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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER.! BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1885. NO. 30. VOLUME XXIX. ?-li A CONQUEROR. On the shining heights he had sought so long, He stood alone at the break of day; The wind about him blew fieree and strong. And the wide, waste land beneath him lay; He could see the arch of the purplo sky, And the distant sea-line, thin and white; And hear, as the swift gale hurried by, The low, weird voice of tho fleeting night. He could see the way that his feet had trod, The wreck aud ruin his hand had made, The clotted blood on the withered sod, The cold, white faces amid the shade; The land was his by tho victor's right, He had swept the j>eople before his wrath, And conquered all bv his keen sword's might, | And marked his course by a lurid path. His word was law in the prostrate world, "Where kings lay prone in their galling > chains; TTn hnlN of Jove were I hurled Along the silence of fruitless plains; The boastful trumpets for him were loud, And servile minions bent to his feet; But he passed alone through the cringing crowd, And no red lips for his kiss grew sweet And what did this give for weary years ? Lo, nothing at all but a sounding name, j And a harvest of woe and bitter tears, For the loss of love is the gift of fame; Ah, few are tho good things life can hold; j And tho one that shines all others above Is neither fame nor a wealth of gold, But the sweetness and joy of perfect love, j ?Titos. Collier, in the Current. TEE PACK KI_J'.LUE COAT. "I reckon my first voyage was a mem- ] orable one," said an old South street! merchant, speaking of his sailor days, i "The Blue Coat was a neat Boston ship. She was loading for I'ernainbuco when I went on board. Her captain's name was John Salisbury, and the mate's name was Bevins. Salisbury was a great big Yankee and Bevins was a nattie little fellow from Baltimore. They were great chums, too, and when I was at work polishing up the bright work about the quarterdeck every morning I used to hear them j talking about their families and other private matters. Just across the pier was another Boston ship called the Alice, loading for l'ernambuco, and the consequence was that an intense rivalry sprung up between the two captains. We were ~ Pf AWfi/1 ? fof lull tKli gcilllig UU1 oiunvvi vr\?v other captain swore he would beat us sailing, and so catch the rnaiket first. . Another reason why Captain Salisbury was anxious to make a short passage was that his wife and a two year-old baby were in England visiting, and were going to sail in the old packet ship Hanger for New York in time to eat the ' Christmas turkey at home, and as we were to put to sea before the end of September we had a chance of getting back for the same occasion. "The crew, and there were twenty of them, tumbled their chests over the rail before the last barrel was stowed. I reckon I'll never forget two of them. One . was a great broad-shouldered fellow, too big to be quick. His name was Jim McAdam, and u better man on a topsail halliard or a weather earring never smoked a pipe. However, he seldom got the weather earring, because the other chap, whose real name was Henry Palmly, but who was known only as Dandy, was as handsome a man as you could find in a week's search among sailors' boarding houses. He had curly brown hair, blue eyes with a sort of a scared look in them, a good five-foot-ten figure, and small hands and feet. His dress and bearing gave him his nickname. McAdam was known as Baldy Jim, for reasons that were obvious when his hat was off. Of course these two men did not agree well, and a3 Baldy was aggressive, Dandy was imposed on, and Baldy bcuuiuc mler of the star-! board watch. When we got to ooa l very soon learned that a certain personal regard which Captain Salisbury had for my father uid not save me from becoming Baldy's body servant, and that was about the most unfortunate position a boy could hold. The second uay out, as we were going below for the afternoon watch, Baldy ordered me to grease his boots, which I did after he was snoring. I was inwardly cursing the fate that took me to sea. when Dandy came dowii the ladder, looked at me a minute, and then turned in, for we were all in one watch. I did a good job, and three hours later was routed out by the watch on deck. There was a brisk wind blowing, and just as Baldy reached the deck a sea came over the rail forward and sloshed down around him.thoroughly wetting one foot, because his boot had a hole in it. 1 was known as Useless. " 'Here, Useless, said Baldy. 'You little cuss, why didn't you grease the cracks?' I was mad, and was about to say something to show it, when Baldy, with his big boot, lifted me clear into the lee cuppers. It was an awful kick. 1 crawled to the edge of the fore-hatch, but no medicine could have relieved me so much as what followed. The men of both watches, excepting Dandy, laughed at me. When I reached the hatch combings he turned to IJaldy and said, imperiously : "'Ask the boy's pardon. He did a good job on the boots, for I saw him at it.' "That was a stunner and no mistake. For mild-mannered Dandy to tell the boss of the forecastle to ask a boy's Sardon was too much. Baldy just ropped a bit. as if to get a better hold on something, and then started for Dandy. The result nearly turned the forecastle upside down. He didn't take a step till Dandy met him. and then something seemed to lift him into the air. His left shoulder struck the deck first, and then the big boots came down with a racket that brought Mr. Tullis, second mate, and Captain Salisbury forward. " 'What's up here?' said Mr. Tullis. " 'I am, sir. No man shall strike me,' said Dandv. with a salute. " 'So am I,' said Baldv, as he rose and made for Dandy again. He got no further than before. His head struck the deck first again. " 'Avas*, or I'll put you in irons for a month.' said the captain. 'What do you mean by t hat V "Balcly crawled on to the hatch much as I had, and then, thfre being nothing small about him told the truth about the matter. After that nobody was so much respected in ihe forecastle as Dandy. But when one of the crew tried afterward to chaff Baldv about the licking, he got a slap across the jaw that made his teeth rattle, and Baldysaid: 'Well, yeou can't dew it, ef Dandy kin.J "All this time we'd .been carrying on sail and the Blue Coat was just humping herself. Captain Salisbury knew a thing or two about chips, and he wasn't going to let any rival ship get in ahead of him if he knew i:. After the first two weeks he used to ask the lookout, about every time a sail was reported, if it was a square sail or a raffiie. A rathe was the n.ame he gave to the three little threeAAwnAvAr) eL???i'n!L> thn V lir>n r?nr_ CVlUgiCU II tllUii uiu ?> nvv vwi ried above her royals. He was awfully excited when the lookout reported a schooner topsail on the weather beam one day. However, the wind held us well, and just twenty-two days from the time we passed Sandy Hook a pilot was coming on board off I'ernair.buco, and was telling the captain that tbe other ship had not arrived. We came to anchor inside the bar before night, and the old man looked up the consignees and the custom house officials. He was regular nie for two days, aud then the triangles showed up in the offing. The Alice should have left four days after we did, and her captain swore he didn't get away for five. '"You know how long it takes to dis..narge a cargo in a South American port now, and it was worse in those days. It was the 3d of December when we got away. I remember that Captain Salisbury was walking up and down the quarterdeck as the land grew faint in the distance, and was saying to the littie mate: 'Bevins, she's three days out of Liverpool. Ilalliday will take her the warm passage. The Ranger is a fine ship, but wife and boy, Bevins are seasick.' Presently the captain went below, leaving Mr. Bevins to carry on every stitch of canvas the old Blue Coat would tand. "What made this passage more exciting to us, aud perhaps more depressing to the captain, was the fact that the Alice's captain had hopped on the rail as we sailed- out by him, and had said he would be risht after us next day. We didn't believe that, but we knew he would very soon follow. Captain Salisbury headed well out to eastward,hoping to c atch the northeast trades better, and day and night kept every stitch set. It takes a man of nerve to carry on all sail at night, but that is the way the famous passages were made with the old-time packets and ^clippers. We had pretty good luck until we were somewhere in the latitude of the Bahamas, but away to the eastward in longitude fifty-eight degrees. Then it fell a dead calm. A gale at sea is sometimes bad, a fog is worse, but the worst of all is a calm under a burning sun. It makes me tired even to this day to think of what we suffered lor five days. The sails hung limp and rattled idlv as the ship rolled in the gentle swells or rushed against the masts with a boom when it caught us right. And the tar was melting off the rigging and dripping down, and the pitch was oozing up out of the deck seams and running across the deck, and the men. without cessation, sawed nn thp hrnr<>9 dav and nicrht. or uainted the hull on the sunny side. The captain got wild, and never seemed to leave the deck. He would climb the rigging to look for a cat's-paw of wind, and then com s down and curse himself for getting off so far to eastward and northward. ' To add to his grief, as the light began to show in the east on the morning of the sixth day, we discovered a sail just appearing as a sneck above the horizon to the southard. The captain's glass was on it in a miuute, and the next moment he was jumping up and down on the quarterdeck livid with rage, but speechless. The sail was a triangle. The Alice was overhauling us. Half an hour later our royals began to lift witb the breeze that had by that time brought the topgallant sails of the Alice in sight. All hands were called to set the stun'suils, and no one was allowed thereafter to go below. Men were even kept with braces in their hands, while the captain looked alternately at the triangles astern and the trim of his own sails aloft. Breakfast was served to the men on deck. We drifted along without gaining an incb on the Alice until about 10 o'clock. Then without warning the wind hauled around on the other quarter. The spanker gibed over in a jiffy and there t. . 