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WW# tho nse of always frotting
JT- Atthe trials we shall ilnd 1
Ever sir#wn along our pathway?
Travel on and never inlud.
Travel onward, working, hoping, <
Cast no lingering look behind ,
At the rial# ouco cnoounterod? ,
Look, ahead and n#".er mind.
What I# past 1# p#?t forovor, ,
l.et all fretting be resigned;
It will nevor help the matter? I
Do jour beet and never mind. (
And If those who might befriend jon,
Whom the ties of nature btud.
Should refu e to do their duty.
Look to lie iven and never mind.
Friendly word# ore often spoken,
When the feeling# are unkind ; 1
Take them for their reel value,
Foes them by and never mind. j
Fates may threaten, oload# may lower,
Enemies may be oomblned; I
If- your trust in Ood I# steadfast
Ho will help yon, never mind.
TOM ^
umn cMme. 1
. 1
BY "THE MAJOR." ,
j'-'- c hAPI I r T?continued ;
Taking the light-, Bryson unbolted i
. the door and weut through tho hall |
into the sitting-room. All was still; j
that soul, all unprepared for the great I 1
change, had qu etly passed "from the |
repo.te of sleep to the repose of death." |
The murderer reflected that lie could 1
easily hide evei y trace of the crime. j
But as he stood bore, xvbere so lately
he bad talked with Mason Belmont
face to face, bis oyos rested oo on ob . i
jeefc that caused him to tremble with 1
superstitious fear. <
It was the clock.
' He remembered winding it tbat
morning; that (lie bad beard its tick- |
Q iog when be last left this room, and . :
tbat tbe hour was then a few minute.' i i
past ooe. | 1
Tbe bands had stopped at twenty-air
minutes past one. 1
It was as if s >me unseen band had
? arrested them to mark tbe moment oi i
the crime. I i
For a moment Bryson cowered to
tbe wall, gazing at the tell-tale dial in i
panic.
N But oooler reflection dissipated his i
fears; almost caused him to smile at
tbem. Tbe shock of tbe fa'ling body?
or, more likely, tbat of tbe falling trap- i
door?bad jarred tbe olock and caused <
it to stop.
He set the pendulum in motion aud
moved forward the hands ten minutes.
He looked from tbe window. The i
night was dark; nothing could be seen.
He slightly raised it; there was no
sound b t that of the wind in the trees.
Tbe dread of discovery, that was to i
haunt this man henoefortb till his dying
bour^iiowurged him to bo sure
did not stir. ' ?'r
At that instant Bryson trembled aud
eh -ddered with another thought,
i Hhonld he ever again enjoy a tranquil
r sleep ?
"Poor Jess!" he said to himself, as
be left her. "I'll tako lier away from
here now, and try to make her happy."
llet iming to the cellar, his first .
care was to break up the box he had
used, and place the fragments in a distant
corner.
With pick and sp&de he now addressed
himself to the task of concealment.
With severe labor he raised two of
the large stone flaRS that floored the
oellpr, and in the opening excavated a
cavity four feet deep. Into this ho
threw the dead body, tbe coat, shoes,
hat, and even the iron bar. He hesia
tsted a moment, and then, removing
the rolls of monoy from the saohel,
threw the latter into the hole. The
eartn was niten in, tne stones carefully
replaced. The secret wap safe.
And now for the money. He took it
tip to the sitting-room, looked the door,
spread out the bank-notes upon (he
table till thejr covered it. and drawing
a chair besido it, gloated over the
treasure.
His heart bonnded 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 life. They would surelv be hap?y;
money would do every thiUg?and
ere it was?here?right herel
In the wall of this room was a small
closet, breast high, of whioh he had the
only key. Of late it bad not been used
at.all. Into this seonre place he crammed
the rolls of notes, and locked
them up.
The day still lacked an hour of dawn
when ho sat down again, with his head
and arms on the table. And the mercy
of God permitted eren him to sleep.
CHAriEll vn.
CASH.EH IN THE AIR.
i nun The cottage of Mrs. Van Wyck, the
*^141. mother of Edgar, was situated about a
mile from Brysou's house, across the
fields and woods, and almost double
that distance arouud by the lane, the
highway, and up the cross-road. Mrs.
Van Wyck had been some years a
^ widow. She had a slender income from
* the rent of some houses in Aylesworthr
left her by her husband, and with the
fondness of a doting mother, she had
restrained the nneasy longings of her
boy to le?wo home and seek liis fortune.
He was all that was left to her, and
she could not bear to part with him.
Bo the lad had grown uj, handsome
and good-natnred, working when he
pleased, idling far oftener, and passing
K much of his time in the woods with his
dog and gnn, or by the trout-brooks,
with bis fishing-tackle. %
Of late, u new and disturbing element
had entered into his peaceful life,
which will presen ly be noticed.
Rea liing the point on the highway
where tho cross-road turned off that
l?A tn ?l. ~ ku... til. ?!
ivu vu vuu uuuact mvcr uiw pftriin^ WIID
Mr. Belmont, bis attention was fixed
| upon something up the road.
Perhaps half a mile distent, along
the straight highway, he saw the flashing*,
the appearing* and diaappearings
of lights, like glow-worms in the dark,
but m .ch stronger and brighter.
They were, in foot, the lanterns of
the blacksmith and his assistants, as
they labored to weld together the
jf dtf paper, rolled np into torches,
trliich the passengers wore continually
lighting for tbe^r convenience.
Had the youth gone on, to satisfy his
suriosity, lie must have fallen into conversation
with some of the passengers.
1 be fact that he had guided otio of
their number to Tom Bryson's would
have keen mentioned, and tho crime of
that night must have been promptly
iliscovered.
