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ABBEVILLE PRESS AND B^lf]H| BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APKIL 8, 1885. NO. 41. VOLUME XXIX f|B A Song. The East Wind sinscth a song of sorrow, A song of sorrow, nnd vngue regret, A timorous plaint for a brighter morrow, A minor wail of a soul biset With many an oartbly jar and tret. The EmI Wind mutton*, with dreary moaning, With dreary moaning, and endless paiu; He eingcth ever, with deep intoning, Of an nngry sea and a driving rain, And a eliip laid low In the hurricano. East Wind! East Wind! tlio' tho waves may cover, May cover tho ships I sent to sea, Yet will I defy thee over nnd over, And wait for tho fairer day to !>o When they shall coino sailing homo to mo. DARK DAYS BY H U (x H CONWAY, Author of " Called Back." CHAPTER VIII.?FLIGHT. T .1 ?_ l.U !- 1 j. reau uxu wumitu ? iwitrr <ig<uu <?iu ; again?read It with feelings in which | joy and disgust wero strangely min- j gled; but the former was the predom- i inant sensation. In the (lrst place, if j Mrs. Wilson kept her promise of secre- j cy, it seemed to me that all danger of i suspicion falling upon Philippa was removed. There would be no one else to make known the fact, that upon the night of Sir Mervyn's death a distracted woman left her home?a woman whose life's happiness had been clouded by the villain's treacherous act?a woman of strong passions, who in her temporary delirium might easily be turned to take such vengeance for which I, at least, held, has been quite unaccountable. If I could but feel sure of the silence of the one person whom I dreaded, we might even return to London, and fear nothing. I wavered. After all there Is something contemptable in flight. Should I trust to Mrs. Wilson's nromi3e. and roturn with my companions by the next boat from Boulogne? 25 o, a thousand times no! Fnilippa's welfare is far too precious to me to be trusted in the bands of one excitoable woman. To-morrow her mind may change, and, instead of furthering our safety, she may bo urging on the pursuit. Let me trust no one save myself. for my love's sake, I was overjoyed to hear that, supposing the woman's statement and date were correct, Philippa was the dead man's lawful wife. Not that this fact for one moment palliated the guilt of his intention, or lessened the contempt and hatred I bore toward him; not that it changed in my eyes by one iota my love's position. Yet for her sake the news gladdened a T l?n ftttr fKof if oiran fKa f J TV. a liic* x ivuon vtitiv 11 01^1 vuw i*"iw should come when I could place proofs in her bands that Bho could if she chose, bear her worthless husband's name and face tho world without fear of scorn, the restoration of her self-respect would bring with it n joy which only a woman can rightly comprehend. And Philippa, with all her pride and passion, was a true woman, full of the softness and delicate dread of disgrace which characterizes the best of her sex. Yet when should I be able to tell her? Whenever I did so I must also reveal the fact of her husband's being , dead, and my doing so must bring the whole story of his death to her know- j ledge. I trembled as I thought what ! this might mean. Surely its dramatic surroundings must suggest something to her mind?must bring back J the night and its horrors, must, in fact ( tell her what she had done in her mad- ( nessl Rather than risk this, I must , let her continue to bear the cruel J weight of what she thought her shame. ( My aim nfust be to make hor believe , that. Sip Mflrrrn "Fftrrnnrt In still nllvn . "? ----- V" - ? ?- * w J *nd troubling nothing .is to -what has become of the woman whom he once falsely swore to love and cherish until j death. I cursed the wretch's memory as I thought of him. All researches, with a view to ob- 1 tainlng evidence of the Lady Ferrand's ' ieatb, I postponed indefinitelv. Some day, if all went well, 1 would return to England and procure the docu ments Decessary to provo the validity I of Philippa's marriage. There was no pressing hurry. As to any money 1 which should bo hers, never with my consent should she touch a penny which had belonged to the dead man. Protracted as my meditations seem on paper, they were in reality much longer; indeed, they were not at an end when the boat steamed in Boil- 1 Inirnn hnrlinr T wpnt. in aonrrh nf mv companions, who I was glad to find, had borne tho voyage well. Wo were soon >n the train, and, without any event occurring worth recording, at eight o'clock stood on . the Gave du Nord, Paris. We drove through the brightly lit streets to the Hotel du Louvre. The stain? of travel washed away, my mother gave a sigh of satisfaction :;b ' she seated herself at the dinner-table. Like a sensible woman, she was no despiscr of tho good things of this life. There were other late diners in the great coffe-room, and many a head was 1 turned to look at the beautiful girl who 1 sat on my right hand; for every day which brought her new health and strength, brought also to my love an installment of her former rich beauty. , In a very short time she would be to all appearances the Ihilippa of old. "How long shall we stay in Paris, Basil?" asked my mother. "It is now i .ii _! 4 :_ ?i o 4 r niui-pitsb unit*; our binui sums ?n o.10 In the morning. Calculate the time." "Oh nonsense! It is years since 1 have been in Paris. I want to look at the shops. So does Phillippa I am sure." "My dear mother, the man, much more the woman, who lingers in Paris is lost. If you are goin# else who? tne only way is to go tdraignt tnrougn or elso you get no further. I have proved this, and meanto run no risk." "But remember we are only weak women. This poor child is far from strong." She smiled at Philippa, whose eyes thanked her for the affectionate appellation. "Dont be merciless, Basil," she continued ; "give us at least one day." "Not one. I arn .ust going to look after a courier, so that you may travel in all possible comfort." My mother seemed almost annoyed, and again said I was merciless. What would she havo said had she known that, unless I had received that letter, instead of going to our present comfortable quarters, we should have driven to the Orleans Railway, and taken the first train to the "south? How ltttla ?Vi*> lrnatr hrtw little. I . trusted, Philippa knew?from what we were flying! I felt I must give my mother some rea?on for my haste; so, before going in quest of my courier, I took her aside. It is not well for Philippa to stay in l^irii." I said. Some one whom sho ought not to meet was hero a short time ago." I blamed mv?elf for the deception; ; but what could I do? Alas it seemed j to me that my life, which once was j fearlessly open to the inspection of all was now fi 11 of little else save decep- j tion3. Should I ever again bo my ! true self? My mother raised no further objec tiou. I found a courier?a bearded j gentleman of commanding preseuce, who spoke every European language with impartial imperfection. I gave him instructions to see to everything the next morning to collect our luggage, save the small quantity we carried with us, and to register it through to Burgos. I had no particular rea*?'-5 ? ... v. tttiL;'V | son for choosing Burgos, but it seemed 1 a convenient place at which to tako j our first thorough rest. The next day's journey was a dull, j dreary, wearisome affair. My companions had not shaken off the fatigue of the previous day, and now that t felt Philippa's safety was comparatively speaking, assured, a reaction set in with me. No wonder! J shudder now as I think of the strain to which both body and mind had been subjected during the last fortnight. I was moody and listless. The air was full of fog and mist. The so-called express ! train pounded along after tho wellknown stylo of French Railways. Orleans, Illois, Tours, Poictiers, Angoulemc, Coutras, and other stations passed me as one in a dreain. The An nnfil /loplr ovonincr mill U?ljr UU iiuiu \K?in VI was upon us, and we were all thoroughly glad when our clay's journey ended at Bordeaux. My mother, who was rather great a guide-book, had beguiled part of tho journey by a Murray, which somehow made i s appoarano from her travelling bag. A< she kne v wo were to sleep at Bordeaux she had been laying down the law as to what wo were to look at. Wo were to see the curious high wooden fifteenth-century houses of the old town; tho cathedral with its line towers; the very old churches of .St. Croix and St. Seurin, and a varioty of j other interesting objects. Jt needed all the assurance I possessed, all the in- | valid's querulousness and insistance j I could assume, to induce her to con- j sent to resume our journey the first i thing in the morning. Even Philippa j pleaded for delay, and gave mo to un- j derstand that sho thought I was using my mother unfairly. But 1 was nrm. jli i couia i wouiu niivo nurrieu | on by the midnight train. Any way, now that we were within a few hours' I journey of the frontier and of safety, ! I would leave no more than I could j help to chance. So, in the early morning, I got my party together and before it was light led them to the train. I believe that by now ray mother looked upon me as rather out of my senses. She frankly owned she could not see the necessity for making such a toil out of what might be ;i pleasure. She little knew that nothing could have made that journey a pleasure to me; that finding Philippa's eyes now and again fixed on my fa-e with what I almost dared to think was tender interest?that even the blush which crossed her cheek when I caueht those elances?was not sufficient to reward me for my anxiety. A slow, a