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H" \v p ** ^k* ^ ** * *** . XX^-NEW SERIES. ^ '^IP ,,""""" WHY? Heart of me, why do 700 ikhf Why droop your eyoNi*. pajesndshy, Like snow-flake* tbtt on rtoleti lie? Why do you sigh, my heart? Sweating. wherefore do yau weep Till the flowers that Hay winds steep When tho day has sunk to sleep, beem from b.<da o* dew to peep? Why do you weep, my sweet? Oh, my lore, whence comes this glow, < Idke the sunset on Ute snow, Which on your fair faee doth show ? Why do you blush, my qneen? Must 1 speak your answer, dear? Id at en, then, and you shall hear Why you elgb, and weep, and blush? Why e'en now you bid me hush. * ^ hlug, oh, sing, ye birds that be; " ? i'u ~y iw B AlkPlT *itfirk???ai? bHtAi mmi, The Strange Mystery Surrounding Its Disappearance. A STORY OF EXTRAORDINARY INTEREST. ET FRANK BARRETT, CHAPTER V. though we had JMa not yet deJMBi ? cided in ffPP^^g?5^^^^M^what roanj# QHCST . "I am ~ ^HMpigM^Hto hear e nnything ^ fV^<^7^K9PP will b? bettor than thnt a g r e emcnt an it atandH." Edith camo down late to breakfast. Bho looked pale, and said nho had overslept herself. "For the nrut time in your life, I believe," raid 81r Edmund. "You did not foil asleep quite bo readily as usual ? her?" ha nuked, smiling. I could not sleep," she answered, but eo gravely that I saw it was not from the rnnOA (VIA harnnnf imnli/wl- 4 la A 1?no ' had kept me awake; and then she added, Ife . "I have been teriibly frightened." W# looked at bar is astonishment and ^n-J jw %he paused, aaif to collect her thoughts, v . end then said: "I was nearly asleep when I not'oel a sound coming from (he window. It was as if some one were rapping upon tha glas <?not loudly or quickly, hut softly, as tbongh with the tip of the finger, and -at intervals. I might have counted twenty or thirty between oae tap and the next. I took little notice of it at first, thinking that ns I had left the window partly open it might te the wind moving the Venetian blind; but after a while the persistent tap?tan?tap irritated me. I rose and lit a candle, then I went to the window. The lattice was just as I had left it. The blind hung perfectly motionless. I drew it up and looked out. 1 here was n gray mist everywhere. Not a breath of air stirred; the flame of the candle'burned as steadily as though the window had been closed. I Jet down the blind and unit-Lieu; mere was noi mo Bilgntest sound. "A moth on the ceiling," said Sir Edmund^J*_thej have worried mo in the same v., ^"ifold 'on; we ain't heerd the laet oa it, i kin see," said the Judge, looking at Miss Lascelles intently, his shaggy brows bent over his qnick eyes. "I explained it as you do. papa. I put out the light and tried to sleep. I heard no sound for quite ten minutes, I think, and then again tljnt soft, slow tap?tap? tap came from the window?the same tound, with tho same long interval between them. It was not like the beat of a moth's wing. It was like nothing but the touch of a human linger. But I tried to think it was an insect in the wall?the in^ sect that is called the 'death-watch.' Aud i.w* I did my best to tako no notice of it, but h could not help hearing it, and after a time 1 grew frightened, and the Bound grew ' dreadful in my ears. It became unendurable; I could not lie there listening passively. I got op again and struck a match. The wick of the candle was slow to light, and during these moments I noticed that the sonnd had ceased. As I say. I was frightened?veiy frightened. And'the unbroken silence seemed more terriblo than the sonnd. Thero wos something ghostly -T* : and supernatural about it that brought back the old terror 1 used to feel as a V1' v child In passing the room that is said to be haunted at night And jn*t *bcr? the. clock in the belfry struck. ' I dared not Sto the window. My hand trembled so at 1 could not take np the oandle, but I looked toward the window. The first thing that struck me was that the laths of the blind, instead of lying flat, as they generally do when down, and as I had left them, were opene 1 and turned edge way. Do yon know how I mean?" k She held her hand, that trembled with " the recolleotion of her terror, one above the other horizontally. "But the neat thine," she continued, and then stopped, with a little shudder, while we who listened held our breath? "the next thing I saw was two great black eves that annont thu lioht ~0 VIM ?itT vauuiu in between the lower lathe of the blind." Kb* paneed, and then continned, with more firmness: "I think I fainted; I must have done bo, for I wae oonscious pf nothing after that, nntil I fonnd mvself upon the floor. The light wae still burning npon the table. A# recollection returned to me, I looked toward the window. The laths wMe no longer open, but turned flat. Then it occurred to me that all I had seen was merely imaginative; that it was mere- j ly a roaltNtic dream; that I had gone through these esperieneea in my sleep. | mj Kmn tnrror wm gono. I went without fear to the window to asoertain if the night wm ?? I bed seen it. There wee the grey inlet; the flame of the candle did not flicker. Nerertheleie, when I looked A ft , <:own end sew how impossible it wm *w / ^ for any one to here stood ontelde the window. I felt convinced tbet et leest the vision of the two eyes was