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BY HUGH WILSON, ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBEK 22. 1884. NO. 17. VOLUME XXIX.
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" HARVEST SONG.
4
ow the summer days are over,
And the bees have left the elover,
And the wheat is in its bin.
Thankfulness may well begin;
For th > summer, fair and pleasant,
For the good gifts of the j>resent
Time?and happiness therein.
it.
Where the lake so deep and still is,
See, the lustrous water-lilies
Still give forth their ereamv glow,
There the rowers briskly row,
[While others stroll along the shore,
For the summer t< il is o'er,
And this day no work they know.
m.
To the orehard two are tending,
where the apple-boughs are bending
E With the yellow fruit and red;
In great piles are heaped and spread
I Apples mountainous and fair?
All their fragrance fills the air?
But the applet blooms have fled.
GbBs
MHT Ah! I see th'? pretty maid,
WlB! In the apple-tree's deep shade,
WK Pick the gentian fair and blue;
Bf But her lover near it, knew
V He should have the pretty flower;
3f And, at length, a fairer dower?
BBj^^ He shall have the maiden, too.
?Joel Benton.
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HI CRUSADER.
H|Ha snowy March day. Outside, tlic
pouring out their white, biting
K9H?> tormentors into the raging wind, j
BMcli hurls them maliciously against the !
of a little group of women, who
WKL walk quickly along through the furious
storm. Inside, warmth and comfort in !
MM he houses of the rich; the sparkle of
B^B^uddy coal fires in the grate; soft-cushDHl
,ned chairs, brilliant with glowing silk
HH and woolen tidies; footstools of dainty
handiwork; indolent women in warm!
cozy corners deep in ihe latest novel, and j
Hh indolent men. cards in hand, with1
a bottle between them, which grows |
^HM**':<?hter and emptier as the moments'
H Tld'4
jMB All this indoors; and still, out in the i
H riill cutting winds, the snow, ankle:
'mfeV *n s'ush city's thorough-'
Hj^^Tares, the little band of women, brave j
R^^Lxnd noble, pass ou their way, intent J
DHbd a holy crusade against vice and evil. ;
[Hj^^Hloside, the card-playing goes on. The
BBB^Hottlc is empty at last,and by the flushed,
K^H^Beated face opposite him, Roy Dcnzil
HH^Hnows that it is not alone the loss by
^BH^nmbliug that is drawing the purple
[H^^^reins into strong relief upon hiscompan-j
ion's forehead; that it is not the misera-:
ble run of luck that clinches the fists un- |
til the cords throb under the feverish!
H skin; knows this, yet smiles under his j
|^k Bilkv, blonde mustache as he pronounces
tthe bottle empty.
"No emptier than that!" says the
young man opposi c, holding aloft a
netted purse, the work of fair, loving
fingers, finished but a month ago. As he
says it, he looks at the shining, silken
Ksh, and his fevered thoughts rove
ck to a third-story lodgings in the
Rart of a distant city, whero live his
pister and mother, who are even now
dreaming dreams of a bright future this
painfully earned money?the savings of
three hard years of labor?shall bring to
them: this same money that is emptied
upon the little card-table in the clubhouse,
and which is quietly swept into
Roy Den/il's pocket after he has lit a
costly Havana.
"God help me!" moans the lad, who
has lost his first money upon cards.
"So bad as that?" asks Roy, indolently.
"'Bad as that.' Can anything be
worse?" comes in hoarse echo from the
Iyoutn 01 iwenry years.
" Surely," says Roy; looking at him
with a tinge of surprise in his fine gray
eyes; "surely you will not miss these '
few hundreds; you, with your Eastern es-;
totes? You told me, did you not, that!
lou were worth ten thousand a year?"
k "I told you a lie!" and he dashes his ,
t upon the little green leather-covered
Bble in savage emphasis. "I told you a
Hamehii lie! The money was my
B)ther's and sister's, and I, miserable
Hoi, was intrused with their hard-gotHi
earnings to find them a little place ]
in the "West. "Oh, heaven, help
, help me, help me!"
I^My lad," and Roy's voice lowered
itself insensibly, "listen to me. There
is your money! I return it to you on two
conditions, and they are?promise me
uwu tnat yon win never taste spirits again, \
RHM and that you will never stake a penny on
anything."
"God bless you, I promise! I swear!'' J
HM holding out a nervous, throbbing hand
RfiD to Roy? But Hoy pretends not to sec it,
9|^B|and busies himself with refilling the
ir purse. "Mr. Denzil, if I may be so bold,
tell me why you?you?gamble and drink
as you have done to-night !"
QB "For pastime, dear fellow; simply
^^^Kvthat."
"And you can find amusement in it?
Hftu whose soul is far above "
'Bah! what twaddle have you been
Jgrning ?"
|^K51,You ^aVC m-' Prom'sc to stop all this;
H^BLtYy I not,1' looking eagerly into Dcnzil's
I^^^Hmeditative eves, "may I not ask vou to
^^^Hquit, too
"How am I so indebted to you that
HB^K|OU presume to ask me that V he asks.
^^^^Honchaluntly knocking the ash from
cigar. "You're too enthusiastic,
^^H^ny dear boy !" Then, with a little
Hn|ugh. "Even the ladies can't move me,
flSHKlc^ them!''
HH "Then how can it interest you whether
I drink ?"
MB|^^^rYou? Well, you are young; you can
HD^Vturn aside as you will. I was once as
HHHyou are. and 1 would keep you away
^^^Hfrom the path in which 1 lost my reckon^^^Hing
and stumbled so far into its depth
|E|^Hthat | cannot now turn about. They say
^^^Htiiere is a better path than this. I can-j
HMHot tell, I have not tried, but I would i
Hfl^^EMj^Afcet that way before they know
highroad?that is all."
P^^^^^Rierc is :in unusual stir among the
E^^HI^W-hred club members. A cold air
and sca.ttcra-'fhc fumes of
H^^^H^^Hi'ough this Indian summer-liko;
comes eight chosen ones?the
angels of the present ccntury.
H?^HH^knc of the men shrink perceptibly, i
bruve it out under the eight pairs
loving eyes, while one man,
^H^^B^H)enzil, lifts his h-.it with iuburn
HHffitl ness and listens with a listless j
the services going on about him.
the bov at his side kneels j
HHHH and, leaning above a chair j
^^^^^usnPm, he presses the little purse i
to his' lips and weeps great tears of re|WB
morse. And when he lifts his head
again the women have gone away, and j
H Uen/.il stands,his eyes fixed upon vacancy,
his cigar out, and a little of something '
BB long buried warming his heart with a 1
different warmth from that of wine. The
HgH youth catches at Hoy's hand which hangs j
BBM nervelessly near mm?a ocjcweien nauu
shapely r.s a woman's?
HMTTnd kisses it raptuously.
^^B -"Little fool!" says Hoy, snatching it
|BH from him angrily.
"Fools speak the truth sometimes.Mr.
9^B Deuzil; listen to me. The devil and
the angel are battling within you. Oh,
let the angel have the mastery!"
H^B "That depends," is all the auswer he
gets.
The clock above the mantle rings out j
B^a four hasty peals. Outside the snow
H comes dashing against the pane and
pile up awhiteriftin every corner. It
be dark soon, and the chandelier
B^^BwuTNjc ablaze with lights. Mean- ;
BB "How is it my friend?" comes timffiB
jdly up into Hoy's cars.
NHH^V hti,? /!? !I li!u wr\n "hr> nnswered.
IVith n sneer. "Wrong is so much strong- j
er than light, now-a-days. Good night, ;
my hoy," and he leaves him to dash j
out int(i the darkening streets.
Aloni a grand avenue walks Roy Den- j
ze'i, feW of bitter thoughts and pitiful
fancies. Ah, what might have been!
Along the avenue, out ou the counlry
road he walks, through the deep snow, |
keeping in the little path unwittingly;!
walking on and on, thousrh a pair of fine
horses are champing and stamping irapa- j
tientlv in their stables at'homc for a dash j
over these sumo country roads with their
mastcv's hand upon the ribbons. On and
on: and at last, after crossing a crazy old
bridge thrown over a narrow rocky chasm
of sixty feet or more, he gains a crc
road. He does not comprehend that lie
has turned to the right and found a bridlepath
near the fence; but he does so, and
at last, after another quarter of an hour,
he stands before the door of a brilliantly
lit mansion.
"Great Heaven! What have I come
here for? Has the devil won, after all?" j
Tap. tap, tap.
"Good evenin". Massa Roy! Gracious, '
but I'se glad to sec yah! Come in, come i
in. Misses am in do pahlah, and Missy
Marjorie am in dc libraree," says the old
fcbony familiar?Hoy's nurse when he
needed one; but now promoted to be his
mother's hall-servant.
"Thank you, I'ncleXed; I'll gotothc
library. Miss Marjorie is there, you
o<* \ X
'Is-, massa. Done conic wisiting a 1
fortni't agone,'' says the garrulous old I
negro.
lioy passes through the long, richly- j
carpeted hull, where he used to run riot
in the days of early boyhood, but which
of late years knows him no more; and,
reaching at last a certain door, he pushes
it softly open and enters the quiet, un- |
lighted room. The flame of the firelight !
flickers about as tlie door opens and
closes, disclosing the face of a girl, j
whose eyes gaze almost mournfully into
the fiery chasms between the bars of the i
grate.