But, after a moment of irresolution,
bhlgar Van Wyek continued bis way
home. Had be kept on along tbo
highway this nnrrativo would bavo a
spoe ly end.
A light was burning in the widow's
room when he entered tho cottago. He
wns about to go to his chamber, when
iIia Pal Inrl a v*?
"Don't go yet, Eddie," she said. "I
wish to talk with yon."
He wont into her ro Am and sat down,
is mother canio and 6tood beside him,
and laid her hand lovingly upon his
head.
"What is it, Edgar?"
is eyes wore averted, and sought
the carpet at his feet.
"1 have boen so frightened to be loft
alone when thAt dreadful storm was
raging; and I have been anxious for
pou. Where have you been ?"
He gave a little impatient laugh.
"Over to Bryson's."
"You havo been there much lately?
haven't you ?"
lie was silent.
"I think I cau guess tho tru(l), my
boy. l)oyou love that man's daughter?"
He broko from her caresses; his voice
choked.
"Lovelier??yes, I do. You might
as well know it now. I lovo her?O
Uod!?O mother, how I lovo her! I
can't livo without her. There?now
rou know all."
lie sobbed like a girl. Mrs. Van
Wyck looked at him pityingly, as a
mother might do; aud then a look of
resignation and of settled purpose camo
to her benevolent face.
"You Bay vou cannot livo without
Iier. You" need not."
"Do you mean that, mother?" His
eyes were full of hope as they looked
up to her.
"Why should 1 not? I have Beon
her; she is beautiful, and 1 trust, good.
I wish she had a better father than
that sour old laborer; but that can't
be helped. They are poor. I am not
rich, but 1 have onougu for us three
uutil you can do for yourself. My
dear Edgar, I want to keep you with
me for the few years that I shall Htay
here. So I bid you marry as you wilf;
this shall be a home for both of you;
and may God bless you!"
She wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Dear mother?dear, good motkor!"
His face was radiant as ho put his
arms about her neck and kissed her.
Presently other thoughts disturbed
him.
- he aaitl- u{or
whether she oares for you or not ?"
"I've never asked her."
"Has she any other suitor?"
"No, I am sure not."
"And you have never spoken out?
not for all these weeks that vou have
~ ? i o?
UOOII bliClo r
He told her everything; the simple
stcry of a diltidont boy, almost dumb
before the idolized object of his affection.
The widow listened, and smiled.
"My poor, bashful boy, you must be
bolder! Women aro never won in that
way. Speak out. and tell her tho
truth. Where else could she got a
better matih, about here? You're
Joung, to be sure; so was your poor
ather when we were married. You
may tell her that your mother consents."
"I'll see her in the morning, mother.
I won't delay a bit longer. I'm going
to know how it is, right off Your
advioe is gooJ, and yo.i're the best
mother tha'. ever a fellow had."
The mother laughed at tho boy's
eagerness, and kissing him good-nigiit,
she retired to rest.
Edgar also retired; but not for somo
hours to s!eep.
The brief conversation in the mother's
chamber seemed at once to havo
made a man of him; the words of the
kind, indulgent widow had inspired
him with new hope and new confl
ucuru.
He resolved that he would go over
to Bryson's early in the morning. He
would go with the traveler to Ayloswortli
because he promised him to
do so, and then he would return and
learn his fate.
Fatigued, at last, with exulting
thoughts and rosy anticipations, he
fell asleep.
And still?not to his mother?not to
any person?had he spoken a word ot
bis adventure of that evening; of hie
meeting with the traveler, and his
guiding him to Bryson's!
Thoughts of Jessica, hopes for n
bright fnturo with her, had, for the
time, driven the events of the last few
hours from his mind.
The survivors of the strange events
we are recording, looking calmly back
upon them from a time ten vears later.
thought that fate itself wonted that
night to conceal the dara deed.
CHAP-rER MIL
THE FACE OF DAY
With a start Tom Bryson awoke.
It was broad daylight; the sunbonms
wero creeping in under tho window
curtains.
llapidly his thoughts Bwept back
over the events of the night. All cauic
to him in an instant. Ho grasped the
situation; he wus hampered Ly no
pangs of conscience.
"Anything, everything, now," he reflected,
"to hide what I have done, and
to enable the girl and myself to enjoy
its fruits." .
One serious trouble loomed be'ore
him. How should he explain the traveler's
absence to Jessica?
He had not, as yet, the slightest reason
to a ppose that any person but
they knew of the presenoe of Belmont
beneath this roof the previons night.
A simple denial to all the world would
be sufficient.
But his daughter knew better. How
oould he silenoe her ? ?
There was a rap at the door,
"Father!"
-tome in, girl.-'
She eutored, Bwcet, pensive, beautiful
as over.
"Je tho gentleman ready for breakfast?
It is eight o'clock."
"Bless mo!?so it is. No, Jess; that
man won't be with us tuis morning.
Ho left tho house after you wont to
bed, and said he should go on to the
vi'.lugo. Sot tho table, and I'll tell you
how it happened."
Ho 1 athed his head and faeoiu water,
while the girl busied herself in sotting
the table. 'llio two sat down to the |
humble meal. There was a moment's I
pause, while tkoy uto and drank.
"You don't ask me how that man i
hnpnenod to leave the house in the
night," he said.
Her eyes ma le the in pliry.
"Well, really, Jess?I'm almost
ashamed to tell you. The fact is, I
ordered him to leave."
"O, father!"
"Yes, it's to > bad; but it's loo late
now to help it."
"Ho* dut iV tiu|<[iouV"
"I was in bad huuior, as you know.
Ho made somo remark about tho pover
y of this house. That nettled me,
and 1 gave him a hot answer. One
word brought on another, and I told
him that ho must loave. He picked up
his saehel in a passion and went. I
lookod out of tho door ufter him, and
saw him following tho lano down to
tho hi hway."
