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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1885. NO. 36. VOLuS XXIX. Jffj|
DAEK DAYS
HUGH CONWAY,
Author of " Called Back."
CHAPTER III.?"THE WAGES OF SIX."
Morning! No books; no idle, listless
hours for me to-day. Plenty to da,
plenty to think about;" all sorts of arrangements
to make. Farewell to my
moody, sullen life. Farewell to my
aimless sdiish existence. Henceforward
1 should have something
woith living for?worth dying for, if
needs be! Philippa was coming to me
' to-day; coming in grief, it is true; corn- i
ing as a sister comes.to a brother. Ah! j
after all the weary, weary waiting, 11
shall see her to-day?to-morrow, every
day! If a man's devotion, homage, j
worship, and respect can in her own j
eyes reinstate my que^n. I shall some j
day see the bloom come back to her i
#Krv !?? ?f emlln nlov r\r%,.a mnrn
t'UCCIV, HU" UU^.I V OUA14VJ VU'-W tuwiv ,
round her mouth, the dark eyes again
eloquent with happy thought. And j
then ? and then ! what should j
I care for the world or its j
sneers? To whom, save myself, j
should I be answerable? Then |
1 might whisper in her ear, "Sweet,
let the past vanish from our live3 as a 1
dream. Let happiness date from today."
Although Philippa would grace my
poor cottage for une night only, I had
a thousand preparations to make for
her comfort. Fortunately I had a j
spare room, and, moreover, a furnished
one. Not that I should have troubled,
when I went into my seclusion, about
such a superfluity as a guest-chamber;
but as it happened I had bought the
house and the furniture complete; so
could offer ray welcome guest fair accommodation
for the night.
I summoned my stolid man. I told j
him that my sister was coming on a
visit to me; that she would sleep here
to-night, but that most likely we
should go away to-morrow. He could
stay and look after the house until I
returned or sent him instructions what
to do with it. William manifested
no surprise. Had I told him to mak^
preparations for the coming of my
wife and five children, he would have
considered it all a part of the day's
work, and would have done his best to
meet my requirements.
He set to work in his imperturbable,
methodical, but handy way to get
Philippa's room in trim. As soon as I
fhia was rlonp nntl tlia neglected chain- I
ber made cosy and warm-looking, I
told him to borrow a horse and cart
somewhere, and fetch the luggage
from Mrs. Wilson's. He was to mention
no names; simply to say that he
had come for the luggage, and to ask
if the lady had any message to send.
Then I sat down in the room which
my lovo would occupy, and mused
upon the strange but unhappy chance
which was bringing her beneath my
roof. I wished that I had an enchauter's
wand to turn the humble garniture
of the chamber into surroundings
melt for my queenly Philippa. I
wished that 1 had, at least, dowers
with which I could deck her resting
place; for I remembar how passionately
she loved dowers. Alas! I had i
not seen a flower for months.
Then 1 drew out Sir Alervvn Ferrand's
letter, read it again and again,
and cursed the writer in my heart.
William w.is away about two hours;
then he made his appearance with
some boxes. I was deiighted to see these
tangible signs that Philippa meant to
keep her promise. Till that moment
I had been troubled by something like
the doubt, that after all she might, j
upon calm reflection, rescind the reso- '
lution formed in her excitement. Now I
her coming seemed to be a certainty. J
Nevertheless, William brought no ;
message: so there was nothinerfor me !
to do but to wait patiently until she
chose to cross my threshold.
Although my pleasing labors of love
were ended, I was not left idle. There
was another task to be done to-day. I set
my teeth and sat down, thinking quietly
as to the way in which it might be
best performed. To-night I meant to
stand face to face with that blackhearted
scoundrel known as Sir Mervyn
Ferrand!
I consulted the time-table. Ilis letter
nimed no particular hour ; but I
saw that if he carried out his expressed
intention of being hero to-night,
there was but one train by which he
could come; there was but one way
from Roding to the house at which
Philippa had been staying. lie meant
to walk, his letter said; this might be
in order to escape observation. The
train was due at Roding at 7 o'clock.
The weather was cold; a man would naturally
walk fast. Mrs. "Wilson's house
must be four milr3 from the station.
Let me start from there just before the j
train arrives, and I should j r >bablv meet
him about half way on his jour-1
ney. It would be dark, but I snouiu
know him. I should know him among |
a thousand. There on the open lonply j
road Sir Mervyn Ferrand, coming |
gayly, and in his worldly cynicism certain
of cajoling, buying off, or in some !
other way silencing the woman who
had in an evil day trusted to his honor
and love, would meet, not her, but tha
man who from the first had sworn
that a wrong to Philippa should be
more than a wrong to himself ! He
would meet this man, and be called to
account.
Stern and sinister as were my
thoughts?freely and unreservedly as
Irecord ttiern: as indeed I endeavor in
this tale to record every thing?I do
not wish to be misjudged. It is true
jpmm* tfirtfr iPr ]TTnf mood I was bent
upon avenging Philippa with my own
hand; true that I meant, if possible, to
take at some time or another this
man's life; but at least no thought of
taking any advantage of an unarmed
or unsuspecting man entered into my
scheme of vcnsjeance. I designed no
murderous attack. Hut it was ny
intention to stop the man on his path;
to confront him and tell him
that Irs villanv was known to me;
that Philippa had fled to me for aid;
that she was now in my custody; and
that I, who stood in the position of
h?r brother, demanded the so-called j
satisfaction, which, by the old-fashioned
ct ds of honor, was due from the
man who had ruthle?slv deceived
a woman. Well I knew that it was
prol a'de he would laugh at rae?tell
IT)6 mat tnc UilVb Ui uiiviim^ ^ cic
over, and refuse to grant my request.
Then I meant to see if insults could
warm his noble blco I; if my hand on
his cheek could bring ahout the result
which I desired. If this failed, I
wonld follow him abroad, cane hiin
and spit upon him in public places.
Truly, as I said, 1 had now plenty
to live for!
The hours went by, yet Philippa
came not I trrew restless and uneasy
as the dusk began to make the
road, up which I gazed almost continually,
dim and indistin t. When
,the short winter's day wjis over, and
ithe long dark night had fairly begun,
my restlessness turned into fear. I
i walked out of my house and paced
my garden to and fro. I blamed my*
Et'if for having yielded so lightly to
riiilippa's wish?her command rather?that
I should on no account fetch
her. Jiut then, whenever did I resist
a wish, much less a command, of hers?
Oh. that I had been firm this once!
The snow-storm of the previous
evening had not Listed long?not long
enough to thoroughly whiten the
world. The day had been fine and
frosty, but I knew that the wind had
changed since the puq went down. It
wa3 warmer, a change which I felt
sure presaged a heavy downfall of
- snow or rain. There was a moon, a
fitful moon; for clouds weie flying
I
i across it. dark clouds, which I guessed
; would soon gather coherence and
volume, and veil entirely that bright
j face, which now only showed itself at
! irregular intervals.
The minutes were passing away. I
j grew nervous and excited. W.iy does
i she not come? My hope had been to
! see my poor girl safely housed before
| I started to execute my other task.
; "Why does she "not come? Time,
precious time, is slipping by! In the
hope of meeting her, I walked for
j some distance up the road. "Why
j dofs she delay?" I groaned. Even
i now I should Li' on my way to Ro.ling,
i or 1 may miss my prey. Heavens!
; can it be that she is waiting to see this
! man once more? Never! never!
! Perish the thought!
JJut, all the san e, every fibre in my
body quivered at the bare supposition
of such a thing.
I could bear the suspense no longer.
For the hundredth timo I glanced at
| my watch. 11wanted but ten minutes
to seven o'clock, and at that hour I
, had resolved to start from Mrs. Wil*
* 1) a/1 i n V of.
son s, on my w <t v iu iwuiug.
now I dared net leave my own house.
Any moment might bring Philippa.
"What would she think if I was not
there to receive and welcome her?
Five more precious moments gone!
I stamped in my rage. After all, I can
only do one half of my task; the sweet,
but not the stern half. Shall I, indeed,
do cither? The train must now
be close to Roding. In an hour
everything may be lost. The man
will see her beforo she leaves the
house. Ho will persuade her. She
will listen to his words; for did he not
once love her? He must have loved
her!
So I tortured myself until my state
of mind grew unbearable. At all
hazard, I must prevent Ferrand from
nueting Pbilippa. Oh, why had she
not come as she promised? Could it
be she was detained against her will?
In spite of her uninterested manner, I
distrusted the woman I had seen last
night It is now past seven o'clock.
Philippa's house, from which I had
reckoned my time, was nearly three
miles away. I must give up
my scheme of vengeance. I
must go in search of Pliilippa. If
I do not meet her I must call at
Mrs. Wilson's, find out what
1 ? 1 if honr hor
11 ci, uuu IL utiuiw >/v>? -v.
away by force.
Hy this time my steps had brought
mo back to my own house. I called
William, and told him I was going to
walk up the road and meet my expected
guest. If by any chance I should
miss her, he was to welcome her on
my behalf, and tell her the reason for
my absence.
