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i '< ' ijf*'\ 'yU>* 'CRUEL IHEJ5MVE: iThe Secret of DunraYen Castle. m BY ANNIE ASHMORE, (Author of "Faithful Margaret," Eta, Bto sy\>. .jg; i CHAPTER 11?f ContinaecL) Edgar's heart beat faster as he recalled the vision of the beautiful girl, with her inspired face, and her dauntless glance that swept the ravening waves, -dispnt- tog with them for their prey. i "I conld describe her for you?every flowing curve," said he, his tones vibrat* Bg with feeling, while he raised himself o his elbow in his enthusiasm. She is lark and richly beautiful, like an Assyrian; her hair ripples in blue-black raves above her proud, Innocent brow; ue Is as merciful as she is brave; the jwople wbrahip her for her tender good ess, and she is just what a sea princess -> fcughttobe!" A slight stir and a sound like a stifled fereath attracted their eyes to a tall fig fere which stood just without the circle tt candle-light Lady Dunraven started visibly, and fecoiled with a swift and notable change of countenance. All the soft wondering , Interest was gone, she had turned proud from head to foot, her eyes flashed with ft wonderful fire; yet her voice was low fend even as 6he spoke. "Approach. Mr. Sircotabe; you know bow welcome you always are. Mr. Sircombe, Mr. Edgar. Tour patient is comfortable, you see, sir." How icy her glance! how austere! In *11 his astonishment Edgar could not but Examine the man who bad wrought tht ^' transformation with sudden, eager suspicion. Remembering that this lady was wronged, he was ready to suspect any one whom she disliked as being the wronger. He saw a tall, gaunt man, . / ' tniddle-aged; his shoulders were bowed iand his chest hollowed; his temples were Bunk, his forehead bald, his eyes weary ind haggard, and his countenance careVom. He looked like a worn-out stu? dent, or like a man who has outlived very satisfaction his life ever possessed. ! There was, however, a gloomy fire in bis eyes when they first encountered Edkar's which showed that he had even yet tome interest in life, and was quite cap* Able of animosities. His acknowledge tent of Lady Dunravea's Introduction the stranger was particularly formal, i "I am gratified to learn that Mr. Ed{ar IS comfortable. Although not a docw; I was fortunate enough to have acquired some medical knowledge in my tralversity days; and such simple skill as I possess Is sometimes useful on this un frequented Island." Edgar murmured his thanks for Mr. ? Bircombe's ministrations. He wondered wnether Mr. Sircombe had been among fcis men applying his simple skill to their "bruises, and if so, whether he had extracted ircm them the information which ' lie was softnxious to keep back, namely, that he wt? Arden ol Inchcape and they ^rere Inchcape lads. He thought not JSdr. Sircombe's morose visage expressed to indignant astonishment when Lady vunraven named him Mr. Edgar. But if he was safe so far,, he could not ponnt upon his future safety unless he $nade an effort to maintain it. He inquired how his men were situated, and gathered from Mr. Slrcombe's answer that their harts had been efficiently dressed by the old "Spaewlfe" of Sleatha-VrprVfln while he was encased with fdgar, and that by the time he was at berty to walk down to see them at the Cluster of cottages by the shore, they were reported to be all,"dead asleep." "And how fared my fine old enemy, Kenmore?" asked Edgar. Kenmore had fared the worst of any. The old sea lion, Inspired by his adored Oolava's presence on the scene, had dived after the stunned and sicking Young captain again and again; and aving brought him up, and supported him until they were both drawn to land, lie had sunk down at Ulva's feet utterly exhausted, and bad not Bhown any signs of life for many hours. Indeed, Lady Dunraven's whole night bad been spent between the rooms of her favorite servant and her guest, and the Attention which she gave to Sircombe's import of Eenmore's present state showfed how deeply she would have mourned tils loss. "Has h? spoken yet?" asked she. No, he had been conscious, bat too weak for any effort.. Mr. Sircombe had left him Sleeping profoundly with a watcher in the room; he believed all danger was past. Edgar heard the story of his rescne the stern old Highlander and the lovely girl-noble with thrilling emotion. It seemed like some fine old romance of ancient chivalry; he made a picture of * the wild scene in his mind and pondered over it There was something fascinating in the situation, and fair Ulva grew and grew in his Imagination with ever brightening beauty. He asked no more Questions, but with half-shut eyes, which saw nothing present, and a faint mile on nis nps, jay dreaming. Observing his silence, Lady Dunraven made a negligent sign of dismissal, which Mr. Sircomte Instantly obeyed, with a low, submissive bow; and then be turned her brilliant eyes eagerly ttpon the unconscious face of Edgar, and pored over it with intense interest The night sped; the fire flickered and iied, and flickered again; a low, fitful ~ wind complained around the walls; the Sternal roar of tne hollow ocean thundered afjur. ' ^"jcagar'a open-eyed dream passed into restless slumber; be woke again to a clearer vision of his dream; wild thoughts and impulses came to weary him; "he began to tferplex himself about bis surroundings; and still through very varying phase of his mood he saw fair Oolava in her dark-blue attire rtanding upon the cliff, with her pale face and dark, flashing eyes, calling on 4 ?nffoin! t.rv Qcrain' far *? jveuuiuio W u J a(iuii< ?.j -o ? ihe stranger must be saved. And he began to long for the touch of that eething surf, and to pant for the chilliness of the night wind; and then he would forget his heat and thirst again. And go back to fair Oolava. At last a low, murmuring voice attracted his attention. A young girl tood by Lady Dunraven?a slender, now-white creature, with delicately modeled form and pale, poetic fac& She