Khe said nothing; her eyes were |
turned downward. He perceived that i
um ojjuuiiuiiuii nun uisrossect nor.
" O.'ell, JeB9, don't mind it. Some
way it's crept into my head that lie
might he tho agent of some one who
claims to own this property. You j
know?I have to!d you?that I found |
I tho houso abandoned when wo came i
hero, and fixod it up tho best I could, !
and liavo never paid any ront. I I
thought, perhaps, this man might bo I
spying out things for tlio owner. If j
that turns out to b; so, I shall be glad '
I sent him off. Anyway, girl, there's
ono thing I want you to promise me
about this unfortunate affair. Will
you ?"
His voice trembled; there was ;
anxioty in hiB faco.
"Of courso I will, father. What j
is itV
' Just this: I hope we shall not see I
this man again. If ho was a traveler
who had lost his way, as ho cluimcd, :
we probably shall not, as, in that case, j
ho would leave Ayleswortli in tho coach !
this morniug. but I suppose he has
given his vorsion of tho affair at the
inn ; and I don't frel like being annoyed
by any inquiries or complaiuts. So I
shall deny all knowledge of any such
traveler. If they get inquisitive I shall j
declare that nobody camo here; that if j
anything of the kind liappeuod it was I
at some other house. Just see, Jess? >
it'll do no good tor me to admit that I >
turned him out. and no harm to deny
it. You must help me. I want you to
say, and stick to it, if you are quesy;'"t)Ure
ready to help your poor old faftfwr.*
There was a rap at the door.
Bryson started. The guilty conscience I
within him had begun to fear every
sound.
"Who on earth can it be?" ho asked.
k Jessica roso and went to tho door.
The visitor was out of sight; but as
Bryson listened, he could plainly hear
nil that ho said, ns well as recognize
his voico.
It was Kdcar Van Wvrlr
j "Good morning. Miss Bryson. I
' sliowed a stranger the 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 he ready V"
There was a slight pause.
"A strauger??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'ght
, by this door. What could have become
; of him?"
I The cup that Tryson had raised to
1 his lips fell from his nerveless lingers,
: and was shattered on the table. Defeat,
I detection, the gallows stared him in
j the face.
j With a supreme effort, he crushed
' down hia fears. Ho saw th it he must
I hear what story this youth had to tell;
I and then, at the worst, instant flight
| with the monoy was open to him.
"Joss," he called out, "bring that chap
in here."
|TO BE CONTINUED ]
Wtlth ffhdsMi
Three things of short continuance
?.1 lady's love, a chip fire and a brook
lloo I.
Threo miseries of a man's house?a
smoky ch'mnoy, a dripping roof and a
scolding wife.
TLireo tilings that ought never to be
j from homo?the cat, the chimney and
i the housewife
Threo essentials to a false story toller?a
good memory, a bold face and
fools for an audience.
Threo things that aro as good as
the best?brown bread in famine, we 1
water in thirst and a gray coat in cold, j
Three tilings i.uat are seen in a
peacock?the garb of an angel, the
walk of a thiof and the vo ce of the
devil. I
Three things it it unwise to boast
of?the flavor of thv ale, tho beauty
of thy wi e and the contents of thy
purse. '
Threo warnings from tho grave?
"Thou kno%ost what 1 was; thou seost
what 1 am; remember what thou art
to be."
Three things that never become rusty
?the money of the benevolent, the
shoes of the butcher's horse, and a
woman's tongue.
Throo things not easily done?to allay
thirst with Are, to dry wet with
water and to ulease all in Avanrihir.^.*
. ? / ??p
that in done.
Three things an good as their better
?dirty water to ext ngn sh tho fire, an
ngly t ? .aJh'tad man and a wooden
' word to a oo?v .
"Did yon say yon had ever e6B'm&intoxicatod?"
"Oh," no! dear, no! No,
indeed, sar. Ar jess dnn said Ar seed
yer trar'n far ter clip dem yere erkshanges
wkl de'sunTers; dat's all."
The gnarly applo got# the w orm.
JHfcNEWSc"
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Tho Farmers1 conventions have decided^)
consolidate. Prof. W. W. Keen, of Lai
fayelte Medical Cdlege, Philadelphia, performed
a wonderful operation, removing a
portion of a child's l?rain. The large floor*
ing mill of Saxton & Thompson at Troy, N.
Y., was burned, together with85,000 bushels
of wbont and 7,00J barrels of flour. Lost
|25J,00>; insuranco $1(0,000 ??Memorial
services in honor of Jefferson Davis were
beid in the churches of New Orleans and
other Southern cities.?Rev. F. S. De Hoos,
a noted Mothodist minister, died at Avond-ilc,
Ohio. Secretary August Schotten*
berg, of th> Mllwuuko School Board, committed
suicide, irregularities in his accoants
having been discovered. Casper Clisby,
of St. Louis, who bad been forbidden by John
Anson to pay court to his daughter, shot and
uiorially wounded Anson and the young girl,
and then committed suicide.?>-Tbe United
States squadron of evolution sailed from Bo?tan
for L'sbau-- Two colitfcBapreachors at,
Augu.'ta, ST/.; fought In
which one should prenob the fun-ral sermon
over a dead woman.?In a collision between
freight trams at Durnngo, Iowo, Conductor
J. Berry and Fireman John Hickey were instantly
killed, aud ten carloads of freight
were scattered along the tracks.?Several
trninmon ivprA ininroH iw% $.Ko ws*n#?lr ' '
express train on tho Lake Shore and Mich gan
Southern R tilroa J,near Chesterton, Ind.
