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^ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 29, 1884. NO. 18. VOLUME XXIX. jjjl
WHISPERS.
UVhlBpertag, whispering low to my love,
[ Telling my secret all over,
Out where ths? night winds lovingly kisr
Sweet scent od pastures of clover;
Slyly the sweet face is lifted to mine,
Brightened all over with blushes;
Swiftly I bend to her, and?well, why not?The
winds kiss the reeds and the rushes!
DR. ~TPJM'S~ ROMANCE
i.
"Upon my word, mnmraa, I look upoi
it as an impertinence.'' Mrs. Talbot lai<
her baby across her lap face down an;
jolted it gently, at the same time pattin;
persuasively its exceedingly limp back
"Positively an impertinence," she wen
on; "it's as much as to say: ' You ar
so expert in this sort of thing, and liav
maTried off your own children so well
pny help me out with mine.' Really
mamma, it's an insult. I should writ
Audi Trim a verv sharp letter, if I wer
in your place."
Mrs. Fargo did not reply. She sa
tapping her gold spectacles lightl;
ag*mst the open page of the letter shi
had been reading, while her blue eye
wandered abstractedly over the widi
fields of bloomiug cotton t hat stretchec
away beyond the garden fence.
The imputation her daughter hinted a
so resentfully did not disturb her in th
least. If she had maneuvered a little t<
secure advantageous settlements for he
children, and she would not have deniei
that she had, her mana'uvershad been si
successful that she had nothing t<
regret. Certainly, Ella Talbot had n<
reason to complain. She had a kind
indulgent husband, a beautiful homi
and a baby which,though still too youni
to excite much enthusiasm on the par
of a novice in infants, was pronounce<
by its grandmother a remarkably fin<
child.
Her other daughter and her two son
were equally well provided for, and Mrs
Fargo might reasonably have consid
erea herself entitled to rest from he:
labors.
The mail, however, had just brough
her a plaintive entreaty from her sister
Mrs. Trim, that she would lend lier aic
in marrying off her son Albert, a bache
lor of thirty-five, who seemed bent upoi
remaining single. He was a homceopathii
physician in good practice, and wel
enough in appearance; indeed, some o!
his more enthusiastic lady patients main
tained that he was decidedly handsome
and of a very kind and amiable disposi
tion. "None of the women here seem t<
please him,'' wrote his mother. "It ha:
occurred to me that one from the countr
might suit him. l)o look about for t
sensible woman of suitable age, and do
mestic habits, and possessing other de
airable qualifications, of which you arc
so good a judge."
It was probably the "other qualifica
tions" clause that gave so much offens:
to Ella, it having been charged tha
for the sake of advantages covered bi
this ambiguous euphemism she hat
jilted a younger and poorer suitor,
to accept the wealthy but elderly Mr
Talbot.
"I really believe Amelia Pullyn woulc
do," said Mrs. Fargo at last, looking ai
her daughter as calmly as she had con
templated the cotton fields.
"Mamma! you arc actually thinking
of it ?"
"Why not? I see nothing unrcasona
ble in thinking about the happiness o
my own nephew and the comfort of mi
sister. If you will let me have ths
carriage this afternoon, Ella, I'll drivi
over and see Amelia."
"Mamma, I protest!" exclaimed Ella
shaking the baby up so violently as tc
elicit a squeal of remonstrance. ''Be
sides, Amelia wouldn't think of him
You know she is determined never t<
marry again."
".Nonsense!" returned Mrs. Fargo
with her good-natured laugh, "yoi
think because she refused John, she ii
immovably lixed in her resolve. Don'i
jolt the child so, Ella. He is quite ret
in the face."
Mrs. Tiilbot promptly reversed tin
baby, who now began to protest sc
violently against his mother's treat
ment, that she called the nurse to re
move him.
John being her own husband, the allu
sion was not agreeable. It was true tha
the episode had occurred before she hat
made Mr. Talbot's acquaintance, but fev
women have the magnanimity to forgivi
the superior discrimination of an ante
cedent rival.
"I'm sure John has reason to congrat
ulate himself, at a 1 events," she said, i
little sharply. "Amelia's drawl and he;
melancholy combined would drive a mai
wild. Beside, it is said she has con
sumption."
"Consumption!" repeated Mrs. Fargo
laughing again. "She looks like it, anc
as for her melancholy, you don't sup
pose that is incurable, do you?"
"I don't think Albert Trim is the mai
to cfire it, anyhow. He is solemn as ai
owl himself."
"That's just the point. They will curi
each other. It will be a beautiful illus
tration of Albert's favorite principle
similia similibus. His being a physicini
_ is a great point in his favor, too
Amelia win not Jeei mai sue is uisgruu
ing Dr. Puliyn's memory by accepting i
second husband of the same profession.'
"Gracious heaven! You have got t<
the accepting poiut already. You for
get I)r. Pullyn was an allopathist."
"Oh, that makes nothing," as Mme
Pantin would say. "Love reconciles al
differences."
ir.
Mrs. Pullyn, in deepest weeds notwith
standing the heat of the weather, receivei
her guests with that smile of soft melau
choly that so well became her pale beauty
"Sit down," she said, in the tone o
one who invites to some mournful cere
mony. "Are you well?" and she lc^oke*
prepared for the worst.
"OK"," }'e5t we urt always well," sui<
Mrs. Fargo.
"You are fortunate," drawled th
widow, "I am never well."
"What is the matter?" asked Mr?
Fargo, as sympathetically as if she hear
this complaint for the first time.
"I aon t Know. :mu on, mm u wci
possible to print her soft drawl. "I'v
hunted all through the doctor's book:
and I don't find any symptoms tht
resemble mine so much as those lai
down for consumption.''
"Do you cough?''
"No. but I have all the other synij
toms, aud I am so languid and have n
appetite; I don't know what can mak
me so." *
"Have you had advice?'1 asked Mr:
Fargo, anxiously.
"Why, no. You know I nave all tL
doctor's books and his prescriptions an
formulas, and?and everything. I don
need to consult anybody."
"But, my dear chiid, you arc surel
not trying to treat yourself in so grave
ease, a thing the wisest and most skil
ful physicians never attempt. You'
poison yourself, that's what you'll do.''
Mrs. Pullyn looked at her with mildl
pitying superiority.
"Nobody couid possibly know 11101
about it than he did," she said, "an
nobody could understand my constit!
tion so well. If the medicines he pn
Bcribed do no good, nothing could (3
good."
"Really, you ought to have been boi
in India." said Ella.
Amelia turned her large languid eyi
toward the speaker, and her resigne
6mile provoked Ella to go on.
" I think the Indian plan much bett<
than yours. I should irrea'.ly prefi
being burned at once to slowly sacriticin
myself bv swallowing my husband
medicines."
At this moment a lovely little gi
bounded into the room, and ran to en
brace her mother. Mrs. Pullyn kisse
her with effusion,then took her upon In
lap, and, looking over her brown cur
head at Mrs. Talbot, said gently:
. " You can't suppose I want to die?"
" Why, certainly not," responded Mr
Fargo, again taking up the word, "an
we don t intend to let you, either. So 1
prevent it 1 shall just take you in bar
myself. Come here, Pet," holding ot
her hands to the little girl, "come U
grandma you' pitty name, sweet."
"Go to the lady, Grade," said h
mother, "g<> kiss the lady."
Gracie went shyly, holding on to h
b fcuhW, owy staving ior
enough to plant a hasty kiss on Mrs.
Fargo's chin,then ran back to her refuge
in her mother's lap.
"Yes, indeed." resumed Mrs. Fargo.
" I shall just take you in hand myself.
Your mother and I were schoolmates,and
I was always very fond of her, which
! im-ns ?-* > n f.vi-t virrltf Airat* Knr r? fill frll -
I *1>V= .uv - r,^. i w,,..
_ 1 tor. ion shall come down to the city
with mc next week. My own house is
all in disarray with the painters and paperers,
but we will stop with my sister,
and you shall sec a physician."
Amelia did not reply, save by her melancholy
smile. She seemed to be reflccting,
however, and presently she said:
j ! "Are vou going to the city next
{ j week?"
nr | "Yes, for a few days. I want to see
* i what the people are doing in my house,
t and get measured for a dress or two bee
' fore my dressmaker is crowded. Won't
L.1 you come with me?"
"I have been thinking of going down.
' I have a tooth that troubles me. I ought
to have it attended to, I suppose."
e "Yes, indeed, you can never be too
' prompt about a matter of that kind."
t 1 "Really, I don't know, my health is so
y - uncertain," objected the widow. But
? 31 rs. Fargo was not to be put off.
g ; "I shall come for you." she said, as
e she kissed her good-by at the front door,
i | "and mind you're ready. Gracie will
I come, too."
T ? ii 4i.?
? I "UH. yes, J1 1 go, mjjucu iuc nmun,
j 1 "I never leave Gracie behind."'
?!
I So, down to the city came Mr. Fargo
, ! and Mrs. Pullyn, an amiable dragoness
5 llyiug peaceably away with her victim by
steam train.
Mrs. Trim's house stood in a quiet uptown
street, across which the tall trees
l met in friendly conference. Mrs. Trim
t met them in the hall, an elderly woman
j whose once blonde hair had faded to a
, | yellowish white, and whose corpulency
' j bordered upon the miraculous. She
s kissed Amelia affectionately, though she
had never seen her before, and leading
| : her into ihe parlor left her there while
. she withdrew to the sitting-room with
her sister.
t ] '"You have beeu very prompt,'' she
i i^ i if i
, sam, sealing unrsew m uvr u?u vsjjcwiiui
I ly wide-armed chair. "I was surprised
- to find you had one already on hand, as
j it were."