"Best take a lantern, sir," said William;
"nioon'll soon be hidden, and
them roads is precious rough."
"I can't he bothered with that great
horn affair," I said, rather testily.
"Take the little one?the bull's-eye
?that's better than nothing " said William.
To humor him I put it into my
pocket.
1 ran at the top of my speed to the
house at which I had last night Jeft !
Philippa. It took me nearly half an j
hour getting there. 1 rang the bell :
impetuously. The door was opened by j
a maid-servant. I inquired for Mrs. :
Farmer, knowing that Fhilippa had j
passed under this name to all except j
her hostess. To my surprise I was told j
that she had 'eft the house, on foot and
alone, some little while ago. The maid 1
believed she was not going to return, '
as her luggn.ge had that morning been j
sent for.
The first effect of this intelligence j
was to cause me to blame my haste. I
must have missed her; no doubt passed
her on the road. No; such a thing was
impossible. The way was a narrow
one. The moon still gave some light.
If I had met Philippa.l must h.weseen
her. She must have seen me,and would :
then have stopped me. She could not j
have gone the way I came.
But where was she? In what direc- j
tion was I to seek her? Argue the
matter as I would?loth as 1 was to
allow myself to be convinced, I was j
bound to decide that she must have
taken the path to Roding. There was '
no other. She had gone, even as 1 was
going to meet Fermnd. She may have
started, intending to come to me; but
at the last moment a desire to see the
man once more?I fondly hoped for the
purpose of heaping reproaches on his j
head?ha;l mastered her. Yes, whatever
her object might be, she had gone
to meet him. And my heart sank as
conviction was carried to it by the re* i
membrance that coupled with her rs- {
fusal to permit me 10 ieicn uer t
was an assertion that she [
had something to do before she j
camo to me. That, as I now read it,j
could be but one thing?to meet this i
man !
Never again, if I can help it, shall
his voice strike on her ear ! Never
again shall their eyes meet! Never
again shall the touch of even his finger
contamninate her! Let lue follow,
and stand between he:* and the
scoundrel. If they meet he will wound ]
her to the heart. Her pride will rise;!
she will threaten. Then the coward,
will try another line. lie will pleau j
for mercy; he will swear he stili loves
her; he will bait his hook with promises.
She will listen;hesitate; perhaps
yield, and find herself once more deceived.
Then she w ill be lost to me
forever. Now she is, in my eyes, pure
as when first we met. Let me haste
on, overtake, pass her; meet her deceiver
and, if needful, strike him to
the ground.
As I turned from the houJe I became
aware th.it a great and sudden change
had come over the night. It seemed
to me that, even in the few minutes
which 1 had spent in considering what ]
to do. the heavy clouds had banked I
and massed together. It was all but
pitch-dark;so dark that 1 paused, and
drawing from my pocket the lantern
with which William's foresight had
provided me, managed after several
trials to light it. Then, impatient at
the delay, I sped up the road.
I was now almost facing the wind.
All at once, sharp and quick, I felt the
i linding snow o i my face. The wind
moaned through the kailess branches
on either side of the road. The snowflakes
whirled madly here and there.
Even in mv excitement I was able to
realize ttio'ract that never before had
I seen in Eng.and so fierce a snowstorm,
or one which came on so suddenly.
And, like myself, Pnilippa was
I ;iuru;ui, <um tr.\pnseu tu na iuu lurv.
Heavens ! she might lose her way, and
wander about all night.
This fear quickened my steps. 1
forco.l my way on through the mad
storm. For the ti.no ail thought of
:Sir Mervvn Ferrand and vengeance
left my heart, All I now wanted was
to (ind I'hiJippa; to lead her home, and
see lur s;tic beneath uiy roof. "Surely,1'
I said, as I battled along, "she can
not have gone much further."
1 kept a sharp look-out?if, indeed,
it can bo called a look-out; for the
whirling snow made everything, save
what was within a few
feet of me, invisible. I
strained my ears to catch tho
faintest cry or other sound. I went
on, Hashing my lantern first on one
and then on the other side of the road.
My dread was that I'hilippa, utterly
unable to light against tbo white
tempest, might be crouching under
one of the banks, and if so, I might
pass without seeing her or even attracting
her attention. My doing so
on such a night as this might mean
her death.
Oh, why had she not come a3
promised? Why lmd she gone to
meet tho man who had so foully
wronged her? After what had happened,
she could not, dared not love
him. An 1 for a dreary comfort I recal.ed
the utter bitterness of ber accont
last night when she turned to
me and said, "Basil, did you ever hato
! a ni.in V" Xo, she could not love himl
These thoughts brought my craving
for vengeance hack to my mind.
Where was Ferrand? By all my calculations,
taking into account the
time ivasle.d in starting, 1 shotdd by
now have met him. Perhaps he had
nut come, after all. Perhaps the look
of the weather had frightened him,
and he had decided to stay at Roding
lor the night. I raged at the thought!
If only 1 knew that Philippa was safely
housed, nothing, in my present
frame of mind, would have suited me
better than to have met him on this
lonely road, in the midst of this wild
sturm. If Philippa were only safe!
Still no sign of her. I began to
waver in my mind. What if my tirst
supposition, that I had passed her on
the road, was correct? She might be
now at my cottage, wondering what
had become of me. Should I go fur
ther or turn baric ? iiut wnac
would be my feelings if 1 did tho
latter, and found when 1 arrived home
that she had not made her appearance?
1 halted, irresolute, in the center of
the road. Instinctively I beat my
hands together to promote circulation.
I had left my home hurriedly, and had
made no provision for the undergoing
of such an ordeal as this terrible, unprecedented
snowstorm indicted. In
spite of the speed at which I had
traveled, my hands and feet were
growing numbed, my face smarted
with tho cold. Heaven help me to decide
aright, whether to go on or turn
back !
The decision was not left to me.
Suddenly, close at hand, I head a wild
peal, a* scream of laughter which
made my blood run cold. Swift
from the whirling, tossing, drifting
snow emerged a tall gray ligitre. It
swept past me like the wind; but as it
passed me I knew that mv quest was
ended?that Philippa was found!
She vanished in a second, before the
terror which rooted me to the spot had
passed away. Then I turned and, fast
as I could run, followed her, crying as
I went, "Philippa! 1'hilippa!"
I soon overtook her; but so dark
was the night tnat I was almost touching
her before I saw her shadowy,
ghost-like form. I threw my arms
round her and held her. She struggled
violently in my grasp.
"Philippa, dearest! it is I, Basil," I
said, bending close to lier ear.
The sound of my voice seemed to
calm her, or I should rather say she
ceased to struggle.
"Thank heaven, I have found you!"
I said. "Let us get back as soon as
possible."
"Back! Xo! Go on, go on!" she
exclaimed. "On, on, on. up the road
yet awhile?on through the storm,
through the snow?on till you see what
I have left behind me! On till you see
the wages of sin?the wages of sin!"
Her words came like bullets from a
mitrailleuse. Through t he night I
could see her face gleaming whiter
than the snow on her hood. I could I
see her great, fixed, dark eyes full of |
nameless horror.
"Dearest, be calm," I said, and strove '
to t.ik" her h-nds in mine.
As I tried to gain possession of her
right hand something fell from it, and,
although the road was now coated
with snow, a metallic sound rang out
as it touched the ground. Mechani- |
rally I stooped and picked up the fallen
objt?ct.
As I did so Philippa with a wild cry
wrested herself l'rum the one hand
whose numbed grasp still sought to
retain her, and with a frenzied reiteration
of the words, "The wages of
sin!" fled from me, and was lost in the
night.
Even as I rushed in pursuit 1 shuddered
as the sense of feeling told me !
what thing it was I had picked up j
from the snowy ground. It was a
small pistol! Cold as the touch of the
metal must have been, it seemed to
burn me like a coal of Are. Impulsively,
thoughtlessly, as 1 ran I hurled
the weapon from me, far, far away.
Why should it have been in Philippa's
hand this night?
I ran madly on, but not
for long. My foot caught in
a stone, and I fell, half stunned
and quite breathless, to the j
ground. L was some minutes before 1 J
recovered myself sufficiently to once I
more stand erect. Philippa must have !
obtained a start which, coupled with '
her frenzied speeJ, almost precluded
the possibility of my overtaking her.
Moreover, a strange, uncontrollable
impulse swayed me. The touch of
that deadly weapon still burned my
li-.irwl Vhilinn iV M-nprla still punn in
my cars. "On. on, on, up the road yet
awhile!" she had cried. What did she
mean? What had been done to-night?
I must retrace my steps. I must
see! I must know! Philippa Is flying
through the cold, dark, deadly night;
but her frame is but the frame of a
woman. She must soon grow exhausted,
perhaps sink senseless on th9
road. Nevertheless, the dreadful
fears which are growing in my mind
must be set at rest; then I can resume
the pursuit. At all cost 1 must know
what has happened
Once more I turned and faced the
storm. Heavens! any thing might
happen on such a night as this! I 1
went on and on, flashing my lantern as !