never was a daughter of the bleak Northland, this splendid, dark-eyed beauty? Not for her the brief summer, and the long, moaning winter of tbo 4 North, with the swollen seas and the * winds that mourn forever. Who could behold Eer lustrous, aafSTing lotan&ets without dreaming of the hot, sweet, lavish summer eternal of the Orient? And yet he knew well that her mother had been of a noble Scotch house, and that hef name had been a favorite one In (be records of Rothage. ~ Then from wnaf TGfig-ago foreigner had Ulva inherited her sumptuous Southern beauty? She spoke in a dainty murmur, with many a cautWos glance toward Edgar; and the distant door ajar so thM sho might fly upon his faintest movement "But why are yon here yet and alone, Engelonde?" ahe said, abidingly, with her' arms round the lady's heck; "X thought Mr. Sircombe was to relieve you whenever Kenmore slept; he promised me that he would." "He was not required here; my patient sleens sweetly." returned Ladv Dun raven, In the same low tone. "And now it is dawn," continued Ulva, holding up her pretty finger rerroacVuili, "and you have been here SIl night! imprudent, wayward Mamma Engelonde! And if I had not como down stairs to peep at Kenmore 1 should never have found you out. Ah, you bad child!" With what passionate delight the half delirious Edgar watched the arch, laughing girl as she menaced the lady with her lifted finger, a star of mischief In each dancing eye! Lady Dunraven drew the slender white creature to her, and framing the lovesome young face between her two hands, kissed it fervently. "Now, go back to your pretty sleep, my own girl," said she, "you know It pleases me best to watch the night away. And. th$ servants are wearyA they might sleep at their post. And thin strangerT whom the sea has cast Into our care, needs vigilant watching, for he is much Ituwf \Ta o rvm o rr\ ni Vi nr'fl Koort. UUltli XIV UUUUV OUUJO U1VWUU1 m ? would break should he die." While speaking, Lady Dunraven drew Ulva away with her to the great yawning fireplace where a bank of scented petal-embers glowed ruby red; yet, though the length of the magnificent room was now between them and Edgar, and they Maintained a low murmuring tone lest they should awake him, he could hear every syllable, so preternaturally sharpened had his hearing become in the nervous straining of his fevered faculties. It seemed to him that his heart would break were he to lose one word or one glance of Ulva's, already she was standing within the weird land of delirium, and it confused him to dissociato her from the haunting Oolava of the cliff. He watched her from afar with a solemn fervor. . "Dear mamma, how bright your eyes .are!" were Ulva's next words, "and how "hot your hands! And your heart beats c?% fnot on fn.Q+,1 f)h T nm fl.frA.ld when you look like that. Let me stay with the poor Invalid. I shall not wako him, I promise?and do yon rest Do, Engelonde! Do!" She hung about the lady with sweet insistence, her mood was changed, sudden anxiety sobered her manner. Lady Dunraven laid her slight hand on her daughter's Hps, with a faint smile. "Foolish child, what would the young man think to find such an attendant by his side?" "But he is fast asleep, mamma, I am quite sure of that," entreated Ulva; "I stood ever so long by the door watching him before I ventured in, and he never once moved. And, mamma, I watched you, too, and oh, how sorrowful you looked! Tell me why?" MDo notask, my Consolation1" faltered Lady Dunraven. "Be happy while yQU may!" What anguish thrilled beneath the low pathetic tones! Ulva looked at her wonderlngly. and then kissed her with passionate sympathy many times. "Afamma." whisnered she. holdfntr her off to gaze at her worn face with dark, frightened eyes; "Sweet Engelonde, I begin to think that you are always suffering pain or grief! You put on a cheerful manner whenever I am with you, but it is only for my sake; meanwhile your eyes are growing larger and brighter every day, and your beautiful face more worn and pale. And you call me your Consolation?your only one. Oh, my own kind mamma?is there no deliverance for you?" She spoke in an agitated murmur, growing pale from feeling, and tears standing in her eyes. But Lady Dunraven turned away with a movement of despair, concealing her too eloquent face. "Child!" said she, wildly ? "who has dared to open yonr eyes? Do not believe him?shut your ears from every treacherous whis per. Oh, child, be happy while you may!* It wa9 a cry from her very heart "No one has spoken one word to me, mamma," said Ulva; "who would?" Have we a traitor among us? Mamma, I am afraid!" She nestled more closely to Lady Dunraven, trembling and un-a strung. Already the shadow of the fu* ture was darkening over her, she felt the daunting influence of an unknown sorrow which was coming nearer her. WI am afraid," she whispered again; "I have been so happy here; I had forgotten that there is sin and sorrow in the world, you nave hidden your suffering so well that I, selfish and unthinking egotist, believed you as happy as you mad# me. ButM am awake at lasts you are pining away before my very eyes, and you will not let mo share your trouble. Oh, Engelonde, I am afraid for you!" Lady Dunmven's caressing hand suddenly closed upon Ulva's with a warning pressure. She had met the eyes of their stranger guest, fixed upon her with a strange and wandering look. t She hastened to the bedside and bent over him; hl9 eyes followed her with no change of expression; they were glittering, restless; his lips were moving ceaselessly in a whispered babble. Ulva, Btartled, gazed timidly over her shoulder at him. "Oolava! beautiful sea-princess!" muttered Edgar confusedly. "Why, how is this!" cried Lady Dun! raven in dismay, "he 1b in a high fever ?delirious!" Diva's dark eyes showered upon the sufferer a divine compassion. She went nearer, to brush back a curling lock from his burning forehead. Half conscious still, he could distinguish this