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^ J A Song of Battle.
\ Love with its sorrows and lovo with its joys,
Lore is for delicate maidens nnd boys,
Lovo is for women nnd lovo is frr men;
When love is over, vrliat rests to us then?
The joy ot'tho balt'.o.
There's a time to make love, there's a time t?
mako war;
P\ When love is hopeless, tis better by far
3 To pat love aside with a sigh nnd a laugh,
^ To gird on the sword, and a bampor to quaff
To the joy of the battle.
B ? TV. H. Pollock, in Temple Bar.
I DARK DAYS
BT
V HUGH CONWAY,
Author of " Called Back."
%' >
? CHAPTER XV.?THE BLACK CAI\
y1 v?- ,
r- ,u\ There is silence, or all but silence,
In the court. The buzz of suppressed
conversation sinks almost to nothing
? aosoiuteiyto notning as tne judge s!
marshal rises, and after gabbling
through the mysterious proclamation
& which begins "Ovez! Oyez! Oyaz!" de
Clares the court open.
B "Fhilippa still closely veiled, sits
like a statue. Her hand, which ever
K grasps mine, scarcely responds to the
b pressure by which again and again 1
I endeavor to bid her hope for the best.
I would give much if even now I could
V get her to consent to my leading her
I away. I dare not suggest this. I
S know that doing so would be waste of
words.
The court is open. The red judge
E is perusing letters and papers which lie
ft in front of him as calmly and uncon8
cernedly as if the life's happiness of,
ft at least, one man and woman, did not
B ? greatly depend upon the view he takes
B of the case about to ba tried. He raises
one of his bouquets and inhales the
BB perfume of the llowers. How can one
Hi In his position behave like an ordinary
H mortal ? "Were we not here, he might
S condemn an innocent man to a shameH
4..1 t T K/xf
II luiutttnuj jl n uuaci 11, mm sutu jiuij
rible responsibility resting on him, a
j judge can ever really be a happy man ?
I These thoughts seem trivial; but my
k mind is by now in a strange state; it
m is, indeed, so sensitive that every slight
9 incident, every small ceremonial, of toT
day seems to be impressed forever upon
it.
, ! A bewigged gentleman?the clerk of
assize, the man next me tells his neighi
bor?rises and calls name after name,
, until he has fixed upon the twentyi
three gentlemen needed to form the
[ grand jury. They stand up in their
[ places, and, in batches' of four, are
I rapidly sworn. The absurd proclama|
lion against vice and immorality is
I . read; much good may it do every one
I present! Then tho clerk sits down
I and the judge, forsaking his papers,
j begins his work.
! He arranges bis robes to his satis'
faction, leans forward, and, placing
the tips of his long white fingers together,
addresses?charges, I am told
| & the right term?the grand jury in a
nlaooanf nAllnn n i ol manner T ctrain
^/ivvtouuV) vvuv^uKu niuuuvt jl w?* m? >j
every aural nerve to catch the purport
of his glib words. He is sure to say
something about this important murder
case. I shall, perhaps, be able to
learn how it was that the man fell under
suspicion.
Alas! the judge is one who by dint
of years of practice has acquired the
knack of using his voice only just so
much as is absolutely necessary. The
grand jury is close to him, and can,
no doubt, hear him; but to those who,
like ourselves, are far away in the
background of the court, his remarks
are inaudible. All I can catch is a
closing caution to the grand jury, to
bear in mind that it is not within its
province to determine the innocence or
E guilt of the prisoner, but to simply de
cide whether there is or is not sufficient
9 evidence for the cases to go to trial.
9 The grand jury files out of court to
6 conduct its solemn deliberaH
tioni in the place appointed. The
judge addresses a few smiling words
to the sheriff and other magnates who,
by right or favor, occupy seats on the
bench; then he returns to the purusal
of his papers.
For the first time since we entered
the court Fhilippa speaks to me. "Aro
they trying him now 7' she asks in a
low awed whisper, yet in a voice so
changed that I know what the suspense
is costing her. Briefly I explain
the procedure of the law,so far as I
know it She sighs and says no more.
More monotonous calling of many
names, to which summons, however,
another class of men respond. The
common jurymen are now being called.
Probably to save time, twelve men are
sent into the box, where they sit, some
appearing to enjoy the dignity of tho
position, some with stolid indifference
others with acute unhappinsss plainly
manifested. I look at these men with
scarcely less interest than I look at
the judge. On them or on some of
them, our fate rests as much, perhaps
more, than it tests on him. Those
men are trying us?not only the man
who will by-and-by stand in that railtopped
inclosure into which we Iook
down.
Twenty long weary minutes pass
by. All eyes turn to a wooden gallery
in the right-hand corner of the court.
A door in the wall opens. The members
of the grand jujry emerge and fill
the gallery. The foreman arms himself
with a gigantic fishing rod, to
which he attaches a paper, which is
conveyed by this clumsy method to !
that busy gentleman, the clerk of as- I
size. "What idiotic foolery all this j
seems 10 me:
The clerk detaches the document,
glances at It, and looks up at the gal"Gentlemen
of the grand jury, you
return a true bill against William
Evans for murder?"
""We do," answered the foreman
with shy solemenity.
I grind my teeth. Fools! If men
of culture and standing err like this,
what can be expected from a common
jury? It is well forme that I heard
the caution just now given by the
judge. I take such comfor as I can by
thinking they have tried the evidence,
not the man. What can the evidence
be? Ah! we shall scon know.
The clerk turns, and, addressing no j
one In particular, says, "Bring up the |
prisoner." Once more I set my teeth.
I feel my wife's arm tremble; her hand
grows cold. I hear a buzz, as of expectation.
run through the crowded
court. Every eye turns in one direction
toward the empty dock. For
a moment a species of dizziness comes
over me; objects swim before mv eyes.
Tfte sensation passes away. 1 recover
myself. The dock is no longer unten- *
anted. In the center with a stalwart
policeman on eitnersiae or nira.sianus
the accused! The man who if needs
b?, must be saved by such a sacrifice!
From my place, far back in the public
gallery, I can, of course, see nothing
more of the prisoner than his back.'
I gaze at this with intense curiosity,
endeavoring to determine the station
of the man who is now about to be
tried for his life. I can gather but
this much: He is tall and slight. Ilis
dress is of a semi-respectable uature,
but seems to have seen much service.
He might be anything from a broken
down clerk to a gentleman's servant
. out of elbows. I rejoice at his poverty
stricken appearance. Judging from it
money will be welcome to him. Let
the jury but assert his innocence, and
I feel certain that the liberal pecuniary
compensation which it is my intention
to mete out will repay him a hundred
times for the ordeal which he is undergoing.
Ordeal! Yes, it is the right word.
It is easy to see it is a terrible ordeal
to the poor fellow. No need to look
at his faco to be told that much. Even
as h9 emerged from the cells below he
seemed to quake with fgar. ivow no
absolutely falls forward In the dock, ,
supporting himself by grasping tho j
iron railing which ruug round the top. j
I notice that his finger^, as they cling
to the iron bars, open and close con- |
vulsively. Every movement of his j
back and shoulders betrays fear and I
anguish of mind. His state is pitiable,
so pitiable that one of his custodi- i
ans places his hand under the wretch- i
ed man's arm, and give3 him the phys- j
ical support which he s> sorely needs, j
He bends his head as in shame, and I I
know that could I see his face, it
would be white as my o*vn or my
wife's.
In spite of the strain upon my mind,
I was able to wonder at the prisoner's
hopeless demeanor. Although I had,
as it were, torn my very heart out by
the roots to insure this man's safety in
the event of thinzs going wrong with
him; although I did not even now regrot
the courso I ha I taken. I am
bound to say that his cowardly be- i
havior took away much of the svmpa- j
thy which 1 should otherwise have felt |
for him in his unmerited predicament, j
It is, of course, very easy to say what {
one would do if in another's place. I
. ._i / u T ]
certainly reit sure mai, ?nc i m umt .
poor fellow's plight, that conciousness
of my own innocence would give me ;
strength enough to raie niv head, and j
face boldly a'l the judges, juries and j
prosecuting counsel in tho world. I
was willing to make every allowance |
for the nervousness natural to such a [
position; but I groaned inwardly as I
gazed upon that miserable, limp, halfstanding,
half-recliniucr form.
"Why does he not stand upright? |
Too well I know that another is watch- '
ing that abject wretch with interest |
even more intense than mine. I knew
that every attitude of shame or fear is '
understood by l'hilippa, and adds to
tho scruple which sho feels at following
my advice and awaiting the result
of the" trial. Every agonized movement
of the prisoner in the dock seems
to be faintly reproduced by the hand
within my own. Every* pang he suffers
runs through the frame of the
woman who knows that he is suffering
for her deed.
The clerk reads over the indictment:
"That he, William Evans, did feloniously,
willfully, and of malice aforethought
kill and murder Sir Mervyn
Ferrand, Baronet." As the reading
proceeds Philippa draws me toward
her. "Basil," she says in a low whisper,
"this is more dreadful than I
dreamed of. I can not bear it longer.
Think of that poor man's anguish 1 j
Basil, he may also have a wifo who j
loves him; she may be in the court.
Think of her! Oh! what can I do?
What can I do?"
"Nothing?nothing but wait and
hope," I answer.
