The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, March 07, 1890, Image 1
A'uREftT TREASURE
The Strange Mystery SiirreonfliDt
lis Disappearance.
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A STORY CF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST,
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EY FRANK BARRETT.
CHAPTER L
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Ijg* jjjl
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^ 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.