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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1884. NO. 23. VOLUME XXIX. "jf
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ONLY A CHICKEN.
(A recitation for eight little girls;)
FIRST LITTLE GIRL.
A wonderful story I will tell:
A chicken crept from a broken shell,
And, standing cn its tiny feet,
It peeped and peeped for a crumb to fat?
On a beautiful summer morning.
SECOND LITTLE GIRL.
But out of a dark hole popped the head
0 an old gray rat; with a cautious tread
He stole along whoro the grass was thick
And quietly pounced on the peeping chick
That standing on its tin}* feet,
Was crying for a crumb to eat.
On a beautiful summer morning.
THIRD LITTLE GIRL.
Then out of the doorway leaped a cat,
That, put her paw 0:1 tile old gray rat,
That out of a dark hole popped his head
And crept along with a cautious tread,
And a cruel look, where the gras3 was thick,
To quickly pounce on the jieeping chick,
That, standing on its tiny feet,
Was crying lor a crumb to eat?
On a beautiful summer morning.
FOL'RTH LITTLE GIRL.
Around the corner there fiercely flew
A savage dog, of a yellow hue,
That fixed lus teeth "in the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the old gray rat,
That out of a dark hole popped his head,
And crept along with a cautious tread
And a cruel look, where the grass was thick,
To quietly pounce on the peeping chick,
That, standing on its tiny feet,
Was crying for a crumb "to eat?
Ou a beautiful summer morning.
FIFTH LITTLE GIRL.
But a naught}* bov with a wicked sling
Of a crotcned" stick and a rubber string,
Looked over the fence with a mean intent,
And a smooth round pebble swiftly sent,
That struck the dog of a yellow hue,
That around the corner fiercely new,
And fixed bis teeth in the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the o d gray rat,
That out of a dark hole popped his head,
And crept along with a cautious tread
And a cruel look, where th? gra<s was thick,
To quickly pounce on the peeping chick,
That, standing on its tiny feet,
Was crying for a crumb to cat?
On a beautiful summer morning.
SIXTH I.ITTLS GIRL.
Next came a man 011 the double quick
Who beat the bov w ith a blackthorn stick,
For hurting his (log of yellow hue,
That round the corner fiercely flew,
And fixed his teeth in the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the old gray rat,
That out of a dark hole popped his head,
That crept along with a cautious tread
And a cruel look, where the grass was thick,
To quickly pounce on the peeping chick,
That, standing on its tiny feet,
Was crying for a ci umb to eat?
On a beautiful summer morning. .
SEVENTH LITTLE GIRL.
The tumult caught the watchful eye
Of a tall policeman passing by.
Who, walking up with a pompous tread,
Arrested and nearly broke the head
Of the man who came 011 the double quick
To beat the boy with a blackthorn stick,
For hurting the dog of yellow hue,
That round the corner tiercelv flew.
Arid fixed his teeth in the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the old gray rat,
That out of a dark hole popped liis head,
And crept along with a cautious tread
And a cruel look, whore the grass was thick,
To quickly pounte on the peeping chick,
That, standing on iu tiny feet,
Was crying for a crumb to eat?
On a beautiful summer morning.
EIGHTH LITTLE GIRL.
In a court of justice sternly sat
The pertly judge, in a white cravat,
Who told the sLeritl', for lack of bail,
To put the man in the county !ail
Who came in sight 011 the double quick
To beat the hov with a blackthorn stick.
For hurting the dog of yellow hue,
That round the corner fiercely flew.
And fixed his teeth in the tabby cat,
That put her paw on the old gray rat,
That out of a daric hole popped his head,
And crept along wilh a cautious tread
And a cruel look, where the grass was thick,
To quickly pounce orf the peeping chick,
That, standing on its tiny ieet,
Was crying for a crumb to eat?
On a beautiful summer morning.
ALL TOGETHER.
The greatest evil often springs
From the ill effects of the smallest things;
And all this trouble on many fell
Through a little chick from a broken shell
On a beautiful summer morning.
?Eugene J. Hall.
WILD FRANK
While awaiting the arrival of the
Western bound train a few days ago on
the platform of the littledepot inTovah,
Texas, a man of splendid physique,
carelessly dressed, armed to the teeth
and mounted on a big blood bay horse,
rode across the plain at a swinging gallop
and drew rein opposite where I was
standing. This horseman was "Wild
Frank" Tower, an old friend and fellow
scout and one of the best known, honest,
most reckless, dare devil rangers on the
Southwestern frontier. Tower was born
in Iowa, and when he came to Texas,
fifteen years ago, was a boy of 17. He
found employment at a cow ranche on
the Pecos river, and the wild, rough
life he led in camp and on the trail
hardened his muscles, steadied his nerves
and developed ail of those courageous
qualities which distinguish the frontiersman.
lie became a superb horseman
and wonderfully skilled in the use
of the six-shooter and Winchester. The
ranche adjoining the one where he was
employed was owned by a man named
Flanigan. a hot-tempered, brutal fellow,
brave as a lion and the hero of many
scrapes in which tirearms had played
an important part, lie had killed several
men and was feared and respected
accordingly. "Wild Frank met
Flanagan at a "round up." They liecame
involved in a quarrel over the
ownership of a cow. Tower was cool
and polite, but as lirm in the maintenance
of his rights as adamant. Flanigan,
accustomed to ride down all opposition,
applied an insulting epithet to
t?e boy who had dared to dispute with
him aud, seizing his heavy riding-whip,
sprang toward him.
''I'll give ye a hundred lashes, ye
Bpindle shanked puppy," he hissed.
The cowboys glanced at each other
apprehensively, and Frank's friends, not
daring to interfere, so much did they
fear Flanigan. trembled for their comSmnion's
safety. The object of the billy's
wrath faced the ruflian coolv.
' Don't touch me!" he cried warningly,
but Flanigan, with a bitter oath
prang upon the boy, and seizing him by
the collar, was about to administer the
threatened chastisement.
Accounts differ as to how it all occurred.
There was a chorus of curses
and 1 >ud cries, a fierce struggle, the onlookers
heard the swish-swish of the
cuarte, and through the c'oud of dust
which enveloped the combatants, saw
Flanigan writing on the ground, while
Frank, wielding the whip with a quick
and heavy hand, rained blow after blow
on the bully's head and facc. The sharp
lash cut the flesh like a knife and the
blood streamed from many wounds, and.
mixing with the choking dust, blinded
the prostrate man's eyes. Several times
he endeavored to regain his feet, but lie
never succeeded, and when at last, weak
from pain and ins* of blood, he fainted.
Wild Frank threw the bloody whip to
the ground and. inouutinghis horse,rode
aw**y. The whole atfair had been so
sudden and unexpected and had resulted
so differentlyfrom what the spectators
imagined that the boy had disappeared
behind a roll in the plain before the astonished
cowboys recovered their senses.
Thev raised the unconscious bullv up.
washed away the blood and poured
whisky down his throat. He recovered
sufficiently to be assisted back to his
ranchc, and when a week later he was
able to leave hi3 bed he swore a big oath
and vowed to have "Wild Frank's life.
Intelligence of Flanigan's purpose was
brought to Frank. He made no counterthreat,
but there was a peculiar gleam in
his eyes which led his informant to believe
that the boy would be ready.
About two weeks later,at another ranche,
the two again met. Both were mounted,
^ and drawing his Winchester from its
~~ scabbard, Frank spurred His horse toward
the bully and shouted:
"Look out, Flanigan!"
The ranchman raised his rifle, with a
wicked look in his small gray eyes. Both
fired at the same time antl, still pressing
forward, discharged their Winchesters
in rapid succession. Flanigan pitched
from his saddle with three bullets in his
body, and, satisfied that his enemy was
dead, Wild Frank rode to the nearest
ranger camp and surrendered to the commanding
officer. Public opinion on the
frontier has a great influence in a court
* of law, and Wild Frank wns acquitted.
The ranger captain had taken a great
fancy to the boy, and he urged him to
become a scout. Accordingly he enMfl
ed in B company of the frontier battalion,
and remained in the command
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several years. It was a company of brave
men, but none wore braver than Wild
Frank. With a perfect disregard for 1
his own safety, he was always in the .
front when dangerous work was to be 1
done, and many times risked his life in
defense of a fellow-scout.
When Frank left the rangers he de- :
termincd upon a trip through Mexico, !
and this was one of his numerous adventures
in the land of the Montezumas:
He crossed the Rio Grande at Presidio
dei Norte, and amused himself for four
or live days hunting and fishing. Game t
j of all sorts was abundant, and the simplehearted
peasantry were kind and hospitable.
One afternoon the sky became
I overcast, and when toward night a furi- ,
I ous storm burst he sought shelter at a casa
ranche. No one was in siaht when he rode
up to the massive gate of the corral, and j
it was not until he had pounded vigor- :
ously on the barrier with the butt of his
cuarte and called loudly several times !
that the door opened and a sour-visaged,
wrinkled old Mexican woman appeared
on the threshold. *'ranK aemanuea
shelter in Spanish, but before the hag
could reply a brutal-looking man, who
spoke English like an American, pushed !
her aside and began to question the i
J stranger. Frank's answers were evident- i
j ly satisfactory, for the ranchero bade ;
; him enter and a peon hoppled his horse |
and turned the animal loose to graze. |
i Frank's host provided him with a change
) of clothing?his own was wet?and after I
supper conducted him to a room. When j
i the door opened a young and beautiful !
i eirl rose and faced the two men iuquir- '
inglv. The ranchero addressed her:
"This stranger will camp with us, I
I Eleanorhe said. "He will occupy i
this room. You can sleep vith Dolores." |
The girl bowed and, gathered up some j
fancy needlework upon which she had
I been engaged, left the room.
