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r'1 ' ' ' ' .111 ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNERS BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEK 26, 1884. NO. 22. VOLUME XXIXi|^Sjj COMING INTO PORT. I hare weathered the turbulent cape of storms, Where the winds of passion blow; I have sheered by the reefs that gnash to foam The shallows they lurk below; I have joyed in the surge of the whistling sea And the wild strong stress of the gale, As my brave bark quivered and leaped, alive, To the strain of its crowded sail. Then the masterful spirit was on me, And with Nature I wrestled glad; And danger was like a passionate bride, And Love was itself half mad Then Life was a storm that blew me on, And flew as the wild winds fly; And Hope was a pennon streaming oub High up?to play with the sky. Oh, the golden days, the glorious days That so lavish of life we spent! . Oh, the dreaming nights with the silent stars ; 'Neath the sky's mysterious tent! Oh, the light, light heart and the strong de- . sire, And the pulse's quickening thrill, When Joy lived with us, and Beauty smiled, j Ynd Youth had its free, full will! The whole wide world was before us then, ! And never our spirits failed, And we never looked back, but onward, onward I Into the Future we sailed. Ever before us the far horizon Whose dim and exquisite line Alone divided our Earth from Heaven, Our Life from a Life divine. Now my voyage is well-nigh over, And my stanchest spars are gone; And my sails are rent, and my barnacled bark Drags slowly and heavily on. The faint breeze comes from the distant j shore With its odors dim and sweet, And soon in the silent harbor of poacc Long-parted friends I shall greet. Tue voyage is well-nigh over, Though at times a capful of wind Will rattle the ropes and All the sails, worli forever, and only looking in the complete experience of death, the momentary physical twinge, if there be, that marks the severing of the head from the bcdy and the dissolution of life. Captair. Carlo de Uudio, one of the companions of Orini in the conspiracy against the life of Napoleon III., and one of the | men who threw a hand grenade at the emperor, all of which is a matter of his- ! tory, has passed through this experience. | Captain de Rudio is now an officer in the ! Seventh cavalry, U. S. A., and has been I Bpecd:ng several days at the Planters' t awaiting an assignment to duty. He is unwilling, as a rule, to talk about this part of his life, but in a friendly conversation with a reporter he gave a vivid and graphic picture of the scene on the scoHo'd, ana oi tne :nciaenrs connected with this fateful ^riod of his life, and he also gave a clear explanation of the alms and work of the secret organization formed t establish the liberty and national independence of Italy, of which Mazzini was the ruling spirit. Without quoting the captain's exact words, the substance of the narrative may be substantially given. As early as 1851, Mazzini, Kossuth, Cavignac'and other leaders of liberal opinion in Earope met in London to consider how best the interests of freedom and republicanism couM be advanced. It was agreed that Napoleon, as the man who had destroyed the liberties of France and had garrisoned Italy with troops, should be remembered, not because of himself or his deeds, but as the j and front of the onnosition to tree- I doni and independence in both Italy and I France. Napoleon was a member of tne | secret league himself, had subscribed to j ita oath of secrecy, and had sworn to devote his efforts to tne accomplishment of its purposes. Instead of this, when, through the aid of members of the, league, he was placed in a position to do it great service, his attention, his influence, and his troops were devoted to crushing it and its members. It was agreed, therefore, that he must die to carry out the plan of uniting Italy under j a free government and of establishing j republicanism in France. Mazzini askeH : the Frenchmen what they could do in j case of Napoleon's death, and when they | Eromised to revolutionize France,he said j e could not only speak for Italy, I but that he could find patriots; who would dare to execute the deed. These attempts were made before the Orsini attempt, in which De Rudio was . engaged. De Rudio himself was not only induced by his membership in and sympathy with the organization to join the conspirators, but his brothers had been slain, his sister imprisoned, and his fomilv tcoII niorh ruinpd hv thfi Vrenr.h tyrant, and he had desires for vengeance, I which urged him to aid in Napoleon's i destruction. The attempt on the emperor's life, the arrest of the conspirators, and all of the events connected | with the trial and condemnation are I matters of history. Napoleon was urged to clemency by an almost united European press, aa it was thought an act of magnanimity such as that would have a good effect on the revolutionary party. He was urged to pardon all the convict- | ed men. He, however, was bent on I the execution of the sentence and the j death of three patriots who had been I condemned to death. He therefore re ! ferred the whole matter to his senate. I De Ijijj^io was the youngest of tbe three j ? .condemned men, and had a wife just sixteen years old. with an infant in her i arms. Mrs. l)e Iiudio was an English _i 3 .1 - 1 ( : 1..... !...? I gin, una in lue iiujic ui mi tjug mui una- i band, through English influence she ix- | cited the pity of Queen Victoria, who com- i municated with the Empress Eugenie | and obtained her promise that she would j do all in her power to save his life. The emperor would do nothing himself, and insisted on leaving the whole question of pardon with the senate. Napoleon himself opened the session, and, in a speech to the senators, so placed the matter of pardoning the Italians that to have voted for the pardon would have been to have declared one's self a friend of revolution and au enemy of the emperor. A majority of the senators were republicans and in favor of pardon, but the speech of the emperor made it impossible for them to vote in accordance with their convictions without bringing ruin j upon themselves. The senate, therefore, voted against interfering with the sentence of the court. It was half-past 13 O'ClOCK in iae morning wueu iuu sen- > ate adjourned, and the sentences were to be executed at seven o'clock. As yet nothing had been done to jive De Rudio. The empress, when she heard what had been done by the senate, found that it ! was impossible to influence Napoleon. It seemed inevitable that De Rudio j should die and that the prayers of his I young wife should be in vain. The ! second place in the trio had fallen to I the lot of Captain De Rudio, and lie j was to die immediately after the first! victim, and before Orsiua, who was last..,* In accordance with the rule in France j the prisoners were notified of the fact j that they had to die at (J o'clock, one | hour before the time for the execution. | Priests were admitted to their presence, and all preparations made for death, j De Rudio had completed the arrange- I mentsforhis expected dissolution, had j bidden farewell to his wife nnd child, I and a few minutes before 7 o'clock' was ; led by his guard to the scaflold. It was ! the 13th of March, a cold, blustering day, with an unpleasant mixture of snow^ 1 rain and sleet falling. A most disagreeable, gloomy day, more fitted for the scene that was to" take place could not well be imagined. Captain de Rudio had arms bound behind him, and ! his clothing had been stripped from his i neck and shoulders almost to his waist , to give the glittering curved blade which | he could see suspended before him a free j and unobstructed course through his j neck. The black cap had been adjusted 1 I on his head preparatory to being drawn [ over his face. lie was very fond of ! smoking, and had requested the privilege 1 of emptying a final pipe, which had been j granted by the guard, and he was puffing away in a dripping rain calmly awaiting the stroke of the bell which should announce the time of his death. The hand of the clock pointed to just five minutes before G when a man was seen t? pass through the prison gate and hurriedly make his way to the scaffold, which he mounted, and through the way made for him by the guard he walked to where De Kudio was standing, scarcely noticing surrounding objects, so intent was he upon his own thoughts. "This is a cold, unpleasant day to be out in such costume, my friend," he remarked to De Kudio. "Yes," was the nonchalent reply, "but 1 don't care. I haven't time to catch cold." De Kudio did not know the person who had spoken to him, but he noticed that he was covered with decorations, and in defference to his supposed rank, he apologized for keeping the pipe in his -'L ? ?. i.p Ana lurrow a waKe uenina. But the sea has become a weariness, And glad into port I shall come With my sails all furlod, and my anchor ! dropped, And my cargo carried home. ?Blackwood's Magazine. A~C10SE_SHAVE. Few men have stood on the scaffold and faced the French guillotine under sentence of death with necks bared for the cruel knife and have tried to de scribe their sensations under the terrible ordeal. It is like calmly, coolly meeting the monster death, having been almost as one dead as far as feelings are con- i cerned, having bidden farewell to the 1 moucn, iiiiusjuu: j-i.