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Colorado Vtes I'lider Chief Col-1
orow On the Warpath.
Several Skirmishes, and State Mil- j
itary Ordered Out.
Chief Colorow, a noted Ute Indian Chief, |
recently abandoned his reservation in Colo- '
rado, and gathering a band of about eighty
followers went on the warpath. The cattlemen
and ranch owner's were greatly alarmed,
and a force of about sixty men under Sheriff
Kendall went in pursuit of the Utes. Many
of the ranches and exposed residences were
HimV ruw unailtS flpeinCT tO the
nearest towns A Meeker (Col.) dispatch
says:
The citizens of Garfield county are all
wrought to the highest point of excitement j
over the fact that the whole White River
country is swarming with Indians, and that
an attack by them is imminent in all of the
ranches lying away from Meeker.
The first intelligence of the serious turn of j
affairs was obtained bv a correspondent near j
the Milk River trail, about eight miles above I
Meeker, where he overtook Dan Van Cleef, !
the Adjutant General's courier, returning j
from the Martin ranch, twenty miles away, j
and from him obtained the following:
"I left Glen Wood Springs on Sunday
morning at twenty minutes past ten o'clock
and rode down Grand Elk Crock, striking ud
the Rifle and going over an old Ute trail to
Meeker, where I arrived just seven hours
and fifty-five minutes from the time of
starting. At Meeker I gave the despatch
sent by General West to Commissioner
Gregory, who employed Commissioner McNeill
to carry the reply. The people of
Meeker were very much excited, and the
long absence of Kendall caused great anxiety.
I remained at Meeker until seven o'clock
last nicht. beinsr undecided as to the best j
route to take to find Kendall. Senator Eddy
came in at seven o'clock from his ranch on
Axial Basin and reported that Sheriff
Kendall and fourteen men were at Frank
Martin's ranch on Milk River, within half a
r mile of Thornburg battle-field. He said that
some of. Kendall's men had deserted him.
"As soon as I heard this I immediately
saddled my hoi-Si and started for Martin's
ranch, which is twenty miles northwest of
Meeker. I reached there at 10 o'clock and
* found Kendal'. He was in good spirits
and was accompanied by only
fourteen men. He said that thirty-five
men had left him at Williams' Fork, the
day before, mid that he had two skirmishes i
with the Indians,one on Saturday and one on
Sunday. The fight on Saturday resulted, he
believed,in the wounding of two Indians. One
white man had his horse shot from under liini.
The two parties encamped within a couple of
miles of each otha- all night. On Sunday
morning the Indians again came up anU
opened fire. This drew the Sheriffs party
out from the hills toward "Williams River.
"The fight continued for about an hour.
One Indian fell from his horse, and Kendall
thinks it was Eeny, the outlaw son of
Colorow. It is certain, however, that one
T"'linn wlinovnr hw WAS. droiinsd from
his horse dead. He was also saiil by Alfred
Corkel to be Eeny, he having sold Eeny a
. horse as a racer last summer. The Indians
then numbered about sixty, and Kendall's
force was abont the same number. The
Indians were only part of the band, and
old Colorow was not with them.
They were headed by Eeny. Just
after this thirty-five men in the Kendall
posse became dissatisfied with his
ir.anagement and left him. The Indians
had then drawn off into the hills. Thirtyfive
men left Kendall's camp and
went down North Fork. White and
Kendall and fourteen men remained in
camp. When the thirty-five, beaded by Phil
Foote, had gone about a m le, Indians followed
them cTo-ely and fired at them. They
took the Foote outfit for the whole party.
Sheriff Kendall, attracted by shots, gathered
his men and rode after them. He closed in
hahinri t.hft Indians and ooened fire, and the I
Utes immediately cut out from pursuit and
went under cover in the hills."
From best .information at hand it looks as
if the aj peal of Colorow to the young bucks
at the agencies bad been successful, and that
he has obtained as many more warriors as he
numbered in his original band. This will
make his force amount to about two hundred
Indians. They are divided into three groups,
and will probably occupy a day in getiing
together.
Colorow is supposed to be in the hills between
Meeker and William's Fork; Eeny's
wing Ls on Milk River, and the third party,
composing the reinforcements, are on Bear
River. Colorow is not going back to the reservation,
and his attitude means fight.
In response to despatches Governor Adams
ordered out cavalry companies from Denver,
Colorado Springs, Canyon City, Leadville
and Asher. The orders to all these companies
were to start for the front at once to
, assist Sheriff Kendall in serving his civil
' rak-- processs.
Governor Adams telegraphed to General
Crook at Omaha that the situation was becoming
serious, and ho urged that steps be
taken by the War Department to protect the
settlers. The Governor's dispatch to the General
detailed the situation, and stated that
the State of Colorado would see that Sheriff
Kendall's processes were served.
LATER NEWS.
TiiK Pennsylvania Republican State convention
at Harrisburg nominated William B.
Hart for State Treasurer and Henry W.
Williams for Judge of the Supreme Court.
The platform adopted denounces the present
National Administration, endorses Mr.
Blaine's candidacy for the presidential nomination,
and declares in favor of protection
to home industries.
Rev. Daxiel Curry, D. D., LL. D., one
of the most prominent Methodists in Amer*?
n /love mm of liic hr*mo in Npw !
.JVtt, UlCU a> ion uuijo wev UW ..?U ... .....
York, aged seventy-nine years.
The official returns of the Kentucky election
give Buckner for Governor 17,015 plurality
over Bradio}-.
The largest raft of pine logs ever towed in
the world has reached Bay City, Mich., from
Au Train. It contains 80,003,000 fe^t, and is
valued at $1,000,000.
A cloud-burst on the upper Rickaree and
Republican Rivers, in Nebraska, entirely
swept away two new bridges, and a great
many cattle caught in the canyons by the
sudden rise were drowned.
An extra force of Treasury clerks has bean
at work making out checks for the prepayment
of interest oil $">0,000,003 of bonds.
Krnit'opiuc h?v<j uiivod in Phil.l.
delphia for defrauding the Government.
\ Two Boston ha-kmen named Bean, and a
sister, who is the wife of a member of the
Springfield Fire Department, have been
notified that they are joint heirs to a fortune
of *10,000,000 left by Thomas Bean, who recently
died at Boaham, Texas.
Four fatal accidents to Alpine tourists are
reported from Zurich, Switzeran 1, making
eighteen deaths in the Alps within a month.
