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M. de Lesseps says that the building j >f the pyramids, which occupied 30,000 toen ten years, was boys' play to buildfag the Panama canal. He estimates the power of the machines employed as equal io 500,000 men. The Germans have devised an ingenious method of advertising their manufactures. A vessel fitted up with acom/-?f f^rmnn iirnfllifts hilS JiiCto aooui buiv.uv v* v? v ?? been seat on a vo\*age around the world. It serves as a floating industrial exhibition. Expert authority says that the rule against the sale of alcoholic liquors in the Capitol at "Washington is more of a farce than ever this year. In the House res taurant any kind of a drink can be or dered and procured without the slightest attempt at concealment, and a gifteil mixer of "fancy drinks" is kept busy be hind the bar. Thirty-two men and 140 women arc busy in the annex of the Agricultural Department building, "Washington, supplying the Congressional demand for aeed. Six thousand paper packages of a# vegetable seed, 500 of flour seed, 300 of --a- -r T on toDacco, ~u quarts ox sui^uum, ux corn, 50 of grass, 28 quarts of sugar beet and 32 quarts of cotton seed is the allowance of each Senator and Representative. A recent study of comparative height and weights among different classes of population in Great Britain shows that the criminal class average no less than forty-five pounds in weight and four and I a half inches in height less than their an- | tagonists, the metropolitan police. Com- j pared with the gensral population, too, this class is seen to be eighteen pounds in weight and two inches in stature below the average, standing on about the same 1 plane in physical endowment as lunatics. United States Senator Stanford, of J California, says that he came very near : being a newspaper man instead of a mil- ' lionaire?and most persons will agree that the one is somewhat different from the other. He want el to start a local 1 paper at Fort "Washington, Wis., where 1 he then lived, and organized a company. The money being raised, he set out for ( Milwaukee to buy the outfit. After a . forty-mile ride in a wagon he learned ] that what he wanted could not be had . vest of Pennsylvansa, and so he gave 1 up the newspaper project. 1 It is estimated by insurance companies < that in the United States last year j dwelling-houses were burned at the rat* j of one every hour, with an average loss j ( of $1,396. Barns and stables, fifty pe. ^ e^ATOC fVirPP .TlfiP dav. WCC&. VUUULIj OkViVC) ?4. vv j J, J .with a loss of $110,000 per week. Tea hotels burn weekly, with a loss per year ^ of $4,000,000. Every other day a lumber ( yard goes up in smoke, each represent- J j ing $20,000. Forty-four cotton factories, y t^e loss in each case being $28,000; j forty-three woolen mills, $25,000 each; forty-two chemical works at $27,000 each were destroyed by fire last year. ( Forty-two boot and shoe factories were i consumed, the loss being $17,000 each. 1 == c S '* ' ?- i.1 ? Among tne emigrants wno rectum jr landed at Castle Garden, Xew York, were two blind Swedes, on their way to Carver, Minn., where they are to sing in a Lutheran church. John Bergerson and Johanna Johnson are their names. Each is twenty-five years old, and both are said to have excellent voiccs. The man is also an accomplished organist. Sven ! Svenberg, who came here thirty years j ago, and served as a soldier during the war, recently went home on a visit. "While in Sweden he met the blind people and wrote about them to the pastor of J his church at Carver. The latter promised to do all he could for the pair, at singers were in great demand in that part TViatt f*rill V*olr\ fn cnymnrf KJ1 uxiuiicauiu. x xxvjr mil w | j themselves by basket-making and worsted j work. ? The three substances which enter into * the composition of an electric lamp are * glass, platinum wire and bamboo or * paper. Glass bulbs are readily prepared ? by the usual methods of glass blowing, but the preparation of the bamboo is a delicate piece of work. In the best lamps, ? the little horseshoe is made of bamboo; j V?r*o rvrATT& z-3 lfo cnnori _ ] ttilU. 11119 ILiaiCi JLUL Xluo JJ1U*UU no oujyvi a. ority to its rival, paper, in several ways. I The bamboo comes from Japan in bundles j of slips a toot in length. Japanese bam- j boo is of a finer quality than the Chinese. 1 It is first split up into little square strips. ! <xirls round these off by running them through dies until they look like little , brown straws. These are put in cruci- i bles with graphite, and submitted to a white heat for several hours. This car- ] bonizes them thoroughly. , The New York Graphic says that "the d&ily deportment of wind and water is J observed as it siiouiu De witn unremitting zeal. The statistics will be valuable some day, when the future meteorologist appears, who shall by their aid interpret for us the laws of air. Most attention is naturally paid to the grave and serious business of the winds in bringing us heat, cold or moisture, and their occasional conflicts; their playfulness is not studied and their antics are supposed to be irregular. A naturalist at Berne, Herr Coaz, recently brought out the fact that they may engage in a systematic game of ball, aiding at least in the manu facture of very good implements. Iii Lake Lils and other Swiss waters, wfcile certain winds prevail, the floating larch leaves are tossed to and fro until they are felted together into a compact spherical shape. Some specimens are over a foot in diameter. These playthings are found in other localities. In Swedish lakes they are made of alga?, and similar ones in the ocean consist of aea plants." 