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^"T^turc, Horticultural^ ILmARCW 21, 1890. -, ^ jfl? NUMBER 12.
tto elate, Bal. .,.
Her Toio (a sweet lis the Whip-poor will 8
And the sunshlno's in her heir;
Ent I'd rather face a redskin's knife
Or tbo (rip of a grualy bear.
Yet Sal an vs. "Why. ahe'e each a dear,
She a uv the ent for you."
\ O, dam It all!?nfeard o[ n gal.
Awl in? ju six feet two!
Tboigh slie a n't any size while I'm
Conslder.ibte ta'l.
I'm n iwhore when she spanka to me.
Slut inekca m > feel ao sma 1.
Mv (nee grows rod ; my tongue gets hitched ;
Thouiicnd t hing won't go;
It r.lcs mo 'crubo it makes her think
I'm most tarnation slow.
And though folks Ray sho's sweet on me
I guoHR it can t b tin**;
O. darn it all'. a'oxrd of a gal,
And uio just six foot two.
My enkes! just s r ?? " what the folks
la anylng t-honld bo ao!
Go, < o isis Jan\ nnd speik to hsr.
Find out and lot mo know.
Toll h v tho g'llR should court the men,
.-*> inu i tun it*'n? year r
Tbat * why I ra kinder bvfehful lik?,
?^ 1 ?? \w.-It;n : for hor h?r?.
5 Ami should nho hear I'm ?ck?<1 of hat
Yo j'U r wear it. can't b? tru?,
O, darn It. all!?<?fear?l of a gal;
Anil in? juet six feet two 1
ft GREAT TREASURE.
Tlie Slranp Mystery Surronntlintt
Its Disappearance.
A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST.
EY FRANK BARRETT.
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* ' CHAPTER IV
I MUST summarize as briefly
as possible the events that
took place the. week following
Lola's flight, not because
I And them lacking in
interest?for indeed these
wore the happiest days I
had overspent?but because
tho lengthy description
would unduly retard the
progress of tho history I
have set myself to narrate.
On the morning of tho
15th search wns made for
Lola. Sho was not in the
house. A little after midday
one of the keepers, sent
out to oxnlore tho Abbey
woods ana park, reported
thnt ho hud seen tne fugitive
in the flr plantation, about half a milo
from the Abbey. At sight of him she had
"scuttled" away like a young doer, but he.
obedient to orders, had not pursued hor.
"It's the smell of the pines as drawed her
there," said tho Judge; "she was born
amongst 'em. she has lived amongst "em,
and she loves 'en? more than lnces and
satins, and picters, and sick like; and it's
more nat'rnl for the little cuss to sleep on
the brown needles than in feathers. There's
no tamln' her. It's instinc'. end, like foul
weeds in a fair pasture, durn her. there's
no genni n out 01 nor. i.onvp ner mono,
eir.aml she'll come in when she's hungry,
and then I will lurn her the iniquity of on*
gratitude!"
In the nfternoon we wont in a break
to Southampton, driving slowly through the
woods, with the possibility of being seen by
Lola, who would eertuinlv then have followed
us. but we saw nothing of her. At
Southampton we bought decent clothes, and
spent some time in the hair-dresser's. I
1 hud my hoard shaved off; and we returned
to the Abbey, very much altered for the
better in app uiranee.
Miss I.ascollos was much distressed about
Lola, who was still absent. Itrace's explanation
of hor leaving,tho Abbey soemed
a reosonablo one, buLfrOtJC mittpatfry to Miss
tho
^^ihinirs she had given her, was to mo a mvs???"
tory. to Miss i.ascelh s nlso I believe, and a
very painful one. She seemed to feel herself
in some inscrutable way responsible for
tho girl's action.
Sir Edmund returned in the evening from
London.
"Now. indeed, you look yourself?a gentleman."
he said, shaking my hand corJially.
He had inado inquiries respecting a
lapidary, and learned that the most export
known to the trade was a man named Carvalho,
th<-n occupied at Madrid. With our
sanction lie wrote at once offering this man
his own terms, to eoino to tho Abbey and
k cut tho Circnl lie ncr.
At night, the door l?y which Lola wassup*
posed to have escaped from the Abhey was
left open, ami a night light was phi in
her bedroom.
The next morning the dairy-maid said
that some one had been at her milk pans in
the night; there was no other evidence ol
Lola having cub-red the hou-e. After
breakfast Idoteimin-d to go through the
woods myself in auireh of her. Miss
Lasecllcs wished to accompany me. I ought
to have pointed out to her that her company
lessened the chances of Lola suffering
mo to approach her. but I could not deprive
rnysell the pi -iiMire of having such a sweet
companion. We saw Lola at tho edge of u
clearing on the hill-side. She watched us
as ivo drew near. I called to her. but she
shook her head. and. turning hor back upon
us, quickly disappeared among the pines.
The torlorn condition of tho girl: her gestures
which hl-nnw-il lull uf siwlimss- llm
silent full of leaves; the tristnoss of the
until in it woods, overcame Miss Lasccllos;
and as sin- walked silently beside mo. with
her hoad hont. 1 saw she was crying. This
episode mado a doop impression upon tne;
yet. wliilo my heart ached with sympath>
for tho poor little savage wandering alono
in those siloiii. still woods, an iiHlesertbablr
happiness stole over my senses. |i wa? the
awakening of invo.
Sir Kdniund had a basket of food pi ieod
in the dairy, and tin* d<> >rs again loll open.
On the 17th we learned that some I.read
and fruit had heen taken from the dairy in
tho night. Sir I'.dinuiul and I walked
through the woods; wo saw nej&.Vr.C ,,|
l.ola. Our conversation furniH'iipon hi*
daughter. and he tol'^M**ii<t<vshe had eonSided
him for thj;.t^f(H 0'j pjs wife. Ho spok?
with natnrnU?<:.i.'.' ,,f her sweet and loyn
disposiU#!^''i ,, on fall nt upon thi
JJRTof the K cat diamond, ho asked mr
1 L0!'.1 WJfsC
. visibility oTniy wetting my li ving tu
^ESHPlJI^iork. etc. Incidentally I referred to mi
in? ?li i- s tamily. and the name lending him
to /{uike further inquiries, ho discovered the
curious fact that my mother must havu
boon his wife's cousin. How often do we
find wide circles of friends liake I
together in this way! 1 tiioughl
that Mis-. I.asi-elles win g-citlv pleased
with the iliseovery of the distant relation*
ship existing between lis; we seemed leaf
remote from each o;hi-r.