I went on the centre and each side of
the road. 1 went some distance past
that spot where I judged that Philippa
had swept by me. Then suddenly,
with a cry of horror, I stopped short.
At my very feet, in the middle of the
highway, illumined by the disk of
light cast by my lantern, lay a
whitened mass, and as my eye fell
upon it J knew only too well the ;
meaning of Philippa's wild exclama- I
tion, "The wages of sin! The wages j
of sin!"
[to be continued.!
BETRAYAL OF GORDON
i
How Kb&rlouni Fell info the False
Proplict'D IlaitdH.
Advices from Korti 6tato that the cavass j
who has given tba most intelligent and to all j
appearances the most trustworthy account of,
the events attonding the fall of Khartoum is j
named Abdul Kerim. Ho was one of Gen- |
oral Gordon's servants. He secured his oscape
from Khartoum after the city fell, ho
says, by bribery. He bought a camel and
crossed" to Dcbbeh, tiie journoy tak
?ii? twelve uays. rrom ueuueu n? Lttme wj i
Kurt i in an Eiijlish pinnace. Ho says that j
Farag, upon whom Gordon relied impli ntly, I
was really th? person who delivered K1 ar.outn !
over tj ?1 Mahdi's troops. When ihiyen-'
tered the city it was Farag who preve ited the
garison from tiring upon them. The story
that Farag had once been u slave, and that j
General Gordon secured his liberation, and
that when he subsequently enteral Gordon's :
service the lattor was deceived into mistak- j
ing Farad's zeal for evidence of gratitude, is ,
corroborated by the cavass. Ho says that
when Gordon mado Farag military com- j
mandant he used to receive letters from El
Mahdi. When Gordon would ask him about
this correspondence Farag would say the let- i
tors weio unimportant, and Gordon appar- [
ently took him at his word.
Concerning the massacre in Klwrtoum Ab- !
j dul Kerim states that General Gordon's clerk |
and the chief clerk of the arsenal were killed, j
El Mahdi did not enter Khartoum until the j
third day after its capitulation. He in-,
spectod the city and then returned to '
Omdurman, where ho remains. After j
General Gordon fell Abdul Keiim says the
Arabs killed his clerk and nine others wi k
spears. The others who were at the
time with Gordon escaped. The cavass
declares that, with the exception of the
attack In which these murders were committed,
there was no fighting in Khartoum.
During the attack, however, all the Europeans
and most of the notables were killed, i
while the attack was in progress the . male
inhabitants of th-? city joined the insurgents. I
Abdul Kerim stat?s that no women or children
were killed, and that all who submitted
to the invaders and surrendered their valuables
were permit.cd to depart unharmed.
It was reported that El Mahdi
ordered Farag to be hanged, and that the
Prophet's 8'>ldiers plundered Khartoum, killing
all the Greks in the arsenal and liberating
all the prisoners except the Gi c:k Consul
Nico'ai and a doctor. Abdul Kerim says that
El Mahdi has 4U.000 good fighting men, who,
however, he thinks, have been somewhat
Beared at the results of the battles at Abu
Klea, Gubat, and Kabbabish.
NEWS SUMMARY
FftHtcrn nnd .lllrtdlo State*.
. Dr. Leopold Damrosch, ono of tho best
known musicians in America, anil musical
! director of tho German Opera company performing
nt the Metropolitan Opera-housa in
New York, died suddenly in that city after a
short illness. Ho was a native of Posen,
Poland, and was born in 1S33.
Captrin Phelan, the Kansas City ofllcia
who to recently stabbed by Dick Short, in
O'Donovan Kossa's United Irishman oflice,
New York, was able to appear and testify
against his assailant.
Mr. Francis A. Drexel, the senior of tho
two brothers at the beid of tho famous Drexel
banking; houses in Philadelphia, New York,
and Paris, died suddenly tho other afternoon
m Hiilad.'lphia, aged sixty-one years.
The destruction of five dwelling houses by
Are in Mahanoy City, Pi-nn., rendered forty
persons homeless.
Dr. Helmbold, of "Buchu" famo, has
been released from a Philadelphia insme
asylum after somo years' incarceration, and
will resume business "in New Uirk.
A sailing vessel brought to Now York tho
captain, first mate nnd two seamen of tho
Norwegian bark Alfred, which had been
wrecked at seo. The four men had been
picked up in an open boat. Eight men left
on the bark were probably lost.
One man was instantly killed and thirteen
others wore seriously injured by an explosion
r\f fro e 5^111 ft nr>Hiirvrrv->unr} in n minA nTl the
outskirts of Wilkesbarre. 1'eim.
Biq snow drifts inipeilel railroad travel
quite genorallv throughout Central New
York", Northern Pennsylvania and the Eastern
States. In ninny instances trains were
stopped all along the road, unable to move
either way for several days.
A fire 111 Lynn, Mas?., destroyed tho large
boot and shoe la.-tory of C. A. Coffin & Co.,
and two smaller buildings, ontailing an estimated
total loss of $750,000. Tho factory was
four stories high, 100 feet 'long and 75 feet
deep, and eniployod 250 hands.
Ex-Uovernor moses, of South Carolina,
has been sentenced at East Cambridge
Mass., to six months' imprisonment for obtaining
*34 under false pretences from Colonel
T. \V. Higginson.
The Meti opolitan Opera-house in New
York was draped throughout in black and
filled with spectators at tho funeral of
Dr. Damrosch. musical director of tho German
opera, llev. Henry Ward Beecher delivered
tho funeral address, and tho leading
Grerman singing societies of tho city took
part in the impressive services.
South and Wen*
Another wide-spread snow storm, entailing
much delay to railroad travel, is reported
from tho West and Northwest
A revival of religion is spreading over
the Ohio valley from Wheeling, W. Ya., to
tho Kentucky line. Scores of towns and
cities report conversions ranging from 25 to
500 each.
J. M. Jackson*, a levee contractor, got into
a quarrel with a gang of sixteen men, who
were in his employ, near Sun Rise, Miss. The
men tried to kill him. He was armed with a
each time. Three of tho men shot died.
Jackscn gave himself up, but was acquitted.
Nancy Cass Wilmore, roputcd to be 110
years old. died a few davs ago in Wilmington,
III
Mn. Hendricks, Vice-President-elect, was
one of tho guests at a banquet given by tho
Chineso residents of Indianapolis, Ind., in
honor of the Chinese New Year.
William W. Massey, teller of the Bank
of Commerce, Baltimore, has been sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary, with hard
labT for embezzlement.
Eighty thousand visitors were present
during the annual Mardi Gras festival in
New Orleans. King Carnival made his usual
triuni{ hint entry into tho city at the head
of a procession, and at night the streets were i
brilliantly illuminated.
As in tho East. I he West and Northwest
have suffered severely from imjiedltnent to
railroad travel by huge snow drifts. Trains
everywhere in these sections liavo been
stalled or delayed, and in many cases it took
days to get them moving.
Numerous deaths from exposure to the j
cold are reported from tho Northwest.
Emory Speer's nomination to bo district
judge for the southern district of Georgia hus
been confirmed by tho Senate by a vot: of -7
yeas to U0 nays, a'fter a bard light against confirmation.
A young woman in the Chicago hospital
has such brittle bones that they have been
fracture ! over 170 times since she was two
years old.
Two brothers named Rainey. who murdered I
Constable Johnson and wounled Constable j
FJoyd near Marysville, Texas, while they I
were serving a process, were captured in the j
Indian Territory and lynched by a party of j
Texas citizens.
The business part of Bisbee, Arizona, has
been burned; aggregate losses $ 100,0JO.
Jerry Colt.ixs and his nephew, Samuel
Scott, quarreled at Shelby ville, Tenn., over
a bet ot ten cents and fought with knives i
Mrs. Collins rushed between them and re- j
ceived a wound in the back, from which sho I
died.
Tiie firm of John Chaffee &; Sons, one of
the largest cotton factors in New Orleans, has
failed. Liabilities, $508,403; assets, $1,?<W,OJO.
The first vote in joint ession of the Illinois
legislature for Unite! States Senator to succeed
General Logan resulted as follows: |
John A. Logan, 101 (the full Republican j
strength present); William R. Morrison, 04; !
E. M. Haynes, 5; Frank Lawler, l,and J. H. j
Ward, 1. Two members wero absent Thsro |
was no election.
At a fire on a rancho near Cheyenne, Wy- j
oming, an imported stallion casting $15,000 j
and a Cleveland bay wortk ??,000 were
burned to death.
Waslifnsrtont
The President has approved the act to
authorize a retired list lor privates and non- |
commissioned officers of the United States !
army who havo served for thirty or more ]
years.
Under the terms of a now extradition treaty
with Great Britain, just submitted to tho j
Dominion gove.n me.it for approval, default- 1
ing bank officers and others charged with I
similar offences from the United States will [
no longer be able to find an asylum in Canada, i
Internal Revknue Commissioner Evans i
has been charged with maladmin-stration of I
his otlice, violation of the civil service rules,
and misappropriation of property. His accuser
is William Howard Mills, a treasury
clerk and former clerk in the revenue bureau,
"While under alcoholic influenco youn?
