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^ ~~ Qevoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Politics and the Current News of the Day. y ''] XX.-NEW SERIES. - UNIt)N^rl^i!^lp!^P8t^^j1!BE^mER 6, 1889. NUMBER 49. ^ THER AND ROW. OT HOWARD c. TBirp. He walked acr -ai t ?e grassy lea. Wild w|th a youth b h ub hopes and glee; Tor bis young heart with Joys wr>S rtl? O'er the o owns of life That he sli uid win if Mine rnd henlth Wo ild only loa i one-ba 1 their woalth. lie wa-k d, a Hol er enuth serene. Across the olover scouted green. And thought of triumphs that would crown His lire-work with a high renown. Years pns<*el away. Oh, whero Is he Who walk- d. a youth-knlght, o'er the lea, And vowed that h > in timo should win A crown free froui the innrk of sin? Ob, Cod I ho now Ih lying there bo cold and llfelers! bin's despair. And awlul hatred struck htm down; Ho did not win the pre ions crown , He hoped for; for the wine cup sbredh Asieilod him with Its frightful death! STILL. 11.now a maiden, and a fair one, too. > on n iiwu hdqh sweet, l declare There's a world of love 'n her bout so true, Aod few are tbotu*i..<ns ?bo m* mora fair 'Jh4n HtrllAb, well I t weet faced little Htell with her auburn hair. bho ha" all the grace of aGjrpey Queen, Ai.d -bewitches men wl'.h her glance, I ? elm el There'" a lalry-llko charm In l.er mien. That 'tis woll for us nit to hare a cars, NVhcn I-toll? Ah, well I . UanccK to and (ro with her auburn hair. Oh, beauteous with "Oft bluo eyes, And mouth llko a building rose, I decl&rel Your pr eeiicc to mo ia like paradise, For 1 to fairly hem caught iu J.ove's snnro. Ah. well! Hwect Hteil! My heart s cutaugled in your auburn hair. TOM nmn me. BY "Til K MA-TOH.'1 CHAPTERL LOHT IN A hTOKM Near five o'clock in the afternoon of August )1, lb'iB, a stage coach with a full complement of both inside and outside passengors was slowly proceeding along the highway toward the village of /.ylos worth, and within three miles of it. The day had been a most sultry and " uncomfortable one. The horsos pauted and labored heavily along. Kvcrvthing in and nbout tbo conveyance tol l of suiYcriug and discomfort; it had been liou s sinco any of the vexed and weariod passengers bad attempted anything like conversation. The lost effort ut social intercourse had been made by a stout, stern-featured man of middle age, whose iron-gray hair Eiaicncci tue suit of mixed (Scotch Soods that be wore. During all this ay, as well as the day before, he had manifested tie utmost impatience at tho slowno. s of the vehicle, and his bitter complaints and grumblings had x made him disliked by bis- fellow-pasJ sengers, y "Don't la k to me of horse lesh, or ?t* tho heat of the day!" lie angrily said to the driver. "I engaged my passage by this route and paid for it, after examining the company's printed schedule of time. How has its engagement been kopt, so far? We ere at this moment nine hours behind the advertised time. Tf lh:s rate of loss is to continue, 1 shall loae twonty-four hours on my ionrnoy. and w>U be too late for the business that brings me that way. A large pecuniary loss will be the consoqnence. Damn yon, s;r, if you don't get thin old lumbering concern along faster I'll sue the company for damages?I will, sure as my name is Mason Belmont!?and I don't care who knows . it." A few suoh outbursts as this made every other passenger foel that the man in gray was a coarse, seliish person, whoso further acquaintance was not desirable. But tbeso explosions also served another purpose, which afterward became a matter of importance. They fully advertised the name of tho grumbler. The accident that now occurred came witbont the slightest warning. Tho fore axle patted in the middle, and tho coach lurched forward. For a moment 4 l>AVO tvuo a oaana a! nATmi * ?* %-! ? ? MV?V tf W W nvvuo VI CtUI Jg^Ill UHll e.\" ci'temont. Tho horses plunged and reared miully; tho driver jumped for the leaders' heads, aud shouted to soothe and steady tho four; the passengers on tho outside were promiscuously pitched into the road or forced to jump; those on tho inside were thrown intp a heap together. Women's screams and exclamations from the men were mingled. Tho man in gray tugged at one of the doors, and, being unable to move it, put his broad shoulders to it, burst it open, and jumped into the road. It was after.ward remembered thkt ha cried out, with an oath, that he had torn his 1 ^^M^Sker^uccoethid^ilF^ieting his horses, und the outsider* hastened to help the insiders from their uncomfortable position. When all had reached , the roadside, it was discov ered that no one had sustained any serious injury. There had boon a rudo shakinc-nn: there were a fow bruises anil aomo torn garments; but there was no need of medical help, and a general sense of thankfulness was expressed that it was jfc&C no worse. The driver examined the break. jj "It'll take an hour or two to fix it,and P"""' I'll have to go a quartor of a mile for $ a blacksmith," tie said. "You folks '11 havo to muke the best of it. Aylosr worth's loss'n three miles off now, and 1, you that feol like it might walk in 'fore 1 < an bo ready. Wouldn't advise you to, though; there's a storm coming np. J'etter get the ladies into the coach, some way, for shelter, till it's over, and you gents o.in stav under tho trees." "Is there no house near?" was the onx'ous inquiry. "Mutter of half a milo. Tho indications of a heavy rain were now qnite evident to all, and the drlvor's advice was taken. Wo must make an exception. The man in gray stood snlieniy aloof from tho others after the accident. mBBBn hearing the report of the driver. He wsa too impatient to wait, and too sulky to ia'orin the others of his intentions. He sieutly withdrew, uaob served by any one, in tho confusion - Mini IIT ilil^railn* ???it atiuli, 1 .