"Marjorie!" and a tenderness thrills
in the voice that calls her name.
She rises, with a quick cry, and stands |
before him.
"Good cvcning, Mr. Pcnzil,''she says,
after a moment's pause, cool and calm as
the marble bust behind her and showing
as nuie icciing.
"Excuse me," lie says, turning to
leave her presence; "it is not the Marjorie
I expected. Good-evening."
"Stay, Royal! AV 1:? do you live so
wicked a life?" the troubled voice seeming
full of pain.
"Wicked? Who to]r] you that?"
"Every one knows it, Koy?every one
but your mother."
"And she docs not?"
"She docs not know it. They came
to tell her. but I sent them awaw"
" Why did you interfere?" he asks,
not resentfully, but as if he enjoyed it ;
rather.
"l will t-r-11 von whv. Iioval. Your I
mother believes in you as she does in !
heaven?believes you to be good and I
true nnd jiure. God help her! If she
lost faitli in you?the only one left her J
in her old age?if she heard of your fol- j
lies, your gumbling, your hard drinking, j
she \tould die of shame!"
"I?I will go to her,'" and he passed j
from the presence of the voung, blazins- i
eyed maiden to seek the parlors.
Ilis mother greets him with a cry of
delight:
"Oh, Royal, my darling son!"
"You are well, mother?"
"As well as I can be without the sunshine
of your presence," letting her eyes j
rove from the handsome chcstnut-colored
waves of siiken hair to the round smooth !
chin, whose dimples in his babyhood |
were her pride. They talked joyously <
for full au hour, until Hoy's clothes are ,
dried without her knowledge, and he is j
ready to turn his face cityward.
"Not goinir back to-night, Roy ?"
"I am, indeed, lady mother," puliing j
his tawny mustache uneasily.
"Well, then, if you must leave me, j
rinc the bell for me before you tro.
Bring up a bottle of that oldest vintage,
Uncle Ned," says the lady, as a black
face and ^ray woolly head answers the
summons. And, when the wine is
brought, a little figure glides in behind
the stately old servant.
"Come, Marjorie, darliug; driuk with
mc to Royal's health."
"Is he sick?" she asks, gazing up at
him in half-mock, half-serious gravity.
The mother laughs, a merry, innocent, >
laugh, as she pours the wine into a large j
glass until it is brimming full. For herself
and Marjorie she sets out two dainty !
little glasses holding half-a-dozen tliim-1
blesful apiece.
Royal tosses the burning liquid down
his throat at one swallow, and rctiils his I
glass. Is'o doubt had the great brown j
eyes remained in the twilight of the
library, and not come to search his very j
soul as they are doing now, the wine
i, u i}?* if ;s I
\>UUIU UUVU ULX'JI uuiaoitu, .wuv, t*o *V *.? I
standing under the sunset glow of '
those limpid brown orbs, he feels an ;
unconquewble desire to quarrel with her. I
And so he drinks until the bottle is all j
but empty, and his mother still sips at
her brimming glass.
The eyes and wine together prove too
much for his brain, and he feels the I
potent spirit of the long-imprisoned wine j
taking fast and furious possession of j
him. She sees it, too, this little Ma- |
jorie, who loves him with her whole I
heart and soul, and who sorrows, as the |
angels might sorrow, for a creature gone j
astray.
"Come to me, Iioyal, after you have !
said good-night."
In a moment he is beside her as she j
enters the library.
*? i 1 T TTA11 f A !
IWJUi XSVUM., 1. 1U.J/.V..VJWU uv' |
go away from here to-night! I feel a ,
horrible presentiment?what it is I can- |
not tell! Oh, Roy, stay! You are not j
fit to ride to town to-night! Stay with
us Roy, dear Roy!"
But the wine is his master, and he !
knows not what he does save that there }
is a fierce exultation in feeling that he is |
opposing her wishes. Finding that he
does not heed her, she leaves him and j
runs out through the yard, which is j
black as ink, to the stable, where the j
groom's lantern, swaying about like a
yellow, unsteady star in the still fulling j
snow, makes the surroundings more ,
gloomy.
" What beast are you getting out for
Mr. Denzil?"
"Prince, Miss Marjorie," looking'
round-eyed at her bare head and dainty !
figure abroad in the storm.
" Prince is well enough when Mr. j
Denzil is sober; but to-night saddle my
own horse. Reiran, and brintr her around.
Mr. Denzil is too drunk to see a differ- |
cnce;" which unvarnished truth she j
leaves to astonish the groom as it may,
as she whisks back with icy-powdered
curls and limp little silk wrapper into 1
the front hali. i
And Hoy is ready to go. A dreamy !
smile, with which the wine-spirit lit 1
up his handsome features, has changed i
to a glance that is horrible to the little
maiden who stands at the door to sec
him off!
"Good-night, little Prim; won't you
kiss me once before I go?"
Her lips touched obediently the fev
ercd brow bent low'for her caress; for a
presentment of coining danger is strong. I
lie gets into his saddle and is away. I
Down the long, rutty lane to the cross- !
road. A sharp jerk on the left bridal- j
rein brings Regan into the highroad,
and away through the darkness she gallops?straight
for the crazy old bridge ;
that lies half a mile beyond.
Two feet beyond him 'Joy cannot see; ;
and, giving the beast rein, he lets her j
carry him on and on through the im- j
penetrable drizzle of snow; over ruts and
ridges, now down through a gully, now
up over a snowy bank. On, and on, and
on; and at last, with a loud snort, Regan
stands still, stiff-kneed, immovable, in
the dreary, penetrating snow-fall.
"Curse the beast!" ejaculated Roy,
cutting her sharply with his riding
whip. 4'Go on Prince! Get up! You
won't, eh?" he shrieks, in drunken fury,
cutting the delicate Hanks until they
quiver with pain.
Shnrnor and sliarner descend the blows
from the hand of the now infuriated I
man, and still firm as a rock stands the
tortured animal. Only a low whine,
almost human, comes from her as the
cruel lash cuts her once glossy brown,
but now red and lacerated sides.
Hoy works himself iuto a beastly?
nay, it were better to say human?
passion, and wreaks all his ill-feelings
upon the patient, dumb brute beneath
1,
mm.
At last a little glimmer of apprehension
breaks upon his dazed brain; he
dismounts as beat he may, and creeps
alonir the ground, feeling cautiously before
him.
And three feet further on h'"s hand
finds no ground beneath its grouping
touch?nothing save empty air.
When it comes to Hoy's confused
senses that the bridge has fallen and
that he has been urging his horse to
take him to his destruction, the emotions
aroused within him outweigh every influence
of tho wine, and, in gratitude,
his arms go around the neck of his faithful
dumb friend, whose face lie kisses in
thankfulness; and when he remembers
the cruel stripes his hand has cut, jjreat
tears of bitterest remorse fall hotly down
his pale checks.
And the tears, once getting headway
where they have been kept in so long a
bondage, come storming from his eyes.
Every better emotion is brought into
play from his nearness to death, and his
life has so different meaning from the
life of a moment agd!
And here on the lonely brink of a
chasm, with the snowflakes falling
about him, and the bitter wind cutting
him like a knife?for the great coat has
been doffed to cover the wounds of the
suffering horse?here, in the blackness of
the night, his soul's angels of good aud
bad lii^ht a terrible battle between themselves?and
the good angel wins!
Back through the long, dreary road,
side by side, slowly and painfully, the
horse and man find their way,and stop at
length in Dcnzil's stables.
''The bridge was down, John. Bring j
a lantern; Prince is in need of? Regau!"
I
"Yes, sir! She would have it so?
Miss Marjorie would! Said as how her I
beast was safer and?law! he's gone!"
He is gone; like the wind, lie llics to J
the library?she is there still.
"Marjorie, God bless you, darling, i
come with me?quick!" The gray eyes j
looking down into hers arc perfectly j
sober; so she lays a wee rose petal of j
a hand in his hand ana lets mm icaci l
her away. "The bridge was down,
Marjorie; look at your pet's flanks, and I
see how hard a penalty she bore for dar- |
ing to save my neck! Poor Regan ?
your mistress will hate me now!"
"I hate you, Royal? Think you I
would not undergo sufferings even such
as this to save you. Oh, Royal, put the
love of a mere animal above my own?"
"Do you mean it, little Prim? Thank
God! Rut, my sweet *'
John, the groom, having heard this
much of their conversation, thinks it a I
proper moment to go for the bottle of j
liniment. When he returns, Marjories
arms are about the ncck of her beautiful
chestnut mare, and she says, softly:
"What angel inspired you, darling
Regan, to be so faithful and brave? Ab,
Roy, how often these dumb creatures
put us to shame! But you arc Regan no :
lnncrpr T name vou 'Crusader.'*' Then,
turning to Roy: "How came your I
decision to be so suddenly made?"
"Suddenly? It seems years. Your I
Crusader took me to the heights and I? |
climbed them."