reality in the midst of the Illusions which perplexed him, and he turned his glittering eyes upon her with a softly grateful look. -Ana sn? is mereimi as sna is brav#. this Oolava," muttered he dreamily? "but she cannot escape from her capce? she cannot escape?tlil a strong hand comes from afar, to open and set her free!" Pale as death, the ladies looked al each other. "What can he mean?" whispered Ulva. "Nothing, nothing but the ravings oi fever," faltered Lady Dunravon; but to herself she said: uIs this a prophecy? Is deliverance at hand?" CHAPTER Etl. "':x ~ You'd Hwear, As her delicate feet in the dance twinkle round, That her steps are of light and her home Is the air, And she only par comvlatiancc touches tht ground! "Alice, is that Lord Inchcape? See, your husband is going to meet him? there by the Drivate door." "Yes, it Is indeed that unfortunate man. We had not ventured to expect him, although wo always send him Invitations. Dear heaven! what a wreck of his former self! Laura, I can read in .his face that his heart is broken." The two ladles who exchanged these remarks were, Alice, the wife of Squire Crecy of SalJord, and ihe hostess of the occasion; and Laur* Dellamere, a, beautiful widow of 34. . . SV V : / . They were long-time intimates, and bad many chords of sympathy between them. "Five years since be left England, in the zenith ef a useful and able jrnblia life, with hi9 sweet young wife," continued Mrs. Crecy; "then came the mysterious calamity which has blighted him, and snatched nor irom ms siae. e>wees loyal soul I Ah, Laura, you and I Knew how truly she loved her lord." "Each heart knoweth Its own bitterness," answered Mrs. Dellamere, her proud face paling; "and If my lord had cause for?shame" (she whispered the word after a momentary struggle with herself), "ho has hidden It well." "He never had, through Engelonde, never, ncveri8 exclaimed AUce Crecy, with energyl "If the faintest shadow c?! blame ever fell upon her, it was through the wicked folly of that era* ven " "Hujh! Don't utter that name," interrupted Mrs. Dellamere, the blood mantling to her brow. "I know to whom you refer, though what your grounds for suspicion in that quarter are I cannot guess " Mrs. Creey was silent, her sweet face shadowed with the sadness of her thoughts, for her friend's challenge had thrown open a gate In the past, through which crowded reminiscences little suspected by the proud Lanra, and not for worlds would she have humiliated her bv betraying her knowledge of her sad [ 6ecret Mrs. Dellamere eyed her searchingly, and, perceiving that she did not Intend to speak, remarked: "I have noticed that your suspicions of the Colonel date from the day of hla departure from Salford. Is It not so?" "Perhaps It Is," faltered Mrs. Crecy; "at all event9 I am convinced that a great WTong was committed by that man, and that an Innocent lady was made to suffer the consequences." "Innocentl" repeated Laura Deliamore, In an indescribable tone. "Yes, innocent, white, flawless as truth Itself!" said Mrs. Creoy, firmly. "I would pledge my life upon that. But purely you are mad to breathe such a theme here, flush! Forget, it, dear; my Lord Inchcape comes." These two ladies were seated side by side In two great blue easy chairs, In the center of a brilliant company; the place wai the little gem theater in Dorimant, the Crecy residence, and the occasion was a grand entertainment given to the local gentry by the Squire and his wife, In honor of their only son's return home from the university for the last time. A fairy extravaganza was about to do performed by several of the youthful belle3 and beam of the neighborhood, and the goodly company were enjoying a light talk while waiting for the azure and silver act-drop curtain to rise upon fairy land. "Faithl I take this as very kind of you!" exclaimed the jolly Squire, who had bustled forward to meet Lord Inchcape, and he grasped the pale, sinewy hand his lordship offered with a warmth that might have crushed the flabby member of a fine gentleman. "I wanted U w your boy, Hal,* replied Inchcape, his dark unsmiling eyes softening a little as they met the simple delight expressed in the Squire's. "Nineteen now, isn't he? I've heard Edgar Arden speak about him?he likes him." "Auberon's his mother's boy. There ain't much of rough old Hal in him," said the father, proudly. "But come along, George; won't Alice be pleased?" ! - He led him down the aisle towards Mri. Crecy. a murmur of surprise and interest following them. The Earl of Inchcape was still in the prime of life; a noble martial carriage and the easy grace which is learned in courts, spoke of a time not far past i when be must have participated in an ; that was most stirring and glittering In j life; and yet, a9 be walked down the center of that gazing throng, he might have come from the antipodes so struck were they by his appearance in public, and so sternly unresponsive was he to | all their glances. But his proud mien altered when he , stood before Alice Crecy and Laura Del- | lamere?they were indissolubly linked with a time when his earthly felicity was at its zenith. These two fair women had been the favorite associates of his wife, Engelonde, his beautiful young wife whom the world had for five years deemed dead. The lady had been bis second wife, a fascinating American; and for one fair summer she bad ruled, a queen of society, in bis ancestral castle, and these two ladies bad been her chosen aids In the entertainment of her guests. So inseparable were they that a flatterer had poetically named them the Three Graces A phrase which must have recurred to the earl with poignant associations as he now stood in their presence for the.first time in five years, and looked from face to face, wistfully, as if be missed the third Grace from her place. But be pnt an iron constraint upon himself and greeted them with faultless formality. One would have supposed that the haughty earl had not one reminiscence