5 "I had never thought about her unjil
1 j your letter came," returned Mrs. Fargo,
f "and I don't know now whether it will
. , amount to anything. They are both so
, duil, it seems like trying to strike fire
. with two wet sticks.
) I Meantime in the parlor, Amelia had
3 taken off Grade's hat, and was hold(*
| ing the half sleeping child upon her
i lap, and looking abstractedly out
- through the blinds into the quiet
. { street. It was characteristic of Mrs.Far?
go that she had not mentioned his sister's
i name, and Amelia was wondering in her
- own mind how she should address her
> i hostess upon their next meeting, when a
t 1 gentleman enteied by a door at the end
f | of the room, and came directly toward
I the sofa near which she sat. He was a tall,
, fair man, with a little professional stoop
, in the shoulders. Dr. Albert Trim, in
fact, coming, according to his habit, to
! rest u lew moments Deiore uinuer in me
t , shaded jmrlor.
lie was close upon Amelia before he
saw her, and she, slowly rising, and lett
ting Grade slip to the floor, confronted
him with a suppressed scream.
"What, you!'' exclaimed the doctor,
f coming to a sndden stand.
! j "You!" repeated Amelia, echo like.
j "In my house." continued the doctor,
j "I never knew it was your house, you
tuny be sure, and I'll go out of it at
, once." She snatched up Grade's hat,
> and turned toward the door dragging
-1 the child after her.
. | "You shall not stir. I am delightod
) to see you here; you shall never leave."
"I shall leave, and this moment, too."
, ! She caught Grade up and made a
i movement to dart past him, but he step3
' ped before her with one arm outstretcht
cd, barring the way. Gracie, alarmed
I at this gesture, uttered a piercing shriek.
j There was a sound of quick steps ap;
proacliing. and Mrs. Fargo appeared
> upon the threshold. Dr. Trim dropped
' 1 i 1:~
Ills urill, ;iuu jvmciia, ?itn iiusucu mkv
ami indignant mein, approaclaed Mrs.
Fargo.
"What iu the world is the matter?'
I exclaimed this lady. " Albert, I thought
II you were a robber. How have you been
' "frightening Mrs. Pullyn?"
;| "Shall I explain?''asked the doctor.
looking toward Amelia, who vanished
i through the door without replying.
| "Why, where are you going?" cried a
1 voice in the hall. It was Mrs. Trim,
r who arrested her guest on the way to the
1 front door
' | Mrs. Fargo and Albert now rushed
out, and the storm centre was trans:
ferreci to the hall.
1 j " You must not go, Amelia. I entreat
you do not go," cricd Albert, wildly.
" Of course vou will notjro," said Mrs.
1 Fargo, with decision. "I never heard
1 uf anything so absurd; comeback directly.
1 insist upon knowing the meaning
2 of all this.'' She took Amelia by the
" j arm, and almost forcibly led her back
; into the parlor. "It is clear, you two
1 have met before," she continued, as
suming the office of inquisitor; when
and where was it?
"Shall I tell?'' asked Albert.
Amelia maintained a haughty silence.
5 i " You do not object, and, really, I see
no reason why you should. Mother,you
have wondered that I did not marry.
This is the reason." lie poiuted to
Am<4ia, who still stood draped in her
! long widow's vail, clasping the white
robed child in her arms.
i "I was not to blame," she said,calmly,
j "You were to blame; you should not
- have let your father influence you.''
. j "You should not have disputed with
f my father. He was older than you, and
- i of course knew better."
i | "That is an exploded assumption. But
I am not going to renew that discussion
with you." Then with suddenly awakened
tenderness he advanced and took
e from her tired arms the little girl who
was nodding heavily against her shoulder.
' "There, sit down," he said, gently,
d | "After all these years we may certainly
: let the old quarrel rest. T was so taken
e by surprise that I did not do justice to
e the tender feeling my heart has always
? retained for you."
11 i "Tender feeling?quarrel! What in
d the name of heaven arc you talking
; about?" cried Mrs. Fargo, impatiently.
| "I am going to tell you," returned
> Albert, laving the head of the sleeping
0 child against his breast, and beginning
e to walk the floor. "How like you she
is. Amelia," he said, looking fondly at
' her. "See, mother, this should have
, been your grandchild. Yes, we were
lt; engaged. You remember, Amelia, the
d night I proposed? It was after the '?all
t at the college, and we were walking
; home together through the moonlight
V village street. You wore rose pink silk
with tulle over it. and the tulle was all
i in tatters, but you looked as lovely as an
11 I angel; and you said "Yes' without liesij
tation, like the frank, sweet ill you
y | were. Ah! we were very happy."
"But you would always dispute with
re papa about the proper treatment in
d fevers, and the giving of calomel, and
l* i all that," said Amelia, sadly. "Papa,
' j who had practised medicine forty years,
lo ' and who of course knew so much better."
j "Ah! don't speak of that," pleaded
n | Albert, humbly, melting more and more,
j wrought upon, not by memory alone, but
28 j by that inexplicable tenderness that will
d I flow out about a little head nestled
: against the breast. "I own that I was
wrong."
sr "You admit it, at last," exclaimed
>g Amelia, with an air of triumph,
s "WroDg in disputing, I mean; not in
the principle."
rl "You cling to your heresy? Papa said
i* it was flat heresy."
d "What have medical theories to dc
2i' with my loving you?" he asked, pausing
ly before her, and looking earnestly at her.
"You married, to pieuse your father, an
old-school physician twenty vear.3 oldei
s- than yourself. Did his medical ortho
'd doxy make you happy?"
o "You shan't question me so," she rc
id plied, making a last struggle. "Givt
at J me my baby. I don't love to have any
'il one hold her but myself."
"See how sweetly she is sleeping ii
er my arms, Amelia. I have never been sr
happy 8inc6 the night "nre walked home
er | ftom the dance together. Doesn't youi
>g heart tell you you owe me some repara
tion for the happiness you hare kej
back from me?"
Amelia fluttered her fan and looked i
the floor. It was a stained floor she nc
ticed.
l'T 1?aai\ iVin KnUr " V?n lirffpf
[ "Let me leach her to call me papa."
i A faint smile curved Amelia's lips, hi
j she did not look up.- He bent on on
j knee before her.
"Say, 'yes'again, dear,"he whispered
"I'll be so good to you both."
The smile grew more decided, and sb
bent forward as if to kiss the child's fa:
temple, but Albert, perhaps misinte;
preting her design, bent forward a!sc
and the kiss fell upon his mustacheJ lij
Mrs. Trim and Mrs. Fargo had tiptoe
from the room some moments befon
i Half an hour later Mrs. Fargo returne
I lO IIIU punur, liiuu^llli U11J urcuuimu^
chair as she passed through the hall.
"Well,*'she said, ''if you two hav
come to a place where you can leave of
perhaps you will come to dinner."
"We have resolved never to leave off,
said Albert, ''but dinner will not I
amiss."
"I'm afraid it will be very much amiss,
! observed his mother. "It has beenwaii
| ing an hour."
"Never mind," rejoined Mrs. Fargc
! cheerfully, "we'll wash it down wit
1 phials of Nux."?Felix Gray, in Ne
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Hoiv Werinan Laborers Live.
"Will you describe to me in deta
the condition and methods of livin
! among the laboring classes of Germany?
j asked a Chronicle reporter of F. Brud
j who has recently returned from a visi
j to Westphalia.
j "In the particular section where
; came from," was the reply, " there ar
I ln^?n AArtl minno o t* A f Iwi minnrC ll'll
I ICfcl ??0 vuai 1U1UUO, (IUU tuv iu<uv>u,
! would ranK as artisans, receive seventj
j five cents a day, and an occasional fei
j who are particularly adeut may receiv
one dollar a day, which is likewise th
! wages usually paid to iron-workers
| Each class works eight hours a day. Th
! unskilled laborers in the neighborhoo
| receive from thirty-five to fifty cents
day, and a day's work with them i
twelve hours. The conditions in "West
j plialia are however, in the German view
exceptionally favorable to the laborei
I There the expense of living, taken by th
month, for a family of four or five, i
; House rent, $2.50; groceries (includin
dried and salt meat3 and bread), $12
beef (Sundays), $1.50; beverages, $3
: taxes, $2. Total, $'22.
j In explanation of this schedule
, would like to say that the laborer usual
; ly rents. lie so rarely?I may say neve
i ?owns a house free of encumbrance
I The house which he occupies in countr
j sections and villages consists of three o
! four rooms, and is sparingly furnished
; Some of these houses have a few of th
! modern improvements, but this is de
! pendent upon the ease and cost of sup
' plying them. My father keeps a grocer
l store, so that 1 know exactly what, th
monthly expenditure of the laborer is ii
that direction, and it ranges from cigh
to sixteen dollars a month. It is cus
I toinary for all grocers to handle drie<
| and salt meats and bread, and my fathe
I conforms to the usage.