\tu3c wc ivi wu- . tinuing to smoke, but I can not take this pipe out of my mouth, and, besides, I am a great smoker, and as this is the last j pipe I expect to smoke, I want to get the full benefit of it." "Oh, go ahead and smoke," was the smiling rejoinder, "but I am happy to ' say that you will probably smoke many J more." "I hardly think so; I will be dead in a j few minutes," said De Rudio. "No, you won't; because I have a re- j prieve for you." "But if I am not executed at 7 o'clock, ! according to the law, I can not be exe- ! cuted at all under this sentence." "Never mind about that. That is my ; business. Go to your cell, and I will call and explain all at 9 o'clock." The gentleman then gave hurried orders to the guard and they immediately conducted De Rudio to the death cell. As he was passing through the open space from tlie scaffold Orsini entered ! the gate going toward the scaffold. With j a common impulse they stopped and j kissed each other. "What is the matter?" asked Orsini. "I don't know. I only know that I am not. to die yet," rejoined De Rudio. "Better two than three." replied Orsini, as the soldiers hurried him on. Just as De Rudio entered the gate he turned J his head for a moment. Orsini had | mounted the scaffold and at the same j moment he turned his head; their eyes met and both bowed. That was the last they ever saw of each other. At 9 o'clock the private secretary of the empress, for it was he that had interposed at the critical moment in his be- j half, called on De Rudio and explained the whole affair to him. When the empress found that nothing could be done through the senate or the emperor, she sent at the last moment to the prefect of police and ordered him not to execute the youngest of the trio, and he obeyed the order. Napoleon wa9 very angry at the interference, but it was impossible to execute De Rudio under the same sentence, and he went through the form of another trial and was again condemned to death, but the sentence was commuted to life exile, lie escaped from exile, and, coming to America, entered the federal service in lSGtf, serving through the latter part of the civil war.?St. Louis Post-DisIxitch. Why Cochineal is So Costly. The Iron-moivjer, London, explains why the beautiful cochineal and carmine colors are so expensive. It says: " One of the best and most powerful animal dyes used in the arts and manufactures is the body of the female cochineal insect, dried. This insect exists on a species of cactu9. and when alive is about the size of a ladybird, or perhaps ? T* ia winrrlnaQ rttthor I u oiuauwi. m v 10 >< au^*vw^ long, equally broad all over, and is marked behind with deep incisions and wrinkles. It has six feet, which, curiously enough, are only of use directly after birth, and it secures itself to the plant by means of a trunk, which is found between the forefeet, and derives its nourishment from the sap. The male cochineal is like the female only during the larva period. It changes to chrysalis, and eventually appears as red flies. The female deposits some thousands of eggs, which she protects under her body until thev are hatched, and on the appearance of the young ones the parent dies. While the young are in the larva state, their sex cannot be determined. They lose their skins several times, and while the female fixes herself on the plant, the male, after getting over the pupa state, is winged. Two or three months is the extent of the life of these little insects. They arc gathered lipforft thev lav enrrrs. and are then rich in coloring matter. Carmine is prepared from the cochineal insect, the Coccus acti, which is collected by brushing the branches of the cactus with the tail of a squirrel or other animal. This is very tedious work. They are killed by immersing them in boiling water, and this has to be done or they would lay their eggs, and thereby lose much of their value. There are many processes for preparing the carmine. The French process may be taken as an example. One pound of powdered cochineal insects is boiled for fiftften -minutes in three gallons of water; one ounce of cream tartar is then added, and the boiling is continued ten minutes longer; then one ounce and a half of powdered alum is thrown in and the boiling continued for two minutes longer. The liquid is then poured off and set aside for the carmine to settle down. In other processes carbonate of soda for potash is used. A Remarkable ltridge. Distant about nn hour's ride bv rail from Avignon is the Pont du Gard (or "Bridge of the Gard"), a great bridge, or aqueduct, built here by the Romans at a time when this part of Franco was occupied by the soldiers and colonies of that people; and, next to the Colo9sem at Rome, it is considered the grandest and most perfect piece of Roman architecture now standing in the world. It is an immense stone bridge, stretching across the whole valley. It consists I of three rows of arches, one above the ! other. In the lower row there are six very large arches; above this is a longer row of eleven smaller arches: aud over J this, thirty-five arches still smaller. On I the top of the upper row, and forming j the summit of the bridge, is a covered I aqueduct, or water-way. At a little distance this vast bridge seems almost as ! entire and perfect as when first built, | and we can hardly realize the fact that it ; has stood there for nineteen centuries. j It was erected solely for the purpose of | carrying water across the valley, and was j part of an aqueduct, twenty-live miles long, constructed by the Romans to conduct the water of the springs of Airau to J their town of Nemausus, now the French town of Nimes. Great stones project at regular inter- ' vals from its sides, to the top of the sec- | ond row of arches. These served as supports to the derricks and other ma- j chines by which the massive stones were ' raised as the building progressed. We i can also see the square indentions in the | stone-work which were made there to support the scaffolding o? the Roman masons.?St. Nicholas. How They Fling in Texas. A Texas preacher tells this story in the ! San Antonio Standard: Holding services j at a place one time, I took up a collection for the support of missions. There was | a ponr old lady present, who I noticed dropped a gold piece in the hat. I knew she was very poor and not able to j afford S9 much, and thought she had intended to throw in a quarter, but made a mistake. So next day I met her husband and said to him: "Look here, your wife put a $o gold piece iu the hat yesterday. I think she must have made a mistake." "No, no,"' he replied; "my wife didn't make no mistake. She don't fling often, but let me tell you when she \ flings she flings." | The confectionery trade of the United States amounts to (32,000,000 annually. SOME HUMOROUS SKETCHES. COMICAL STORIES THAT WE FUTD IK EXCHANGES. How He Got Hurt?A I<ife Prenerver ?Bill Xyc and the Cyclone?A Terrible Revenge. "Oh, my child, how did your face become so bruised ? Come to mamma and tell her nil about it.'' "I-I-I was over 'cross the r-o-a d, Elayin'with Mis' Howe's littleg-i-r-1; boooo-oo-oo-oo." "And did she hurt you like this ?" "Y-y-y-y-e-s." I "Well, that was real naughty in her. What did she do to little Georgie ?" "Sh-sh-she kuockcd me d-o-w-n, anan-and then she hit m e w-wi-with a b-r-i-c-k and pounded me w-wi-with a b-r-o-o-m-s-t-ic-k." "Oh, dear, what a terrible child. Wei), don't cry any more, Georgie. What were you doing when this hap -l on ^CLLt'U . "Pl-pl-playin' w-we w-a-s m-a-rr-i-e-e-d."?Detroit Free Press. A Eilfo Preserver. Mr. and Mrs. Lovgiu went to Louisville recently by boat, and in the morning when Mrs. L. arose she looked suspiciously at her husband and said: "Were you up during the night?" "Yc9, dear," he responded, gently. "What was the matter?'' "Why. my dear, I woke up in the night a little nervous, and I got up to see if the life preserver was in good condition in case of accident." "Did you find it?" "Yes, my dear." "So I should say," she replied with a disagreeable rasp to her voice, "and you j left the cork on the shelf. Possibly, my darling, you had better put it back in the life preserver so it will be all right for the next passengers who may occupy this stateroom." Mr. Lovgin took the cork and didn't ' continue the conversation.?Merchant- | Traveler. I Bill Nye and the Cyclone. TVirvoo L'nmr mo will rPTTlPm ber that I have never, openly or secretly, written or uttered a sentiment that could in any way be warped into an adverse criticism of the cyclone. Whatever I may have learned or observed derogatory to the cyclone and its cruel and treacherous nature, I have religiously kept to myself. I have even gone so far as to stand up for and champion the cause of the cyclone when its enemies sought to damage itiu my hearing. When others spoke in harsh and severe terms of the vandal, murderous work of the cyclone, I said: "Ah, yes, gentlemen; but do i not overlook the great work of purifica- I tion that is done by it in its mad gyrations. Thiuk how necessary are these ! atmospheric upheavals to rid U9 of super- ! fluous electricity and purify the stagnant j air." I did this until I suffered personally among men, and even the blue-no9ed I and sore-eyed hoodlum pointed at me a9 I passed, and said: "There goes BillNye, the friend of the cyclone." And what is my reward for all this? Like a peaceful Ute, stealing up through the sheltering ambush to saw open the windpipe of a dear friend, comes the rinir-tailed peeler of the sky, scarcely moving the green leaves as he steals along the valley on his hind legs. The air is like the atmosphere of death. No sound is heard except the dull thud of the woodman's axe as it buries itself in the heart of a pine tree that belongs to someone else. The sun has dropped behind a dull gray cloud tliat is faced with pale green. Still lower down the steel gray and purple clouds come boiling over the tree-tops. The tree-toad makes a few desultory remarks, Katy-did says "good-evening," and the premature twilight has come. Up irom the southwest comes a sullen mutter, a crash, a roar, like twenty oceans in joint caucus, the rush of falling trees, the crash of giant hail stones, the thunder of falling waters, and, like the deadly charge of heaven's artillery, it is over. That is 3 cyclone?one of the adult variety when it is feeling well. When you see one of that kind sliding up into the 6kv, do not try to twist its tail as it goes by. It takes a strong, qwick man to reach out over the dashboard and twist the tail of a cyclone. He must be strong in the wrists, cool-headcd, and soon in movements. The cyclone which visited Northern Wisconsin on the 9th instant was about a mile and a half wide, and lasted through a period of time, I would say, such as would be measured in pronouncing the word "Scat !