" She's my daughter," said the stern- I
j visaged ranchero wnen they were alone. |
A\ hen he finally retired from the room [
j Fiank closed tho door. It had no lock, I
| and, placing his six-shooter under his i
| pillow, he threw himself upon the bed
| without undressing. The anomallv of a |
! beautiful and accomplished girl being j
I the voluntary resident of a miserable i
1 ranche house and acknowledged as a ;
: (laughter by so villainous-appearing a I
man as his host excited Frank's susj
picions, and he examined the room care- j
i fully to discover some due to the identity
of the fair stranger. The room was \
i comfortably, almost luxuriously furnishj
ed, and the books which filled the shelves i
I of a hanging closet and were scattered |
J about the room, the pictures on the walls |
i anu cliu ltuucnn an ui luwutiijuui wu'
vinccd him that the girl was far above
j the average raachero's daughter
I in education. He looked through
the books and searched every bit of pa- ,
i per in the room, but without finding a
! clue to the mysterious Eleanor's identity.
Still thinking of her and her strange surj
roundin^s Frank fe 1 asleep, to be aroused
by some one gently shaking him. He
started up and discovered by the dim
light of a taper which she bore that his
visitor was the beautiful Eleanor. He
attempted to speak, but she signed for
him to be silent and whispered the
words:
" Follow me."
Buckling on his six-shooter belt Frank
followed her from the room and she led
the way through several narrow entries
to the yard. His horse stood ready saddled
aud bridled just outside the corral
gate. The gill pointed to the capari;
soned animal.
"You are an American," she said.
"Your life will not be safe here"
She pointed a^ain to the horse and re- !
treated into the house. After a moment's i
hesitation Frank mounted his animal j
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I ana roue awav, unv
He ruade inquiries about the ranche people
he had just quitted, but could learn
nothing concerning them. A few months
thereafter while at Saltillo he strolled by |
the walls of a rich convent one evening.
The heavy gate swung open and two sis- '
ters of the order came out. They started
at sight of the stranger, and Frank ut !
tered an exclamation of surprise. One
of the nuns was the beautiful Eleanor, I
who had so mysteriously assisted him to
leave the old ranche house. \
"Eleanor!" he said and started toward ii
; her. The nun shook her head and laid 1
! her finger on her lips as a sign of silence, j.
I The scout drew back, the two nuns passed j
j and he saw tlnm no more. The next j j
I morning the citizens of Saltillo were hor- j
j rifled and excited. The nunnery of Saint j1
Delores had been robbed of valuable j j
j plate and jewels and it was presumed i (
[ the vandals were led by the celebrated j J
! female bandit, El Chiquaita, who bad a ;
, hiding-place in the mountains toward the
; Kio Grande and was the terror of all that I 1
country. The daring woman had en- < J
tered the convent iu the guise of a pious j [
novitiate, had learned the secrets of the ' ;
cent and at the first favorable moment '
! admitted her confederates, who had rob- '
; bed the nunnery of all its valuable treasI
ure and escaped safely with their booty.
I They described the false nun, "and,"
; concluded Frank, as he told me the story,
I "will you believe it, the description ex
actly tallied with Eleanor. She was cap- 1
i tured by the rurals about three months I!
I thereafter, and I was on the plaza when I 1
! she was shot. She died without making j J
j a confession, and no one knew who she j '
was or where she was from. Her career i
J had been wilder than the most exaggera- *
! ted romance. She was reported to be !
; wholly devoid of mercy, but she did me
j a good turn, and?well, she was an j
American, and I felt sorry for her."
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A Marvelous Little Stream. !
The following is an extract from the ]
work, "Across the Pampas and the ]
! Andes:" At a distance of thirty miles i
I south of the river Diamante, our route '
passed by a natural object of considerable
interest?a stream, or rather rill, of 1
yellowish v.hite fluid like petroleum is- J
suing from the mountain side at a con- i
sideiable height and trickling down the <
; slope till lost" in the porous soil of the '
i valley below. It was formed like the
! crater of a volcano and full of black, bi- '
tuminous matter, hot and sticky, which 1
could be stirred up to the depth of about '
, eighteen inches. I
Floundering in it was a polecat or i
skunk, having been enticed to its fate <
j by the desire of securing a bird caught <
in the natural uirci-nmc, uii a ouuct <
from the revolver of one of the party (
terminated the skunk's struggle to extrij
eate itself from the warm and
adhesive bath in which it was hopelessly I
held captive. The overflow from 1
this fountain was, as described, like a
stream of petroleum two or three feet i
wide trickling over a bed of pitch or i
some such substance, which extended to '
a much greater width along the edge of
the running stream at its contact with it. 1
j This material was of a very sticky naj
ture, becoming gradually harder as it '
i spread further out, assuming the appear- i
ance of asphalt mingled with the loose
sand of the adjoining soil.
While engaged in examining this natural
curiosity we camc upon two small
! birds, caught in the sticky substance at
the edge of the stream; they were still
l.alive, but upon releasing then both the
I feathers and the skin camc oil where
i they had come in contact with the bitui
minous matter, so that we hud to kill
them to put an end to their sufferings. No
doubt they had been taken in by the ap:
pearance of water which the stream preI
sented, and had alighted to drink, when
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lllUJf UI3UUVCUU lui.nuuv vw ..?w.
Their fate suggested the idea that in a
district so devoid of water others of the
feather tribes must constantly become
victims to the same delusion in a similai
manner, and upon a close inspection ol
the margin of the stream the correctness
l of this inference was established by the
discovery of numerous skeletons of birds
imbedded in it; nor were, those of small
quadrupeds unrepresented, anion:; which
we recognized the remains of a fox.
Another electric girl has been discov,
ered in France. Angclique Cotton, and
, her peculiarity is throwing about furni!
ture. When she sits on a chair and several
persons hold it tight, the chair is
j hurled from tbeir hands broken to picces.
| The finest tobacco comes from the
| province of Roumelia, in Southern Turkey,
where tobacco cultivation is almost
j the sole source of the inhabitants, both
young and old.
The New York market is extensively
upplied with foreign eggs.
A. UNIQUE THOROUGHFARE.
THE BOWEEY BY SUNLIGHT AND
BY ELECTRIC GLARE.
One of the Host Peculiar Streets in
>'cw York? Its strange Feature*
Graphically Described.
The Bowery has been well called the i
Cheapside of New York, and yet it is
more cosmopolitan than any other portion
of the metropolis. From Chatham
square, on cither side, to the further extremity
of the Bowery, the thoroughfare
at all times is packed with all sorts and
kinds of human beings. Several lines of
surface cars moving continuously make
the middle of the street lively, while the
cars upon the elevated road thunder
along up and down, imparting a supernatural
element to a scene of turbulence
already multitudinously noisy and distrait.
From early morn until the vast
procession homeward bound at nightfall
crowds the street, the Bowcrv is the
busiest portion of New York; but when
the evening shades prevail and night
lakes up her wonderous tale the panorama
is even more diversified in vividness
?picturesque, unique and weird. The
never ceasing tinkling: of the bells gives
a fairy-like tone to the picture, an<f the
huge bull's-eye light of the rushing
motives overhead strikes one like the
sudden coming of a ghostly apparition,
needing no particular lively imagination
to endow it with all sorts of
spiritual activities. The Bowery from
end to end is one great glare of
electric fire. Two hundred and eighteen
electric lights blazo along the pathway.
Every theatre, every museum, every dive
is made luminous by the novel flame of
modern invention. Xo tailor is too poor,
no gimcrack store so impecunious that it
cannot afford its electric light. Some
shine like blazing stars far up upon the
tops of lofty buildings; others dazzle
the eyes of pedestrians upon the sidewalk,
hung so low as to almost literally endanger
the heads of the passers by. The
two distinguishing features, in fact, of
the Bowery are brightness and medley.
Every language known to the habitable
globe is spoken there. English,
Dutch, French, German, Spanish, Down
East Yankee, Indian, South American
and Japanese tongues may be heard volubly
shouting their wares or pressing
their commodities. In other days the
Bowery was infested by thieves, pickEockets,
bad men of every sort and kind;
ut it is as true to-day as it was
when the Scriptures were penned that
darkness is the cloak lor evil, ana
that light and brightness are the garments
of decency and the good. The
police records show that, although there
are many disreDutable dives on the
Bowery, liquor saloons practically innumerable.
Chinese joints by the score
and lager beer saloons by the hundred,
deeds of violence are veiy rare, and
brawls and midnight disturbances are !
among the things of the past. Long [
lines of peddlers make the clean light
furnished by the electric fire lurid with
the smoke and yellow llame from their
alcohol lamps. In various tongues they
vociferate cries of bauanas, chestnuts,
apples and other commodities. Other
people go to and fro with wagons loaded
with fish. Men sell shrimps and women ,
offer flowers. It is a curious fact that i
among all the crowds that throng this !
busy place strange faces are very rarely I
seen. Now and then, going in or com- j
ing from the museums with which the I
placed is fringed, rural visitors are seen;
but as a rule the people who swarm upon
the sidewalks, look in the showy windows,
patronize the stores and spend
their means in rum or beer seem perfectly
at home in every place they g<> to.