A cyclone has ravaged a great part of
the South of France. In thj Department of
Aude a number of houses were destroyed and
several persons were killed.
The cholera is fast decreasing everywhere
in Southern Europe.
A kkjht has occurred in Africa between j
Tippo Tib's Arab slave traders and Basako
natives, in which 10) Arabs were killed.
Under the new Irish Crimes Act three persons
have been sentenced at Limerick?two to
six months' imprisonment and one to four I
months?for resisting the Sheriff.
Stanley, the African explorer, is reported
in a dispatch received at the office of the
French Secretary of Foreign Affairs to have
been deserted by his escort and killed by the j
natives.
Kobe, Kuma ami Yeddo, a famous family =
-* r u..T York I
d ilfJUUTO; pu^5 U*J1U11^UJ? w %* - v.. - ?
family, have all died since the hot season began.
Their loss is a notable one in fancy dog j
circles, as two of theiu have been centres of i
observation at the last three bench shows,and J
Kolie, for which #1,5'J0 has be:n refused, was !
laden wi'.b prizes he hod taken at various
tiroes.
NEWS SUMMAKY
Eastern and Middle States.
The Boston yacht Volunteer won the
Boston Herald $1,00*1 cup in the Marblchoad
race for the Eastern Yacht Club.
A kike at Pittsburg. Fa., destroyed two fine
nine-story buildings, the Dispatch newspaper
office anil other nronertv. causing an esti
mated loss of $500,000.
The mysterious disappearance of Emit
Sehoenberg, associated with John F. Betz,
the millionaire brewer of Philadelphia, in
various enterprises, has been accounted for
by the latter's assertion that the missing man
has forged his name and the names of other
parties to the tune of about $oU0,000.
The Thistle, the Scotch cutter which is to
represent Great Britain in the coming international
yacht race, arrived at New York a
few days ago after a voyage of twenty-one
days.
Ax express train near South Norwalk,
Conn., struck a wagon containing Eben Van
Hoosear, his wife, daughter and grandson.
All four were instantly killed.
John R. Dunn, a New York broker, has
been arrested and lodged in jail in default of
$100,000 bail on a charge of l?eing an accomnlice
in the robbery of $150,000 from the
Slanhattan Bank by its paying teller, Scott,
two years ago. Scott escaped to London.and
from there sends on a full confession.
South nncl West.
A water tank burst near Norway, Mich.,
killing six workmen and badly injuring six
others.
Another successful train robbery has 03
curred on the Southern Pacific road,this time
at Pafago. a small station east of Tucson, ArT),.>
rrartrr /wnuictod of four men. who
rifled the Wells,&Fargo & Co.'s express safe
of more than $10,000.
A wind and hail storm damaged nearly
every building in Renville, Minn. A woman
was instantly killed and a man fatally injured.
Later returns increased the number of
killed by the wreck of the train near Chatsworth.
111., to more than 170. There is also alarge
list of wounded.
U.vited States Senator Riddleberger
was committed to jail and fined ?2>by Judge
Newman at Woodstock, Va., for contempt of
court. A placard had been paraded on the
street reflecting on the Judge in a case in
which Senator Riddleberger was interested.
The entire business poi-tion of Ran Fran
Cisco was shaken by an explosion of tlie liianc
Powder Works at West Berkely. six miles
away. One Chinaman was killed and four
white men and six Chinamen seriously injured.
Holmes Pcryeak was hanged at Prince
George Court House, Va., for killing his wife
by poison.
Charles Apfel shot his wife fatally and
then committed suicide in New Orleans.
Frank Wilson was hanged at Prescott,
Arizona, for a double murder.
Ex-Uxited States Skntator sargeaxt,
of California, is dead. He was born in -Massachusetts
in 1827, was several times a Representative
in Congress, and served in the Senate
from 1S73 to 187U.
Adoi.ph Zenxeke, editor of the New Orleans
Mascot, was shot while ejecting from
his office a young man who had called to demand
the retraction of an alleged gross libel.
Zenneke's partner was shot dead some months
ago.
Chief Colorow, with about ninety Ute
Indians, has gone on the warpath in Colorado.
At last accounts a sheriff's posse of
104 men was in hot pursuit, and a fight was
imminent.
Prairie fires have caused heavy damage
in the vicinity of Mexico, Mo.
Three men?C. "\V. O'Neil, D. Holzmann
and John Hackett?while traveling from
Thompson Falls, Montana, to the Cceur
d'Alene (Dakotai mines on horseback were
set upon by masked highwaymen and robbed
of $4,(KK). ?
Mrs. Hebbert, an inmate of a Joliet (111.)
hospital, has been in a trance condition for
seven months. The doctoi-s are unable to restore
her to consciousness.
Senator Riddleberoer was released from
jail at Woodstock, Ya? on Tuts.lay, three
doctors certifying that his physical condition
was such as to render confinement dangerous.
Washington.
Charges of violation of the Civil Service
law. made against Postmaster Harrity, of
Philadelphia, some time ago have been declared
unfounded by the Civil Service Commission
after an investigation.
A bulletin issued by the Signal Service
Office states that the recent copious rains in
the drought-afllictcd West came too late to
cause marked improvement in the already
injured crops. The* weather has ben generally
favorable for all crops in the States on
the Atlantic coast, from Georgia northward
to New England.
The Navy Department has received
Admiral Luce's request to be relieved of his
command of the North Atlantic Squadron.
The Navy Department's rebuke of the
Amiral's action in the Canadian fishery
troubles led to his request to be relieved.
Contracts for tho building of five new
naval vessels?three cruisers and two gunboats?have
been awarded. Their cost will
aggregate over $5,(Ki0,000.
The President has appointed William Pardons,
of Hartford, Conn., a special agent to
allot lands in severalty to the Indians on tho
Uiuatilla reservation in Oregon.
Cnnnnm * T a %M a is lini- fVio racfA.
r??.VIV?<l Ant iJ.A .U^V IV uuo VI u< i u? V4JV IV*7VVration
to the national domain of the inderanity
lands granted to the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company.
The Assoc iation of Official Agricultural
Chemists, which is composed of one delegate
from each of the agricultural stations and
colleges in the country and from other bodies
exercising official control of fertilizers and
agricultural products, has Leon in session at
the Agricultural Department.
Foreign.
Prince Ferdinand has taken the oath of
office and ascended the throne of Bulgaria.
The Belgian Ministry has resigned.