*' in an ordinary tone of voice. It blew down three churches, sparing all the saloons, jerked the school buildings crooked, knocked the postoffice silly, and demolished a dozen stores and places of business. It killed two of the most promising young men and the purest Christian woman in the village. Then it went out into the forest, where I was riding along, attending to my own business, tipped me over, and broke my leg. Everywhere it sought out the young and fair. It spared the old, the sinful, and the tou^h, but spent its fury on the tpnrler thfi rrnod. the true, and the beau WW , ^ , - / tiful. Is it surprising that it jerked me galley west? No, indeed! I am only surprised that I am alive.?Bill Nye. A Terrible Revenge. "Kiss me again." Tender and true were the great brown eyes that looked so trustfully into those of Richard Irwin as these words were spoken, and as he gazed long and lovingly into their liquid depths there came to him with terrible force the realization of how much this girl bad suffered, how much she had given up. and how much she was yet to undergo for his sake. They had been married but three days, these two, and their story was the old, old one of that most priceless treasure? the pure and passionless love of a true and noble woman being bestowed upon one whose social status was beneath that of her whom the mysteiious and potent influence of an unchanging affection had drawn to his side. Glad/s Hathaway was a girl lair of feature and beautiful of form, and since the day when her mother?dying almost at the moment of her greatest joy?had placed in her husband's arms the tiny waif of humanity whose entrance into the world had been the cause of so much sorrow, and told him to guard and cherish it for her sake, she had been alike the joy and idol of her father. All that parental love could suggest and wealth procure had been lavished upon her, and when, like some fairllower of the Orient, siie had jjrown almost unconsciously from a tall, shy girl into a woman whose statuesque beauty was not more attractive than the queenly poi<c of her regal head and the soft, winning tones of her voice, there had come to ISrierton Villa suitors by the sc?re. Hut none had won her heart. Kind alike to all, she gave each one plainly to understand that friendship was not love, esteem not alTection. And so the years went on with silent tread until one evening at a fete champetre given at her father's house Gladys had met Koscoe Nutwood. She was a girl of strong perceptive faculties, being frequently r.ble to find pic in the pantry when the hired girl had said there was none there, and an instant after she had been introduced to Koscoe she knew that her future life was linked with nis, ana that some day she would be his wife. And the oracle of her soul had spoken truly. Loving him with a passionate adoration that knew no bounds, and appreciating in all its horrible intensity the fact that her father, strong in the pride of ancestry, would never consent to their union, she bad boldly leaped the barriers of social prejudice and lied from home tnd friends and kindred with the man without whose loving words and clinging kisses her life held naught but desolation and sorrow. "Here is the paper, sweetheart," said Roscoe. She glanced down the columns carelessly, when suddenly her eye fell upon something of absorbing interest. It was an article concerning her elopement?the sensation of the day. On and on she read, until suddenly the peachy cheeks grew white with a ghastly pallor, the luminous eyes were dim with the mists of sorrow, and the lines of her beautiful cameo face were tense with agony. " Heavens 1" exciaimed Roscoe, taking her in hia arms, "what has happened 1" "Papa has been interviewed," she gasped between the convulsive sobs that almost choked her utterance," and he has taken an awful revenge."' " What has he done?" asks the hus- | band. "He has," exclaims the girl, "given my exact age!"?Chicago Tribune. Chinese Proverbs. A few of the Chinese proverbs may show the character of the people and their way of thinking better than any ! mere description: " A wise maD adapts I himself to the circumstances as water ! shapes itself to the vessel that contains it;" "Misfortunes issue out where dis- ; ease enters in?at the mouth;" "The error of one moment becomes the Borrow 1 of the whole lifetime;" " Disease may be | cured, but not destiny;" "A vacant1 mind is open to all suggestions, as the hollow mountain returns all sounds;" " He who pursues the stag regards not hares;" "If the roots be left the grass will grow again " (this is the reason given | for exterminating a traitor's family); j "The gem cannot be polished without i friction, nor the man perfected without ; trials;" "A wise man forgets old j grudges;' "mcnes come Deuer aucr poverty than poverty after riches;" "A j bird can roost on but one branch;" "A : horse can drink no more than its fill from I the river" (enough iB us good as a feast); " When the port is dry, the fishes will I be seen " (when the accounts are settled, j the profits will appear); "Who swal- j lows quick can chew but little " (applied i to learning); "You cannot strip two ; skins off one cow;" "He who wishes to ! rise iu the world should veil his am- i bition with the forms of humility;" j "The gods cannot help a man who , loses opportunities;" "Dig a j well before you are thirsty" (be prepared ; against contingencies); "The full stomach < cannot comprehend the evil of hunger;" I "Eggs are close things but the chicks ; come out at last" (murder will out); "To add feet to a snake" (superfluity in u dis- \ : course when the subject is altered); I "Who aims at excellence will be above mediocrity, who aims at mediocrity will fall short of it;" "To win a cat and lose a cow" (consequences of litigation); "I | will not try my porcelain bowl against his earthern dish" (said in contempt); ~:ii i "110 WHO tuns WIIU JJUm ?Y11L cab muit pleasure;" "Borrowed money makes time short, working for others makes it long;" "Those why cannot sometimes be deaf are unfit to rule;" "Early preferment makes a lazy genius;" "Large fowls will not eat small grain" (great mandarins are not content with little bribes); "The best thing is to be respected, and next to I be loved; it is bad to be hated, but still j worse to be despised;" "The poor cannot j contend with the rich, nor the rich with j the powerful;" "A man's words are like ! an arrow, straight to the mark; a | woman's are like a broken fan;" "One lash j to a good horse; one word to a wise man;" 1 "Let every man sweep the snow from ; before his own doors, and not busy himself about the frost on his neighbor's j tiles;" "Though the life of a mail be short of a hundred years, he gives him- j self as much pain and anxiety as if he were to live a thousand 1" "By nature all men are alike, but by education widely different."?Peoples 0/ the World. Games of Savages. We must look for considerable sim- J plicity in the games of savages. We must also allow for their want of me- i chanical skill. No outsider, not even Mr. j Gale, knows how a cricket ball is stuffed j and sewed; some, at least, of the pro- I cesses are a trade mystery. The savage i cannot produce a cricket ball, a golf ball, I a billiard ball; his equipment is thus j scanty, and he has to do the best in his power with the rude materials and means j at his command. Yet we must not de- | spiae the games of savages. Littl# stud- j ied as they have been by the anthropologist, (for even Mr. Tvlor has chiefly written about a primitive form of backgammon and about tsigan, or polo, alone), the games of savages deserve to be examined with respect. The arrangement : of such vague things as savage games is j not very easy. They may, perhaps, be I classed as imitative, gambling and purely 1 sportive, though the three divisions naturally oveilap and run into each other. The first category may be dismissed briefly enough. Of savage as of civilized children it may besaidthat "their whole vocation is endless imitation." A wedding or a funeral among their elders is copied by the little ones in childish play. The Esquimau children "build little snow huts, which they light up with scraps of lampwick begged from their mothers." Australian children have their tinv boomerangs and licht vet dangerous boys' spears, the latter"bclng made of a ! long reed tipped with a sharp piece of | hard, heavy