Butler Mahone, son oi' Senator Mahone, created
a disturbance at Wolcker's hotel, where
his parents are stopping, and finally shot a:
a colored porter, the ballet piercing the
man's forefinger. Mahone was arrested and
gave bail.
The coinage of minor coins?ono and fivecent
pieces?has been suspended.
The medical library and museum con i
nected with tho surgeon-general's ofllc? I
is to havo a fire-proof building erected I
for the storage of valuable books, document?, ]
etc., at a cost of
The Congressional committee of inquiry j
into tho Jeanette arctic expedition has made I
a report blaming no ono and praising every- I
body.
!
Foreign.
B. B. Hotchkiss, inventor of tho world j
renowned Hotchkiss machine shell gun. died
in Paris of a paralytic shock. He was sixty !
years of age, and was a member of tho firm j
of Hotchkiss Sons, Bridgeport, Conn. The i
doceased left a fortune valued at $5,000,00>"). 1
M. VALLES.a prominent French journalist j
is (IokI.
London dispatches contained many con- I
flicting reports concerning tho fall of KLar- !
touin and tho fate of General Gordon. Ono |
dispatch a -erted that rutiva messengers i
declared Khnr'.ou.ti had noc fallen, and '
that General Gordon was f-till alive.
On tho other hand advices received by the
British war ollice stated that a native testified
ho had been an eye witness of tho city's capture
by the Arabs, and that Gordon was
killed by a volley from Arab riflemen while
on his way to the Austrian consulate.
Women in Osman D.gna's camp aro being
armed and drilled to oppose tho British
advance in tho Soudan.
Seventeen* men?eight soldiers and nino
civilians?wore killed by a powder explosion
in Gibraltar.
Russia has ordered 2,0fk) ICrnpp guns of
lar.ro size to aid in strengthening its position
in Central Asia.
W. \V. Astor, American minister to Italy,
has resigned his position, and his resignation
has been accepted. Edward Fierrepont w.ll
act ascharge d'affaires until a new rcjoister
arrivos.
Aftkr a scries of stubborn contests with
tho Chinese the French troops in Tonqmn
have captured tho city of Langson. The
Chinese lost heavily: tho French loss was o'J
killed and 222 wounded.
A dynamite scare prevails at Frankfort,
Stuttgart, and Mayence, owing to anarchist
loiters and placards which have been circulated
broadcast, threatening explosions.
In* a naval engagem.-nt lietween tho Fren?h
fleet uiider Admiral Courbetand (ivoChino<e
tnen-of war, t he l'ren h torpe.lo buats sunk
two of tho Chineso warships, tho three others
escaping in a log to Chinghai.
General Gordon's trusted messenger,
George, has arrived at Abu-Klea. lie says
..nit a most all the native accounts agree that
lienors! Gordon, on finding himself betrayed,
made a rush for the magazine near the Catholic
Mission buildings. Finding tho rebels
already in possession, he returned to the gov
j eriiment house and wis killed whilo trying to
! re-enter it
Laura Schirmeb, the pretty Boston comic
jpera singer, lias been in Italy studying tor
tour years, but will coine homo and sing in
| New iork with McCaull tins summer. Kin!
ma Bomeldi is another American s.nger just
, hack froui Italy who wants to sing a lot. of
the dramatic ro.es in Italian opera.
A vert rich old lady went to hear Mr.
Moody in Washington, fche was so pleased
with him that wnen she went home she
changed her will and provided that <10,000
1 ihould be given to him upon her death
THE BRITISH RETREAT.
The Entire Plan of the Campaign
in Egypt Changed.
I Wolseley's Foto to b8 Concentrated
Around Korti.
It is announced that in view of the fae^
I that the fall of Khartoum and the death of
I General Gordon have rendered the main ob'
jeet of Genoral Wolseley's expedition impos.
| sible, tho British government has deemed
' t expedient to change tho whole
j plan of the campaign in tho
i Soudan. General Brackenbary, who sucj
ceedi'd tho lato Genoral Earle, has boon
j ordered to abandon his advance on Borber
and to concentrate his troops at Korti. Colonel
Sir Red vers Builer, who evacuated
Gubat and withdrew his forces to Abu Klca,
has also bs.-n or tared to full ba -It on Korti. ,
All the avnilablo troops in eneral Wolseley's
command w.li bo concentrated at that place
and at Debloh and Korosico, the main body
being at Koiti. It is prol able that General
Wobely may evacuate Korti and retire to
Debbeh, where desert routos from Omdurraan,
El Obeid and Darfour converge
on the Nile. General Wolseley
will there await help from England.
At Korti tho general could be
surrounded. In the retirement all available
supplies will bo swept up, and the whole army
intfenched at Debbeh could hold its own, if
necessary, until the rising of the Nile occurs.
Dongola, Hannek. and various other points
on the river between Debbeh and Halfay
1?I.J U-. ? 1. Rn'll'oh
ciru uciu uy y\cu& uutaiuuiunu) ui >
troops. There is a lino of telegraph which
possibly might be maintained, while steam
launches on the clear reaches could keep
up some sort of communication with the second
cataract. The moral effect of this retirement
will naturally be rather serious, though
it would be, to a certain extent, neutralized
by action in unrmstakablo strength from
Suakim. General Wolseley will probably
return to Cairo to consult with General Stephenson
and others in regard to the present
situation of affairs.
General Brackenbury, commanding the
troopa of the late General Earle, has 'telegraphed
from Ussi Island that the civalry
corps entered Salamat finding it deserted.
When they entered Salaraat the cavalry
were about fl ve miles in advance of the infantry.
The horses and camels had got
safely through tho Shukook Pass, which had
been prepared for defense, but was also
abandoned by the Arabs.
In regard to General Wolseley, the Pall
Mall Gazette believes that he will be recalled
either to Cairo or to London. In case ho be
recalled to Cairo the only reason that will be
given will probably be tnat he can better direct
from that point tho military oporations
from Suakim against Osnmn Digna. In the
evont of Lord Wolseley's recall to London it
can be said that he can be far more useful in
pei-sonal contact with the ministry than he
could be shut up in the mudii ate of Dongola.
Several detachments of British troops have
left England for Egypt to reinforce Lord
Wolseley.
later news
In a graveyard near Point Pleasant, W,
Va., six bodies wero robbed from their graves
and placed on the ground in tne simpe 01 a
Greek cross. The limbs had been severed
from two of the bodies in order to make tho
contour of the cross moro perfcct. No reason
could bo found for the act.
A hue in tho business section of Philadelphia
almost completely destroyed nine large
buildings and very much damaged ten
others, causing aggregate losses of $251). 000.
Fireman John McCourt and a drayman
named Marshall were killed ana three other
persons injured.
Fire has destroyed tho big Grannis block
in Chicago, a building in which wero located
two national banks and numerous lawyers,
architects and insurance agents. The building
was valued at *200,001).
The British schooner E. V. Olive, from I
Ruatan to Mobile, has been lost in the Gulf |
of Mexico, with all on board.
The United States consul at Malaga reports
that a partial estimate of tho damages of the
recent earthquakes in Spain shows a los3 of
nearly ?4,OOJ,OOD. Continuing shocks
paralyze business and prevent the return of
the citizens to their homes. A heavy fall of
snow has also added to the misery of tho
homoless thousands.
The answer of the department or justice to
an inquiry of tho Hotuo shows that since 1872
the amount expended for deputy marshals,
supervisoi s and other election oflic.rs has exceeded
$l,n7i5,(WO. Of this sum fully fifty
per ccnt. was sent to Now York city districts.
Two trains were wrecked by colliding between
Washington, D. C., and Alexandria,
Vo. The wrecked trains caught fire, tho
flames boing fed by petroleum from two oil
cars, and thirty-one cai-s, including the bag"
gago and mail cars, wero destroyed. Four
trair, hands were killed and seven or eight
persons injured.
A lakge number of Russian exiles at Irk.
utsk, Siberia, revolted, but were subdued
after a desptrate contest with the authorities.
Nine soldiers and thirty exiles were
killed and many wounded on both sides.
Mrs. James Russell Lowell, wife of the j
American minister to England, is dead.
The British parliament is again in stssionAt
tho opening of the house of commons Sir
Stafford Northcote, leader of tho opposition,
ffivo n-itico of n motion of inouirv resnectiner
tho government's Egyptian policy.
LATF.lt COKCUKSSIOMAL NEWS.
Senate.
The Senate passed tho Texas Pacific forfeiture
bill, Mr. Blair, of New Hampshire,
and Mr. Bowen, being tho only Senators who
votod against it. The bill forfeits and restores
to tho public domain tho lands
granted in 1871 to the Texas Pacific Kailroad
company to aid in the construction of
their road. The bill had passed tho House,
and went back to that body with the
Senate's amendments added thereto... .Mr.
Plumb reported tho post oflico appropriation
bill, appropriating $53,819,900, an increase of
$:?JO,OOJ over the bill as passed by tho House,
and 83,279, L79 less than the estimates.
