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THE WEEKLY 01101 TIKES.
[J * Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Domestic Economy, Polite ]9Hm, Politics and the Current News of the Day. J&mA
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WhAt'i tho ow of atwaya fretting
At the trial* wo shall llnd
Fvor strewn along our pathway?
Travel on and never wind.
Travel onward, working, hoping.
Cast no lingering look behind
At the trial* onoo cncountorod?
Look ahead an 1 ne'.or mind.
What in past is past forovcr.
Let all fretting be rosignod ;
It will never hHln the matter ?
Do yo ir best aiid never mind.
And if those who might befriend you,
Whom the ties of nature biud.
Should rofu o to do their duty.
Look to He iven and never mind.
Friendly words are often spoken,
Whon the feelings are unkind ;
Take th?m for their real value,
l'ass them by and never mind.
Fates may threaten, olouds may lower,
Kueinlos may be combined ;
11 your trust in God Is steadfast
Ho will belp you, never mind.
TOM
IWVIWU PDIMP
miiiuviitt utiuiij,
BY "THIi MAJOR."
(HAPJi'R 1?Continued
Taking tho light, Ilryaon unbolted i
? the door and went through the hall :
into tho Hitting room. All was still; j
that soul, ail unprepared for the great I
change, had qu etly passed "from the j
repose of sleep to tho repose of death." |
The murderer reflected that he could
easily hide eveiy trace of tho crime. I
13ut as ho stood here, where so lately
he bad talked with Mason Belmont |
face to face, his oyes rested on an ob
ject that caused him to tremble with
superstitious fe.ir.
It was tho clock.
Ho remembered winding it tliut
morning; that (ho bad heard its ticking
when he last left this room, auo' (
> that the hour was then a few minute.' i
past one.
The bands bad stopped at twenty-sis (
minutes past one.
It was as if s >nia unseen band ha 1
arrested theni to mark the moment ol '
VUU Ul 11I1U.
For a moment liryson cowered tc
the wall, gazing at tlio tell-tale dial iu
panic.
But cooler reflection dissipated his
fears; almost caused liim to smile at j
tbem. The shock of the fa'ling body?
or, more likely, that of the falling trapdoor?had
jarred the clock and caused
it to stop.
He set (lie pendulum in motion and
moved forward the hands ten minutes.
He looked from the window. The
night was dark; nothing could be seen,
lie slightly ruised it; there was no ]
sound b t that of the wind in the trees. I
The dread of discovery, that was to :
haunt this man henceforth till his dy
ing hour, now urged him to bo sure I
did not stir. >-?*? I
At that- instant Bryson trembled aud
sh ddercd with another thought.
(Should ho ever agaiu enjoy a tram j nil
sleop?
"Poor Jess!" he said to himself, as
he left her. "I'll tako lior away fx-om
here now, and try to make her happy."
Bet irning to the cellar, his* first
care was to break up the box ho had
used, and place the frngmeutsin a distant
corner.
With pick and spado ho now ad
dros?ed himself to tbo task of concealment.
With severe labor he raised two of
the large stone flags that floored the
cellar, and in tho opening excavated a
cavity four feet deep. Into this ho
threw the dead body, tho coat, shoes,
hat, and even tho iron bar. Ho hesitated
a moment, and then, removing
the rolls of money from the sachet,
throw the latter into tho hole. The '
earth was filled in, the stones carefully
replaced. The secret was safe.
And now for the money. Ho took it
tip to the sitting-room, locked the door,
spread out the bank-notes upon tho
table till they covered it, and drawing
a chair besido it, gloated over tho
treasure.
His heart bounded with exultation.
The misery of li e would be over for
him and his child. They would go far
away, among strangers, and begin a
new lifo. They would surely be liapf?y;
money would do everything?and
icro it was?hero?right here!
In tho wall of this room was a small
closet, breast high, of which he had tho
only key. Of late it had not been used
at all. Into this secure place bo crammed
'.lie rolls of notes, and locked
thcin up.
Tho day still lacked an hour of dawn
when bo sat down again, with his head
and arms on the table. And the mercy
of God permitted even hiin to sleep.
rHAI'lElt VII
n x CASll.CS 1M THE AIR.
so The cottage of Mrs. Van Wyck, tho
I mother of I'M gar, was situated about a
mile Irom "hyson's bouse, across tho
fields and woods, and almost double
that distance around by tho lane, tho
highway, and up tho cross-road. Airs.
Van Wyck hud been some yoars a
widow. Sho liad u slender income from
the rent of some houses in Ayleswortli,
left her bv her husband, and with tho
fondness of a doting mother, she had
restrained the uneasy longings of her
boy to leave home and seek bis fortune.
Ho was all that was left to her, and
sho ?oil Id not boar to part witli him.
So tho lad had grown lip, bandsomo |
and good-natured, working when ho
pleusfd, idling far oftenor, and passing
much of his time in th< woods with his
dog and gun, or by the trout-brooks,
with bis fishing-tackle.
Of Into, a now and disturbing element
had entered into his peaceful lifo,
which will presen ly bo noticed.
Itca bing tho point on tho highway
where tho cross-road turned off thai
led to the house, ufter bin parting with
Mr. Belmont, his attention was ti\od
upon something up the road.
Perhaps half a mi'o distant, along
the straight highway, ho saw tho flashings,
tlie appoarings and disapponrings
of lights, like glow-worms in tho dark,
l?ut m eh stronger and brighter.
They wore, in fact, tho lanterns of
tho blacksmith and his assistants, as
they labored to weld together the
brolton axle of the coach, and the flare
of dr^ paper, rolled wp into torches,
which the passengers were continually
lighting for their convenience.
Had the youth gone on, to satisfy his
curiosity, lie uiust have fallen into conversation
with 8om& of the passcngors.
'i be fact that he had guided 0110 of
their number to Tom Bryson's would
have been mentioned, and tho crime of
that night must have been promptly
discovered.
But, after a moment of irresolution,
Edgar Van Wyck continued his way
homo. Had he kept on along the
highway this narrative would have a
spoo ly end.
