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Kr . ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER*! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEE 5, 1884. NO. 19. VOLUME XXIX. |g| ??? * 1 j&b& GROWING BEAUTIFUL, Say not: "Behold! I'm growing old." Thy golden lovks, soft-thiged with gray, That hint of age and youth's decay, Become thee more, as year by year, Thy riper wisdom doth appear. Say not: "Alas! I fade as grass." Thy beauty, fed by springs within, Is comeiier than it e'er hath been: A sweeter bloom, the spirit's grace, Is kindling in thy earnest face. - IP. Dc Witt Wallace. in the Current. TRAPPING A WHALE. ! i CAUGHT IX A BOX AXD SHIPPED A1IVB TO j ENGLAND. "Ship a whale to Europe?" "That's what I'm a teilin' ye." "Yes,"'was the reply, "as lively whales as ever ye clapped your eyes on." The speaker was a fisherman of note of i a very small town on the Island of Bic, near the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and his I statement that he was about to ship a wnale to .hurope naci miner siaggereu his listener. "Why," he continued, "I've done it already, anit it ain't likely I can't do it agin. I kin ship anything from a codfish to a whale, and if they fuller my orders the goods 'il git tla-re ship-shape and ' lively, right side up with care. That is what I ship 'em in,"added the fisherman, j pointiug to a box about 20x7 feet that ; had evidently just been put together, i "No, I ain't goin' to put a sail on it and beat over?I kin beat that all holler. But come along and I'll show you how the thing is done." A few minutes later a pair of horses and a low set of wheels were brought out,and by the aid of levers the big box -was ! mounted or pried upon them, and getting aboard with the fisherman the writer was soon lumbering down toward the sandy beach. "Don't git out," said the fisherman, as the horses entered the water. "Stay for the launchin'; she'll hold you and twenty more." The wheels were driven in until the box into which the writer had jumped j floated clear of the wheels, and the launch was successfully made. The craft might have been a running mate to Noah's ark, and was to receive animals much after the same fashion. There ?vas a rope in the inside, to which was j kttached a rock, and this the writer tossed out and so prevented a sail upon the broad river. " Does she leak?"' asked the fisherman anxiously, after he had turned the horses toward shore, and upon receiving a oegative, he added, Wall, that's n blessin'. She ain't calked, aud I thought ihe might swell. Wait a minute and I'll take ye off,''and the team was driven ishore, while the writer patiently waited In the ark. The situation was rather novel than N otherwise, and while we were attempting to realize how the whale would feel boxed the fisherman appeared in , light around a point and we were soon i transferred to a boat, the box being taken in tow. nAitpooxrxo a white whale. "Ye see that bay-like up yonder?" laid the oarsm:in, " Wall, that's the greatest place for white whale ye ever j ucoiu ui. x ucj vuuiu lit at ui^u i/uc ju 1 reg'lar droves like, with porpoises aud grampuses, aud swim around, feedin' like is not, then go out with the tide. The tide here falls about eightccu foot, more or less, and this bay's ail bare at low , water." The box was towed into the middle j of the bay, where it was anchored to a stake. 4lAs we can't do anything till the tide goes down," said our ocompanin, "sposin' we go down and tackle a whale or so. Ever do any harpoonin'?" be asked, as he shipped the mast and shook out the little sail. "Wall, it's good sport, and I reckon I kin give ye a taste." The sheet was drawn aft. and catching the brisk northeast wind the little craft laid o\er and bore away for the ! middle of the river, where quite a sea was running. "They like to come in with the tide tomehow," said the fisherman, "and when there's a west wind that works up I a Vnrr con whpn tlio nomincf. tVw* civi they seem to like it all the more, and ! keep a-rollin' in and out as long as it j lasts. There's one now,"' pointing to a white object that appeared for a moment : glistening in the sun, and from which 1 came a puff. "I guess we're goiu' to strike 'em good.'' The mast was now unshipped, the sail furled and the boat propelled by the j oarsman, who sat aft, while the writer took his position at the bow, to becomc initiated in the science of white whale i fishing. The harpoon was a slender pine j pole, about fifteen feet long, lithe and willowy, the spear being of steel and 1 having two points, with incurved barbs, I that worked on a hinge and set into a : notch, so that little resistance was of- j fered when a victim was struck, the barbs only turning out when an attempt was made to withdraw the weapon, i The spear fitted on to the pole by a socket, and was in turn made fast to a long line that was carefully coiled up in a tub in the bow. "Now, then." said the fisherman, as 1 the amateur took the harpoon and as- ' sumed a professional attitude cribbed from the "Whaler's Own Book." "I lr in ten f Artf 1 i tr r? 1 i* t and ye want to take him right abaft the blowhole if ye kin; that seems to settle 'em about as quick as anything." The writer had grained the barracouda and pegged green turtles at fifteen or twenty l'eet on the Fiorida reef, and, therefore, felt encouraged. For a fourth of a mile the iittle boat was propelled down stream, tossing and rolling in the ^ heavy sea. when suddenly a great domes? like white head appeared hardly fifteen feet away: a loud pull" sounded 011 the the air and a faint spray for a second caught the sunshine. If there had been time the harpooner would have succumbed, probably to something akin to back fever? the symptoms were there? but, rallying, the harpoon was raised,and by good luck took the ghostly cre;i: ire fair in the back just as it was diving to return. "Bully for ye!" shouted the rower, as a barrelful of water struck the harpooner full in the face, being tossed from the animal's tail. " You've hit him good." a wet wde. This was evidently the case, ns the linewas whizzing out of the tub with lightning speed. "You'd better get aft afore the end comes," said the fisherman. "There's so much sea runnin' that he mi<*ht drown us if she's down nt the head." The suggestion was acted upon, and none too soon. ;ss the Hying cord was soon exhausted and came taut with a jerk. The bo\V of the boat was buried deeply in the water, then rose bravely on the waves and dashed oil behind the stricken whale. "It ain't particularly drv." remarked the oarsman, wiping the spray from his face and taking up a bailer. . The boat was taking the waves as they came, going through some and over others, hurling the spray ten feet in the air, all in all working up quite an excitement and considerable anticipation, as every sea threatened to engulf the little craft, and once full the occupants and boat furniture would speedily be' floated out and left behind. In going half a mile the boat was half full of ??- n.,/1 !f i-n/.nirprl hllf little calcil ?HICJ, cuiu ii/ iv?|U4*v?% lation to show that a mile would bring things to a climax. "We must get alongside or let her go," said the old man. as the boat dashed into a large sea. "Wc can't stand this." The line was in a notch at the bow and getting aft, both occupants took hoid and hauled the line in whenever opportunity offered. Every haul seemed to increase the speed of the flying animal, and finally one was obliged to bail while the other took in the slack. For nearly an hour this bailing and hauling was kept up, the whale now slackening and then starting up with renewed energy, until finally it breached 100 feet from the boat and rolled over and over for several minutes, a sure sign that it was weakening.' "If yc want to finish the business," said the whaler, "I'll put ye alongside while he'a rollin'and ye can give him the lance." The volunteer accordingly took the ugly weapon, that?was about a foot off the cud of a scythe lashed to a bladeless oar, and. with a rush, tho whale was boarded. A tremendous rush of water nearly swamped the boat at the onset, but the animal was alongside and it was the work of a moment t<> scud the terrible instrument into the creature, that gave a convulsive bound, cleared the boat and lav thrashing wildlv just out of reach. "One clip of that tail would finish us," saiil ttic nsuerman, uaciuu^ ?uic? .v avoid the rushes of the animal. "I've seen 'em mash a bo.tt just like paper, but you just finished her, sure enough." The whale was evidently dead, and, after putting another harpoon into its head, it was fastened a^tirn and the pull shoreward commenced. "We take white whales shoot in' sometimes, "said the rower, "ami the last one I lock last season got a joke on me that ain't quite wore oil yet. \Ve went out in a gang that day, sor.ie with rifles and some 1 with harpoons, and I reckon there was ten hots (boats) all told, and right down by the mouth of the crcek we struck a school of 'em. so big that there was nothing but heads a-poppin' up all around. When we got into the lot the boys began a-shootin' and strikin,' and got so mixed lip tint we didn't know where we was for awhile. My boy had my harpoon,and the only thing I could git holt on was a lance, jest