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Economy, Polite Literature, Politics and the Current News of the. Day. i XX.?NEW SERIES. UNION ( . II., SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 25, 1881). Nl ETEHINOO* THE FARM. I 1 "When deepening twilight hides the .landsgnpo 1 dim, And lostful soand* proclaim the close of day. . Home from the fields the farmer drives his team, ' And count* his finished labors by the way. 1 I ' Behind him, on the meadows cool and deep. The evening mists have gathered, and ho hoars The voice* from the ponds that pipe to sleep, And oriokets shrilling on the droughty meres. Afar, the lusty lowing or the klne. Vexed by the busyncrd-dog, fills the air, Yonder they wend, a ruddy, waving line. Impatient of their shaggy driver's caro. Forth from tbo dairy uow, with pall* in hand. And lightsome step, tbo buxom lasstos hlu; The watchful cows with dripping udders stand And wait their turn mce*-eyed and paticn.ly. Meanwhile, soft whinnying* from the duskv I tall " * Proclaim the farmer's late return. Ha strews 1 The bright, clean straw, and ministers to all i The wants of God's dumb creatures ore repOse. Within, the housewife spreads the evening ureal j From hearth to board, how busily aho hies 1 While fragrant vapors from the dishes steal, I And children atani around with wistful oyos. Now oil-is finished, and the welcome horn Btartles the night with loud, insisteut bray ; Far o'er tho-vale the lengthening sound is borno, And slow, without an echo, dies away. in from tho milking come the merry mnlds; The youths from various tasks tuni willingly; v \ AlhRsthered round tho board, they bow their feV J hoods And sock a graolous blessing from on high. Uncovered now, tho savory dinhia pour Their cloud of incense to tho celling brown, While toft night nirs steal through the open door And toss the candle flimo-now up?now down. O happy cceno, removed from every core, God s benlson, like evening dew, tio on theol Long thou Shalt dwell with me, a picture fair. Till Heaven's brighter vision dawns upon mo. ~-Oood Houtekecpino. THE , LITTLE WAIF. A Story of Absorbing Interest, By BERNARD HERBERT. [CHAPTER XX?Continued.J "How conld I comfort her? anil 1 | left her weeping. In theBtreet I looked bi^ck and saw lier standing nt the window of lier apartment, waving mo n \ tearful farewell. I shall probably never again seo that sweet, hcaveuly i. - Jaee in this world, but I have her pic-...-I'lifu tiii j i fj?-~1' '-j - ? 1^9*'" ' "Yea, hor-ph*>togr*ph in the c)wr,u ter of Fides, the fa'thful moth* r." "Oh, lot mo seo it! Oh, my geol friend, God bless you for this comfort!" She flung her arms about his neck and kissed him as though ho had boon her father. "Come into tho houso and you shall boo it," he said. _ Aftor they had gone in littlo Stella mopped to piny in the soft radiance of the snnsot with her white kitten upon the door stop, and my lady Cora's carriage returning, passed at the mom nt. Her wandering eyes took in the pretty picture, and astr.tngo light leaped into their dnrk depths, whilo an unaccustomed flutter possessed licr bosom. Upon the spur of tho moment sho called a halt and hastened to tho child, wh ?, attracted by the rattle of silv< r chains nnd the roll of the wheels, had turned to look at tho passing equipage. Fascinated by tho brilliant display, little Stella trotted bravely out of tiio | garden gate and paused upon tiptoe | on tho grassy bank, gazing up in won- j um ki> mo ooautii u ia^o bent above her. "What a pretty little girl you are!" said the enchantress, in a swift, low tone. The child looked puz/.le.l for an instant ; then replied iu French: uJe ne comprendx pan, madame." My lady Cora turned pallid to the very lips. "You are French!" she exclaimed, in the samo language. "Whero do you come from ?" "Paris, mndame," answered the child. "What is your name?" "Stella." "Stella what?" "Stella Leonard." "Leonard ?" It wai her own name before her m ir riage, and, as the guiltv woman echoed it, she sank baok upon the cushions of her carriage stupefied. Simultaneously a voico within the hous.i called .? upon the child to come, and in a breathless way she gavo orders to the coachman to drive on at full speed. The unexpected interview with Lawyer 1 Edgar, which has beon narrated in the Sreoeding chapter, for tho time being rove all thought of the mysterious child from Cora Hoyden's mind: but when she wai alone in (ho seclusion ol her own ohainb >r with her door securely lockoJ, tho mask fell from her features, and, thrusting tha heavy masses of black hair from her pallid brow, she ?rird: . "My Godl whatr am I to do? That child is my own child! But how came she here, to haunt, balk and ruin me? It it somo fiendish invention of my' enemies, but I will circumvent them, 1 f?or die in tho attempt." Bho swept to the window, threw it 1 open, and looked out ujton tho poaceful ovening with desperate, unseeing 1 eyos. ! "My days, oven my hours, as heiress 1 of this plaoo aro numbered," she mnt- 1 tcred; "I know it. feel it in overv l>on?. ' The odds are against mo, and my time ( 1 of Ration is almost up. Sooner or later i ' they will discover tho will which will J turn me out ponuiless upon the world i again. Of courpo, I o.in return to tho 1 old life, but I shudder to think of it. 1 Having tasted of the life of a great 1 lady, I mean to continue to enjoy it, or 1 lose my soul. The timo for action hns i oomo; I can delay no longer. < ' \vm. j ?? * ~ ni?