painfully slow train. Innumerable stoppages. A country which under the circumstances would have given ine no interest even if we had been in summer instead of winter; and then, after nearly five hours' slow travelling, Bayonne at last. Bayonne, with its strong fortifications. Bayonne, with th.e welcome Pyrenees towering above it. In loss than two hours we should bo in Spain. a curious areaa seizea me?a presentiment so strong that ever since then I have lost faith in presentiments. Something seemed to tell me that all my efforts had been in vain; that at the frontier there would be certain intelligence received which would lead to our arrest; that Philippa, with one foot, as it were, in the land of refuge, would be seized and carried back to fam th<> horrors .ind tha shame nt n. trial for murder. It was, as events showed, an absurd fancy, and only the increasing tension of my nerves can account for the hold it gained upon me. I grew so pale, trembled so in every limb that my companions were thoroughly alarmed. After a while I recovered, and although the fear was still with me, sat with the stoicism of an Indian at the stake, awaiting what might happen at the frontier. I had 3one all I could. If, at the last moment, disaster overtook us, I had at least striven by every means within my power to avert it. We have passed liiarritz, the merry bright watering place. "We have passed Hendayne, the french frontier station. We leave the towering I'yrenees on our left. We are at Irun, where all baggage must be jealously scrutinized. We are in Spain! Nobody has troubled ua. No suspicious-looking stranger has watched us. The Stoppage has been long, for tho custom-house officers are annoyingly particular in Lhe discharge of their riuty; but our i - - l -11 noble looKing courier r.as saveu ua ?u personal trouble. He has done us yeoman's service. At lust we are in another train, a train which runs on a line of another gauge. The very time of day has changed. AVe have lost or pained?I forget which?some twenty minutes. We now count by Madrid time. We are fairly on spanish ground, and I have saved my love. Saved her from others now to save her from herself. Never, never shall she know the secret of that dark night. We will speed away to tiie south?to the sun; the color; the brightness; the (lowers. All shall be forgotten. The dark remembninje shall be swept from mv mind. I will call it a dream. I will win Philippa's love?the love that I dare to believe is already almost mine. We will live forever in bright, sunny, glowing lands. Who cares for dull dark, dismal England? Have We not youth, wealth, and oh, blessed word! love? Before my love and me lie years and years of sweetness and joy. Shake off black gloom and be merry, Basil North. You have conquered fate! We have passed St. Sebastian. The sluggish train is wearily winding up the valey of the Urumea. We are in wild and glorious scenery. The railway is carried at a great elevation, from which we get now and again Deens of far-away valleys. Yes, I could now find time to admire the wonderful scenery which lasted until we passed Miranda. My mood changed with the country. I laughed; I jested. Each of the many stations at which we stoDDed furnished materials for my new-born meriment. I laughed at the solemn looking Spanish railway officials, and drew pictures of the "doleful fate of imaginary noblv-born hidalgos whom poverty forced to descend to such employment. I grumbled not at the slowness of the train, although aa ordinary traveller might well, when on a spanish line, ?'gh for the comparitively lightning speed of the much-maligned French trains. Time was nothing to mo now. Was there not a lifetime stretching before me?and Philippa? My gavcty was contagions. My Intinrhrrl nnf.il t.h? tf>:irS name. and Philippa smiled as I had not seen her smile since wo picked up under such sad circumstances that longdropped thread of friendship. Those who have travelled in Spain will scarcely credit mo when I say we had the compartment to ourselves, j Wo were troubled b\ no cloaked Span- ; iard who. as is the wont of his kind, ; insisted upon smoking like a furnaco 1 and keeping both windows shut. Our noble Courier had been given his in- i slructions. His arguments were venal, and had I troubled about money I , should l.ave found tliem costly. lJtit i they carried the point, and no ono in- j truded on our privacy. The hours went by. My mother j slept, ^r pretended to sleep. I seated i my sol l near Philippa, and whispered ! words of thinly-veiled love. J?ho answered them not?I expected no answer?but her eyes were downcast and her cheek was blushing. She sighed. A sad smile played around her sweet mouth; a smile that spoke of a world of regret. That smile, told me that she understood me, but told mo also that, ah! It could never be. The past never forgives! IJut all the same she let her hand rest in mine: and although, considering what had ! happened, 1 scarcely dared to say so, i for once, for many, many months I was all but happy. Fof me that journey ended only too . soon. At night we reached Uurgo*, the capital of tho old Castilian king| dom, and 1 laid my head on my pillow , and enjoyed sleep such as I had not known since the night before that one, j when 1'hilippa with the snow (lakes ; falling around her, stood outside the window of my cottage and gave me i something to live for something to hope for! fro BR CONTINUED.] I ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. I The Two Countriei Actively Preparing for War. Queen Victoria Calls Out the Reserves ml Militia. A fresh impetus was given on tho 2Gth to the threatened war between England nml Ilussia, arising out of tlio latter's advance toward the Afghan frontier. On tlmt date Quoen Victoria sent the following message to tho house of commons calling out tho British reserves and tho British militia for permanent service: "Tho present state of public arTairs and tho extent of the doman 1 of her majesty's military fr-ecs for the protection of tho interests of tho empire having constituted, in the opinion of her majesty, n case of groat emergency, her majesty has deemed it proper to provide additional means for tho military service. Hie lias, therefore, thought it right to communicate to the house of commons that sho is about to cause the reservo forces and such proportion of the militia as might be deemed neces-wry 10 uo cauo.i oui lor permanent service.'' In accordance with the message, the war ofiice called out the reserves ami tho militia. The preparations for war continue with groat activity. Orders havo been sent to Portsmouth to put tho steel dispatch vessel Mercury, ten guns, in readiness for immediate service. It is stated that tho annorplatod turret ships Devastation and Colossus, tl-o corvette Bacchante, ami the sloop Cormorant, together with the troop ship Orontes, are also under orders for tho sen. Orders havo likewise been sent to the armorers throughout the kingdom to return immediately to the Tower of London all tho Martini-Henry rifles which they have in stock. The object of having them sent to the Tower is that they may l>e inspected, aftor which they will bo dispatched to India. Fourteen tlmncfiiwl rifloc will 1 /nrtvnrHfvl tn TtiHia from Portsmouth. Orders iiave l>een sent to Clmtliam to supply immediately 5,000,000 cartridges. The calling out of the reserves and militia increased the excitement over the AngloRussian disputo, especially in English military circles. Orders for thousands of MartiniHenry riflos and revolvers have been sent to Birmingham. The arms are to bo shipped to liombuyas rapidly as completed. 'Iho factories at Birmingham are working night and day. A special cabinet council was held in the afternoon at Windsor cnstle by command of the queen. Just as the ministers were leaviog the castle a messenger arrived from the foreign ofllce, bringing dispatches for Lord Granville from Sir Edward Thornton, British minister to-Russia,and Lord DufTerin, viceroy o? India. Tho ministers returned to the castle and a second council was held. Mr. Gladstone stated in fie houso of commons that the Russians have advanced 110 nearer to Pcnjdeh than Pul-i-Khatun, which, he said, is eighty miles distant from Penjdeh. General Alikhanoff, Mr. Gladstono added, bas established a i>ost of Turcomans at Pul iKhatun. Reports arc current at Aldershot that orders nave been received there providing for tho raising of 15,000 troops for India. One I atterv of horse artillery will proceed from Woolwich to India immediately. Tho government of Burmah, is sending 1,000 camels to India to be employed on the frontier of Afghanistan. The council of India has been authorized to raise a credit of ?1,500,000 on account for the Indian treasury for war purposes. Karl Dufferin, tho viceroy of India, will give the ameer of Afghanistan the grant which he demands to nav t.he A felinn troop3 and allay tho discontent of tribal lo iders. Tho Aram promises to place 50,000 troops on tho frontier and in the forts at I3all:h, Penjdeh and Herat. Tho preparations now being made at Pawol-Piwli and Quetta indicate that an early advanco will bo made via Quetta and Sidi with tho object of reaching Herat before tlio Russians. Polish newspapers print despatches from St Petersburg statins that a couucil of Russian generals, including tho (Jrand Dukes Nicholas, Vladimir, Peter and (iecrge, lias been summoned to consider tho practicability of employing regular cavalry in Central Asia in the event of war, where fodder and water aro scarce. SURPRISED BY ARABS. The British Troop* in Great Dnngcr ?Over 1,000 Aral)* Killed. While detachments of