A light was burning in the widow'**
room when he entered tho cottago. *'.e
was about to go to hi6 chamber .en
she called to him.
"Don't go yet, Eddie," she said. "I
wish to talk with you."
Ho wont into her ro m and sat down.
Ilis nioiher caruo and stood beside him, I
ay "raid her) *jd lovingly upon his !
hea^. V
"What is it. Edgar?"
Ilis eyes wove averted, and sought
the carpet at his feet.
"J ' /o been so frightoned to be loft
alone when that dreadful storm was
raging; and I have been anxious lor
you. Where have you been?"
He gave a little impatient laugh.
"Over to liryson's."
"You have been there much lately?
haven't you ?"
l!e was silent.
"I think I can guess the truth, my
boy. Do yon love thai man's daughtor?"
Ho broke from her caresses; his voice
choked.
"Dove her??ves, I do. You might
as woll know it now. I love her?O
Uod!?O mother, how I lovo her! I
can't livo without her. There?now
you know all."
Ho sohoed like a girl. Mrs. Van
Wjck looked at him pityingly, as a
mother might do; and then a look of
resignation uud of settled purpoBeeamc
to her benevolent face.
"You say you canuot livo without
her. You need not."
"Do you mean that, mother?" His
eyes were full of hope as they looked '
up to her.
"Why should 1 not? 1 have booh |
lier; she is beautiful, aud 1 trust, good. 1
I wish she had a better father than '
t 11 fit ginlr nlrl Inlmrup ? 1 ... I *1...* ......'I I
be helped. Tliev are poor. I am not
rich, but 1 have enough for us three
until you onu do for yourself. My
dear Edgar, I waul to keep you with
me for-the-fovr-yeui s that I "Shall stay
here. So I bid yon marry us you will; j
this shall be a homo for both of you;
and may God bless you!"
She wiped t'c tears from her eyes. .
"Dear mother?dear, good mother!"
His face was radiant as he put his !
arms about lior neck and kissed her.
Presently other thoughts disturbed
him.
'aHjwelljmough," lie said, "for
whether Hhe cares for you or not?"
"I've never asked her. "
"Has she any other suitor?"
"So, I am sure not."
"And you have never spoken out?
not for nil those weeks that you have
boen going tliero?"
He told her everything; the simple*1
stcry of a diltidont boy, almost dumb
before the idolized object of his affection.
Tho widow listened, and smiled.
".My poor, bashful boy, you must be |
bolder! Women are never won in that
way. Speak out. and tell her tho |
truth. Where else could she get a
better mate h, about here? You're
young, to bo sure; so was your poor
father when we wero married. Ynu
may tell her that your mother con- '
sents."
"I'll nee her in the morning, mother.
1 won't delay a bit longer. I'm going
to know how it is, right off. Your
advice is goo 1, ancl yo 1're the best
mother tba* ever a follow had."
'Die mother laughed at the boy's
eagerness, and kissing him good-night,
she retired to rest.
Edgar also retired ; but not for some
hours to sleep.
The brief conversation in the moth- t
er's chamber seemed at once to have
made a man of him; the words of the i
kind, indulgent widow had inspired
him with new hope and new conti- '
deuco.
Ho resolved that ho would go over
to Hryson's early in the morning. He |
would go with the travelor to Ayleo- (
worth because he promised him to '
do so, and then no would return and j
lenrn his fate.
Fatigued, at last, with exulting ,
thoughts and rosy anticipations, he '
foil asleep.
And* still?not to his mother?not tr
any person had he spoken a word of
his adventure of that evening; of his 1
mooting with tlio traveler, and his 1
guiding him to Fry son's!
Thoughts of .lessica, hopes for a
bright future with her, had, for the
time, driven the events of the last few
hours from his mind.
Tlio survivors of the strange events
we are recording, looking calmly back
upon them from a lime ton years later, ;
thought that fate itself worked that ;
night to conceal the dark deed.
( HAl'Jr.K Mil.
THE J ACE OK l?A V
With a start Tom Hryson awoko
It was broad daylight; the sunbeams
woro creeping in under the window
curtains.
liapidly his thoughts swept back
over the events of the night. All came [
to him in an instant. He grasped the
situation; lie was hampered ly nc
pangs of conscience.
"Anything, everything, now," herefleeted,
"to hido what 1 have done, and '
to enablo the girl and myself to enjoy
its fruits."
One serious trouble loomed be'ort
hiin. How should he explain the trnv
olor's absence to Jessica?
lie had not, as yet, the slightest rea
nuu iu n |i|iusu tuiib uny person dim i
they know of the presonco of I'olmont
beneath this roof tlio provioua niglit.
A simple denial to nil tho world would
bo sufficient.
lint hie daughter know hotter. IIow
could ho silenco her?
There wnR a i np nt the door,
-rather!'*
"Come in, girl."
She eutored, sweet, pensive, beautiful
as ever.
"Is tho gentleman ready for breakfast?
It is eight o'elock."
"Bless mo!?bo it is. No, Jess; that
man won't be with us tnis morning.
Ho left tho house after you wont to
bel, and said he Bhould go on to tho
vi!iugo. Sot the table, and I'll tell you
how it happened."
llo 1 athod his head and face in water,
while the girl busied herself in setting
the table. 'J ho two sat down to the
hunibio meal. There was a moment's
pause, while tlioy uto and drank.
"You don't ask mo how that man
happened to leave the house in tho
night," he said.
Her eyes ma le the in piirv.
"Well, really, Jess?I'm almost
ashamed to tell you. Tho fact is, I
ordered him to leave.'*
"O, father!"
"Yes, it's to > had; but it's too late
now to help it."
"HtrrtttHt-liiiinmu 9" - ~"1
was in bad humor, as you know.
He made some remark about tho pove.r
v nf t.liis linnso Tlmf nutllo.l m?
and I gave him a hot answer. One j
word brought on another, and I told
him that ho must leave. He picked up
his suchel in a passion and went. I |
looked out of tho door after him, and j
paw him following tho lano down to j
tho hi hway."
