most coniderable
shock that has been observed in
ur Middle and Eastern States during
he present century. The source of this
isturbnncc has been traccd, with some
robability. to the volcanic region fifty
o one hundred miles northeast of Quebec,
'rom this region the shock spread to St.
ohns, N. B., and thence was felt westward
to Chicago and southward to New'ork.
The velocity of the wave or shock
ras about 14,000 feet per second. The
ccurrence of the shock felt at Quebec
ras telegraphed to Montreal in time to
all the attention of the operators in the
itter city to the phenomena about thirty
sconds before the shock reached them.
The most severe earthquake that has
>;en recorded in the Middle and Eastern
tatcs was that of November 18,
755. It was probably promulgated
rom the same center as that which detroyed
Lisbon two weeks before. In
lassachusetts it began with a roaring
oise like thunder, and then came a
well of the earth like that of a long
ailing of the sea, a swell so great that
len in the open fields ran to seize sometiin?
by which to hold on lest they
hould be thrown down. In Boston
lany buildings and chimneys were detroyed,
and in the country new springs
f water appeared and the 6tone fences
fere demolished.
In 1811 occurfed the famous earthuake
of Mew Madrid, Miss., which
reated the so called ''sunk country," in
le valley of the -Mississippi, while Calijrnia
has frequently suffered. The
arthauake of March 20, 1772, was the
lost severe that lias occured there in
lanv years, as immense damage was
one in San Francisco by the cracking
fthe walls of fine buildings. In Mexico
nd South America earthquakes are allost
as frequent as revolutions.?New
'ork Journal.
A Horrible Custom in India.
The horrible crime of mutilating
romen by cutting off their noses is so
ommon in Bombay as to call for the
lost stringent repression, and nothing,
re imagine, will repress it but the free
se of the lash. In the sessions ending
esterday, Mr. Justice Scott had to hear
tiree?we might say five?of these cases,
ne after the other. He postponed his
intences for a week, and we were in
opes he would in each case order the
riminals to be flogged within an ace of
heir lives.
Eventually, however, he sentenced
i i*i_ ...v.i. i._ i?i ?
[ICED severally iu ^ iiui lie uau aduci luiucu
> be the usual punishment, three years'
uprisonment. We are inclined to reTet
that the learned sessions judge, new
s he is to the country, did not throw
recedent over altogether. Surely these
re cases in which the lash wouid be at
nee the most fitting punishment and the
est deterrent.
Estimated by the misery inflicted, even
he most severe penalties would seem too
rivial, and if the law does not permit of
ogging in the cases of such cruel mailation,
the law should be altered. The
liserablc women who are mutilated in
his way arc, of course, rendered hideous
ver afterward, and, because they are
romen, it is simply impossible to calcuite
the misery and degradation that
hey will experience during the rest of
heir lives. No amount of imprisonment
rill eradicate a crime that is still evilently
a customary form of marital punshment
among the lower classes. But
, wholesome terror of the cat-o'-nineai!s
is common to the degraded classes
,11 the world over.?Times of India.
An Interesting Comparison.
The lifteenlh annual report of Colonel
"arroll D. Wright, the chief of the Masachusetts
bureau of statistics of labor,
:oniain> interesting figures concerning
working people and their wages in the
Say State and in Great Britain. In Masachusetts
it appears that the average
lumber of working days in a year is
109.29. In Massachusetts the working
lours per week ;*e 00.17, but in Great
iritain only 53.50. For comparisons in
. general way, the following table is ;
jiven of the general average weekly wajes
paid to all employes in each of the 1
ndustries compared.
Great !
Mass. Britain. |
Agricultural implements.... $10 25 $S 85 j
Artisan's tools 11 8 J 4 8fl !
Joots and shoes 11 <>3 4 37 .
irick 8 (>J 4 16 j
Juiiding trades 14 9!) 7 21
Jarpetings 0 08 4 11
Carriages and wagons 13 80 4 8il
Nothing 10 01 0 71
Cotton goods C 45 4 CtJ!
'"lax and jute goods 0 46 2 84 |
i"ood preparations 9 81 2 72 i
\irniture 11 04 7 90
ilass 12 28 6 94 1
lata?fur, wool and silk.... 11 01 5 511
iosiery 0 49 4 07 i
liquors?malt and distilled. 12 87 11 00 J
Machines aud machinery... 11 75 0(J3
totals and metallic goods... 11 25 7 40
Printing and publisliing.... 11 37 5 62
Printing, dyeing, etc., cotton
textiles 8 67 4 94
3 tone 14 39 8 58
flTooden goods 12 19 6 07
tVoolen goods 6 90 4 86
iVorated goods 7 32 8 60
' SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,
Yellow pine, html finished in oil,rival
j in beauty any wood that groVs, is t
I susceptible of as high a degree of polisl
| and is almost as indcstructibie; Eve
hot grease will leave rto stain upon ii
'I'll#' nrnlinliilitv is thnf. it will l)C I110I
and marc used for decorative purposes.
The supply of trees which yield gutt
: pcrcha has not kept pace with their d<
etruction and some anxiety is felt upo
the subject. There is a growing deman
for the gum, as it is applied to nn ir
creasing number of purposes, and th
attention of the authorities is called t
| the matter.
Brooklyn has the largest tin-box fac
tory in the country. A feature is th
manufacture of dccorated tin-ware. Thi
consists of tin plate on whose surfac
there is a picture or other design. Th
work is done by a tin-lithographini
press similar to that employed upo:
paper. The dccorated ware costs bu
a trifle more than the plain, and is ii
great demand.
An ingenious microscopic uus u?:ru uj
ing to compute the amount of infusoria
life inhabiting the bricks of old build
ings long exposed to the weather. Tb
principal forms he has discovered consis
of large bacilli and vibrios, some of th
latter being peculiarly marked by longi
tudinal lines. lie found myriads of thesi
organisms in a single deep-seated micro
scopic cavity.
A leather dealer, who has been ove
and looked the thing up, says that Frencl
calfskin is better t'lan ours chiefly be
cause of a better method of skinning thi
animals. "Here we "use knives. Ii
France they make a hole in the skin
insert the nose of a bellows and actually
blow the skin from the flesh. Conse
quently their skins never show a scratcl
and have no weak places. Of course
there is a good deal in the tanning, bu
not all."
Professor Douglas, of the Michigai
State University, it is said, produce!
amateur cyclones nt will. He does i
by suspending a large copper plate b;
silken cords. This plate is chargec
heavily with electricity, which hang
down like a bag underneath, and is ren
dered visible by the use of arseuious aci(
gas, which gives it a green color. Th<
formation is a miniature cyclone, as per
feet as any started in the clouds. It i
funnel-shaped and whirls around rapidly
Passing this plate over a table, the fivi
cent cyclone snatches up copper cents
pins, pith balls and other objects anc
scatters them on all sides.
Oaths and Their Meaning.
Dr. E. B. Taylor Has written ior mi
"Encyclopedia Brittanica" an interesting
article on the subject of "Oaths." Hi
says that the invocation of the Deity t<
punish was learned by the savage tribe
from their civilized neighbors. An ex
ample of the "curse rath" is seen amoni
the Nagas of Assam, where two men la;
hold of a dog or fowl by head or feet, th
animal being then chopped in two by i
single blow as emblematic of the fat
which is expected to befall the perjurer
Sometimes the person taking the oatl
would hold in his hand a spear head or i
tiger's tooth, by which act he virtuall;
said: "If 1 do not faithfully perforc
this my promise may I fall by these.'