A TORNADO in tne VlCIIUyj Ui
France, has caused loss of life anil property,
r The fisheries of Newfoundland, as well as
the crops, have failed, and over 50,000 persons
on the Island are in destitute circumstances.
THEY OWE $17,000,000.
Tlie Firm "Which Tried to Control
the B. and O. Goes Under.
Henry S. Ives & C\, the New York
brokers who recently paid a large sum for
the future right to buy a controlling interest
in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from
President Garrett, failed to raise the
purchase money, an I l avo suspended,
their liabilities being estimated at ^17,0.M?,(hH?.
Of this huge sum about $5,000,000 is due to
mainder is in stocks and securities belonging
to various railroad corporations and "used"
by the suspended firm. Henry S. Ives, tho
senior member, is a young man under
thirty years of age. The announcement of
the failure was received with great cheering
in the New York .Stock Exchange, because
the condition of the firm's affairs h id lor
weeks been a great drawback to a steady
market.
100 YEARS OLD.
Mns. Tripiiexa Beyans, of Danbury,
Conn., is now in the 103dyear of her age.
Mrs. Jake Ryder, of Orrington, Me., was
10:5 veal's old in January, and is yet able to
belp herself.
Mrs. Magdalkxa Boggs, of Milton, Ind.,
is nearly 10-1 years old, in fair health, but
weak in memory.
Mrs. IIui.da Nelson, of Fort Ann, Washington
County, was 100 years of age on July
4. She has been a widow thirty-six years.
Mrs. Douglas, of Omaha, Neb., has just
celebrated her centennial birthday. She is
well preserve ! and has an excellent memory,
but h?-r eyesight is failing.
Uncle Billy Whitney, of Norwood, N.
n So i io vmrc nlrl Hh has cut a third set of
teeth. He married at thirty-three, and when
liis wife died she was 101 years old.
Whl-v miv a ^nvill nf New Preston.
Conn., celebrated her 10!ith birthday the
children of the town gave her a set of books,
ami filty of her family and descendants dined
with her.
liETSEy Sarc.kant, of Canterbury, N. H.,
has enjoyed 100 years of single blessedness,
and is not yet ready to marry. Her mind is
vigorous, and she still attends to h.jr household
duties.
! JUMPED THE TRACK.
A Baltimore and Ohio Train
l Crashes into a Signal Tower.
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, The Engineer Killed and Many
Passengers Injured.
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A Washington (D. C.) dispatch of We lnesday
says: Another so-called "accident" on
j the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, within the
city limits of Washington, at an early hour
this morning, caused the death of one person,
the piobable fatal wounding of two
others, and injuries more or less serious to
sixteen or eighteen more.
Train No. 4, the St. Lonis, Chicago, and
Cincinnati express from the West, due in
Washington at 6:30, came thundering into
the city over the Metropolitan branch at
6:30, and at the curve, nearly a mile
I away from the " Y/' began whistI
ling "down brakes." For some reason
I the brakes were not put down. The air |
I brakes, it was said, did "not work, and the eni
gineer began blowing his distress whistle for
the brakemen to put on the regular brakes.
Either the brakemen did not heed the signal
or it was not given in time to be of use.
for the train, flying at a frightful
rate, came thundering on toward
the sharp curve at the Y. On the south side
of the Y, in the little corner made by the intersection
of the tracks, was the railroad signal
tower, a brick structure three 9tories
high, where railroad men arc employed
to regulate the signals and the
switches. When the tram turned the
sharn curve of the Y. the cars be
hind the engine flew the track and smashed
into the signal tower, and in an instant
there was a wreck, which for confusion has
seldom been equaled in railroad annals. The
engine was dragged from the track, and,
ploughing through the dirt and mud a
distance of WO feet, rolled completely
over. There it lay, giving forth its
steam and hot water in great jets.
The steam ploughed up the dirt and covered
the house in front of the engine with a
fine layer of yellow mud that looked like a
fresh coat of paint. The steam and water
were blown through the house, and some of
the inmates were badly scalded.
Near the engine lay Hamilton Brosius, the
engineer, crushed and dying, and his fireman
with several bones broken. But behind
the engine was a scene of panic
and confusion. One car was crushed
and nearlv buried under the tracks
and timbers of the demolished
building. Two sleeping coaches and one passenger
coach remained on the track. The
mail car, the express car, and the baggage
car were rolled over and their sides were
crushed. The roof of one car protruded from
the ruins of the building.
In the signal tower, on the upper floor or
observatory, William Baxter, the railroad
signal man, was at work when the disaster
happened. On the ground floor Joseph
Healey, a young man employed
by ' the railroad company, was engaged
cleaning lamps. Baxter, it appears,
realized the impending danger in time. He
gave a shout to Healey, and then leaj>ed
from the tower to the ground. He broke his
arm in the fall and was badly shaken
up, but escaped more serious injury.
Healey, below, however, was buried in the
ruins of the house. When he was disinterred
it was found that the timbers had fallen
so as to protect him from the tons of brick
and mortar above him. He was badly frightened
and bruised and blinded by the lini3 and
plaster.
The disaster at once created intense excitement.
A fire alarm was sounded, which
quickly brought the firemen and the police
to the scene. Ambulances were hurriedly sent
for and a corps of physicians came, summoned
from every direction. Firemen, policemen,
railroad men and residents went to work with
coats off to clear out the debris. Many injured
passengers were removed and taken to
neighboring houses or drug stores, or to the
Wrxifole In u-nv oicrhfxmn Or t.WAnf.V
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people were got out of the wreck, some of
them only slightly injured, others with bones
broken and bodies badly bruised and cut.
THE LABOR WORLD,
Maror Roche, of Chicago, is a practical
machinist. ^
The State of New Jersey has five factory
inspectors.
Ok the thirty-eight States in the Union
fifteen have labor bureaus.
The eight pin factories in New England
produce tit?20,<X)U,0U0 pins a year. In England
the yearly production ot pins is set at
4,GUj,UU0,UU0.
George Baer, a Pittsburg mill-lmnd, has
invented a device for drawing the coke
ovens, which is expected to perform the work
of twenty men.
Corliss, the great engine builder, made
no attempt at invention until he was thirtyfive
years old. His first effort in this line
was a machine for sewing shoes, which was a
failure.
The total capital invested in 1877 in tho
fourteen Southern States is greater by
$97,574,500, than during 188!!. Alabama
6hows the largest in.Tease, with Tennessee
second.