"What is the matter?" calls a breathless
mother's voice.
"I am come home for good, motherthat
is all!'1
And hand in hand, like old-fashioned
lovers, they go in from our sight.
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Tlic Morphine Habit.
The sickly, nervous system of a wornout,
excitablc creature is all awry.
Thousands of overworked, irritable nerve
centers all over the body arc constantly
firing their battery into the brain, already
ready to break down from mental strain.
This bombardment is too much for the
poor mortal. He cries out for relief,
lie gets a solution of morphia. He takes
one-eighth or one-sixth of a grain at
mgnt aua lies aown 10 sirc-i>. vr, giuu- j
oils respite! O, surcease from torture! j
But, stop! You have begun a habit that I
is the chains of death! No matter. I;
was sick, now lam well; I was tired, j
now I am rested; I have found release.
Morphia taken thus in small doses
quiets the millions of crazy nerve-centers, j
destroys the sense of fatigue, slightly
stimulates mental activity; and thus a
hypodermic injection of oue-sixth or onefifth
grain transforms a being who
was a minute or two ago tired and worn
out, dejected in mind and melancholy,
why he Jlqows not?a creature
toiling over his books or machine
starting at every sound, looking
into a future of only ciouds and dark-'
ness, suffering from rheumatism, backache
and general wretchedness, into a i
ii,f >,r> !
man wiiii uij^ui, Mjwuvuv j
nervousness, no dejection, no inelan- j
clioly. "What a change! The question !
very naturally comes: "Since all this!
can be done and I rendered so completely
happy who was an instant ago so !
wretched, why should I fear the cause?
Such a medicine is certainly my friend,
not my foe."
But the amount is gradually increased;
months wear on and he finds his mind is
less active, his sensibility less acute, and :
he sees in many ways that that which j
was apparently his friend is really a most
treacherous and insidious enemy. But
wben he attempts to stop its use! Oh, |
what twice tenfold misery! The most j
extreme misery and hypenesthesia, or j
over-sensation, which any one sutlers who >
suddenly stops the use of morphia, to !
? I.? l...? I ???1 olmncf I
\> 11HJ11 UU lias ULUU II.UII, in (tiuiugb
agonizing, and no words can express the
torment. It absolutely compels the return
to its use. I am convinced that this i
is the condition of many who daily i
peruse your paper. If "M " were branded
on the foreheads of all in Chicago j
who more or less use the drug to stimulate
the brain and qui;t over-sensitivo ,
nerves the sight would be surprising.?
Chicago Tribune.
Guiteau's Curse.
"Guiteau's curse is very active no wa
days." remarked a morbid citizen to a
Critic reporter. ' The murder of Officer
rowler, one of the tin-ce mounted men 1
who guarded the assassin's van, is a j
striking addition to the longlistof tragic
deaths and misfortunes that have over- j
taken jurors, doctors, detectives, bailiffs, j
jailers, policemen, attorneys, and almost j
every kind of individual connected di- !
rectly or indirectly with the assassin's j
imprisonment, conviction, and execu- i
tion.
"The list of misfortunes as published j
from time to time began almost as soon i
as the assassin had uttered his tragic |
curse, and has included deaths, sickness, j
insanity, loss of position, prosecution .
and persecution, scandal, etc.
"Among the latest entries in the list 1
are the murder of Officer Fowler, tho
tragic death of Dr. Woodward, and the i
L'nitcd States hotel disaster, for which j
Judge Cox, who sentenced (iuitcau, has j
been found partially responsible by a
coroner's jury.
' I can remember the evening the vcr- :
diet was rendered, when the approach- 1
ing night and the blinding snow had j
darkened the court room, and the lamps !
and candles placed on the bench and
counsel tables threw fitful shadows ,
across tlie room. The verdict was ren- |
dered amid the ino>.t intense silence. A
spontaneous murmer of something like
applause greeted it. and then the assassin.
glaring like a wild liea^t swaying to
and fro in an agony of fear and anger,
invoked the awful curse upon all who
raised a finger against him, or by any
word or deed aided in his confinement j
ana convicnou.
"It was a very impressive minute, j
The assassin's actions then were much
more horrible and thrilling than in
the moment of his death upon the scaf- I
fold." _____
The Foot of the North Pole.
"I undeistand that you are anxious to
visit the North again,"said an inter-'
viewer to Si-rgeant IJrainard.
"Yes, sir,"' was the reply. "I'd go
again to-morrow if my health would per- j
mif rtf it ne T infonrl fn tn AT#*1
ville with u vkw uf accompanying his
expedition. Although I had 110 particu- !
lar object in doing so I went one-half a ]
mile further north than any party in our
expedition, and can boast of the distinc- (
tion of having been nearer the North 1
Pole than any person who ever attempt- j
ed it."
' What did you find there?''
"I found traces of vegetation, of foxes,
hare and other animals, and thirty miles j
south of that point we saw musk oxen
and traces of them. I can also say that
I claim the distinction of having rav
name carved in a rock at that point, and
just for the fun of the thing I carved an
advertisement I have noticed all over |
the United States on one of the rocks." I
There are nine establishments in the
United States producing 8,GiiO watches j
a day, one establishment alone turning )
out a watch a minute for ten houis each |
day. j
' FARM, GAKDFN AND IIOtstliOLW.
Propnrinir Potatoes for Send.
There exists a great diversity of opinion
as to the best method of preparing
potatoes for seed. Some farmers maintain
that the seed should be planted
whole: others believe in the "one-eye"
system, while others again cut the tubers
into pieces containing two or more eves.
The difference of yield between large
and small potatoes (whole seed) is a
matter of some importance. Results
gained for 1882 and 1883 on the cxperi|
mental grounds of the Ohio Agricultural
station and reported by the director,
Professor Lazenby, so far ns yield was
concerned, appeared to favor large seed.
In 1S82 Burbanks, large, whole seed,
I gave 301.5 bushels per acre, and the same
variety, small seed, 194 bushels per acre,
ft difference of 107;5 bushels per acre in
; favor of large seed. Comparing this with
the work of 188:}, large seed gave a yield
of 2fi3.7 bushels per acre, and small seed
208.1, a difference of 55.0 bushels per
i acre. But the amount of seed required
| to plant an acre must be taken into consideration
before pronouncing in favor of
either method. Of large potatoes about
thirty bushels are required to plant an
acre, varying with size; and of small
potatoes about ten bushels. The expense
of planting an acre is an important iten*
if seed is costly. The percentage of
unmarketable potatoes should also be
taken into consideration. The above
comparison also applied to "Snowflakes."
The station also presents the results of
its tests, during two years, with whole
potatoes and the same cut to one eye.
lk'fore giving the figures Professor Lazenby
makes a few comments that may
ftid in forming proper conclusions. The
small cuttings were planted just as far
apart in the row as the whole potatoes.
For exact comparison this affords a good
basis, but it docs not indicate what can
be practically accomplished by the different
methods of using seed. To illustrate;
Twelve inches apart in the row is
as close as, and possibly closer than,
whole seed should be planted. If whole
r, d- 1 :
jiuiaiuua uau uu pjtuucu twuivu jiiuucs
apart seed cut to one eye can ccrlainly
be planted more closely, and thus more
fully i cc.ipy the entire ground. This is
an important consideration in favor of
small cutting. By takingadvantage of
these facts and by thoroughly preparing
the soil wonderful results have been produced
from the method of cutting the
seed. The enormous saving of seed is
also a very important matter, though
this is in part balanced by the expense of
cutting. The variety used by the station
was Burbanks, and the 'potato was carefully
cut to one eye?the seed end not
being used.
The yield from large whole potatoes,
for 1882 and 1883, was, as before given,
301.5 bushels and 2(i3.7 bushels per
acre, respectively; and of seed cut to one
eye, for the same years, 1G4. bushels and
13o.l bushels, respectively. The per
centge ot small potatoes tor lSbU was
aboit three per cent, greater with large
whole potatoes than with the small cuttings.
Attention is also called to the
fact that the former ripened nine days
earlier than the later.?New York World.
Farm and Garden !Votc?<
Musty food is not safe, as many diseases
may be t taced to the use of such.
Horses should not be allowed to drink
cold water when heated. It jnoduces
colic.
If farm implements cannot be painted,
brush them over occasionally with crude
petroleum.
We must not let cucumbers ripen if
we would not ruin the crop from the
vines which feed them.
Land that is not thoroughly drained
will not pasture sheep without inducing
the appearance of foot-rot.
There is room for a live young man in
every neighborhood who knows how to
J 1 ...M. *1.- ! ^ x- - r it. *
uuui wiiu iuu jusuci pusis 01 me iarm.
A teaspoouful of saltpeter dissolved
in a gallon of water has been recommended
for killing ro.sebugs on grapevines.
An occasional sprinkling of water on
the celery plants will hcip them during
this mouth, as they require quite an
amount of moisture.
The Arab compels his horse to feed
from the ground in order to maintain
the curve of the backbone. This is the
natural way of feeding, and is an argument
for low mangers.
Unless a crop of corn is a good one it
will not pay, but it is a crop which is
more completely under the control of
the farmer, as far as cultivation is concerned,
than any other.