"The laborer obtains his main sua
: tenance from pens, beans, potatoes am
' sauerkraut. Sunday is a day of festivity
! and then beef is eaten?the only day ii
the week. During the working days
; when it can be afforded, pork Is eatei
at one meal a day, usually at midday
1 and then it is cooked with one o
( the other of the vegetables named
in a kind of broth. In the absence o
meat diet (for at best the supply is al
ways limited), I presume it becomes al
most a necessity for the l'iborer to sustaii
himself largely by the use of beverages
; and these are more generally indulged ii
by him habitually than by the naturalize*
I or native American citizen. Clothinc i
I an item scarcely to be considered. Th
I laborer's and peasant's son, when con
I firmed, dons a new suit larger in leg am
body, arms and tail, than present require
ments, which is carefully folded afterth
: ceremony and assumed again at his wed
i diug. A new suit is, in fact, obtainci
I only once in four or live years, and i
i then of the coarsest and cheapest mute
| rial. The last item on the schedule is tha
of taxes. At present there is a genera
| complaint at the excessive tax which th
laborer is compelled to pay, amountinj
to one-tenth of his annual income. Yoi
i will observe from the figures I furnisl
tliat it is oni^oy me sinciesi ecouum
and successful manngemcnt that the la
j borer oau maki* the two ends ineet.")
San Fraiicitco Chronicle.
A Mine or Mummies.
In the northeastern delta of the Nile
on the banks of a canal which connect
Zagazig with Luke Menzaleh, are foun<
two places named San?Arab San am
San-eMIagar. Suu-el Ilagar? perhap
the most extraordinary spot in Egypt?
j is a city of the dead. It was a magnifi
cent capital, more splendid iu some re
spects than Thebes. The canal was the
1 a noble river. The neighboring lake wa
a fertile plain studdecl with towns am
temples. Now the city, as its name in
dicates, is a heap of ruins. San-cl-Haga
I means "San of the Stones." Its an
j cient name was Tsan. W
i find it so written in th
hieroglyphs. The Hebrews converte
"Tsan into Tanis. The place remaine
unexplored tin xnc laie .uurieuu ruuui
1 with small means and few men, first al
| tacked the site of the principle tempi
' in 18(J 1. From lime to time, when afe\
hundred of francs cuidd be spared froc
! other enterprise.-,he continued the work
| and his efforts were rewarded by this dis
J covcry of a vast treasure of broken obe
i lisks, sphinxes, shrines, architraves, col
i umns and statues of gods and kingi
' Some few of these statues (most notabl;
I those attributed by Mariette to th
i Ihksos period) have been trans
ported to the Boulak museun
Some have found their way to th
I Louvre. The rest, in countless pre
i fusion, yet lie as when lirst unearthed
heads, truuks, giants limbs scattered
( A.1 Ill
plies ovcrcarowil, lll\U ;i uwui; giuu.i
! of Titans turned to stone. Thus Mai
' iette left the scene of his labor, aw
thus it has remained ever since hi
death. Such is the site which the Egyj
Exploration Fund (uow in the seeon
, year of its existence) after some negot
at ion with the Egyptian Government ht
undertaken to explore. Mr. Flindei
Petrie is engaged in prosecuting the e:
cavations.
The prophesied Pompeii lias begun t
| yield up its buried treasures and the n<
cropolis its buried dead. The remains ?
the new temple of Ptolemaic date ha\
been identified and antiquities of varioi
descriptions have turned up in considc
! able numbers.
The Cingalese.
All the people in Ceylon, Irom babi
just "feeling their leet" to old men an
i women, their steps tottering on tl
; brink of the grave* wear gold and silv
I ornaments. They even invent ne
places for carrying them, and. it is now
i common thing to see a Cingalese bel
[ with the top of her ears covered wil
I gold plate or wire, a large pair of rin<
j pendant from the lobes of the ear. a gol
j or silver circlet round her hair, her no
! adorned with rings, bracelets on h
' | wrists, rings on her fingers, and silv
j plates on her toes. This is the pe
fection of adornment; but in one
; j other of the fashions, or in several <
I | them, the Cingalese woman, of whatev
1 J station in life, is set forth. I saw ru
i | ning out of a house a sturdy little b<
two years of age who had nothing <
I ! but a silver key fastened around b
j waist by a girdle of silver wire. Tl
i ; men take their pleasure less cxpensivel
They delight in gold earrings and ring
1 but beyond this arc contented to intru
the recommendation of their personal a
> pearance to a fine tortoise shell comb
; circular shape, set on the crown of thf
heads, with the ends toward the for
i head. The men evidently pride thcr
f selves on their hair, which is general
drawn back from their forehead and ti<
in a neat knot at the back. As th<
wear earrings, and not always whiske
; or mustache, it is sot easy at first sig
to distinguish a man from a woman.Good
Worth.
t '
> California's wheat crop has for yea
s been more valuable than her yield
r gold, which is likciy be soon beat
; also by her fruit.
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THE CURES FOR ALL ILLS.
it
)- PACTS NO? GEWEBAI.I.Y K?OWH J
ABOUT PATENT MEDICINES.
3C
One of the World'* Staple Product#- \
it Four 1 boiiHaud Varl?(ie? of Patent | '
n ! lT<>(lirlair>u?Vn1in> nf Arlvrrfiolnir.
"In the three words, 'pains and pana- l jr
' cens,' is comprehended the whole subject !
of patent medicines," snid a prominent 111
;e wholesale druggist to a Chicago Herald I c<
lr reporter in search of information on that ni
r" well known topic. "People are bound
>> to have the former, and as long as there 111
' is au earth the latter ?'ill be manufac- tc
d tured as cure-alls. Patent medicines p1
have become one of the staples Jt
^ of the world's products, and are
a as certain now of being found on the
market as wheat or baby carriages or 1
c corn. Where and when the patent medi- I ir
cine, as it is now understood, originated, i is
is hard so tell. I am inclined to the be- ]?
" lief that, like Topsy, it just growed. J?
e i "In regard to the efficacy of patent II
medicines I have this much to say: While | it
a larce number of them are, of course, | w
, absolutely worthless, it must be ad- I c<
mitted that many of them have a great i
j> | deal of merit, and will do nearly what j In
b is claimed for them. A manufacturer J p
w i finds a recipe which, in its cures a;
of certain sicknesses has be- g
j come almost, a tradition in a lo- jc
! calitv, or a physician makes a study of tl
jj: some special disease and prepares his sc
formula; it stands to reason that iu lc
m j either case the medicines must ha\j# j);
( merit. Many of these preparations are m
jj compounded of herbs which the Indian, a(
; through a natural instinct, has been p(
j using further back than the memory of m
man goeth: others are really what your (J,
0 physician would give you at a higher ir
; price, while the many are but simple de- d
v , coctions, which combined with the good p'
' j hygienic advice they make you follow, tl
e ; effect their cures.
. ! " There are patent medicincs without q,
'j end. In this catalogue I have here there
J are <j,uiH? varieties uaiuu, ?uiw ?vi
tively before the trade, and there are
l9 j fully 4.000 varieties known. Then con- .
| sider the vast number which have only
\ a local reputation, and I have no doubt a
1 the total would be brought up to 6,000.
' I The amount of manufacturing done is '
js tremendous, but a larger number of
0 j firms haven't much capital to put into
? \ advertising, and consequently their pro'}
ducts never secure anything but a local
' j reputation. The big Eastern firms have ?
j' extensive manufactories, in which they .c.(
_ | employ thousands of people, and many
' | of them have even arrived at that point
, where they own large printing offices
' i and get out their own advertising matter. 111
^ I It would be a hard matter to guess at, fll
the total amount manufactured, but an ,
g j idea can be obtained by referring to a J1.'
_ i few of the more prominent medicines
i now before the public. Last year the
I value of the product of a well-known .
^ Rochester linn was ?3,000,000, of a
Philadelphia firm $2,000,000; of ani
l l !, >1 r.nn rinh. tl
i. ( otlier muaacipam mm, ipi,auu,wv, vx ,
a Ualtimore firm, $ 1,000,000; of a Bufj
; falo firm, ^1,000,000; of a Lowell firm, r'
r! $1,000,000. Nearly one-tenth of this!
j entire product was handled for the
Western trade by the seven principal' w
j ! drug houses of Chicago. One of these cc
' firms sends about five car-loads, or :J7,-" jj1
^ 500 botiles of its medicine to this city;
every month to be distributed through tl!
^ j the West, Northwest and South. This. (ll
: gettiug medicine in car-load lots is, ofi
J. i course, an exceptional case; but it serves' 1
as an instance to show to what a magui't
i tude this business has grown. . .
' ' - t ,1 SI
" | "The amount 01 iuivemsiug uuuc m
the interest of patent medicines,through
almanacs, newspapers, circulars, show- ^
{ cards, posters, etc.,is simply enormous,", ?
^ ] said a well-known advertising agent'
j i whom the reporter subsequently visited,!
"and the money paid out runs'
j up into the millions. Almanacs ?j
i are printed by the ton, and when' ?'
j: you figure out that these almanacs rc
_ J will average sixteen or seventeen to the Cf
g pound you can realize what that means,. *r
and not one ton or live tons, but hun- p
j I dreds of them. I know several firms 'e
who issue from fifty to three hundred C(
tons of printed matter every year, and, 9C
| beside, do an immense amount of news- ?*
, paper advertising. \v
' j ''About a year ago one of ihe more '1(
prominent of the patent medicine manu- ^r|
- facturers was interested in a trial in this w
l city, and swore 011 the witness stand that w
his advertising expenses for the preeed^
ing year was ?250,U00: a prominent Bal- 111
I tiinore firm I know expended nearly
~ i $200,000 last year, and there are many v*
1 firms who pay out from $50,000 to $100,- jj
1000. Why, tako yesterday's Chicago 11
dailies and figure up the number of pa- 1)!
