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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1885. NO. 12. VOLUME XXX
THE OLD HAIL FEXCE.
I'm told that foreign tourists without fear of
consequence,
Lightly spenk of one old landmark?of our
zigzag rail-split fenceWhen
talking of their travels. They would
have us understand
They thought little of this treasure held so
dear in Yankeeland.
But the rail fence in its windings heedoth not
the critic, lightly
Commenting on its symmetry. On it winds
so gay and five;
And capricious convolutions of the grain in i
careless sway
Weave lines of beauty round its form which
no artist can portray.
Oft I've lingered in its angles busy with a
hundred thoughts
Abo"t its weather beaten sfains of moss, its
shaggy, oaken knots.
And hnsU nf rflmiiiisrpnrn:? and obiects
quaintly seen,
-And tlie changing limit's and shadows of gray
and fat in sheen.
The old rail fence contents itself with wreaths
of flowers to dress,
Their creeping mallows all conspire to hide | i
their nakedness, j 1
And stone piles in the corners clothe them- !
selves with ivy vine,
And dewberry and cin<|iie-foil round about
the stakes entwin \
I (
Tall brambles rise and yield their snowy j
bloom to rifling bees, 1
Or later hanjj their tempting fruit among tho 1
yellow leaves;
There are no raspberries half so large, nor ;
hazel-nuts >o brown,
As grown within the corners of a fence atumbling
down. 1 ,
There rich green beds of sweet fern gave 1 1
their aromatic savor [ *
To merry maid who there essayed to seek and 1
woo their favor.
And oft the frisky squirrel, in* quest of nuts '
of brown ami gold
To garner for midwinter (lavs, found a mine '
of wealth untold.
I
The white bloom of the aniso tells of sweet <
beneath tho ground, i '
And artichokes and sunflowers are in rich j
profusion found; <
Till eddying November winds in its sheltered 1
angles whirl
The dying leaves, and whistling winter winds ^
around the comers curl : s
j i
Anon tho clouds of drifting snow bedim the t
evergreens, ; ?
And sweep across the meadows with the fu- r
rious rage of liend$; c
Battling down the great, gaunt mulleins and 1
red-capped sumacs tall,
And powdering up the old rail fence till it s
stands a whitened wall. , ?
c
Whirling, curling, drifting, till fantastic t
peaks arise, c
Their glistening forms in grandeur pointing
upward to the skies, r
And huge o'erhaiiging eli/Ts the rambling v
rails enfold, s
Their great blue-shadowed crescents white v
and dazzling to behold.
Oh,Time! preserve this picture, photograph it n
on my mind! c
In richest colors print it there, leave no out- f
line undefined! r
What care 1 what foreign tourists tell, 'tis of
little consequence?
They can never mar the beauty of the zigzag
old rail fence!
I r
? Will M.McConnell, in the Current, i
A VENDETTA. !
t
Paolo Saverini's widow lived alone r
with her son in a miserable little house
on the ramparts of Bonnifacio. The city, {
built upon :i projection of the mountain, t
and even hanging directly above the sea r
in some places, commands, across the
strait that bristles with rocks, a ;jood r
view of the lowest portion ef the i?ar- c
dinian coast. At its feet, ou the other t
side, but almost flarking it entirely, an t
opening in the clill shaped like a gigan- j
tic corridor serves it for a port, enabling
the little Italian or Sardinian fishing
smacks to advance to the first line of c
houses, after a long circuit between two ,
abrupt walls. And every fifteen days r
comes the old wheezy steamboat which n
plies between the town and Ajaccia. a
Upon the white mountain the mass of
houses make a still whiter stain. They s
seem like nests of wild birds attached to ;]
the rock, and overlooking the terrible (
passage into which vessels never venture, t
Without repose the wind labors the sea, |
labors the naked coast, which it gnaws r
forever, and which has scarcely a cover- i
ing of green?it rushes into the narrow c
dctroit, ravaging cither &uore. ihc ]
long trails of white foain, clinging to }
the points of the conntlcss rocks which a
picrce the water everywhere, have the
aspect of tatters of clothes floating anil
quivering on the surface.
The house of the widow Savcriui, j 8
perched upon the very cdqe of the clilT, |
as if soldered there, opened its three ;
windows to the wild and desolate horizon, j
She lived there all alone with her son
nnd their dog Allegro?a great, gaunt
beast with loug, bristling hair, of sheep- '
dog breed. The dog aided the young }
man in hunting. .
One evening, after a quarrel, Antonio
Saverini was treacherously kilicd?with i I
a single knife-thrust?by Nicolo Havolati, .
who, the same nigLt, tied to Sardinia. .
"When the old mother received the!
corpse of her child, that some passers- 6
by had found and carricd to her, she
did not weep at all, but remained for a 1
long time motionless, staring at the s
Vw.rlr* t'nnn cirff rhincr nnf Hpr UTinlrtofl ' t
hand over the bud v. she proc'aimed a | 1
vendettn. She would not allow anyone '
to remain with her, and she shut herself 1
up alone with the dog, which howled. '
The brute howled continuously, standing
up with his forepaws on the edge of 1
the bed, turning his head toward his
master's fare, atid keeping his tail between
his legs. There he remained, motionless
as the mother, who now, bending
over the corpse, contemplated it'
wi h a fixed stare, while great, dumb '
tears rolied down her cheeks.
Lying on his back at full length, still
wearing his great coarse jacket, torn 1
and pierced at the breast, the youth j !
germed to sleep; but his blood was every- 1
where?on the shirt that had been torn ]
open when the first attempt at aid was ;1
made, on his vest, on his trousers, on 1
his face, on his hands. Gouts of blood j 1
had thicke ned in his beard and hair.
The old mother began to speak to 1
him. At the sound of her voice the dog '!
ceased to howl. I ]
"Never mind, never mind! Thou]'
wilt be avenged, my little one, my own 1
boy, my poor dear child. Sleep! Sleep!
thou wilt be avenged; dost hear? It is j
mother who promises this to thee; and]
she ahvavs keens her word, mother I
docs!1
And she bent down slowly over him ,
pressing her lips upon the cold, dead i
lips.
Then Allegro again began to howl, j
He uttered n long, monotonous plaint, j
piercing, horrible.
The two remained there until morning |
?the woman and the auimal.
Antonio Savcriui was buried next j
morning; and folks soon ceased to speak j
of him in ISonifacio.
He had left no brother, nor even any
near tousins. There was no man to
pursue the vendetta. The old woman I
only thought of it?the old mother.
From morning till night she watched
a white speck gleaming across the strait
?on the low shore beyond. It was the
little Sardinian village, Longo-Sardo
whither Corsican bandits still fly for
refuge when too c'oselv pursued. They
alone constitute almost the entire population
of the hamlet, fronting the coast
of their own fatherland; and they wait
ihcre for the chance to return to the
mountain thickets. She knew it was in
that village that Xicolo Ilavolati was
hiding.
All day long, while sitting alone at her
window, she looked across the water,
pondering vengeance. L?ut what was
she to do without any man to aid ? a
weak old woman, with one foot in the
grave? Nevertheless she had promised |
?she had sworn upon the corpse. She
couid not forget?she could not wait.
"What was she to do?
Bhe could not sleep at night for thinking
of it?she could neither rest nor find '
peace of mind; she thought avid planned \
and devised incessantly, obstinately. '
The dog, which slept at her feet, occa- j
sionally lifted his head with a start and
howled at the empty air. Since his mas- !
ter had been killed the dog often howled
like that, as if his inconsolable animal- j
sold was also haunted by a memory j
which nothing could elTace.
Now, one night while Allegro was
howling, a sudden idea came to his
mother?an idea worthy of a vindictive j
and ferocious savage. Sbc thought ovet ,
it until morniup. and. risincr at the first I
gleam of dawn, she hurried to the'
church. There, prostrate upon the pave- j
meat, casting herself down before <>'od,
she prayed llim to aid her, to sustain j
her, to give her poor old body strength ,
to enable her to avenge her son.
Then she went home. She had an old j
barrel in her yard, which she used to j
collect the rain water in. This she omp !
tied, laid on its side, fixed firmly to the
ground by means of stakes and staves.
Then she chained Allegro to this extemporized
kennel and went into the house.
She begau to walk backward and forward
in her room, without ever resting
?glancing from time to time at the Sardinian
coast, lie was there?the mur j
derer.
All that day and all the night following
the dog howled. In the morning
the old woman brought him a bowl ol
water, but nothing else?not even a bit |
of bread or a drop of soup.
Another div passed. Allegro, worn
out with hunger, slept. When morniiiL'
came his eyes glittered, all his hair bris. !
lied, and he pulled cra/.ily at his chain. J
Still the old woman gave him nothing j
to cat. The brute became furious, and i
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DUIKCU IlOai'SC'lV. ilUOlill'i IHU'IU |ju3?m;u. j
Early in the morning .Mother Saverini'
went to her nearest neighbor ami begged |
for sonic wisps of straw. Then she took
sonvj old c'otiies that had formerly be
longed to her husband and stalled them
with the straw so as to imitate the foric
:?f a human body.
Planting a pole firmly in the ground in
front of Allegro's kennel she fastened
the niannikia upon it so that it seemed
lo stand. Then she made a head for it
jut of some old rags fastened into a .
ball.
The astonished dog stared at this man
5f straw and stopped howling, although
:ortured with hunger.
Then the old woman went to the
jutcher shop, and bought a long, black
lausage, which she took home with her.
She kindled a wood fire in the yard, neai
;hc kennel, and began to cook the sailiage.
Allegro, wild with expectation,
nad with the odor of the meat, that
ntercd his very entrails, leaped and
lowled, and foamed at the mouth.
Then the mother made a cravat for the
traw man out of the smoking sausage.
?hc tied it very tightly arouna the iicck
?f the mnnnikin, ns if to squeeze it into
lie pole. "When this wa9 done she un- '
haincd the dog.