>(nM Although about trn o'clock io the afternoon, the heel ?eemed greater than at any previous hoar of the day. The btmosphere glowed like a furnace. H ugo black olouda were rolling up toward the zonitk; tliero was a low and ominous rumbling. Through the thick dust the persp'ring pedestrian toiled on. A hand-snchel was h's only luggage, which he now carriod undor his arm. It had nevor once been out of his possession since tho commencement of his journey. Ho met no porson; be passed but 0110 house, which was remote from the highway. The storm suddenly burst forth. A lurid glare of lightning shot from the groat bank of clouds in the west; thero was a terrific roll of thundor, and instantly the air was dark with a deluge of rain. The wind roao and howled dismally, driving great sheets of falling water before it. Wet through, unable to see tho road boforo him, torrified by the fury and euddenness of the storm, Mason Belmont struggled on. He was unused to Bitch ndventuroa; what to most men would have been moroly disagreeable, was to him positively alarming. The Btorm seemed to inoroase in ftirv. Tho distressed wayfarer marked by tho glaro of tho lightning a leafy oak somo distanoo ahead. He pressed on toward it for refuge, \vhen a stream of liro smote llio trie, splintering its stotit trunk, while a ball of fire danced along tho ground. Tho wayfarer was rooted to tho gound with terror. He tried to to cry out; after repeated efforts ho succeeded iu uttering a word. "llilloa!" "Ililloa yourself!" To his surprise and delight, his crv was immediately answered. The next gleam of lightning showed a man standing so near him that the fingers of his outstretched arm would have touched him. < IIA in EJt It A FR'KM) IN NFKI). 'I he dibtressod traveler felt to the full in that moment the wonderful relief that comes from tho fa t of companionship iu serious trouble. "ivor Clod's sake, sir," he cried, "help mo in, somewhere, out of this horrible storm! You're a stranger to me, but if you'll got mo shelter right off I won't mind giv'ngyou?giving you " Tho offer came hard, even at such a time of soro need, for the speakor loved money better than anything in the world; brtt with an effort ho said: "1*11 givo j*ou tivo dollars." Another Hash of lightning briefly disclosed the men to each other. It was a youth of about twenty who shouted back against the roaring wind : "AVhp aro you, and where aro you bound?" * . * The explanation was giveu in a few words. "Well," rejoined the youth, "you can't got to the village in this storm. I was on mv way over to Tom Bryson's when it broke out. That's the nearest house to us now and I guess I'll tuko you there. Let me *?arvtr VAnr oo/?1?a1 " ^ OHVUVJ| oil Mr. ilelmont refused to let go of his charge, but took the offered arm, and the two slowly wended their way along in the darkness and the storm, lu the brief conversation that was | ossible, the traveler learned that his companion wai named Kdgar Van Wyck, and that he was the only child of a widow living a short distance away on a cross-road. Presently tho two tjrncd from the highway into a wide lane, and followed it some distance. The lane led through a thick patch of woods, which entirely hid the house they were approaching from tho road. As they clca ed this wood, they found that tiio fury of the Ltorm was over. The wind rapidly went down, tho rain ceased, and almost "as it had arisen the tempest wan stillod. The guide at last panned beforo a house. "This ii tho place," he said. Tho light was ample, uow, to permit an examination of tho exterior of tho building. It was a two-story frame honse of considerable size, standing broadside to the lane, in past years the lane had hoen a pleasant drive tnrougli the wood. Occupied once by some wealthy proprietor, tho house had, through misfortune or other change, been let for some years. Its occupants had almost ruined it, and it had been long siuce repairs were made. There was no trace of paint outside, many panes of glass were in ssing, and at least one whole sash was broken in; a chimney had fallen, leaving but a few ragged bricks abo . e the roof, in one end of which was a largo hole, it was evidently the homo of po.-erty; it did not strikingly indicate hospitality. "This is theplace," Edgar Van Wyck repeated. " Welj, then.-" 1 Tile youth hesitated. "What's tho matter?" Mr. Belmont sharply naked. MI hope yon haven't brought me here on a fool's errand." "You can go in bore, sir, or 1*11 show you the way to the village." How far is it?" "Something more than a milo." I'm wet as a drowned rat, and all tirod out, body and mind, with exposure. If I don't get myself dried right away, one of my rheumatic attacks wi 1 lay me up for a month amo..g you boors about hore; then good-by to the object of my journey. Why did you undertake to get roo a skelter if you did not mean to keep your word?" "I have kept it. sir. You can go riglit in hero. I'll come ovor in tne morning in good season to show yoa the way to the village, in time for tko coach. The fact is, sir, Tom is peculiar; some folks think his head isn't right. He don't like the peoplo about here any better than they I'ke him. l'tn^ no favorite with him, though 1 come over sometimes. You'll ffot ? hotter reception from him by going alone than you would if I went in with yon." Mr. Belmont was greatly dissatisfied with this stale of affairs, and urged his guide to remain. "You must heln me to get in," he remonstrated. "Wasn't you coming here when you found me ? ' "My business will