House.
Mr. Holnmn introduced a joint resolution
requesting the President to open negotiations
with the French Republic with a view of negotiating
a new convention with that government
for tho establishment of another Frenc h
and American claims commission, which
shall have ample jurisdiction to reopen, examine
and finally determine all claims which ,
were filed before the late commission under [
the convention of January 15, 18i0 Mr. |
Bennett, from tho committee on elections, I
submitted a report on the Iowa contested
election caso of Frederick against "Wilson, !
accompanied by a resolution declaring Fred- j
erick entitled to tho roat Consideration i
of tho river ana liarbor appropriation bill |
was resumed.
LOCKED IN THE ICE,
Arctic Ailveiiinrc" oi a Stea mer'a
Crew 011 I.akc .Hichlsnn>
A Grand Haven (Mich.) dispatch says that
| particulars were received thero regarding the
| terrible exporienco of tho crew of the ice- j
! locked stoamer Michigan. On Sunday it was i
i decided that owing to short provisions, half (
1 of tho crew would have to go ashore, as the
i food would only last a week longer. On
' Tuesday morning from tho cross-trees
I u rim of land was sightjd to
I tho eastward. Thirteen men were
chosen to remain and seventeen of t!io
! most hardy to go ashore. The mercury was
{ then 10 degrees In-low. At 7 o'clock Joseph
' Russell, first mate; David Martin, steward; j
; \V. P. Kenny, clerk, and fourteen of tho 1
j crew started, with a day's rations, axes |
j blankets, otc., expecting that they might have :
j to i>e out over night, as tho land s. otned thirty j
! miles nwoy. When about twelvo :
j inl.es away from the boat. Kenny broko i
through the ice, wetting his right leg to tho i
: knee. They went on about six miles, when I
they fouml Kenny s log frozen. All were exhausted,
as the ico was rough and blocked
into nearly imji.issablo ridgis many feet |
high and miles wido. When off land four j
: miles Kenny couhl not stand, and dragged j
j himself along on his hands and knees lor ;
j two miles, when be was completely
exhausted, and so frozen that ho |
could not move, mid urg?*l tha i
others to leave him and savo themselves. |
Soiuc of tho party had by this time?5 o'clock
?reachod the shoro and found a few houses j
at West Casco. They alarmed tho neighbor- j
hood, and farmers went out and carried the
brave but insensible Kenny tothe beach. The !
land there rises IfiO feet, almost straight, j
! Henving lines were placed around j
Kenny, and he was drawn up by those
atovo and carried to a dwelling. The men
were housed and fed by tho farmers, who I
willingly cared for them. Kenny recovered !
j consciousness at 10 o'clock, and" everything j
was done for him that was possiblo. All of
(lis men nre able to take cure of themselves
exropt Clerk Kenny.
Milwaukee dispatches state that Lnko
Michigan is frozen from shore to shore, tho
ico ranging from nine Inches to three feet in
thickness.* Tho propellers City of Ludington
and Wisconsin are frozen in somewhere in
the lake.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS j
Senate*
The agricultural appropriation bill was reported
to the Senate. It appropriates $577,790;
an increase of $31,5J0 over the amount
appropriated by the bill as it passed the
House....The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up and discussed.
The postoUlce appropriation bill was laid
before the Senate and referred to the committee
on appropriations The bill to quiet
the title of settlers on the Des Moines river
lands came before the Senate as unfinished
business. Mr. Sherman said that long discussion
of tho bill would defeat its object,
owing to la;:k of time, and he moved to lay
ti on the table. Hi-t motion was voted down
by 123 nays to 17 yeas. Upon motion of Mr.
Dawes the Doi Moines bill was temporarily
laid asido and tlua Indian appropriation bill
taken up, and after discussion was passed. It
appropriates for all purposes $3,16., 135.SO
Mr. Hawley presented the credentials of reelection
of Mr. Plait, and Mr. Bowen the |
credentials or Henry M. Teller, the Senatorelect
from ColoradoThe
anti-foreign contract labor bill was
placed before the Senate. Mr. Sherman said
that it was Mr. Morrill's intention to call up
and continue discussion of the trade dollar
bill on the completion of the labor bill. Mr.
Beck said that no did not know how that bill
had got out of sight. Mr. Hawley said it had
gone to the calendar when the Senate declined
to proceed with it. That courso was
i- J ?:4.u *u- o ....i ir
in UL-uuruuuuu wiiii tue oeiimw i ultra, iui. .
Beck expressed the hope that if it was to bo
killed, it would be killed squarely, and not by
indirection. Consideration of the anti-foreign
contract labor bill was then proceeded with
without action.
The chair laid before the Senate a memorial
of the legislature of Maine, urging the
passage by Congress of tho bill to authorize
the placing of General Grant on the retired
list....The anti-foreign contract labor bill
was possed with amendments, and wont back
to the House... Mr. Palmer introduced a bill
to set apart the unsurveyed marsh lands at
tho mouth of the St Clair river, known as
the St Clair flats, as a hunting and fishing
preserve for the people of the United Statesj
it was referred to the committee on public
lands.
llouio.
The House by 144 yoas to 52 nays, passed
the Senate bill granting a pension of $'i,0U0 a
year to the widow of General George H.
Thomas Several amendments to the post
office appropriation bill wero passed The
legislative appropriation bill was discussed.
Mr. Slocum under instructions from the
military committee, moved to suspend the
rules and pas3 the Senate bill for the retirement
of General Grant. This is the first bill
passed by the Senate, and specifically names
the officer to be retired. The thirty-minute
debate allowed under the rules was opened
by Mr. Slocum in behalf of tho bill. Mr.
Horr opposed the bill in its present shape, on
the ground that it was drawn for tho purpose
of preventing General Grant from being put
on the rotired list. Messrs. Thomas and Rosencrans
also opposed to tho bill. Messrs. Cox,
of New York, and Randall favored the bill. |
The motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill was lost?ye is, 153; nays, 10:5?not the
necessary two-thirds voting in the affirmative.
Mr. Dorsheimer introduced in the bouse today
a bill to regulate the coinage and promote
the equal circulation of gold and silver A
resolution for the appointment of a commission
on tho subject of the alcoholic
liquor tariff was reported
back adversely by Mr. English, of Indiana,
from the committee having charge o( tho
matter, and was laiduppn the table....Tho
joint resolution giving noti-o to tho North
Geiman Confederation of intention to terminate
the treaty of 1S68 was reported from
tho committee on foreign affairs by
Mr. Deuster, of Wisconsin, and placed
on the House calendar Mr.
Riggs, of Illinois, from tho committee
on public health, reported n resolution recommending
tho appropriation committee to
insert in an appropriation bill an item of
?50.),000 to bo expended in preventing th?
introduction into tho United States of the
Asiatic cholera.. .The legislative appropriation
bill wa3 passod.
The House in committee of tho whole further
considered the River and Harbor bill.
An amendment was adopted appropriating
$300,000 for tho improvement of Galveston
harbor and directing the harbor board to
proceed at once to examine the plans, specifications
and estimates for the improvement
and report to tha secretary of war (or his approval.
The committee rose without reaching
a vote on tho bill....Tho general deficiency
appropriation bill, providing for an
appropriation of $3,501,910, was reported....
The conference report upon the District o!
Columbia npr>i ^prinfion bill was agreed to.
orrn-Dn*- arn ttnnn
Q iuiviix niiif x jj jyjut
A Ter'ifln Ga'e Canne* iTIuch Dam*
a^e Along tlio Atlantic loan!.
A heavy gale along the Atlantic coast and
rising rivers and creeks in the interior have
wrought an immense nmount of damage to
property. Reports from various points are
as follows:
In New York city the rain came down for
hours in torrents, the wind blew with extraordinary
velocity, and hundreds of cellars
were flooded. Several persons wero fatally
injured by falling shutters and signs. In
Brooklyn and on Mtaten Island the damage
inflicted by wind and rain was large, the
shipping suffering heavily, and at Coney
Islaud the raging surf carried away or destroyed
much property, causing an ostimated
loss of $40,11)0.
In New Jersey tho rain, with tho accumulated
ice in the Passaic and Hackensack rivers
and Newark bay, caused a flood on the
meadows between Jersey City and Newark.
From the base of Bergen Hill, just back of
tho former city, all the way to Newark, nothing
wjs to be seen but a broad expanse of
water. Portions of Newark were flooded.
At Belleville and other points above Newark
the meadows were also (loaded, and people
living adjacent to tha river were driven out
or obliged to take refuge on the upper floors.
At Jersey City all the low lands were flooded,
and in the neighborhood of Grand street
much damage was done to furniture in basements
which tenants in that section were
compelled to desert.
A Capo May (N. J.) dispatch says that the
fearful storm which struck the coast there at
night caused considerable loss of property.
Similar reports come from Atlantic city and
other points along the New Jersey seaboard.
A Kew llaven dispatch reports that a
fierce easterly gale prevailed all day, and
caused much damage at various points along
the shore oil the Sound. The wind at one
time attained a speed of fifty-one miles an
hour, and raked great waves in the Sound.