Iiuring our absence Miss laiseelles ha I
devoted herself entirnlv to Van Hoick; hei
sympathy Inul a i iiurkalle effect upon this
sirango man. When I took him up to his
room to dress for dinner, lie asked me to
open tho window and place him where lie
might feel the air. !!? sat before tlm oper
window; tho sotting sua was roflected upon
ynlMHranB u? play of hie Tehtures.
Hie nostrils dilated. his brows creased together.
his lips parted, showing his teeth
closely set. the wnole expression of his face
indicating extreme drean; then the rausoles
relaxed, for a moment his cadaverous
cheeks were tinged with color, tho eyes
closed, and the lips trembled as if in ecstasy.
Again his lids rose, and tho look of dread
returned to his face. Ho shrunk bnck in his
chnir. and blinked his eyes as though struggling
to give them light; then suddenly he
fiung his arms out wildly, and with a
smothered cry of impotent rage buried his
face in his hands, his long, thin lingers
pressing the throbbing veins which stood
out knottod and hard upon his temples.
nimv ia mo mauer, oia ronnr 1 asKcu.
putting my hand on bis shoulder.
Ho started, and answered impatiently;
"Nothing, nothing?a dream!" And then
heaskoi savagely: "Who watches you in
the night?"
"This is not the night." I replied, fancying
ho was vet bat half awake.
"Isn't it?" ho asked, turning his oyes from 1
one side to the other; then stretching out ]
his hands, as it to heaven, ho c.ied: "Then
what is the nightf"
T'oor wretch, an was indeed night to hiin.
I triad to htm In conversation, hat
ho waved his hand impatiently, and getting
up. felt his way to the wash-stand.
"Go down." ho said; "Miss Lascelles is
more pleasing to the eye than I ain; she
must be beautiful, for her voice is music,
her touch is liko the petal of a rose. Where
do you keep the diamond?is It safe?"
i I told him that I now kept it in a belt
j buckled to my waist.
| "Strap It to your wrist again; it i? safer."
i he said; and then bending his head aside,
he listened attentively lor a moment and
continued, in ? lower voice: "They arc
talking together down thore. Creep down
and listen. I tell you we are not safe hero?
I see that through my blindness. I have
faculties in place of that I have lost. Do
you hear them? Come closer. Thome;
there is a conspiracy In this house?a plot
to rob us of our treasure, and turn us boggnrsagain
upon the street. If I could trust
you I'd tell you more. But evory^ one is a
thief who has the power to steal." *
It was not the (lrst. time I had heard him
talk In this vein At Natal, on the shin, ho
had been in constant dread of being robbed.
I was glad to get away from him. As I
passed the head of the stairs in going to my
j eound^oo. disHil.nirirn
In
m'nfngin C#aia-a subject' li
he could be dCwfitent bv the hour together.
On the 18th. Bir Edmund, Miss Lascelles,
and I rodo over to Southampton. Mist,
Lascelles was in her gayest, happiest mood,
nn I In her riding-habit looked more charmInr.
(KoH
In returning we mot a friend of Sir Ed?"
round's; lie accepted the invitatioti to take
lunch at the Abbey, and rnio beside the
baronet uhond of us. We two took the hill
i so slowly that. coming to the cross-roads,
j Wc vuuld not see Sir Edmund nnd his friend,
i There were two ways to the Abbey. After
a little deliberation. Miss L&seollss laughingly
consented to take the longer one.
The morning was superb; the woods wore
glorious. The rich, warm tints of the reddening
folinge were reflected on my beautiful
companion's cheek; her eyes seemed to
catch the glitter of the dew that still hung
on the gossumo. s. 1 forget what wo tnlkcd
ftbout. but she was full of mirth, and now
and then tho still woods rang with ?ho muj
steal cadonoe of her laugh. Hut suddenly
the smilo died from lier face, and she said:
"Wo foget poor little T.nln
And then, ns if the words xntd conjured
up her presence, the girl appeared, swiftly
speeding bet ween the red boles of the fir
trees. Wo stoppo 1. and I called:
"I.oln. dear, come and speak to me.'
She stood still, and looked as If irres
olute whether or not to respond to my apI
peal.
! "I will stay here. Go to her." said Miss
Lascelles. softly.
| Ilut. us if she had divined my intention.
! Lola shook her head mournfully, ns she
: ha<l dono before, nnd going lier way was
| presently hid by tho tall brake. As we
crossed the opening where we hud proviI
ously seen her. I looked back, and perceived
1 her standing in the same place gazing after
j us. It was easy to conceive her misery,
and the bitter feelings of her heart, bhe
1 was unalte od, but I whs no longer jhe rough
j toiler, grateful for a tin of water fetched
j from tho stream. All that was past. I
| was no longer her companion. I should
; never, never more share her hard fare, and
i look to her to lessen the hardships of oxist;
fllCC.
On the l!?th we went again into the woods.
I but on foot. Miss Lascelles and I. straying
lliithor without nnrnnuA from Him rrfirrlftii
whero we met. Wo enme to a stream
bridged bv n single rlank supported in tho
middle. Ijiere had noon a ban l-rail. but it
had fallen riWay in decay. I pave her my
hand, the fear of fallinp made her clasp my
finger* tiphtly. 8I10 soomod to enjoy the
little danger; It animated her face and eye3
with tno prettiest. most bewitohinp expression
imapinablc. Her hand seemed to co^to
inunleate the quickened pulsation of ItW
heart. Hut it was not fear?it was intoxication?that
agitated mo; anil when ?ho put
her foot in safety on the bank, and looked
up into my (ace with bripht laughter. I lost
my head completely. I kept her hand in
mine, and when she tried to withdrnw it. 1
forced it to my lips, and pressed a kiss upon
J it. The color left her eheok.and in a tone of
| reproach she exclaimed: "Oh. Mr.
I Thorno!" nnd 1 was amnrned. We walked
: home, and were very silent on the
' way. I sotipht Kir Hilmund at oneo.
I and. finding him alone, told him
that I wished to make his daughter my
wife. Ho was thunderstruck hy.this sudd-ut
S and unexpected announcement.
I "I love your daughter." I said, "an I 1 e mI
not stay in this house keeping my passion a
! secret."
' "Well." said he. with rather rueful pleas!
shtry. "you have lost no time. Mr. Thome;
i hut it would have been a poor compliment
to my daughter had you failed to perceive
her charms."
"1 should he dull, indeed, had she failed
to impress me." I replied,
i We talked for some time, and finally ho
. said, with emotion:
i "I must give up my dear child, sooner or
i later. Her happiness is clearer to mo th in
! anything, and f can wish her no greater
hlrsdng than to find a good and worthy
nusounu.
