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A'uREftT TREASURE The Strange Mystery SiirreonfliDt lis Disappearance. - A STORY CF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST, ? EY FRANK BARRETT. CHAPTER L ^ ^STC. ? landed Ijg* jjjl ^ ..... u IX o ^ go; a man ^rith a blank foil on the back of his hands, a t tjark board fjrowinc high Upon hi > cheek' bojios. n Rro;:t bush of irnn-Rr ty hair I sticking q*t ull round his head, suid a fore- c ? -v ?. S.. ?- - "IlrtivPin!" he exclaimed, lock hanging down over his eyo. One could ? . seo nothing of his features l>ut a long red ct nose and deep-set. bendy black eye?. His l> fustian jacket was worn to rags at the el- 11 bows- and so was mine, as for that?split in tho seams between the shoulders with ttie constant strain of the laboring arms. Oneo e upon a time his top-boots had been black, but now they were all tho same yellow- ? clay color with the trousers that were . tucked into them, and just as badly in need v of repair. # I followed with Van JTocck. TTo hold ray,, , arm, not for supportbutforguidaneo.be-* cause lie was stone blind, lie was thirty or thereabout . I believe: but ho looked twenty t years older than I. who am now about i twenty six. Though ho was Dutch by birth. 1 ho looked like an Asiatic, being a small, dark Jew. with nil (lie characteristics of his i people; while 1. witli my fair skin, light hair, and largo frame, am pretty true in appearance to my Northern race. 11<> was better dressed than any of lis, for though lie had accompanied us, and roughed, it so far as board and lodging were concerned, lie had taken only a financial part in the enterprise, his blindness naturally debarring Itini from #a laborious part. ilia clothes retained something of their original nppenrnnco. Albeit he had worn them day after day for eighteen months at least; whereas mine, what witii exposure to the sun, the sweat of work, rough usage, and tho strange devices employed in repairing them, were scarcely recognizable as Christian clothing. His face gave more sign of strain and fatigue | tVan either the Judge's or mine, which mi.riit well be. seeing how great a relief to the mind physical labor is. Thorn wan a furrow between bis bnv.yg^dnop linos descending from tho innor angle" T>f-i]1" eyes, a piiioho.i inr.k about tho nostrils and "C3b*. ? lobs eljoeks, thjit M;rl? n fonrful. strenuous io.c. "an" iin?i> nnr, I.at. flvcn ropuisjv^ .;,f,rrT]Rll j,,s loauiros ?. ,o not ill-ghnpod, nnd it was duo ebb-fly to tho peculiarity of bis oyes. Most people of'lark complexion, like bis, have a dark iris to tho eyo, but his was of st-ely grav. and was the more noticeable because there was the iris and nothing else; there was no pupil- nothing but that gray patch upon tho yellowish ball of tho eyo. lb" kept Ills eyes open when his mind was preoccupied. Often, when lie was sitting near uio while I worked, I have changed iny position that I might not s'-o those ghasily eyes wide open to an African sun, jet unconscious <>f its glare. There was something terrible in Ids blindness. Our rear was brought up by the "Kid." The name hv con-t int it and familiarity had long cased to In* slangy to my oar. l'oor littlr? IiOl.i! Stto was tl!? raggedest nnd most disreputable of tlio l?*t. though ii was not for that reason thai sho walked hohind us; indeed, had she suspected thai to follow implied inferiority sho would have inarched ahead of her own father. Thai was her character. Tho child wore a ragged roil flannel petticoat. a camisole thai had once been white and u colored hnnitkc!, hVf tied loosob round her neck. Mho had a string -?f eolorot beads upon her wrist, but tu-it) -r hut 01 her head nor st??e o? her foot. Iter pnrph blHdUi:tir crcty low down on Jier teniide and broke into curl oy? r the ears a' II < nape of her i-.ock. and wherever it was uu controlled; it was matted together In i thick, loose plait that fell down to her waist and tied at the end wit it a strip of red flan nol. torn frotn her petticoat. She had tin pretth'it little hands and feel, a dark oilv kin, a large but bean: ifullv shaped mouth with the finest teeth I li.ive ever seen, am a pair of glorious black - ye- . full of .-v.daeit and betraying only too faithfully In r wih .and iinpovoriiable disposition. P.on r! dressed (and wa-hed). she inl^ht ha: passed for a Spanish princess; in Iter pr? a ^ ont condition there was i>f? mistaking he for anything but the self-willed little suvng aho was. The Kid had given us a d-nl of troublebad we foreseen how much, I do not thin Van Ilocek or I wot'Mhavo put in that postto the agreement which her father, tm^Ridge. induced us to subscribe. I "The Kid has eyes in her head for to eco with," tho Judge said, in urging her claim upon our future consideration, "end sho kin use 'em as well as us in lookin' for _ stones, end likewise, bein' a feinnlo, she kin | cook our nienls for us: she kin wash our ? shuts, end slio kin sew us up, end keep us nice end tidy." Whether sho was enpablo cfT helping us in these ninttors I cannot say; all I know is. that sho didn't. "What kin you expect?" asked her father, in extenuation; 'her mother was tho darter of a durned greaser, end it ain't the Kid's fault if she's got greaser blood in hor." We came up with tho Judge at the dock gates, where lie stopped to address a policeman stationed tliore. "Kin you tell me. my friend," he said, "whore "tho best bank in this town is