'i i"f. ;. .. ' _ . A roller-skate manufacturer tells a reporter of the Boston Herald that the "craze" is over for the present, so far as rink skating is concerned, but that large numbers of the skates are sold for street use by children. Many fortunes have been made and lost in the excitement. The pay-roll of Barnum's circus is $7,000 per day, and when wet weather strikes it there is music not down on the lithoo-ranhic t>ro?rrammes. Last year o r x w when Mr. Hutchinson had occasion to make a business affidavit, he swore that in 1885 the money taken by the circus amounted to $1,03S,000. The highest daily receipts were $17,000, during a Boston engagement, when, in a week, they took in $74,000; in a week at Philadelphia, $81,000; in ten days at Chicago, $119,000. It seems quite certain, says the Boston Cultivator, that one of the three bills which have been introduced in Congress this session, aiming to control the manufacture and sale of fraudulent butter, will pass. No measure has so large a backing of the people. These bills are popular everywhere exccpt among a few firms that are making immense fortunes in the manufacture of bogus butter compounds, to the injury and destruction of the interests of 7,000,000 farmers. With a tax of ten cents per pound, imitation butter will then cost about the same as the genuine article. Mrs. Jeannettc M. Thurber. the rich New York enthusiast who has put $100,000 of her own money into the establishment of American opera, and whose persistent efforts and tact seem in a fair way to draw from the pockets of other millionaires the rest of the $250,000 needed to put the opera scheme on a sure financial basis, is described as "a beautiful brunette of thirty-one, with superb eyes and pefectly molded head and face," who lights up well and looks fairly radiant at the opera or a ball. She has done more hard work than most men in geting the opera under way, and she is justified in the pride with which she points Hr* "fa, orficfio cunpocQ nf "fircfc cpn. i 5011. "The leather man" is a character in Connecticut, and for years he has been a wanderer up and down the earth, no one knowing whence he came, whither he went or what was his story. The mystery of his life has not yet been disclosed, but the Springfield Hepulbican reports the Jiscovery of one of his lodging places: "The abode of a strange character, known as 'the leather man,' has been liscovered in a cave near Waterb iry. He iresses in clothes made by himself of old Doottops, is ever on the move, never ipeaks and lives by charity. It is supposed that he is a French nobleman > ivhose hopes were shattered by the death )f his affianced. Among other articles ;ound in his cave was a home-made shoe vith a wooden sole. He is believed to lave other caves." There are between 25,000 and 30,000 Chinese in San Francisco, the exact lumber bein<r urobablv nearer the o 1 w 'ormer than the latter number. They >ccupy the centre of the town, and though ;ome few are scattered about in all direc;ions, ten blocks is the maximum they lold. From the exterior there is little ;o distingush their houses from those of s-hite men, save that their stores have ;vhite signs with red hieroglyphics lung out, and on the walls of the allcvivays are their red placards with b'.ack etters. The theatres and the restaurmts are the only places which from ;heir exterior attract attention. They ire often plentifully decorated with briliant coloring, gilding and bright-hued anterns. Once a year the houses, itores, temples and theatres of China;own are thrown open to the public, and he celebration of the Chinese New Year s the only occasion on which an insight nto their mode of living among them selves can be obtained. Just prior to ;liis festival all Chinatown is subjected ;o scrubbing, cleaning and painting, so ;hat the whole is on view when it is it its best. Some Trade Names. Damask is from the city of Damascus; ?atin from Zaytown, in China; calico from Calcutta, and muslin from Mosul, i Buckram derived its name irom liocnara; fustian comes from Fostat, a city of the Middle Ages, from 'which the modern Cairo is descended. Taffctta and Tabby from a street in Bagdad. Cambric is From Cambrai. Gauze has its name from Gaza, baize from Bajae, dimity from Damletta and jeans from Jaen. Drugget is derived from a city in Ireland, I)ro[jhedo. Duck, from which Tucker street, in Bristol, is named, comes from Torque, in Normandy. Velvet is from the Italian vellute, woolly (Latin, vellus, i hide or pelt.) Shawl is the Sanscrit, sala, floor, for shawls were first used as carpets and tapestry. Bandanna is from an Indian word meaning to bind 3r tie, because they are tied in knots before dyeing. Chintz comes from the Hindu word chet. Delaine is the French "of wool." The Reason Wliy. HE. She has no mass of golden hair No wondrous piles of money, I cannot *ay that she is fair, Nor that her temper's sunny. An yet I call her "sweet" and "dove;" I am in truth devoted. I swear she is my only love? My ardor's oft been noted. j "VVhv do I seek her ev'ry where? "Why ever have 1 sought her? Her father is a millionaire, Aud she's an only daughter. SHE. He is not comely to the sight, He has no great position; He cannot like a Dickens write* Nor can he paint like Titian. I do not like him very well? His presence oft distresses. Why do I not this to him tell. And spurn all his addresses? In vouth I spurned too many men, P'or whom I've since been sighing, I've not the choice that I had then, And Time, alas, is flying. ?Rambler. ID ALABAMA'S CAPITAL. Jefferson Davis at Montgomery, the Scene of his Inauguration. Greeted by Thousands of Enthusiastic Southerners, We glean from the Associated Press dispatches the following account of the recep tion of Jefferson Davis at Montgomery, Ala., | on the 25-th, the occasion of his presence being the laying of the corner stone of a monument to the Confederate soldiers: This day will be memorable in the history of Alabama. Every locality was represented and many adjacent towns and villages poured their entire population into the streets. At an early hour the sidewalks were so densely packed that locomotion was difficult, instead of going to the park it was decided to go to the Capitol grounds, and for the speeches to be made from the very spot where Mr. Davis took the oath of office as President of the Confederate States. The entire city was gaily decorated and the City Hall had United States flags fluttering out of every window. Pictures of Confederate Generals were fastened to the outside walls, while the names of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sydney Johnston and many others fluttered to the breeze on screamers, me uapicoi was ueaucuuiiy uecorated. From the topmost point on the high dome floated the stars and stripes. The entire front was covered with streamers and devices, and from the front columns immense Federal flags reached down almost to the heads of the speakers. The scenes around Mr. Davis and the great desire to see and shake him