Shops and stores upon the Bowery are ,
kept open hours after kindred bazaars
are closed on Broadway and in other ,
parts of the city. Cheap joints abound .
there. Pawnbrokers are on nearly every .
block, second-hand stores find many .
lustomers, and every variety of 1
tradesmen, showmen and tricksters
can there be found. All sorts and
kinds of buildings line the street?new |
ind old. marble and brick, high and
low, stone and wood. The Bowery is j
just as different from Broadway as San ,
Francisco is from New Orleans. "When
;ho theatres are over men and women ]
stream in and out of the beer gardens.
rhe old ana the young of both sexes and j
ill ages haunt those places, spending j
thousands of dollars every month. The \
record shows that there arc many wealthy j
wretched homes as well. It is a kind of j ]
;entre where people who pick up a bare i j
lubsistence find their headquarters, j i
From the cellar of a junkman to the j i
warehouse of a merchant there is a long ,
iistance, and that distance is occupied ; ,
jvery inch of it by men. women and j <
:hildreu who live and have their being j <
is best they can. Some of the homes \
ire comfortable, some are luxurious, ]
some simple depots to which the rag- ]
aickers brings his odds and ends. Here <
he storekeeper owns his shop ; there a i
:enant occupies a room as dark as a dun- (
jeon, with no bed but a pallet of straw, i
20 furniture but a rickety table and a j
itool. Dealers in old clothes, old hats, (
nusical instruments, pots, kettles, raw j
neats, strings of boiogna sausages, ]
women's attire, pipes, old coats?every- ]
;hing known to the oil-scourer of the iarth
are there. The entire gamut, of
;reation is found on that street, and the j
ladder of life has every round from end ;
:o end. Some of the cellars are queer ;
aoles by day, and cxtraordi." y places i
it nie;h"t. Italian families taking lodgers j ,
it five cents a night occupy cellars and ' ,
sub-cellars. Sour beer at two cents a i'
pint or three cents a quart finds ready ]
purchasers. Some of the places are :
Kollof onrl fV*ott ctir\\rr i i
LlZLliy kTUJUiiV* WC liMky ?*uv?. tuwj ouwv
sights tliat baffle description. j
The place is dirty, the air is foul. (
Heaven and the garbage gatherer alone
icnow whence comes the food furnished
in these extraordinary lodgings. The
5ffal of the markets and the boxes on the
sidewalks perhaps could tell the story. :
There are no bedsteads. Filthy looking 1
mattresses are spread on the lloor. The | 1
Inmates do not undress, but go to bed
with their clothes on, including boots 1 j
inu shoes. On pleasant nights, as late ;
ts eleven and even twelve, wretched lit- .
tie chidren. wan and pinched and filthy
iirty, may be seen grouped about these '
cellar doors, while within a block or possibly
in the very next house may be com- '
fortably lodged the family of the man
who owns his store, and is comfortably 1
fixed for this world and happy in his be- 1
lief of the one to come.
Walking along the Bowery one's ears
ire always saluted here and there by
music more or less discordant, according
to the number of instruments in the band,
which may consist of a tinkly piano or of
half a dozen horns, with violin and bass j
viol accompaniment. Huge plate glass J
windows and two clectric lights give an J
air of comfort and respectability to these |
places, many of whicli are as low and as l
vile as it is possible to be without, coming
under the absolute domination of a j
lax police. Into these places the people !
pour at times. The rooms are ablaze j
with light and heavy with tobacco
smoke. Motley crowds fill the rooms, j
The performances, as a rule, are Punch I
and Judy, patter songs, boxing matches,
solos, comic ballads and dances. Quar- j
rels are of very rare occurrence, but j
liquor is sold iu great quantities and for- |
tunes are made every year. Were it not i
for the blaze of light which illumines !
every inch of the thoroughfare from be- j
ginning to end it is probable that broils j
and rows and disturbances of every sort j
would be of nightly occurreuce. As it J
is, respectable people find no opposition,
no interference, encounter no insult, j
hear nothing they need not care to. and
see nothing except a strange, odd, ex-!
traordinary display of human nature in
wtsistrl ?Win Y,n'h JJprnl/f
1L3 1UUOL ouuv. muuu. ?v, w.?. ;
In the cotton States there are 197,000,- i
000 acres of land in farms, of which :
67,350,000 are improved. 'J'he cotton
area actually tilled was about 44,000,000 |
acres in 1S7!>. The crops in tillage now
occupy about 53,000,000 acres, the difference
representing the increase since
the census from which the above figures
were taken was made. The census value
of productions for this section is $547,000,000.
During the first four months
of this year, $54,000,000 was invested
in southern manufacturing.
The honey crop of the country last
year was estimated at rising 4,000,000
pound*.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
I
American railroads use more than 10,- |
000,000 iron car wheels. Four wheels
weigh one ton.
In San Jose, near Vera Cruz, Mexico, |
a trench 900 feet long, three feet deep
and three feet wide was recently dug for
the burial of grasshoppers slaughtered by ;
an outraged populace.
Dahomey, Africa, takes the palm for
ingenious cruelty. The commander of j
the forces having been found guilty of 1
high treason, he was buried chest deep [
and then shot at by the Amazon regi- |
ment until dead.
It is a quarter of a century since Mr.
Pullman ran the first sleeping-car that j
ever appeared on an American railroad, j
It was an August night, on the road j
from Bloomington, 111., to Chicago, and
he had four passengers, who were charged j
fifty cents each for the accommodation. I
At a recent meeting of one of our med- I
ic:il societies a list of more than 100 rem- '
edics for cholera was presented. Yet a I
distinguished doctor stated that probably !
no real improvement had been made
upon the remedies of sixty years ago,
which consisted almost wholly of calomel
and opium. The French doctors are j
experimenting.
For some time past it has been known
that a colony of bees had established
itself in the roof of Stourmouth Church,
England, but the vicar would not allow
them to be disturbed. On his death recently
the bees were destroyed by fumigation.
On the honey being taken there
was found to be nearly two hundred
weight of It, and the bees filled two
moderately large barrels. It is stated
that during hot weather the honey used
to drop into the church.
Moravian Town is a little village in
the township of Oxford, Canada West,
on the bank of the river Thames, near
which General Harrison defeated General
Proctor in the battle on October 5,
1813. The settlers were Indians who
had been converted to Christianity by
the Moravians, who lied to Canada from
the Muskingum, in Ohio, in 1792. By
an order of the provincial council in j
1793, about 50,000 acres of land were
granted for their use, on which they
proceeded to build a church and a village.
At the time of the battle this !
Christian Indian village had about 100 '
VA../.AA ?fAll o coVir?r\l-Vmnao I
ULUUSCS, UiUOllJ ncil uuui| t* UV/UVV4
and chapel and very fine gardens.
A Chinese City.
Foo Chow, the capital of the city of
the province of Foil Kien, and one of
the few ports in China open to foreign
trade. The Chinese name of the city is
Hok Chin, which signifies " happy region.1'
Foo Chow is situated in latitude
26 degrees 5 minutes north and longitude
119 degrees 20 minutes east, about
420 miles northeast of Canton, and 375 i
miles southwest of Shanghai. It stands
on a plain about two and a half miles
from the north bank of the river Min,
and twenty-five miles from it3 mouth.
An amphitheatre of hills surrounds the
hills about four miles distant, and it is |
protected by one of the peculiar walls ot i
China, which is seven miles in circum- :
ferenee, from twenty to tweuty-five feet
high, and from twelve to twenty feet in
thickness at different points. Seven
gates afford entrance to the city proper j
througn tnis nign wan, ana over eacu 01 |
the gates is a high tower which is jeal- I
ously guarded l>y watchmen. The whole !
district between the city and River Min, l
the island of Nantai, and the southern |
bank of the river are occupied by extensive
suburbs, and the river itself is occupied
by a large lloatiug population, which
lives in the boats which crowd its waters.
Communication from bank to bank ' '
of the river is afforded by a stone bridge, j
wtiich is about a quarter of a mile long, 1
and is supported by forty piers, placed
at uneqal distances. Across these piers '
are laid immense stones, three feet square 1
and about forty-five feet long, and over 1
these a granite platform extends. The
bridge is known to the natives as the
bridge of ten thousand ages, and it is
3aid to be over eight hundred years old.
It is lined along the sides with shops, '
and is constantly filled with the people
:>f Foo Chow.
The city proper of Foo Chow is regu- 1
larly built, but the streets, though paved
with granite, and in many instances '
planted with trcea. are filthy, narrow, I
ind infested with beggers. The popula- I 1
tion of the city has been variously esti- j
aated by travelers in China at from 600,- j
300 to 4,000,000 souls. The most re- i
aiarkable establishment of the city is the !
arsenal, situated about three miles down
;he river Min, at Pagoda island, where
the seagoing vessels usually anchor. It
ivas founded in 1567, and has been conlucted,
under the direction of French
;ngineers, according to European methods.