Another stage in the history of the oath
wa9 reached when the swearer called 01
some fierce beast to punish him if he lied
believing that somehow it knew what hi
said, and had power to interfere inhumai
affairs. Between the Russians and th<
wild Ostyaks of Siberia, for example, thi
head of a bear was brought into court, anc
fV/i SWrraL- mnlrinrr n m'fltlirA tf> lmitatl
lUt VO..JM1*, fc, - b ?
eating, called upon the bear to dcvou
him if he did not speak the truth. Ii
the earlier stages of natural or rather na
ture religion, natural objects were in
voked, being looked upon as animate
and personal. Thus the old Romam
swore by the Styx or the Tiber, the Hin
doo by the Ganges, while in New ttuine?
oaths arc still taken by an appeal to th<
sun, the mountains, or weapons of war.
The Romans had another custom, in th(
form of killing a hog by the sacred flint,
with the invocation to Jupiter so to smiti
the people who did not keep their oath
Dr. Taylor has no hesitation in faying tha
the modern forms of adjuration can all bi
traced back in fome way or other to thesi
barbaric practices, while he dwells witl
emphasis upon the fact that amon<
Christian nations there has been inucl
difference of opinion upon the taking o
oaths, St. Chrvsostom and most of th<
fathers?founding their teachings on th
word of the divine author of Christianit;
?violently denouncing the practice a:
"a snare of Satan." The Christian cus
torn of taking the oath upon a copy o
the gospels seems to have been derivec
from the late Jewish practice, in whicl
the oath was taken, holding in thi
hand the scroll of the law of the phylac
teries, this ceremony itself being possibl;
adopted from the Roman custom. Th<
practice of kissing the book appears firs
in the middle nges at the time when i
became customary to touch the relici
of the saints upon the altar, thi
cross, or a bishop's crozier. Such ai
oath, where a sacred object was touched
ifoc nnllnrl n "onrnnrn.!'' Or hodilv oath
MUO vxuvv.H ? ->
a9 distinguished from a merely spoken o
written oath. The English word to sig
nifv this sacred object was "halidome,'
and this "halidome"' is now the Chri9
tians' New Testament, for Jews the 01<
Testament, for Mohammedans the Kor
an, and for Hindoos the Vcdas. Dr. Tay
lor further reminds us that judicial oath
in England were at one time very num
erous, but that they have been greatl;
reduccd by modern legislation, and tha
the concluding words of the oath, ''Si
help me God," "have not for ages ha(
any precise signification." On the gen
eral subject he contends that there is i
growing feeling that only the ignoran
and superstitious are bound by an oath
that it increases temptations to perjury
and encourages the inference that a mai
need not speak the truth unless he is upo;
his oath.
Water Power in America.
The extraordinary development o
water power for economic purposes is a
American idea. In no other country ha
it been so extensively and sosuccessfull
utilized. This will be apparent by con
sidering some of the rivers that hav
been dammed forthc benefit of mankind
and the force which they furnished rt
ducedto the standard of horse power
The Passaic at Paterson, N. J., 1,00
horse power; the Merrimac at Lowell
10,000, the Mohawk at Coaoes, 14,9S)0
the Androscoggin at Lewiston, 11,001'
the Housatonic at Canaan Falls, 3,00C
the Mississippi at the Falls of St. At
thony, 15,000; the Oswego st Oswcgc
4,000. The sum total of these is 75,00
horse power, as estimated at a given poic
on each river. Hut this is used ov*
again on an average of not less tha
three times. This would show a larg(
total of 225,000 horse-power. Thcr.e ai
also very many smaller 3treams in all th
hill sections of the country which ar
utilized and may funish, used and uti
used, power equal to the last-named totr
of 225,000; thus giving a grand total c
500,000 horse-power, distributed over
wide extent of country and supplying, i
their way, the wants of 00,000,0.0
people.
. But these are only the minor power
so to speak, of the hills and valley!
The grand dominating power that coul
absorb them all and still have room t
give hospitable refuge to four times f
many remains to be noticed. It is tb
Niagara river. From data furnished b
the United States Lake survey bureau i
1875, it appears that the average How <
the river above the falls is 10,000,0C
cubic feet per minute. Converting thi
into horse-power under a head of 2C
feet and we have a grand aggregate (
3,000,000 horse-power?a mighty fori
that would supply the economic wants c
200,000,000 of people.?Industrial iVeic
A Warning.
Care should be taken with the trie
j toys known as magical spoons. Thei
are made of a very fusible alloy, ar
when put in hot tea or coffee by the vi
tint of the joke melt immediately. Ui
less continually cleaned and polishc
they rust rapidly, and the rust in sorr
instances is very poisonous. Among tl
dangerous metals used in making thei
i spoons are antimony, bismuth, zinc, leai
; cadmium and mercury.
SELECT SIFTIN6S.
, | Dairies in the public parks, where
i and rich may obtain milk, is suggc
19 from Baltimore. They are in vogu
; Germany.
i The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle is infi
i ed by all eminent physician of that
e j that cholera never penetrated the
| regions of the South.
f ' The intestines measure 150 fee
| length in a full-grown ox, while the;
^ j but three times the length of the boc
^ ! the lion and six times in man.
e : A man in Denver has a curious f
0 I It has no eyes, one foot is webbed
tne otaer is not. it nas a nai o
and one wing is entirely wit!
joints.
c An English naturalist asserts that
9 flocks of swallows which return to
0 British shores in the sprine are so li
e that when they reach the land and a'
= to rest, they cover the beach for a disli
^ of half a mile.
a It is said that a Persian king once,
fore going into battle with the Egypti
gave each of his soldiers in the f:
j ranks a live cat to carry before him;
the Egyptians surrendered to the Pers
0 rather than injure the cats, which 1
t considered sacred.
e It is not generally known that the i
. torn of keeping birthdays is many thi
b ind years old. It is recorded in the
. tieth chapter of Genesis, twentieth vc
"And it came to pass the third (
r which was Pharaoh's birthday, that
j made a feast unto all his servants."
Bushrah is the name of a noble fort
*r? Qttimo nnon o rem of cfrnn rrVinlH
? ?- wv. ,
i now abandoned, or occupied only
, foving bands of Arabs. It conu
j within its enclosure a great thea
. portions of which are still perfect,
i which dates, without doubt, from Hoi
f times.
1 Of the 50,000 postmasters in the Un
States there are 2,000 whose salaries
i below $10, thirty-four whose salaries
3 not last year amount to the sum of
t | each, fifteen whose salaries were less t
f fifty cents, and one?II. H. Forrest,
1 Redallia, Pitt county, N. C.?wl
9 earnings for the year was nine cents.
1 A School in Morocco.
2 While walking about in almost any i
of Morocco one is almost sure to heai
9 lomc point of his rambles a confu
' babel of sound, very like that of a n
" of children reciting in unison a lessoi
j composition of some sort, issuing fr
usually, a mean, dilapidated buildi
situated in an obscure, dark corner of
street. Upon nearer approacn, ana
the surroundings are favorable, closei
e spection, one sees?in a? small, d
t room, lighted only by a little window
2 the open door, having for its furnitur
5 any at all, only a low desk, such as
g Moors use, of the meanest descript;
. together with a few bits of ragged e
t ting stretched along the walls, and si
y pieces of rugs, in equally ragged coi
e tion, covering the floor behind the d
i ?sitting cross-legged, a man, rod
q hand, and in front of him, ranged
circle, sit cross-legged, also, a numbe
! children, who, while changing in unis
i ; produce the sounds which attracted y
Y attention, accompanying the whole v
a a rhythmic swaying of the body b
" and forward. It is u school,
s . has been probably surmised
i this. The old man in the ragged jelal
f i the schoolmaster, while the almost na
e children are the pupils, who are bi
i taught the beginning and the end c
e Musselman's life, the Koran, whic!