English and Indian infantry wore making a zareba seven miles outhwest of Suakim, they were suddenly surprised by a rush of Arabs, who had been massed and concealed in the defiles west of Hasheen. The English .formod a square ;'.s quickly as possible, but the amels, raulos and horses were driven back in confusion on the troops, causing a stanipedo, and amid clouds of dust the Arabs penetrated tho south and north sides of tho square. Meantime the marines and Berkshire regiment, which were on the cast and west sides of the square, maintained acontinuous fire, holding tho enemy at bay whilo a <harge of tho cavalry and firo irom tho guns at liashoon zareba hccked tho onslaught of the Arabs, which at tho onset threatened a serious disaster to the British. An estimate places the British killed nt fiftv-two and wounded at eichty-five. Nearly all the casualties are duo to sp^ar thrusts rocoived in hand-to-hand engagements. Tho Arabs got between tho transjKirt train and zareba, spenrod 1 lie men of the transport corps and killed the animals. They fought savagely, refusing to give or take quarter. General McNeil, who was commanding tho zareba, reports that there were several thousand rebels in the light, nnd that over 1,000 were killed or wounded. General McNeil is blamed for not taking precautions against a surprise. GENERAL GRANT. Woriln of Sympathy front Confederate Veteran*?Klin Condition. At ? meeting of Lee Camp, Confederate veterans, in Richmond, Va., the following was adopted: "Whereas, Having learned through publio report that the eminent soldier, U. S. Grant, has been nnd is sorely afflicted by a painful malady, nnd being mindful of the facfc that at the ck>?e of the hostilities between the States, and nt other divers times since, he Iihs shown himself to l>e a true soldier and a friend of tho Confederate soldier and of this camp; therefore hi it " Itexolved, That wo tender our hearty sympathies to him in his severe affliction, and our nope that ho may, by Divine Providence, soon be permitted to* regain his health and to pass his remaining years in peace and happiness. That tho adjutant be and is hereby instructed to transmit this resolution by mail without delay." The resolution was forwarded to Genernl Grant to-day, accompanied by a letter from General John R. Cooke, an ex-Confederate general and graduate of \Test Point At a consultation of General Grant's physicians on the Ski all there concurred in the opinion that tho appearance of tho throat j was better, and the general condition of the patient better than it was a wook azo. A SUDDEN VACANCY. roath of tlic KcwlfApnolntod J slstnnt Secretary of the Interior. Mr. E. D. Clarke, of Vicksburg, Miss., Iho ^ newly appointed assistant secretary of the | interior, who had been suffering from an attack of typho-pneumonia for about ton j day?, and who was considered out of danger, ! had a sudden and severe relapse about mid" ; night of the 22d, and expired at 4:15 o'clock j tho next morning. Mr. CInrke was a native of Mississippi, r.nd about forty years of age. During the greater ! portion of the lato war ha was upon llm staff j of General E. ('. Walthall, tho newly np- i paintod United States Senator. He re.i>l law , in the o!lice of Senator Lamar until 1x70. In I 1N7."? ho married a nioce of (General Walthall, s >t lo I in Vieksburg, ami entered into copartnership with Ii. S. Buck. Tho firm was recognized as one of tho first in that city. Tho body of Mr. (,'larke was sent to Holly Springs, Miss., in charge of his wife and Senator Walthall. Inasmuch as Mr. Clarke had not taken tho oath of office, Mr. Joslyn was s* ill tho assistant secretary of the interior and promised Secretnry Lamar to rninaiii in oflico until his successor could be apjiointod. Down to ins jU;irr?w uvim. Among curious Xcw Yoik dinrer j ar* : novelties is the (lish of maiiow bone i which 1ms become highly fashioimb c. They sire brought to tlie tabic folded in ! a napkin, nnd if ihc reader inquire the ! process it may be added that a cunning J little spoon, bucket-shaped and adapted | to the imjpo.ee of extracting the marrow, ; has been invented. The bones are ; served hot and the marrow catcu with u j thiu crumpet. A BIG BLAZE. ! The Buffalo Music Hall and a Church Destroyed. 1A Man's Fearful Fall from the Church Tower. i I As an attache of the Music hall, in Buflfa. lo, N. Y.f was lighting the gas jots a drop fly took fire, and soon the wholo stago was in flames and six minutes later tho entire building was burning. Tho McCall op?ra compa ny wero dressing preparatory to tho pro. duct ion of "Falka," and had baroly timo to escape, somo only partially dressed. The company loso their entiro wardroba for several operas, and as tho members had had most of their trunks brought to tho building, these woro consumed also. Very few por. sons bad arrival, and all escapcd without in- j jury. An hour later tho St Louis Roman Catho- ! lie church took firo, and it was soon evident the fino odifice was doomed. Tho street betwoen Music Hall and the church is very narrow, rendering it impossible for tho firo department to do efTectivo work. Two citizens ?George Smith and Joseph Greon?ascentleJ )addei*s in front of tho church to assist the firemen in directing tho work. Tho building burned rapidly, and the fireman and Smith nastily left the roof, which they had reached, but, for some unaccountable reason, Given remained behind. Ho frantically j rushed to tho cupola, climbing it in full view of tho thousands of sposta- I tors. Ho clambered to tho lightning I rod, but returned to tho body of j the roof, which wns now burning fiercely. Ho ran to tho corner of tho building, and, heedless of the cries of thofiromen, who Had a tarpaulin stretched for him to jump into, mado for tho tower, and from it hung by his hands fully ton minutes. An attempt was mado to reach him with a ladder, but was unsuccessful, owing to the network of telegraph wires surrounding the building. A 4- fkJo fi'mA 4l-*rt nnfirn fiv\nf rtf fHo phlirMl was envoloped in flamos, and. for a tinio, a dense smoke hid the imperilled man from | view. When the smoko cleared away ho was : 6eon to bo still clinging to tho edge of the roof. Then he lunged forward, let go his hold on the roof, and fell. His feot struck tho lower roof, and, turning ovor, ho struck on his head and was instantly killed. At 8}.j tho towor of Music hall fell in with crash, and in a fow minutes the front walls fell into the street. Tho firo was finally confined to Music hall and tho church. Tho j north wall of Music hall alone remains, while all above tho first floor of the church is destroyed. The Music hall was completed in 1883 at a cost of ?175,000. Tho St l.ouis Church was the oldest Roman Catholic church in tho city. It cost about $75,0<J>, and was insurod for $2.r>,000. Music hall will bo remembered as tho placo of holding the grand musical festival of 1883, tho Democratic State convention in the fall of 18CC, and the grand musical festival at which Theodoro Thomas and Dr. Damrosch ap peared, in June, 1834. Within tho walls or the edifice was one of the oldest and most coinploto German libraries in the country. Books which cost over $S,000, but whoso value can hardly be estimated, as many of them can never bo replaced, were destroyed. THE NATIONAL GAME, The Connocticut loaguo will play under the National league rules. The morry ball player now dusts off his uniform and picks out his home run bat. The New York, Brooklyn and Metropolitan teams havo arranged twenty games to be played in the vicinity of New York in April The whole population of tho eight Southern leaguo cities combined docs not reach over a third of tho population of Brooklyn. TnE largest man in tho "Western league this season is Sam Thompson, of the Indianapolis team. He is six feet two inches tall, and weighs 183 pounds. The vote was unanimous in tho National league requesting President "Voting to ongage the services of Ferguson as chief of tho i staff of Leaguo umpires for lH$i. The National leaguo and American as sociation clubs this coming season each play j 112 games, the scores being sixteen games between eacn of tho eight club3, eight being ' played on home grounds. Ninety-one dollars and a half a week is Gerhardt's salary for playing second base?* tho New York dub from April ll> to Octobct [ 15, 1885. Soino of tho ablest writers on the New York dailies do not get such a high ! salary cs this. The Southern Now England League ns."