Hhe said nothing; her eyes woro j
turned downward. He porceived that
his explanation had distressed her.
" 0. oil, Jess, don't mind it. Some j
way it's crept into my head that ho I
might he the agent of some one who 1
claims to own this property. You J
know?I have told you?that 1 found j
tho houso ahandonod when wo enmo i
hero, and fixed it up tho best I could, I
and havo never paid any rout. I i
thought, perhaps, this man might ho !
spying out things for tho owner. If
that turns out to b so, I shall bo glad
1 sent him off. Anyway, girl, there's
one thing 1 want you to promise me
about this unfortunate affair. Will
you r
Mis voice trembled; there was
anxiety in his face.
"Of courso I will, father. What
is it V"
"Just this: I hope wo shall not see
tliiii man again. If ho was a traveler
who had lost his way, as ho claimed,
wo probably shall not, as, in that case,
ho would leave Aylesworth in tho coach
this morning. Hut I suppose he has
given his version of tho "ffa;r at thn
inn ; and 1 don't feel like being annoyed
by any inquiries or complaints. So I
shall deny all knowledge of any such
traveler. If they got inquisitive I shall
declare that nobody camo hero; that if \
anything of the kind happened it was i
at souiu other liouse. Just see, Jess? j
it'll do no pood ior me to admit that I
turned him out. and no harm to deny j
it. You must help me. I want you to I
aay, and slick to it, if you are quos- j
tir
ready to help your poor old father."
There was a rap at the door.
13ryson started. The guilty conscience
within him had begun to fear every
sound.
"Who on earth can it be?" he asked.
Jessica roso and went to tho door.
The visitor was out of sight; but as
Bryson listened, lie could plainly hear
all that ho said, as weli as recognizo
his \oice.
It was Edgar Van Wyck.
"Good morning. Miss Bryson. I
showed a stranger tlio way to your
door last night, and I promised him
that I would come over this morning,
and show him the way to the village.
Is ho ready V"
There was a slight pause.
"A stranger??here?" the voice of
Jessica replied. "Surely, you must be
mistaken in the place. Nobody came
here."
"Well, that's odd! I left him r'glit
by this door. What could have become
of him?"
The cup that 1'rvson had raised to
his lips fell from his nerveless fingers,
and was shattered on the table. Defeat,
dote.lion, the gallows stared him in
tho face.
Willi ft supreme ofibrl, he crushed
down his fears. Ho saw th it ho must
hoar what story this youth hiul to toll;
and then, at the worst, instant (light
with the money was open to him.
".loss," he culled out, "bring that chap
in here."
(TO nK CONTINl'F.n 1
IVpMI UM< ih.
Thrco things of short continuance
?-a lady's lev.', a chip fire and a brook
(loo I.
Three miseries of a man's house?a
smo^y ch innov, a dripping roof and a
scolding wife.
Three things that ought never to bo
from homo?the cat, the chimney and
the housewife
Three essentials to a false story toiler?a
good memory, a bold face and
fools for an audience.
Tlireo things that are as good as
the best?brown bread in famine, we 1
?.... 1 -? *
mini in urn >i uuu i? Kruy COUl 111 C'OIU.
Tlirco tilings tliut nro soon in a
peacock?the garb of an angel, tlio
walk of a tliief and the vo ce of tlio
devil.
Three things it i t unwise lo boast
of?the flavor of thy ale, the beauty
of thy \vi o and the contents of thy
purse.
Tlireo warnings from tho grave?
' Thou knotvest what I was; thou seest
what I am; rcinomber what thou art
to be."
Three things that never become rusty
?the money of the benevolent, tho
shoes of tho butcher's horse, and a
woman's tongue.
Threo things not easily done?to allav
thirst with lire, to dry wet with
water and to pleaso all in everything
that is dono.
Three things as good as their better
?dirty water to oxt ngu sh tho tire, an
ugly wi?e t U^h^id "inn and a wooden
sword to a cow. , "*
"Did you nay you hail over aeon mo
intoxioatod?" "Oh, no! dear, no! No,
indeed. aar. Ar jc.-w dun aaid Ar seed
yor trar'n for tor clip dom ycro erkHhangos
wid do Kiiu'lcrs; dat's all." |
The gnarlv apple goto tho worm.
I
THE NEWS^f' *
Th? Farmers' conventions tur.1 decide*
consolidate.?-Prof. W. W. Keen, of 1
fnyelte Medical Cdlege, Philadelphia, j
formed a wonderful operation, retnovin
portion of a child's brain. The large flu
ing mill of Snxtoti & Thompson at Troy,
Y., was burned, together with315,000 bus!
of wbont and 7,00J barrels of flour. JL
(25J,00J; insurance $IC0,0U0 ?Mamoi
services iu honor of Jeff-rson Davis w
held in the c'jurches of New Orleans i
other Southern cities.?Rev. F. S. De He
a noted Mothodist minister, died at Avi
dile, Ohio. Secretary August Schott
berg, of th< Mllwauko School Board, cc
initt;d suicide, irregularities in his accoa
having bsen discovered. Casper Clis
of St. Louis, who had been forbidden byJc
Anson to pay court to his daughter, shot i
inor.ully wounded Anson and the young g
and then committed suicide.?-The Uui
States squadron of evolution sailed from R
ton for TwoaelrM^oreaoberi
"Ktfguita, iffyr, fougbt in ?