keep till morning," replied the youth, with a laugh. "I'm as wet as you ore, and in no shape to make calls. Good-by, till morning." He was gone with the words. Grumbling to himself, tho traveler went up to the door?not the large door thai woe midway of the front of the house, lor all the window* about it were dark '-mt ?but to a small door near the end. the windows about which wore lighted, lie gavo a loud knock. CHAPTER 1IL ^ IN8IDC ^ A grufl voice answered: A "Who's thero?" * "A traveler in distress," was tho re- f? ply. "Tho stago mot with an accident, and I started to walk to the villago. m The rain has wet me through. I am dfl tired and hungry, and want to stay w till morning." ni "Ihis ain't a tavern," was the re- oo joinder. bj "But you suroly won't turn mo away 1 Y It is far to tho viilage, and I must dry j. myself and rest." Mr. Bolmont heard a soft voice, de which seemed to be pleading for his F| admission, though he could not hear Jc the words. A growl from tho surly . voico cut it short. w. "I'm undo* no obligations to ialk*lw I every vagabond that comes along with dr a mado-up story." d"1 "lint 1 ha o monov. I will pay you otl well." " Tb The lust words wero moro per- ya suftsive. Ct "J.et him in, Jes?, and we'll boo what ?i ho loo!.s like." of Tlio door was opened by a girl. . faj The apartment and the two persons pr, that wore thus introduced to Mr. Bel- ^ niont havo much to do with our narrn- . tive. g He saw a good-sized room, which, in Ic< othor days, must havo been the choer ful sitting room of somo family circle. j; A broad fire-place was bordorcd by ? ' pictorial tiles, now cracked and dis- of< placod. The rich papor on the walls was patchod and spotted. T.he lloor ? was uncarpotnd; throo plain chairs and 11c a pine tablo, the latter now bearing the on remains of a frugal supper, wero tlio be< solo furniture. A good tiro blazed in an tlio chimnny, and an armful of dry pa, sticks and branches lay by it. A tallow candlo was lighted on the table. Jn( Tho girl who had admittod tlio guest was not inoro 111 11 twenty years old. ^ llor face was young in fcaturo aud outline, but thoro was a fixed ponsive- ?Vt noss upon it that made it scorn older. ?r Her eyes wero gray, luminous and ten- an' dcr: her mouth was awaaI. in i?a linna I we of Borrow, rosolutcly rcprosiod. Dark do brawn hair ran and rippled in natural yei curls over her shapely hcud; her brow, Yc her cheek, her throat were as fair as th< the pond lily. Hor dress was coar.se R0; in material, and without ornament. pr It was this beautiful presence that ^ moved usually ungracious Mason Bel- wj mont to an expression of politeness. . "I believe I should thank vou, miss, ? for wishing me admitted, f heard you speaking for me." "" She smiled?she was not used to tai smiles?and would have answered? Fh when the surly voice interrupted her. un "No use of hne spre.^hes here. The' S& stranger ?ayo he'll pay, and the Lord wi knows we need his money l>?d enough. Let him eat what tlicro is left, and dry i,? himself by tho tire, fie can ha e my bed if ho'll pay for it. This is all ?| business, stranger?no sentiment at nil ( in it. Fix the table over, Jess, while . ho gets dry." vd The girl turned silently to her task. 801 Mr. Belmcnt drow near the fire, but, eri warned by tho coldness of his recep- c't tion, he made nc further effort at con- Mi versation. By the heat of the glowing he fireplace he soon got himself thoroughly gr dried, and gladly rospoudod to tho summons to refresh himself at the g^ humble board. Tho victuals were poor gu and Bcanty, but the guest managed to w appease his hunger. . A glance or two from Mr. Belmont had satisfied him what manner of man 1 the other was, nnd while he stood by tho flro and sat by the table he gavo tr< unit iiv iiiviu ntiuuviuiii f*" Not so with tho surly host. He hail J also boon drying himself; his ragged coat was thrown ovor a clmir, and Iiis w? coarse shoes were before tho tire. His raj shoulders were stooped, though he was cai not au old man. Gray hair was scat- sio tered thinly over his head; his fore- ? head and cheeks were seamed with q, wrinklos; his eyes wero woory and tj0 lusterless, save when anger kindled lhl them; his thin lips wero morose and tb( sour in expression. The hands that j wore clasped about his kneos wero . hard and horny from toil. Hardship, ? sorrow, tho bitterness and the darkness of lifo were plainly expressed by tho rai whole picture. 8U' He did not obtain a full view ef his P? visitor's face until the lirolight shono strong upon it as ho sat ut tho tablo. lnl Then he gavo a sudden start. go The surly look gavo placo to one of an doubt; then of close inquiry; finally, va as if satisfied, ho drew his oliair back by into the shadows. Hail Mason Bel- a* raont then seen that face, he would havo beon startled by its forocity. Tho wa dull eyes glowod liko forge-Urea fanned aol by the bellows. * The guest finished his moal; the daughter busied herself a few moments in clearing away tho dishes. Then she Bt* went up to her father and timidly laid bl her hand on his shoulder. wt "Yon take my room, father," she otl said. "I can make a k<nd of bod hero th with some old wraps. You have worked be hard all day, and got wet, and yon ? must not lose your sleop." eo A. littlo tenderness, the first that the cb man had shown, appearo 1 in bis reply: M "No, .less; yon go to bed, and I'll do of the sitting up. I'm going to have my . tormontor to-night?the devil of faces and things long past. It'll make no difference whether J havo a bed or not." "Poor father!?how I wish " *r' "O, go 'long with your foolishness! A> Here it's half-past eight by the clock. 