wood. Australian children ] are regularly taught by the old men to | wield their little weapons, and the late j Mr. Grimston,at Harrow, has his Austra- j lian counterpart in the aged Murri, who | sets up she mark for tne children and | teaches them how to direct their missiles. A disk made of bark is thrown hard down on the ground, and, as it bounds along with irregular leaps, the young blacks cast at it with their spears. "Obedience, steadiness, fair play and self-command were inculcated by the practices witnessed" in the playing fields of the bush. The imitative gumes of young savages, then, are like those of | other young people, only varying in the ! thing imitated. Among games we can scarcely reckon the dances of the adults, in which the manners and customs of beasts are imitated. These dances have j nomllt? a rAlimnilB sfinsn (flU when the I " "*0 1 \? I Athenian girl* mimicked the bear in the I j worship of Artemis,) or they are magical 1 I ceremonies, intended to secure luck in the chase.?Saturday lievieic. Running After the Noise. Poor old Jack was undcr-witted. He had been to hear the "new ! preacher," and had come home in a sort 1 of semi-idiotic state of ecstacy. "Well, Jack, how did you like the | : preacher?1' asked a quizzical friend. I "Oh, splendid! splendid!" cried he. j "He made the loudest noise of any 1 preacher ever I hear, he did!" j Poor Jack, he could gather about as j ; much of the sense of preaching as Mrs. \ Bland's two months old baby, but he j liked the noise of it, and it seemed to do j him good to listen to it. To him the ! j noise was all there was in it; bo of course, the greater the noise, the greater his appreciation. His neighbors all: 1 laughed at the foolish oddity of his ex- { ! nression. but three-fourths of the world j are doing to-day just what poor Jack j j did, that is, "running after the noise," j | with too little gumption to know j I what it is that attracts them, and too lit- j | tie candor to admit it if they did know, j | The world is full of noises, and the l biggest noise attracts the biggest crowd ! every time. It doesn't matter what it is i in?literature, politics, or religion; the crowd is after the noise, and the noise is what they must have. Somebody has said that the greatest i need of the nineteenth century is intellect. or the cultivation of it, which | | amounts to about the same. But it is a grand mistake. The greatest need of the i I nineteenth century, at least, this partic ular period of it, is one louo, grana, in- ; umpliant and universal noise in which everybody and his grandmother can join, ; till this mania for noise is exhausted, then perhaps, we might as a nation settle down to those quiet, peaceful, undemon- j strative pursuits which are philosophi- j cally supposed to be prolific of the most , beneficial and lasting results.?67. Louu Magazine. A Crab-Shell Barometer. A curious barometer is used by th? remnant of the Aruucanian race which .h;ta tho ?niithf>rnmosfc nrovince ol Chili. It consists of the cast-off shell of a crab, which is said to be extremely sensitive to atmospheric changes, remaining quite white in fair, dry weather, but indicating the approach of a moist atmosphere by the appearance of small red spots, which grow both in numbei and in size as the moisture of the air in creases, until, tinallv, with the actual; occurrence of rain, the shell becomes entirely red, and remains so throughout t the rainy season.?Philadelphia Press. About 5,000 patents have been granted by our government for churns, and still inventors are at work perfecting new de-1 Bigns. I TAUGHT AT A DOG SCHOOL. i A CAHTffE TEACHES DISCOURSES ABOUT HIS PUPZIiS. IiCiiom In the Natorei of Dop-A Liberal Education for St. Bernards and Spaniel*. "A pup's natur' an' a boy's natur' is nigh the same, 'ceptin' that you trains a pup the way he should go an' when he's j growed into a clog he keeps it up; but you trains a lad the same way an' you can't depend whether or no he's likely to stick to his bringin' up. No two pups is alike an' no two .boys is alike. I've hed 'em both. Some you has to lick an' some needs but a word." The speaker stood before a long, narrow inclosure, on one side of which several kennels were ranged. In his hand he held a short, stout whip-handle, to which was fastened ft licht cotton cord. This cord, if brought down energetically, might do deadly injury to a fly, but as an implement of chastiaompnt. tn Vinv nr dorr it would have to appeal alone to the imagination. The old man stood tall, erect ana strong, despite his many years. The long inclosuro with its many kennels was a boarding-school for young dogs, and the old man was the professor of the institution. Inside, half a dozen or more young dogs of various breeds ranged up and down, or stopped to poke their noses through the slats of the fence and get a better view of their teacher and the visitor. One magnificent English setter, with a head fairly human in outline, was chained to a kennel. He sat in apparent inditference to what was going on, only evincing his interest by continually turning his eyes so as to scrutinize the company. He appeared to feel that he was in disgrace, and to assume indifference to counterbalance it. The other dogs, having satisfied themselves that there was really "company to school," began, in genuine schoolboy fashion, to show off. "To kennel 1" suddenly shouted the professor, as he swung open the gate and he and the visitor walked in. There was a sudden whisk of tails and every dog was out of sight. Then they began peering cautiously from the doors of their respective bedrooms, which were arranged on the dormitory plan. "Come out, Jack I" called the master. Instantly out walked the English setter as far as his chain would permit. The old man laid his hand on the dog's head caressingly for an instant. Then Jack slanted first one eye and then the other backward for a moment to catch the envious glances of the other dogs. His manner appeared to say: "See here, you fellows, I may be the bad boy in the school, but the teacher is going to show me off first, anyway. " "He's the finest dog I've seen in fifty years," said the old man. "I couldn't count the dogs I've teached in that time from the A B C's up'ards till they graduated, an' he's aheaa of'em all. He knows mor'n most men, I tell ye. Look at that head on him. He just knows I'm praisin' him. See, he don't do no caperin' or prancin' round 'cause he's noticed. He knows better. In fifty year I've never seen his like, an1, poor fellow, he ain't got no master?none but me." , 'How's that?" "Oh, a fellah brung 'ira 'ere an' he leaves 'im to be learned, an' he leaves not a cent fur his keep or his learniu1, an' I goes to the address what he gives an' he ain't never lived there. 1 b'lievo the dog is 'shamed 'cause he ain't got no master, and that is the reason why he's so unmannerly toward the rest. They has their musters or their mistresses comin' to sec 'em, an' lie, poor boy, ain't got no soul but me an' my wife to notice him." The old dog-tamer was gently pulling Jack's ears and the dog was taking good care to see what# effect the extra attention had upon the other dogs. "His valley?" said the professor in answer to the question regarding the dog's commercial worth. "His valley? Why, $500 or $700. Then Jack thumped his tail down on a board and fairly grinned. " See, he known what I savs." exclaimed the trainer. "Now, sit still, Jack," he continued, "while the other fellows come out." He snapped his fingers and whistled twice. Out bounded every dog. First to reach him was a gigantic cream-colored St. Bernard of pure blood. " He's a young lady's dog," explained the teacher. "I'm trainin' hiro to guard and to fetch and carry and to have manners. He's seven months eld. No, he ain't got his growth. He cost $175 in New York when two months old. He is worth easy $500 now. This one," putting his hand on another, "is an Irish setter. I'm breakin' him for a sporting man on the south side. He's a fine, dog, but he can't come up to Jack," said he, glancing with pride over to where the English setter sat solemnly on his haunches. "Jack kinder imposes on this 'ere one, so I has to chain him up for punishment. Knows he's better'n this one, an' that he ain't got nc owner, you see, an' it makes him cranky like. This 'ere one's worth 'bout two hundred." A small and beautifully marked English pug was discontentedly frisking around at the master's heels, waiting for recognition. The old man laughed as he stooped over and took it up in his arms. "He's a little scoundrel, but he's a dandy," he said. "Now, I've been learnin' him tricks, an' if you had him to perform for you you would have no call to go to the circus, theatre, or any place of amusement. He belongs to a jrambler on Clark street. He's a valleyble specimen, too, fur he'd bring $500 in a minute. "ITow do I train the hunters? I takes 'em out with the pun. an' I has stuffed ducks. Oh, I begins right there in the yard just by snappin' cups an' lenrnin' 'em to 'down charge' an' then runniu' to pick up the stuffed duck. Then I takes 'em out every day, an' I soon has 'em so they'll 'to heel'or 'down chiirgc' or bring in the game. I wants to take a dog when he's six months old to begin. Tnen I wants him for three months, an' he'll have his edication. Twenty-five dollars is my price fur his learnin' an' board fur that time. "I wish I had a 'Rob Roy' to show you," said the old man, as he ran his eyes over his pupils. ''They arc fine dogs, but wondrous skeerse in this country. They're built like a red Irish setter, but Eure white, with liver-colored ears. The air on their tails is nearly half a yard long, an' fine as Cashmere wool. Water spaniels is good retrievers," continued he, as he closed the gate, "but they are awful easy-goin' dogs. Xo one ever wants to keep two of 'em together,'cause they're so easy-coin' that one's dumbed sure to shift all Ins responsibilities on 'totber, "cause no aon t want to trouuie himself thinkin". But dogs and humans is mighty near alike. There's good ones an' bad ones, lazy ones and ambitious ones, smart ones and stupid ones. The dog comes nigher to man than any other brute in his ways. I ain't kept no dog school for sixty-odd year not to find that out."