3 their sole education, the State defray
1 all the expenses of the same, which <
5 ! not be very heavy, astlie teacners onii
r ceive about fifteen cents a month sal
i | the scholars supplying them with f(
. The schools are free, and every city, t<
. and village has sufficient number of tl
3 to attend the education of its child
3 ! their attendance being compulsory. I
. ; it is, in these dark, miserable, d
i rooms, that the young minds of the c
? iren are dwarfed and the wall built aro
them that bars their progress herea
3 beyond a certain point; this point
, 1 reached over .100 years ago; from
a point since then^hey have not moved,
. j will they unless compelled to. Here i
t also, that the seeds of that blind fan
3 cism which rules Morocco and other !
1 * - -
2 bammeaan countries are sown, uuu
i degrading precepts of the Koran tau/
r | the effects of which are only too en
J to be traced all over the Moham
f dan world, keeping back, as it ha<
? civilization, and reducing those who
a i lieve in and follow its doctrines into
Y ' praved, sensual beasts, having no b
s aims or motives in life whatsoe
. : Mohammedanism has hud its day;
f j served its purpose?partially civilizc
1 race of people that were, up to the t
i of the promulgation of that relig
? ; beyond the reucn of Christian influei
. ; Here its mission and its power for wi
J i good to, and promoting the wcl
s | of, the world ccased. Since then it
t ; been as a clock with loosened hands;
t | machinery has run, but the hands cci
3 to advance?pointing always to the s
e ! time. It is a religion unfitting men
i the duties of life; and one which r
, i have fallen ere this on account of its <
, | rottenness nad it not been upheld,dire
r [ and indirectly, by the powers of Eun
- 1 who, through jealousy of one anot
" ; have built under it at various times
i- I prop9 which are now supporting
i j existence as a power, and which the
- ! domitable energy of Christians and
- 1 healthy truths of their religions arc i
s i etantly underpinning, causing the"gi
- diplomatic questions" which are alv
Y arising in the European cabinets conc
t ing this ra-.-o of people, to remain
3 ! chronic state of soreness. ? Cincin
i j Commercial Gazette.
j ! Dangers in the Mnlis.
t j A Washington letter to the New "5
; Evening Pout, says: The discovery oJ
' i infernal machine, addressed to a J
a j York Italian, has again called atten
Q j to the inadequacy of the law ivhich
] niDits tnc transmission 01
I through the mail9. In 1872, when
present law was enacted, dynamite
comparatively unknown, and in
f I country the idea of "removing"
a 1 enemy with an infernal machine
s I little thought of. It was supposed,
y j by the law-makers that the postmaf
i- would examine packages, and throw
e ! such as would be likely to endanger
? safety of the mails. For this reaso
* is supposed, Congress failed to pro
for violation of the law by establisl
0 a penalty. Last winter a bill was it
1) duced in the House with this cn<
view. But last winter was not a ?
'? winter for legislation, and the bill f?
'i j to pass.
i- "If we could only induce the mem
>. to visit the Dead-Letter Office Muscu
0 said the law clcrk of the postotfice
partmcnt, "we should have no diftic
!r in convincing Congress of the absc
n and immediate necessity of legisln
:r providing for the punishment of v
"e tions of the section of the postal
e prohibiting the use of the mails in cei
0 cases. Last week a couple of ra
'* snakes, alive and with their fangs it
d der. were received. Not long ago a-1
centipede was sent from some lunati
n Texas to a friend in another part of
n country. Of course the ven noussji
0 found its way to the museum. Less
a month ago a loaded revolver wa.<
3> ceived. and percussion caps, cartrii
3- and matches are frequently mai
d There is one parcel which contains 1
0 a-dozen packs of fire-crackers, with a
13 matches thrown in carelessly. An
lC the minor articles to be found in
'J museum of curius are axes, barbed \
D chisels and other implements belon,
to a carpenter's chest. "VVe have a bei
ful assortment of tree toads, snake
13 nearly all varieties. and a
'0 alligators, all originally received a
A fine horneu toad died
5e terday, and is now preserved
alcohol." " Ilave accidents ever
s- curred to the postal clerks thrc
handling such mail matter?" was :is
"Yes, there have been instances, the
they are more rare than would
k expected, considering the variety of
30 den dangers to which the stainpiug c
is subjected. Congress certainly sh
c take cognizance of the subject at o
l" and I understand that a member of
!d House committee on post offices and
10 roads will prevent all ' unanimous
ie sent legislation1 next winter, unlcs.
}e House will agree to set apart a da
the consideration of post office bills.
,may lead to the needed relormfl."
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I NEWS SUMMARY.
poor | ??
!Sted I Eastern and middle State*.
c id 1 Yellow fever has appeared in New York,
an unknown man dying of this dread disease in
arm- one of,the hospitals.
city Governor Cleveland has returned to
Albany from his vacation trip to the Adiron- I
P1D0 dacks.
. i Ex-Speaker Blaine has rooovered from ;
t in his recent indisposition.
Y are , Owing to the rainy weather the open-ai- !
I xt ?n mom moofinrr onn/Mnir>(vl fr\ ]vi liftH in fftVftP I
! of General Butler's candidacy in Union !
. square, New York, was postponed. Butler,
owl* however, made an address at Masonic hall '
and after the adjournment of the Greenback- j
ack, ; Labor State convention, which met in the after- ;
aout I nooni adopted the Indianapolis national j
j platfonn and Butler's manifesto as the party
I platform, and nominated an electoral ticket
the i and Patrick H. Cowen and Isaac S. Rice for
the | judges of the court of appeals.
arge j President Arthur was presont at a grand
ight I ball given by "the cream or society" in Newmce
P01^! & !
A laroe parade of workingmen took place
the other day in New York. Nearly all the
be- trades were represented in the procession,
ana, Martin Weinberger, a Hungarian, was
ront hanged at Pittsburg, Penn., for the murder j
ftn(j of a peddler, a friend and traveling compan- j
ion, two years ago. The persistent efforts of >
V*ns the Hungarian authorities at home and
hey abroad to save Weinberger from the gallows
| made the case more than ordinarily prominent
and caused the long delay in the execution,
j Notwithstanding his letter of declination i
' I Governor Waller was renominated by acelafor
| mation at the Connecticut Democratic State
rse: convention in Hartford. Most of the pres- j
lay, ent State orac-rrs were renominated, an elee- ;
ve i toral ticket was placed in the field, and a
| platform adopted.
| At the New Hampshire Republican State
ress | convention held in Concord, Moody Currier
but [ was nominated for gove&or, presidential
by ! electors were selected and a platform was
tins Mopiea
jre Vermont was the first of the Northern ]
_ _j States to have an election this year. The mo- |
jority for Pingree, the Republican candidate [
nan j for governor, according to first returns, was !
j variously estimated at lrom 20,000 1o 24,000. I
, i The Greenback vote was light In 1880 the
iiea Republican candidate for governor had a maare
jority of 25,012, and in 1882 a majority of
did | 19,830.