like this, and as I i was standin' in the bow a big white whale come up under me. I let drive and sunk the lance into him about two foot, and at the same moment one of the other boats struck us right amidships. I lost my balance, and afore I knew it I was a settin on that old whale's back, , hangin' onto the pole, and goin' along like greased lightning. The boys set up a yell, and made way for me, and off I went. ;'Yesee," continued the speaker, ''the water was only about four foot, aud the \ critter couldn't dive, so I jest clung to it. First she struck in shore, a snorting a puffin' and beating the water, with her tail so't ye could hear her clear across the : bav. 13ut she couldn't shake me off. I jist clung to the handle, and let her rip, ; and pretty soon when we came to a shoal | place I beached her. or she beached me. I don't know which. Anyway, I reckon I'm the first one that ever rode a whale in these diggins.'' The boat was now in shore, so that i the whale grounded, and a beautiful ! creature it was?a pure creamy white, about twelve feet in length, with a ] grace'ul, rounded head that seemed more j disconnected from the body than is general with whales, and it is said that the j white whale is the only one that can move its l:e id from side to side at all. The side tins were small, the tail broad and richly pointed ?an organ of great power. Scientifically the white whale i is the Beluga, and thev arc found in great numbers about the Gulf of St. Lawrence and farther north. They attain a ! length of twenty-three feet, and arc val- j ucd for their hide, which is tanned into t leather, and the oil from the blubber, i the latter being greatly esteemed by j workers in delicatc machinery. The Indians ent the flesh and the Esquimaux use the bones, so that all in all the creature is quite useful. When wc landed, the box that had \ been towed into the bay was high and 1 dry beside a great hole that had been excavated on a previous tide. The fisherman now obtained several assistants, and, the hole being made larcer, the box was lowered into it so that it was almost : on a level with the surrounding bottom. A lid was put on by leather strans, but ! - ?1 *i - 'Th? it'l t UjJUll, uuu iau nap ?*ao 11 &? u i. * **^ little bay in which the pit was sunk had a narrow opening, and at high tide, when the ebb was about commencing, a number of boats took a large coarse seine and hauled it across the opening, taking their places in front of it and sitting, 1 with oars in hand, to frighten bark the whales should they venture down. It was a matter that required some patience, but gradually, as the tide went out, the bailing and breaking of the water and the occasional view of a round head told that some whale had been entrapped. As the water grew lower and lower the commotion became greater, t and finally the forms of seven whales were fairly exposed, rushing about, run- , ning out of water in shoal spots and making tierce breaks at the net and | boats, only to be driven back by yells, 1 shouts and blows from the boats, until finally the water went down so that all the white beauties were stranded. The boats then moved in, and. as expected, in^he sunken box was one of the whales, . about ;en feet long. "Ye see the trick of it.'" said our fisherman. "The box gets full of water and is always the deepest spot, and when the whales sec the water a-goin' they go for deeper holes if they can lind them. So | this one settled in here, and here she is, all boxed." The box had been partly lined with seaweed, so that the creature could not ' hurt itself, and presented a strange ap- j pearance, the room being so limited that only an undulatory movement could j be made with the tail, but showing j what a powerful organ it was. The box was now packed with , mure seaweed, all the spaces being filled ! up around it, and finally, the lid being ; closed and fastened, work was postponed until next tide, when the water was again in, and a good-sized sloop was anchored over the spot. A tackle was slun^ from a boom attached to rope . handles on the end of the box. The end " ?? tl,on i,i,t nrnunrl ilir- windings ntifl WIV... the box and its contents soon hoisted to I the surface. Other bands were nowplaced about it to prevent it from bursting open, and as the water ran out it was j gradually hoisted on to the deck of the sloop and placed amidships. The whale j was now entirely out of water, lying in a bed of wet seaweed. "There ain't one person in a hun- ' dred,'' said the whaler, ' that knows that a whale can live out of water. Now j that feller won't have a swim for two weeks, or, more likely, three. The only thing they do is to dash a bucket of water over it every hour or so and keep the seaweed wet, ;:ud I ain't no doubt. but what he'd go a month all rijrht. We + fr/wn tr? Olir?)trfV>* rllfltMl ! take two days, I reckon; then it goes on to a steamer that takes it to Kngiand. Two men go with it; they watch four hours off and on and keep put tin' water on the seaweed. "Who is it for ? I don't know exactly, but I know the man that pays the money is takin' it over on a spec. Some of them aquariums offered a thousand dollars if he'd deliver the whale in the tank alive and it lived two mouths. So lie's goin' to try it. I'd take the chances myself if I had the money. It costs about $200 to deliver it. We sent one to the Hrighton aquarium, England, and I heard tell it lived six months." The explanation of the fact thut whales can be so transported lies in the fact that they are warm-blooded mammals, th -same as cows, nursing their young, and do not breathe water, but air. taking enough at every blow to last half an hour or so, only requiring water to moisten the parts and as a medium in which to move and for which they arc I adaDted, so that with care a whale can be kept out of water some time. If the experiment was carefully made they perhaps could be forced to give up the water and live as does the manatee, so at : least tl*i evolutionists think.?/'/tifad'l' phiu Times. Gambling in Italy. The real Bible of the Italian peasant, according toa Naples letter to the Chicago j Tribune, is the lottery handbook?a book i in which all sorts of things, sights, j sounds, names, omens, accidents, etc., | arc made to correspond with certi'in numbers. When the popolino win in the state j lotteries there is always great rejoicing ! and festivity. In Naples this generally takes the form of inordina'e indulgence in such delicacies as t ried fish, watermelons, snails, fresh figs, cucumbers, and i washed down with quantities of more oj | less adulterated wine. First-class engravers at the bureau ot engraving and printing, Washington, are paid $8 per day, and are paid for the time that they actually work. Connecticut's Bine Laws. The people of Connecticut must have had lively times in the old days, -when the famous blue laws were in force. Here is a compendium of the Puritan regulations which were in force in the early part of the last century. It must have been a cheerful task to live up to them. The governor and magistrates convened in general assembly are the supreme power under God c.T the independent dominion. From the determination of the assembly no appeal shall be made. Whosoever says there is a power and jurisdiction above and over this dominion shall sutler death and loss of property. Conspirators, attempting to change or ,1 .lantli overturn nil* uunuuiwa muu k?uv. The judges shall determine controversy without a jury. 1 No one shall be a freeman and give a vote unless he be con verted and a member in full communion with one of the churches allowed in this community. Xo man shall hold any ollice who is not sound in the faith and faithful to this dominion, and whoever gives a vote to such a person shall pay a line of twenty shillings for the first oflense, and for the sccond lie shall be disfranchised. Each freeman shall swear by the blessing of God to bear true allegiance to this dominion, and that Jesus is the only king. No Quaker or dissenter from the worship of the established dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for the election of magistrates or any oHiccr. No food or lodgings shall be afforded a Quaker, Adamite, or heretick. If any person turns Quaker he shali be banished and not suffered to return but upon pain of death. No priest shall abide in this dominion; hp shall he banished, and suifer death on his return. Priests may be seized by any one without a warrant. No one is to cross a ferry but with an authorized ferryman. No one shall run on the Sabbath day or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day. No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or fasting day. The Sabbath shall begin at sunset 011 Saturday. To pick an ear of corn growing in a neighbor's garden shall be deemed theft. A ncrson accused of trespass in the night shall be judged guilty, unless lie clear himself by his oath. "When it appears that an accused has confederates, and he rc 'uses to discover them, he may be racked. No one shall buy or sell lands without permission of the selectmen. Whosoever publishes a lye to the prejudice of his neighbor shall sit in the stocks or be whipped fifteen stripes. No minister shall keep a school. Whoever brings cards or dice into this dominion shall pay a fine of ?5. Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver or bone lace above two shillings by the yard shall be presented to the grand jurors, and the selectmen shall tax the olTenderat .L'30C estate. A debtor in prison swearing he has no estate shall be let out and sold to make J satisfaction, Whoever sets a tire in the woods and it burns a house shall suffer death; and the persons suspected of this crime shall be imprisoned without benefit of bail. No one shall read commou prayer, keep Christmas or saints' days, make minced pies, play cards, or phy on auy instrument of musick, except the drum, trumpet and Jews' harp. No gospel minister shall join people in marriage, the magistrates only shall join in marriage, as they may do it v/ith less scandal to Christ's church. When parents refuse their children convenient marriages the magistrates shall determine the point. A man that strikes his wife shall pay a fine of i'10; a woman that strikes her husband shall be punished at the discretion of the court. A wife shall be deemed good evidence against her husband. No man shall court a maid in person or by letter without lirst obtaining the consent 01 nor parents. riv? jiuuuus penalty for the tirst offense; .?10 for the second, and for the third imprisonment during pleasure. Married persons must live together or he imprisoned. Every male shall have his hair cut round, according lo a cap. A Remarkable Buffalo Hunt People living near Glendive, Montana, were surprised one day not long ago by hearing a loud tramping, and through "j the clouds of dust kicked up they discovered a herd of buffalo making at a mad pace for the river. The animalsappeared to he well-nigh run down, but j many of them were furious. As they | came to the bank of the Yellowstone they plunged in pell inell one on top of the other, and for a time it looked as j though many of them would be killed, but nearly all got out uninjured. They had hardly reached the other side when a yelling crowd of white men and Indians came up on foam-covered horses. They paused here long enough to get ; refreshment, and theii resumed the chase. There were four or five hundred buffalo in the herd, and they were making ! for British America as fust as their legs would carry them. From the hunters it was learned that the hunt began down in Dakota, on the Cannon Hall river, where not less than 5,000 of the animals were found grazing. A few of the men had followed them the entire distance, but, although the party that pasted Glendive numbered only thirty, its members estimated that from first to last three or four hundred men had taken part in the slaughter. Some of the men who started out with the original party I had remained behind at various points to secure the hides, and others, who only joined in for the sport, bad dropped out L-ottofrlnrr I Vintncnl witil llin chase. The rapidity with which these magnificent animals are slaughtered is shown by the fact that the hunters passing through Hieudivc said they would I have the hides of the remnant of the I herd before reaching the boundary line. I'robablv this is one of the last big i bulTalo hunts tint will occur in this country. The Indian, now that he is us; sured of enough to eat at. the agencies, is as reckless in his slaughter of tiie bison 1 as the white man. lie seems to consider j the game as nearly extinct, and lie ?.roes i in recklessly with (lie idea of having all I tin- sport he can before the end is reached. ' Tha wanton destruction of this herd has caused great indignation throughout the entire section traversed, but as it. seems to be the policy to exterminate the bison nothing will be done about it. Tlte Festival of Snakes. A Naples letter to the London AV/m | riys: A celebrated Abruzzese painter is about to put on canvass the characteristic representation of a curious festival held at a little mountain church once a j year. ThfC peasants walk in procession, carrying round their arms, waists, and necks, etc., all the snakes that they can find. Signor Michetti, the artist, has a quaint little villa on the shores of the Adriatic. lie was lately visited by a | friend, to whom lie showed all the curi| osities of his villa, and then, opening a j small door into a dark chamber, into which lie entered for a moment, he called out: "I have something slill better to show you. Take these." The friend j held out his arms, and. to his horror, j five or six blacksnaktw were put into | them. With -i cry of disgust he threw I them on the ground. "How stupid you , are," said Michetti. "You will make j me lose all my models!" He then ex| plained to his friend that he was making | studies from life for his great picture. The curious festival which is to be the ; subject of the painting is believed by 1 the peasants to preserve them from poij son and sudden death and to briug them good fortune, especially in love. - ? In 1830 there were only 161 ministers, consuls, agents, etc., in the diplomatic service of the United States: now there are over nine hundred persons employed ia said service. ^DREADFUL ALTERNATIVE.; 3AILOE8 RESORT T.3 CANNIBAL Sil TO AVOID STARVATION. | A Sharp Knife in .-t FoyS .Insular i Vein, a Piteous Appeal an.I All i?. j Over. i The London papers say tint :i terrible j itory of cannibalism and suffering at sea tias been told by three sailors who formed j i part of the crew of the yacht Migno- | oette, and were landed at Falmouth on j Saturday. The three men?Thomas Dudley, Edward Brooks and Edwin j i Stephens?together with a lad named Richard Parker, aged nineteen, were enj gaged to take out the yacht Mignonette to Sydney for a Mr. Ilenry J. Want. A Btonn arose, and the captain, seeing that I the yacht was rapidly foundering,ordered j the boat to be got out. This was done, j but with the exception of two small 1 tins of preserved turnips they were without either food or water. The turnips i lasted but four or five days, and their sufferings from thirst during that time I were frightful. They killed a turtle and drank its blood, and then for more than i ' a fortnight they were absolutely without | ; food. So terrible did their position be- I i - .1 -!_Ul *1. ! : come tfiat at tue eiiu 01 iuc Kigiuvuum j day they deliberated as to the advisability of casting lots as to who should be killed to supply food for the others, j This plan was proposed by the capI tain, but one of the men ob; jected, saying it was better they should all die together, and the proposal was not pressed. But after two days more i i of horrible suffering both the captain and I the mate suggested that the boy Parker should be killed, especially as his sufferings were so intense that he had become ! delirous. They also reasoned that he j was only a lad, with no responsibilities, ( while they were married men, with wives , and families depending on them. I Brooks declined to be a party in the ; matter. Eventually the captain and the mate decided jointly to kill Parker, who I was iying in the bottom of the boat in a j state of exhaustion. Dudley having of; fered up a prayer for forgiveness for the , act, went to the boy and said: "Now, , Dick, your time has come!" Parker , faintly cried: "What? me, sir!" Dudley I replied: "Yes, my boy;" and thereupon i ran a small penknife into Parker's juguI lar vein. The lad offered no resistance, dying almost instantly. The survivors caught the gushing blood in their tins and . * - .1 4.1 +v.? I aranK it octwuun muin,hilh suiij/jfcu. vuv 1 body of its clothes, cut out the liver and heart while yet hot. from the body, 1 and devoured them voraciously. For the j next four days they continued to live on the flesh which they tore from Parker's dead bod}*, and they were still eat' ing their horrible food when, on the j twenty-fourth day from the time they left their yacht, they were sighted and I rescued by the German bark, Montezuma. On arriving at Falmouth the men were taken to the Sailors' home, and later in the day they were apprehended under a warrant. At the Falmouth police court the three men were charged with the murder of the lad Richard Parker. The only witness called was Police Constable I Lavertv. Harbor police, who stated that | he heard the prisoners relate the above story. The prisoners were released on ! bail. THE CAPTAIN'S CONFESSION. Captain Dudley, in an interview, conversed freely about the terrible occurrence. After detailing the earlier part of the voyage of the Mignonette from Southampton to Madeira, and their afterward signaling an Italian bark and speaking the Bride of I.orne, lie said: Day after day passed, and on the eleventh day we had tiaished the turtle and had nothing left except the two fins; but we ale every portion, even the bones. The foot of the turtle proved very nutritious, and we got water a few times when there were showers by catching the rain in our oilskins, though sometimes when we had a little drop a ; sea broke into it and spoiled it, so that we had to throw it away. We went on from the fifteenth to the twentioin uay wuuout any mou ;u <m ui drink, and by that time we had begun to look each other in the face very black. The boy, who had drank some sea water at night, had said: "We j shall all uie,"' and I remarked: "We shall have to draw lots, boys." This was ignored by all, and