"Could you not go down and speak
to him, or send a message in some way ?
Tell him not to be so wretched; that
even at the last moment he will be
saved; that the real murderer will con- |
fess and free him. Basil, you must
do this."
"lean not, I dare not. It would
ruin us. Ilush, dearest; becalm, and
listen."
The reading of the indictment is
now ovet. The clerk turns to the
ni-Ionnor ?? A TO Vflll fTllilK' Or Tint (Tllll- I
(illovuv,.. J ~ 0
ty?" he a9ks in a clear voice. 1
Although every one in that court '
knows what the answer will be, there t
is a silence so profound that a pin J
might be heard drop. Every one 1
seemed desirous of hearing the prisoner's
voice. Even I, myself, lean forward,
and strain every nerve to hear J
his plea. j
There is a long, dead pause. It may (
be that the prisoner does not under- i
stand that he is expected to reply. It
may be that his collapsed state de- i J
prives him of the power of speech. I j r
notice that one of the policeman touch- *
es him on the shoulder, and whispers ;
to him. Still for a moment there i3 t
silence. 5
It is broken, but not by the prisoner.
Fhilippa gives a low, soft wail, heard
only, I think, by me. ,
"I can bear it no longer," she whis
pers. She snatches her hand from '
mine. She throws back her thick, [
dark veil, and stands erect in the body
of the court. least one glance at her
pale but determined looking lace, then
v ?- ? Urtrvrl nnnn tianrla nnrl
UOW III,)' llCrtU U|.<uu ill J uttuu^, ?..??
wish that death might at that moment ]
smite us both. All Is over! I am conqueredl
Even as I hide my face I see every
eye in that that thronged court turning
to the tall, majestic, d;?rk-robed
figure which rises in the midst of that
motley throng. Then, clear and loud,
I hear her beloved voice ring out
My lord," I hear her say. I raise
my head at the sound. The eyes of |
bench, bar, jury, and public are fixed!
upon her. The very prisoner turns j
in the dock and gazes straight at her. j
She get9 no further than those two j
words. "Order in the court! Order
in the court!" is shouted so stcrnh
and fiercely that she all but loses he
presence of mind. She falters, she
hesitates, and glances helplessly
around. I seize the moment. By
sheer force I drag her back to her seat.
I pray her by the love she bears me to
wait in silence. I draw the veil over
her face, to hide it from the hundreds
of curious eyes which are turned upon
it. While so doing, I hear the sharp
man late. "Turn that person out of
court."
Had any serious attempt been made
to put the order in force, I believe that
Philippa would have resisted, and once
more attempted to assert the prisoner'3
innocense and her own guilt?if it
was guilt. Fortunately the policeman
who draws near us to carry out the order
is my friend of the morning who
had excepted my gold. It may be on
this account he favors us. It may be,
when a momentary disturbance sub- j
sides, and the perpetrator does not
seem bent upon repeating it, that the
expulsion is not insisted upon. It *
may be that Philippa's accosting the j
judge was looked upon as a solecism
brought about by the excitement of a
weak woman who was in some way
connected with the prisoner. I suppose
such a scene does sometimes occur;
and perhaps, if its repetition is
guarded against, a humaaely-minded
judge will not deny the offender the
sorry comrort or seeing ner iriemis
trial to the end. Perhaps the judge
who this day presides is unusually
good-natured and easy-going. Any
way, our friendly policeman does not
carry out liis instructions, and the
court resumes its business.
But many curious looks a cast at
the veiled woman by my side. I notice
that the hawk-laced Mrs. Wilson
turns in her seat, and looks always at
us; and. strange to say, I notice that
the prisoner in the dock is still staring
fixedly in our direction. The policemen
take him by the arms; face him
round toward the ber.c'i. Once more
the solemn question. "Are you guilty,
or not guilty?" is ask?d.
A short excited pause. The prisoner
answers. Well, I know what he
says, although ho speaks *o faintly
th-it I iln not lipur 1ii? voice. Stranire
w""w "v **v% """ ' O'
to say, his answer seems to create considerable
agitation. 1'eoplo who are
near to hitn lm>!< back and whisper
to those in the rear. A barrister
j turns in his seat, and stares in a
i dumbfounded way at a gentleman behind
him. This gentleman rises up
fussily, and bustles r uind to the dock,
where for a minute he seems to be engaged
in earnest cmversation with
the pris n t. The latter shakes his
head sullenly and hopelesslly. In an
apparently highly-?xcited state, the
gentleman, whom I rightly judge to
be solicitor for the defense, hurries
back, whispers to the barrister, an I
seems by his ge>ture t> bo'washing
his hands of some res] onsibility.
What does it all mean? Why do
they not goon with tho trial? The
suspense is growing more than I can
bear. Ilush! the judge speaks.
The excitement is spreading through
the court. In spite of the warning
looks of the authorities, people are
whispering to each othqr. The judge
is speaking earnestly to the prisoner.
He seems to le explaining something,
counseling : o nethlng. 3till the
man shakes his head sullenly. What
does it all mean ?
Mean! The next solemn action, the !
next solemn words of the red-robed j
judge, answer my question, and tell me ;
that a thing has come to pass which ;
never entered within the rango of prob- j
ability. Or have I been asloep? Has
the trial been gone through, and the
worst, the very worst happened? Xoj
five minutes ago I pulled Philippa |
back to her seat, and forced her to j
with-holil her damning words* Even |
now my grasp is on hereto prevent her
from rising.
Ha! Look! The judge places a square
of black silk upon his head. The pris
oner cowers down. Ho would fall, I
were it not for tho arms which support
him on either side. A rustle of j
intense feeliDg runs through the j
court. Men catch their breath; wo-1
men's eyes are distended. The sensa- j
Cion-seekers are rewarded. Ilark! the |
judge speaks. I can hoar him plainly j
now, although there is deep emotion |
in his voice.
"Prisoner at the bar, you are guilty j
by your own confession, of an attro- |
cious, cold-blooded murder, tho motive
for which is known but to yourself j
and your God. For me only the pain- I
ful duty remains"
Guilty! On his own confession! The
man guilty! The m n to save whom I
we have traveled night and day?he
the criminal! Fhllippa, my peerless '
Philippa! my wifej my love! InnocentI j
Innocent! This! This revultien of feel- I
ing is more than human nature can
bear!
"Order in the court! Order in the
court!" "What is it? Who is it? Only
a woman in a dead faint. She is borne
out tenderly, lovingly, proudly,
by a man who clasps his prec
- * * -T..11
ious ouraen 10 miearij iuu ui sul-u
rapture as few of his fellow-creatures
can ever have known.
But let it also be hoped that few
have ever endured such grief and anguish.
[to be concluded. 1
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Topics of Interest fro:n the Various
Departments.
The Circular Issued by PostmasterGeneral
Vilas.
Following are a batch of interesting topics (
gleaned from the Washington dispatches:
THE POSTAL CARD CONTRACT.
The contract for supplying one-cent postal
cards for four years has been awarded by the
postmaster-general to the lowest bidder, Calvin
C. Woodworth, New York. This firm's i
bid was 47.71 cents per thousand.
GARFIELD'S STATCE.
The statue of the late President Garfield,
contributed by the State of Ohio to Statuary
hall in the capital, arrived a few days ago.
It represents the late President in thy act of i
ielivering a speech in the House of Represin- 1
natives. Ho stands with his right arm across 1
(lis breast and his ljft hand resting upan a 'i
Jesk.
SECRETARY MANNING'S POLICY.
Secretary Manning denies the published
reports that numerous discharges of chiofs of
livisionsand other officers of the treasury
iave been detennined upou. He says soma
:hanges may naturally ami necessarily bo exacted,
but it is not true that he has had a
ist prepared of those who are and those who '
ire not to remain. There is scarcely a caso
le asserts, in which a decision has yet been
cached, and this is not the cas3 in regard to
i single chief of division. A fow officials
tave been given to understand that tiny aro
lot likely to oe disturbed, and these aro about
ho only indications the secretary has given j
if his policy.
POSTMASTER-GENERAL VILAS* CIRCULAR. !
The following circular, which explains it- ,
elf, has been issued by the postmaster-gen- ,
?ral. It has been sent to the Democratic ,
nembers of Congress from the States of ]
Jhio, Indiana and Virginia, and will bo sent
o members of delegations from other Statos: j
[Confidential.] i
Post Okkice Departmknt, )
OvrrfE nr Postmaster GKNERAL. V 1
Washington*, D. C., April 2!i, lt>S5. ' )
Dear Sir: The continual illness of Mr. i
[lay will delay Ins coming for some time yet j
,o the department, and I think it desiraltle 1
hat some action should bo taken In the way ]
if removals, and am impatient to assist our ]
jeople in securing relief, to which they are
iustly entitled, from partisan postmasters. I 1
rnve had a conference with the Virginia deligation,
and they will soon bring in their !