$1 l Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania,
ban I formally opened the International Electrical
0f I exhibition'in Philadelphia. Many marvel1
| ous devices wrought through the power of
108c ; electricity are on exhibition.
A remarkable shooting accident occurred
a few days since in Boston. Mrs. Melvina
Butler, a young married woman, while busy
: In her kitchen' was struck by a bullet that
city came crashing through the window, and in a
at few moments expired. Investigation showed
1SC(J that the Bhot had been fired by John C. Uurray,
a marine on duty at the Charlestown
navy yard, a mile away. Murray had fired
1 or over the head of a river pirate who was stealom,
ing wood j as a warning, nnd was astonished
in{j. to learn his shot had lulled a woman so far
tEe off.
, if At the Democratic national convention a
jn. committee was appointed to present to Sam:
tv uel J. Tilden resolutions of regret that he
? felt it necessary to decline the nomination of
and the party. A few days since this committee,
e, if headed by Governor Abbott, of New Jersey,
the ! and R H. Henry, of Mississippi, proceeded to
jon i Greystone, Mr. Tilden's country residence on
nat' ?U(*son> presented the resolutions.
I The Massachusetts Republican and Demo-1
J"'.v ! cratic State conventions were neiu on ino
idi- | same day?the former at Boston and the lacicsk
; ter at Worcester. The Republicans renomil
in nated the entire present State ticket by acjn
_ clamation, and clectors-at-large were also
, chosen. The Democrats nominated William
,r 01 C. Endicott for governor, together with a full
ion, ticket and electors at In rge. *
our
fith South and Weft
ack Two thousand Piegan Indians are dying
as from starvation in Montana owing to an inerc
j sufficiency of rations.
iais I Several persons were killed and great
; damage was done to property by tornadoes
in Dakota, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana,
f Df ' ^ TRANSFER steamer was upset during a
!* . | hurricane on the Ohio near Evansville, Incl,
h is j and from ten to fifteen jxrsons were drowned,
'ing I Serious rioting accompanied by bloodshed ;
:an- l resulted from the strike -of miners in the I
re- Hocking Valley, Ohio. A body of about
ary o,000 miners marchcd upon Snake Hollow
v , and had a prolonged pitched battle with the
)0a* i mine guards, ono of the latter
jwn | being killed and two wounded. The teleiiem
graph lines wero all cut and Sheriff Mcren
Caiity, of Hocking county, telegraphed to
r._i Governor Hoadly for aid. The governor re
vr sponded by ordering out several companies of
l?y militia ana himself proceeded for tbe scene of
rh.il- disturbance in a special train.
und Five colored men were hanged the other
,fter day, as follows: John McKolsey, at Selma.
wa9 Ala, for murdering his wife; Scip Holley'
at Tuscaloosa, Ala, for murdering his em,
ployer, a young planter: Berry Johnson, at
nor j Bhreveport, La, for wife murder; Josh Bert
is, | ryman, at Natchitoches, La., for the murclor
ata- ot another colored man, and Willie Williams,
kj0_ ; at Franklin, La., for murder.
thc i Ex-Governor Hendricks, Democratic
. . ' candidate for Vice-President,opened the cama.paign
in Indiana for his party by a speech
LS'ly j at a mass meeting in Indianapolis.
e" ; A cyclone has completely destroyed the
, its village of Centreville, 111. All over the surbe
rounding country farm houses and barns were
(]? j demolished. The dwelling of Sylvester Tobars,
. , a farmer, near CentreviJle, in toppling over
'S11 killed one child and severely injured two
vcr. others and fatally hurt his wife.
has a "corner" in pork at Chicago resulted in
id a | a profit to Armour, the manipulator, of $2,- j
ime , 600,000.
ion, j Arkansas, the first of the States at which i
rjCC 1 a fall election has be?n h*ld, has elocted the
ark- I en^re Democratic State ticket.
fare ! ^ SH0CKI?fG tragedy is reported from the
: Missouri village of Flatrsnrines. Two little
has i seven and nine years old respectively, |
the the daughters of John McLaughlin, a well- j
iscd ! to-do farmer, were found murdered in the
3rae i woods. They had been outrageously assaulted
jor and then killed.
. t A St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch says that Sit-!
ting Bull, the renowned Indian chief, is i
coming East for the purpose of exhibiting I
ctly himself, permission having l>een secured from I
ope, the secretary of the interior.
her, The Wisconsin Republicans at their State j
the convention in Madison nominated the present i
fg State officers by acclamation.
jn_ ! At the Texas Republican Stato convention j
* [ in Houiton resolutions were adopted fusing |
tne with the Greenbackers and Independents ana '
COD- | indorsing George "Washington Jones, the In- j
ave dependent candidate for governor.
/aj9 Bishop George F. Pierce, senior bishop !
ern_ of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, j
jQ died a few days ago at Spartn, Ga.
na/l Three of the Greely expedition survivors?
I Sergeants Brainard and Long, and Private
| Connell?at Cleveland, Ohio, under an en- i
j gagement in a museum, deny that there were '
dissensions in the camp, and that the survi- j
,rork 1 vors were divided into two hostile parties,
f an The Woman's National Equal Rights party
\few i ut its convention held in San Francisco norn.
Inated Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood, a Washinguon
iniui-or fn* Pnxitrintif'. nf Mm TTnifcpd States.
pro- Mrs! Lockwocxl has forwarded to the presilives
dent of the convention her letter o? acccptthc
mc0was
_
tjjja WMhlnffton.
an The total coinage of the various United
iirnn States mints for August was 1,200,000 dol- j
f j iars, 1,402,000 five-cent pieces and 1,390,000
' | o^nts, making .'{,002,000 pieces worth $1,284,- i
iters; ooo.
out | During August the national debt was re- !
' the | duced $8,542,852.20. On the 1st there was
n, it i cash in the treasury, $414,511,'.152.07, and the j
vide total debt less this sum was $1, <37,514,094.71. j
jjn? J Fearing infection by Asiatic cholera, an '
. ? ! order has been issued bv the treasury |
' j department forbidding tne landing of
* 10 any rags in this country from abroad for three I
food months, beginning September 1, no matter 1
tiled ' ^riiere they came from or in what manner j
I they were shipped Paper dealers say this '
bcrs I W result in an increase iu the price of pa- j
im " ^>el'
| Fifteen- thousand colored peoploat tended
"e" | the funeral of Rev. J. H. Brooks, who had |
:ulty been for years a preacher in Washington, i
lute ! Probably no colored man was ever before '
,tion i '?Ucwea to the grave by so vast a throng. J
iola-! _
laws I Foreign.
tain ' Seven persons were killed by an accident
ttle- ' *n a coa* ^ near 1,a'sleJ*' England.
__ i General Millot, commander of the
" j French troops in Touquin, has l>ecn relieved j
nrnc j on account of ill health, and General Delisle
c in i has Ikjcu appointed his successor.
the I Another outbreak against the Jews has
lider | occurred in Russia, this time at Dubrovitza. !
than ^ ,n pilinged twelve shops and twenty
houses. Jinny .Tews were wounded and one j
! rc" j woman was killed.
