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^ Polite Literature, Politics and the Current News of the Day. XX.?NEW SERIES. UNION C. II., SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 25, 1880. NUMBKIH^^ * * EVENING ON THE TANK. | XVbe 11 deepening twilight hides the landsgspo dint, And lestful sounds proclaim tlio closo of day. Home from the fields the farmerdrives his team. And counts his finished labors by the way. I Behind him, on the meadows cool and deep. The evening mists liavegnthered, and he hears The voices from the ponds that pipe to si 'ep, And crickots shrilling on the droughty mores. Afar, the lusty lowing ot I ho kine. Vexed by the busy herd-dog, fills the air, Vondcr they wend, a ruddy, waving lino. Impatient of their shaggy driver's caro. Forth from tho dairy now, with pells in band. And lightsome step, the buxom lassies lilo; The watchful cows with dripping udders stand And wait their turn rneo.v-eyed aiul paticn ly. Meanwhile, soft whlnnyings from the dusky stall , Proclaim tho former's lato return. Ho si rows Tim bright, clean straw, and ministers to nil Tho wants of Uod's dumb croaturos oro repose. Within, tho bousewlfo spreads tho evening meal; From hearth to board, bow busily alio hits! While fragrant vapors front tho dishes steal. And children stand around with wistful eyes. Now oil-is finished, and tho welcome horn St&rlles the night with loud, inslsteut bray; Far o'er tho-valo the lengthening sound is borne, And slow, without an echo, dios away. Ill from milkfnc? rnmo thn mniTv niniils The youths from various tasks tnni willingly; A)Vjathored round Iho board, thoy bow their bonds And seek a gracious blessing from on bigli. Uncovered now, tlio savory dishos pour Their o!oud of incense to tlio ceiling brown, While soft night airs steal through the open dooi And tossthocondlo flouio? now up?now down. O ltanpy rcene, removed from every caro, (Jod's benison, like evening dew, l>o on thee I Long thou slialt dwell with mo, a picture fair, Till Heaven's brighter vision dawns upon uio. ~-Oovd Housekeeping. T H E 4 LITTLE WAIF. * ? * I r* i n i i ? A story ol Absorbing Interest. ? By BERNARD HERBERT. [CHATTER XX.?Continued.| "How could 1 comfort her? and 1 loft lu r weeping. In the street I looked bi\ck and saw her standing at the window of her apartment, waving mo a tearful farewell. I shall probably novev again see that sweet, heavenly ? vfnee in litis world, but I have her pier-n mijiini nrr tl lf m,. . "Yes, her photograph in the character of Fides, the fa'thfnl niotlu r." "Oh, let mo sea it! Oh, my goo 1 friend, God bles3 you for this comfort!" She flung her arms about his neck nnd kissed him au though ho had been her father. "Come into Ihj house and you shall see it," he said. After they had gone in little Stella stopped to [day in the soft radiance of the sunset with her white kitten upon the door step, and my lady Cora's carriage returning, passed at the mom nt. Her wandering eyes took in tile prettv picture, and n strange light leaped into their dark depths, while an uunecustomed (latter possessed her bosom. Upon the spur of the moment sho called a halt and li istcncd to tlio child, wh >, at*raeted bv the rattle of silvir chains and the r??11 of (lie wheels, had turned to lo >k at (lie passing e<pr-page. Fascitis t >d by the brilliant display, little St? lla trotted bravely out of the garden gate and paused upon tiptoe on the grassy bank, gazing up in wonder at the beautif d fa *e bent above her. "What a pretty little girl you are!'' said tho enchantress, in a swift, low tone. Tho child looked puz/.le 1 for an instant; then replied in French: |t "Je nc comprends jins, madrtmr." My lady Cora turned pallid to the very lips. "You are French!" sho exclaimed, in the samo language. "Where do you come from?" "I'aris, madame," answered the child. "What is your name?*' "Stella." "Stella what?" "Stella Leonard." "Leonard?" It \va< her own name before her m irriage, and, as tlie guilt v woman ochc< I it, she sink back upon the cushions of her carriage stupefied. Simultaneously a voice within the lions i c -.llcd U] on the child to come, and in a j breathless way sho gave orders to the coachman to drivo on at full speed, j The unexpicted interview with Lawyei 1 Edgar, which has been narrated in the | preceding chapter, for tho time being drove all thought of tho mysterious child from Cora Hoyden's min i; but j when she ua< alone in the seclusion of her own c'uiinb ?r with her doer securely , lockel, tho mask fell from lu r ft atures, | and, thrusting th liiavv masses of ? hlack hair from her pallid brow, she ci i d: "My (Jod! what am I to do? That, child is my own child! Hut how came she here, to haunt, balk and ruin me? I' ii soino fiendish invention of my | enemies, but I will eireumvent them, j or die in the attempt." Sh-* swept to tho window, threw it | open, and looked out upon tho peace- j fill evening with desperate, unseeing e \ o l. | "My days, even my hours, as heiresi j of this place are niim: cred," she unit- ! ti red; "1 know it, fool it in ovory bone. I The odds are against mo, and my time | of action is almost up. Sooner or later i they will discover tho will which will turn me out penniless upon tho world ay am. < >1 