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1- 1 s+i Y: ; x VO, XII.PICL EN S.C. flIII,S)AYAPRL, TIlE SICK MAN OF EUROPE. ALL EYES FASTENED ON GERMANY'S FEEBLE KAISElt. Talk of a Regeucy--Comitg Constitutlonal lieforms--lismarck's Place In the 1're8 once of Royalty. (London Lotter to the New York 'T'ines.) Despite all the oflicial disclaimors and the vague and misleading reports of favorable symptoms Kaiser Frederick is really growing; worse week by week. Almost the last words a Prussian official friend said to me on Thursday when I was leaving Berlin were: "Be prepared for a declaration of a regency an; day. The Kaiser will not much lon of be able to stand the strain of oven !;stoning to State papers and signing his name." Sure enough, within forty-eight hours ' ho announcement has conic. The im pe itl->eioriiogeates a sor4 of co-regon ey, enabling Prince William to act with - authority solely on such matters as are referred to him by his father, but there is reason to believe that another rescript :is already signed and in readiness for an 'emergency, devolving whole and full lpowors as regent on Prince William. It is fair to say that this action is a more valuable and trustworthy indica tion of the Kaiser's health than all that Dr. Mackenzie may whisper to the cor respondents to the contrary. A new Emperor who in unable even to receive the Presidents of the Chambers of the Prussian Diet when they bring an ad dress which is the most important that could possibly be presented is not a. patient with a mere local throat ailment from which ho is recovering. When I remember that last week ho gave au audience to a mere delegation of the municipality of Berlin, it is obvious that his refusal now to see a delegation from Parliament gives the lie to the assertion that his health is improving. More than this for the moment it is impossible to say. Probably next week, when, if the fine t ether continues, the question of his removal to Weisbaden or Pottsdamn will be settled, the public may learn something of the real facts of his condi tion. Hints about coming constitutional re forms throughout Germany continue in the air, but the prophecies are still with out tangible form. There is a good deal of disappointment in moderate Germin circles of Alsaco Lorraine at the tone.of the imperial proclamation to the people of these provinces. The Elascer Journal says, for examplo: "We must openly ad mit that our people had hoped to find in the proclamation some allusion to the tlevelopment which the Constitution world easily admit of or to the relaxa tiou.7hich might be made in the present jstetr, of government. 'I'his hope is not .fulfillw.L" Liberal papers in Berlin, di+e the National Ze" *g, also show ce:tiiu signs of me:' ,.ng their lirt exuherant confidence that great steps to ward'the .libc:lization of Prussia were impcmiug. Dr. Friedberg, the imperi al iniister of justice, is said to be hard at work nab:Lig.tchedulo of names to ho iucludei :u the awvesty granted to political oftaedors which is expected next week, but benosmdthiat .ppti ug definite is known. Prince Bihmarti's statu;. .uus r the new regime conti>ss to bo gen9a&ly discussed. There is ,come dtiugtr that people outside of Cer>x tny not familiar with the habits of thought and action in grained in the Prussian ,character will draw false conclusions from tho fact that there has been an evident d.ssire by the new Kaiser to honor a lot of peCople whom Iiismairck dilikes5. It is dilhicult for a foreigner to realize howaialh, from the stanidpoint of Prussian Court dii. -eip)line, IBimarek is as compeared with royalty itself. Americans probably hadti in their mlindi's eye before la-at week's funeral a kind of fancy picture of the old Kaiser in his collin, with the two great historic lieutenants, Ilismat:ck and Moltko, as the chief tigures on cit her sid1e. As anmatter oft fact, if they had attenlded the funeral, their laces would have been about half a mile 1behiund the hearse, fol lowinig in th.e humbi e I o ake of every peCtty descenidant. of ani obscu51re (4iermniu .P rince or other prieincI g who viw a .le to pay his fare to Berlin. When'u Y t.m *a the oflicial programmex t lie pha?i sisined to themi I said to a (Ger man o1t ain. '"This seems, from; mny pouit of whvc least, to be ao outratge. I wonder .ilboy don't resent it." Thle ollicial lookaa.atL me in smiling surprise. '"Oh, by no itwj.ns,"' hei answered, "'they are too good bj:nians not to kno11w ex actly where they' belong in the proces sjin, and woul Jever dream of desiring to lie somewhere elp." T1he samne yen tleeman told me an interesting anjecd ot.. of ain interview IBimarok had .w;ith Frederick .111. when he went downi to Leinsic on the iI Ith to meet the Sani Remno train andl retun with it to lierlin. The K(aiser- showed the Clhancellor a draft of his famous letter to tismnarck for approval before pulication. Bish marck readl and1 returnied it, suggestinig the altoration of a single word in the orjginal. The draft referred to him as the "'much-uherished follow-worker of the late Kaiser." Ilismarck suggested the word servant instead of fellow worker. F'rede-rick shook the Chiancel ior's hand warmly atndimade the altera tion. I relate this to indicate Bismnarck's conception of his position. Whatever he may think of the new policy, it wo(uld have to be a very grave and momentous thing indeed which would induce him te express dissent from the decisions and instructions of his imperial master. Even then it would be0 done with thet utmost caution and deference. As foi mutiny, that would be simpijly out of ti -question. A nother Acco,unt. BECRnIN, March '27.