which one should prenoh the funeral serin
over a dead woman.?In a collision betwi
freight trams at Durango, Iowa, Conduc
u. iAi I jr aim riiuiiittii ouuu xAtvvrjr ncio
stantly killed, aud ten carloads of froij
were scattered along the tracks.??Seve
trainmen were injured in the wreck cf
express train on the Lake Shore and Flic
gan Southern R lilroad.near Chesterton, I
Henry S. Frieze, LL. D., professor of La
and literature in the University of Micbig
is dead. The Hudson River Woolen Mi
nt Nowburgb, N. Y., wore burned. L<
#6 ),000. A thief snntch d JohnC. Fati
son's c?bh box containing $1,000 worth of
curities, in the Delaware Bank at Wilmi
ton, and escaped. ? Pendleton, the murde
of hL father-in-law, Colonel Goodwin, n<
Fredericksburg, Vh., was sentenced to twe
years in the penitentiary.?The twenty-fi
anniversary of the ownership of the Ph
delphia iVWic Ledger by Mr. George
Childs, and the twenty-Qfth anniversary
its directorship by William V. McKan
editor-in-ohlef, was pleasantly coiumein
ated in a reunion of the Ledger staff. George
Early, colored, of Franklin coun
Va., confessed to tlio burning of twenty-fi
buildings at Rocky Mouut, because Main
was not allowed to speak in the public wa
house, and was sentenced to death. Ii
tire on the piers of the National Bteamsl
liuo, New York city, four workmen perisl
and a numb r were seriously burned J
Rev. Johu Tuigg, Catholic bishop of Pii
burg, re (load. ?^Posiongers arriving in N
York by stoamer lrom Maranham, Bra
tell of a bloody riot io that town follow
the declaration of the new government
which two soldiers und six rioters were kil
and many wouuded. Riv. Melanctboh
Williams, uged ninety-two years, the old
liviug graduate of Princeton College, d
at his heme, in Cambridge, N. Y.
Fire in RusirlPs clothing store, Urooki
New York, d-stroyed (3 >,000 worth of n
chandis.' PiLib'J rrio nf a'a
coup t.intss, U supposed ,tn:.u otTo .vnubo.
Mrs. John V. tShiiiburgj \il>
while suffering from ternporarylEjfr&t'l]
hie, drowued herself and babe,Ji|^Kn on
family is reported to have mysMpghsly <
' op;.eared from Yellvillo, Ark.^^An O'
B >und, Out., William KeuneJy mistook
raui Lymburuer for a deer, aud shooting
| in the buck, killed him iustunkly. but
u quarrel in New York, Antoinette Fev
was shot and killed by Armando litq
I another ltaliau woman. F>re in H
L:.ke, Wis., destroy ed over one-h ilf oi
bunuess portion of the town. E.la
Whi:o was taken from Chicago to Elrnira
j Y., where she is wanted on tho ch lrgo of
gory. James baker, of Pittsburg, a i
i latto, committed suicido in Chicago. <
man w.s seriously and another fatally
jured by the explosion of a t ink of acid
I^oiig Idand City, L I. Four men w
j kil.ed on iho track at Wilkesharre. P?., I
freight train. Efforts aro being made
j secure a settlement of the glassldow
strike. The manu.acturers, however,
firmly against any concession. An o
switch caused a collision on the Pennsyl
ma uallroad, near Ureensburg, Pn.s rest
ing in tbe serious injury of tbe trainer
Mr. Ralph Beaumont, cbnirman of
national legisiati vo committee of the King
of Labor, says that the knights an l fai n
will no. consolidate just now, but co-operi
Two boys wore precipitated down ac
1 shaft in Wheeling, W. Vu., and instai
I killed. Tho ltov. S. It. Brewer, presid
j elder of tbe Louisville C'onfi renco of the
j K Church South, i6 dead United Hit
i Deputy Mushd J. 1'. Willis and Fierce M
j tan, a moonshiner whom ho nttcmptoi
arrest, w. re killed by o.ch other. Ji
Theodore Wild, alias Greenwood, was ban
in Brooklyn, N. Y., for the murder of
i man S. Weeks.?Flora Seymour, tho tin
year-old daughter of Albert W. Seymour,
cidentally fatally shot Willie 1'ollard,
I four-year-old playmate. Tb i Federal
of tho Knights of Labor and the Furir
and Laborers' Union has been formed.
i Miss Anna Sisherm has 1 een arrested at L
falo, N. Y., charged with murdering
i babe. Tliero were two hundred and i
: euty-one business failures in the Uni
States and fortv one in Canada tlie nast w.
Charles Johnson, colored, was h tinge*
QAlsden, Ala., (or the murd r of )>olicer
Kenney E. Blair, a student of VVashi
too and Loo University, at Lexington, \
1 was shot in tho leg while bunting ?Tboi
i Motchkiss was killed at n rolling inil
I Trenton, N. J., by lining pierced by a rod
rod. Secretary Noble was given u rec*
tion by the Merchants' Exchange of St. Lo
I A bill waa introduced in the Virg
State Assembly to preveut the s lie of Cti
go dressed beef. Nathaniel Niles, Jr.,
president of tho Tradesmen's N itionul Hi
of New Orleans, was indicted for allow
one of his houses to bo used fordisordt
purposes.? A mother locked'her two li
J boys in a rcorn in a Now York llrt w hilo
' went mnrketing, and returned to llud t'.
suflocatcd by smoke. Th i city of 2
i la von, Ct., bad appropriated jtl i,0JO to j
vide free school books for the children.
Benn^lu -^Ul on Long Island w
found distil named ^two thousand j
Ions of mash,^ officers aro i
I looking for the moo*i?Bitiers.?Charles
j Tabler has been arreted in Ititohie coui
W. Va., charged wjkh tho murder of Ja
Morgan oq May 0,
1
J JEFFERSON MV15 DIM
La- |
i The President of the Confed
X a
tUr- | eracy Breathes His Last.
N. I
lels 111* RrmntkHblc Cnrocr Boforp n?i
oil i Diirln- (he Rebellion?The fr'nll ol
rial ' the i'ourpilrrnry nn<l III* K?rn|te
^ j and lire ?II is Unlet I,lie
Niucv the lVnr Clu?cd.
ind j
>os, I '
>n- I
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l'-B, jnPKERSON DAVIS.