1 was a rusn iu iuc urates, i uc ucu grumbling constantly forward, but nc attention was paid to that, although the}' had not been allowed four hours of unbroken sleep in a week. When the yards were trimmed and the stun'sails were I set on the other side we began to gather better headway than before, but as the i captain was noticing this he saw that the Alice was favored with still better wind than he. Just then Dandy from the foretopsail yard shouted: " 'On deck, there. Boat adrift on the lee bow, sir.' "Amoment later he added: 'There's some one in her, sir. I saw an arm waved above the gun'ale.' ''Then he jumped on a back stay and came down hand over fist. The captain and Mr. Kevins were both looking foi the boat with their glasses, and prettj soon they saw her. They didn't look long before the captain said: 'The man was mistaken, Bevins. There's no one in her.' " "That's quite right, sir. But see that. Alice raising tis, will you?" "Then both looked over the tafTrail and swore loudly. Dandy stepped aft to leeward and touched his hat. " 'Captain,' said he, 'there's some one adrift in that boat, sir. I know what I see, sir, and I believe it's a woman. It's clean murder to leave that boat adrift.' "The Captain gave one more look at A linn onrl f nrnnrJ tn tllPJlsh Daildy. "Both men were very rod in the face when the captain struck out. He was quicker tlian Baldy, but he only reached Dandy's arm. and the next instant he was sprawling on the deck. Before Mr. Bevins could rightly shout 'Mutiny!' as he tried to do, he was lying across the captain's body and Dandy was tying him with a piece of the signal halliards which he cut with one slash of his knife, swearing, meantime, that he would cut the heart out of the one that moved first. Baldy was alongside immediately, and before Mr. Tullis could get his head out of the companion way he goi a lap on it. Others of the crew took a hand in, and in three minutes the three officers were sitting in a row against the taffrail, with their hands behind their backs and theii legs tied together like the two parts of a backstay. " 'Now,' said Dandy, Train charge ol this ship till we pick up that boat. Then we'll turn it over to the lawful offi cers again, if so be til it we are not going to have any trouble about this little scrimmage. Jump aloft there, some ol you, and get in those stun'sails.' "The stun'sails were soon in, for the men worked with a will. Then we squared away the yards and were soon heading for the boat. The bree/.e was freshening, and in less than fifteen minutes, when I had an opportunity to jumj: up into the main rigging, we were sc near that, as I turned to look, I could see very plainly iuto tho boat when it rose on a wave. Aft, in the bottom, a child was crawling about. A white tar paulin was stretched over the three aftei thwarts, and in the bow was the form of a man huddled up and motionless. Then a small white hand reached out from under the tarpaulin, as if to find the child. Once it waved above the rail, and Dandy, who, with the men, stood on the quarterdeck, said: 'There, that was the motion I saw, aud it is a woman!' "I jumped down on deck. Dandy was a born sailor. When the main yards were thrown aback and the ehip lost hei headway, the .strange boat was under the 9.tarboard quarter. 1 was quick as a monkey in those days. I i a ruled at one jump on the fore thwart with the end ol a rope in my hand. I made it fust, and then secured the baby, which was crying roundly, in a iiiic market basket which Dandy lowered dowu. Then I shinned up the impromptu painter, determined to see to the babv, for I had a brother ol his size at home. 1 reached the iail a> the Dandy lifted the youngster from the basket. At the same moment Captain Salisbury by a violent etlort freed one hand, leaped to his feet, bound as he was, and then fell headlong toward the child, lie had fainted. "Let me see," continued the merchant after a moments pause, in which he picked au old scrap book from a shell and opened it. "This tells the rest 01 the story." lie pointed to a newspapei clipping, which read: M Alt INK. A KHIVA LS. Ship Alice (irahant, Pernauibuoo. twentylive days, with sugar to ('iinnvii it Welch vessel to Jaekman 6c Jaekman. Ship Blue Coat, Salisbury, Perimuibuco twenty-six days, with su;4ar to Camden & Welch, vessel to Ogden & Co. Reports piek inj; up ten days ago a ijuartcrhont containing the wife and child of Captain Salisbury, and 1 1 ?(ioiii,i?v ..r tii. II1L* lU-iUl UKKAJ V/4 vupv^lli , ... packet Hanger, now overdue Irom Liverpool. I l'lie Hanger was burned in longitude fifty six degrees twenty minutes west, latitude | twenty-seven degrees forty minutes north Mrs. Salisbury ai.d her child are the sole suri vivorsof the crew and passengers, who numbered 12*. Full particulars in our next edition.?Sew York Sun. How Ladies Came to Attend Congress The iudies did not at first attend the sessions of Congress, probably because in early days it was regarded as almost treasonable for a lady to enter the British houses of parliament. But when tte famous "Jay treaty" was brought home ! for ratification, the House came near re| fusing to make an appropriation to carry I it into effect, and warm debates ensued. ' One night at a party. Mrs. Langdon, ol New Hampshire, expressed her regret to | Hon. Fisher Ames, of Massachusetts, ; that she could not hear the arguments, | especially his speeches. Mr. Ames rej plied that he knew of no reason why I ladies should not be permitted to lieai ! the debates. "Then,"' replied Mrs. Lang1 don, " if you will let me know when you ; next intend to speak 1 will make up a j party of ladies and we will go and hear you.'' The notice was given, the ladies went, and since then congressional orators have always had fair hearers, with .others, perhaps, not very fair.?Ben: Ferity Pwre. ! NKTVS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN. Bonnet string* arc quite short. I A western lady is the widow of eleven husbands. | A band of beaver or otter makes a I coronet for a velvet or felt bonnet. CJrav and black ostrich feathers arc j speckled with white, as if sprinkled with snow. There are more women in Indianapolis who are engaged in business than in any other city in the West. 1 A new brocade, called "the Eclipse," is studded with velvet spots, half covere 1 by other spots of terry. The colored As'rachan cloths are less used than the plain black, which is combined with all shades and tints, i A small bang at the back of the neck I ' is now worn by many ladies who dress their hair on the top of their heads. .let and black ribbon are the favorite : trimming for the very little wraps worn with woolen suits, no matter what may be their color. The capote has grown so much larger, and the poke has decreased so much, linf />ar?lnao nhcorvnr el nf>9 nf?t. find it I j easy to distinguish between the two spei cies. Canaries are used to ornament dresses. They are mounted on twisted wires, and either perched on the shoulders or so arranged as to seem to hold folds of lace together. What seems to be a new material is produced by embroidering half the j squares in a checkered woolen stuff with ' Angora wool, taking loug stitches and making a raised effect. The draperies of suits which have underskirts of wool-velvet are trimmed with braid, and the wool velvet makes the waistcoat of the basque, the collar and sleeves being braided. The heaviest mourning costumes, in which almost every inch of surface is covered with crape, now have silken j sleeves, which not only wear better, but do not look awkward and doll-like. "A judicious wife," says John Iluskin, ; "is always nipping off from her husband's moral nature little twigs that are ! growing in wroug directions. She keeps him in shape by continual pruning." - - 1 I ?C01CU [HU1U.H 111 nuui luuiunuia most appropriately used lor portions of j costumes. The fashion, now nearly unii versul. of U3ing two kinds of stuff for j costumes is especially favorable to plaids. Lady liurdett Coutts does not dress in | a subdued style, eveu although she is no longer young. At a recent wedding she wore quantities of diamonds, and a scarlet cashmere mantle wrought in gold and i trimmed with white fur. Deep,, tongue like scallops are worked in bright crewel on the border of some of the tine wool stuffs used for draperies. They are worn only with the richest underskirts, and are among the most elegant materials of the season. Mrs. Eliza J. Ludlow, of Little Washington Territory, is supposed to be the first woman to serve as foreman of a jury. ! The case was that of one Johnson Campbell, who was accused of killing another man in a brawl, lie was convicted of manslaughter. Iloods to the backs of mantles are being worn again, and though some of these are merely