in common with these once intimate companions of his adored wife; and the eager interest of the onlookers subsided as they saw there was to be no scene for their amusement "Your son is to remain at home with you for the future, I understand," said Tnrhcanfl tn hf? hfiQtPRS. Ad Involuntary smile Indicated the mother's pleasure in the subject chosen by his lordship. "That is his own election," said she, proudly, "and a very welcome on* to us, although we would not have exacted It as a duty, for Adberon possesses soma gifts beyond the requirements of a country gentleman." "Madam, your son is a genius, Edgar Arden says," remarked Inchcape, "a poet and a musician. He will lose nothing by a season's retirement in a happy home with a mother who comprehends him," and he pointed the compliment by a courtier bow. "The boy's no sighing milk-sop, either,* cried the jolly squire, chuckling. "I'll lay my head against a penny you'll find him as game a hunter as any humping turnip squire among us all." "His father's son could be nothinst less than a thoroughbred English gentleman," returned Loid Inchcape, with that softer look which he always gave to bluff Hal Crecy. "And what of your fair daughter, madame?" added he, addressing Mrs. Dellamere. "Is she not a grown-up young lady now?" I. 1 ??? an. ? Xi 13 J3 ucr ill 3 v yi OOfU to Utuu ?? -JV cicty," answered Mrs. Dellamere; "she is now seventeen and as tall as she means to be?which, however, is not up to my shoulder." "1 remember her a9 a little witch in phort frocks and long golden curls, tha Inseparable playmate oi Auberon Crecy^ ! eaid Ineheapo droamily. "They used to come to the Fo>se for Ulva; what a picture the little group made. We used to watch them from the windows." As he spoko ho turned his gloomy gaze upon the ground, and gnawed his lip3. In those days which ho had inadvertently recalled, his fair wife Engelonde was by his side when he watched the pretty trio. "Loveday affects to have outgrown her early sentiment for Auberon," said Mrs. Dellamere liehtly. "She will now crave a female companion of her own age, and I trust she will find one in your daughter when ?he returns to you. Is not her education nearly finished now, and may wo not soon look for her?" .. Mr% jDellamere was one of the most, graceful 01 society queisns, Boa possessed inflniio tact, and she would no more have prt Bumed to ask these questions than she wonld have thrust her hand into the fire, If she had known what a wound ehe was probinc. Lord Incheape's face hardened Into tone, and as she unwittingly caught his eye she met such a withering look of derision that she withdrew her own with precipitation, utterly abashed. "I fear Lacly Diva will not return to Balford for some tirnn," said my lord, coldly; then with a resolute change of subject he went on to fay: "Is that her grace the Duchess of Carisbrooke I see yonder? It is, Indeed and seemingly as vivacious as she wail eighty years go." He leaned against a column beside the ladies, und folding bis ?irms, relapsed Into silence, the Irlgid reserve of a misanthrope. Mrs. Crecy's hand st<*e toward Mrs. Dellamere's under their eashmeres, and pressed't meaningly. Perhaps, they Jcnew J?st a little mors thinks my intaitlons see clearer tban yonr experience." And her own (lark loveliness glowed more triumphantly as she spoke. than did" the world of the tragedy which bad spoiled the life of proud Inchcape. Meanwhile an adjacent group of ladles were discussing an absorbing theme. "Oh, I assure you it's quite a settled thlngl" | declared the aged Duchess of Carlsbrooke in her deepest tones. wMra Crecy and Mrs. De'lamere have been fast friends and allies over since Mrs. Deliamere came to Salford fifteen years ago, when she was newly emancipated from an old brute of a millionaire whom she had no business to marry." (What merciless calendars, old women are.) "Auberon Crecy and Loveday Deliamere have been playmates in their childhood, companion-spirits in their youth, and they will now be lovers, my word for It," and sho nodded her silver head. "I don't know that, your grace," objected Lady Merrion Bae, a Scotch belle of twenty; "Loveday Dellamere is as merry a9 a kitten, and Auberon Crecy is something between the poet and the prophet?where's the affinity? Besides, blonde doesn't magnetize blond* as a rale. Hal my Lady Carisbrooke. jneThe surrounding gossips exchanged laughinc an? significant vflances as they listened to bona* Merrion's defiant declaration; and her grace, an imperious autocrat regarding her own opinions, fastened her lnsterless old eyes upon th* charming rebel's blushing face as shi) retorted: "Nobody' on earth need taice the trouble to fall in love with Auberon Crecy. Loveday Dellamere was bora for him, and he for her. They will marry, and I shall live to see It" And Having so propnesiea, ?ac> oracie nodded her bead a dozen times, and turned toward the rising curtain. The scene was a bit of fairyland. A grassy ring silvered by moonlight lay In front; a mimic forest encircled it, and la the background rose the crystal outlines of a fairy palace. The act opened with the entrance of a traveler wrapped in his cloak, musing as he wandered among the trees with his eyes on the grounp and hl? thoughts far* away. The music expressed In long, wistful notes the sadness of his reverie, aitd the loneliness of his situation. Observing nothing, he advanced to the center of the fairy-ring, and was suddenly struck motionless, riveted by a ! spell to the magic spot upon which he had unconsciously intruded. A shower of sparkling notes indicated bis astonishment and alarm; he then resigned himself to the will of his invisible captors,'and doffing his plumed hat, reverently knelt in supplication for release. J This was Auberon Crecy. The youth was rapturously beautiful. 