located?" I think tho policeman's first impression as i ho regarded us was that we had felonious purpose in asking this question, for he did , not reply immediately, and with reluctance .. directed us to tUa High afreet, and told us to inquire there rff some one else. . i CHAPTER II. { Wo marched on to tho High street, our ] appearance attracting a good deal of atten- , tion, and creating some amusement and s speculation doubtless. Persons on the opI positesido of tho road stonnod to looir ??? ?i ii*. outers regarded us asknnt in passing j] and turned round to watch our progress, a children lollowed us. thinking, maybe. ptrtMWy>& aliotit to givo soino kind of streen^fWWlinment. " W'o found a hank and streamed in. asmall * crowd collecting round the door, as it swung . tolohind titer Kid. Tlte clerks suspended their operations attd looked at us in open- I11 mouthed astonishment as wo ranged our- "i selvns along the counter* 01 "Is the manager of this concern In?" asked tho Judge?"Hands oil!" he added, in a roar. 81 as tho Kid, slipp.tig h"r litho hand undor tlte '1(, Itrasswork protecting the counter, began to , linger the scales. I>r The Kid.unmoved, satisfied her curiosity, tnen, withdrawing her hnnd. rested her ol- it bow oa tho counter, find dropping iter chin st< in the palm, gazed at the clerks with stolid ho IndifYorenoo. 1 "The manager is in; what do you want?" dn tskod the clerk. tat "Let up. Israel," said' tip* Judge, falling coi tack a step, and waving his hand signlft- j for tantfy toward Van Iloeck. / I lur turning to us, you ha^ *"the greatest tre "Wo wish to negotiate a loan on tho so- Are, irlty of a largo diamond that wo have j "I rought homo from the Capo," said Van pap !oeck. "J "Eight hundred and twenty carats, fust }s " rater," added tho Judge; "tins grandest l,oc tono in this almighty universeI" There was a whispered consultation . " mong tho cleiks, and one wont into a '1|'1 >rivato room at the back of the bank, front vhioh ho presently returned with tho man- ,0i' "I am tho manager; what <lo you want?" Van Hoeek repeated hlff*statenibnt. "And what security can vou give mo lhat,,cal ho diamond is genuine?" askod tho mana- P? jor. with a pleasant sn.ile. "or that it is logitiinatoly yours to dispose of?" I 'w "You will allow, sir. if any one hod lost a i lls nf this kind ho would have made it j 8C unsafe for us to walk about with it in any- j light." replied tho Judge. "and as for its j cn boin' genuine, you kin hov tho security of ; your own eyesight." J\k "I do not profess to bo a judge of diamonds. | J" and I can have nothing to do with it," said | the manager, definitively. i *?r We streamed out of that bank as wo had ] streamed into it, and tried another, but with , no better result, the manager telling us that lri transactions of such a kind were altogether | beyond the range of his business; and we i '< found a third, but the manager was absent. | '' ami by this time, being convinced that the n plan we had proposed was impracticable, we put our heads together in counsel at the | corner of the street to determine what course we should take. We were disgusted with Southampton, and. had we possessed the means, should i have gone on at once to I.omlon. where we 1 j might have found somo former acquaintance j to help lis out of our present difficulty. Hut "wo MiL nothing?nothing in the world but ji-,m inionn. i->n 1 our-irtrA^.i^P | J | our implements wo had sold at Natal to I ! make up enough to pay our steerage homo. 1 1 1 and our spare clothes, our knives?every ! ' available thing?we had bartered away oil ' | i our passage for food to supplement Iho j miserably insufficient steerage faro. 1 ! "Wo kin not pawn tho Kid." said the [ < Judge, "end that's about the only perkisil I ns we could well do without." It was now well upon three o'clock, and ! I we fell the need of food, hnving eaten noth- i I ing.'- neo six, when our last rations woro i served out to us on the "Southern Cross." j i <>nr position was a desperate one. Wilh j I millions in our possession, wo might starve ; I in tin* street, or linvo to take refuse in tho j work-house. It was odd, indeed, and very ' | unpieasant also. At length, being linnhlo ' | to see any way out -of our difth-ultv. we ! ! made our way to a police-station and laid j I | our ease before the Inspeetnr. t I "Well, my good fellow." said h". having i > heard us out, "I don't see how I'm to lielp j L oil. The Mayor is the proper person to go '< to, but lie's away yachting. The only per- j . son I can think of." he added, alter a mo- j incut's reflection, "who might serve yon is | Kir Edmund I.ascelles. He's got a kind of I j museum, and huvs up curiosities. I know; I , i and a kind old gentleman tio is. too. Now, , , j if lie's at. homo " ( ,? We'asked Mm hurHofm- wlmre Sir Ed- I . mund lived, and lie replied that it was out I . I Lymington way?Moiikon Abbey?eight or j i | nine miles, and any on" would toll us the . ! way. Well, there was nothing better to be don"; a po we got the Inspector to give us a more j a definite direction, and then started otT in j . search of the Abhey. The Judg i swinging I I along ahead at a good four inilm an hour, j y the Kid had to trot to keep up wit a us; but d I gavo Ii<t my hand, and she did not eom?' j plain?it was not in her nature to show sufo | faring In the ordinary way. i- ! It must have been about six o'clock when r we found the park entraneo to