! General Gordon has sent word to the !
iled. British war department that ho can hold out
lalf- in Khartoum against the False Prophet's rebfcw
els until the middle of October.
ion" A panic prevails in >01110 of tlio cholera- \
ou^ infected districts of Italy. In many instances
1 physicians in attempting to minister to
V1.rc> i cholera patients have been brutally nial- i
ginc treated, and in some cases wounded with
ititi- knives, the people imagining they were being
s of j poisoned.
few Diaries of members of the Greely explo- j
ljV(, ration partv show it was divided into two I
" fa.;! ions, which lived in their Arctic home as 1
yes- sepai ately as two tribes.
1,11 Cholera has broken out in Spain. An inoc
crease in the number of cases is reported from
)Ugh | Naples, Italy. :
kcd. | Lieutenant Greely was tendered a com- '
nigh, plimentary lunch by the British Association
[]c for the Advancement of Science in Montreal, ,
, ., and responded to the toast, "Our Distin- ]
guished Guests."
:lerK j Placards declaring war against France
oulcl 1 have been posted in tho streets of Pekin.
ncei | An expedition of 770 soldiers hns sailed
the from England to Egypt to Gordon's relief.
post
cons
the The whole business of the Dominion of
VL 1 Canada in telegraphy is not equal to the
Tnu business of the "Western Union telegraph
office in the city of Chicago.
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SECRETARY FOLGEB.
Expiring Unexpectedly at ]
Home in Geneva,
Sudden Close of a Long Jllnes
Sketch of His Life.
Particulars of the sudden death of Secret
Folger at his home in Geneva, N. Y.,
given in dispatches from that place as
lows: Secretary Folger died at his home 1
at 4:55 o'clock p. M. His death was so :
den that there was not time to summon
children, and neither of them
here. The only persons present were 1
Hart, of Auburn, his deceased wife's sis
Drs. Knapp and Law, associates of his far
physican, Dr. A. B. Smith, and his colo
servant James. Dr. Smith and Captair
S. Lewis had left him tnly a short time
fore his death. Dr. Henry Foster, of
Clifton Springs sanitarium, who had been 1
two or three times as consulting physici
arrived on tha 4:45 train and was conveyed
the Folger mansion by Dr. Smith. Mrs. Er
of Buffalo, the secretary's sister, arrived
the same train. Justasthesj three ente
the room the secretary breathed his
and all was over. Secretary Folger's 1
daughters wjre in the Adirondai
tho elder being in very feeble hea
His son, Captain Charles W. Fol|
was at Alexandria, Va. All had been w
ten to to como to beneva. 1 he telegraph
not resorted to earlier as so sudden a ter
nation of the father's malady was not
prehended. The secretary returned to Gen
for the last time Wednesday evening,
20th ult. He called his family physician 11
morning.
The doctor gives the following diagnosii
the case: Great feebleness of the heart's
tion; congestion of the middle lobe of
right lung and capillary congestion of
bronchial tubes; torpor of the liver; a]
minous discharge, showing a dis.'as > of
kidneys. The doctor was informed that
secretary had had hemorrhage of the lu
t hree times of late before his return hon;
the first while out j'achting with friendf
New York, on which occasion he dischar
about a pint of blood.
Secretary Folder rode out daily until i
including the 29th ult., since which time
kept his room, but did not' wholly abam
official work. He continued to answer
portant letters and telegrams up to the <
before his death and seemed reluctant to g
up. Yet he was by no means unconsdou
his critical condition and intrusted to
personal friend. Captain Lewis, final u
sages to his ehilaren and other directions <
confidential nature.
News of his death went like wild
through Geneva, and before t> p. m. hosts
buildings were draped in mourning and
flags aDout the village were at half-m
Hundreds ?i telegrams poured in to the
reaved relatives from all parts of the eounl
Among the first to telegraph was Presid
Arthur. Every member of the cabinet t
sent words of condolence.
Charles James Folger was bom on A]
1(5, 1818, at Nantucket. Mass. Do had li
at Geneva since he was fourteen years (
He was graduated at Hobart college in 1
with the highest honors of his cla?s.
studied law, was admitted to the bur in II
was a justice of the peace in Geneva, i
was appointed in 1844 a judge of the cc
of common pleas in Ontario county,
was elected county judge of Ontario cou
in 1851.
He began his political life as a Silas Wri
Democrat. In 18(>1 he was elected to
State Senate as a Republican, and sor
eight year.*, being one of the r.-cogni
leaders of thepaity. In the coiisiitutir.
convention of 18(57 he served on the judici
committee. He was a pronounced ante
i<ist of G jvernorFenton. In the bitter li
in the legislature of 18(58 between Vander
and Gould he opposed the efforts of the I
York Central road to get control of the 1
railroad.
He denounced Tweed vigorously and
his be?t to defeat the Twee 1 measuro in
legislature. He was a warm friend of St
torConkling, through whos-' influence he 1
appointed by Pi-esident Grant in 18WJ to
olnco of United States treasurer in the cit;
New York. At the end of the year ho *
elected an associate judge of the New Y
court of appeals, and, upon the death of CI
Judge Church, in 1880, was designated
Governor Cornell to act as chief judge,
was re-elected for the term of fourteen y<
by a majority of 45,308, resigning in Octol
18-81, to take the post of secretary of the tn
urj-.
Mr. r oigers signal aeieat as a canan
for governor of New York is fresh in
minds of the people, but it was accompau
by many assurances to him tbat the fail
of his party to vote fi r him was not
I ended as a condemnation of his perso
character or of his action as a public m
Physically, he was a large, robust man, i
few men nave accomplished more work tl
has been the result of his busy life. He
n substantial but unpretentious house
Geneva, overlooking the lake, over which
of his daughters presided. He was a v
ower, his wife having died several years t
He leaves threo children, one son and
daughters, all of whom are grown up.
Folger's eyes began to fail several years a
and at tunes he has suffered much with th<
LATER NEWS.
Ex-Speaker Samuel J. Randall
been nominated* in Philadelphia for
twelfth term in Congress.
William Walter Phelps, Mr. Blai
close friend, has been nominated for Cong
in the Seventh New Jersey district
There was a great gathering of
tinguished scientists at the opening of
thirty-third annual session of the Ameri
Association for the Advancement of Sci<
in Philadelphia. Governor Pattison delivi
an address of welcome, and various papei
scientific interest were read and discussed
Later returns put the Republican rnajo
in Vermont at about 21,700. The houa
representatives stands as follows: Repi
can, 108; Democratic, 3; Independent, 3
choice in one town; Both Republican ca
dates for Congress were elected.
A hoxoarian who stabbed his daugt
in-law, near Hazel ton, Penn., was hange
h treo by a masked party of his countryn
A State convention of the Massachut
Greenbackers, held in Boston, indorsed
Indianapolis convention platform, and
nominees of that convention, Butler
West. A resolution to combine with
newly-started People's party in making i
State and electoral ticket was also adop
At a Grand Army reunion in Frem
Neb., the grand stand, filled with over 2
people, suddenly collapsed. Forty or I
persons were injured.
Canada proposes to lay a thorough
lmrgo on United States cattle to prevent
advance of pleuro-pneumonia into her ti
tory.
Twenty lives were lost by fire in a sulj
mine at Nicosia, Sicily.
A Cholera panic prevails in Italy,
people at e leaving infected places by tl
sands, trade is depressed, and many villi
have established a cordon of armed guart
prevent strangers entering.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATI
Herbert Sims Reeves, a son of the tei
is a deplorably bad actor in London.