onirs-o, l can return to the i old life, but I shudder to think of it. ! Having tasted of 11 in life of a fjri at lady, I mean to continue to enjoy it, or lose my soul. The t ime for ae1i??n has come; I can delay no longer. "With this half-era//d artist off my Inmls, I am free to s 'cure some alliance with a man of \v?nlth and st indino, which will s'ttlo my future for me, whatever hi) pens. If I pi ly mv cards j 1 r iperly I c.m r present myself as t ho niece and heiress of the rich Orrin Clill'er l. No one need know that I r.m the widow of a man who committed \suicide in tli* Tombs to < scape tho ttcalTold. i I "As Miss Clifford loan carry tlio day, and nothing ahull balk me, nothing can balk nic?but this unfortunate child. And she shall not! I will remove ber from my path, and do it myself. Singlehanded 1 have been an adventuress all my lifo, and single-handed I will dio victorious!" Sho had scarcely finished this desperate soli'o p?y, when a rapping sounded upon her chamber door. The room wai filled with dense shadow, and the sound staitled her. "Who's there?" sho demanded, unsteadily. "Martin, madam." It \\ as the voice of the footman. "Well, what is it?" she asked, in a j tinner tone. "Dinner is served, and Mr. Arnim is waiting." I In one brief instant she resolved upon her course of action. I "Tell Mr. Arnim that I am unwell, j that I have a headache, and shall not be at dinner. Later, if I feel better. I will see him. For the present 1 dc not wish to be disturbed." Allowing herself no timcTfor furthei consideration, she struck a match and ignited a single candle upon the dressing table, which but feebly illumined the vastness of the luxurious apartment. But it was light enough; the work she had in hand could better be 'clone in darkness. Selecting the; plainest dress that h n wardrobe contained, a hat and thick veil, she p\it them on, thus completely concealing her identity. Then taking from a drawer a ball of white cotton wool, and from a small chest a small phial of colorless liquid, she unlocked her door, and passed stealthily into the hall. In the distance she coidd hear the clatter of the dinner arrangements, from which she inferred that the coast was clear. Then with a rapid glide she passed over the polished staircase, out of the door, ueross the moonlit terraee, nnd vanished amid the shadows of the trees, Ten minutes later she emerged ujH?r the highroad, whioh still Intro the im press of her carriage wheels. CHAPTER XXI. A DA8TARDI.Y DEED. One would fancy, perhaps, that th< startling contrast in her surroundings to those of two or three hours previous ly; the rough, lonely by-path, over shadowed by the night, the gloom ol the woodbind through which her roail a suburb of the city infested by tramps, would have intimidated my lady Cora, and brought her to her senses, before she had progressed two rods from hei domain. If any one entertained such an idea, it is evident that they had no conception of the indomitable pluck of my lady Corn. Had the intenso grit been applied for good, she would have been a great woman whom tin; world would have had reason to bliss; as it was, she >vas bad, and her intluenco was for the worst. With never a thought of fear or a single nervous qualm, she drew het dark cloak about her, and hurried along, keeping close to the low bushes that I fringed the path. About midway of her course, her I quick ear detected the sound of footsteps approaching from the opposite direct ion, and not wishing to he seen, she stepped aside into the shrubbery, and effectually concealed herself hehind a clump of alders. She had to wait some time, for the advancing footsteps were slow and lagging. At last, when she parted the leaves of her ambush and peered through, she discerned tho dim, hent I tiguro of a man stumbling along the I middle of tlie road, and heard a deep* toned voico mumbling inarticulate words. "Some drunken countryman," she told herself. Little did she dream that the straggler, who had passed on into the shadows of the night, was her father, old Jean Leonard, wandering in his half-crazed way toward the place she had left. Wholly ignorant of this significant fact, she regained tho path, and made tip for lost time by increasing tho rapidity of her steps. She progressed without further interruption, until broad belts of lamp light intersected her way, and upon glancing up to investigate the cause, she found herself nearing a small wayside inn, of decidedly forbidding appearance. If she could have avoided crossing the belts of light, she would gladly have done so; but it was out of the question, owing to the dense woodland that at this point bordered both sideo of the road. Therefore, keeping as far ns possible from the den, from whose open doors and windows loud voiees and snatehos of song escaped to the vulgar t wang of u ban jo badly played, she hastened on, until, with a start, she became conscious that she was followed. A swift glance over her shoulder assured her that such was the case. A big, broad-shouldered rutfian had seen her Hit past the inn, an<l was shambling along in her wake. Naturally her first impulse was to take to her heels and fly. Upon second thoughts, however, she recognized the after absurdity of such