At that moment Edith opened the door;
? hut, seeing ns. she stopped in tho en
trance.
"Codin here. Edith." sjii?l Sir Edmund.
Ami, taking lirr hand, hp continued: Mr.
i Thornp wishes you to bo his wife; in that
i your wish also?"
SIip buried hor burning face in hor
father's shoulder; she could neither any yes
> nor no.
i "It i-> n question that should not be decided
hastily." the baronet eoniinu *d; "take
| time, my dear. Meanwhile, I see n<> reason
! for your leaving the Itou-o." he added, addressing
me.
i "Unless--" I faltered.
I -Tnlesjt Edith wishes it." the baronet
I sa'd. helping nie ?>ut. "'fine. Shall yon
i feel more at ease, dear, if Mr. Thome goes
away for a certain t me. say? Shall
) i he g<>?"
I Still screening Iter fare. Edith shook her
5 head, and then 1 knew fiat I had won a
, treasure greater than t ie Hesper diamond,
f In tho afternoon of the 2t th Sir Edmund
r "?VJ!
have boon lookiuauii^oiir oiigag unent,
r wornard, from a practical point ot view, and
i a fact occurs to me that at such a lime as
? thin would probably ascapo you. That ngrcoi
ment of yours must be altered. You will
i see that, for Edith's sake, what I call tho
I tontine clause?a clause conferring upon
I, the survivor a deceased partner's sha e in
I the (Ireat HespT- should be abrogat ul. It
ent ills a risk which sh<- must not be c*.
i posed to. You understand me?"
I understood what li>'said perfectly, nnd
| agreed with him tnat the clause must be a|
to rod.
i "Consult with your partners." ho said, "as
i ' to what change is advisable. I expect my
? ! lawyer hero on the 24th, and ho can then
i 'draw up a legal agiecmvnt in accordance
i with our general wish."
I ) 1 took tho Judge into Van Iloeck's room
*. Miss LteoillM. Van ffeeck
! wns TtsjDij alarmed when ha heard this,
and when I went on to car that Sir Edmund
w:shud the olaaso altered by his lawyer on
' the 24th ho said, quickly, in a low voice:
"The cralty old fox! What does he mean
by that?"
"His meaning la obvious enough." I roplied.
"If I marry Miss La icellcj. and die.
sho will bo dispossessed of my share in tho
diamond. I can leave her onlv a legacy of
debt."
"Yes, end that ain't all on it." said tho
| Judge, dragging his wiry chin-tuft through
J his hand and bending his brow. "That ain't
nil by a lump. We're pluying with a marked
card in the pack?a oard as might tempt
| o'ro n ono on us to foul play."
1 "What on earth do you mean? Speak
plainly if you can," said Van Iloeck. In
! angry impatience.
| "Well, I mean this 'ore," answored tho
[ Judge, with slow impreasivenoss. "that It
j one of my pardners wasn't a gontlomnn, and
t'other wasn't helnloss blind. I'm durned it
I'd go to bod without a six-shooter under
| my pillow, and my finger on the trigger. I
[ don't ullude to one any inoro'n another, but
we'll just take Israel's word forgospel, that
every one is a thief if you give him chance,
oi tliievin'; end, at that rate. I'm just as
1 ttKoly as not to ruurder my two pardnera.
| end gii tho whnio of thn? <4f?mond ? 4
self. Consequently, you will allow that the
squire hits a double reason for wanttn' thet
agreement nltorod; fur it ain't only the
money he's got to secure on to his damjh
icr. itui uer niismn n 1110 iikowi??. j iitio .
enough for the young lady to bo a widdor )
la tho nat'ral order of things In gen'oL"
(TO DK CONTINUED.]
Men WIio Rait*1 Europe,
The Present Emperor of Germany is
William IT. He is 20 years of age.
The Emperor of Austria, Francis
Joseph, is 58 years of age, and has
worn tho imporial crown for forty
years.
Tho reigning Prince of Montenegro
is Nicholas I., who is 47 years old, and
lias roigned for twenty-eight years.
The King of Portugal, Luis I., is 50
years old, and is a man of enterprise
and progress. He has been twtnty
years a King.
The Emperor of Russia, Alexander
III., is 43 years of age, and asci tided I
Ute thxQnoafter the murdejCof hiB^
The President of the Frenct^^Hm*11
in, M. Carnot, is 51 years of age, and
was elected to office in December last
as successor to M. Grew.
Tho'flovtreign or Sultan of Turkey,
Abdul Hamid II., is 40 years old, and
succeeded to the throne twelve years
ago when the Sultan who precoded him
was desposed.
The King of Servia, Milan I., is 44,
and was crowned only six years ago,
hut before that lie had held the throne
for fourteen years by election as Prince
Milan Obenovich IV.
The King of Sweden and Norway,
Oscar II., is in his (10th year, and has
reigned for sixteen years. He is a
fairly liberal monarch, and has favored
some reforms during his reign.
Tho King of Roumanin, Carol I., is
40 years of age, and was proclaimed
King only seven years ago, but for
fourteen years before that time he had
been Chief of the Roumanians.
Money hy the Burrclful.
Esopus paid for a single dish $400,ArtA
uuu.
Caligula spent for one supper $400,000.
*
Heliogabalus spent for one meal
$100,000. ?
Lucullus usuftllv pnid $100,1 for a
repast.
Apic'us expended in debauchery
$2,000,000.
Messala gave $200,000 for the houso
of Antony.
Lentulus, the soothsayer, had a fortune
of $17,50",00^.
'I he philosopher Seneca had a fortune
of $12,500,0001
CacJ-ar, before he entered upon any
office, owed $14,075,000.
Tib?rius, at li's death, left $118,125,000.
which Caliguln ^ipent in loss than
ten months. "
Cleopatra, at an entertainment, gave
Antony, dissolved in vinegar, who
swallowed it, a pearl worth $40,000.
Cr.isus posse-sed in landed property '
a fortune equal to $8,000,000, besides j
a laiq.o sum of money, slaves, and furniture.
Antony owed $1,500,0')!) at the ides
' of March, paid it before the kalends j
i of April ft'id squandered $117,000,000 |
of the public money.
Trite Sayings.
The greatest fool of nil is he who
fools himself.
? Destroy ignorance nml let progression
progress.
Spend I ess nervous energy each day i
than you make.
"Books are the immortal sons defying
their sires.''
I rop your bid habits and they cannot
lower you.
hi very nt canoe creates some kind
of an impression.
"Work like a mnn. I>ut don't be
worked t"> death."
Don't hurry. "Too swift arrives as
tardily as too slow."
Those who go for berries should not
retreat from briars.