Jackson, Tenn., with a population of
10,0(K>, and in the cotton belt, hiis subscribed
$ IKS,?25 in cush, and will donate a site from
three to live acres of land toward securing a
J100,000 cotton mill.
General Master Workman Powderly
holds that a Knight of Labor is a Knight no
matter what his color or previous condition
of servitude, and that he is entitled to all tho
privileges of the order,
Powdered glass is largely taking the place
of sand in the manufacture of sandpaper. It
is readily pulverized l>y heating it reu noc
and throwing it into water, the finishing being
done in an iron mortar. ,
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
met in Atlanta, Ga., recently. The delegates
were welcomed by Governor Gordon and
Mayor Cooper. Chief Arthur made an address
on the object and nature of the Order.
A pa per beer bottle is to be the next
achievement in the bottle line. Ink, paints,
oils and certain acids have for some time
pa-t been put in paj>er bottles, which do
not break or freeze so readily as those made
of glass.
The various "brotherhoods*' of organized
Ifthor?such as the Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners, the Brotherhood of Painter* and I
Decorators, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Firemen?all give reports of
unusual prosperity in their ranks this year.
The English co-operatives have a bank
whose transactions amo'int to $&?,();?.),00.) a
year. They have 1.4IKJ stores an J do a business
of #150,(1)0,0.111 a year. Th"ir !)00,0(KI
members receive an annual profit of $>15,0.K).0:>0.
Their profits during the past twentyfour
years have been $50,00;t,l'0J.
A dispatch from Reading, Pen 11., says
that the Knights of Labor have arrived at an
amicable understanding with the Phila lelphia
and Reading Railroad Company in re|
ganl to the ttist for co!or-blin Iness. The
I Knigl.ts are to be allowed the privilege of
| having representatives present when examinations
are made and to see that they are
fairly conducted.
FREAKS OF LIGHTNING.
Frances Fewetx, of Yorkville, S. C.,
was struck by lightning while washing, anil
has permanently lost her bearing.
J. W. Gardner, of Yorkville, !s. u., was
i killed while standing between two trees that
were simultaneously struck by lightning.
I The wife of Harvey Fletcher, of Lowell,
Vt., was killed by lightning a< she lay in bed
. beside him, while he was in nowise injured.
Twenty-seven sheep were huddled under
a tree on the Bennett Point farm, Queen
, Anne's County, M l., when lightning struck
j it, and every one was killed.
Near Lebanon, Tenn., lightning struck a
i church in which services were going on. The
whole congregation felt the shock, many
being thrown to the floor, and one, Mrs.
Reese Davidson, was fatally injured,
j Lightning rods were no protection to E. J.
| Cable's house at Washington, Conn. A bolt
ripped off the clap-boards, tore out the windows
and flun-c them on the lawn, wrenched
doors from th.'ir hinges and hurled them
i across the rooms, tore off the plaster in every
room, set the sideboard on fire, bored big holes
in milk pails, shattered dishes, ruined the
water pipe, and knocked the clock and lamps
off the mantel, and yet no person in the house
was in the least injured, except in feelings.
Dil Ellis, an American lady, is physician
to the Queen of Corea. She has apartments
in the royal palace at Seoul, and receives a
yearly salary which is equal to 118,000.
SET FREE BY FBIENDS,
A United States Senator Sent to
Jail l'or Contempt of Court.
United States Senator Riddleberger, sentenced
on Friday, at Woodstock, Va., by
Judge Newman, of the County Court to pay
a fine of and be imprisoned for five days
for contempt of court, was released from jail
the next day by a crowd. The jailer made
but slight resistance.
The circumstances leading up to the arrest
of Senator Riddleberger are related as follows
by an eye witness: On Thursday W.
W. Jones was tried for larceny and the
jury found that he was insane.
Jones was a client of Senator Riddleberger
and the verdict made the Senator
angry. He was accused of writing a
placard and giving a boy #2 to haul Jonas up
and down the town, the latter displaying the
placard meanwhile, which had written
on it:
"Verdict?BillJones not guilty, but Insane. Jury
Insane, lawyers Insane, court Insane in tbemifn. '
The noise occasioned by this display dis1
?1 1: ~e
luruni me urui uvuiiiga vi i/iic wut v mvu ***
session, ana the Commonwealth's Attorney,
J. C. Baker, had the Judge issue
an order for Senator Riddleherger to
appear l>efore Judge Newman and show
cause why he should not be fined and
imprisoned for ridiculing the judge and jury
and disturbing the court. At 5 o'clock Senator
Riddleherger appeared before the court
and defended himself. He sa d that Judge
Newman had no jurisdiction in the case, which
the Judge denied and asked Senator Riddleherger
to sit down until the evidence could
be taken to prove that ho (the Seuator) was
the one w ho instigated the ridicule, and then
hi- said the court would hear argument.
Senator Riddleberger would not sit down
and the court fined him Sii. The Senator
defied the court and said: "This court shall
not send me to jail."
Judge Newman then told the sheriff to
take the Senator to jail for five days.
Senator Riddleberger said he would like to
see the man who could take him to jail.
Sheriff Whitman at once arrested the Senator
and locked him up. This action caused
much excitement and Saturday morning at 2
o'clock a guard of 100 men, supposed to be from
Edinburg, the Senator's home, scaled the
walls of the jail yard and took the Senator
out on ladders.
T) i/1 /-J InVv/.f/yAt' n rvri/io '1 Am f lia
ucnaivi iiiuuicuvi ^vi aj/|/vui tn vii vnc
streets of Woodstock Sunday evening. It is
probably the first time in the history of this
country that a United States Senator ever
occupied a prison cell on a charge of crime or
misdemeanor.
On Tuasday Senator Riddleberger was released
by order of Judge Newman. Three
physicians testified that the Senator was in
poor health.
GAVE HER DP.
Canada Releases the American
Gnhnnvini> Ppt'k i II <5.
The American schooner J. G. H. Perkins, |
seized at Souris, Prince Edwards Island, has
been unconditionally released, but the Dominion
Government has instituted proceedings
against Captain McDonald for $'2,000.
Captain McDonald will contest the suit and
bring an action himself against the government,
claiming damages for illegal detention.
The schooner Perkins, of Northhaven, Me.,
was seized at Souris, on the charge of shipping
men and buying provisions inside the
three mile limit. The Dominion Government
has virtually thrown up the case, though an
effort to give this a serious aspect has been
made by the captain being held in $2,000.