a proceeding. If she fled, the rascal in all probability would outrun her, anil even if she succeeded in eluding him, whither should she go for shelter and protection, stranger as she was to the district ? llesidos, if sho were fo demand assistance at any of fhe farm houses she would he obliged lo disclose her identity, and defeat for a time, perhaps, the all im)s>rtant project she had in hand. Under the circumstances, she suddenly determined to dare the inevitable and face the music. Consequently she turned about in the path, halted, and waited for her pursuer to catch up with her, which the fellow lost no time in doing. When he paused close before her, Cora demanded in a dare-devil tone, which for a moment staggered the man! "Look here! Are you following me ?" "I was traveling along the same road," was the reply, delivered with a slight tremor of hesitation; "(hero ain't no law against it, I s'poso?" "You wore following 11101" "What if I was?" "What clo you want?" "Money." Had tlicro l?cen light enough whero they stood the ruffian might have seen Her dark eyes scintillate beneath the protecting veil as a sudden, desperate plan was suggested to her mind by that single but significant word?money. "Money?" she echoed daringly; "you want money? Do you supposo to rob on the higli-way to get it?" "I'm bound to get it somehow,"caino the sullen response; "if you've got any aliout you, fork over and I'll let you go, for you're the pluckiest piece of calico I've seen for many a day." "I have just twenty dollars in this purse," tho woman said, "tapping the invisible receptacle between her hands as she spoke, "and I have oighty elsowhere, which will make a hundred for you if you will agree to do a job for me." The f< llow gnvo vent to a low, amused laugh. "You're an artful one, you are!" he exclaimed; "you want to give me the twenty now, and when 1 come for the eighty you'll have me nabbed for a sucker! Oh, no, my dear! I ain't no porfessional rounder, I ain't! I'm n painter by trade, but we're on strike, and I've got kind o' off my nut. 1 owe money in the tavern . here, and I'm goin' to get it out of the rich folks as owes it to me, for which I takes you for one from your dress." Skillfully avoiding this dangerous point. Cora replied: "Take this money; it is better than nothing, and will probably pay vom dues. If you doubt me, you need not come for the remaining eighty, though if you do a simple thing for mo, I will give you good security." i "Well, what's your job?" "Do you live al>out here?" "No; I came from Providence; I got ns far as this to-night on mv way to Iloston, looking for work. Well, what's your lay?" "Could you secrete a child from now until to-morrow night?" "I don't know. Yes, I guess I could!" "Where?" "Oh, somewhere al>out tho tavern; ! perhaps in the barn." "Verv well. Here arc twenty dollars. Meet me at this spot within an j hour, and I'll bring the child. Oh, 1 .YOHrrfWf.'1 1 'tYiV' ehVM"Ts: my 1 own. I only want to get lier away from the pooplo who have stolen her from 1 me." "All right! Go ahead; you'll find mo here." Thus assured, tho woman hurried away along the lonesome road, leaving tho man lingering the bank-bills, ami staring after her with a grin of vicious wonder upon his burdened features. Meanwhile all was epiiet and peaceful in and around tho humhle farmhouse where the principal personages of our narrative had taken lodging. In her chamber upon the second floor sut little Orncic, fust asleep in her chair, from the exhaustion of that eventful day, with the photograph of her beautiful mother pressed upon her bosom beneath her clasped hands. Though it was close upon ten o'clock she had not thought to retiro for the night, since Lawyer Edgar, upon his return from his call at Black Bond House, had informed her that it was necessary for him to go at once into the city upon important business, but that he should j return in time to bid her good-night. | Tho gentleman had held a newspaper, and seemed unusually excited, I but there was no timo for explanations, as he had to catch a train. So she sat waiting, and had fallen asleep. Upon tho first floor of tho house, in a chamber, tho windows of i - it i ' * ? I niiivu ii|k>u mt? siar-iix orenni'tl, slept little Stella, the dim light of the j night-lamp catching the gleam of her i golden hair, where it lay like a woh of spun metal spread out upon her pillow. Old Jean had not returned from his stroll, and the good housewife sat knitting in the? kitchen, awaiting the ! return of her husband, who had driven | to the station to meet Mr. Edgar. A soft night-breeze stirred the boughs | of the great elms that, shaded the farini house; but for that, all was peace and j silence. Suddenly, the sound of a vehicle far | up the road disturbed the <piiet of the j night. The housewife laid aside her knit! ting, and, going into the parlor, turned I up the lamp until it burned brightly. As she did so, she noticed that the I door lending out into the gardon liung ! open, and wondered that tho breeze ! had been so strong, when she distinctly | remembered having securely latched it. She did not close the door, however, as the vehicle had stopped at the gate, , and she saw Mr. Edgar hastening up | the garden path. He