Geor<rt' W. Walz writes to the Fruit
Jiecor.ler that l.c has boiled leaves and
stems of tomato plants until the juice is
all extracted, and finds the liquor deadly
to caterpillars, lice and many other enemies
of vegetation.
A daub of tar on the noses of sheep is
an effective preventive against the attacks
of annoying grubs. The sheep
grub is not always fatal, but very disagreeable,
and doubtless has a bad effect
on the general health of the animal.
One of the advantages of sowiug salt
on wheat is that it partially prevents
freezing of the soil, thereby obviating
the dislodging of the plants by uphcavaf,
as a lower temperature is required to
freeze ground that has been salted than
that not salted.
Salt is being used freely by nurserymen
in their pear nurseries, for the purpose
of counteracting blight. Iron tilings
and copperas in solution have been
used for the same uurnose. If these
remedies do no prevent the disease,
they at least correet a disposition to
blight.
It is said that the development of
flavor can be hastened by subjecting the
cheese to a strong current of air. The
flavor is developed by the process of oxidation.
If the cheese is kept-in too
close air during the process of curing
it will be likely to be dcflcicut iii
flavor.
Mr. Allen, of Illinois, tests a cow that
he thinks of buying by milking her
quickly and clean, and at once straining
an ordinary tumbler full of the
milk. He says any cow that will not
produce three-fourths of an inch of
cream on that much milk should at once
be rejected.
Mnnv of the most desirable qualities
of animals have been made inherent by
in-breeding, yet, unless practiced by a
very experienced breeder, in-breeding
should be avoided. It is not necessary,
however, to cross different breeds in order
to mingle blood dissimilar,but resort
may be had to several families of the
same breed.
A writer, sneaking of the economic
methods of sheep feeding, estimates the
allowance of corn for one sheep at threequarters
of one pound caeh day, stating
that on this quantity of grain and sufficient
grazing or hay sheep will gain in
condition and fatten. This is New York
State, where dry feed is used for several
months in the year.
The best potatoes this year in many
sections are from sets planted three or
five inches deep below the level surface.
In a dry season this is much better than
planting in shallow marks and then hillinir
ill) with a mound of earth. With
deep planting draught is avoided, and
there is no need lor hilling up around
the plants to keep the tubers from becoming
greened by the sun.
The practice of buying cattle in the
fall and fatening them 011 the farms as a
means of enlarging the manure supply is
every year 011 the incicH.se in the eastern
part of the country. It is found that in
the average season the animals can be
fatted to a good protit and much feed
which otherwise would have been
marketed is kept on the farm in shape of
manure, just as it ought to be.
So far as possible manure should be
applied at least a year before the land is
?n!au>a/1 Qa/1 wot 1 <An.
dressed now or any time this fall will
have its fertility thoroughly distributed
through the soil by winter rains, and
will be in excellent condition to plow for
corn or potatoes next spring. The
manure applied now will do twice as
much good as that put on just before the
land is to be plowed.
Smut in corn is becoming more trouble|
some every year, partly from lack of care
in destroying smutty corn before taking
| to the crib. It is most prevalent on land
where com is grown year after year,
showing that some of the germs remain
in the soil through the winter. As it
appears first on the tassel, or male flower,
it is well to go through the field and [
destroy all that appears diseased. The !
smut falls from the tassel to the silk and j
is thus propagated in the car.
After having secured first-class milk
the operation of making gilt-edged but' I
ter depends entirely upon the appliances ,
we have and the skill with which we use I
them. The most perfect tools and rooms '
carelessly used produced only an inferior I
article. On the, other hand, the most j
faultless skill, with faulty conveniences i
cannot make really superior butter. The J
essential requisites arc pure air, pure i
.."rl l.? !
can control the temperature.
In localities where fruit hag failed n |
number of years it is well to try heavy
manuring. A wagon-load of manure is
not too much to apply to a single tree,
spreading It as wide on cach side as the
top of the tree would reach if blown
down. The fall is the best time to manure
trees, as the rains and snows of winter
dissolve the manure and carry it to
the roots. The manure also serves as
protection to the roots in severe winters,
especially on high, dry land where the
soil freezes very deeply.
Not so much is said now as formerly
about the advantage of analyzing soil to
learn what fertilizers arc needed. It is a
very uncertain and unpractical method
of finding soil dcticicncics. If crops arc
poor in favorable seasons it is evident
that some element of plant food is deficient.
The lack is more likely to be
phosphoric acid than anything else. Try
that. Then if it does not producc the
desired result, add nitrogen and potash.
These will invariably bring a crop if applied
in large enough quantity, however
barren the soil.
IIouMchohl Kccipcs nml
Graham flour is sometimes used with
good cfTcct to thicken the juice of stewed
tomatoes instead of using bread or cracker
crumbs.
A cook of some note sayB that if
peaches are peeled and arc put into
cold water for half an hour thev will
retain their color.
Cold boiled turnips make a nice garnish
for roast beef or lamb. Cut them
in thin slices, and brown in butter,
pouring hot gravy over them. Place
them on the philter around the meat.
A hot salad, which is n well-known
Pennsylvania dish, is made by slicing
green tomatoes and small onions, and a
few potatoes and frying them together;
salt them weli and send them to the
table smoking.
Custard made in tRis way is delicious
for the tilling of a layer cake: Heat a
coffee cup of sweet milk in a bright tin
basin, bent one egg very light and beat
with it until smooth one heaping tea*
poonful of flour, add sugar to suit the
taste; when the milk is hot stir the i
flour, eggs, etc., into it; it will thicken
in a very few minutes. Take it from the
fire and "flavor with lemon; if you choose, 1
blanch some almonds, cut them in three
or four pieces and stir into the custard.
The happy owner of a pear tree may,
after canning and pickling, dry the ,
pears; inferior ones will answer for this,
and a most excellent way to use dried
pears in winter is to soak them in lukewarm
water until thev are soft, then !
simmer gently, and while yet warm pa*;
tlicm through a colander, or better still,
through a sifter which has a handle; the j
pulp thus made makes perfectly delicious ;
pies. The pies may have one or two
crusts. A lower crust, with little strips .
across the top is preferable. j
I found one-half ounce of chloride to j
one quart of water sufficient for taking '
out old grease stains from a tablecloth.
I managed thus: Poured boiling water
on the lime and stirred it well, then (
allowed it to cool, and when just warm ]
soaked the stains in the clear liquid (the 1
lime having sunk to the bottom) for fully
five minutes; just gave one rub, then \
rung out and soaked again in clean warm
water for another five minutes. "When
dry the stains had entirely disappeared. (
Great care must be taken in using this ,
solution, as chloride of lime, though a t
good servant, is a bad muster, and will 1
ltiixn vnrv 1 Ciitfifin
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. j
A new form of dynamite is made from
poplar wood flour, and resembles a varnished
doughnut. It is as explosive as f
the ordinary kind, but far safer. i
The progress of invention is well ]
shown in the constantly decreasing price ,
of steel. In 1810 it cost about $201) per .
ton ; to-day the same quality can be i
bought for $37. 1
According to a recent authority, a ,
Japanese fish known as the fuku is so (
poisonous that death follows almost instantaneously
after eating only a moderate
piece of it. It is not infrequently
the cause of death among thcr lower }
classes, who believe it to he possessed of ;
certain marvelous properties, on account j
of which they risk the danger of being t
poisoned. i
Light travels at the rate of some 186,- J
000 miles a second, being propagated ,
(we know not how) in a series of undula- i
tion, the broadest waves giving red light, i
the narrowest giving violet light, the
breadths ranging from these extremos '
through those belonging to the colors j
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo i
and violet. White light is produced by
.>11 ?a ,
IIKJ v UUl Uiiiui xv/ii wi <111 LI1V* ?mv,3, juot uq i
noise is produced by the combination of
multitudinous sound tones.
The wild duck is probably the most
destructive of all the enemies of the
trout, for it confines itself entire to feed|
ing on their spawn. Always a glutton,
I when a duck finds the spawning beds of
trout in the small streams that feed the
main water, it will soon devour thousands
ot eggs and shovel the entire contents of
the breeding places into its stomach if
not molested. One flock of wild ducks
can easily destroy the entire breeding
prospects of any trout stream in a short
time.
Much improvement has been made during
the past few years in ornamental
windows. A decade ago the only way :
known to art for producing ornamental
glass windows, was to produce the pat- j
tern in outline with finely-made leaden i
frames, into the grooves of wlricn pieces
of colored or stained glass were fitted. (
Now very beautiful portraits, landscapes 1
and other paintings are produced upon
large sheets of glass, with paints and i
tinfoil of various colors and hues cut into
varied designs. (5lr.ss painting is carried >
| on more extensively and brought nearer !
| to a point of perfection in the cities of ,
I Munich, Nuremberg, Paris, Birmingham
and Edinburgh than in any other part, of i
the globe. It is from these places that
some of the finest specimens of window
decorations, now so popular in churches
and also residences, are being brought.
' The Day of the Dead."