ornamental the majority are intended to be useful as well. Women with round shoulders do well to avoid these fashionable additions, as do also women who are verv stout. Peopie who have an overabundance of color should adopt gray. There is no hue which so mercifully subdues a florid complexion. By the same reason palt faces should studiously avoid the contiguitv of any shade of pearl or gray, since it is apt to give a ghastly tinge to a j colorless complexion. A round hat that is now one of the most popular shape with young ladies | hns a high, somewhat sloping crown, j and a brim that is much wider in front I than at the back. A plain band of trimming surrounds the crown, and short plumes, wings, breast, or pompons are massed either directly in front or a little to the left of the front. The hose for winter wear of spun silk or line merino are in solid, dark colors, and these limited in number. It has been customaiy for several years to manufacture hosiery and pretty much everything else that could be worn in "all''colors. The consequence was that the fine dark shades were picked out v?rv Oiiifbll- Iinfl tlifi liiorh and lifht ' v'* J 'I M4V,%V?' """ ---O" - o ?colors left a drug upon tlic hands of the dealer, who shipped them oil or tried to rid himself of them at a reduced price to inexperienced buyers. This, however, was not a profitable operation, and now in the best stores, and styles the colors are limited to those current in tine dress goods and most" likely to be called for. How a Copper Mine Was Found. The big ea^le that dropped Sinbad i into the valley of diamonds was a "story i bird;'' and it may be fiction that tells us the first gems of the now famous Trans1 *vaal were discovered in the crop of a ! SoutH African Dutchman's hen: but it is unquestionable that more than one reve| lation of the riches of the earth to men has been unconsciously made by the act of a dumb animal. In this line of service the poor pijr lias beaten all competi| tors if what a correspondent of the I Cleveland leader tells us is true: I have just returned from the shores of Lake Superior, where 1 spent some time visiting the copper regions, the greatest Throughout the rocky, barren Keweenaw peninsula, good for nothing as farming lands, the immense copper de| posits have caused large towns to spring i up, and they now give employment to | thousands of men. About eighteen years ago a pig strayed from the drove to which it belonged, and fell into a pit on a spot where the city of Calumet now stauds. In rooting about, it uncovered a mass of native copper, and showed to the world the location of the greatest copper mine it has ever known. As the result of the pig's rooting, humanity is now thirty-live million dollars richer in the use of the copper there disI covered, and the stockholders, who, led bv the pig, have helped the world to this wealth, have received about twentyfive million dollars for their trouble. A town of six thousand inhabitants has gathered around the pig's hole, and near Iv two thousand men are employed in operating the mines beneath it. Rapid (irowtli of a Cent. A cent seems of little value, remarks an exchange, but if it is only doubled a few times, it grows to a marvelous sum. A young lady in I'ortland caught her father in a very rash promise, by a knowledge of this fact on her part. I She modestly proposed that if her | father would give her only one cent on ' one day, and double the amount on each successive day for just one month, she would pledge herself never to ask of him another cent of money as long as she lived. Paterfamilias, not stopping to run over the figures in his head, and not j supposing it would amount to a large [ sum, was glad to accept the offer at i once, thinking it also a favorable oppor; tunity to include a possible marriage I dowry in the future. On the twentyfifth day he became greatly alarmed, lest if he complied with his own acceptance he might be obliged to be "declared & j bankrupt on his own petition." Hut on the thirtieth day the young girl demanded only the pretty little sum nf i* 'IC.s ~(||| I'M Thn nutrinishf>rl mnr. chant was only too happy to cancel tho claim by advancing a handsome cash payJ ment for his folly in allowing himself to give a bond?for his word he considered as good as his bond?without noticing ' the consideration therein expressed, and j by promising to return to the old custom of advancing smaller sums daily uu: til otherwise ordered. Our arithmetical reporter has been , " figuring on it," and says that if the ! old gentleman had fulfilled his promI ise, the daughter would have had, upon , the receipt of the thirtieth payment, the snug little sum of $10.4130,017.43. Our carriage industry,including wagon j and car factories, gives employment tu I 54,589 persons. MOMENTS FOR MERRIMENT. COMICAL STORIES GLEANED PROM THE PAPERS. j Letting: the Cat Out of the Bag-Too (jroBM to Kclato?I'rcncnce of JTIind, Kt?'i, Ktc. Josiah Benson, a large manufacturer, took into his office a ncpliew, who, to put it mildly, was rather feeble-minded. One day the nephew came to his uncle and complained of the head clerk, .Tones. "Uncle, what do you suppose that clerk Jones has been telling people about me?" " I have no idea." "lie lias been telling everybody that I am a fool." " I will see him about it, and tell him to keep quiet about it. lie has no right, to expose the secrets of this office."? Free Pros. Too GroftM to Relate* Dark was the stilly night, and the distant glare of electric lights and the occasional fitful flash of a November meteor only served to deepen the shadows of the massive brick buildings which line Fifth avenue, when two Pittsburg attorneys ran into each other. [ "Oh, is it you, K. A.?" said one; and | was immediately answered by a deep "Yes.'1 ' Say," continued the first speaker in a mysterious voice, "did you hear that story about 288 to-dav?" "No," answered the other excitedly; "what is it?" "Oh, its too gross?too gross entirely!" replied his companion in a mournful voice. "Tell away," resumed the first, "and I'll try to stand it. If I must hear such dreadful things I must." "Well," exclaimed his friend, "144 is one gross, and 288 is two gross, isn't It?" A meteor shot across the sky like a flash of lightning?a thud?a moan?a jhuckle ?a dark form stealing away in the darkness?and all was silent.?Pitta\urg Di?patc/i. Prewnce of .Hind. Presence of mind is a very rare quality Indeed. How few of those we meet, though apparently cool and self possessed, know just what to do in an emergency. It is a good thing to have m active mind, well stored with useful cnowledge, but sometimes it is better to have a less expansive style of mind and dove it calm and unruffled at a time tvhen it is needed. A friend of mine once put a large red poker chip in the church plate by mislake. Few people would have known what to do; but he just went to the pastor after the services were over and said that he had the money with which to re3eem that chip. He told the minister that the chip was worth five dollars up town, and he would cash it at that price. The preacher took the five dollars, and jaid he always knew that these little red louvenirs came high, but he didn't know they were so expensive as that. Another friend of mine, who had no presence of mind whatever, went to a picnic, and, by mistake, sat down on a oaby .that was asleep ander a shawl in the shade of an umbrageous tree, break ,ng its nose?the child's nose, I mean, lie was a caddidatc for the legislature, md did not wish to ofTend the mother jr lose the vote of the father, so he tried to turn the thing off as a joke by saying tie didn't nose it was there. He was terribly snowed under at the polls, and he deserved it, too.?Bill Nye. fliN Feel are Warm >'ow. "Another telegram for that man!" :xclaimeu Llerk Hughes oi tbe Louti aental hotel yesterday uftemoon as a messenger boy poked an open receipt book before his eyes and held out an snvelope. "This makes eight." "Eight telegrams for whom?" " A gentleman stopping here, who is a little under the weather." " How?" "His feet," exclaimed Mr. Hughes, cautiously looking arouud. "It's a joke. He is a New York merchant who comes over here every week. Last night, he and several others, among whom were one or two theatrical men, talked here for an hour. The New Yorker complained of suffering from cold feet. "Cold feet!" exclaimed one of the party. 4 Did you ever try those new foot plasters? The best thing in the world. Since I wore them I have never been troubled with cold. Come, I'll get-you the right kind.' 1' In they went and got a plaster, cut it in half, and the New Yorker clapped It on the soles of his feet. " He was to take an early train. Wlmn lift was nailed the servant found him wide awake and swearing. He lay in bed on his back, nursing his feet on a pillow. I went up to see hiin afterward. "He had been awakened in the night by terrible sensations. The soles of his feet were on tire. The truth then flashed upon him. The joker had used fly blisters. " When he tore the strips off, patches of skin came with them. "He is lying on his back up there. Eight telegrams have come already from his wife, partners and friends, and all he can do is to lie there and wait and swear until his soles .heal up."