< ww unii-tiuMu tnw <'ii my hinds, I ain free to secure some allinnco 1 wilh a man of wealth and standing, ] which will settle mv futnro for mo, j whatever happens. If I play my cards jr.ipcrly I can r.'prosent myself an the < nioeo and heiress of the rich Orrin 1 Clifford. Mo one need know that I em the wploW of a man who committed i suicide in the- Tombs to (Scape the \ scaffold. r i "Ah Miss Clifford lean carry the day, and nothing shall balk nte, nothing can balk mc?but thia unfortunate child. And she shall not! I will remove b^r from my path, and do it myself. Single* handed 1 have been an adventuress all my lifo, and single-handed I will die victorious!" She had scarcely finished this dosl>crnto soli'o piy, when a rapping Bounded 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 was the voice of the footman. "Well, what is it?" sho asked, in a firmer tone. "Dinner is served, and Mr. Arnim is waiting." In ono brief instant she resolved upon hor course of action. "Tell Mr. Arnim that I am unwell, that I have a headache, and shall not be at dinner. Later, if I feel l?etter, I will HOO llim For iltn nrnunni T /lr not wish to be disturliod." Allowing liorsolf no time""for furthei consideration, sho strnek a mutch and ignited u single candle upon tlio dressing table, which but feebly illumined the vastness of the luxurious npartment. But it was light, enough; the work sho had in hand could better be Vlone in dnrkness. Selecting tlio plainest dress that hei wardrobe contained, a bat and thick veil, she ppt thein on, thus completely concealing her identity. Then taking from a drawer a ball of white cotton wool, and from a small chest a small Idiial of colorless liquid, sho unlocked ler door, and passed stealthily into the hall. In the distanco she could hear the clatter of the dinner arrangements, from which she inferred that the coast was clear. Then with a rapid glido sho passed over the polished staircase, out of the dt?or, across the moonlit terrace, and vanished amid the shadows of t he trees. Ten minutes later she emerged upor the highroad, which still lairo the im press of her carriage wheels. CHAPTER XXI. A DA8TAKDLY USED. Ono would fancy, perhaps, that tlx startling contrast in her surrounding! to those of two or three hours previous ly; tho rough, lonely by-path, over shadowed by the night, the gloom ol tho woodland Jhrojudi. which lier.road a Suburb Of the citv illfi'Stod hv Lrannu would have intlmfcfited my lady Cora, and brought her to her senses, before she had progressed two rods from hoi domain. If any one entertained such an idea, it is evident thnt they had no conception of the indomitable pluck of mv lady Cora. Had the intense grit been applied for good, she would have been a great woman whom tho world would have had reason to bless; as it was, she >vas bad, and her influence was for tho worst. With never a thought of fear or a singlo nervous qualm, she drew hei ilark eloak about her, and hurried along, hooping close to the low bushes that fringed the path. About midway of her course, her quick ear detected tho sound of footsteps approaching from the opposite direct ion, and not wishing to be seen, she stepped asido into tho shrubbery, and effectually concealed herself bohind a clump of alders. Slio had to wait some time, for the advancing footsteps wore slow and lagging. At last, when slio parted the leaves of her ambush and peered throngh, sho discerned tho dim, bent flgnro of a man stumbling along the middlo of tho road, and heard a deeptoned voico mumbling inarticulate words. "Some drunken countryman," she told herself. Little did slio dream that the straggler, who had passed on into the ^k.wl * XI-- - ' - - njiuuuwti m mo nignr, was ner fattier, old Joan Leonard, wandering in hia half-crazed way toward tho place she had left. Wholly ignorant of this significant fact, she regained the path, and made up for lost time hy increasing the rapidity of her steps. She progressed without further interruption, until broad belts of lamp light intersected U -- * ui-r wttjr, nun ujK)n 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 l>elts of light, she would gladly have done so; but it was out of the Siestion, owing to tho dense woodland at at this point bordered both sidee of the rood. Therefore, keeping as far as possible from the den, from whoso open doors and windows loud voices and snatches of song escaped to the vulgar twang of a banjo badly played, she hastened on, until, with a start, she became conscious that she was followed. A swift glanco over her shoulder uskured her that such was the caso. A big, broad-shouldered ruffian had scon her flit past tho inn, and was shambling along in her wake. Naturtilly her first impulse was to take to her heelB and fly. Upon second thoughts, howover, she recognized tho utter absurdity of such a proceeding. If she fled, the rascal in all probability would outrun her, %nd oven if she succeeded in eluding liim, whither should she go for shelter urn protection, stranger as she was to tho distriot ? Besides, if she were to demand assistance at any of the farm houses sho would be obliged to disclose her identity, and defeat for a time, perhaps, !lie all importunt project sho had in tiand. Under tho circumstances, sho mddonly determined to dare tho injvitnble and face the music. Consequently sho turned alnmt in the path, halted, and waited for her pursuer to catch up with her, which tho fellow lost no time in doing. 