^ . nation has adopted the league playing rules i for 18S5. Tho Loaguo includos clubs of j V.'aterbur}-, Hartford, Meriden, New Britain and Bridgeport, Conn., and Hoi yoke, Springfield and Pittsfleld, Mass. The Southern league will follow in tho footsteps of the National league as far a? placing their organization on a high moral plane is concerned. That is, they will play no Sunday games, or allow bcttiug, liquor or i pool-selling on tho grounds. The Intor-collegiato Baseball association, comprising tho six leading colleges of this ! country, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Dart- I mouth, Amherst and Brown, will open its | championship season April 30 in a gamo bo- j tween Amherst and Dartmouth at Amherst, j The National league has instructed Secretary j Young to explain to tho umpire-j that, ac- j cording to tlio now pitching rules, thopitcnor must keep his forward foot stationary on the ground, but may slide his roar foot up to tho forward one, provided some part of said foot touches the ground. The Nntional league will he among the Inst of the leading associations to enter upon its championship campaign, which will begin May I, as follows: St. J<ouis vs. Cliieago, at St. Louis; Detroit vs. Buffalo, nt Detroit; Now York vs. Boston, at New York, and Philadelphia vs. Providenco, at Philadelphia. The National league, nt their recent meeting, declined to acquiesce in the American association to limit tho membership of the arbitration committee to tho Leaguo and American associations. So there will be ! three members of that committ>e still, viz.: j tho League, tho American and the Eastern , league. The Philadelphia Sporting Life says: It will require a man with strong nerves and physical endurance to bo a leaguo umpiro the I coming season. Between watching tho j pitcher, to soo if he keeps his feet on the | ground, and tho ball, to see if it goes over the | plato. the umpire's attention will be pretty j well taken up. The salary lists of the American associa- I tion ball clubs arc said to bo as follows : The ! Pittsburg list amounts to *:?2,000 inclusive of j the $<>,000 paid for tho release of the players |. to tho Columbus club oflh-ials; Louisville, ; Baltimore, $.' >,000 ; Cincinnati, i f'J8,000; Brooklyn, $27,1:00; Metropolitan, j ?!ir>,000; Atuletic, The various l>nsitbnll associations cover nearly all the territory in the United States, and there is hardly a city east of the Rocky mountains with a population of 80,001) inhabitants t hat is not represented in one or tho other of the six associations. They this season include iu their membership in tho neighItorhood of forty leading cities in tho Unitod States, employ closo to 500 men, and represent an investment of several millions of dollars. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Cocoanut planting is one of Florida's booming industries. Since January 1 snow fell for forty-five successive days inLoadville, Col. Canada turns out 5S,000,000 pounds of cheesa ovory year from 100 cheeso factories. A two-cent stamp, after Juno 30, will carry an ounce instead of a half ounce lotter. Manufacturers estimate tho monthly production of roller skates at nearly Ii0>,000 pair. An ex-lieutenant governor of South Carolina is waiter in a Washington restaurant. Di ntNG February 2'i> slaves were freed in ; Brazil, leaving a total of l,500,00j still iu : slavery. Hot Springs, Ark., has N,OJO resident population, and Inst year had twenty-ono thousand visitors. Mrs. Mary Brock, an oil lady whq^r# centiy died at Itappahannock station. V a.,* weighed over ???>:? pounds. Two New Philadelphia (onioj gins swie a crock of lard fro:n th?ir cellar to pay their fares totho skating rink. One-hai.k of the entire orange crop of i Florida, is raised within a radius of twenty- I four miles around Ocala. The present number of e Tolled volunteers in (Jrent Britain is a larger nuinlwr than ever before attained. I It is estimated there are 5,000,000 colonies of Iws in the Unite I States, which annually yield ltju,000,000 j winds of honey. Tiikhe are over fifty penitentiaries and i 2,400 jails in the United States. They eonj tain fJu.OOO criminals and thoir estimated cost is $.'<0-1,000,0)0. | The area of Brooklyn h 13,3-17 acre?, that : of the city of Now York is ~i'yV>0 acres and I that of St:?ten Island nearly that of both put I together, l>ein ; about 37,400 acres. j Two colored men, Ixilh of whoin are blit^t*' ! mako a good living at sawing wood in Amer* j icus, Oa., and another, with only oue leg, i supi>orts hiinsolf at the sam'J business. Russia has ir>,'J3l doctors, and maintains large universities. The professional men flock j to tho cities and in the country thousands of | poojilo die for want of medteai attendance. It The price of gum arabic has more than doubled since tlvs Sou inn war commenced. The Muhdi has control of the gum regions,and prevents exjxjrts. The gum is obtaiuod from the acacia tree. --^,-Lris - NEWS SUMMARY Fnslorn nnd middle State*. Inppectoii Thorne, a prominent New York police official, died suddenly tho other morning, while on his wny to a stationhouse. Prominent Delaware peach growers predict an averago crop if no lato sovere frosta como. A bill reported favorably by a committoa of tho New York legislature prohibits girls under fourteen years of ago from attending skating rinks after 5 o'clock p. m. without tho written consent of their parents or ruardinns, or boing accompanied by them, ana prohibits children from attending during school hours. Mrs. John Mallen's boarding house in Bridgeport, Conn., was^ destroyed by firej ' UUU II1U JUVUlK'UVS3 uini ? uuumci Iiuiiiw% I ; Botren wpre burned to death, while George [ | Rutherford, an old fireman, was badly inI jured. Mrs. Sartorr, General Grant's only j daughter, arrived in New York from her : homo in England a foiv days since. She has I come on a visit to her sick father. Tho gen' eral was reported considerably better. A portion of tho New Jersey Stato capital has been destroyed by fire. Tho part destroyed is tho facade of tho original Stato house, built in J7W), and nltered nnd improved in I.*15. The burned building contained the quartormaster-goneml's office, and tho offices of tho adjutant-general, controller, clerk in chancery, clerk of tho supreme court, secretary of stato, and State treasurer and the museum. Tho entire building is worth $*>00,0(10. on which thero is a liberal insurance. Most of tho important documents and tlio war rolics in tho museum wore saved. Because ho was reproved by his parents for playing baseball Albert Gamble, a boy of fifteen, residing at Mountvill^IVnn., lmnged himsolf. Immediately after a portion of the Now Jersey Stnlocapitol at Trenton was destroyed by firo, Governor Abbott 8-int a message to tho legislature recommending tho appointment of a commission to supervise the rebuilding of the burnc<l section in an enlarged form. A committoe of three from each house to take action in tho matter was appointed. The Rliodo Island houso has passod a resolution projwsing a constitutional amendment conferring upon women the right to vote upon the same conditions as men. Gordon W. Burnham, the agod Now York millionaire, left $.'>0,000 to Miss Sanborn, the authoress, to whom ho was engaged to 1)0 married at the time of his death. General James McQuade, a prominent New York politician, twice mayor of Utica, d ed a few days since in that city, aged fifty; six. A fire in Buffalo, N. Y.. destroyed the Music hall and the St. Louis Catholic church, t vo prominent edifices Joseph Green fell r'rom the roof of the church and was killed. The losses exceed $2.j0,000. South and West, Tnr, struggle in the Arkansas legislature for a successor to Attorney-General Garland's seat in the Uuitod States Sonato culminated in the election of ox-Governor James H. Berry, who lost a log in the Confederate nrmy and has been prominent in State politics tho last twenty years. The Ohio legislature has adopted a joint resolution for the submission of a constitutional amendmont to chango the time for tho State election rrom uctooer 10 ^ovemner. Fire broke out in the Langham hotel, Chicago, while the guests, numbering 100, wero nt supper. Sirs. Uolknap, an elderly lady, was killed by jumping from the fourth story. Two flranen and two hotel employes wero killed by falling walls and two men injured. The pecuniary loss is about ?J50,000. At Richmond, Va., the jury investigating the circumstanres connected with the death of Miss Fannie Lillian Madison, whoso body was found in one of the city reservoirs, rendered a verdict declaring that Thomas J. Cluverius, the young lawyor, had been directly or indirectly the cause of hrr death. A hotel clerk identified Cluverius aa tho man he saw in tho hotel parlor with the young lady on the night before her body wa3 discovered. Chief Joseph's band of Nrz Torces Indians, many members of which have been dying off in Indian Territory, aro to bo sent back to Idaho. An all-day snow-storm, tho heaviest in ton years, visited parts of Virginia on the ?2d. A boiler explosion in tho wholesalo grocery house of KufTner Bros., at Charleston, W. va, was loiiowea ny a iiro wnicn no stroyod the building and tho adjoining Halo houso, the principal hotel in tho city, George Welchers, janitor in tho grocory hou<o, was instantly killed, and a bookkeoixjr seriously iniured. The losses aggregate about $200, 000. Cluveriur, the young lawyer sent to jail at Richmond, Va., on tho charge of murdering Miss Madison, is a near relative of President Tyler. A gang of six colored men and two women who ha:l committed a burglary in Ocono, S. C., wore pursued by a sheriff's posse ami discovered in a hut in tho North Carolina maun tains. One of the women killed the sheriff with an ax, two of tho negroes were ki led, and three of tho ]>osse wounded. Four negroes were captured and two cscaped. Thirty-seven horses were burned to death in a livery stable at Urbana, Ohio. In Scottsville, Va., Melville Barrett, a boy of seven, was hanged by his cousin Mary Cooper, a girl of eight Tho littlo girl and a flve-year-old sister who aided in killing tho boy were taken to jail. A negro named Glass, charged with murdor in Texas, shot and killo-l Deputy Sheriff John A. Culp and ex-Constable Rush Meadows, his pursuers, in tho Indian Terrilury. .Tarnn TiinMPo.v nnprnfnrv nf Ihn interior under President Buchanan, died tho other afternoon at Memphis. Tena, a^ed seventyfour years. Ciiabi.es Hanks, eniployod in the office of lho Florida Railway and Navigation companj', Bainbndgo, Gil, called Allison, the cheeking clcrk, a liar, and jumped on him with his feet. Allison drew n revolver and shot Banks dead. Rev. William Harris, treasurer of Princeton college, Now Jersey, and a Presbyterian minister of considerable eminence died suddenly in