We are no longer happy so soon as
we wish to be happier.
The man who does not provide for
his family is not its head.
Mvery temptation is groat or small
according as the man is,
I,ess argument and more work will
make any person better off.
Whig and Tory.
The e is some discussion regarding
?lw. tiro) ~f II,., I . ? w
| uir nini iiiiv Ul (III- IMIII ?? 111^ ttlltl
"Tory," as applied to political facti >ns.
"Torre" is an If all word meaning "give
nie," and as such was used l>y bandits
ami rubbers. In Scotland "Whig"
means 'Tour nilk." Tory wbb first
used politically i i ItiT'.t. when it became
the name of the j arty ahoien's ef
Tames, Duke of York. The "Covenantew".w?jre
the first Whigs, and it is
sail th"?y tofefTheir" f?art^ hf^VS'rmi!1
the motto, "Wo hope in Clod." * i
New Kind of II oiimo IMauts.
Wife?John, I do wish you would
write to Edison and get a few of th >so
electric light plants that I read of in
the papor.
John What would yon do with them ?
Wife?I think it would be ao nico to
mix them with the other plants in tho
conservatory.
John?I'm afraid they wouldn't stand
the temperature there. ? i'ankec Blade.
Fire in 1 >?Irl?^fes t toyet ?CjTthy & Bu(T>'s
furniture faotorMuiif4ll & llunl'ii chair
manufactory, tw pyrrol!/Cigar Works and A
the Ostler Prindhg Hous>. Aggregate lost
125.1,000. OJ)l bellows Hall at Birmingham,
Ala., ant other building* were burned,
the Old Fellt*? Jodng all their records nud j
regalia.??lowland Ljaci), a New York
commercial traveler, was murdered in Chi- ,
cago. Al, Oraham, former Auditor of
Warren oooity, Ohio, wat tentenced to ru)
eightoen yews in prison and to pay a flna of
1120,42.5 forimb zz'.itig CU3.000 of the county'a ^
fund?. Hermann, the magician, in his decapitation
apt, inflicted a gash upon bis wife's ^
throat by a (lip of the sword. Hundreds ?,_
of prairie schooners aro moving on to tbe g*
Cherokee strip.-?Spotted fever or tn.alig- on
iiant meningitis it epidemic in Summer ho|
county, Tenn.?rThe discovery of several th
soit coal veins itJ(tbsnoichborheod of Chain- L,a
berlaio. South Dakota,W causing much ex- J
Apscbes on tbe Salt river, ArUana, and in ^
a fight with them,filled two'cod captured J
three. In ^quarrel about a family acaf.dnl
George S. Turner, a wealthy mill owner ^
of Valley Falls, S. C., shot and killed his da
brother-in-law, Edward Fingor. J. P. pa
Mitcboll was blown into pieces by a nitroglycerine
explosion in Franklin, Pa. Fire R^
at Jolict, III., dealroyod a block of buildings pu
owned by J. E. Bmb. Ixws $50,000 Prof.
EJwin D. Bangs, aged seventy-four years, a
former teacher at Princeton, died at Galea- ur
burg, III. E ght persons wtro injured in m
a ruuaway sleighing accident in Baldwin, Jjj
Wis. A big mass meeting was held in
Topeka, Kas., in the interest of abolishing pi
the prohibition law, which w.39 declared to cbo
a failure. The funeral of lion. George c*
H. Pendleton, who died in Germany, tooli
place in Cincinnati. Tbe Anchor lino ot
steamship Caledonia, at New Vork from the jo
Medltarranean.^eD'Tts finding the aban- ^
taassft Yirlg itfogress, of GrlnaMM, in mid* ^1
ocean an 1 flreJ tbo wreck, the crew had pre- vv
viously been taken oft and landed at St. 'n
John's. _
A scheme has been discovered In Michigan ^
for the secret importation of Chinese, a nura- ,
ber of them who had been smuggled in boing
captured by government oftlccrs. A dis- 'D
pute over increasing the sa'nry of Rev. Mr.
Williams, pastor of the Englewood First
Presbyterinn Church, of Chicago, caused an
exciting scene in the church. Tbe board jr
of managers of tbe Ohio Penitentiary has et
recommended E. L. Harper, the uotorious ^
bank wrecker, for pardon, he having four
years more to serve. E W. Plane'sscreen w
door factory at Bolvidei v, lii., w?? destroyed ja
by fire. Loss, $23,030. Burglars broke into
tbe jtwelry store of Rob?rtJ. Dunning, Kan- di
6QS C.tv find iinrlar # Ka <vU*>a
light broke open the safe ?inJ got away with |
$4,000 wovth of Oubtionds and other jewels. I
latere to comp5^"e^l^^uJ*Ka,te* coi^nls- j' ^
sion 'r by foreign corporation*doing business ^
in that state. Such returns trill cover hundreds
of million of dollars whioh now escape le
taxation fc"he now and sleet storm did &i
not effect the main peacb-growiug district of
tho Delaware peninsula. >W-. H. Farnura,
assisiunt secretary of the Nontbwestern Mu- g<
tual Life Insurance Company at Milwiukie, li
Wis, committed sulfide. ^Cllicdgo friends l!
of United States Minlst.-r. i7g>foln express
the opinloa that, in view of W&deatb of his ni
#bn, hi will resign tbo eHlcoandTMurn home. w
Mi 8. Joseph Kubus, of Greensburg, Pa , v
prompted by jsalou-ly, shot and seriously ?
wounded her husband. John Gibney, bia j
wifeand their seventeen-year-oll servant girl j ^
were found nearly suffocateJ by gas in their b
homein Philadelphia. The bslgian Steam- ^
ship De Ruytor, of the White Crosi Line,
from Ant forp, went ashore on the rocks ^
near Scituat* Mass. Three children of r<
Willi^n Robinson, m( p,"r Sjund, O.it., 11
we^l^aB^^^^Sj-^C-Wiilittiij bucknell,) ?
the Philadelphia philanthropist, died of upo->
plexy, aged seventy-nineyeais. He bad given j
hundreds of thousands of dollars to biptist b
Cliurch and educational purposes. Rev. ?