:ases, and I shall hope to make the earliest <
emovals in that State. As sdou as they i
thai I l>e ready, and I hope within a week, I
lesire to appoint from three to ten in a coun;y
in Virginia, amounting to several hundred
iltogether. I ha 1 intended to invito yourself
in 1 the Democratic delegation from Ohio to
neet me this week and consider the plan
ipon which we should proceed in making renovate
in Ohio. But I understand it will b3 ,
nconveuient for some to travel hither now,
md it has occurred to me that 1
>erhaps the same eud might bo ac- i
:omplished by writing. I shall beg you, ]
;hcrefore, to consider the suggestions I
nake as to the methods or proceuuro, ana it
,'ou can adopt thorn and get samo cases ready
svithin the next two or three weeks I think i
rvit hin the month of May I can give substan- |
;ial relief that will tak-j away the importunity
ind discontent. I think that from tiftean to
twenty-five per cent, of the fourth class postnasters
in Ohio might bo removed within the
lext two months, and great good accomplished
thereby, if our people will adherejtj
i projjosed plan.
This is, in short, to pick out the most obloxious
and offensive partisans in each
:ounty, to the number of a sixth to a quarter
)f all, and choose first-class men to take their
ilaces. I will require no more proof of partisanship
in theso selections than the affirmation
of knowledge on the part of a Representative
or Senator that tho postmaster has
been an activo editor or proprietor of a Republican
newspaper printing offensive
articles, easily shown by slips ; or a
stump speaker, or member of a political
committee, or officer of a campaign
club,or organizer of political meetings,
or that his office has l?een made the headquarters
of political work, or that his clerks
have been put into tho performance of do
iitical duties, rossimy otner a' ts 01 cquui
force may be noted in somo cases. If the
Representative does not know the fact, it
should bo established by some affidavit of
some person whom he can affirm to bo of unquestioned
credibility, or by some documentary
evidence.
In rocommending for appointment, I beg
th'.> Representatives will state the age, business,
and what kind of business experience,
and a description of the business, character
of the applicant, and also of his habits and
standing in tho community. It would bo
well to lile evidence showing that he will be
satisfactory to the community, and when
there are various candidates, I shall 1 ?
obliged by any explanation which tho Representative
can give.
This necessarily imposes a little trouble,
and yet not very great; but it seems to mo
reasonable to require very extraordinary caro
and trouble euough to be taken to represent
surely the facts. The earliest removals and
apjKJintinents of this kind will challenge tho
keenest scrutiny. The former must bo justifiable
and the latter beyond criticism. Some
mistakes have i>erbaps occurred, and our adversaries
are keenly interested to make the
most or everv fault. 1)'cnu?o th'yhavo perceived
a strong current of genoral approbation
of the purposes of the administration.
In rendering this justice to onr people,
which consists of tho removal of opponents
and substitution of our friends, I feci that it
is very desirable to proceed with extreme
care, and that I am correctly representing
the President's wishes and purposes in earnestly
soliciting that every step may be taken
. irp.irflintrlv f ma v aild that. as ilift rniniiinii
coo I is iniinit.'ly b-yond tlio welfare of nny
one person, however groat hi? place, so appointments.
to further <i m<-re jn-rsonnl end,
should l>c absolutely forbidden, mwl recommendations
upon tint basis may well expect
disfavor.
I shall very willingly take up the case of
any district or of any county, whenever they
arc ready, and I shall In glad if the Representative
can perswilly att Mi l and go over
them. Papers should be sent in as soon as
possib'e, and will be then carefully briefed in
the department; and when so 111 ado roady,
appointments can bo made with great rapi
lity.
Should you think it desirable to have a
personal conference before this is begun, I
shall be very glad to meet the delegation.
But as I have felt it desirable to relieve
them of wnnecmsary journeying and expense,
I have written a similar letter to each representative
from Ohio.and respectfully solicited
responsive action in accordance with the
spirit of it. Very truly yours,
Wm. F. Vilas, 1 'ostmastor-General
Tiierc arc 3,9(53. railway postoftice
clerks in the service.
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AN ASIAN CAMPAIGN.
How Russia Would Attempt to
Conquer England.
A. Plan of Operations Drawn by a
Ku3sian General.
A special dispatch from St. Petersburg to
tho Now York Herald says that the Russians
bftvo at tho present moment 120,000 men be"
twecn tho Caspian sea and Herat Accord
ing to the best military estimate, Russia's
position is practically unassailable, and it
would be madness for an Anglo-Indian army
f less than 250,000 men to attempt oporating
in Central Asia against Russia
The following plan of operations in Centraj
Asia has been drawn up by General Gourko,
and would have been put into execution in
the event of war:
First?Tho principles of the campaign
would be those of tho Moscow campaign of
1812 against Napoleon.
Second?Tho Russian commander would
strictly avoid any general engagement until
the Anglo-Indian army was drawn into tho
interior at least six nunureu nines ueyonu
Candahar.
Third?Three Russian corps d'armee, each
30,000 strong, would await tho Anglo-Indian
advance in strongly defensive positions echeloned
along tho Kushk and tho Murghab
rivers.
Fourth?Twenty-five thousand Cossacks at
tho first sign of a British advance would
swarm through Afghanistan, arouse tho
whole country, proclaim Ayoub Khan as
Ameer and harass British communications,
burning supplies, raiding round tho British
army, stami>eding camp followers, etc , but
avoiding any serious engagement.
Fifth?A corps of observation of 25,000 men
and 15,00.) Cossacks to be stationed at Chickishlar,
on the Caspian, ready to march
straight to Teheran tho instant the shah of
Persia should show the slightest sign of aiding
th) English.
Sixth?When tho Anglo-Indian army has
been drawn far into tho interior, worn out
by tho difficult country and worried night
and day by tho Cossacks, it would be attacked
simultaneously hy the 00,000 men forming
tho threo Russian corps d'armie.
Seventh?In case of a British defeat tho
Russian advance would be followed by tho
immediate construction o? railways, and
nade very slowly but very surely.
Gladstone's Second Victory*
In the British house of commons tho motion
of Sir Edward Masscy Lopes, liberal con
>ervauve, iu liiserii a vmuw ju vuoiv|j?wu- I
tion act charging the expenses of
registry on the general" treasury,
being called up, Mr. Gladstone
strongly opjwsed it. Tho motion was finally
rejected by a vote of 28J to 258, a loss of t.*n
votes by the government from tho previous
night's tally and of but two for the opposition.
Forty Irish home rulers voted against
the government.
Tho government's majority on Sir Massey
Lopes' motion was obtained through the preslure
of a throat that tho ministry would resign
if defeated. A number of liberals who
desired to abstain from voting were compelled
to vote on tho appeal of tho other liberals,
who pointed out that a defeat would
mean the placing of tho government in tho
hands of tho conservatives.
ENGLAND'S TROUBLES.
riic Son dan War Ended?Rnmla Conciliated?Gladstone
Sustained.
In the British house of commons Mr. Glad.
3tone said that an arrangement had beon effected
between Earl Granville, foreign secretary,
the Earl of Kimborly, secretary for
India, Baron de Staal, tho Russian minister
to England, and M. Lessar, the special Russian
agent in London, in regard to tho
Afghan frontier. Tho arrangement wag
satisfactory to tho British govorn.
ment and to the Earl of Dufferin, viceroy of
India. Ho hoped the arrangement would be
made the subject of a convention with Russia.
He said the government was acting in
concord with the Ameor's wishes. He hoped
to present papers by the end of the week in
support of the arrangement.
A similar statement was mado by Earl
Granville in tho house of lords.
Lord Hartington, secretary for war, said
in the house of commons that tho decision
reached by the government in regard to the
Soudan practically involved the abandon
inent or the aavnnco to iviiartoum. mo guvermnent
had resolved to mako Wady Haifa
the most advanced position as a permanent
dofenso of Egypt. Tho British troops
would Be withdrawn as soon as the Nile
rises. It is expected that tho rising
will occur about the end of May.
This statement was received with cheers
from the government benches.
Mr. Gladstone then moved for a second
reading of tho consolidated fund bill (the $55,:W0,CKW
credit). He urged his motion in a
speech in which ho declared that he was unable
to understand tho difference which existed
on this subject between the opposition
ind tho government Ho urged tho lionse to
ivoid every unnecessary issue just now, as it
would be the duty of the house to pass judgment
on the conduct of the government
No sooner had Mr. Gladstone done spoaking
than tho conservatives opened upon him
mil his government the bitterest attack
within their power to make. This was led by
tho Right Honorable Lord Georgo Francis
Hamilton, conservative member for Middlesex,
who moved for consideration of
in amendment refusing to assent
to the voto of $55,01) J,000 until tho
liouse had been informed of tho government's
present policy and of the purposes to
which tho money granted was to lie applied.
The debato lasted until 2 a. m., when Lord
Hamilton's motion was defeated by a vote of
?'0 to 200. Tho majority consisted entirely
of liberals. Tho Parnellites voted with the
minority.
GENERAL KOMABOFF.
Tlorc Particular* o. His Fight With
tho AIglian?.