by the hand were indescribable. People were packed in the Exchauge like sardines. They all wanted to see their old President, and nothing would satisfy them until they had done so. Being feeble, it was more than he could stand, and he had to retire. The military escort formed in front of the hotel and extended far up ihi avenue leading to the Capitol. It was necessary to form a square that the procession might move. A carriage with four white horses was drawn up to the door, and promptly at 2 p. 3i. Mr. Davis, escorted by Mayor Reese, Governor O'Neal and ex-Governor Watts, formerly of his cabinet, stepped from the hotel and entered the carriage. The shouts of the multitude as he was seen to step from the hotel were louder than ever bef ore heard in this city. They had the peculiar nervous jerk which characterized what became famous as the "yell of the Southerners" the world over. The next carriage contained General John B. Gordon aud Capt. W. L. Bragg. Miss Winnie Davis, the youngest daughter of Mr. Davis, and Miss Reese, the Mayor's daughter. Other carriages followed with the trustees of the Monument Association and the Govern or s stau. Amid the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, the booming of cannon, the playing of bands of music and the shouts of the multitude, the profession began to move. The route was about half a mile long. The avenue is very wide, but the crowd was packed from one side to the other. When the procession arrived at the Capitol gate the way was cleared for Mr. Davis. He was seated at the historic spot he occupied on February 18, 1861. The people were packed from the steps to the front gate. When order had been secured Mayor Keese advanced and said: "My Countrymen": It is with profound emotions that I present to you the foremost type of Southern manhooa, the Hon. Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the Confederate States of America." As Mr. Davis advanced the crowd broke out in tumultuous applause. The shouts finally dying away, Mr. Davis, leaning on nnnn iirifli fVia iTn/^AVol flnrr ATTnr V?im onH UIO ^OUCj muu IUO X- VUVl UA UU^ V?V* utm v?uv* Confederate veterans before him, in a clear voice, said: "Mr Friends: It would be vain if Ishould attempt to express to you the deep gratification which I feel at this demonstration. But I know that it is not personal, and therefore I feel more deeply grateful, because it is a sentiment far dearer to me than myself. You have passed through the terrible ordeal of war, which Alabama did not seek. When she felt her wrongs too grievous for further toleration she sought a peaceful solution. That being denied her, thunders of war came ringing over the land. Then her people rose in their majesty^ gray-haired seers and beardless boys eagerly rushed to the front. It was that war which Christianity alone approved?a holy war for defence. Well do I remember seeing your gentle boys, so small, to use a farmer's phrase, that they might have been called seed c orn, moving on with eager .'tip and fearless brow to the carnival of death; and I have also looked upon the ;n when their knapsacks and muskets seemed heavier than the boys, and my eyes, partaking of a mother's weakness, tilled with tears. Those days have passed. Many nf tlicm have found naraeless graves, but they are not dead. Th^y live in memory and their spirits stand out, the grand reserve of that column -which is marching on with unfaltering steps toward the goal of constitutional liberty. (Applause.) It were in vain if I should attempt, as I have already said, to express my gratitude to you. "I am standing now very nearly on th( spot where I stood when I took the oath ol office in 1S61. Your demonstration now exceeds that which welcomed me then. This shows that the spirit of Southern liberty ii not dead. (Long and continued applause). Then you were full of joyous hope: 1 1 ??ni- *\f ooViinvinC you nau every prusyctu uj. ?o all you de-sired, and now you are wrapped in the mantle of regret. And yet that regret only manifests more profoundly and does not obliterate the expression of your sentiments. I felt last night as I approached the Exchange Hotel, from the gallery of which your peerless orator, William L. Yancey, introduced me to the citizens of Montgom?ry, and commended me in language which only his eloquence could yield,and which far exceeded my merit?I felt. 1 say again, that I was coming to my homecoming to a land where liberty dies not and serious sentiments will live forever. (Applause.) I have bean promised, my friends, that I should not be calieu upon to make a speech, and therefore I will only extend to you my heartfelt thanks. God bless you, "one and all, old men and boys, and the ladies above all others, who never faltered in our direst needs." When Mr. Davis retired the shouts were so long and loud that h3 had to go t j the front again. He bowed his acknowledgments and CI mXTrtrtl 4-V, r\r\ i tif Twill PPfl l ulia.uivs. vxu vcri liui u iu-m tutu l,* General John B. Gordon, the orator selected to deliver the address. General Gordon next delivered an oration, which was frequently interrupted by applause. The procession then returned to the City Hall, where Mr. Davis held a public reception. The 20th was another big day for Montgomery. The corner stone of the monument was laid with the usual ceremonies. Mr. Davis, General Gordon, and other noted Confederates were present and took part. The Masonic fraternity laid the cornerstone. Mr. Davis put the stono in place. THIRTY FEET LONG. Successful Cast of an Immense Gun at Boston. A "big gun" recently cast at the South Boston Iron Company's works was the other day taken out of the moulding pit, where it had lain for about three weeks. The casting, so far as could be ascertained, is a complete success The gun, in its present rough state, is thirtynine feet long. When finished its length will be thirty feet, and its largest diameter fifty-four inches. This is the last of three fifty-four ton breech-loading rifled cannon, ordered by the government for experimental use. All of these guns in their finished state are of the same size and weight and will throw the same projectile, hut they difTer somewhat in construction. The one just taken out ot' the pit will be comnleted next fall. The work is superintended by a representative of the Iron Company and by three