--I-t is expectet that the coroniatioin oif King Frederic] aind Queen Victoria of Prussia will tak< place at Konigsberg in ,June. The mass of cartilago just removet from the Emperor's larynx is believed t< indicate that nature it making a curative eflort entirely independent of the phtysi cians, which belief is strengthened hb the fact that a similar voluntary expul sion is unknown to the physicians 1 their experience in the treatment o cancerous diseases. The circumstancei also held to furnish incontrovertible evi daone of the correctness of Dr. Macken zie's persistet contention that the dis ease is not caneor. Empress Victoria, replying to ad dresses presented to her by soventeen associations of which she is a patroness, says her foremost and most sacred duty will be the care of her suffering husband. She is conscious of the .task dcvolving upon her as Queen and Empress, and will aocomplish it to the best of he ability. At the same time, she is re minded that she has other social duties. The moral and intellectual education of women, the sanitary condition of the laboring classos, and the improvement of the facilities by which women may earn a livelihood will be constantly before her. Th., noblest vocation of a princess, she says, is an untiring activity in the work of ameliorating the suffering of the poorer classes. Owing to the difli culty of her task she is doubtful whether she will succeed as well as her heart du sires. TiLE citnEl) 01F 1)E8'A11t. A i'lay Showing the Groat Growth of Anarchism. (From the Pittsburg Dispatch.) Nina Van Zandt is going on the stage, and is to devote her life to telling the story of her lover's fate. Four persons beside Miss Nina know of this plan. One of them is an Anarchist leader and another a nowspaper man. The news paper man is writing her play. le is a (ierman, imaginative, enthusiastic and red-headed. For two months the pro ject has been working, and the play is nearly jinished, only laldkng the polish which the friction -wheel of intelligent work alone can give. Miss Van Zandt is an enthusiast in the project. There is 4uo question that the young woman pos c.s considerable talent. She is stately, imltivated, pojished, self -pos sessed. MIcro than this, she is beautiful. Not pretty, not piqluantly winning, she is statuesquely beautiful. .Hcr features are finely moulded. Their east is noble. Her beauty is chabto and p.ure. ler neck is queenly: she wears ter beauty haughtily. He form is worthy of her face. Not tall, her fine proportione ant perfect symmetry, combined with a cer tain freedom and majesty of move;ment, make her presence striking, noble and always full of grace. But this is n>t all, or rather this is nothing, when compared with the power she possesses. Whatever may have been the ridiculous positions in which she has placed herself by her relations with August Spies, ridicule has never cracked his whip of wit at her no. laughed at her his covert surer. She has ennobled the situations in which she has been placed, and her tragic strength of mind has given dignity to what in another would have been silliness. Sbeb has in addition to all this a low, sweet and strong voice. Miss Van Zandt can be an actress, prob ably a great, suroly a arawing .,ne. lhit after all ''the play's. the thing.' Even a poor actor ctn do somethig with a good play, aud v,ithout it tlit best can do .but poorly. Miss Va: Zandt's play w tL good.qno qr a bad one; as ditlerent people may view it, but it is at least a strong one. Brietiy, tlo .pot of the play is this: A young, intelligent workmau, ?t peace with all the world, loved by hiF beautiful wife, happy in his home, though interested in the welfaro of hiF .gass, takes little note of the snprsecl opp.:ession of money, nor of the grow ing spirit of commuuiri that pours its wild argnr4":nts in his cars. One i?ay, however, he 'i.ars several cap)itahists, out of whom is his employer, discussinga plan to increase their pro!its anid feed their grteed by forming a combination. with the dleliberato purpose of forcing~ their employees out, reducing tInei wages to thd~ liwest poig. i, i by I> aid of huigos compolling their nubmnis sion. ,The man comes home burning wit\ idignation. H[is wife soothtes him with love andl word1s of 1hop) and faith. Ill times conme. Events crowd eari othier. Wages are redlucetd. Most o: the men strikeo. T1he rest are locked out. The main's thoughtc turn to those doc. trincs he formerly despised, but still his wife keeps him trueo. Evictions follow. The yoiung workmani and his beautiful young wife are turned into the street anda tGwiur Jurmturo seized. They are not1 abhlo to pay the rent. Enraged by the suld'orinigs of his wvife, the yonng marit adtopits Anarchism --the creed of desaiijr .11( joins his fellow-workmen. 