General KomaroCCs latest dispatches regarding
the collision between tho Itu ssians
ind Afghans near Penjdch reiterate with
. .. 1!? ,.r ?t.? of
LUIier UL'lUllS 1115 euniCi iawuiita kjl I'UU **?.
fair. Ho says tbo Afghans sent a taunting
message to tbo Russians, declaring
that "they would thrash tlio Russians
as they had thrashed the English." The-Afghans,
General KomarofT again insists, fired
the first shots and so wero responsible for
bringing on tlio 'engagement. General
KomirofT says ho learned from prisoners
who were captured in the battle that tbo
Afghan loaders had ordered tbo Sariks
to furnish a contingent of 0110 thousand
men to the Afghan army. Tbo time
which had been allowed the Sariks to determine
whether they would comply with this
order expired on the very day tbo battle occuired,
and an answer from them was expected
by the Afghans on that day. The
effect produced Ty tho Russian success
on tho minds of tho neighboring peoplo
was si great that directly aftor
tho battle tho Rank and Ersarik Turcomans
offered their allegianco to Russia A few
days after the battle?namely, on tho 7th of
April?General KomarofT says ho wrote to
Taib Salar, tho Afghan commander at Penjdeh,
that ho had no further animosity against
tho Afghans.
TllElJATIONALGAME.
JFIooan, of tho Cleveland club, is a flm
tenor singer.
All tho Southern league clubs have adopted
"ladies' days."
" Wafted" and "churned the ethereal" is
tho latest slang for struck out.
The Western Pennsylvania Baseball assoointinn
irae nrfnnizpd roceiltlv.
The Chattanooga chib is said to bo the unluckiest
elub in tho Southern league.
Harry Garfield, son of tho murdered
President, is manager of tho Williams college
nine.
President Cleveland is frequently called
upon by members of tho baseball clubs visiting
Washington.
It is estimated that not less than 1,000 men
will make a regular business of playing base
ball professionally this summer.
Josiah Jkwrtt, tho president o? the Buffalo
league club, is vico-prosident of the Bank
of Buffalo. Ho came near being elected
mayor a couplo of years ago.
Secretary Dkadimck has issued a notice
to the managers of the Southern league clubs !
that heroalter any club that shall leave |
the field, during n game, shall l>o liable to a i
fine of from ?100 t ? ?r>lK). Tho fine will be |
paid to the team remaining 011 tho field.
A game of ball was played recently at |
Albany, for the benefit of tiio Bartnoldi
pedestal fund, between picked nines of the [
Democratic and Hepublican members of the
New York legislature. Tho Democrats won
by r>(> to "JO. They mado 28 runs in one
inning.
Whether or not ono could catch a ball
thrown from tho top of Washington monument
led the catcher of a local baseball club
to make a similar trial recently from the top
of tli'j water works standpipo in Erie, Penn.
The height was -4S feet, and u|>on tho seventh
attempt tho deed was accomplished, but the
catcher declared tbo sphere weighed a ton.
Tlio difficulty is not in tlio ball veering to
either side, but in its accelerated velocity.
The following is the base ball record up to
recout date:
NATIONAL LEAOL'B.
H'on. Lost. Ton. Loit.
Chicajo 3 l Providence 2 'i
Detroit 3 o St. Loiii* 1 ::
New York 3 1 Philadelphia...1 3
IJofl on 2 2 I Buffalo 0 3
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Baltlmaro T 5 1 Athletic 6 T
St. Lotil* 8 5 Pittsburgh....6 8
Cincinnati 8 6 | Louisville 0 7
Brooklyn.....-....6 6 | Metropolitan..G S
EASTERN 1JIAOUE.
National 4 1 I I.nnCasler 1 3
Virginia 4 0 | Norfolk 1 3
Newark 4 0 I Jersey City.... 0 . 4
Trenton.... 3 11 Wilmington...0 5
-:.-v: L'- ' .* ...
NEWS SUMMARY
Fnnfera nnd middle state**
H. M. Muxskll, one of the jury who acr
quitted Short of stabbing Captain Phelan
in New York, was arrested. He was charged
with having visitid Short in the tombs before
the trial, and also of having called on
O'Donovan Kosso, in whoso oflico the assault
occurred.
A couple in New York named Lehman,
both over seventy years old, rendered desperate
by poverty, committed suicide.
Mrs. Guvenal and child, and August
Rose were drowned by tho upsetting of a
skiff in which they, accompanied by Mr.
Guvenal and three others, were being rowed
across the Monongaholft river, near Hays
station, Penn.
Tiie New York assembly passed by a large
majority a bill exempting the soldiers of the
late war from the provisions of the civil service
law.
Ex-Governor Gilbert C. Walker, of
Virginia, died tho other day in New York,
agea fifty-two years. Ho was a native of
Bmghamton, N. Y., served from 1870 to
1874 as governor of \ irginia, and was subsequently
elected to Congress twice.
Toe Massachusetts assembly passod a bil^
restricting tho manufacture and salo of dy*
namite.
The Pennsylvania assembly passed oyer
the governor's veto tho bill ordering counties
to bury all bodies of destitute soldiers aud
mark their graves with headstones.
Mrs. Hiram Peautz, living near Litiz,
Penn., in a fit of insanity drowned herself and
her youngest two children.
A large body of water in tho abandoned
iijipar level workings at North Ashland colliery,
Columbia Co.. Penn., broke through
tho weakened pillar below, and washing out
n largo quantity of earth and coal, killed
a contractor, two miners, and a driver,
and fatally injured a sub-boss.
At tho annual meeting of tho American
Tract society, held in Now York, it was reported
that the society issued during the year
ending March last 213,115 volumes and 6,309,804
tracts, wall rolls, card packages, etc.
IVhen tho lato Wendell Phillips died, i'
was supposed ho left an estate worth fully
f200,00U. Investigation, however, has shown
that tho total value of hi* property is only
$8,361.05.
Sonth and Wojt?
A spark from a locomotive caused a fire
in the Chicago lunibor district which burned
up 45,000/ 00 feet of lumber and several
planing mills, entailing a total loss of |~00,(KX).
At one timo much alarm was felt lest the
lire should assume proportions approaching
those of the groat conflagration of 1871, which
came from the same direction,and accordingly
the entire fire department was tabled out
Moses Caton was hanged at Morganfield,
Ky., for the slow torture and murder of a
widow whom he had married to get posses
sionofher property. A female accomplice
of Caton has been sentonced to imprisonment
for life, mid his two sons are yet to be tried
as accomplices.
The militia who fired with such fatal effect
when Ihe striking quarrymen at Lemont,
111., were censured by the jury of inquest.
As Josiah Hoskins, jailer of Bell county,
Kentucky, was returning from church, accompanied
by several of his children and
Thomas Napier, the whole party was fired
upon by Andrew Johuson, who wa3 lying in
wait behind a building in tlio town of Fineville.
Hoskins, his little daughter, ten years
old, and Napier were instantly killed. This
assassination was the result of a difficulty
between Napier and Johnson on the day of
the last presidential election, when Napier
was wounded by Johnson, who has killod fiva
persons in tho past three years.
Two miners were fatally and four others seriously
injured by a gas explosion in a mine
at Bridgeport, W. Va.
William S. Roberts, president of the defunct
tmnk of Augusta, Ga., for whom a
requisition was made by Governor Hill, of
New York, cut his throat with a razor, inflicting
a wound which tho doctors said was
not necessarily fatal.
Washington*
President Cleveland will hereafter receive
no callers on Haturdav. Ho finds ik
necessary to do vote at least ono working day
of each wcok to the transaction of public
business without interruption.
The President has appointed George V. N
Lothrop, of Michigan, to bo envoy extraordinary
and minister plenipotentiary to Russia;
Boyd Winchester, of Kentucky, to bo
minister resident and consul-general to
Switzerland; Dr. John E. W. Thompson, of
New York, to be minister resident and consul-general
to Hayti. Mr. Lothrop is a
prominent Detroit lawyer. Boyd Winchester
was first appointed consul to Nice, but declined
on account of the inadequate salary.
Dr. Thompson is a young colored man, and a
graduate of tho medical department of Yale
college.
E. o. Graves, assistant United States
treasurer and for twenty two years a treasury
department employe, has been promoted
to be chief of tho bureau of engraving and
printing in place of Captain Burrill, whose
resignation was requested by Secretary Manning.
Mr. Sparks, tho new land commissioner,
had an altercation the other day in his office
with Colonei Do Alina, a land agent at Carson
City, Nev., who had called and insisted ;
on having his accounts settled. Finally Mr. j
, Sparks forcibly ejected tho land agent, who I
sworo out a warrant against tho coinmis- j
doner, charging him with assault.
AnnmnxAr. appointments by tho Presi- '
dent: William A. !*'eav, of Louisiana, to be
minister resident and consul-general to Bolivia;
Ephraim B. Ewing, of Missouri, to be
consul-gcncral at Mexico; H. Clay ArmStrong.
of Alabama, to bo consul-general at
Kio do Janeiro, and tho following consuls:
Gustavus Luckc, of New Hampshire, at
Sherbrooke, Canada; Peter Staub, of Ten- |
(lessee, at St. Galle; Henry M. Jveim, of
Pennsylvania, at Charlotte town, Frinco U<uward
island; John M. Strong, of New York,
at Belleville, Canada; Alexander Bertram!,
of New York, ut St. Johns, (Quebec; Louis
N. Minnie, of Michigan, at Port Sarnie.
I.ewis C. Bartlett, of New York, was appointed
second deputy commissioner of poti
sions; Arthur D. Bissell, collector of custom for
the district of Buffalo crook, N. Y.; A.
M. Kulin, surveyor of customs at Indianapolis;
Hamilton C\ Jonas,United States district
altorney for the western district of North
Carolina, and John H. Oberly, of Illinois,
Indian school superintendent.