came in, removed his lint, and glanced into the unoccupied parlor. Words of disappointment wen1 ready upon his lips that (Iracie had retired, when she appeared upon the stairs. Mr. Edgar took her hand in his n? she gained his side, ami led her into the parlor, closing the door behind them. "You have news for me!" she exclaimed, with a woman's instinct, as she noticed the unusual excitement depicted upon his face. "Yes, news for you," replied the lawyer. "Hit down. Are you able to hear anything 1 may have to tell you?" "Yes," she said; "but, oh, Air. Edgar, T hope it is not too hard to bear!" "I would have spared you if it had been," he said, gently. Then, drawing a newspaper from his pocket, he added : "This newspaper records the sudden death, in the Tombs, of Max lloyden." "Max Hoyden dead !" breathed (iracie in an awed whisper. "Yes, and by his own hand. In srmo way, poison was sent him, which ho took, and died alone in the night." " Heaven help him !" " Heaven's his only help now;. It w ill be a hard blow to his scheming widow. With her husband's death ceases her claim upon your property." "Hut she said she is a ('litlbrd, a niece of my father," remarked Graeie, to try her friend, who, , jet waa in ignorance of what she knew." "I don*t believe it, all tho satuo," returned Mr. Edgar; "but, Gracie, it was not on acoountof this piece of newt* that I went so suddenly into tho citv." "No?" "No; there is another announcement in this paper." "What is it? Oil, Mr. Edgar, speak! What have you to toll mo?" "I chanced to notice in the column of amusements an announcement, of the appearance of Madamo Clarisse." "Mudanio Clarisse!" She was tvpon her feet in an instant, her eyea dilated, her breath coming'in quick, sharp gasps. "You saw her!" "Yes, I have seen her!" "Well, well? "Gracie, my child, I havo reason to suspect " "Stay ! look ! Is sin* liko this portrait? With trembling hand she snatched tho photograph from her bosom and held it before him. "Yes, that is Madame Glarissef* "And my mother! oh, come, oom? with me, this very instant!" punted the excited girl, attempting to drag the 1.... ..... ?1,? .1,-,,,,.. I ..... have licr now; to-morrow we may have lost her! come1" "Listen to me, Graeio. Be calm, my child. I have spoken with your mother, and she is coming to yon. Merciful heaven, what is that? Hark!" lie stopped with upraised hand in token of silence. A terrible cry, the cry of a lost soul, the shriek of a wild animal in agony had rung from end to end of the house. Then another scream more terrible thuii the tirst, and again a third. Paralyzed with alarm, rooted to tlio spot, Graeio and her companion heard a wild rush of feet in tlichall; the door of the parlor was burst open and old Jean Leonard reeled into tlie room, his long white hair tossing about his livid face, his eyes starting from their sockets, while with his nails he lacerated his llcsh, mingling Ids blood with his tears. "My child, my child, Stella!" lie shrieked; "they 'have taken her, stolen her! Oh, God, let me die!" CHATTER XXII. MADAMF. CI.AHISKK. It was the most violent, the most iwful exhibition of grief that littio Graeio had ever witnessed, and in tormoment, sank in an jk Mr. Edgar wont to liitn hud tried to raiso him, but ho was inert, lifeless. B}' this time the startled farmor and his wifo had arrived upon the scene, and with the man's assistance the law-, yer raised the jioor worn-out body, and carrying it across the hall-way, laid it gently upon the bed, which still bore the impress and warmth of littio [ Stella's body. j The air of the chamber was heavy i with a sickly sweet odor, whilo on the ! floor beside the lied lay the tell-tale i ball of cotton still rooking with clilo fuionn. Tlio two women had followed into the room and stood thcro in awo-striekj en silence. It was tlio lawyer who spoke iirst. "The cliild litis been kidnapped!do any of you know anything about it? have you heard any sounds ?" Tho housewifo was the only person who had any information to offer; she simply stated how she had found the outer door open after having left it securely closed, though not locked. "llut the poor old gent is not dead, sir, is lie?" she asked, looking apprehensively at the prostrnto tiguro upon tho bed. ' ? "No," answered Air. Edgar, "he still breathes and liis pulso seems strong; the trouble is that heaven only knows what condition his miiul will bo in j when ho eonios to." He spoko in an absent-minded way, I his attention being irresistibly drawn j to Oraeio, whose face woro such a pathetic look that it piqued his curiosity. As soon as he avos able, he beckoned her to follow him into the parlor, and when they were alone ho asked: "Ciraeie, is there some secret between us? Will you not tell me what it is evident you know alsmt this affair?" "Yes," she answered, frankly; "I was only waiting an opportunity. Know, then, that Cora Hoyden is old Air. Leonard's daughter, and that little Stella is her discarded child." And thereU|>on, into tlio astonished ears of the uood lawver she tHuirert tlio whole astounding story wliicli old Joan had told her that day. "That settles Madam Boydon's claim upon your property!" Mr. Edpar exclaimed, delightedly, when alio had concluded her recital, "and satisfies mo that Madam Clarisso is your j mother." "My mother!" echoed little fliaeie, excitedly; "oh, Mr. Edgar, tell mo? when shall 1 see her?" "To-night?almost at any moment now. She was singing in an opera at a theater; I saw her l>.