government ordnance officers. It is proposed to change the street nomenclature of Washington, substituting for the letters of the alphabet, which now mark many streets,the names of historical personsAdams, Benton, (Jlay, Van Buren and ethers. Since 1S7G the Congressional Library has grown from 300,000 volumes to 550,000, besides 105,000 pamphlets. _ . . < NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and. Middle States. Mrs. Fanny Smith, a farmer's wife, residing near Freeport, N. J., during a flfc of insanity instantly killed one of her six children with an ax and mortally wounded three others. She was trying to get at her two other children when secured. Previous to committing the terrible deed Mrs. Smith took rat poison The little victims were aged thirteen, eleven, seven and four years respectively. The days of ex-President Arthur are numbered, according to a New York paper. He is suffering from Bright's disease and a complication of disorders which must soon terminate fatally. The annual encampment of the New York State Grand Army veterans, held in New York city, passed resolutions approving President Cleveland's course with respect to carrying out "the principle that veterans, when competent, are entitled to recognition because of service rendered the country in time of war." The cotton manufacturers of New England are said to have combined to oppose strikes. The Chamber of Commerce of New York City has just held a meeting and adopted resolutions endorsing arbitration as the only means of settling the prevailing war between capital and labor, and condemning all attempts by strikers to interfere with or coerce those taking their places. The New York Grand Jury has indicted forty-seven members of the Tailors' Union for boycotting a firm of tailors who refused to accede to the Union's demands. South and "West. A troublesome strike of switchmen on the .Lake Shore and Michigau Southern nanroad at Chicago has been settled. * An immense crevasse has occurred in the Mississippi levee near Helena, Ark., and 8,000 acres under cultivation were flooded. The St. Louis Grand Jury has indicted nine members of the Bakers' Union on tho charge of boycotting. Official figures just published show the mineral output for Colorado in 1885 to have been as follows: Gold, $5,000,000; silver, ?13,500,000; copper, $701),000; lead, $8,361,000; total, $22,561,000. The Richmond (Va.) local election, just held, was a struggle between the Prohibitionists and anti-Prohibitionists. The latter, or "wet ticket," won by a large majority over the "dry ticket." The colored vote was almost unanimous for anti-Prohibition. Hailstones big as hen eggs fell during a tornado at Killeen, Texas. Two houses were destroyed and a child fatally hurt. A train on the Missouri Pacific railroad was ditched near Wyandotte, Kansas, the, other night. Spikes were pulled out of the ties and angle-plates taken off the rails. The fireman and brakeman were instantly killed, and engineer severely injured. Vice-President Hoxie offered a reward of $2,500 for the arrest and conviction of the wreckers. In Las Vegas, N. M., the overflowing of the Rio Gallonas from heavy rains has destroyed many buildings, including the postoffice, railroad buildings and extensive oil and lumber works. "Memorial Day" was celebrated this year with unusual ceremonies at Montgomery, Ala., orations being delivered by Jefferson Davis, General Gordon and other promi nent ex-Confederates. From Montgomery Messrs. Davis and Gordon went to Atlanta and took part in the unveiling of a statue to the late Senator Benjamin HilL A number of large Milwaukee (Wis.) furniture factories have closed because the em ployes demauded that the hours of labor b6 reduced to eight a day, at the old wage?. The Secretary of the Illinois State Board of Health says the danger from Asiatic cholera this year is greater than ever. County Treasurer Hollingsworth is in jail at Vincennes, Ind., for embezzling about $80,000. A table just issued shows the Southern States have 117 savings banks, with a capital of $lu, 728,000 and more than $103,000,000 in depositsWash in^ton. jlnu* ujuyutiuua ul iui^ijiai icvouuc iui tuo first nine months of the fiscal year ending June 30,188(5, were as follows: From spirits, $50,591,795; from tobacco, $20,130,928; from fermented liquors, $13,662,750; from miscellaneous items, $179,788; making a total of $84,571,252, or an increase of $2,974,048 over the collections for tho corresponding period of the last fiscal year. A reorganization of the Patent office is in contemplation. The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate: To be Consuls of tho United States?Andrew F. Fay, of Illinois, at Stettin, and Thomas C. Jones, of Kentucky, at Funchal. Madeira; Reuben B. Pleasants, to be Marshal of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Patrick O'Malley, to bo Receiver of Public Moneys at Menossha, Wis. A number of presidential postmasters and army officers were also nominated. The Senate Committee on Public Lands has unanimously voted to report adversely upon the nomination of R. S. Dement to be Surveyor-General of Utah. W. H. Forbes, of Boston, President of the TV>lr<r>lmn? fnmnnnv wiw Avnminpd on the 27th by the House Committee of investigation into telephone matters. Foreign. Fifteen persons were killed and nineteen injured by the bursting of a steamer's hoiler at Tumaco, Central America. Many of the victims were members of prominent families. An iron tower, 084 feet high, costing $1,000,000, with an electric lighted summit, will form a striking feature of the coming Paris world's exhibition. The total number of deaths which have resulted from the conflagration which recently devastated the town of Stry, Austria, is 12b. The greater number were caused directly by the flames, but many of the unfortunate people died from exposure, while some died of fright and a few committed suicide in despair over their irretrievable losses. The report is confirmed that the Amir of Harran. in Asiatic Turkey, has massacred all the Europeans in his capital, also the members of an Italian scientific expedition under Count Porro. The town of Lisko, Austria, has been destroyed by fire. Peace prevails again in Europe, Greece having yielded to the powers and disbanded the reserve force that she had been massing on the frontier in anticipation