C ementM. Ru.ler, D. D.,a former chaplain of t
(be Unitid States Senate, ilio 1 in German- a
town, Fj., ago I eighty yetV. The strike
o.' tho mill hnn Is at Niishua, rf. H., has been
s ttied.? Ezra L. Stevens, for thirty years I
chief clerk of tha Interior Department at
Washington and "jp3 of the most prominent
Free Masons in the United States, died at
Asbury Pork, N. J. N. A. Watts, while
oiling machinery in a mine at Joplin, Mo., H
was caught in a set of rollers and crushed to tl
death. Miss Ross Ryan, aged twenty yoars, V
of Wilkesbarre, Pa., committed suicide be- ^
cause ridiouled by some of ber companions
for leaving a convent because of ill-healtb. 1<
' Samuel Holley and bis family at Plain- "
fl.-Id, N. J., were nearly asphyxiated by the ^
fumes of charcoal.?Michael Toney, aged c
twonty-four years, was stabbed an I almost '
ingtantL-al."W. iy- brother. Dominick fcl
Toney,.' .. ^nia.?^b* works of tho ?
Pacific Rubber Company, at Elizabeth, N b
J., were burned. Loss #15.000. Frank P. "
Rhea, of Harrisburg, a baggage-master on
' the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, was
arrested at Allentown by a postal inspector (
j (or robbing the mails. Dicoy letters were ^
I found on him.
FLOODS AND STORMS.
b
Tli* Water tn ttie Sllaslaalppl Itlver
Up to Slic Itnngcr Point. j_
Tlis water in the Mississ ppistillcontinu *
to rite. Opposite Arkansas Cily, in Ar z
knnsas, the water rose five inches in two j v
days It is getting dangerously h gh. In ?
one plafto on tho lovee at Arkansas City it ! j,
Incks but ten injhos of the top. Two weak ! -
nines* ba?o been strengthened by sand bigs, j e
It was reported that the levee above was in v
danger, owing to rains and cattle crossing j ]?
it to the higher lands. They had cut into ' a
j and weaUenM it. The great st anxiety prt- |
j vniis on the Arkansas side, and a repetition !
! of the great o?, 1SS3 is feared. S >m j I
.*V" llie M sthn
general
approhension. The water in the rlror oppo- 1
site Arkansas City, outside the levee, is eight '
feet higlier thin the inaiii stre-tof the cuy. J
Ancverflm seems inevitable, and the ex- }
poriencod are preparing for it. The winter, j
I so called, in this state has bien rcmsrknblc. H
Flowers are in bloom and trees in liud. Toe a
| cold weather of the last tlve days has in t
many instances billed th ? hu lsou Ifuit trco-, t
ruining the prospects of a crop. v
?'? 1
John JSwIntoo, the labor fo/ormer, writes
occasionally from Europe thM h? '? in gojd
spirits and health aud enjoying himself, t
/, 4
*
A
Terrible Wreck on the Lake
Shore Railroad.
i
'it Persona Killed and Nnny In*
ure?l-One Section of nu KxprfM
Train Runs Into the Other.
Train 12 on the I^ake Shore from the West, i
e in BufTtlo, N. Y., at 0.10 I*. M., and
lining very fast to moke up for lost time, I
uke in two near Hamburg, ct 8.50 o'clock. ^
e front part of the truin, consisting of en- |
le, tender, sinokcr and the two day coaobe8 '
is quickly brought to a standstill. The rear i
If, composed-of live beary Pullman's, came ;
down the grade and crushed into the sec- I
d day coach. .The Pullman being the i
.-i?- l:??_-1 11._ J w . 1- * '
aiiiou iuv ujj uvovii iiuu 1110 air, auu
-y now lio ono on top of the other, and both
iug telescopsd the tirst day couch.
13oUi the day coaches and the Pullman were
^Q(pa??jua^j^^tbelo^ot life an!
no or Iba aecident. Tnt rnlfroal a'uthor!i
and amployaa refus d any iuformitlon
mtever to the pres-\
Hamburg. N. Y.? As near as can be a?cerined,
teu were killed and twenty-five inred
at the wreck near Baj view. Train 13
d eleven coaclie ?three baggage, four
y coaches and four Pullmans. The train
xted some miles we t of Hand urg, at the
upliog between the last d <y couch aud the
stsleepor. The first section went on nh.-u.i
id was stopped t>y conductor Ilougbtaling
illing the bell rope.
Most of them in the last day co ich were
irnod iu time to loave, but those in the Qrst
illman had no worning, end the oars met
id telescoped with lurrilic torce. The Pullan
wa> completely buried beneath the other
r. Engine No. 34 was dispatched to Butlo
for aid.
It was two an 1 one half hours before the
lysiciuus arrived. A wrecking train pre
ded tt.e relief train, and work was begun
JjKcatmg the imprisoned sufferers.
Tne b xiies taken out were stretched in a
ig;ogecar. A great bondllre o.i the si lo
the track threw a lurid light upon the
rrihle sceue A passenger says ibeciupig
was defective. It broke preoisely in
e same place as the train was leaving
levclaud. At 12.SJ o'clock a relict train
as made up, and ton of the most seriou-dy
jured taken to the Hospital.
iTC A CTCDC AMP! PACTlAITf CC
'iono i i^i\o nnu ^nourtH lJL,O.
Fourteen ens s of smai:-p:>x are reported
i Meriden, Connecticut.
Tho stone dam of tho Roberdoll Mills, at
ockiugham, Norm Cnro.ina, was destroyed
f the high w.iter. The dam cost fod.OOJ.
Thomas Qwnns and Jam s Leonard were
jurod, the latter faintly, by the premature
c plosion of a blast in a mine at Plymouth,
a.
Dr. Edward W. Morley, Professor of Chimtry
at Adelbert Col ege, Cleveland, Ohio,
as badly injurei by tbe explosion of a glass
ir containing uraumm.
The work of burying the victims of thj
im disaster in Arizona is nearly completed,
birty-nino bodies were recoverel and idenfled,
and ten more are known to have been
utr
During an entertainment at Lamar, Ml*
iuri, four men engaged in a tight. Mrs.
lenry Short witnessed It, and during its
rogresssbe fainted and died. She was sublet
to heart disease.
The cabin of a negro named Henry Oreen?,
near Greenville, Mississippi, was burned,
nd four children, i be eldest being live years
f age perished in tho lluius. Tue parents
ad gone to Church.
Andrew Alexander perished in his burning
kloon in WoodslJe, Indiana. The tire is beeved
to hive been duo to the hostility of
le c tizuis. It was the only saloon in woodde
a small mining villago.
A log train on a narrow guago railroad
ear Washburn, Wiscousin, "ran away"
bile descending a steep grade. Thomas
/alters, engineer, aid William Carletou,
reman, jumped oir and were ki 1 id.
Two workmen in Pittsburg attempted to
law out several sticks of Iroz n dynamite,
n explosion followed that wr?ek*d tho
luckstuitnshop wuere they were, an i killed
Uvid Hayes ar.d fatally injured William
noddy.