110 be comies the.ir iender lie says: ''We wvil go to our masters .4d ask them to trea with us as men. fi they-refuse, we wil try something clie." T)heir emloyer refuse to arbitrate with them. Th'Iei: cold answer was: "Rotttt: ri to your tasks Wo will pay you what weu. -noose." The. the young leader says; "T'i y hatve de' stroyed our1 meanis of es istenice -oul labor. Let us destroy theirs--thiei piroperty." A raid is made on ai factry. It is tne by the police. Thoy fire into theocrowd The leadler falls. Then a fearful cryi heard, the beautiful young wife ruishe to the spot and throws herself on lhe humband's corpse. She is rudely dis turb ed by the police. She rises, an<i with her hands uplraied to heaven pi ay for vengeance. Sl'e applies to the aui thiorities to have the police who d tid lih shooting piunished. It is in vain; thi police are the authorities. Then for rt venigo she is dIriven into Anarchisn: She organizes an inacondiamry band. The app)ly the torch. Fearful destruictio einsues. Thelx polico are 0on their tratcl A traitor reveals their plaus antd thI leaders. The conspirators are arreste while planning further ruin. The woman is arraigned. (amly sl admits her guilt; bitterly she accus< the moneyed conspirators who cauise the wrong, triump)hantly she asserts h< victory in revenge. With terrible scor she denounces their bravery in huntin down a woman. She defies then Swiftly snatching a vial of poisou coi coailed in her hair, she drains it, an I falls a corpse at the affrighted feet< > ustico. 'This wvoman is Nina Van Zand > ['he character is wecll suited to her. Sl: -can 'well p)ortray the calm strength< wifely love and the fierce torrent of pai -sion roused to revenge. i There is place foi- soveraLfilno cliwma e i The eviction scene, the killing of ti s husband, the weita meeting of the coi Spirators, the awful death in the cour -all furnish grand and striking tableau The emotions range from quiet love t< intonsest hate, drest revenge, and, ii the closing scene, culminate in a stori of passion ending. in despair, lit prelud of death. A lai-go part of tho lines ar written, especially those that fall to tha part of the heroine, and to the con struction of these Miss Van Zandt ha given much personal attention. A fai sample of them are her words whon tois from the police. She turns on then with: Wolves. woul<l you renc lis flesli? lise, tur,lerous slaves! ii , my leal love! F'oul lcils, gaie o yor work I Dead! lead I lea,l! May that swo t. 1 blool Its in uenso seunl To 1ieav',t, andi cail clown the wratli of (lol l yotur ocursed ca~Ies. !1Iny (iru litirn yo1r liolites, want pincuh your limb atn(1 11uinger gnaw yotr hearts unt it lie gliils 111n1 wiII .vour deaths. Ooll.b oight cri tllfl ts , \t3' venteance w'ill plursiue you :till. IDiii v Courage froun your veius ntiu put fear there. ('uses up01 you! Ilell's toiuinents ;iuiz! Revenge. (eve'iga! Iltovenge! The last act is not completed, bu promises to be a strong one both in ac tion and languago. The play will b 1 inished in a short time, and will bo pu on the stage in September. Meauwhil Miss Van Zandt will work assiduousl in )reparing for the presentation. Mrs. Van Zandt, Nina's mother, wlhc asked about her daughter's phi n of goin on the stage, said: '"Who told you si was going on the stage? 1 do not favo it, and it is entirely Nina's plan." i ' said she could not talk about it, a nothing had yet been definitely settled She tacitly adlmit ted the fact, but rc fused to enter into details. "N ina," slh stud, ''las not yet completed her plans. '1'he beautiful Miss Nina hersiI, whei asked to toll the public about her plann replied: "I am not ready to talk to th public yet, for when I go uponi tlh stage, if ever 1 do, 1 fear they will ttin] . talk too much." WAG1ES W0l{l:I T'L'AN SL,AVl:itl'. l:ugllnh WVorkcwomen Whlo T(1Iiht 1:nsy th Iliacki Sliaves of tlhe Sotian. ( London atur :ay L:'View ) The English drudge rises early an goes to bed Into, woiking eight or twelv hours a day, either in her miserable gar ret or in a huge manufacttrinlg hive Pinched with hunger and 'old, worn ou with labor, exposed to temptation ans digradation, her joyl.:ss lifti strctelle Lohind her and before he,, with nl pleasures to look back upon, no hope I look forward to. The wages she earns those wages which proudly separate he from the slave, are barely sullicient t keep body and soul together, till at lns the body gives way or the soul revolts '1'hen comes the inevitable end, and verdict of "Death from starvation" o "Found drowned" eloses the scene. The 5oudani girl is taken from he parental but of sticks and iiid and sol to a respectable family or perhaps a ver rich one. In the lirst case, she wi probably be:one; in the second, shl will lind others hke herself. She repri tents so muchi capital invested, and i looked after with e'quivat')i CIrO. St is a st-rvant whuse wages have leen pai twenty years in advance. It is true the have not been paid 1') her, but that is al the better for the gir!. t7hte is wei olused and well fed, and v.ants fti u.:ing. She is itumediately 1rovides with d'ceut cloth le