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AN OCEAN HORROR. A Dutch Steamer lion ml ior?Av York Sunk in a Collision. A Wild Scramble for Life, and TV TV 5 Many Passengers jjiwnea. The Dutch steamer IV. .'V. Seholten, Captain Tnat. loft Rotterdam Saturday morning for New York with 210 passengers on hoard, including lier passengers and crew. Before she reached Dover Straits a dense fog set in; and while steaming down the narrow channel between Goodwin Sands and the famous chalk cliffs of England, at eleven o'clock Saturday night, the steamer came into collision with a coal steamer, the Rosa Mary, hound for St. Nazaire. The blow was a. mortal one to the Scholten. A great hole was torn in her port quarter, through which the sea swept with an awful roar. The crew were at their posts. Captain Taat promptly ordered that the boats 1 w lowered, but it was r 1 U..4 1.. * Tl.n LUUUU i;iUb UIIIJ l??V >? U t utuiiuMiv. auv passengers, most uf whom liad retired tJ their bunks for the night, rushed on deck in their night gowns and filled the air with piercing shriek >. Many fell 011 their knees and prayed aloud. Others struggled to reach the boats, interfering with the work of tho crew. Some procured life belts and leajjed into the freczingsea. Little children clung to their mothers, who could do nothing but shriek with terror. All steam was put 0:1 and the Scholten headed for Dover, ten miles distant. When within four miles of that city, just twenty minutes after tho accident happened, the steamer went down, leaving nothing but the tops of her masts visible.Uf the ? I'i persons 011 board l::o were reported lost. Eighty were saved. All those who had put on life belts floated and were rescued by boats from the steamer Ebro, of Sunderland, which cruised around until four o'clock in the morning. Many of the rescued lost wives, husb mds, brothers and sisters. The survivors were supplied with clothes and everything possible was done to insure their comfort. Knowing that he was only a few miles from shore. Captain Taat headed the steamer for the land, hoping to reach the coast before the waters would engulf the ship, but it was soon evident his hope would not be realized, and she was nearly four miles from shore, and sank within sight of the cliffs. George Appleby, about ?5 years of age, who was a passenger from Newcastle to New York, by way of Rotterdam, and who is among those rescued, has given the following accouat of his experiences in connection with the catastrophe: "There were only nine or ten English on board the Scholten, ona being a young lady named .Sarah Louisa Hold, who" belongs to Tunbridge Wells. I became friends with a young man natnel Stepney, who. like myself, belongs to Newcastle, and also with a man named Thomas liobson. When we were about ten mHes, I supjwse, southeast of Dover, we were all in our bunks when we heard a tremendous crash. I ran on deck amidst a general scramble and I found that the steamer had struck us on the port bow. At first it did not seem as if any damage had heen done, but in a few minutes we hoard an order to lower the boats. The sailor.-; managed to lower two b jats, but the three others could not, it seemed, l>e lowered. At any rate they were not lowered. One of them would have held nearly a hundred persons. Miss Gold ami I did not get a chance to get into either of the boats. A fog had just left the water and the sea was fairlv calm. There were numbers of life belts on our vessel and they wore placed where all could iva,-li them. Miss Gold and I each put one ou. About twenty minutes aft -r the collision our steamer foundered. We stood oil deck until she went down and then were in tlie water together. We could not swim, but we kept together. Several person; had, like ourselves, put life-belts on and these floated about in the sea. All the others, with the exception of those who had got info boats, went down with the vessel. All who were rescnod from tin* sea were wearing lifebelts. A steamer, whic'i afterward proved to be the Ebro, of Sunderland, came closj to the sunken vessel, and lier boats rescued several of our passengers and took them on the Bteamer. They returned to the wreck and picked up more, taking them to the steamer. The vessel that had run into us we did not see again. Mis; Gold and I kept together, and got drifted toward the rescuing steamer. The rope was thrown to us and we held on until the boat came and picked us up. The young man Stepney is the son of a Wesleyan minister. He states that when the vessel foundered he was in a different part of the ship from Appleby and Miss Gold, and proceeds: "I ran towards them to tell them to come to the boat in which I was going, but I was stopped by the water, and, oa returning, 1 found my boat adrift. I leaped from the steamer into the sea, and caught hold of a boat and was lifted in. Only two of the boats, I think, could be launched. Our boat went toward a steamer which turned out to be the Ebro. Our vessel had sent up rockets and directly our whistle commenced blowing. The other boat was also full and we passed numbers of persons in the water. We were taken to the Ebro and were there very kindly treated. The Ebro cruised about and sent her boats to pick up as mauy as she could. The crios as the Scholten disappeared were heartrending. In fact all the while we were vrusBma I? boat to the Ebro we passed many persons on either side of us ill the W' *" 1 lit "MlW not t^Vo tHnm Hi 1" any assistance 011 account of our boat being full I was very excited, and could not say how many were in our boat?thirty or forty perhaps. The boatswain of our vessel acted 111 a praiseworthy manner. Before the steamer went down considerable coolness was displayed, and the Captain and officers remained on the bridge to the last moment. Every one who could procure a belt put one on. Tiiree was something wrong with the boat I got in, for men had to bail it out with their hats, hands or anything they had. Before the vessel went down several people plunged overboard with belts on. After 1 got on the Ebro tho same boat returned several times looking for others. I saw several men fjo down, and wuuittii, VUU, tUlU tucw aw?iiifu L-Auauswu uu * .unable to hold any loader to tilings they hal been clinging to. Children orvin^ on the deck an I the foreigners on board proving formed a terrible seeue, and I shall never forget it. Just before the collision there had been a little merriment on I board and some dancing, but we had gone to bed when it happened. We did not feel much of a shock. The oilicers said something about