At a ireitinir of the Linci-tir Count v
agricultural Society, held in Laucaster.Pa.,
sports w ere read showing that the truit crop
1 that county "tiasli-en pructcdly destroyd
by the late frosts.' Tn.re will, it is said,
e "oo eariy Iru.t at all.1
While I.eroy Jones was riding home in a
utnp.-r in Hanover county, V.rgiuia, his
or so sbi.-d oir, throwing him out head forelost
between the brace that held the s at of
he wagon. His head was wedded in and
he spokes of the revolving wheel crushed bis
kail.
HOUSES DISMANTLED.
'lie Cnvlnglii of ?? Mine Cniued is
Miuclt I.ike an llnrlliqnnke.
The suburb of Plymouth, l'a., kiiowne I as
lurry's Hill was terribly shaken by acavo-in
t 3 o'clock In the morning.
'Ihe cave was caused by the falling in of
lie root in some abandoned woiking of the
Vasliiiigton Colliery, 4.VJ feet be.ow the surace.
'lue shock was very violent, tho surace
settling in sonio places 10 feet.
Tin homo of Willi.in Kelley wuscompletey
wrecked and four or five others were badiy
uui'iged. The cave-ill created the greatest
xciteineut. '1 he peop.e i ?u out into tbecoid
i their night clothes, mrwiers with their
bii iren in their arms, and, even strong men,
i the wildest alarm at the suddenness of tue
uvc.
Wo ono was seriously hurt, though several
rere truis d by falling furniture, etc. In
everal instances fire broke out in the disaantled
houses caused by stoves being upst,
ut the flames were speedily put out.'
A DESPERATE CRIMINAL.
'ruin Itoljhor llolzliny "h FiiiitcrM Nliot
Oir Willie Alteni|diii|; In Far!%]>( .
Reitnund Holzhay, the train robber and
mrderer, now serving a lite sentence at the
ranch prison, Marquetta, Mich., will never
u'l a trigger again. All four fingers of his
igbt hand have been shot away.
The prison authorities sus;n>cte.l that Halhay
meditated an escape. Vvuoii an attempt
fas made to search birn, he seiz-'d another
onvict, named Mesoroy, and, drawing a
nifo. threatened to kill him if ho was ino
stud. Aft.*r two hours vain endeavor to
easor. with bim, Warden Tompkins succeedd
in getting a snot at the convict'* band, in
rbich be grasped tbe knife. The heavy bul3t
tore away all of his right band linger*
nd smashed the metacarpal bones.
SUICIDE OF A MURDERESS.
Tot Crying llnbe A trifct liillWIiOiSii"
lion ol Hie I'risun Ollirere.
Annie Cbomo, who was indicted with John
venderosh for tho murder of her hu-bind,
k<hn Chomo, at Pottstown, Pa., last Novetn er,
committed suicide In her cell by han?ng
herself witbasiik hind kerchief, whic'i
be tied to a bar of tbec.'ll door. Thj keeper's
ittention wns attract d by t ho cries of h r
breo-inontb's old child. Kendercsh was
ried and acquitted. After bis acquittal the
voman became very melancholy, and beforo
*einq taken from t!io courtroom cried out:
Me hang! Me liany !'
Shortly before she committed the deed she
iad her babe Id her arms singing to it.
t If rT-Fl|\5T vlwUIMMOi -*
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Krnnl* X< .
50th Day.?The resolution offered by Mr.
Voorheea in regard to the release of tbe fur f
Real island* in Alaska to tbe North American c
Commercial Company was reported hack I
from the Finance Coiuinittoo by Mr. Mor
rill,* adversely, on tbe ground that the Trees- *
ury Department had already made tbe lease, 1
and that th j committee had no power to in* <
terfere in the matter. A bill in relation to a '
1 ridge acro-s tbo Arkansas river in the Indian
Territory, which ha t passed both bousef
rome days ago, was again reporto 1 and pamed
on n statement by Mr. Vest that nil engros- I
log clerk of the Senate had, in the engrossment
of the b 11, otnittel one section. On j '
motion of Mr. Mcl'herson, tho Senat) bill np- I
propriating |3 ),(XW for a monumental column j <
to commemorate the battle of Trenton, N. J., 1
on condition that an equal sum was contrib- <
uted by the Tionton Association, was takon >
from iht calendar and passed. The Senate 1
tbeu {.ro ;oedcd to the consideration of xecu- '
tive business. <
51st Day.?Tho bill to regulate oommcrco I
by telegraph was read in full. Mr. Gorman 1
said be wanted to offer some amendments, i
it hou traction. A bill In- j
talc'suhup.Mr. bsrOour/of V?rgInI o ,s|^^>|
Me IM.ii>thn<ri>in?t it.
| iu;i ivi auu ?*'. ?. ?u??m -5Vnd
Day?Tbe bill to inor ass the effli
cinoy sil l reduce the ex, ennci or the signal
' ;orps of the army, mel tor Uio trausrrof the
i weatu r s rviee to the Department of Agri- '
Ieu lure, was reported and placed ou tbe eal- j 1
endur. Among tb- bills iniroiuced and re- ' I
I f rr il were tbe to lowing: By Mr. Pusso?
Fur i lie puni>hinent ot Odiccrs and others so- 1
b eting jurors with reference to political a.- I
liliation. By Mr. Dawes ( y request)?To i
amend tbe revis-d stu tub's so us to perui t I
the | urcbaseand lejistry ot foreign built ves- I
sels by eitiz ns of the Uuited Stites, fur em- | |
ployiueut in the foreign trad.'. The Senate j
then proceeded to the consideration of execu- I
live business, | i
53rd Day Tbrt public Lallding bills on 1 1
the calendar having been r.'nche i. the fnl- '
lowing wt re pass (1: For Sterling, II $53 I
000; Oakland, Cal., $300,000; Cheyenne, ! !
AVyoming, $150,000; Chester, Pa., $1UO,OM);
Helena, Mont.. $400,000. While the biscu - 1
sion was going on, the hour ot two o'clock
having arrived, the bill went over without
action, and the Blair Educational hiiloimt *
, Upas tbe "unfinished business." Mr. Putt '
j and Mr. Harris desired Mr. Bluir to tlx a |
tlrtie when the'Vu e cogld bo t ikon on the
| bill. Mr. Blair said that ho whs unable to *
| do so. At least live or six scuntois desired
iosp?aKupon wu mil. biih iiih couc-iniiiig j
speech of Mr. Evarls would necessarily take
considerable tirn.?probably a full <lay. Hi
tbeu proceode 1 to reply to sane of tin* criti- j
cisms of the bill made by Mi*. Faulkner and ;
Mr. Spooner. Mr. Hale spoko in opposition .
to the bill and Mr. Blair replied to lua criti- I
cisra. The iSenate adjourned after a short
executive sossion.