, tent medicine advertisements therein. rH
g That will give you an idea of the extent 1}'
j ; of the business." The reporter did so. o'
3 He scanned the columns of the paper and
3 : found therein nearly thirty columns of
_ ; display advertisements setting forth the
j.; merits of patent medicines. "That is exi
elusive of reading notices, and could
a have cost no lefs than $1,200," continued 81
# the agent. ''It gives you an idea of the ft
j extent to which this advertising is car- w
! ried. In fact it has been pushed so much
r that patent medicine advertisers arc con- e1
t. stantly devising new schemes and expend?
incr money out of the ordinary channels." "
I w
j | A Fool and His Money. |
d Ten thousand dollars was lost in ten
| minutes Thursday night. The inmates P'
, of a gambling-house on Clark street were
e lazily hanging over the different games
v 1 when the door opened and a neatly ^
Q dressed man entered. The new comer
! was a man of middle age, and seemed 81
i' somewhat abashed. His quiet demeanor j
>. indicated to the casuul observer that he j ^
. was strange to gambling-house scenes. I j*
Walkiug slowly up to the faro game, I
y where 50-cent white chips were in order, j
e he tossed down a bill.
"Give me it thousand," he said.
The dealer bowed to the new comer
e and said:
"All right, sir." i'<
[. The stranger coolly divided his pile of v
' i chins into two piles and then placed them
j j carelessly on the layout. In u sccond | l)
r. ' tJoth stacks were gathered 111. j B
3 "Give me two this time," was all the | ft!
s j plaver said as he handed over a couple of ?
>t I bills. ?
(j j Luck was against him, and he hardly | p1
i. I won a bet. In a few moments he had ; h
l3 | lost $10,000. !
rg "Can you give me a cigar?" he said, as |
c- he arose after his last bet.
"Certainly," said the dealer, calling a j
o waiter and bowing deferentially. j .
The man who had just lost a small
jf fortune lighted his cigar and walked (?it.
rC He was John Dowling, the former prols
) prietor of the place.? (J'ucatjo News.
Salaries of Foreign Ministers. ^
This country has four first-class mis- ?
sions?England. France. Germany and tl
j Kussia?-and the ministers to these j v
missions get each $17,500. England pays j ..
' ! her minister here $30,000: to France,,
j $50,000; to Germany, $155,000; to Bus-j T
sia, $3!), 000, and to Turkey $40,000 each j
per annum. We have seven nccond mis- i
j sions, the salaries of which are $12,000 a ,
th i >'eur' v'z": u st ria, Brazil, China, Japan, I
' Italy, Spain and Mexico. England pays v
? , her minister to Austria $*10,000; to ' c
j Brazil, $'20,000; to China, $30,000; to i k
Japan, $20,000; to Italy, $35,000; to! ri
! Spain, $25,000. There are no diplomatic j v
j relations between England and Mexico, i v
Q* { Three ministries of the United States are , 0
worth $10,000, that to the five consoli- 0
j dated Central American States, Peru and J ^
Q Chili. Nine pay the incumbents $7,500 k
* , each. They are the Argentine Ilepublic,
; Colombia, ilayti, Sandwich Islands, j ^
j Venezuela, Belgium, the Netherlands, ; s
I Sweden and Norway and Turkey. I.ord | 1
i DufTerin, the English Minister at l'ou-| a
j stantinople, receives $40,000 per annum, J
' while General Lew Wallace, who is the
representative of the United States, re-1
! ceives $7,500.
j The Crocus and the Grain Speculator, j j
n. j A Chicago florist said to a reporter: I _
lv : I keep a few common crocuses in stcck j v
' the year round to supply one person, j y
ey j Every morning he buys a buttonierc of j r
|>s these simplo flowers, never wishing '
|lt others of a different kind. Of course I! j
_ know there is nothing strange in a pre- j j,
i ference for a particular flower, but his. t
: liking for the crocus is for an uncommon j t
r3 J reason. Where he was born superstition ! t
()j ; connects daring and the crocus. He is a j j
en j speculator in grain,and he believes wear- ' j
j ing flower k?eps his courage up. J ?
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Superior blankets arc now being
oven of cow hair.
The production of oil from sunflower
.1 i l ? ?? i?/1noUft A# nnn.
H'U IiaS UUL'UIIIU UU luuuabij v* ( ,
dorable importance in Russia.
Evidence has been given tendig
to show that birds
avc a keen perception of color
id love for artistic arrangements of
)lors, aud a strong susceptibility to
msical melodies.
An investigation of the saltpetre beds
liar Cochabamba, Bolivia, leads 31. Sacc
> conclude that this vast deposit, large
lough to supply the whole world with
s nitrate of potash, is the result of the
ecomposition of an immense collection j
f fossil animal remains.
Everyone knows that wood is madc
ito paper; but making paper into wood
a recent application. It seems to be a
rocess of turn-and-turn-about. The new
ivention comes from Germany. A Mr.
arrass has devised a method for obtainig
objects of all kinds with an artificial
ood mass, which consists chiefly of
illuloid and starch.
Within a few months past markings
ave been seen on the surface of the
lanet Venus which even so cautious an
itronomer as Prof. Young-has declared
ive promise that we may be able to
am something concerning the poles,
le mountains, the continents, and the
:as of that distant world. Mr. Trouve?t
has discovered what he regards as
robably the snow-clad summits of
lountains thrust up through the cloudy
mospliere in the neighborhood of its
oles. The mountains, if they exist,
lust be of amazing height, and it is
oubted whether Trouvclot has correctly
iterprcted what he saw. Yet that he
id see some peculiar feature of the
lanet?that he did get a glimpse,
lough an obscure one, into this farivay
world?the astronomers do not
nestion.
Humors of the Battle-Fiold.
Many 1 norous incidents occurred on
tttle-iiciu.s. A Confederate colonel ran
"'nrl of hia rnnriment at Malvern Ilill.
id discovering thut the men were not
llowing him as closely as he wished, he
ttered a fierce oath, and exclaimed:
"Come on! Do you want to live former?"
The appeal was irresistible, and many
poor fellow who had laughed at the
Jlouel's queer exhortation laid down his j
fe soon after.
A shell struck the wheel of a Federal i
:ld-piece toward the close of theengageent
nt Fair Oaks, and, shivering the
>okes, dismantled the cannon. i
"Well, isn't it lucky that didn't hap- <
2n before we used up all our ammuni- i
on," remarked one of the artillerists, as
2 crawled from beneath the gun.
Wl en General Pope was falling back i
T aa1#. n/li-nnnft in flin Vi'rnrlnin vol
;iUIL* JA'U iHOUtiVU iu iitv/ ? ugiuiM .
y, his own soldiers thought liis bulle- i
ns and orders somewhat strained in j
leir rhetoric. At one of the numerous
inning engagements that marked that ]
isastrous campaign a private in one of |
ic Western regiments was mortally j
ounded by a shell. Seeing the man's . :
>ndition, a chaplain knelt beside him, i
id opening his Bible at random read
lmscn's slaughter of the Philistines with i
ic jaw-bone of an ass. lie had not >
jite finished when, a? the story runs, i
ic poor fellow interrupted the reading ]
, saying: (
"Hold on. chaplain. Don't deceive a
ling man. Isn't the name of John Pope <
gned to that?" <
A column of troops was pushing for- \
ard over the long and winding road in j (
horoughlare Gap to head off Lee after |
is retreat across the Potomac at the close ]
: the Gettysburg campaign. Suddenly ]
ic signal oHicer who accompanied the <
;neral in command discovered that some <
: his men, posted on a high bill in the ]
ar, were reporting the presence of a <
msiderablc body of Confederate i
oops on top of the bluffs to the right. halt
was at oncc sounded, and the
ading brigade ordered forward to un- ,
>ver the enemy. The regiments were ]
on scrambling up the steep incline,
Keers and men gallantly racing to see i
ho could reach the crest first. A young j
sutenant and some half dozen men (
lined the advance, but at the end of
hat they deemed a perilous climb, they ]
ere thrown into convulsions of laugh-1 i
ir at discovering that what the signal i \
en took for Confederate troops were '
- - ill n?I. ?i ? A ? I
UV a toicrauiy uirge uutiv ui juecjj. na j i
le leaders in this forlorn hope rolled on
le grass in a paroxysm of merriment, | j
icy laugher] all the louder at seeing the i
lie but determined faces of their com- I ;
ides, who, of course, came up fully ex- |
jcting a desperate hand-to-hand Strug- ,
le. I i
It is perhaps needless to say that the ,
rigade supped on mutton that evening. ,
As the army was crossing SouthMoun
in the day before the battle of Antie- j
im. General McClellan rode along the i (
dc of the moving column. Overtaking j
favorite Zouave regiment, he exclaimed (
ith his natural bonhomie: j
"Well, and how ie the old Fifth this (
rcning?"
"li'ircf.rnf/> opnprAl " rnnlied one of ,
* v? ft*" ? 7 -
ic Zouaves. "But we'd be better off if j
e weren't living 30 much on supposi- ]
on." , j
"Supposition?" paid the general, in a ,
uzzled tone. "What do you mean by (
lat?"
"It's easily explained, sir. You see (
e expected to get our rations yester- ,
ay, but ?s we didn't, we're living on the ,
lpposition thflt we did." ;
"Ah, 1 understand; you shall have ]
Mir rations, Zou-Zous, to-night," re- ,
lied the general, putting spurs to his :
orse to escape the cheers of his regi- 1
lent. And he kept his promise.?Gentry
Magazine.
Welsh Impromptus.
"Wales is the land of bards, whose j
adiness of wit and facility at impro- j
ising are exhibited in the following
uecdote. One rainy day, a noted Welsh
aid, or poet, as we would say, met the ,
ev. David Davies, who also was known
i a bard. In those days umbrellas were
nknown in "Wales, and the clergyman
as covered with layers of straw, fastled
round with straw ropes. He was,
i fact, thatched all over. His brother i
aid cxclaiiucd, as he met him:
"Oh, bard and teacher, famed afar,
Such a sight I never saw!