being safe with air-tight compartments, but I think it was said to prevent a panic. No doubt several persons were killed or drowned in their berths when our ves;el was struck. The Kbro, which savel us all, cruised about till nearly 4 o'clock in the morning, when she came in and anchored in Dover Bay. The sea washed ashore this morning at Deal, a little town eight miles northeast of Dover, the dead body of the Captain, who had stood by his ship until she went down uider his feet. Ho was not tho regular commander, but was in charge of the ship during the vacation of Captain BaJtker. her regular master. He was on the bridge when the collision took placo, and stood there directing the management of matters until the ship went down. A passenger who held two life belts threw one of thom up to Captain Taat on the bridge. He took it and then calling one of the terror-stricken women, he passed it down to her and told her to put it on; she did and was saved. Her name is riarah Gold, and <is the Captain turned away she called out a blessing to him who dared death so bravely. He had a wife and five children in Amsterdam, ami was considered one of the best commanders on the line. It was th universal feeling that the fault of the collision rested with the steamer Rosa Marv The fire losses in the United States and Canada in October were $9,769,825, against $12,000,000 in October, 1886, and $5,750,000 in October, 1885. The total for the first ton months of the current year foots up $102.. 953,825, against $95,400,000 for the corresponding period of 1S86. ' Another new cotton-picking machine isattracting attention. This is the invention of a Mr. Graves, and is reported to have given satisfaction in experiments trie;! with it round about Galveston, Texas. Silk culture is now being promoted in California by two organizations, the Silk Culture Society, with a fund o? $5, MOO appropri a ted by the Unite 1 States Government, and the State Hoard of Silk Culture, with an aouropriation from the State of California. in in hi i ir imnr ? miniiM n THE NEWS SUMMARY. Eastern and Middle An extraordinary case of lmmau ossification is 011 exhibition in New York. Jona? than K. Bass, of Lockport, began turning to stone thiity-nine years ago, and in nine years his body was one soli.l bone, with the excepi tion of the abdomen. He has been in t>ed ! thirty yeai-s. In accordance with an agreement made by the leaders of tiie Knight < of Labor in iJhilaJ delphia, the local assembles of the order j throughout the lower anthracite region of Pennsylvania have instituted a boycott against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, j Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, and I I WO nrms, wan i fi I'M- i'uri>uruuuii?, iiiimo I actively interested in the defeat of the striki ing miners. Heru Most,the Anarchist leader,arraigned \ in a New York court the other day on tho i charge of using incendiary language, pleaded j not guilty, and was released on ?1,500 bail. Two valuable coal breakers?one at l)rif: ton and the other at New Buck Mountain, j Penn.?were destroyed by fires, believed to j be of incendiary origin, a few days since. I Total estimated loss, &2OO,0JO. j Henry V. Leslie and James A.L. Wilson, I who, while officers of the Delaware and ' Chesapeake Canal Company, embezzled | nearly $700,00'), pleaded guilty, in Philadel( phia, and were sentenced to the Penitentinr}' j for eight and six years respectively. i P. T. Barn cm was asleep in a New York hotel while his menagerie was burning in j Bridgeport. When awakened and itiforme.l j of the fire, he told his wife he was sorry, but | it was '"all right," and rolled over and went j to asleep again. This is the fifth time the old j showman has been burned out. He is aefcivei ly preparing to get together another show. A Minneapolis dispatch says that the ] Pensions Committee of the Or. A. K., under | instructions of the National Encampment, have prepared another pension bill, which has been submitted to every Post in the country and almost unanimously endorsed. It is substantially the same as the bill vetoed by President Cleveland last winter, and will be presented in this winter's Congress. Wilson Miller (colored),pension agent at Vieksburg, Miss., has been found guilty of fleecing many people and sent to the Penitentiary. An estimated loss of over $2,::00,0()0, has been incurred by forest fires in Arkansas. Plantations, cotton mills and lumber mills all over the State have been destroyed, and several villages are reported in ruins. A boiler explosion in a sawmill near Proscott, Arizona, killed W. T. Wilson, one of J the proprietors, and five other men. A number of men were seriously injured. At the National Convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Nash^l'e, Mrs. Boole, Corresponding Secretary of the New York Union, brought her eight-monthsold baby on the platform. The Convention rose to receive the little delegate, who was decorated with the national badge I by the President, Miss Willard. I Fort Scott, Kan., has had a fire which deI stroyed the Go>d lander flouring mills and elevator, with lo0,000 bushels of wheat, and I damaged adjacent buildings. Total damage, ?:r>o,ooo. Two freight trains collided near Tunnel Hill, 111.,causing the death of both engineers, a fireman and a brakeman. A Mexican* who was stabbed in the heart by another Mexican at El Paso, Texas, Jived for two hours with his left ventricle cut? something unprecedented. More than a dozen vessels have been wrecked or badly injured in a furious storm on the Great Lakes, and numerous lives have been lost. Washington. George L. Hives, of New York, has been appointed First Assistant Secretary of State, succeeding ex-Governor Porter,of Tennessee, who resigned some months ago. Professor S. P. Lang ley has been elected Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, as successor to the late Professor S. F. Baird. The President has returned, with many thanks, a warranty deed to the title of a corner lot in a park at St. Paul, Minn.. presented to him by land speculators. Since the Senate adjourned last March the President lias made about 550 appointments that require the approval of the Senate In the list are in.ludea some important nominations. such as the Secretary of the Treasury, United SUite.s Treasurer, the Inter-State Commerce and Pacific Railroad Commissioners, tli? Commissioner of Patents, and others, including numerous Postmasters. The total amount of money sent by money orders and jiostal notes during the past fiscal year was #135V2ii7,01<5. Foreign. The