The second of November is, in tho
church calender, All Soul's Day. In j
France the same idea is expressed by j
the name '*le jour des morts," or, the i
day of the dead. Graves are then decor- j
atcil with real or artificial flowers and j
i wreaths, by loving hands.
j Everybody visits the graves of dead !
; relatives or friends, and the crowds at |
the cemeteries are so large that gendI
armes arc stationed to keep the people
| in line. Friends leave cards at the
| tombs of their friends, so the families
; may know who has visited the last rest- 1
j ing place of their loved ones. The custom ,
1 of leaving cards is observed through the i
i entire year. Most of the graves arc as 1
! vauits, with a little room or house over 1
! them. The door is an iron grating.
Cards left there arc protected from the | ,
! weather, and when the family visits the I
| place they take them and send return j <
j cards by mail, (bus acknowledging tlie J
| kind remembrances. ? YcutlCa Cvtnjmuion. (
! What madness is it for a man to starve ;
I himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a | <
friend into an enemy! For his joy at 1
your death will be proportioned to what
you leave him. (
Arctic research has advanced about 300
miles northward since Buflin immortal- 1
ized himself in the year 1616.
Whatever is worth adopting, i9 worth '
' sticking to. ,
NEWS SUMMARY
Lnitern nnd middle State*
During Liu short visit to Buffalo Governor
Cleveland was entertained at a private banquet
Thomas Gilmartin*, a ten-year-old boy of
New York, was bitten two months ago oy a
Spitz dog. A few days since ho died in great
agony of hydrophobia.
Flames in Philadelphia destroyed a sixfitoty
storage warehouse filled with household
goods. The walls of the warehouse toppled
over and wrecked nine adjacent builriiiiga
The total damago is estimated at ?500,000. i
Five masked men entered tho house of John
Sherry, at Edensburg, Penn., bound and !
gagged the inmates and carried off about 1
$6,000.
Joseph "W. Rosenthal, wholesale dealer
in clothing in New York city, Rochester.
Albany and Baltimore, has failed for over
W00,000.
George Dolling, a miner at Honesdale,
Penn.( made a pet of a young rat that he
caught While playing with tho rodent it
bit him in the forefinger. In n fow days Dol*1
~tv> 4 C iL ~
iUJ? UILU lHJill tuo CilCUW Ul. LIU? IJ1W-.
A Republican procession in New York
the other night was reviowed by President
Arthur and General Grant.
Election returns from all but eighteen
towns in Connecticut show that the Republicans
control fho boards of registration in
seventy-two, the Democrats in forty-nine, and
twenty-three are divided. The pfoposcd constitutional
amendment providing for biennial
sessions of the legislature is carricd by
a large majority.
Fiiie at South Bethlehem, Penn., destroyed
the Grand Ojwra house and adjoining projierty,
causing an aggregate loss of about
$125,000.
The now People's party of Maine met in
convention at Portland, adopted resolutions
endoi-sing Butler and West and nominated
presidential elector.!.
Samuel J. Tilde.v has written a letter
in reply to the complimentary resolution
adopted by the National Democratic convention,
which was presented to him last
September by a stx-cial committee appointed
by that body. Mr. Tilden thanks the committee,
reviews the services of the Democratic
party to the country, denounces the Republican
party and declares that the Democratic
candidates for President and Vice
President ought to be elected
General Jons B. Murray, whilo roceiv"
inga Blaine banner at Seneca Falls, N. Y.,
was stricken with apoplexy and died tho
next morning. Gehcral Murray was one of
tho originators of Dccoratioll Day, and led
the first procession that marched with mavtial
music to strow flowers upon the graves of
soldiers.
At a secret conference of paper manufac"
turers in Philadelphia it was determined to
advance the price of white paper. It is
claimed this step Is caused by the short supply
of rags all over tho country, owing to tho
government embargo ou imported rags from
Asia.
Richard Clark, an employe of Foropaugh's
circus, while opening a ventilator in a
cage at "Waterbury, Conn., had his hand
seized by a tiger, and while trying to roleaso
himself was seized by two tigers and dragged
inside of the cage. The animals were finally
beaten off with iron bars, after Clark's arms
and legs had been horribly crunched and mutilated.
Two farmers?James Cassock and Henry
Boyer?while driving iu a wagon not far from
Ccntralia, 1'enn., were fired upon from the
bushes along the road, and both killed.
George Hall and his sisior Alice, only
children of an aged widow, of Stamford, Vt.,
were riding in a carriage when it was struck
by an express train and both occupants instantly
killed.
Sonth nnd Weit.
Wash Fletcher (colored) was hanged at
Paducah, Ky., for the murder of Amanda
Jackson in August, 1S8;J. Tlie murdered
woman was the mother of the woman with
whom Fletcher was living.
Several more incendiary fires have occurred
at Cleveland, and large rewards have
been offered for the arrest and conviction of
the firebugs.
Jackson Hickman', a farmer, his daughterin-law,
and her two children were drowned
while attempting .to cross a stream near
Florida, Mo. i
Large parales and big crowds attended
Mr. Blaine in his journey through Ohio. A
t<vchlight procession of Io.imkj men at Cincin- j
naii, nnd a parade of S,00) men at Columbus j i
ivere reviewed by him. Crowds collated at ' j
the various railroad stations to look at and i
:heer the Republican candidate. I
Five i>ersons?Harry (x. Percival, Mrs. Per- i j
rival, her child, Hugh Mair and a man named i
Furnival, a partner of the latter?have been |
jrutally murdered in Nance county, Neb. !
Missouri Republicans who nre opposed to
;he fusionists held a State convention at
Macon and nominated a full ticket, headed by J
A.don Guitar for governor.
A notice was Issued from the headquarters
>f the national Prohibition party at Chicago,
ailing upon the peoplo of the country to ob- ] ]
;erve October as a day of fasting and j I
>rayer. j 1
In a collision between two trains near '.
Dinaha, Neb.. a'i engineer and flrman were 1
nstantly killed, and another fi. email had both '
egs cut off.
tVaahlngloru
The secrotary of tho treasury has received '
i telegram from Captain Healy, command- i
ng the United States revenue steamer Cor- 11
,vin, announcing his arrival at San Francisco I
from the Arctic ocean with thirty wrecked j >
whalemen, (If ten prisoners from the schooner j
Adele, ami five destitute miners. The C'orwin j
eached within eight miles of Point Barrow, ' :
.vhere navigation was dangerous and difficult j
m account of icc, wliicb, together witn tne i
:rowded condition of the vessel, made h.*r ro;urn
to San Francisco almost imperative.
Foreign*
A desperate riot is reported to have t>ken
alace at the town of Salinas, Mexico, o<. tho
Mexican National railway. Jose M. Santos, ]
iudge, or alcalde, of the town, and <
;he chief of police were killed. In all about i
;wenty persons were killed, aud many more ;
voundea It is believed that the mob was j |
ed by the celebrated outlaw El Coyote (tho
.volf), who escaped from jail at New Laredo
i few davs since. Judge Santos caused the ,
urest ofEl Coyote for participation in a train
.uisvurjr a it*n jcuis i
General Gordon is announced to have !
aombarded and captured the important city i
)f Berber, in the Boudan. Tho Falsa Pn> j
whet's rebels and hostile inhabitants lied when |
;he bombardment ceased.
Intelligence has just been obtained of a , i
Jisastrous hurricane in Iceland on the 11th ot' i
last September. The accounts thus far re- !
:eived show that nineteen trading vessels and
iixty fishing boats were lost and thirty-two
rossels disabled. A very largo number of : i
lives were lost.
Hans Makabt, tho renowned Austrian j
painter, who suddenly became insane a short
:ime ago, has died of inflammation of the j
brain. j <
A fire in Copenhagen destroyed the royal ,
palace. Ten soldiers were burned to death,
inri all th<? archives and manv important I
.vorks of art were destroyed.
There have l>eeii great inundations in the j
Argentine Republic. Many towns have been j
mtirely cut oil' eleven days. The damage is
snormous. Entire families have been 1
frowned. and many persons are dying of [
itai'vation.
At the Longclmmiis races, France, the
Towd, dissatisliod with an English jockey's '
iding, pulled him olF his horso and fatally in- ;
jured him. A riot followed ami the police ;
md to protect the place from the infuriated !
nob.
Fouhteex chiMren, while playing in abr>a6
m the river Dravc ia Austria, capsized it, I
md all were drowned.
Sixty hi u-cs have been destroyed by fire
in the town of Montgrcland, France.
Coi.oxki. Stewart. a prominent English '
jflicer in Egypt, i.-. reported to have been }
killed, together with forty men on their way i
to Donguln. Their steamer struck the roeks |
and they wen- unable to float her. A bargain {
was made with the Arabs to provide camels
I 1.. . 1. ,|...
mm C<U1<111<T ilit- pai'-j uiKHi^u ?m- ikiciiiiv |
Mcrawi. Th> Aral* proved treacherous, J
lioMvvcr, n:i 1 ma<*aiTed the first party which '
landed from the s'earner. They thou boardo 1 j '
l!i<* \<sd and killed 11 n>.-.< wiio remained, j
villi the exception of four men, whose names | (
jiv unknown.
Cholera is rapidly subsiding throughout ;
Uuroj-e.