?Philadelphia, Timet. Had to Watch Her. An old man and his wife were walking along the street. The wife persisted in looking buck every time she passed a woman. " What makes you curry on that way?" asked the old fellow. "I reckon I want to see Dan'l." "But you don't hafter act like a cow that's bothered with hoss flies. Folks'll think you never was in town before,'< "Well, now, jes' shet your mouth. I come to see. an' I'm goin' to see. You're alius a fussin' an' a fussin', and nobody cun't have no peace with you. If 1 want to see how a woman's dress sets it ain't none o' your business, so there." " Wall, if you must see how all the dresses set, let's stand here till everybody gits dun goin' by. It's distressin' to me to see you twist your neck round that way." "Dan'l, for the goodness sake, hush. Folks will think that we live like cats an' dogs. 1 do think a man is the beatenes' tiling I ever saw. Fuss, fuss from mornin' till night. Now, look at you, what air yon guzin' at?" "Lookin' at a seto' harness hangin' up thar." "Folks will think you are crazy if you carry on that way." "Don't mind me," said the old man. "An' don't you mind me," replied his wife. "I have to mind you when you twist your neck an' hold your head to one side like a goose. You're in danger o' hurtin' yourself. It's business with me, for I am lookin'out for a set o' harness." Meeting a fashionable dressed lady, the wife looked back, but striking an uneven place oil the sidewalk, fell sprawl ing on the ground. "Thar!" exclaimed the old man, without making an effort to assist her. "Oh, the Lord fetches every thing 'round all right." "My goodness!" said the old woman, arising with difficulty, "it mighty nigh killed me." "Of course it did, an' it sarves you exactly right. Kackon you'll know how to act now, od ding it. Gape an' gaze; gape an' gaze all the time, it is a wonder that you aint been killed." "Dan'l, for the Lord's sake, don'tscold. You don't do nothin' but fuss an' fuss all the time." The old man did not reply. He was looking at a saddle hanging out in front of a shop, stepping on a piece of orange peel, his heels tlew up and he came down with an awful thump. "Good gracious, are you hurt, Dan'l?" The old man eroaned, and scuffling to his his feet said: "Hurt? that's a putty question to ask a dead man. Wall, this is the last time you ever come to town with me. You keep a body watchin' you so close he can't see how he walks." " Dan'l, don't fuss." "Come on. Let's git them mules an' git outen here. 1 never saw sich a woman n my life."?Arkanmw Traveler. Flirts are like fiddlers?No good without the beau.? Waterloo Observer. Wealth In Rags. Notwitstanding some drawbacks and occasional periods of stagnation the rag I business of the United States, particuj larly of the West, appears to be flourishing, and has reached wonderful proportions. both as to quantities handled and in value. The miserable creature with bag or basket in hand collecting what can be found in the al lev way does not : seem much in the world's concerns, but I to the wholesale dealer the ragged, bent old collector is a much more important j item in the business community than many might suspect. In these days of vast figures we are not very apt to be very much surprised when we hear of a wholesale drygoods or hardware firm doing a business aggregating $1,000,000 a year, but that a mere dealer in rags j and wastes could under any circumstan' ces reach that figure does seem a little 1 startling. It is nevertheless the case, ' and is but another illustration of tha ' wonderful business spirit and possibili1 ties of the great West. There is one firm of rag and waste j dealers in this city doing a business ] amounting to $1,OOU,OUU a year, ana the | business is constantly increasing. There is another firm of paper manufacturers in j this city whose business, exclusive of i what it supplies to its own mills in Wisj consin. exceeds half a million dollars anj nully. There are several houses dealing : exclusively in rags whose business ranges ] from $100,000 to $500,000 u year, while i there are several smaller ones whose cus1 torn is by no means contemptible, but, on the contrary, in most cases quite up to the average volume reached by the more assuming retail dry goods, hardware, boot and shoe, clothiug and grocery stores, a great many of which think they are doing remarkably well if they have a business of from $-2;3,000 to $50,000 a year. There is not a rag dealer in the city, and here are thirty-six of them, according to the directory, that does not control a business of from $.1,000 to $10,000 a year, and a noteworthy peculiarity of the trade, they claim, is that there is hardly ever, if ever, any one in it who fails or compels a compromise with cheated creditors, although they have to pay cash for their goods every time,carry a stock raging from $1,000 to $100,000 or more, and sell on two, three, four and bix months' credit. It is estimated the total amount of this business done in the city exceeds $5,000,000 annually, even at the unusually low figures at which some grades of rags are held in the market at present. The number of hands employed is not less than 5,000, including 1,000 sot aside as the quota engaged, bag or basket in hand, gathering up what they can and where they can throughout the city and its suburbs.?Chicago Herald. Diamonds Stained with Blood. Perhaps there has been more intrigue and bloodshed on account of the famous Oriental diamond, Great Mogul, than any other. It originally weighed 787 karats, but by cutting was reduced to 279. It was apparently the highest aim of every reigning potentate in Asia to place that gem in his crowu. Famous intriguers had carte blanche from their sovereigns to get it at any cost. Finally the Tartars, under Xadir Shah, invaded the civilized country and captured it and about -ii-l00,000,000 in treasure bonds. That was a century and more ago,-but j not a word has been heard of the Great Mogul since. It is supposed, however, that it is in one of the obscure fortresses of Asia Minor. Diligent search is kept up, and when it is "found there will be sharp competition between royalty and shoddy as to who gets it. Rubsian potentates have always wished to make a greater show of wealth than any others. The thrones of all the Russians are miracles of wealth. The throne of the empress is completely covered with p'ates of gold, and contains 1,500 rubies and 8,000 turquoises, beside many other rare and costly gems. The throne of the czar, known as the diamond throne, is truly a marvel. In it are set over 4,000 diamonds of the first water. It is generally conceded that Russia possesses more precious stones than any other nation, a majority of which were procured at the expense of blood. The jewels in the Cathedral of Moscow alone are valued at $12,000,000. I Thr> nreat. OrlnfF dinmond for which Count OrlofT paid $250,000 and $20,000 a year to the seller for life and a title to nobility, was a bloody gem, it having been the prize at stake in several skirmishes. The shah was another from on whose every facet could have been written a bloody story of which it was the hero. ? Oil on Troubled Waters. Captain Chetwynd, R. N., the chier I inspector of lifeboats in England, reports I the result of his experiments to determine the efficacy of oil in calming the sea as very favorable to its use. Though ! he finds thai oil applied to troubled I waters can have only a limited value in | lifeboat service, and that it ia not a I "specific," certain to insure immunity from danger, yet as a protection to small ! vessels and to open boats in a heavy sea | its efTcct it most desirable. To be of I any protection the oil must be applied to I the sea from the boat or vessel in the ! direct line from which the seas arc advancing. and at a sullicient distance to i give it time to spread and act on the waves before they reach the endangered craft. Captain Chetwynd proposes that when a vessel is running before a sea a slightly perforated canvas being filled ' with oil should be hung over each bow, J and when the ship is hove to the bags j should be put overboard to windward, at! tached to light lines. This plali seems ! preferable to that sometimes employed of hanging the bags over the weather side | of the ship, because the bag", not drifting ; as fast as the ship, will be curried to ] windward, and thus the oil exuding will ! calm the waves which are most to be dreaded. It would be well if seafaring men would give these carefully formed conclusions due consideration.?New York Herald. Au Indian Tale of the Deluge. A recent writer gives us the following version or the fiooct, wliicli ne says is believed in the East Indies: In East India there is a legend that ages ago mankind became so very bad that God determined to destroy all except just enough to begin with new. The excepI tions were mostly preserved, along with , pairs of all sorts of animals, in a golden i palace on a mountain top. A boy and 1 a girl, bom of parents who were | " neither good nor bad," had been preI viously carried oil by an angel from their ' respective homes on the day of their i birth, and were brought up in a crystal | palace suspended in mid-air, where they i were tended by a mute figure of gold, j When they grew up the\ were married, j and a girl was bom to them. The dc] struction of the wicked having been ef! fected by fire, the earth whs thereby I greatly smirched. So giants were sent i to wash it clean. They used so much j water that a deluge was produced, and the water rose ?o high that the golden palace and its inmates were in danger of being submerged. Queer Tacts About London. The population of London is sheltered by 550,000 dwelling houses, and the area ' of streets and squares embraces 122 < square miles. Every day sees an average ] of 100,000 strangers enter the city, and , 123 persons added to the population; ! while each year about.twcntv-eiglit miles 1 of now streets are laid out. and !?,000 j new houses creeted. There are 120.000 I