and set to hotls( work. i;h bar ebhargo of t he famil wasishig and cleaning, and of tho kite en, and gc:mraIy fulfills those itt ic nutch better Lhan aI nativo paid servan would do. She is nder no special rt straint, aceompanies her mistress shot ping or does the markctinc; herself, an gossip8 her fil with tha 1umiglihors as sl hangs oul the linen on the house to) o sweeps thc r,i.t door step. ] letr work i. .yno ma,n, . h.: d, an aifter the fashion of Egypit, wliee ve .aii .is a brother andf m;eriy womiti siter, ihe is looked upon by the lamil qjuito a.s one ot thiemnselves. Speakiin fromn personlad observation, we nity aIh ri t:hat the black womieni are almost, ir variably treatetd with the utmostIM kind ness5 and indulgence, anld lire ofte) t3roiled like chtildren by thle too grer goo0d nature o;f their matste'rs ori 1111 tresses. They constitute at vOlry nierr~ happy portion of the populatioin, anid: is seldom one can fintd a bldack girl wiLl out an infectious Ibroad rin on heir po0 istlied ftace. I io11110 ilnses to ina;rry, r shte o)fteni dlo&, with her o1wtnei's cot sient, slhe receives a, doi wer, an td goes1 fort a "'free'' woman ~in thle letter, thoug oifteni, as slhe finzds to her eos ~, a greati bond te slave ini thle spiit tan iniL t da of her ser vituide. A Nr ier View (of. thel I) ,cutie n 1 Te ew York 'Triblune, referr ing the (ol1r <ptest(51ion ini the chuiirchies, lu this to say ini regard to the ruimissiont< colored clergy to thle South Cairoi IDiocesan Contvont i ol: 'At the eoming Easter vestry eltectiot r 10 th itqustiont of dtlt in g cotiledIt clie;i dlelegaltes to 11h( Convent ion will be il paramuniit issue, an td it is Ii kety t in vestrits oppose5d to thins will bie genteralt *elected. T'hatt will meiani the cotini iti( ance o the selhismi, with the I %hopl at 9' miost of the 1 clergy oni one sidle andl tI -suilt of thiis will be, as tile Bishtiip sa't vacaniit rectoiesC, (closed chuiirches to Igood resuilt. it will compelt. the no 0G eneral Coniventioni of tIhe Ep)iscoph Church, which meets int thiis city ne 'year, fairly and squallr(ly to aniswer t] ' qtuestioni whether clerg,ymen aitd laymt 9 of that church in good stanin itg cai dep)rived of their conistitutional right u becatse of then aceidenit ofi color, in tany d its dioceses. Thatt it will answer t1I qulestioni ini the negattivo maty h3( fair o inferred from its Itistory tand ti adit.ior "' I it fails to do so, it wtll encoiurage or Sor denominations to take thei sat r stand, and t here will thenh be1 nthli] a loft for thetoloredlitC( race buIt to w,ithtdrt g from the existing chiurohies andl orgini churches of their own, in which it in bo0 hioped' ai mlo comphrehiensivo ai Chiristain conepLioni (of church membt Ch(larlus Stssiltt,s jewelry shoip, in liairtnw andt 'arried away a doz~en walcheiIs, - whichi foulr wvere gi; loss, $500. Ti' 1o of the gld wiatches were engtraiveil wi 1- the ow ners' names, (I. D)uta Htehlng< t anl "Tr .T. Simotna." A tllriat,.h .. TE GIRASSES OF SOU Il UAROLINA. 1 An IntoreMting Article front a LrarnedI Writer. (From the Monthly fteport or I to Dopatrt ient of Agriculture ) In 1885, Dr. henry W. Ravenol, the eminent botanist, who was at that time the Botanist of the State Department of Agriculture, prepared an exhaustive ar tielo for the Depar tment on the Agricul tural:grasses of this State. lie divided them into the Native or Wild Grasses and the Cultivated Grosses. We begin in thin report the publications of that article, taking first the native grasses. Three of these varietien are described herowith. The plblication of the irti ole will be continued in future Ieports, until the despriptions of all have bccn published. In treating of agricultural grassef+, viz., those which are valuablo to the farmor either for paturage or hay, the first obvious division ir, between those w Iicl spring up spo'1tateously and those which it is neeea:ary to cultivate. '11w forier include those which are nat t tive or naturalized, and which mature d a(d sow their own seeds anid take care of themselves. These are found in all natural pastures, iii open swamp lauds, 1 tilonig roadsides tid in the woods, antid, as in the case of crab and crow-foot gai(es, those which spring up of their r own arcorii in cultivatcd 1elds. ''hte u latter inct Ia to aiil others whicl r<p iire lanhting and cultivation, and which may I I citlter auiiiials or perenaia!s. WI CI, tn NATIV i( titAil: , The ortdinar y pastur1 gra1iSSe s-- th uo 1 which are native, or if introdatcl, have , bcome 10) thirouighly natturalizedt as t. D be able to take care of thmselvcs, ti ill D be treated of first. ( Most of these are ''wild glasses" so calletl---grasses which are g;eneraally spread through our State, and heil) to nake up the ordinary pasture laud. They vary in di terent localities, accord " ig to the region of country in which they are fount, and to the composition whetlher dry or damp, clay or sandy. 