Postmasters appointed by the President:
Maurice Litseh, at Mahauoy City, Pen'i.
John Slack, at Bristol, Tennr. Mary H. Edwards,
at Cleveland, Tenn.; Mrs. II. A. Hastings,
at Port (Jib-on, MUs.; J. L. Moaie, at
Hazelhurst, Miss.; Harvey C. Moore, at
Broadhead, AVis.
Chari.es M. Shem.ey, of Alabama, has
been appointed fourth auditor of the treasury,
vice Charles Beardsley, resigned.
Di'Rinc; April six hundred new postmasters
\vero appointed.
Henry B. James, chief of tho customs
division, treasury department, has resigned,
to take effect Juno 1.
The count of the moneys and securities in
the United States treasury has been completed,
and everything was found in a satisfactory
condition.
Further appointments by tho President:
To be collectors of internal revenue?Geo. L.
Spear for the district of Vermont, Charle3 E.
Iiasbrook for the sixth district of Missouri,
Edmund M. Bigler for tho twenty-third district
of Pennsylvania, Edward C. Wall for
uie urst uistnct 01 Wisconsin, nugn ivmnaru
for the fifth district of New Jersey. William A.
Vincent, of New Mexico, to bo justice of tho
supremo court of the Territory of New Mexico;
Loroy F. Yonmans, of South Carolina,
to be attorney of tho United States for the
district of Houth Carolina. Postmasters?
Samuol A.Ashe, of Raleigh, N. C.; James
F. Vogt, at lie Mars, Iowa; John McWilliams
at Coatesville, Penn.
The commissioner of agriculture has issued
a directory of departments, boards, societies,
colleges and other organizations in
the interest of agriculture, horticulture,
stock raising, dairying, bee keeping, iish culture
and kindred industries in the United
States. It contains the names of more than
five thousand organizations.
The charge of assault made by Colonel Do
Ahna, a land agent, against Commissioner
Sparks was dismissed by the judge.
Professor C. V. Rii.ey, tho entomologist
of tho agricultural department, says that
the country will soon bo visited by two great
broods of locusts, of tho seventeen and thirteen-year
varieties, and that this will bo tho
first time in 221 years that they have appeared
in conjunction. Tho in jury thov will
inflict Will probably be confined to fruit trees.
The Prosident has appointed Colonel John
M. Wilson, of tho corps of engineers, to be
commissioner of public buildings and grounds,
relieving Colonel A. F. Rockwell.
Secretary Endicott left Washinrrf
ayi nthni* ilo V fnr Vnr f,
4r'bw" -? - ? - -- |
enwortli, Kan., to inspect tho military
prison at that place. Tho secretary has been
selected by tho President to preside over a j
board appointed to report where fortifications
and defences of the United States am '
most urgently needed.
Foreign*
Emma, at one time queen of the Sandwich
t Islands, Is dear]. Sho was the daughter of a
| high native chief and an English woman,anrj |
i received an excellent education by American i
j tutors.
War talk was again revived in England j
! by tho report that Russia had refused to enj
tor into any agreement not to advance on
i Herat, Afghanistan.
j spain wants China to pay for tho Josses
! sustained by Spanish missionaries during tho
| Franco-Chinese war.
A Halifax dispatch says that tho White
Cross Line Belgian steamer Helvetia, 1,101
! tons, from Antwerp, bound for Montreal
j was sunk ofT Scntterio, Cape Breton. AH on
board were saved. The cargo was valued at
! $400,000.
A copy of Lcfevre's "Rocuyell of Histo? ??
"f TV/itm ' thn hrjfc hrvnk nrinted in Entr
! iish, lias just been sold in London for iM,8'J0
j (about $!), 100). Tho saino copy was sold in
i 1750 for eight guineas.
A long dispatch 1ms been published in St.
i Petersburg from General Komaroff, ii which
| ho reiterates everything he said in his former
dispatches regarding the unexpected progressive
movements of tho Atgifcuis, and
claims that the latter were the aggressors at
Penjdeh.
The Pope has selected Mgr. Moran,
ney, Now South Wales, to bo archbishop or
Dublin.
The German reichstag has increased the
duties on wheat, oats and barloy. This is
done to restrict importation of the cereals
from other countries.
An avalanche in Iceland swopt fifteen
dwellings with their inmates into tho sea.
Twenty-four persons were drowned and fifty
fishing boats destroyed.
A meeting of 1,000 workmen in Trafalgar
Square, London, held to protest against a
proposed increase of tho tax on spirits and
beer, resulting in a riot which the police were
for a long tiino unnblo to control
The American residents of Paris have presented
tho municipality of that city a reduced
copy of Hartholdi's statue of " Liberty
Enlightening the World," destined for Now
York harbor.
Advices from Tirpul state that tho people
of Afghanistan expect England to avenge
tho defeat of tho Arghans by the Russians or
indemnify the ameer for his lossta
LATER NEWS,
an explosion at the chemical works near
Somerset, Feun., completely wrecked nine
buildings. W. T. Beach, one of the proprietors,
was blown to atoms. Where the
building in which tho explosion occurred
?tood there is a liolo largo enough to bury
tho structure in.
Miss Jane Holmes, who died recently at
Pittsburg, Ponn., out of an estate amounting
to about $1,000,00!) bequeathed $700,009 for
charitable purposes.
Michael Aldekfer, aged eighty-two
years, a bank president and wealthy banker
while temporarily insane committed suicide
by hanging at Norristown, Penn.
Fifteen examiners and clerks in the
United States appraiser's office at New York
have been removed.
Colonel Morrison's namo was withdrawn
on the 14th as a candidate for United States
Senator before tho Illinois legislature. The
aew member (Weavor) received his certificate
of election from the governor.
The President has made the following ap.
pointments: Collectors of internal revenueThomas
H. Simms, for the district of Arkan"
sas; Charles B- Staples, for the Twelfth dis.
trict of Pennsylvania. Collectors of customs?Richard
F; Dodge, for tho district of
Salem and Beverly, Mass.; Richard T. Rundlett,
for tho district of Wiscassot, Mo. Post,
masters?John C. Sceva, at Mechanicsburg,
Ohio ; Cary T. Pope, at Hillsborough, Ohio ;
Norval Blackburn, at Decatur, Ind. Consul?
George C: Tanner, of South Carolina, at
Chemnitz.
After General Middloton's victory over
Riol at Batoucho many of the rebel leader's
half-breed followers surrendered to the Canadian
troops.
A banquet in Iionor of M?. Morton, the
retiring United States minister to France,
was given at Paris, among the 200 guests
being Mr. Morton's successor, ox-Governor
McLnnc. General Merritt, the retiring consul"
general to London, also gave a farewell dinner
and welcome to his successor, ex-Governor
Waller. ____
WAGES OFFABM LA.E0R
Interesting Statistics from the Agricultural
Department.
The monthly statistical publication of tho
agricultural department for May contains a
comprehensive statement of wages paid to
farm laborers in- all parts of tho country,
based upon what Mr. Dodge, the statistician
of the department, believes to
be entirely trustworthy data. It was
found in 18G6 that the average for
while labor was $28 _ per month without
board aud $ 15.."*) witn Doara. An accepieu
estimate of thirty years before made {9 per
month, with board, the average cost of farm
labor. In 1S09 the rate for labor paid fully
in cash was $25.13, a reduction having occurred
in tho West, sonio decline in the East,
while in tho South an advance had resulted
from increasing efficiency in labor ond
rising confidence in its reliability. In
1875 a further decline had occurred,
tho reduction in six years being from $32.08
to $2fl.l!6 in the East, from $28.02 to 20.02 in
tho Middle States and from $27.01 to $23.00
in tho West In tho following periods of cumulative
effect of tho depression, culminating
in 18711, thero was much labor unemployed,
an excels of rural laborers, an abnormal reduction
of wages, from which a gradual recovery
resulted, which, in 1882, had raised
tho rate to tho level of 1879?quite up to it in
tho Western States.
Tbe following statoment shows by sections
the cash rates where board is not furnished,
showing tho gradual decline of inflated values
of tho speculative period, the undue depression
of tho era of panic and the ultimate
lecoveryin 1882, with the changes indicated
by tho present returns of the 1st of May,
1s85:
Siction. 1885. 1882. 1879. 1806.
Eastern States...$25 30 $20 01 $20 21 $33 30
Middlo States.... 23 19 22 24 19 09 30 07
Southern f tates.. 14 27 1530 13 31 16 CO
Western Hites... 22 20 23 03 20:38 28 91
California 38 75 38 25 41 03 35 75
Tho mnnnnfc of labor seekine employment
in agriculture at tho present time is unusually
lurge, yet therf aro many localities in almost
every section of tho country in which thero is
more or less complaint of scarcity. A majority
of the reports received, however, indicate
zceptional abundance of labor in the
rural districts rather than the opposite
condition. Among the causes assigned tho
most important is the curtailment of operations
in mnnuEacturing, mining, iron working,
railroad building, lumbering and other
industries, tho low price of produce and in
some localities,a failure of tho crops, by which
the ability of farmers to employ labor has
been diminished coincidentally, with ail increase
in tho amount of labor offering.