Monken Al>o . bey, and then* we were stopped by the beige-keeper, who refused to let us pass ? without permission from Sir Edmund; but W 1 when he heard that wo hud beenBontby the Inspector of Tolico at Southampton | he sent his wifo up to tho house to know I the baronot would see us. We sat on a hunk near the lodge-gato fo close upon an hour bofore wo learned ou fate; for Sir Edmund was ut dinner whei tho message reached tho houso. anil th< servant did not choose to deliver it until In had dined. A servant led us through thi park to tho Abbey, and took us into a beau tiful hall, wainscoted with dark oak. nut hung with antlers, old armor, mid othoi suitable decorations; and here wo waiiet! until Sir l'onuind I,nacelles came to us. Oui spirits rose at the tirst glimpse of the handsome. portly old gentleman. Tliero wus 111 inn mill) curls of his soft white imir, and the promise of kind treatment in the gonial smile with which ho greeted us. "Well." said ho. cheerfully, "you have something to sell me. havo you?" "Yes." I replied, "tf yeu can buy it; it is a diamond." "A diamond! Ah. that's u costly kind of curiosity^but^l?^henajij*r that; havo ?3flfcQKP0|PPRS^^mmiic over my hand, t opened it. showing the leathor ease strapped to my wrist, which contained the Iroat Hesper. as wo callod our diamond. Pho baronet was thunderstruck by the irodlgious size of the stono, for ho could ice thut the leather fitted it closely "You tell me that this is a diamond?" he xclaimed. lifting the caso as it laj^g my "We had it tested at Natal," sai?T Van Foock. "it is a wliito diamond. and if not of 10 first water is certainly of tho second; it 'eighs 820 carats." "is it possible? Como with mo. Light undrcd and twenty earnts!" said Kir Edlund, in great excitement. "Bring a light ito the library at once," ho callod to ono ' the servants. We went into the libary. where I cut tho itches of tlie case, took out the Grout Hes:r and nut it into Kir Edmund's hand, byi liicli time a reading lamp had been* ought in. "It is true! it is true!" he said, examining under a powerful light. "A wonderful >no? a perfect form?a prodigy! Como re. Edith: look at this!" V young lady who had entered tho room 3w near. It was only by looking ?t the icct wc had had cut and polished that sho nld distinguish that dai* ndlamood. It was dull and grny^HtM* looked like a i usure in tlic world," c t c t is an oxtrtw<rdinnry size, is it not, , c a?" she asked. ' c Extraordinary, indeed! The Koh-i-noor | iot a fourth of iho size! Sco what tho j c >k says about that; get down Ilaydn, my ! ' ir." I Mas Lnscellos fetched the book, while father still examined tho stone, as an ist might a masterpiece, and presently i id aloud? . Its original \veight was noarly-800 carats, t It was rediiced**?y tho unskillfulness of 1 ) artist? -Borghose. a Vonotian?to 279 j rats; its shape and size roscabled the ! inted half rose cut of hen's egg; ) valuo is scarcely e^fyiitablo. though j 0 millions sterling^ v.vo been mentioned , a justifiable price, if calculated by tho | ale employed by the trade. This diamond i is recut in 1852, and now weiphs 102^* ] rats," "Good, pood!" cried the baronet. "With j illful cutting, a diamond of such form as Is need not lose 100 carats. Heavens!" j ) exclaimed, turning to us. "you have the j cutest treasure in the wot 11." "Give me your hand. Thornc; hold me." lid Van Hocck in a low voice, andspeakip thickly. 1 turned .pih'kly and ctpipht him as ho - i.? s,ui fainted. either 3**100 lOl Wiir*!. ** ? ?>in ili<; want ?*f (nod. Iroin intenso oxoltolont, or both. | to jit. contisvep.l Nat tiro's Own bridges. Tlio most remarkable natural bridge n tho world, says (iohlrii Dfujx, is ho JisTot 11 a jar, which opens ft gorgo lot far from the ruins of tlie temple of \donis, in the province of Lebanon, in rive perfectly arched on the under side. The gorgo is about one hundred and fi.ty feet across, and lire bridgo is fibout one hundre*l feet from the bod r>f the (orrent below. The bridge is ho broad and level J'-at a good carriage road might be made over it. This bridge is surpassed in height bv the natural bridge in Ttockbridgr County, \ irginia, about one hundred and twenty-tivo miles west of llichmond, and about two miles fr?*rn thf James Hiver. It extends over Ccdai creek. The height of the arch is tw? hundred feet, and the upper surface n) th bridge is two hundred and fortj feet above the at ream. Aliu.iiiitc. The word almanac is from the Ara hie articles nl and mana -h, to count? a word received by the Kuropean na tions from the Mast., denoting|a hook o \t+ r* oolntwlo r nf thn oivi divisions of flic year, tho times of th various astronomical phenomena, am other useful or entertaining informs tion. Till a comparatively lo.'cnt dat this additional matter consisted of as trohi^ical predictions and other analc Rous absurdities. Tlio Alexandria l (ire lis hail almanacs. The first prinl I ed almanac was composed by llegi | Mi ninnus, a pupil <>f Purbach, in 147i | After that they were composed an ; printed in 1187, ll'.M, and 1524, froi which last, date they were pretty regi ; lnrlv issued. ! A CHEAP way to lay in coal?sloop i I the coal bin. I; * THE NEVS, V. if .. r | r Samuel B 'ltud Robert I * are qjnder ai r rest at Lebanon, Ind., on tl charge of bav , Ing attempted to murder'. re. Randall ? 