'ol Go up to your luxurious room?the only ono on tbe wbolo upper floor of *} this old (len fit for n human being to of sleep in. Dream, if yon can, that of there's something in this wretched v< world worth living for. I'll show the w stranger where to sleep." She lighted another candle, and nutting an arm around his neok kissed his chee\ H o neither noticed nor roaent- tk ed the oaress. The door cloned behind dr her; they heard the ricketr stairs croak CI even under her light tread. ps The two men were face to faco. ve TO bS CONTINUED | CO 'Politkuesb," says a modern Yankee J" Socrates, "is lawful tender all the *a world over; it will win nine times oqt 811 of ten on mankind, and is a good risk ^ to take even upon the mule," ' i&i. C&te Afe * - theJ$Ws7 Four men were BOfppei at Newcastle, -'I for Urotny. -Spjllt a doz?n minora . si, auff xated by ataait* from a tire in the ' r&oonda mines at jputte, Montana. Idui C. Herr, hanMn dealer, of Laueter, Pa., ia financially?ml arrassed. Lla- , litica I10.0J0. llenry 8!au.;l t r, a farer, n;ar Djver, Dol,,*jie noarly gored to >ath by a oow. Robert Blaud, colored, bo attempted a criminal asaault upon Ano Gee, agedelzteen year*, in Prince George f, unty, Va,,waa taken from jail and lynched 8J r a mob.-?John jC? Raymond, of New i> ork, was found miiMBH tK* IIi.?cr>- v Courtof orson in eet|ftpt flee to the Adrian ? stitute at lectin, for the purpose of 0 ank A. Aldricb, cojMB||jl of "bu- coing"' tl ho K. Leuimon.a Fitftfrarg merchant out |( y goods house In Phllnti ?iplit:* was badly mngol by flr.\ Losses $03,00). Several ? tier stores adjoining were damaged. a le New steamship Oriziba, built at Punch's rd, Chester, Pa., for the New York and ? i'>a Mail Steamship Company, was launch- ? in the preeeoce of a number of members u Iho Pan-American Congress.??-Thernin- r; 11 iu Western Kir sis, being inadequate for "a oper irrigation, Congresi will be asked to p lis: in pioriding for means to obtain sup- a r from the river rall.ys. James A. " lith, Sr., prvsl lent of tho Smith & Sons a ? and Fuel Company, of St. Lcnis, bos dispeired,aitd itTs believed that hehasprob- JJ ly joined the Cana Man colon > with f tVJ.UOO js other people's money, Nearly all of the p deuce bos b.<en beard in tb? Crooio case, 'i si ' M. Miller, a broom dealer, ot Terra cl mte, InJ., has been swindled out of fl.COO "J n deed to property, purporting to bavo ?n executed by John D. Chestnut, who is ^ imbecile, and-, new* Mucuttii eucu ft in per.??The wages of puJdlers in the Iron '? irks of the Schuylkill Valley have lieeu irensed to $3 75 a ton. The large barn ci Lovi Eokert, in Lancaster county. Pa., 61 * burned; loss {6,000. A storm *wcpt ^ ?r Newberne, N. C., destroying 8. il. nl fti 's pu'p factory, killing one employe, lo d injuring eight others. Many houses re unroofed, and trees and fences blown ei wn. Pauline Cowitb egod eighteen ?rs was shot and fatally wounded In New hi >rk by George Cbingo, an Italian, lecause J > re'ased to marry him. Charles Mont- w mery, a prominent hotel man in Ban n! ancisco, hat been swindled out of $30,0*0 a young man whom he took in business J( th him.? The late J. Warren Merrill, Cambridge,'.Mass., has left handsome be- bI ests to Baptist mi sions, and educational ^ dilutions.? Charles B. Wigton, s;cre- t( y of the Glamorgan Iron Company of bi iladelpbia, has bam arrested and placed " der bail on a^^l^a-^forgery.?The i indard Oil Company has subscribed 1100,- a; ?to tne World's Fair fund of New York. ? ?The governor general of Cuba di cl.itus ^ ving aided the Striking cigaruiakers of f< >y West. A baud of thieves buve been o. bbing 8 ores in Dela^uro towns. A ? light conductor and a brakoman wascrush- t by the cars near York, Pa. ?Fire did S' ne damage on the tenth floor of the West11 Union's main building in New York v y. Mrs. Nutban Strung, of Moiherville, tl icb., while temporarily iusane, compelled ll r daughter to swallow a dose of paris Q' sen and then committed suicide. Frank eter of Gloucester, Mass., attempted to lit off au electric light wi.h a wet iron fl and was instantly killed.??John It illiams, aged tbirty-tbree years, died of j drophobla at Marblehead, Mass The >wrence Bank of Pittsburg, bas closed its ore. In a light in a caboose on a freight I &in, in Eist Ken topi y, J. ii. Gray, a car- li nter was killed. * ? ' - I By an explosion of natiir.il gas In the eel ^ of the house in Pittsburg, B irbara Knolle is fatally InjureJ.??1'urlom snow storm d {ins in Montana. Natural gas anl a t reloss'y lighted match caused an ex'plc- 0 n in Washington, III., by which three men a to badly burned. Thi Illinois State ango has disco vera 1 a man with an invenn that will bind grain with straw, and ti us relieve farmers from the. extortions of tl 3 twine trust.?The recent mysterious ? atb of A. C. Staley, a woolen manufacturer p 8 >uth Band, Ind., now appurs to have a en a murder, as the, discovery has been * ide that a package of morphine bad been t| instituted for quinino by some unknown / rson, and thelargedosjof the drug proved p lal. A dor n lives were lost in ths sink* ? 5 of a steam tuj on Coos Bay, off tho Ore- c :> c. s'.?Stephen L. PoltiK, secretary u d treasurer of the Brooklyn Union B>eted Railroad, was shot dead on the street fl uauuio ouuraworai, syuu lg t.qow WDO a slnrod be taai drilled and outraged her. P ?A two story dwelling ?t B.addook, Pa., is blown up by nataral gas, and two per- e is fatally burned and six others injured- * ?The schooner Agnes Mannings from Bel- *j nore, 'which was in collision with the lamer Manhattan, put into Phila I Ip'iia, dly damaged. , Fourteen porjons r-h" ire on the cteamer too. a Ufi -raft, and the 1 bers were rescued. Investigations show at 3,00> barrels of Atnirio in whiskey havo * en smuggled into CiniJa the last year. ?The Florida Orange Grower' Union hat nsolidated with the F.orid* Fruit Et- ' aoge, and the latter will handle the entire leon'scrop, The Shir man Oil Company, ^ Lima, O., has aol I out to the Standir I r #1,00,000. Joseph Smith, age.l thir y ( ars,of New York,murdered his two babies. ' ?The detroit grand jury has ind ote I say al alderroro oa bribery obirg*B>?