The authorities felt they could not prove
their charges, based as they were on tne unreasonable
statement of those who originated
A' 1 ?fMAA fViA LviUAnnor
tnein, anu r.ney ruaui>cn kj un uic?.uwuv..
at the same time endeavoring to put a bold
face on matters and persuade the captain that
there was really no doubt of his guilt by
holding him in heavy bail. The scheme, says
a Halifax dispatch, is too transparent to hold
water, and Captain McDonald nas expressed
his intention to institute an action for damages
against the government for the schooner's
illegal detention.
The Perkins was seized just one week ago,
and the time lost by the unwarranted act
might have proved very valuable to Captain
McDonald, who has been a heavy sufferer recently
through business misfortunes. The
men who were, as it was alleged, unlawfully
shipped by the Perkins, were discharged from
the schooner, and have been called upon to
give security to the authorities that they will
not embark on a similar venture in future.
Captain McDonald's plan of evading the
customs laws and the fishery treaty in taking
im*ii mi hoard outside the limit may now be
expected to be repeated oftener in the future.
A schooner shipping men in this manner, no
matter where th:>y come from, is perfectly
secure from molestation. The first
hope of the authorities was that they
could prove the Perkins to have been inside
the three mile line, but this hope was soon
dispelled, and then up went the sponge. The
early release of the schooner was confidently
anticipated by Consul General Phelan and
was mentioned in the Herald dispatches as
very probable. ,
It is considered that Captain McDonald has
good grounds for his action for damages, and
it is not like!}" he is moving in that direction
witnout proper counsel. | ^
?m i-1
THE NATIONAL GAME. .
Weidmax, the Detroit pitchcr, has been released
to the Metropolitans.
Brouthers, of the Detroits, is the first i
League player to m:ike 100 runs.
Memphis, it is said, plays with more dash i
and vim than any other b'euthern club.
It is thought that Brooklyn will go in to
some extent for young blood next season.
Morrill, of the Bostons, has made eleven
home runs and nine three-base rs this season.
Six double plays, thres by each club, were
the feature of a recent Louisville-Cleveland
game.
On their last trip East the Cincinnati players
received $2.50 each every time they won |
two games in any one city,and the club treus- i
tiry wasn't much depleted.
From the way minor leagues are going to <
pieces it looks as if players will have to come !
down in their salary demands next year or
there will be no small associations.
The struggle this year for the League
championship pennant is closer than in any '
previous season. The Detroits, Chicagos, Bos- i
tons and New Yorks are quite close in the
race. (
When* Horace Phillips, on behalf of the I
Pittsburgh Club, in the winter of 1SS5, paid
somewhere about $(>,000 for the whole
Columbus team, the price was thought to be ,
enormous. Now one player alone will bring ,
more than was paid for the whole Columbus
team.
While in Chicago recently Manager Hart
of the Milwaukee Base Ball Club secured the
Chicago Club for a trip to San Francisco and
other cities on the Pacific slojx} next winter,
where the League champions and St. Louis
Browns will play a series of exhibition games
during the months of December, January,
February, and early part of March.
tiie national league.
Won. ITon.
Detroit r?l 31 I Boston 45 30
Pittsburgh....83 4* | Now York....40 38
Philadelphia. .4-1 ."Jit | Indianapolis...'Sj ;h
Chicago 4'J 32 | Washington...32 44
THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Won. Lost. Won. Lost.
St. Louis (57 24 | Baltimore 4!) 38
Brooklyn 45 45 | Cincinnati....52 43
Louisville 53 40 I Athletic 41 49
Metropolitan..32 50 | Cleveland 23 CO
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. Won. Lott.
Newark 44 2(5 Syracuse 41 27
Rochester ,3f? .'io Binghamton. .25 42
Toronto 41 28 Hamilton 41 31
Buffalo 50 29 Jersey City...33 35
Scranton. 11 30 Wilkesbarre.,18 54
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
ttt? r~.i TTon. Lout.
New Orleans.45 24 Charleston..41 25
Nashville 4:5 24 Birmingham 7 81
Memphis 43 25
Tlio Noshvile Club having disbanded, a now
series with four clubs has opened.
Julian F. Mru.s of Saranae, Mich., was
for rlriinlrpnnpos nnrl
6weetlieart broke off her engagement with
him. He claims that the arrest was unjust,
and has brought ruit against the town for
f20,000 damages ft r the alienation of the
girl's affections.
FOOD FOE THE FLAMES. ,
Heavy Damage Wrought By a Fire
in Pittsburg.
Great damage has been done at Pittsburg! S
Penn.,by the most disastrous fire known there
in years. Shortly before 10 o'clock p. M. 1
smoke was seen issuing from the rear
of Masonic Hall on Fifth avenue. An j
alarm was quickly sounded and the fire
department responded promptly, but
before they ^arrived the rear por- '
tion of the building was burning. In a !
short time the flames spread to Hamilton's
nine-story building adjoining and by 11 o'clock (
had reached such proportions thai the en- l
tire fire department of the city was called ,
out. At 11.45 Smith & Friday's building, an- .
other nine-story structure, caught fire and J I
in ten minutes more the Dispatch building ' [
adjoining was in flames. Residents and ,
owners of property for a half mile around i *
were compelled to go on their roofs and |
extinguish the sparks with buckets of water. (
On Virgin alley, in the rear of the Masonic v
Hall, a number of tenement-houses were des- ; 4
troyed and twelve families rendered home- |
less. The damage was estimated at .&M),- t
000. ,
c
I
A GANG OF_ASSASSItfS.
Sixty Persons Murdered and Plun- t
b
uurcu lit oua ? ???.
A gang of murderers has just been arrested | ?
at Pirot, in Servia, Their victims during the t
past two years number sixty. Disguised as t
gendarmes, the assassins pretended to arrest *
travelers for various offenses, and then robbed 1
and killed them.
A deputy of the Prefect of Pirot was the J
first person arrested for complicity in the J
crimes. It is believed that political motives ?
led to the commission of some of the mur- '
ders. 8
Two French newspaper men and Prince c
Alexander's groom were among the victims, t
An official committee of inquiry has been dis- 6
patched to Pirot.
DDnMTxrrwp prnpr p c
jl xbv/jju.j.xljjx.1 a x uvx xjxji
Dr. John Frederick Bridge is the most
famous organist in England.