1 ( cneralyiv there is a nixtart of m11tay species in every natural .oture, soile - preferred by auainuSis for cropping, al - others again, when 1e t. iindistubetd, be),t. t for curing into hay. For mn)uly of these 1 wild Past ure no local or eonlaton 1 names S are known, and so only the botainical names are given. SMOl'IOTI PASl'ALUM. The genus P'aspalurm comprises a large number of spcecies, mostly confined to t the South. They are ntearly all pt"ren 1. il ooted, and are commonly foand in a all nat itral soil. Prof. Pharse of the r Agricultural and Mechanical College at Mississippi, who sCents to have made a r special study of our Southern grasses, 11 says. y "They are all suceuleut, tender, nu11 I tritious, hardy, thrifty, and rclibhod by o1 all grass-eating animals. They fill the soil with a maitting of roots, and cover the siiu falet denlscly with luxurianat foliage e from e:a-ly spring till antunma frosts."' 1 The Smooth 'aspalumt is a tall grow y g species from three to four feet high. it. has b1een1 found to make a very good 1 hoy, Its Prof. 1'larn-e satys lhe hais a neigha r hor who has It en feeding this grass f.'r 1 twenty-fiv . ears anid for mnany years hiats iad at tucalow tf it, f' 'm whilch without y e Ven tavitag seeded he annually malows abot two tonts of huy par ert. S\V.I M' .t11 t1t (7aItiSs. t: 'Thtis species is very common in the tide swaaps of ito low country, a great 1 pest to the rice planters, and is known ca joint grass. It, however, grows freely e itt the u)p1 an1td middle parts of the State, preferring riclh, damtp soils. It un la erya nuich th lahIabit of Bermuaa y gt 's', wiath Icreep itng rooat sta eks wihieb bra ow ot roots beloaw at taa'lh joint aitta y1 : ar aofc leavtes abto. It. is rathler' a a tol I 14 las h igh, hIt''t! thea aot retn miait Lathd over the s3r.t:.ce ara1 it f'urnishtes a -adensc on1a lutxurianat I o!i:ige. Goa.od faor a pals trage, butt syearcely Iaig. tenough for t hay. -JDr Vaassey, of thte Depanrment at Ag -, ricutltue it Washlaintgftn, ttin "Agri - t cualtur al (Grasts taf the. Uniated Stattes, - S 1I," adlindaes It the prtniaa tal-roated , tevergr(een 5peies~iC of pnjaan, bthi oaf sa crtepting tad low hmth at lately b rmuighat a mttto parominaent,1 no tic in~ t Iexa asi giavinag h gra t t oi:e of t'Iu laeins (fne tat ht thee ( Patpalumta remtaumtt was stent to r th lht' t~artmtaai lay II. I . .1 ichtard, tof 1 ran(Grangae, Tlexas, whoa states that it roots at tvery joitt atad setnds atp sht.t: like a a lay ered grapeaavine, in th at tit re tinaas greent till winlter, otita it is taltmost iniapossibtlet t o altsfaoy ii. \A noather Spt'ei I Pasp.luam phdayaulejha, htavinag thec stutut cr'eepiang. habtit, las bena tabservedt ian sever aad Soth~ itwestertn Slt ae. IL is a ~ass a of owter grtowth andt smialler sizea thiant te prtcedingf.. ~alra. lienjuint rtlodnlatx, tat laoutiFiion, s,ays'of at: "K'Timt fthe modo tof grouwthais fist to thae grountdat, stakin.atg roott att everty jitf, and a sp remiin in every directiona. It alietutoally ail atont oeveray otter gua acri at' d 'Oas 'iit forms 3 thais gra'' very% coamontl tat thea pasturet' s atrotuitata ostontt, TI e at in is0 amta S.ahl-o taong the rtailrada frota New ( f.. at, leants to ;aratsha r, itt Lou aisitanat. IBoth aI tese graiset aret't wtell woarth a trial in t,tour Statc fora. paetrmattent wintr patstatr S Thge gnslaimu nan h >d largent ntunhar taf pectites of all thte gramesi. Maniy of thtem are very v'alut tta alte, Ipaarticul arly 1those of laartge grtowth1 , wh vlich tire fountd in low grotundsl. 5, lThis gr'ass is so commlaont attal so wetll s i knowan, bothI ftar Ipastturage tatnd Itay, I that is lhttle nteed lbo said of it. It is so ttniver Iy satlly' di flusetd Ithrougha the Sothent is. Sttes, thtat atlilit naecessaary La) secure a t h- gooda co'p is tto have thte lantd ain pIropert 10 on~aditijotn in the spr'ing or early sumtt tg mteI, free of weedls tat and o uliiet XV fertility. A b ounati ful ntataur td,aoes thea ze. rest. lThere are several species of tall to gr'owing P'aani(ctums, nativtes of oatr Statte, tal alh g.eneaatilly founda itt rich low~ groatndsi, ir- whieba tire vatIaibt midjunctfs tot a goodut pastutre, andtttmany oft thtemi ake a gooda ay. [r. On)a the propos(a! oaf the I"''eh Miit ata It, oft Wartt, -Prtsidet Carnott, aaelig tan tht taf uanttittnat advileo tat Ihe oilleers who( cont Vt) dtedttt thea ot-nurt.ttial, bas sigane I taldt tha- t:a' phi:cing ( ena. bUattlanger' aon thet ratirtad r'r Its?tf thte armny. The a brpaaaail had1 pravI ' a tusl y baeen ctntsidheredt b y Ite icuattciltal Mintt Lets. SENECA'S RIO $ENSATION. A Georgia View of a Recent Carolln Sensation. (From the Macon, Ca., Telegraph.) And: Gallagher, of the Missouri Paefic and P. A. Williams, of the Memphis .' Little hock, who have just returned t< Atlanta from a prospecting tour in Nortl Carolina, toll of a thrilling accident th . happened a day or two ago at Senec City, on the Atlanta & Charlotto Ai Line. It seems that a short distance abov< Seneca City a Texas horse drover board od the train and wishing to make him self as comfortable as possible, turnec over one of the seats in the i'rst-clar coach and stretched himself out at ful length. After he had ridden a few mile in this position of comfort and ease, , train hand entercd the coach and walk ing up to the Texan infermed him tha the rules of the company would not allot