?Chicago News. Musk. According to I)r. Macgowan's collation regarding the history of musk as presented by Chinese writers, the musk deer is found throughout the mountains of Yunnan, Szcchuen and Thibet. This little animal is so timid that it often dies of fright. It feeds on juniper leaves and reptiles. In spring its peculiar glandular pouch is greatly swollen and inflamed, and the secretion is always voided by the deer on the same spot and covered over with earth. In such placec deposits of musk of a superior quality are fnnhd ?mmintirifr sometimes to twentv pounds in weight, and of so pungent a nature that if carried through a garden or wood it prevents fructification. The valuable substance no sooner leaves the hands of the hunter than skilful rannipulators adulterate it for the wholesale dealers, who further so debase it for the trade that there is finally in the mixture offered very little indeed of genuine musk, say only ten percent. Musk is said to be destructive to intestinal worms and an antidote to the venom of serpents. A traveled Englishman snvs the lightest, pleasnntest, most comfortable vehi-j ole to ride in is an American "buggy." ' NEWS AND NOTES FOE TFOMEN. The most stylish collars are very high. All shades of gray are again in high favor. Low draperies still prevail in woolen dresses. Bracelets are large and are worn over the glove. Crimson plush jackets continue popular for children. Rhine stones are used evon for the pins which fasten the bridal veil. For trimming bands beaver will take the lead among furs this winter. There are seventeen training schools for nurses in the United States. There are twenty young women in the freshman class of Cornell university. One of the prettiest women in England is Miss Westover, a female suffrage agitator. A popular shape for vests is the Bretonne, made of a single piece, with a row of buttons down each side. Corduroy velvets in fine lines and uncut velvets are much used in conjunction with plain or with rough cloth. White roses, clematis, or small sprays -r 1:1 1 3 ui mtu; Luny uu u&cu iui tuo unum uuuquet if preferred to orange blos3oras. The return of gros grain or faille in fireference to satins is marked in the atest importations of French dresses. Kate Blake, the latest evolved English beauty, pushes her professional pretensions to the position solely ou her pure complexion. Knitting black silk stockings is the latest craze among fashionable young ladies. This comes dangerously near doing something useful. An enterprising young lady of Saline county, Arkansas, who is afflicted with the crazy-quilt mania, recently completed a quilt containing. 36,000 pieces. The almost imperishable woolen stuff which the Carmelites wear in their winter cloaks is among the new materials for winter costumes, It is furnished in all colors. For children between three and eight most of the bonnets and hats this season are of velvet or plush much shirred. They are seen in very pretty and quaint shapes. Ex-Empress Eugenie has once morereturned from her restless wanderings on thfi continent. and has settled down for the winter in her English home at Chis- [ elhuret. A handsome evening dress with round skirt is made of white brocad< d Ottoman satin and white velvet, trimmed with beaded chenille fringe, Oriental lace and white satin ribbon. Mrs. Sarioris, daughter of General Grant, is again settled in her English home. She entertains a great deal, and her father's army and navy friends are frequently her guests. Olive green and pale lavender form a new Parisian combination for dresses and bonnets. The effect, is not undesirable, although only a pretty woman should attempt to Wear the combination. A rosette ot orange-colered velvet, with a brown velvet heart, is substituted for the daisy on some new velvet bonnets. It is very pretty, although some men will persist in mistaking it for a sunflower. A pretty combination of color is seen in a bonnet of wine-colored velvet trimmed with peach, pink lace and satin, and a cluster of velvet roses fastened in a cluster of lace on the left side of the bonnet. Satin and velvet stripes, very wide, intended for making up with plain velvet or satin, is a novelty. These are very pretty and striking in contrasting colors, such as electric blue aud garnet, blue and steel, brown and green. ' Some of the waistcoats of satin, serge, or velvet worn under the French guard coat or cutaway jacket of brocade or cloth, are buttoned up the back, the fronts being wholly covered with embroidery or braid work. Mrs. A T. Stewart has a piece of amber as large as a man's hand, and inclosing a small lish, for which her husband gave $4,:500. The empress of Russia hai a tea-set of amber?cups and saucers, cream jug and sugar bowl. A reception dress of velvet is in the new reddish-brown known as ,;Bac chante" color, made up in comDination with shot-velvet brocade?the brocade forming side panels, and polonaise coat trimmed with chenille fringe. The first Chinese girl to seek an eau- j cation in this country is said to be j eighteen years old, Miss Hu King Eng, who has been admitted to the Wesleyan university at Delaware, 0., and wants to become a missionary to her people. Embroideries will be seen upon all j qualities of wool and silk goods, and upon fine thin materials, such as white silk mull. Some of the most delicate tracerics are done in silk floss and fourteen karat gold that will not tarnish. Four bows are sometimes set down the side of the waistcoat when buttons are not used, and a fifth fastens the officer collar. The bows are made of ribbon about an inch and a half wide, and arc j very tightly tied, so that their two bows j and ends look like a butterfly. A bonnet of medium size is of gold embroidered garnet colored velvet, with pulled crown and lifted brim, the brim turned back with gold tinsel lace, and the trimming a monture of feathers of a bird of paradise held on by a bow of velvet ribbon and velvet ribbon strings. Velvet leaves in rich autumnal shades, with perfect flowers, crushed roses and buds, geranium leaves, with lilies of the j valley in green and gold, and gold tinsel; gauze daisies with gilt and green centera and shaded green velvet leaves are among the specialties in clusters for bonnets. Burmese Housekeeping'. The dwelling of the Burmese are built on small wood or bamboo posts; of bam boo mat walls; roofs of palm leaves, 01 dried grass; each house has a front veranda, closed only at the ends, if at all; the door from one to three feet from the ground, made of rough boards or of bamboos. Then the main or sleeping room ' is from four to six feet higher than the i verunda, with its floor from seven to ten ! feet above the ground. The veranda ig j the place of cooking, eating, visiting, buying and selling. But you would look in vain for stove, oven, fireplace, 01 j chimney. A bed of earth, or ashes, in one end of the veranda, is the center ol | the kitchen; a large jar of water, two 01 three small earthem pots for cooking, ^ one for rice and the other for some kind \ of curry, are usually sufficient; a watei 1 dipper, made of cocoanut shell, a wooden ) ladle for the rice pot, a broad woodeD platter in which to put the rico when , cooked, and around which the family ! squat to eat, with one or two brass or ; iron spoons for the curry, with perhaps two or three earthem dishes, constitute the furniture of the kitchcn. Tables, i chairs, spoons, knives, forks, cups and I saucers, etc., were not seen among them. | To shullle and manipulate a dozen and : oue articles that can't be eaten in order i to get a simple meal into one's mouth is j a vain display and an endless hindrance; ' at least, so a Burman would say. A ' youner Burman left his jungle home to ! follow an English officer; when ho re- , lm nnfnrtninprl thfi Astonished household with a description of the Englishman's table?its dimensions, splendid spread, rich china, plated and glassware, j cutlery, etc., and the beautiful chairs. | The old mother asked, "And do they j eat these things?" "Oh no, of course not," replied the young man. "Well, j then, what's the good of it all/" was the old lady's poser. Births and Deaths. It has been calculated that the annual number of deaths throughout the world | is 35,693,350, or that, in other words, i 97,790 poisons die each day. On the ! other hand, the balance of population is I more than kept up by births at the rate of 104,800 per day. Seventy new lives j arc ushered in every minute of the twenty-four hours. ? Chicago Times. There are 138,005 Masonic lodges in the world, with a membership of 14,- 1 100,54:}. The English postal savings bank has | received on deposit about $200,000,000 j since it was established in 1861. J NEWS SUMMARY I ntlcrn and middle stato*. A child born in New York a few days ago haa no arms or legs, but Is a lively