AVith one tremendous bound the dog 1
eached the throat of the raannikin, and
vith his paws pressed against the
boulders began to tear. lie fell back
vith a piece in his mouth, devoured it-eaped
again, driving hi" teeth through .
he strings, tore away another morsel?
nd leaped again, and tore away furi- 1
msly. lie rent away the head with
renzied bites; he tore the neck into
ibbons.
Silent and motionless the old woman
vatched him, while her cye9 blazed. ,
flien she chained up the dog again: :
nade him fast for two days more, and
ecommenced the stiange lesson. 1
For three whole months she accu9omed
him lo this sort of a struggle for j
ood?to repasts obtained only by the
itrength of his fangs. Then she ceased ,
o chain him; for she had him so well .
rained that he would leap at the m:.nlikin
the moment she gave him a sign. ,
She had trained him even to rend it,
o devour it. when there was no meat atached
to it. As his reward she always
ravf? him r hi" niece of fried sausarre. '
) ~"O i -- -Whenever
Allegro looked at the manlikin
his w'tole body would quiver with
incitement, and lie would turn his eyes
o the face of his mistress, wait for her
0 hiss the words "At him!" with finger
minting.
When she thought the time had come
Id Mother Saverini dressed herself in
nan's clothcs, disguised herself as an old
agged beggar, and made a bargain with
1 Sardinian fisherman to take both her
ind the dog acro>s the strait.
She had an immense piece of fried
ausagc in a canvas bag. Every once in
i while she made Allegro smell it, so as
o excite him. The dog had eaten
tothing for two days.
They entered into Longo-Sardo. The
Id Corsican woman walked with a
imping gait. She stopped at a butchtr's
slio|? and asked where Is'icolo
iavolati lived. He had gone back to
lis old trade- carpentering. Me worked
ill alone at the rear of his shop.
The old woman pushed open the dcor
tnd called him.
"Hey! Nicolo!"
He turned his head; she instantly let
oose her dog, and cried out:
"At him!?at him??tear him, tear
lim!"'
The maddened animal bounded forvard
and caught him by the throat,
riie man struggled to throw olt the
jrutc?fell on his baek?writhed, beat
he ground with his feet for a moment,
rhen he lay very still, while Allegro
juried his muzzle deeper and deeper in
lis throat, tearing the flesh awav in great
ihreds.
Two neighbors, sitting on their door
iteps, said they remembered distinctly
o have seen an old beggar leaving the
louse, accompanied oy a grcar. gaunt,
jlack dog, which, as it walked along,
iept eating some-thing?something
jrown, which its master wag giving it.
The same evening the old woman re.urned
home. That night she slept well.
?From the French, Times-Democrat.
In a Mexican Restaurant.
From the miiitary plaza in San Anonia
a half-dozen narrow streets branch
>11. Dow a the narrowest of these,
ivhich seem:, but a passage-way between
lie rows of somber houses that line either i
>ide?for this is ''greaser towu''?is a ,
restaurant. The presiding genius of the j
place is a fat and handsome Mexican 1
whose unctuous complexion glistens in j
the glow of the charcoal lire that blazes [
softly in a cavernous, horizontal slit in
the gigantic chimney. It is like no '
>ther cooking arrangement that ever was
seen and the method of the chef ' is beyond
compare.*' Dozens of tiny saucepans
and skillets, set flat upon the coals, I
crowd the opening very much like invatided
teeth in some great ogre's mouth,
and in each of those little skillets and
saucepans is the portion for one person.
The treasures of earth could not induce
that oily cook to consolidate his i
dishes and more especially to fry more ;
than one egg at a time in his egg-pan; '
his laws tire fixed ana unatteraoie, ana
he rewards tiie protests of his guests i
against cold eggs served :n congealed oil
with Mexican indilTerencc.
Thirteen plates for the thirteen wait- I
ing customers stand ready to his hand, j
and the long-handled frying-pan makes
thirteen separate journeys with thirteen j
separate eggs, the while that two assist- |
ants, a degree dirtier, oilier and less fat, i
chop on'on and grate cheese, which arc I
spread finally over the chillcd eggs and
cold oil and placed before the hungry j
people, whom a day's Anticipatory fast
has prepared to accept anything with ,
gratitude. In lieu of a fork a very Hat
pancake called a "tortilla," is doled out j
to each one. Years of practice are re- j
quired for the successful manipulation of ,
this most useful article, which,when you i
have done with as a scoop and have dili- |
gently and successfully chased the parti- i
cles of food in the sea of oil that fills [
your plate, you aie cxpectcd to cat as a
final course?a most cleanly and labor- *
saving arrangement.?Jlomc Journal.
Mr. John Maguirc informed the Royal
Astronomical society that in the period
from A. I). 87S to 17-M, the sun has
been totally eclipsed in every spot in the
liritish Isles except a small place on the
coa?;t of Ireland. Twice in 87S and 1715
London came within the narrow path of;
totality. Twice als> did the moon's
shadow fall on lhib!in and five times on
Edinburg. 1
FARM, GARDEN AM) HOUSEHOLD.
Turkey Ratmiii;. 1;
To farmers who can give thorn unre- I
strictcd range, there is no more pro tit a- L
blc stock than turkeys, and it might also f
be said with truthfulness, that" unless a
you can allow them full liberty, they arc ii
about as unprofitable as any kind of life e
stock could possibly be. Turkeys re- t
(juire free range; they will not, like n
chickens, thrive in confinement, 110 mat- n
tcrhow much attention and care is given
them. But when they can have the Sl
range of a large farm, and when only a
the best and largest arc kept, such as p
will weigh from twenty to twenty-five
pounds by the holidays, the turkey crop v
will be found to be a valuable one, and u
the farmers wife can realize considerable ?
' pin money" from them. v
Turkeys arc great foragers, and will c
gather from the fields during the sum- S(
mcr months their entire food, at the same
time destroying myriads of grassliop- ^
pers, bugs and other insects that, prcv on
the vegetable and grain crops. For f
this reason they are not expensive or troub- 1
lesome to raise, and as the old turkeys 0
can take care of themselves, all that is ^
necessary in this article is to tell how to w
care for and raise the young poults sue- j w
cessfully. I rj
The turkey hen usually commences to |
lay about the first of April, and will lay | 0
from fifteen to twenty eggs at a litter. I jl
The first litter should l>c given to good | .
large Brahma or Cochin liens, aud the j 1
second to the turkey hen herself. The j P
period of incubation is from twentv-six
lo twenty-eight days. As soon as they i n
nrc hatched and strong enough to leave | ^
the nest, they should be placed in a dry j
coop. For the lirst two weeks after J n
hatching, great care should be taken to j s:
keep them from the scorching sun.
drenching rains, and heavy morning and j "
evening dews. It is well if the coops j t(
can be placed in an open shed, with j "
plenty of chulT, sand or dry earth for the I sl
young poults to run upon. When two j
weeks old they may be allowed their j S1
liberty with their mother, precaution | P
being taken to avoid dews and rain- |
storms, always closing them up early in g
the evening, and not letting them out ir
until the giass is quite dry in the n
morning. After- they are six weeks j w
old, or after they "shoot the g
red," they may be considered o'
past all danger, and do not require much c:
care, only needing to be fed a little wheat li
screenings, cracked corn or buckwheat, a
when they come home to roost. Allow w
* ' ?1 - At
mem 10 roosc in uie trees wuu uikuiuiuui i n
turkey, when they show an inclination tl
to do fo, as it is lieallhier, and they do ta
much better to most in the open air.
The first food for young turkey; should ; p
be hard boiled eggs, curds, scalded meal, j ni
rice, ontmcal or badev, both cooked and Q
uncooked, with a little tine chopped | p;
meat (cookcd) occasionally, gradually | sf
introducing the wheat screenings,cracked | c(
corn and buckwheats as they advance in i ic
age. If these hints are carefully ob- | tl
served, there need be no trouble in rais- u!
ing turkeys. I ai
The varieties of turkeys recognized by I tl
the American Standard of exccllcnce are ei
the Bronze, >*arragansett, AVhite, Black, p;
Buff and Slate. Of these, the Bronze arc
by far the largest and most popular, and
as size is the most important point, they
will be found to be the most profitable. 0]
? Country Gentleman. 01
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Farm mid Garden IVoien.
Much barnyard manure in this country ! 0;
is wasted. | C(
What we want is more vegetables and i
fewer weed9. ' tl
Cut out the thin shoots from currants S
ind the fruit will come larger. i n
Sow some white clover seed and_ ashes j
:)n the bare spots in me pasture, will ^
pay.
Examine the mouth of young stock to ..
see if they have loose teeth In the way of
feeding. JJ
Rich Jersey milk should be thoroughly w
cooled before being carried any distance S{
in cans.
Look out for caterpillars, not only on tj
fruit tree?, but destroy them on all the tj
wild shrubs.
A ton of hay is said to contain 200 j n<
pounds of mineral matter, which is taken it
lrom the soil. ; It
The soil is the farmers' bank, manure u
draws the checks, and the stock grower j s<
has the manure. j o.
The best means of obtaining a profit j.
from any class of stock is to keep the
best and keep it well.
Try plaster on all kinds of soil you j
have, and learn where it does best and if
it will pay anywhere. u
A great improvement in dairy stock is a
made by selecting a thoroughbred bull h
of good milking family. p
Watch your fields and sec where the s<
water stands and where the soil remains 5
wet longest, so you will know where to f;
put in drains next fall. j e;
There is a way to onrich our lands; | P
that is by plov.ing often and raising n
clover, anil all of us can keep more stock
and make more manure if we will only f1
try. We can increase our forage crops 15
each year by a little calculation before- v
hand. (
A Colorado paper says that "the cow S
may uc queen, the norse icing ana the j y
sheep away up in royal honors; but it is '11
an indisputable fact that the hog, under i b
the impetus of alfalfa and pea food, is J s
approaching dangerously near the ,a
throne." }a
Teas are cheaper food for pijjs than j 1
corn. They fatten them very rapidly, al- . 0
though they do not irmke as solid pork '
as corn. They have this advantage over c
corn: They mature early and can be fed c
as soon as large enough for green peas, f
the pigs consuming vines and all. 1
A small plot of ground, thickly sown j1
with barley so soon as the ground is dry *
enough, will be eaten bare by sows. It ,!]
is better tr> let tliem have !i little piece
for themselves than to allow them to run J
over winter and spring grain in the fields,
or than to shut thcra up to keep them fl
from trespassing.