Along the beach at West Haven the rollers
swept almost up to some of tho cottages, and
did great dimage. Bath houses were swept
away and shore roads were badly washed
out.
At Philadelphia the tide in the river was the
highest known since February, 117(3, and in
many plates the water overflowed the
wharves and did considerable damage. The
flood was due to the heavy snow and rains of
the past few days and the immense quantity
of ice in the river. Along Delaware avenue
in some places the water was several inches
deep. In Camden the water was running
over the floor of the Federal street I
ferry. Jlany wharves on the Jersey side j
were submerged, and at Starr's wharf con- I
sideruble lumlmr was afloat. 'Hie Schuylkill 1
river was rising very fast, and ice gorges
were anticipated. In Wilkesbarre, Pittston,
and other Pennsylvania towns tho fiercest
storm ol' wind, ram and snow ever witnessed
took place. At Pittston tho roof of the
Casino bkating rink, a mammoth structure,
fell iu, and was entirely dumolished.
At Vonkers, N. Y~, bout houses were
flooded, a coal pier was submerged, and tho
coal sheds damaged. The water and ice destroyed
boats and summer houses on the river
front at Tarry town, Sing Sing, Peekskill and
other river town?.
Kleven coal barges were wrecked on tho
Green Pints off New Roehelle, N. Y.
Near Trenton a train on the Heading road
was derailed by the submerged track.
Tho cars were thrown down the embankment
and the passengers bruised, but none
seriously injured. The fireman was thrown
down the bank and badly hurt.
At Wilmington, Del., Mary McCafferty,
aged eighteen, was drowned while trying to
cross a swollen creek.
A North Ad iins (Mass.) dispatch says that
a terrible gale accompanied by heavy snow
prevailed in that vicinity all da)*. A cyclone
was i>^ioi to 11 rorn Stamford and Hartwe 1ville,
\ t Everywhere people were reported
to be snowuoumi.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.'
Fanny Davenport has not had a losing
aonso this season.
Stoutness, in Silvini's opinion, bars hi?
Hamlet, llo will mt play it again.
Edwin Boom anil I.aw ret wo Barrett have
bein playing successful engagements in New
York city. |
Tony Pastor will probably enter tho burlesque
opera tiold, with Hilda Tho.nas in principal
roles.
Ma.e Janusciiowsky is singing Prime
Meihusaleiit's part in Boston with tho Mc- j
Caull company.
.Maurice Ktrakosch will bring Fides
Uevri 's, tho ifro it dramatic soprano, to this
country next season.
Mits Lan.jnit is angry with tho London
press because it has condemned her new play
and her manner of acting.
Boston is to have a new theatre that will
seat rom 3, )00 to 4.U00 persons. It will cost
feoOO.OJU exclusive of the lot.
Bret Haute is writing a play depicting
life in tho iar West, minus tho adjuncts of ,
bowio kmves and shooting irons.
Liszt has arrived at Home. Tho great
pianist is in periect health; ho is said to have
tnireasoi in lleah in the past year.
Mme. Nilssox has bjeu decorated by
King Alfonso with the cross of the Civil j
(Jriier of Benelicence, founded by his mother. |
Carrie Goui rey will be tho prima donna
of the Thompson Opera compauy next season.
She ha-s been very successful in Austra* J
lia. _
Connecticut, in proportion to population,
still holds the lead in inventive genius, Lav- (
ing taken out UStt patents last year, on# for j
every G94 persons in the State.
WASHINGTON MATTERS
Affairs of Interest at the National
Capital.
The Foreign Contract Labor Bill as ;
Passed by the Senate.
The following is the text of the House Foreign
Contract Labor bill as amended and
passed by the Senato:
An act to prohibit the importation and mi- 1
gration of foreigners and aliens under contract
or agreement to perform labor in the
United States, its Territories, and the District
of Columbia.
Bo it enacted, etc., That from nndafter the
passage of this act it shall be unlawful for
any person, company, partnership, or corporation,
in any manner whatsoever, to prepay
the transportation or in any way assist or encourage
the importation or migration of any
alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners,
into the United States, its Territories, or the
District of Columbia under contract orogreomcnt,
parole or special, express or implied,
made previous to the importation or migrar
lion of such alien or aliens, foreigner or foreigners,
to perform labor or service of
any kind in the Uni.ed States, its Territories,
or cue uistrict ot ^oiumoitL,
Sec. 2. That all contracts or agreements,
expres? or implied, parole or special, which
may hereafter be made by and between any
person, company, partnership, or corporation
and any foreigner or foreigners, alien or
aliens, to perform labor or service, or having
reference to the performance of labor or service,
by any person in the United States, its
Territories, or tho District of Columbia, previous
to the migration or importation of the
porson or persons whose labor or service is
contracted for into the United States, shall
be utterly void and of no effect.
Sec. 3. That for every violation of any of
tho provisions of section 1 of this act the person,
partnership, company, or corporation
violating the same by knowingly assisting,
encouraging, or soliciting the migration or
importation of any alien or aliens, any foreigner
or foreigners, into the United States,
its Territories, or the District of Columbia,
to perform labor or service of any kind under
contract or agreement, express or implied,
parole or special, with sucu alien or aliens,
foreigner or foreigners, previous to becoming
residents or citizens of the United
States, shall forfeit and pay for every such
offense the sum of $1,000, which may be sued
for and recovered by tho United States or by
any person who shall first bring his action
therefor, including any such alien or foreigner
who may l>e a party to any such contract
or agreement, as debts of like amount
are now recovered in the circuit courts of
the United States, the proceeds to be paid
into the treasury of the United States; and
senarate suits mav bo broucht for each alien
or foreignar being a party to such contract
or agreement aforesaid; and it sball be the
duty of the district attorney of the proper
district to prosecute every such suit at the
expense of the United States.
Sec. 4. That the master of any vessel who
Bhall knowingly bring within the United
States on any such vessel aud land, or permit
to be landed, from any foreign port or place,
any alien laborer, mechanic, or oriisan who,
previous to embarkation on such vessel, had
entered into contract or aCTeemjnt, parole or
special, oxpress or implied, to perform labor
or service in the United States, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction
thereof shall be punished by a fine of
not more than for each and evory such
alien laborer, mechanic, or artisan so brought
as aforesaid, and may also be imprisoned for
a term not exceeding six months.
Sec. 5. That nothing in this act shall be so
constructed as to prevent any citizen or *ubjoct
of any foreign country temporarily residing
in the United States, either in private
or official capacity, from engaging, under
contract or otherwise, persons not residents
or citizens of the United States to act as
private secretaries, servants, or domestics
lor such foreigner temporarily residing in
the United States as aforesaid; nor shall this
act be so construed as to prevent any person
or persons, partnership or corporation, from
engaging, und^r contract or agreement,
skilled workmen in foreign countries to perform
labor in the United States in or upon
any new industry not at present established
in the United States; provided, that skilled
labor for that purpose cannot otherwise be
obtained; nor shall the provisions of this act
aDnlvto nrofessional actors, artists, lecturers.
or singors, nor to persons employed strictly
as personal or domestic servants; provided.,
that nothing in this act shall be construed as
prohibiting any individual from assisting any
member or his family or any relative or personal
friend to migrate from any foreign
country to the United States for the purpose
of settlement here."
S.ciion 0 repeals conflicting Jaws. The
bill went back to tie Hou-e of Representatives
for con -urrence or non-concurrence in
the Senate amendments.
TOM OCHILTREE CREATES A BREEZE.
During consideration of the river and harbor
bill in the Houso Mr. Thomas P. Ochiltree,
of Texas,rose to a question of privileges.
Mr. Holman, of Indiana, had offered an
amendment to the bill, which was lost. Mr.
Ochiltree had gone to Mr. Holman and requested
the name of the gentleman who had
given him ihe information upon which he
based his amendment. That man proved tc
be a Mr. Alexanaer, and of that man Mr.
Ochiltree had said "he hod left his country
for his country's good."
"In going out of this room," continued Mr.
Ochiltree, ''that man attacked me In the
corridor of the capitol and told me in a
threatening manner that he intended to meet
me again for what I had saitl."
A voice?Let h'm meet you. (Laughter.)
"I want t j state further," Mr. Ochiltreo
went on "that I am utterly indifferent as to
shielding myself on the ground thut I am entit
ed to protection as a memi?r of the
Hou?e. I am willing to meet him or any
one else." (Laughter und applause.)
Subsequently Mr. Ochiltree was intervieweion
the subject of his encounter with
Mr. Alexander. "He approacho 1 me," said
~t'Avnn 441m n Hirnntuninrr monnflr
tliU fJICttl ICAUil, la M VUI b>?wvuiu0 ?
and exclaimed:
"I'll see you again for what you have said.
You said I ou"lit to leave the country for the
country's go;xL"
Mr. Ochiltree called a Capitol policeman
and requested the arrest of Mr. Alexander.
Afterward, Mr. Ochiltree stated, Mr. Alexander
apologized and he thereupon requested
Alexander's release.