-Thoe. / Farren, a prominent politician of Nor- ? Ik, Va.,Udea 1. Thcrj weretyH business ? [lures in the United Striae an 1 3J r rnuir.8f.-J.a> *.h"T< *ork, bitf' bam appointed rooohar the Norfolk doufctnrn Ratlroid.?Dr. f in Hirnmnn, of Cbeiterit itd county, Va., r ?h killei by a railroa I tralh *k Omtralia. j i. ?1 ? t< A OiiTi*B8K syndicate for intra-hi oing x' e e'.cctrio light into tho f lowefV King t nn him been forme 1 in KnbMrjtncuoo n t liinntown, w th a capital of $f,000,OH), t n t of wlroh i? furnished by white in storB. Tne company expobte .t-i io i\o nowa \ery ?o??n <>f important cm n f-aiona granted by the Chiue*-; fMltettl* j, Biit for putting eloc.iio nanU-in the ? rgo oit en of China. MoaoWfti o a 1; mil p out will bo pat up in Ctt^Mtown * jiro .v tlie mcrile of llio eys'.Kfto the ? ~ TRADE'S INDICATOR. Jn favorable Weather Causes a Decreased Movement "eara of n IHoiirtnry Ntrlngeiiry On. in? to Humors KrKnrdinR the (iov> eminent'* Nllvcr Policy?Effort or tlie llrm linn Revolution. Bpecial telegrams to Bnidstivel's report a sir volume of trade. Except in holiday pecialties. however, the movement, checked y unfavorable weather and the latones? f the g.'ason, has been smaller thin during > tober, though still in excess of the tola) no year ago. The approach of the close of lake nnvlga* ion has r.n influenco on rail rates. Decliuif cattle receipts at the Wast n>?k? prico toady, but large offerings of hogs deprcai uotations. I'ork is steidy, and lard, on l>et?r export reauest. is ud twelve noiuia. Tim Western tobacco loaf crop is reported 15 tc ) per cent. lois than lass year, when it mounted to 275,000 hogsheads. Reportsfrom ninoty-iilmrnilroadsof gron ml net earnings to Itm'IbtrccVs for 8 pimbor show a go n 01 8.1 p-r cut. in gross nd of 18 per coat, in not over September, S88. From Junuary 1, to 8-ptvnib.r U'J, It 5 aiiroxds show gnius ot 0 0 per cent in'gro-s nl i3.1 percent, in net over tbo nlno month, ist year. Share specul itioi tends to imrove oa the material condition of railroads nd general business, but is unsettled by the arrow financial situationundapprehons.ont f an agitation in regard to tbo currcn *y nd the fiscal policy of the Treasury. Bonds are more active, higher rates for loney causing increased sal>s of prime onds. Mou'yat New York is easier, but in a sensitive condition. Call loans 0 i7 ?r cent. Foreign Exchnngo is steady to rm on scarcity of lotuinercial bills. Bar Iver is l.'^c. higher at 06, on rumored a inges in tue silver policy of the Oovornlent. Very nio lerato offerings of raw sugar an 1 io needs of refiners at Atlantic ports coninO tO PSloitlish l? ?<' ">. u< ><v. MOIIigs by l<.ist'rn refiner* are l>er cent, ss for niuo months of this yeur than last, bile do uestic stocks of raws are only 75 er cent, of those held a year ago. Tim in- ' cas"d demn d for refined ndvanced serai grades 1 IG-^o. The reports ot the revolution In Bra 7.1 sing quite pacific, coKm) prices were not Tec leu as might bavo been expocteJ. The iwercrop estimates, molerate primary mar- t deliveries and increase I domstie deisnJ qnickoued ?|>eculatio'i and strengthiok! puc s nbout at */K cents por pound. There bus been a tendency to weakness in roodstulTs this week. Receipts of Spring beat at ttie Northwest continue about os suvy as heretofore. The export demand, bicn increased noticeably within a f Delight, ma ntains only fair proportions, ricvs, however, remain hardly steady for our, and lower for wheat, with cable 9Ulalld ligut. lnlian corn is off <k,'ilc on fears of heavy npuients from tbo Ulterior. Oats are u;i i better export demand and firm holding, xporisof wheat uud flour as wheal) from O'.h eoastR this w. olt n i?roir?i? l s?u Ji: > ushels, against 2,591,530 bushels laso weok, lid 1,44ft 412 bu-heis in the like week Inst ear. The to'al shipped sliroiil, from July to date, amounts to 41.818,770 bushels, gainst 45,013,000 bushels iu a like portion f 18S8. Cotton nn-4 woolen goods present a sharp ' ontrast us regards demand and pricas. The jrmer are in liliernl request, and in the ase of brown sheetings, drills and print loths at udvancing pric s. Woolen men's rear goods are moving slowly. Alanufacuiers i florts to got higher pr.cea than last luson looks dubious. The jobbing trade as a whole is slow, the xception being in holiday goods. itaw ! rool is iu slightly b -tier d maud, both at lie seaboard and in the interior, ltiw eaten is dull and featureless with a bearish one, uue to issuance of huge crop estimates u Liverpool. POISON IN THE WELLS. i Number of Wells Ncnr SC. I.on is l'ouutl (o 4'oniniii Arsenic. Tho people of Cheltenham, a suburb of St. xmis, have been considerable alarmed of ate by th> heavy dpath rate, caused evidenty by some impurity in llie water supply, hose attacked would have symptoms of cute cholera morbus, and no less than six eaths havo been recorded during the past wo weeks. Chemical analysis of the water i? one of the wells showed the presence of rsenlc in startling quantities, and demostrated that the so called cbo.eru morbus ases were duo to arsenical poisoninrr.' At out. two weeks ago Charles Kolil was iken i 1. It was in the well of his premis-s hat the pois >n was found, and a sensational harge of well poisoning was preferred gainst a neighbor with whom Kohl had had rev.ous trouble. 