Savannah, Ga. Washington* On the thirteenth day of the Senate special session tho following nominations were received from tho Frcsident: John D. C. Atkins, of Tennessee, to Iks commissioner of Indian affairs; James D. Porter, of Tennessee, to Ik? assistant secretary of State. Mr. Atkins was in Congress several terms and undor Speaker Randall was chairman of tho appropriations committor;. General Porter was governor of Tenncsseo from 1875 to 18711, having served two terms. The Senate in executive session on tho 30th confirmed tho following nominations: Martin V. Montgomery, of Michigan, to be commissioner of patents; Milton J. Durham, of Kentucky, to bo first comptroller of tho treasury ; Malcom Hay, of 1 onnsylvania, to Aceiefanf ? nchir.irunnrnl ?Tn?n!?h R. Ryan. of Nevada, to bo coiner of tlio mint at (.'arson City, Nev.; William Garrard, of Nevada, to bo superintendent of the mint at Carson City, Nov.; J. D. C. Atkins, of Tennessee, to Ikj commissioner of Indian affairs ; James D. Porter, of Tennessee, to be an assistant socretary of state. Attorney-General Garland has reduced the force of oxaminers in tho department of justico from soven to four, and PostmasterGeneral Vilas has made a reduction in tho number of postoflice inspectors. The newly elected represontativ from Tennessee, J. B. Richardwo, hns secured the first appointment mado by Postinaster-Goneral \ ilas. Upon his solicitation J. N. Taylor has been ap|?ointed jKwtmaster at Lynchburg, Tenn., to fill a vacancy. The Presiilent sent the following important nominations to tho Senate on tho -.'>1: To be envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of tho United States: Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont, professor of law in Yale college, to Great Britain; Governor Robert M. ItfcLane, of Maryland, to France; George H. Pendleton, of Ohio, to Germany; Henry 11. Jackson, of Georgia, to Mexico. Soon after their reception all the nominations were confirmed by tho Senate. The United States supreme court has for mally aflirmed tho constitutionality cf tho Edmunds anti-Mormon act. This decision grew out of a series of five cases brought by Mormons, and it declares that Congress has the right to disqualify polygamists from voting or holding office in tho 1 erritory of Utah, as is done by tho Edmunds law, passed in lSS'-J. Bfsidk tlio names of seventeen army omcors who aro to be promolo 1 ono grade each to fill vacancies, tho President on tho 25th sent to the Senate tho following; nominations: Henry L. Muldrow, of Mississippi, to be assistant secretary of the interior, as successor to the late E. 1). Clarke; William A. J. Sparks, of Illinois, commissioner of the general land office; collectors of customs?Francis B. Torrey, of Maine, district ot Bath, Maine, and John F. Donworlh, of Maine, district of Aroostook, Maine; Daniel McC'onville, of Ohio, to Iki auditor of the treasury for tho postoflico department. Tiik expenses of Fresidont Cleveland's inauguration were ?40,;MiO, and the receipts $10,000, leaving a deficit of ?V)>. Fotxmvrxu is a list of tho nominations I sent to tho Senate by tho President on tho I 'J.'ith; Samuel S. Cox, of Now York, t<> bo envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotenI tiary of tho United States to Turkey; C.iptain David 11. Harmony, of New York, to bo ! cluef of bureau of yards and docks in tho de! partnient of tho navy with relative rank of I commodore; to bo postmasters?Samuel J. j (ierrisb, at Portsmouth, N. H.; Orson G. (-'ouch, at Amherst, Mass.; William Burns, | at Plymouth, Mass.; Nicholas Hatheway, at I Fall lliver, Mass.; William J. Kennedy, at J Taunton, Mas;,- Itansoin II. (Jrant,at Platts| burgh, N. Y.; James T. Wiley, at Elizabeth, i j T-lenrv C. Shannon, at Erie, I'enn.; Ci'eorgo T. Gross, at Allentown, Penn.; William T. JglEliait, at Annapolis, Md.; Mrs. Elizaboth S. Herbert, at Newberry C. H.? S. C.: Donald J. Auld, at Suintcr C. H., South Carolina; AW D. AVelchcI, at Gainsville, Ga.; J. It. AtcCollum, at Newnan, Ga.: L. Heusley Grulibs, at Doeatur, Ala.; \\'m. A.Warthani, at Sulpher Springs. Texas; Robert O. Denton, at Gainesville, Texas; Honry C. Cassidy, at Youngstown, Ohio; Henry D. Boacb, at I Coshocton, Ohio; Willis G. Ne(T, at Green castle, Ind.: Sorden Lister, at South Bend, Ind.; J. Knox Hall, at Toulon, III.; Thomas J. Bunn, at Blooininglon, 111.; John Cunningham, at Mattoon, 111.; James E. Neet, at Versailles, Ky.; Fmlorick G. Kendrick, at Mount Clemens*, Mich.; George W. Cate, at Steven's Point Wis.; David 0. Erwin, at Lake City, Minn.; J. M. De Armond, at Dar venjwrt, Iowa; M. M, Ham, at Dubuque, Iowa; Joseph Lander, at State Centre, Iowa; William R White, at Prescott, Ark.; George McClellan, at Chatham, N. Y.: Francis C. Brown, at Palmyra, N. Y., and Erastus J. Rogers, at Genova, N. Y. Mr. Cox's nomin ation was immediately confirmed by the Seaate, in executive cession. Foreign. During a circus performance in Vienna \ one of the lions attacked a lion tamer namod Seeth and killod and devoured him. The total number ot troops in tno oncun regular nrmy is now 184.200, while the volunteer forco numbers 208,00J. The pcoplo of Germany havo subscribed the immense sum of 1,500,000 marks (about f31>V | 000), with which to buy Prince Bismarck a birthday present A Scakim dispatch states that a five hour.t, battle was fougnt between General Graham's troops and the forces of Osmnn Digna, and that Osman Digna's position was finally captured by tne British. The Arab loss in killed and wounded is estimated at <500, and the British loss is forty. The Arabs fought with desperate valor, and the British wore only saved from defeat by the firm stand made by the Irish lancers. An Arab messenger states that Genora Gordon killed throo rebels before ho was speared to death, and that El Mahdi appropriated to his own U'se what little treasure was found in Khartoum. Tiie parents, wives and children of threo leading members of the independent party in Corea have beon hanged at tho palace gates. Eloven other Coreans who sympathized with tho cause were hanged with them. The parents, wives and children of four of thoso latter were also hanged. Emperor William's eighty-eighth birthday was celebrated in B2rlin with much enthusiasm. Chinese losses in Tonquin during the recent battles with the French are reported to have been enormous. Matters have taken a serious turn in Central America. Geueral Barrios, president of Guatemala, who wants to bo ruler of tho whole country, wa3 reported on the 24th to do marcning against oan oaivaaor wwi i.>.(XX) men, while President Zalvidar was hurrying to oppose him with 10,000 men. Nico ragua and Costa Rica were pushing forward with troops to aid Salvador. The relations between Great Britain and Russia, growing out of tho latter country' advance on the Afghan frontier, were again reported in au unsettled condition. Thf, British government has ordered 4,501,000 pounds of canned beef from one Chicago house and 4,000,OX) pounds from another. These are the largest orders ever received in Chicago. Tho canned beef is intended for the British army. Air insurrection has broken out among tho half-breeds of British America under tho leadership of the noted Louis RieL At Princo Albert, whero the rebellion began, the population. consisting mostly of French, Scotch and Indian half-breeds, want more land. Not getting what they demanded, they have broken out into rebellion against the Canadian government Louis Riel, the organizor of the movoraent, led a similar uprising in 1870, and has boen a member of tho Canadian parliament. Mounted police have been sent to the scene of disturbance. The British at Suakim have beon using balloons for tho purpose of finding out the position of Osman Digna's Arabs. The peace negotiations in progress between China and France have, it is stated, reached a stage which promiso succo3s. LATER NEWS General Grant, at his own request, t?stifloi in tin caso of ex-President F.sh, of the broken Marino bank, whoso affairs wero mixed with those of Grant&Ward. Tho testimony was takon in tho goneral's houso an'l dovolopjd the fact that ho know comparatively little concerning the mothodsof tho bankrupt firm. General Anson Stager, one of the vicopresidents of the Western Union Telegraph company, and president of the Western Edison Eloctric Light company, died at his home in Chicago tho other morning, aged sixty yea rs. Nominations conflrmo-i by the Senate on thy '.'Gth: John P. Donworth, to be collector of cmto:ns at Arocntojk, Mo.; Francis B. Torrey, to bo collector of customs at Bath, Mo.; Daniel MvConville, of Ohio, to bo auditor of tho troasury for tho postofllco department; John W. Saville, to be passed assistant engineer of tho navy on tho rotirod lief. Nominations made by tho President 0:1 t'ao 2Cfcli: Thomas C. Crenshaw, jr., to bo collector internal revenue, district of Georgia; to be postmastors?Aquila Jones, sr., at Indianapolis, Ind.; Oibun Shannon, at Lawrence, Kan.; John Mileham, at Topeka,Kan.; N. C. Itidenoar, at Clarinda, la.; Vincent J. Lino, at Wyandotte, Kan.; Mrs. Lizzie II. Fickler, at Charleston, 111.; Claiborne Bow" man, at Yazoo City, Miss.; William Gordon, at Noweastlo, Pa.; Jamos B Corcoran, at Homo, N. Y.; Cliarlo. McNeil, ntl'orrington, Conn.; Samuol W. Cobb, at Ilnnover, N. II.; Warren 3. Burrows, at Ilinsdale, N. H.; Edwin C. Fletcher, at Camden, Maino. The interior department was closed on the 20th in honor of President Buchanan's secretary of tho interior, Jacob Thompson, whose futioral ojcurre I oti that day. The British losses in the battle near Hashe.ui aro ofllcially put at oSO killed and wounded, including camp followors. They also lost 1,0Ji) camels, killed by tbo Arabs. Ax American b irk and two French steamers wero wrecked during a terrifl; hurricane o(T the coast of Madagascar. Seventeen lives wero lost nil 1 much dimvje was inflicted. Qijek.v Victoria in a s^o.