>s8? J. (T. rson Davis died at 12.1) Friday mor
?>"* ing. He bad boeu uillug for some time, bi
8?" | a few days ago was pronounced bette
"K* Thursday, however,ho began tor-ink rapid
rer and during the night peacefully slept awn
oar JefTorsou D.ivis was u native of Kontuck
lvo Ho was l.oru on tho 31 of June. I80i, i
fth what is known ns To Id county, then a pa
ila- of Christiun county. While lie was an i
VV\ faut tho fnmily removed to Wuodviiie, Wi
' of kinson county, Miss. Young Davis nceivi
as an academical truing, and wus thou s.uit t
or- Transylvania College, in Kentucky, wbeuc
? ia 1821, ho went to Weat Point Militai
ty Academy, under appointment from Prei
dent Monroe.
3ur He graduated b!U r a four years' courso
>uo 1828, ami rein iluo i in the ariny seven yea
ra- theroufler. Ho w.is a stall officer iu tl
Black llawk war, and was made a (lrst lie
tenant of Ca'vuliy in la-id. In 1831 ho wi
'l'P en;ng- d in service among Ih.o indiuns in tl
led West un I resigned his oinmission in 183
married tho daughter of Colonel Zucbui
Taylo.?then of the army, hut ut'terwurj
? tlc'ueral-aiid I'loM'luiii oi iho~L' uitod iSlut
ew ?an.I began tho life of ucolton planter.
zil lu 184 I ho cumo to the front as a preside
. 'r tiul elector of Mississippi on tiie D.-inocrat
"8 side, and in 1845 he was elected to a seat
in the National House of It'presontatives.
led 1810, the trouble with Mexico I eing on, I
?. lett Congress to take command of aregimof
Mississippi volunteers, an I went to tl
aid of his faiher-in law, General Taylo
ied then lying on the llio'Urande with h!s "Am
of Occupation." Colouel Davis wus ut tl
l:e d of his regiment- otthc hard-fought ba
> n, tie of Bueit i Vista on the 231 of Fobruur
ler- 1817, in which ho was wounded.
J.m. In July, 1847, his regiment wus order.
U Iiojuc. lU tcj m of eulistmout having expire
_ unanimously elected tor tho unexpireu veri
FT #?g re-clecte<l in 1'ViO, and in ISO I i
signed to i un against Henry S. l'ooto f
lire governor of Mississippi, lu this contest
_ was btaten, and retired to private life un
fc~ tho next year, when he took an uctivo pa
*'?n in the campaign which resulted in tho ek
Hi- lion of Franklin Pierce to the presidency,
him l''cce made Mr. Davis his Si ere'a
I of War, and this important post he till
"U,K i until the election ot Mr. Buchanan to t
ultu . pn s dency. Atti r retiring with tho Cabin
uto? I of outgoing pr. sideut, Mr. Davis w
.. | again returned to tho United States Sena'
Jel1 being elected tor tho term which end
tho March 3. 1803, in the uiidst of the tronioii
(J. ous inier-st.ite conflict which suhst quent
^ r< suited in such tremendous changes in t
' * wholesicial iabr.o of the South. Mr. Die
lor- had aspirations for tho pr? sldency in 18?
inu- | but lulled to secure a nomination.
[y,ie In the long struggle over Stalo High
, an i in tho acrimonious discussions of t
_ slavery question, Mr. Divis had l oen proi
I in i tit ut. lie avowed the strongest Union se
'ere tiiuents. however, up to this tune; hut t
election of Mr. Lincoln d> cided him, ui
' thenceforlh he was lor senaratun. On t
> to | assembling of Congress in December, 1 tit
era' be took active part in tho conference wbii
arw r>sult d in the accession from the Uniou
tho Ijoutberii ?S;ates and ttm inaugurate
Pc'n of ibo long and bloo.ly sti ugglo boloro all
vu- de l to.
ilt- On the night of January 5,1801, in a seer
ien i caucus of the Senators from Georgia, F.c
I idu, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arka
1?? | sas and 'lexas the plan was laid, and M
;hts | Davis was inude chairman of an cxecutr
lers com|uittee to see that .t was carried out, t
i other members being Stephen It Manoi
and John Slidell, ot Louisiana. It is me
:oal I le&s to detuil the plan ol operut.ons. Sulll
,dy it to soy tliut Mr. Davis dul not resign t
sent in the Senute until the 2lst of Janunr
ino The confederate Congress met ut Moi
M. gomery and a provisional government w
ites organized on the T h of February, 1801, ai
I on the '.Ml Mr. Davis was elected "1'roside
J 1 of the Confederate StuUs of Ainericu." 1
1 to ] arrived in Montgomery on the Kith, and i
ahn I the 18th wus inaugurated. His first incssiii
e..d to the Confedarate Congress was sent
* I April Sffcb.
'J* | C)n tho 15th of April ho had ordered tl
ec- | bombardment of Fort Sumter, which begi
ac_ the Civil war. On the 20th of May tho Co
. i federate government was removed to Itic
Ier uiond, Vu., and Mr. Davis took up his rei
ion | deuce in that city.
lers j The victory at Dull Hun. when fifty tho
sand Uiiioii troops were routed, inspiri
I Davis to resume Ins pre lictions of success,
luf- | 'phe victories of the Union armies nt Oe
her j tysburgaud V.cksburg in July, 180J, blight
lt.y I the prospects in wh ch Mr. Davis und t
. { South indulged, and at once a storm of i
I dignution andexecrutioncame up froui mat
n?k. parts of tho South.
J at On Sunday, the 2d of April, I8C5, whi
nan Davis wus sated in iSt. Hum's Church, hoi
ceive I a note from th Confederate War I
?S~ partmont, advi>ing him of l/.'o's defeat. 1
/a., family ha<l been sent Southwest some da
IUHS before, and tho same evening, utten led I
; his personal stnlf, the members of his Cul
' ,n | net, Davis left lticbruoiid for Danville, wh<
hot ' lie issued a proclamation declaring that t
3 p. ' capital had been abandoned in order to lea
' tho army free tobtriko tho enemy in deti
u,!** far from his base.
uia | After thesurrenderof I/oe'snrmy tofirai
ica- ; Mr. Davis und his purty went to Groouslor
N. C., and from thouse to Charlotte, wlie
ho hoard of tho assassination of i'res de
( Lincoln, and that ho was accused of ifisligi
iug ing the d<ed, A few days later be was i
; v formed that a reward of ?lu0,000 was c fTer
' | for Ins capture. Ho mill contemplated i
\ sistanc , and intended to cross tho AlHsissi
she pi withsotno troops that had joined him fro
lem Johnston's army.
