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EaEBEVILLE PRESS AND BAlfflSS BY HUGH WILSON. / ^ ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 8, 1884. NO, 1-5, VOLUME XXIXj^Sfl To LONG. I v "Bat a week is so long!" he said, W >'; % . ' With a toss ot his curly head. I "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven? L . - 4 | Seven whole days! Why, in six, you ft f ** \ | (You said it vourself?you told me so), ? * " ** great God up in heaven I I'" " ' ' 5 Jlade all the earth and the seas and skies, | Tbe trees and the birds and the bntterflies. r A -V- - . How can I wait for myseeds to grow?" II. -i " But a month is solonpT' he said, A With a droop of bis boyish head. B -lj " Hear me count?one, two, three, four? . - w Four whole weeks and throodays more; Thir^v-one days, and each*<vill creep ^ As t "adows crawl over yonder steep; H^r* Th one nights, and J shall lie ? Wak. ing the stars climb up the sky. " V" How can I wait till a month is o'er*'' k " But a year is so long!" he said, Bn>V Uplifticg his bright young head. B J All the seasons must come and go I Over the hits with footsteps slow? I Autumr and winter, summer and spring; K i: f Oh, for a bridge of gold to fling "^2 Over the chasm deep and wide, That I might cross to the other side, ? vvnore sne is waning?my iuvu, my unuer P " Ten years may be long," he said, If Blow raising his stately head, K- "Butthere's much to win, there is much to S :'"f-y A man must labor, a man must choose, Wgs And he must be strong to wait! ^ ik The years may be long, but who woul(' ^LgF&. ?' ""p wear ? ? The crown of honor must do and dare. *0 tbi..? +otov with fate - j '"?Who would climb to mannoouv, er "Ah! life is not long," he said, -5 nM J&s 11 Bowing his grand white head. HHb i 1 'One, two, three, four, five, six, sevens N ig^K \ Seventy years! As swift their flight I As swallows cleaving the morning light, ' ' ?c5lr golden gleams at even. HB 1 Life is short as a summer night? [H" >* Mow long, oh, God, is eternity!" ^______ VMSTANT AND TRUE. Mft <?Wliat an industrious little thing you H at^e, Thalia! I, for one, fear that if rrlamma relied for her three quarts of berSmK riAs upon ine she would have to do withRS So saying handsome Ida Minturn leans MB \uMx head upon her white hand while she HBP-^^^^^atches languidly her cousin's busy Ogf^ movements. HHM It is a sweet,arch face that Thalia lifts to her as she smilingly answers: "Tired HB already? Ida, I do believe you were born to be a drone in the hive. Everything MBS seems to weary you except going to par 9H ties and?" ["Flirting, I suppose you vould finish with. Well, you are notfai >vrong; and, by the bye, Thalia, I have found a new and delightful subject upon which to try my powers of fascination. Pa should have thought twice before he engaged such a handsome overseer. To be sure, he is rather cold and distant; but you'll see yet how expressive I can make his dark eyes look." A delicate pink rushes to the younger girl's fair face as she springs to her feet, almost dropping her baskei of berries. "Ida Minturn, I am ashamed of you! Indeed, I was going to finish my sentence in no such way.' I detest the very word _ flirtation,and 1 do not believe Mr. Holmes Bf- v would stoop to such a thing." "Thalia, how seriously you do take f things! If you could only sec how dramatic you look?gory, outstretched j tand and all! But here comes Mr. Holmes / himself. I believe I will tell him of your HHM enthusiastic defense. I doubt not but it |HR would amuse him." f "Oh, Ida, please don't!" HA And Thalia's cheeks grow to the deepest rose as she pleads. Un But there is no need for fear, as, with Hun| merely a grave, courteous lift of his BHhBH straw hat, Mr. Holmes passes on to HmK where, in a distant part of the field,some men are engaged at their work. Thft trnldftn Riimmpr months flit pentlv I by and it is not long before it is plainly evident to all eyes but Mrs. Minturn's 1 how affairs are tending between the handsome young overseer of the farm - and the gentle young girl who for the past three years has made her home with ner aunt. "I think he'feperfectly splendid!" Ida says candidly, as with many blushes Thalia confesses the fact of her engagement. "But mamma will never consent, and I myself think you're very foolish, Thalia. Love is all well enough, but I for one have too much ambition to throw myself away on a poor young man. I look for a coronet at the very least, and you, with your pretty face, might certainly do better." "Better! Ah, no!" And Thalia's face is more than pretty?beautiful?as she speaks. "My Harry is noble and good. "What could be better than that? And if he is poor, I am too, but I count myself rich in his love!" Ida is right in prognosticating her mother's disapproval. " Engaged! And to a man not worth a penny, and of whose family one knows nothing about! Thalia, I am shocked. 8^en that you Mere vcrv friendlv but I hoAvi IiO-1?, ,.r .1 . , . < treated Mr. IfolmL ^' orwe have,a11 ation than his positioneuj> cons?Jcr|^|H what will your uucle say? T i , do?that the affair must lu! * once. lam your guardian.ru ?.1,-^ aj until you are of age vou can, J ' and marriage without my cor'?f c?no know that, and I now say fc* gagement must be brokflnj^. ^ s en" And all Thalia's tc2aw.il ,. are of no avail. Mrs!HB3L?*at>in?s In two weeks1 time thc*eB]| jnu" don, and she decides jttfc^ke'1 * .0R" that she shall then seaflMriTl-aB-tni". plunged into the vcrfc^f Jtcc? 18 fashionable life from 01 t,)at tender years have keptjjj^gl $et blow iHL . for, relying upon his (SttflMflf 3. , es friendliness, he has sifOHi! :,~,eu* build high hopes. e t0 "Three years! Oh, jTUj^iA will never survive sv.clv* l^Hff c "Have no fear, swers, resolutely, " uSr&jjgflt1 an , place surroundinflpjBPr,.*ime' heart, and when your time of pL-my I .18 over, and I am mv own mistr I ' '~ ''1 f?' you I have only to couie uuu uguiauv, ?ir. 0Wq ?for I shall be yours then as v S In the belt that clasps her waist nestles u cluster of daisies. ' r Harry disentangles them lrom.n^ fa?' tenings. g " I will keep them, Thalia, a& .mem. brance of your words. And nj.- j,ave something to tell you. Sinccj*?unc|e told me the other day, that"*; , tjjjg week, my services would ^e^^nircr needed, I have received a tion from Ireland, which has docit*Je to go there at once-. It is a an uncle of whose existcnoft^pjffHe j have been ignorant. liiS--nrtlfl,,. Thie is what Thalia rcadtjj^?| 5 "Mr Dear Nephew: I bwi learned, after long inquiry, uft left a son, and that he and the same. This letter will uncMMe <, a surprise to you, as, from inJfeM. vow. made to me os she leCl know that you never can tutWwfit.""?? T^>t niA pirilain: At-jUU rime wont by, and your motahnSflH" came attached to one whom bflBM I disliked, and for just cause. BBgjfflJf " Tfcey -were engaged and MHKsUb. spite of my vehement protefirasjE fused to sanction the marriadwBfflj^B at the ceremony. Margaret 'ijfcyiprlE Lbe impetuous character of oJWtfrflBP Lhe eve of her departure for hai'RjJ?'JP*| the came to me and said: ' Stepln^T^ brth do not ever expect to henn n>r0f lie or mine. You have chosen to jC*ne K the tenderest feelings of my natvi LT uult him who is my husband. 11\ ti Ircet you. Never" again to myd/?f RoJ: your name, or any allusion fcorj^f* v lips. I sever the connection Boafd I have children, they shall grc L ' ^'Hm P ' or any reiawvra ?u WB^HfllWwiHHfW?iT'h"r'^id?* ^ ^H^H^RC^^E|^^HmFWHMBQ99^^^rcSaBMHMr to come to my raccor if it be possibles for you to do so. Your uncle, "Stephen Hartley." "Mr. Henry Holmes." "I am glad you are going, Harry," Thalia said, as* she finished reading. "Poor old man, all alone in the world and needing aid?his is a sad lot." "I knew you would feel so, my darling," llarrv answers; and then, tbeletter forgotten, they talk as lovers delight to do, until the moments, flying br, bring at last the dreaded time of parting. "Who is the drone now, Th(*ia Kivers, I should like to be informedY exclaims Ida one evening coming into her cousin's room fully arrived in anexquisite ball costume. "It is almost ti*?c to be going, and here you sit with that everlasting picture in j'our handl^'Thalia! Thalia! haven't you forcrottea that nonsense yet?" * ,r,- 7^'* No, Thalia has not forgotten, although the last three years lave been a bewilder11 - i-it? -Vnnlrinnr rnfirincr mg time to tne gin -&. ? nature, She is growingmore accustomed to the thousand dem?ads and forms of society, but (hey we'T her infinitely. Not one Vord sfcce their parting has she heard /from lover; but, as she had truly' told "neither time nor place can chamber heart," and deep downiaitsppereccsses *s enshrined , one handso*^ dark face, with grave brow and gJeakfng eyes. i "What10 y?u think Renie Andrews ; told me f"8 morning?" Ida says, a month j later. . ?r? sore I do not know," Thalia re- J pUef looking up from the book she is rea'-ing. I 'Well, what would you say if my cor_ pieted destiny were even now on his way , 4:0" England? Renie tells me that her cousin from Ireland is to arrive in time for her fete/ and that with him is to come a veritable Croesus aud heir to a ^? *- *>- '>?;? ~~~~ i,0 ;0 Bi UVpVCfclXjg 11UU. 1\UU1U OiVJ3 uv to I 'handsome, too, for she ha9 seen his picture. I tell you what, Thalia, I feel itj in my bones?as nurse used to say?that I this young stranger will not return to j his ancestral acres as unencumbered as he comes. Some English girl will certainly captivate him; and why should it | not be your humble servant?" By the time her cousin finishes, Thalia's face is full of the amusement she cannot repress; but Ida is too much engrossed with her pleasant fancies to notice or be offended. That same afternoon the postman brings a letter to Thalia, addressed in-bold, manly characters. She has never seen Harry's writing, and yet her liugcrs tremble, and her soft cheek flushes, as she opens the envelope; for something tells her whose hand penned her name. Inside are only a few lines: "Darling Thalia?