Miss Della Beck, of Apollo, Penn.,
weighs 408 pounds. She is only sixteen yea it ,
old. c
Several Cabinet members have already (
agreed to join the President in his Western
trip. t
Co.vgressmen-elect Rice, of Minnesota, '
and Hare, of Texas, are veterans of the 4
Mexican war. k
Robert Bonner's fortune is now estimated 1
at $2,750,000, and he says it is mainly the result
of advertising.
Robert J. Bordette is already announced
among the speakers for the annual Baptist \
Conference at Indianapolis-in November. ,
The Rev. Father Swemberg, who officiated j
at the hanging of Henry Wiggins,at Palatka,
Fia., recently, has attendod 113 excutions. ?
James. S. Richardson, of New Orleans, 1
the largest cotton planter in the world, has i
this year ;J8,000 acies in cotton and 7,000
acres in corn.
General Longstreet lives in a farm house
on the summit of a ridge in North Georgia, ,
His fortune is small but comfortable. He is \
a grape grower.
Miss Scsan B. Anthony will spend ,
October in Kansas, holding an equal suffrage ,
? .... 4i? i??l,o
CUnveiiMUll ao iuc Iiumc ui cavu vi tuu " j
Congressmen of that State.
Powell ond Foraker, the Republican and
Democratic candidates for Governor in Ohio,
were classmates at college, were both soldiers
and are still warm personal friends. J
Charles T. Stewart is the leading cattle j
man of Iowa. He owns 30,000 head of cattle, i
and his name signed to a check for $1,500,000
would be honored. Mr. Stewart is a quiet
young man and abhors politics.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes begins to
feel worn and weary with overwork, and
fears a general breaking down of his system.
He makes few visits and is husbanding his
strength, passing most of his time quietly
among his Dooks.
SENATOR-ELECT JJAXIEL, 01 \ irglllia, mu
add another to the list of lame men in the
Sonate. He uses crutches, owing to a misshapen
limb. Despite his disability, however,
he served in the late war as AdjutantGeneral
of Ewell's division.
Jefferson" Davis and Thomas L. Clingman,
of North Carolina, are the only ex- '
Senators now living of all the Southern members
of that body, who, in 1861, were expelled
from the United States Senate for having
left their seats and gon? over to the Confederacy.
THE SUMMER RESORTS.
"White Mountain travel improves day by
Jay.
Gettysburg is becoming quite a summer
resort.
Many seaside resorts report thieves uncomfortably
active.
A very busy resort is Gnrfield Beach, on
Great Salt Lake, Utah.
All sorts, kinds and conditions of people
are gathered at Saratoga. 1
There is now quite a round of dinner parties
and "high teas" at Newport
Among the social lions at the Isle of Shoals (
are a number of literary celebrities.
A deer park is among the latest projects
about to be consummated in the Catskills. ,
Big bouquets of mignonette are carried by
the young women at tne summer resort hops, j
An enterprising woman ut Cottage City
has opened a dairy school and "teaches ladies
how to milk." I
Forty well-known families at Newport, 1
usually leaders in social festivities, are in 1
deep mourning. i
The transportation managers say that
pleasure travel this summer has been larger
than ever in their exj>erience.
Prettiest girls of the South and stateliest
old ladies are to be seen at the White Sulpur
Springs. Va., which is now at its very fashionable
best. ,
Paul Smith's, in the Adirondack*, where
President Cleveland stopped, is crowded.
The people there live out of doors, and visit
the hotels for eating and sleeping purposes.
As increase in the crowd of spectators at ,
evening parade at West Point is to be noted,
to which rows of handsome equipages make
an effective background.
Long Island resorts, almost without exception,
are doing better than last year, and ;
some of "f.liem, notably the long-neglected
Hamptons, are becomine fashionuble.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
England has about 30.000 blind people.
Tiik late Sylvanu3 Cobb wrote 103 serial
stories. I T
Ix seven years a Michigan farmer has had J
seven horses killed by lightning.
Thk travel of sight-seers to Alaska is ' f
greater than ever before known. 1
piiTATOns were baked in the ground at
Albion, Mich., so intense was the heat. j
Thk valuation of Scott county, Kansas,
two years ago was $2,(XX). This year it is p
$!I1(I,(KK). g
A boy only three years of age was put into I
jail in St. Augustine, Fla., for stealing four I
plums from a garden. 1;
The Texas cattle trail is now practically \
closed. Hereafter Texas cattle will be sold C
on the ranges and shipped North by mil. I ^
Rev. H. A. Yocxg, ft Methodist minister ,
of Sutton Falls, Out., has just been blessed by r
an addition to his family of a fourth set of i i
twins.
Over 1,000 telegraph poles of one line in p
China have been pulled down by the people, j;
Mho say the telegraph is a diabolical q
European artifice. j C
A syndic ate of New York and Pittsburc 1
capitalists bave purchased 100,000 acres of
fine valuable lands in South Carolina and ?
Georgia for ?1,000,000. I y
The Supreme Court of Minnesota has dis? ' I
charged a prisoner wno was convicted by a I
jury partly composed of women, on the
ground that women cannot legally act as F
jurors. j X
There are in Arkansas 10S spring localities ?
containing 459 individual springs, of which ;
five only bave been properly analyzed. The ?
number of springs us?d as resorts is twenty- *
four. .
* . * *
" IN FOREIGN LANDS. 1
tome Events of Importance in I
Othftr Countries.
i Notable Victory for the Followers
of Gladstone.
An election in the Norwich division of
Cheshire, England, to fill the vacancy caused
>y the death of Mr. R. Verdin, Liberal-Unionst
has resulted in another victory for the
xladstonians. The vote stood: Mr. J. T.
Jrumer, Gladstonian, 5,112; Lord Henry
Jrosvener, Liberal-Unionst, 3,!)S3.
In the last election, when the LiberalJnionist
candidate was successful, the vote
vasas follows: R. VerJin,Liberal-Unionist,
,416; J. T. Brunner, Home Kuier, 3,ho?.
The result of the election is a crushing blow
o the Tories, who were confident that they
TOUld retain the seat At their clubs the
tews was received with consternation. Home
tule clubs and centres were correspondingly
lated.
A week ago tho London Standard (Tory)
aid that the issue would be atrial of strength
inder peculiarly significant circumstances,
ind pointed out that, though Mr. Brunner
vasa large local employer, his opponent,who
s a son of the Duke of Westminster, was a
ne.nber of an t)ld Cheshire family that had
>een seated in the county for centuries and
lad special claims upon the support of every
inionist.