of war with Turkey. MOONSHINERS' WORK. A Marshal Attacked?Two Men Killed?Four Mortally Wounded. A dispatch from Manchester, Tenn., gives details of a bloody tragedy enacted there shortly after midnight the other morning, in which United States Deputy Marshal "Webb Purdon, and a moonshiner named Clark were killed and three other moonshiners fatally wounded. Purdon had accompanied Deputy Marshal Hughes on a raid on the illicit distilleries of C-irundy county, Tenn., and captured and destroyed several stills. Between 12 and 1 o'clock in the morning fifteen moonshiners rode into Manchester and determined to have Purdon's ~ ' <? ---- 1116. ?5eveii dtoku hjlu ma auuoc uuu the balance surrounded it. Purdou met them as they entered with a cocked revolver, and a terrible battle then ensued. Two moonshiners fell to the floor mortally wounded and the pang retreated, but tliey succeeded in fatally wounding Purdou. Disabled as ho was, furdon discharged his doubled barrelled shotgun into the retreating fang and two more fed mortally wounded, 'union then fell dead beside the body of one of his victims. The gang carriod off three of tlieir wounded companions, a iaigu puaao j vvas sent in pursuit of them. j There are 5,000,000 Indians in Mexico, . me,king thirty-five per cent, of the entire j population. They speak thirty-five idioms anl sixty-nine dialects. They are nearly alj grossly ignorant, and live by themselves a ( wild, half savage life in the country districts. Recen:: rains have benefited the growing 1 crops in California, and the prospect for an immense wheat crop was never better. Fruits 1 promise equally well. _ _ I AMITE HOUSE WEDDING. President Cleveland's Coming Marriage to Miss Folsom. An Uncle of the Young Lady Confirms the Keport, A Boston dispatch says: Mr. H. F. Harmon, a well-known flour merchant of this city, is a maternal uncle of Miss Frankie Folsom, who is believed to be the bride-elect of President Cleveland. A correspondent asked him if there is any doubt that President Cleveland is going to marry Miss Folsom. "Frankly speaking," said he, "there is none. It was not our intention to announce the engagement until some time before the wedding, but unfortunately it was made public by a breach of confidence on the part of friends in Buffalo. I have just been writing a letter to Miss Frankie," he added. "It is now nearly time for her to be preparing to return home. "Do you suppose she has heard of the rumors in circulation on this side the Atlantic!" "I have no doubt she has learned something. I was engaged in writing her, as you entered, that the cat was out of the bag, and giving her a little of the gossip she may expect to bear on returning home. We frequently receive letters from her about the trip. She writes often and her letters are particularly bright. She has a brilliant, descriptive style and is an enthusiastic observer. The rumor that the expenses of her Euronean triD were Daid bv Ml-. Cleveland has no foundation in truth, and I do not sea how it ever originated. "It was Miss Folsom's intention to announce the engagement in due time before the wedding, but to her, as well as the entire family, the premature statements concerning it are a great surprise. As I have said, there were but a few let into the secret. At last accounts Miss Folsom was enjoying the best of health. She enjoyed the visit to Italy very much, the only drawback being her mother's illness in Genon, where she was _taken down withafever. Miss Folsom'sacauamtancewith President Cleveland forms a romantic story. "Frankie at a very early age gave promise of great beauty. She was loved by every one who knew her. She was frank in manner, warm hearted and very lovely. When scarcely knee high she was particularly friendly to 'Uncle Cleve,' as she called him, and in after years held him as one of her dearest friends and advisers. Then came her father's death with its attendant changes. I have no doubt if he had lived he would have been much gratified at the marriage." ''When did President Cleveland commence his matrimonial attentions?"' was asked. "I can scarcely answer thatj" was the reply. "He was very friendly disposed toward Miss Folsom from the time she was a child; but about three years ago his attentions commenced to assume a more serious aspect. Although very reserved in manner, it was evident he now cared far more for the woman than he had in former years for the child. When Miss Folsom and her mother visited the Whita House last1 year there was considerable talk about a possible engagement, but not until the announcement of the marriage was recently made was any further report in circulation. I thjnk I may safely say you can travel a good many miles and see a great many people Defore you will find a young lady of greater beauty and accomplishments than Miss Folsom. I have no doubt it will be very embarrassing for her to know of the thousaud rumors that are circulated about her, especially if she happens to see any of the newspaper cuts that have been printed over her name." LATER NEWS. A Boston supplier of builders' material states that $17,000,000 of capital about to be invested for building purposes in that city and vicinity has been withdrawn on account of the strikes. A pool of the glassware manufacturers of ihis country has been arranged, and hereafter the price of the smallest piece of glassware sold will be fixed by the association which controls forty-three furnaces with a iaily output of about 1,000 tons of glassware. Additional nominations by the Presilent: R. H. Jones, of New Mexico, to be Consul of th3 United States at Chihuahua; Samuel H. Keedy, of West Virginia, to be Uonsul of the Unite 1 States at Rhaims; E. 3. Bryan, of California, to be Consul of the United States r-t Lyons. Senator Shermax delivered an address it tlie Mibropolitan M. E. Church, Washing;on, on the 27th, in commemoration of General Grant's sixty-fourth birthday. A large band of armed Mexicans the other night raided the town of Collins, Texas, and held it for a numberof hours while they searched for Deputy Shoriff P. M. C03-, who recently captured Martinez and Cariena, two noted Mexican outlaws, who were murdered while in the constable's custody. Two brothers naniei Owens and the wife and child of a ranchman have been killed in Plina county, Arizona, by marauding Apaches. Many coal miners