1 He was slight, straight and graceful as an elfin prince; he had romantic features and wavy, blonde hair; and his radiant expression endeared him to every feminine heart, while his well-knit figore and well-trained strength won him the masculine approbation. All his brief life he had been adored, &nd yet his wholesome nature was unBooiled. Beautiful, beloved, and glfte4 ?was it not a dazzling fortune! BE CONTlfTUEDj [ TEMPERANCE. "what! rob a rooB mas of nis beeh!* What! rob a poor man of his beer And give him flood victuals instead'4 l'our heart's very hard, sir, I fear. Do you think we can live upon bread? What! rob a poor man of his mug And Kive him a house of his own, With kitchen and parlor so snug! 'Tis enough to-draw tears from a stone. j What! rob a poor man of his ale | And prsvanc him irom beating his wife? From being iocked up in a jail j With penal employment for life"? I What! rob a poor man ot his stout And save up his cash inthe banks? In the end he would turn quito about And reward you. kind sir, with his thanks I ? J. Barleycorn, Jr., in National Advocate THE BEST THIBST QUKNCHEK. The famous English cricketer,Mr. J. E. K. Studd.whois atotal abstainer from principle, says with legard to quenching thirat that he has always found it best to drink as little as possible of anything, and recommends hot tea as the best for a strong thirst. Next to this lemonade Is his favorite beverage. BEINGS OUT DEFRAVITV. Years ago an aged and eminent man said: "If there is a partiole of depravity in a man's heart, a glass of brandy will And It out and stir it up." And that Is true of alcohol in every shape. From the time ol Noah till this day its effects have shown that it ha) an affinity for the worst part of our nature. Hence we cannot be too careful in guarding | young people against it. Strong drink In everywhere and always a poison. Let us flrmly resolve that we will have nothing to do with it. THE FIRST DBIHE. Charles Lamb, one of the brightest spirits over extinguished by drink, wrote mournfully, looking back upon his childhood: 'Could the youth to whom the flavor of tlio first glass was delicious look into my desolation, and be made to understand what u dreary thing it is when a man feels himself goincr down a precipice with open eyes and passive will; to see his destruction, and not nave the power of will to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way emanating irom aimseu ; to perceive nil goodness emptied out of him, and yet not be able to forget the time when it was otherwise, how be would avoid the lirst temptation to drink !" "TO THE THIR15 AND FOCBTH GENERATION.'" The sins of the fathers, in connection with liquor drinking. are visited on the children to the third and fourth generation to a greater extent than with most other sine. Recently, in England, about 50,000 children in conn-.ction with 104 schools were examined by competent physicians, and it is reported that more than thirty per cent, of them wore sufl'ering from physical or mental effects, attributed mainly to the drinking habits of their parents. If all the children of all the schools of the country were examined, and a truthful report furnished, what a terrible indictment it would make against a business sanctioned and protected by the laws of our Nation. Allthese thousands and thousands of children must go through life impaired, and in many instances ruined, not because of any fault of their own. Tne loss to the whole country because of such defective citizens is tremendous. And yet some will persist in claiming that if a man drinks it is "nobody'a business but his own." SEWmTFOB SENATOR. Nominated by New Jersey RepuDli* cahs In Cancus. A joint caucus of the Republican Senators and members of the House of the New JerB2j-{Leglslature after a two hours' session at Trenton placed General William J. Sewel^ in nomination for the United States Senate to succeed John R. McPberson. General Sewell's nomination was decided upon by a vote of flfty-six oat of eighty. The nomina WILLIAM J. BEWELI* tton la equivalent to election. His opponent, Franklin Murphy received twenty-four votes. General 8eweil was born in Ireland 1e( 1835. He served through the Civil War, and while in command of a company at CbanceH lorsvllle he captured eight colors. He wad wounded In the charge, and again atj Gettysburg. His promotion through every grade of the army was rapid. After his second wound he was placed on Governor Parker's staff, and made provisional command der of the State troops. In 1877 hq commanded the troops at Phillipsburg, and maintained order there while disorder reigned just across the river in Easton, Penn. He served in the State 8enate fo* nine years, representing Camden County. In 1881 he was elected United State! Senator. He was Chairman of the New Jersey delegation to the Republican Con? vention which nominated James G. Blaine for President. He is a close Iriend ol Preaident Harrison. HASTTTPP TTTT.T.S TTTMSTIT.P. Isaac F. Abbott, of Dover, N. H., Was Short Eighty Thousand. Isaao P. Abbott, the defaulting cashier of The Dover (N. H.) National Bank, shot and killed himself In his home jost before the 'arrival of United States Marshal Campbell, who had a warrant for his arrest. His .brother heard the shot and found him lying 'oni:he floor, with his face shattered and covered with blood. Life was extinct. During the morning Abbott had confessed to a reporter. He said he might have tided over the examination of the bank at this time and covered up his stealings for another year, but the amount of his embezzle, ment was getting so large that discovery could not long be delayed, and he decided to "face the muslo." He declared that he had arranged the look of the bank vault so that It could not be opened. He decided to call his children to him and inform them of , his disgrace before they could learn it from the newspapers. "I made up my mind to let them know what had happened." he said, "and then deicided whether I should go to the State's i prison or the cemetery." > Abbott had been cashier of the bank for I twenty years and was one of the most prom- 1 jinent residents of