M. Victor Catoui., the well-known tei
is to man y the daughter of a wealthy I
lish land-owner.
"Skipped by the Light of the Moor
credited with having made over $00,000 fo
owners last season.
Shakespeare, Byron, Milton, Dick
Bulwer and Boucicault were separated oj
vorced from their wives.
Locis G. Gottschai.k, tho American 1
itone, has l>een engaged for an ojieraticse:
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
A change has lx-en made in the plans
Mme. Risford,and she will not appear in I
York city until the middle of January.
The following is said to bean infallible I
"When you see everybody applaud furioi
but wear a relieved iook when it is over, t
you may be sure it is classical music."
Christine Nilsson, who has got soci
higher than any other prima donna of
time, is to spend a week as tho fellow gues
the K n of Sweden at Tayinouth castle,
Beat ol L uly Breadelbane.
JanaUsciiek will make a prominent
ture of her new play, ''My Life," during
coming season. The talented lady has str
hopes of tho play and pronounces it her n
powerful. >o living actress is more capi
of interpreting strong plays.
The Abbe Franz Liszt, tho famous piai
has sent an autograph letter to his friends
nying the story that he hud become blini
Bayreuth. Ho says he is ablo to work w
out difliculty. The grand duko of Soxe-\
mar has granted the Atibe an annuity
$1,500.
Miss Catherine Lewis promises cc
opera of more than ordinary excellence
next season. She has secured tho service
Henry Nordblan, the Swedish tenor, who
ba remembered in connection with the sei
of English opera given by Mme. Parepa I
in this country twelve or fourteen years <
The publication of a rumor to the el
that Mary Anderson would appear as "J
gen" in "Cymbeline," in London, next Ji
ary, has suggested tne remark that it will
her first appearance in a male charactei
rather in a male disguise. But it will nol
Miss Anderson performed "Ion" in this a
try as a part or her repertoire for three
sons.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
O'Rouke, of Buffalo, leads the league in
batting.
IIS It is stated that the Boston management 1
are $00,000 ahead.
Theke were thirty-seven home runs in the
Buflalo-Chicago series.
Kansas City has the fever, and large
j... crowds attend the Union games, oven China- j
men turning out to see the national sport.
The* Columbus club has a mute pitcher
named Dundon. He was recently fined ten
dollars for showing his contempt for an urnary
pise by signs.
are The finest game ever played at Newark, N. ti
foL wns '"ccently between the Domestic -i
dim ironsiues ciuos, me laiser winning, aiier i
iere fifteen innings liad been played, by 1 to 0.
sud- There was not one double figure score in ^
his the Providence- Boston series?an unprece- p
waa dented record. The scores are well worth a e
, iecond glance: Boston victories, 2?0, 8?1,
lrs- 4?1, 4?0, 7?1, 5-2, 4?3; Providence vie- a
ter; tories, 2-1, 4-3, 2-0, 0?0, 5-4,1-0, 8?1, t:
aily 4?0,1?0. v
red The attendance at the Boston-Providence l>
j games (seventeen, including a tie game) was u
69,303. There were nine games in Provi*
be" denco, attended by 19,803, und eight in Bosthe
ton, attended by 39,.>y>. The Boston's share C
lere of the receipts was sulficient to pay the sala- ?
riesof all the players and attaches for the ..
lan, ggason, H
1 to At Syracuse, N. Y., while nine" ?
nfct, selected from the Herald and Stan- *
I by dard were contesting a game of '
(red ball, Charles H. Hawkins, pitcher for the v
lust Herald men, broke his right arm just above
two the elbow while in the act of delivering the
. ks, ball- i hree years ago there was but one such "
1th. accideuton record. Now there nrc four.
?cr, O'Donnell, tho pitcher of the Youngstown
rit- (O.) club, recently showed what may be done
was by making a ball "curve" on its way from
mi- pitcher to catcher. He set up three poles in
ap- a straight l:ne. One of the end poles was ten
evft feet and the other was eighteen feet from the
the middle pie. O'Donnell stood so that his
icxt hand in delivering tho ball was close to the
pole which was the furthest away from the
s of middle one,and he repeatedly pitched the ball
ac- bo that it passed to tho right ot the middle pole
the and to the left of the pole beyond before it
the reached the catcher's hands
Urn* At the end of the eighteenth week the reclh'*
orcl of the League clubs in the championship
the race was:
n?* Club". Won. lA?t. \ ClrCbt. Won. Loti.
10? Providence 64 20 I Chicago 41 48
sat Boston 58 2:; Cleveland 81 65
,,p(i Buffnlo SO 33 | Philadelphia 28 68
b New York 60 301 Detroit 19 66
and Th record of the twelve American Associho
ationcu'bsat+Iie end of the eighteenth week
ion was as foi.uws:
im- CM*. Won. Lett. | Club*. Won. Lo*L
rlav Metropolitan.57 23 | Baltimore....43 33
ivo Columbus....57 24 i Brooklyn 33 47
'"J 6t Louis 49 81 Toledo.......30 M
. ; Loni?vllle....52 2G ' ritt?bnrgb....S5 67
1,18 Cincinnati....49 H3 I Indianapolis..!* 68
lies_ Athletic 49 i"4 ] Washington..28 87
)f a ..
"5 NEWSY GLEANINGa
the ... \
nst. About 40,000,000 pennies were coined in
be- the United States last year.
try. The manufacture of candy has reached a
lent value of $32,000,009 worth yearly.
x!tf0 An animal half horse and half greyhound
is a curiosity of Mount Sterling, Onio. i
nr;i Dakota this year is counting on a crop of a
wheat from 20,000,000 to 30,000,000 bushek ^
old. The entire system of street cars throughout
the republic of Mexico is owned by one man.
A German company with a capital of
* $400,000 is about to engage in the Angora
und goat business in Texas.
1 u' About 200 fruit cars are necessary for the
. transportation of California products of
- orchard and vineyard to Eastern cities.
<rht Apples suitable for shipping to Europe are
the likely to bring good prices this season owing to 1
ved an unusually short crop across the water.
izcl It has been discovered that the monkey
>nnl wrench was named after its inventor, John
arv Monkey, and thus another question of vital
ig.> importance is settled.
ght The electric light is said to be a flat failure
bilt | in London, where $25,(.'00,000 has been inJew
vested by sixty-two companies, all founded
-rie in 1882. The promoters got $4,000,000.