and healthy infant nevertheless. C. A. J. Queckberner, a New York athlete, has been awarded a handsome medal by the United States government for saving sixty-three persons from drowning since 1870. Charles R. Parker, cashier of the Fifth Avenue hotel. New York, committed suicide by shooting himself. Temporary insanity caused by sickness led to the deed. The official returns give Blaino a plurality of 80,553 in Pennsylvania. The Republicans will have a majority of 12 in the Senate and 81 in the House, a majority on joint ballot of 03. The next congressional delegation will stand 20 Republicans and 8 Democrats, a Republican gain of 4. In New Jersey the official vote is: Cleveland, 127,783; Blaine, 123,378; St. Jchn, 6,133; Butler, 3,498; Cleveland's plurality, 4,405. Delaware's official vote gives Cleveland 17,054; Blaine, 12,778; St John, 55; Butler, 6. The official vote in New Hampshire is: Blaine, 43,160; Cleveland, 39,106; St. John, 1,573; Butler, 552; Blaine's plurality, 4,000. For governor?Currier (Republican), 42,410; Hill (Democrat), 39,641; Mason (Prohibition), and scattering, 2,271; Currier's plurality 2,769. Rev. Henry S. Williamson, a popular young Episcopal minister of Trenton, -N. J., committed suicide by blowing out his brains in an obscure street of that city. He was but twenty-six years old, a graduate of Princeton college, and highly connected. No reason was assigned for tne suicide. A Concord (N. H.) dispatch reports quite a severe shock ef earthquake in that city. A monument to commemorate the Revolutionary battle of Monmouth was presented to the State of New Jersey at Freehold with appropriate ceremonies. The monument is of granite, 100 feet high, and cost $40,000; of which $20,000 was appropriated by the United States. The corner stone was laid in 1S78. South and W?st* The opening of the World's Exposition at New Orleans lias been postponed from December 1 until December 16 in order that President Arthur and members of tho cabinet nnd of Congress may bo present at tho opening ceremonies. It is also expected that the Mexican Congress will adjourn on December 10, so that President Diaz and members of his cabinet and the Mexican congress may be present at tho opening of the Exposition. Maud S., Bonner's equine "Queen of the Turf," has lowered her record, trotting a mile at Lexington, Ky., in 2:09^, which is one-half second better than her previous best time. A United States marshal's posse had a desperate fight with Indians in the Indian Temtory. Two of the Indians were killed and others injured. Thirty prisoners under arrest by the posse for various crimes escaped. The posse returned to Fort Smith, Ark., with nineteen prisoners. Owing to alleged acts of lawlessness among the strikers in the Hocking valley, Ohio, Governor Hoadly ordered that three companies be put in readiness to proceed to the scene of trouble when oitlered. The governor also issued a proclamation to the people of the counties in which the disturbances have occurred. A committee appointed by the National Bureau of Industry reports that there are 23,1(00,000 head of cattle west of the Mississippi river. A collision between two trains near Snow Hill, Md., resulted in the death of both engineers and injuries to several passengers. Corrected returns in the First congressional district of California, give Henley (Democrat) fifty-nine majority. Mississippi's official vote is: Cleveland. 78,547; Blaine, 42,774. Cleveland's plurality, J5,778. ^"nxK a 1 nliipollhr 1f\r* "Rioinn In OrufrAn is 2,100"'" The Alabama legislature is in session. Blaine has a plurality of about 6,000 in Kansas. The Nevada legislature stands fifteen Republicans and five Democrats In the senate, and thirty-one Republicans and nine Democrats in the assembly. Official figures from Illinois show the following: Blaine, 337,475; Cleveland, 312,349; Butler, 11,406; St. John, 11,731; Blaine's plurality, 25,110. A ti'b containing twenty-six pounds of nitro glycerine exploded at a giant powder factory near Toledo, Ohio. The concussion set off a magazine containing ten tons of giant i)owder, ana thero was a terrific explosion, heard in Detroit, sixty miles away. The powder buildings and-other property in the vicinity were shattered to fragments, and several persons were injured. Wa*lil njftoiu Rear-Admiral Alexander Murray died in Washington after a short illness. He was born in 1818, and entered the navy in August, ISM, as a midshipman. He participated in the war with Mexico and was actively engaged in tlio naval c inflicts of the civil war. In 1878 he was retired at his own request, and since that time he has resided in Washington. Colonel Burnside, late disbursing clerk of the postofflce department, charged with embezzlement, has become insane. The President has appointed Governor Schuyler Crosby, of Montana, to~be first assistant postmaster-general. During the past fiscal year the total number ofpieces of mail matter handled by tha postomce department numbered 1,540,554,11? ?an increaseof 215,916,416, or 16.30 per cent; the pieces handled per carrier numbered 396,029?an increase of 36,074, or 10.02 per cent; the total cost of the service, including pay of postoffico inspectors, was $3,504,206?an increase of $330,870, or 10.42 per cent over the expenditure during the preceding year. The estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1885, aggregate $56,095,169. Edward McPherson, secretary of the Republican Congressional committee, says that from the most authentic information he has been able to secure, the next Houso of Representatives will consist of 182 Democrats, 141 Republicans, 1 Greenbacker (Brumm of Pennsylvania), and 1 Fusionist (Weaver, of Iowa). As compared with tho membership of the various parties in tho present house, this estimate shows a loss of nineteen votes to the Democrats and four to tho Independents, and a ^ gain of twenty-two Republican and one r usiumou vote. This classification is subject to a possible change of two or throe votes. Di'rinu an after-election procession in honor of Cleveland and Hendricks a colored man fired into tho paraders, the bullet striking a man named Sullivan and inflicting a fatal wound. The man who diu tho shooting was arrested. Arrangements are being perfected to have a congressional excursion of Senators anil Representatives from Washington to New Orleans to bo present at tho opening of the world's exposition on December 10. The press excursion, representing the press of the New England States, New \ ork. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and tho District of Columbia, will go at tho same time. The charters of 721 national banks, with an aggregate capital of over $ 1^9,000,000, will expiro during tho year 1SS.1. This is more than one-third of the entire number of national banks now in existence. A will left by the late .Miss Nancy Gould, of Portland, Me., bequeatlis property valued at about $5,000 to tho government to be used in paying off the national debt. I'or?lfn> The pope has just appointed eight new cardinals. Numerous nuggars laden with military 5tores for the British force; am wrecked in attempting to ascend the cataracts of the Nile every day. Two Chinese irou-clad cruisers are preparing to leave Shanghai for the purpose ot attempting to forco the French blockade of the island of Formosa. A fresh outbreak of cholora in Paris created consternation among all classes. The hospitals wc'i o crowded with patients suffer ing from the scourge, and many deaths occurred. The total values of domestic breadstuff's exjtortod during Octotor, 1SS4, amount to $11,541,112, us against ^14,T4i),!l'.l4 exjioitod during the corresponding month of 1S>!. The total values of the exports for the ten months ended (Motor 31, 1SS4, were $120,WS,04T, anil ?l l">. I during the corresponding period Of INS5. Thk Washington monument has now reached a greater height than that of any other structure in the world, toing oil) feet ten incites above the iloor or the monument, 'i he next highest structure Is the spire of I he Cologne cathedral, which towers 513 feet above the floor of t!io building. It has been estimated that it will take but twenty-live workintr davs to complete the monument, so that there is no doubt of its Iteing HnisheU in time for its dedication oil tho -,'d of next February. The British ship Thirlmere, has put in at Permanbuco, in a damaged condition. She reports that she collided with the ship Andrew .Johns >11, which sank with seventeen of her crew. Tho remainder were saved and landed at Pernambuco. Four, men were drowned by tho swamping of their boat while crossing trom Caj 0 Vincent to Wolfe island. Ontario. The English gnvrnnmit discredits tho rumor that General Gordon was shot dead while passing from Khartoum to Berber. musical"and dramatic. Tiieodoiie Thomas has rcturnei from hia Euroj>ean tour. This will probably be Edwin Booth's last 6eason 011 tho stage. There are 2,197 actors and 2,:568 actresses in England and Wales. Clara Locisk Kklloou will not have a concert company this season. The dog in " Kag Baby'' is under a salary, which supports a family in Boston. Henry Irvino is going to produce a now play in this country before ho goes home. Mr. Santley, the eminent English baritone, has taken of late years an eccentric sort of horror of the profesMon of vocalism. UNITED STATES MY. " First Annual Report of Lieutenant-General Sheridan. Operations in the West, the Militia and the Seaboard. The annual report of Lieutenant-General P. B. Sheridan has been made to the secretary of war. It