-ial nio33a;<o to the British houn of commons, ordered out tli? reserves and militia. This notion, togethor with the extraordinary activity prevailing in the British war offi *0, furtiiar increased the probabilities of a war between England and Russia on account of the lattor's ad vanco toward the frontier of Afghanistan. The Canadian government has ordered troops to tho scene of the half-breed rebellion under Louts Riel, in Manitoba. A new Spanish settlement on tho west coast of Africa has lwen attacked by tho na tivos. Six Spaniards were killod and many others takon int> captivity. Senate Spccinl Vemtlon-Ki^hiecnlli Day. " ' ?n... J:?n? w??l rt.lL?r BUIIlt) 1111HIM UIW.IU?IU11 ul mo null I awl La Abra treaties they wero postponed until next sossion Mr. Sherman's resolution providing for a committee of two Senators to inform the President that if he had no further communication to make the Sonate is ready to adjourn, was adopted and S >nntors Sherman and Beck wero appointed uch cjinmittoa. PROMINENT PEOPLE. The kinjr of Siani is not yot thirty years of age, and has 21} ! children. Congressman* Hewitt's wife, tho late Peter Cooper's daughter, has a private foruno of $2,<XK),0(;0. Ex-Governor St. John, Prohibition can didato for President at. the last election, is talking to Southern audience*. Florence Nightingale is rnising funds to provido assistance for sick nnd wounded British soldiers in the Soudan. Miss Cleveland, tho White House mistress, is said to look liko Ellen Terry, MrsGarfield, Mrs. Windoni nnd Anna Dickinson Mn, Gladstone, who has to bear Eiinland's heaviest burden, is-in his seventy-sixth year. Ho lias b.Hiu a parliamentary leader for half a contury. Congressman Samuel S. Cox is understood to bo nt work upon a historical book entitled "Three Decades of Federal legislation" (1855 to 1885). Prince Orlokf has resigned his position as Russian ambassador in Paris becauso of a complaint similar to that from which General Grant sulFora. Senator Grav, of Delaware, Secretary Bayard's successor, is nearly six feet tall, with black hair and mustache and a bald spot in the top of his head. Major E. A. Burke, dirwtor-neneral of tho Now Orleans exposition, said recently I that tho great show now is hound to bo a I success. It will not close until May 31. Leopold von Ranke is univcr.-nlly consid| ered in Europe the mo<t. astonishing author ! of his time, in respect of the preservation of ; his mental powers. There is not another livi ing example of a mnu occupied with historij cal work in his ninetieth year. | The Cleveland Lettdur calls attention to the ] fact that "Cleveland is tho only man elected i to tho presidency since 1850 who did not wear 1 a full board. Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, and | Garfield all wore full whiskers whon elected and inducted into ofttce, though Lincoln shared his ofT afterward." j General E. C. Walthall, Secrotiry La; mar's successor in the United States Senate, ; was in command of tho Confederates in the i "battle above the clouds" on Lookout mountain. He also took prominent part in the , battle.! of Mill Spring, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, { Ciiickamauga, Kenesaw mountain, reachtrj.H> j crook, Nashvillo and sonio others. Ho i< more than six feet tall, erect, with block a es I and hair of plantation cut. ' THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Various Matters of. Interest in Washington^ . -Jr How Work in the Departments is Progressing, TIIE PRESIDENT AND MATRIMONY. Regarding the rumors of President CIovolanrt's marrmgo a New York World corrospondeut telegraphs that ho is "pirmittod to state, upon tne best authority, that matrimony is not includod among the President's intentions. Ho finds other business more pressing and is still fond of his bachelorhood. Hi3 sister will do tho honors at tho White Homo during his administration, and nil her arrangements have been mado with that end in viow. She expects to have other lady friends visit her at intervals and the White House will be made an agreeablo home for hor brother. LABOR INVESTIGATION. Socrotary Lamar has given his approval to a plan of investigation of labor problems outlined by the commissioner of labor. Tho question of industrial depressions, involving a study of their character, their causes and whether they are contemporaneous in the great producing countries of the world, and whether as to duration, severity and periodicity, thoy are alike in such countries, will be investigated. The plan will involvo tho employment of thren sp?cial agents from throe to five months in Europe, including tho great industrial centres.and eight or ten such agents from four to six months cach in the United States. AN EXAMINATION ORDF.RKD IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. The secretary of tho treasury has appointed assistant secretaries Fairchild and Coon and Assistant Treasurer Graves a commission, with instructions "to make an examination of tho treasury departmont with special referenco to tho simplification and improvement of the methods of doing business and to the reduction and rearrangement of the official and clerical force." Theyaro further instructed as follows: "You are also authorized to call bofore you and examine the officers, clerks and employes of tho departmont, to call for such statements as may seem to you necessary and to inspect personally the books, accounts and records. You will report to mo from time to time your conclusions and recommendations. You will be provided with the clerical assistance required to enablo you to prosecute your inquiries promptly and thoroughly. In any recommendations which you may make for the discharge of employes you will bo guided solely by their fitness to perform the duties asiigned thom, having duo regarl to the provisions of section 1.751 of the Revised statutes and of section 3 of the act of August 15,1870." PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TO VISIT GETTTSBURQ. The President has accepted the invitation of the veterans of the First and other corps to visit the battlefield of Gettysburg when they make their historical visit there on May 4 and 5. He has assured ex-Governor Curtin that he would go unless prevented by somo urgent necessity of the public service. , WOULD LIKE TO OO ABROAD. Applications for foroign missions continue to pour in at the state department, and take about the entire timo of one man to index and file them. Some of the requests are in regular application form, but many are made in personal letters to tho secretary. The maioritv are for consulships, but tho moro important offices are not sfighted, and many application? are made for tho most prominent missions in the gift of the government. THE COST OF THE GOVERNMENT. Tho following is a statement of the amounts appropriated at tho second session of the Forty-eighth Congress. The amount appropriated for 18^5-0 exceeds that appropriated for 1884-5 by $23,851,747.62: Items. 18S.VIX 1884-& Pensions $60,000,000 00 $20,810,000 00 Military Academy 310,021 314,663 50 Fortification... 72o,tX)0 00 70),000 00 Consular and diplomatic... 1,242,925 00 1,210,390 00 Navy 15,070,837 95 14,980,472 59 Postoffice 53,700,990 CO 49,040,400 CO Indians 5,762,512 70 5.859,-102 91 Army 24,014,052 50 24,451.45000 legislation, etc, 21,370,708 70 21,393,14185 Sundry civil.... 26,079,257 49 22,299,434 30 Disk of Colum'a 1,716,613 40 1,080,743 27 River and harb'r 13,949,200 00 Deficiency 4,920,855 80 7,057,509 00 Agricultural 585,790 00 480,190 00 Total $215,511,595 21 $184,341,*97 42 Miscellaneous... 2,177,018 20 9,592,5'JS 40 Grand thtal. .$217,689,243 44 $193,837,49582 In addition to the amount appropriated for pensions in 1884-5 an unexpended balance of $06,030,000 was reappropriated and made available The appropriation lor tno jjisirics of Columbia includes only the amount payable by the United States. INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT. Mr. "Walter Evans's last act as commissioner of internal revenue was to make a brief report to Secretary Manning on tho condition in which tho bureau would bo found by the now commissioner and of the recent work done under Mr. Evans' supervision. This report shows that thus for during tho current fiscal year $78,500,000 of internal revenue taxes have been collected. The work of tho office br.s been accomplished nt a rate of expense about $100,000 per year less than the appropriation mado by Congress and about tnat sum loss than was axpotided during the last fiscal year. Tho last three months has been reduced from sevonty-nino to sixty-three. The value of tho stamps turned over by Mr. Evans to his successor was ovo*"^),00.1,000. SENATE EXTRA SESSION. Thirteenth Day. Tho Senate ratified the additional article of the Mexican treaty extending until May 20, 18S0, tho time for tho approval of the laws necessary to carry into operation tho commercial convention between the two governments concluded at Washington January 25, livSi, ana removed me injunction ui secrecy therefrom. The Senato also removed the injunction of secrecy from the treaty relating to the boundary lino betweon the United Statos and Mexico along the Gila river, which was ratified two days before.... Mr. Manderson's resolution for tho appointment of a committee of Senators to visit Alaska was referred to a committee on Territories. Fonrlocnth Day. Mr. Van IVyck offered a resolution asking that tho proceedings of yesterday, in which much was said which was objectionable, should bo reprintol Tho resolution was adopted... Mr. Mitchell offered a resolution risking that a special committee of five Senators bo appointed to re]K>rt to tho Senate not later than the so jond Monday of Decombe*, how many trade dollar were in circulation prior to tho passage of the resolution repealing thoir legal-tender quality; how, whon, whero and in what qualities theso coins camo into circulation subsequently in this country: how many aro still held in this country; in what State, and tho amount in each and at what rates the same were taken; how much profit has accrual by the coinage of t: a le /lnllnfo- whuf Ima hi-nn llin nrnWirA under this and other governments us to tho receipt or refusal by them of their own coin; anil that tho committee have power to incur tho expenses necessary to bo incurred in tho execution of this resolution. Mr. Cock roll offered a substitute, recommending that tho committee bo authorized to sit at such places at homo or abroad, on land or sea, as they may doom proper; and to rej>ort with such recommendations to tho Senate at tho next regular s-<ssiou as th.