1.- 1 1--* * ^ ttuot iiw jniiistii un>?i uciurr nw, i ;nri\ leinanded in a dare-devil tone, which for a moment ataggerod the man! "Look here I Are yon following no ?" "I xvaa traveling along the anrao -oad," was the reply, delivered with a slight tremor of hesitntion; "(hero | ain't no law nguinBt it, I h'jmjbo?" ( "You were following mo I" "What if I wrb?" I "What clo you want?" i "Monoy." ] Had there l)een light enough whero they stood the ruffian might have seen Her dark oyeB scintillate beneath the j protecting veil as a sudden, deBperate plan waa suggested to her mind by that single but significant word?money. "Money?" she echoed daringly; "you ( want money ? Do yon snpi>ose to rob ( on the high-way to get it?" "I'm bound to get it somehow,"canto the sullen response; "if you've got any | alnmt you, fork over and I'll let' you ( yoii'rc tho pluckiest pjoon nf calico I've seen for many a day." "I havo just twenty dollars in this pur.se," the woman said, tapping the invisible receptacle between her hands ns she spoke, "and 1 have oiglity elsowhore, which will make a hundred for you if you will agree to do a job for inc." The fc llow gave 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 I come for the pitrllfv von Ml Knvn mo nnlil.Ail o 0 J " "w,v ,i,v ,v,i 11 Bueker! Oh, no, my dear! I ain't no porfossional rounder, I ain't! I'm o painter by trade, but we're on strike, and I've got kind o' off my nut. I owe money in the tavorn. here, and I'm goin' to get it out of tho rich folks as owes it to me, for which I takes you for one from your dress." Skillfully avoiding this dangerous jxrint, Cora replied: "Take this money; it is better Ihan nothing, and will probably pay youi dues. If you doubt me, yon need not como for the remaining eighty, though if you do a simple thing for mo, I will give you good security." I "'NVell, what's your job?" "Do you live alnmt 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 1" "Where?" "Oh, somewhero aliout tho tavern; 1 perhaps in the barn." "Very well. Hero are twenty dollars. Moet me at this spot within an [ hour, and I'll bring the child. Oh, 1 yOHrrffif.'1 envM^s my 1 own. I only want to got her away from the pooplo who liavo 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 fingering the bank-hills, and staring after her with a grin of vicious wonder llr?r?n liiu Meanwhile all was quiet an?l peaceful in and around the humble farmhouse where the principal personages of our narrative had taken lodging. In her chamber ui>on the second Uoor sat little Gracie, fast asleep in lier cliair, from tlio exhaustion of that eventful day, with tho photograph of her beautiful mother pressed U]x>n her bosom l>eneath her clasped hands. Though it was close upon ten o'clock she had not thought to retiro for the night, sinco Lawyer Edgar, uj?on his return from his call at Slack Eond House, had informed her that it was necessary for him to go at once into tho city upon important business, but that he should return in time to bid her good-night. | Tho gentleman had held a newsI paper, and seemed unusually excited, I but there was no timo for explanations, as he had to catch a train. So sho sat waiting, and had fallen asleep. Upon the first floor of tho house, in a chamber, tho windows of which opened upon the star-lit orchard, Blept little Stellu, the dim light of tho I ?;An~. ?? 11 uienirioiuj# ciuuiniig me gicam or Her golden hair, where it lay liko a wnb of spun metal spread out upon her pillow. Old Jean ha<l 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 Btirrcd the boughs of the great elms that shaded the farmhouse ; but for that, all was peace and silence. Suddenly, the sound of a vehiclo far up the rood disturbed the quiet of the night. The housewife laid aside her knitting, and, going into the parlor, turned up the lamp until it burned brightly. As elie did so, sho noticed that the door leading out into the gardon hung open, and wondered that tlio breezo had been so strong, when sho distinctly remembered having securely latched it. She did not close the door, however, as the vehicle had stopped at the gate. and aha haw Mi*. Edgar hastening up the garden path. Ho camo in, removed his hat., and glanced into the unoccupied parlor. Words of disappointment were ready upon his lips that Oracio had retired, when she appeared upon the stairs. Mr. Edgar took her hand in his as alio gained. his side, and led her into the parlor, closing the door behind them. "You liavo news for me!" sho exclaimed, with a woman's instinct, as she noticod the unusual excitement dopicted upon his face. "Yes, news for yon," replied the lawyer. "Bit down. Aro you able to hear anything I may