- j Ho had joined his wife, and was encamp
*ew near Irw.nville, Gj., on the ldth of Ma
iro- when u body of Union cavalry, command
by General J. II. Wilson, surrounded t
camp and arrested him.
| Ho was conveyed to Fortress Monroe, whe
Bal* he was conHned two years,
low In May, 18<i7, he was admitted to bail oft
yy a hearing la-fore the UniUd IStntes Court
Kichnnoiid on tho charge of treason?Hora
'*y> Greeley being one of the parties signing tl
cob bond. Tho clinrgo of complicity in the t
tassination of Lincoln wgsa^andynKi,
) After a visit to Richmond lie went to Canada
by way of New York, and In 18<W went
t to England, where ho had been offered a partnership
in a Liverpool Arm without any capital.
This he decliued, and returnied to tho <
, United States after a brief trip to France. J
l" At the term of the United States Circuit
Court held in Richmond in December, ISfto, a
nolle prosequi w?s entered in bis case, and bo
was dischargid. After that he lived in Mem- 1
. phis, Tenu., where be \vus president of a life
' m>urntiee company.
' In 1880 Davis published two bulky volumes
entitled "The Rise and Fall of tho Coufedvrate
Government."
For many years pi6fc Mr. Davis and his ' r
fetniiy resided at Bouuvoir, a tine estate on
the Mississippi river, which was btqueatlied
. to Mr. Davis by a ladv who had been au ar- j s
dent ndmirer of tho Confederacy. t
His daughter. Winnie, is now in Europe. x
A WONDER IN bURGERY 1
* 0
V
Rpi:iovhi|i a lllNriiscil I'nrlloit of llic
Hi-ii i ii ol n Child. ?
I r\_ \tr \\r tr
ivr. u. ??. jvft*n, i roicbor 01 cursory at ; j.
(lie J? fferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 1
performed an iinportaut operation upon a ?
SUV ?VU Ql n I 'l uull.it-iu 1
New York clergyman. Tko child sullA'rod o
from epilepsy, and to etTect a euro a portion J
of tbo brain was removed. The history of t
ttao patient is interesting. The little fellow, t
when about two years old, while playing at '
home, fell mi 1 humped his li> ad rather se- |
v.roly, hut at first, alter the temporary p tin ,
had passed oir, no ill-iIT els were oi sjiv.hJ,
after a time the hoy became sulj ct to epi- *
lopliu ooiivulsions, aud grain iliy lost the (
power of speech, except suon words as "Pa' <
and "Ala." The parents consulted authority I
al ter authority, and ut lust res jived to sub- j
mil the ens> to i'rotessor Keen. For a wtok t
the little patient was curelully watched, and ,
i cnch^yiuptum noted. At the end of that
tiiiiWar. Keen decided upon she operation. ,
i '1 he little patient was ether 7. a and laid ,
r. upon the operating tatde. Dr. Keen, asly
1 s * tod by Dr. Wi hum Forl?< s aud Dr. Ad- ;
duieil Howson, Jr., began the operation.
Alter taking tin leugth ot the skull with an
y. instrument devised tor the purpose, and j
in making with an aniline pencil a l.ne upon (
rt the crown, ruunlug at an angle ot about ,
| sixty degrees forward and 10 the ielt el tae i
a" I median liue, Dr. Keuu carelully s pirated ,
il- | the scalp aud turned it hick, leaving tue
jd , skull covered, with the periosteum perfectly !
, hare. Applying the trephine at two p nuts j
I on the line, he removed two circular pieces
e> of hone and eulargid tilea|>ertiii-u thu> m idu ,
ry with hone forceps. All these paces of hone ,
ii- were carefully placed lu stern ze l fluid at
the temperature of the human holy?that is '
in ' about oue liuudred degrees Fulu ehelt.
rs | Now the quivering brain, covered by tlio |
lo J dura matter, w.ts to bo seen. This b.dnic
u- carefully divided, the diagnosed ieseon right i
as 1 ul the place supposed was found. At this '
ho | point an experiment was made. A galvanic I
a, j battery wus brought out, aud lieiug applied I
ry to the cicatrix of the bruin, all the phmiom. I
Is J_ cuu uf an -epileptic ntiack were simulated, T
s | coiillrmiug the surgeon's opinion that here j
was the seat or the trouble. A few skilful,
a- : rapid and careful movements of the knile
,? i followed, and In a few moments the mass
}n of diseased brain substance was Buccosslully
i 1 removed and the resulting cavity c.irofu ly
cleaned. On applying the galvanic battery
[,t again noi pileptic convulsion followed, iniicii
to the physicians' delight. Tlio work of
r> closing the brain by replacing tbo dura ir'.t*y
t ter carefully, wus followed by replacing the
110 ! bone and then the rcalp. All over, this was
! skilfully secured in plao by unticeptic
y> i dressings and bandages, aud the little fellow
f was restored to his cot.
'5* | No alurming results followed, and the ro1
suit of the operation will bo watched with
o- TI*? Federation of the I'sruiers mid
?~ the linights of l.abor.
lie
til Messrs. Powderly, Wright au l tfeauiuont,
rt repres mti.ig the Knights of Labor, mat the
?" demands committee of tho Farmers aud |
ry Laborors' Union, at St. Louis, aud the basis |
ed ot Federation between the Farmers und the
Knights wus ugroed upon. The resolutions
ug upon which the farmers had agree 1 were
[e lead to th j representatives oi tlio Knights, ;
od ?vijr bu-iii, mo i ncuiioiis, were
?1- mlopie i us satisfactory. Th*'i it was agreed i
ly thai tlio iuruiois should appoint a legislative '
ho committee ut two, to act in cou junction with ,
^j3 the i.o^isiuiivo committee ot tuu Knights at ,
Washington, to secure legislation in accord'
unco with ino views of both l.o lios, Tho i
executive i 111 jer of tlio two orguinz itions j
lu', will lorni a c ntrul council to consu l from >
tnno to tuuo upon all ni'ittors uf joint in- I
n_ terest.