French Ministry,being defeated in the Chamber of Deputies on the question of its domestic policy, has resigned. President Grevy accepted the resignation of his Ministers, with the request that they continue in office uutil a new Cabinet could be formed. Owing to the illness of the German Crown Prince, his son, Prince William, will, by command of the Emperor, represent his father at nil future State ceremonies and receptions. Russia is massing 300,000 soldiers on the German and Austrian frontiers. In recent raids upon Nihilists in Russia 180 I persons were arrested. Nine officers under . arrest committed suicide. The Liverpool steamship Douro has been i wrecked off Cape Finisterre. Thirteen per| sons were drowned. M LATER NEWS. | A i.ad eleven years old has died in Philai del phi a from cigarette smokinii. General Randolph B. Marcy, a veteran t of the Mexican and Civil wars, and fath r| in-law of the late General George B. McClelI lan, died a few days since at Orange, X. J. i He was born in Massachusetts in 1811. j Mr. McCue, Solicitor of the Treasury, in ; his annual report says that the number of i Government suits decided or otherwise dis[ posed of in his department the past fiscal year^ I aggregated 3,193; amount collected, $003," I H,>7. j The American ship E. F. Sawyer, from San Francisco, was sunk off Folkestone, England, by collision with a British steamer. The crew was saved. The ship had a cargo of grain valued at ?118,000. Don Juan, father of Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has just died in Brighton, i England. By this death Don Carlos claims to have l?ecome the legitimate King of j France. PROMINENT PEOPLE, j Governor Ames, of Massachusetts, is worth $20,000,000. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland will ; spend the Christmas holidays at the White i House. Sir Henry Raikes, Premier of New South Wales, began his career in that colony without a cent as a maker of toys. Senator Stanford, of California, is about to import skill**! laborers from Bordeaux to replace the Chinese now working in liis vino I yaro-s. The venerable Simon Cameron takes great pride in his cattle. His pet is a steer that girths over eight feet and weighs 2,100 pounds. Robert Bonner, proprietor of the New York Ledfjer, has made over his business to his three sons, and retired, after an activo career of nearly fifty years. Warren 0. Arnold, the newly-elected member of Congress from Rhode Island, has never held a public oilice before. He was born in Coventry. R. I., in June, 1830. Senator Ingalls, of Kansas, is writing a novel of Washington life. It will he somewhat satirical in tone, and various noted men will figure in it under assumed names. General A. e>. Edwards, of St. Louis, who has just celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday, says that he and Jefferson Davis are the last survivors of the West Point class I Of 'ol-'o,'. Dk. H. T. Helmhold, the one-time noted I advertise!-, was arrested the other day in New I York wliilo 011 a spree, and committed to the ! care of the Commissioners of Chtu-it.es and Correction. i The report is confirmed, at Vienna, that Baron Hirsch has devoted ?4,000,01)0 to the relief of distressed Jews and to the assistance | of Jewish charities of Europe. A BIG CIRCUS BURNED. Bar it urn's Winter Quarters at Bridgeport Destroyed. The Greater Part of th9 Wild Animals Lose their Lives. The main building of Barnum's winter quarters, at Bridgeport, Conn., where "The Greatest Show on Earth'' is kept through the winter, was entirely destroyed by fire at J 0:30 Sunday evening. The loss is about $*00,000; insured for $100,000. lnree eiepnants nna ail tne menagerie excepting one lion and hippopotamus were burned. Thirty elephants and one huge African hippopotamus burst through the sides of the burning building, and rushed roaring through the streets. Six of the elephants were terribly burned. Great pieces of flesh fell from their sides, and their blood spattered the ground as they ran. The afrighted spectators dared not approach the burning building, fearing the crazed animals The fire started in the horse room. A watchman was going his rounds when his lantern exploded, the light hay caught fire, and in less than ten minutes the entire building was in flames. It was 600 feat long by 200 wide. All the ring horses were burned. In the second story were the seats, tents, poles, and plumes, also all the .harnesses and trappings lor street parades and ring performances. In tho cat room were lions, tigers, hyenas, and the tri-menagerie. In this room the howls and moans of the dying beasts were terrible. They were burned up in wooden cages on clumsy wheels, and no effort was made to save any of them. A lion and several smaller animals escaped and are loose in the streets. In the elephant room were thirty-nine elephants. Three were burned, six escaped through the sides of the building,and the rem tinder broke their chains nnd ran through the open door to the street. The keeper was away and no effort was made to capture the infuriated animals. Some ran toward the open country. Thousands of spectators flocked to see the fire, but when it became known that the animals were loose hundreds rushed to their homes and barricaded themsalves in. The lo s on the building is ?10,000, and on the animals ?500,000, and on fixtures ?800,000. P. T. Barnum was nt tho Murray Hill Hotel. New York, and James Bailey, his Sartner, is at his home in Bridgeport. Mr. rotherell, Barn urn's agent, said that the buildings would be rebuilt in Jersey City, as the railroad facilities were greater there than at Bridgeport. Charles McLain and Louis Hedger, Barnum's agents, began to make arrangements for new animals and attractions before the fire was out. The fire was so fierce that no effort was made by the firemen to save the building; it burned like tinder. Streams of water were thrown upon the adjoining buildings. The chariot house and the car sheds were saved. All the chariots, band, and tableau wagons were run out into the adjoining fields. The sacred white elephant was among the ^^T+ 4-U~ ,1 1...4. UJillllUlb UU1 UCVU ibMUUCU 1U1 LIIOUUUI , UUU turned back and perished. A lion mutilated the leg of George Tucker. He was carried into the Atlantic Hotel, and Bartley O'Connor, the hotel surgeon, dressed the wound. The leg had to be amputated. The first intimation of the fire was given by the roaring of the lions and tigers, which seemed to realize the impending danger. Next the elephants struggled in their chains, but in an incredibly short time the flames swept