liavo to tell you?" "Yes," sho said; "but, oh, Mr. Edgar, I hope it is not too hard to boarl* "I would havo spared vou if it had been," ho said, gently. Then, drnwinu a newspaper from his pocket, he added: "This newspaper records the sudden death, in the Tombs, of Max Boy don." "Max Boydon dead!" breathed Qracio in an awed whisper. "Yes, and by his own hand. In somo way, poison was sent him, which ho took, and died alone in the night." "Heaven help him!" "Heaven's his only help now. It will ' be a hard blow to his scheming widow. With her husband's death ceases her claim upon your property." "But she said she is a Clifford, a niece of my father," remarked Oracle, U) try j ler friend, who, ns yet was iu ignorance .? )f what alio know." I "I don't believe it, all Iho aiuuo," returned Mr. Edgar; "but, Grncie, it was i iot 011 account of thin piece of news that >1 t went so suddenly inio the citv." "No?" i "No; there is another announcement ^ in this paper." 1 "What is it? Oh, Mr. Edgar, speak! What have yon to tell ino?" "I chanced to notice in the column of r unusemojits an announcement of the 0 Appearanco of Mndumo Clarisse." ? "Madnmo Olnrisse!" ? She witH ujtnn her feet in an itiatm^t. 1 her eyes dilated, her breatli coining uu | 1|UH i\, niuuj' |^unj?o, } "You saw lier!" C "Yoa, I liavo seen her!" .< "Well, well ? " "Gnicie, my rliild, I huvo reason to 1 BUHpCCt " J "Stay ! look Ms sin; liko this portrait? -1 With trembling hand she snatched 1 tho photograph from her bosom and ) held it before him. i "Yes, that is Madame Chi rinsed ' "And mv mother! oh, come, come with mo, tfiis very instant 1" panted the excited girl, attempting to drag the lawyer toward the door; "come! we have her now; to-morrow wo may have J lost neri come!" "Listen to me, Orncie. Do calm, my child. I have spoken with your mother, . and she ic coming to you. Merciful heuven, what is that? Hark!" Ho stopped with npraixed hand in token of silence. A terriblo cry, tho cry of a lost soul, the shriek of n wild animal in agony had rung from end to end of tho house. Then another scream more terrible than the first, and again a third. Paralyzed with alarm, rooted lo the i spot, Gracic and her companion heard j a wild rush of feet in tlichall; the door i j of tho parlor was burst open nnd old \ j Jean Leonard reeled into the room, his i long white hair tossing alnuit his livid face, his eyes starting from their sockets, while with his nails lie lacerated his flesh, mingling his blood with his tears. "My child, my child, Stella!" he shrieked; "they have taken her, stolen her! Oh, God, let mo die!" CIIArTKU XXIT. MAPAMF CI.AH1HHK. It was tlio most violent, the most Awful exhibition of grief that little Gracio had ever witnessed, and in tor_? -T* .?/?, her protector. having gazedblimUy *1^, ?oM moment, sank in an ?? upon rlVjEr Mr. Edgar wont to hiln hud tried to raiao him, but ho was inert, lifeless. By this time the Htortled farmer and his wifo had arrived upon the Bcene, and with the man's assistance the law-, yer raised the ]>oor worn-out body, and carrying it across tlio hall-way, laid it gently upon the bed, which still bore the impross and warmth of little Stella's body. j. no mr oi tno chamber was heavy I (with a sickly sweet odor, whilo on the floor beside the bed lay the tell-tale ball of cotton still rooking with chloroform. Tho two women had followed into jtlie room and stood thero in awo-strickcn silence. It *Avas tho lawyer who npoko first. "Tho child has l?ecn kidnapped! do finy of you know anything about it? have yon heard any sounds ?" Tho housowife was tho only person who had any information to offer; she simply stated how she had fcund the outer door open after having left it securely closod, though not locked. "But the poor old gent is not dead, sir, is he?" she asked, looking apprehensively at the prostrate figure upon tho bed. - v v "No," answered Mr. Edgar, "he still breathes and his pulse seems strong; the trouble is that li??n.v?n nnlv what condition his mind will bo in when ho coiuos to." He spoko in an absent-minded way, his attention being irresistibly drawn to Graeio, whose face woro such a pathetic look that it piqxed his curiosity. L As soon ns he was able, he beckoned her to follow him into the parlor, and i when they were alone ho asked: "Grade. is thr?re?nm? 1u>l.oA?n I us? Will you not tell me wlint it is evident you know al>out thin affair?" "Yes,* she answered, frankly; "I was only waiting an opportunity. Know, then, that Cora lioyden is old Mr. Leonard's daughter, and that little Stella is her discarded child." And thereu|>on, into the astonished ears of the good lawyer sho poured the whole astounding story which old Joan had told her that dav. "That settles Madam Boydon's rlaim tirrnn l- ''' % * * ..... ?t/,.u luui |iiu{icri/)': air. UUgar exclaimed, delightedly, whon alio had concluded her recital, "and satisfies me that Mm I am Clnrisso is your mother." "My mother!" echoed little Graeie, excitedly; "oh, Mr. Edgar, tell mo? when shall I see her?" "To-night?almost nt any moment now. Bhe was singing in an opera at a theater; I saw her between the acts; I told her I had reason to believe that 1 her daughter still lived, and I bosought 1 i? ?