in the vicinity of Elk 3-arden, W. Va., have been without work for more than a year, and hundreds of families are in a starving condition. An appeal foxhelp has been issued. LiAiiuri meeting ojl urruuu .miiiy uicmbers arid others was held in the Assembly Chamber at Albany, N. Y., on the 20th, to express disapproval of the reappearance of Mr. Jefferson Davis "as an attempt to revive the war feelings of the past." Speaker Husted presided, and resolutions of condemnation were passed. General Henry A. Barnum and others made speeches denouncing the addresses of Mr. Davis on the 2Sth at Montgomery, Ala. Five of the striking New York horse-car drivers have been arrested on the charge of rioting. A band of forty Indians attacked two ranches near Pantano, Arizona, and killed night persons. United states troops ana tnirty iuexican troops, at last accounts, were in active pursuit of the hostile Apaches in the Southwest. Mr. Chang Yen Hoon the new Chinese Minister, has presented his credentials to the President. Mr Whitelaw Pjed testified before the House Pan Electric Telephone Committee of Investigation on the 2'Jth concerning the manner in which the newspapers obtained their information of the facts in the case. The Senate Committee on Agriculture has given a long hearing to representatives ol the dairy interests who ask for the passage of Senator Miller's bill for the relief of the farmers from the unfair and oppressive competition of imitation butter manufacturers. Wilkinson's mills at Bceston, England, together with many adjoining houses, have been destroyed by fire. The loss is 6750,- I ODD. NEWSY GLEANINGS. In* "Wyoming Territory sunflowers are grown for fuel. They still want $10,000 to finish the pedestal for the Bartholdi statue. .""This couutry sends to foreign parts $3,000,lfOO worth of locomotives a year. The Grant Monument Fund in New York amounts to $120,254; the Hancock fund to 843,0-12. There is something in a name. Mr. Hatch is one of the biggest chicken raisers in Pennsylvania. Seventeen blast furnaces at Sharon, j Penn., have made a contract i'orthe use of i natural gas. .. _ 1 j SUMMARY _0F_ CONGRESS Senate Sessions. i Eighty-sixth Day.?Mr. Washington C. vv hitthorne, appointed by the Governor of Tennessee to be United States Senator from that Sta te to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Jackson, was sworn in, ? Ths Inter-State Commerce bill was taken up, and Mr. Van Wyck addressed the Senate on it. He said that the through rates from the West now nearly amounted to confiscation. If the industries were only required to pay fair dividends on the real cost of railroads the nation would be prosperous. Mr. Stanford opposed the bill. He argued that the regulating of the carrier or determining the price he should receive for his services could have no relation to determining the commerce between States?The Fostoffice Appropriation bill was reported. Eighty-sevhxth Day.?The report of the Investigating Committee of the Ohio Legislature in the case of alleged fraud in the election ot Senator rayne was submitted by Mr. Sherman. After a detailed statement of the case, Mr. Payne moved to commit it to tne Committee on Privileges and Elections, together with the minority report, and trusted it would receive early attention and action .'...On motion of Mr. Morrill the bill providing for an extension of the Executive Mansion was passed. It appropriates $300,00J for the purpose.... After the passage of numerous bridge bills across Western rivers, the Inter-State Commerce bill was resumed without action. Eighty-eighth Day.?The Senate laid aside the Inter-State Commerce bill and took up the Postoffice Appropriation bill. Some debate arose on the amendment proposed by the Senate Committee appropriating $80U,000 for carrying South and Central America, Chinese, and Austra liau mails, and authorizing the PostmasterGeneral to make contracts for five years with American steamships at a rate not to exceed for each outward trip SI per nautical mile of distance by the most direct and feasible course between terminal points. Mr. Plumb explained that the amendment was intended as a step toward doing for American commerce with foreign countries what we had done for internal commerce in the facilities of mail communication. At the close of the debat3 the Senate went into executive session. Eighty-nixth Day.?On tho Postofllce Appropriation bill, Mr. Beck contended that he was in favor of the House rule against new legislation on Appropriation bills, and hen.-e opposed the $800,000 amendment for steamships. Mr. Hale SDoke for the subsidy. England had expended $104,000,u00 on ships and had a commerce to show for it. The South American markets could only be reached in this way?The minority report of the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage on the joint resolution granting the right of suffrage to 1 women, was presented. { House Sessions. Ninety-seventh Day.?Further discus- ; sion occurred on the River and Harbor Ap propriation bill The President's message ( on the labor troubles was read. Mr. ( Springer (I1L) moved to refer it to , the Committee on Labor, while ( Mr. Butter worth (0.) desired its reference to the Committee of the Whole. The latter motion was lost by 77 to 147. After \ more discussion the message was referred to the Committee on Labor.... The evening ses- ( sion was devoted to the consideration of pension bills. Ninety-eighth Day.?The followinz bills, from the Judiciary Committee, were ?assed: Punishing robbery in the Indian i erritory by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding ten years or both. Punishing horse stealing in the Indian Territory by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not ex- i ceeding five years or both. Pro- , viding that all claims now existing against the United States?except pension claims?must be presented for adjudication and payment within four years of the passage i of this act, and that all claims arising hereafter must be prosecuted within six years from the time they accrued. Conferring civil jurisdiction m cases arising in the Indian Territory or the UnitedStates Courts "exercising criminal jurisdiction over that Territory. Ninety-ninth Day.?Under the call of States for bills the following were introduced : By Mr. Springer (I1L)?To establish a Department of Labor and to create a board for the arbitration of controversies between labor and capital; also to admit Dakota into the Union. By Mr. Anderson (Kan.)