-y may both doom proper; the expenses of tho committee bo paid out of tho contingent fund of tho Sonate. Fifteenth Dny* The Senato wont into executive cession without doing any regular business. During the executive session tho nominations of Edward J. Phelps, of Vermont, as minister to : .fcnglana, lieorgo n. renuieton, 01 umu, n* i minister to Germany, Robort McLane, of Maryland, as minister to France, and Henry R. Jackson, of Georgia, as minister to Mexico, were received and confirmed. Sixteenth I?iiy. The chair laid before the Senate a memorial from tho legislature of Arizoni, prayin?; for tho return to tho public domain of lands granted to railroads and especially to tho .Southern Pacific railroad in that Territory. Also a memorial from tho legislature of Arizona describing tho unprotected condi- j tion of the border line between that Terri- j tory and tho Mexican Suites of Konora and Chihuahua, tho ease with I which criminals aro a'do to es?ajK> I from justice, tho damage to tho cat- j le interests of Arizona by reason of j organized raids from Mexico, and praying j that an act lie passed by Congress providing j for a mounted patrol for the apprehension of I criminals in either country ana mat mo ; tiivitv relations lwtween llio two governments in regard to the extradition of criminals may Imj amended The credentials of tamos II. Horry, Senator-elect from Arkansas, were presented.... Senator Voorhecs and Spooner were appointed members of tho Ik ai d of visitors to tho naval academy at Annapolis. ^'crmtncntli Pay. No general business wa? done. In executive session the Senate received the nomination of S. S. Cox as minister to Turkey, which was immediately coitSirmed. A list of nominations for postoftlces was also received. Tho nominations of Henry I*. Mtildrow, to be assistant se-rctory of the interior, and William A. J. Sparks, to bo commissioner of I the genoral land oflicc, were also confirmed, j In (.'ape Colony the extensive planting of the common tomato is recommended, as it is alleged that insects shun the land on which it is grown. Esquimaux dogs will draw a sledge i sixty miles in a day. SELECT SIFTING8. Pendulums of clocks wero invented in 1641. Russia has twonty-four public holidays each year. Paris contains 150 dealers in old postage stamps. A melon on a shrub is the latest fruit novelty reportod lrcm California. Cedar-wood tires arc fashionable luxuries, giving out a delicious fragranco V:i ii.i UUl UI1UHU UlUL U1 O.ILLUUCI iUOUO. Gunpowder has been known in Europe between five and six hundred years. But the Chinese and people of India are said to have used it as early as tho timo of Christ. On mooDlight nights Cubans have a curious custom of betaking themselves to sheltered balconies and carrying umbrellas. They are all more afraid of rays of the moon than of sunstroke. In China they have recently introduced a new lea for summer drink which is called "Yu Tsi Lam," or fish egg flowers, from the fact that the seeds extracted from the flowers resemble fish eggs in shape and size. The Scientific American has an illustration of a toadstool received from a New I York rorrp<mrmrlnnK whirh litis a re markable resemblance lo the profile of the great duke of "Wellington as he appeared in later years. The shrunken mouth and lips and the prominent nose arc strikingly reproduced. The traditionsand stories of the darker ages abounded with examples of the lion's generosity. It is recorded by Pliny that the lion alone, of all wild animals, is gentle to those that humble themselves before him, and will not touch any such upon their submission, but spareth whatever creature soever licth prostrate before him. It wu alio supposed that the lion would not injure a royal princc. We know better now. Thero is nothing noble about the lion oxcept his appearance. Washington is the only one of the Presidents of the United States who has been honored by a unanimous election. James Monroe, however, virtually received tho same compliment upon his reelection to the presidency in 1820, when z<ji out oi ine zws votes 01 me electoral i college were given him. The odd vote j was cast by an clector from Vermont for John Qulncy Adams, not on account of ill-will to Monroe, but because he was unwilling to see any man share the rare distinction of Washington in receiving a unanimous election. A slang or cant phrase once familiar was tho querry, "How aro you off for soap?" It originally long puzzled me as well as a majority of those who ever thought about it at all. Recently I fell into cofivertiition with a fnend who was in Texas during its struggles with Mexico and afterward when the Lone Star banner floating in tho breeze proclaimed a new republic. In one of the fights of this period, said my friend, a number of Texans were taken prisoners. They were confined in Perote Castle, between Vera Cruz and the city of Mexico, which gives its name (Perote) to the village which clusters about its base. In the barter and exchange of commodities soap became a sort of standard or measure of value. Hence the phrase, "Howareyou off for soap?" Postal rointa. Books, pamphlets and music can bo sent at third-class rates. The postage on a pair of boots would be at the rate of one cent an ounce. "VT* ..aIhaKIa m/i r%\r n r+e\ oV?/\ti1r1 nvnr 1\n A1U vaiuauic ouvutu vtv? uu mailed unless it is registered. Don't forget this. Tea, coffee, sugar and kindred articles can be mailed at the rate of ono cent an ounce. Clothing is. classed as merchandise and can be mailed only at the rate of one cent an ounce. Wedding cake can only be mailed when packed in a tin or wooden box. Confectioneries the same. A book presented for mailing with a letter attached to it would subject the entire package to letter rates. Never write an address on a letter or any kind of package intended for mailing in a careless manner. Matter enclosed in a sealed envelope,' though the corners may bo cut or the ends notched, is subject to letter rates. Liquids, poisons, explosives and inflammable articles are not received for ? U/vnr /i?rn fnlltr WPftn. mulling, UU LUOtlOl UVI1 imuiuiij n.uj. ped. Chromos, engravings or lithographs belong to the third-class, and can be sent at the rate of two ounces for one cent. If you wanted to send a suit of clothes by mail which weighed six pounds you would have to make two packages of it. Send no cash money by mail. It is much safer and cheaper in the long run to buy a money order or postal note. Photographic and autographic albums are classed as merchandise, and postage is charged at the rate of one cont an ounce. Animals, reptiles, live or dead (not stuffed), insects, except queen beos when safely secured are excluded from the mails. # An unclaimed postal card is not returned to the writer, oven though his address is given upon it, but is sent to the dead letter office. Letter-heads,bill-heads and envelopes, blank or printed, are charged as merchandise, and postage must be paid at the rate of one cent an ouncc. A postal card is not mailable with any writing or printing on the address side exccpt the address, nor anything pasted or pinned 011 the other side. "When mail matter is once deposited in n postoflice, or in a street letter box, it is beyond the control 0i the person putting it there, and it cannot be reclaimed. The dead letter office is a raonnment to the carelessness and stupidity of the Amorican people. The average number of letters received thero daily is about lo.OOO. Every business man should use return request envelopes in all bis correspondence. If everybody used them the dead letter ollice would soon wind up its business. j Postal cards are handled with as much care and promptness in the matter of dispatch ancl delivery as though they were letters, even though the matter inereoii is printed. [ Third and fourth-class matter can be mailed in the same package, provided it I does not exceed four pounds in weight, but it subjects the entire package to fourth-class rates. A newspaper is not forwarded in tlio J mails unless postage is fully prepaid, so don't think you can beat I'ncle Sam by attaching a one cent stamp when two are required. Don't forget that all parcels deposited for mailing must be so wrapped that they can be examined without destroying the wrapper, otherwise letter rates of postage are charged. In making a present of a book it is per- j missible to write nn ii scription or dedi- i cation upon the cover or otic of the blank ' loaves, but it must not contain anything ! that partnkes of personal correspondence. ! Written visiting cards arc regarded as ! first-class matter and subject to letter j rates, if printed they can be sent at the j rate of one cent for each two ounces; that is, if the card is of an embellished design. Any person who sends money or jewelry in nn unregistered letter not only runs Iho risk of losing his property, but places needless temptation before persons who might not otherwise bo tempted to commit a felouy.