~ t * - ... uo> iaj iuiw no ume in ascertaining tho fact for henolf. "She almost fainted, and begged me to givo her coachman full directions how to Arid you. Tlioa sho was called to the stage, and I loft her singing as only a bird sings for tv*y joy," "Darling mother!" 1 "Ann, Oracle, such beautiful * woman I" ?7'Hark, hark! what is that! Oh, Mr. Edgar, Hurely I ' hear the sound cf i wheels!" ( Hho laid her hand, tremulous with ( ropressod emotion, upon his arm. "I think Bho is coming!" he said, tho sympathetic tears starting to his eyes. They hnrriod out into tho lambent J moonlight, and there, at the gate, a onrriogo stood, and in tho garden-walk ' tho figure of a tall And splendid woman, * a light veil thrown over the gleaming ; masses of her l>ronze-gold hair, and j trailing over her rioh attire. ' "Mothor I" i "My child!" It was the e cstatic cry of heart to * heart, soul to soul, and n tho next in- 1 a taut mother and child were locked in 1 m embrace beforo which oven tho anjel Dtfath must havo stood jsnvcrless. And so they mob at last, thou* two vaifs upon tho ocoau of lifo, mot novel* ? part by tho graco of God. ' In that hmubln parlor that night c ;liov aafc'with thoir arms entwined, c vhile tho story of that strange suparti- o iion was told. "Your father, ' Clarissa ClitTbrd said, 'had ouo fault whieh marred an oth rwise uoblo nature?jealousy. Ho was jealous of mo from tho lirst; why, Itoaven only knows, for I was a fai hful wifo, and havo remained faithful to his memory ever sines, as tho good flod, who has given you back to me, j in my jmlge. At last, shortly before I you wore born, the crash came. His i aasily aroused feelings had boon I worked up by his sister, Mrs. 1Vml ?n, who had ever been my enemy because niv existence threatened to divide flic c Family oh t a to until lie could lieur hie ' unjust suspicions no longer. One 1 night ho burst into my chamber, 1 swearing that the child I boro was none 1 of his, and commanded mo t<> leave li s i presence, and never to look upon his < face again. Ovorwli dined with an- 1 gnish and despair, 1 obeyed liini; I t went away and you were born among ( strangers. brought almost to th > , brink of the grave, I lay unconscious , for days, and when 1 recovered my ( senses they had robbed mo of you. Thsy told mo you were dead." "Poor mother!" sobbed lit11 o Graeie; "what have I suffered in comparison to yottt" , "Then came tho future to face. I was alone in the world, hut. I had my voice and it was well trained, disguising myself under the name of ' Madame Chtrisse, I went to Now York, 1 and gave music lessons until 1 had money enough to go to Europe. There I have remained all these years, until heaven guided mo home to you, my darling child 1" She drew Graeie closer to her as sho uttered the heartfelt words, and pressed 'her lips ujkju the low, sweet brow. ' "You have heard of father's death?" ;tho girt asked. "Yes," she answered, with an in vol* | juntary shudder, "ami In* died in ig* moranco of my innocence, ho died with lUnforgivencss in his soul!" "Perhaps not, mother dear." "Why ? "I have kept a. letter addressed to you, which came to mo in a strange hvay, whieli I will explain some day." 1 "A letter?for mc?" ^J^ar answer, little Oracio drew from -#J^d)osym the long yellow onvolopo Av V oe.vdeit's victim at" rno*mtrrgurc... Ming the same to lier mother, she [inquired: "Do you know the handwriting?" Clarissa Clifford rose from the sofa upon which sho ha I heen sitting with Graeio, and witli the envelope between her hands, approached the table whereon stood the lamp, and there read her own name scrawled in the uncouth, informed writing. "No," sho ssid, after a thoughtful pause, during which she studied tho superscription closely, "to the best of recollection I have never scon t his writing before." "Perhaps not." rejoined Graeio, from the sofa, while Lawyer Edgar, who had beon an interested auditor of the interview botween mother and daughter, straightened himself in his eliair to note what was about to be said; "it is quite possible that yon may never have seen the handwriting, mother dear, but do you recollect a man in the past by the name of Nicholas Garland?" [TO 1?E CONTINUED. 1 A Slippery Place for Geologists. Heretofore the average geologist has been a man who drinks up time liko a river and hasteneth not. lint now there are some indications of a reform in respect to this lavish uso of time. Professor Prestwick, in the second volume of his geology just issued from the Oxford University press savs that the calculations on which the glacial epoch was put back 240,(MX) roars are very defective, as they ore based on the rate at which tho puny glaciers of the Alps move. Hut, basing Iliu Pftli'lltlfmii ..?? ?' -- -L ?