Hrase Nesslom
65Tn L)ay.?Tho consider* ion of the Ar- j
kan^as contested election cis* of Foath*rstoue '
vs. Gate was resumed. Mr. Di zell, of Ponn- i
sylvania, taking the fl >or. Mr. Coleman, of !
I.-cui9iana, olTcicda resolution n questing the i
President to send to the House copios of all
cerro-pondence between th? United Stutes
and Mexicorelnting to th >s iznre ut the port
of Tumpicoof the schooner Rebecca, in Feb
rutry, ltS4. Referred. Tho following committee
appoint moms were announced by tho
Speaker: Messrs. T irsn *y, of Missouri, an 1 i
Rsyburn, of Pennsylvania, on canns; Brick ner,
of Wisoonsin, on M siissippi levees;
Cheadle, of Indiana, on postdH :ea and post I
roads. Pending further debute, the House, !
at 5.30 artj< urned.
56th Day.?Immediately after the rending
O' the jourual the Arkansas election case of
I-Vatherstone vs. Cute was resumod. Fnathers'ono
was seated by a vote of yeas U"?, naya
135, and the oalh of oflleo was administered
to bim by the Speaker. The House tbeu ad- j
jonrned.
57th Day.?The House, in committee of |
the whole, proceeded to the consideration of |
public building bills. The first bill called up
was that appropriating $37->,U00 for the pur- j
chase of a site for a city postolHce in Wash- '
iugton, D C., mid providing for the erection
of a building thereon at a cost of $31)0,(WU.
.Mr. Cannon made a vigorous fight against !
the bill, moving to adjourn ami 1 cries of \
"dilatory motion," and raising the point of i
no quorum, amid shouts of "tlllibustering." i
The Mpoaker counted a quorum, and the bill
was parsed. Tho House men adjourned.
58th Day.?On motion of Mr. Rogers ,
( Vrk.) the Senate bill was passed authorizing j
th3 construction of a bridge ncross tbe At- j
kans.iB ri?er, In tho Indian Territory. Mr. j
lluugen (Wis.) from tho Commit tej on Elec- :
Hons, reported a resolution in the Ala) atna
contested election case of Treat vs Clark.
1 he resolution, which was unanimously re- I
ported, declares Clark eutitled to sot. in his |
seat. It was adopted. The Speaker laid |
tieiore mo nouse rue osnaio uni reiering 10 i
the Court of Claims tho claim of \V. S !
Woodbridge for the use of his invention of
projectiles for rifled cannon. Th? bill was
defeated?yeas 111, nays 1'dS. The Housj
took a recess until eight o'clock, the evening
session to be for the consideration of private
pension bil.s.
6'.Ith Day.?Tho House, in committee of
the ? h >le, resumed Hie consideration of public
building measures. The first lull called uji
was that increasing from $H50.000 to $<?-VJ,00t) j
the limit or cost of thn public buildings ct ;
IVewurk, IV. J., nnd making an appropriation |
of the $100,000 increase. O i motion of Mr.
Cannon theappropriatingclause wawstrick"ii I
out aud tho bill as aineudeU was laid nsule i
with a favoratdn recommendation. Oiber \
I.tils favorably recommended were: lncreas- i
ing to $!J50.U(jO the limit of cost of tho publio j
building at Scranton, I'm; the Senate bill for
a public building at Chester, i'a , (amended
so ns to reJuoa the hunt from $100,000 to j
S-SJ.000 and to strike out the appropriating I
clause0 for a building at Columbus. Gu., at '
a li^ut of $100,000, The commitue then rose 1
and reported th.? bills to the House, which immediately
found itself in a small deadlock.
7 There wee no quorum to pan the bill*. The
House then adjourned.
fHEY HAD NO PIED PIPER.
low 11 ill on, Iiihh, <?ol II. <1 of 11 a
1'nrwo of Its m.
Ti.o cstixms of Milton have sufTered so
much from the ravages of rats that a great
rat tiunt was organized. Captains were chosen
nnd they 6electel sides. Eicj consisted of
105 men and boys over 15 years old. Whilb
boys under 15 w re allowed one cent for their
rat*. i no uuric uegan rriiay, r onnmry :ctit, j
ami c.os al Marcn 7th, with a grntid street j
parade and supper which was pai l for by tli i
'Miio showing tho leant number of rata killed.
; At>'.)ine barns as many as 175 were killed,
iwbiie one man killed about 5lh) on his place.
{Saturday, March 1st, tho rats killed up to that
time were con ited and it was found that the
Jtotnl was 11.076 and tnat Wi.liain Crockett's ]
side was ahead of Dave George's lorces by 113
'rats.
SAVED BY HIS SON.
A Marrow Kscnpo Irian a Horrible
Man w. hi'sUi in ix Wkw.
Thomas Ho wells, of AiHfSfW| T'a., wasTt?3- J
cued from a horrible den! h by his son David.
T.;ey were employed as m ners in thi Huek
Mountain slope, at ft >?t co llery, and hnv ng
bored a ho e in the coal, they charged it with
powder and ignited the fuse, ilolh start- <1
to run, but a huge niece of coal fell from tho
top, striking Mr. Howell* and knocking hiin
down, flisson heard the noise, and looking
back, took the situation in at a glance. ltuni
ning hack, he withdrew the light? 1 fine in
! i i n? lo prevent the explosion. Had he heen
a moment later, both lather and Hon would
have been blown to atoms. The coal was removed
from his father, when it was lound
that ho had sustained serious iujury.
Tins cncitcH avd tiik saloow.
The rresbytery, in a recent session at Era*
>orio, Kansas, representing seventy-six
hurches, and .V512 members, passed the most
tronounccd resolutions, denouncing the
iquor traffic, declaring that all merely retrietive
and regulative laws in regard to it
ivere failures, and that, all legislation which
iocs not look to its utter suppression is weak
uul vicious.
the drunkard's wife.
A Now York correspondent of the Cincin*
iiati Enquirer says:
I^ast week I quoted a narrative given to mq
l>y Dr. \Villiani ! '. Wrig',.t, of our city boa*
? '^-v, UIIM H'M? t HO? u o
moo one from his lips.