Mr. Brunner, the newly elected member,
oade an address to the electors of his district,
n the course of his remarks he said: "You
lave won a victory for Mr. Gladstone and
or Ireland. The issue between the classes
ind the masses has been made absolutely
Ipnr for the first time. The simiifioance of
his message of peace to Ireland it is impos- I
ible to overrate."
A despatch from Dublin says that the Naionalists
there are jubilant over the Gladtonian
victory in Cheshire. They declare
hat the Government cannot proclaim the
National League in the face of a defeat which
:omp!etely changes the political situation.
70,000 Cholera Victims.
A despatch from Simla, India, states that
he medical returns show that TO,000 persons
lied from cholera in the Northwest Provinces
limntr .Tnno nml .Tnlv
Many new cases of cholera and numerous
leaths are reported in Malta daily.
A Rome dispat:-h gives the following as
he cholera returns lor one day: Naples, 8
lew cases and tJ deaths; Palermo, 7 cases and
1 deaths; Catania, .17 cases and tt deaths;
Syracuse, 5 easts and 3 deaths; at other
places, 93 cas?s and 40 deaths.
Fire Destroys 1,000 Houses.
A great conflagration raged the other day
n Scutari, opposite Constantinople. A hi h
tvind prevailed and the flames spread rapidly,
rhe fire was not extinguished till after 1,001)
tiouses and two churches had b?en destroyed,
rwo women and achild wero burned to death,
rhousands of persons are homeless. The Sultan
has donated $15,000 for the sufferers
ind has appointed a relief committee.
Preparing Against Eviction.
The tenants on the Ponsonbv estate in Ire
land have engaged a civil engine :-r to supervise
the construction of works of defense in
preparation for expected evictions. Barri:ades
are being erecte I and trenches and
irains made, and in case of emergency the
farms will be flooded from a bog.
Big Crops Promised in Europe.
The crop reports received in London by tho
New York World Bureau say that the yield
ot wheat in Great Britain will be above the
average. In France and Italy a decided increase
over last year's crop is expected.
MUSICAL AND DBAMATIC.
George Francis Train was offered $1,000
for thirty lectures and declined.
Carl Zerrahn, the orchestral conductor.
praises Southern chorus singing.
Mrs. Langtry will appear in London
September 27 in "Antony and Cleopatra."
Rubinstein is composing an opera to be
produced by the new National Russian Opera
Company at St. Petersburg.
Cappa's Seventh Regiment Band, of New
York City, will make a concert tour of the
oiaies, Deginnmg in uctooer.
It is stated that the Buffalo Bill "Wild
West" has never shown to less than 18,000
persona a performance in London.
Sarah Bernhardt has been coining
money in London. Her receipts have averaged
over ?2,500 for each performance.
Yee Phan Lee, the Celestial who wedded
a New Haven heiress some weeks ago, has
become a lecturer. His subject is China.
The financial failure of the National Opera
Company appears to have been complete.
The sum of $00,000 is due to 280 singers and
dancers.
Buffalo Bill intends to give a fall season
in i'aris ana a winter season in me uonseum i
in Rome. His European engagements extend
over three years.
Edouard Audran, the composer of the
"Mascotte," is at work on a fantastic opera,
"Mohammed's Paradise," which is to be first
performed at Brussels.
In composing comic operas Sir Arthur Sullivan
often works from noon till daylight
the next morning without a break. Sir.
n;)Kn,.f iiciiolltr wai'Itc frnm 11 P U tn '2 rtP
3 a. m.
Alice Dunning Lingard is coming back
to America next season to star in '"Sister
Mary," one of the plays which Mr. Wallack
had some thoughts "of prolucing in New
York last season.
Miss Edith Little hales, [of Hamilton,
Ontario, is the phenomenal violin player of
Canada. So marke.1 are her capabilities in
this respsct that she is to be sent over to Leipsic
for two yeai-s.
The elder Charles Dickens twenty years
ago began his reading tour of this country,
ind it ended at Steinway Hall, New York
:ity, April SO, 1S<W. His son will give his
Irst reading in America at Chickefing Hall
)n October 25.
THE MARKETS.
new york. 33
Jeef, good to prime 1XA
;alves, com'n to prime 4 (d> 5
Jheep 4 @ 4W
jimbs & 7%
loirs?Live 41, 5^3
Dressed J/*1J/s
"lour?Ex. St., good to fancy 4 25 @ 4 3o
West, good to choice 3 15 ($ 3 80
Vhcat?No. 2 lied ? @ 80}<
lye?State 52 @ 56
Jarley?State W @ ??
Jam?Ungraded Mixed.... 49)?
jats? White State :{7,'-g? 38
Mixed Western SO @ 33
jay?He.i. to prime WO (<$ 5)5
Jtraw?No. 1, liyo OJ __ t*5
jard?City Steain 0 (i? @ 7 10
Jutter?State Cieamery 25 @ 26
Dairy 18 (sS 23
West. I:n. Creamery 16 @ 20
Factory 13 @ 17ja
'beese?State Factory 1114? I'-'-i
fil-inw 8 (<t 1?*V
Western 7 @
!ggs?State and Penn 17 @ 17Jj
BUFFALO.
iteers?Western 3 50 @ 4 00
Iheep?Good to Choice 4 (?) @4 50
/liIIus??>t?u?ru u u./ {uj u
logs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 00 @ 5 20
'lour 4 75 (g 5 15
Vhent?No. 1 #>2
5orn?No. 2, Mixed ? tf? 45
)nts?No. 2, Mixed 30 (<i 80K
5ar!e)'?Stat3 ?>4 (<S Co
BOSTON.
Jsef?Good to choice ? ;?(<? 13
r?~.. t;,-? hi/.-.vi i;
XVqO v
Northern Dressed....
'ork?Ex. Prime, per bbl... 12 00 (<t I'Z 50
'lour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 75 (di 4 !K)
u; v, V< ihi .?
'Uiu?
)als?Extra Whit-o ? ft' 37}?
Lye? .State 60 @ 65
WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET.
teef? Dre.sse l weight '? @
Iheen?Live weight 4%<a! 5
>amb? 0 0 7
logs?Northern &%(& 1
I'll I f,A DEI-I'lII A.