-tween the acts; I told her I had reason to heliovc that i her daughter still lived, and 1 besought | her to lose 110 time in ascertaining tlio j fact for herself. "She almost fainted and linmro/1 ?? 1 ?IV to give her coachman full direction* how to lhul you. Th?a sho was called to the stage, and I left her singing as only a bird wings for very joy," "Darling mother!" "And, (Iracie, such beautiful woman 1" fY'Hnrk, hark! what is that? Oh, Mr. Edgar, surely I hear the sound < f wheels!" She laid her hand, tremulous with repressed emotion, upon his arm. "J think she is coming!" lie said, the sympathetic tears starting to lii.s eyes. They hurried out into the lambent moonlight, and there, at the gate, a carriage stood, and in the garden-walk the figure of a tall and splendid woman, a light veil thrown over tho gleaming masses of her bronze-gohl hair, ami trailing over her rich attire. "Mother!" "My child!" It was the ecstatic crv of heart to heart, soul to soul, and n tho next in^ t>tant mother and child were locked in .an embrace beforo which oven tho angel Driatli must havo stood powerless. And bo they mot at lust-, these two waifs uuon tho ocoiu of life, met cover :to part by the graco of God. In that humble parlor that night tlioy Bat with their arms entwined, while the story of that strange separation was told. "Your father,"' Clarise\ Clifford said, "'had one fault which marred an otherrwise uoblo nature?jealousy. Ho was J'ealous of mo from tho lirst; why, . icaven only knows, for I was a fni hiful wife, and have remained faithful to his memory ever since, as tho good God, who has given you haok to mo, | ja my judge. At last, shortly beforo j iyou wore born, the crash catuu. llis i easily aroused feelings had been 1 worked up by his sister, Mrs. lb ml ?n, who had ever been my enemy because my existence threatened to divide the ninny oHinw until no niiuu near ins j unjust- suspicions no longer. One i niglit ho burst into my eh am her, hwearing that the child Iboro whh none of his, and commanded me to leave lis presence, ami never to lo<?k upon his face again. Ovoryvhdmed with anguish and despair, I obeyed him; I went away and you were I torn among strangers. brought almost to th brink of the grave, I lay unconscious for days, ami when 1 recovered my .senses they had robbed 1110 of you. They told me you were death" "Poor mother!" sobbed little Gracie; "what havo I suffered in comparison to you. 2." "Then came tho future to face. I was alone in the world, but 1 had my voiee and it was well trained. I >isguising myself under the name of Madame Clarisse, I went to New York, ;and gave music lessons until I had jnioney enough to go to Europe. There ;I have remained all these years, until theaven guided mo homo to you, my idarliug child!" She drew Graeie closer to her as she uttered the heartfelt words, and pressed her lips u|h?u the low, sweet hrow. "You have heard of father's death?" ;tho girl asked. "Yes," she answered, with an in vol* !hk?>m .kn.l.l... ..,,.1 1... in i.y. inornnce of my innocence, ho tlioil with junforgivcncss in his soul!" "Perhaps not, mother dear." "Why ? "I have kept a letter addressed to you, which came to me in ? s! range 'way, which f will explain some day." 'A letter -for me!" t .gjPsr gnawer, 4ittlc Grnoio drew from PPsSlMOni the long yellow envelope Hoyden's- VTmrrT AT' liiu'nifMKurf. ^'..- ding the same to her mother, she {inquired: "Do yon know the handwriting?" Clarissa Clifford rose from the sofa upon which she ha l been sitting with Gracie, and with the envelope between her hands, upproaehed the talde whereon stood the lamp, and there read her own name scrawled in the uncouth, informed writing. "No," she 8.sid, after a thoughtful pause, during which she studied the superscription closely, "to the best of recollection 1 have never seen this writing before." "Perhaps not." rejoined Gracie, from the sofa, while Lawyer Edgar, who had been an interested auditor of the interview between mother and daughter, straightened himself in his chair to note what was about, to be said; "it is quite possible that you may never have seen the handwriting, mother don1-, but do you recollect a man in the past by the name of Nicholas Garland?" [to he continued. 1 A Slippery Place for (*cologists. Heretofore tlie nvm-omi iS,. bUM.^1-. lias been a man who drinks up time liko a river and hastenetli not. But now there are some indications of a reform in respect to this lavish use of time. Professor Prestwiek, in the second volume of his geology just issued from the Oxford University press, says that the calculations on which the glacial epoch was put back '210,00:) roars are very defective, as they are based on the rate at which the puny 'glaciers of the Alps move. But, basing I his calculation on the rate at which ! the Greenland glaciers move, he thinks I that the time occupied l?v the great I American ice-slide need not have been 1 more than from 15,000 to 25,000 years, i And, by means of similar observations I and calculations, lie limits the time for { the formation of the valleys, which | followed, to 8,000 or 10.000 years. Hence the h'ginning of the glacial period may not have boon more than I 30,000 years ago instead of 240,000, and j the close of the period in t marc than ! 