Oats when newly threshed are full of
moi ture and not so profitable to feed as ,
old, unless there is much more than
the usual difference in price. New oats
will give some horses the colic and are
theicfore not to be given to such on any r
condition. The loss of weight by keep- ?
ing oats till the following summer is i
generally pretty well up to the amount 1
caiued by increase in price. If new oats
have to be given it should be at first in '
rather small rations, which may be in- ,
creased if no bad etlects arc noticed. ^
I.overs of flowers should know that >
one blossom allowed to mature or "go n
to seed,*'injures the plant more than a s
dozen new buds Cut your llowcrs, all f
of them, before they fade. Adorn your f
room with them, put them on your ta- c
bles, send bouquets to your triends who ' ^
have no flowers, or exchange favors with f
those who have. All roses, after they a
have ceased blooming should be cut t
back, that the strength of the root may t
go to forming new roots for next year, j
and on these bushes not a seed should be v
aliowed to mature. s
We Can state in Avhat situation lime r
has been found useful. From its power |
to decompose it has liecn found useful on [ t
poor granite sous, r rom us caustic na- i \
iure it corrects injurious matter, such as
sulphate of iron in soil. Limo breaks
up and pulverizes sti!T clays, improving
their texture. It decomposes inert veg- c
etablc matter, peat, roots, kc. It hastens f,
the decay of stable manure and dead j c
carcasses, putrescent matter, &c., but in ,
all such cases if the nianurial ipiaiities ,
arc to hi; made useful they must be cov- t
ercd with earth during the action of the (
lime to absorb the ammonia.?Joicn Jiaj- f
isUr. ,
IIoii<m!io1il ItcriprM and Hint*.
A tablespooful of powdered alum, j
sprinkled into a hogshead of water and ]
stirred, will, in the ccurse of a few ' c
hours, precipitate to die bottom all the ! (
impure particles and leave the water i
clear and jnire as spring water. Four ! j
gallons would need but a teaspoonful. j t
A r.ew way to make apple pudding is j t
to make a batter of flour, sweet milk, j ;
and one egg, with baking powder, in l r
proper proportion. Pare and core six .?
tart apples, stew them in a very little
water until they are quite soft; then beat
the apples into a batter. This is to be
bak'.d in a buttcied earthen pie plate; it [
should be a deep p!a e. This is to be (
eaten with cream and sugar, or if cream a
is an impossibility, use butter instead. t
It is strange, says the Philadelphia |
Vow, that so many pcoplo do not know j
iow to cook corn. They cook it too
ong. It should be popped in a pot of >
toiling water?no salt?and left there j
or ten minutes?ho sure the wat^r is in j
groat rage?then taken out and wrappc 1 j
a a large napkin until you arc ready to J
at it. Boiled longer than ten minutes |
he milk hardens in the kernels,and it is j
ot a tenth part as palat ible, and it is J
lucli less digestible. i
Half a tcaspoonful of cornstarch dis* !
olved in a tablespoonful of cream and J
ddcd to an omelet of five eggs will keep ;
I light, and .1 bit of cornstarch will also '
revent scrambled eggs from becoming j
atery, as tlicy often do "that last mo i ,
lent on the tire," but be careful not to j |
se too much in either case. An cgn !
ell beaten and rubbed over the lower j (
rust of pics will prevent the juice from j ]
>akin2 through, and the juicc of fruit
ies thickened with a little cornstarch
rill not boil over. j
Rust can be removed from steel as ,
allows: Hub the article with kerosene j
il and leave it to so ik for a day. Then ;
rocurc fine flower or emery and mix |
ith kerosene oil and scour the surf ice '
ith rotten stone. To preserve from j
.1st. heat the steel and rub para'line. No I ,
[eel articles should be kept in a cellar j
r damp place, but i:i a dry attic 01 j I
losct. If they must be kept in a cellar j j
icy should be well coated with paraf- j ]
ne find wrapped in cloth or paper; oiled
aper would b:; preferable. 1
One of the best salad herbs goes to j
aste as a weed and pest of the garden. ,
hi Id re 11 know enough to cat sour grass ?
ith its tender acid leaf. French cook-,
umber it among the most excellent field . s
dads, and doctors say it is soo:hing for *
ic blood, preventing rheumatic and j
outy disorders. It ought to he brought i 1
) market by the bushel, for every Held 1
ns patches of it, and it is better than *
linach or sjrrol for purees and bonne *
imrnc soups, or it may he stewed with : a
igar in porcelain as a delicate order of j 1
ieplant. i
For coffee stains try putting thick 11
lycerine on the wrong side and wash- j \
ig it out with lukewarm water. For j f
tspberry stains weak ammonia and ; *
ater is the best. Stains of fruit on I j
ood tabic linen can be removed with- t
nt injury by using the following with | 1
ire: Four boiling water on chloride of j .
mc, in the proportion ot one gallon to ;
quarter of a pound, bottle it. cork it
ell, and in using be careful not to stir
. Lay the stain iii this for a moment,
len apply white vinegar and boil the
iblc linen.
The happy owner of a cow can always
rovide some d:sh for desert upon short
oticc. Here arc directions for a "trifle:"
ut several slices of sponge cake in small
ieres of regular shape, say on inch a
juarc; put them into a deep china bowl, i
)vcr with a rich boiled custard, rcserv- ?
ig the whites of the eggs to whip for j
ic top, or if the cow producos cream, t
?e the whites of theesgs in the custard 1
id whip a pint of cream for the top of 1
ie bowl; flavor with vanilla and sweet- *
i slightly; add the sugar while whip- j
ing the cream. i
Old Age. |
With every year the average duration i
F life is iucrcased, and we have more 1
Id people on our hands. Naturally, i
ic quesiion becomes of increasing in- 1
;rest, How shall we secure a healthful j
Id age, and how can we prolong in (
jmfort this scniiity? 1
Sorr.c curious information regarding '
lis subject, though more especially re- ]
rding what may be called "centena- ]
anism," has been published by a gen- i
Lilian \ji latuoC) xi? a ?, nuv, uv mw
iformcd, has collectcd the histories of j
5,000 people that have passed the age ,
f 100 years. According to this author- ,
y, the United States leads in ccntcna- i
an longevity, while Connecticut is
bead among the States. As to sex, J
omen; as to occupation, soldiers. i
lilors and farmers are the longest lived, i
mong the professions, 100 ministers,
urty doctors and ten lawyers reached
icir centennial.
Of more practical and scientific charter
are the statistics regarding longcvy
obtained by the British Collective
ivcstigation committee. These arc based j *'
pon over 500 returns, and relate to perjns
who have reached or passed the ace | c
f eighty. I v
Professor Humphrey, of Cambridge, j ^
as given some interesting deductions j
ascd upon the returns in an oration dc- | c
vercd belore the Medical society, of 1 1
ondon. j "
The first requisite for longevity must j
c an inherent quality of endurance, ?
something which is inborn and per- l'
aps inherited. It is noticeable that the I
htliisical taint does not necessarily les- ! ^
?r. the capacity for longevity. Among j [
00 aged persons, phthisis appeared in 1
ithers, mothers, brothers, or sisters of j
ighty-two, that is, in about seventeen u
er cent. In one case both father and s
lother were phthisical. ?
A second requisite for long life is L
reedom from exposure to casualties. It v
1 on this ground, in part, that more ?
omen than men rcach extreme age 1
Hlier reasons, however, arc, perhaps, a *
rcater natural vitality, since even in | c
arly life the mortality is less among fe- c
laics than males. It does not seem to I
e proved by the data collected that v
hort and small men and women have fi
nv advantage over those who arc taller
nd larger. The average height of old
Englishmen is five feet six inchcs, that
f women live feet three inches.
Sir Ilenry Thompson, in a recent arti- 3
le on "Diet in 1'elation to Age," has j *
ailed attention to the harm that comes [ i
rom attempts to over-feed old people. 1
'hev arc injured, he truly says, by the so- j 1
icitous relatives, who think c
hat in feeding there is sure v
iclp for the waning strength, c
'he old need a light diet to correspond J
rith the lessened work and nlowcr nu- c
rition and waste of their tissues.?Mcdi- t
%l Uncord. i s
? I \
Eel Farming. j c
A newspaper correspondent ?.t South j 1
farmouth, Mass., has discovered a new c
nterprise,which he describesas follows: *
"wo gentlemen whose experience war- s
ants them in trying the experiment pur- 1
hased a large fresh water pond.and into t
his they put thirty barrels of silt water t
e!s of all sizes. At a rough guess there ^
nust be in the pond 20,000 ;?els at the s
resect time. The e are expected to in- i
rease in size or weight at leust three- '
old by the first of October, njn they A
vill be taken out and shipp;-' to the
sew York market, where there is always
great demand for them. Here ca the
eacoast no one over thinks of eating a j (
resh-water eel; its flesh is soft and very j t
ar, out tney are considered a great ueu- i
acy by city people, and the larger the c
ish the better price3 thev bring. To 1
eed them 0,000 "horse feet'' were caught 5
,nd kept in a pound in the liver, and i
wice a week 700 pounds arc thrown into i
he pond, and by this time the eels have s
earned to know they are fed, and the (
vatcr soon becomes alive with these <
jpiirming specimens. The scheme has t
iot found much favor with tlie village s
icoplc generally, but perhaps when win- 1
er comes the gentlemen most interested i
vill be the ones to hugh. I
i
Horrors of llnrti. i
The people are called together by beat <
if drum, usually at midnight. The ccr i
i?I d
IIIUIIY Ul'p;iu? If J iiuiiiiuiobv.1 Vtttuu in
joining secrccv. Dancing then coin <
ucnccs, the excitement being supple- t
nented by copious libations of rum.
ill one or more of the \vrctcl1c3 falls 1
lown in a fit, when the spirit of Youloux
is supposed to have cnicrpd into
hem. These orgies generally last three
lays, but often much longer. On the <
irst night a priest sacrifices & cock at I 1
he a'tar, the blood being drank, warm, j 1
)ancing then recommences, and the i'
>rgies go on till the individuals arc in ! 1
:apable of further exertions. j 1
On the third night the orgies on- 11
inue, when a lit.le child is brought in; ,:
he child's throat is cut by the priest, j ?
he blood handed round and drank l 1
varrn; the body is then cut up and eaten i <
aw, that which is not disposed of being j 1
a I ted for further use. ? "tijiorl ami IJ
Trued" Captain KenneJy. ?