In 1870 it employed about one
:housand workmen, beside fifty European
superintendents. Foo Chow is
known in China as a city of the first
;lass, and is the seat of a viceroy, or govirnor-general,
whose jurisdiction extends
jver Fokien and Chekiang, the province
idioinincr Fokien to the north. The city
J o - |
ls also a great literary center, and numjrous
gentry who have retired from office i
n other parts of the empire and men of
high literary attainments reside there.
It has several cotton, paper, and hardware
manufactories, several hundred factories
for making porcelain, and factories
of blue cloth, screcns, and combs.
Near by are productive lead mines, and
i great tea-growing district lies within
seventy miles of the city. The commerce '
sf Foo Chow is principally with Japan
and the maritime provinces of China.
The chief exports ure black teas, timber,
bamboo, fruits, orange-peel, tobacco,
potash, spices, grain, copper and lead.
The imports are opium, which sometimes
amounts to $5,000,000 in value for a year,
salt, sugar and European manufactuers.
The Gulf Stream.
The Gulf Stream, which, if not the,
most extensive, is at least the best known
of all currents, has justly been styled the
most beautiful oceanic river in existence.
Its course has always puzzled philosophers.
After passing round the Gulf of
Mexico, it rushes out into the Atlantic
with very considerable force between i
Florida and the West India Islands. On !
entering Florida strait from the Gulf ol '
Mexico, its rate is from sixty to one hun-1
dred miles per day, and, on leaving the j
"Narrows," from seventy to one hundred ]
and twenty miles. When the extension j
of "the Gulf Stream drift passes between'
the British Islands and Iceland, it moves
only with an average rate of live miles a j
day?a rate which would occupy upward j
of three months to carry itB waters from
the southwestern extremity of England to
the north of Scotland. In its earlier
stages the stream is known by its cloai
blue waters and accompanying fail
weather. On passing Cape Hatteras it i
increases in width, and when skirting
the southern edge of the grand banks of
Newfoundland, it proceeds with diminished
velocity and temperature. In the
vicinity of lialifax and Newfoundland it :
meets the waters of the cool Arctic current
which is setting to the southward, ]
and these waters run side by side without
mixing, the line of separation some- |
times being so sharp that a difference oi j
temperature amounting to thirty-three !
degrees Fahrenheit has been obeserved
within the distance of a few ships'lengths.
An Ardent Canine Fisherman.
"William Farrell, of Rutherford, N.
J., has a blooded liver and white poiotei
dog which has developed great fondness
for fishing, and he fishes with such skil
that the family have been furnished witfc
several messes of grass pike and catfish.
The discovery of this accomplishment
was made by a member of the family.
The dog, whose name is Duke, wai
missed from the house, and, after a long
search, was found standing flank deep it !
a mill pond near the house. The pond j
is full of catfish and grass pike, and the j
rJ rtr onnll lino loff tVlU'flfpr milt* !
'""6 VA* J T j
low. When discovered, the dog wa?,
pointing at something in the water, and j
suddenly thrust his head beneath the1
surface. When he withdrew it he held
in his mouth a large catfish. He cam?;
ashore with it and laid it on the bank,
where he had already deposited foui
others. He then went back and in ?
short time had captured three grass pika
in the same manner. Since then Duk? j
will fish whenever he is permitted to, j
and is always eager to get into the watei
and exercise his skill.
A GREAT RUSH OF WATERS."
SOW THE TIDE BISES IN THE BAT
OP FUND?.
A Silvery Thread that in a Moment
Becomes a It nulling Hivcr?Filty
Feet Wide?The Great Wave.
In a letter from Falmouth, Nova
Scotia, to the Philadelphia Times, the
writer says: The tides of Fundy are
perhaps almost familar to almost everyone,
and though they are remarkable,
like the maelstrom and other marvels
they are greatly exaggerated. To thoroughly
understand the phenomenon the
lhape of Fundy Bay must be considered,
and it will be seen that the great daily
tidal waves that sweep over the Atlantic,
caused by the attraction of the sun and
moon, strike the New England coast and
tend northward until the great body of
water is squeezed into the narrow limits
r>f Pnv <if TAinrlv insf-. ns we see a
great wave from a steamer entering a
brook from a lake. The effect is to immediately
raise the water level, and so in
Fundy the tidal wave rashes in and suddenly
compressed with the narrow
bounds immediately rises and the water
forms a wave and rushes rapidly onward,
tilling up the rivers and bays along its
passage.
A fumous place to observe the phenomenon
is in what is called the Minas
Basin, a branch of the Bay of Fundy,
that extends into the country of Evangeline
and cuts it up in a curious manner.
Especially at the smaller towns along the
Avon river is the sight to be seen that
haB_been wondered at by so many.
Windsor is a nine townoi auout iuree
thousand inhabitants, on the elevation
at the intersection of the Avon and St.
Croix rivers, and is a very lively place
for so a small one. Here the Avon
river is about a mile in width, and if
you happened to strike the river from
the interior you would wonder what the
inhabitants and the farmers lived upon
the borders of such a gulch for. You
stand upon the edge of an enormous
mud crevasse, half a mile wide and extending
;i9 far as the eye can reach, and
as some one refers to the river you put
on your glasses and discover in the
center of this slough of despond a
narrow, trickling stream about two feet
wide.
Can this be the river, you ask? It
must be, as here are bridges, two of
them, but so woefully long and shaky
on their pins and high above the stream
that they appear like the very ghosts of
bridges on stilts. From above, the
chasm appears shelved and cavernous
in its aspect. The Bides seem to grade
off into terraces of red and gray mud,
until finally the pan of bottom rock is
reached, alone which the pseudo river
flows. Something is expected, as here
are expensive dykes, that are reared
to keep the water from the
farms in the back country; then again
vessels lie at the docks of this inland
town, high and dry, miles and miles
from water deep enough to float them.
Do we wait an hour or so all this will be
changed. We first notice the silvery
thread of water stop in its course, then
the water is seen to tlow up-stream, and
if you turn your head for a few minutes
you find upon again looking that the
silvery thread has grown to a stream
fifty feet wide. Twenty minutes later it
is a raging flood, as wide as the Schuylkill,
foaming, rushing and boiling, rising
in waves that break against each
other, ever pushing on, as if propelled
by some mysterious force.
In this sudden rush of the water animals
are often caught; pigs that have
wandered out into the niiul are overcome
by the onward rollers and fowl have been
seen surrounded and floatea away on the
waves, to be rescued, perhaps, far up
the stream, thirty feet higher than the
Rnnfc where thev were taken un. Flocks
of birds frequently follow the tidal wave
or bore, as it is called, feeding upon the
6eh that are cast ashore and catching
them as the tide goes out.
Why the wave should be so high in
coming in is explained in dilTerent ways.
One theory is that it is formed by the
tidal current rushing against the current
of the river and passing over obstructions
of more than ordinary height that
tend to push tho water up. In the
Hoogly river the wave lises to a height
of twenty feet; in the Amazon thirty and
in the Tsientang, China, about the
same. The wave in Fundy, however, is
not to be compared to these in any reipect.
As to rapidity, the tide comes in
about as fast as an ordinary horse can
trot, and a man would have to exert all
his speed to escape.
The height to which the water actually
rises differs in different places and depends
upon circumstances. Thus, if
the sun and moon could pull together, so
to speak, and a strong wind set in at the
same time, an exceedingly high tide
would be the result. It is claimed that
it has risen sixty feet at Monet on; at
Sackville a fifty-feet fall and rise is common;
at Huaco, thirty-four feet, and at
Parsboro, opposite Cape Bloomidon,
about forty-five feet. These are remarkable
figures and the sight of vessels
that say "in the morning have been
alongside the dock, now forty feet below
and no water in sight, is still more
remarkable.
Tea-Cup Lore.
Pictures in a tea-cup? Well, the idea
is not altogether a new one, and many of
my little friends have, co doubt, tried
the old-fashioned plau of making pictures,
or, as I think it is called, "telling
fortunes," in a tea-cup. In fact I have a
friend who is quite renowned for her
success as a fortune-teller through her
skill in shaking and tapping a tea-cup
until the grounds, or tea leaves, in the
uuixulll ui iuc ico-V/up awuun;, 111 a i aau
way, certain shapes or iorrns representing
people, animals and various other images
which she professes to understand as referring
in some way to the person whose
fortune she happens to be telling at the
time. I was present once when she told,
in this way, the fortune of a young lady.
The prophecy and the method of making
it seemed to me to be very vague; but
the gist of it all was, that ia a short
time a young gentleman of extremely
prepossessing appearance would arrive,
and that he was, in some unexplained
way, to exert a powerful
influence ou the future prospects of tho
young lady. Wishing to discover what
there was in the cup to warrant such a
forecast, I obtained possession of it without
being observed. In the bottom of
the cup I saw that the tea-leaves had assumed
a form which, with a little aid of
the imagination, might be accepted as
resembling a very spare, delicate, and
altogether dilapidated youug man. With
the aid of a teaspoon, and iising a few
other grounds or leaves that were lying
on the bottom of the cup, I quickly
changed the young man into a most disreputable-looking
old tramp, with a big
bundle on his back, and accompanied by
a fcrocious-looking bull-dog. Then I
awaited the result. Presently, the young
lady whose fortune had been foretold
took up the cup, with a blush of pleasure,
to examine its contents. The moment
she saw the dreadfill ligure of the
old tramp, she exclaimed, " What a horrid
old fright:"' '1 heti there was a great
commotion, which was only quelled
when I acknowledged my yuilt. liut 1
had learned something, which was that,
with a little management, and a tea
spoon, pictures of many kinds could be
made in a teacup.?St. JSichola*.