^lour?Penn.extra family... 3 00 (a 3 23 I
Vbeat?No. 2. Ked 70>.^c<2) 80
'orn?State Yellow 50 ($ 52
)ats M ixe 1 32 @ 32>?
tvo?Mate ? @ 53 j
{utter Creamery Extra... 24 <g 25 i
Cheese?N. Y. Fall Cr jam.. 1 l}j@ 12}^ *
' 1
AN OLD LULLABY. glH
"Hush, mv dear, lie still and slumber;* IHI
Sweet the words that murmured low -^Hj
In this twilight hour comc floating,
From the days of long ago; ~
When, by loving arms enfolded,
Gathered to a loving breast,
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber," MH
Lulled me to my quiet rest. 8H|
Sweetly now the words come stealing
To my weary heart and brain, Ml
Soothing all my care and sadness, |^H
With their old familiar strain.
Almost I to-night could fancy, H
Softly sung above my neaa? n
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, H
Holy angels guard thy bed." hH
Soon shall life's long day be ended, HH
Soon the eventime shall come;
Cleansed from sin, and freed from sorrow, |HD
God shall take my spirit home, BM
And His messenger so sweetly flfl
To this weary .frame shall say? j^B
"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, '
Till the resarrection day." flfl
?E. M. Griffith, tn New York Obser
mil am) mM.-?
Always seedy?The fig.
It takes a sober man to walk a tight
A morning call?"Charle9, get up and Bl
light the fire."?Tid-Bits. H8
The point of the hornet is generally
well given, if not well taken.?ZrarpwVBJ
There is one household article thatap- H
pears to have escaped the dccoratmg crazd
?the washtub. ?Syracuse Herald. , -.
The man who is seeking to elude the
detectives is not much troubled by hot
weather. He keeps himself shady.
A barber walked into the City Hall the
other morning and declared his intention
to pay his pole tax.?Pretzels National.
The bank cashier of the period doe
not seem to think anything less than half
a million worthy of his steal.?Life.
Betwixt the hen and an incenDiary
you inquire
The dif rence? Why, one sets on eggs, ?
The other sets on fire.
? Vonkers Gazettee. J
Royal blood flows in the veins of the
Siam princes; nevertheless they are not
half as well connected as were the Siamesetwins.
Three years' undisturbed possession of;
a setter dog will destroy the veracity of
the best man in America.?Macon (Oa.) *'
Telegraph.
A Burlington girl is learning to play tho*'
cornet, and her "admirers speak of hera#^' the
fairest flower that blows."?
linqton Free Press "aSS
4 * I! i.i 1
A writer on puiuium cuvuumj
"It's the little leaks that tell." Yes, in
deed; a little leak will give you away ai- fl
fast as an overgrown onion.?Statesman,wM
Fair Phyllis made a pretty cake, H
To please her papa's palate; H
Her parents put it on a stake, B
And used it for a mallet.
?I hiladelphia Xews.
"There is change in everything," ser- :
monized Mrs. Dorcas. "Ye9," assented I
old Dorcas; change in every thing except - I
in the tramp's pocket."?Epoch. H
Their loved confess'd, when ecstaCy was o'er, I
And they had partially returned to reason,.
"rinrlirnr. said he.''hast ever loved beforef
"Well, no.'' she answer'd?"that is,not this
season 1"
?Tid-Bits.
"Humph!" grumbled the clock, "XT
don't know of any one who is harder "
worked than I am?twenty-four hours a^day
year in and year out." * And then itstruck.?Jewelry
News.
"What is life and no loving," she tenderly J
sighed
As her head on his shoulder she laid;
"What is love and no living," he sadly 'A
replied. -' &!
As he thought of his board-bill unpaid.
A yacht under full sail went ashore on-- '
the rocks on the Maine coast ine ocner m
day. The captain explained it all by ?
saying that if he had had a reef in huisails
lie should not have had a reef under
his keel.?Boston Pod. >? '$
A seedy farmer in old Md.
Moved West and took up some Prd.,
Where he prospered so well
That he sent back to tell ^
How at last he had lighted in Fd,
?Pittsburg Chronicle.
"How to write a check" is one of the* ?
thincs treated of in a neat little pamphlet
I issued. That sort of information will
hardly fill a long-felt want up to the
| brim. No special learning is required to
[ write a check. "How to get a check
cashed" would make far more interesting:
reading.?Pittsburg Bulletin.
It was midnight and an impassioned
lover in an uptown drawing room kneelea
at the feet of his heart's choice and exclaimed:
"Gertie, I will do anything izt
this world to make you happy." "Do
you mean it, George?" "I do, I do, M
darling." "Then for heaven's sake gb
home and let me go to bed."?New Or?
leans Picayune.
China's Great Wall.
General J. H. Wilson reports the Great
Wall of China in fine condition where
examined it, though ruinous in parts. "It *
is from twenty-five to thirty feet high,
fifteen to twenty feet thic k, and rivetted
outside and in with cut granite masoniy
laid in regular courscs with an excellent .
mortar of lime and sand. It is surmounted
by a parapet or battlement of
gray burned brick eighteen or twenty
inches thick. The inside of the wall is
made of earth and loose stone, well
rammed in. Every 200 or :J00yards there
is a flanking turret thirty-five or forty "
feet high, projecting bcyoud and overlooking
the face of the wall in both directions,
and near each turret is a stona
-x i,r.f thfi walla
SliURWV It'iHIillg uvi>?
to a door opening upon the ground ia
the rear. The most astonishing thing
about it is, however, that it climbs straight
up the steepest and most rugged mountain
sides, courses along their summits,
descends into gorges and ravines, and,
rising again, skirts the fare of almost inaccessible
crags, crosses rivers, valleys
and plains in endless succession from on?
end of the Empire to the other?from
tlu- seashore on the Gult of Pc-Chee-Lee -1
to the desert wastes of Turkestan. It
is almost .impossible to conceive of ite
capture except through treachcry or
gross neglect on the part of those whose
duty it should be to defend it. It is laid
out in total defiance of the rules of military
engineering, and yet the walls are so
solid and inaccessible, and the gates so
well arranged and defended, that it would
puzzle a modern army with a first-class
sie<jfe train to get through it, if any effort
whatever -were made for its defense,
New York Observer.
A Gourd Turned Into a Shoe.
A curious experiment has been tried
with a gourd. After removing all the
properties bnt the fibre, this has been
lasted and stiffened into the semblance
of a shoe. The sole, which is of leather,
is stitched on with a waxed-thread sewing
machine. The top is bound with
-in- n /IrtvLr/tt* /iaIoi* Hf />nnrco enrh
Mi XV W1 a Utunvi - w x v.vv*?*jvj wuva*
an article could not be put to any practical
use; it merely shows what art'can
do.?S'toe and Leather Reporter.