"When you have many tasks to accom- J *
)li<l?, don't try to attack them all a? | <
>uce. Do one at a time, quietly and as i i
veil as you can, and with a little pa- i
ience you will get through them all. 1
CRUSHED IN A CAGE, j
Terrible Fall of Rock in a Term-;
sylvania Coal Mine.
Four Miners Killed and Three |
Others B.dly Injured.
An accident, resulting in the death of four
moil and the serious and porliaps fatal injury i
of throe others, occurred the other morning I
at the Oak wood shaft of the Prospect col- 1
lierv. beloncintr to the Lehiirh Vallov Coal
company, in the northern part of Wilkesbarro,
Penn. About 7 o'clock Patrick Smith,
John J. Martin, John Gallagher, Patrick Mc- ]
Groarty, AVilliam Harrington, Patrick Kearney,
Jamos Kearnoy. Patrick Parcel, James
Peterson and Thomas Jenkins took their <
[ilaces oil tho "cage" to inako the descent of 1
the shaft for the purpose of going to work, j
rho shaft is 7(;0 feet- deep, and tun men are
lot down at a time. When the men had
ihnost reached tho bottom of tho shaft <
i loufl, rumbling nois3 was hear.l over- j ,
liead, an 1 immediately thoro was '
i great crash, a shower <>f heavy rocks, some | ]
weighing as much ntoOO pounds each, crush- j <
ing in tho top of tho cage and breaking | \
through sills and floor, killing threo of the ! i
lien outright, and injuring the fourth so bad ] (
that ho died shortly after being taken to the i
hospital. I |
The names of the kille:lare Johu J. Martin, ! >
l miner, aged thirty-fivo years, unmarried, i ^
md living with his widowed mother; James
Kearney, a laborer, aged twenty-live, tin- j
named: John Peterson, miner, aged twenty- (
ux, married and living at Parsons, and i
1'homas Jenkins, laborer, twenty-eight years, ]
iiiiglo, and resided at Miners' Mills. Peter- |
ion, when dragged out, was still breathing, c
ind struggled a little, but it was evident t
hat death was certain. Ho was. however t
emovou m mi iiuiiiiiiiiiii-u w u>e iiuspuui,
vbero ho (lie.'. Ho was bruised about the
load beyond recognition. The 4-inch steam
>ipe had been broken, and ho was scalded
vith the steam and water. IIo was a Swede,
ind leavers a widow, to whom ho had been
narried less than three mouths.
Martin had a large cut in tho right side of
lis head, his hand was cut, and thero wero
truises on other parts of the body. Kearney
lad a gash in the side of his head just back
if his ear, and his back was crushed. Ho
lad been employed in tho colliery a long
ime. Jonkins was horribly mangled. His
lead was split open, and his brains fell to
ho ground and had to b3 gathered up by the
nen.
Thoso injured wero Patrick Smith, bruised
n tho side, l>a"k and head; Patrick Purse!,
?adly cut in the back, probably fatul injures,
and Patrick Kearney, bruised in tho
lip and on the right log. Vvhen the news
>f tho accident becamo known there was
;reat excitement, mon, women, and
:hildre:i flocking to the scene. The relations
tnd friends of tho dead men gave vent
;o tiicir feelings by expressions of deep grief
md sorrow. Aft.'r tne accident a force of
nen was put to work clearing away the shat:ered
wreck of the carriage, which had been
Irawn to the top. Many of the iron bai-s
md castings belonging to it wore shattered,
ind one of the sills, a. stick of oak timber
ibout eight by twelve inches in size, was
iroken, as was also an iron rail of the travk
aid upon tho cago for the accommodaion
of tho cars when run on it to bo raised or
owered from or into tho mine. A piece of
he rock lay upon tho ground near by which
lad been drawn up on tho cage. This piece
veighed upward of 200 pounds. Several
)ieces of stone must have fallen, and the fall
nust have been 100 foot or more.
One of the exposed men on the shaft reates
the following story: "Going down the
shaft I was standing almost precisely upon
;lie place where tho hole was broken
through the floor of the cage by the piece of
rock, out when I heard the noise of the rock
:oming down against tho side of the shaft
ibove and the smaller pieces striking the
oof, I somehow stepped to the centre of
md under the crossbeam, which suplorts
the roof. Others were running back
md forth to find a place of safety, as all
knew whit the sound meant. The position
saved me, as pie?:s of tho rock struck tho
roof, and crashed down through on either j
iide. My lamp was put out, and as
tne carnage strucK i made a step
itnd fell into the hole that had been
broken in tho floor, one of the
smaller pieces of stone hitting my hip. I
got out of the placo and half fell off into the
gangway. My presence of mind had not deserted
mo, and my first thought was for my
brother Jim. 1 called to him, but thero came
110 answer. Then we searched the wreck and I
found the bodies of tho others, oil mangled 1
and bleeding, and finally Jim, his foct on the j
edgo of the carriage and his body and head
lying over tho edge and in the water, dead. ?
How Cream of Tartar is Made. *
Cream of Tartar is made from argols,
he sediment found in wine casks. This
rgols is either a white or a purple powrier,
according to the color of the wine it
omcs from. It is put in air-tight a
csse!s ami treated with steam and f
rater, which dissolves it. It is then 11
iltcrcd through many thicknesses of "
anvass, upon each of which it leaves a f
hick crust of sediment, becoming more c
ml more pure as it advances. From s
he filters it runs through a pipe and is ?
rystalized in copper vats shaped like t
averted pyramids. After that it is re- t
lissolved, treated with bone black, re- a
iltcred and crystulized, aik! it is then ?
eady for the 'market. The sediment
eft from the filtration* of the cream of B
artar is made into tartaric <?
cid by being crvstalized in leaden ves- '
els nftcr being condensed. It is dis- *
olved once more inul run through bone n
ilack, then crystalizcd again. Except n
k-ater the only materials used beside the r>
;rape sediment is sulphuric acid, which
s odorless. This is used iu making the
artaric acid, being mixed with tartrate
if lime, which is the chief residue of the n
ream of tartar filtrations, to form sul hate
of lime and tartaric acid, and
vhich are easily separated, as one is a r
olid and the other a liquid. v
Utilizing the Monkey. ^
Perhaps the only attempts which have c
)een made to civilize the money is in c
dalabar, India, says Dr. A. II. Ward, t
V. fine'speeies indigenous in this quarter %
s the Nelighcrry langur. The natives j
icre have fanning niachines called the ]
mnka. In other days the punka, which c
:onsists of a moveable frame covered c
vith canvass and suspended from the '
:eiling, was kept in motion by a slave J
Hilling a cord. An English officer con- \
:civcd the idea of teaching the langur l
o do the work. lie took one of the ;
pedes and tied its hands to the cord, j
vhile by means of another cord the ma- ?
:hiuc was kept in motion. The move- i
nent of the cord is up and down, and 1
tf coursc, the monkey's hands being tied f
o it, went up and down, and the animal I
aw the machinc move. Its master pat-1
ed its head and fed it with candy, and i J
lie langur soon learned to think it fun
o work the machine. When I was in
ilalabar securing specimens of this tc
pecies, I saw thousands of them workng
the punka, the Indians having im- t<
ncdiateiv put the animals in captivity
vlien thev saw their utility. M
The Blue-Bloorteil Alnsknn. |
In Alaska each family has what is j is
:nllcd their totem pole?coat of arms? I ^
o represent the descent and previous al- ;
ianccs of their people. These poles s(
:onsist of carved in)ages of animals or "
jirds, and represent what their family is
supposed to have descended from nnd ; ^
nto what families their children have j
narricd, all images representing the descent
011 the mother's side. Each town ! a
)f Indians is divided into two families, I tl
jailed the Koc-wau-ties and the Kcck-sa- A
ies, meaning warriors and civilians, rcipectively.
The head man of each fami- B
y is the leader, but in descent a strange ?
ule is followed; for, instead of rank and
)ropcrtv descending from father to son, ti
t parses from father to nephew on the ' n
nothcr's side of the family. Hut in or- ?
ler for a nephew to succeed to the rank j
md property of his uncle, lie must be
ible to make a certain number of pres- *
juts to the members of the family, and 0
hen marry the chief's widow?his aunt j
?no matter how many wives he may a
mvc already. o
Didn't (Jet the Knife. j t'
General (irant's early schooling was not1 ^
xtcnsivc. lie was not studious, but lie M
ivoultl take a book of biographies of great1
ucn and devour it by the liour. Jle was j tl
ilwajs punctual, but, though he had f{
ougii native courtesy, lie seldom spoke
o any one. He usually sat on a stump
ind watched the boys play, but would i ^
dways join in a snow-ball light. He was p
.'.\trcmcly obstinate. He had one fight ^
ivith the schoolmaster and won it. Some
>f tiie boys attempted to take Grant's ?
vnife from him. The schoolmaster took /
(ides with the boys'and ordered (i rant to | ?
jive it up. which he refused to do. The p
eachcrtook a long black hickory switch j
iuil flogged the boy till his arms ached, j
Jrant neither begged, flinched nor sur- t
endcreil, but clung to the knife,and the i;
naster had to give in 9* last and let lim
keep it. j ^
?
A TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. :
Attack on Chinamen in Wyoming
by Enraged Miners.
. ,
Many Mongolians Killed and 100
Houses Burned.
Details of the attack made l>y enraged ^
miners in "Wyoming on a Chinese camp are i
given in the following dispatch from ChoyBnne:
>
The largest coal mines in tho entire Union 1
Pacific system aro at llock Springs, 'iVJ miles
west of Cheyenne. Tho company recently ]
imported a largo number of Chinese to take 1
the places of the wnito men employed
Yesterday afternoon the entire force of
white miners, about one hundred and fifty
strong, organized, and, arming thorns-jives
with shotguns, marched to China- ,
town. After firing a volley into the air they
reloaded and ordered the Chinamen to leave. ,
Tho order was obeyed at once, tho Chinamen
Heeing to the hills like a drove of sheep,
closely pursued by the miners, who fired sev>ral
volleys at tho fugitives with fatal effect.
The Chinese quarter was then sot on tire and
thirty-nine houses owned hy tho company
were destroyed with their contents. The u'iners
uoxt visited tho various mines in tho
. amp, unearthed all the Chinamen at work
therein and ordered them to flee for their lives.
3f ->0J Chinamen here yesterday morning not
me remains. All are in the adjacent hills headng
for Green river, fourteen miles west of
?ere. Fifteen were killed outright by tho
shots fired by tho miners and many
ivere woundeii. It is said that several
who wero feeble and helpless from disease,perishe
1 in the (lames. Sheriff Young arrived
from Green River on a special train
yesterday afternoon with a po.^sj of deputies,
>ut they were too lato to prevent tho mob
from carrying out their plans. The miners
jnietly dispersed after having made sure of ,
;ho departure of the Celestials, and everything
is quiet at this time.
A later dispatch from Rock Springs, Wymiing,
says: A much worso stato ot affairs
ixist than was reported last night. Moro
han Ave hundred Chinamen have been
Iriven out of the town. Thus far only fifteen
dead Chinamen have been discovered,
mt there are probably as many more bodies
n tho ruins. Fifty houses belonging to
;ho railroad company and fifty moro
)wned by Chinamen were burned,
rho Cinnamon aro yet in tho
bills west of the town. They aro without
food and aro atraul to go to Green River
City, about ton miles distant. Governor
Warren is now at Rock Springs with Gen?ral
Superintendent Dickinson and SuperintendentWurtole,
of tho Western division
)? tho Union i'acilic raiiroaa. iso more ais- i
urbance is anticipated. Food will be sent
jy tho authorities to the starving Chinaman
n the hills.
Another dispatch states that the worst has
jvidently not been told regarding the antiChinese
outbreak in the western portion of
Wyoming. According to advices from
Evanston, where the serond largest coalnining
camp of Ihe Union Pacific road is
ocated, the outbreak was a preconcerted
)ne. It had been arranged that the
irst attack upon the Chinese was to be made
n Carbon, a mining town about 150 miles
inst of Rock Springs, to be followed by a
ike movement in the latter place and Evans;on.
The Rock Springs miners, however,
;ook the initiative, and the result there has
wen announced. The mob at that place
ooted the houses of the Chinese beoro
setting them on fire. Tho outbreak
commenced in Mine No. 0, where three
Chinese miners were attacked and killed,
rhen the riot cominenced all over the town,
iven women joining in it with loaded shotjuns
in their hands. Superintendent Evans,
)f the coal mines, had been warned to leave
;own, and bo did so with alacrity. The
iheriir of Uinta county telegraphed to Governor
Warren as follows:
"A Jargo number of citizens, with myself,
ire satisfied that the outrages committed at
Etock Springs will be repeated and are liable
:o break out at any time. Wo need troops
o protect the lives and property of our citi?ns."
Governor Warren telegraphed to the comnanding
officers at Fort rtteelo and to D. A.
Russell, and the troops have been ordered to
mid themselves in readiness to move at a
noment's notice.
DYING BY THE SCORE. ;
A Strange DlwcaMc Depopulating a
i? ?i ir^iuio vuun?|?
A Wheeling (W. Ya.) dispatch states that a
mnic prevails in that portion of Clay coun,y
lying along Sycainoro creek, arising froin
he frightful ravages of a strange an I fatal
liseaso which has broken out among tin few
nhabitants of that locality. So far about
ifty persons have l>een attacked, of whom a '
core have already died. Tlie local pliy- 1
icians seem powerless to afford relief. A
ocal paper says:
"Every hour brings the sad news of another
leath. At first the malady was thought to i
>e flux, but it is now believed to be another
md more fatal disease. A vague, horrible
ear has begun to fill the breasts of some. It
any noi be cholera, but thn symptoms
re very much liko it An instance
f the latal oflfects of the disease is aforded
by tho family of Justice Sizenore,
a well-known citizen. Three of his I
oris are already dead, and as they lie in their
ofTIgs three more arc writhing and screamng
with the awful torture which carried off
ho others. We havo been unable to learn
ho exact number of deaths, but tho reports
re most alarming. It is chiefly confined to i
hildren, who aro attacked and die within an 1
our, seemingly paralyzed with pain."
The Sycamore creek region is very sparsely
at tied with a class of hardy mountaineers, i
nd as tho region is one of pure water and
enlthv mountain air. tho outbreak seems un
ccountnblu. Tiio symptoms seem to suggest
lie terrible disease that last year ravaged a
umber of counties in the extreme south- j
restern portion of the State and one or two
ver the lino in Kentucky.
ADMIRAL OOURBET. j
rho French Naval Coininnndcr Hurled?Imposing
Servian (
Tin body of Admiral L'ourbet, late com- j
nfinder of the French naval force in Tonquin, 1
vas interred in the Hotel des Invnlides. Paris. <
V largo assemblage attended the burial cere- '
nonies, notwithstanding the weather was in- [ j
lement. In the concourse were deputations (
if tlio senato and chamber of deputies and at- 1
aches uf foreign legation?. The edifice <
vas heavily draped with mourning and pre- ]
ented a most impressive appearance. A
argo model of the Bayard, the flagship of the ,
French fleet, commanded in China by the t
leceased, had been constructed in front j
?? the building. The coflln was placed j
n a colossal sarcophagus, which was
irnamented at the corners by statles
of Faith, Hope, Charity and Re- J
igion, and which bore escutcheons em- j
jlazoncd with scones of tho battle in which '
Admiral Courbet had token a leading part. '
This was lighted by incense burners and ,
apers, which emitted green flames and cast j
i weird glimmering through the darkened
ecesses of the chapel wliero tho body lay. :
Juring the funeral ceremonies French troops ;
>araded slowly up and down the esplanade
md afterward filod past thecoflin.
IUSICAL AND DRAWATia
Emma Abbott is taking walking exercises c
) reduce her adiposity. c
Path's spare moments aro being devoted 1
) tho writing of her memoirs. 1
Mr. Lester Wallack will play a short
lason through tho country this year. E
Clara Louise KEt.Lor.r; has ha 1 a suc!s?fu'
concert tour through the Northwest.
WiLMAMCARLETON.ftwolI-knoivndrainnt- j
t and singer, recently connnitto 1 suicide in
ew York.
Miss Ei,i,a Russell, a young American J
>prano, has made a very success, ul dobat in
Traviata" at Berlin.
Tiie first prize for violin playing at the
'ionna Conservator! um this year has been ,
warded to a lad of ten years, Friedncli '
Lreisler.
Miss Emma Nevada has been engaged for ,
concert tour in this country, beginning on
10 31st of next October at.the Philadelphia .
icademyof music. " t
Mme. Patti was askel to annear in "II t
larbicro" and "La Traviata" at Munich with ii
^ing Louis of Bavaria constituting the entire j
udionco, but she flatly refused.
Ninety-three farcical comedies to be on ,]
lie road this year. And they all expect to ;j
lake money. Well, there is a line ionio- c
hoce about hope and the human brea-st.
Tins country, s > fertile in singers, has pro- t
need scarcely any composers, an I Mr. 8. (i. u
ratt, of Chicago, is, so far as wo know, the t
nly American who has brought out a grand r
pera in five acts.
Pauline Lucca is venturing her fame on fnew
opera by a new composer. The nanio i
f the opera is "Cordelia," tlio composer's t
oloview, and tho new work is to Im given at 1
le Inipcria Opera house, Vienna.
Letters from Paris speak <>f Mi-s-> Hattie
!<ldy, of Philadelphia, who isstudying opera
it!i Mm", do Lagrange, as the coining cant,
tri'jc. Her voice is s iid to ho superior to 1
lat of any American who has visited Paris i
>r many years. <
Miss Uoskord, a little American lady who 1
as just entered her teens, is attracting much '
ttention as a violinist in Lond m. SS.io.nndo 1
cp rli'but nt Hai'on von l>iiiis "ar iin;ue,"
laying suporbly ft ntmiiicr of dillicult pivivs !
rhicli oliler players fear.
David 1). Li.ovn, the author of "For ('on- }
ress, tho latest smrossfitl play in Mr. John '
'. Ilaymonil's repertory. severed Ins conn.'c- }
ion with tlio Now York Tribune several
lonths a.;o, ami has sin-e do vote. I him-ult' to
lay writing, doing his won; in Paris. j
Accordixo to the census recently taken ]
ho population of Dakota in round numbers f
5 415,wo, of which South Dakota claims i
(?j,0:)0. The total number of farms in tin;
rorritory is SD.OOJ, varying in area from
,000 acres down.
NEWS SUMMARY. ?
4,1
. bl
Fastern and niddlc States nt
A large chair factory in New York city
lias been destroyed by fire. Tho pecuniary
oss is estimated at $125,0 )0. One fireman (jl
ivas killed by a falling wall and another rt(
severely injured. re
Oliver Wendell Holmes, tho poet-phy- fa
sician of Boston, has just celebrated his 7(ith to
birthday. m
E do a it R. Cowan, United States Senator st
from Pennsylvania for tho term expiring in w
1807, died the other day at his residence in hi
Gfreensburg, Penn., aged seventy years.