(if I may still call you so)?This day in which I write brines you your twenty-first birthday, and the end of the period of your probation, it you rememuer i and still adhere to the words you said as we parted, send to me a cluster of flowers like to I thoso 1 took from you as a remembrance, and | which I have worn ever since close to the j heart tljat beats now as fervently for you, and vou only, as it did then, three years ago. Harry." An address follows. The next mail bears with it Thalia's answer. What it is the reader may surmise. The weeks glide by, and at length, to Ida's delight,the day of the looked-forward-to garden fete dawns. Ida looks regally handsome. Thalia's quaint simplicity of dress suits the girlish style well. The afternoon is waning, and us yet no distinguished stranger has made his appearance. It is warm, and, a little tired by a game of lawn-tennis, Thalia strolls off to a rustic seat. Throwing aside her hat, she leans her head upon her hand, and for awhile luses herself in a happy day-dream. Suddenly a step approaches, and a well-remembered voice speaks her name. AVith startled eyes, Thalia springs to her feet to find herself drawn to a warmly-beating heart. "Do you know me, Thalia?" "Yes," she whispered; "it is my lover come back to me." He laughs?a joyous laugh. ' My constant darling!" he murmured. "And you still arc ready and willing to leave you luxurious home and become a poor man's wife?" " We will not be poor, Harry, for we shall be rich in love." A look of almost adoring affection fills the young man's earnest eyes as they rest upon the sweet, downcast face. "I nave something to tell you, little one," he says, "that will surprise you. I went to Ireland expecting to find a relative, old, poor and needy; I found an uncle, titled, and the sole representative of a rich and powerful family. His letter had been worded thus to try me. He was in need, he said, of affection. I found him waiting and longing to ex tend to me the father's love I had never known, and I stand here to-day as his heir, waiting to claim the wife who loved me when poor and obscure, and who, I trust, will care for me just as much in my. changed circumstances. "You are a lucky lj^ii*fliffgfr'rTaa says, when the truth mado known to her, "and I think your case proves that after all it does/juy to be constant and true." /r And much to 'her wordly mother's chagrin a year latfer, instead of waiting for the often-talked of coronet, Ida gives her handsome' self, indifference and listlessness left behind, to a poor young bank clerk whose only claim to consideration is an honest, loving heart. Lepers in Iudia. Lepers are met with in every stage of misery in Iudia,says a writer in the Nineteenth Century, They flock to the borders of the Ganges to end their hopeless lives on "holy ground." Pilgrims, they crowd to Poorec to make prayers and [ ?4r?: *i,? :,1 ~i T |J1 UJJU llULUl'^ U1IUI 1U^9 IU 1UUI iiWIVW- I nauth; and then, failing of their cure, | they continue to haunt the neighbor- ; hood, and form fresh centres of vice as , vile and detestable as the foul corruption that pollutes and makes havoc of their bodies. Often herded by themselves at night, they are scattered during the day along the roadway and in the i bazars begging of the pitiful, and tilling j with horror the unaccustomed strauger. j Special hospital accommodation is pro- j vided for them here and there; but in all India, with its millions of people and its over a hundred thousand lepers, the asylums for the leper can be almost counted on one's fingers; they are not a fourth, j nay, not a fourteenth part of the lazar | houses that England in the middle ages ! built for these despised ''children of St. j Lazarus." ? Lost Hi vers. One of the most singular features of 1 the Territory of Idaho is the occurrence ; of dark, rocky chasms, into which creeks and large streams suddenly disappear and | are never mor. seen. The lissures are nld lava channels produced by the out- i side of the mass cooling and forming a tube, which, when the liery stream was ; exhausted, has been left empty, whilst i the roof of the lava duct, having at ! some point fallen in, presents there the opening into which the river plunges and is lost. At one place along the Snake, one of these rivers appears gushing from a cleft high up in basaltic walls where it leaps a cataract into the torrent below. I Where this stream has its origin, or at' what point it is swallowed up is absolutely unknown, although it is believed that its sources are n long way up iu the north country. Beside becoming the channels of streams, the lava conduits are frequently found impacted with the ice masses which never entirely melt. The Cook An Artist. The chef of a leading hotel in New York lately admitted a reporter to his inner sanctum, and there confided to him the great secret of the cooking art. ,l Everything in its raw state," says the ~ ~ ti Vinn a /lieh'nnfivo fnofA Hut. tho UniUlU, uaa ? vugm?vt?.w vuuw, cook's art is to bring it to the surface so that it reaches the palate. The secret in our profession is to supply flavors where they are absent and to develop them when they are there, just as the painter makes his effect stand out from the canvas. During the decade from 1870 to 1880 the population of the United States increased from 38,000,000 to 50,000,000. A like percentage of increase since 1880, a period of four years, would give a present population of about 56,000,000 of people. POINTED AND PIQUANT. ! A BATCH OP STOBIE3 B7 PRESS HUMORISTS. The Terrible Sequel?Too Great a Sacrifice?Her I.iet?er?There Are Worse Tiling-*, Etc., Etc* | Mr. Jones?"I'll stand it no longer, madam. I'll lie down on the bed and blow out my brains. Don't attempt to dissuade me, woman. I've'made up my mind." | Mrs. Jones?"I don't want to dissuade you, heaven knows. But you ought to think of me a little. You might at least have the decency to drown yourself or take poison." Mr. Jones?"Drown myself or take poison ?" Mrs. Jones?"Yes. Just think how embarrassing it would be for me to have the coroner search all over the bedclothes and not find any brains. Just imagine what his verdict would be and how that odious Mrs. Smith would say,'I told you so.' " Jones concluded to postpone the job. I ?Neto York Graphic. Xlcr I.ctter. There is a youn<? man in Oakland who has a young sister by the name of Jessie, who was sent to a fashionable school for young ladies. lie said when she left home he wondered if she would acquire the airs and affectations that certain vouug ladies that he knew had by attending the fashionable seminary. After being there a year he began to flatter himself that his sister was proof against such nonsense, when he received a letter signed "Jessica," instead of Jessie, as heretofore. In answering he wrote something like this: "Dear Sister Jessica: Your welcome letter received. Matnaiea and papaica are well. Aunt Maryica and Uncle Georgica started for the Santa Cruz mountains yesterday. Have bought a new horse; ho is a beauty; is named ilaudica, etc. Your affectionate brother, Samica." Tlic next letter was signed Jessie.? i San Francisco Call. Too Great a Sacrifice* "Etlielinda Jane,1' he said, in deep, i passionate tones, "will you be mine?" "If?if I thought you loved me," she faltered. i "Love you?" he exclaimed wildly. "I adore you! I would wander this wide world over for your sake." "Then I will be yours," said the maiden; "but only on one condition." 'What is the condition?''he said, in , a paroxysm of joy; "name it, name it, and if it was to snatch the burning sun from the cerulean firmament I would agree to it." . ' 'It is not so difficult as that," she said, , calmly; "it is simply this?that you will solemulv swear vou will never say after J we are married that I can't cook 03 well as youi mother." The young man shook his head and 1 departed very sorrowfully. The sacrifice was too great.?Somercille Journal. _____ i A Far-Sighted Official. ' Bank President?''My dear, I suppose ' you know that I am not* only tho president of the bank, but the owner of most ] of the stock?" \ Daughter?"Yes, pa." , "And if I am not mistaken you are < becoming rather fond of Jlr. Liglittinger, j my cashier." < "Yes, pa; I confess it is true. But i how do you know?" "I- have eyes. But why have you tried so hard to conceal this from me?'' j "Oh, pn, please forgive me; but I knew you would object to marriage with 1 a poor man, and, dreading your terrible 1 anger, I have tried my best to conquer ! my feelings. Indeed, indeed I have 1" 3 "Conquer them? Great St. Bullion! * l want you to marry mm as soon as pos sible!" | "Oh, you dear, darling old pa! But ' what has wrought this strange metamorphosis?" "Oh. nothing; only I thought it would be just as well to keep all the bank funds in the family."?Philadelphia Call. There are "Worse Things* "I don't see," said an old farmer who was going hoine over the Erie the other evening, "how them Wall street fellers dare speculate the way they do; why, I , <->1*. . ? Is) !