from 0110 end of the huge Rtruetiye to tho other. There were six watchmen employed on the premises, but they were helpless to check the flames. The upper portion of the building was filled with hay ana all tho paraphernalia of the great show. Before the hrst alarm ceased sounding, the whole building was enveloped in fire. In the horse room were all the ring animals ?trained stallions, ponies, <fcc. These were all burned. In th-j upper rooms were all the tents, poles, seats, harnesses, &c., for the entire show, and these, too, were all dostroyed. In the cat room were the birds, monkeys, three rhinoceroses, hyenas, tigers, lions, and all the menagerie, which fell a prey to tho flames. So rapidly did the flames leap across tho main building that thj firemen made no attempt to save it. but turned their streams upon the chariot and car sheds, which they succeeded in saving; but me neat was so intense mac cms was accomplished witli the greatest difficulty. The lion which the police attempted to kill at the time the fire broke out was afterward found in a barn devouring a cow which he had killed. lie was shot. The watchman making his rounds discovered the fire and parted to give the alarm, when some unknown person hit him on the head with a blunt instrument, felling him to the ground and cutting a number of severe gashes on his head. He staggered to his teet and gave the alarm, enabling the other watchmen in the building, who were pieparing for bed. to escape. KILLED BYA WHALE, Desperate Fight Between a Boat's Crew and a Marine Monster. The whaling steamer Lizzie N., Capt. West, which has been engaged in the flnback whale fishery on the eastern coast this season, when about fifteen miles east-southeast from Seguin Island, off the coast of Maine, saw a largo lona whale of that species, and attempted its capture. A boat was lowered and manned by Capt. West, his mate and four seamen. Capt. West, with a large, heavy whale-gun, in which was an explos.ve bomb-lance, took the breach of the boat while the mate steered. Upon approaching the whale it was seen that he would be an ugly customer to deal with, as he showed no inclination to run, but kept slowly milling around, evidently waiting to be attacked. When the boat was near enough to warrant ishot Captain West fired the gun, but as the sea was rough tho motion of the boat destroyed the accuracy of the aim. The whale , was badly Mounded, but not in any vital part. The whale thin inado for the boat, and in passing under it struck it with his flukes, throwing it some thirty feet into the air with its crew. As the boat descended the whale again struck it with his tail and completely demolished the boat and killed one of the crew, Jacob Kloek, cutting him completely in two. The whale then commence 1 to bite and strike with his tail at the pieces of the boat, killing two more men, Neal Olseu and Chris. Johnson, who were supporting themselves on pieces of the wreck. Captain West, the mate and tho other men were safely taken aboard the steamer and another boat was lowered to capturo the monster. Then the whale attacked the steamer. By a quick turn of the rudder the steamer cleared him by a few feet. This occurred a second time, and tho swell which was creatcd by the whale's fall back into the water knocked all on board off their feet. By throwing over an Immense cask, at which the whale, thinking it was the ship, kept bucking away, tho captain was enabled to get a shot with the bomb lance, and finally tho whale was killed. When the whalo was brought ashore, R. F. Pierce, of Chicago, bought him and will exhibit him through the West. A large car to transfer him has been built at an expense of $4,0 Kj. SAVEDlYTpoa, Ho Aids In Rescuing tlio Crew of a Wrecked Schooner. By the aid of a Newfoundland dog and a daring sailor the entire crow of the schooner Stampede have been rescued from certain death in Lake Michigan. The vessel had been disabled in a fearful storm and had by (5 o'clock a. m. drifted oflF South Chicago, her crew half frozen and nearly disabled. The Captain induced the cook, an athletic young fellow, to make the attempt to swim nshore.a distance of about 100 yards,through the heavy sea, with his arms around the neck of a huge Newfoundland dog which belonged to the vessel. The dog did his duty magnificently and swam ashore, but the poor cook was helpless and unconscious when he gained the beach. He would have nerisherl in the cold if a man who was passing had not heard the doit's cries. In this way word was sent to tho life saving station in Chicago and the whole crew was taken from tho vessel in safety. Ti:n years ago the Governor of Michigan pardoned David Foster, a lifo convict, and the old man seemecl overjoyed at his release. Recently, however, he returned to the penitentiary with a request that he be allowed to pass the remainder of his days there. THE NATION'S FINANCES The Annual Report of the Unit States Treasurer. The annual report of James W. Hyn Treasurer of tho United States, shows tl the revenues of the Government for the flsi ! year ended June :iJ, lb-iT, were $071,403,2 and the ordinary expenditures $2(17,932,1 the surplus receipts, available for the duction of the public debt being $1( 471,007. As compared with the previ* 1 year tho receipts increase! $31,!Hi 5,550, 1 expenditures $25,440,041; and the surp revenues $0,514,500. The receipts of the i' Office Department amounted to $54,732,3 and tlie expenditures to $53,583, The operations of the year involved 1 redemption of $127,011,0*>0 in United Sta bonds, of which $47,S!) 1,200 was on accoi I o? the sinking tuna: tue issue oc nearly oj 003 drafts and checks: the redemption upward of $193,<)0.),0JO in United Sta pip ir currency and National bank notes; a the handling of SI92,0;) >,0.1) in United Stal bonds deposited or withdrawn by Natior banks. During the year ended October 31 the g< balance increase 1 $44,332,053, the sin balance decreased $21,230,772, and the to balance ran up $1,959,28!. The to assets at the end of this p<5ri< exclusive of certificates and otl obligations held as casii, were $3l9,l!