The burial of ex-Governor Fenton. at
Jamestown, N. YT, was largely attended by ot
public men of Now York and Pennsylvania c'
All business was stopped in tho place and
mourning emblems were exhibited on tno3t ch
of tho buildings. ea
Gold which assayed $320 to tho ton is allege
I to have been discovered not far from B
Williamsport, Peiin. ai
Tost Davis, a notorious New York confidence
man, was shot and almost instantly sa
killed by a man who described himself as D
James T. Holland, of Abilene, Texas. Holland If
was buying what he believed to bo counter- E
feit money from Davis, in tho latter's oflice. gi
A confederate of Davis attempted m
to substitute the valise full of alleged coun- n<
forfeit bills for another containing worthless at
paper. Holland discovered the attempted D
substitution,and immediately shot Davis dead th
and 11 rod twice through a partition at tho R
confederate. Holland and a companion were jg
arrested. if
The Grant family have lelt Mount Mc- ri
Gregor. Mrs. General Grant will make an Cj
extended visit to her son, U. S. Grant, at his
New Salem (N. Y.) farm. Jesse Grant and
Mrs. Nellie Sartoris have sailed for Europe. o(
Colonel and Mrs. F. D. Grant have gone on in
a visit to Chicago and the West. ni
with Miss Susie Westcott, of New York,
stopping nt a summer resort near Red Bank,
N. J., and because slid rejectod his advances
he pulled out a pistol and llred at her, the
bullet striking a steel of her corset .without *
doing any injury. Then the doctor shot himself
dead. He was twenty-nina years old. ai
A colored man who died a few days ago on
at Oxford Neck, Del., aged 107 years, lived
to see five generations of children. (j0
The committee in New York having in j
charge the Grant National Monument fund ;
have thus tar received about $70,000.
Soutli nnd Xl'euU th
A violent shock of earthquake occurred ar
the other day in Caldwell county, N. C.
Eeoplo sitting in their houses were surprised
to hear a noise resembling thunder. The
shock lasted but a few socunds, but during su
that timo there was a violent rocking. th
John James and his nephew Charles quarreled
over a game of cards near Franklin, c0
Ga., and shot each other dead.
Samuel W. Collins was hanged at Bow ~
ling Greon, Mo., for murdering Owen Utterback,
the vic tim's widow and two young sons
witnessing tho execution. On the same day Se
Henry Burnett, a colored youth of eighteen,
was hanged at Lonoke, Ark., for the murder
of a colored man; John Waiseman was Wl
hanged for murder at Duluth, Minn., and fo
Charles Townsend (colored) suffered a similar jg
fate at Huntersville, Ala.
Geneva, 111., has been the scene of a mysterious
double murder, citizens returning
home at midnight finding the dead bodies of )*<
Officers McNott and Grant, two of the three
men who constitute the police force of the fr
town. They had either killed each other in a
rtiinrrol np linan rmirHor rl hr t.hifivpa
I"? "I ? ? J ? , ,
During tbo recent heavy storm three
pilot boats from Beaufort, S. C., with fourteen
men, were lost at sea. The revised es- Pf
timate of the losses by the storm at Charles- &,
ton, S. C., is $1,690,000, including $400,000 .
along the wharves, $550,000 of private prop- 1
erty, $200,000 to shipping and $100,000 on
Sullivan's Island. Br
Al Lockie, the Texas monster who re- <jr
cently murdered seven persons?several of ^
them bij relatives- and mortally wounded
an eighth because they had charged bini with
various outrageous crimes, was taken from
jail by armed men and hanged.
Rev. S. S. Idi.kman, a Methodist clergy- .
man, committed suicide at Green Springs,
W. Va., during a temporary aberration of
mind. La
Tiie much dreided army worm, produced ;ei
by continued drought, is devastating cotton lc
fields in Southern I ennessee. .
an
Later estimates put the losae3 by the re- >0]
cent tornado in Charleston, S. C., at $2,000,- iv<
003. tlx
The schooner Gustie Wilson foundered in
a gale off Hatteras. The crew took to their F?
boat, which was swamped by the storm, and in
three perished. The survivors were rescued ia
by a passing vessel.
Judge FoRAKF.r,the Republican candidate J
for governor of Ohio, delivered at Portsmouth
his opening speech of tlie campaign. ^
Four masked men boardod a train at Blue iei
Spring, Mo., with revolvers drawn, robbed >c<
the passengers of ono car and then fled. ivr
A tarty of nine working girls and two 3h
men crossing Fox river at Oshkosh, Wis., >vi
used a boat to cover the short draw in the 101
bridge. They became frightened and upset ?e1
the boat. Six parsons?four girls and two m
men?were drowned. *as
A Rock Springs (Wyoming) dispatch says
the white miners in the Union Pacific railroad
company's coal pits with pistols and
^uns drove all the Chinese, to the number of
500, from the camp into the mountains. -(
Twenty-five houses in Chinatown were P
1 Tfr\r\r\a TOnfa oonf fnr ue
The mine is the largest in the West.
the cornerstono of the new Georgia capitol ??
was laiil at Atlanta with imposing ceremonies.
Governor McPnnbl, 011 behalf of j..
the capitol commissioners, presented the j
building to the legislature. General A. R c*"
Lawton, of .Savannah, made the oration of Pa
the day.
tei
IV n??li i 11 g 1 on. ta
the treasury departm nt paid out more tjj
than $10,000,000 on account of pensions during
August. R
The President has docidol to reappoint
Mr. Julius Stahel as consul general to "?
Shanghai, China. Mr. Stahel ha* served iu J?-'
the consular service iu China tor ten or .
twelve years. er
the Chinese minister, Cheng Ts.10 Ju, who fo
ivas stricken with paralysis immediately *.
ifter his return to this country from Peru tir
ast April, and who is still ill in Now York, ne
ins sent his resignation to the Chinese gov- th
jrnment, and Cliang Yin Huati has been appointed
111 his stead. re(
In presenting claims for arrears of pay and of
jounty, soldiers who have been honorably a j
liscliarged, but who are charged upon the ba
liilitary records with des;rtion, will be treat- ra
>d, under a decision by Second Comptroller a I
Maynard, as being absent without^ leave. nn
the United States treasurer 011 tho .list, wi
nailed II,till") checks aggregating $2,239,177
;o pay interest due September 1 011 registered m<
'our per cent, bonds of the funded loan of I Ki
1801. | an
postmaster J. J. mclean*, of Stanford- ! pa
rille, Ga., and his assistant W. C. McLean, | 5"<i
lavo been arrested for attempting to defraud
;he government by making false returns of cl<
;lie number of stamps canceled. ni:
the following is a statement of United j an
States currency outstanding 011 the 1st: j wj
Did demand notes $77,900 j ce;
United States, all issues 310,081,011) , '
Did year notes of ISOo 37,*S5 ar
rwo-year notes of lSO'J 9.700'
I'wo-year coupon notes of iso's... 20,2">o I
Compound interest notes 202,510 I jj(
fractional currency, all issues.... 15,:?:J7,40l I cii
! pi
Total $3iU,:H0,:W2 , l'r
A Washington special states that the or- '
ler of tho President calling for the removal j St
)f nil fences on public lands will be enforced ?'
o tho lettor, and with the full foivo of tho ! J ^
nilitarv if necessary.
Tub White House, having b ?en cleaned j _
ind renovatod during tho President's absence, ,jt.
las been reopened to the public. I in
Ok the 2,"'52 presidential postmnsters in tho
United States, changes have been undo in ! * (
1ST casns since tho adjournment of the Senate. |
Thkiie were coined at the various 1'nited i
states mints during August :.'OJ,OJO goKl |
liecos. worth $4,0SU,00); 2,447,000 standard | At
ilvcr dollars and 2v,0!!2 dimes. [ j*.1
Di'iuxr. August tho national debt was de- ) i'|
Teased i'J,870,0.ii 17, leaving tho tjtal debt, \
e>s cash in the treasury, at )7.-">2; j
r.3h in the treasury, $4!),7Hi,57i<!'.?.
GOVKItX.ME.NT 1 XSI'BCTOR ARStSTROXO has I
)een making an inspection of tho Indian ! tr
igencies in Arizona. He reports that am nig ,
ho residents of that Territory all fe ars of fur- ()|
her Indian depredations liavo disappeared; I
hat the Apachos at the San Carlos agency i
lave raised a crop of grain this year, and are Pl
peaceful and contented.
Tub total collections of internal rovonus Pr
luring tho month of July last wore SS-S'W,- |
ill, or $jSI,-I lloii than fxr tlu same period Co
)f 1**4.
(Jkxkrai. Nbwtox, chief of engineers, es- | fa
imates that an appropriation of about^lSI
IU.iii) i or ?,o io.ij.U will I) re piire 1 to con- ! j,a
iuue tho work of river and harbor improve- i w.
iicnts during the next llscal year. I ,
John* II. .Mom;\x, the only sou of I'nitol | to
;tatos Senat'ir Morgan, of Ahibatni. nut S1(
ilrs. lunina Delia Seta, a widow >mployed in
lie general land oiliee. wore drowned in the ; .
'ot niia- by the upsotriug of th;i?* canoe. j (
__ :
Foreign. g-i
A ntOT lms o urred at A in-ria, in Ac la- ! yu
usia, Spain. The increasing c lolera mortif* I
'? iinvitiiT iiriv.Mi most of tho wealthy re?i- ! $ .'
lents from tile eity, a largd numb?r of po >r Yi
>eople wero deprive I of nil employ- ' 00
uent. Tliis desertion on tho j <
lart of tho rich employers incensed !