>?? /\f Inctnrv . D11UUXU. I 111 11CV UAVJ VI UU uiiuiu V/A ivoiug moucy." "Oh, they do!" replied his seat-mate. "I've heard tell that some of 'em were brought right down from riches to poverty." "Yes; such cases happen almost every day." "Must be awful tough on 'em." "Yes." "But, then, all sich fellers are appointed railroad presidents,' right off, and 'soon pick up agin. Nuthin' so very drefful about it after all, when you come to think it over. 'Tain't like having a $400 barn burned by lightning and the insurance company crawl out of payment, on the ground that I kicked a patent churn man ofl the farm two weeks afore."?Wall Street News. He Tumbled at I.ast* It was long past the hour when he ought to have gone, and would, if he had noticed the gaps she was concealing in her hankerchief, but he hung on and hung on, like a porous plaster in a hot day. Pause followed pause in rapid sue cession, with still longer intervals ot silence between, till after a season he ^ braced up and said: "Sing me something. " " What shall it be*"she asked, lounging to the piano, and wearily turn- j ing the music. "Oh, anything from your lips will be good," he said, with ] considerable enthusiasm; "sing something nice and soft and appropriate to the occasion." And so she toyed with the ivory keys for an instant and sang: ( " Tired, oh yes, so tired, I Ready to say good night?" I And when she was through the first verse ( he wanted to know, in a faltering voice, , if she remembered where she had laid , his hat, and when she produced it with ( a singular swiftness, and asked, with . some surprise, if he was (joing, he ex- } plained that he had intended to all the evening, but it had slipped his mind, lie is now wasting gas at the house of an entirely different girl.?ltockland Courier- Gazette. < Slaves in Tlmbuctoo. This firl was beiny brought in bv the 1 Morocco gate, on the road from the city i of Morocco. She Avas comely of face and < figure, with large, dreamy, lovely eyes, ] 'and streaming long black hair. Her color was of the Ohvian type, which i shows the red biood coursing in the veins. She was of medium height and aged about sixteen years. Four old Arab "dealers." garbed in all the glitter and tinsel of the Orient, guarded this girl as if she were an Amazon of strength aud prowess. One old Arab in a loud voice cried out her merits and nationality as the group passed on to the center of the town. Halting, the whole party were suddenly surrounded by intending buyers, both Christian and I'agau. They , came up to the crouching girl, pulling her arms to and fro, opened her mouth and looked at her teeth, made her stand erect, and then haggled over the price. " She worth $100," say the Arab dealers in one simultaneous cry, "but will let Her go ;or $yu 11 you rane nernow.- uur dragoman translates and tells us how she will go to Egypt and fetch $200 at a first bid.?Baltimore Sun. Business Was Dull. A country merchant who doesn't advertise caught a thief going through his cash drawer. "Hello, there," he sung out, "what do you want in that drawer?" "Oh, nothing," said the man, sheepishly backing oft and tning to get away. " Well, don't let me disturb you. Just go right ahead, you'll find exactly * 1 11 C 1 I wnatyou say you warn. 1 vc luuuu mc same thing here for the past six weeks." ?Merchant Traveler. In fifteen States and Territories moro than eleven per cent, of the white . population over ten years of age can not | write. A substitute for genuine human hair is now made out of the inner lining of the bud of the palmetto tree. It can be j made of any length and dyed any color. NF/WS ANim'CJESJFOR WOMEN. A pretty engagement ring is a largS"" pearl held in place by two tiny diamonds The new spiral ruchings are of tulle with finish of embroidery silk at the edge. Necklaces of unset stories of many colors are among the odd things now in fashion. A little ribbon bow or small natural flower or bud can be worn at the back of the hair. JVaistcoats of Valenciennes lace are worn under open bodices of black surah or china crape dresses. Short jackets made of jersey webbing are in high favor with skirts of half-worn dresses or with accordion skirts. Loops of beads, the same color as the dress, are worn suspended from the shoulder-straps of evening corsages. Large cut-glass smelling bottles are now carried in cardinal silk plush bags, neatly fitting the bottle and nearly reaching the top. One of the new neck ornaments con sists of satin or velvet ribbon set in a muslin band to keep it firm. It is secured by a clasp. Young ladies are now wearing the graceful Grecian sleeves, which are buttoned across the shoulders and conceal the upper part of the arm. Kilt sk rts of flannel are now laid in broad piaits from four to eight inches wide, and have three or four tucks above the hem around the foot. Beige color and dark laurel green plaited woolen dresses ure very fashionably worn this autumn, both in pin checks and large block patterns. Rich, dark satin grounds show pretty blocks and figures in gay colors. These arc manufactured for vests, collars, cuffs ji i i _ ~ i i. UUU UUMJUU WlUbltt 1UI UUUlUlllUblUU Willi plain gotds. Pretty little dresses for children are made in Russian style of veiling, shot silk, cashmere, pin-check surah, or cream white woolen of finest texture, dotted with tiny boquets of flowers. A Quebec woman has applied to the corporation of the ancient city for permission to exhibit herself as a curiosity. She weighs 450 pounds, and her limbs are four and a half feet in circumference. Some of the new repped woolens show brocaded figures like velvet, and others have large balls of loosely woven silver or gilt threads arranged on separate breadths so that they will only be used at the foot of the skirt. . A blouse for a little girl is of red adrinople. It is shirred around the neck and waist. Below the shirring on the waist is a deep flounce of handsome white lace. The sleeves are short, with long loops of narrow red ribbon falling from the top of l1. _ -1 1 .1 llie biiuuiuur. A pretty capote for fall has the edge finished with j\ narrow puff of bright red velvet, a soft scarf of the velvet crosses the top with a knot or pretty ornament an the very top. The tics are the merest bands of velvet, with a small made double bow without ends under the chin. A pretty suit for early fall is of dark blue albatross and very light blue surah, the latter forming the soft vest and plaitid skirt. The princess dress has the ivaist perfectly fitting, the skirt is slashed in deep tabs, a sash of the surah forms jver the hips and in loops, with ends in :he back. The woman of Capri arc described as ilmost invariably handsome and healthy ooking. "What strikes one most, says a ecent writer, is the statuesque gracefulicss of the girls in all their movements, lowcver mean their occupation. Capri s a great resort for artists, and several of ;hem have wived with women of the country?their former models?and set;Ied down to a strange, half-wild and lalf-civilized existence. Killed His Child. That there may be a world of pathos n the apparently prosaic life of a policeman is shown by the following incident, elated in the Chicago Herald: "Did you ever shoot any one?" The speaker was a visitor at the armory, and :he person addressed was a patrolman ivho looked up hurriedly and walked iway without an answer. "You see," said another officer, in explanation, "he lad an experience once that he does not ike to think or talk about. He used to ivalk in the Twelfth street district when it ivas called the terror district, and when ;hey had the murder bell there. When;ver there was a shooting or killing in ;hat precinct the bell was rung, so as to lotify all patrolmen that a crime had )een committed, and make them more .'igilant, if possible, in their search for lesperate characters. One dark, rainy light this officer obtained permission rom the roundsman to stei) over to his iome, a few blocks away, to get his rubier coat, and while he was in the house le looked into the room where his chilIren were sleeping. "Wishing to have )ne revolver outside of his coat he took )ff his belt and laid the weapon on a bueau. Just as he was about to strap it )n he noticed that the hammer was down, ind some way in trying to put it at half :ock the thiug was discharged. A little jirl jumped up from the bed with a red jlotch upon her forehead, and crying, "Oh, papa!" fell flat on her face. At :hat instant the murder bell rung, its ;ones coming iuto the little house, deep, ionorous and horrifying. This officer :hought it was lor him. but it was not, )f course. There had been a shooting somewhere else, and the bell was ringing 'or a tough and not for the heart-broken aoliceman. "Weli, that thiug pretty near Irovc him crazy. The little girl never spoke again, and she died inside )f a week. Tne coroner exonerated the father, but he never exon;rated himself. A few weeks after this he begged to be transferred from :hc terror district, away from the echo jf the murder bell, and that's why he'g jp here. He has told me that he ivnnlfln't livp or wnlk ft lifafc within sound jf that bell if he knew he would be made general superintendent at the end of the month." Lady Lobbyists in Washington The lady lobbyists, says a correspond jnt, have played important parts in the social life of Washington, especially since the Buchanan administration. Some of them have been the widows of officers of j the army or navy; others have been the Slaughters of Congressmen, aud others i bave drifted here from home localities where they have found themselves the mbjects of scandalous comments. A few of them have been beautiful, some