, American corn will be welcomed in Italy
'V this year, since the crops have suffered from
im ??^ unseasonable weather. Both the
ka* ant* v"les bave suffered severely,
the In Kansas alone the wheat crop is estimated
f of at 40,000,000 bushels,enough,if sold atseventyiVns
five cents per bushel to give thirty dollars to
ork ever}- man, woman and child in the State. s
biief The various State boards of health are
by Issuing circulars giving instructions for the
He prevention of cholera, which are distributed 0
?ars to all applicants. All the leading cities are
ber, taking sanitary precautions. 8
jas- Postal notes contain much arsenic in the
coloring matter, and carc must be exercised c
| not to touch the lijs or eyes al'ter using them, c
P? or to handle them when thu hands are in a
Jed perspiration. Government is discontinuing
ure them. 1
in- i _
S PROMINENT PEOPLE. 5
lian i
had " COMMOnorE1' Kittson, of St. Paul, it c
in said to have sj>ent nearly $1,000,000 for hii v
wo ^luaiiftuu^ a.ttuio. ^
Edison, the inventor, promises to get oul s
}?a a new crop of inventions during the next year, i;
in the electrical line. s
lco' Secretary Lincoln's hair is turning a
e,n' white. If he had received the nomination h? 1
probably "would be entirely bald by this time, 1
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, is the oldest
of the Senators, being seventy-four, while
Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, is tht
youngest, being but thirty-six. c
. " Commodore" Starin, the steamship e
" owner of New York, is said to be worth j
his $7,000,000. Not mnny years ago he was a s
country doctor, earning $1,000 a year. r
ine's Governor Crittenden-, of Missouri, whc s
Tegs has been catching muskalonge in Wisconsin a
waters, is desrriDed os a great, tall, broadshoulderc-d
man, with bright, blue eyes, waxy c
dis- complexion, thick hair as white and glossy i
tj,e as floss that the ladies do South Kensington \
with. f
ican Professor Collier, formerly chemist ol '
mce the agricultural bureau, docs not abate any c
?red of his confidence in the future of sorghum at 3
-s 0f the sonrce of sugar, and contends that sugar f
can be profitably made from sorghum even t
at present prices, and that all which this *
rity country needs and more can be made in the c
3 of United States. t
ibli- Kino Ludwig, of Bavaria, has the finest c
. horses in his stables, and soon ruins them by '
' hard riding. Sometimes his majesty rises in *
n,')" the night, has a black steed saddled, and
dashes off at a whirlwind speed up and down j
[ter. the hill roads?which are well kept for that .
I ?HL-? n nhnntsim horseman nnrsued hv
d to some relentless d?gree of the supernatural j
nen powers ?
"S* HENRY B. ANTHONY. ;
the '
and Sketch of the Career of the Late Sen- ,
ator from Rboile Inland,
tp n Henry B. Anthony, senior Senator of the
United States and of Rhode Island, died at
t ( his residence, in Providence,on the 2d, at the
, ' i age of sixty-nine years. He had long suffered
'' from Bright's disease. *
A*'ty Senator Anthony was born in Coventry, R.
I., in 1815, of Quaker ancestry. He graduated
em. at Brown university in 1833. In 1838 he betl10
came editor of the Providence Jour
nal, whcro he soon made his influence
-Ti- felt in the politics of the
State. In 1849 lie was elected governor of
>hur Rhode Island, was re-elected iu 18T?0 and would
have been in the following year had he not
peremptorily declined a renomination. He
and was elected to the United States Senhou
find has been a continuous
member from that time to the present
s He has served on many committees
Is to and been several times elected president pro
tem. of the Senate and has always been an
active though not especially conspicuous
member. He has been in ill health forsevr
n eral years and nis death was not unexpected.
IL/i He was the senior member of the Senate and
was known as the father of the body. Senanori
k?r Edmunds, of Vermont, is now the senior
Senator.
S- A DAKOTA TORNADO.
l"is iforsra Flyiu? Tliroiurli tin; Air?
rits Otlitr t'c.'ii!iaiiti<?
A Huron (Dakota) dispatch s:iys: Poculi
arities of the iv.vnt tornado are coming
in. Twelve miles northeast of Huron
bar- a. man named Briggs had thirtyison
two head of cattle killed by being
blown into the James river and drowned, or
s of thrown on the ground and crushed. He hail
few six luirses killed in the same way. Eleven
hundred bushels of threshed cats in his gran
?st: ary were all swept away. His wife is a well
usly known butter maker for the Huron market,
hen The last three months she and her servant.
packed all the butter they had made in
ally crocks, and stored it in the cellar, several
her hundred jiounds in all. When tliey saw the
it of storm coming they went into the cellar and
the crouched in the northeast corner of it, the
direction from which the tornado was
fea- wning. It carried away and d-jstroyed
tjj0 the house, scooped up every crock
one ot butter and carried it away and
nost cannot be found. The women were unhurt,
able William Kelkey had two horses and a coit in
his stable. The stable, horses, and colt are <
yet to lie heard from. Myron Kinney had
1 I ' two harnessed houses at his stable. Hie
j ^ horses were seen to go up in the air and to
'th jomo down a long distance away. Aliouttwo i
Vei~ ''ours afterward they walked back home with
of a" "'e harness oil' except the collars.
Some favorable event raises your
g0( spirits, utul you think good days are prewill
paring for you. Do not believe it. Nothison
mg can bring you peace but yourself.
Nothing can bring you peace but the
^ triumph of principles.
mo- ?
inuI
be Wondrous, indeed, our human nature
"> or is. lie has no right to tnink that lie can
'k?* enter hopefully on life who is not full of
reverence before his own humanity; who
does not deeply feel its wondrousness. J
CAPSIZED I. A ST0B9L j
II Steamer Turned Completely 'k
Over in the Ohio River.
fen to Fifteen Men, Women and 1
Children Drowned. v-X'jj
An Evanmlle (InA) dispatch ?ys: The
rnnsfer steamer Belmont was capsized by
!ie hurricane thifr .forenoon at Stand's
landing, tliroo mile3 abovo Hen- f#
erson, and from ten to fifteen ^
ersons were drowned. The vessel was turned
ompletely over. She was going to Header- vjn
with a barge on which was a train con- ijjj#
lining passengers of the Louisville and Nasbille
railroad. Tho boat separated from the
urge. All on the latter wore saved, and all
n the boat except four or five jrsre lost ' *#|
Among the lost are Captain John Smith, E> ^ fig
!. Roach and son, prominent merchants of ^
ivansville; Miss Laura Lyon and si tor, Sal- 1 -,y$
o Bryant, a teacher here, and her mother,
Irs. Bryant; tho wife, child and niece at J. ,
i. Murray, secretary of tho Brierfield (Ala.)
!oal and Iron Mine company, and Mr*.
Voodtree, of Henderson. "
Dorsey Fierce, agent of the Adams Exprew ,
ompany. who was a passenger on the train* ' ***?&
saving Evansville on the barge at 1M
'clock this morning, said: " The day was per- -J,
octly calm, but we had been out only & short' - 33
ime when a heavy wind came up I and my
aughter remained on the barge. A black,
unnel-shaped cloud cama up from the north- ' i'S
vest. The storm was terrific. It
ideofthe steamer, careening it offer: Tbo "
rilot tried to make for thoshore, biflt tho boat .' .'ft
ras unmanageable. The wipAagait* strnck thr WjjjM
oat full on the side; breaking thf mhfa fab Kh
ening it to the barge. The boat turned com- HH
iletely over and instantly sank.] A young BK5I
narried woman with a child in b?r arms just
iefore the storm struck us, wenftiover to the HPjaj
>oat from the barge. She wasTlast seen in Hl!|?3
he cabin. Her valise had the/mitials J. G-. 1L
She was from St. Louis on qer way to Nash/
'ille. Two drummers a$d three of ttw jySSc
oats' crew to the uppo,. side of tbe^HnBg
teamer, got on its bottocx and were ret- Km
ned by a skiff. ' Our bcun BW
eas blown to the Kentucky shore, three mint "Hjxgg
lorth of Henderson, and was there made fast MaaHl
o the shore. Conductor Char lee Wogd-jft mTJBB
dl in his power to save the passenger* Wood B
rent ashore and walked to Henderson through H[agK%
he storm in order to get relief. /Matt Brad- a9 BE
ey, chief train dispatcher on tfbe hoaisrflla WffSSm
oad, was on tho steamer when it was struck Mgffn
>y the cyclone. The Belmont wus towing the
targe, which carried two passenger coaches
ind three freight cars. When tno steamer
ommenced rocking and straining the pilot*
ried to keep her in the channel, fame seized
he passengers, but she stood the gale for half
in hour. I went on the barge, when sod- }
lenly there was a jerk, the hawser broke and
he smoke stack of the Belmont came ratting : '-3
lown. The steamer gave a convulsive shake
ind keeled over. A drummer, just before the I ; ->S
ipset jumped into the river and swam ashore. , il4j2g
The passengers on the cars in the barge took the .?38
natter coolly, but on board the steamer the
cone was most heartrending! The five woman .'> &
vere shrieking and appealing for some one tc
ave them. Excited, men beseiged Captain ""? ??
smith begging him to do this and that. H? " *
emained cool, however, counseled all to renain
calm, and, although he lost his own life,
aved many of the passengers. The storm "v3j
asted only forty minutea Rain poured in
orrents and the wind was the strongest ever
!elt here."