;he laboring people, and tli<? feeling of imli?- ( ,,,
laliou culminated in a riotous outbreak. ' trj
Many of tho houses of tho wealthy wero
ivreeked by the mob. The soldiers were }
;alled out, and in tho conflicts that ensued JP
right persons wore killed and twelve others
von in led. j w<
The peasantry of Soul h fiermnnv are much '
ilarmed because the rooks, whfeh for cen- 1,0
uries have mala their abode there, have a'
uiddenly and unaccountably taken their do- ^
mrturc; and the general vacii'ition is re'arded
by the peoplo as heralding the ap- .
jroaeh of an epidemi'' of cholera. on
The Rov. Mr. Talmago of the Brooklyn j
I pa
T. Y.) Tabernacle, preached at Belfast, Trend,
before a congregation numbering fully
l)0?I. He afterward addressed an assemage,
computed at about 40,000, who could
>t gain admittance to tho church. T1
Two ladies belonging to families of rank in
ezzevo, Greece, wero some time ago abided
by brigands. Tho abductors
jnianded a ransom of $-0,000 for the
turn of each captive. The Pi
inilies of the women have just paid
agents of tho brigands the $40,000 deanded,
and the ladies have been safely reored
to their homes. They say they were
ell and honorably treated by their captors, 1
id made as comfortable as the circumstances
the robber would permit.
The dispute between England and Russia ^
rer the Afghan boundary question is de- c
ared settled. yo
There is a decrease in the number of kn<
idera cases throughout Spain, but the dis- *3
ise seems to bo spreading in Italy. ,
Ludwio Restteb, a cloth merchant of
runn, Germany, has failed with liabilities
nounting to $1,250,000. ^a,
Mr. Parnell, tho Irish home rule leader, a d
id at a banquet given by the lord mayor of cio
UUllll mac U nome ruiu weru rmuwu iu uiu a V
'ish thoy would make it impossible for the nci
i:glish to legislate. England could either of
a;*t the Irish the right to rule themselves or cht
ake the country a crown colony. He de- of
juncei outrages, saying that the continu- Ho
ion of them would be a terrible blow to the Ell
ish ca^se. The land question, he said, was eld
e great question in Ireland. of
The Allan line mail steamship Hanoverian fig'
a total loss, having gone ashore on the ?J'<
ewfoundland coast. The Hanoverian car- ani
ed the mails between the United States, ors
mada and Great Britain, and had on board Lo
0 passengers. Everybody was saved. Th
A fire near London destroyed the works
' the Barrow Shipbuilding company, caus- ?yi
g a loss of $1.000,000 and throwing 2,000 ei
en out of employment. _^ei
LATER NEWS S3
the
to
Maud S., the queen of the trotting turf, riv
iled at Providence to lower her own record of of
mile in 2:03%, but made the fastest half mile 'or
1 record?1:03>?. ^
By tho fall of a ladder at a tenement pre
use fire in Now .York seven firemen were Ch.
jured more or less seriously.
The New York oleomargarine manufactur- gfe
3 intend to contest tho constitutionality of wb
e law recently passed forbidding the use of ^
tiflcial coloring matter in their product ^
An explosion of gas in the Lehigh Valley the
o. 3 colliery at Locust Creek, Penn., re- nig
lted in the instant death of one man and
nat
e fatal burning of three others. un,
An Armed crowd broke into the Lafayette 1 I
unty (Ark.) jail and hanged George Cren- Th'
aw, a negro, who had murdered Harry
iud. a white man. iu a cottonfield. I Doi
William M. Gwin-, twice United States gis
mator from California, died a few days ??
ice at a New York hoteL His remains ^
ere embalme<^ijpd sent to San Francisco cor
r burial. Ho was born in Tennessee in ^
05; was once General Andrew Jackson's
ivate secretary; was elected Congressman- nin
-large from Mississippi in 1841, and a few wh
;ars later went to California. jj6
A fire at Cincinnati destroyed a railroad i.j1
eight depot and warehouse in which an im- hi3
anse amount of grain was stored. The foe
tal loss exceeded $225,000. tur
Pedro Prestan, hader rf the rebellion at w?,
mama which resulted in the burning of I
ipinwall, was hanged in the public plaza of tow
e latter place. ~J
Lieute.vant-Gexeral Babixoto.v, of the Ku
itish army, was killed while shooting era
ouso in Scotland, by the accidental disarge
of his gun. ton
DISASTER ON A LAKE. &
Party of Seventeen 'JTlirown Info
Cayuga I.akc?A Woman'* Fate. the
A. strong wind was blowing at Cayuga
ke, N. Y., the other day when a party of
,-enteen started to return from Aurora dea
ross thelnkoto East Varick, about four Tht
ies, on a large catamaran, in charge of a
ored man named Cooper. The catamaran A
is not properly ballasted, and when in J3
j middle of the lake, two miles from and
her shore, she was struck by a heavy wave.
r some reason the hatchways had been cut ttir<
the deck of the floats, and one of these m?!
tches washed off, and tho boat filled with r
iter, canting the craft over on one side.
e whole party was thrown into the lake. 01 ;
1, however, "succeeled in regaining the ?ro
ift except Mrs. lliegol, of Varick. She 5PU
9 carried away from tho rest. Tin acciut
was seen almost at the moment of its
:urrence, and several boats started for the
e"k. All were rescued except Mrs. Iliegel. 0DU
e wore a heavy silk dross, and when thrown
jrlioard the skirt made a balloon about her er d
id and the waves twisted the tops of it to- ro"'
;hrr. She was not drowned but sulFocated su.
the half hour her head had been thus en
Z
THE NATIONAL (iAME. B
Cou
There i3 a movement on foot to place tho ??r'
tcher back five additional feet, so as to aid
avy batting. rooJ
Every baseball game that is played in Man.
Ga., is witnessed by the prisoners in
0 jail adjoining tho grounds. ^
The Indians in Athens, Calhoun county, 0ffic
have a baseball nine, who play with Kjst
jbs in adjoining towns, appearing in war had
jut aud leathers. stai
Necessary for the perpetuation of pro- bini
jsional baseball: More equal salaries; dru
mis moro equal in strength: smaller salaries sicii
r players so that small cities can support dot*
em. is
"You don't know what a strike is," said w9l
irns, of tho Baltimore club, to Umpire Conill}*,
in a Brooklyn-Baltimore game. "That
st ball was a striko, nnu to prove it I'll just
ir- vou was the umpire's response. 11 .
The Detroit club has had seven pitch- SUD!
9, Ave catchers, two first basemen, Pre:
ur second basemen, six third basemen, live
ort stops and ton outfielders :at different 1
nes this season: has spent much money for
w material, and despite all is once more at
a foot of the league list.
A rare and remarkable play was made in a .
:ent Sandusky-Detroit game. Mulholland, A
tho Sanduskvs, in the fourth innin? made met
umping catch of a hot liner from A cQuery's jsiai
t and catching Wood and Thompson, who o
.1 on the hit, both at third base, executed
;riplo play unassisted. A similar play was s'S*1
ido by tho New Yorks in a recent game It
th tho Providence nine. 0f (
A game of baseball in aid of tho Grant witl
jnument fund was played at Lawrence, terf
in., recently between nine county officials met
d nine business men of the city, the partri Spa
nts ranging in age from forty to seventy sum
ars. The register of deeds fell in running cott
ses and broke his arm, and tho county and
>rk sprained his shoulder. Of the merchants' con:
ne. one suffered a dislocation of a knee, nnd con
other bad two Angers broken. The score A
is 50 to 41 in favor of tho officials. The re- | cer:
ipts amounted to ?150. I rej<
ri'io championship records up to recent date ; nut
e as follows: j l-'irf
THE NATIONAL LEAQUE. J CC'C
Hon. Lout. To'I. T^oxt.
!W York 07 19 Boston 32 53 j J11
licaeo 07 18 St. I.oain '27 5i j ing
liliulelp'iia... .41 4G Buffalo 33 53 | will
ovldcnco. 4<5 36 Detroit '29 57 I per
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. (
. T.ouis 04 27 I Athletic 41 49: ]
tMmr.' 51 39 Brooklyn.......40 43 I
ncinmtl 52 40 | Baltimore 34 54
uisville 47 45 | Metropolitan.. .29 50 [
EASTERN LKAUUK.
Iilfjooort 3 5 | Norfolk S3 43 j Ti
r?cy City 9 27 | Trenton 40 36 I wi
ncastur 23 39 | Virginia 60 IS j ,,
itimml !>.> '.'1 j Wilmington 5 3J ! ^ol
avnrk 31 43 | co:?l
Sinco our last report the Bridgeport club ! pri;
is boon added to the Eastern league. I
90UTUF.IIN t.EAOl'K. I vuli
lanta CO so [ Colnmbnn 45 43 give
itfti.-ta Si 34 Macon 46 4t tre::
rmin?hnm...l7 71 | Memphis 39 47 s||t.|
!aitan io^a...30 5 : | Nashville 63 31 j lw
NEWSY GLEASINM, j E"
' oth'
TiiicitE atv tliirte-a Loudoiis iu this coun ! m.'ii
>* ! ,
Bki'.mx hotels are using paper (mache) | 01
atvs. |
California has an estiniat.-d colo.xd j,j|r
ipu'ation ot'7,50 ? i ^ j,e
W'rr.iiiNS, tlu Canadian weather prophet,) for
edict i a very mild waiter.
Ki.KcTHii'Ar, headlights are now on the lo- >
motives of a Western railroad.
A chuik'ii in Dakota has gone into tlu
nning business in or.ter to raiso funds.
Ir has been ligured nut that 5.400.?i;)(y)00 iron
.ssengers were carried by tiio world's rail- ' [j(
iys in | ant)
Tub State census of Now Jersey gives a j x
tal population of l,iro,S^5I a net ineivasi his c
ice ! s>o of lf.'.ro.i. | .
No less than l.VSJ/iOl persons have visited j Wii
r International Inventor's exhibition in (
>ndi'n since its opening. |u"t]
S >Mk of tha gamblers driven out of Chica- nroj
have established their games in boats be r
>nd the city limits on the lake. . |
In Massachusetts SilO.OO) depositors have faili
in l!i - savings banks. In New i
>rk the saving> institutions hold i f |)0j
i) of small deposits. j<vj.