Deadly Oriental Poisons. 1
ThtProgres Medical describes two new
Oriental poison?, both of which cause (
death by arresting the heart's action.
One of them comes from Borneo, and i; i
an arrow poison. Almost all that scien- 1
tists vet know of it lies in the n :inber ?>l,
unfortunate dogs they have destroyed '
suddenly with it. Of I he other poison it
is stated that an animal of medium size,
wounded with an arrow whose point had 1
been imbued with it, would make one
bound and then fall back dead. Even
an elephant will succumb to its effects, (
after running half a mile or so. The
composition of the poison is not yet i
known, as it is kept secret by the Mois, I
from whom a specimen was obtained bj 1
a subterfuge. The substance is said tc !
be innocuous when taken into the stom j
ach.
i
During the last ton years Italy has ex- I
pended one hundred million dollars on ]
monster war vessels.
A
NEWS SUMMARY
Eaalern and middle States*
After the official canvass had been completed
in the State of New York, the following
figures of comploted election returns were
given by the Associated Press: The canvas?
shows that Blaine's vote in New York city
was 89,977, Cleveland's 1X5,013, Butler's U,!i76,
and St. John's l,100i Tho total vote in the
State was: Blaine, 561,8S3; Cleveland, 502,901;
Butler, 10,945; and St. John. 25,075.
This nmkes Cleveland's plurality in the State
1,078. Belva Lockwood received about fifty
votes throughout tho State.
William L. Fitch, of Kingston, N. Y.,
the largest blue-stone dealer in the State, has
just failed fo.* about $150,000. Mr. Fitch is
one of the Democratic presidential electors,
and was myster oasly shot in New York city
a short time ago.
Indignant Republicans have been hanging
St. John, the Prohibition candidate for President,
in efiigy in various parts of New York
and other States.
The official returns in New Jersey give
Cleveland a plurality of 4,407. The Republicans
have one majoritv in the senate, and
ten in the assembly. The Prohibition vote
was 0,150 and tho Butler vote 13,491. The
congressional delegation stands four Republicans
to three Democrats.
A large number of the devoted personal
I ,
tiiJLi pviitiLui 11 IUJIUO UL lui. JL>IUUJU oci eiiaucu ,
him at his residence in Augusta, Me., as an j
expression of personal goo;' will and admiration
of his conduct of the national campaign, i
When the procession reached Mr. Blaine's j
house compliments and friendly regards were j
expressed in a speech by Mr. Herbert M. ,
Heath, of the Kennebec bar. Mr. Blame reBponded
in a lengthv speech, in which
ho complimented Now England and
the West, .spoke with gratitudo
of the largo majority given him by Pennsyl- j
vania and asserted that "the course of affairs
in the South has crushed out the political
power of more than six million American
citizens, and has transferred it by violence to
others." At the conclusion of his address he .
hold an informal reception in his house.
An immense school of biack fish?a fish I
from ten to twenty feet long, valued for its J
oil?was discovered off Cape Cod and driven
into shoal water, where for three days men, ;
women and children engaged in their slaugh- |
ter. About 1,5"0 of the big fish, valued at $25,OOi),
were captured,
A fire in Patterson, Penn.. destroyed the
postoflice and seven stores, inflicting a loss of
about $'J0,000.
Two French brothers?Louis and Edward
Gueld?came to New York from Ohio a few
dnys ago for tho purpose of returning to their
sweethearts in France. They had been working
in this country, and had saved money.
"\\ hile in the city Edward spent some of his
money in riotous living; his brother reproved
him, then joined him in a debauch, anrl eventually
the two men matchcd pennies to see
which would end tho lives of both. Louis
lost and put a pistol ball through his brother's
head, after which he blew his own brains out.
Daniel Manning, the well known Albany
editor and chairman of the New York Demo
cratic State committee, was married a few
days since to Mary M. Fryer. Governor
Cleveland was tho first to congratulate tho
newly-married pair.
Pugilists have been having things their
own way for a long time in giving so-called
"exhibitions," frequently aiwroaching the
brutality of a prize light, in New York. But
the law has stepped in at last, and at a contest
in tho Madison Square Garden between
Sullivan, the American "champion," and a
newly-arrived pugilist from England, both
were arrested at the end of the second round.
They gave bail, but were indicted by the
grand jury.
The corner stone of a crematory, designed
to burn tho dead, was laid the other day at
Mount Olivet, Long Island.
Gov. Brown, of Rhode Island, has aprmintn/1
"Willinm P RhMHnlH nf Nmvnnrf". tn
the United States Senate to succeed tne late
Senator Anthony until the assembling of the I
legislature in January, when a Senator will
be elected.
South and Went*
Kansas official returns show the following:
Elaine, 153,3%; Cleveland, (10,030; Butlor,
17,044; St. John, 4,27:5. Blaine's plurality,
63,300. Martin, Republican, for governor,
has ii p'urality of 38,557. Congressmen are
all Hi p ti'lican.
Joachim Dexslow and his wife, living
near Des Plains, 111., were called out of their
house at night by unknown parties, who
clubbed them to death and ransacked the
building for money.
Ohio's official vote is: Total vote, 785,179.
Blaine, 4"0,082; Cleveland, 303,280; Butler,
5,170; St. John, 11,200. Blaine's plurality,
31,802.
Jonv Waldev, town marshal at Belle j
Plaine, Kansas, shot into a crowd, instantly i
killing a young man named Crouch. Wal- I
den wns taken to jail but a mob took him out i
and hanged him.
Some sixteen little children, all under ten ;
yeai-s of age. amused themselves by lighting
a large bonfire in Chicago. To make a big- j
ger blaze one little fellow rolled up an empty
kerosene barrel and another secretly secured I
his mother's can containing some four gallons j
of oil. These they put on the fire, and danced !
about it singing and laughing. Almost instantly
there was a terrific explosion, which j
fairly shook the houses near by. Burning
staves from the barrel knocked the little ones
down and mangled some beyond recognition, j
Seven children were killed instantly, and
four others were fatally hurt.
B. H. Black, a prosperous merchant and
sheriff-elect of Lamar county, Toms, was
called to tho door of his residence at Blossom
Prairie and shot, dying before he could make
a statement
Fire at Goldsboro, N. C., destroyed twen
ty-five business houses, causing a total esti- i
mated loss of $250,000.
Hon. Joseph E. Brown has been
re-elected to tho United States Senate by the
Georgia legislature, only two votes being recorded
against him.
A national convention of cattle owners
has just been held in St. Louis.
Alabama's official vote shows that Clevo
land received 92,973; Blaine, 59,-144; Butler,
; St. John, 010; Cleveland's plurality,
33,529.
A large procession at Baltimore welcomed
Senator Arthur P. Gorman, of Maryland,
chairman of the National Democratic
Executive committee, during the rocent
presidential campaign. Mayor Latrobe
modo an address of welcome, and Senator
Gorman responded.
The Illinois Republicans will contest the '
ejection in oranu, wno was uecjareu oy ino
official count to lmvo a plurality of ton over ,
his opponent, and whose return to the legislature
would give the Democrats a majority of !
two on joint ballot, and insure them the return
of a United States Senator.
The official vote of Maryland is as follows:
Cleveland, 9U,932; Blaine, 80,099; St. John, 1
2,794; Butler, 531. Cleveland's plurality,
11,233.
Toisnot, a village in North Carolina, has
been destroyed by tire.
It. A. Howard entered the house of a
farmer named Peake, at Claysville, Tenn.,
while the family were dining. He intended
to settle an old feud. When Peake saw him
he shot him in the abdomen, indicting a fatal
wound. In his dying throes Howard raised
his shotgun and killed both Peake and his
wife.
In West Virginia the official count shows
the highest Democratic eloctor has a majority
over the highest Republican elector of 4,203,
a Republican gain over October of 704.
Washington^
J. Schuyler Ckosby, Governor of Mon- ,
iuiki icn iLui j, iiua iiiuuo uis annum repuri, ;
to tho secretary of the interior. He estimates
the population at about 84,000, an in- |
crease of 4,000 since 16S5. He says that tho :
cattle in tho Territory number more than 1
(XM.OOO, and he cslimates tho value of the
taxable property, which does not represent j
one quarter of the wealth of the Territory, at I
between WO,000,000 and $00,000,000. Ho adds |
that it will at an early day apply for adinis- j
sion to the Union.
A treasury department order forbids the j
imiwrtation of rags from Franco and South- j
ern Europe on account of the l'ear of cholera
infection.
During October there arrived in tho
United States 154,411 emigrants, as again t
48,SG.j in October, 188:!.
Dr. James Law, in a report to the commissioner
of agriculture, recommends a re- :
formation in the system of slaughter in the
large cities and villages as a mean9 1
of suppressing the evils now resulting j
f join tho sale of the meat of tuberculous ani- '
nulls. One municipal abattoir, he says, should j
be established in each great center of population.
In this alone stock should be slaughtered
for food, and the carcass and viscera of every j
animal slaughtered bo examined by a competent
veterinary insDector. i-'r.tiuent inimection I
of Jairies which supply large cities is also rec- I
cmmended.