covers the period from his a: r gnment to the command of the army, No1 vember 1, 1883, to November 1, 1884. He says the array has enjoyed almost complete rest from active field operations, but its other duties, consisting of occupation of posts upon the frontiers of Canada and of Mexico, with stations near Indian agencies and protection of Indian reservations, have been important, and in some places very active, laborious and annoying, especially in guarding the Indian Territory. In maintaining peace in Arizona, -where the Indian situation is extremely sensitive, and in the Northwest, whore proprietors of cattle ranees have been creatlv distnrhnd nf. ffrriM by the appearance of roamingbands of Sioux, Crows, Norfiiern Cheyennes and Northern Arapahoes, much activity and the exercise of great discretion have been required from both officers and men. A few depredations by comparatively insignificant parties of Indians have involved scouting expeditions by small detachments; but, generally speaking, the entire territory under supervision of troops has been unusually free from collisions resulting in loss of either life or property. Much attention has been paid to rifle shooting, which has developed many marksmen of wonderful skill firing at distances as high as 1,000 yards, and it would now bo impossible for a close line of battle to stand up before a skirmish line composed of our quhlifled marksmen. The lieutenent-general expresses great interest in the National Guard of the States. In some of them it is placed upon a good footing, but for thorough organization and efficiency of this body of troops he thinks Congress should designate the number of men wnich each State should have, and should provide lur tutm uruis ana camp ana gamson equipago under some wise method ofaccountability for this property, whenever the State governments themselves appropriate substantial sums of money for support of their respective military systems in such manner that these sums cannot be affected by party legislation This is a restriction now guarding appropriations for the National Guard of Pennsylvania and that of a few other States. Excepting for our ocean commerce and for our seaboard cities, he does not think we should be much alarmed ?bout probabilities of wars with foreign wwers, since it would require more "than a million and a half of men to make a campaign upon land against us. To transport from beyond the ocean that number or soldiers, with all their munitions of war? their cavalry, artillery and infantry, even if not molested by us while in transit, would demand a large part of the shipping of all Europe. He earnestly invites immediate attention to the perfectly defenceless condition of our seaboard cities and their harbors against foreign naval attack. Although submarine torpedoes, fired by electricity from shore stations, form an important feature of harbor defence?, still, unless well protected by strong fortifications, that may be so easily removed by an enemy, or be rendered comparatively harmless by cutting the wires leading to them, that he urgently recommends the early beginning of a general system of seacoast lorancauons to d? constructea in accordance with requirements involved by latest improvements in heavy artillery. The permanent works we now possess belong to an obsolete system?practically worthless as defences against the fire of modern heavy guns. THE INTEENAL BEVENUE, imiual Report of the I'nlted Slate* Commissioner. The annual report of the commissioner of internal revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30,1884, says that the total receipts [rom all sources of internal revenue taxation Tor the year were $121,590,039, as compared r,-ith $144,55:3,344 for 1883, $146,523,273 for 1882, and $135,229,912 for 1881. It is estimated that $115,000,000 will be collected during the present fiscal year. A compartive statement of the receipts ror the fiscal year 1883 and 1884 shows a decrease of $16,041,850 from tobacco, an increase of $2,536,610 from spirits, an Increase of $1,184,' "]S from feralented liquors, and a decrease of 10,642,404 from taxes under repealed laws end penalties, making a total decrease of $22,LU?,8(I5. The largest collection in any one i.i strict was made in the Fifth Illinois district | ?$13,030,355. and the smallest in the Second I North Carolina district?$1,192. There are i i'our States, namely, Illinois, Kentucky, Now York and Ohio, in which the collections were over $13,003,000. The total cost of collection for the past year w.s $5,100,450, as compared with $.>,105,957 l or 1883. The total expenses were a little lew tlinn 4 1-5 per cent, of the amount collected. The internal revenue taxes collected from tobacco during the year aggregated $20,062,M! 9. The collections from the same sources .luring the fiscal year 1883 were $42,104,249, and during the fiscal year 1882 were 47,391,!'S8. By comparing the receipts for the last fiscal year with those for the fiscal year immediately preceding it, it will be seen that the decrease was $10,011,849, and by comparing those receipts with the receipts for the focal year ended June 30. 1882, that the dei rease was $21,329,588. The total riumter of grain distilleries registered during the year was 1,291, of which number only 1,078 were operated. The numbers registered and operated in the fiscal year 1883 were 1,250 ana 1,090 respectively, showing an increase during the last fiscal year of forty-one in the number registered mid a decrease of eighteen in the number operated. The quantities of grain used in the production of spirits during the past fiscal year?18,927,982 bushels?is an increase of 283,195 bushels above the amount I uel in the preceding year, but is 5,137,897 | bushels less than the average for the last five years. A corresponding increase appears in the number of gallons of spirits produced ii um grain during the year?73,724,581 gal| 'ons, which is an exccss of 1,489,400 gallons over the product for 1883. [ Tiic quantity of spirits (75,435.739 gallons) produced and deposited in distillery warehouses during the current fiscal year is greater than tne production (74,013,308 gal:ons) of the year 1883 by 422,431 gallons. The quantity of spirits (78,342,474 gallons) withdrawn from distillery warehouses during the current fiscal year is greater than tho quantity withdrawn (75,441,087) during the year 1883 by 2,901,387 gallons. The quantity I of distilled spirits in the United States, except what may be in customs bonded warehouses on October 1,1884, was 96,810,521 gallons. I MEXICAN ELECTION RIOTS, Fiorcc Fighting, and the Town* Filled Willi Dead and Wounded. A Monterey (Mexico) dispatch says: State and municipal elections were held yesterday, .Sunday, throughout the States of Nueva Leon and C'oahuila. Meagre reports from Saitillo, the capital of Coahuila, bring intelligenco of terrible riots there at the closing of the polls. Fivo men were killed outright and over twenty desperately wounded. Serious disturbances are also reported from the towns of Santa Catarina, Bustamente and Sahinos all in the state of Nueva Leon. Fourteen were killed or sericjsly wounded at Santa Catarina. At Bustamente the riot was general, lasting several hours. Sabinos ;s the city where a mob attacked and killed the un......iii,n nii-nlilo Don Jose Santos, and the chief of |>olico on October 1. At Sabine?the citizens rose en m isse and attempted to drive the government troops away from the voting places. A pit 'in; J battle was fought in the principle street. '1 he troops sustained a serious defeat. Colonel Ji.sj Kanjel, commanding, was killed during the lijrht, with twenty-four of his soldiers. The number of citizens killed and wounded is not known, but from the fact tiiat the troops were well armed and drilled it is Mievcd the havoc among the citizens must have le 11 fearful. District Judge iJarcia, lighting on the side of the j>eople. is known to be among the killed. Rioting is also reported from several smaller towns in both state-.'. These outbreaks are attributed to the presence of government troops at the polls, where it is claimed they actively interce l.d j in behalf of government candidates, intimidating voters and ojwnly preventing many Irom exercising the right of sufFrag -. ELECTION NEWS, Hrviscd Figure* from VarioiiM 1'arin of Hie Country* Maine's majority in California is close upon 10,000. The Republicans elect a full congressional delegation of six. The noxt legislature of Wisconsin will stand: Senate, 'JO Republicans and 13 Democrats; assembly, 151 Republicans and 31 Democrats. The Republican plurality for Blaine in IlliI nois is 22,000. For Governor, Oglesby (lie ! publican) defeats Carter Harrison by about ! 7,000 majority. The complete vote of Massachusetts for President ard governor is as follows: For ! President? Blaine, 1-13,436; Cleveland, 110,'MO; I Butler, 23,800; St. John, 10,200: Blaine's plurality, 21,100. For governor?Robinson I (Hep.) 155,007; Kndicott (Dem.) 10S,26J; Mcj Calterty (Butler) 2.3,552; Seelye (Pro.) 8.211; I Robinson's plurality, 40,837. In Michigan the" Fusionists have a majority in both branches of the legislature. Ollicial returns from all but a few counties give Blaine a plurality of 78,000 in PentisylI vania. The Democratic majority in North Caro I ! lina is 25.000. | In Tennessee tho lost estimates from official ' ' and unofficial returns show that Bates. Dem? ; ocrat, has a majority for governor of from 8,000 to 12,000. The Cleveland vote will excoed this majority by a few thousands. 