9 By tbe explosion q[ a boilei in James Hun 3 tcr'asaw mill in Cafpline dioty, Va*, tbrtx j persons were killed and *ac wounded. r Miclnml McDonoug^ lost M life at Akron, [ Ujio.Vwremovitig an obwuotion from a track tci^ivo o railroad trai The Union i itook yards of Chicago arelkely to be eold to an English syudlc#e for 130,000,000.? Walter Marshall, afcel ?l?" ?? Media, Pa., wukilioJa a fcjbunt bjr being thrown from bia horsi)-?-Oarles Robbing, of Piki eouaty, I*. tjgbt bit little nephew bow to 'tusing an smpty weapon, )rCi*: ftPXf ! pointed ?fc? pistol at'his al*oiJk*?nole, polled (be Sri*. ger, and killed h4fipfeantly.??Four young women were tbiVn from a carriago near Newark, N. J., &- ot tbetn, Miss May Tyler, being i-.isutnlly I'.ed, and the others seriously in j ired. 4y the explosion of a boiler in the Arujour-Ctaby packing house, in Omaha, several mn wore fatally and a score of others seriously burt. The governors ! und congressmen ?f tbo tbirtooA original ' sta'.os mot in Phivdolphla, au<l took the Inatial stops for tW proposed memorial per* ' (situating i vonts Jailing to the foundation of i ho govern met.??Twelve thousand school children AJebrated Washington's I birthday in the gr^t Auditorium building, 'Chicago.??-Uoorgp Dowoll, of Chilllcoto, I Mo., 8)1 a shotgun trap for o thief in bis h irnWfcnj tj;3 w i (e, open i n g the uooT of the birnj*was iustautlf killed.-?The tobacco , factdries of the Durham Company, Alex- j under Cnmorou & Co , and A. & C. Cameron j xc t>is;r, iu lUchinoud, Vs^ were burned. I ut S*lk*wwy? H N. to atoms bfW* bursting ) of a boiierflMVbr^^ n were killed and two j fa'ally injured, ' Jacob Schry * ? Thomas J. Cole were hanged^Jf ^delphia for murder.- Wm. Seely %?tkine was hanged at Bellefonte, Pa., j for killing bis wife and mother in-law. I A young woman #*b,v on the steamship Bohemia at Now YorlfT'from Hamburg, com- . inittod suicide by jumping overboard in mid- j "cean (Several persons worn struck by ightning iu Indiana. Warner Bloom shot j uid futally wounded Warner Adkins, near j ~*-o!usibu*, Ind., in a quarrel ' gams j f cards. Botb are twelve-year-old toys. | i ?St. John's Roman Catholic Church at U Ireenbusb, N. Y., was burned. Loss $75wO^<*V* -r-Tbo breweries of litor** ^ad.l_: ?en"* M ?lee' 11 1 State and bold aoalbMHiMHfiSSslKfll car which he U havf MB jih^i fclr^t l^NpiM^MpPlack, ot the enox Bank, N?wTofW?? indicted by io grand Jury on a oharJe or grand larceny. ive murderers will bo Ranged in different ai ts of Pennsylvania on - April 9. Burg. irs forced their way into the Postofflce at Uihwny, N. J., and tried unsuccessfully to ' low open the big iron safe with dynamite. ?The five street car lines of Newark, N. [., have been sold for (1,800,000 to a syndi* ote, composeJ of ex-Secretary of iho, Ntiyy J L C: Whitney, and others. A wedding Aeiuouy in fun, performed through the aid if Telephones, uniting a who bad nev* r seen each other, and iivel in dilferent In" liana towns, is pronounceJ bluding, and the :oup!o will have to seek ?, divorce unless thoy agree to live together.*/e??Tbe wife of 1 Lieorgo Kaegi, of Newark^'7., fell in love with Uustav Berling, a Frenchman, and bur husband promptly banded her over to her lover. The Chicago and Alton lliilroad Company proposes a plan to tbj government to buy the railroads' oride irountrj. J. J. Bulwer, of Brainerd, MlnnV died on his wedding night. ltewt'john K Lance was murdered by moonshiners in Unbn county, Go. \ John llofTmam, a patient in tlfe insane asylum at Knnkakee,Iil. ,triul to kit Joseph Jolliver, a butcher, by s riking hiru on the htnd With a cleaver. Samuel Bnyless, of Fort Wnyne, Ind., who wont twenty one da\s without food or drink, owing tc his inability to swallow becauso of consumption of the throat, died of exhaustion. El. a 13 IV!. Niland, ail U'0 pacner in roauuiac, ?i in., bu ?; ileuly became iusano unJ attacked bis follow* | workmen, who, througi fonr, fell upon and | nearly boat IdjnJo ilea to.?Fire at Toledo? I {5 , destroyed tho''Tinvare manufactory of E P. Dr. ckeuridgo & to., the clovator fao| lory of Smith & lloldman, and two otb>r buildings. Total los?: about $140,000, cov! erod by insurance.?ft. P. Krry'j store, ' near Donaldsonville, kl, was burned, and a ; jrountf.??fjb i""u an'* ^ colbr" TP'Py ""pirVli,,. J ? 1Tng "of the roof of the Grand Opera Hou? in Philadelphia, while some workmon wee raising it, eight of them wero injured.?'Malcolm Johnson, colored, stabbed Charles A'ushing| | ton, at Huntington, \V. Va.,and dnigerouslj { injured him. There were 2d J busiuis! failures in the United States aid 41 tr , Canada tho past week. After uiiety dayi [ of deadlock and filibustering the Montan legislature adjourned without pissing i > single bill. Firecrackers, carelesslf.throw r by tho members in the jolifl :*tion *tteudi:i| the close of the session, s.t fire to tie build f ing, and all the legislative books ? *! paper f w> re destroyed. AN UNABASHLD BURGLAR. Ho Sli* oil si HIikI w-> 111 iuiiI Talli <o lite Womuii lie Robbed. r ! A yonag ma t ransacked luo residence ' B. F. linker, of Topeka, Knn^ the other eve ^ *?tg on i took fcL and diainooi wdtttho? and 1 t' Wg\ry ilueiwft tllHK). M Boker vns aw*jL-nf'1 at 2o\ lock end (on e lb i tiurgltt"- r rooiu. lie spoke to 1 ? and sat ?lown or^ (l Window-Bill and talked ?- had nn hour, fin; (ijy calling the servant n D asking her for the ,Doney. Heoautioue 1 l women to make n ou'cry, assuring tli that it they remained^ ,juiet ur.til be d>|?ai' lie would hurt no one.