It ill becomes a house like yours
To havo a roof of straw.'
jstantly the clergyman answered:
' The rain is fallinjr fast, my friend,
You know not what you say;
A roof of straw, metliinks, doth well |
Beseem a wall of day."
At the death of Dr. Priestly, the j
hilosopher and clergyman, Mr. Davies !
rote the following epitaph satirizing!
le well-known materialism of the sa- j
ant:
Here lies at rest, in oak<;n chest,
Together packed most nicely,
he bones an<' brains, flesh, blood and veins, ;
And soul of Dr. Priestly."
Hint a Bather Cun Do in Salt Lake. .
A bather can lie on the surface of the |
atcr of the Great Salt lake without ex- j
rtion; or, by passing a towel under his
noes and holding the two ends, he can
smain in any depth of water kneeling,
ritli the head and shoulders out of [
rater; or, by shifting it under the solis
f the feet, he cau sit on the water. The !
ne exertion, in fact, is to keep one's j
alance; none whatever is required to ;
ecp afloat. The only danger, there- '
ore, arises from choking by accidental- j
y swallowing some of the water, for the
trength of the brine is so intense that,
he muscles of the throat are convulsed, :
nd strangulation ensues.?Salt Lake i
leraltl.
Two English peers, recently deceased, I
/ere each very eccentric in his way. |
,ord Lauilersdale once disappeared for
cars, and was finally found acting as a
laggage-porter on a railway. The Dnkc
f Wellington used to quarrel fiercely |
trith his father, the '"Iron Duke." Once |
t'hen a friend called his attention to a
mblishcd caricature of him, the old duke
aid: " The only caricature that annoyed ,
dm was that," pointing to his son and
icir. The point of the remark was that
he son bore an extraordinary but groesque
likeness to his father. He had
he hooked nose and the high cheek
>oacj, but all this was rendered fright-1
ul by a small and weak chin and a thiu '
Jid irresolute jsuv. /
. t
? i
A MAN'S FORTUNATE FAL!
HOW ONE OF THE BXCH1SST Mim
IS COLOBADO WAS rOOTYS.
The Driver of a Burro Train Hurl<
over a precipice into a Cave]
Filled with Kick mineral*.
A long line of heavily laden burros, fc
lowed by two horsemen, were climbii
a steep trail in the San Joan mountain
William and Frank Smith, the drive
nnrl nivnora nf tlio trnin worn brntlipi
William, the cider, although yet a youi
man, had been in the country long enouj
to be considered a pioneer. Frank, t!
younger, had only arrived from the En
about two months before. He was
graduate or Yale college, also of an eai
em law school, and had come to Color
do with some idea of engaging in t
practice of law. Finding, however, upi
his arrival at the little town, which w
the county seat, that the field was co
crcd already, and that the lawyers w]
had preceded him had little or no bu
ness, he accepted his brother's iavitati<
to join in his venture and become
"burro puncher."
Although his handsome and still boyi:
face was considerably bronzed by e
posurc to the sun and rain, yet there w
in it the signs of unusual intelligen
(inrl r>f n rlisnnsition that was filwn
happy. Indeed, this was manifested 1
the cheerful songs with which he co
tinually enlivened the somewhat raonot
nou9 and tedious trip. On the raornii
in question the train had reached tl
most dangerous portion of the tra
where it wound around a bluff on tl
very edge of a canon whose jagged ai
precipitous sides and rocky bottc
threatened instant death to the luckU
traveler who would make one misste
Familiarity with the trail and its dang<
had made the young man somewhat cai
less, and it so happened that just as ]
was caroling a sparkling air from "Pi
afore," and while the echoes of his mu
cal voice were still ringing through t
canon, his usually sure-footed hoi
stepped upon a loose stone ana instant
horse and rider were hurled over t!
precipice.
The horrified brother saw the accide
from a point a short distance in advan
just as he was about turning the blu
Instantly lie ran to the edge; and on t
rocky bed of the canon, where the Iit1
mountain stream boiled and hissed wi
its tiny white spray, he saw the mangl*
body of the horse lying a crushed ai
almost shapeless mass. Making a detoi
with infinite difficulty he climbed do\
the sides of the canon and reached t
body of the horse, but, strange to sa
that of his brother was nowhere to
seen. Loth to leave without having d
covered his brother's remains, he spe
the whole afternoon in the search, b
without having discovered a trace of t
wherabouts of the body until the lengt
oninir oViorlnvva \vnrnf>il liitn tn rMlimn 1
journey to the camp, still some miles d
tant. Reluctantly he resumed his joi
ney, and upon reaching camp told 1
wonderful story to the crowd of eag
listeners who soon gathered around t
principal cabin. The next morning
party was organized, who spent tl
whole day in an unavailing search f
the missing man.
The mystery deepened, and in t!
minds of the superstitious miners savor
jlronglv of the supernatural. Towa
[lie close of the second day a group
men, sitting at the door of the large
L'abin, which did duty as a store ni
post-officc, discussing young Smitl
strange disappearance, were sudden
itartled by seeing the figure of a m:
toiling painfully up the steep trail ai
Dver tnc trail bridge that crossed the tc
rent which ran through the centre of t!
little settlement. Upon his approachii
nearer, what was their surprise to d
;over in him the missing man, but
covered with bruises and so hugga
ooking as to be hardly recognizable.
i r ?;i :?1
J row (I 01 Wll llig nanus ua.iiaiuit uuu
the door of the store, nnd after his war
tverc attended to. the chief one of whit
ivas hunger, their intense curiosity w
gratified by the relation or the followii
marvelous story:
"It mu9t have been several hours t
ter my fall before I regained oonsciou
uess, and found myself lying on the flo
3f a cavern, terribly bruised and hungr
rhc walls on either side were steep ai
high, and upon groping around I foui
that the cave extended into the mounta
through a perfect labyrinth of passage
Taking one of them at random I wa
ilered for hours, dragging my wen
HmDs siowiy aua paimuuy over i:
rough ground. Finally overcome i
fatigue, I lay upon the ground, and sle
I know not how long. Upon awakenii
to my other pains was added the keen
one of hunger. I still pushed on, ho'
ever, knowing that to remain would
death, yet without any idea of a diflf
ent fate should I continue, uncertain as
was tfmt I was not getting farther aw
from light and liberty. Suddenly I sc
\ gleam of blessed sunlight coming frc
1 could not tell where, but heighten
md magnified by the object upon whi
it was shining. This I found upon e
[imination was a mass of glittering ore.
"Following the direction of the thre;
of light, I saw far above me an openii
in the roof of my prison. With tcrril
labor and after several falls, I succeed*
in reaching the top and made my escap
emerging scarcely one-half mile from t
:amp."
The next day the young man, havii
i ? i i 1 r
COQSlUCniUiy reuuvuieu n um Alio iiijuii
and hunger, accompanied by several
the miners, proceeded to the place wi
ropes and tools, and found one of t
most enormous deposits of rich minei
ever found iu the State, with natui
shafts and tunnels adding immensely
the value of the land. "This," said t
narrator of the above story to a report
yesterday, "is the story of the discove
of one of the greatest producing mil]
in the State."?Denver New*.
Rare Epitaphs.
The London Sjieclutor gives the f<
lowing curious epitaphs. They are frc
a Scotch contributor:
T?l.? I lrl nnrlnr TTilmf
v71i (ju1j11 mv/wm;iuwv., ........
nock, well known for being, while
iile, constantly on the trot:
"Here rests John Davie, sae be may,
For faith the body's tired,
Who never rested night or day,
Till that day he expired."
On Jushua Lodge, tailor in Edi
burgh:
" Here lies the body of Joshua Lodge,
Wha died for want of mair cabbage;
He never fail'd to hae a goose,
Whilk was nao dainty in his house.
But dt atlrat last cam' till his bed,
An' shot hLs dart into his head,
But left his wife to stay behind,
To eat what cabbage she could find."
In Leslie Churchyard, Fifeshire:
"Here lies thebxty of Andrew Brown,
Sometime a wright in Lunnon toon,
In the year seventeen huner ami seven!
three.
When coining his parente for to see,
Of a cauld and a sair host,
He died upon the Yorkshire coast."
On a schoolmaster in Cleish paris
Fifeshire:
' Here lie Willie M hies banes:
O >'ntan, when ye tak him,
(tie him the schulin o' your weans,
For clever de'ils he'll niak' em."
An eccentric character named Jo]
So, a native of Inncrkip, bequeathed 1
property to a friend, on the conditi
that he would get engraved on his torn
stone the following epitaph written
himself:
"So died John So,
So so did lie so,
So did l.o live,
So did he die,
So so did he s'>.
So let him lie."
The Name or "Nihilist."
TurgcnielT is generally believed
have invented the name of Nihilist; b
although he revived the use of it
cannot be regarded as its original
Some fifteen centuries ago St. Augi
tine, bishop of Hippo, used the sai
substantive in almost the same sen;
"Nihilisti appellantur," he says, "qi
nihil credunt et nihil docent." '
judge from this the African Nihilii
who plagued the pious father in t
fourth century were much the same p(
pie as their cousins of our times, min
press and dynamite. St. Augustine
jcrred to those black sheep of his d
ccsc, wiiose only aim wa? Jestroy a
deny everything that could cither
v*trof ed or deaitd. ?rail id all Buds
? ^ - I
L. NEWS SUMMARY
B5 ! f.Bdcrn nnd middle State*.