As regards colored labor in the South the
reports are, in many cases, favorable, notwithstanding
tho complaints as to tho unwillingness
of colored men to work, their disposition
to hang around towns depending on
occasional jobs, and other faults enumerated
by many correspondents. Homo correspondents
testify to increased industry on the part
of tho colored people, but attribute it to hard
times and a more urgent necessity for industry
as the alternative to starvation.
The report closes with the practical suggestion
that in the manufacturing towns and
cities offices be opened either by the labor unions
or by benevolent citizens, through which
communication may be opened between unemployed
city workmen and farmers needing
help, so that a reputable and worthy city laborer
may havo tlio moans of making known
his true character, instead of starting out on
foot at a venture, subject to the risk of beingmistaken
for a professional tramp.
KIEL'S REBELLION,
A Stubborn Battle that Continued
1'ntil Mglitfail.
Details of a bifctlo bitwoen General Middloton's
Canadian troops and Riel's half-breed
rebels, near Batouche, are as follow?:
The forces left tho camp at 6 o'clock on
Saturday morning, leaving all supplios and
tents behind. Aftor marching several miles
without seeing or hearing anything of tho
enemy, suddenly the whistle of tho steamor
Northcoto, which had boon converted into
a gunboat, was heard blowing continuously.
As the troops drew nearer, they
heard tho sound of heavy firing in
tho direction of tho river. A signal was fired,
an 1 the guns on the steamer replied. Scouts
and a Gatling gun were ilion pushed rapidly
ahead, and camo upon two houses near the
bank of the river, which hore is very precipitous.
They mot an advanced party of rebels,
who fired, and then retreated behind tho
house. Tho Gatling gun was brought
to bear on them, when thoy ran
into a house near the church of St. Laurent
This was also fired on by tho Gatling, when
tho robals ran out into tho bushes. A bat- |
tery by this time camo up with a rush and i
got into position, sending several Shells after |
the rebels. Tho ltoyal Urenadiers tncu |
deployed, continuing to advance in
skirmishing order until they reachod
the church, when a priosfc came
out of the hot's3 waving a white flag. General
Middleton and staff advanced and shook
hands with the priest. Then three other
priests and fl ve Sisters of Charity came out.
A number of half breed children were inside
tho building in charge of tho Sisters.
The grenadiers still advanced, skirmishing
through the bush on the right of tho trail,tho
Gatling being pushed forward down tho doclivity
toward Batouche, now plainly visible
in the valley below. Here A Battery unlimbered
on tho top of the ridge, sending shells
into the rebels, and while doing so were almost
surprised by a number of tho onemy.
When they wore discovered they made a wild
charge for the guns, firing and yelling as they
ran.
At this point Captain Howard, of tho Second
regiment, Connecticut national guards,
who is with tho Canadians in charge of tho
Gatling battery, saw tho danger, and
promptly took measures which saved tho
Canadian troop3 groat loss of life, if not
utter rout. \V ith cool daring ho ran
a Catling gun in front of tho battery
and opening a rapid, skillful flro ho sent a
shower of bullets into tho rebels wuicn mm
ninny of them on tho ground, and sent tho
others scurrying back under shelter of the
bush. Here, under safo cover, chagrinM
at their unexpected repulse, they retaliated
by opening lire on Howard.
Tho young officer's escape from injury was
almost miraculous, but ho gallantly stood his
ground and iinnlly drove the rebels, who
found it impossible to hold out against tho
terrible fire, to a pit constructed- for purposes j
of safety in a deep ravine running up from j
tho river. Howard's bravery is especially j
commended.
The engagement continued until the troops J
had completely routed the rebels and took !
possession of Batouche, whero they now are.
Gunner Phillips, of A battery, was tho only
one killed, and six only were injured. The
enemy's los3 is very large.
>' 'y.' - .
THE WAR I MANIT0B1
General Middleton's Troops Cap.
ture Kiel's Stronghold.
The Rebels Driven from Their Rifle
Pits by a Bayonet Charge.
A dispatch from Winnipeg,Manitoba,give
the following particulars of the sovero flght
ing which resulted in tho capture by General
Middleton's troops of Hiel's stronghold, Batouche:
The climax of General Middleton's campaign
against the robel half breeds was the
capture of Batouche yesterday, after four
days' fighting, and the complote route of
the rebels. Lato on Saturday night,
after the advanced skirmishers had
been called in, the rebels opened fire on tho
loyal troops, who took refuge in a corral,
from whicu position Captain Howard used a
Gatling gun most effectively. Tho rebel fire
? u3 iiiuiuiaiueu, i?vru uuui o, uuu uw&iiom
gathered so rapidly that little harm was
done, and flnaflv, about 10 o'clock, they
drew off, and Middleton held a council of
war, in which the work of tho day was reviewed
and plans for the following day laid.
The men availed themselves of cover wherever
it could be found, so the loss was but
slight, there being only throo killed and eight
wounded It was resolved to resume fighting
early on Sunday morning upon the same tactics,
by which it was hoped the ammunition of
the rebels would soon be exhausted.
Accordingly after a sleepless night, the
troops remaining under arms till daylight to
prevent a surprise, fighting was resumed at
0 o'clock. The rebels did not respond with
their firo very promptly, and General Middleton
ordered his troops to advance a little
closer. No sooner had they got wiifrin ran~o
than a heavy Are from tho rebels began. It
took effect principally upon the Royal Grenadiers
and tho Ninetieth battalian, who were
well in advance,being deployed as skirmishers.
The troops then drew back and the artillery
advanced and for three hours continued to
pour shot and shell into the village to th*
right and into a ravine to the lefr, where the
rilie pits from which it had been found impossible
to drive the rebels the previous day
were still held by the half-breeds. The range
was long, and, although the artillery charged
into the ravine again, they were driven back
without accomplishing anything save the destruction
of half a dozen rebels, while a number
of their own men wore badly wounded.
At 8 o'clock a detachment of rebels was observed
on the opposite side of tho river engaged
in burying their dead. A few shells
were sent over by the "Winnipeg battery and
the rebels were dispersed.
Many of them were afterward shot by the
Martini-Henry sharpshooters of the Ninetieth
regiment, who had crept close up to the bank,
and at a given signal sent a well directed
volley into their midst. iticharu ttardisty, a
bravo member of the Ninetieth, just returned
from the Egyptian campaign, while taking
aim at a prominent rebel leader received
a bullet in his mouth and died
in a' few minutes. Corporal Gillis,
of the Ninetieth, a Wimbledon man, who
did great service during the engagement, advanced
too near and was shot in ifca lung.
By noon the firing had become desultory and
partially ceased. General Middleton occupied
the afternoon in strengthening his position
by building earthworks. Traps wore
also laid to catch the rebels. A dozen rifle
pits in advance of the intrenchments were
made and a company of sharpshooters
was placed in them. The skirmishers
suddenly retreated toward the intreuchment,
hoping to drat/ the rebels on and bring them
within range of the men in the pits. The
rebels were not caught by the ruse and did
not advance. Shortly before noon Boulton's
cavalry made a reconnoissauce northward
skirting Batouche, and although passing within
a short distance of the rebels wero unperceived.
On their return they captured eighty
head of cattle and some ponies. This closed
the fighting for the day. The casualties were
three killed and five wounded.
Monday morning broke clear and brighti
The troope were cheerful but tired after a
long night, for but littlo rest had been secured
on the two previous nights.
"Betouche must be taken to-day,men," said
Middleton after breakfast was over. "We
can't afford to waste any more time on the
rascals."
By seven o'clock the troops had got to
work and were pouring vclloy after volley
on the position held by the rebels. The insurgents
clung to their stronghold tenaciously,
and as tbo day wore away responded in much
better form than was thought they could do.
Noon came, and still no sign of weakening;
but as the afternoon advanced the riflo pits,
which had been held for nearly eighty
hours, were deserted by the rebels,
who joined the main force on a well
protected bluff near tho village. General
Middleton knew they were weakening, and
he ordered a detachment of troops to advance.
Captain French, who commanded a
corps of scouts, and who displayed almost
revKieaa i ia?cijr imuu^uum; >uo . .6.., .
was shot dead while leading on the charge.
When the troops were about to advance
Riel sent out ono of his prisoners, named Ashley,
carrying a white flag, with the following
message to Middleton:
' It you do not cease firing on houses, thereby
injuring our families, we will massacre
tho prisoners, commencing with Indian Agent
Lasp."
Middleton answered:
"Let mo know where your women and children
are and we will not fire on them."
Riel replied,thanking him for his courtesy,
but subsequently, when a corps of troops
rushed forward to tho attack, he penciled on
an envelope:
"As I don't like war,! conclude to massacre
tho prisoners all the same."
The threat canto too )a!e, and, with a gallant
dash and a great cheer, the troops rusued
upon tho enemy, driviug them before them
like frightened sheep, not, however, without
considerable loss to our troops, as when
brought to bay they fought desperately and
did much injury. The village was finally
reached and tho houses captured.
The rebels fled across the plains like hunted
buffaloes, with our troops in pursuit firing
volleys after them. Isine prisoners were
found in the house supposed to have been
used as Kiel's headquarters. Thfv were
promptly released. The troops' losses during
the day were five killed and fifteen.wounded
At one point twelve half-breads were found
lying dead, among them being two of Riel's
counci'ors. Previous to the charge General
Middleton sent tha steamer Northcoto tJ
Prince Albert to bring tho mounted police
and another steamer in order to cutoff tne retreat
of the rebels if the attack was made.