1 Blaine's majority in Iowa, based on the vote for Congressmen, will be 18,000. The - j congressional delegation will stand seven Re- ' 'jgl j publicans and one Fusionist. J In Missouri the Cleveland electors have 'Jam about 20,000 majority. Marmadoke, Demo cratic candidate for governor, has 5,000 ma- . A Chicago dispatch says: The present eeti- :J$? mate as to the complexion of the Illinois State - f J legislature is that it will be a tie on a joint ballot, the senate having a majority of one : '5 3 Republican and the house a majority of one ' ' Democrat Contests are likely to ensue in ,-^fl three districts which may reverse this condi- . ' ^as| '3 tion of affairs. The situation 1s made more interesting from the fact that a 8enator to succeed General Logan is to be elected. j The Democratic majority in Florida is a little more than 4,000. The Blaino electors have a plurality of 22,000in Vermont '.-4 THE PEWSION" OFFICE. J Aunual Report oT (be Commissioner \ ; of Pensions* J Tho annual reDort of the commissioner of pensions for the fiscal year, ended June SO, '"-'Slfij ?hows that there were at the close of the j >*ear 322,750 pensioners, classified as follows: 218,9.>6 array invalids; 75,838 j army widows, minor children, and dependent relatives; 2,616 navy invalids; 1,938 navy -V-ffijH widows, minor children, and dependent relar '<'y'-'adtsSK^l tives; 3,898 survivors of the war of 1813, and 1!),512 widows of those who served in that 3 war. There were added to the rolls during the year the names of 84,- ' 192 pensioners, and the names of 1,221 whoso pensions had been previously dropped were restored to the roll, mnHng an . s-yg3;j| aggregate of 35,413 pensions added during the yHnSB year. The names of 61,315 were dropped from the rolls for various causes, leaving a " tMj net increase to the number on the roll of The average annual value of each penson at the close of the year was $106.75, and the aggregate annual value of all pensions was ''iy&H $3f,450,600, an increase over the pre vious year of <2,211,407.92. The amount y..U AL. ' ci* uaiu iui pcuMuua UUXIUK vuu jrwr 06,908,597, exceeding the annual vahu /JjM of pensions several millions of v'^? dollars, which represents the first payments, , 3a generally on new claims, and known as arrears of pensions The amount paid luring the year to 31,207 new pensioner* was $23,- ^9 413,815, and there remained in the hands of '~-w3n the several pensions agents 7,'203 cases of this rlass unpaid, in which there was due $4,940,- ; :;aa:: The acts of 1871 and 1878 provided a pension on account of service during the war of - *-9a| 1812. Since the former dote 78,106 claims of this class have been filed, 31,646 by tin -jxtgM surviving soldiers and sailors and 48,48< '.U'rj&fl by the widows of those who served is V 'jgw that war. Of this number 59,424 hav? P been allowed?26,658 to the survivon ' and 33,766 to the widows. In th< ' " aggregate, since 1861, 927,922 claims haw esfiMt UO ion k.m ku.n ellmul ' . PCtSCE U^7U JJiM auu U-XUj JLUV UU T C7 UVOU lUM/nvUi -jBM The commissioner says that at the rati ^ claims have been filed for the past few yean -, > the close of the year 1886 will undoubtedly ^ show one million claims filed for pension*. 'warnI since 1861. Since that year the total amouni ' '>-gsa w disbursed is 1678,346,834. THE SIGNAL SERVICE | Facts and Fig-area From General Bazcn'a Report ^ General Hazcn, Chief of the United Stated ^Bj Signal Service Bureau, in his report to tho ' secretary of war for the year ending Juno 80,1884, says that an average of 85.4 per cent. t . of the predictions of his bureau as to weathei . in the country at large east of the Rocky , "v,*jg| mountains were verified, while tho annual average of the Pacific slop? ' ->3 was 89.3. As many as 2.776 cautionary signals were ordered, of which 2,287 -Jtf were justified by the results. Tho total ex- v pense of the bureau, including thorn, of thu tySgg school of instruction at Fort Meyer and o? the Arctic explorations, were $1;(W8,S41.81. A large portion of ths report is devoted to , a history of the Greely relief expedition. : General Hazen, speaking of the Yantic re- - \ yj3 treating south without cacheing provisions at Littleton Island, says: " This abandonment of Lieutenant Greely and his party to probable starvation by officers whose only mission in those waters was to succor them dis- ' :~ *m played a lamentable disregard of grave re- oTv\?c4KiIif iaQ " Ha m)I? for an invp?Hr Afcion by Congress of the entire work of the explore- . tion which terminated so sadly, and, in connection with this part of his subject, says: /CJjj "The causes that co-operated to produces . 33S tragedy that has appalled the civilized world ' >. /& ana the responsibility of such dire result can be traced with certainty." General Hazen concludes with further striotures upon Lieutenant Garlington for failure to kill the walins with which Littleton island swarmed and cache them, aiding: "The tone . of this officer's utterances upon tnese subjects have impressed me with a wont of efficient effort or intent on bis part to perform his duties, disqualifying him for their loyal performance." ' .?? General Hazen is confident that, hod the means of relief suggested by him been carried out, "the untold suffering at Camp Clay lastwinter would have been, pre vented, and -V>? the entire party saved." UUTJKAUijS UN U1UNA. Preacltcra and Converts Flogged and Their Hoonei Pillaged. Chinese mobs hare been committing fearful outrages on persons and places of Christian worship at Canton and interior points. - -Oj In the province of Kwang-Tung alone fbur Roman Catholic and five Protest- A ant churches have been destroyed, 120 houses of resident Christians looted, and their^"" occupants driven away. In Nam-hoi three <1^ Catholic chapels were pillaged, as were also the houses of converts. The priosts and the converts were beaten. In Shi-hung the Church of England chapel was destroyed. In Chant-sung the Weslej-an chapel was dastroyed. Christians are fleenlr frog_Ji?|" province to Hong Koug. The Chinee gave j them the alternative of sacrificing to the j idols or leaving thoir homes. They preferred ' J the latter, but whi'e leaving n:a*iy of the j women were caught and assaulted. ' | The authorities of twelve Cantonose villages have issued notices that all Christians 1 must leave. Fifteen ckurclics in those vil- I lages have nlready been destroyed, and | several stores looted. Many persons are I homeless. In Kite-Yung a mob destroyed all jd the Rcmin Catholic and English churches. ?: '.II In Swatow tne Catholic priests were ordered _| to leave, and, after they had Iott, utnneee y soldiers broke into the houses ami assaulted the converts. Although the attention of the Chinese government has been called to the barbarous acts, 110 action has l>eon taken to ; jM prevent them or to punish the perpetrators. THANKSGIVING, fgfl Annual Proclamation iksacd by the President. * The President has issued the following proc- ' The season is nigh when it is the yearly raw wont of this people to observe a day appointed for that purpose by the President, as |S n?> Mtrwial occasion for thanksgiving unto Now, therefore, in recognition of this hal- ' lowed custom, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States, do hereby designateas such day of general thanksgiving, :'*$ Thursday, the 27tn day of this present Novera- --la ber. And I do recommend that throughout the land, the people ceasing from their accus tomed o cupatious, do then keep holiday HT~ their several home? and their several places i? of worship, and with heart and voice pay rev- . p erent acknowledgment to the Giver of all tl good for the countless blessings wherewith He - *| hath visited this nation. ''"f?i'riaff In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States ? to be affixed. ^ Done at the city of Washington this seventh ??i* day of November, in the year of our Lord,'one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and ninth. Chester A. Arthur. By the President: Frederick T. Frelixghuvsev, Secretary of State. fAJNlU UN -fiLKLfc'. 'J Thousands Leaving the City on Account or the Cholera. The fresh outbreak of cholera in Paris has created great alarm among all classes. Many ru^nnr dnilv and the hosnitals are filled with patients. A dispatch says that "tha epidemic seems unquestionably to be spreading gradually throughout the city. Precautions of every kind are being taken by the public and by individuals; to impede the progress of the plague. On Monday one warehouse sold 20.000 yards of red flannel, the wearing of which is supposed by many to be e'Hcient in guarding against contagion. Such of the troops ana policemen ns are detailed for night duty are given an allowance of rum in their coffee. Many people have already left the city. The exodus has been increasing lately, and a continuous string of vehicles can now be seen in the streets loading to tho various railway stations. rnysicians aro of tho opinion that people who are strong and healthv need have s nail fear of being attacked. None of the attendants at the hospitals have so far been seized with the malady. Many consider tho disease not contagious. Efforts are l>eing made to put the slums in a Ix'tter siinitary condition by flushing theiu with water and carbolic acid. Mk. Singkri.ev, the millionaire proprietor of the Philadelphia Uecord, has a mania for houses. He has alrosdy built ?V50 in the northwestern part of Philadelphia, and intends to build 7.50 more. Tho 1.000 will be vorth on an average alxrnt f 0,00J each. J