J Hoo cholera prevails in the western part
I New Jersey and parts of Pennsylvania.
_ ! At an address delivered to a laree pathe
~~ j inp of prohibitionists in Philadelphia, Gove
I nor St. John, tho Prohibition candidate f<
President, declared tUat ho was m tne ueiu
)I- stay.
itr At a meeting of the New York State Tei
ig perance assembly an appeal was issued
' Republican prohibitionists urging them
,re vote for Blaino and Logan. Governor S
fs. John, tho Prohibition presidential candidat
ag lias published a letter in reply to tho appe
rjj in which he urges all Prohibitionists to stai
by their ticket.
ig^ The Pittsburg (Penn.) grand jury ha1
found bills against President Riddle ai
a Cashier Reiber, of tho Penn bank,for the er
3t- bezzlemont of #1,200,000, and against T.
a- Watson, oil broker, for conspiracy to dofrai
he the depositors.
an The Vermont legislature has re-elect
Senator Morrill to the United States Senat
The vote on joint ballot stood: Morrill, 20
J* Redfleld,2*J; scattering, G.
. Sitting Bull, ihe renowned Iudian chic
si- is said to have made $-'50,000 since ho plaa
oil himself on exhibition iu New York,
a Governor Cleveland arrived in Ne
York for the purpose of attending tho Dem
nh cratic barlwcue iu Brooklyn, and was receivi
" by many prominent Democrats, a iar|
procession was reviewed by the Govern
from his hotel. In the evenii
ce there was a meeting at the Academy
ys Music, under the auspices of Democratic ai
Independent business men. Governor Clev
land,Henry Ward Beecher,Governors Abbel
n" of NewJersey, Waller,of Connecticut,McLea
0* of Mary'and, Pillsbury, of Maine, and othe
ig addressed the till onged meeting, and the
ie was a big torch light procession,
il A bbonze statuto to tho memory of Jol
[jg Harvard, the founder of Harvard colleg
^ was formally unveiled at Cambridge, Ma
The Vermont Prohibitionists met in Sta
convention and chose presidential electors.
!S9
p. South and West*
irs A horrible crime has been brought
e- light at Troy, Ind., by the finding of tl
ae headless body of a woman in a cistern on tl
_ farm of Peter Backer. Tho body was reco
.* nized as that of Mrs. Htilwell Hindersho
who resided on a farm fourteen nrles back
he Troy. Her husband and two sons were a
an pp?trtl for the primp. Tli'* elder son was taki
]y out of jail by a mob and hanged, but not b
i fore he had confessed that ho and his fath
had murdered the mother because she woul
not sign away the farm, to which she had
nt deed.
ce Charles W. Bctler, one of the mo
g noted criminals in Ohio, the son of a wealtt
, ' physician in Columbus, was hanged in C
lumbia City, Ind., for the murder of Abb
tie Butler, his young wife, in Pierceton, Ind., <
th September 20, Ls8.'i. Butler escaped from tl
e(j jail in Columbia City and was at liberty V
j some days. His trial occupied nearly
month. All that wealth and influence cou
ir> do was done to save him from the gallows.
A series of fires, supposed to bo of ince:
be diary origin, have destroyed a great deal
y, mining propertv in the now noted Hockii
be valley, Ohio. Nearly all the mines whe
the recent labor troubles occurred we;
Ia* fired, and an immense amount of dama;
nt was incurred.
A crowd of colored men overpowered tl
be jail guard at Boiling Fork, Miss., took o
h- iDock Martin, a colored murderer, and liang
him from a bridge.
[g. The town of Liberty, county seat of Be
ford county, Vn., has lost almost itsonti
F" business portion by fire. Twenty-one bu
us ness houses were- consumed and the nggi
;er gate loss is put at $150,00.).
he Two little girls, the children of Garrt
a Wiseman, a resident of Mitchell count
le N. C., while passing through a strip of woo
were attacked by a large catamount ai
or killed.
, A sawmill boiler exploded in Haralsi
county, Ga., killing J. C. Rogers, the pi
cd prietor; James Eson and Bud Pardon, ai
rd injuring several others.
of A patient at the Cincinnati hospital t<
.gl; through a hatchway with his attendant, ai
1 j I both were killed.
. >? The miners and the mine owners of t
j Hocking valley region charge each other wi
V setting lire to tho mines.
^ Fi r.st retu rns from the October elections ga
id tho Ohio Republican State ticket a majoril
>r- variously estimated at from 10,000 to 20,C
he votes. The Republicans were reported
have gained from three to five Congressine
. o the present delegation standing thirteen Dei
,s" ocrats to eight Republicans. In West V:
so ginia the first returns indicated theelection
rd the Democratic State ticket by majorities i
timated all the way from 2,000 to 10,COO.
The excitement growing out of the poli
t cal campaign in Ohio?the fiercest ever w;
T? uessed in that State?did not culminate in t
-h trouble on election day that was anticipate
as although several tragedies werereported
Cincinnati an ultercation between AH*
Russell, a colored man, and Deputy Maryhi
, Cayne, also colored, onded in I
lI" latter's shooting the former dead. Two otb
is- men were wounded, ono fatally, and a womi
or was struck by a rock and "fatally injure
y Two policemen in Cincinnati were also da
vi gerously wounde<l by pistol shots during
" Iracas in the evening.
Immediately after the Ohio election ft!
m Blaine made a flyingi tour through Michiga
.'s. Drieny addressing me iiepuuncun mruu
n- that greeted him in tho various cities a:
r,- towns.
tie A market wagon containing "William
>v Pryor, a farmer, residing near Elkton, M<
\ and two little children, was struck by an e
P1- press train, and the three occupants instant
killed. ?
er ??
Waalilnffton*
I | The removal of the appliances for electr
i lighting in the capitol shows that tho built
:r" I ing is in a most untidy condition, on accoui
II ; of the billions of insects which the brilliant
ay I of tho electric light attracted, and who
lw | skeletons aro either hanging on the walls, tie
I fast by a death grip, or a
,n? piled up in heaps all over tl
ed j recesses of the roof. There a:
ch myriads of May flies, beetles, crickets, ea
| wigs, dragon flies, grasshoppers, caddis flie
I honey bees, wasps, ants, Hornets, uuueruit
, i moths, cicadas, froghoppers, plant lice, wat
acl ! beetles, whirligigs, skippers, horned midget
3g i gnats, mosquitoes, and every spocies of inse
de i toria known to the surrounding swamps ar
,, j | woods of Washington.
ie j October returns to the department of a
l ' j riculture indicate a generally good conditic
^ ; of the crops. The general average for cot
is ninety-three. The wheat crop will excee
ig I that ot last year by about 100,(XX),0
es I bushels.
of I Toe secretary of the navy has issued a ge
j eral order for the establishment of a collej
. ! for an advanced course of professional stut
i for naval officers, to be known as the Nav
ral j 'War college. It will lie under the gener
ral supervision of the bureau of navigation. T1
to I principal building en Coasters' Harb
i._ I Island, Newport, K I., will be assigned to i
"c use.
'cr i
[ President Arthur has appointed Fir
ry | Assistant Postmaster-General Frank Hutt<
tea ! to bo postmaster-general in place of Juil;
j Greshani, who succeeded the late Judge F<
j ger as secretary of the treasury.
i
i
>1- rorelftu
im ; Henri Rochefoiit, tho well known Fren
j editor, has just fought another duel. T
! journalist and his opponent, a French ca
l.r" ; tain, were both wounded.
ln | The Peruvian town of Paita has bei
; partly destroyed by lire. Loss, about
I 000.
j A violent gale lasting several days h
| prevailed in th9 Gulf of Trieste. A lar;
( number of fishing boats have been wreck
> and the bodies of their crews washed ashoi
D" j Fire has laid low tho Third Presbyterii
! church, of Chicago, one of tho linest eh up
! edifices in that city. The loss is abo
$125,000.
! A boat with forty Europeans and Egy
1 tians, accompanied by live negroes and thri
I servants, grounded at Salamat, Egypt. T1
j Arab sheikhs offered hospitality to the pari
and enticed them to their houses, where tin
! massacred all but fourteen of them, who we
| taken prisoners. A messenger confirms tl
! report of Colonel Stewart's inurd
j by Arabs, and says that the only survivors
the party aro four black slaves. All the E
j ropeans, including M. Nicola, tho Greek co
,y. stil. were killed.
j Eleven pupils of tho school of agricultu
' at Bordeaux, France, havo died from tl
| effects of eating mushrooms gathered in
wood near the school.
!]) i The International Prime Meridian conf<
' | puce has adopted the meridian of Greenwic
Tho representatives of France and Brazil <1
j not vote, an 1 the representative of Han E
I mingo voted against it.
';e PROMINENT PEOPLE.
1" Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, will so
I go on a two years' trip to Japan and Chini
^ Lieutenant Greelt's health is slow
improving. Early in November ho goes
Washington.
Prince Edward, son of tho Princo
Wales, will travel in Canada and the Unit
States next year.
Miss Mollie Garfield, aged sevente*
daughter of President Garfield, is to bccoi
a student at Vassar collego.
Mr. Bergii says he is iu possession of wi
to bequeathing $500,000 to the society for 1
iut ? prevention of cruelty to animals,
he ! Sitting Bull has an enormous head.