they said: " We had better die together," to which I replied: " So let it be, but it is hard for four to die when perhaps one might save the rest." A day or two before I suggested we should try and make some kind of sail, which we did with our shirts rigged on an oar for a mast and a strand of the painter for scuds and stays. Things now iooked as bad as they could. On either the nineteenth or twentieth day the boy was lying in the bottom of the boat, where he had been for two days gasping for breath and nearly dead. At about 3 o'clock in tbc morning I said to the mate: "What is to be done? I believe that boy is dying. You have a wife and live children and I have a wife and three children." I said that human flesh had been eaten before. Stephens replied: "bee wnat aayngnt brings forth.'' Brooks took his watch at G o'clock, and we made motions to each other. Brooks ?aid he could not do it and Stephens said he could not do it. I told Brooks to go forward, which he did. Then I took hold of the shrouds and had a last look around to see if anything was in sight, but there was nothing. I offered up a prayer most fervently that God above might forgive us for such an ! act, and then J knelt down by the boy and said: "Now, Dick, my boy, your time-has come." He murmured: "What, me, sir?" I put the penknife in his throat and he was dead instantly. The captain, who was much upset by the recital, further stated how they J drank the blood of the poor boy, and | lived upon his llesh for the next four days. On the twenty-fourth day. when ! they had almost given up all hope, BrookB i called out, at about 8 o'clock in the morning, "Sail, ho!" In an hour and a ! half the Montezuma was alongside, and i they were lifted on to the deck. The remains of the boy Parker were buried tjy the captain of the rescuing vessel. Moments or Inspiration Verdi, the great Italian composer, when engaged on his masterpiece "II ; Trovatore,"' stopped short at the pas! sage of the "Miserere," being at a loss to combine notes of suitieient sadness and pathos to express the grief of the prisoner Manrico. Sitting at liis piano in ihe deep stillness of the winter nights his imagination wandered back to the stormy days of his ! youth, endeavoring to extract from the past a plaint, a groan like those which escaped from his troubled breast when, forsaken by the world, I he saw himself constrained to smother the flame of rising?all in vain! One day, j ut Milan, he was unexpectedly called to j the bedside of a dying friend, one of the few who had remained faithful to him alike in adversity and prosperity. Verdi, at the sight of his dying friend, felt a lumn rise in his throat; he wanted to ween, but so great was the intensity of his sorrow, that not a tear would come to the relief of his anguish. This state' of paroxysm martyrdom could not last. He must give vent to his grief. In an adjoining room stood a piano. Verdi, under one of those sudden impulses, to which men of genius are frequently subject, sat down at the instrument, and i there and then improvised that sublime ' Miserere of the Trovatore. The musiI cinn had wept! Those of the company i who were not already kneeling in the presence of the angel of death, at the I sound of those pathetic notes, which seemed like the last sobs of a departing spirit, now prostrated themselves, deeply affected, at the feet of the genius of musical art. ? Carlo CeteurelU. Long, plain velvet coats are imported for winter wear. They have borders of fur, chenille or embroidery in jet done I on the garment itself. The more fluffy the border, the more fashienable. The site of the city of Washington and j the location of public reservations, squares, capitol and the executive man' sion, were selected by President Washjingtou. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Salt nnd water is good for the hair and makes it grow. Eyebrows should never be trimmed, a8 it makes them stilT. Some of the new French suits are made of stripes running across the dressgoods. Velvets are used for dress boiwicts, and felt and cloth bonnets are worn to match eloth costumes. Hows of braid in graduated widths are preferred to those of the same width for trimming dress skirts. Chenille and ribbon embroidery is used to enrich the costliest evening dresses and also bridal costumes. Thrifty girls are buying the plain white braids and embroidering them in color for the trimming of winter suits. Pale gray, prune color and maroon are the favorite colors for mothers to wear at the weddings of their daughters. For plain white satin bridal dresses there are made fronts, enriched with pearl embroidery that cost $200. rrV?rt ofrow liofa mnof in fnvnr X UU V/VIUIOU Oltun uuwu . are those of Lincoln srreen, scul tourterelle, grenat, crimson and navy blue. There is a tendency to revive the hat with the gable-roof brim or peak above the forehead introduced two years ago. The oval turban is the fashionable shape for small straw hats, and when they are trimmed they resemble the capote. Ilats trimmed with knots of velvet mixed with small black wings are made to accompany suits braided with black. Charming little mantles of ruby and prime brocaded velvet are seen this season, and the trimmings are exceptionally beautiful. Nuts and ncorns appear in bronze beads with shaded leaves in brown che- | nil.e, varied with gold, and vine leaves j with bead veinings. A beautiful garniture on lace is a mulberry pattern, small dark garnet beads forming the mulberry and darkly shaded chenille the leaves. Red prevails in millinery. A new bright shade is called Porphre, and there are dull Pompeiian red shades with chandron and garnet tints. A lovely combination for trimming is of gray chenille with steel beads and silvered leather, and this looks very effective on gray silk, satin or velvet. The drapery worn with trained skirt3 is fastened very high, and sometimes imi" tates a bow and is sometimes lined and allowed to hang in soft points. A few woolen dresses are trimmed with band, vest, collar and cuffs of a contrasting woolen material, which in turn is covered with rows of braid matching the dress. Old-fashioned lace veils make the prettiest of aprons to wear over black silk or satin skirts. They are bordered on each side with red and black satin bows, and are not much wrinkled. Yellow is so fashionable abroad that it is nossible. without creating remark, to wear skirts of blacK nnd vcilow silk, and a short, black overdress with collar and cuffs matching the skirt. Woman was made out of the rib taken from the side of a man; not out of his head, to rule over him, but out of his side to be equal, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved. Some of the Indies of the court of Louis XV., in connection with the patches, rouge and paint, with which they disfigured their faces, were so whimsical as to wear eyebrows made out of mole skin. Yak laces of large desigus in gray and brown shades are used for trimming alpaca and bison cloth dresses for the present season, and are being manufactured in darker colors to trim woolen dresses for winter wear. ''Babv" is the name given to the little bonnets with full satin linings and narrow satin strings now in favor in Paris. They are trimmed outside with a wreath ?f fin.. it*ifr 11 n tift- inainnr liicrh in \Jl 1111 vs iiuhvio ???*.? ?13 ?e front,and sometimes liave a spray of flowers resting on the hair. Some beautiful feather fans, imported for evening use, have palm-leaves of the very brightest colors set on each stick and fringed about with white or black, so that these hues only show when the fan is closed, and it may be carried with any dress. The French crown diamonds were frequently worn by Marie Antoinette, who hud a great fondness for precious stones. Both the wives of Napoleon I. wore colored stones in preference to diamonds, Josephine because she was too dark, and Marie Louise because she was too fair. Empress Eugenie made no little use of the French crown jewels, and was the last person to wear them. An Arithmetical Trick. A _ r__ ... ? i??. 4 AS lar as wc Miun, mc juiiumiiy pretty little arithmetical trick has never been published: Tell a person to write down a number [ consisting of any three dissimilar digits. Tell liiui next to write down the same digits in the reverse order, and to subtract the lesser number from the greater, lie is then to state the unit figure of the remainder, and you at oncc tell him the whole of the remainder. The result will be as under. The middle figure will always be a nine, and the other two figures added together will always equal nine. Thus, suppose hp Writes 472 Reversed 274 Remainder 198 lie states the unit figure of the remainder to be eight. You at at oncc announce the remainder to be a hundred and ninety eight. The trick may be varied by letting the person tell you the hundred figure of the j remainder (if there is no hundred figure ; the remainder will be ninety-nine), or by | giving him the choice of either the liuni dred or unit litrure. Rut the trick will i uot bear repeating more than oncc, as it i will soon be discovered that the middle j iigure is always si nine. ! Three similar digits may be written, I when the answer will be 000; but this is not so pretty as an answer in digits, so it is recommended to