(0,'Ji and the total liabilities $i02.432,ti it). The statement of United States notes o standing shows that between June 30, 18 and September .'10, lSST, the circulation one and two dollar notes generally ran doi from $51,500,00.) to $15 400,000. This i crease has been made up by changes in otl denominations, the volume of fives, tens a twenties increasing about $13,030,000. T demand for notes of thsso denominations 1 been constant and greater than the Treasui has been able to suppl}'. Under the provisions of the act of March 18.37, there was received within the limit six months fixed by Congress $7,089,030 trade dollars in exchange for standard silv dollars and fractional silver coin. 1 Treasurer balieves that few trade dollars r in the hands of collectors of coins remain the country. Tiie coinage of standard silver dollars f the fiscal year was $33,216,831, an increase S3,377,026 ovor 1880. On October 31 t Treasury held ?214,175,532, and there we $ >2,5 40,025 in circulation. The storage vat in the Treasury building, completed in 18! is Hntirolv filled with standard silver dolle and gold coin, and the new vault in coui of erection is urgently needed. Bet.veen June 30, ISSfi, and October ! 1887, the fractional silver coin in theTreasu decreased from ?38,004,081 to $24,408,13.5, a the minor coin from >*5:7,814 to $51,400, T one and Ave cent pieces on hand are not mc than sufficient for payment over the count* Between the end of the fiscal year and C tober 31 the number of depositary banks w i ncreased from 20J to 320. GREAT FOREST FIRES. The Banks of the Mississippi Abla for Hundreds of Miles. Forest lircs have l>cen raging for hundre of miles along the lower Mississippi. Mai cotton gin houses in Crittenden County, A kansas, and in tho counties of Mississif which border the river, have been burnc Steamers could not run at night owing to t dense smoke which prevailed from Vicksbu to a point 150 miles above Memphis,050 mill Fires were burning everywhere within tl frvrihirv nml t.lir>iv? uns 110 iinniLHliate 1)1'< poets of rain. Travel by rail was also c strutted from thc*s? causes. Several trestl 011 the Kansas City I toad were destroycd,ai communication with St. Louis was made v Forest City, Ark. The un'y escape jiromis could come from rain, and in many church prayers were offered that showers might ft and the destruction ceasj. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. Minnie Palmer will impersonate four d ferent characters in her new play by Lconu Grover. The play of "Dorothy" haspassed its 400 performance at the Prince of Wales's Theatr London. Henry Irvino has commissioned M Wills, the English playwright, to dramaci "Don Quixote." At the 500th performance of "Faust" the Grand Opera in Paris, .Gounod was pr sented with an ebony and gold baton. This is the first season siuce Gilbert ai Sullivan began writing operas that a new o; has not been given by them to the public. Mme. Christine Nilsson, Countess Mi anda, has just recovered from a long and a noying deafness caused by abcesses in bo ears, Barton McGuckin, the Irish tenor no Wnffrom 1 Hrvn o I 'nmnnnv nnncirfa the Philadelphia Academy of Susie the liDe hall for singing he has ever seen. Clara Louise Kellogg, the noted Amei can singer, was privately married recently her manager, Carl Slrako3ch, at Elkhar lnd. She is forty-live years old. Henry Arthur Jones, author of "T Silver King" and olher successful plays, hi scored another triumph by his "Heart Hearts,'' recently brought out iu London. Mme. Janauschek started on the rof again to fulfill engagements in Now Englai that she was compelled to cancel last sprin owing to breaking her arm at Newport la may. Mus. Scott-Siddons is not prospering vei largely on her reading tour. In Canacla hi business has been noticeably poor. Six yea ago sUo actoi Shakespearean roles there i enormous houses. Booth and Barrett have met with such phenomenal success this season that they ha made arrangements to travel together ne season also, introducing several other pla into their repertoire. Mme.Teresa Carbeno, who since she w heard as the child wonder has not ceased give pleasure to music lovers, is arranging give this winter a series of concerts in York and other cities. Miss Lena Loeb, out in Colorado, is fe discounting Lulu Hurst's fame as the poss sor of extraordinary magnetic power. S recently pulled four strong men around t stusre at Denver with remarkable ease. THE MARKETS. NEW YOHK. 47 Beof, good to prime 0 7 Calves, common to prime.... 9 @ 11 Sheen 8 I^antbs 7 Hogs?Live 5 (d/ 5 Dressed 7j^'$ S Flour?Ex. St., good to fancy 4 35 @ 4 55 West, good to choice 3 15 (<5 3 50 Wheat?No. 2 Red 87,\{7$ 87 Ryu?State 50 @ 5S Barley?State 82 (# 85 Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 55Ja<3r 50 Oats? White State 34;;^St- 35 Mixed Western 34 @ 31i Hay?Med. to prime 05 @ 80 Straw?No. 1, Rye 75 (?# F0 Lard?City Steam 7 55 @ 7 75 Butter?State Creamery.... 25 (<Q 28 Dairy 10 @ 27 West. Im. Creamery 18 (k 23 Factory 12K@ '7 Cheese?State Factory 10 (& 11 Skiins 5 @ 'J Wostern 11 Eggs?Stute and Penn ? (g 25 BUFFALO. Steers?Western 3 25 @3 75 Slaeep?Good to Choice 4 20 ($ 4 <?0 Lamus?Western 5 '!0 (<? 5 75 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 40 (?|4 70 Flour?Family 4 75 @ 5 15 Wheat?No. 1 87 ($ 80 Corn?No. 2, Mixed 51 @ 51 Oats?No. 2, Mixed ? @ !52 Barley?State iu oj BOSTON. Beef?Good to choko. 8 @ 0 Iiogs?Live li Northoru Dressed.... <)%(($ 7 Pork?Ex. Prirao,per bbl. ..17 00 ($17 50 Floor?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 70 (nt 4 95 I Corn?High Mixed ? (d> 50 ' Oats?Extra White 30 (ft ;>l> Rye?State 00 (3) 05 WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef- Dressed weight 0 @ 7 Sheep?Live weight 4 <?j 5 Lainbj ,r,%(3l 0 Hogs?Northern ? ($ 0 i l'HIL A delphia. Flour?Penn.extra family... 3 00 @3 85 Wheat?No. 2, Red 80 (a) 8-5 Corn?State Yellow 54^@ 55 Oats Mixed ? @ 83 Rye?r-ta&> 52j-?(fl) 53 Butter Creamery Extra... 28 @ 29 Cheese?N. Y. Full Cream.. 12 @ 12 I TIE NATION'S GROWTH. cd Facts About the Country's Promt gress in Twenty Years. cal I,]; Figures Relative to the Corn, ro- Cotton and Wheat Crops. (3, 5ua It requires facts ami figures to enable one jlle fully to comprehend tha wonderful growth of this country during the past twenty years, 47 says a Nejv York financial paper. The railroad mileage of the United States has been doubled in about twelve years. At the close of the current year the total I ID,- number of miles of railroad in the country i of will be about 150,000; at the beginning of j tes 18! >8 it was less than 40,000 miles. During the nd same time, the population of the country has tes increased from about 30,001,00) to somewhat til _ more than 00,0:0,01KJ. The wheat,corn and cotton crops are among the most important projld duced in this country. It is true that very little 'ei* corn is exported as corn, but after being contal verted into cattle, hogs, whiskey, etc., it i tal furnishes part of our exports. In the followed, ing table is shown the number of bushels of ier wheat and corn and the number of bales of li>, cotton raised each year during the past twenty years, beginning with 1808, ut- and also the total number of acres planted to Si. the three crops named, except for 1808; we of are not in possession of the figures giving the tvn cotton'acreage for that year. The total area 1e- planted to corn and wheat that year ler amounted to 53,347,378 acres. ,'ld Wheat, Corn. Cotton. Total ho Year. Biithel*. Buxliet*. Utile*. Avrcaac, las 1868... 