*,, Wnen ho got rei ">. to go ho hndo thein.v,ry U* ami went (1 of the front do. . J m of ,t1b0 Lm four ? As he ifflj^D^^^i lit light th loa, jnAKUii 7, 1890. JOBH J. iSTOllitD. I Sudden Demise of the Wealthiest Man in America. The Princely Ucnetnctlon of tlie Millionaire?The Only Heir to Mill. ions?Sketch of Ills Career. . John Jacob Astor, head of the great family of that name, and grandson of John Jacob Astor, the foundor of the family in Aiuoricn, ^ died of heart disease at six o'clock in the , morning, at the family mansion, at the 1 northwest corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty- t third street, Now York. 07 years oM, u4 lili life bad boon a quiet one, bis J time being largely occupied with the cnro of v h'svast landed estate, estimated to be worth ti from $150,000,000 to JfJdO.OOI.OOO. P For over two years Mr. Astor hud not quite K b?in himself. lu D comber, 1SS7, his wife fV 1 died, and from that tuno on tboro was a j noticeable change in him. Mrs. Astor was , n daughter of Tboins* (iibbs, n wealthy '* I Southerner, who in 1S10 cumo with his fam- nt | iiy to visit Now York. i bo Astor House. 8" built in 18J6 by William 11. Astor, father of U tho dea l man, was nt that time not only the ul fashionable portion of tiio city, but uttracted r*" tho interest of tbo wealthiest visitors from *V all purt3 of tho country. Mr. Uibbs umi his Se family becaiuo guests hero. William II. m Astor invito! Mr. O.bbs and his daughter n> Augusta to coino to his couutry place at lthiuebeck, on tbo 11 u Ison. UF It was hero that John Jacob Astor nt tho ago of 20 met bis future wife. Thu following al winter his engagement to Augu-tu was an- 'er nounced, and in 1^45 they wore married, l'ho ,R' only issue of their marriago was William on Waldorf Astor, formerly a member of tho tl0 legislature and later iniirator to Knglnnd. Bg Aiyoiig the tc ft'|| |,n 11 , " ce Lodging House nudC'liTidroii's Aid Society; n'' t4(l,0J0 was given to send street waifs lo J'r homos in tho West, Schools, too, wero en- '"J' d^wed with fortunes by Mr. and Mrs. Astor. alJ .hen Mrs. Astor din I slio cavo $350,000 _'' alone to the Skin au i Cancer Hospital, ller J." diamonds valued at ^l,0UU,0 Ml, sho left to ' *' Mrs. William Astor, who succeeded hwi.s v'J tho l. ader of New York society. Mr. and p*'1 Mrs. Willium Astor, who have lately spent much of their time in liurope, live in the 1 ,lj other half of the block on which liv<-d Wilt- 1-iu lam's brother, Jolm Jacob, who has just J"? died. It is a co incidence that at the time > f Mrs. John Jacob Astor's death, t*u years ago, Mr and Mrs. William Astor, as at tho [J'"' present time, wero abroad, mid uuubiu to bo s'lu lit the bedside of the dead. H''" John Jacob Astor was a lino specimen of "tu manhood?tall, orect and vigorous. Though ? III years old, tus hfeuwii inoustaclie had not ol'J 3?>t whitened, uad^^L for tin death of his l'X( wife, which woigbt^rh juvlly upou hid*,.ho rp?t*V>|Y have lived to a good oitf> L^I public allr-'.ra. ' -?^ ''oy. UJttw&a economical and'*in'iTWl ? sUMAtiU furaT' in_VVnter street. I lis fur I tl hu#u?MBraw. 1 JitfSUhmhacfnvtKl 0^O,(XK),. rr WWI Ho founded the Aitor Library. Hi* <j| residenco wasori hroadwuy, opposite Nil.lu'a rp, ami bis olilce fvas ou tho site of the As tor j'; House, built iA lbi(U Ly bis son William 11. I 11, Astor, to whoai, when no died, lu Jwore ftl] left tho Astor nulliom. j vo William 11. Astor married iVIargarot Arm- f (]j, strong, a daughter of General Armstrong, jyJ Madison's Secretary of War. Their children Wi, were (l) Emily. who married Samuel War i; up (2) Maranrett, who ataricid .lohn Wmtlirop 0f Chuxihrr; ( '!) John J.icon; (1) O ivia, who (ju married JoUn Curey; (>) i.iiir.i, who mar- Ai ried Frank Delano, ana ( ' ) William, who >Up married Caroline Selienii inorii. Thus to |is'e John Jacob Astor, descendo 1 the lininui s.> ,jc)( fortuues of the As ors. T.iouius G. Shear- j man, a recent attorney of the family, csli- ... mated it at *lot?,?JOJ,0<W. Tho only child left by John Jacob Astor is 0, , the Hon. William Waldorf Astor,- Minister M to Italy during tho Arthur administration, tho author of two ltali<^Luovelsund a youn^ 8' man of laudat-lo auibi^^h in both politic* . and literature. |(||j ?^? Col ' SHATTERED BY DYNAMITE. "J ^ .IV Itrmnrhnbio K???p?v of SI* Termini *1' (rem Instant Itcntli. As tho family of William Taylor, of Pbil- yv ipsburg, N J., was about sitting down to ?U breakfast, a terrible explosion occurred, and, b" though the room with all the furniture in it ! j, j was badly damaged and the walls partly de- en 1 foolish -d, no<y..e was killed, though the in- ui l juries received are very serious. j "i 1 A t-orvler named Kelso, a quarryman, ha-l*" ill I put seven dynionite cartridges, each weigh- ?c. 1 ing n pound, in tho oven of tho cooking stoie. JVw I 11" had not informed anyone of it. Ho to k : \i i out six, but, as bo says, ku? .-.u........ , ... J It was exploded by thooven door beingclos.'d j A ! sharply t>y Mrs. Tuylor. ? <?' Mrs. Taylor was I adly cut an?l burned on j si ht r right log and shoulders. Mr. Taylor was cut nud burned about ti e head nn>l m o!<. A i little boy, John, was arfXTeiy cut nnt< burno'l about, tho bead, fncofcl arms, ami Arthur, 1 niiotln r son, bt s<dcs mdng burned about ho face, had his coli?'*-,5iio hiokm.. It is feared | | ' Mrs. Taylor children iiru very so- i i verely, if not (,f/ /' injura-1 from tho efFects I I of the vonow^,1fmc? Mr. T.iyloi's daughter, | ' Cora, and a frieiw?wiss Hulsizor, wore sten !