1 he accused man sternly sserted his inuocenca. A week later Kohl ras again taken sick and died. The inquest etermined the fact beyond contravention hat Kohl's death bad teen caused by arsenic. l general examination of all the wel.s in the I lace showed that arsenic was present in ull f them. An analytical chemist then made the disovery that tho Cheltenham Smelting Works sed great quantities of arsouic in thesmelt!g of gold and silver for cleansing ami railing purposes, and that arsenous acid was armed by the combination of the moisture nd vapor of the air with arsenic fumes that our out of the company's chimney iu a finding cloud of smoke. Another theory is tli it the arsenic is washd from tho pricious motels by a flood of rater. This ureter flows away into a huge ink hole and creeps through the earth into be wells for miles about. INCHED BY A MASKED MOB. i Virginia xfkrii WIia Assnnlteil a White Wirl. Robert Bland, who, last week, attempted o commit a criminal r.ssiult on Miss Annie lee, aged sixteen yours, daughter of Hon. '.harles Oee, United States inspector of luni* er In Sitka, Alaska, but whose family roside > Prince Oeorge county, V.t.,n short dissnce from DwpuUuUi? Stution, on the NorDlk and W? stern Railroad, was token from kj tail ,.r Pr>.?. I!...-.,.. I I ~ I 1 wv v? * mvv; \?gv? vvuiiij n ini Ij llvutUi i mob, consisting ot loriy mounted mon, rell masked, went to the r< sidence of Henry [.tag, the negro j<ti er, an i demanded the f)'? of theJaU. lie bionily re: used to surftfli go to the jail and un>ck tho door. V,, The mob then burst open the doors of the tier's hous>, and again demanded tho keys. Kt refusing to give them un, they placed a ope around his neck and dragg* d hliu to the tit, several hundred yards Iroiu the house, lespite his treatment, King still refused to rll where tho keyatotne jail were. Just efore tho jail was reached the keys were eard tattling in King's pocket. Tue mob ben took tho keys from thn nn 1 carried >iin into the J ill and made tr.m lead tho way u the cdl in which bland was con lined. Bland b id nothing to say when the lynchrs oaiue to his cell, hut ?in perf?Cvly quiet, fe was tied hand and foot and osrried oft bout seventy-five yards irom the jaii.where is was swung up by a rojw to tlie orsuch of > tree. He begged piteousiy for life, hut the yDehors were deaf to h.s app?*r for m-rcy. lie body was riddled Willi i.ullcs and loft tangling from tho tree. bland was atiout weniy-one years of age, and a worthies* tatraoitr. ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Bou Bailor has entered his 7dd year. M. Do L?s*eps will be 84 years old on the 10.b of luis month. John Tyndall, father of the famous scientist, was a carpenter by trade. The Khan of Khiva intends to make a tour of Europe, beginning w.th Russia. Anns Katberine (4ro>nV-. new novel was | dashed off almost without stopping. Ku;ono Field is collecting his po-ms into a volume, to be published by himself. Mrs. Bhawltog izie, wife of ih ?chief of the Chippewa Indians, is over l')J years old. King Luis of Portugal gave the copyrights of his literary works to charitable institutions. K lwin Arnold, author of "Light of Ad ?," never sat for his photograph until quito recently. Mrs. Sarah Chaplin Rock wood, of Cortland, has reaobod the remarkable age of 104 years, Rose Mar i wick Thorp? wrote "Curfew Must Not Ring To-Nignt" when she was under 17. She is now 3J, Luiiso Chindler Moulton was an on'y child,and amused hers-If in makiugdipstoru-s and telling them t? herself. Miss Frances Willard wants to prohibit smoking in postoIR ?es and other places c entrolled by the government. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Harnett is s'owly recovering from her recent ncci lent. She is not yet allowed to sjo visitors. Lieutenant-Colou 'l Basil Jackson, who dio 1 recently in Herefordshire, was one of the last four survivors in England of the battle o?. Waterloo, lie ha 1 reached tho ago of 01 yuur 8. The King of Bavaria smokes lOOcignrettos every day and Use fond of seeing hlar. n that ?aoh t'lite he lights a cigarette he sets o(T a hox of matches just lor the fun of seeing them burn. 'lhe oldest living Yalo nlumnui i? J. I). \Vickham, 1). D., of Manchester, Vt. Mo grudutteil in 1817, the sanu year that the lion. George Bancroft, the o dest Harvard alumnus, graduated. Henry George is a thickset. bald-headciL [Ioiv??d- - Mv.Mi'vrc t nimi 11 fVTtTI TuTX UPjlfil a:i<l uii extensive, but peculiar knowledge of the low as by xtntuto establisbe I. lie is a (irst-rate orator of the open-air kiud.wiiii no tulse mo les y, and kee|?s his right hand soc.ireiy bultouod up iu the breast of his 1'riuce Albert. Baroness von Glumcr.who was in h?ryouth Mnu Frances Bartlett, daughter of Unit.d {States Naval Comtnanoer Bartlett, and married a wealthy Cuban planter, w Ii idled years ago, now lives with her second husband near tho City of Mexico, and writes in one of tho leading daily psp.