Henry 8. Frieze, LL. D,, professor of Latin
and literature in the University of Michigan,
is dead. The Hudson River Woolen Mills,
at Nowburgb, N. Y., wore burned. Loss,
$0 ),000. A thief snatch d John C. Patterson's
cash box containing #1,000 worth of securities,
in the Delaware Bank at Wilmington,
and escaped. ? Pendleton, the murderer
of hi* father-in-law, Colonel Goodwin, near
Frederickoburg.Va., was sentenced to twelve
years in the penitentiary.?The twenty-fifth
anniversary of the ownership of the Philadelphia
I^iblic Ledger by Mr. George W.
Child*, and the twenty-Qfth anniversary of
its directorship by William V. McK an as
edltor-in-ohlef, was pleasantly commemorated
in a reunion of the Ledger ste ft.
George Early, colored, of Franklin county,
Va., confessed to the burning of twenty-four
buildings at Rocky Mount, because Mabono
was not allowed to speak in the public warehouse,
and was sentenced to death. In a
Are on the piers of the National Steamship
liuo, New York city, four workmen perished
and a numb r were seriously burned Rt
ituv. John Tuigg, Catholic bishop of Pitls.
burg, is dead. Passengers arriving in New
York by steamer from Marauham, Brazil,
tell of a bloody riot io that town following
the declaration of the new government in
which two soldiers and six rioters wero killed
and many wouuded.?? Rsv. Melanctbob M.
Williams, uged ninety-two years, tbe oldest
living graduate of Princeton College, died
at bis home, in Cambridge, N. Y.
Fire in Rusu-lVs clothing store, Brooklyn,
New York, d-stroyed $3">,000 wortb of merwhile
suffering from temporaJOTB^PfrDUMe,
drowned herself and baDet^jj^En ipulire
family is reported to bare naysAtfCSisiy disappeared
from Yeilville, Ark^P du Owen
Bound, Out., Williaiu KeuneJy mistook Hirani
Lyiuburuer for a deer, and shooting bin,
in tbe back, killed him iustanliy. During
a quarrel in New York, Antoinette Fovulta
j was shot and killed by Armanda licquto.
I another Italiau woumn.??Fire in Boell
| Like, Wis., destroj ed over one-h df of the
Luuuess portion of the town ?>la C.
Wbl: e was taken from Cbioago to Rniira, N.
Y., where she is wanted on tbeobirgeof lorgery.
James Baker, of Pittsburg, a inuj
latto, committed suicide in Cbioago. O ie
! man w..8 seriously and another fatally in;
jured by the explosion of a tink of acid in
I Long Idand City, L. I. Four men Were
j kihed on tho track at Wilkesbarre, P.i,, by a
freight train. Efforts are being made to
j secure a settlement of tbe glussi.lowers'
i strike. The manu.aoturers, however, are
firmly against any couceseion. An opon
' switch caused a collision on tbe Penasyl va:
uia Railroad, near Oreensburg, Pn.a resultI
ing in tbe serious injury of tbe trainmen.
' Mr. Ralph Beaumont, chairman of tbe
i national legislative committee of the Knights
of Iiabor, says that the knights and farmers
will no^ consolidate just now, but co-operutc.
Two boys wore precipitated down aooal
shaft in Wheeling, W. Vs., and instantly
killed. The ltev. S. R. Brewer, presiding
elder of the Louisville Conference of the M.
? Church South, is dead. Uuiled States
Deputy Mushil J. P. Willis and Pierce Morgan,
a moonshiner whom be attempted to
arrest, w. re killed by e:ch other. John
Theodore Wild, alias (iroen wood,was banged
In Brooklyn, N. Y., for the murder of Ly|
man 8. Weeks.?Flora Seymour, the tliree1
year-old daughter of Albert W. Seymour, ac|
cidentally fatally shot Willie Pollard, her
four-year-old playmate. ??Th i Federation
of the Knights of Labor and the Farmers
and Laborers' Union has been formed.
Miss Anna Bisherm has been arrested at Buffalo,
N. Y.. charged with murdering her
, babe. There wcr^ two hundred and sevI
coty-one buelnesa failures in the Uni'et
: States and fortv one in Canada th# nn?i. w-?ir
| Cbarles Johnson, colored, was hanged at
QOdsden, Ala., for the murd r of policeman
Kenney E. Blair, a student of Washington
and Loe University, at Lexington, Va-,
was shot in the leg while hunting ?TboniMS
Hotchkiss was killed at a rolling mill in
Trenton, N. J., by being pierced by a red hot
rod. Secretary Noble was given a rerc p
Hon by the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis.
| A bill was. introduced in the Virg uta
State Assembly to prevent the sale of Cuicago
dressed beef.-?Nathaniel Niles, Jr., expresident
of the Tradesmen's N itionul Bank
of New Orleans, was indioted for allowing
one of his houses to be used for disorderly
purposes.-*- -A mother locked'ber two li tie
boys in a rcom in a New York flat a bile she
went marketing, and returned to ilud them
suffocated by smoke. Tbs oity of New
11aveo, CL, hai appropriated $3 >,030 to pro.
vide frse aohool ^eoksfor the children.
Bensata t^^^^djlon. long Island were
found dis^***^?^ ^(P^two thousand gallons
of maalO. jaSf'" ofBcers are now
looking for the mocwMoh1* ?Charles W.
Tabler baa been arrMod In Ritchla county,
W. Va., charged with the murder of Jacob
Morgan oo May A
* y .
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IJEFFERSOHMVISDEAD, j
i.lhe President of the Confed- '
\ eracy Breathes His Last. !