had scorched their wings on ill-lighted torches, and they have generally been very clever. It has been their business lo so ingratiate themselves with Senator? and Representatives as to control theii votes on matters which they have been paid to advocate or oppose. Failing in this,they have sometimes managed to secure the absence of opponents of the bills which they have been retained to advocate by ingenious schemes.' They looked at every question before Congress from a business standpoint, and their smilei were for those whose votes were doubtful. To them the highest compliments and most honeyed phrases were thrown away, for they knew their vanity. They "meant business." The parlors of some of these dames have been exquisitely furnished with works of art and brie a-brac donated by admiring diplomats. Every evening they received, and in tho winter their blazing wood firei were surrounded by a distinguished circle. Soma would treat favored guests to a game of euchre, and as midnight approached there was always an adjournment to the dining-room, where a choice supper was served. A cold duck, a venison pie, broiled oysters, or some one exquisitely cooked dish with salads and cheese, constituted the repast, with iced champagne or Burgundy at blood heat. Who could blame the Congressman for leaving the bad cooking of bis hotel or boardinghouse, with nn absence of all home comforts to walk into the parlor web which the adroit lobbyist has cunningly wove for him? The assessed valuation of personal property and real estate in the South, according to the last census, was $8,400,978,386, while in the North it. was $13,214,102,691. f 'A. ? A TRAVESTY. OF JUSTICE. C5KSICBS AND PUT/tSHMEHTS AMONG MCOX3. Horrible TCtitilntion* under tlifc Su.1" tan'* Eye?The Bastinado?Confiscating' tlie (>o?dn of Offender*. A letter from Tangier, North Africa, says that uo words can describe the cr?-v city and the barbaric manner in which justicc is administered in Morocco. Like Tunis, there are in Morocco some days in each week when the lowest and most, humble of the emperor's subjects may step before the despot and demand from him justice against his neighbors or against government officials. These public receptions are the most interesting sight in the capital of Morocco, for they arc alwavs attended by the entire court, ~ rru? mu miuj, tutu uiuwua ui jjuujmc. iuc army, several thousand ragged, beggarly fellows with crooked old guns and brt)kcn swords, is paraded in three lines in front of the imperial palace, forming a square, open on one side. The sultan, surrounded by a crowd of courtiers, generals, and ministers enters the square, mounted on a magnificent white horse in gorgeous trappings. An attendant bears the celebrated blue umbrella, surmounted with a golden ball, the insignia of the sultan's imperial dignity. The soldiers present arms, the official and imperial servants prostrate themselves, and the ceremony begins. One afier the other, the poverty-stricken, humiliated subjects are led before the sultan. He rarely speaks to them. After listening to their stories or to that of the police authorities, he makes his decision, or prescribes a pun ishmcnt which is instantly administered by a chamberlain. Until quite recently every subject brought into the presence of the sultan had to bring him a present, according to his means. Sometimes great quantities of gold, jewelry and precious stones are offered. The poor Bedouins from the desert bring him sheep, dates, cheese, large pots of butter and other articles of little value. For the la?t few years the sultan has not insisted upon these offerings, but it cannot lie said that thosowho come to him empty handed derive much bene6t. There is no appeal against the judgment of the sultan. If coudemned to death, the delinquent will be executed on the spot. Executioners are always 011 hand, and the most horrible mutilations are committed in the presence of his majesty and the entire army. Decapitation is still in vogue, but neither guillotine or swords are used. A common butcher's knife or a large dagger docs the scrvicc slower ana more cruelly, but with ciTcct. Robbery and theft are still punished by cutting off the right hand of the criminal. Eyes are torn out, ears, noses and feet cut off, and the poor people mutilated in many still more horrible ways. The detached parts of tlie body are thrown to the dogs. Confessions arc forced from the accused by frightful tortures, by slowly roasting their bodies, pinching, stretching and squeezing, the same as in ihe eleventh and twelfth centuries. It seems hardly credible that this mutilation can still be Eracticed in a country only a score of ours distunt from the enlightened States of the world, where ambassadors and consuls of all the great nations reside. England wastes thousands of pounds annually in her efforts to suppress the slave trade in Egypt and Nubia, but the carnage committed daily by the sultan of Morocco and his dignitaries is permitted without protest. Thejvendetta exisis in Morocco. Any murder, committed either intentionally i or by accident, will surely be revenged j by the relatives of the deceased. Should they not be able to kill the offender the authorities will do it for them. Other ac- J cidents which may happen to a Mussulman by the fault of another are revenged in a similar way. "An cyc.for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is still the law with these semi-barbarians. Every traveler is I shocked at the number ot crippies ue enencounters in every part of the empire. Mutiny is always punished by decapitation. This is pracsiced to such nn extent that the traveler often sees a dozen human heads stuck on high poles over the gates of cities. The sultan is not the only one who indulges in such cruelties. All his pashas, governors, and caids follow his example in different provinces and districts. As in Tunis and Persia, the bastinado is the most common punishment for slight offenses. Frequently, however, several hundred strokes are administered upon the aoles of the poor offender's feet, causing sometimes instantaneous death and frequently making cripples for life. The favorite punishment with the sultan and the pasnas is the confiscation of the offender's money and goods. If there is a decision to be given between several parties, justice is sold at auction. The party offering the greater bribe will always be the winner. Offences against the government are i always punished by taking from the j oiienuer cvcrjvuiug uu jjusaco.iua, | whether found guilty or not. Should j any Moorish merchant or functiomry acquire considerable wealth, he knows that j he can live no longer in security. The ! sultan, master of his life and pioperty, | cau take all from him when he least expects it-, and he may consider himself fortunate if his head remains upon his i shoulders. This is why the whole country appears to the traveler so poverty- . stricken and so destitute of all progress j and wealth. All the money earned in ! trade or agriculture is carefully hidden, | for the least indication of wealth may j bring misery and death upon its posses- j sor. His house may fall in ruins; he j will not have it repaired. lie may need a new burnous, but he dare not buy it, | lest he should bo thought wealthy. He I will never admit his prosperity. He will ! complain of bad times or of the govern- | ment, and speak of famine and misery, ! although he may have many thousand j gold pieces hidden away. Frequently this does not prevent the government of- j ficial from discovering the hiding-placo of his treasures by fenrful tortures. If i any Moor wishes to destroy his enemy he j denounces him as rich. The taxes are collected in the same ! expedient and effective manner in which j justice is administered. Whenever | the sultan needs money he orders all his p&shas to collect the tenth i prescribed by the koran, and to send him the amount required ; within a certain time. These { pashas pay themselves for their services ! I by doubling the amount; a policy which j is eagerly followed by their subordinates. ! The poor, instead of paying the sultan I Ins tenth, have to pay another tenth to j j the.pasha, and a third tenth to the zap- j I tich, the caids and showsh. This is but ' one of the many taxes imposed upon the ; Moors. Every date tree, cach pair of' oxen, every sheep and horse is taxed, i i Imports and exports of goods, sales of: j merchandise, and business transactions ! of all kinds are taxed to the utmost. In- j ! deed, only a small part of the earnings j j of the.people remain their own. The interior towns of Morocco are not inhabited by Europeans, nor do consuls | 1 reside iu them. Nothing remains for 1 | the oppressed but revolt. The emperor j i keeps his regular army and his guards , for the purpose of chastising such rebels. I j As soon as he gets news of a revolt he ' . sends his troops to the town to plunder | and destroy. Prisoners arc rarely per- j mitted to live. Their heads are cut ofl) . on the spot and sent to the emperor, who j has them exhibited over the gates of the ! principal cities of his empire as a warni mg to others. The emperor's army, I , however, is weak, and the distances be ! tween interior towns are great, so that | he is only able to control comparatively j i small portions of his empire. The Ber- j I bers or Kabyles in the mountains and the j , Bedouins near the southern desert are | i virtually independent. A Rustic Rejoinder. "How in the world can you content | I yourself to live in this dead-and-alive j place!" asked