paupers, upon whom 10,700 police keep I a close eye. The population includes j 120,000 foreigners, more Roman I'athoi lies than there arc in Home, and more | Jews than there are in Palestine. Two I thousand clergymen preside over G20 j churches and 423 chapels, of which lat] ter buildings the Independents have 121, i the Baptists 100, the Wesleyans seventy; seven, the Catholics ninety, the CalvinI ists ten, the Presbyterians ten, the j Quakers seven, and the Jews ten. The I number of cats kept by the people is so ' large (700,000) that "cat's meat'' is daily | delivered at the majority of houses. The 3,000 horses that die each week are utilized to meet this demand. Street lamps at Berlin are extinguished at midnightj and the police carry lanterns instead of being preceded by a brass band. NEWS SUMMARY Fnntcrn nnil Middle State*. In a newspaper interview Mr. Andrew Carnegie, of the Edgar Thomson Steel works at Pittsburgh, Penn., and many other industrial establishments, proclaims himself an advocate of socialistic principles. When I asked, "Arc you prepared now to divide your | wealthT' Mr. Carnegie smited and said: "No, I not at present, but 1 do not spend much on I myself. I give away every year seven or j eight times as much as I spend for personal comfort and pleasures. Working people have my full sympathy, and I always extend a helping hand. Speaking of the present j>osition of the workingman, I believe co-ojieration is his hope." Dr. Rudolf Taufzky, a prominent NewYork physician, during a fit of insanity brought on by j nlousy, shot his young wife, and then turned the pistol upon himself, inflicting a mortal woun 1. His wife's wound is not serious. Abner Coburn, governor of Maine in 1862 and 1863, died at Portland, a fow days ago, aged eighty-two years. The banking house of Cook & Sackett, of Havana, N. Y,, suspended owing to the disappearance of the senior member, Elbert P. Cook, with the funds. Cook was treasurer of the village. A filie burned down one-third of the business portion of Holley, N. Y., and destroyed nearly $40,U00 worth of property, including the Standard oflice, Frisbies block, Robb's block and Masonic Hall. Gov. Pattisojts annual message shows that the total receipts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for tho last fiscal year were $0,140,000, and the total payment 55,012,002. The messago recommends more stringent laws in regard to the sale of liquor, and a more rigid and less expeditious divorce law. At the opening of tho New York legislature the following brief message trom President-elect Cleveland, resigning his oflice as governor, was received; "lo the legislature?I hereby resign tho oflice of governor of the State of New York. G rover Cleveland." Lieutenant-Governor Hill, who has succeeded Mr. Cleveland as governor, sent in his first messago to the legislature. George C. Erwin, tho Republican candidate, was elected speaker of the assembly. Senator Dennis McCarthy was elected president pro tern, of the senate. The message of Governor Hill to the Now York legislature reviews and commends the executive and legislative work of the State government under Mr. Cleveland's administration, particularly that of the year just closed. It declares the public finances to be in a satisfactory condition and valuable progress to have been made in all that concerns the State's material welfare. Revision of banking laws, particularly those relating to privato institutions, is urged, and the desirability of the legislature at once abolishing the present prison labor contract system and substituting one more in accord with the expressed wish of the public is dwelt upon at great length Biennial spring eloctions for municipal ollicers in New York are recommended; close attention is called to tne work of civil service reform, a modification of naturalization laws is advised; careful consideration is invited to tho problem of forest preservation; the failure of New York reform bills because T>f careless wording is cited as proof of need of closer scrutiny of legislation, and the employment of competent counsel to the legislature is suggested. Numerous other topics are also discussed. The annual auction sale of pews in Mr Beecher's Plvmouth Church. Brooklyn, drew tho usual large attendance. Tlio first choice brought fW, and tho entire sale realized or about $7,000 less tlian last year. B. P. Jones, Chairman of the Republican national committee, was elected President of the American Iron and Steel association at a meeting in Philadelphia. General Grant has written a letter to Cyrus W. Field, the New York millionaire, declining the subscription which a number of I his friends were raising for his benefit. The general says it is due to himself and family to decline tho proffered generosity. The amount intended to be raised was $100,000. The wife of a Philadelphia police sergeant 1 has just fallen heir to tho comfortable sum of $600,000. Bishop Paddock presided at tho fifth annual meeting of the New England Divorce Roform league, held in Boston. More than 5,000 miners have just been thrown out of work in Pennsylvania, the collieries having shutdown for the purpose of I restricting the output in coal. South and Wem. Guards at the scene of the Hocking Valley (Ohio) mine troubles were driven from a railroad tunnel, heavily timbered with solid walls of coal, by an armed crowd. Tho tunnel was then fired at both sides and destroyed, causing a heavy loss. A number of | arrests were made. Rciie Harkel, a jealous lover, discharged a shot-gun into a ballroom near Batchtown, III., wounding seven young people?two fatally. At Chicago a tugboat explosion killed five persons. One of them was hurled fifty feet nigh against a grain elevator, where the imj print of his form was seen pressed in blood | on the side of the building. | Two men boarded a passenger train at Rising Sun, Md., and with revolvers drawn went through a passenger car, relieving the passengers of their money and valuables. After getting considerable booty they jumped off the train and disappeared in the woods. Two residents of Oxford, Penn., were caught | in the woods and taken to jail at Elktou. Dr. John Maxwell, who murdered three of his four children by poisoning them,hanged | himself iu jail at Springfield, Ohio. I Mr. D. L. Moody, the evangelist, began a series of revival meetings, lasting ten days. | n Richmond, Va. Large crowds attended ' the meetings. Seven men were found frozen to doath I on the road between Niobrara and Long Pines, Neb. Determined upon obtaining revenge be; cause officers of the Baltimore and Ohio railJ road had arrested her husband for robbing j freight cars, Mrs. Mary Beck put on malo | garments and succeed ed in wrecking an ox press train near Grafton, W. Va., with the i loss of two lives and much destruction of propi ertv. She was arrested and admitted her ; guilt. Way up in Oregon a passenger train which 1 left Portland got stuck in the snow after : going about forty miles, and when last heard I from had been blockaded eighteen days, with 1 little prospects of getting out of tho thirty | foot drifts before next spring! The twenty' five i>eoplo aboard the train have been regu, j larly supplied with victuals brought by relief j parties, and fuel cut from the surrounding j forests has kept them warm. The congressional committee to investii gate the appointment of United States dejv uty marshals in Cincinnati at the October elections, the Hon. Mr. Springer, chairman, began their work in the city named. United States Marshal Lot Wright was the first witness called. Several men were killed and others wounded in a desperate fight between a posse of revenue officers and a dozen or more moonshiners near Livingston, Ky. Thk New Orleans exposition gato receipts are now more than meeting the current expenses. A(;en'ts of the Hocking Valley (Ohio) mines have been at work in Lynchburg, Va., j securing negroes to take the places of the striking miners. Seventy-five left for the mines in one night, and others have been secured. Ditiujtg last year 1,865 now enterprises wore started in the fourteen Southern States, 1 with a combined capital of $10."),-6.1,500. Washington* i During December the national debt was I again increased, the amount for the month ! being ?iill,."S4.71. This left the total debt, less cash in the treasury, at $1,418,548,371.40; cash in the treasury, $13-,475,176.31. The coinage executed at the various United States mints in December was: 101.04? gold pieces, worth 023.50; ?,7!).S,0ii0 silver pieces, worth $-.425,1)05.25; 4,018.310 minor coins, worth ?!>'.420.30; total coinage, 0,1)77,| 418 piece.-, worth .?4,840,115^.05. 