make it compulsory to write dissimilar digits. The explanation is simple. A minute's reflection will show that the remainder j must always be a multiple of ninety-nine. : It is a well-known property of the uumi ber nine that the dibits of any number devisible by nine without a remainder, j will, when added together, themselves ! make nine, or a multiple of nine. The result of the subtraction being devisible j by nine without a remainder, and the 1 middle figure being a nine, the other two | figures added together must eqal nine; consequently if one of them is known, the other will evidently be the complement of nine with this Iigure. _ The Yard Measure. A few months since a questiou was | raised about the measurement of land in 1 vogue in the British American colonies before they became known to history as the I'nited States. The English board of trade was appealed to for information as to when the existing foot measure was established in America, and whether it might have differed at any time from the : foot measure of Great Britain. In reply, the board stated that the standard yard i of Henry VIII. still exists, andisproha| bly of exactly the same length as the ohl Saxon yard. It is a solid lirass rod, j and was constantly used for the verifica: tion of other yards till the reign of "good I t\ r> if A ft,,.. IV,,. !,? IV?UUCU lit'M. ;iuui (UIHHJII^ iv/i biiu \,otimuted wear, it is fouud to be of the same length as the present standard yard, j Carpel Trade llevicw. j The new United States war deparment i has one hundred and seventy - three rooms and cost $'2,500,000. The buildJ ing has four hundred and twelve win! dows. | The taxable property in the United j States is something more than $17,000,000,000, not including the property free from taxation by this government and I many of the States. I wmm ? The water used in the White House for drinking purposes is conveyed to the j mansion by pipes from a spring in Franklin Park, several squares distant. HEROES OF THE SAWDUST. CXBOUS PPKFOEMEB5 WHO QAIjntO A WOBLD-WIDE PA ME. I Omnr Kiii|;<tIoy? the TInn Who masqueraded for ( l-jlit Vcan nit a Woman Without Discovery. ' There are few people of the present generation," said Richard Hammings, the old time circus manager and per- j former, "who have not witnessed tho performances of Levi J. North, James ; llcrmandez aud Omar Kingsley. Tho names of those three great riders arc the most famous and the most widely known j in the annals of the circus profession in America. North, in his prime, was simply an Apollo on horseback. He was about five feet six inches in height, with a ruddy, fair complexion and light hair, which, like most performers of his day, he wore long, while his face was always smoothly shaven. His every movement was the very embodiment of grace, and he was as daring as he was graceful. He is said to have been tho j first rider who ever turned a somersault on horseback. He was a very versatile performer, being not only a great rider, j but a great acrobat as well. For a period i of forty years he was constantly before I the public and he now lives in retire- j ment in Brooklyn, at the ripe old age of more than seventy years. "James Hernandez was a contemporary of North and enjoyed an almost equal reputation. Ilis real name was Mickey ! Kelley. Like North, lie was simply a picture as he stood on his horse. He, j too, had a fair complexion and fair hair, i and like the majority of the'most distin- j guished riders he was rather short, being only about live feet three inches high. As a rider he was one of the best of his day, being second only to North. He visited England in 1852 and created a furore, being pronounced the greatest ! equestrian that had ever appeared at Ast- j ley's up to that time. He returned to this country and died here some years ago. "One of the most remarkable characters in his way ever connected with the j circus profession was the rider who w as known at different times by the names of j ? * * T Tl 1 FT? Ella Zoyara ana umar jviugs.ej. ii? was born of French parents in New Orleans, and while a circus managed by S. Q. Stokes and Signor Louis Gcrmani was exhibiting in that city he was apprenticed to the managers by his parents, being then seven years old. His real surname Signor Germani has forgotten, and no one else in the business save Stokes knows it, but the Signor remembers that his Christian name was Sam, or "Little Sammie,' as everybody called him. He was at once taught to ride, and showed considerable ability. When he was eleven years old Stokes, in view of the boy's singular girl-like beauty, conceived the idea of transforming him as nearly as possible into a female. Accordingly he gave him the name of Ella Zoyara, and at once had him attired exactly like a girl. Every article of his dress, both without and within, was precisely like that of a woman, and not only was he dressed in this way in the ring, but in private life as well. He never ajrain wore an article of man's apparel till after he was nineteen years old. Stokes lcsolved to make the illusion as complete as possible, did not even allow any of his company to know that 'Ella Zoyara' was not a genuine girl. Minainofl lie WQ9 OUlIgCU IU uiusu uis ati, H' uitoa and to wait till the performance was over before a thorough search for tho jewel could be made, and even then it could not be discovered. lie left the building disconsolate, never expecting to see his diamond again. I5ut that night ns he was flying around the ring upon his horse he happened to look down and saw a bright glitter in the sawdust at the edsre of the ring. The minutes seemed like hours till after the audience had dispersed, and then upon going to the spot he found his ring, which he at once had made smaller, and which he never again permitted to leave his linger. "It was while riding in Germany that, through some untoward circumstance, the fact of his being a man was discovered, after he had successfully carried od this masquerade for inoi c than eight years andasaconsequencc he was obliged to make a hasty departure from that country. His entire individuality seemed to have been changed by tho deception, which he had practiced so long, lie had all the whimsicality and capricc of a woman. Stokes used to buy long kid gloves reaching to the elbow, but if, when lie tried 011 a new pair, he found in them the slightest wrinkle, he would tear them oil violently and throw them away. I Ic had for eight years, during which Stokes tonk him to Europe, where he created immense excitement. His beauty at that time was remarkable. He had a faultless complexiou of the purest brunette type, his face never showing the slightest tracc of a beard, and his features were perfect and of the most delicate, womanly charactcr, as were also his hands and feet. Ilia hair, of raven blackness hung in luxuriant masses almost to his waist. I was playing at Astley's, in London, when he made his first appearance there, and subsequently I traveled through England for four months in the same company with him, and in all that time 1 never had the slightest suspicion that he was not a girl. It was probably the most successful de J.:-.? ~sw.tr/1o onv nvnr nmf'Hrnfl CUJHIUU tt3 icyuiMo o\,.\ Stokes at that time had in his charge a little girl about the same age as the socalled Ella Zoyara, whom she very closely resembled. She and 'Ella' were always dressed magnificently in a very similar manner, were always together and you would have taken them for twins or at least sisters. When this little girl grew to womanhood she became the wife of Stokes. "Wherever 'Ella Zoyara' appeared he completely enthralled many of the male hearts in the audience. He received letters of the most passionate character and magnificent presents from the nobility and gentry of Europe. Among tlioso who worshiped at the shrine of this temple of supposed female loveliness was one of the crowned heads of Germany, who, among other costly things, presented 'Ella' with a diamond ring, valued at $3,000, about which I have often heard the latter tell this story: He was riding in a circus in St. Petersburg, and the ring being rather loose upon his finger slipped oil one afternoon as lie was doing his act, and Hew he knew not where. Almost frantic at the loss of his treasure the temper ot :i virago. Alter me uiscovery of his sex he rode as a man. tmder the name of Omar Kingsley, and wore male apparel in private life, but he never could break himself of the effeminate manners and habits which he had acquired during his long masquerade, lie continued to do sewing and fancy work in his spare moments and when seeking rest and recreation in the privacy of his home wotdd a'tirc himself in a lady's wrapper. At times he would again bill himself as Klla Zovara and tide as a woman, but he never again attempted to deceive any one save theeircus-going public. lie married Sal lie Stick tie v, daughter of Sam 1'. Stick wy. by whom he had three children, but the union not proving a happv one they separated, lie after ward married again and died abroad some years ago, leaving one child by his second wife.?I'hihiih!jilitit Timet. The Romantic to Order. The night was dark, cloudy mid ro mailtic as lu; stood under her window at the parent ill mansion. A rope, chock full of elopement, stretched from the window to the ground. Softly the sash was raised, and her angelic form appeared at the casement. "Is everything ready?" she whispered in a third scene, box set voice. "Yes," he responded, in the same theatrical tones. "Have you the horse and buggy at the corner, a dark lantern, two revolvers and a double barreled shotgun?" "Yes, yes," he replied; "everythingis arranged. Slide down." "And have you hired two men to chase us?"