th, seats to be turned. The Texan rc fused to stir, and when the train han placcd his hand on the seat for the pu pose of turning it, the stock dealer fror th~ Lone Star State drew a large 4f calibre pistol and pointing it at the hen of the disturber of his comfort, said: ''.f you don't go oil and leave in alone, I will blow a hole through y0 hig enough to drive a yoke of steei thirougl'.'' The train hand, not desiring to have ttunnel cut through his body with col iead, withidrow atcl reported the matt, to ti he cond ictor. This otlicial the cafled uip0n the Texan, and aft.r inforn ing him of the rulers of the road wit ref eromee to turning the seats, told hhi that he would have to occupy less spat 'IThis mild invitation to get up an<, aib the seat to be placed in its proper po, tion, did not have the desired eIuect. ( the contrary, it seemed to make t; owner of the six shooter indignant at ii being left rlone. After he had heard tl conductor through the Texan, in an e cited manner, jumped up and aga dratwing his life exterminator, threatenl to blow a hole through the conductor. 'I want you to understand that .1 a froi 'xas,' said he to the knight tie hell cord, "and it you don't let i ahmne I w ili shoot the lights out. of y, and leave you here as a imounuuent the occasiOU." The conductor withdrew to a coach front, where Andy Gallagher was seat and knowing that the popular rcpres" ativo of the Missouri Pacific was an conductor, asked his advice as to wi was best to be done under the cireu stances. "Well, all the advice I have to offet aid Gallagher, as he passed a religio . periodical to his friend Peg Willianis who sat besido him, ''is to say you knot the rules of the road, and if I was ii your placo I would enforce them if I ha to call to my assistance every ollicial ii the State of South Carolina.'' At this juncture the train reache< Seneca City, where it made a stop o considerable length, much longer thai the schedule allows. Mr. (lallagher wishing to know whia was going on in the rear, called 1upo his friend Williams and 'ho two droppe< hack t.o the coach in which t!te 'Texu was ci. ioying his ease. A.hy entercd the car, the 'T'ext .ro'er looked up and asked: "WIat do you reckon tiny are stop l,ing here in this wilderness so long for "I don't know," said dallaugher, "t I hear that the conductor lts had a fus vitl a passenger about turning the sea and iniegine that the conductor has goni to get the marshal of the town to hell him enforce the rules of the road." "'Well, I reckon I am the passenger h< had the fuss with, and it will take hin and a dozen mai'ashals with six-shooter to get away with me.'' "'Well, my friend,'' retorted ( lallagher' ''yen and I are both passengerr, and if was yeu I would conform to the rule; an'd net have any troulel.' I efore tie Texan could make a rell a dotzenb citl-zens entered the coach, somi by thle fronit (loor' andi others by the rear T1hey walked down the car until the mat who wats responsible for all thie troubli w as reached. In another moment a hal do zen pistols weie flashed in the taco o lhe 'Texas drover; around his hlad was lierlect net-work of 1,istols, while abo vi it wa s ia ennopy of Ii rearms. 'The 'Texai di I ntot flinch at the six-shooters, anm thr'ew his liaiud behin<d for his trusty ix shot r. Thc p>s~so of citizens the juped on hint and boroc him to Ih< iloor llis pistol wais taikent from and hi was thustled out of the ears. "When thle trin puIled out (if Senete .'it it," tay (i lagher, ' the Te'xan wa ying at full lengt,h on thue laltorm wvit aI litdi doen citizens stradd(linig himt. Iow ai i (uii osity to knmow whaut lbce:amo c the I Texn, but mit enough to go hael to t ec cee. I never saw so many pin lolu in then air att one time in imy lift I 'tg William is says t here was a t wo-lbors wn:' n litad, lbut I dloii't think there wai mor I tan a one-horso wagoni eoulI tell y our inudo readehrs thait 63I will buy un-, i-r mog aund servieauble paiirc paitS, miadeto or eder by the N. Y. Slt <ir d P ants CoX., of (it University Plac<~ INe~w Yor-k city? .1 y sending ii eentsi ;oi'go stam ps to to, above firm, the will send to itny address 25 samples< e'lotht to choosoe5 from, a tine' linen tat miesure, at full set of scentific measur< tmenit blaniksu aiid other valuabule informi lion.- All gooids atre delivered by thei tIhrough the U. S. Mails. A niovel iai practe icl da. Adviso your readlers I t ry Itho firmt. T'hey ar-e th orouigthly r I iable. Yours'f truly XVisu iifA'i \oAn i 11 i. We are pireparedI to ut 11 P'ianos4 an Organs (of thle boat make ait factot prici s fo r (Cash ort easy Instahnent, Piantos fromi $210) up; Organs from $i vpT e rdict of the peop)lo is thi liey ecari satve the fr iglit and twenty-fib per cent. by buying oif us. Inastroinieni deliveredl to any d1epot oin fIfteen dlay trial. We paty freight both ways if in< sat isfacttory. Order iand test in yor own hoimes. Respectfully, N. W. 'TRUM P, * Columbia, 5. 0. A tre yr'sterd ay mern inmg de'troyedI fr:ate buibling att the (corner-o 9th auindn street-t, WVashlinion,et iciupliedi by3 a fmil niatmd Du)ffl', (consiMiting oif thne fathle moerii andt lve chiildren. Tl wo smaull ci dIren were badlIy burnied,~ and one boyi3, ag, sIr, dliedriC Lii injurieo. A MILLIONAIlm'S STAlRT. e ti SENATOlR STANFO+C()l> IiENT! WE'1ST 1 Y A (:I1iCA() MAN. th hi > Fromn a r lii 2I 1 .awye,r in a Wi --.'