The annual report of Mr. D. S. Alexander, j
fifth auditor of the treasury, shows that the
consular fees collect? I during the past fiscal
year amounted to *?!).">, 7*0, and tho consular |
expenses aggregated ?873,343, being an ex- i
ccss of receipts ovar all expenditures of I
4o5. Tho tot U collections of internal revenue I
amountci to Stai,;?S3,0.W and tho total ex- |
petises to ?4,( 6S,40'.?.
The naibnal hoard of health has sent a
communication to the governors of all the j
States, urging upon thjm t > take every pos j
sibie precniuio.i to prevent the introduction
and sprend of Asiatic cholera in this country, j
TfiV. nnvril n/UM?nrTT l\nnr/1 !
eel to the secretary of "tho navy that the liavy
lie increased by twelve new cruisers, to bo
provided for in tlie appropriations for the
fis al j'ear ending Juno 30, 188G. The total
estimated cost of tho twelve vessels is $9,443,918.
It is estimated that the November payments
from tho Treasury on account of pensions
will amount to $13,000,003.
The annual report of the second assistant
postmaster-general states that the cost of inland
transportation was for 11,7:29 star
routes, covering 22li,729 miles, $5,089,911; 117
steamboat routes, 1-5,591 miles, $59i,573; j
I ,.573 railroad routes, 117,100 miles, $i5,012,M\.
. j
The second controller of tho treasury in a .
report of tho transactions of his otllco for the j
fiscal year ended June 3D, 18S4, shows that the 1
total number of accounts and claims settled j
ivas 27,780 amounting to $ 102,030,4 J3.
Governor Clxveland and his immediate
f
party Have engaged quarters at tho Arlington
from the last part of February until the 4th
of March.
Foreign*
A collision between two railway trains
near Hanau, Germany, resulted in the death
of fourteen persons and serious injuries to
many more.
A severe shock of earthquake, accom j
panied with a terrific explosive report, oc- j
purred .at CJitharno. .Eivrlrnirl. , Tiifl aboclr |
tnrew down norses and wagons inthe streets i
and caused great consternation and excitement
among the inhabitants.
Spartali & Co., London merchants, have |
failed for $2,500,0J0.
An explosion of dynamite in Valle de Angeles,
Honduras, totally destroyed three
nouses, killed two men, and dangerously injured
twelve more.
Advices by way of Panama state that
peace has been restored in Colombia. The
town of Gaduas, captured by the rebels, who
subsequently laid down their arms, was the
scene of many atrocities. A picket of twenty-five
men, who had defenaed the school
house for five hours, were slaughtered after
surrendering. Many houses wore sacked and
numerous persons assassinated.
(jovEtiN'MENT troops in Peru captured the
town of Trujillo from the rebels after a desperate
resistance. Three hundred men were
killed on both sides, and more than four hundred
wounded.
Fourteen men, women and children were
murdered in San Salvador, Central America
by a mob of li'K) persons. The crimes were
committed owing to a dispute as to the proprietorship
iu some lands.
Baron Alexander Von Steglitz, the
most fnmous banker in Russia, who died reI
cently, left a fortune of nearly $75,000,01)0.
Eleven men engaged in raising machinery
from a sunken vessel at Pictou island, Nova
Scotia, were proceeding to the wreck in a
lifeboat when it capsized and nine of the men
were drowned.
A great agricultural depression prevails
throughout England.
Crowds gathered in the streets of the city
of Mexico, shouting "Death to Gonzalez,"
the outgoing president. The crowds were
needlessly fired upon by soldiers, and a few
persons were killed or wounded. A crowd
in front of the house of General Diaz, the in*
coming president, called for him to appear
and state his position, but he made no response.
AN immense lake?an inland sea about as
large as Luke Superior?has been discovered
by an expedition to the northern extremity
o? Canada.
Forty-hiree persons accused of complicity
in tho recent anti-Jewish riots have been
found guilty at Pesth, Hungary, and sentenced
to imprisonment.
LATER NEWS
At a fire in a large building at Haverhill,
Mass., many persons barely escaped with
their lives. One girl was fatally injured. j
William H. Kurtz, a fanner of McAuley, |
Penn., and a neighiwr named Isaac Klaine |
were fatally burned while trying to save the j
t-tock in tho former's burning barn.
A congratulatory celebration has been
held by tho Brooklyn Democrats. Thero was
a parade, many buildings were illuminated
and decorated, and Mr. Hendricks addressed
a largo audience.
General McClellan spoke at a Democratic
jubilee in Wilkesbarre, Penn.
William D. Foulke, of Indiana, waselected
president of the American Woman
Suffrage association at its annual convention
in Chicago. The other officers are: Mary A.
Livermore, Mary B. Willard, George Wiliinm
Curtis, George F. Hoar, Mrs. W. T.
Cutler, Mrs. D. G. King, and Mrs. R. H.
Jennings, vice-presidents; Mrs. Lucy Stone,
chairman of the executive committee; Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe, foreign corresponding secretary,
and-Henry D. Blackwell, corresponding
secretary.
Flames destroyed the sugar-house of Oliver
mrne in bu James parish, together with
l.*.0,OCU pounds of sugar. The loss is $150,000,
with no insurance.
Adams & Leonard, bankers of Dallas,
Texas, have suspended with liabilities estimated
at $:it)0,000.
Chief Brooks of the secret service says in
his annual report that the events of tho past
year give evidence of a revival of the manufacture
of counterfeit paper money, which
was practically suspended during the years
1SS2 and 1853. He also says that although
lie reports for lhe past year the smallest per
rentage of circulation of counterfeit paper
money since the first issue of such money, he
is of opinion that there aro to-day in tho
hands of counterfeiters nearly $:J00,000 of
new spurious notes of the denominations of
?10 and >-0, which have been produced sbice
Junuarv 1. 1884.
The commissioner of customs in his annu.ii
report says that during tho past fiscal year
the number of accounts adjusted was 5,837;
that there was paid into the treasury from
customs and other sources the sum of $197,"
10!,7o:{, an J that there was paid out of the
treasury the sum of ?22,78(5,287.
The French gunboats on the rivor Claire
repelled a vigorous attack upon them by the
Tonquinese troops.
Prixce Bismarck has formally opened the
( Jorman reichstag.
There has been great popular excitement
and an outbreak in tho city of Mexico over a
bill providing for tho payment of the English
bondholders. Immense crowds paraded
the streets, and in an encounter between
them and the military in front of the building
where Congress meets many persons
were injured.
THE ELECTORAL VOTE,
Complete Return* From all the State*
?The Pluralities.
Tho New York Herald, prints the following
table,showing t'ao division of the clector.il !
vote, with tho pluralities for both candidates: I
DEMOCRATIC STATES.
States. Plurality. Electors, j
Alabama 30,000 10
Arkansas 28,000 ?
Connecticut 1,200 (j
Delaware 4,276 3
Florida 5,104 4
Georgia 45,000 32
Indiana 5,500 15
Kentucky 4 >,000 13
Louisiana 20,000 8
Maryland 10,000 8
Mississippi 33,00!) !>
Missouri 20,000 10
Now Jersey 4,112 !)
New York 1,105 30 !
North Carolina 9,000 11 i
South Carolina 43,000 9 I
Tennessee 20,000 12 I (
Texas 98,500 13 j |
Virginia 14,000 12 1
West Virginia 4,000 0 |
Total 440,797 219
REPUBLICAN.
States. Plurality. Electors.
California 3,500 8
Colorado 4,000 3 j
Illinois 10.S29 22 1
Iowa 18.742 13 j
Kansas ttvMi 'J
Maine 20, OX) ? 1
Massachusetts 10,000 14
Michigan 5,0<K) 13 .
Minnesota ?2,009 7
Nebraska 20.000 5 J
Nevada 1,000 3
New Hampshire 4,(J00 4
Ohio 31,SOS 23
Oregon 2,100 3 j
Pennsylvania 80,020 30
Khodo Islan;l 7,000 4
Vermont 25,000 4
Wisconsin 9.000 11
Total 352,559 1S2
RECAPITULATION.
Democratic 219
1 fepuliliaui 182
Cli'V-'lanrl's majority, 37
Cleveland's plurality on popular vote.. 93,93? .
TBE PATENT OFFICE.
't'lio tniiunl Iterorl of tlic Commis- '
Nioiicr?llusinoss of (he Year.
<
In his report to tho secretary of tho interior
of thebusiness of Jig patent office fortlie 1
fiscal year ended June 80, 18S4, the commis- I
sioner of patents, Benj. Butterworth,submits
the following statement: Number of applica- j '
tinns for patents received, 35,204; number of-M
applications for de:i;n patents received, 1,- j j
number of applications for re-issue pat- j i
entsreceived, 214; number of applications!
for registration of trademarks, 1,077; j f
number of applications for reg- i j
istrntion of labels, 5)75; total, 38,S22.
Xti??hr?f nf fllnrl nnmhor of I
patents granted, including re issues and de- J
si^ns, 82U; number of trademarks reg- I
Utered, 1U3; number of labels registered,
total. l'4.55S. Number of patents withheld I
for non-payment of final fo?s, 24,013; number >
of patents expired, 10,2:30.
The receipts from all sources were $1,145,- .