1 lio various farmers' bodies have ugroed |
1(j upon a plan of coiisolid ilion vvnicii will, us |
0 boon us i.uo necossury reloroiiccs can bo had i
(ij totliovariuusst.no organizations, rcsu.L in I
,|i bringing annul un auso.ute union in ono '
yt body. It is probable that In liiuo tue Knights |
)n wib ulso join iho winners in actual union. j
u. in lie uioaiitiiiio tho leaders ot both parties
ure ontiroly sutislied with tho practical todet
cratiou now consummated.
ur: EXPRESS TRAIN WRECKED. j
^ SIiIUIiik A Misplaced Nwltrli While
ry boiiiK Forty Miles mi Hour.
if- Tho New YorUliinitoi express, w. slbound, j
over tho L>ako Shore and M.chigan Southern ]
yS it tilroad, was wrecked at Duno Park, a stud
,tl shipping station thirly-llvo niiies east of
as Chicago, ut eight o'clock 1'. M. The Mccident
,f| wascausedby ainisplaoedswitch.whcli tbrew
l? the nassenzer train into a train of omotv
sand cars standing on tbesidi track. Ou '
striking tue switch the engineer reversed hu |
ui engine und put on brukes, but us lhe tram i
wus going ut the rate of forly miles an liour, j
[,0 and the cars were but u few ro is from the
Ul switch, lie was unable to uvoid the crash.
The tiuin consisted of one baggage bar, twe
[j. coaches, two sleepers and a enair car. The
5l_ locomotive was thrown ucrosstbe main track
and is totally wrecked, the three front cart
u. being crushed to pieces. It is little less thai
a miracle that the passed)- rs escapol serioui
injury. As it wus. one ran road employe wui
ij. I at ally hurt, two others sustaining serioui 1
,d injury.
I1(, VV hen tho collision occut r> d a number oi i
the passengers wore thrown from their seats. I
but, beyond a few slight bruises, none wer< 1
y hurt.
markets"
! " flAbTiMoitK?Flour?City Mills, oxtra,$4.43
a#1.5o. Wheat?Mouther n Fultz, 70ufc0;
I* Corn?Southern White, 40a4d cts, Yellow
iiiillic. lints -Southern and Pennsylvania
en : Hyo?Maryland & 1'onusylvania
. fiGaf^ct-s.; lluy?Murylund und Pennsylvania
V0 111 OOufld ;>0;Straw-VV heat,7..VJufM.ttk);Butter,
ii Eastern Creamery, 'iOu'Zhc., near-by receipts
UalMots; Cheese?Eastern r'uncy Cream. 10
I U-JHX cts.,?w e?tern, 10al0j.j cts; Eggs?
a Tobacco is-uf?Inferior, la#&UO, Good
..' Common, if 00a $4 00, Middling, $5a7.U0 Good
B, to line red,8a$0; Fancy, louf l.f.
Nkw Yoiik?Flour?Southern Common to
fair extra,$d.50a$f.M5;Wh'*ab-Nol White 84)^
od aslij; Kyc State. Glatid; Corn?Southern
Yellow, 4 ->^ 11 i'/i. Outs-Whito,State 28%aif0
cts.; if utter-State. 12a!?f cts.; Cheese-Suito,
ui, 8% a 10% cts.; Eggs? 24alllj^ cts/
, iiiii.Autui'iiiA ? riour?iVnitsylvnnia I
e,l fancy, 4.25a4.75; Wheat?Pennsylvania and
y Southern Hod, 80at>.">; Hye -Pennsylvania
55a50cts: Corn?Bout hern Yellow, 42%a43cta.
l10 Oats -'JX}$nWcts.; Butter?State, lou, 5 eta.;
Cheese?N. Y. Factory, tfaOJf cts. E^gs?
re State, 25a27 eta.
CATTLE.
or Baltimore?Heof, 4 13al 25; Sheep?$3 00
n5 00. Hogs?$1 75a5 ??.
ce IN kw York ?Beef?#5 00a7 00;Sheep $4 00
le n0 00; Hogs?$4.00a4.20.
iB. East Liberty?Beef?(K 00a4 00; Sheep?
f4 b0a5 00; Hogs?$3 70n3 #
iii Mi*** *WIMP1!
TRADB OFTBB VBBC
Moderately Active Movement
in General Merchandise.
Hank (irnrliini nt Ttitrty-Sovei* Cit?
In-Tiip C?rrnl NiirKctilrrrcnliir?
l'uu>n?lly I rgcnt Dnuitutln for
Itnw Suj(i?r.
Spocial telograras to ISmdstrcct's report a
nodcrataiy aotivo movement of general iner- ^
haudiso aside from h -?li.tuy specialties. Un- i
ettled weather has n{T oted trade some at *
he AVesb. Money was higher early in the
voek, but has Leon much easier, ranging from
5 to G per cent ou call. Silver has suffered
i sharp dociine, Loth here and in London,
villi a partial recovery owing to the publication
of tho report of I he Secretary of the
Creasury. Sterling Exchmgo lma been deiressed,
approaching oloio 10 the gold iintorliug
point. Dount i* exprossod that all'er
Kgisiutiou will i>e i ff ;cled by tho present
IvAi IU||.< taw >mn) Winn ? ??< m -?? ? ... '
ilcven inoutlia equal $50.1114,937,000, or uiorj
ban thetwdvo months' to.nl in lbbb, indicating
probably $55,C0J,0 0,000 as a grand
otal tor ltt>9. The increase for eleven months
his year over lust is 14 per cent, over 1857 it
s S per cunt, and over lSbti, 15 per cent.