So many of the bovs sent to A Vest Point | i>
- e 1 . "
)v0 UIKlI'lo lo 1110 examuun iuii iui ?u- : )s ej
ission that about lii'ty Congressional dis ?j._>
icts aro unrepresented. i ro;i]
Oxr.v about 15!) pounds of each beef ani-1 p
il is lit l\>r <'aimin;, ht'iuns to provide :?.0 hi,- 0? p
> pounds of canned bojf, or 5'J0(iMJ caiu, i?,:
juld r;*i|ii:ro 20,noil cattle. j ,-S lV
Tin: false tn.Hli of an eMerlv woman living pic;
ar l,o.;an, Ohio, be.'amo dislodged during I
w-vero spell of coughing, a day or two ago, ^
id slipjied into her throat, choking her tc j?g
atli. bei
Fkmai.k prismors lnv.< become so nnmnr- 1 con
s in tin city jail at IVnsu'ola, Fla., that ma
ey liavo bv:i p'lvl in an inclo*uiv an 1 j hen
; to brea'cin ? st >no for stre.-t purpjsoi to! the
y their iiues. | sas,
BOTH SISTERS DM
le Terrible Result of a Druggist's
Mistake.
lling a Prescription with Morphine
Id stead of Quinine.
Che sad tragedy arising from a Hoboken
, J.) druggist's terrible mistake aroused
nnhllp ir? fhof ni'fw an/1 Vflto
irk, where the bereaved parents of the two
ling ladies who lost their' lives were well
own. DotaiU of the terrible tragedy are
follows:
)ne human life was sacrificed, two hover
the verge of death, two homes are plunged
grief and Roboken's best society circles
ve sustained a severe shock, and all because
Irajgist blunder od. A handsome and spaus
brown stone rosidence in the certtre of
veil kept lawn stands in Hudson street,
lr Eighth street, Hoboken. It is the home
Charles F. Holz, a millionaire wine mer*
int This luxurious dwelling is the house
mourning. The family consisted of Mr.
Iz, his wife and four children?Gretchen,
a, Matilda and Willie. Gretchen was the
est. She was an educated, vivacious girl,
ninoteen years, petite but symmetrical
uro, regular features, dark brown
s and brown hair. She was popular,
1, although surrounded by a host of suiti,
she gave preference to youngDr. August
ewentbal, a neighbor ot the Holz family,
ey were to have been married this winter.
33 Holz has been ill for some time. Her
nptoms were those of malaria. She, with
* sister Ella, a pretty blonde of fifteen
its, visited the Catskills.
week ago they returned, both suffering
m malarial fever. Dr. Loewenthal, who
ended them on Sunday night, suggested
it Dr. Conrad, of New York, be summoned
consult with him. When Dr. Conrad ared
he proscribed forty-five grains
quinine to be divided into
ir powders, one to be adminised
to the patients before reing.
Young Dr. Loewenthal filled out the
iscription, and visited the drug store of
arles G. Am Ende,at the corner of Seventh
i Washington streets. Am Endehasacired
the reputation of being a skilful drugt
and chemist He was in charge of his place
len Dr. Loewenthal called and weighed the
lg. The doctor administered a powder to
:h of the sisters, and expressing the hoDe
i medicine would give them relief bade
ra good night about 10 o'clock Sunday
;ht Three hours later Ella, the younger
%r, began to complain of cramps and
isea. A few minutes later she lapsed into
consciousness.
)r. Loewenthal was hastily summoned,
a symptoms were unmistakably those of
soning. He called Dr. Kudlicb, Sr., who
once pronounced the case one of morphine
soning. The doctors declared the drugt
had erred in preparing the prescription,
strong was the faith of Mr. Holz in the
jthecary that he would not credit the docs'
opinion, and declared his daughter's
idition arose from some singular action of
quinine upon her system. The physicians
re positive, and Dr. Loewenthal brought
i druggist to the house. Morphine and quiie
closely resemble each other; both are
ite, pulpy substances. The druggistglancid
the powder, and seemingly conflit
that no had not made a mistake, said,
guess it's quinine." He touched it with
tongue, and in an instant tha color left bis
e and he trembled like an aspen leaf as he
ned and with an imploring look hoarsely
ispered:
'I've made a mistake; it's morphine."
le reeled, and like a dazed man moved
rard the door and tottered down the steps,
a moment messengers were dispatched for
iical help, and a few minutes later Dr.
dlich, Jr.: Dr. Loewenthal, Sr. ;Dr. Rosennz,
Dr. Fisher and Dr. Conrad had arid.
it this time Gretchen had shown no Sympis
of having partaken of the fatal drug,
tidotes were administered to neutralize
effects of the morphia. Three of the
rsicians labored with her, while the others
their utmost to destroy the influences of
poison in the younger girL Young Dr.
iwenthal was completely prostrated by the
affair. He knew that his betrothed and her
or had taken enough of the drug to cause
th, and he had to be assisted to his Jjome.
> elder sister, despite the efforts of the
rsicians, sank into insensibility at 4 o'clock.
6 she revived and there was a gleam of
e. Half an hour later she again relapsed,
at 7 o'clock died. Her sister Ella, who
i first stricken, lingered in the coma
Dugh the day but died early the next
ning.
he police authorities did not learn of the
affair until several hours after the death '
Miss Holz. An officer's curiosity was
used by the unusual commotion at the
se and he questioned one of the servants,
was instructed to seek Am Ends, the
ggist. The officer called at the store, and
clerk, Henry Frank, intimated that his
)loyer had lied.
[e stated that he had not seen his employluring
the moritfng and refused to surier
the prescription. Detective Gallazher
sequently visited the place and the clerk
litted that Am Ende had appropriated the
scription, but had entered in the registry
fact that a prescription for foriy-flve
ins of quinine in four powders
been filled for Dr. Loewonthal.
nty Physician Converse called early
y in the "afternoon at the drug store, and
clerk confessed that Am Ende was in his
n over the store. The county physician
lired to the Recorder's Court and entered
rmal complaint ot manslaughter against
Endu. Detective Gallagher was directed
arrest the druggist, who wanted the
:er to procure a carriage. The drugwas
ieft with a friend. Scarcely
the detective reached the foot of tho
rs when tho friend called him back to tell
i his prisoner had swallowed poison. The
Kgist had taken a dose of atropia. PhyiD3
were called and administered anti3s.
Am Ende is forty years old and
unmarried. It was thought he
ild. recover, but with a shattered
id. Mr. C. P. Holz, the father of the two
ng ladies, sent a verDai message u> uru^Am
Eude, assuring him that ho bore him
ill-will whatever, as ho knew that the
stitution of morphine for quinine in the
scriptions was unintentional.
THE CAROLINE ISLANDS,
iiu Planting her Flag on the ?Imputed
Territory.
Madrid dispatch states that Spanish
i-of-war have arrived at Yap, the chief
id of the Caroline group, and planted the
nish flag, no German vessel being in
it
i is also stated that the Emperor William
Jermany, through a feeling of sympathy
i King Alfonso, has raa'ie a personal in*
erence in order to obtain a prompt settleit
of the Carolines affair favorable to
in. Spanish merchants and other conlers
of Gorman products threaten to boy;
all German goods. Firms in Wuerzberg
Elberfeld have received notices from
nnercial houses in Spain severing business
auctions with tbera.
l Ftench paper states that all Spanish ofTl?now
oil furlough have been ordered to
>in thi-ir regiments. The same paper is
hority for the statement that several
;o Spanish mercantile houses have cand
all their outstanding orders for German
ds. The members of tho Spanish colony
'aris are indignant at Germany's occupy*
tho Caroline islands, and protest against
it they call Germany's usurpation and
fidy.
lOBBING- A STAQE COACH.
0 Highwaymen Captured While
> enuring Their Huoty*
lio Marysvillo coach was stopped by two
1 way men about eight miles out of Helena,
itana, tho other day, and tho treasure box
taining about fl.'jOjJ in bullion from the
imlummon mine, taken. The passers
were relieved of their
* ' l,o,l
muius. vuu wi inu * ^
>n tlio plot away to officer.*, nnd when the
isuro box was beir.g broken opon tho
rill' nnd .1 posse captured thj robbers and
>vcred Hie booty, ihe passengers were
io to stand in line at the muzzle of a gun
I by one of the highwaymen while tho
jr went through them in the old-fashioned
iner.
he prisoners are mined Jackson and Gor.
Gordon will be released and get tho red
oi .fijjt). Ja-kson 1ms served seven yenra
I10 California penitentiary for stage robllo
claims tint Gordon has worked
samo schema before?jiving away plots
robttery and (retting rewards.
PROMINENT PEOPLE. "
iss Ci.kvf.la'sd already has made $ >0,000
1 her book.
>?:> Tennyson, the p jet laureat?, is sev six
years of ago.
eat, I)ow, the Prohibitionist, has turned
ightieth year.
r.t, th 3 relatives of ex-Vice-President
>!er have died during the past ten years.
ink monuments to Grant will be erected
lis country unles; :>o:ne of tho present
iocts fail.
)HN 15. Goer;it, who has just completed
?ixty eighth year, is said to be seriously
ing in h.-alth.
rmvr?, tho mad king of Bavaria, is
i;ht by a London elitor to look like
on, whom some regard a* the mad poet
oston's famous lawyer. Sidney Partlett,
ghtv-six wars old and estimated worth
- * - - " ?:i
0 rhiellyUenveii irom excellent rau1
sj>eeulation%
resident vI.kvki.axi> kw;>sa scrap hook
xrerpts fr<>m the newspapers in order to
uformed <>f all sorts <>f uul> ic opinion. It
lie fo rk's sole employment to collect and
serve til >s? tilings.
'ora and .Neli.ik Ci.ark, the one jxissessa
soprano voice of ram inorit and the other
n^ a tine violinist, ?o to Europe soon to
uplcto their mu-ieal e.lucnt o:i. They will
ke their debut in Americi ahont a year
itv. Tlio Mi-wes Clark are daughters of
Hon. M. E. Clark, oi Leu\en worth, Kan