224.?3G,GJ0 906.527,"00 2,:t6G,407 18B9... 2t)",14'i,900 S74,320.<K)0 3,122.551 61,217,249 1 1870...235,SSI,7?0 1,091,235,1100 4.35.',317 57.0.'4.568 ? 1871... 23 .722,400 93l.sW.000 2,974,Sol 62,946,030 1872... 249,997,100 1,092,719,000 3,930,508 03,945,195 Of 1873... 231.254,700 932,274.0)0 4,170,338 72,iS4,S24 in 1874... 309,102,700 850,148,500 3,832,991 76,983,945 rer 1875... 292,136.0 10 1,321,089,00 ) 4,6.12,3 i3 S2,857,>>83 'he 1870... 239,356,51)0 1,233,327,500 4,474,n69 83.160,S83 ,nf 1877... 364,lt?4,l-J6 1,342,558,000 4,773,866 83,471,659 7? 1878... 420,122,400 1,358.218,75') 5,074,'55 95,933,500 111 1S79... 44S.75G,G30 1,547,901.790 3,761,252 93,311.403 13S0... 498,549,SOS 1,717,434,543 6,6)5,75 > 116,427,559 or 13S1. . 380,280,>90 1,194,916,000 5,456,018 118,S22,045 Of 1382... 5 4.185,470 1,617,025,10i? 6,949,756 119,002,740 he 1-883... 421.086,160 1,55',056,895 5,713,200 121,5:17,482 ire ISSt... 512,7G3,900 1,795.3.:8.0)0 5,706,165 116,583,665 ,14. 1885... 357,112,000 1,930,176,001) 6,575.691 125,693,840 <! 1SS6... 457,218,0.10 l.CG>,441,0H0 6.505,087 131.081,404 **? 1837... 450,000,000 1,403,000,000 0,300,000 129 775 tjOO Lrs ' ' iii s;e In the table given above the figures are for calendar years, that is the period during which the crops were raised. Prior to 1SG-S, ry nearly all the wheat produced here, as well ! as corn, was consumed at home. Since that h9 tim?, however, our wheat crop has become ira the most important of our cereals for export. 3r Cotton has always held a prominent position lc* in this respect, so much so. in fact, that beag fore the rebellion cotton was king.of our cominoi*na Tii IHfiK Mia who/if*. rrnn wah ^1*4 (KlO - boo bushels, in 1884 it was 5 1:2,800,0 X) bushels, and for the current year,according to the latest estimates,it was about 450.000,0X1 bushels, or just about double the crop of 1808. Our zc corn crop has grown fro:n 000,500,0)0 bushels in 18(58 to 1,9:10,170,OK) bushels in 1885, and about 1.453,000,00J bushels for the current ds year, f he cotton crop of 1868 was only 2,- t rjy 366,467 bales, while the latest estimates place the present crop at 6,000,000 bales, or an in- I Ll * crease of nearly three fold. 1 >pi The acreage planted to the three crops iJ, named has been .just about doubled during | u_ the same period?it was about 1, "00,000 r_ acres less this year than in 1886, J? which was the largest on record. It 1 js will aid in forming a conception of the i * wonderful growth which is still in store for u* us, if we remember that the State of Texas ies alone contains over 175,000,000 acres, while the total acreage of the crops referred to was ' la-? than 131,000,0J!) acres this year, or 45, ' i 500,000 less than the acreage of a single ' es ^tate- ' NEWSY JjLEANINGS. I Connecticut has eleven living centena rians. . .. The cattle industry of the United States represents $1,200,000,(XX). ' 100 farmers' institutes the coming year. a 1 -e Pkokessor Ccshmax lias unearthed a city < ' and -,000 skeletons in Southern Arizona. i r# A compaxy has been organized in New ? 20 Yurie City to insure merchants against bad < lebts. ( at Cuicago gains 00,000 in population i 0. through tho annexation of the Hyde Park , suburb. ' ia At Gar.liner, Mo., at a recent wedding,the 1 a0 groom was but nineteen years of age, while t his bride was sixty. f r_ A mammouth cave containing thousands of ? n_ tons of zinc ore has been discovered in the , town of Shu] Is burg, Wis. , Gex. Benjamin F. Bdtler has for rs years been a close student of Shakat speare. and has a large acquaintance ri_ among Shakspearean scholars. To a ^ to New York correspondent Gen. Butler | ' saiil the other day, in relation to Mr. a he Donnelly's Shakspearean theories: "I 1 ^ am very greatly interested in the mat- g ter of the authorship of tho so-called j id Shaksneare olavs. and am well ac- r ^ quainted with Mr. Donnelly. I knew 1 at him twenty years ago in Congress, and I have read his books. Long before I sr ever saw him, however, I became thor onghly convinced that Bacon was the author of the plays. I am a firm bea liever in the Baconian theory. The author of the plays had access to an ys enormous library, and his research into ) all languages was amazing. Shak- v to speare was a low fellow. Bacon says 1: 10 somewhere that it will all come out 11 sw c some day. As Donnelly says, it is ? ist highly probable that Bacon ran a I ^ cipher through his works. He delight- t ho 1 a/l ir> m'nllOTO Onil OVOrvVinflv liSftfl tllCm ^ in hia day. All messages between j! ? courts were in cipher. It is very rea on- j able to believe that Bacon inserted a a y cipher in his play. Everything else c points logically to such a conclusion, j3 and it remains only to discover the key t % to this to establish beyond question Bacon's claims. You suggest that either w one of the three things must be true: (1) That Donnelly is right, (2) that he y w has made a mistake and is deceived, or i J (3) that he is a fraud. Now, I know 11 personally that the latter is not the ? case. Mr. Donnelly is perfectly honest. a I also know that he is too thorough r and careful to make a mistake. That f leaves tho first suggestion, which is ' % right. I feel full confidence that Mr. " Donnelly has discovered the true \ cipher, and will prove all that he a claims, and that he will establish Bacon's undisputed authorship to the r Shakspearean plays." 