FEVER'S FATAL WORK
Origin and Progreaa of the DIaeaa*
at Plymouth, Penn*
Dispatches from Plymouth, Penn., give tho
following details of the fever epidemic prevailing
in and about that stricken place:
Tho town of Plymouth has a population of
perhaps 10,000. It is on tho Susquehanna
river in Luzerne county, not for from Wilkesbarro.
Theplnguo began about tho 1st of
April In forty-six families known to be in
destitute circumstances, with no money to
buy medicine or ordinary food, there are 118
sick. The physicians say that the epidemic
lias spent its force, but that of tho 730 sick
fifty or seventy-five. will die. Sixty
families have left tho place within,
tho last ten days. There are no
smiling faces on the streets. Everybody
looks solemn. Undertakers' wagons, hearses,
and doctors' carriages are on the streets at all
hours of the day and night. Drug stores do
not closo their doors, and the march of death
has caused many houses to bo tightly closed.
Crape hanging on thirteen doors on Thursday
told the story of what this plague had
done within. ,
The miners have worked about'one-third
time only since the fli-st of the year, and
their pay has been barely sufficient to keep
body andsoul together. When diseusostalked
into their homes, and they were strickon
down, the family purse was empty. This
state of affairs boenmo apparent the second
week of tho epidemic. Chief Burgess Loderick
and the town council did nothing
toward helping tho poor, and destitution
developed in every quarter of
the town. The cry for help reached tho ears
of some of the merchants, and on Tuesday
night last a meeting was hold and a relief
committee organized, with sub committees in
each of the eight wards of tlio borough.
The best i>eoplo that could tie got to
act wore apfiointed on the sub-committees,
to canvass their wards and find out how
many were sick and the number of families |
that were destitute or on the verge of destitution.
A committee of three Wilkesbarro doctors
after examination reported that the disease
was typhoid fever, and that it was caused by
contamination of the town's water supply,
A hospital for the reception of patients was
opened, nurses were sent from New York,
and measures were taken to relievo the destitute.
OVER A GAME_0F CARDS,
Four Ncgroe* Killnl and SI* Othrra
>cr)ounlf Wounded.
Eight or ten negroes wero playing a gambling
game with cards on n side-tracked carat I
" w?i(in.. when I
rapoi/s mm, nciii M uuuvtu..... . ?,
ono of the number accused another
of cheating. Both had been
drinking, and each sprang to his feot. As
his accuser was drawing a knife the other
shot him doad, tho corpse falling on tho
cards and stakes between tho gamesters.
Tho friends of the dead man ami those of his
opponents took sides in the fight that followed.
The number of the combatants was greatly
augmented by the participation of other negroes,
who rushed np and became involved in
tho fray. When tho battle ended, the number
of (lie dead had been increased to four,
and half a dozen were more or less seriously
wounded.
The leaders of tho faction which had precipitated
tho trouble fled to the woods, and
their enemies formed a [wsso and started in
pursuit, determined to kill them. Tho affair
at one time assumed the proportions of a riot,
and great oxciteincnt prevailed among tho
whito residents of the settlement.
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FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The Feeding Valne off Cora stalka.
At a recent State Dairymen's convention
held in Wisconsin, Professor Henry,
of the State Agricultural college, said:
"We are now undertaking experiments
to determine the value of corn-stalks as
fodder. On the college farm, we got on
four acres, beside fifty bushels to the
acre of shelled corn, 14,000 pounds of
corn-stalks. We fed two calves on cornstalks
and two on hay, each couple for
three weeks; then we reversed and fed
them three weeks longer, so as to minimize
the possible differences in the cows
themselves. The result of that experiment
was that we estimated one pound
of bay as worth two pounds of cornstalks.
Our yield of corn-stalks being
one and three-quarter tons to the acre,
was consequently neariy equal to one ton
of hay, and, in addition, we got fifty
bushels of shelled corn. We fed the
stalks in this case uncut, and I estimate
the waste as about forty per cent. We are
about to make an experiment, cutting the
corn-stalks. We noticed little or no dif
ference in the milk and butter yields of
those cows, whether fed on hay or
stalks; they all averaged one pound of
butter per day. The quality of the pro-duct
from stalk-fed cows was equally as
good as the hay-fed. (In answer of an
inquiry regarding the grinding of com
in the cob), Professor banborn's experiment
show the grinding of corn and cob
together to be advantageous. The cob
gives a bulk which assists the easy
digestion of the corn. While on the
subject of cattle feed, let me say a good
word for corn grown for fodder, to be
used in the fall when your postures begin
to run short. You can raise not far
from 30,000 of green stalks to the acre.
On this matter of corn stalks, I should
say that it is no exaggeration to say that
there are enough corn-stalks wasted in
Wisconsin every year to keep all the fourfooted
animals in the State.' I should
sav that for fodder I am opposed to large
southern corn. I prefer a variety of small
corn. (Inquiry as to the relative value
of eastern and western corn), Easterngrown
corn has a greater percentage of
nutriment than our western, but if you
keep on growing that corn in the West,
it soon becomes western. It would be
well enough to try the eastern or southern.
For fodder, you must plant early
and cut early."
Farm and Garden Notes.
A Massachusetts poultry fancier recommends
- knit hoods for covering the
combs ana wittles of black Spanish
fowls.
It is not necessary to keep cocks unless
the eges are intended for sitting
hens. The hens will lay just ns well,
perhaps better, and the eggs will keep a
longer time.
Bats have a, great aversion to the odor
of the chloride of lime, and, when mixed
with water and poured into the holes
through which the rats pass, they usually
vacate their haunts. This mixture is
harmless, docs not kill the rats, but
drives them nway.
A solution of India rubber in benzine,
has been used for years as a coating for
steel, iron, and l?ad, has been found a
simple means of keeping them from oxidizing.
It can be easily applied with a
brush, and is as easily rubbed off. It
should be made about the consistency of
cream.
TTprn ia n. now F.nfrlish rnmedv for crib
biting. Nail a strip of sheep skin, about
eight inches in width, the entire length
of the crib; select a skin covered with
long wool, t;nd sprinkle it freely with
Cayenne pepper, lienew it occasionally,
and the worst cribber can be persuaded
to desist from his habit.
The small streams which often flow
through farms are almost invaluable
sources of fertility, if the mud which accumulates
in them every year cleaned out
and spread upon the land. All the
leaves, together with the fine mold
from cultivated fields, find a lodgment
in the beds of these streams. Several
loads of manure as valuable as that made
in stables may thus be secured every
year.
A farmer whose neighbor's stock has
been driven to his well all the last winter
made a calculation that the loss of
time in driving stock, to say nothing of
the loss from insufficient supply of water
is enough to pay the interest on fifty
dollars easily. Yet a good well could be
put in the barnyard with wooden pump
for less than half this sum. The loss of
manure from driving stock far for water
in winter is a serious item.
The old practice of putting ashes in
leach to make soap is less common than
formerly among farmers. The ashes are
worth more as a fertilizer to crops than
for soap. Good potash can bo bought
more cheaply than in the form of ashes,
and it is not in as good shape for applying
to crops. However, there is still
much virtue in leached ashes, and where
they can bo got cheaply they will well
pay for hauling on sandy land. ,
The milk from heifers is noither so
large in quantity nor so rich as that from
the same cow as she becomes older. The
old rule which reckoned a heifer with
her first calf as equal to half a cow was
not far from right. The growth of the
heifer is so much deducted from what
would otherwise go to milk production,
but with young cows capable of eating
and digesting an unusual quautity of
food a larger proportion may go to the
milk pail.
In answer to the question, what is the
best season of the year for pruning a
young orchard? the Country OentUman
says: Late in winter, or early In spring
Vinrtn RWpll. if YOU wish to
UClViV kuw ?** ? ? - y ? w
maintain the vigor of the trees. If they
are so thrifty as to give annual shoots
three feet long, you may prune late in
spring or early in summer. If the pruning
is to be very light and with small
shoots, the time will not be very important;
but if the trimming is heavy, the
above rule is to be carefully observed.
The value of the bean crop is not in
its foliage but in its grain. An excessive
amount of nitrogen in fertilizers
makes straw, but without a proportionate
amount of pods. This is more
especially true in course stablo manure,
which heats in the soil, causing increased
warmth. Finely rotted manures,
or nitrates in their concentrated form,
are often apparently as helpful to grain
production as mineral fertilizers. They
undoubtedly make available some mineral
plant food in the soil that would
otherwise be unavailable. In like manner
caustic potash or soda, as ashes or
salt, will ofteu change inert nitrogen in
the soil to forms in which plants can
use it.
Au old rccipe for making grafting wax,
and a good one, is four parts resin, two
parts beeswax, and one part tallow. Melt
all together in a kettle, over a moderate
lire, and when well mixed, pour into a
vessel of cold water to haiden. "When
stiff enough to handle grease the hands,
and then pull and work the wax until it
is white, or amber colored, and of even
quality throughout. Apply the wax to
the grafts in such a way that the airshall
be entirely excluded from all raw sur-;
faces on scion and stock. In cold weather
the wax may need warming by workiug
it in the hands, or it may be melted and
applied with a brush. For small trees
in nurseries, we have used the wax on
strips of cloth prepared by simply dipping
the strips in melted wax. These,
wound around the stock, keep the scion j
firmly in place.