Hi* RcninrkHblc ('nrcor Brforc and I J
During t!ic llvbelllou ? Tlio Fall of
lite Comfodornrjr and III* liaonpe c
and Capture? llis <tiilot I.I to i
Hiucv tlio Hnr Closed.
t
jr.rKEnsoN DAVIS. | \
Jefferson Davis diod at 12.45 Friday morn- ! ^
ing. He had boen ailing for some time, but
I A fwvr /Invo n ,r.\ wno : , "
? ?vVu .?uo |Mvuuunuuu ut'iier. \
Thursday, however,lie began to sink rapidly s
ant! during tlio night peacefully 6lept away. '
Jefferson Davis was a n itivo of Kentucky, j
Ho was born on tho 3J of June. 180J, in i
what is known as Todd county, then a part '
of Christian county. Whdo he was au in- I J
font tho family removed to Woodville, Wil- | j
kinsoa county, Miss. Young Davis received ( '
an academical traing, and was then s.-nt to , J
Transylvania College, in Kentucky, whence, ,
in 1821, he went to Went Point Military i
Academy, under appointment from Presi- '
dent Monroe. i |
He graduated afttr a four years'course in i
1828, and remained iu the array seven years
thoreuflor. Ho was a staff otllcer iu the i
Black ll.iwk war, and was made a first lieu- <
tenant of cavalry iu 18aJ. Iu 1831 ho was i
engaged in service aiuoug the indians in tho ]
West nn 1 resigned his commission in 1835, i
married tho daughter of Colonel Zaclmry \
Taylo.?then of tho army, l>ut afterwards ' (
General and President of tho Uuitud Stat s ,
?and b-gnu the life of acoltou plant<>r.
Iu 1841 he came to the front as a prcsiden- ' ]
tial elector of Mississippi on the Democratic .
side, and in 1845 he was elected to a seat in ' (
the National House of K -preseulatives. In
1810, the trouble with Mexico I eing on, bo | ,
left Congress to take command of a regim -tit |
of Mississippi volunteers, an 1 went to the <
aid of his faiher-in-law. General Taylor, ,
then lying on the llio'Grntide with b?s "Army j
of Occupation." Colouel Davis was at tho i
he d of his regiment at the hard-fought bat- > ,
tie of Bueiia Vistu on the 23d of February, 1 (
1847, in which ho was noutided. I
lu July, 1847, his regiment was ordered [
J home. lUtcym of eulist.uout having expired. ,
^unanimously elected tor the uuexpireu ta rnr.
I lie Was rfc-olecied in 1 >">0, and in 1851 ro'
signed to i un against Henry S. Foote for
f governor of Mississippi. In this contest ho
was btaton, and retired to private life until
tho r.e*t year, when he took au active part
in the campaign which resulted in tho elee- (
lion of Franklin Pierce to the presidency.
Mr. Pierce made Mr. Davis ids Sicru'nry
of War, and this important post he filled
until the c.ectiou of Mr. Buchanan to tho
pri s dency. Affct r retiring with tho Cabinet
of the outgoing pr<sideut, Mr. Davis was
| oguin returned to the United States Senate, [
being elected for the term which ended
March 3, 1803, in the in. 'st of the troineiidous
inier-state conflict which suhsi queiitly
r? suited in such tremendous changes in the
wholes jcial tabr.c of the South. Mr. Davis
hud aspirations for tho pnsidencyin 1800,
but tailed to secure a nomination.
In the long struggle over Stato Rights,
an 1 in the acrimonious discussions of the
slavery question, Mr. Davis had been prominent.
He avowed the strongest Union sentiments.
however, up to this tune; but the
election of Mr. Lincoln d<cided him, and
thenceforth he was lor separata.n. On tie
assembling of Uougress in December, 1800,
he took active purt in tho coulerenco which
rtsult- d in the secessiou from tho Uiiiou ot
the Southern Slates and the inauguration
of the long and bloody sti uggle bolore alluded
to.
On the night of January 5,1801, in a secret
caucus of the Senators from Georgia, F.orida,
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,Arkauras
and Texas the plan was laid, and Mr.
Davis was made chairman of au executive
committee to seo that it was curried out, the
other members being Stephen R Mauory
and John Slidell, ol Louisiana. It is needless
to deluil the plan of operat.ons. Suffice
it to sny that Mr. Davis did not resign his
seat iu the Senate until the 21st of January.
The confederate Congress met at Montgomery
and a provisional government was
!' organized on the 1th of February, 1801, and
on the ILh Mr. Davis was elected "Fresideut
of the Confederate States of America." lie
arrivou in uioutgomery on tne itnn, and on
the 18th wus inaugurated. His first messuge
to the Confedurute Congress was sent in
April 20th.
On the 15th of April ho bad ordered the
bombardment of Fort Sumter, which begun
the Civil war. On the 2Uthof Alay the Confederate
government was removed to Richmond,
Vu., and Mr. Davis took up his residence
in that city.
The victory at Bull Run, when fifty thousand
Union troops were routed, inspired
I Davis to resume his pro fictions of success.
The victories of the Union armies nt Gettysburg
and Vicksburg in July, 18i>3, blighted
tue prospects in wh cb Mr. Davis und the
South indulged, and at once a storin of inj
vlagu&b.wii and execration came up f ruuu many
parts of tho South.
Ou Sunday, the 2d of April, I8C5, while
Davis was s ated in St. Paui's Church, bo receive
I a note from tho Confederate War Department,
advhiug hiui of I^ee's defeat. His
family had been sent Southwest some days j
before, find tho same evening, attended by .
his personal stuff, the members of his Cabi- ;
net, Davis left Richmond for Danville, when "r
he issued a proclamation declaring that tho
capital bad been abandoned in order to leave
| the army free to strike the enemy in detail ,
rar from his base.