1 ? - t The expense ol living nao grenuy iucreased in Washington, and the high ^ rents are troubling many Congressmen j_, who have only their salaries to depend 'J Vx upon. Houses in the fashionable see- * ^ tion rent for from $U00 to $18,000 a ? year, and the ?G00 houses are, as a e yt rule, little ones of six or eight rooms, a Vx Provisions are plenty, but prices are c Licli. " F i \y NEwronx is becoming more and moro r a place for the very wealthy. People J with incomes of $20,000 to $.15,000 a year can no longer make a show there s yi and participate in fashionablo gayety. \ An income of $50,000 even does not * enable one to meet the exacting dc- j t. I mands of the American Vanity Fair, j <j \ t ' ' * ; ' r WOMAN'S WORLD. PLEASANT LITERATURE FC FEMININE READERS. Coiffnrcs of thr? Day. The low coil of hair on the neck only for morning and street wear. Coiffures is the most distinguish! characteristic of the present fashion. The pointed hang, which has been trying to many faces, is now worn 01 by school girls. The latest fashions from Paris slio\i French twist, with the hair knotted a twisted high on the head. Fluffy bangs are decidedly more 1 coming than the pointed bangs, and i cut by the hairdresser in such a way tl the straightest hair will look fluffy. The most popular style here is 1 Galatea, introduced by Mrs. Langt In this coiffure the hair is neither hi nor low, but just on the crown of t head, looped, while the ends are curl< This style is most successfully earned c with false hair, as so few ladies have natural wave.?New York World Italian Love-Charms. There are some pretty love-charms Capri. To win a girl's heart the lo> must steal a hair l'rom her head and it to one of his own. So long as t knot holds firm hi- love is 'returuc This resembles the charm used on t sacred hill of Monte Vergine, ne Naples. There bcti o hed pilgrims fast broom twigs together with a strip rag, and until the twigs part their lo' endures. l?ags flutter on every bu along the path to the great sauctuar and married couples often return tht to examine their united twigs. I matched pairs probably scorn to ren< the pilgrimage. Love-sick maids ai men mix a drop of their blood in a litl wine, and persuade the object of th< affections to drink it. This is an i fallible love-philtre. A man may al win a girl's heart by pricking her nar upon a lig leaf, and letting the wii blow it away.?English, Illustrated May zinc. Hiffh Hats Downed. One of the noticeable features of Mi Potter's debut was the fact that nin tenths of the women appeared in lo^ crowned hats or bonnets, thereby addii materially to the comfort- and enjoyme of the audience, particularly the masc line portion of it. And indeed, apa from this interesting occasion it may 1 Btatcd that'Jilic day of towering hea gear is rapi ily vanishing. Women a discovering by degrees that a mass velvet, ribbons and feathers piled up< a feminine head is neither pretty 11 elegant, and gradually the fair dam ire coming to look less like cockato and more like nature's noblest hand work. At theaters one notices invari bly now the advent of the low, clos Btting toque, which is usually becomir to every style of face. Two or thr years ago these little cap-like bonne were universally worn, but fashion di tatcd the sticking of a tall, stiif, hors tiair ornament, resembling a gigant paint brush, into the front of every h: jf this kind, and the result was eith hideous or grotesque and sometimes lombination of both. At a theatric performance the other night I observed auy charmingly dressed in a simple bi iffcctive costume, while her head wi nnocent of either hat or bonnet. Ii itead she wore a graceful mantilla < Spanish lace artistically draped an jaught on one side by a crimson rosi What a charming fashion to imitate Certainly where women who have ca iages to drive to theaters tlie lace mat ilia would be convenient as well as el< *ant. Meanwhile let us congratulal ind applaud those sensible creatun vho have discarded millinery fireworl ind adopted the tiny toque.?Ne Yorker. The Size of Ladies' Pocket Books. The evolution of the ladies' pocke >ooks is won'^prful. One year ago tl adies were satislicd with a diininuth tfTair they cuuld hide in /the palms < huir hands. In 3(>5 days the pocke >ook has grown to the length of a gooc ized healthy car of corn. Here ai 11 ustrations showing the length tl lockutbook has grown every thr< nonlhs: January 1, 1837. April 1, 1887. July 1, 1887. October 1, 1887. January 1, 1S88. If this thing keeps on the pocketboo will grow in another year long enough t >e used as a walking stick. They ai iow as big as a policeman's club and ai [rowing at a marvelous rate. Tbey be: he growing of the smclling-salt bottli f a man was struck over the head wit he present fashionable ladies' pockc 100k loaded with silver dollars he woul lot sec any stars, but crape would vcr ikcly hang from his door bell. A loade locket-book in the hands of an infur ted woman would be just as eflectiv ivcr a man's head as a slungshot. Tli nale popu'ation of Albany are wonde: ng where the evolution ot these pocKe looks is going to stop.? Albany Anj"t. Darinjr Female Smugglers. A New York woman Customs Iuspe< or says: "Very often we have had t ic on the wharfs at seven in the mori ng, rain or shine, and there have bee lights when we used the latch-keys t >ur homes at midnight. IIow are we le o suspect passengers ? By their fact nd contours. The vast majority of w( den who smuggle seldom turn thei aces from the inspectrcsses. I invaru >ly say to the woman suspected: * I ai fraid you hive dutiable goods on yoi terson.' They tap their bodiccs au nvitc me to examine th<m, and if I ta tt?_nt!on to their bustles, siyiug the cxik unusually large, they say that tli i/.c is the latest from Paris. Some wc iien, no matter how warm it is, wea ieavy ulsters, and when I ask them i hey do not wish to remove them the [raciously reply: 'O, no; I am quit omfortablc.' We can always tell th juilty ones by the way they sit dowi: fhe stillne-s with which they use thei todies is not compatible with the grac( ul carriage of the head and arms, an hey are immediately suspccted of bavin ,'oods concealed about their skirts. A . rule they arc mighty cool. Vcry.fe1 ry. Their methods of concealment ai nany. Lace is wound around their form n ide their corsets, and with thin wt nen t}:c curvatures in the corsets at lacked with rolls of lace. They stu heir stockings with ribbons. Othei >artial to lace curtains have had the kirts made of them. The bonnets wit I'ums for ornaments when dissected ai oiind to contain dia nouds. Some fals [pels to shoes have been discovered. It ide, packed in cottou, have leeu foun liamonds of the purest ray." A Chinese Imperial Outfit. , | I The choice of the bride for the yotm^yWk Emperor of China has been made, and in '^1 )K, due time the daughter of the Duke H L'hao, the brother of the present Em- B press, will be Empress of the Celestial M Empire. Although the wedding will H probably not take place before 1889) .H is thousands of hands are already busjj H with the lady's trousseau and wedding H ng prt'sents, which have probably never H been equaled in wealth in any othexs^^J so Court. The following, for instance, aro jH ?ly the presents which the young Euiperotf is presenting to his fiancee before their^M marriage, after the actual engagementjgBB ' '"J present, which consists of a gold scal^HR ,u richly inlaid with jewels, the handl^^B being formed by two gold dragons. Up be- to a month previous to the wedding lady is presented with 10 piebald horses,iat with complete trappiugs; 10 guilt hel*]|9 mets and cuirasses, 10U pieces of sat'n o^^H he first quality, and 200 pieces of cottoi^^H ry. material. ^Hj "h As wedding presents the bride receive? 