? Pittsburg Chronicle. Pennsylvania avenue, from the treasury building to the capitol, Washington, is 100 feet wide, and almost as smooth us an ico-pouil. NEWS SUMMARY Knulrm and mileidlo state*. A fierce railroad war has been commenced in New York, and passenger rates to the West have been cut. William H. Vanderuilt, the railroad | magnate, has given the New York College < of Physicians and Surgeons $500,000, with which to erect a new building. The slioro end of the new Atlantic cable, known as the Mackay-Bennett cable, was safely landed at Coney Island. A fire in Brooklyn destroyed business property valued at ?200,000. A sawmill bjiler exploded at Midcjlebourne, Ponn., causing tho death of two men and fatal injuries to two others. A man named Samuel Boone, of Southport, N. Y., who was ejected from the executive chamber at Albany recently for creating a disturbance because Governor Cleveland refused to pardon his wife's brother, made an attack upon the governor while the latter was on his way to the capitol. The governor left the executive mansion a few minutes l>efore 9 o'clock a. m. lie had just passed the Medical college near tho foot of Lancaster street, when Boone suddenly struck at him. The governor parried the blow with his right arm and treated several additional blows in the same manner. Boone then rushed toward a pile of cobble stones, but before ho could pick one up ho was seized by Dr. George H. Houghton, who held the man until nnvflmnr ('liwolnml hn/1 rfHiimifvl his walk. Releasing Boone, Dr. Houghton overtook the governor, and found that lie was in no way injured by the assault Boone walked rapidly to a house close to the place of assault. There ho was arrested. The city was quickly flooded with all sorts of reports regarding tho assault. Governor Cleveland mado light of the matter and attended to business as usual. Boone, a young man about twenty-eight years old, said ho was distracted about his wife,who was at tho point of death. The Lockport Banking association, a private banking firm of Lockport, N. Y., of many years' standing, has suspended payment. A broken dam about a mile above Ansonia, Conn., let out a flood of water covering 200 acres which rushed through the lower portion of the village, causing consternation among the people. More than 100 families were forced to leave their homes and flee for safety to higher grounds from the terrific flood which rushed with great speed through the streets. Three doctors who examined Boone, the aaaaiiauu ui VJV/VCIuui \?/ic VCUUJU au niuaiiy , declared him not insane, but of extremely nervous disjKJsition. As Governor Cleveland did not wish to prosecute, Boone was released. At the Carthago (N. Y.) fire there were i 202 buildings burned, of which 108 are dwellings, four churches, two schools, one opera i house, one store, one village hall, one wagon shop, one hotel, and the remainder are manu! factories and barns. South and Weit. Revised Ohio returns elect Ellsbury (DemoI crat) to Congress in the Eleventh district, in! stead of Hart (Republican), as at first re| ported. This makes the congressional dele! gation stand eleven Democrats to ten Re! publicans. i The town of Barnesville, Go., has been laid : waste by fire. The depot, hotjl, stores and ! almost the entire town, together with 500 bales of cotton, have been swept away. The loss I will not be less than $4C0,000. i J. R. Swofford, a member of the Tennessee j senate, was shftt and killed at Sparta by ; jailer Monroe Hudson. Hot words between the two men led to the drawing of pistols, with the result described. The boiler of a saw mill near Roland, I1L, exploded, killing three men. i Forest fires have burned over a large space and done much damage in several Mississippi counties. Part of a bridge across the East Fork river near Batavia, Ohio, gave way as an express train was parsing over it the other evening. The bridge is fifty feet above the water, and several curs fell through. The engineer and fireman were instantly killed, two other men fatally injured and several others hurt more or less seriously. Twelve stores, comprising the business portion of Edgefield, S. C.,have been burned Kstimfltwl tnt/il nhont SI00.IXM). At the Ohio State election the Prohibition vote was 9,510, against H,:U>2 last year, and the Greenback vote :J,7CX?, against :i,lM7 last year. Tiie total vote was 780,373, against ! 718,108 lust year. Richard Waddy, superintendent of a foundry at Leavenworth, Kansas, shot his wife and her companion, Mrs. Mollio Logue, fatally wounding both women. He then killed himsef. Domestic troubles caused the triple tragedy. The boiler of a threshing machine on a farm at Beltrami, Minn., exploded, instantly killing tho engineer, three farm hands and a boy, and badly scalding another man. The engineer had been "on a drunk.'' At Thomas' coke oven, Tunnelton, W. Va., I three men and a boy were pushing a car of I ; coal along the tramway above the ovens. As I they stepped over one of the ovens it caved I in, precipitating all four into the white hot coke. They were literally burned to ashes all that was found of them being the melted metal of a few buttons and coins. Rain has at last fallen in many parts of the South and broken the long-continued I arougnu Edward O. Fitzgerald, Jr., a popular young man of Richmond, Va., accideutly shot himself?inflicting a wound that may result fatally?on the eve of his wedding to Miss Liliie Carrington, daughter ol the i mayor of Richmond Washington* Secretary Frelinohuysen has invited foreign governments and representative men in the various cotton-crowing and manufac- j turing countries of the world to participate in a universal cotton convention to be held in the grand hall of the World's Exposition at New Orleans, commencing 011 February 10, ! 188.1 Postmaster General Hatton* and Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, have concluded a postal convention providing for the ; exchange of mail matter between the United ' States aud Mexico at domestic rates of postage. VT. W. Dempsey, a Washington stationer? has been arrested charged with fraud in con" nection with supplies furnished ' the navy department. Foreign* Alexander M. Sullivan, the well known Irish leader and one of the founders of the home rule movement, died at Dublin a few days since. Another battle is reported to have been fought between tho French and the Chinese near TamsuL Three thousand Chinese were killed, but the Frejjch loss was trifling. Five i French men-of-war are statiuued beiore Kclung and eight before Tainsui. The ocean steamship Nevada, from New York for Liverpool, arrival at Queenstown with her cargo on fire. It had been burning for several days, creating great excitement among the passengers. A quantity of the cargo was thrown overboard, and officers, passengers and crew worked unceasingly to keep down the fire. Among tho cargo were 1,400 bales of cotton, bushels of wheat, *>0,2S0 pounds of bacon and UK) barrels of lubricating oil. i An attempt was made to blow up the police barracks in Paris by exploding a bomb in the | officers' room. Nine persons were arrested. The six Russian olliccrs who were sen- j toneecl to cleatU eaiuy in tne weeitior puuuctu offences were put to death at tho St. Petersburg eitudal. Besiile them, there j were two women who paid the death penalty, 0110 Madame Wolkenstein, the other May j Figner. Two prominent Parisians ? Ferdinand j)Ioch, a dramatist, and M. Bauer, a critic? have just fought a duel in which the lattor wns seriously wounded after an exchange of four shots. A Beiu.in dis?ntch announces tho death of William I., duke of Brunswick. The government of Brunswick will he carried 011 pro' visional!}* by a council of regency. The German theatre and seventy-six shops at Moscow have lieen destroyed by lire. The ' damage is estimated at 15,(,IOO,lH)i> roubles. The Chinese have suffered nnother heavy defeat in Toni)uin at the hands of the French. Aktmi'ii (litTo.v, the Tiehborno claimant, who was sent to prison in forswearing that he was Sir Ituger Ciiaiies Tiehborne, tho , heir t<? the Tirhborne estates in England, has J 1 hern released Irani confinement. Admiral Lyxcii, head of the Chilian navy, I } is dead. | Chinese troops continue to jxmr into Ton(|itiii, and great uneasiness prevails 011 this account. in Paris. I iik |hi|m> is about to croato eight. new cardinals. I'oi.irn'ai. riots continue in Belgium, and a liumU-r of fatal collisions havo1 oc, cunvil. | A HitiTi.-n protectorate lias been estabisli cil in New (iiiinea. NEWSY GLEANINGS, F1 n itlfi oxiH-M'ts lo raiso o,000,000 boxes of j , oranges this season. fiitixKKK i liililii'ii in-!