?For the appointment of a committee to investigate the capacity of the canals in the State of New York. By Mr. McComas (Md.)?Authorizing the Select Committee investigating labor troubles to investigate disputes between mine owners and miners in the bituminous coal regions of Pennsylvania, Maryland and "West Virginia....Mr. Belmont (N. Y.) from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a bill to increase the efficiency of the Consular service The River and Harbor Appropriation bill was debated further in Committee of the Whole. 100th Day.?There was a long personal discussion between Representatives O'Neil (HT? \ nnf^ T?/^rtfr* /HTiia\ r>c* f/\ fVirt vacrvnnoi- I ^JJJLU.) UI1L1 X uauu ^UlU/? (U IAJ uug | bility for the Labor Arbitration bill, and as to whether Foran had said that these labor controversies could only be wiped out in blood....In debate on the River and Harbor bill, Mr. Hewitt spoke at length against the policy of the Government buying private works within the States Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported adversely to the House a bill to prohibit aliens from acquiring title to or owning lands within the United States.... Mr, Crain, (Texas), from the Committee on Labor, reported a bill to provide for the distribution of the proceeds of the sale of pub1 A -,11 LIU itiLius a Liu. ui ttu ictrs idcoivcu at llnj j^cusral and district land offices for educational purposes. 101st Day.?The bill from the Committee on Agriculture, defining butter, and imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, exportation and importation of oleomargarine, was reported, and referred to the Committea of the Whole A bill was passad changing the name of the port of Lamberton to the port of Trenton, N. J?The River and Harbor appropriation bill was discussed.... Mr. Warner (Mo.) offered an amendment, which was lost, increasing from $.500,000 to *S00,(>00 the appropriation for the Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux City. 102d Pay.?Mr. Lanham (Texas), from the Committe on Coinage, Weights and Measures, rej orted a bill for the retirement and re-coinage of trade dollars. It provides that for six months after its passage trade dollars shall be received at their face value in payment of all dues to the United States, and shall not again be paid out or issued in any other manner. Holders of trade dollars on presentation of same may receive in exchange therefor an equal amount ot standard silver dollars ine remainder of the day was consumed on the River and Harbor bill. All amendments were defoated. j DYNAMITE IN CHUEOR j One of the Finest Edifices in Madrid c Wrecked. 1 The city of Madrid, Spain, was startled a j few mornings ago by one of the most das- j tardly outrages conceivable. Just as the peo- i pie were preparing to leave their homes for < church services the sound of an explosion was heard from the direction of the Church ( of San Luis. A number of people { _ i 1 ^ +V10 n 01' o-VtlinrVtnnH 1 WHO Iiupfjtruuu t/V w Jia uuv reached the spot, and it was discovered that J a cowardly outrage had been perpetrated. The whole building was scattered with j debris, the altar demolished, and two sex- j tons, who were in the edifice at the time of the explosion, were discovered in an irisen- J sible condition. As soon as the men were j able to speak, it was found that an explosive, supposed to bo dynamite, had been placed in t one of the largo caudles which stand on c either side of th * grand altar, but tho explo- f sion, instead of taking pla -e while the church f was crowded, as probably intended, occurred before the people began to arrive f for the service. The building was j 1 - ? -f/vr* o timn WAS uauiy wretht? i auU filled with smoke and flying pieces of wood, plaster and ornamentation turn from surrounding objects. Tho two sextons were badly burned and unable to give any clue as to the wretch who had committed the outrage. Naturally this occurrence, following so soon after the murder of the Bishop of Madrid on tlio stops ieaairg m;o j the Cathe.lral of ?au Isidore, has a caused the most intense excitement through- r out tbo city. During the day the scene of the disaster was visited by crowds of curious ^ people, who expressed their indignation in ? loud and fierce denunciations of the unknown ( scoundrel who had wrecked one of Madrid's finest buildings. f I r. ' : -{ " ' ; ' *$ ">' 1; ?* ;.<<* . ' V ? :M ~ - ;j k DFiTnnTTOfP TVWnnPTt il ilMlr nlJlUi UIUUUIliU. ' The Quick Work of 400 Armed Men in Missouri. i ' Forcibly Taken from Jail and Hanged to a Tree. Rev. George Graham, a revivalist well known in the West, has teen forcibly taken from the jail at Springfield, Mo., where he was incarcerated for wife murder, and lynched. Particulars of the affair are given in Springfield dispatches, as follows: . ) A mob of 400 armed men surrounded the ? county jail at 1:30 o'clock this mornihg and bearan narleyintr with the sheriff for the sur render of George E. Graham, the evangelistarid wife murderer. The sheriff would not comply with their demands, but they soon battered in the doors and secured the Erisoner. At 2 o'clock the men, with Graham 1 their midst, started out of town and ixt less than an hour after the attack was made on the jail the prisoner was hanging to a tree in the city limits. Graham went to his death coolly and died apparently without any. struggle. The mob dispersed in all directions, A notice of warning to other evil-doers, signed "Citizens of Greene County, Mo.," wag pinned to the body. The preliminary examin ation of Mrs. Molloy ana Cora Lee, the revivalists, charged jointly with George E. Graham with the murder of Sarah, his wife, has recently been concluded. Graham had previously made a confession in which he admitted the murder of his wife, but alleged that he first wounded , her accidentally in a scuffle, and then killed her because he was afraid that she would prosecute him for the assault and for bigamy in marrying Cora Lee. The evidence submitted at the examination showed that Graham and Mrs. Molloy and Cora Lee lived together for five years. They couducted scores of revivals during that period, and in Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas made thousands of converts. Mrs. Molloy owns a fine farm near Springfield, whicn the revivalists have made their headquarters. In his confession Graham said that his wife, whom he had metin St Louis with their children, followed him to Springfield against his wish; that she. then insisted on accompanying him to the farm, and that when, he remonstrated with, her on the road they had a scuffle, in which he accidentally cut her in the neck. The State proved that on the night that Graham and his wife arrived at Springfield , Cora Lee left the farm early in the evening in a buggy; that Graham and two women, one of whom was closely veiled, took refresh* m/info of a rocfonronf Vicro anH f.Vint. Mt*Q LUUUVa U U Ut X bOUUUi UU U UVl W? UlUU vumh * ? * M? Graham did not die of knife wounds, but was killed by shots from a revolver. It is held that Cora Lee met the couple at the depot, that Mi's. Graham had been . coaxed to this pla?e by her husband, a.nd that she was murdered on the highway at night by Graham and Cora, who then threw her body into an old well on the Molloy farm. The next morning they drove down to the depot and got the two children, who had been there all night, in ignorance of the fate of their mother. A PEISON EEYOLT. Convicts in Possession, but Subdued After a Bloody Battle. A" most startling revolt took place at St Vincent de Paul Provincial Penitentiary, about fifteen miles from Montreal, the other afternoon. The contest lasted for nearly two hours, and resulted in the killing of one convict and wounding of sixteen other persons, some of them fatally, including the warden of the institution. In this penitentiary were confined about a thousand prisoners, comprising the most desperate characters in Canada. The work of the different gangs was in progress as usual, when suddenly a convict stood up in the open yard and held up one hand. It was a preconcerted signal, for in an instant each gang which had been expecting the movement leaped ? onH HtllWIv upuil tutrix uxiauaj'cuiuijs guaiu uuu overpowered him. They took his arms from him and tied him up. Fifteen or sixteen men were thus disposed of, and then the convicts were in possession of the interior of the jaiL They were also armed with the guards' revolvers and ammunition, and almost immediately had Chief Warden Laviolette a prisoner, he, too, being overpowered.and tied. The convicts then armed themselves with crowbars and other implements and moved toward the walls to break down the gates. There were eight or nine men on the walls armed with rttles, and these few ordered the criminals back to their cells. The desperate convicts continued to advance, holding up Chief Warden Laviolette in front of them as a target. The other wardens, bound hand and foot, were also used in the same way. "Never mind me, men; fire away and do . your duty," shouted Chief Warden Laviolette. Seeing that the men hesitated, he reiterated J ' 1 C J-l? ?A a . ms commaiiu. letuieaa vl wo aimou *uuu*u? about him, Theu commenced a fusilade, and the bullets whistled back and forth between the revolting convicts and the guards for some time. At last the convicts determined to carry the walls by storm, and procured ladders. Convict Viau, French Canadian, led the storming party, covered by his fellow convicts, who peppered away with the captured revolvers. He had almcst gained the parapet when a guard fired point blank at him and he fell to the ground, where he lay as if shot, but was really only badly scared and shocked by his fall. Convict CoiTiveau then sprang up the ladder, to fall dead the next instant with a bullet through his heart. Revolvers were of no use against rifles, and the death of Corriveau dampened the ardor of the convicts, yet stall they fought on. The guards on the wall stood to their posts, and only one of them?Private Chartrand?was hit. He received a bullet in his leg. The plucky Chief Warden lay where his men could see him bleeding to death?his ' jaw shattered, a ball through his groin, another through the bodv and a fourth through his arm. The guards picked off their men with such celerity that Convict Holton was weltering in his blood, Convict Monday shot through both arms and Convict Norman wounded badly in two places, and eight or ten others wpi-fi wounded. Then the convicts threw away their arms and rushed for cover to thertr cells. They were promptly locked in aud the guards were once more in possession, A HORRIBLE FATE, 3ix Sleeping Italian Laborers lloasted Alive. Thirty Italian laborers in the employ of the 2rie Railroad Company have been occupying rae of the company's old construction shaniies at Mt. Alton, fifteen miles south of Bradlord, Penn. The building has been in disuse :or some time, and the wooden underpinning tvas weak. Twenty men slept in a little loft ind the remainder on the first floor, which tvas elevated above the ground four feet, Dnring the night, a few day's since, one )f the posts on which the structure rested ;ave way, and at 1 a. m. the shanty was ;hrown to the ground and collapsed. The i? ?fA a Knor\ fliAOA 111711 VYCIO ]Ji CCipiUllCU iUlfV c* iiv^v, uuu vtiv^z who escaped made their way out with great lifiiculty. In a few minutes the wreck took ire from a lantern that had hung in one of ;he rooms, aud the walls being largely composed of tarred paper, at once Dlazed fiercely, rhe shouts of the laborers who had escaped !rom the wreck and the screams of others ,vho were still penned in the blazing pile iroused the village. There being no fire lepartment, nothing could be done outside of orming a bucket brigade, which was not of ;he slightest use. The howling of the roasting men grew ainter and fainter and in a short time the iro find cnont. ifcolf Siv rim rrr>il mtTwoa vliich could be identified only by bits or ;lothinpr, were taken out. Two others of the nen suffered serious injury from being struck >y falling timbers, but it is believed they will ecover. The dead men had sums ranging rom$100to?35 about their persons, which hey were about to send to their families in taiy. me nanaus uaa ueen iving jii tne trie's box cars, but chose the building igainst the advice of those who had prolounced it unsafe. The names of the dead are: Andrew Perela, Felclew Eatta, Dominico Colerco, Sap-, iota Guirrora, Frank Graco and Charles Jr/ico. The injured are Tony Dananro and Nicolo ). France.