* ' 1 ? ...x .I...VIWI* W?I KUO 1 ill O ill* AVIllC'll the Greenland glaciers move, lie thinks that the time occupied l?y the great Ameriettn ice-slide need not have been more than from 15,000 to '25,(MM) years. And, by means of similar observations and calculations, he limits the time for the formation of the valleys, which followed, to 8,000 or 10.000 years, llenco the beginning of the glacial period may not havo been more than 30,000 years ago instead of 240,000, and the close of the period wtmoro than i 10,000 years. This makes an immense I shrinkage in the anti>piity which some ! of th.) geologists havo claimed for the : human race. The defect in all these i calculations is that it is not known how ' fast the ice moved iu glacial times. It is a slippery place for the geologists. Chicago Advance. The I111 man Heart. A curious calculation has bcou made by Dr. HicharJsen, giving tho work of the lieart in mileage. Presuming that the bloxl was thrown out of the heart at each pulsation in the proportion of sixty-nine ntrokos per minute, nml at the assumed force of nine feet, the mileage of the blood through the body might be taken at '207 yards per minute, seven miles per hour, 108 miles per [lav, 61,320 miles per year, or 5,150.880 miles in a lifetime of eighty-four yoars. The number of beats of tho heart in tho *amo long lifo would reach tho grand total of 2,869,776,000. Groups of Birds and Beasts. Birds and other animals, whon colI i?.i 1 * ? ninu in imuiiMTH idgeuicr, navo cuvimih names applied to them. It is right to aav: A covey of partridges. 'A flock of goose. A nlde of pheasant*. A cost of hank*. A whlip of snipe. jA tr.p of dottroll. A bevy of quail*. 'A hnr<l of swine. A flight of doves or A skulk of foxes. 1 swarows. A pack of wolves, A muster of peacocks. A drove of oxen. A siege Of herons. ;A sounder of hogs. A building of rooks. A troop of monkeys. A brood cf grouse. |A pride of lions. A plump of wild fowl. 'A sleuth of hears. ] A stsniof plovers. lAshonl of herrings. A *nt-hot nightingales.IA swarm of bees J A elaiAer of cboogns. 1 I Two-thirds of the land in England ind Wales is held by 10,207 owners, And sixteen of this number own 1,103,- J )28 acres. , THE NEWS, Ig IV>v. J. ITord Jenkins has bo^n cxp^llo I rom tbe rtctorsbip of the Protestant Kpis- T opal Churcli, at White Water, Wis., ou linrgos of drunkenness, m ?do by member* if the congregation. A boiler exploded j n Hughis' pi lining mill at Chattanooga, fenn., tearing out an entire side of tbo build ng, killing Charles llrndshaw, colored, and Mowing the ilrcinan (lfty feet, hut not fatally R0 njuring him. C. K. McGregor, an ex- | ijj neinher of tho Georgia legislature; shot and cr tilled J. M. W. Cody, at Warrenton, Go., i Jody having shot and nearly killed him two | r-nrsago. Rev. John A. Danks, charged vitli immoral conduct, was convicted by the jf i'ittsburg Methodist Episcopal Con'erenco pj md su8i?endod for one year. The Louis- i, ana state authorities havo rcc jyered $45,000 >f the new four per c.Mit. bonds that wore j cc nissing, but it is said tint Treasurer Ihirk 's I ju leflcit etill amounts to $000,0 0. Mrs. liouisia Ernest, of St. Eouis, while suffering J* vltli dement ia, went out on the bridge span aj ling the Mississippi and leaped into the river I w >:io hundred fcot below, but was saved by a j ^ Isherman A $.'5,000 bronze statute of j ,, ,he French explorer In S ilie, preseu'cd to w Chicago by Judge I.unbert Tree, was un- j J] relied In Inncoln l'nrk, that city. Tlio , ri.lago of Norwoo J, Ohio wns destroyed by j, ay Are originating in tho explosion of a keg v jf powder. Ueorgo C. Hnzorell, wlio six months ago robbed his father, in Harford, 1 UL, of #90,000 in unregistered United Statin T bonds, has l>?en arrested in Oregon. Mrs. *l i. mm P? two like, of Haff&lo, N. Y., fs balfovott ' *' to have committed suicide at Niagara Kalis. Richard J. Ambrose and his wife, of St. | i Jostpb, Mo., Celebrated tho tenth nnnlver- | ' sary of their wedding in a terriblo debauch, ! * the.woman dying fiom the effects of tlio 1 ? liquor, and the man being foun I with de- ; 'i lirium tremens. Hans Jaspsrson, of Frovo ' ? Utah, pleaded guilty to |>olygnmy, and was ' given live years in prison. Mrs. Wqlbert i aged Afty-eight years, of Weatherly, Fa." i f was murdered by Wui. tttaugloy, u boarder ' .11 her house. Elizabeth liackelt, a young girl, married i und deserted by Julius Mailbouse, u Chicago ' ex convict, in Australia, followed liim to this country, had him arrested in tlio pres-nconf j ] his Hrst wife, an I wdl i.ow p osecute li ni for 1 I bigamy. Tb ro were ltti business fui.urcs i ' in tlio United States hii I dd in Cuiutdu tho pust week. A ioung girl living no ir Carlisle, Fa., was g r.al to death by a bull. Typhoid fevor is epidemic m Vork, l'a. Newell Moreliead accidentally shot and killed Uscur Schineidel, aged twelve yoars, in tho woods near York, Fa. Tho Citiztns' Hank tfli.R'pVrf'O'1! vy,. remvrtrmt a verdict of Against Charles if. Fields and Maurice If. Flynn, being the amount duo on a noto executed during tbo construction of the cable road in Richmond. In a freight train wreck on the Baltimore and Ohio at Froderickton, O., thirteen cars nud thrcoongircs woredeino i hed.?Belle Hamlin beat Harry Wilkes in two straight heals at Fleetwood Park. The little home of l'utrick Daily near Bradford, Pa., was burned, and bis wife and three sons perished in the 11 tines. Job Lilly, age! sixty-eight years, foil dead iu a Now York theatre while witnessing the ulay of tho '"O.d Homestead." Pickpockets went through the pissongers on a Pan-Handle train eas> of N twark, O., and