* not allowed to attend ! tin* public st'liimis of California. TllF.UK nro thirty colored Init. n<> white 1 I women in tlielScorJin |H'i:i entinry. j Tiik honey production of 1/ s a uncles, l'a i., i ! for 1&S4, is estimated at 10,0 U tons, and ] j valued at $l,UUll,ifUO. Aiiout 10,00(1 Jewish emigrants land at | our ports yearly, and they have l>eon coming j at that ratio for ton years. | Theiik has noon a falling off of lifty per j cent, in lawsuits in I'hila.tolphia in the past I toil years. As 11 eons ipienen there is a panic ! among the lawyers. | Mexico, according to tho most recent i statistics, has a population of ton inillto.is, and tho valuo of property in tho eouut-ry Ls ! estimated at fit,M'.l,()(>),0(H>. Tiik two islands in tho straits of iSunda, I Kto*rs and t'alnuyer, which sprang up last ' year at the time of the Kiakaton eruption, J tiavo agait? been swallowed up l>y tho .-.ea. LATER NEWS The first snow of the season fell a few day? [ since in the Wyoming valley, New York. A soldiers' monument was unveiled at Waterbury, Conn., in presence of 30,000 per. sons, including the governors of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine,United States Senators Hawley and Piatt and other prominent men. There was a procession, with other appropriate ceremonies. The monument is of granite, fifty feet high, and cost $30,000. A train* of 110 cars, each packed solidly with wheat, was one of the sights in Dakota a few days ago. This is tho largest wheat train on record. H. D. Cooke & Co., Washington bankers, have failed for $140,000. The order of the treasury department forbidding the importation of rags has been modified so as to limit it to Infected ports only. The Chinese have repaired their damaged forts, and great numbers of hill men are joining tho regular troops in their operations against the French. the Canadian settlements or romie-a-r re gate and Petite Anse have been completely destroyed by lire. Thirty-five families were reported to be in a state of starvation. Admiral Courbet, commander of the French fleet operating in China, lias ordered the blockade of Formosa, An express train and a cattle train collided near Montreal, 120 sheep were killed, an engineer was burned to death, several persons were injured and $100,000 worth of property destroyed. BRITISH PARLIAMENT, Open'ng the Autumnal Se?*lon in Lon? don?'J lie Queen s Spccch. The uutumnal session of parliament was opened in London by commission, the queen's ^p.-cch being read by proxy. As is usually the 'juso when any public question of interest is afloat, the members of the house of commons caine down at an early hour to secure their plants for the evening debate by putHnir tlioir lints nil their RAnts Rhnrtlv ho fore 1 o'clock the speaker tojk the chair, and was cordially greeted by the members already assembled. At 2 o'clock the usher of the j Black Rod appeared and invited the attend, i once of the common) at the bar of the hou?e of lords to hoar the royal message. The summons was resjKjnded to by the speaker, followed by bis troop of commoners. The following is the queen's speech: "My Lords axd Gentlemen: "I have brought you together to enable you to further consider the great subject of the representation of the people. I continue to maintain relations of amity with all for?igns power*. The information from the .Soudan includes painful uncertainties, but the energy, courage and resource conspicuously displayed by General GorJon in the successful defence of Khartoum deserves my warm recognition. The advance of my troops to Dongola has for its object the rescue and security of that gallant officer and of thoso who have so faithfully co-operated with him. I am using ;?y best endeavors in Egypt to promote further improvement of ana;rs in that country. I have given my support to the Egyptian government in the dilncult financial position in which it was left through the failure of the recent conference. "1 regret the occurrences of the Transvaal, and am considering, with the Cape government, means to secure the observance of the convention. "Gentlemen of the House of Commons: "The oi>erations in the Soudan render it necessary to ask of you further pecuniary provision. "My Lords and Gentlemen: "A bill for the extention of the parliamen tary franchise will be at once introduced. May the blessing of God attend your labors!" ARMY MATTER, Henort of the Snnreon'fteneral of i the I'nitcd States Army. The surgeon-general of the army, in his an. cual report to the secretary of war, says that j an increased amount of appropriation for the } purchase of artificial limbs and appliances j for the next fiscal year is necessary. He j speaks of the apparent hardships in carrying out the laws for furnishing trusses, J and recommends that the existing law on this 1 subject be so amended as to correspond with j ! that relating to artificial limbs. Medical and ! hospital supplies were issued during the year to tne amount of $100,567, and the costot the supplies required during the current fiscal year will probably exceed that amount by at least $2o,000. He renews the suggestion made in his last annual report, that Congress so legislate as to permit the sale of medical supplies to civilian employes. The total number of deaths amoug whito troops was 250, or 12 per 1,000 of mean strength, an increase of 2 per 1,000 over the rate for the previous year. The number of white soldiers discharged for disability was &J8. The total number of deaths among the colored troops was 22, or 10 per 1,000 of mean strength, which is 1 per 1,000 lower than the death rate of the previous year. He notes the fact that this is not only the lowest death rate yet reached among the colored troojjs since their organization, but that it is the first time the | rate bos fallen lower man ror wnite iroops; the 'j?aal average difference being 3.2 per 1.000 of mean strength in favor of the latter class. The number of recruits examined during the year was 0,263 white, 453 colored, and &0 Indian scouts. The number rejected was 2,041 whito and 140 colored. C0MMANDEK SCHLEY. His Official Account of the Rrtcuc of Meiitenant freely. The report of Commander W. S. Schley of the Greely relief expedition has been submitted to the secretary of the navy. It tells the well-known story of the voyage of the relief ships and therescue of Lieucenant Greely and his surviving companions in detail, repeating the facts which the rewsj apapers long ago made familiar to the public. In regard to the condition of the bodies of those who had died, he says: "In preparing the bodies or tne ueau ior transpjrtntion in alcohol to St. Johns it was found that six of them. Lieutenant Kislingbury, Sergeants Jewell and Kalston, and privates Whisler, Henry and Ellis, had been cut and the fleshy parts removed to a greater or | less extent. All the other bodies were found ] intact. When the bodies of the dead were , exposed in preparing them the identification was found to be complete. Some of them j could be recognized by aid of a picture taken I with us from home. Otherj whoso features | had decayed were identified by other cliarac- i i teristics." I am, therefore, satisfied that no ! | mistake was made in this important matter, j which so impressed us from the beginniug.'' i ' S{)eaking of the difficulties and dangers ! which beset the relief ships, he says that in ; | the effort to reach the Grtely party '"the struggle with ice was constant and furious j for 1,300 miles." The cost of the expedition was about $750,000. Commander Schley j commends the conduct of the oflicers of his | shijs, and particularly that of Lieutenant Emory. THE NATIONAL GAME, i The Providences held tho lead sixteec i weeks out of twenty-three. I The Chicago Tribune calls tho home clut ! an aggregation of "cripples, bums and bigheads." i I In a recent game at AVestfield, Mass., thi | chief of police umpired tho game. Tuero wai no kicking. During tho past nino years the feat of re- I tiring a club for nine innings without a saf? hit has been accomplished thirty-live times. j There was never a season when so manj j games were played in which one side or the I other played without an error as the present I one. The old order of things has boon reversed. Insteud of being jn-aduated from college intc a baseball nine, Vinton, the pitcher of the Philadelphia*, has just entered Yale College. The profits of tho American ciuds ror in? Eresent season ure estimated as follows: St ouis, $10,000; Athletics, $35,000; Ciucinnati*, 001; Brooklyn, $10,000; Baltimore, ! $1"),0 K); Louisville, "$S,000; Metropolian, $.1,000; Richmond, $1,000; Allegheny, $>,0H). Tho Indianapolis and Toledo Trill "close the season about $.">,000 short. This leaves the association ahout $I;:0,000 ahead of the season, and gives it a better financial showing than any other basjball or^aoiratiou. The iiilinwini; i> a summary <>: the lv azuo I ,-h.'iiii|>i<>nslii|) campaign, which ended With | iiic I'rovidrn v club the winners of the pennant; tl.e B.otciiisoccupying second place and | Hi Bullalns third: Clul.it. H..n. Lot. I Club*. II'on. Lout. ! i'roviili'iice 8-1 "8 I New York Hi 5" llo-lon i:t ::s l'hlladelphla 3'J 73 Huilalo. fit -IT i Cleveland 33 7i ?."Iiic.-ipo 02 50 | Detroit its SJ Onlv?'lie pinie had to be played when the i season* ende. 1. and that was lietween Boston ! ?i i 'iiipnir.i loads New York, bv j 1111"! I'llil.n.