- ' o ' lug in the coraeggt tho room at the time of I j ttfT ucclflcriv, b?# oyfecaped uninjured. The table, oh# as, and in fact, evory vestage | % of furnituro w i broken into small pioc s. t The four doors leading from the room were I , i totally demolished, nnd the window and n^j/0, portion of the side of tho house wero bl out, a greater portion of the lloor torn up, I ! and nearly all of ills plastering was torn I ' * , from tho celling. . | When tho explosion occurred a cat was g qu.etly sleeping under the stove, and w.m | driven clear through the floor and mashed. * Tho tea kettle was split in two. * markets. , Bactimobk?Flour?City Mills.bxtro.ff. 15 nfd.-IU, Wheat?Southern Fultz, tf)ab~; ! '3 | tkirn?.Southern White, Haiti cts, Yellow ] dbaiWc. Cats?Southern and 1'ennsylvaina ! ?baiilct8.: Kyo?Marylund Ai Tennsydvunia 54a5ticu>., llay?Maryland anil i'enusylvanin I'd donf 1.1 00;."3traw-Wbeat,7.50a<?.5ti;Uuttor, Kastern Creamery, ivbc., near-by receipts j 10o2tXjts; Cheese-1'iasUTil i'uncy Cream. 10J^ , ab % ct?. ? Western, ii^alli els; Kggs?\'?% alJJi; Tobacco L*>uf?inferior,fla^.oO, Good (f Oojiinion, 3 OUa*l 00, Middling, ipda7.U0 Good | n. to lino red.baf'J; Fancy, loa*l3. , dNicw Yohk?Flour?Southern Common to i ls. 1 ??*?, ? M. UfU ? * li?l VVlilUi rs t-ti^'a^lK; Rye-State. 57a6J; Corn^iitmnt , ,i ,*31 low,?5%e:Jt>X. Oaw?White,8tate5d7a'd73^ .... | W Ratte. ? State, 8a!7Jf eta. Ciu e*j?State, lo.- lOulOj^ ct-; r,ggs?i ?u?i^ md I'hiIjADElpiiia ? F?our ? Pennsylvania ti?o f.ncy, 4SW t4 75; Wheat? Pennsylvania and iom Houtliarn KwJ, 7'J}{a !50>?; Kyo-Pennsylvania io.| 5->aOOc; Corn?Southern Yellow, ;!<>?;{? cts. ady j Oats?'Ma&X cts; Mutter?State, cts.; out j Cheese? N. *. Kuctory,eta. ftggs? jjuo btuU), 14;?ul5 eta. CATTLK. tank I Baltimore?Beef, 4 5)ai 75; Shoo*)?*3 5C kjiii. ah 00, hogs?fl 75a5 00. the i .Nkw Yokk?Beef?#3 85a4 70;Shoep-|4 5. rery ah 37; Hogs?14 15.4 55 i0 lu i Ka8T Libekty? Beef?#4 25al 53; Sneej>I $5 7oa5 9U; Hogs?$ I Wa4 45. fifty-flrst congress. Mrnnt<> 40th I)at.?Sills were reported oppropri ling $t), 1)00,000 for the construction of n dc jwater harbor at G 11 vest on (not more that million to bo expended yearly,) and provi iog for the admission of Idaho to the Unlo After an executive sess on, Mr. Blair spol for an hq?r in support of his Ed cation bUjL^gdjpRtcreuco report on the b census an escertaiutnent ( iSsruVi norths go indebtedness was agreed t After an executive session tho Senate u journed. 41 st Day.?Adverse reports were m.*i 'rom tho Committee on N .vsl Affairs on t! sill to regulate tho piy of employes at th iVnshington navy yar i. Mr. liale gave iu ice that as soon as the ? luoational liltlwr rotel on and out of the way. ho wou'.d as lonsideration for the', bttl .* > nnr fcpeech on his Is lucational lull, in tb ourso of which he said: "Tuis great Amerl nn press of ours Is tho source of more mis hint In tho country than there would bo i re had no press at all. Thorn """" imo when a dog fUht will not bj inoro iin ortunt, in the opinion of this press, than < rent school bill; bat that t mo has not beei ached." After an exorutivo session thi nate, at 5.80 o'clock, adjourned. 42nd Day.- -Tho roso'u: on i nretofcro o*red by Mr. Chandler, callngon the At'or>y General for information as to 11>? ?-nnS nation at Q lincy, Fia., of \V. II. S Minders, nitrd 8ton s <1. puiy marsh-ill, was taken >, and Mr. Pasco ro-i n?o I his remarks in gard to it. IIo oil' ied an amendii out reeling the Attorney General o inform the nate also whether any efforts have been ado by tho Department of Justice to cort-t tho action of tho olll vrs of th \ court iich has rosult-d ih partisan juries, ma lo i mainly from ono political party, and. If i to report the same to the Senate. Aft<-r touted disonssion. on motion of Mr. Chnnd , Mr. P.isro's amendment was laid on ilio trie, yoas 25, nays 18?and tho resolu Ion odedwith his argument in support of it, id concluded his argument. At. the close Mr. Blair's speech Mr. Faulkner obtained b floor to speak upon the bill, anil tho Senis, at 5.2), ndj<vned. i"hd Day.?The Senato on motion of mr. uiuu, proceeded to tho consideration ??f t ho iuse bill to provide for town silo entries of el in OKluhoui'i. After being disou.-s ul by nators berry, Plumb, Dolph and Vre-t, tho I wi nt over. Tho following bills wero isoii: Granting permission to ollicors and isted men ol the llniled States army, tubers of tho Society of tho Cincinnati, Ar.tec Society, the National Association Voterausof tho Mexican War, tho Military Jer of the Loyal Legion of the United ties, and of tho U. A. 11., to wear the budailoptr-d by those orders. Tho bill to cud the law roluting to copyrights having in reached on tho culouuar, Mr. (JL-orge locte<l to its consideration. After a brief icuiivo session, tho Senate adjourned. hounu lan of the Comnjttti^SwWraWlons, rave noI'll thmth* would OJII up tbo West Vir/lniii >n tested election oaso of Atkinson vs. Pen> eton for consideration next W-dnesday. no House In cominitC-e on the w.iole (Mr. tyson, of Il'ino s, in the chair.) disciis-ed 0 lull to authorizt the appointment of nn Distant secretary of war. Tlio bill was fumble reporteil, ami the O.'tlahnmn lull was cussed, On motion of Mr. Wilkinson, of uisinna, {Saturday afternoon, March 23. is set apart for tho delivery of eulogies on tho hits Representative K I war ! J. Gay, Louisiana, mid nt the instance of .Mr. inmings, of New York, Thars luy evening, nil H, was llx'd for the delivery of eulogies on tho lato Representative S. K. Cox, of w York. Tho House, at 0 3> o'clock, adirued. tiTii Day.