THE OKLAHOMA LANDS.
Senator Dawes reported favorably from
the committee on Indian airairs, a bill to
enable the President to negotiate for the purchase
of portions of certain Indian reservations,
which nre described in the bill and are
geuerally known as the Oklahoma lands. Tho
bill furthor provides that any person who without
authority of law. outer these landsshall bo
fined not more than i 5 W or imprisonment for
not more than one year or both for the first
o.Ten.-e, and bo fine I $1,000 or imprisonment
for not more tka i two years for each subsequent
olFeni o. it also authorizes tho seizure
of tho outfit of such persons.
KIOTS ABROAD,
Deinona'ratlon by Worklngmen In
London and *ociaIi?t? In Paris.
Great excitement was occasioned in London
a few days since by a determined demonstration
of unemployed workingmen. A
deputation of workingmen, escorted by a
procession of 3,000 tinemp oyed laborers, accompanied
by bands and carrying banners,
marched to the offices of the local government
board. Arrived there, ilia deputation
entered and demanded relief
for ths unemployed of Loudon
through the institution of public works. The
olliciuls iu charge of the board-rooms were
somewhat dismayed by tho demonstration,
but informed th-j deputation that no official
answers to the demand could at that time bo
given bccauso tho Right lion. Sir Charles
Dilke, the president of tho board, was
away, and during his nbsenca
nothing could be done. This reply
was received in sullen silence and tiio crowd
rushed in a body into Downing street, despite
all tho efforts of the police to prevent !
them, and, until dispersed, stood yelling |
around tho official residence of tho prime ]
minister. A large meeting of unemployed ]
workmen was held later on, and when tho
crowd liecanu demonstrative they were j
charged by the police and dispersed.
Forty thousand people in Paris were in the
funeral procession ot M. Valles, the wellknown
socialistic journalist. A number of
German socialists in the procession carried a
German Hap. This provoke 11 h<< Frenchmen
in the streets, who sin uted " Down with the
German fla^!" Tne opposition sooti
extended to the Frenchmen in the procession.
When the flag was not lowered in answer to
these shouts it was stoned. Then a free liyht
occurred between the supporter of tho German
banner and the Frenchmen. A p irty'of ,
students made a rush and endeavored to
seize tho obnoxious German emblem. During j
the scuffle which ensued two students were
injured.
NEWSY GLEANINGB,
American canned frogs are in great demand
in i- ranee.
Lemon growing is becoming a profitable I
industry in Florida.
Cat lights are tho latest diversion of the i
New York so-called vpori."
It is taid tint over threo million troo3 I
were planted in Great Britain in itsSI.
The manufacture of urlili.ial ivory from |
bones and sera [is 01 sheepsiuu is a new nidus- i
try.
The United State.h and France are tho
greatest chocolate consuming countries in tho
world.
There were 408 postmasters who died lost
year, whilo there were 7Uo who were suspends
d.
A walnut orchard of seventeen acres at
Los Angeles, Cai., yielded its owner
this season.
Melbourne, Ark., with a population of
2oU, has iuur chuiches, any ono 01 wnicii will
hold tuo entire population.
Eleven national banks, twenty-two State
banks, eleven savings bunKsaiul twenty-seven
jjrivuto banking iiistiiut.ons tailed nut year.
Tue Bible mentions GxJO places in Palestine
west of Jordan, and 4-JU have been identified,
132 by the stall' of the Palestine exploration
fund.
Ancient Mexican Sacrifices. ,
The following extract is from the work,
''Kative Religions of Mexico and Peru:"
The Mexican sacrifices were, in truth, of
the most frightful description. It was
an axiom among the Aztecs that none
but human sacrifices were truly efficacious.
They were continually making
war in order to get a supply of victims.
They regarded the victim, when ones
eelected, as a kind of incarnation of the
deity who was ultimately to consume his
flesh, or at any rate his heart. They retained
the practice of cannibalism as a
religious rite, and as though they had
some of the redskin's blood in their
veins, they refined upon the tortures to
which they forced those victims, whom
they had almost adored tho moment be*
fore, to undergo at last.
To celebrate the close of the annual
rule of Tezcatlpoca, which fell at the
beginning of May, they set apart a year
beforehand the handsomest of the
prisoners of war capturcd during the
AtVin/? 'kim it*
Jjrcucuxug jrcui. mcj uiui iu
it costume resembling that of the image
jf the god. He might go and come in
freedom, but he was always followed by
eight page9, who served at once as an
escort and a guard. As he passed, I
will not say that the people either knelt
or did not kneel before him, for in Mexico
the attitude expressive of religious
adoration was that of squatting down
upon the haunches. Ashe passed, then,
the people squatted ill along the streets
as soon as they heard the sound of the
bells that he carried on his hands and
feet.
Twenty days before tho festival they
redoubled their care and attention.
They bathed him, anointed him with
perfume, and gave him four beautiful
damsels as companions, each one bearing
the name of a goddess, and all of
them instructed to leave nothing undone
to make their divine Bpousc as
happy as possible. He then took part
in splendid banquets, surrounded by
the great Mexican nobles. But the day
before the great festival they placed him
and his four wives on board a royal
canoe and carricd them to the other side
of the lake. In the evening the four
goddesses quitted their unhappy god,
and his eight guardians connuctea mm
to a lonely teocalli, a league distant,
where he was flung upon the stone of
sacrifices and his heart torn from his
bosom. He must disappear and die
with the god whom he represented, who
must now make way for Nitzilopochtli.
This latter deity likewise had his human
counterpart, who had to lead a wardance
in his name before being sacrificed.
He had the grotesque privilege
of choosing the hour of his own immolation,
but under the condition that the
longer he delayed it the less would his
soul be favored in the abode of Nitzilopochtli.
A Nest of Hnman "Dock Bats."
New York shelters its inhabitant in a
variety of ways. Putting altogether to
one side the common and ordinary- m
of people who live in more or less costly
and reipectable houses, the habitations
of the great unwashed are more or less
unique, ingenious and dirty. Sheds,
woodpiles and dump carts furnish shelter
for many homeless stragglers, tramps and
wanderers. They have no settled place
of existence; they do no business. But
a Herald, reporter came across an abode
without its equal in the city?a house
that has no landlord and a place of business
paying not a cent of rental.
It is in a celebrated locality. It is
under the arch at the foot of East Forty- *1*
nni) Ar*A? it lfl IT
ttlAlil auccb UUU uvgi lb AO irjuwu(tvi juauv a i
historic manure beap.
'Til show you a sight," said the big
policeman on duty to the reporter. The
policeman disappeared down a side of
the manure heap, the reporter following
him. He thumped away at a door almost
concealed by the manure. A low
browed, dusty, swathy Italian opened it
and a mangy cur bit at the reporter's
heels.
"They would murder you if you came
down here alone," said the policeman,
"but now look around."
The vast open space under the dock
was divided up into huge compartments.
One side of it faced the river, and moored
to the dock were two dump scows. A
dozen or so Italians were raking, pulling
and picking among the refuse, putting
bones, tins and rags into baskets and
carrying them on shore. In one of the
large spaces was a tremendous pile of
tins, ola cans, kettles and scraps of tins.
"They sell them to the toy manufacturers
down town," said the policoman.
In another space were barrels, boxes,
bales and heaps of rags. In another was
a small pile of bones.
"We make them move the bones out
daily," said the policeman, "on account
of the smell."
And away up at the head of the dock,
close to where the sewer poured its contents
into the river, was a small, roughlyboarded
room, which acted as kitchen,
sleeping apartment, parlor, dining room
and pantry of the gentlemen engaged
outside. There were bunks along the
side, tins on the walls, a charcoal fire
and an odor of everything nasty and
vile. The reporter left, and the Italians
scowled blackly after him and his guide.
"The padrone pays $15 a week for the
privilege of raking the scows," said the
policemen.?New York Herald.
Holding Him Cheap.
There are some circumstances in which
it is better to be a Russian nobleman
than an English gentleman, and apparently
among them may be reckoned
the unpleasant circumstance of falling
into the hands of a set of Italian brigands.
A short time ago a Russian
nobleman, Count Woarof, and his wife
were captured by a party of Italian bandits
in the neighborhood of Palermo.
The lady, we read, was restored to liberty
after a few hours detention, but her
husband was carried away into the
mountains. The authorities.appealed to
for assistance, failed in their endeavors
to discover the whereabouts of the Rus- !
sian count, and his wife was beginning I
A r Ininnnn I
10 leur IUU nuioi luai vvu.o ..-J.,.
when she received a letter, telling her
that her husband was alive and well,
but would only be set free on the reception
of a sum of money "equivalent to
the value of a Russian." "We allow you
twenty-four hours to reflect in," added
the writer of the missive? that is to say
the chief of tlie brigands?"and we advise
you not to show this or betray our
hiding place to the nohce." Before the
day granted had expired the countess had
sent six hundred roubles to the place indicated,
aud the captive recovered his j
freedom. lie was told by the chief of !
the band as he was departing that had he I
been an English gent eman ten time3 six !
hundred roubles would have been re !
quired to ransom him; but for a Russia" |
nobleman they were sat is/led with the
trifling amount they received.