A Fiiknch force, under Admiral Lespes,
lias captured Taiusui, anil Admiral I-espcs '
lias wiit the thre l>attalions t>? elVe^t a june- ! I
lion with A<iuiirai Courhct ai Kelung.
Two men?Joseph Winfield an<l S. Fritz? j
with their wives,were found murdered on( )<:to- j
bur Si, al James ItafTerty's ranch, in tho Una
ehuca mountains, Mexic i. HalFcr.y is lui.ss- j
ing, and it is htlieved that ho has also lieen j
muiilered, as a rumor prevails that a hand of
Mexicans from Sonora committed the murders
in revenge for the death of a Mexican, :
who was hanged last July.
Advices from the Nile state thnt after the |
steamer on which were Colonel Stewart, the J
British olliccr, and hi* men had stranded
three natives came on hr-anl and stated that
they were only a short distance trout Moraivee,
which tli.'y could easily reach on loot,
Mid where the)* could obtain assistance |
!o float the steamer. They offered to guide |
Hum there. Stewart ami two companions :
started for tho village, and when they had
traveled out of sight of the steamer a numlier '
sf men sprang out of an ambush and mur- j
lored the party. They afterward attacked I
those remaining on tho steamer, killing all
wcept four.
Twentv persons were killed and fifty in- ,
jurcd by acyelnnu at Catania in the Island j
it Sicily. Many houses wore destroyed and I
trees uprooted.
Tin-: American whaler Seine has been total
ly J -st on a reel' at Caixi Frio. Two of the ;
:rcw \v,.re drowned, and the sull'erings of the
remainder were terrible.
Colonel Do.nnikk, with two battalions of
the French foreign legion, two companies of
infantry and u section of mountain artillery, !
had an engagement with Chinese troops in
the valley of thf> Ixk> Chuan river. Tonquiti.
which lasted six hours. The </hino-e made a '
stubborn resistance, but wetv finally com- 1
pletelv routed. Four gunboats assisted the
French force?, Four ot the French, including
a captain, ivera killed and twenty wcrt
wounded.
LATER NEW* j
Two large demonstrations in favor of the
Deifl&cmtic. candidates for President and
lTico-President were held in New York city
-one of business men in Wall street in t! o
ifternoon, and tho other in and
iround Union Square in the evening
At tho afternoon meeting there was a pitrado
jf Cleveland and Hendricks1 clubs from tho
va rious exchanges, wit h speaking in front of the
sub-treasury building. In the evening there
was speaking in tho Academy of Alusic,
Irving hall and from four stands in Union
Square. A torchlight procession of about
25,000 men marched through the city. Among
tho speaken* were Governor Abbett, of New
Jersey, Senator Eaton, of Connecticut, and
many others. The Tammany wing of tho
IIVJ J'UilimTUUjr uiu uui 111 uw
demonstration.
The Union Loagno club,- of Now York, a
a meeting adopted resolutions approving tho
Republican nominations for President and
Vice-President.
A convention of supporter* of tho
"National Equal Rights" party met at Dover,
N. II., indorsed the nomination of Belva A.
Lockwood for President, and nominated
presidential electors of boUi sexes.
An Indianapolis dispatch says that a widow
of Parker's Landing, Penn., advertised for a
correspondent about a year ago, and
tbe advertisement was answered by
a colored barber of Indianapolis)
who represented himself to bo a
white doctor. Finally tho parties
were married by telegraph. Tho widow
proceeded to IndianajKjlis, and deceived
liv tho li"hfc-color?l annearaneo of
her husband, lived with him some time,
setting him up in business. Recently she
learned ho was neither white nor a doctor,
and tho trouble which followed lea to the
arrest of both parties.
A few days ago the Japanese envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to
Uie United Statos, It. Kuki, arrived in Washington
from San i mcisco. He was accompanied
by Mine. Kuki, Miss Kuki and his
secretary, K-Meta-Ki.
The director of tho mint estimates tho
amount of gold and silver coin in tho United
States on October 1, 1884, to have been
?815,000,000. Of this amount $358,000,000
was in gold, ?182,000,000 in standard silver
and ?75,000,000 in subsidiary silver. This is
again from October 1, 1883, of $35,000,000;
?1.'),000,000 being gold coin and $22,000,000
silver.
Harrowing" details of the cyclone which
prevailed in Catania, in the island of Sicily
have been received. Twenty-seven per
sons were Killed anci *iw were mjurea. nundreds
of "houses were demolished, and great
distress prevails among tho poor. At Cibali
and Aquina, suburbs of the city, many summer
mansions are in ruins. The damage will
amount to 4,000,000 lire.
A battle has taken place before tho
fortress of Dhofar, Egypt, in which 3<J0 of the
False Prophets' rebels were killed and
wounded.
Four men were torn to pieces and two
others terribly injured by an explosion in a
powder factory at Cumminsvillo, Canada.
The factory was totally demolished.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC,
There are ten variety theatres in New York
city.
Miss Johnson, late of Kentucky, is the
latest operatic debutante in Paris.
Clara. Louise Kellogg is to sing in one
hundred concerts this season, with Brignoli
as her tenor.
i-? r? :n fill
EiUWIS CUU1I1 ? SOiUjlMl ?111 I1UU >1U
November 17, and he will then play "Hamlet"
at the Boston museum.
Mme. Christine Nilsson is rapidly recovering
from the severe injuries she sustained,in
London, by being thrown from her carriage.
Frank Cuanfrau, the actor, well-known
through his impersonation of Kit, the Arkansaw
Traveler, died suddenly a few days
Bince of apoplexy in Jersey City, N. J.
Bertha Ricci is known in the McCaull
companies as the ''emergency prima donna,"
from her quick study and readiness to jump
Into a leading part on short notica
In 1G02 Lincoln's Inn theatre, London, was
built on an inlproved plan lor Davenant's
company, known as the Duke of York, and
there for the first time women actors were introduced.
Ex-Rev.George C.Miln's latest grievance
is that while playing Hamlet at Austin,
Texas, his pet dog bit his stuffed calves and
scattered the sawdust on all the stage, to the
delight and derision of the audience.;
It seems to bo settled that among the important
novelties which Theodore Thomas
will introduce in New York during the approaching
season will be Listz's dramatic oratorio,
"The Legend of St. Elizabeth"
Anton Rubinstein is composing an opera
to bo entitled "Tho Paviot." Ho is known in
America as a pianist, having made concert
tours here in 18 He is possibly tho greatest
orchestral composer of this or any other
age.
Ttre. nlav Ii/miq&M of "RoTTrAltHv "Rrt
varia, will be kept closed next year, it is reported,
and there will be no more performances
of Wagner there until 18S0. This is
stated as the determination of the composer's
family, but no adequaio reason therefore is
given.
Minnie Hauk, the America singer,was recently
the object of marked attention on the
part of the Crown Prince of Germany. On
her way to Prague she rested at the Bayrische
Hof, in Nuremberg. The same day
the Crown Prince visited the picturesque
town and stopped at the same hotel, where he
paid the prima donna a visit
George C. Mason's recently published
reminiscences of Newport contain a note
about a curious feature of fashionable life
there a hundred years ago. As reserved seats
at the theatres were never sold the following
notice was made part of the advertisements
n.wl ttlair-liillw "I .nHiiK will nlcnsn snud their
servants to keep their places at 4 o'clock."
Accordingly the servants occupied the seats
and laughed and talked till 6 o'clock, which
was the hour when the performance began,
when they made way for their masters ana
mistresses.
ONE THOUSAND SLAIN,
of the Engagement Hcttvccn
tlie Fr.'iieli and Xon(|iiinc<tc.
A dispatch received from Hanoi states that
General Negrier's column had an engage,
mcnt at the village of Kep with (>,000
Chinese regulars, who occupied intrench,
ments round a central redoubt.
The Chinese commenced the attack
at 9 o'clock in the morning by trying to
surround the French, and the lighting lasted
until - o'clock in the afternoon, when
the retreat of the Chinese toward the
frontier of China was cut off. The
('liinese troops then (led in the direction of
Uantfuan, pursued by the French. The Ivep
garrison defended their position bravely, compelling
the French to surround the redoubt and
;? nc ti,? i-nint ,\f the linvonet. TIio
i ai i j iu -..v, ?? Chinese
loss in the village alone was lino
killed. Tfie French troops fought with spirit
rind decision. They captured nil of the enemy's
war material, inules and horses. A French
captain and twenty men were killed and
eight ofllccrs and lifty men were wounded.
General Negrier was slightly wounded, General
Briere do l'lsle started fur Kep. to
nssist General Negner's forces. The
Chinese were attempting to execute an
nffensive movement on the Upper Lo )-(.'huan
river. Their total loss was 1.0)0 men. Captain
Deynet, of the French Foreign legion,
was killed, and Lieutenant Hatuille was
wounded. General Negrier's column went
up the 1'hulang river to cut off tho retreat of
Lhe Chines?. _
PRIVATE HENRY'S WILL.
HrithiR It When 10c Hail Abandoned
.III C[ojic of Itctiriic.
The will of the late Charles B. Henry, oftho
(ireely expedition, who was shot for stealing
provisions has boon filed for probate.