-?Mr. Ilouk, of Tonnrstee, from 1 Elections Coinmiltoe, gave notivo that it week, iuimod.utely alter tho disposition the West Virginia election case of Alkiui vs. l'endloton, tjui would call up tho Arisas case of Fuatuerstono vs.aCato. A in >s;e troiu tho l'residunt was rjnd lelutive to * SissKton and Wa'ipetou Indian agreent. Mr. Morrill,of Kansas, presented, tho iferetice report on tho Heuute hill to in? use the pension of helpless soldiers. Tho rceineut mukt s tho proposed increases take ect from th ? date of passage of the bill or n i--uo <>f the Vurgeon's oert'.lJcate. Mr. orrill explained that the biU mvo!veil an penauuro ot < ? - ?u n*','"- ? nr. Tho report *v..s adopted. Too remain r of the session was devoted to the discusin of tho World's Fuir bill. 47th Day.?Mr. e. ii. Taylor (o ) from the idlciary Committee, presented a resolution illmg upon tho Attorney General for inforaiion respecting tho number of murders id assaults in the District of Columbia durig the past six years. Also, tho iiuiiihor of mvictionsof persons for carrying concealed enpoiis. Adopted. The regular order being m imlcd, Mr. liookff (Mi-s ) proceeded to Idi i s> the llous upon tho World's Fair bill, t six o'clock a recess was taken until eight clock, tho evening sossion to bo lor the con deration or private bibs. ? . . i i M /% r UNDLK A JfALLHNU nuur. 11n111 Wiirliiiicn Injured at Ihriiriiial 0|icrn'lliMi<)i', I'llilHilcl|?liill. U'tnlo that portion of the root immediate!i ver the auditorium of <* Grand Opera louso was being raised ttie whole uvisvelghing fifty tons, fell, burying many wort non beneath it. Eight rec lived in juries an pjPf removed to the hospital. ' fho roof weighs 50 tons, or 251.000 pound {nd formerly rested on iron columns. 1 urder to raise it this great weight was n Inched to ropes running through pulleys sti| ported by ton derrick-", four on each sale < llio roof und one at each end. The ropes wei then drawn tant through wiodlas-.esor crab each inanueil by eight ineu. At a signal i began hoisting, and the roof was lifted ti fee tVhile in that position columns 8 feet lot woro ii.-serto 1 and boltcdjp the columns th previously supported the roof and to thoro IML lie cracking of some boards caused pn.ic, and the men who were managing t windlasses ran away, allowing the structi to lull with a crash. About rfifty workm were under the roof at the tline, mid t wildest rumors prevailed as to the numl 1 1 IV I.o.. thn debris V killed lll'l injiirtru. ....... cleared away it woa found that eight ir were hurt, none seriousiy. The iron coluu supporting the gallery broke the fall of I root aDd Drevented more serious damage. , r.RFAT Br fnwvT^u Two Pcraona Injured in a Kemar Ulo Planner In Indiana. A fearful hail and lightning storm j .tiled for several hours in Brazil, Ind., j adjoining counties. John Decker's frame resldenco near B j was struck hy lightning about nocn. current first passed down the stovepipe, ] p:ot> ly shattering the stove and then cro I ! tie II tor, on which Mrs. Decker and j Florence Ball were Standing, it tore the j from under their feet, paralyzing their Tneir feet have since 11 lettered and ,, ' an 1 are badly lacerated. The girl is seri | injured. The house is badiy wrecked. NUMBER 10. SUNDAY SCHOOL. IX f Kit NATIONAL LK?ON FOR MARCH ?. wp i a id- Iit'XMin Trsl: "The tlrent physician, ?* I-uko lv., Slid 1 -Golili'n Text: u. Mint, v?11.. Ml?Commentary ill -l* ~ ?'?i ?i?e liPnon. ix j 'iA^Jnthi synagogue there was a '? : in i uVh *' " of mi tmole.in devil, , and cried out, with a loud voice." After e i i't!ViK S'V'lL Y IIis own townsmen of Nazyfl,.11' Uojamo to Capernaum and taught ]f\ ??"? wjKpMi on th. SWbbath day* Tho ^ k ' ' !?2?snJS?- ' |do tvent to church, some with one object, some another, and then, as now, Satan wont I" also among them. As fur as wo can learn front the Scriptures there is but ono devil ' properly so called, the leader of all wicked spirits, whose otlior iinntes are .Satan, theohl servient, tho dragon, the Rod of this world, 1 lie prince of the power of the air, the father ! of lies, etc., luit he seems to hav associated i with him iiintitnornhlo other wicked spirits, properly called demons, and so translated in the H. V. margin; and the great business of I tho devil mid his demons is to enter into and possess mid control people for their dostmc; tion. A man possessed by one of these demons j was in the synagogue on this particular Subb.itIt duv while Jesus was teacliing. !H. "f.et us alone; what have we to do with Thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? Art ; Thou come to destroy us?" Thus the demon in the man cried out as Jesus was teaching, j/riiey hnto Jesus, they hate tho Word of Hod, , they seem to know that there is a plaoe of I torment prepared for the devil and liis angels, J for in Matt. vii\, 211, the demons in the poor Caduivno cry out, '"Art Thou come hitherto iljflE torment us before the time?'' Wo know that | jolce. "I know Thee who Thou art; tho Holy j (lite of Cod." On one occasion when cerI tain men who knew not Jesus tried to cast I out demons, the demons cried out; "Jesus I I know, and Paul I know, but who are yo?" And the man with