--jftw^>n Herald. Mr. Evnrts introduced into "Washing- ! ton what is called the statesman's fash- I ion of wearing silk hats, lie wears his : hat clear over on the back part of his i head at an angle of forty-live degrees j until it pushes out his cars at right an- s gles from his head. The moi?tC9t climate known is in ! India, at Cherrajionpce, where over a j I small urea the yearly fall of rain is more ! j than six hundred and ten inches, or ; | about liftyone feet. Inhabitants of the Himalaya regions cat six rwnls a day?tire liazre, chatie, , haircbe, liftin, lunch and dinner. I / SLAVE LIFE IN PERSIA/ WHBSB SLAVES ART TXZATZS LZZ9 CEILDREW. Slaves Frequently married to Their ' t/-', JlaVen' Panfhter* ? Receiving - S (be Bent of Attention. The best kind of slaves are the H*b-; . asshis, or so-called Abyssinians. These - ^ arc of a higli type. The lips are thin, w'J-'.iS the color light brown; there is often a dis- : r tinct redness in the checks; the hair is long, often nearly straight; both rnnlea and females have considerable preiensions to good looks. . As much as ?80 or ?100 may be given for a healthy yoantj. ^ Habasshi girl. As a rule, these girls are bought, not as servnnts, but as wives.; Young Habasshis of both sexes are pur* chased by the grandees of Persia as playmates and confidential servants for their sons and daughters. The girls become the confidantes of their young mistresses, ; and ultimately occupy the position of; housekeepers or wararobe-women. The young Habasshi boys arc tho playfellows. " Jjjwf and fellow-students of their youthful' masters, often fulfilling the duties of . I L L! 1 11 1 ? "wnipping-uoys. i nave seen wjb uwc 'r-332 slave and playfellow of the Jellal-u-dow-; l leh, the son of the king's eldest sod, 8-. 'i 'ty child of three, wrestling with his in&nfr.' master, to the great amusement of his , siffl father. The two children seemed quite' like brothers; and I was told that the ,% only way of keening the young prince In: : ;-j^g order wss to threaten the slave with whipping. That little black boy some; m day or other will be a g*eut per-. sonagc, 9s, in all human prob-i ability, his master will be shah of Persia. From this class of slaves are taken, the eunuchs (few nowadays) maintained' by the nobility. The lew cunucn chil?r dren imported are eagerly purchased at! double or treble the price of ordinary.' slaves. As a rote, the Habasshis are; . ijjjaj delicate, and feel the severe winter of' Central and Northern Persia. The greatest care is token of them. They oo no' ^ work, and it is not expccted of them.; They are Well clad, and often the master or mistress rtorlw in lavishing money on,the dress of a favorite slave. Sometimes the Persian, by a fali in rank or through money losses, becomesf unable to keep his slaves. Does he seU ^ ^ them? No; tnat would be too degrad* J'-M ing. He simply frees them, and as a rule the slave is mode a freedman very much . ?33 against the grain. The Persian slavo,; / then, is treated more as a child than as a slave. His master docs not hesitate to^ mate him with his own daughter; and; frequently a prepossessing slave may become the legitimate mistress of a houso-;*; '1'^M hold, or even a favored wife, ruling her ''-Wj* less fortunate white rivals. The servants: have to take their chance; the warmest; corner, the best food, iho most solid and;. 'Vvfe stylish clothing, are kept f<jr the slaves.:TTiinnnha ova aurnnrl antff ifl + VlA VlAllflPI "V.flwi of tho great and rich. 8cvo in the har-J ems of the shah and his sons, one ea-: ' nuch only rules over the flock of ladies,! servants, slaves and children, who are all under his absolute authority. I har?' only known two white eunuchs in a longj : ^| experience of Persia, and these men had' probably been political offenders or tho; 'rflSj sons of political criminals. Political' . pretenders* arc also frequently blinded;. for in the East a blind king cannot reign.! :jt, The eunuchs generally have their quar?l . tern in the harems themselves, and as a; r ^ rule thev seldom quit their precincts.* When they do they are treated with' /' great respect, on account of the powerful influence they wield. Tho ladles themselves always treat, their guardian with tho greatest respect,: address him as "Master," and invite him to be seated. Liko tho high officers of state, he carries a long wand of office/ and this wand is often encrusted with; ' gems. He often attends the daily coun-: cil of his master if ho b? a provincial , governor, and there his advice is Iistoned to with respcct; and he takes precedence- ' *. |i of all except tho minister, vice-governor or wuzcer. Of course no plunges his ^ Hand into tno political pic, muca 10 uu? own advantage. Ho may do nothing for it, but his hand is ever open. The bccond eunuch of the heir apparent of Per-' , sia is a good horsoman, a favorite booa companion, and a clever shot, generally >1^ popular as the prince of good fellows.' ^ But the eunuch ages soon. He is an old . jg man at forty;* ana once seen he is never to be mistaken?his sunken shoulders, Js his beardless face, and his hollow cough . mark him out distinctly. In Persia slaves are well fed, well & clothed, and well treated; the people look on them as equals, not inferiors; ?'ty color is no degradation; they are not put . - j to hard labor; the law is the same practically for them as for others. Mother^ are -r-'-S not separated from their chHdron, husbands from their wives. They soon' become absorbed by marriage among tha <31 Persians, snd I can fancv no happier lot . v!*S| for the enslaved black t&an to be sold in Persia.?St. Jam?' Gazette, . How Host Animals are Affected by -j Earth Tremors. .'""4% nnl> a?1w flaVi Imf . Y V CI y UlKJUaUiJ U\JU VLAIJ VUV mals ana some birds hear as much by the >:.r-$ vibration of the earth as by the soiJnd traveling in the atmosphere, and depend ? as much upon their immediate perception of the slightest tremor of the carta as upon recognition by the ear in the man- .?\%3 ner familiar to ourselves. When rabbits, for instance, are out feeding in the grass, it is often possible to get quite closo to ^ Uiem by walking in this Way, extremely alow, and carefully placing the foot by slow degrees upon the ground. Tho earth is then merely pressed, and not stepped \ upen at all, so that there is no jar. By * doing this I have often moved up within gunshot of rabbits without the least aid from cover. Once now and then I have walked across a Held straight at them. Something, however, depends ;^|8 on the direction of the wind, for then '.'Vrj the question of scent comes in. To some degree it is the same with lmres. It is uritK hirvlsj na wnnfl ' ccruuiiij nkc iiiiaa pigeons, a flock of lhem, will remain feed- ^3 ing only just the other side of the hedge; .VQ but if you stamp the earth, will rise instautly. So will rooks, though they will not fly far if you arc not armed. Partridges certainly securc themselves . ,'V;f by their nttpnTmw i'.. ?>.. l...... .,? ? the ground. Pheasants do so too, and '^^3 make off, running through the underwood long before any one is in sight.. . ^ The most sensitive are land rails, and it .-Xv is difficult to get near them, for this reason. Though the mowing grass must '5^ conceal au approaching person from them as it conceals them from him, these birds change their positions, 110 matter how quietly he walks. J.et him be as cunning as lie will, and think to cut off corners and cross the land rail's retreat, the bird baffles him nine times in ten. That it is advised of the direction the pursuer takes by the vibration of the surface is at least probable. Other birds sit and hope to fscape by remaining still till they dctcct the tremor coming direct toward them, when they rise. 1 ^ fUi* OI10/)AIV . Hain an<i dry wchuiui cuaugu1 1IU 9UO\fV|r tibilitv of the surfnee to vibrate, and may sometimes in part account for tho wildne?s or apparent taincuo.?s of birdsand animals. >hou!(l anyone doubt the existence of such tremors he has only to lie on the ground with his car near the surface; but being unused to tho experiment, he will at first only notice tho heavier sounds, as of a wagon or a cart horse. In recent experiments with most delicate instruments devised to show tho cosmic vibration of the earth, the movements communicated to it by the tides, or by the "pull" of the sun and moon, it has been found almost impossi-ble as yet to carry out the objcct, go greatly are these movements obscured by the ceaseless and inexplicable vibrations ofjthe solid earth. There is nothing unreasonable in the supposition that, if sn instrument can he constructed to show these, the cars of animals ami birds? living organisms, and not iron and steel ?should be able to discover the tremors of the surface.?Life of the Fielh. The Bible church of Salford, England, makes vegetarianism ns well as (eetotulism and total abstincncc from tobacco an essential condition of its church membership. Crematoriums and cremation societio have been in existence in London fo: twenty years. About 40,000,000 pennies were enticed laat year.