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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.
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