the city visitor of her! country cousin. "I know I should die j if I had to stay here." "Well,"replied the rustic relative, "I j i suppose I should, too; but then the city | folks ain't here only a few weeks in the ! year, jou know." The compensation of the postmasters j in the United States amounts to over ; 1 511,000,000 per year. NEWS SUMMARY Lantern and Rliddle state#, Rindskopf, Brothers & Co., an old Now York wholesale clothing house, have failed tor nearly a million dollars. A xntbEP of miners wero ascending a fttin0 nenr trfi'willo, P?jnn., when a heavy pieco of timber canif. tumbling down from the top and knocked two of the ^il^the cage to the bQltoifij u aisuinCo of f*MJ feetT^Stevii^ men wero instantly killed, and two others who wero struck by the timber wore badly hurt Francis B. Hayes died nt his homo in Lexington, Muss., ten days after he had received the Republican nomination for Congress in tho Fifth district. Mr. Hayes wns sixty-five years old and had served in both branches of the State legislature. Seven persons convicted of various crimes were publicly whipped in Wilmington, Del.; one of them also underwent tho antiquated ordeal of tho pillory. Miss Sadik Robinson*, tho thirtoen-yearold daughter of wealthy residents of South Frainingham, Mas-., has created a sensation by secreting a valise belonging to her mother and containing sixty thousand dollars' worth of jewelry, securities and money. The girl, who is pretty and weighs nearly 2C0 pounds, was making preparations to elojx) with a young man whom she had met clandestinely. The valuables were recovered. Mil. Blaine's visit to Philadelphia was made the occasion of a reception to him by the Union League club, and a torchlight procession of uniformed Republican clubs, comprising about 25,000 men. Thk total equalized value of real and per' sonal property in New York State is returned as ?5,014,501,37:2. At the Delaware Democratic convention in Dover Congressman Lore was renominated by acclamation, presidential electors were chosen and Cleveland and Hendricks were endorsed. General Butlem's followers in Massachusetts, at the State convention of the "People's party," held in Worcester, nominated Judge M. J. McCafferty lor governor, and a full State ticket. Electors at largo were alsc ..l.nfnn A ff4-K.* aiw;i uuu luii * uiinuii JJUOJt'i uy* peared and held a reception and niado a spcech to the delegates. South and Went. An earthquake shock, not so severe as that which visited tho Atlantic const some weeks ago, has been paying its compliments to sections of the West, including Ohio, Indiana. Michigan, West Virginia, Kentucky ami Iowa. A shock was also felt in Ontario. People were alarmed more or less, according to the strength of the shock and of theii nerves, but no material damage was reported. General Alfred Scales, Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina, had a narrow escape from a terrible death while riding in a buggy with a friend on the Cowee mountain, in Jackson county. His horse ran away and dashed over a precipice. The friend jumped out, but Geueral Scales wont rolling down the mountain side, and was only saved from death by lodging in a tree. He escaped with a dislocated ankle and some bruises. Isaac Jacobson was hanged in the county jail at Chicago. He murdered his employer because tho latter, to punish him for absenco on a drunken spree, deducted one day's pay. The Democratic and Republican candidates for Vice-President have been addressing immense political gatherings in Ohio. Henry Clay, a gran<lson ot the great statesman and orator by that name, and a brilliant young lawyer, was shot and mortally wounded by a salcoa keeper in Louisville, Ky. A man fired into a train containing the members of a circus at Burr Oak, Kansas. The circus men returned the fire, killing one man and mortally wounding the mayor of the town, who had been trying to preserve the peace. Sixteen circus men were arrested. A fortnight after the destructive firo in the great lumber district of Cleveland,Ohio, several conflagration-; of incondiary origin occurred in the same place within a few hours of one another. A large amount of lumber was destroyed, and the fire departments of outlying towns were telegraphed to for aid. The loss"? will aggregates about $230,000. The excitement over the acts'of tho incendiaries was intense, and talk of lynching was heard on all sides. Pobtland, Oregon, has had a disastrous fire, which destroyed a whole block, including the Esmond House, tho leading hotel in the city. The total loss is about $125,000. The Newcomb-Buchanan company, of r Louisville, Ky., the largest whisky house in the country, has gone into bankruptcy. Twc vanwi orrrv fhn nnmrmti v fnil/wl fnr *1 /iflft ftlK). ? w?., ? ? v-,-?| By a collision between two freight trains 1 neui New Cambria, Mo., three men were killed and two others fatally injured. Fire destroyed ton buildings in Eureka, Nevada, including a hotel and a bank. Loss about $75,000. An important land transfer in New Mexico has been made to New York parties through the department of emigration of the Santa Fe Railway company. The grant comprises 2(5.000 acres, and tho purpose is to found an Episcopal colony of Eastern people in connection with which an educational institution will be established. Texas straight-out Republicans have put a State ticket in the field, headed by Judge A. B. Norton for governor. Drought has seriously injured the cotton, peanut and other crops in large portions of Virginia and North Carolina. Two young girls?Carrie and Bessie Waterman, aged twelve and fourteen years, daughters of James Waterman, a fanner living near Ottawa. Kansas?tied a rone around the nock or a half-brotbor, six years old. dragged hiin about and beat bim with a stick until be was dead. The girls stated at the coroner's inquest that they hated 11".- child and wanted him dead. They were held for murder. Washington* A new vault to hold fifty million silver dollars has been completed in the United States treasury building. Colonel William W. Dudley, the commissioner of pensions, has tendered his resignation to the President, to take effect on November 10. It is understood that he will engage in private business in Washington. Foreign. It is confidently predicted that the recent meeting oc tno emperors ot Germany nna Austria anil the czar of Russia will result in securing peace to Europe. A heavy galo at Yokohama, Japan, has caused much loss of life and property, particularly in the native part of the city." Cairo advices report two victories for General Gordon in battles with El Mahdi's rebels. In both battles the rebels lost heavily. Dom Pedro II., emperor of Brazil, while returning from a naval review had a narrow escape from drowning. Th'i boat which ho was in capsiz-d, but ho was rest unl. Cholera has decimated a village near Foo-Chow, China. Thomas Fawcett, a prominent banker of London, Ontario, has failed for about $1,<K,0,UU0. A Foo-Cnow dispatch says that tho Chinese are beginning to refuse to discriminate between the French and other foreign residents. Tho dislike grows daily. In tno event of an outbreak the native Christians will be the first to suffer, and after them tho foreigners. The False Prophst's rebels havo abandoned tbo siege of Khartoum, and General Wolseley has telegraphed to the British war office to stop forwarding troops to Egypt. Tiik British gunboat Wasp has been wrecked off Tory island, on the northwest coast of Ireland. Fifty-two of the men on board were drowned. Among this number all the officers were included. Only six persons were saved. On the rocky coast where the disaster occurred it was impossible to use small boats in the attempt to rescue the ship's crew. The Wasp had a registered tonnage of 405 tons and carried four guns. Gillie Leigh, a member of the British parliament, lost his life in Montana by falling ovor a precipice. Six vessels were lost on the Labrador coast during a recent easterly gale. In th> White Bay district throe thousand persons are starving. Two Paris editors have fought a duel, one receiving a wound in the arm. A desperate conflict took place at Roun<'ie, in the province of Saratov, between several of the German inhabitants and Russian peasants who were visiting the annual fair. During the row eleven persons were killed, including one gendurme, and thirty more were wounded. A tremendous flood Ls reDorted from Bue nos Ayros, South America Many lighters foundered und tho shipping was extensively damaged. A disastrous conflagration has occurred at Zeitoun, in Syria. Tho bazar and 400 houses were consumed. The British war department has forwarded $500,000 in gold to General Lord Wolsoley to defray expenses incidental to his exjjcdition to Khartoum. Suspension of warlike operations by tho French troops in China is said to be due to Germany's mediation. Li Hung C'hang, the famous viceroy of Peo Chi Li, and leader of tho peace party in China, has beeu reinstated in all the offices ho formerly held. WISE WORDS. Behavior in a mirror in which everyone shows his image. The society of women is the element of good manners. Envy feeds upon the living; after death it ccnscs?then, every man's well-earned honors defend him against calumny. The wise men of old have sent most of their morality down the stream of time in the light skiff of apothegm or epigram. No wo.nnn can be handsome by the forcc of features alone, any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech. LATER NEWS Isaac Newton, chief engineer of the New Vork department of public works, committed