10.000 years. This makes an immense shrinkage in the antiquity which some | of the geologists have claimed for the I human race. The defect in all theso I calculat ions is that it is not known how | fast the ice moved in glacial times. It I is a slippery place for the geologists. Chicago Advnucr. The Human Heart. A curious calculation has beon made by J>r. ltichar.lsm, givin.j the work of the heart in mileage. 1'resumincr that the bio ><1 was thrown out of the hear; at each pulsation in the proportion of sixty-nine strokes per minute, and nt the assume;! force of nine feet, the mileage of the bloo?l through the body might be taken at '207 yards per minute, sewn miles per hour, 108 miles per day, 01,.'320 miles per year, or 5,150.880 miles in a lifetinio of eighty-four years. The numb >r of baits of the heart in the snme long life would reach the grand total of 2,800,770,000. ( roups of llirds and llcnsts. Birds and other animals, when collected in numbers together, have envious names applied to then). It is right to say: A covey of pariridife*. 'A (lcck of A nlilc of phoa*atit*. A ens) of hnwk->. A whlsp of A tr i> of dottrcll. A bevy of (jun'lc A Intra of swine. A flight of doves or A sknlk of foxes. SWnf'OWR. A pack of wolves. A muster of |>oneockn. A arovo of oxen. A *lrgo of heron*. A sotlli'ler of lev*. A btiililiitR of rooks. A troop of inoiiki ys. A hroo.1 < f grouno. A prldoof lion*. A plump of wild fowl. A ?louili of bears. A m.i nlof plover*. A *ltor.l of herrings. A w nt-b of iilghtingnlc* \ Hw arnt of boe*. A dS'.tCT of choughs. 1 Two-thirds of the land in England and Wales is held by 10,207 owners, and sixteen of this number own 1,103,028 acres. THE NEWS. J IV>v. J. Hord Jenkins has boon cxp^llo I from tbe rectorship of tho Protestant Epis- 'j copal Churah, nt White Water, Wis., on charges of drunkonness, inido by members of the congregation. A boiler exploded in Hugh<s' plaining mill at Chattanooga, ! ^ Tenn., tearing ont an entire side of the building, killing Charles Bradshaw, colored, and blowing the fireman fifty feet, but not fatally R injuring him. C. K. McGregor, an ex; y member of tho tioorgla legislature; shot ami c killed J. M. W. Cody, at Warrenton, On., i t Co<ly having shot and nearly killed him two 1 ^ y.-arsajo. Rev. John A. Dunks, charged 1 c with immoral conduct, was convicted by tho ' f Pittsburg MeThodist Episcopal CoiPereneo j and suspondod for one year. The L >uis j iatia state authorities have rec jyered $45,000 of tho new four per cent, bonds that wore c missing, but it is said that Treasurer Burk 's j deficit still amounts to $300,0.0. Mrs. ? I^iuisia Ernest, of St. Louis, while suffering J with dementia, went out on tho bridge span- ( ning the Mississippi and looped into the river < one hundred feot below, but was Raved by a j fLherraan A $.'5,000 bronr.a statute of , the French explorer Littillo, presented to < Chicago by Judge LunbertTrec, was un- 1 veiled in Lincoln Park, that city. The J | vidage or Norwoo I, Utilo was destroyed by | by fire originating in tho explosion of a keg j of powder. Ueorge C. Hazorell, who six ; months ago robbed his father, in Harford, ; Ct, of $1K),000 in unregistered United Stat<8 ' bonds, has been arrested in oregon. Mrs. ; 1, >u?t PoUuihke, of ltalTaio, N. Y., is believed j to have committed suicide at Niagara Falls, i Richard J. Ambrose ami his wife, of St. ' Jomph, Mo., celebrated tho tenth annlver; 6nry of their wedding in a terrible debauch, the.woman dying from tho effects of tho liquor, and the m m boing foun 1 with delirium tremens. Ilans Jaspenton, of I'rovn Utah, pleaded guilty to polygamy, and was j given tlve years in prison. Mrs. Wql ert a god flfty-eight years, of Weatherly, Pa., was murderod by Win. fcStangloy, a boarder .u her bouso. Elizabeth ilnckett, a young girt, married uud deserted by Julius Madhouse, a Chicago ex convict, in Austral.a, followed liiiu to this country, had him arrested in tiro pros -ncoof bis first wife, an I wdl i ow p osecute li.iu for bigainy. Th ro were lb'J business fui.ures in tho United Htatos an i !W iii Cauadu tbo past week. A young girl living neir Curlisle, Pa., was g' r.-d to deutli by tt bull Typhoid fever is epidemic in York, Pa. Newell Morehead accidentally shot and killed Ortour Scbineidel, aged twelve years, iu the woods near York, Pa. The I'itiuui' Bank lli M'rkrrmiil Yy.. recovered a verdict of against Charles II. Fields and Maurice if. Fiynn, being tho amount duo on a note executed during tho construction of tho cable road in Richmond. In a freight train wreck on tho Baltimore and Ohio at Frederick ton, O., thirteen cars and three origircs were demo i h-d. Bollo ilamliii beat Hurry Wliked iii two straight heats nt Fleetwood Park. The little home of Patrick Dully near Bradford, Pa., wui burned, arnl bis wifo anil throe sons porishod in the 11 tiucs. Job Lilly, ago I sixty-oight j-eurs, foil dead iu a Now York theatre while witnessing tbo play of tho d llomesto.id." l'ickp-ckets