"I know a man," lie said, "who was a civil
engineer by profession, born in Geneva,8wlt- v
leriand, and a graduate of tlio Polytechnic
School at Zurich. Ilia wife belonged to a
wealthy family in Uie Canton of Hchwytx,
one of the oldest families in tho oldest canton
of Switzerland. In opposition to the
wishes ot her people they had been married, x
ind she had accompanied him to this country, '
where ho had^becn^successful fro^thejjbnit.
rcnUemSnVHis Wife was young, refined and'
beautiful. It was but little more than a year
later that the ambulance Surgeon enrao to.
my room about 6 o'clock in the morning to
report a caso ho had just brought to the
hospital. A woman lincf been shot in n Bowery
concert linll. Her wound was in the
neck. It was nothing serious, and the palient
would require no further atleution
until morning, ho said. I Iherefore renewed
my sleep, and did not see the patient
uilil I made my rounds of tho wards
Iho following day. As 1 draw back
Ihe curtains of hbr couch 1 noticed her
?audy clothing in the chair by the bodside,
ivhere it hud been left by the nurse. I hardly
glancen at her lave as I removod the
rlressings from her throat and examined tho
wound. It was a slight. alTair, tho bullet
linving caused a mere flesh wound of no
preat importance. I told tho nurse what
Iressiug to apply, and gave instruction to
liavo the patient moved to another ward. As
'.ho nurse loft mo to carry out my instructions,
ami as I turned to leave, the young
woman spoke to me. "You do not recognise
mo, doctor?"' 1 saitl l had no recollection of
ever having seen her boforo.
"And yet you have," sho answered. "Only
a year ago I came here to flutl my husband in
a ned in this same room."
I looked at her more closely, and recalled. her
at once, though sho had changed gfoatly.
Klie still liatl the same wealth of hair, while
her eyes were as beautiful as ever; but her
faeo was pinched, and in place of t ho proud
expression it had worn wliou i Imd soon her
lost was one of anxiety and trouble.
"Yoii aregrc.atly surprised to seo maunder
such circumstances, are you not?" she
added, as I stood looking at her. wondering
* . . of I.A.I ..l?o ,.1 I.AM
mint Miiiu^u nixin ui iui uiim iiuu |>iu<;uu uci
there
"lam, indeed," I answered.
She hid her face in the blanket and sobbed
like a child. I tried to quiet her, and, taking
a seat l\y the bedside, said all that I
could to remove tho feeling of shame from
which 1 thought she was sulfering.
"No, doctor, you are mistaken," she said,
interrupting ine and looking up at uio. "I
have nothing to bo ashamod of but my love
for my husband. I am sorry to have you
know what I must toll you." Site then informed
ine how misfortune had followed
them from tho day Iter husband had mot
with his injuries. He had lost the position
ho hold at the litno. Ilis friends had failed
him, and disappointment after disappointment
had attended his efforts to obtain? 1
work. And then ho had begun to drink
heavily. They were obliged to leave their
pleasant homo and part with nearly every
thing of value which they possessed. Hho had
tried to earn money in various ways. Rho
had obtained a few young girls as pupils, and
taught thorn French, Gorman and music.
But she coidd not earn enough in this way to
support herself and husband in tho homo
she felt site must have. So, in desperation,
sho had accepted the offer of (lie proprietor
of tho concert hall where sho had been iujurod,
and sang there every evening. Tha
salary sho received, with tho money she
earned as teacher, had enabled litem to live
comfortably, but she regarded Iter work in
the concert hall us humiliating, although
she was required to sing but a few tilings
each night. She arrived at midnight, and at
1 o'clock her duties were finished and she
went home with iter husband. The night before,
as she was leaving the hall, a man had
insulted her, and when she repulsed him he
hud shot her and made his escape.
She had hardly finished her story when tier
husband came into the ward. Certainly he
had changed much more than his wife. Dili *
ing my attendance upon her I tried to influence
the husband to stronger and better
efforts than lie had made. I found he bad
ltecomo entirely dependent upon liis wife,and
seemed to regard all attempts on his part to
work as needless. One morning when 1 called
sho met nie with a frightened face, her eyes
swollen and rod with weeping. He had returned
tho night before more intoxicated
than she had ever seen him, ragged and
dirty I found him sleeping on a lounge.
As 1 stood looking down upon him, half in
pity and half in disgust, for he seemed more
iienst than man, lie suddenly awoke, and,
springing to his feet, stood glaring at mo
with flic wild expression of a maniac. I saw
tlx,! I n xnwa ,.f ,xx.c nn
hands. I spoke to him. l?nt he would not nnswor.
I saw his hands working in a nervous
manner, and a certain wicked gleam in his
eyosassurcd me that I was in for a fight with
a madman. I had passed through many
such experiences, and, therefore, did not
shrink from this.
I watched his every movement, telling his
wife to leave the room and call un officer if
one was to l>o found. Hardly had she de{?arted
when, with a veil I shall never forget,
le sprang at me, and before I could defend
myself in any way, I was thrown to the floor,
and his hands were tightening their grasp oil
my throat in a manner far from pleasant.
Oraapiug bothqt bis wrists tightly, and_exTKMI'KRANCK
NEWS AND NOTES.
Belgium has 5500 schools, but 136,000 drink
shops. For public instruction it spends
15,(HMi,000 francs; for intoxicating liquor
135,000,000,
The Rev. Father Murphy, of Olyphant,
Penn.. says ho is going to put down Sunday
liquor-selling in the town, if he has to import
a city detective and pay him out of his own
pocket.
Nicolai Uspenski, a Russian novelist and
poet, considered of as great genius as TurgencfT,
has just died. For over thirty years
a slave to drink, ho had lived the life of a
common tramp.
Miss Susan B. Anthony, when questioned
ns to the truth of the report that sin? would
have wine at the banquet celebrating her
seventieth birthday, replied: "1 would as
soon have arsenic."
Senator Dawes has presented to the Fnited
States Senate 2(0 petitions from Massachusetts
asking the Government to prevent
thenlleged exportation from this country to
Africa of H0(i,(KM) gallons of liquor each year.
Total abstinence, says Canon Wilberforce,
has the power of prolonging more lives than
all the doctors of Kngland, of saving more
I money than nit the savings hanks in the
I mi". 1 Kiniiiluiii. ami of uravenLuuz more
crime than all the police or the metropolis.
In New York recently Isaac Jacob shot,
dead Herman Kogozinski, and dangerously
wounded the wifo of this man. and tried to
kill tho son and then blew out his own brains.
The newspaper accounts say that he had with
him n flask of whisky, from which he had
been drinking freely.
"We believe," says the Canada Health
Journal, "that there is no better direct
remedy for intemperance than strict vegetarianism.
Sir Oharlos Napier tried a
vegetable diet as a cure for intemperance in
twenty seven cases, and tne cure was effected
in every ease, tho time varying from thirty*
bix days Co l<vdrommtUw." - _