secured $1,71X). Judge Robert Kuley, of Carrollton, O., fell from uu apple tree and was fatally injured. Severol cases of yellow fovor are reported at Key West. The President made tho j following appointment?: George 11. largo, j of New Jersey, to bo co lector of intern >1 ! Mvenue for tho Fifth district of Now Jersey j Calvin G. Brewster, of Texas, to be collector ' of customs for the district of Corpus Christi, I Texas. Charles Banders, colored, who Is I wanted at Hsgorstown, Md., for the murder of a man named Herr, was arrested in Pittsburg. The Chicago, Munie, Richmottd and Cincinnati ltailital Camp ?ny has been organised in Kvansvilln, Ind., to construct a line from a point on the Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan, between Jonesboro and Fairmonnt, in Graut county, Indiana to Cmciiinati, making by more than twenty miles tho sboi test routs between Cincinnati and Chicago, and by tbo extension of tlio Louisville, Kvansvilte at St. I.onis road to Harrison or Cinrincati, thoshortestlinebotweenSf. Louis end Cincinnati. Tho capital stock is $1,000,- i OttO. George K. ?Vard, a prominent contractor, has disappeared from Fredericks- | ' burg, Va. Miss Latham, of Otvogo, N. Y., ] was attacked by an unknown man nt night and choked into insensibility and tho i thrown into a stream. George \V. Moss, \ a machinist, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., murdered i bis wife and then shot hims-.df. Mr. CUv t ' lan i 6poke nt a great me ting in Cooper I. - j stitue, in New York, in memory of Congress- ' innn Cox. In the election of officers in the ! * Mioman's Christian Temperance Union Con- 1 ventton, in Philadelphia, tho Third Party adherents scored a victory. Tlio tomb of Ix>rd Howo, of Revolutionary notoriety,was ! discovered by workmen digging a sewer at Ticonderaga, N. Y. Ciiicugo lias $0,010,- | 00.1 actually subscribed f.,r a world's fair nnd $3,000,00) mora ill sight. It is reported from Richmond, Va. .that the Richmond and Chesapeake Railroad Company has formed A connection with the H. & O. DOUBLE CRIME. Murder and Huicide II Mill from '-lie liovo ?f Two Men lor a Widow. j Henry Huffman and Lswroneo Huter, of Peqtis, Ohio, l>oth mon of 4"> yeun, courted : the Mine woman, n y. un; widow named i Lorser. Huter was the favorite suitor. Huffman became jealom, and called on j Hoter. The men exchangntn few ] when iluffinau drew a revolver and nred. i Huter fell at the tlrst shot. llufT nnn gto >4 i over him and flre.1 a second lirn . Huffman < then shot himself in the neck, killm; hiin- I feel. Huter etill livos out cannot recover. YELLOW JACKET AT KEY WEST 1 t f The Dreaded 6<?onrane A^nln Appears iii Florida. J The nrgeon-general of tho Marine Hospi* g tal florrio-t has received a telegram from l)r. ( Poeey, at Jacksonville Fin., saying that, tho t Pr?n dent of the State Hoard of Health * oorta . vernl c ??os of yellow fever at Key IV est. n The surgeon general say* that there is no iee<! of apprehension, and that overy precan - 1 don has been token to provuut tho spread of .be diseaae. ( onditionoftmgIH he Yield as Compared With ^Bjj That ol* Last Year. >llnn Kcturns Show Iiiirp> Plant Uruwth, ati?l Active Opening uf Holla?State Percentages. Tho Department of Agricultural reports neral percentage of condition of corn nt .7, ng&iust '?.'J a month ago, an<l 'J~ for the op of 1888 on tho 1st of Uctobor. (Joudi>11 of potatoes 77.11, against 80.8 last Octor; of buckwheat, tM, against tlj.l last year; tobacco, 80.7, against 85.7 in 1S3S. Tho vdiaiinary est 111 :tto of ylold per aero is 8 for wheat, 11.0 for ryo, and &i.'J for barY Tho past month has been favornbl > for >rn. Blight fros* north of forty degrees in ired Into corn, but the |>erce!itago of damto was generally very small, as tlioerop was ell matured on tho thud week of tteptem.'r. The dry weather c inio oppor.unely Iter the abundant rains of Jiny and Angus*, liich somewhat iinpared comlilion on tho .tl an tic coast. Intiiostat s south of Maryiint tho bottom lands were <| uto too wet f r to bost j ield or quality. Considerable area.-. 'ere blown down, uod some injury resulted -oiii u>tt ing, in nil of I he cotton states. In lo states of tho < loiu valley there was exc,'ts f moisture in M .y and Juno that letnrded touting iind curly growth, prevented culti ni/iuil Mliuttui'lju t III mil HblOll, I ? Vlllg UOIIIO its to be caught by tho frosts of thdJti > the ii5tl? ot September. The t> st d?velopisntof in it/. ) was in the Alnsniri Valley, 'he best growth o. the South was in theUuif Lutes. It could tc rculy Im improved in ithej- district, though the yield per e.cre is such ft rosier in th>i high Uliludtn. Pototors were injured east of the Allehumcsbyexc ss of moisture, earning rot. n Wait Virginia and Ohio similar repoits re received. Drouth reduced the yield in lichigun, though the quality is generally oo I. In the Mississippi V.tl ey the crop is ?oro promising. In the Kooky .Mountain reion, where the area is largely iuci eased, the ohhoi) has been unfavorable. The returns of yield per acre of wh- at are n threshers' mensuivni-lit. This report is ireliiuinary, as the local estimate will b? sted by the record books or the threshers iow coining in. The present uverugi s for irmcipal states are It! !S bushe s in New Yoi k ; 11 Pennsylvania ldd, Ohio, i i tl. Michigan 5.7, iHiliiina 14 7, Illinois Id, Wincoti-iu I I.'