the city. Examiner Dorr i says the shortage will amount to more than I $80,000. The bank has suspended. LOST IN THE GALE, Wrecks Attended by Fatalities on Stormy Coasts. The schooner Justine foundered In Deception Bay, near Seattle,-Wash., In a fierce Kale. She and her entire crew, whl$h was said to nnmber fifteen men, went down. The barge Seth Low, after being wrecked once on the Florida reefs, repaired and turned Into a coal barge, and after drifting about in the ocean for days and being again; rescued, is nowatotal wreck. Two of those; who were on the barge when she went ashore off Fire Island, !Long Island, were' drowned. The British steamer Howan has foundered in the Bay of Biscay. One of her boats, containing six men alive and two dead, has been picked up. The other boat, which was launched with seven men, including the first ameer, nas oeen lost. The Italian bark Theresina, from Liverpool lor Trieste, has been wrecked near Strangford, England. The captain and several of the crew were rescued ; three others were drowned. DIPLOMATIC " RECEPTION'. Guests of the President Crowded the White House. The reoeption to the Diplomatic Corps,the first of the four evening receptions given by the President each year, wa? held as usual at the White House. The corridors and rooms were decorated with banks of exquisite? flowers, and trie Marine Band wa3 in attendance. Nearly all the members of the various embassies and legations were present in their official uniforms and wearing their orders and decorations. The members of the Cabinet, many Senators and Representatives, end a number of army and navy officers also attended. The crowd was dense and the rooms were so olosely packed with the officials and ladies in handsome evening costumes that movement was at times nearly impossible. The President and Mrs. Cleveland received their guests in the Blue Room. At 11 o'olook the reception broke up. I KILLED PREACHER AND WIFE Plucky Woman and Fighting Parson Overcome by Two Burglars. Rev. W. E. Henshaw, a youn~ Methodist minister living at Belleville, lad., an I hi9 wife were fatally assaulted by burglars at an ( early hour in the morning. The wife was awakened by the burglar?, who had entered through the kitchen. As they turned to leave Mra. Henshaw jumped out of bed and grappled with one of the | men. Mrs. Henshaw was dragged to the porch, where the burglar shot her through the head with a revolver, aud she fell fatally I wounded. The noise hai awakened Mr. | Henshaw, who jumped up and went for tho other thief. The thief was grabbed by Mr. I Henshaw just as he was going out of the | back door. The two men iougiit clear into the middle of the roawhere the burglar overpowered the preacher, andaftershootin him through | the hip. stabbed him no less than twenty timos with a dirk knife. TURNEY PETITIONS. Declaration That He Believes Himself to Be Tennessee's Governor. Governor Turney, of Tennessee, sent to the Senate and House at Nashville an address and petition in which he states that he claims to hare received the highest number of lepral votes cast at the November election for Governor, and that he was elected. He says he is informed that ori the face of the returns Evans has a plurality, and he is also informed that there were Rross Jrauiis perpetrated. He therefore asks the Legislature to take such steps as will permit biin to appear before them in Joint session to contest the returns. .. . v.',;- ALL FRANCE AST01D1 M. CASIMEEt-PERIER RESIGNS THE PRESIDENCY. His Action Causes Consternation In Paris?Ho Says He is Unable to Solve the New Problems Before. ITlm QIrnfnTi r\f tVi o QnnAAiflAi* nf the Martyred Car not. i Caslmir-Perler, President of the Frenoh Republic, has resigned office. ; During the evening before this movement | tie conferred at Paris with Jhe President of, the Senate, M. Challemel-Lacoar, and tnen summoned M. Guerin, Minister of Justice; M. Leyques, Minister of Public Instruction }| !-I. Poincarre, Minister of Finance, and the I'refect of the Seine. PBKSIDKNT CASrKIB-PEItlEB. There was no suspicion that the President contemplated resigning, and when the news -spr&id there was great excitement at the; clnbe and cafes and on the boulevards. j In an official note announcing his resignation President Casimir-Perier forecast the ideas he intended to develop in his [farewell address to the Chamber of Deputies. The not* said that In the eyed of the President the last Kitting of tbe Chamber and the vote whioh overthrew the Cabinet were only secondary incidents of the straggle which is proceeding against the parliamentary regime and public liberties. He bad hoped {that tbe President of the Bepublie, who is deprived of means of action, would have been exempted trom party attacks, and that the political confidence of the Republioans would have accorded him power and authority. He had also hoped that those who. despite himself, had placed him in a position; where he was unable to defend himself would ;have undertaken the defense of the First .Magistrate. . Continuing, the note said that the President had requested the Ministers lo temporarily withdraw their resignations in order to (facilitate the neoessary changes. ; Prime Minister Eupuy Imparted President Casimir-Perier's decision to the Presidents !of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, jwho will forthwith call urgency sittings of ithose bodies. Wuen M. Casimir-Perler bad his conference with Challemel-Lacour, President of !lhe Senate, be had already resolved to resign. M. Challemol-Lacour employed his 'Utmost eloquence in a vain endeavor to persuade the President to reconsider 'his decision, and quitted the Palace of the Elysee under a sense of Jdeep distress. All the members of the Cabinet, from Prime Minister JDupuy down, followed M. Chaliemel-Lacour and exhausted !every argument to Induce M. Caslmir-Perier not to resign. Prime Minister Dupuy again visited the Palace of the Elysee later In the evening and was closeted