Ian increase of $10,51* over the receipts J
during the preceding year. Tho expenditures
(excluding printing) were $901. ll:$, leaving
a surplus of $.'11,019. Tli" increase during *
ISM over number of applications for patents, c
designs, etc., received during the preceding
year was .'!,0S5. The number of applications e
awaiting action by tho office on June 30, 1834, I
was 9,180, an increase of 5.0V7 over the accumulated
applications at the end of the pre- a
to-ling year. 1
UNITED STATES NAVY.
Facts from Admiral Porter's Annual
Report.
The Efficient War Ship of the
Future Described,
Tho annual report of Admiral David D.
Porter has been submitted to the Secretary
if the Navy. Admiral Porter says there is a
general impression throughout the country
that a very large amount of money (over $300,X)3,000)
has been spent on the navy since the
war without anything to show for it,and this
impression has hindered the advance of the
navy. It must be remembered, he says, that
after the war, and up to 1W.J a large sum of
money was drawn rroin the treasury to pay
war debts as well as to provide for the main
luiiuiicu ol uiu navy; ana it was nut uuiu
180!) that the navy settled down to run on a
reasonable annual appropriation for its maintenar.c?.
During tnis time bills to the
amount of ^ 15K),000,0fJ0, in round numbers,
had to be paid for work contracted for during
tho hjight of the war. while $80,000,003, was
refunded into the treasu *y. When it is considered,
he says, thit all the naval
appropriations since 180!) were simply for the
maintenance of the navy, with the exception
of about ?o,000,0J0 for new cruisers, the
amount expended will be found to be nothing
more than reasonable. Since 1869 the
average annual expenditure has been about
tIG.OUO'OQO. Compare our expenditure, says
Admiral Porter, with that of any other navy
of importance, and it will be proved that we
have kept within reasonable bounds. Yet
half the people in the country are convinced
that naval appropriations are recklessly expended.
A comparison of the expenditures
in foreign navies with our own will go far to
put a stop to the cry that wasteful extravagance
has been shown in the administration
of its financial affaire and will show the necessity
of our doing somethingjtoward build
ing a navy if we want to keep pace with the
spirit of the age and to hold ourselves
ready to maintain the respect of foreign natijns.
The assertion that we want "a small
but effective navy " does not cover the case.
No small navy can bo an efficient one, if we
consider the needs of the country. It must
be largo enough to command the respect of
tho greatest naval power. Up to 1850 or
thereabouts our policy was to build better
vessels than were built in any part of the
world, and thus, for some years, wc maintained
a small but very effective navy. A1J
the powers of Europe have been engaged for
the last twenty years in increasing their
navies, while we have been indifferently
looking on, not even taking trouble to profit
by their successes or failures in modern shipbuilding.
During this time some grand ships
have been built,wnile others have been shown
to bo unequal to modern requirements.
Admiral Pnrhftr nrnr*ftArii to di?j"rihfl thfi
features of a modern vessel citinz the Esmeralda,
a ship of 3,000 tons, built in England
for the Chilean navy, as tne most perfect
ship of her class ever constructed. She will,
he thinks, prove a more formidable vessel
than either the Boston or Atlanta, and shows
herseif to be unsurpasod as a commerce destroyer.
There is no reason, he says, why we
cannot build a ship of 5,000 tons on the lines
and plans of the Esmeralda that will give a
speed of nineteen knots an hour, which would
quite equal the speed of any merchant ship
afloat.
Admiral Porter submits plans for a good
boat, which, when completed, he says, will be
a match for anything in our navy, and will
Rave speed enough to escape from a superior
foe. He estimates that her hull and engines
will cost 1350,000, and requests that an appropriation
of that amount be asked for. He
says we have but one torpedo boat, and she is
not completed. He recommends her completion
and that she be put in condition for offensive
warfare.
aii oiner nations ore paying great avwjution
to the building of torpedo boats. France,
Russia and England have about one hundred
each, and now England proposes to build 250
more for cruising and home defence. She
will probably complete the whole number of
them while we are considering the project of
building three or four.
Admiral Porter submits, in conclusion,
what he thinks the government ought to do
In the next two years: First, complete the
unfinished monitors and arm them with
heavy rifled guns, making them rams as
far as their models will peimit; second, i
appropriate money for all the vessels that
were proposed to Congress last winter; third
build as a commencement four of the heaviest
monitors of great endumnce and speed, each
to carry four six-inch rifles in turrets; fourth,
build twenty torpado boats of not less than
100 tons each, with a speed of twenty knots;
fifth, one cruising iron clad of not less than
4,000 tons; sixth, have all our ships of over
1,250 tons supplied with torpedo boats, fitted
with noiseless condensing engines, so that
they cannot be heard when approaching an
enemy. The ships' launches, which are now
called torpedo boats in our navy, are perfectly
useless.
Admiral Porter appends to his report a
table exhibiting the expenditures of the leading
nations of the world for the maintenance
of their navies during the last fifteen years,
as well as for the construction of new ships
since 18(35. It shows that the expenditures
for the maintenance of England were $805,000
000; of France, $630,000,000; Russia,
?34,).UOU.OOO. Italv. *142.000.000: Germany.
$144,000,000; United States, $251,000,000. For
the construction of new ships England has
expended $'.11,000,000 France, $121,000,000;
llussia, $ & i, 000,000; Italy, $83,000,000; Swepen,
$14,000,000; Germany, $26,000,000, and
the United States, $4,907,454.
AN EDITOR SHOT.
Assaulted on tl?o Spot Where His
Ilrollier Wa* Killed.
Michael H. Do Young, proprietor of the
San Francis ee Chronicle, was shot in the
lei't arm and shoulder by Adolph Spreckels,
son of Claus Spreckels, the Hawaiian sugar
king. The affair grew out of a long-continued
series of attacks made by the Chronicle
on Claus Spreckels in connection with
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, the Hawaiian
Steamship company "and the Hawaiian
Commercial company, in nil of which
Spreckels was interested. The bitter feeling
existing between Spreckels and De Young
was increased by the fact that the former exercised
a strong influence in turning the
flnfmon rnfn nrroitiof a rolofiVa r\f Flfl Vnnno
UC1 1UUU TV?tU UgiUUdV U t VIUV* I V WL 1/V A vuug
who was a candidate for county clerk in San
Francisco at the late election, and who waa
defeated.
Young Spreckels followed De Young
as he entered the Chronicte office and accosted
him. Do Young turned and on recognizing
Spreckels attempted to draw his revolver.
Before ho could do so young Spreckels
fired, striking him in the left arm. A
second bullet struck Do Young in the shoulder
and lie fell to the floor. A clerk in
the office of the Chronicle who witnessed the
shooting drew his l-ovolver and fired at
Spreckels, wounding him slightly in the left
arm. Other clerks rushed forward and
seized Spreckels before he could fire in return.
Tho police at this moment rushed in
and prevented further shooting. Spreckels
was arrested and released on bail.
Do Young was taken home in a carriage. His
wound is a painful one, the bullet having entered
at the shoulder joint. De Young fell on
the exact spot where his brother Charles fell
when he was killed four years ago by Isaac
M. Kalloch, Jr. In 1*7!) Rev. Isaacs. Kalloch,
then the Workingmen's candidate for
mayor, was shot and dangerously wounded
by Charles De Young. Thu De Youngs had
attacked Kalloch in their paper, reflecting on
his family, and Kalloch had retaliated in
* ? J .U 1 ?
&II1U. JlUIIUl'U icuuveicu auu nao uicvbdi
mayor.
April 34, 1S80, younp: Kalloch, a son of the
Mayor, enteral tho office of the Chronicle
ind began firing at Charles De Young. Ho
tiral several times ineffectually, but the last
shot entered Da Young's mouth, lodging in
bis brain. He died in a few moments. A renewal
of tho old quarrel between De Young
md the elder Kallo.'h was tho cause of the
iifficulty. Young Kalloch was acquitted
ifter a long trial on the plea of insenity.
NEWSY GLEANINGS,
There are 100,000 Quakers in tho United
States.
Nearly 2,000 watches are made every day
n New England.
A Columbia county (Fla.,) farm is making
rine&ar from tomatoes.
Mississippi has increased in taxable wealth
)ver *11,(XX),000 since lbS3.
A father and son are both under sentenco
)f death in a Farmersviile, La., jaiL
An ex-govornor of Ohio, once a man of
arge property, is now selling cigars by sample.
*
Two Boston houses send about 600,000 gal
ons of rum to the Congo, Africa, every
r-ear.
China is the largest consumer of pig tin.
;t is chiefly used for the manufacture of
dols.
An electric railway in full operation is
itnong the attractions of tho Mechanics' Fair,
3oston.
The United States 'ship Monooac y is shut
ip in the Min river, China, by the French
ilockade.
During ^ the^ late cholera ^visitation ct
>apies uy iai tuc ^icawouuuuiuvi ui victims
vero women.
It is said that a first-class duke's title, in
;ood order, can now be bought in republican
'Yance for about ?10,000.
Mary Garfield Larrabee, a sister o'
'resident Garlleld, died at b'olon, Ohio, reently,
aged sixty years.
England makes 900,000.030 gallons of beer
very year, Germany 000,000,000, and the
Jnited States 600,000,000.
Since the cholera appeared in Europe
ibout five months ago there have been o\ er
3,000 deaths from the disease.
THE FAEMING INTERESTS.