)r wears a No. 7 3-4 hat, larger than Dati
Webster. Hs receives a salary during 1
ls' present engagement?$'.!00 a month.
lie Miss Mary E. Garrett, of Baltirao
sc. ago twenty-eight, is said to bo the wealthii
lift unmarried lady in this country. S he
f 0 herits one-third of her father's enormous f<
jt.H tUnC'
u- William II. Vandeiibilt and his so:
says a New York dispatch in the Cineinw
:0" Enquirer, have lost nearly $.">0,000 000 t
us past fow years in ill-timed speculations of \
re- rious kinds.
io- | Ji'stice Miller is said to be distinguish
from his brethren of tho Supremo Court
i . tho United States by being tho only memt
who habitually wears a "swallow-tailed" cc
1 and a good-nature*I smile.
: - V
r LATER NEWS,
Governor Cleveland held a reception
of in the Brooklyn Academy of Music and then
proceeded in the long procession to Ridger*
wood park, where there was a barbecue, with
I r- . . , mi
3r j roast ox in aounuance. mere was spuu&mg i
to j from fivo stands, and tho governors
I of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
^ i Connecticut and Maryland, beside many
to ! Senators and Congressmen were present and
It. j inado addresses. In the evening there was
| another reception, and an immense torch1(j
light procession. Governor Cleveland shook
hands with thousands of people during the
ra day and evening, and on the following mornid
ing returned to Albany.
*j A Columbus (Ohio) dispatch says thnt
id "tho official returns from the election artcoming
in slowly at both State headquarters,
?d and tho final estimates are made with difliculty.
On figures received, subject to re1
vision, the Democrats concede on the
n moWlfw f\f 1fWMT
)[ Wioto Vivncu i* iiJUjwuwj Vk ?V,WI
;d vvhilo the Republicans estimate the majority
at 10,792. The Democratic committee claim
w eleven of the twenty-one Congressmen, whilp
,?J the Republican committee consider the
go Eleventh district doubtful and say it will re"
of quire the official returns to decide it"
^ A Republican procession was forming a
1C] La Crosse, Wis., when its leader, F. A. Bur
e* ton, president of tho Blaine and Logan club
:t? of that city, was suddenly shot dead by a
j!j man known as "Scotty," who fired seven
r 1 shots in rapid succession, nearly every one
taking effect "Scotty" was hurried to the
if jail, but an immense crowd battered down
ft the doore, took the murderer out and hanged
53 , . 0
k him
John A Atkinson, twenty-four years old,
manager of the Chicago branch of the Liverpool
hog-fa:king house of Davies, Atkinson
to &Co.,l:a? been speculating on his own &cjjjj
count with the firm's funds and has become
g. a defaulter to the extent of about $200,000.
+ fP**? nnfit*A KiipJnaco rv%rfinn nf frioflalil
K< X Jl?i UlibiiO UIUIUVM |/Vt V1VU Vfc VI >4ju^iv<j
?' Md., including several large oyster-packing
^ establishments and scores of frame dwellings,
e- has been destroyed by fire. The loss is esti*
ei mated at $200,000.
^ Baron Von Albensleben, the new minister
from Germany, was formally presented
st to the President the other day by the seeretaryof
state.
?a The delegates of the International Meriju
dian conference, headed by Admiral Rodgers,
hi called in a body at the executive mansion to
3p Pa>' their respects to the President. They
ld were presented to him in the blue room by
Secretary Frelinghuysen.
n- A strong anti-English feeling prevails at
Hong Kong, and during a recent riot there
several persons were killed.
re A Halifax (N. S.) dispatch says that thei?
schconer Charles Valentine has been lost,
with all hands, consisting of six men.
Turkish brigands attacked the Turkish
Dd mail caravan from Bagdad and
robbed it of $300,000. Three robbers were
d- captured and part of the money reiovered.
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siALARMING
EXPLOSIONS,
(tt
y, Attempt to Dc?troy the Jfcw Pari lads
mcnt Building* in Qucbci.
nd
Much a'arm has been caused in Qucbec,
jn Canada,by. two explosions of dynamite which
o- blew down large sections of the new parlia
'id ment buildings in the course of construction.
Says a dispatch: The attempted destruction
of the parliament house in this city to-day
constitutes one of the most diabolical plot#
he ever designed, and notmng snort ot a miracje
th prevented, as one of its results, a terrible
sacrifice of human life. At 12:40 p. Jttlie whole
ve city was startled by the report of an exploit
sion which causcd people to rush out of door?
to and eagerly inquire tho cause. The new?
>n that the explosion was in the parliament
house spread like wild fire, and it was aston.
0f ishing to note with what rapidity thousand*
es- of persons assembled at the scene. They saw,
on reaching thr spot, a great gap in the front
u wall of tho new parliament house some thirty
jt- or forty feet squaro, and adjacent to the east
'le end of the wing of the department building
d? facing tho Grand Alloa
The structure is situated just outside St.
Louis gato, and is built in four wings. The
id three wings containing the public olHces have
he been completed some time, but tho fourth,
or which is really tho main building, is just
in nearing completion and ready to receive the
d- roof. It was to bo tho parliament house
n proper, and was to be ready for the session of
! "> the legislature next January.
Those who were in the immediate vicinity
[r of the parliament house when the explosion
lu occurred found themselves tottering upon
cm their feet-Qm .tb? fares c" -ewsscsefcnr
ltd The report was of terrific volume, and paralyzing
in it? awful force and suddenness. A
. shower of bricks and small broken stone and
y" debris from the interiorof the building was
^ blown into the air and fell like hail in the
j imaiodiato neighborhood of the structure.
Immense blocks of cut stone
were torn from tin outer wall
and forced with fearful velocity
I across the lawu in front of tho building, teari
ing up tho grass in their course. Two ladies
1 who lived in the terrace facing the wing on
the Grand Ailee w< re walking up the upper
* end of St. Eustache street at the time, and
j. narrowly escaped being struck by the huge
blocks of stone. Several men had been seen
about the building a few minutes previously,
and the report was circulated that a number
ef them had been killed. Fortunately, however,
such was not the case. It was the work'
men'9 dinner hour, and none of them except
*' two were near enough to receive any injuries.
J Only one of the two, a workman named Martel.
was seriously hurt.
j A reasonable timo having elapsed, a search
was instituted, i n ler the direction of the Contractor,
for further explosives, but without
g- result. At about 1J< p. m., however, the
>n crowd which still loitered around were
'? startled aud terrified by a new explosion, this
*1 time at the other end of the parliament house,
and close to the northeast comer or rue diock.
The masonry here is double the thickness of
n- that blown away by tho first explosion,
a Nothing but a quantity of lime and dust asly
cendedfrom the building and no blocks of
al stone were hurled from the wall, vet the
al damage is far in excess of that caused by the
lio first explosion. The whole comer is so bulged
or out that it can barely hold together and must
ts all be demolished, A number of officials who
had ventured back into the department
t offices since the first explosion lost no time in
again taking leave of their desks, and nobody
would again venture in the building for the
?, remainder of the afternoon. Mr. Charlebois,
the contractor, had wisely dismissed his workmen
for the clay after the first explosion.
The government offered a reward of *4,000
for the conviction of the persons resi>onsible
j for the explosion.
ho ?
THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
en
>r
Annual Rcpurt from the General
nml Office?Sales and Recclptai.
as
Commissioner McForland, of the general
. land office, lias submitted to the secretary of
ln tho interior his report of tho operations of i
h that office for the fiscal year ended Juno 30, '
ut 1S34, of which tho following is an abstract:
The sales, entries and selections of public
'J, lamls embraced "0,831,011 acres and of Inio
dian lands 698,129 acres, making a total of
ty 27,521,170 acres?an increase over the year
1883 of 8,101,137 acres, and over the year
1882 of 13,^:22,003 acres.
er Tno receipts from disposals of public lands
01 were ?11,*40,993, from sales of Indian land,
|j] $938,137; a total of $12,779,130, being an in!
crease over tho year 1883 of $1,073,804, and
co | an increase over the year 1882 of $4,392,750,
|jo ! to which is to be added $10,275 received for
a J certified copies of iwniis, making the total
I receipts for the year $12,789,405.
!r. j The report says that pending congressional
u j action upon forfeiture of certain railroad
lid grants it has been divined proper to suspend
)0. the issue of patents iu all cas.s where this
question was involved in pending legislation.
In concluding h's report the commissioner
I says: "Thetime is mar at hand when there
wdl ixi no public lands to invito settlement or
: niroril citizens of the country an opportunity
' to secure cheap homes. Meanwhile vast
I stretches of uncultivated lands aro everyon
| where observable, titlo to which has been
a. ' acquired by evasions of law. The numerous
rly [ methods of disposal now existing and the laxto
ity of precautionary provisions against misappropriation
are resulting iu a waste of
0f j tho public domain, without tho comj)cn-ixl
i sat'im attendant u]K)ii small ownerships
for actual settlement. The time
has fully arrived when wastefulness should
3n? | cease, and that jwrtion still remaining should
tno | economized for tho use of aetu d settlers
j only. An act reserving tho public lands, exills
cept. mineral and timber reserves for entry
.ho ! under the homestead law, with amendments
I to prevent evasion of its wise restrictions,
fj8 j would he a measure meeting this end.''
jol Tho commissioner points out tho i.eecssity
hia | for the immediate adoption of some moasuro
by which tho natural forests may bo
preserved at tho head waters of important
rivers and their tributaries, and in such
other situations where their preservation
Is expedient for climatic effect and other
reasons of utility. He says there is no good
reason why lands worth from $25 to $100 per
acre for timber should bo sold for $1.25 and
*ti 1 $2.50 per aero, as at present, and ho favors
'10 | tho withdrawal from sale or entry under ex'a*
isting laws of all the distinctly timber lands
| of the United States until an examination
;ed ami appraisement of them fan be made,
of | After examination permanent timber reserves
>er j should Ik- csUiblislied where deemed desirable
>at and provision made for the sale at not less
( than appraised value of the remainder.