J[ micido by cutting his throat with a razor. Mr. Newton is believed to have killed hinuolf in a fit of despondency caused by long sickness and pecuniary difficulties. He was the chief ijtj engineer on board the Monitor at tho time of Jjier celebrated fight with the Merrhnac. ATu3T$!fiLIiiE E. II o h baud, the divorced wife of Willia^m^3X4,'ind the daughter of ex-Governor Riclmi d hft necticut, has been married privately to Sinedley, a Now Haven business man. Mr. ^t| nnd Mrs. Smedley will dwell in New Havem j0) where her divorced husband, who it will bo j(j| remembered was her father's coachman, with w wiiom she eloped a fev. years ago, still live3. gj. Tho first marriage, which created a great ou sensation, was an unhappy one. th Mr. Blaine made short speeches at several agricultural rairs w new xow on nis tour pC westward. At Buffalo there was a large pa- ^ rade in his honor, many campaign clubs from qi surrounding towns participating. Bi, A fire at Pittsburg, Penn., destroyed Abel er Smith & Company's extensive glass works, a large machine shop, five frame dwellings and jr other property, causing an estimated loss of b< $200,000. H From 75,000 to 100,000 people were reported ^ present at a Democratic demonstration in tl Columbus, Ohio. Clubs from surrounding 8 towns participated in a torchlight parade; speeches were made by Messrs. Henddcks> a Bayard, Pendleton, Payne, Thurman, Car- M lisle, Governor Hoadly and other Demo- ^ cratic leaders, and a letter regretting his inability to be present was received from Gov- fit ernor Cleveland. V South Carolina Republicans, after n stormy all night convention at Columbia, re nominated a State ticket headed hy D. T. Cor" je bin (white) for governor and D. A. Strakei (colored) for lieutenant-governor. ,1The bodies of two horso thieves were dis. fe covered suspended from a tree on Poplai river in Montana. This makes thirty-seven 0j thieves lynched by vigilants in that regidn this season. a* Hundreds of convicts were killed during o sanguinary out break in the jail at Mandalayi p< the capital of Burmah. 0} The ravages of the cholera are again in* jjj! creasing in Italy. tt] Kino Humbert, of Italy, has been com fa plimented for his heroism in visiting the t': cholera-infected districts by the president ol ^ the French republic. \\ General Diaz has been elected president *r of Mexico for four years from December 1 ^ next ct Three Pullman cars attacnea to a train running between Toronto and Montreal left ? the track, broke from the other cars and & tumbled thirty-five feet down an embank- 2: ment, after which they caught fire. Forty ^ or more persons were Injured, twenty of th theui quite badly. th P' st HERON AMD HUNTER. ? A Wounded Bird Nearly Kills a Man in iltt Struggle foe Life. a *A Beaver Brook (N. Y.) dispatch says: ti "William Janeway, a hunter, had an unexpected and very exciting adventure on Fri- ^ j day last, near tho head-waters of Ten Mile ni river, in this county. Ho was hunting ot : along tho margin of the stream, on tho look- j^j out for wood ducks, and as he sat hidden bo- y ; hind an alder bush he saw a large blue heron tl: : alight at the edge of the water, a short gun* )v ! shot away. Janeway fired at the bird, and it fell to tho ground, where it; lay fluttering tv j and struggling, evidently badly wounded, di With the idea of securing it alivo tl 1 tho hunter laid down his prun and w j ran to tho spot where tho heron was. st i The great bird had struggled to its feet before vi 1 Janeway reached it, ana when it saw him sc I approaching it turned and tried to run away, bi | but was hurt so that it could not, and fell ui again to tho ground. Janeway hurried on, and bending over the heron to seize it, he al was taken by suqirise to see it regain its feet ft and place itself in an attitude of defense, a] The hunter had never heard that tlieso u| birds were courageous enough to attack any jc one, and ho stepped forward to over- tl power it. whon it sprang to meet him, si and darting out its long neck, struck e: ] Janeway a blow in the face with its tl ) powerful beak that felled him to the ground in i half stunned. He staggered to his feet and ui i found that blood was streaming from a id I wound in his cheek made'by tho heron's la beak. Ho had no time to determine on what di | it was best to do before the immense bird, F , wnicii stood raoro tnan iour reet nign, new is ! at him again, throwing its body lieavily T? I against his breast, at the same time strik! ing him just above the right eye with its ] beak. Janeway fell again, anil the bird fol- o'i j lowed up its advantage and attacked him as at ho lay on . the ground The movements c* i of the heron, although wounded wero al so quick that it had given tho L hunter a third blow, this time in the left eye, l* before he could make any defense whatever, hi Maddened with pain, Janeway sprang to his w feet and, rushing upon his singular antagon- 8 1 1st, caught it with both hands about the neck, p ! Its strength was so great that, strangled as it in ; was by the- hunter's desperate clutch, it re- of ! quired all of Janeway's power to retain his th i hold until the bird was forced to succumb, fr , He held on its nock until it ceased to struggle di , longer. Ho had choked it to death. He was Ir ' covered with blood and his left eye was blind- ri: j ed. He hurried to the house of a lumberman ilc ! living near the spot. HLs cheek was laid open er j to the bone where the heron had struck him wi j first with its beak, and there was a deep holo qi : over his right eye. The left eye was entirely p j destroyed, and it is feared Janeway will loso y, ; in* signi. oi tne oiner one. p The bird with which the hunter had so so b | vero and serious a struggle was subsequently a ' brought in from the woods. It measured e< j nearly seven feet from tip to tip of its wings, it Those birds are rare iu that locality, although 3, i one is occasionally seen. Janeway is an old ri ! bear and deer huntar, and has had many v thrilling adventures while hunting them, but, f< he says, tho surprising attaek of the heron a was fiercer than any effort he over saw a ? j bear or wounded buck make in ('.. fending jj Itself. It was certainly a most terrible ono t< i for him, as it may leave him totally blind. "ci st b TWO EXECUTIONS, g i_ ? - , . ? . ic rwo .tich Hansen in rciii?fi)uiniH n. One for ISltt fatlii'r'* .Murder. fO Joseph Sarver was executed at Indiana, w; PcniL, for murder. A priest remained with ro him from 'J o'clock. Sarver walked with a (firm step and stood upon the fatal trap with | unconcern. The only words ho spok* on the In , scaffold were: "Jesus, crucified, have mercy (ll on my soul." lie exhibited 110 nervous- J},1, ness whatever. At 11 a. Y' le trap was th sprung, and death was almost instan- ?? taneous, his neck being broken by the ^ fall. Only fifty persons were present, th Sarver, his father, and a housekeeper named tt, Bella Kelly lived together in a tunibl.down th house twelve miles from here. Sarvvr grew Sl.< jealous of the attention-! paid to the girl by mj his father. She was the subject of frequent quarrels between them, and the son frequontly threatened to kill his father. (>11 the even- p]i j mg of Saturdav, November .'5, 1SS3, at the a'u supper table, Joe ('.row a revolver, and, j alter cxtmgutsning mo n^ni, nrei in. n? fnther, who was sitting opposite. ; Tiie hall did not take effect. and | the qld man flecl in tho direction of a neighbor's house some twenty or thirty rods distant Just as he reached the porch Joe shot $o i him through the head, killing him "instantly, mi Returning to the house, young Sarver fired j two shots at the housekeeper, one taking of- q | feet in her arm and tho other in her loft at clic 'k. They were not of a !atal cliarncter. j She l>e.-ame unconscious and the mur.icrer i)V; fled into the woods. ag Michael Murray was hanged on tli:; sama wi : day in the jailyard at Edeiisburg, Penn., at ' 10 p. si. in tho pre.-euce of 1 'St per) sons. ITnf il 4 o'clock this morning lie refused jall spiritual ndvice, but at that time ho t-ent for a prii>st and two sisters. To the priest {' i he made a confession, and the sacra ment was administered to him. liis crime was the killing ol' John Hamniir on ti' Friday, Octobn* i'-i, IN4*!, on tlio road near jSummit. ihincuir nnd a boy had met Murray. who was a ono-legjie 1 trump, on the pre- ^ j ceiling day, and the boy had called the latter gi some 1111 lies. Murray, who was generally f ! regarded as weak mentally, met. Hancutl", r.n aiid after aceusiiijc him of calling him names, drew a revolver and fired four sh its, one >1, taking effect in the abdomen and resulting in . fleatl, g ?? to A VISIT TO A JAIL, Four I'ri*?iicrN Taken Out by a ITIob 01 anil I.ynclii'd^ ra CI A special dispatch from Brookhaven, Miss., j>, ' says that " a mob of forty men visited the Be Franklin county jail, overpowered the jailer i and took out four negro prisoners and i lynched them to trees in the court house *0 i yard. One was charged with an at- ? I tempted assault on a white girl, two with the /.] murder of other negroes and the other with jj( 1 arson and robbery. Four other prisoners were in jail at the time?one charged with ! criminal assault, the others with ai-son?but I they were unmolested. The mob informed a' j the jailer that unless the circuit judge cleaned Wl out the jail this term they would return and C< make a clean sweep. The affair is greatly M' deprecate:! by a large majority of the citizens of the county, where six men have been sacritice<l by Judge Lynch in eighteen months st past/' At y MOTHER EARTHQUAKE ichigan, West Virginia, Indiana and Ohio Shaken Up. lie Force Extends to Kentucky, Iow& and Ontario-Three Shocks Felt, Dispatches from various soctions of the West v? crivon accounts of an earthquake shock Ui/rrfi^turLMKl the equanimity of the people* rt wn^"nV>l?so alarming aa the pronged shock whiciT" ?hfc!lS0Qed the res?nts of the Atlanti<T~ me timo ago. Details of the shock are ven in the following dispatches from variis Western points, sent immediately after e upheaval: Chicago, 111.: Dispatches received from >ints in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio indite that tho Western attempt at an earthmke was but a weak imitation of the recent akeup in the East. No damage to propty is reported from any quarter, ana the locks were very slight and brief, lastg from twenty seconds to about a minute. 