.', Minnesota 14.ii, low i ht 1, Missouri Id, Kauris 1H.4, Nolirnska I'd, Dokati H California 15. Winter wheat wus injured in many districts during harvest ana in the stack by heavy rains,and is com para lively light, gracing badly, thus reducing its weight and value. Its wieght and quality will bo the subject of lurther report alter tho test of tcaleu in marketing. The cotton returns of the 1st of October to the Department of Agricultural show large plant growth, active opening of bol's, fiber In . ..miiii..-^ ??- " J weather For picking. Yet the plant Is everywhere reported late, and tears are expiesso 1 that frost may seriously short, n the crop. reeervatioiT rnrrapondeuts that present lu vol ahle appearanc >s are deceptive; th it in seasons of exo ssivj moisture the outcome falls Ik-Iow exp->ctations, while in those of drouth the r.su't is better than was feared. With an early date of killing frost present condition will le heavily discoiAn-d; with a date later than tho average, iBnrgo crop will be gather, d. The crop li is Ixvii injured more by moisture than by drouth, though some sails ami localities have been top try in S ptembcr. Worms Uivb v r night ecu i lerabin injury, not withstanding tho general u.-.o of insecticides. CUt-WIUIiy VIPM Ul A UMIlll I. I OilipitllllL 111 adulterutiun of par.s uro >n is m id ; in curtain qu irters. Tlio following ?t:ito i ei-cent* ages are presented: Virginia .IS, North C iroiina 7~, >Soutti Carolina 81, Georgia ST. Florida ! 8, Alabnmn ST, Mississippi 111, lam si-wia 83, ToxusTS, Arkansas 81! T.-iiiiess-o Si. Tli.s makes, as a g >neral percentage, 81.1 per cent, of a full crop prospect on the 1st of Oelo'icr, compared with 78.9 per cent, last Octolier. FLAMES BESIDETHEM. Prison Convicts Worked Cmler Guard M liilc tlio School Hunted. Firo broke out in tbo roof of the Fcboolrooni addition to the east wing of tlio State Prison at Jackson, Mich. In a few minutes tn.i entire city Fire Department was at work inside the pris. n wn Is tud hundreds of the poj ulation of Jackson were clustered outside I ho walls an 1 on house t< ps, railway cirs und other plac s where it was jio.-sibio to catch a glimpse of what was ..oing on w ithin tlio ine otmre. It took two hours' har.l light to sutiduo the tames undthi building was completely guti'od, only the walls remaining. U.'iu'y Warden Fifleld incrensed tlio guards; they were all doubly ?ruled and tho premiss wero patrolied inside and out. 1'he 8.H) convicts iusido were kept at work in the shops sternly guarded until the regular dinner hour, whi n they were inarch'-d out past the roaring M imes and into the dining hall as usual. As they passed the Ihe it seemed as it they were glad lo have even a fire bio ik tho dreadful monotonv of i>n?m life. I'iio lire originated from u tin .-in Ill's lire pot. WRECK ON THE RAIT,. \n I'jxpr'R4 Train Derailed and n Number <>( Persons Injured. A serious accident occurre 1 on tin l'.iilalelphia,\Viimington and 15 dtimore 11 tilroail, kbout a niilo below North -ast, Mcl., when tt.o Washington a:i.I New Vork oxpr sr train, No. '.'"J, Conductor issard, was <1.-mile I. resulting in about fifteen persons being injir e l, two dangerously, a I largo Ion to iho ni'road company. C. A. l.awsm, con luetcr of tho rullnian, and Win. Hockley, ongin <r were tho two who sulT.-re t the most serious injur.es. Keprosenlutirot of tli compmy say that tho cause ol the accident is not pos lively ki own, but passengers o.i tli< tram state that the uoor of a freight car, which foil from agouti.-!) un I extra freight tram on tiio track, caused the train to loave the rails. The ncc.dent occurred at 8fony It'.in curve, and the engineer \va< unable to t>.o the ubstable until almost on it. MARKETS. R AI.TfMORK?Flour?( *.v Mi'Is. nxf.ra.St fil 1*4.75. Wheat?Southern Full/., fiib7: Corn?Southern Whilo, lOall cts, Vollow tla41'.jets. Outs-Southern nnd Pennsylvania ' Ia2? cts.: Rye?Maryland & Pennsylvania 5ia54d8.; Hay? Mnryland and Pennsylvania 14 ooaf14 5'J;Btmw-\v hent.tl (*.?n#7.0U;Piir.UT, Kastern Creamery, IPaVi&o.,near-by receiptu It'?al7ete; Cheese?Knstern Faucj Cr< am. 11 il'2 cts.,?Western, i'J^'alO cts; K.'tf <?21 i22; Tol?aceo Ix-af?Inferior, ln#2.lW, Oood Common, 2 00a$4 CO, Middling, $5<i 7.00 Uood ts> fine red,hof'j; Fancy, Nkw York?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,$2.10;i$5.1 o:\Vheat-Nol White 8094 ?S7; Rye?State. Sl^aASJW; Cora?South-rn Ifollow,.,{s'^n;t,.'a4. Oats-White, KtnU2.'>]??2*l jts.; Huttor-State. 12al4 cts.: Cheeso-State, IWalO cts.; Kggs--21a22 cts. I'Htt.ADKia'iiiA ? Flour ? Pennsylvania oiiuv, < >; ?v imu?ronnsyi vaiuii nnrt touthorn 1U*I, Ryo?Penruylvanla i'laSScta: Corn?Southern Yellow, 4!>a-U)^cta. )ata?24a20 eta.: Butter--Htnt?, l'.?a.5 eta.; 'heeae?N. Y. Factory, 0a0>4 eta. l?gg?? Unto, 23a2i eta CATTI.K Hai.timork?tW, 4 (K)a4 15; Shoop?18 00 i4 25. Hogs?$t 25 ?4 40. jnkw York?Hoof?$4 50a& !>0;Hhoep-*5 00 ^ (5 50; Hoga?$4.A0i5 0?). Kaht Lirkrty?Hoof?f4 40a4 00; Sheep? JMB, M OUftl 75; lloga?$4 50a4 05 mfWfr