-rs in the Mexican capital. She iv the heroine of JC lmund C iS ted man's poem of "The Diamond Wedding." W. P. Edison, an e'der brother of the great inveutor, lives a few miles from Port Huron, Mich. He was born iu Milan, Ohio, liftyeiiht years og i, and went to Port Huron in 1851. He was actively IdoutitieJ with the organ xktion of the street railway system and was superintendent of the road for inutiy years. He lias also been interested in vessol and steamboat properly there. One of the three American sculptors who received honorable memtion at the Paris Exposition this year was Miss Tiieo Alice RjgSlos, daughter of Mr. C. W. Ruggles, of rockline, Mass. Miss Haggles is only | . ighteen yeurs of age. Mile painted at ibe age of eleven, bogan to take lessons in modeling at the ago of lilteen, and was adinilto.l to the Paris Salon of 1888 at tho ago of seventeen. Joe Jefferson is a m?dium-s'z:d, slim-built man with smiling blue eyes and the mui. warming of m iuuers. His facj beams with good nature, but does not betray the 0 years belonging to It. He also lives in his work' yet he believes in the virtues of net and takes a two hours' nap every afternoon. He rin only do one thing ut a time, but lie cun do that thing better th in most men; und in his leisure moments bo tritt a wiiu water color painting and salmon fishing, DEADLY NATURAL GAS. A Home llion u ni.l n Mtlillbpr ol I'rraiui injured. A two-story brick dwelling o:i Iiobii s >n street, Braddock, Pa., wis blown t> pi.-ces by au explcs'o.i of natural gin. Two por8 ins were fatally burned, and six others sori ously injured. Tlie accident was causal by a leak iu the main. Cliar'ts Hou eholder, an employe of tlie gas coin piny, w.,s s?nt to repair tlie trouble. H jdescended into the base- j uient and alinoit imin.diately there was a ! terribla explos.on. _At tho tiin > there were in the house 1* t -r Kelsti, his wife and six chil iren, besides j Hous bolder. Tuo inundations unheaved and the sales and front of the bulling entirely calla|>sed. Mr>. Kolsh, who was sick, was throwu into tho street ami fatally injured. Her threo days old babe was not hurt, rious.holder was frightfully burned from ms nead to his feet, and will die. FVtor K"lsh j aud live children, ranging in age from threo I to oleven years, were thrown into the street or buried in the debris. Ad were seriously injured, but will recover. Burned by Natural (l i*. Washington, 1i.i.?An explosion occur ted in a budding over fch p-ospicti ig shait lor natural gas in this pine . Gas tun been flowing very freely for wee lis. The buildings | were tilled with people, when sonu one | thoughtlessly lighted u in itch, aud a terrific exphs on followed. Two pro pectors, who-e names are unknown, and llenry Den liart, the K v, Air. Smith and J. II. Snyder, of this p ace, were frightfully burned. It is believed that several deaths will ens u*. DEMOLISHED BY THE WIND. i A factory Blown l?own and .Many Employe!* Injured. A fearful storm struck Nowherne, N. C., coming from the southwest. The plate and pulp factory of 8. H. Gray, in which th-re were sixty hands, was leveled to the grtund. One employe was instantly killed, another mortally wounded and eight others injured. The factory was valued at f0.),000. Tho damage to the house and stock is estimated at a.UOO; to machinery, not yet known, 'i he wind blew a perfect hurricane, unroofing houses, blowing down chimneys, trees and fences. The damage to tho town, while not definitely known, is very considerable. MARKETS. B A t ,T imork? Flour? Ci ty M i 1 Is. e x tra, * 4. .V) n$4.65. Wheat?Bouthern Kults, Corn?Southern White, 42a!3 eta, Yellow 42a42c%. Oats?Southern and Pennsylvania 35e?9}{cta: Hve?Maryland & Pennsylvania 52o53cta; Hay?Maryland and Pennsylvania 13 5!)a|13 00;Straw-Whont,7.5Ja$8.50;Butter, Kastern Creamery, 19a25o.. near-by receipts UalScta; Cheese- Eastern Fancy Cream, IIV all^ cte.,?Western, 10al0?? cts; Eggs?38 36; Tobacco Leaf?Inferior, la*2.00, Good Common, 3 00a 44 00, Middling, $ Oh 7.00 Good to fine rod,8a49; Fancy, 10a$13. Nkw York?Flour?Southern Common to fair extra,$3.50o$3.35: Wheat-Nol White 84 a84% ;Rye?State.M^oMJU ;Corn?Southern YeUow, 42a42}^. Oats- White,State37>ia38j^' cts.; Butter-State. 19a24 eta : Cheese-State, 8WalO% Cta ; Eggs? 24a24 > ,' eta Thil.adki.phia ? Flour ? Pennsylvania fancy, 4.25a4.75: Wheat?Pennsylvania and 8outnern Red, tJO^ahO^; Rye-Pennsylvania 55a56cte: Corn?Southern Yellow,4 l%*42cta Oats?23U'a29 cta ; Butter?State, lwa.5 cta; Cheese?N. Y. Factory, 9?9U' cts. Eggs? State, 2la22 cta CATTIjE B/ i.TIMOR*?Beef, 4 12a4 25; Sheep?$3 00 a5 00. Hogs??4 2V?4 30. fhk\v York?Beef?#5 00a7 00;Sbeep-f3 50 a5 50; Hogs?*3.90n4 25, East Liberty?Beef?13 90a4 00; Sheeii? $4 b0a5 00; Hog*?|* 00a415. # 'i i cisel TJ6 OCEW The Steamer Manhattan Sinks . in Ten Minutes. { lor Collision Will* (lie Ills Srhoonrri Agnes Mnnnlnx. Irom lliltlntorcI'onrtorn Mi n Adrllt on is I. icIlHlt Thrrc liivr.o l.onl. The Old Dominion Line steamer Manhat? tan, Cnpt. Jenny, woe run into at (ire o'clock the other morning off Ken wick's Island light, Maryland coast, by the four imstxl schooner Agnes Mnnulng. The schooner proo* -del to I'biladolphia with o::o man misdng, supposed to have been drowned. Tho ManU :tlan soon began to sott!o, and sank within ton minutes after she was struck. Only one t>oat, No. 3 could bo lowered. The Captain and fourteen < 4 mnnngot to sots III^IP lives by getting into the boat. The Manhattan's topmasts wore above wator. Quartermaster Olson was t .ken from one ol the masts, and near him was the lifeless body of Engineer lln>den. The.<iuartermastor made almost superhuman eilorts to savo tho engineer. II- pissed hint a bow.ine, telling htm to put it under his arms, but llaydeu did uot h ive strength. Tho bowlino was made fast to tho engiueei's wrist, but Olson could not rniso him abovs tho water, and ho drowned, tho body being taken in boat No. 3. The rest of tho crew, eleven in number, at.d three passengers, two black and ono wnite, gotonthelife-raft, and when the boat parted company, all seemed safe for a tiuto nt least. Alter ueing in tho boat three hours, they sighted tho schooner Vau Natde aui King, of New 11 ivcu, Tuo fourteen survivors ar.d tho romains oC the engine r were taken. Tito revenue cutter Dexter, in passing out, responded to the signal of the schooner nut lauded tho survivors. First Officer Joseph I*. N, Davis, in an 'nvorviow said: "Wo left Now York with, thirty live persons on loard, inc. .tiding two steerage passengers, whose names uto un- ? huridreiftons of I reiglit, and. ,. j , ^ ?V ...jn-u f-uu.1 K??