It is written in pencil on a scrap of
paper about the size of a postal card, torn
from a blank used in the navy. It is dated
at Camp Clay, KllesmeresLaud, May 0, 1SS4,
anil is as follows:
'I, Charles 15. Henry, being of sound mind
and health, do hereby "declare this to be my
last will and testament. All my property,
pay due and that may become due, I bequeath
to my parents, brother and sisters now alive,
to ho equally divided among inein. ??imam
Helms, of 26 South Water street, Chicago, I
appoint as my executor.
"Chari.es R. Henrv.
" Private, Fifth Cavalry, U. S. A."1
The will is witnessed by Lieut. F. F. Kislinglrary
and Private .Toll Bender. A post-aleard
to .Mr. Holms tells of the couditiou o?
the command, saying:
II'/a. 11-lui.s, Esq.:
(>nly six more days' provisions are left
Seven have died of starvation, and w e are all
ready to follow. Wo are living 011 eight
ounces per day. If we do not get gjme before
thy lath you can conclude all ot us to be
dead. My respect and lovo to all tlio few
friends I met in Chicago.
I remain yours,
CttAttf.Es B. Henry.
Helms is Heni""'s troth-r in-law.
A GREAT NAVAL FIGHT.
How a French Fleet Whipped
the Chinese.
Graphic Description by an American
Officer.
A naval officer on board the United States
ship Enterprise sends the following account
of the desperate naval fight which took place
in China:
Wo found tho Chineso fortification? full
of men ami everything in readness for battle.
There were also several Chineso men-of-war
at tho mouth of the rivor. Tho French had
three vessels stationed near tho fortifications,
and every day we expected the
lighting to commence. Our ship proceeded
up tho river as soon as the
water on tire bar permitted, and on our arrival
at Shanghai wo found everything in
readiness to protect tho foreigners. The cap
tnin of the Italian man-of-war Christoforo
Colombo, beiu^ the senior officer present, had
command of the united forces, and landing
parties were formed on each man-of-war to
land with small arms' and Gatling guns to
keep back tho mob in case of trouble.
Just before tho battlo yesterday morning
an officer from tho French flagship came on
board with his admiral's compliments to our
captain and a message to the effect that they
would commence operations in a few hours,
as tho Chinese government had refused to
nay the 8O,0.O,OJQ francs demanded by
France.
Tho vessels in both fleets prepared for |
action. Three English men-of-war, this vessel
and four or five merchantmen were anchored
about half a mile down the harbor, giving a
clear space to tho opposing forces. At 1:55
P. M. a single shot was flred from one of tho
French vessels, and in a few seconds the bat
tie commenced. It is supposed that in the I
first minuto and a half fully 10) shots were
fired, most of them from modern breccbloading
puns.
The French fleet consisted of thoVolta,
Jagship; Aspie. Vipere,D'Estango,Lynx,Dou$ay,
Trouin, Villard, and, later, the Triumphant
The Chinese fleet consisted of nine sloopgaf-war,
two gunboats, and eleven war junks.
.\t 10:06 o'clock the flagship Volta opened
'Ira from her tops, when a genoral engagement
followed. At 2 o'clock the Chinese flagship
wda blown up by a torpedo.
At2:f8 a Chinese gunboat was blown up. At
2:45 a Chinese sloon-of-war on fire drifted
lown the harbor ana sank abreast of us with
colors flying, while another Chinese rtoop ofwar
on nro grounded on a flat island near us
and blew up at 4:51. At another Chinese
sloop-of-war on fire, with the French
colors flying, drifted down the channel.
. The French kept on bombarding the navy
yards and forts on shore, which took an active
part in the engagement Duiing and
subsequent to the engagement fire rafts and
junks came floating clown the river.
The destruction of Yung Wo, the Chinese
flagship, will show what a torpedo can do
vhen properly handled. As soon as the
Jght began a torpedo boat darted to
J ill
A'uru LIJU !U*iaM,-u rcoooij uiiu WJ au ur
stunt there was nothing left of the stately
craft but some drifting timber and
broken spars. The Tunc Wo was built at
the navy yard at this place. She was full
shin rigged, of about 2,000 tons displacement,
and was a beautiful vessel. Her destroyer,
the torpedo boat, was about fifty feet long,
cigar shaped, very low in the water, and capable
of steaming about twenty miles an hour.
After her terrible work she drifted down
the harbor and anchored near us. We could
see that some of her crew were wounded, as
well as her commanding officer. Our vessel
sent surgical aid to her aa soon as interna- |
tional law permitted it.
As far as could be seen, only one Chinese
vessel made a dett rmined fight. This waa a
gunboat commanded by a young Chinaman
rho had been educated in America. His
gunboat was the target for a great mauy
French guns, but he went down gallantly, his
flag flying, and just as his vessel was sinking
he tired a parting shot.
Th? mnulitv nr thn French fire comnletelv
demoralized the Chinese, and the French gunners'
marksmanship was excellent Their
machine guns did frightful execution. One
of the Chinese vessels that sank shortly after
the tight commenced, was a lerriblo sight
Her decks wore covered with blood and the
mangled remains of her crew. The Hotchkiss
revolving cannon on the French ships
kept up a steady fire. One of these guns,
properly managed, is enough to clear the
deck of any slfip.
Only two of the Chinese vessels were afloat
after the engagement. They e3caped by getting
up the river into shoal water. One of
these vessels sank shortly afterward on account
of injuries received in the fight, and the
other one is now aground with her b iclc
broken. The French fire continued until
night. They shelled the batteries on shore,
and drove the Chinese from them. The navy
yard and arsenal were shelled, and a great
deal of damage done to government property.
At night fire rafts and burning junks came
down the river, but the French gunners succeeded
in sinking them. With but one or
two exceptions the French vessels are uninjured.
The Volta had been hit once near the
water line. The D'Estange had two shot hcles
near her rail. The loss of life on the French
' ?i? ? - ?,? ?:inK +Vm
slllli was uillj SUA, uvaiuo WO U14UW Vfc VMV
Volta, who was ail Englishman. The Chinese
loss of life is reported as being nearly two
thousand. '
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
William T. Siiaw, of Pittsburg, is said
to be worth $2o,l?0U,(X)a
Ik Cleveland is elected, Mrs. Hoyt, his sister,
will become mistress of the White
House.
James and Harry, the two oldest boy3 of
the Garfield family, have decided to be
lawyers.
Bishop Ckowther, England's black bi9hop
of Africa, was once a slave and sold for a
cask of rum.
i wo living American poets?muuuu cmley
Aldrich and William "Winter?were born
on the same day in October, ISoO.
The Republicans of the Eighteenth District
of Illinois have nc minateji Needles for
Congress, and in the Eighth District of Missouri
they have put up Pins.
Two leading London publishers have made
handsome offers to Lieutenant GrfHv for the
MS. of his Arctic voyage. It will be published
simultaneously in New York and London.
Is his superb garden at Varzin, Prince Bismarck
makes a si>ecialty of roses of all varietiis,
and whenever at homo takes great
pleasure in attending to them with his own
George Bancroft, tha historian, has just
celebrated his eighty-fourth birthday at Newport,
K. I. He received many congratulatory
letters and dispatches from all parts of tlio
world.
Kwanu-Si, tho present emperor of China,
has a distinguished line of ancestors. He is
the ninth ruler of the Tartar dyd&sty of Ta
i?'in? Pupo " wliinh noma !
Olllg, i. lie UUUJ1IUOIJ' A UI Wj ?.MWH ,
into j)ower in 1044.
Commander Bradford, who led the party
at tho bombardment of Alexandria whicn
swam ashore and spiked the guns of Fort
Meks, has aguin distinguished himself at
Padstow by swimming out to sea and residing
a lady from drowning.
Brioadier-Gexeral Nelson A. Miles
has been detailed as a member of the court to
convene at Washington, November 15th to
try Brigadier-General David G. Swafm,
judge advocate-general of the army, by general
court-martial, in place of Colonel lilwoll
S. Otis.
SENATOR ^morrill., 01 > muum, ? uun ,
seventy-four years of age, the oldest member
of the Senate; but a much younger looking
man than Senator Edmunds who is his junior
by some eighteen years. The State of
Vermont now furnishes the oldest Senator in
years and the oldest in term of office, and is
the only State that holds its united represou- |
tat ion in the Senate of eighteen years ago.
THE NATIONAL GAME,
The American association should abolish
the foul bound next season.
Games aro called in Washington at 4:20 to
enable government employes to attend.
At the comingaunu d meetings the vexed
n<a ter of umpiring demands serious attention.
Traveling expenses of League ball clubs
are nearly thirty per cent, of the gate re- J
ceipts.
Wiutn'p. {, of tlm Bostons, has strained his
back so bin 11 y that ho will be nnablo to pitch J
nny more this season. I
Baltimore wmilrl lik<> to have a club in
the natior.al League aivl $ )0,ikhi capital is J
ready if it can bo admitted
Ths base ball umpire at present seems to
be usurping the proud plaeo in newspaper j
literature formerly ocvupie I by the inulo and |
the mother-in-law.