. .j, 1H1 A 4a1 fisl 'h 1 cc tlli .lf 11] 1V il( e3(l t rol th h 110 at Vlc en ti to of tit di i j (1 (tEl Ti iz to al de (if ivi ol i ii (' N t( II il riiIlh f 2 ir~ i22A I~ .. , r 'liI t e Hr rnIu11nbur ofi early na "muen aor'ecalI tll( y.ing lawyer' aarrival. iI was 1 sto t Iu11iIt, (ark Com1lexine)ULd youing Inla,M 22 or 21 vears oh, with thick hpl H and an illiplodilent in hlis speech that nlu do hi11 ii ' i appear at-had advant.uge in ,ocial gatth- vi f ering5 ani tended to make himl bashful and retiring. $1 Staultoni secured loarid at the 1'ow t e1r' IIouse -a two story frame hotel oaned i y I1. (). Stone, of Chicago, and nr 1 mlanalged oy the late' .1ludge O'Conner. ie lot k< d the town over, liked tho loea tion :In( its lrosjpects, atn(d decided to S11 settk ie re. A roomn1 wats rentd1 on the ti seconid Il or of a IrIfllrm htore luiiding i a 21n I risl 2s a aw ill a litWolie. 'ie apart- w meat wa:s - mall Mx 12- -andl plaO1nly 1tr- ft!1 t nithe(d, ti,e frnitiure conslistinlg of a ji rough, unpa)uinted table, three chairs andl a book CaseO. A sbingle was hung out th 1ndul Leland waited for a client. Whether Tl or not the client eVer camln history ioes y' not relate, but true it is the court records of Wash county h earu no evidence that (a Lelunl Stanlford 11ad at CIse 11 the calen-l (dar during the thico years ho was a Hw mlemb1er of t his bar. 1In fact, busllinlessH wa's so poollr t hat Stanford secured anx [ appaoinltmilent as. noetary puIbli(3 inl or(der to mI itiler('ase hlii i lilOIe by tlie fees~itCL accruig as8 from thei. (oilee. Toi)-lay there1\ is ;uan1v 11(2deed211( and ortgago on1 ille bearing th'o 1l sigature: "'Leland StLmnford, Notairy wI .Iub1lie."' 12n the fall of 181S Stanford retulrnied to Allbanly to be niarried. Chiarles Miller, 1)1 t prom1ii a itci tizeni (of Wesit Ih n.ld, iin fo the ai djo liig countyI), d!eclares' with cion- lh mlonley tol pay' thr expenses (of thatd wedi- iii ding i(n12 brhi'il tourll. Thie faet wasM, si<( I i'2lan S"tanf.ordt lui foutui his lanh,2I LII fu ini 1 keep'~ing thie w.1. fromi thel dor,21 and1( hiad bieii unabl * to 2 ave muclh froml 80 h is 81mal1l inicom~e; but hei wo,uld not, diii- pl a lppoinit hi.. ba'roted by a.hing her tol re po Ili ne ihe wedidh ig, an1d plaickily took1 a1 friiel iio12 i~ conidenadLi122. biorrowved ci t money~ to earry imi throughi. pl1 housekeieplo in 1g. All thi uur woI 211ly goodis were '13coniltained(1 iin onet trunk~ of very pl1 idato' i -. 2and2 t!n-v foundi( lio dlililin- <h ty inl g'thig 2v<r2ytliing i1to thet (on1 in (I s122a11 roJul22n ite Iowaer' Iloube82, 02.112- wV 8 1 22 )''I 21. aIIr r11lII.iienit was oi1l tlthi s2cond~2 timor, diirectly3'over' the( b2.ir' li thait passed( through2i. I the (dbainbe ~2r from it) c thei (illier1. Thie 30our-g couple 1 were ver'y rt a happIIIy 12er1 for 22 eiveral muonthi; thiey afl f werel'2 welconied2; n12 soc2ie2.ty3 -suc2.2 1as ther' 2(2 wats, 2and2 it1 issa id th huei iis woroI' dra'2wn ', very closely1 atiltendiedl thite11 dacing par a~ ties given in1 "'t.ho section," its tihe long, y low hll in tine garret (of the hotel was8 LI f te1rmed:t and1 became a1 part of the life of III *o the little1 villaige. At last, however, Mrs. 10 y- Stanford bcamelOl tired of being coninIu n~ enItetin in returnI andi sighed for' a ti hiome of her own.1. It wa'is dlec1ided to i, o2. betgini hlousekeelpinlg, and1(1a story and1( a ilhalf brick cottalge was1 routedi. Fu'lrni tulro camet fromn the East -a gift of Mrts. (i' Sw&nford's fatlher, ats an enviouls and2( gos sip'ing nleigIhbor oncC said( -2and( thle . young 1)eop1)1 mo1vedt iunto their pilain but2 a1 p)retty home21. The( 1202181 st(ood. 012 the d banik of a brook, so cl10s2 to the water p. y thatL one( daly du iring a1 spring freshoet the (I 4- water rose and2( carriedi iL out into% L ake S *IMichigan, toge1ther with Its contenlts. 211 Ft or a1 LimIe Stanford seemied to prospeor I 0inl a small waty, but a year aIfter is malr rialge damell fortune's smile tuIrnled to) a fr frown. ilusinless fell oIl' to notliini, and( (I rthe younIg lawyer's 1IIinom stA)pped. IThen Mirs. Stanford thought it adIvsale O; to return to the home of her palrents S unltil things plickedi up . A firo camne and( b 5weptl) awaty Stanlford1's oflico, ds'troyinig 22 his library and Ilavinig himt with 12o way ('. toIA continulo his basinoss. About tis p~ tiane a poiiticaml camipaign was at hand C< r, and1( thO lnminationl to the ollico oif 12 Sprosenting aittorney for thle louInty was p (1 tendered him, iIe aicepted it and when1 hi -the votes were counted fonnd ho was owed under. )isgusted, disheartened d poor, Stanford accepted an invita >n of his brother, who had gone to tlifornia and emigrated to the PaciQo >ast. It is interesting to know that o man who defeated Stanford and sent m to Friseo and wealth, is employed a copyist in a Milwaukeo law office. nee his departure Mr. Stanford has t sot foot in Port Washington. ELEIIANT'K FOOT IN AFRICA. I,lNIa Wieh KCnucki