After the surrender of I^ee'sarmy to Grant, *
Mr. Davis and bis party w eat to Greensboro', J
1 N. C., and from tbeuso to Charlotte, where J
ho heard of the assassination of Free dent (
! Lincoln, and that ho was accused of insllgat)
lag ihe deed. A few daye later be was in- '
formed that a reward of $100,000 was i fTerod *
j for his capture. Ho still contemplated re,
sistanc -, and intended to cross the Mississip- (
Si wit h some troops that hud joined him from *
ohnstou's army.
He had joined bis wife, and was encamped '
near Irwinville, Uj,, on the 10th of May, ;
when a bo<ly of Union cavalry, coramunded s
by Oeneral J. H. Wilson, surrounded the J
camp and arrested hira.
| He was conveyed to Fortress Monroe, where *
he was contlned two years.
, In May, 1667, he whs admitted to bail after
a hearing liefore the UuiUd Htates Court in *
Richmond on the charge of treason?Horace
Greeley being one of the parties signing the 1
bond. The charge of complicity in the assassination
of Lincoln w$s abandon- -i, <
After a visit to Richmond ho went to Canida
by way of New York, un>l in lttdd went
a) England, where ho bad been offered n partlersbip
in a Liverpool Urra without any captal.
This he declined, mid retuuned to tbo
Jnited States otter a brief trip to France. j
At the term of tbo United States Circuit
>?url held in Richmond in December, 1S(W, a
idle prosequi was entered in his case, and bo
vas discburgtd. After that be lived in Mem- 1
>his, Tenu., where bo \vus president of a life
nsurance company.
Iu 1880 Davis published two bulky volumes
ntitled "The Rise and Fall of tbo Coufed;rate
Government."
For many years past Mr. Davis and bis '
etnily resided at Beuuvoir, a lino estate on 1
he Mississippi river, which was bequeathed
o Mr. DaviB by a lady who bad been an srLeot
admirer of the Confederacy.
His daughter. Winnio. is now in Europe. j
A WONDER IN bURGERY. I
!
Removing a lilseiisi'd f'orliou of Ihe
III Mill Ol II t'llllll.
Dr. W. W. Keen, i'rofessor of Surgory at
lie Jifforson Medical Colie0e, Philadelphia, I
terformed an important operation upon a
> ^<>w ?? ?.. ., iuv sou oi a |irutiiiutii.
lew York clergyman. Tbo child suffered !
rora epilepsy, und to effect a cure a portion I
if the brain was removed. The history of i
ho patient is inLr< stiug. Tho little fellow, '
vhen about two yeurs old, while playing at
lotne, fell mi 1 bumped bis head rather se- |
r.rolv, but at lirft. alter the tonmi r .re !
ia<i passed oir, no ill-i fT cis were o: served, i
ift.tr u time tlio boy became sut j ct to opt- j optic
convulsions, and grain iliy lost liio I (
cower of spocli, except suoti words us "fa' .
tud "Ala." The parents consulted uutb >rity
liter authority, and ut last resdvod to sub- j
nib the cnsc to Professor Keen. For a wtok !
.be little patient was curoiully watcbtd, and ,
Mcb^yiuploin noted. At tbe end of that j
.Im-TOr. Keen decided upon she operation, j ^
Tho litlio patient was etber 7. .a and inid ,
jpon the operating table. Dr. Keen, as- j
i sted by Dr. Wi lium Forlus un.l 1).-. Ad- j '
linell Huwson, Jr., began tbe operutiuu. |
\tter taking the loagtli of ttie skull with nn I '
nstruinent devised tor tlio purpose, and ! ]
nuking witb an aniline pencil a l.ue upon (
,bo crown, ruuniug at an angle of about
uxty degrees forward and 10 the lo:t ol toe '
iu-U!au fine, Dr. Keen card ully s pirated j
.bo scalp and turned it bock, leaving tbe I
skull covered, with tbe periosteum perfectly i
on re. Applying tbe trephine ut two points
on the line, be removed two circular pieces
of bone and enlarged tbe aperture thus nude I
with bone forceps. All these puces of bouo \
were carefully placed tu stern zed lluid ut tbe
temporature of the human bo Jy?ibat is
about one hundred degrees Fuhrebeit.
Now tho quivering brain, covered by tlio I
dura mutter, was to bo seen. This being
carefully divided, the diagnosed leseon right
at tbe place supposed was found. At this
point au experiment was made. A galvanic
battery wus brought out, and being applied
to the cicatrix of the bruin, ail Iho phenomena
of uu epileptic uttuck were simulated,
confirming the surgeon's opinion that hero j
was tbe seat of tho trouble. A few skilf ul, j
rapid and careful luovoiueuls of tho knife
followed, and in a few moments th" man
cf diseased brain substnnce was successfully 1
removed and tho resulting cavity cirofu ly
cleaned. On applying the galvanic battery
iguin no epileptic con vulsion followed, much j
to the physicians' delight. The work of
closing tho brain by replacing tlio dura ir~.t- i
ter carefully, was followed by replacing tbe j
bono and then the scalp. All over, this was
skilfully secured in place by unticeptic '
dressings and bandages, aud tho little fellow j
was restored to his cot.
No alarming results followed, and the re- j
suit of the operation will bo watched with :
Tlio Federation of the Farmer* and I
tlie MiiifflitN of l.iikor.
Messrs. Powderly, Wright aui rieaumont,
repres uti.ig the Knights ot Labor, nut tho
demands committee of tlis Farmers nud i
Laborers' Union, at St. Louis, and tho basis
ot Federation between the Farmers and the
Knights was agreed upou. The resolutions
upon which the farmers had agree 1 word
read to tha representatives 01 the Knights, |
and, witu veiy slight 1110 t-Qcalious, were
adopted us satisfactory. Then it was agreed
thai the turuiei s should appoiut a legislative 1
committee ot two, louct in conjunction with
the Legislative committee 01 tue Knights at ,
Washing ton, to secure legislation in accord- ,
anco Willi the views ot both bodies. The |
executive illijerot the two orgumxitions '
will iorm a c.'iitrul council to cou.-u t from
time to time upon all matters of joint iu- i
terest.