At 9 o'elock this morning the most destroy ?.3jS
live hurricane ever known here broke over
Evansville, doing damage of not lees than' '
?250,000 in the city ana vicinity. House* ":39
yere blown down, roofs carried away, three
>r four steamboats badly injured, thousands '
)f shade trees torn up by the roots, and other .. .-<> ?
njury done. Probably the heaviest indivt . Zr^Si
lual loser is John H. Roelken, whose new
'oundry was almost wholly demolished. The . 't
steamers Josh V. Thorp and .Silver Thorn
ivere badly damaged, the former being almost Vrag
vrecked. Several churches and a new school ^
louse were also badly damaged.
* M
ABUENING OIEOUS OAB. H
iccnex of Horror?Mem Barnod to TOCTH
Death la (heir Rcrtlin, -MKM
The burning of a circus car nine miles north KSjnH
>f Greeley, Col., was attended with indeecribbio
horrors. The burned car was next to BjgH
he engine, in a train of seventeen -HSjU
are, containing Orton's Anglo-Amen- M 18
an circus, which left Fort Collins about HqE
iiidnight for Golden over the Greeley, Salt HHP
-oke and Pacific railroad. The train was
tearing Windsor, a small station near IBBBl
Jreeley, and was running twenty-five milei HffiB
n hour, when Engireer Colleprist, discoverng
the car to be on fire, at once reversed hiai HhH
ngine and threw open < the whistle K
alve. There were sixty men in the cat fflBM
irranged in three tiers of bunks on either {KEH
ide. The forward side door was closed aiud
uen in buaks sleeping against it The rc?^_
ide door was also closed, and the men who
.woke discovered the lower unoccupied berth
text to it, containing rubbish, on (Ira, filling ~{'$M
he car with smoke in that direction. Tbe
inly means of egress was through a small
vindow between the car and the engine. .
John Pine Edgerton, of Wisconsin, andEl- -J~M|
ner Millet, of Iowa, crowded through this
ipenmg and tried to pass in water from tbe .
limine tank. Owing to the suffocating gases v?j
t was difficult to nroose the sleepers, and
orne were kicked and bruised in a shocking nanner,
and pitched out of the window. The -xM
( reams of tnoe j unable to get through the ' : ;
inerturo to the blockade were terrifying. r C-.&
The wild glare of the flames and the sight' .
if the burning victims outside, who lay wnthng
in agony on the cactus beds, caused the vSiP
rild beasts in the adjoining car to become
rantic with terror, making the scene appall- . gjflw
nj. Tlio performers who occupied the
ars gazed with white faces on the awfu|HgirajM
pectocle. In the midst of the confnsion twoTfflSmE
ir three heroic souls appeared. Equal toWmaBl
he occasion they bravely cut their wayto^HflejE
heir companions, to fiud them already in the|Mgffi?|
igony of death. Albert Lake, in charge of
he animals, and his friend Kent walked over WgE?
-actus in their bare feet pouring buckets of MnD.
>il on the blistered unfortunates and wrap- BHB
ring them in blankets.
Tne heartrending cries of the men on th$_|^Mg
wairie, tbe smothered appeals of the dyii^SHGS
vithin the car, the roaring flames and the HH
lowling of the animals made the situation tar- Pfflgsjj
ible beyond description The odor of roaat- hHH
ng flesh and the distant cry of tbe coyotee JS
idded to the general horror. The voices of
.he dying grew fainter and soon ceased. Tea
nen were burned to death and nearly as
nany more were badly injured. The dead
vere interred in one grave in Greelev andtha H
njured were conveved to a hospital
A PANIC IN ITALY.
Cholera Cause* a stampede?Armed
Cordons in Villages*
A Rome dispatch saysthat "a cholera panic '/ ?&
prevails throughout Italy. Each town is taking %
iieasures of protection regardless of the gov_ . v^
?mment Some po6t guards so as to preven^
;ravelers from entering their precincts until >
ifter a quarantine of fifteen or twenty days l" :iga
Many have closed their gates to every one.
Tillages have established armed cordons. The - * ?x-sult
is that in many parts of the peninsula .
jracticat anarchy prevails, and travel and if
;rattic are greatly interrupted. The .
Italian papers lament the spectacle of
lisorder, and call upon the government
:o end it The official returns of the number A
)f cases and deaths are confused and unroll- '
ible. According to the latest reports from
NTaples there had been ninety-seven fresh
>ases and forty-three deaths within the last
wenty-four hours. Ten thousand persona . ^
iave fled from La Spezia. Evidences of the .'j??
lanic continue to multiply. The popuace
at Pazzuoli attempted tolay
to stop the railway service
roni Naples. A mob here in Rome drove
i priest who had just arrived from Naples
iway from the city. At Ovieto travelers aro
efused entrance into the city. In some '
>laces a popular agitation has begun in favor
>f abolishing local quarantine and establishng
houses of observation for travelers sus- ..' <
>eeted of illness. In consequence of this plan
>eing forbidden by the government, the
x-ople of Civita Vecchia attempted to
lestroy the railway. King Hum>ert
has made a contribution of $2,COO in aid
)f the sufferers from cholera at Spezia. The
;ing will soon visit Naples, where three cab- ~9~rnet
ministers aro already visiting the worst
tuarters to distribute relief. The spread oI
lie cholera in Italy has affected Vianno, de>ressing
trade on the bourse there." .
Many new cases of cholera are reported '
rom France and Spain, and the dread dis- *.
sase is also raging in Madras, India.
? ?
THE WHEAT CROP.
rliii Year's Aitoninhlnfc Product?The 3
Larfovt Ever I'rod iccd.
S. W. Tallmadge, of Milwaukee, present!
the following figures as the final estimate ol
the wheat crop of the Uuited Statej ' '^3
for 1KS4. Tlie figures are based on official
reports made within a few days by
State agricultural departments and statistical
agents in iho different States and Territories.
1 lie report shows the total production of winter
wheat to be :fcj0,00),0j0 bushels, and
spring wheat 150,000,000. This makes thi
total yield of the country fully 25,000,000
bushels more than ever before pro
duced, 130,000,00) more than lasl
year's crop, and M).000,c00 more than the average
crop for the past five years. The departments
all ague in reporting the quality
superior: and where it has been threshed they
say the vield has more than met their calculi
tions. This applies especially to the spring
wheat sections: Iowa, Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota and Wisconsin.