1 H. K'iud has lilo 1 a notice of contest for the seat of Ueorgo W. Steele, of the Eleventh 1 Indiana Pis! net. Mr. Kidd charges that j votes in his favor were cast out by tho lie: publicans. This is the first notice of a con| test in tho next Congress that has been ; filed. The governors of twenty States have writI ten expivs-iug a desire to co-operate in niakI ing the American exhibition in London | in 1>8> a faithful and thorough exposition of the arts, manufactures and products I of tho Knit-d States. Mr. John Gilmer Speed, trte agent at wasmngton, continues ro receive from public men assurances of their support of the measure to secure an official participation ,'n oTliiln'tinti hv 1 he imvernment. A decision of the United States supreme court just rendered sustains the constitutionality of the New Hampshire mill act. This is a decision of great importance in and out of New Kngland. It determines the constitutionality of the "mill acts" in force in I most of the States, l>y which land is con' demned to dam streams for water power. General W. B. Hazen,chief signal officer, has reduced Sergeant Otto Holtnorth of tho signal service to the ranks, and has formally : recommended to the secretary of war that he ! be dismissed from the service for rifling | Lieutenant (Ireely's private paiiers. The cleik of the House states that in the next Congress the House will contain 182 j Democrats, 1-10 Republicans, one Greenback | Democrat (Mr. "Weaver, of I?wa), and oni Greenlajk Republican (Mr. Brumm, of Penn| sylvania). A vacancy exists in the Nineteenth j congressional district of 1'ennsylvania. Of j the members of tho present House 187 have I been re-elected. Arkansas, Delaware, Kanj sas, Maine and West Virginia havo made no I change in their Representatives, j Secretary McC'lt.loch has transmitted ! to the House an estimate specifying the numl ber and class of officers and employes of every | grade and nature, with the rates of compensation which will he necessary to propierly conduct the business of collecting tho revenue at each port of entry in tho United States for the liscal year ending June HO, J886. The number of regular officers and employes is estimated at 4,147, and their salaries at #5,2115,13'J. An additional estimate for miscellaneous items is made, amounting to $1,160,623. The annual rejwrt of tho Mississippi River commis-sion 1ms been sent to Congress. The amount of money called for by tno commission for the next fiscal year is $10,717,TOO. The secretary of war lifti ordered the discharge of Sergeant Otto Holtnorth from the signal service for rifling Lieutenant Greely's papers. Statistics conc3rning the number of Mormons in this country are given by the interior I department as follows: In 1850 there were i 10 church organizations and 10.SS0 sittings, | in 1860 24 organizations and 13,500 sittings, | in 1870 IS!) organizations and 87.S."S sittings, and in 1880 207 organizations and 05,202 sit- | tings. The actual membership of the Mor- j mon church, according to the census of 13S0, i was 70,88(5. A statement prepared by the United States treasurer shows that there are now | outstanding $20,5311.141 in onedollar notes and $20,840,217 in two dollar notes. The treasurer : says that there is now no scarcity of notes of small denominations, and he is prepared to supply all legal demands for them. Foreign. At tho lord mayor's banquet in Dublin the toast to the queen was received with applause mingled with gn>at hissing. AI.L London has been greatly scared by another dynamite explosion. Tho affair hat>pened on ono of th<> underground railways j which traverse London, and two trains passing at the time of the explosion wero baaly shattered; houses were shaken and people thrown down, but no serious injury upon person or property wo? inflicted. General Campenon, French minister of war, lias resigned because he is dissatisfied with the Tonquiu campaign. Severe earthquake shocks are reported from Italy and Chili. Recent floods in India have destroyed hundreds of houses. Fifty-three persons have beon drowned by the overflow of the lied Hill lakofl at Madras. At a council of cabinet ministers in Paris it was resolved to send 1-.000 French troops to the scene of war in Tonquin. A hailkoad train left the track in Buenos Ayres, South America, killing seven and injuring fifteen people. All the victims were persons of prominence. Advices from Tien-Tsin, China, state that the losses of the French forces in Formosa from fever and dysentery are ennrmous, and that as a consequence Admiral Courbet's ship ,s insulllciently manned. Nine hundred lives wpre lost in Grenada, Spain, during the recent earthquakes. LATER NEWS As there was no choice for the Stats at the recent election in Connecticut, the legislature has elected the following Republican nominees: For governor, Henry B. Harrison; lieutenant-governor, Lorrin A. Cooke; secretary of state, Charles A. Bussell; treasurer, Valentine B. Chamberlain; controller, Luzerne J. Munron. Governor Harrison deA mocenrra At a meeting of the national committee of the Prohibition party,held in New York,twenty members, representing as many States, were present. A committee report was adopted thanking tho late candidates for President and Vice-President for their services in the campaign and condemning the attacks upon Mr. St. John as "malicious and without proof." The Marino Hospital bureau has received a report from United States Consul Byers at Home, Italy, relative to the cholera epidemic in that country. From tho outbreak of cholera, late in July, down to November 0, when the epidemic was declared at an end> there were 21,240 cases of cholera in Italy, and 11,072 deaths. Of these 12,402 cases and j 0,020 deaths were in Naples alone. j Mme. Clevis-Hughes, who recently shot I and killed a prominent Parisian detective for i slandering her, was acquitted notwithstand. [ ing she boldly confessed having committed the deed, but was condemned to pay a fine of $400 and the costs of trial Still moro earthquake shocks have oc. curred in Spain. Fifteen thousand persons have left Granada. The village of Guevejar is .-lowly sliding downwards to the valley. An opening has appeared in the mountain at Otivar, from which smoke is reported *o be issuing. The subterranean rumbling?j?nd detonations are fearful. A fire destroyed the cargo of the British j ship Rover of the Seas, lying in the harbor , at Victoria, British Columbia. The estimated I loss is $100,000. . [ LATE IK CON?RE.SSIO>Al, \EffS. Senate. Mr. Allison introduced a bill relating to the j fees of pension claim agent? and attorneys. He said that it had been charged that under the legislation of last year claim agents were oppressing pension agents, and that the Senate was responsible for it. The fact was that the legislation of lost year came from the House on the regular pension bill Mr. Hawley offered a resolution asking the President to send to the Senate an historical statement concerning the public policy of the executive department of tho Confederate States during the J late war, which was reported to have been I recently filed iu the war department by I General Sherman....Mr. Lap'nam made an I argument in favor of the negotiation of com| morcial treaties, taking the ground that they I Ttl ATPfMltivft SeSSlOn the Senators discussed for more than two hours Mr. Conger's resolution to make public the text of theNicaraguan treaty. The resolution was lost by 12 yeas to 40 nays. Houu. The House, by a vote of 158 to 75, passed ! tho inter-state commerce bill. The bill provides that no railroad or pipe line company shall make any discrimination in its charges for transporting freight from one State or Territory to another or to or from any foreign country. Tho provisions relating to the carrying of passengers declares that all persons who have j bought tickets of the same class shall be afford? 1 equal accommodations, but that any road may provide separate accommodations for passengers provided that no discrimination is made on account of race or color. No passenger can be charged more tnan three cents a mile. Tho bill prescribes penalties for violation of its provisions, and provides for the bringing of suits in the United States and State courts. The act does not apply to the carriage of property wholly within one State.. Mr. Randall, from the committee on appropriations, reported a bill for tho expenses of '???-- . .?~?1,? Tmu !!!) me navy iur iuu m.\ juvhiuo cuumg u uuv w, I lSs">. It appropriates $6,120,155 Ml". | Craig's contest for the seat from the Fourth | district of Alabama, occupied by Charles M. ! Shelley (Democrat) was derided in favor of 1 the contestant, who is n Republican, and Mr. j Craig took the oath <>f oJiice. PROMINENT PEOPLE. | General B. F. Butler has opened a law office iu New York city. | United State-; Senator Lamar, of Misi sissippi, lias just lost his wife by death. General Hancock's only soil and child, ! Russell Hancock, a Mississippi planter, thirtyI four years old, died a few days since. j It is said that George W. Cable, the New i Orleans story-writer and reader, is making j $50,000 a year cut of his literary work. | Two distinguished Englishmen now sojourning in this country have announced the possibility of their Incoming American citizens?Colonel Mapleson, the opera manager, and Professor llichard N. Proctor? the astronomer. The Ex-Empress Eugenie is building for herself a beautiful mausoleum, not in France, i?