> timo lunt *0 wit<* oir Kctiwick Island sb al light, mar tho Delaware c.po*, by four o'clock next luoruin^* At tout liour tho weather being cool, but clear as u boll, tho lookout sighted a s tiling vess l's lights deml ahead. We kept on our c ;urs?, nieuiiu; 8. W. J4S., and rapid.y cinie up lo tlio v<ts'I, wli cu proved lo bo a fuui -innste 1 coal-laden schooner, sitting low in th> water. l'his^was What did US the fatal damage, the tclio^ner being so low that she punched n hole In tlio steamer below tho water line. 8h ? w b stoering N. E. by N.. nndskiinniirgnlong the sea. Second Officer Alt. Nelson was on dock, but paid very little attention lo the stranger, aithougu she was very near, feeling con 11dent wo would pass her. lo make sure, lie ordered the st-amer pass to starboard, and tho holm was put down, when the schoouer did tho same, Both vessels swung together, and before headway cou d be lessened or tuo wheel throw n over, wo came together with a crash so heavily that the steamer's progress was stopped. At iirst we thought we hud etc aped injury, while tho crash of the schooner headway made us foariul that she was going down. C.plain Januoy snouted to her crew to come aboard, but they said they wero all right, and when tho vees.'U -? Kwunj apart she continued ou tier way. I' A lew moments later, Engineer Hoyden, who was investigating, discovered a large I bole in tlio ateaiiie-i's port cow, below tne j water line, and gave the alarm that the ship * ' woull not iloat bat a few moments inpio i C aptain Jainn y urderidull hand to theJ^nats^PPMB j There was no time to got unythvtf^, either 1 clo.hes or provisions. Wo whofwere saved | jumped into a ( oat, while a tlotfon or more j got ou tho lite ral 1, except 1 ; myself, Quartermaster Fie.l. O..-011, Engineer flaydeu and two seaui-u, wlio Ioj:; to the rigging. The rviuaiuder took to tlio other boats. Fifteen minutes alter tho collision the steuniei'araii was under water. Tho ship's hoat then approached, ami we were ad taken, ono at a time, off tho mast, except Engineer Hay..eu, who was so exhaust* it mat, while attempt* ing to puss a lite-liuo under 111s arms, he fell ' imo tho sea and was drowned before be could be bnuled uloud. lie was the lust to l.-uvo the 8.earner, only tbe tops of whose masts remain above the water. All the others, 1 hop -, will u innately bo rescued, althtuth when wcgot clear of the wreck tuo raft could not be seen. The night was still dark, however. At sunrise, alter being half frcz u, we wero picked up by Captain Curtis, of New Haven, b uud tor Frovideuce. All of us lose all our clothes and considerable money. The schooner committed tbe fatal error when she swerved from her original course, when it was our duty lo get out of tho way. 'ihe purser and other Manhattan survivors who wire 011 1 ho life raft were picked up by l?e s-cuooner uunneii i?. i utile, captain Ives, bound from Baltimore to ITov.donee, it. 1. SHOT HIS TWO BABES. A ft'.ittior l>clibt'rulc)y Miirtlrrs 1.title Children. Two babjs were shot by tholr father, Joseph Smith, at U'il Eist Ninth street, New York. Elizabeth, aged two years, is dead, ; with a bullet i 1 her stomach, and eleven months' old Mary is at the hospital, with a bullet in ber breast. Tho fathor, who is ! t hirty years of oge, was arrested, i Smith is a letter-carrier. He and his wife bad frt <]Uont qmrrels, and she left him about a week ago, inking tho chillron with hor. Two days afterwards she returned while her' j husbani was nt work and took awuy all tho furniture aad hor husband's clothing. Smith s.ud nothing ahouthis wife's absence, and sbo was supposed to bo stopping with rel itires. He returne 1 to the rooms w.tb his two children, and leaving thorn in tho care of a | neighbor for an hour, rcturnoJ, and took ! them to his room. Shortly aft r this, pistol shots were heard in the room. The father was found sitting in a chair, holding tho j youngest child on his knee, And with a re] vol ver iu ono hand. Tho eldest girl was seated I in a high chair dead,with the biood dripping j from a wound in her abdomen. Thebiby I was shot through tho breast and cannot live. I A police otllcor was summoned, and Smith was arrested. He made no resist inco and surrendered bis revolver. I'. is supposed tlie.t poverty and the desertion of bis wife led to the acu WHO IS KING IN SAMOA? [MiiUiifii hikI Jlnllctoa Klccteil King .. .. H t ?UI..U- ?..<! **l ?r % ((? ? >A > w ?VO ?CI Bit. Notwithstanding tho provisional election held at Apia, S.imoa, by the natives live a month, which resulted iu the choice oC Mataafa as King and Malleov as Vice-King, A the followers of Tamosese hist week elects! | Malietoa as King and Tatnasese as Vice- " KingAll foreign residents of Apia are anxious to have the question as to who shall be ruler of Samoa settled by the three nations repre- i sen ted in the recent Berlin conference. The election of Mataafa last month was a merer 7 temporary arrangement, and the native* look to the three powers to settle the diffl- , culty for them. J There has been no trouble among the n?- 'Jm lives recently1, and reports s>nt out from here a month ago saying there was flghtinxJ^^H ou the island were not oorrcot. "Lyman doesn't seem to be ing with tho Itloicer of lute." ni8 mentation has fallen off since ho joined the church." It is a curious fact in the run of thing* that it is castor to be thoroughly orthodox than to be thoroughly good. t