went through the pissongers on u Pan-Handle train eas> of N iwark, O., and secured $l,7tK). Judge Robert Kuloy, of Carrollton, U., fell from an apple true una was fatally injured. Several eases of yellow fovor are reported nt Key West. The President made the following appointment0: George II. Large, of New Jersey, to be oo'leetor of intern d r.'Venue for tho Fifth district of New Jersey Calvin C?. llrewster, of Texas, to bo collector of customs for the district of Corpus Christi, Texas. Charles Banders, colored, who is wanted nt Hagorstown, Md., for tlio mur.ler of n man named Herr, wus arrested in Pi I trim rg. The Chicago, Munie, Richmond and Cincinnati Rnilrta I Coinpmy hi?9 been organized In Kvansvilla, Ind., to construct a lino from a point on the Cincinnati, Wnbnsh and Michigan, between Jonesboro and Fair, monnt, in Grant county, Indiana to Cincinnati, making by more than twenty miles tho 6lioi test rout* between Cincinnati mid Cliicn! go, and by tbo extension of the Ixiuisvitle, | Kvansvilte at 8t. Louis road to Harrison or Cincinnati, tho shortest line between St. Louis end Cincinnati. Tlio eapit il stock is $1,000,. 0;k>. George K. Ward, a prominent contractor, has disappeared from Fredericksburg, V*. Miss Gut bam, of Owogo, N. Y., was attacked by an unknown man nt night and choked into insensibility and tho i j | thrown into ? stream. George \V. Moss, i a machinist, of Wilkesharro, l'a., murdered j j his wife and then shot himself. Mr. CI v s , Ian i spoke at a great ine ting in Cooper I. - j stitue, in New York, in memory of Congret-r- ' | man Co*. In ths election of officers in the ! j Woman's Christian Ttmipernnce Union Convention, in 1'hiladolphi.t, tho Tiiird I'arty adherents scored u victory. Tho tomb of \ ! I/ord IIowo, of Revolutionary notoriety,wns ' discovered by workmen digging a sower at Ticondera^a, N. Y. Chicago has $0,0 K),- j 00) actually subscribed fur a world's fair and j $3,000,00) mora in siglit. it is reported j trom Richmond, Va. .that lb? Richmond and 1 | Chess|?eako Railroad Company has formed i a connection with tho it. & O. | DOUBLE CRIME. ! j Murder nntl Suicide It suit from "lie [ rat...? ma. .. ? ? ? ? < ? imvu mi * ??m ?*?r ?t i.low Henry Huffman and Lawrence liuter, of Pequa, Ohio, both inon of 4? jeim, Courted the name woman, a y. un; widow named Lorter. liuter was the favor it < suitor. Huffman liecnmo jealous, and called on H iter. The men exchange I a few words, when Huffman drew a revolvor and lirod. liuter fell at the Hist shot. Huff nan sto d over him and lire t a second tiin . Huffman then shot himself in the neck, killiu ( tiiinfsel. liuter still lives out cannot recover. YELLOW JACKET AT KEY WEST Tlio Drcntloil 8<^ourngo Agnin Appear* in l-'loridn. The surgcon-gonernl of the Marino Hos|i* j tnl ScrvicM lias received a t/?legrnrn from I >r. j 1'osoy, at Jacksonville, Flo., saying that the 1 Pros dent of the Htato Hoard of Health "e- | ports s vernl cis.s of yellow fever at Key i West. t The surgeon general says that there is no nee l of apprehension,and that every prccun - 1 tiou has boeu tukm to pruvant the sproad of the disease. 1 MOTION OF THE CRflFy rhe Yield as Compared With That of Last Year. ^ Cotton Returns Sliow Ijargo Plant (Jrowili, au?l Active Opening of Hulls?Stutc rrrcoiunKc*. Tho Department of Agricultural report? ;enrral pereontugo of condition of coru nt 1.7, against 1*0.0 a month ago, and 1)2 for the rop of 1388 on tho 1st of Ootober. Condiion of i>otatocs 77.0, against 80.8 last Octo?er; of buckwheat, 1?J, against 0J.1 last year; if tobacco, 80.7, ngaiutt 85.7 in 1888. Tho ivliminary < st unto of yield per aero is 1? H for wiis?j?ti 11 11 for rvn nml Ifi 11 for bar -*y. Tha past month has boon favorable for orn. Slight frost north of forty degrees in* urod late corn, but the percentage of damigo whs generally very small, as the crop was well matured on the Ibiid week of September. The dry weather euno opportunely ifter tho abumlant rains of Jifty and Au^us', which somewhat impared condition on tha Atlantic coast. In the Stat s south of Maryanil the bottom lauds were <j uto too wet f r tie boil ) itdd or ipialitv. < Joninferable area-, tvero blown down, und some injury resulted Irom rotting, in nil of tho cotton states. In the states of the Onto valley there was exo -ss i>f moisture m May and Juno that icturdod plauling and eurly growth, prevented cultivation and delayed maturation, leaving some II <nls to be caught by the frosts of t lv'JJtn to the tiftlh of September. The t> st develop* injntof mlir/i was in the Mhsntri Valley. The best growth o. tho South was hi thetluif itates. It, couht sc rcaly l?e improved in rithor district, though the yield per ncre is much greater in t-Uu high latitude*. Pototoes were injured oust of the AllezhuiMos by exc ss ot moisture, oaming rot. In Wait Virginia nnd Ohio similar re|>oi ts are received. Drouth reduced the yield in Michigan, though tho quality is generally too l. In the Mississippi Vnl ey tho crop is more promising. In tho Kocky Mountain region, w here tho area is largely iuci eased, tho uHion has boon unfavorable. Tbo returns of yield per acre of wdr at are In threshers' measuivni -lit. This report is preliminary, as tho local estimate will h<? t-sted by tbo record books of the threshers now coming In. The present averages for principal states are Id !S hushe s in New Yoi k ; i.. I'.iiiii.vIvjmiih Iv ;l Ohm. II li. Mirhi'aii If>.7, Indiana 14 7, lllinoi-. Hi, Wiiicoii-iu 11.'