1 Michigan the shock was felt at Ann Ar)r. Schoolcraft, Adrian, Grand Rapids, illsdale, Hudson, Jackson, Lansing, Mariall, and other points. At Schoolcraft iroo distinct shocks were felt The time of is shocks is variously reported from 2:15 to l>. M. Three shocks were felt at Angola, id, at 2:53 P. M., and between 2:15 id 3:25 p. M. shocks were felt at Auburn, urora, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Ligonier, arion, Michigan City, Muncie, Madison, ldianapolis, Danville, Anderson, Wabash id other points in Indiana. In Ohio the locks were felt at Cleveland, Delphos, Mans:ld, Norwalk, Tiffin, ZanesvUle, Mount U111U11) *>U1U111UU3 U11U \^VS3UlA.lrJ14. XXO r as reported the time was from to 3 o'clock. No shocks are ported in Illinois or other States in this ction. The tremor was accompanied at all )iuts by a noise resembling thunder. Tall lildings were perceptibly shaken and plaster taken from the walls. A second shock was It at'many places. College students, school lildren, and prisoners were frantic with arm at many places and people rushed out ! their houses and stores. Cleveland, Ohio: At 2:50 o'clock this 'ternoon an earthquake shock was felt iroughout the city. Many large buildings rayed slightly to and fro, and hundreds of :ople rushed into the streets anxiously inliring the cause of the sudden vibration, bree attaches at the Signal Service ation felt the shock?three short id distinct vibrations of the earth's surce. The first one was timed at 2:47, local me, and the other two followed in quick suo ssion. They lasted from five to ten seconds, lie mass of telegraph wins in front of the r i. TT.~: u trsLuni uiuuu xcxc^iupu uiiiw; cuiu cuau jlu ont of the signal office were noticed to sway msiderably. The compositors in the Plainidler office experienced the shock, and many impositors lelt their cases, thinking the liluing was going to tumble. The shock was ilt in the interior of the State, and it 4ppirently extended over a large territory. Bin orth AmfajL-rst the shock was felt at afl|ut 40. In Bellefontaine it was also netBed lortly before 3 o'clock. From Cecil comesthe port: "A violent shock of earthquake rocked us town at 2:17. throwing' goods from to shelvings in tne railroad station. The issengers rushed out, thinking a train had ruck the building. It lasted ten seconds, l Archbold, at 2:13 p. M., standard me, a shock lasting about twenty seconds as felt. The buildings shook, but ) damage was done. In Fostoria the time ! the shock was put at 2:1<J. In Defiance at few minutes before 3 o'clock a very percepble earthquake shock was felt." Indianapolis, Ind.: The earthquake shock as distinctly felt in Indianapolis, but no image was done. Its manifestation was '-V> in cAmn nlonuo f lion in UV.U Lli\Jk is ucviutu iu 9vuiu uuua iu ;hers, and in a few instances occupants of jilduigs were terror-stricken by the in visile force. The Vanco block is one of the ghest buildings in the city, and in ie upper floors the vibrations ere so pronounced that the occupants ran ito the nails on the lower floors. The sensaon induced a feeling of lightheadedness. In vo of the public school buildings the chil-cn were almost panic-stricken and one of lem fainted. City Librarian Do Hooper as the only statistically inclined obirver. He reports seventeen distinct ibrations, lasting four or five iconds. All high buildings were shaken, nt the visit was unsuspected by the great lajority of people. Wheeling, West Va.: At 2 :.r?2 o'clock this 'tcrnoon a severe shock of earthquake was ilt in this city. The movement was most 3 pa rent to inmates of tall buildings, the [)per floors of which swayed sufficiently to a- lamp shades, swing pictures from 10 wall, and displace lignt articles on lelves. Many people supposed a boiler cplosion had taken place, and lere was considerable excitement and much iquiry as to the location of the accident;, util the real cause was explained. The otiou was from northeast to southwest, and sted from three to five-seconds. No serious image has been reported. Bellairj, Martin's erry, Bridgeport, Cadiz, St. Clairsville, teubecville, Barncsville, and other points in astern Ohio report about the same state of fairs. Cincinnati, Ohio: A few minutes before 3 clock this afternoon tha telegraph operator ; the Bee Line station, in Cincinnati, rejived dispatches from the operators all long that road from Cincinnati to Lafayette, ad., inquiring if the earthquake shock hat ;t;ii ieic in Cincinnati, and stating that it id been perceptible at the offices from hicb the inquiries were sent About o'clock, Cincinnati time, the operator ;rccived a slight tremor in the g. The same tiling was noticed in vim llees in tho city, but was not attri^-^H ie earthquake until telegraphic om the West had come in. It w^qotte ffcrent in some of Uie suburbs of Cinotaieti, i Clifton the agitation was so violent as to ng bells on tables and in some instances at >ors. In Cumminsville, the northwestn ward of Cincinnati, the tremor as felt so distinctly as to cause uito an alarm, not only in the ublic schools, whero the pupils were rith difficulty kept in their seats, bat also in rivato houses. The shock was so slight in the usiness part of the city as not to be noticed by majority of the citizens. The time of the irthquake, as reported by those who noticed ;, varies from 2:30 to a few minutes after , and the duration of the shock is variously jported frcm ten to twenty seconds. Adices from Indiana report tbat the shock wai sit at Seymour a few minutes before 3 o'clock, liil thftfc it", wna nlsn fplt. with err not. cavaiH?v i Lawrenceburg, IncL, about the same time. 11 the latter town the shock was so violent as jjiej^ecognized by every one as that of an firthquuke. It. caused great alarm in the' ?hool-house, which 'va? -soon yacated y the pupils. The clock was" th. own x>m the shelf. Many of the children in leir frantic endeavors to get out of tha uilding jumped out of the windows of the >wer story. No one was hurt, however, he tremor, where it was not sovere, rembled that caused by a heavily loaded agon passing along the street or a railad train rustling by. The indications are at the wave passed from southwest to >rtheast. Toledo, Ohio: Reports from various points this vicinity show that the shock of earthmko which occurred this afternoon was lite general throughout Norlhwestern Ohio id Southern Michigan. Tho duration of e shock was from ten to thirty seeds and tho course apparentfrom southwest to northeast, was most violent at Defiance, Ohio, where e swaying of buildings created much conciliation. Tho people hastily abandoned oir houses, and the Methodist conference, in wion at one of the churches, immediately joiirned and tho jieople rushed to the eets. London, Ontario: A quite perceptible ock of earthquake was felt in this city lout .'3:'Jo this afternoon. THE NATIONAL GAME. Radford, of Providence, is said to receive from his father for each and every run ha iikes. Twenty-two thousand people saw the licago League team heat the Louisville club Louisville. Tai.l pitchers are becoming tho fashion, it when the League meets and legislates ;ni!'.st the high arm throwing, a short man ill bo given a fair chance. The cost of running a good baseball club in o American Association during a season is lly $30,000. Lew Simmons,of the Athletics, its down tho expenses of his club 011 their st trip west at $3,000. llairj Wright, of o Philadelphia*, can travel forconsiderably ss. 15<?th managers, however, agree that >e cost is very heavy. Here is tho salary it of the Athletics: Stovey, $2,500; Matows, $2,200; Knight, ?2,000; O'Brien, $1,'0; Milligan, Sl.TW; Striker, SI,20); Corey, ,,500; Lillell, ?1,300; Birehall, $1,200; Tay r, *-v?uu; urncm, oi,uuj, am mouck, ?i,0. The grounds cost $2,000 a year. Ticket kers and other expenses, ft,00J. Mans,11, irchall, Atkinson, llilsey, Rowan ando.her ayers who were on the club's pay-rolls part the time, run the sum total of expenses up $o4,000. The Metropolitan and St. Louis ubs nre ex|>ensive nines, but they come it hill $35,000 also. At the end of the twenty-first week the recti of the League clubs in the championship .co was: lib*. Hon. Lost. | Clubs. ' Won. tost. evidence 77 22 I Chicago 52 4s >5ton 67 31 Cleveland 83 67 llTalo 56 41 1'hil.uleltihla 32 67 JwYork 56 42 j Detroit 22 77 Tho batting rank of tho League clubs is as llows in the order named: Chicago, Boston, tfl'ulo, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, eveland, Detroit. The lieldiug rank is: jston, Provider.ee, BufTalo, >>ew York, eveland, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia. Tho record of the twelve American Assoeiion clubs at the end of the twenty-first week us as follows: 'nhA. Hon. Lcat. | Clubi. Won. Lost. rtropo!ltan....