THE NATIONAL GAME.
The baseball catcher will shortly go into
retirement to grow a njw crop of lingers.
Titfi'f. worn HiVht 1-!) pnm ?s in the Leaerne
and American association respectively this %
season.
Providence won tho championship of tho
I/3aguo in 1879, and has been second thrao
times and third once.
The salary list of the three largest baseball ,
associations in the country aggregate between i- i
$600,000 and f:;0>,000.
New York has the two men who are paid
more for playing ball than any others in the
world. They aro Ward and Ewinr, and each
receives a little over $3,0'J0 for tho present
season.
The Providence directors have voted to
present every ona of the players of th-j club
with an order for an elegant suit of winter
clothing and an overcoat upon their return
from the West. \
The following players, now in League
clubs, took part in tho professional championsjip
campaign of 1174: Anson. O'Rourke,
vVhite, Eggler, Start, Sutton, Force, Hinea,
Burdock and Manning. Those in American
clubs this season who were in tho championship
campaign of 1874 are as Collows: Matthews,
York, Nelson, Gerliardt, Uemsan, Bat? A
tin, Fuliner, Farrar, Barnie, Mu-jt. Snyder
and Bond.
John Kelly, the umpire, tells of one instance
in which Goldsmith, while pitching
for the Chicagos, struck out four of the bat- ;
lers in the last inning, and yet his club lost . :vv
the game in that inning, 13 to 12. Flint :
muffed three of tho four strike outs. On a
pir with this is an incident of a lato game
between the Baltimores and the Metropolitans,
when three of the lattor's men made
base hits in one inning, and not one got to
second base, all three having been thrown oat ,'v
trving to steal the base.
"At the end of the twenty-fourth wee's the
record of the League clubs in the champion- '<
ship race was as follows, the season being
practically at an end:
Clubs. Won. Lost. I Clubt. BVu Lo*t.
Providence S3 28 I New York 6") 50
Boston 73 36 Philadelphia 39 73
Buffalo 62 47 I Cleveland 35 77
Chicago 62 50 j Detroit 23 81 y
The record at cue close 01 me season or ibto .
stood as follows:
Club*. JTon. Lett Club*. Il'an. LotL - jg
Boston 63 85 Buffalo ?.G2 45 \53
Chicago 59 S9 New York 48 60
Providcnce...53 40 Detroit 40 68
Cleveland....65 42 Philadelphia... IT 81
In the American Association race, the
championship has been won by the Metropolitans,
of Sew York. The record of the
twelve American Association clubs at the
end of the twenty-fourth week was as
follows:
Cl'ib*. IFon. Loit. | Club*. Won. Lo*t
Metropolitan....72 811 Athletic 60 43
Columbus 68 88 I Toledo 44 66
St. Loni* 66 89 I Brooklyn 40 60
Cincinnati 66 40JPltUbnrR 31 78 ,
Louisville 66 40 f Indianapolis v9 76
Baltimore. C2 43 | Virginia SI 79 ' . >
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. ' I
k
Reuinye, when last beard from was fid- .
iling around Honolulu.
Miss Johnson, late of Kentucky, lath#
Iate3t opera dubutante in Paris.
Media will be the first plav in which Sir ?
^ri will onrtaoi* ?n Amnrir?n Hnrinc t.VlA mm* * ?!
ing tour.
Sardou first wrote "Dora," then "Fedora,"
and now he has named his new drama,
"Theodora."
An American boy only eight years old has , ;'i
been admitted to the Paris conservatoire to
learn piano playing. J
Pauline Lucca, the prima, donna, hat '->
been a public singer for twenty-five years,
and is now forty-four years old.
Joseph Jefferson says: "One of the greatest
needs of the American stage at the prea- ;
ent is young,talented and attractive womea" ;
Verdi, the composer,is seventy-three years
of age. He has snow white hair and mustache
He has written and publisuei 125
operas.
Kino Oscar, of Sweden, has, in his office z.
as president of the academy of music in Stockholm,
delivered musical lectures on different
occasions.
Mme. Lucca, Mme. Patti aud Miss Clara
Louise Kellogg, it is said, are each to celebrate
their twenty-fifth anniversary on the
stage tins iau. # . ~Wj
When Patti used to sing at tho Tuillcriea s"3j
concerts sbo receivod $W) each time, Nilsson
received $340, Mma. Carvalho and Mr. Faora
S 'OO each, Capoui $120, and Marie Ross
$100.
The rartest of all good gifts in the way of <
music, a tenor with a fine sympathetic voice,
is said to hive been discovered at Aix lea
Bains. He is compared, with what justice is
not proved, to Mario in his best days?and
Marconi is his name.
A plate was place 1 upon tho house 42 rue
Mazarin, Paris, France, to indicato the spot
on which opera was heard for tho tirst time in
that city. The date was March 13,1671, and
the opera "Poinone," which was performed
every evening afterward for a year.
\Xr\nif tkon mnci/Hkl nivrflHn "***"
and minstrel companies ai-e now on the road.
Of the 250 troupes that have orjjanked this
year, 185 are regular theatrical companies,
thirty-five are concert companies, twentyfive
variety, fri'-.'uty. operatic awl_u*?- uin-?'
voted to burnt cork.
There is much difference in the cost of ,
stagers In Europe and America, as will be
noted in the fact that Slme. Mnterna, one of
the grandest pj*ima donnas on th-3 lyric stage,
is engaged to sing the coming season at the
Imperial opera, Vienna, at $300 a ni^ht,while
Nilsson, with a fading voice, demands $2,500
a night in New York. $
Frank Chanfrau, the actor who died of , .
apoplexy at Jersey City recently, was born
in ]New York sixty years ago, early became a
member of the volunteer Are department,and
learned the trade of skip carpcnter. He had
a taste for theatricals^ and joined a c mpa.jy
oi amatuer acwiu. xio w uo & * i * i * * i-i -|
and imitated Forest to perfection.
.??-!
A FRENCH VICTORY,
Illore Than Three Thousand Chinese
Killed?War Notci.
General de l'lslo telegraphs from Chu, on '-i
the' Upper Loochuan river, as follows: "Colonel
Donnier, after a brilliant engagement
on Friday, carried the heights
commanding the fortress of Chu,
I forming the point d'appui of
I a large entrenched Chinese camp, which
I was defended by five casamated forts. The
Chinese forced were large. Their losses were
heavy. On Saturday they attempted to as.
sumethe offensive, but our artillery strewed
the ground with Chinese bodies.
4 'After losing all their position'? the Chineso
fled toward Langson. They hailed near Phutruong
and Khanh. The French loss was
twenty killed, including one officer, and
ninety wounded. Two officers received slight
wounds. Our troops were animated with the
greatest ardor. The Chineso In this engagement
were a part of the best troops of the ..."
empire. They were perfectly armed, and v
J " TI,o PhtnpflA C3H
manoeuvred m cuiuinauuun
losses were 3,000 killed, including their chief EgSH
commander. The Chinese invasion of Tonquin
has been arrested in the direction of ^
Langson. The wound sustained by General
Negrier during the recent engagement noar f&g?9
Kep is healing satisfactorily. f ';V?5j
General Briere de 1'Isle has advised the government
that a further advance in Tonquin
will be imprudent until the French army is
heavily reinforced. . Warn
Official advices to the French government SdJM
state that the losses of the French in their re- .
cent defeat at Tamsui were sixteen killed and
forty-nine woundod. Of the latter thirty-two
received only slight wound.?.
fi
FRANCE DEFEATED,
Admiral Lc^iiv* and the French
Fleet Itcpulscd at Tj^i?u!. ^ 2
Admiral Lespes and tTuTFrencir~Tt?>?t_at^
Tamsui have been defeated by the Chinese ? x
The Chinese, by hiding in the brushwood.
suffered some six hundred of the
French forces to land and como
within easy range of their guns
before tl:ov apparel. The Chinese
Ceneral Tso then led an attack ujv >n tho
rear of the French forces, whuli InS-'amc punic-strickcn.
The Chinese forces killed seventy
men and captured one sun. They also Ik1- ysfigl
heade i twenty-two French corpses, ! tit desisted
from that horriblefeaturoui??n tin.-pro- PsBB
test of tli.; British consul. The Chinese loan
was 200 in killed an 1 wounded. Tho fighting
lasted live hours, at the end of which time tho
French retired to their snips.
NEWSY GLEANINGS,
Bounty is paid fof dead grasshoppers in
Mexico.
There are more drunken wohisn than man
in London.
There are over 275,000 school teachers in
this country.
There are twenty-six Methodist churches
in Atlanta, Ga.
Sixty-five thousand clergymen are preaching
Christianity in tho United States.
Leprosy among the Chines.' population of
British Columbia is causing great alarm.
Ostrich farms have started in M >xico
Those in Florida and California were a failure.
There are l.oOO.OOO cattle roaming over
tho ranges of Colorado, valued at ?i0,0(Ji),000.
Ax American circus is >aid to have just
taken in $ii0,00<> in four jK'rforniauces in two
days in Toronto, Canada
Paris has just taken a census. It shows a
no; illation ot 2,239,1128. of whom 10 7t>'J are
English and 5,9s7 Americans.
The past has b?en an unfavorable season
for Western horse thieves. Thirty-seven of
them have already been strung up by the
vieiiauts in Montana.
J'uk.ie arc 810 Youn; Men's Christian associations
in the country, with a total meni- d
boisuipof 108,137. They own eighty build- #
ings and real eatate in all worth ?VJ.V5,000.