with the President for forty-live minutes, urging every, possible inducement and appealing to every' patriotic sentiment in order to get him to reconsider his determination. All was without avail. After him came M. Spuller, whose uloquence had overcome on a former occasion M. Casimir-Perier's scruples to accepting the position of Prime Minister. As MM. Dupuy and Spuller were leaving the Palace of the Elysee together they met in the corridor the President's mother, who Is eighty years old. They begged her to entreat her son to remain in office, and she promised that she would do her utmost. It Is stated that the interview between mother and son was very affecting. Nevertheless, at 9 o'clock M. CaslmirPerier sent a short letter to M. Dapuy, informing him that his decision was irrevocable, and begging him to notify the Presidents of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies and to announce the faot in the Journal OflUlal Article 7, of the Constitution, provides that in ease of a vaoation of the office of President, through death or any other came, |the National Assembly shall proceed forthwith to elect a new President. In the interval the Counoii ot Ministers is invested with executive power. The National Assembly being merely an electoral college, all discussion therein is prohibited. The Socialist group in the Chamber of Deputies issued a manifesto saying they did toot believe that Casimir-Perier would present himself for re-election. The manifesto jidded: "He is gone forever, vanquished by Socialism. He failed in the combat to obtain the victory expected of liim by the reactionaries on account fif his weakness of character. It is a victory or the Socialist party. 'Wishlnar to struggle against us he found only rotten Instruments, fie perished through the corruption of the regime of which he was^the chief. He was defeated by the intrigues of his President of Ihe Council.", Career of Casimir-Perier. I Tonn "Don 1 Piorro HualmIr-Pprfpr VAQ Horn fn Paris on November 8, 1847. He 1b the kon of Auguste Casimir-Perier, who was Minuter of the Interior in 1871, and grandson |)f M. Casimir-Perler, the leader of the Opposition on the accessioh of Loais Philippe, fcnd afterward Premier. i After a brilliant career as a student he ferved in the Mobiles during the FrancoGerman War, was mentioned for his gallantry in an order of the day, and received jhe cross of the Legion of Honor. : When his father joined the flrst Republican Cabinet 'of M Thiers he became ohef <1u i-abinet at the Ministrv of the Interior. In 1874 he entered Parliament as member for Norgent-sur-Selne. He distinguished himfeelf by the staunchness of his Republicanism, fnd in 1877 was one of the 563 Deputies who fefused a, vote of oonfldenoe to the Brogli Ministry.' (In 1878 he became Under-Secretary for ublic Instruction, and retained the post in wo Ministries. In 1888 he was appointed _ Jnder-Secretary for War. Having acted several times as Vice-President of thd Chamber, he was elected President at the; leginnini; of 1890. In December, 1893, he lecame Premier, supported by a very strong Jabinet. His tenure of office was marked j.y great firmness in dealing with the Anariiaists. . When tho assassination of the late President Carnot startled France and tho world it f^os felt tbut the situation called for a strong tnan of unusual firmness and energy, and all eyes were turned to Casimir-Perler. The election of the new President of the iFrench Republic was made, according to the [Constitution, by tho National Assembly at Versailles, on June 27 last, when M. Oasi imir-rerier was eieccou uu n mm uaim UJ 451 rotes out of a total or 853 recorded. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Excess of Exports During IS'J-i oi $152,294,824. During the twelve months ended December, 1894, the excess of exports ovar imports was $152,294,824, and the excess for the corresponding period of the preceding year was 3109,592,002. In December, 1894, the exports of gold exceeded the Imports by $9,412,427, and during the twelve months ended December, 1894, the excess of exports over imports was ?81,200,351. The excess of exports of f-i!ve: Uiver imports during the twelve months endled December, 1894, was $3J,510,194. J The number of immigrants arrived in the 'United States during the twelve months ended December 31, 1894. was 24S,983, mri dueling the corresponding psrio J ol the ptccec!" ink' year. 488,776. ,;:'V ' ; ' . 7-y. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, ; Eastern and Middle States. Theee dead?two men and a boy?was the. result of a man's kick in a tenement in New York City. They were Abraham Barsam, j twenty-two; Jos9ph Jacobson, twenty, and Jacob Rosenberg, the thlrtecn-year-old son j of their employer, with whom they lived, j The tube connecting the burner with the gas j stove became detached by an accidental kick. ] Elmeb Hoppiko, aged seventeen, and: Herman Warren, nged sixteen, two boy des- j peradoes, sons of prominent people, are. prisoners In Kearny (N. J.) lockup. During thd nocf thi>aa mAntha hAVfi BtOlCQ I $2009 worth of diamonds and jewelry,' sacked boathouses along the'Ice-bound Paspaic, and lived like princes on their ill-: gotten gains. Miss Mabt Vasdkebeck and Miss Clara Bugey. of Coytesville, N. J., both seventeen! years of age, since babyhood have been con-; stant companion". They died the same day| from attacks of pneumonia. .They lived at! Coytesville, and the residences of their par-! ents adjoined each other. Louis Gbess, a young truckman, mur-i dered his pretty young wife, Jennie, at their home in New York City. Immediately after-j ward he shot himself through the breast,' and died in a few moments. The only wlt-i neases of the tragedy were their two little; children, five and three yean old re-i epectively. / More than twenty buildings In Bradford,! Penn., were damaged or destroyed by fire.: People find in their nlghtclothes Into a blizzard, the thermometer being eight de-i' grees below