* r> 1 1 n..? IfarnlmrniHrh I UUt III 111 n?u , whose inhabitant are very fond of hor, partly | I becauso slio goes out shopping and is kind to i their poor. | Victok H coo went to see the completed I statue o:' Liberty enlightening the world, l?y i B. Bartholdi, and smiled with gratification I when a bystander, seeing the poet and the I statue facingencli other, exclaimed: ''BeRold! I Two giants are regarding each other." | It is stated, on the authority of a Massaj chusetts friend of General Benjamin F. But! ler, that ho has signed a contract with a Now ! York publishing lirm to write for them his political reminiscences. The work is to be in ! two volumes and General Butler is to receive $50,000 and a small royalty. Admiral Ly.ncii, the Chilian conqueror of j Peru, has gone as minister to Madrid in order ; to have the benefit of the best surgical skill | for his left eyo and right hand, the use of | which ho lost in tho war. He is, by the wav, j the first Chilian minister to Spain after nearly i twenty years of suspended diplomatic rela- ' toons. KINO IjOUIS, oi isavaria, laieiy omereu uiuu eome bronze statues be set up at his palace gates, but as his majesty is nearly bankrupt, the keeper of the privy purse thought it well to put up plaster imagas covered with bronze paint. This worked nicely until Louis discovered the fraud and smashed tho statues with a club. Ah Ti, of La Forte, Cal., is tho wealthiest Chinaman in America, having a modest $2,000,000 to his credit. His family consists of a wife and six children, and he has sent them back to tho Celestial kingdom to live permanently, whither Ti will follow them as soon as he settles up his business. He made his money in tho mines and in trade and ia going home to enjoy it TWO THOUSAND DM Terrible Results of the Earthquakes in Spain. Widespread Desolation Caused by Many Succsssive Shocks. Later reports from Spain state that the whole southern portion of the country lias been shaken by earthquakes, which have followed one another in quick succession, each adding to the destruction wrought by its predecessor. So fast did the shocks occur that tHe terror-stricken and bereaved inhabitants had no time to recover from their fright, and little opportunity to search in safety for the bodies of their relatives and friends buried in the ruins of towns and villages. Beginning on Christmas Eve, the earthquakes chased each other up and down the length of the Sierra Nevada mountains, spreading death and terror on either hand, over the most romantic, picturesque and historically interesting provinces of Spain. The famous old city of Granada has been shaken again and again. Malaga, Albania, Cordova, Seville and Jaec are amoncr the well-known cities that have suffered more or less severely from tne repeated shocks. All through Andalusia the inhabitants are in a condition of panic, many of those who survived the earlier shocks, and whose houses have not been destroyed, not daring to enter them lest they be shaken down upon their heads. The number of persons killed is not known. According to the latest despatches it cannot full short of 2,000, but the record is by no means complete. In many instances, while the survivors were trying to dig the dead nnd wounded out of the ruins, fresh shocks tumbled down more houses and increased the destruction of life. Som6 towns, among vhich is Alhama, have been almost wholly destroyed. Tho survivors are camping in public squares and the open country, ana have not themselves any definite knowledge of tho number who have perished. At Antiquera five successive shocks were felt in one day, and every one of the seven churches in the town was overthrown. Houses rocked and crumbled in every direction, chimneys toppled, walls cracked, loosened floors fell crashing, and people ran stumbling and screaming through the streets, seeking safety in the broad plazas, where they were out of the reach of the falling buildings. Hundreds knelt together on the pavement in the squares, imploring deliverance from heaven. In Periana 750 houses were shaken down. So great was the force of the shock that the earth covering the side of the mountain near the town was loosened and went thundering down in an avalanche, overwhelming many houses and burying forty-eight persons, of whom eighteen were dug out alive. At Nerja a terrific hurricane followed the first shocks of the earthquake, and houses whose walls had been weakened by the shaking were blown down by the wind. The inhabitants fled from the town, even the sick in hospitals hurrying from their beds and running with the others for places of safety. At Velez Malaga tho first shocks were followed by a still more violent earthquake, which utterly destroyed a large number of houses, and drove all the inhabitants from the town. At the same time Alhama, Periana, and other places, which had previously suffered severely, were again shaken, and further loss of life was caused. in uranaaa uie iaiwiu ul mu uuiucuim vras seriously damaged, and the museum, the university and several government buildings were injured. The sufferings of the survivors, who are encamped in wagons, tents, and open fields, and many of whom are wounded, are very severe. The appearance of the ruined town of Albuneulas is described as appalling. Half of the buildings have been overthrown, including the convent, churches and the town hall. The mayor was among the killed, and his wife remained buried waist deep in the ruins for eighteen hours before the rescuers reached her. Many persons were rescued alive after having been covered by the debris of fallen houses for more than twenty-four hours. Home were half crazed jehen taken out. Cries and moans were heard in the ruins for a whole day from persons who could not be reached. The survivors encamped outside the ruined down, women and children remaining day and night huddled together in carts and wagons, shivering from exposure, and half famished for lack of food A singular feature of the earthquakes waa the fact that in places only a short distance apart some experienced three and others seventeen shocks. After the first shock there were flashes of lightning from a clear sky. All the shocks ran from south to north. Several of the shocks had a rotary movement. While the center of the disturbance has remained in the south of Spain, earthquake shocks were felt in Corinthia, where many buildings were damaged, and in Wales, where also a number of houses were injured. The Spanish government is taking steps to relieve the sufferers. King Alfonso will perRonallv visit the devastated district, and a royal decree has been issued ordering that a national subscription be made for the relief of the suirerers. Public officials will contribute one day's pay each, ljy this means alone it is expected that $20^,000 will be raised. The Spanish ambassadors, ministers, and consuls in all countries will also open subscriptions, and the cortes, or Spanish legislature, vot?d to co operate with the government in all measures that might be taken ljbr the relief of the afflicted. MAEINE PERILS. ( allant Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew by a Brave Captain* The dodged determination and disregard for their own lives displayed by sailors when othei s are in peril and tliero is any chance to rescue them is graphically illustrated in the story told by Captain Olsen, of the Norwegian bark Onward, which has arrived at New Vork, concerning the rescue of the crew of the schooner Estelle Day, off Cape Hatteras. The following is the story of the rescue as told by Captain Olson: "I passed the Bermudas four days before, after which heavy gales from the southwest continued without intermission. On the morning of the 22d, at daybreak, the wind was very heavy from the southwest, finally incasing to ttao dimensions of a hurricane, with frightful squalls of wind and rain. n Bon we discovered me wrecit, mu sua ?>?o running mountain high and we were running before the wind under two lower topsails?the fore topsail reefed?all we dare < arry, one of them, as it was, being blown to ribbons. Notwithstanding the danger, I determined to save the unfortunates. There were plenty of volunteers, but I sent for my mate, A. Nordstrom. 'If you don't go,' said I, 'I will go myself. It must bo an old sailor to manage tho boat in this sea.' He was ready to go, and selocted tho carpenter, H. Evans, and Seaman A. I.osquist from among the volunteers, to go with him. The first boat we lowered tilled immediately and had to bo taken up and emptied. The ship at the time had her rail constantly under water. As the next lioat touched the water a heavy squall struck us and we lost that boat. It was three hours b 'fore we got the next boat and its crew away Ironi the bark. Before they left each man bade us 'goodby,' as neither they nor we expected them to come b-ck. Many a prayer want after them and they were answered, for by 11 o'clock they were all safely on board. The rescued men were nearly dead.^ When 1 got them on deck they were in a* frightful condition, the skin being peeled from their legs, arms and faces. For eight days we had t.. nrnvatUi, liL-o linl.ioa hflfnrn thev could stand alone. I lmvo been fourteen years at sea, I ill 11 have never yet seen such frightful weather or such enormous waves. When the men were discovered three of them wera lying down, unable to move, while their compane ions could onlv stagger to their feet, waviheir arms wildly for a moment, and then iink down again. The sea was fuil of enormous sharks, twelve to fourteen feet long, and it was undoubtedly one of them thut pulled Mate Curloy down while he was calling, for help after fading through the plunks. One hour before his death, being almost r:ized from hunger and thirst, ho called 'ipon his companions to draw its, declaring that one of them must die so that the others might have food and drink. That they were not troubled by t'i'O-t is accounted for by the fact that they were in the middle of the Gulf Stream and the waves breaking over them were warm.'" The schooner is owned in Newcastle, Del., :md is a total loss, there being no insurance n her. Captain Williams, who is from Delaware Bay, lost his chronometer, gold watch ind chain and all his clothing. The crew, two of whom were negroes, also lost everything they had MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC' The title of Rhea's new play is "An American Countess." A l'F.UKECT avalanche of concerts ha9 visited London. Lawrence Barrett's "Blot on tho 'Scuteheoiv' was a failure in "Washington. M. Alexander Dumas, the author and dramatist, has been mado a commander of Legion of Honor. It costs $300 a night to light the Grand Opera-houso in Paris and $7,000 a year to dust and sweep it. Henry Guy Cari.eton's newest comic piece for Mr. AVallack is a light play, to