Out Anything at Uelllnonico's. ipoaking of elephant's foot takes us turally to the Kaflirs, where this dish the crowning triumph of their bill of u. Night is the time generally se ted by the Kallr for the enjoyment of ps prime luxury. Other portions of L elephant are eaten with great gusto, t the feet are esteemed the delicacies the feast. A hole is dug in the ground d a fire made on the bottom. It is owed to burn down to a heap of coals, uieh are scraped cut by the cooks. lien this oven has been freed of em rs, the foot is rolled into it and cover with twigs, and green leaves. After is the hot embers are replaced and a Fring fire started over the heap. In is manner the foot is baked, and when u tire has burned low the contents of u oven are lifted cut by several men d the feast opens. Travelers who ve feasted with the Katlirs on occa m's of this k nl have paid glowing mpliments to their cookery. The na 'es are said to love elophant foot next the marrow taken from the leg bones the girafle or eland, but the prepara in of this food doos not afford the en v ment which is associated with the , we have described. The Kal s are fond of locusts also. rey eat them whole, just as more civil al PeOple devour shrimps. They have, u, a certain fondnesa for lion's flesh, out the toughest dish aq,y one can sit wn to. The late Glordo'i-Cuuming, io was familiar with the secrete-of the , illir kitchen, i.ed to say that "a very eod idea of the meat which is usually tained in Kafiirluiuui may be gained by king the very worst part of the tough possible beel, multiplying the tough 1 by ton and substracting the gravy,." Notes A,ut. nil t I'Inyers. Johnny Ward of the New Yorks is pping in Philadelphia. Big Chief Roseman is still unsigne<l. [f is practicing pitching. J iimy Fogarty, the Philadelphia's ;ht fielder, is stilh in California. The Sporting Times prints a plot9 aph of the Now York's insoo. Pitcher Ialdwin of the Det"rgits antj anager Watkins have agreed on salary. Pete Browning and young Chamber n have refuEed to sign with the Iouia lie club. It will cost the American Association 8,Otl this year for umpires anl prizes, All the members of the St. Browns ara w hard at work getting themselyes il i. .Jim O'Rourke and Buck Ewing ty-q tisfied to play almost any position on o team except third base. -, The Brooklyn playe.s' now uniforms U1 be padled heavily, so as to enable eni to steal bases without being in old. 'rident Young has at last selected e men who will umpire the games. ioy are Lynch, )ecker, Daniels and dentine. Al Spaulding, the president of the ncago club, is making preparations to id two base ball teams to Australia xt fall. The Brooklyn's spare material are still .bigned, andl it looks as if none of the meintion clubs want any of the players. Otterso>n, the young short stop, who iyed with the BrookIln last season uilo Smith was sick, will captain the heeling club. Bushong, now of tihe Brooklyn club, Lyvd with the WYorcster tean in 1879 r X80 a month. H in-salary ilow is over 0 tumes tha4t amount. Morrill of the Boston club will hate mnty of work to do this season. Bc les playing first base he will manage [o chiib, andl als) capitain thie nine. T1hae Athletic club's new players, Gflea ii and Wolch, have reached .Philadol mia, aul rep)orted at the rink where the 4 of the plfayers are .practicing. P residlent N imick of the Pittsburg ib, is bep inning to he dlislikod by his iyers. (Galvin and Miller are angry at m b eauso hoe stated that they wore a rd-rate battery. Ed1 And rews has1 arrived iln Philadol ia, and( was met at the depot by Presi nt lheachi. TLhe latter stated Andrews dno ill-feoling again-t the clibi and( us willing to sign a contract. Thle catso of P'itceri Clairksoni is one at cannot 1)0 arranged in short ordetr. tm Chicago club will 1h01( on to him as rig as there is a ghost of a chance of tam fing him, and will only lot him go ter every attempt to 1hold himii h is iled. Tall St ories, but Trute. A gas well was struck at Zenia, In 1., e other day which has a flow of 1.1, I),000 cubic feet, T1he flame is seventy ro feet high. I n Augusta, (Ga., a tree felled in early oriing was5 befor( nightfall of the samo11 uy conveortedl into paper and sent out using the current news. An immense l#comuotivo hans just beeun mestriacted at a P'aris foundry. Its milder predicts that it will realize aa >p)roximlate 81)eod of1 ninety-three miles hour. A. B. French, of I(ansas City, had setty good luck ini fishing the other uy. Hie seated himself on the pier at inta llarbara, Cal., and wvith a hioo1. id line caught five sharks, averaging in ngthi live feet and nine incihes each. be finny monsters fought gamely for OCedom and1( it took [lhe (comlbined efforts three men to get each on terra firma. Wind-rolled snowballs are often seen i the I )akota and Wyoming p)rairies. >metimecs millions upon01 millons of the hIls are in sight at one time. Many are the of an orange, somie as big as a mnon101 balI, while others reach the pro artions of the prize pumpkuin of the munty fair. T[hose freaks of the storm ave a person under the fanciful im ression that great armies of school b)oys Five been battling over the snowy aces.