zero. One hundr<jd firemen: were fro3t-blttenSouth and West. Thokab H. Both, Commissioner of Publiej Works, Is accrued of being an accomplice of! State Treasurer Taylor In defrauding Bouthf . Dakota. Colonel Corr, of the Ohio National Ghsard,i was indicted for having caused the shooting) nf rfntara of Washington Court HOUM. in September. ? Henbt Hab305, Attorney-General of Art* eonla, in a letter to Governor Hughes, ten, dering bis resignation, aocuuses the GcverI .nor of malfeasance. i ' Geoboe Matp and Baddy Wootten, two I yonng colored murderers, were hanged Ini ; the exeoutlon room of the County Jail at! I Chattanooga, Tenn. William Taylor, thet ! colored man who assassinated Squire David i G. Doty, was hanged at Richmond, Ky. South Dakota is unable to pay its debts owing to the defalcation of Treasurer Taylor. Thokas H. Caster was nominated tor United 8tates Senator by the Republican caucus of both houses of the Montana Legislature at Helena. i John Habbis and his wife, living in one of the famine-stricken districts of Nebraska, cut their throats in their despair, and when found a dead new-born babe lay by it* mother's side. ! Arrza being in session for nearly four hours the Bepublican caucus of North Carolina leg- 7; islators at Raleigh nominated J. C. Pritchard, of Madison County, for United States ', i Senator for the short term. , I Govebxob Mobbill and a full complement : of Bepublican officials were installed in Kansas. Governor Lewelling and Governor-elect >' ! Morrlli led the inaugural parade at Topefca. At noon the oath of office was aammw?reu and the Inaugural address delivered. i At a canons of the Democratio members . of the Texas Legislature at Austin, It was unanimously decided to vote for Horace ^hllton for Senator, and he will be elected without opposition. Mr. Chilton was born in Smith Connty, Texas, December 29, 1858. Washington. t j Secbetaei Cablisle sent to the Senate the draft of a bill amending the laws for prei I venting collisions at sea. Pbesidest Cleveland has signed the Pub! |llc Printing bill. | Thomas P. Smith, of Indian Territory, i i just nominated to be Assistant Commissioner i lot Indian Affairs to succeed General Frank i |C. Armstrong, has bad a long experlenco in ; the Indian service, though still a young ; man. I The resignation of General John C. Black . las Congressman-at-Large from Illinois was ! laid beiore the House. j : Mbs. Hassbbouoh, wife of Senator Hansj Ibrough, of North Dakota, died at Washingi Iton of acute pneumonia. x i The President nominated Thomas B. j jSmitb, of New York, to be Assistant ComImlssloner ol Indian Affairs, vice Prank C. i Armstrong, resigned. Foreign. ! The French steamship Anats foundered three miles off Cape Oaveau In a tornado. ; Thirteen persons were drowned. Many lives were lost In a blizzard in Europe, which seems to hare reached from ! Scotland to Italy. 1 ! ! Chancellob Hohe!7lohe, of Germany, i -visited Prince Bismarck at Frledrichsruh. i Tubkish troops returning from Armenia boast of the atrocities committed there, ami Say the massacres were ordered by the Sul|tan. * ; . - , The resignation of the Dupuy Ministry was sent to President Cassim r-Perrier after ja defeat in the French Chamber of Deputies. A tousg married woman named Moort (deliberately leit her house at Windsor Palls, Canada, with her baby tn her arms ana iwalked into tne Hirer St. Prnncis. Mother 'and child were immediately swept under tin Ice and drowned. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Queen Victoria has never entered a shop since the death of the Prince Consort. Samuel Mintubn Peck, the poet, cultivates one of the largest flower gardens in Alabama. jfBisjLiBCK wi.l be eighty years old on April 1, and Germany proposes to hold a grand ' oelebration that day. President Casimir-Perier has greatly pleased the French with his lavish bnt unostentatious hospitality. Henbi Houssate. the newest member of the French Academy, wrote his first book when he was nineteen. Colonel John H. Bass, the car wheel manufacturer, of Fort Wayne, is said to be the wealthiest man in Indiana. The Mikado has conferred npon the German Emperor the Order of the Imperial Chrysanthemum, Japan's principal decoration. Ex-Conobessman Mabtin I. Townsend, of Troy. N.Y.,who Is as old hs Gladstone,enjoys robust health and is still an eloquent and witty speaker. The Dowager Empress of Russia has no lortune, settlement or dowry rights, and it will be the duly of her son, the present Emperor, to provide forher. Mbs. Maby 7. Lathrop, who has just died in Michigan, was a born orator. She had the Are and flow of words of a Webster and a deep and powerful voice to match. The Frince Regent of Bavaria makes presents on his birthday, and on the last one he gave 100 bottles of diphtheria serum to the hospital for poor children at Munich. Pbince Thoon Kramon Thc, who is being educated in England, has been ohosen as heir to the throne of Siam in succession to Prince Maha Vajirunhis, who died January 4. Colonel John A. Cockerill is about leaving for Japan, not as a war correspondent, but under contract for a term of years as the resident correspondent of the New York Herald at Tokio. President Woodruff, of the Mormon Church, id eighty-eight years old, and in spite of the hardships of the early pioneer days he is as sturdy to-day as any well-pre served man of sixty. "J Ex-Mayor Richard Vacx, of Philadelphia, Is 6eventy-eight years old. He is still hale and hearty and the same picturesque figure that has attracted the attention of his fellow citizens for years past. Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister to the United States, has been made a member of the Queen's Privy Council, and will be entitled to precede his name with the words "Right Honorable." Claus Spbeckels, the California sugar king, lias created a stir in financial circles in Ban Francisco by drawl n? a check on the Nevada Bank for $1,500,090. He refused to , state what the check wis for.