the demons leaped on them, and overcame tlieni, and prcvuilcd agains' them, so that they lied out of that house naked and wounded (Acts xix., 15, 1(1). The devil and his angels do not know Jesus j for their good in any way, but they know i llim as the Soil of Cod, tile Holy ()ne, tho | Christ, and they fear ltim, ami they know i and fear those who are truly liis, us Paul j was. "ft. "And Jesus rebuked liiin, saving: Hold j lliy pence, and come out of him. And * * lie came out of liiin, and luirt him not." He addressed the demon in tho man, and j liis word compelled the ovil spirit to leavo I tho man, and ho was healed. There is no doubt tl tt tho devil anil his nngols jhiss ss tho devil, for Gou was with Him r' 37. "Aim the faiuo of Iliin wont out into every place of the country round about.'' His name is as ointment poured forth (Cant. I., 3); and as Haul of Tarsus was chosen to bear His name, and to suffer for His name's sake, so we are chosen to bear His name ami I to suffer with Him that Ilis fame may Imi I spread abroad (Acts ix., 15, III). If wo choose I to please ourselves anil prefer our own way and our own glory, that will disqualify us for His service, and we shall bo set aside as vessels unlit for Ilis service. Hut if weave willing to bo purified we shnll become vessels unto honor, sanctified, meet for tho Master's use, and prepared unto ovary good work. 3N. "Ami I In arose out . . the synagogue, and entered into Million's house." In Mark i., 29, it is said Hint Andrew and James iiikI John went with Him; qui to a nart.y to take homo from church, and especially to a houso whore was sickness. Hnd Simon's wife boon somewhat of Martha's Hpirit she might have been caroful and troubled that day, and perhaj>s have informed Simon thnt he should have known better than to bring company home when her mother was so sick. Not knowing how she did feel or act, wo can only ho|)e that she joyfully received her Lord and His followers. 39. "He stood over her, and rebuked the I fever, and it. left her; and immediately slia 1 arose and ministered unto them." A UMr I before He bad rebuked the unrlenn spirit, and \ now He rebukes the burning in tills woman's tKe'mnn7?<?!fl?teWjr^Ufc? spirit fted from [ same Almighty Word, and tho woViTaWfS 'wW | stantly well; so well that she is able to min] ister unto theui, and she does it at once. In % ; public and in private Satan works: in the j church and in the home, causing disturbance f X*? and weakness and sulVeriiig, but Jesus is Prince of l'eaoe and I'rince of I.ifo (Isa. ix., i 6; Acts iii., 15), and l>efore Him all the power of the enemy must fall. 40. "And He laid His hands on every one | of them and healed thoni." Tidings from the synagogue and from Simon's home soon spread through the city, and people sick with nil binds of diseases are brought unto Him, every one of whom i.s sent away healed. Uli, tlie wondrous hand of Jesus! 41. "And devils emtio out of many, * and lie, rebuking tlicni, suffered lliein not to speak, for they knew that Ho I wns Christ." How many luippy homes there I were in Capernaum that night; people now perfectly well who hud long been siek and had suffered much; people now about on tho streets and at theu^ork who had not been seen there for many a day .people now meek it nnd gentle to whom you could not speak before without being insulted; and all beeauso * Jesus had corno. His Itord and His hand o did it all, and He still lives, and is accessible to all who truly seek Him. H VI. "And when it was day. Ho departed, J and went into a desert place." Mark says t. that He roso a great while l>cforo day and p. went, away to pray (Mark i., 35). What jf hungering for communion with His Father, r? what abstraction from tho things of earth! ^ Hut this is tho secret of power. A hold upon tjl find, a clinging to Clod, a waiting upon Him alone, a whole lieartod rcliunce ujioii Him, a t|! living in ilis sight, a witnessing unto Hint that llemny lie glorified, a studying to show ourselves approved unto Him, seeing no ono but Jesus only. This is for us the way of a power. jj0 "And the people sought Him, and eaino jro unto Him, and stayed Him, that Ho should vn not depart from them." What a contrast to die tho conduct of the people of Nazareth! llufc jor wero these people seeking Him for His own ? sake or for the blessings to bo received at His ran lell hand*? A more practical question is, m> iU9 J*"'1 seok Jlim, dear reader, on I ho dny after ;ho Sabbath n* well nson tho Sabbath?" And why do you seek Him? Is it for His gifts, some blessing from Jlim. or 4" ft know Him, mg yishfr' u ...wmr the felio<i?77p>of His sufferings? " "TIS kingdom orTFodto other cin^Trfrfacoacli kn> therefore am I sent." The R. V. saysT^^P""** must preach tho good tidings of tho kingdom of tiod." Matthew adds that lie preached Pro* tho Gospel of tho kingdom and healed nil end manner of siekness and all manner of du 30.se. 14. "And Ho preached in tho synagogues of _ * (Jal ileo." Matthew says that Ho wont about The a" Oalliloe, Tlie commission to all His folcom lowers now is to "(Jo into all thq world and 'sinir preach tho Gospol to every creature;" and If Miss any Isshevor is content simply with his own floor salvation and indifferent to tho great comiemand, wliot is ho but willfully and selfishly hi rst disobedient, and how can he be filled with the o*j?'y Spirit or have fellowship with tho Father and '* the Son.?Lesson Helper.