TitJi Metrop ilitan nine lead in fielding j
among the American association clubs and !
are second on the batting list. The Athletes j
lead in batting and are a tio with Cincinnati j
for third place in fielding.
Cf.EVi:t.A\n and Detroit have not ?up"
ported their League teams very well this I
season. The clubs have been steadily losing, I
and this accounts for it, But Buffalo, with I
a winning club, has a smaller attendance than
oil
Ekkohts ju*o being mmlo to provide Mom- j
nliis citizens witli bas.'lall tins winter. Mr. :
rotor (Jracy lias liaised tin ball ground there j
and will put a team therein with the view to i
plnving a series of games with each winter j
club that goes South this winter.
At tin) oii.l of the twenty-third week tin>
record of the I/.ague clubs in the rhamj'ion
ship rate was as follows:
Club*. H?/i. Lost. I Clubs. ? i. Lost.
Providence $ > -'?> j Chicago ">S i
Uo.-toii 71 sr. i l'hi!:iilH|iliU X) i;s
liiitliilo tin l.'i i CK.velan l .;4 7I
New York .VJ 4s j I>e!roit -Jo Si
The record of the twelve American Assooi- ,
ation clubs at the end of the twenty-third |
week was as follows:
Chilis. Il'oll. /.OA'. \ Cl'ib*. Hon. 1.0*1 I
Metropolitan 7" 31 | Athlcciic 37 44 [
Colauihns 6tJ nil | Toledo 4-2 57 i
l.f)iii>villc 64 ::? | lirooklyn .......US r.) I
Cincinnati M 33 I Wttsbiir^ 31 1
St. l.oiiis fi't J lnillfin:i|ioli) ^9 U
t.Hlilnmr- -is 4-!.' Virninta 2.' 70
TEN MEN DROWNED.
Workmen Lone Their Elves In Lake
Michigan^
Ten men, employed in the construction of a
new water tunnel for tho villago of Hyde
Park, near Chicago, were drowned in view of
j the village at 6 o'clock A. v. Vja
There wero fourteon men employed upon
the work of sinking tho tunnel and constructing
n new crib at a point in Lake Michigan
one mile from shore. Abovo tho crib had
been constructed a platform about forty feet
square, supported by poles, bound together
by heavy chains and supported "by
hea\y timbers resting upon piles. Upon
the platform had been built a small cabin, in .
which the men slept and took their meals,
having lived there for tho post three weeks.
About 5 o'clock the sea became so heavy
that portions of the platform were washed
away. The men were awakened about
5:30 o'clock by the spray which with
every wave washed the side of their'
hut. They were not much alarmed and proceeded
to" eat breakfast. The storm continued
to increase in fury and finally a great
wave struck tho cabin an i carried it away
inra uio uoiung m*u, miu ?nu m tuoij iuau
upon the frail structure.
Twelve of the men succeeded in climbing
upon the huge stringers, and lying face down
with their arms around the beam, they
awaited the arrival of assistance. Evory
moment increased their danger, and the
waves with terrible force toro them one by
one from their anchorage, until only eight
remained In the meantime the crew of the
Chicago Life-Saving station had been advised
of the peril of the men and were despatched
to their rescue. They arrived at the
scene about 11 o'clock, and when they were
within throwing diitance a line was made fast
to the timbers by the almost exhausted men.
The eight surviver? attempted the feat of
working through the surf to the boat along
the rope, but only four succeeded in reaching
tho vessel,the others being washed into the sea.
Dna r\t fliom with ffiA fltn rtf fl nlflJlIf R11 ftfi <
in reaching shore.
FBANCE AND CHINA.
An Engagement with Heavy Lomm?
War Notes.
General Do Lisle sends a dispatch stating
that hearing that the Chinese troops between , vS|
Bade and Langson were moving forward,
he took measures necessary to drive than
back iato their gunboats. A brilliant engagement
ensued, 4,000 Chinese troops 3
being pitted against him. Commander
Chalie of the Masaue was killed
in the fight. When the dispatch was sent the
Chinese were being steadily driven back,
and had lost heavily of their number.
Advices from Hanoi state that the gunboats
Mousgueton, Massue and Hache, while cruising
in advance of a party which was recoanoitering
in the valley of the Lochnau. were
attacked by Chinese regulars. One French
officer was killed and thirty men were woundAdmiral
Courbet has telegraphed from . '-S
Kelung as follows: "I commenced operations
against Kelung on Wednesday by occupying
the Height ot St. Clement The Chinese
forces after a fairly warm engagement Wednesday
night evacuated two of their works .-V;
westward of the height, which we afterward
I rtn/.nninj^ T om nAnr fiHnrr thum /.'.l --1
shall operate on Saturday against their works
east-word of the height. Our loss was 4 killed,
13 wounded, and 1 missing. The Chinese low
is estimate d at from 80 to 100 killed, and 200
to 300 wounded. Admiral Lespes commanded
an attack upon Tarasui, on Thursday, tad
will occupy that port, if possible."
A second dispatch from Admiral Courbet
- states that he completed the capture of Kelunc
without further resistance.
NEWSY OLEMINQS
The Black Hills tin mines are panning oat
well. ' v''3
Ohio will send 100 varieties of wheat to the
New Orleans exposition.
Between six and seven hundred dwellings
are burned every month in this country.
Alabama coal fields as yet practically untouched,
are half as largo as those of England.
An English school girl has just died from
the effects of a bite on the arms by one of her
companions. ,
The taxable value of Georgia is $317,054,776,
which is an increase of $10,14^,4^1 over
the year 18&'i.
In one week fourteen girls of New York
and vicinity gathered up their wardrobes and
young men and eloped.
No white man ever set foot In tho fine coun- *
try north of India, known as Kuliristan, until
a little over a year ago.
Dakota is the only Territory that pays a
revenue to the postoflice department, and
there are only ton States that do.
A diphtheriatic child in Baltimore coughed
in the face of Dr. Melville Taylor, and he died
of diphtheria himself a few days later.
It is a great year for crops. The peanut
crop of 1881 was 3,000,000 bu-mels, the largest
ever known. This year's crop will reach
4,000,000 bushels.
The Mexican government pays a bounty
for grasshoppers. A party of hunters recently
brought in more than 200 pounds ?.
dead grasshoppers, for which they received
$175.
A monster alligator, twenty-one feet long,
was killed on the Lower Lafourche, Louisiana.
recently. The head has been preserved, aad,
j. tlin hirlp tlAfln K?nt to thfl
World's Exposition, New Orleans.
The patent office is preparing 2,300 India
ink drawings of models to represent the mechanical
and industrial progress of the country
for the New Orleans exposition. Thirtyeight
artists are at work making the drawings.
Twenty-eight hundred models will be
sent to New Orleans also.
A HUMOROUS TRIO. ~?M
"Ain't you almost boiled ?" inquired a
kid of a gentleman calling on her father
and mother.
"No, little one, I can't say that I am.
On the contrary, I feel quite comfortable."
' That's funny. I should think you
would be."
"Why so, Daisy ?"
"Oh, because I heard mamma say
your wife kept you in hot water all the
time."?Merchant- Traveler.
All the Difference^
"Nancy, is George still flying around
with you?" , ?
"Yes, ma'am,'1 answered the girl.
"Why, I thought you had given him
the mitten?"
"I did. several days ago."
"And he still comes! That's strange; a
young man usually flies all to nieces and
never speaks to the girl again."
"He seemed to like it," answered
Nancy, blushing. ." ?
"Well, I can't understand him; can '-?$
you imagine why he likes it?"
"Don't know, ma'am," turning very
red, "unless it was l>ecause my hand wa?
in the mitten when I /jave it to him."
"Hum, that'senough, child."?Atlanta
Constitution.
Some New Question* in ftcogrraphjr.
Of what is the surface of the earth X
composed?
Of corner lots, mighty poor roads,
railroad tracks, baseball grounds, cricket
fields and skating rinks.
What portion of the globe is water?
About three-fourths. Sometimes they
add a little gin and nothing to it.
What is a town?
A town is a considerable collection of
houses and inhabitants, with four or five
men who "run the party" and lend
money at fifteen per cont. interest.
What is a city
A city is an incorporated town, with a
mayor, who believes the whole world
shakes when he happens to fall flat on a
orAccwil L"
What is commcTce?
Borrowing five dollars for a (lav or
two, anil dodging the lender for a year
or two.
Name the different races? - 1
Horse race, boat race, bicycle race and
racing around to find a man to indorse
your note.
Into how many classes is mankind divided?
Six: being enlightened, civilized, halfcivilized,
savage, too utter, not worth a
cent, and Indian agents.
What nations are called enlightened?
Those who have the most wars and the
worst laws, and produce the worst crimi
nals.
How many motions has the earth?
That's according to how you mix your
drinks and which way you go home.
What is the earth's axis?
The lines passing between New York
and San Francisco.
What causes day and night?
Day is caused by night getting tired
out. Night is caused by everybody taking
the street cars and going home to
supper.
What is a iuap?
A map is u drawing to show the jury
where Smith stood when Jones give him
a lift under the eye.
"What js a mariner's compass?
A jug holding four gallons.?
Lrt'of.