<>l 23 | Ilaltlmore, 51 S9 ilimibus 02 33 . Brooklyn 36 lUieville 62 32 | Toledo 33 5(1 ncinnati 60 35 I Allegheny 26 69 .Louts 57 36 | Jntllanapolle....27 64 hlectic 64 401 Virginia 31 63 MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. W Italian opera in Constantinople is very successful this season. B Verdi's hitherto unfortunate opera. "La .H Form del Destino," has made a great nit in M. Victor Capoul, the well-known tenor, v * is to nrarry the daughter of a wealthy land- ' Madam Ristobi will play in Hew^Yorlcin December,supported by an English company, under Brooks & Dickson Miss Fannt Kellogg has beenslngingin. r? the West, and has boon engaged for six festt- :";~l vals in the coming season. * ' ^ Bartlbt Campbell has had his new Hexican play, "Paquita," acted once at an obecu re London theatre to secure the KngHah - t copyright ?^UBE.TftTEnr is engaged on a comic opera, 1 in onoTiV^tj bo entitled "The Parrot." the - subject of wlucW& <irawu from the. ancient literature of Persia. """ Bcetel, the new German tenor,Alb VP . jm discovered on his cab driver's sent in Hamburg, now receives $375 a night for his sing* _^Hj ing at Kroll's theatre, Berlin. |flE WiLBSUfJ, the eminent violin virtaoeo, who delighted American audiences several years ago-intends opening a school for violinists at Wiesbaden, next year. The New York Graphic is authority for the statement that Mr. Fred Gebharafc if studying for the stage, and will make his first appearance as Mrs. Langtry's support. " Ml Spain has lost one of its most popular i' ^j dramatic authors in Benor Garcia Gutierres, " K 9 who has just died at Madrid. He wrote the W- 3| play from which Verdi drew "II Trovatore.' f "i The Cincinnati Society for the Prevention I 'fl of Cruelty to Children is enforcing the law which forbids children under fourteen-years ? of age participating in any stage perform-1 afl wire. , JM Muz. Modjeska has written a friend' in'^^H New York that she will spend the winter in. H Poland. She has purchased a Polish play, . ,'fl and is having it translated into Englisn for 'fl American production.. It is said that Minnie Palmer has made mora^j^H money in Great Britain and taken away mo|^B^B| from that country than any American who ever went there. Her m&n&gerJ|JHB^H^^| Rogers, claims that she has made the other side. Mrs. Langtry will sail from Liv^mHMflB New York on January 5." During her neXE ?piH American engagement see wui pwy ten f: weeks in New York and fourteen InJPfafladel- \ H phia, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago-and other A jK cities. She will hare two new plays, Mrs. Olx Bull is profusely entertaining I her American friends at her husband's old fl home in Bergen,, Norway. The Hisses Long-' fellow, one of whom will marry Mrs. Bull's / JH brother, are with her, and her latest invited/ guest is Miss Emma Thursby, who is goinr from Paris expressly to visit ner. PROMINENT PEOPLE; |fl General Grant is still busily engaged on[t;,-;?^B hisbook. H General Butler's health is said to be' bm gradually failing. Lieutenant Greelt will be made assis- " Oj A A {+ id oal/l Ullib UilCl U1 bUO ux^uw viuvoj aw io ?uu* . ^ The salvation army, according to the com* ': mander, Major Moore, n umbers 20,000 soldiers and 200 officers. Richard Grant Whits deplores the fact that the letter "s" is disappearing from the American tongue. Miss Laura Fixe.v, the "Prohibition ^ Queen" of Minnesota, has given a new name to whisky. She calls it "calamity juice." General Logan is to pay $300 a month for the Yung Wing house in Washington. Ha has leased the property for only one year. Stanley, the explorer, says that the guiding motto of his life has been: " vThatsoever H thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might" H Hans Makatit, the distinguished painter^" I of Vienna, lias recovered his sanity and ha*" a been permitted by his physicians to resume fl work. .m Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood is the second liJ woman who has formmly run for the presi- ' H dency of tho United States, Mrs. Victoria 9 C. woodhull being hor predecessor. B Professor WilLiam H. Pancoast, of I Philadelphia, has refused several requests amputate tho big toes of foolish voiim; order to heighten the alleged beSGlydf their Aurelian Scroll, now so eminent In Paris as a journalist and dramatist, founded no less than ten journals during . t M his thirty years' career, and nos fought near- Mj ly t vice that number of duels His first en- -fjjfl gag iraent was on the Naiade, a little boule- |H I vai-d sheet printed on guttapercha and sold at BH the public bath-house. Mr. FolgER was the thirty-fourth seem- Jfl tary of the treasury, and the fifth chosen from the State of New York. Pennsylvania has ? ]H had seven secretaries of the treasury. Ohio ! four, Massachusetts three, Kentucky throe, Maine two, Maryland two, Georgia two, and ||H Connecticut, Tennessee, Delaware, Now VlH Hampshire, Indiana and Minnesota one. _ job James Gordon Bennett _be? numoer Ul uuusra anuik'iig uia uv-^u^atim than any other American. He has one in HI Fifth avenne and another in Fort Washing- HS| ton, New Yorlc city, and then his rooms at . BR the Herald establishment are a snug placo KJ (or a bachelor. His Newport villa is always ' EH in readiness, and he has also a fine establish- fejPI ment in Pan*. r ; NEWSY QLEAHINQS. [ ^ Florida is already filling up with Northern [ ^ visitors. There are 14,000,000 starring goats in Mad- 9 j nw, India.? ______ 'WM There er? 580 Icelanders in Manitoba; ?o. T. . , :M The ChlneM'war ban mot up Mfe prime oftea, coffee, prppvand ^rfirMl The railroads of Great'Britain cost~a?r8rf^'"*lM* age of $204,000 a mile, to $59,400 a mile here- " Vgtf! It has been estimated that 7,000,000 ser- H? mons are preached to Americans every year. New York eats 35,(J00 bushels of oysters every day, but sue has io,uju men and $20,000,000 In the business. ^ ^ The Shah of Persia, in return for the cour- ,81 tesies shown to him while in Paris, has pre-^JBH sented the municipality with two camelsHg^prH variety no larger than Shetland ponies. M A Mrs. Richard Freeman, residinj^^e-v^b^ Conway county, Arkansas, recently ga^ birth to two boys and two girls, all ?8?whon^*w|j are hale and perfect and will probably live, fj- G9 Cryolite, a mineral which is of greart value in tho potash manufacture, has Dee*? ^ discovered in the Yellowstone Pari Here* tofore it has been obtainad only in Greenland.. The use of natural gas in Pittsburg manu- (Bj factories is steadily increasing, and now the V right has been sold to a mail who will try to introduce it into houses for heating purposes. % A The death is announced at Buenos Ayres o Nicholas Anchorene, who has left #12,000,000, Wo nnmoH ?n onnrmfttiQ nfuttnra] nmnArtnr which carried 152,000 cows and 400, A} sheep Theius was almost a riot in 1855 4$n Com.' tie Garden, New York city, was firet proposed "l: >?? as the landing Dlace for emigrants, and V. since then 4,888,180 emigrants have landed 'ivSai there. V jlfl Capitalists representing several Southern f ' Si States, after protracted conferences in St I Tvj Louis, have formed a syndicate with a working capital of $(3,000,OOJ, for the development of trade in the products of cottonseed. MR, FOLGER'S SUCCESSOR, ^|| ro>iinni,ier-(;rn?ral <ir? Mlia.ni, Sccretary of the Treasury. Postmaster-General Graham received a telegram at 11 p. M.. from the President, who haf hail been stopping the past fortnight at Sec- sj3B rotary Frelinghuysen'a home near Somer ville. N. J., informing him of his appoint ment ns secretary of the treasury. Judge Gresham immediately qualified, and sent to the Pi evident his resignation as postmastergeneral. At 10 o'clock the next morning Mr. G Jiam went to the treasury department with Secretary Chandler. His appointment froin the President was given to hiui by Mr. O. L. Pruden, assistant private secretary to the President, and his commission by Third Assist- $ ant Secretary of State A. A. Adee. The two assistant secretaries of the treasnrv, Messrs. French and Coon, were present, and tendered i.:... <. m-nhil?tuin<! The new secre tary loft in the afternoon to consult with the l Pre-ident. Under the law, First Assistant Post- fvjFJ| master-General Hatton became acting post- IffiSg master-general for ten days. The Trainer and the Tl?er. A somewhat sensational incident marked one of the performances, recently, at the Cape menagerie at St. Etlennc, near Paris. Agop, the wellknown trainer, had scarcely entered the ^ cage of one of the tigers when the feroiMniiQ hrnto snranc tinon him and beiran .^1 worrying him with tooth and claw. The audience scrcamcd with horror, and a general rush for tho door of the tent begau. Agop, however, kept C?Qlr andin ^ spite of some fearful laceratiiiUaJ^over tlic body and great loss of bloodTouglit ' with such determination that ho finally J overcame the tiger, which crouched at I his feet. Not content with this victory, Agop was loolhardy enough to force "it through its usual exercise, to the won- ^ . dcrmcnt and admiration of the crowd, r ^ wto had stopped momentarily in their [ flight. The tamer then left the cage, and all torn and bleeding Jus he was proccedcd to that continuing a lioness? which had formerly made a meal of Fernet, one of his predecessors in the perilous situation. He entered the cage totally unarmed, and succeeded in putting the lioness through. her habitual jumps, after which he left the cage. Agop then had his wounds dressed. l. ;