A Devil Fish One Hnndreil Feet Long.
We find the following in a letter written
to Professor liaird, United States lish
commissioner: Captain Ivecne states that (
when fishing ou the Grand Hank, in
latitude 44 degrees north, longitude 50
degrees west (approximately) lie found
floating at the surface near liis vessel one
of the large squid, the body of which
measured as accurately as it could be
p ? _ itffFir fnot lnnor whilft I
iroiii u uui>, ???:> u..j ??,
the tentacles, all of winch were intact
and uninjured, were longer th:in the
body, nuiking the entire length more
than one hundred feet. The tentacles
were larger around than the body of a
stout niau. He cut the squid up and
boated aboard three dorv loads, prob
ably about three toils' weight, and he
estimates that there was at least one to
two more boat loads which he left to
diifr away. 1 have frequently heard of
fishermen finding pieces of tentacles,etc.,
which mght belong to animals nearly or
quite as large as the one above mentioned
but I have never before met with any one
who has had the fortune to sec entire
such a king of raollusks. The information
which he furnishes seems to be of
more than ordinary importance, since it
enables us to form more accurate estimates
of the maximum growth attained
by these great "devil fish."'
The life of 1,000 persans is now equal
in duration to iha*, of 1,070 persons previously,
and 1,000 births will now keep
up the growth of the world's population
as well as 1,070 births used to do.
OUR WEATIIEIl PROPHETS. - |
asAzzzro obs^bvatzovs . -jl
AHD PBXJ>ZCTXOVa.
The Course of the Storms Generally 't-'S
Eastward?liat Cold Wave* are
?Independent Weaiber Prop be
The science of meteorology is still in
its inlancy. About fourteen years ago
the first predictions, being then called 'SM
"probabilities," were made by the signal "lag
service. In order to secure accurate ob- \
servationR taken by over two hundred
observers located in different parts of tho
United States, and all taken at exactly
the same instant of time, it was decided
by Congress to make these observers
amenable to military discipline by enlisting
them in the signal corps of the
army. The wisdom of this measure, it
is claimed by the officers of the service,
is amply proven by the clock-work pre- . ]
cision with which' each man performs ' ':<M
his duty. Three times daily, at intervals
of eight hours, is he noting the :y%J8|
reading of his instruments: First, the
weight of the elastic forcc of the atmosphere
as shown by the barometer; sec- \
ond, the relative humidity or per cent of
moisture contained in the air, as determined
by the hygrometer; third, the
velocity, force and direction of the
wind, a* per anemometer; and lastly,
the kind, amount and direction of
clouds, and amount of rainfall. Fpr the -^-pH
purpose of brevity this is reduced to
cyprter form, and within thirty minutes Vj||3l
from the time the first instrument is read
the full observation is received by tele- '<43
graph at the office of the chief signal . '~Jm
officer in this city.
These observation offices are distributed
over every section of the country from . 7^?
Florida to Oregon. They record their
observations at exactly the same moment
(Washington time). Therefore when re- .J/jjm
ceived at headquarters and their facta - --ffill
nnd figures charted upon a map of the / United
States, the chart becomes a simple
photograph of the conditions existing in -'A
the atmosphere at that moment. It is
from this chart that the predictions for '
the following day are made. By draw- ~ ?
ing a line connecting all stations of the ,
same barometric pressure *.he area of j
lowest barometer is easily located. Moist . '"
air being lighter than dry, the center of
low barometer becomes the storm centet? -.
This center hns no wind direction geographically,
the atmosphere moving with
a rotary motion upward and the surrounding
air being drawn toward the
center. The winds always blow from a
heavy atmospheric pressure toward the
point of least resistance, moving spirally ft
inward toward the storm-center.
The low area is usually several nun* .
dred miles in extent. When the storm "'^k
is stationary its form is nearly circular, > ijgH
but when moving eastward its aides are >4
depressed until it becomes an oval, tbc '
depression being proportionate with its >'
velocity. Twenty-four ho-irs isthe aver- yJiS
age time required for a storm to travel "
from the Mississippi river to New York, ^\?S?IB
and nearly the same time from Now
York to Newfoundland.
The preparation of these- daily weather
charts enable the students to go back : ;$?
fourteen years and find a complete record
of every storm that has occurred daring
that time; where formed, the direction
and velocity with which it traveled '[*m
across the country, and all the- natural
phenomena attendant upon it from its in- '
ceptlon to its dissipation. It is the accuracy
of these records that has enabled ."yfgi
the United States to take the first place
among all nations in the progress made
in the science of meteorology; and it !a
the study of them that enables the indi- -ffiM
cution officcr of the signal service to de- ..
tect the formation of a storm in its iaclpiency
and to foretell the path it will
travel and give warning accordingly.
The course of storms is universally
eastward. No storm of the Pacific coast
ever reaches us, as, in crossingsuccessive- 1
ly the several ranges of mountains inter- *
vening, the atmosphere is forced up to '
such an elevation that all moisture is coddensed
by cold and it descends the east- '. ^
era slope of the Rocky mountains a per- fectly
drv air; indeed, so void of all hu- .
midity that hunters cure fredh meat ia
the middle of summer by simply hang- ,|H
ing it on the limbs of trees, and the region
for a hundred miles east of the hills
is a barren waste.
Many of our severest storms form la
the region just west of the Mississippi
river, pass eastward off the Atlantic
coast, and augmenting in force as they
cross the ocean, continue their course '1*3
over Europe until dissipated by en- '
countering some range of mountains. Be- '
tween July and October the United
States is. usually visited by rrom one to
three heavy storms, which come up from
the West Indies, crossing the extreme
Southern States in a northeasterly direc- .i -Ja
tion, and then following up the coast
violent gales always attend, uisciaimcu .asaa
that millions of dollars are annually
saved tn shipping interests of the Atbin- -v i
tic ports by means of the warnings " ."<g
played by the signal service several
liours in advance of these storing. - '-'.J
A cold wave is an immense river of air . <J
flowing from the Arctic regions south- ,??
ward through British America, and entering
the United States between th?
Rocky mountains and the Great Lakes, \
when it spreads out East and South. Jt
always comes from the same direction,
and usually takes about twenty-four
hours to travel from St. Paul, Minn., to
New York and Washington. As the
cold waves come from the Northwest it
would be natural to suppose that the
warm waves come from the equatorial
regions. But such is not the case. They
also come from the Northwest. When
observations become morn general over -'II
the entire world, it is presumed that this
seeming inconsistency will be explained.
Every few years some person suddenly
gains notoriety as a weather prophet by
predicting snow or rain several months H -Js
in advance. They usually claim that H
their predictions are based upon some
astronomical influence. The claim that
there is any ground for such prediction : >$3
is disputed by the best authority. Rely- g '.-Js
ing upon the constancy of climate, which g ^
Krk/.n ncf-nliliahfil hv observation, we MnHis
UUO Ijo*, t* _ ^
may predict the general character of any S3| |jfl
month in the year with a fair degree of
accuracy. Observations continued for S '^jr
[ an entire century at various places both
i in tlic United states and Europe, show JsH
that (he climate of a country remains
precisely the same from ajjeto ago,; that
one extreme will certainly be equalized
by another; that the mean aunual rain- """
fall is the same, the mean temperature \_3gj
the same, the mean direction of the wind
the same, and the mean of the last frost
in spring and the lirst in autumn the
same. If several months have been unusually
warm, or extremely cold it is not
! to be supposed that the climate has
changed and that the succeeding months
I will be similar iu character: but we
should rather anticipate weather of an
opposite description, as we know that all
| fluctuations of temperature are soon
equalized. In the same manner, if the
snow and rain-fall for the year have been
considerably less than the mean precipitation,
it is equally certain that the next
year, or the succeeding two years, will
be proportionately large. It is probably
upon this general law of equalization
that our independent weather prophet ? \
I depends for any foreknowledge he may
j gain. But it is not specific enough as to
I boundaries and dates to be of any prac|
tical value.? Washington Star.
Tito Praying PInfes.
Tl? 'Ip TX7ATO in
J lie I'JUIU Jli'Jiana w. ?v.? ...
(he habit of paying annual visits to the
California coast towns, and some of their
women married Spaniards at Santa Cruz,
which make them acquainted with the
Cluistian religion. Thiough the influ*.
cncc of the wives of the Spaniards, their
kindred, several of their leading men
and women were baptized each year
when the annual trip was made to the
seacoast. Their own religion is not a
bad one, and from it to any orthodox
Christian religion is but a short step.
Strange as it may appear, they are &
praying people?are a people always
ready to pray or fight. The Princess
Sarah Winneinucca's book is full of instances
where her people were assembled
in prayer, and the herself was wont to
j pray to the Great Spirit whenever she
got into trouble?prayed aloud as sne
tied before her enemies on a wild cayuse
across the deserts.?Virginia City (Net.)
L'u terj.ritf.
"Wealth has its oaresas well as poverty.
We'll try the wealth care for a change.
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