Household Hints and Iteclpe* I
Breakfast Puffs.?Sift half a pint j
of flour and a saltspoonful of salt
together; stir into it gradually a gill of
milk. Beat up separately the yolk and
white of one egg; add the yolk to a gill
of milk, stir this into the flour; now add
the white of egg previously whipped to
a foam, pour into individual tins and
bake in a quick oven.
To Test Eons.?Dissolve an ounce of
salt in ten ounces of water. Add the
eggs?fjood ones will sink, indifferent
eggs will swim, and bad eggs will float,
even in pure water. Fresh eggs are
more transparent in the center. Old
eggs are transparent at the top. Eggs
may be kept for a very long time by covering
them with beeswax dissolved in
warm olive or cottonseed oil; use onethird
beeswax to two-thirds oil.
Vegetable Pie. ? For a small pie
take three or four potatoes, an onion and
r
three hard-boiled eggs. Slice the pttft* '
toes and onions, season and boil in a pint
of water. When done, line a pie-plate :
with crust, put in the potatoes, water
and all, and slice the eggs ovgr. If the " WeM
water has boiled away, add more and
season accordingly, as plenty of juice is
required. Cover with top crast and
bake quickly. This is an old Maryland. - ?
recipe and is excellent. ^
To Keep Beep Fbesh ra
Weather.?For every one hundred
pounds of beef take four quarts of fine
Liverpool salt, four ounces of saltpeter,
and four pounds of brown sugar, 'mixed, ^-^1 5
intimately together, and when the meat
is packed, which'should be elbeely,
sprinkle the mixture evenly over the lay- .
ers of meat; keep closely packed togeth- IggMf?
er by the use of good weight. The
sugar and salt, with the juice of the meat,
will make all the brine that is necessary. 3$|g
The above ia simple enough, end no ?
doubt good. Remember it when the hotyraf^ "::4
days come and you have fresh meats
Want to save.
Care op Oil Cloths.?If house* ' ^0
wives will nse a dry mop composed oI
soft flannel?knit underwear is good?
for cleaning floor cloths, they will find
their goods will not .only wear tottd?, ...V/'lfa'}-fM
but will retain their new look very much . r -'IIm
longer. Go over the oil cloth with the r; $S
dry mop the same as if it was wet, and,: ';*j
when it becomes soiled shake it out ofdoors
until it looks clear again. It is >
surprising how long such a mop can be SJfl
used without washing ojit, if onlyit is
thoroughly shaken erery time it is used. - >#& :M
A good way to renew an oil cloth that
has been washed frequently, till it looks'
dim, is to heat sweet oil?chicken orturkey
oil will do about as well?dip |a
flannel into the hot oil and go over the
carpet, rubbing the surface hard, so the
oil will penetrate and make the good* y^tjgmsM
soft and pliable. Try it, ladies* andJ?'/-^J|S' 'M
convinced of the merits of such a course.
?Tribune and Farmer. r r?
SELECT SIFTINGS.
The President has the appointment of / :i|
ten cad^s at West Point. . ^
There la a life-sized female statue, cut "?<j
fprim RAlt Hi \'flw Orleani. '\t
Ok, Oz, Ai and Po are four postofficea
in the United States whose names con- ;
tain only two letters. ?|jjsf
Wet and dry seasons affect the wing* '
of butterflies in India so differently as to
causo broods of the same insect to bo - ;d3| :.M
taken for distinct species. ^
The word measles originally signified
leprosy, although in modern times used | '^l'|
for a far diffeent disorder. Its derivation <-3
is from the old French word meseau, or ' >' ^39
A French physician has written along ' .
letter on the advantages of groaning ana, crjing.
Ho tells of a man who reduced . ^
his pulse from 126 to sixty in the course ;$ /<
of a few hours by giving vent to his
In Teheran, Persia, the teahouses are 3
all open to the public, and even the
schools are exposed alike, the shops often ;
having shops on each side. The bova : ^
sit on their neels in rows and repeat tna
lesson after the master, apparently undis- '^^ffi
turbed at the continual hubbub going on
During the Spanish invasion of Hoiland
several victories were won by the ~?JM xSjjs
native soldiers who, on skates, suddenly
moved on tne forces 01 Aiva, ana ar "jxg*
quietly retired to their own camp. For . "'I
a period of more than four hundred '"tyB
years the aoldicre have been trained to $g
perform evolutions on skates. ; Jj
In old times the turquoise was sup- " ^
posed to lose its color entirely at tne ; '
death of its owner, but to recover it
when placed upon the finger of ? new ,
and healthy possessor. It was sud that.
whoever wore a turauoise so that either
it or its setting touched the skin, might
fall from any height, the stone attract- ' jSag rp
ing to itself the whole force of the blow.
The cook in an uptown club7 New
York, was bothered by a number of ngs,
until he hit upon a novel dish for them. : ,;|g
He collected a small pan of wine-bottle
corks, and chopped them up. Then ha ^ '-^WS
fried the pieces in lard and breaded them.;. Kfeajgij
The rats ate them at night, and drank HiflH
from a dish of water conveniently placed.
Iu a few days the rats were all found
dead, and the cook was very happy over '
his experiment.
The last reported novelty in London HsHB
is a burglars' company, which conducts f IK3BM1
I business in a most careful and STStsnnuiw~^jy^^gj
manner. It has a number of inspectois,
who travel over Europe inquest of open- ffiflN
inga for "work," and mechanics who HjamMH
can open tbe most elaborate safe. Pi- K|j|?gHH
nail v, there is a solicitor who negotiates jaj| H
the restitution of bonds for a commis- ? H
sion of thirty-flye per cent. All the |s 9B
managers have received a prison educaHEALTH
HINTS. ^M|H|
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It is now e:mn out that too much >3
coffee dries up the liver. '*0
Raw oysters are highly recommended ,-*v3
as a cure for hoarseness. 'v|
To cure and heal a running sore apply v
alum water twice a day. '
For nose bleed, get plenty of powdered
alum up into the nostrils. . '
A simple remedy for neuralgia- is to . "Itym
apply grated horseradish, prepared the
same as for table use, to the temple when jfl
i the face or head is affected, or to the . ~
wrist when the pain Is in the arm or
There is nothing better for a cut than ; ja
powdered resin. Pound it until fine, v
and put it in an empty, clean pepper-box - .JgBM
with perforated top, then you can easily .
si/tit out on the cut; put a soft cloth . 38
around the injured member, and wet it
T<. _
with cola water once m a wimc. x?
prevent inflammation and soreness. Wm
Maple Sngar and Maple Trees. y9 ?9
The cleanest and neatest of trees; tho^a ."xajnj
one whose foliage stands out iu the fall|^H^rai
as the mos? brilliant and varied in color 9 j$sSMI
among all the leaves that delight tho ;|^9n
i painter; the tree whose wood is next to B,
i black walnut in beauty, the maple, is
dearest to Americans for its life's blood,
| whose distillation yields the sweetest of 1
| sugars and most savory of the natural |
There is hardly any one of healthy and
natural appetite whoso palate is not 1
! pleased by the brown crystals which ;l
| melt in the mouth and leave a delightI
ful sensation to the taste, and suggest in
their very odor that they condense the jt
very spirit of spring in the woods, the '
I spicy breezes, the soft melting snows of fl
i spring, the budding leaves and delicate
, flowers. j
L Nearly every one likes maple sugar, igS
I and it is no wonder to learn that each .
i year sees an increase in tho yield, until "
i now it has reached the enormqus sum of I
: nearly fifty-one million pounds, or equal '
to one-fifth of the amount of cane sugar I
produced in this country.
Nor does this amount include the
coarse stuff that is made by boiling cheap I
brown sugar and stirring it with a stick. I
It is the real ariiclc, as pure as improved .31
processes can make it. wrx
In the old days, "before the war," aa
they date down South, Vermont alone
"took the cake " of maple sugar making. 3
Now the industry Is spread all over the %
country. The Green Mountain State still
leads and makes over thirty pounds
apiece for each of the inhabitants, many
of whom never taste any other sugar. . *38
New York, Ohio and Michigan are great
maple sugar States, and in Ohio, according
to the New York Independent, in one ^
town, within a circle of three miles, there *>:
are 111 sugar camps, containing 80,380 j
trees.
I In whatever way we may loot at it tne
j maple is a most valuable tree. None exI
cocds it as a shade tree, and Lafayette, . I
j Brissot, de Warville and other travelers <1
have put on record that one of the most "
beautiful sights they saw in this country, J
was a long street in Middletown, Con- I
necticut, with a row of maples on either ' I
side. Maples are of rapid growth and I
make the best of fuel and charcoal. I
"Curled" and "bird's eye" mapl& are in I
great demaud as cabinet woods. In all I
! its many uses it comes as near as any tree I
; to beincr to the temperate zone what the I
j eocoanut or bamboo is to the tropics, I
while in its sugar-producing quality it is I
j dearer to Americans than any other treo I
in our forests, for old and young who 1
have tasted its sweets unite in the I
praise of maplo sugar. I