?, Minnesota 14.11, low.i i:> 1, Missouri III, Kailsis 1H.4, Nebraska 1"*, Dokati 8 11, California 15. Winter wheat wus injuro<l in many districts during harvest mid in the stack by heavy rains, and is comparatively light, Kinging badly, thus reducing its weight and value, lw wsight and quality will 1m the subject of lurthor report after tlio test of scales iii marketing. The cotton returns of the 1st of October to the Department of Agricultural show large plant growth, active opening or iiollsi Itlwr 111 CW>' rumllti"" ?? ' ? ** " weather for picking. Yet the plant la everywhere reported late. Olid fears are expreMO I that frost pondeuts that pres.mit lnvorablfl appeurauo are deceptive; tint in seasons of exu ssivj moisture the outcome falls Ih'Ioiv expectations, while in tho>o of drouth the r<su't is better Iban whs feared. With an early date of killing frost present condition will bo heavily discounted; with n dato Inter than the average, a large crop will hegatharid. 1'lie crop h is been injured more by moisture thin by drouth, though some soils ami luc.ilit!es have been top try in H-iptcinher. Worms li ive v r night ecu i lerablo injury, notwithstanding tlio general use of insecticides, especially west of A'ubim.i. Complaint of adulteration of pans gro mi is made in certain qu irters. The following stato | orcein* ages are presented: Virginia 58, North C irolina 7J, South Carolina 81, Georgia 87, Florida 18, Alabama 87, Mississippi IP, Don si'ina Blf, Texas 78, Arkansas 8IJ, Tennessee 8i. Tins makes, as u g -noi al percentage, 81.4 per cent, of a full crop prospect on the 1st of October, compared with 78.0 per cent, lust October. FLAMES BESIDE THEM. Prison Convicts Worlcod Under Guard Millie tlio School lturiied. J-iro broko out in tlio roof of lb] f-'cboolrooni addition to the cast wing of tlio Hlnto 1 rison at Jackson, Mich. In a few inlnutos th? entire city Firo Department was at work luddo the pris. n wn Is and hundreds of Ilia poj ulution of Jnckson wore clustered outside tho walls an 1 on liouseti ps, railway cirs und other plac s where it was possible to catch a g!irr.p;e of what w as?oing on within tlio inc osure. It took two hours'hard light io Rutiduo l|)o flumes ami th > building wan completely gutlted, only the walls remaining. D-Tn'y Warden Fiflelil increased the guards; they wore all tlouhly armed and the premis. s were patrolled inside and out. The 8.NJ convicts inside were kept at work in the shops sternly guurded until the regular dinner hour, when they were marched out past the rouring M imes ami into the dining hull as usual. As they passed the fIto it seemed as if ttioy wore glad lo linvo even u fire li:e ik the dreadful immntoiiy of prison life, i'lio firo originated from u lin.-in fh's lire pot. WRECK ON THE RAF/. An I'jxpv -as Train Derailed nml a Number of Persons Injured. A serious accident occur re I on tin l'uiladelphi.i,Wi lining! on and 15 iltimoro 11 liiroud, ati'iuf. a mile below North -nst, Md., when tl.o Wasliington and New York expr si train, No. I'd, < 'nnduetor issml, w is dernile 1. tosuiting in about fifteen persons being mjir o I, two dangerously, ad lurgo ion to tbo ni'road company. C. A. haws in, con luctor o? the I'uliuinii, and Win. Hockley, otigin < r were the two who Mill'-ro I tlie most serious injur.ei. K'-prcseiititivoi of tli campniy suy til it the cause of the neeidont is not p m livolyktown, but passengers o.i tin train statu th it the door of a Ireight r ii , which fell from asoutl.-h un 11 xtra freigiit Irani on tint track, caused the train to lot vo t ho rails. The ncc.dent occurred at Ktony Hun curve, niiu hi*/ v iiv,i ii ' i ? imiiutu tv; o.w iiic uu? stublo until utmost on it. MARKETS. ~ Bat.timohk?Flour?y Mills.oxtrn.f 1.51 n$ 4.75. Wheat?Southern Fultz, n5i*7: Corn?Southern White, 40a IJ eta, Yellow 4 In 111 />Uh.< hitH-Srithorii and Penuxyi vania 2la27 cts.: Rve?Maryland & Pennsylvania 5.'an4ets.; Hay- Mary land ami Pennsylvania 14 00a# 14 5j;Struw-Wheat,0oOn$7.0U;lintter, Eastern Creuinnry, W.i2oo., inar-hy receipts IlialTeU; Cheese?Knstern Fancy Crinni. II nl'i ct.s., ? Western, OiuilO eta; K^> - 'J 1 u22; Tobacco isaif?Inferior, la$2.iW, (?o<?l Common, 2 00a$4 no, Middling, f ">n7.00 (Jaotl to line rod,H,i$'J; Fancy, 10a* !d. Nkw York?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,$d. 10a$5. Fi; Wheat-No 1 White M5JX as7; Rye?State. M^'a-V-I1,,'; Cora?South-rn Yellow,lis'iad'.M,'. Oats-White, Ktntc 2-'?J ;,'i2<l cts.; Butter-State. 12a 14 els.; Cheeso-SUite, K'%al0 cts.; Eggs?2 In 22 cts. l'nn.adki.i'iii a ? Flour ? Pennsylvania fancy, 4.2-'?a4.7."?; Wlioat?Pennsylvania and Southern lb<d, SJJ-jaM; Rye?Pennsylvania 52a5$cts: Corn?Southern Yellow, 4da4oJ*jcts. Oats?24n20 cts.; liutter--State, loa.O cts.; Cheese -N. Y. Factory, cts." Eggs? / Suite, 22a2d cts. / CATTLK. Baf.timoiir?Beef, 4 0;)a4 15; Shoop? t nl 2.5, Hops? $| 25)4 10. Nkw Yoiik? Beef??l 0')a5 50;She' n'> .50; Hops?$4.50 i5.(M. Fast Liiskuty? Beef?f4 40a4 i' |4 OOftl 75; Hogs?$4 50u4 00 I