-. ^... ! having won the series between thrill by twelve | ; names to four. Tho American championship campaign ha| | also ended. Tho Metropolitans won the pen j naiit, tlie Columbus dub being second an<I thf j I L iuisvilles third. Tho record in full is as fol j j lows: Club*. 1 Von. Lout. I Club*. Won. I.o*l i Metropolitan?"5 321 Athletic fit 4t ! I Columbus 69 39 | Tolei'o 46 5! j j I oilisvillc 6s in | Brooklyn 41 ti Cincinnati ... <8 411 Allejih"iiy... .31 7 1 I St. l .niiii 67 411 Indianapolis i? "i j li Itmoie 41 j Virginia? 24 ,v VOBK OF THE FLUES. m - s-M A. Thriving New York Village Swept by Fire, 1 Pitiful Scenes at Carthage?A Can adian Village Destroyed The destruction and destitution wrought by :he big flre at Carthage, N. Y.f is described in the following account: Tho Carthage fire was the most disastrous chat has ever visited this part of the Mate, It by,'an in a row of manufacturing buildings, on tho west side of the Black river, and th? heavy wind blew sparks for hall a mile />| across tho river to the two islands which were filled with manufacturing institutions. Everything 011 tho islands was burned and the fire struck into the resident part of the town and swept tho buildings from a boat Siventy-flve acres. One hundred and sixty - -a dwellings were burned beside the manufacturing institutions,and the Episcopal, Preaby- ' terian, Baptist and Disciples church?, town - ' hall, academy and all other school building*. The lire spread so rapidly that very littte household goods could be saved. The fire departments trom "VVatertown, LowvilJc, Boonville and Utica responded to the call for help, but as the fire would appear in a dozen different places at one time, the engines were of little avaiL There were 100 dwellings on fire at the same time. The people worked hard for several hours to save their property; then they became panic-stricken; and all night hundreds of them were roaming the streets, or lying in Kimts which tho fire ha/1 not touched. eVflTT '* place of shelter in the village being fllieti with women and children. A large number of people were brought to Watertown, where they had friends to care for them. It is impossible to correctly picture the scene during the afternoon and night. Strong men were ^ . weeping and women and children were crying as tliey realized that everything they p? <3 stased was being swept away. The manuiao- r 'Q turcrs cannot resume without outside help*. People are thus thrown out of employment, with the loss of all they had, and they will have to suffer unless aid is rendered. Over $1,000 was raised in one hoar in Utica, and contributions came pouring in from surrounding towns. No one was burned to death, but a score of people were badly burned, includ ing fL-emen. The loss will foot up over halt : a million dollars. A Are started by some people who were clearing bush land spread to the village of Chlorydorme, Canada, destroying all the houses and boats of the place, and rendering /. about twenty families homeless. The people * at first sougnt shelter in the woods, but were soon surrounded by flames and obliged to flee ; to the sea coast They were utterly destitute. The fishery along the coast having been very poor this season, the neighboring. villages could render but scanty aid to the unforta- ' 1 nate sufferers. One family was reported as missing. THE GENERAL DROUGHT. Almost a National Disaster?mills Closed and Short Crops laiud. An officer of the signal service at Washington said a few days since, relative to the long u 1 J U* It UUlltiliUCU UIUUqUI, wmv UUUU5 wpuwuvw i? existed in all sections east of the Mississippi " valley and in Texas. General rains have fallen during* October in Tennes- <! see, the Ohio valley and lake region, but the drought has continued in the Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic and Gulf States. The little raiu that had fallen has not been sufficient to do any good to the crops in these sections. At Atlanta, Ga., rain had not fallen for over two months. and it is estimated that the cotton crop in that vicinity will fall short forty per cent. Near Shreveport, La., it is estimated that the cotton crop will be only two-thirds of the average. Inthe vicinity of Petersburg, Va., it became necessary to close the cotton factories on account of the scarcity of water. There has heen no rain of consequence in or about Washington for nearly three months. The shade trees along the streets end in the parks are showing the effects of the long continued drought. The grass in many places is dead,and in several instances it has burned when accidentally fired, like the dry grass of the prairies. The woolen mills at South Berwick, >". II., have shut down from lack of water power. Rivers, streams and wells in that region were very low, and farmers were driving their cattjg-^ ?- ^ long distances fon-waterr? A MAN AND-WOMAN LYNCHED ? ' -M Hanged to tkc Same Muib by the Same Hope?A Family Feud* J. R. Dorsey, tke postmabt;r at Alpine, Ga., and a woman named Jane Wade, were hanged by a mob on the same ropj at Cantre for the murder of Mrs. Mary Davis, niece of Dorsey, and C. C. Jones. The murder was oae of the most atrocio* ever committed in that section. On the night of October 5 Dorsey and the woman were seen in the neighborhood ol Mrs. Davis' house Skulking in the woods. They had a gun with them about 9 o'clock. Mrs. Davis was called to the door and almost instantly a gun flashed in the darkness and" she fell a corpse acriws her own threshold, bleeding from fifty wounds. C. C. Jones, a wealthy farmer ot that locality, was at Mi*. Davis' house, and when he heard the report he ran to the door an J as he appeared, another flash was seen and his body was perforated. He died the next day. In a lew momenta Mr. Davis came upon t he scene and the frightful sight met his gaze. ^ The whole neighlx>rhoo:i was aroused and the country was scoured. His uncle, Dorsey, a man seventy years old. was heard making threatening remarks and ho was arrested, ana the woman, who is nearly sixty was arrested as an accessory. The evidence agaiust them accumulated, and it developed that he killed his niece through personal venom and shot Jones, through mistake lor his uephew. The ? ? excitement was so high that the couple were conveyed to Centre r- v safety. But the popular indignation broke forth a^ain and they were taken from jail and both were hnng from the same limb and by the same rope. "N MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. The late Frank Chanfrau played "ilose n ^ lor twelve years. Henry* Irving has been on the stage ;wenty-eight years. . Couldock says he has been on the stage Dut fortv-seven years. It is nol delinitely settled that Rube ostein trill come to America this season. Mrs. Langtry has been received with tre- ? nendous enthusiasm in .Scotland. Most of Clara Morris's en-agementa for Jie preseut season are in the South. To mark the luOth birthday of Weber, the ?mposer, a statue is to bo erected at his home j1 it luitin. Modjeska has bought a Polish play, an idaptation whereof she hopes to produce on ler return next season to America. Richard .Mansfield will star in a four-act :omedy drama by George Fawcett Rowe, enicting the role ot a young French compoaar. tie tlnnKS the pari exactly liis him. Lawrexck Barrett contemplates giving i series ot one hundred periormauces in AusU*alia nest seasjn. Ho will euueate Bret Uarte's youngest son for the stage. Mli.e, Emma Nevada was the leading singer at the Norwich (liuglaud) musical tesslut i? 1'iiii.iili'riiiLr nil oiler* bv Mr. Mapieson of an engagement tor a toot* of \hQ ^ United States. Kkckkn E.Springer has niado an addi* tional gift of ?15,0 W to the college of music at Cincinnati. Tins clears the college of embarrassing debt and leaves it with property and funds vuluel at not less than t Mil. Chaxkual's sou llenry is tj assume the part of Kit and travel with tlw dead actors company. Young Chumrau is a Princeton graduate, lie is handsome and full of ambition. He made his lirst appearance eiglit years ago. Moke than -'oi) theatrical, musical, operatic and minstrel companies are on the rotul. Oi he 'SrJ troupes that nave organized this year, 106 are regu.ar theatrical companies, thirtylive are concert companies, twenty-live variety v twenty operatic, aud ten are devoted to burnt cork. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Eij.a Wheeler Wilcox says she has written over I,iUt) poems. 31ns. Langtry's Chinese page is called the ' Beauty's Beast" in Loudon. Robert Browning, the English jx>et, is seventy-two veal's old He thinKs 01 \isiting Amerien. Lieitenaxt Gbeely's account of his Arc tie voyage is t > bo published simultaneously in New Vork and London. Dr. Emma L. Call is the lirst physician who has pa>sc.l the examination admitting women to membership in the Massachusetts Medical society. Prince Bismarck is the possessor of all the highest Pruss.au orders but one. Inclusive of his foreign orders he has no fewer than forty-seven. Oscar Wilde has evolved a new style hat, which he hopes will supersede the prevailing stovepipe" sha]>e. Ic bears a strong resemblance to a llower-pot sat bottom upwards. Dr. Jaxssen, the famous French scientist, who atten led the meridian conference at Washington, is a man o! pleasing address, with a white hoard and mustache. lie walk* with i a slight limp. 4