'1 he various farmers'bodies have agreed |
upon u plun of cousoiid it.on wuicii will, us ;
boon as the necessary reiereiices can bo luid (
to the various state orgaiuz tiions, rosu.t in I
iinnging aoout an aoso.ut-j union in one
body, it is prouabie thut iu lime tue Kulguls ;
will also join ihe lariuers iu actual union.
In t ie meantime the leaders ot both parties
are entirely sulistied with the practical ted- j
erutiou now consummated.
express train wrecked.
Nfrlklnir A Mli<|)lncrd Switch While
Going Furl)' .Miles nil Hour.
The New York haute i express, w. stoound,
over the Lake Shore and M.cbig.m Southern '
It tilroad, was wrecked at Dune Park, a sand
shipping htation thirty-live miles east ol
Chicago, at eight o'clock P. M. The accident
was caused hy a misplaceds witch, w h ch threw
the passenger train into a train o( empty
sand cars standing on thesid) track. On 1
striking tne switch the engineer reversed hi* .
engine and put on brakes, but as the train i
was going at the rate of forty miles an hour, j
and the curs were but a few rods from tht i
switch, be was unable to avoid the crash. I
The tiain consisted of one baggage bar, twe I
coaches, two sleopers and a chair car. The j
locomotive was thrown across the main track
and is totally wrecked, the three front car*
being crushed to pieces. It is little less that I
a miracle that the passonp ro escaped serioui |
injury. As it was, one ranroad employe we? |
laially hurt, two others sustaining serioui j
injury.
W heu tho collision occui r.d a number ol
the passengers were thrown from their seats,
but, bpyosd a few slight bruises, none wen
hurt.
"markets"
Daptimork? Flour?City Mills, extra,$-4.43
i# 1.55. W heat? Southern Fultz, 79ut0;
Jorn?Southern White, 40a42 cts, Yellow
15ao7c. Oats?Southern and Pennsylvania
tfa&icts.: Rye?Maryland & Pennsylvania
?0a5Jet8.; Hay?Muryland and Pennsylvania
M tWafld 5U;Straw-Wheat,7.50; Butter,
vi.si.oru v^rcuuiory, wazoo., near-hy receipts |
)al8ots; Choose?Eastern Fancy Cream. 10 i
MX cts., ? Western, 10al0V? cts; Eggs?23 j
i25, Tobacco Leaf?inferior, la#2.oo, Good
Joininon, 15 (X(a$4 00, Middling, $5a7.00 Coo 1
o tine ml,Sa#0; Fancy, 10a$l.i.
New Yoiik?Flour?Southern Common to
air extra,#2.50at i.85:Wheat-Nol White 84X
live?State. tilattt; Corn?Southern
bellow, 4:i>a ?4 !>?'. Oats White,State28^?:i0
ts.; Butter-State. 12a23 cts.; Cheese-Stato,
i>ial0% cts.; Eggs?24a2l?^ cts^
Philadelphia ? Flour ? Pennsylvania
ancy, 4.25a4.75; Wheat?Pennsylvania and
kmthern lied, 80ah.f;; Hye?Pennsylvania
5a50cts: Corn?Southern Yellow,42%a43cts.
lats?2S}?n2f) cts.; Butter?State, loa.5 eta.;
Cheese?N. Y. Factory, 9at% cts. Eggs?
?tate, 2oa27 cts.
CATTJiB.
Baltimore?Beef, 4 12a I 25; Sheep?$8 00
i5 00. Hogs?14 75*5 00.New
York?Beef?$6 00a7 00;Sho?p-|4 00
lO 00; Hogs?*4.00a4.20.
Kabt Liberty?Beef?fo 90a4 00; Sheep?
14 80a5 00; Hogs??o 70n3 8?.
TRADE OF THB WEEK .
Moderately Active Movement
in General Merchandise.
Hunk Clrnritii;* nt Thirty-Seven Ctt<
l??- TI?c Cernil Nnrkr'i Irregular?
I iiii iiill|y I'rKcnl fwr
Haw knj(Ar.
Bpocial telegrams tG Bradatrcet's report a
noderately active movement of general mersbandise
aside from holiday specialties. Ud>
ettlcd weather lias off oted trade somo at
,!?? West. Money was higher eurly in the
'Voek, hut has Loen much easier, ranging from
15 to 6 per cent ou call. Silver has suffered \
i sharp decline, totb here and in London, >
with a partial recovery owing to the publication
of tho report of the Secretary of the
treasury. Sterling Exchange has been deiressed,
approaching cioie lo the gold iinjoriiug
point. Dount is expressed that silver
legislation will Lie iff.-cted by the present
lie Veil months equal (50.014,997,000, or mors
.ban th'twdvo mom lis' to.nl in 1883, indicating
probably fo5,l'0J,0 U.OtX) as a grand
otal tor 1189. Tuo incivuso for eleven months
h>s year over last is 14 |?or cent, over 1887 it
s 8 per c nt, und over 1880, 15 per cent.
Stocks ot wheat in sight, out of tanners'
lands, in tho United Stites and Canada Noreuibor
do, as re|Mirted to Brad street s, ug?r?-g'iied
54,455,0/0 busle-ls, an iiiorou-e of
i,5 ;7,' 00 busueiH during November, or lb per
:-nt. During October, 1889, stacks increased
or live week-) beyond nil precedent, about
!0,"did,000 biiciiels. la November, 1888, the
,i.crease was less than in 18S'J, niuouuting to
inly 0,87,000 bushels. Aggregute vis bio
a bent mIoc-s ure now tho largest sinci April
I, 1888. Tlio total of wheat stocks, both
Masts, November 39, was 02,575,000 busha's,
igaiust 57,871,000 bushels one year ago. E ist
i' tli Kooky Mountain the total, Noveiuoer
iJ, wn- 0,000.000 bushels larger than it was n
I'ear ago.