Annual Report of the Coinmlvuloncr
of Agriculture*
Commissioner George B. Loring, of tho
department of agriculture, lias submitted
his annual report to tho President. In addition
to Mr. Moffat, whose communications
from London upon the trade and industry of
Europe have been extensively published,
there are 2,300 correspondents of the depart"
mentin this country, who are constantly
furnishing the materials for statistical
estimates of tho bureau. -;?s
The report of the statistician shows
thut between 18*50 and 1880 the value of meata *
increased from $300,000,000 to$800,000,000; of
corn from ?3*50,680,878 to $094,>sl7,304; of
wheat from $124,635,545 to *430,(>08,463; of
hay from $168,(571,168 to $109,505,788; of dairy
products from $152,350,000 to ?.352,500,100; of .
cotton from $211,510,025 to $271,030 121, and
other products in proportion, moro than
doubling tho aggregate of value and increaa
iu% 11 irom $i,uuu,uui/,uju to ^o,r>w,vnAj,v/iA/ m
round numbers. With good prices the current
production of the agriculture of tho
United States can belittle snort of $(,000,000,0C0;and
the values are those of the home
markets, and not of the Eastern commercial
cities or ports of exportation.
The preseni year's history of crop growth
in tho statistical bureau indicates a production
above the average. The cotton crop bos
been injured by the drouth, yet it promises *
to exceed 6,000,000 bales. Corn apparently
averages twenty-six bushels per acre, whicu
is about the average of the prior
period of ten years, giving a crop
not heretofore exceeded in absolute
quantity. Wheat has made a yifld ;
of fully thirteen bushels per acre, and a pro- r
duct exceeding five hundred millions. The
supply of cereals will average fully fifty ^
bushels for each inhabitant. Potatoes of both
kinds are fairly abundant, and other products
generally in full supply.
On the subject of forestry, Commissioner . jx
Loring says that while the destruction of
forests is going on at a constantly increasing
rate, the work of planting trees is rapidly
increasing. So far as the forests of the
country are in private hands, there
seems little reason to hope that their
rapid consumption by the ax and
by fire can be checked. Impor- '
LEUIb U10WTCii03| oajo uio wiuuiux?vuci 1 uatv
been made as to the insect destruction of
forest trees in Maine; the enemies of the
cranberry and hop crops; those affecting
wheat and small grains in the VTest,nnd those
affecting the orange and other fruit trees.
The bureau has continued its labors for the
promotion of silk culture in the United
States. In accordance with the act appr> -. J
priating $15,000 at the last session of Congress,
a special agent was appointed, who, i(m
under the direction of the entomologist, dovotes
his whole time to the investigation of
all subjects relating to the culture and rais- Vi|
ing of raw silk.
EXCITING TIME_WITHFISa
Fifteen Hundred Finny TOonatera
Captured off Cape Cod.
A dispatch from Provincetown,' Mass..
says: For three days the tip end of Cape Cod
has been tho scene of much excitement *>91
?jveryuuuy oig euuugu tu uuuuiu u weapuu
has been killing blackflsh. A blackflsh chase <r- " '
has become very rare of late years. The fish ,
is of the whale family, from ton to twenty
feet long, and its oil is very valuable. The
school was about two miles off shore when ,/
sighted, and the water was alive with the
great ci-eatures, which were disporting themselves
lazily upon the surface.
The first boats that arrived soon changed ;
the scene to one of excitement. Each Mat Pro
was soon fastened with lance or harpoon to a
big blackflsh. Then the chase began. The
moment blood was drawn the school started
toward the wounded, and thousands of fins
cut through the water toward the bay. Every
effort was made to drive the fish iiito shoal
water, where they could be more easily
killed, but they avoided the shore and kept
along the coast toward Wellfleet. i
Early on Sunday morning, the pursuing .
fleet being reinforced by boats from Dennis,
Brewster and Wellfleet. the battle was re <1
newed. All day long the slaughter was kept
up. The boats dashed into tho midst of toe
school about dark and killed many of the
largest fish with case-knives. 1 hey succeeded
in capturing about sixty. The remainder of
the school escaped to deep water and were
I chased across the bay by part of tho fleet
| Early yesterday morning the fish were
| driven between the headlands into Wellfleet
harbor. Twenty miles had thus been covered 2 %
in the long chase of thirty-six hours. The
sight in tne harbor at daybreak was a wonderful
one. Further than the eve could
reach tho bay was full of fish. The great
creatures caught in an immense trap were in a
frenzy of excitement, rushing zigzag in all
directions, and lathing the waters to a spray.
Then the great slaughter began in earnest.
I Every one who could get afloat, and even
| those on shore took part. Many men used
harpoons and lances. Others used scythes,
knives, picks, daggers, and axes. Every now
and then a frantic fish, wounded and desperate,
flung itself upon the shore ^.niy ha -*-* despatched
by the women and enfldren on
land. Nothing else was done on Cape Cod
that day. The work continued until this afternoon
when, it is supposed, every fish was
captured. Every town from Dennis to Provincetown
was reDresented in the slaughter.
The number killed is estimated at~l,5C0.
The proceeds are to be divided into 500 shares.
| The value will probably amount to $25,000.
i The fish are to be sold at public auction tomorrow.
A TRAIN WBECKED,
Ten Persona Killed Outright and
Many injured*
A frightful wrefck occurred near the town
of Hempstead, oil the Houston and Texas
Central railroad in Texas, at about 4 o'clock
in the morning. Tl*e story told by one of
these men was to tilf) following effect:
It was the aprth-bound night express,..which
was goiijj^at a speed of about twenty
miles an houV. There ^is a bridge at tho .
point where tho accident occurred. The engine
passed over in safety/'but.the baggage
and express cars flew the track,down . *
an embankment thirty feet. The snI*^in&-?'
car, two coaches, and two sleepers followed.
The cars were crushed and broken into
kindling wood. Tho wreck immediately
caught fire, and it looked as though
all tho passengers in the ruius would be roasted;
but the engineer and fireman, who were
on the engine and unhurt, worked like heroes,
andextinguiehed the flames before they attained
much headway, thus saving many persons
from a horrible death. As it was, ten
persons were killed and seventeen injured,
some of tlio latter being maimed for life.
As soon as the dead were taken out and
the wounded cared for an investigation into
the cause of the accident was begun. It was
evident at the first glance that a great crimo
had been committed. Some person or persons
had drawn the spikes and removed two
fish plates evidently for the purpose of wreck- '^-#5^
ins the train.
irnmn i t I nt? I\T> A If A TOTA
JllUBlUAL M\U VRAMAlLli,
" Ivaitroff" is the name o( tho new great
society melodrama. r
Mary Anderson's Juliet has captivated
London, acceding to cable reports.
A German translation of Shakespeare's
" Coriolauus" was played in Munich with
considerable success.
Henry Chanfrau, son of the late actor,
Frank Caanfrau, has made a failure as his
father's successor as " Kit." ^'^9
Over fifty combinations have already collapsed
this season, and the largo cities-aro
thronged with unemployed actors and ac- i'j
tresses.
A five-hundred dollar diamond ring fastened
to a boquet was thrown to Lotta by a
Spanish lady who occupied a box iu Philadelphia.
Owing to the subsidence of the comic opera
craze, many good vocalists and other artists
are being forced into burlesque and semi-variety
companies.
Colonel Mapleson's contract with Patti
for the London season limits her salary to
$2,250 nightly, and that ot Xilssou to $1,750
for each pertormance.
Mr. Gladstone, England's premier, is
said to havo a very sweet tenor voice, and to
sing English, Irish and Scotch ballads, and
even negro melodies, with great taste and
feeling.
Contrary to usage, all the witches in
Macbeth, as produced by Ristori, will bo
played by women. The repertoire consist-; of
rour plays. A new one may do auuea Deioro
the season is over.
Victoria Moro>ivi Schelling, whose
elopement with her lather's coachman created
so much excitement in New York some time
ago, has signed an engagement to sing in
New York. Her husband will collect tickets.
The Conservatory of Music in Mexico has
over 2,000 pupils, and a high decree of musical
talent, with all necessary means for its
fnlt.ivnfinn nvi?,fci in that country. Nearly
every house has a piano, music is taught in
the schojls. and tho military bauds are unsurpassed
in excellence.
Mary Anderson will reappear in New
York, October 12, ISSo, and in Boston on the
2&1 of the following November. Her repertoire
will bo "Romeo and Juliet,""Pygmalion
and Galatea,'" " Comedy and Tragedy,"
and " Ingomar," and there is a chance that
" Cymbelino" will be added.
Trashy music, tho London Times declares,
has taken tho place of th-ir own beautiful old
melodies with th > English lower cl.isses. It
says: "In out-ol'-the-way places which the
'march of civilization' has ml yet reached,
and ospec.a ly in Scotland an l the north of
England, this is different. Tltcra popular
song is still a living fnrc? called into action
by cotton famine and other events ot public
or domestic int.'ro .t, and Lmcastv/ more
especially can pjint t > Mr. Edwin Waii^h as
one of tho fow modern {o.'ts who, i:i 'Coma
whoain to the childor and me.' has produced
a genuine 'Volkslied.' In London, on the
other hand, folksong i'i as dca 1 as ths great
Pan; even its last echoes aro rapidly dwindline
from Donular consciousness.'
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