1 OA A ~ - L' 1 J . 1A AAA /A 1-V nc -sww uunuus ui Komi iu,ouo ounces ^iaei?* \ :d. of silver; 1 gold tea service, consisting of >ut teapot, and 1 cup, with lid; 1 silver teaj 1 > a service; 2 silver wash basins; 1>00(J pieces of satin of the best quality; 20 horses, with complete trappings; 20, horses without trappings; 20 saddles for packhorses and mules. The parents x>1 in the lady also recive 100 ounces of gold; '?r 1 gold tea-set; 5,000 taels silver; 1 sil^ie ver tea-set; 1 silver wash basin; 50<f ; m h.e pieces of silk; 1,000 pieces of cotton material; 0 horses; completely bar-! hc nessed; a helmet and cuirass; a bow and, !ar a quiver, with arrows; each parent 1' e" court drcs* for summer and 1 for winter, 0 1 every day dress and a sable coat. The brothers and servants of the bride also _ receive rich and costly presents. y' 'l'hc bride's hats are the ifiost remarka-? re ble articles amongst the rich trousseau.; "" The winter court hat has a rim of ?ablei! ?W . - ' iue crowii is maae 01 rea velvet, trom * ' the centre of which rises a button com-j \e posed of three parts, each of which is' ;ir ornamented with three small oblong: n" pearls of particular beauty and seventeen; s? ordinary pearls, while in the ccntre of\ each part another splendid pearl is set in gold and surmounted by a gold phxnix.j a~ The button is surrounded by seven gol<i phoenixes, of which each is inlaid with' seven large and twenty-one -small pearl*and a cat's-eye. At the back of the hat,; PS* below the button, a gold pheasant ifie" placed with one cat's-eye and sixteen >' iV* pearls. The tail of the pheasant ir \ divided into five parts by 302 small and nt live large pearls, forming a pendant, the- ' u" centre of which is made of a lapis lazuli . \ ^ surrounded by pearls. At the end of the' * pendant a big coral is suspended. JLV?j d" collar is fastened at the back to the hat,V'* r? the outside of which is of sable, the in- : of side of blight yellow material, with vel)n vet ribbons, embroidered at the end with, ; or diamonds. The three gala court dresses es are of a' dark blue color, with borders of ' * ?s gold embroidery and large dragons cm- ' 'l* broidered all over the dresses, while down a" the front are sewn in gold thread tha e" words: "VVan-Fu" (eternal happiness) '? and "Wan-Shon (eternal life). ee The necklaces and chains are of an ; ts enormous value, and composed for thec" most part of pearls, turquoises, corals- \ ?* and diamonds. A handkerchief whicb? IC is worn in the belt is green, richly em- : at broidered, trimmed with tassels of jewels er and yellow ribbons. A gala apron of * a red and blue satin, trimmed with otter M ? al skin and embroidered in gold, dragoa' a fans and skirts of many different kinds are also part of this gorgeous outfit, and ? iS j the furniture for the future Empress is 1 x~ i keening every trade brisk throughout* 5i China. u '*7^ 3' Fashion Notes. 9 j. Dark, long-haired furs are popular this "9 . ' season. 'vwr?IH t Mb te I Polonaises appear to be steadily grow- 9 jg ; iug in favor. 9 cs Buckles are in very pretty enamel of ' I tc different colors. 9 I H'* "jMH All shades of coffee color are very 9 ! stylish this season. . .9 Iligh combs of curried tortoise sheH 9 t- are again in fashion. 9 ie j The deep leather shades braided with 9 ? I soutache are very stylish. . 9 ^ ! Loop earrings are revived among other I I ! old fashions in jewelry. . 9 re Flowered moires are now seen in dark ~9 ie back grounds as well as light. 9 ie j Gold braid, with jet beads, is used to- 9 ' trim some very dressy black toilets. 9 The latest setting for rings is the 9 simplest band with crown for the jewel. 9 A novel idea in wedding costumes is a- SH tailor-made gown of white cloth, very 9 simply made. Tinsel thread have been introduced on *. 9 fancy cloths which are intended for use- 9 j upon bonnets. 9 , I The English double violet in enamelr K set with small diamonds, is a very popu- 9 0 : Iar design for a brooch. H SB <c Iridescent beads arc made into a pretty 9 lt passementerie, and the elegarit costumes 9 , 1 of the season are trimmed with it. 9 h ! Large turn-over collars are seen on 9 t- some of the new dresses, finished off with 9 d : a revers, plastron or fischu trimming. 9 y j Bonnets of striped or plaid velvet are 9 d ; sometimes but not often rather pretty in 9 i- i effect, but can very rarely be becoming. -9 c J Barred stuffs and plaids are by far ie | more elegant than black plaids for street 9 r" wear, but stripes are more elegant than 9 | cither. 9 I The tea jacket is a garment corapara- 9 tively new here and is made of rich 9 materials, such as silk lace and metal 9 | embroidery. 9 i- | The little ribbon bows which finish 9 n j the neck band and cuffs are very fetch- 9 o ! ing, when in two colors, which is 9 d J the latest style. 9 s j Faille is used with the stylish valen- 9 )- ficnncs net and other dainty weaves, 9 ir bunds of bengaline making the finish for i-! such costumes. n I Very decorative and becoming are the lr ruclics of ostrich feathers in light shadc9 ^ I which border pretty little capoto bonnet* 11! for young girls. ^ i A novel shoe to be worn with an cvenc ing dress is of white patent leather, with '*! a high flap of silk or satin matching the !f , color ot' the dress. y j The shades of copper color which are c ' new here this season, are very stylish, e and arc combined with a great many lt colors, particularly a dark green. ;r ; A line or colored ribbon is worn inetiwl nf nnv nork linornrie and is con* d j sidered stylish. The linen collar is only H g ; worn where there is a cutaway neck with B s lapels. Masculine neckties arc worn with jE iV the collar. B j. A Cotton-l'icking Crow. B e A farnicr ot Mecklenburg County, N. B II C., owns a lame crow which goes rcgu- B rs larlytothc cotten field and picks a* B ir much in a day as any of the human pick- B h crs. With its beak it twists the cotton B e out, and puts it in a bag. The owner of B >e this truly rare bird, as well as the neigh- S i- bors, declare th:.t the statement is true B d in every particular. ?Minneapolis TrU B 1 hune. IB