The corral markets have been quite irregular.
Flour, in (air d unand, remains un3huti{od
for Spring, but itoiT 15V20 per barrel
ou Winter wheat vurieties. Unsettled
hoino wheat markets, large stocks here, growing
stocks in Europe and low limits to exporters'orders,
depressed late options ?4-i??c.
Cipot has sold up and near options are
firm. Indian corn options are up >fc. Tho
moveuiout is freer ut Ib'iJS _st and the demand
quite fair. Barley Is in light sitrS add weak. (
(Juts and rye are each higher, the former,"KM*?
good demand, beiug uj> l^al} jo, and tho latter,
on urgent export culm una meagre olferiiigs
U'-j-t&igO higher per bushel.
Unusually urgent demands for raw sugar,
largely from 1'h'ladoiphia, resulted in au active
market, with udvaiiCtS from % to .'tjO.
Block- ut the four distribuling ports are
down to 2^,248 toas, against 141,4|7 tons four
months ago and 57,011 tons one your ago. In
sympathy with the buoyancy here, torcigu
sugar markets hardened perceptibly.
WORK AND WORKERS.
A Khrveport (Ala.) Ilrin has discharged its
negro hands and employed white lubor.
Great Briliau uow buys from fo**iga countries
out-half of the food she cats, aud pays ,
for it in manufactures. /
\V nshiiigton compositors have dropped tho
right-hour day rule, und every niuu may
work as long us ho pleases.
It is understood that the duties on mining
machinery and coke will he removed and
o-her tariff changes made nt the couiiug session
of the (Jauudiuu Parliament.
IVlt 11. **" " *" or.
Men at work seyenty-flvo feet below the
bed of the river at Louisville work two hour*
and get a day's pay. Bome have died and
others are affl c.td w ith paralysis of the kidneys
aud muscles.
English syndicates have invested a part of
their capital within the contines of the Austrian
euip.re. Breweries in Bohemiu and
printing cilices in Vienna have been purchased
recently.
About 14) car conductors have been thrown
out of employment by ill > restoration of ths
bobtail car system in Indianapolis, lnd.,
which Ills been uboilsh*-d. A vmnrnim imv
cult against these curs lias boon inaugurated,
widen wul, it is rxp ctod, have tlio effect of
ugitin putting a slop tu llto bobtail system.
A can-making machine nmnutucturers
nearly 00,. 00 cuusp-r day. Ten men thus
handle the work it takes 500 lo di by hand.
The eight-hour law is lo beenioicsd in th >
Ucited htutes urmy, and extra auty will bo
allowed lor all service exceeding eight hours
p?r d >y.
Notices h ivo been posted in all tlio mills of
the Glasgow iron Company, near Fot.siown,
i'ti., announcing an iucreuse in the wages 01
puddl ?rs ol 25 c nts per ton. The men have
been gettiug $5.50, and will hereaftc-r receive
55,75. Wages ot all other employ* s will be
correspondingly increased.
The sum ot $17,500 was recently divided by
tlie Melbourne (Australia) Omnibus Company
among its employes tor luituiui services
during the fiscal .year. This is in accordance
with a protit-sUurnig system, which employers
and employes have fouud lo work very
EUti8lAClOrii>'.
Those wlio are in a position to speak with
some degree of uccurucy say there are in this
country to d ?y over 5,000.000 unemployed
mm and women who cannot tiud employment.
It there is not a nr..cuig up ot tue
iactory interests between now and next
Spring this immense uruiy ot unemployed
will nutnuer in its rauks not less than 4,000,000.
__ _______
CABLE SPARKS.
A heavy fall in the price of pig-iron was
expoiionced in Glasgow.
Martin Farquhar Tupper. the English
poet and prose-writer, is dead.
Minister tu England Lincoln has gone to
v 01 s lines, wnero ins son is uyiug.
Tiio Reichstag of Germany voted an appropri
ition for defensive purposes in Southwest
Africa.
Tho Brazilian inland telegraph lines aro
unavailable for international purposes until
I urthcr notice.
The German minister to tho United States,
Count Arco-Valley, i3 a guest of Prince
Bismarck in Berlin.
A member of tho Bnnbuy Landers ran
amucK in the camp of the regimeut in Bombay
and killed three officers.
Kire on a steamer in the harbor of Versailles
caused thr>e thousand pounds of powder
to explode with tcrriffic effect.
The troops of Corea have been drilled in
the Russian tactics since tho American advisers
of the King have been dismissed.
The i ditor of a newspaper in Germany is
oil trial in that country for stat ing that Kmperor
W illiam rode in u second class cab.
Tho trade of the port of Bristol is paralyzed
by tho strike of thedocknien and lightermen
of that city, 7,500 of whom have quit work.
The French Senate rejected an amendment
to the constitution of the country to prohibit
the employment of workingwomen la factories
at night.
The French eloction bureau by a close vote
favored ar.uulling the voles oast for Bou- . '
lunger at the Instelection for mombersof the
Chamber of Depot lea.
She?Is that a cightingalo that k 1
bui^iii^ du nnuuiijf r A IIU r> ni? luug -, *
wished to have one?" He (raising hi#
gun)?"In a con pie of seconds I wiU l*J'vx
it at rour feet!"?Im Luna,
gjaW- x' tiSi^3'lk-' . *3
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