Stocks of wheat in sight, out of farmers'
lands, in the United Stites nnd Canada Noretnber
30, as reported to Bradstivct s, uggrcgnted
54,455,0/0 bushels, uu inoroa-e of
,5/7,< no bustioiH during November, or 10 per
sent. During October, 1889, slocks increased
or 11 vo week?) beyond nil precedent, about
Id,'J13,000 bushels. In November, lbbb, the
ncreaso was lees than in lbS9, amounting to
inly 0,87,000 bushels. Aggregate vis bio
ivlicut. uloc-s uro now tho largest since April
I, 1SSS. Tho total of wheat stocks, both
jjasts, November 3d, was 02,575,000 bushe's,
igainst. 67,871,00;i bushels one your ago. E ist
>r th i ltocky Mouiituin the tot it, Noveiuuer
U, win 3,000,000 bushels larger lhau it was a
fear ag<>.
Tho cereal markets have been quite irrogutnr.
Flour, in fair d uiiaini, remains un3bau{cd
for Spring, but itolT 15i20 per barrel
ou Winter wheat varieties Unsettled
Innne wheat markets, large stocks here, growing
stocks in Europe and low limits to exporters'orders,
d> prixsed late options
-pot lias sold up !^o and near options uro
linn. Indian coru'uptious are up ,'fo. The
niovemuut is freer at the E st and the demand
ipute fair, lhirley is in light sulo and weak. ,
U.iti mid rye are each higher, tho former, on
good demand, being up lj^al^'o, and tho latter,
on urgent export cutis ana meagre offerings
a1 ?-?5' j'o higher per bushel.
Unumaiiy urgent demands for raw sugar,
largely from i'iidnuoiphia, resulted iu au active
niiirkut, with advances from % to J^o.
Stocks ut the four distributing ports are
down to 23,243 tons, against 141,4/7 tons four
months ngo and 57,014 tons one your ago. In
synijKUhy with the buoyancy here,Toreigu
augur iiiurteUs burdened perceptibly.
U/dD W AMn \A7 flDI/CDO i
it vnu nuu ituhi\lhj.
A Shrvenort (Ala.) llrm has discharged ltd
Negro hands and employed white labor.
Ureal Hrilian uow buys from fo'nign countries
oik:-half of the food she eat*, uud pays
for il in manufactures.
Washington compositors have dropped the
light-hour day rule, uud ovory mau may
work us Jong us iio pleases.
Il Is understood that the duties on mining
machinery mid coke will be removod and
o.ber lurilf changes mule nt the coining session
of the Canadian Parliament.
Wall. "" ?,u ? ?A??lJ?a,an _
Men at work snventy-fivo faet below the
bod of tbe river ut Louisville work two boura .
und get ? day's pay. Some have died and
others are a ill c.t d with parulysis of the kidneys
nd inu.-cle*.
linglish syndicates have invested a part of
tbeir capital within the coutines of the Austrian
einp.ro. breweries in Bohemia and
printing olllccs in Vieuua have boon purchased
recently.
About 14 Jcar conductors have been thrown
out of oiiipioymunt by th restoration of the
bobtail car system in lmlinuapolis, lnd.,
which his Ih-cii abolished. A vigorous boycott
against these cars bus beou inaugurated,
whicii wnJ, it is exp ctcd, liuve tbo effect of
ugain putting u slop to the bobtail system.
A cmi-inukiug machine mnnuiaclurers
nearly lit),. OJ cans p.-r day. Ten men thus
handle the work it takes 500 to do by hand.
The eight-hour law is to be eiifoic-id in th ?
United .States army, and extra duty will be
allowed lor all service exceeding eight hours
p?i diy.
Notices havo baen posted in all the mills of
the Glasgow Iron Company, near I'otisiown,
I'd., announcing ail lucreuse In the wages ot
puddl rs of 'S> c iits per ton. The meu have
been getting $3.60, and will hereaftv-r reeeive
<3 75. Wages of ull other eiuployts will bo
correspondingly increased.
The suin ot $17,500 was recently divided by
the Melbourne (Australia) Omnlous Company
among its employes tor iuitulul service*
during the fl->oai year. This is in accordance
with u profll-sUuriug system, which employers
and employes have found to work very
tatislaciorny.
Those wiio are iu a position to speak with
some degree of accurucy say there are In this
couulry to d ?y over 3,00u,u00 unemployed
in n uud wouieu who cauuot Hud employment.
If there is not a orucing up of tne
factory interests between uow and next
Spring this immense urusy of unemployed
will uuiuoer in its ruuks uot less than 4,000,000.
*
CABLE SPARKS.
A heavy fall in tiie prico of pig-iron wan
experienced in Glasgow.
Martin Farquhnr Tupper, the .Tjnglisb
po?t and prose-writer, is dead.
Minister to England Lincoln lias gone to
Vuisillies, where his son is dying.
Tho Reichstag of Germany voted au appropri
itiou for defensive purposes in Southwest
Africa.
The Brazilian inland telegraph lines are
unitvuilublu for international purposes until
f urthcr notice.
The German minister to tho United States,
Count Arco-Valley, is a guest of Prince
Bismarck in Berlin.
A member of tho Bimbay Landers ran
ainucK in the camp of the regiment in Bombay
and killed three oiUcers.
Fire on u steamer in the harbor of Versailles
caused thr< e thousand pounds of powder
to explode with tcrrifllc effect.
The troops of Corea have bean drilled in
the Kussluu tactics since the American advisers
of the King buvo been dismissed.
The * ditor of a newspaper in Germany is
on trial in that country for slating that Emperor
William rode in a second class cah.
The trade of the port of Bristol is paralysed t
by the strike of the dock men and lightermen
of that city, 7,500 of wboiu have quit work.
The French Senate rejected an amendment
to the constitution of tbeoountry to prohibit
the employment of workingworaen in factories
at night.
The French eloctlon bureau by a close vol*
favored annulling the votes oast for Boulunger
at the lastelection for members of the
Chamber ot Deputies.
She?3"Is that h nightingale that, it .?ji
singing so 6wcctly? I hava go long ?.\&jj
wished to have one!" He l&aising his
gun)?"In a couple of seconW I will laj\
it at your feet!"?La Luna.