be christened "Personals." Harry Mixer has engaged Victoria MoraBini for a concert tour. He will send her out traveling with a company. An esteemed Detroit minister attacks the stage, and declares that "dog fights and tragedies should lx> classed together. There are twenty-five legitimate theatres in London, supplying tho public with comedy, oi>era, melodrama, farce and tragedy. The manager of tho Italian opera at Lima, Peru, has been fined forty soles (about $3-.40) for not raising the curtain punctually at 8 p. m. I SUMMARY OF CONGRESS Senate. At the opening of the Senate after th? holiday recess the chair laid before the Sen* ate the credentials of Justin S. Morrill, reelected Senator from Vermont for the six years beginning March 4, 1885.... Among petitions presented was one by Mr. Sherman from the Society of FrienJs praying that provision may be made in the pending Spanish treaty for the settlement, by arbitration, of any differences that may arise between 8pain and the United States. It was referred to the committee on foreign relations.... Mr. Voorhees introduced a concurrent resolution extending the thanks of Congress to Commodore Schley, Lieutenant Emory and all the officers and men of the ships Alert, Boar. Thetis and Loch Garry for the daring and skill displayed by them in the rescue of the survivors of the Greely Arctic expedition. which was referred to the committee on naval ^ affairs....Messrs. Wilson and Sewell ad dressed the Senate on the inter-state commerce hill. Nearly the whole day's session of the Senate was taken up in discussion of the Oregon Central land grant forfeiture bill, which was finally passed. The bill applies to such . portions only of the lands as lie adjacent to and coterminous with the uncompleted portions of the line. After declaring ennh Innrlo frtrfofif. nrnviflos that; norsnnn already actually settletfthereon shall Wve a preference right ot entry thereto under the Homestead laws?such entry to be considered as of the date of actual settlement. When it came from the House the bill declared all the . . lands granted to the company forfeited.... Mr. Hawley introduced a bill to establish an international copyright system. The Senate passed the House joint resola- ' tion appropriating $50,000 to relieve the wants oi destitute Indians in Montana.... A resolution introduced by Mr. Sewell author- . . ires the secretary of war to pay $25,000 to the Washington association of New Jersey for the purpose of improving Washington s headquarters at Morristown, N. J., and for the purchase of ground in wnich to place there- . mains of Continental soldiers, and to erect a _ monument over the spot. Home* . ' When the House re-opened after the holiday recess, Mr. Smith, of Pennsylvania, presented the certificate of election of John A. Swop, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the deatu of W. A. Duncan, from the Nineteenth X congressional district of Pennsylvania, and Mr. Swope appeared at the bar of the House andtookthe oath of office....The Military Academy bill, with Senate amendments, was referred to committee on appropriations.... - * Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, introduced a Dill providing ior trie croauon 01 a nver ana . harbor department, which shall be under the charge of a commissioner of rivers and harbors, to be appointed by the President, and . who shall receive a salary of $4,300....Mr. King, of Louisiana, introduced a bill appropriating $7,OQO,OW) for th9 improvement of the Mississippi river in accordance with the plans and estimates of the Mississip?i River commission. Referred .... fr. Hiscock moved to suspend the rules and pass a bill abolishing the internal revenue tax on tobacco, cigars, snuff, cigarette* if and cheroots, the tax on distilled spirits used for manufacturing or mechanical purposes, the special tax on dealers in tobacco, and the tax on liquors distilled wholly from fruit. -. After discussion the motion to suspend the rule was lost bv 77 yeas to 128 nays.... The motion of Mr. Collins to suspend the rules and make the bankruptcy bill the special order for January 22, and following days, was rejected by a vote of 136 yeas so 70 nays ?less than the two-thirds required. This practically kills the bill for this session of Congress. A motion to pass the pension bill, as it came from the Senate, wa* rejected by 129 yeas to 85 yeas?thirteen le? than the necessary two-thirds majority. The House went into committee of the whole on the pensions appropriation bill, which appropriates $o9,V76,Oi)0. The bill was passed, with an amendment limiting pension agents' fees to $10, except that a written contract for a $25 fee may be made between a claimant and an agent residing in the same State, and providing that no agent shall receive a fee until the claim 1b allowed Mr. Phelps made a reply to Mr. Reagan's attack upon him in connection with the in- ^, ter-staft? commerce bilL Messrs. Horr and Hewitt also spoke .on the bill.... The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill, as reported by the committee, is $1,190,885, a reduction under the present fiscal year of $34,. SOUTHERN DTOUSTRIES, New Enterprise* Organized In the South Lait Year. The Baltimore Manufacturer's Record in its annual review of Southern industries publishes a list of all manufacturing and mining enterprises organized in the Southern S: ates in 1884, giving name, location and character of business of each. The list shows 1,805 new enterprises, with an aggregate capital reaching the enormous sum of $1< 5,269,500, divided among the fourteen Southern States as to'.' lows: - ' No. of States. Enterprises. Capital. Alabama 1H7 $16,925,000 Arkansas 46 2,010,0/0 Florida 93 2,32$,00!) Georgia 196 5)4.*5(0'H) Kentucky 137 21,"?W,00:i Louisiana 53 5,'St,101 Maryland 105 7,121,50) Mississippi 40 1.285,000 North Carolina 226 4,110.(0) South Carolina 53 2,174,000 Tennessee 250 7,910,000 Texas 212 10,778,000 Virginia 188 13,450,0.10 West Virginia 77 7,392,000 Totals 1,865 $105,200,500 * In Kentucky, Alabama and Virginia somes extensive mining and iron companies, with large capital, were organized, which runs up the total of investments in those States. The list shows that almost every branch of general manufactures is represented'. Cotton and woolen mills, machine shops, foundries, blast furnaces, ice factories, sawmills, planing mills, building material factories, furniture factories, carriage and wagon factories and " % t -ii- /--i?t? TViorn UtUlUlC lUt'lUI It=> are many flour mills and more tobacco factories, and a large number of cotton-s?ed oil mills, as well as mining enterprises of all kinds?gold, silver, copper, mica, ore and coal. A noticeable feature is the amount of ^ Northern and Western capital going into tho South, though the Southern people are themselves showing remarkablo energy in developing the resources. STEAMBOAT SUNK. Narrow Escape of Pa??en?era on the Iflissihtlppi lliver. An Arkansas City dispatch says that at 3:30 a. m. the Belle, of Shreveport, from Cincinnati to New Orleans, ran against the bank on the Miss issippi side, near the head of Island 66, and sank in forty minutes, She will prove a total loss. She had nearly 100 cabin passengers, who were all oaved, but nearly every one lost personal effects. Tho only life ' .'-v known to be lost was that of James Moore,of New Albany, Ind. The Kate Adams passed the wreck soon after, rescued tho passengers from their dreary resting place on the island, and brought them to Arkansas City. Many of the passengers wero bound for the New Orleans exj>osition. oavc f.hfl hnftf. ATrwri enced rough weather after leaving Memphis, and he was in the act of calling the first mate < 7^ when the boat ran into an eddy, which threw her against the bank with such force as to vy stave in the entire forward hull The majority of the passengers are quartered in the railroad elevator. Among the losses on the Shreveport are twenty-four head of blooded racing stock intended for the Exposition, and eleven head of Jersey cows. The boat had about 1,400 tons of miscellaneous freight, which will prove a total loss. TEE GEAIN_C_E_OP OF 1884. A Year5! Yield of Corn, Wheat, Oats, Barley and Ityc. The agricultural department at Washington, makes the following unofficial estimate of the crop yield for 1881: CORN. Yield 1,800.000,000 bushels Acreage tW,000,000 " WUFAT Yield 500,000,000 bushela Acreage &>,000,000 " OATS. Yield 570,000,000 bushel* Acreage 21,000,000 " BARLEY. Yield 50,000,000 buahelj Acreage 2,6'J0,000 " RYE. Yield 25 ,'000.000 busheli Acreage 2,000,000 " In the itf?ri of corn, wheat, and oats the ofl'cial return* will differ very little from those estimate. THE WAR IN ESYPT. General Gordon Heard From?E1 ITIalidl'it movement** General Wolseley has received a not? from General Gordon with tbe latter's genuine seal on it. The date is December 14, and Gordon says that Khartoum is all right. A messenger brought it concealed in a seam of his garment Gordon estimates the Mahdi's force at from 20,000 to SO,000. He spends the nights at Khartoum in a oeasele6s watch, visiting the outposts to see that every sentry is on the alert. During the day Gordon sleeps. He is described as cheerful. An Arab from El Mahdi's camp haa reached Dongola. He states that the False Prophet's army is a two days' march from Umderman. He recently intended to march against the Mudir of Dongola. The chiefs wanted him to lead the troops and charm off the bullets. The Mahdi thereupon told the chiefs that he had seen in a dream that the Mudir was a saint against whom it was useless to flght. This statement caused great alarm in the Mahdi's camp*. 4 \