imaginary- an ontcome of the fear I felt when I looked toward tl)e window. I ley down egetn, and, though I could not sleep for some tlm", I benrd no further sound whatever, far* ths chiming of the clock." "Ib it not very probable, my dear," j oaid the baronet, "that the sound yon ! speak of was also the outcome of fear? I "I had no fear when I went first to the window. The sound was a reality. It is that I wish explained." "Do you know what time it was when the tapping first ?egan, Hiss Lasoelles?" Van Hoeck asked. "It was a quarter \o one by my watch when I recovered from the fit. "May I ask, Bliss, without offense, if a thing o' this kind hes over happened you afore?" asked the Judge. "As a child I was timid, but I cannot remember ever being so frightened." "You don't look as if a trifle wonl'l akear you, I will allow;" and, rising from ;hia chair, the Judge added, "if yonll ex^fUnte-a^rtbe Kid< fcatTbSSSHHfr 1 hand in this game." "By all means," said the baronet; "the sooner the truth is discovered the better." v"We all went out on to the lawn which fa-od that part of the building in which Edith's loom was situated. On the way Van Hoeck, who had takou my arm for guidance, gripped it tightly, and whispered: "What (liit T tell vmi? Thin in thn lm ginning of the end!" CHArTEll VI, It is necessary for the reader to know what kind or bnilding Monkon Abbey was, and something of (be disposition of its rooms, in order to follow clearly the action of the drama that took place within i s walls. I can do no better than to give the description by whioh I brought the facte, home to the comprehension of my blind partner. "Toll mo what you see, Thome," ho said, ns wo stood on the lawn. "An old Gothic building, flanked by two later additions in the Tudor style, that project beyond it. "* "I don't understand," ho said, impatiently; "can't you make it clearer to me?" I had a note-book in my pocket, and pressing the met dllc pencil hard upon the paper, I drew this rough diagram: I 1 I I_l u He passed hie Rene.live fingers over the impression. ' Tho two end blocks are tho additions yon speak of, the space between them the old part. I understand. Go on," he Baid. "The great door is in tho center of the old part, tho dining-room is on one side, the library on the other. The floor above is occupied by the picturegallery. It has a cable roof, and the h?l. .Ii* rises from the "middle. The blook on TBi VffTiA n'-iir**)j? Trr~t1io lift fur alike The ground floor is divided Into drawingrooms, sitting-rooms, kitchens, etc." "Where in MM dairy t and Sha door that is left open at night for the Kid?" "At the back of the house; it cannot be seen from here." "Is that in the right block or the left? * "In the right; the kitchen is in the left. On the first floor aro the principal bedrooms; the servants' are above. Onr rooms are in the right block. Sir Edmund's nnd Miss Lascelles' are in the left ." "What means of communication are there? For instance, how could Sir Edmund get to your room?" "By simply passing through the picturegallery." "I understand; go on." "There are two oriel windows and a bay in ll.. a( It,, l.ft Klnnlr 1..I ... .... we stand here." 1 drew another diagram to explain the windows to Van Hoeck. Here it is: "The oriel on the left," I continued, "projects from Sir Edmund's room, that on the right from Miss Eascelles'. There are stone inullions at the anglos of the oriel and lattice windows between, hung inside with Venetiau blinds. I have marked a cross where Miss Lascelles saw the eyes looking through. The oriels are supportod by coibels. They are perfectly inaccessible from the ground except by a ladder." "But from tho story above?" "There aro no windows over the oriel. The only means of descent would be by a rope from the roof." "Are there any other means of getting at the window?" "None whatever that any human being could use." "What is this projection between the oriels?" he asked, feeling the paper. "A two-sided bay carried up from the ground to the gable, pierced with latticed windows from top to bottom. It gives light to the stairs inside." "Dothe windows open?" I "Yes." "And what distance is there between the windows in iht bay and ISiss L,a?*>ile?' 1 window?" "Beven or eight feet at least." "And the wall between is perfectly "There is a stone molding rnus along {arallel with the door of the first story ana be base of the oriel." "Why didn't jon tell me that?" he asked, sharply. "Because it is perfectly impossible for any one to walk along it. "What width has it?" "A few inches. It seems to be merely a stone gatter to carry off water from the oriel." "Is (hero no ivy on the house?nothing to a itch hold of?" "There is no ivy, bat there is a pipe midway between the bay and the oriel; it descends from the gable to the gntter." "What! and you tell me it is impossib'e to get from the* bay to the window?" "I still mean what 1 said. The gntter is so narrow that no one, oven facing the ?..n ?i.. 1 J -<?? ? " vivaci;, tuuiu ainuti on ii> una maintain a cantor of gravity." ; "Hot with the aid of the pipe?" "The pipe ia four feet fiom the bay and fonr feat from the oriel. Now. suppose Lola, for I know whom yon suspect, got 1 from the window in tho bay, she would have to advance holding to the mnllion of ( the window for support, and with on 3 j band only, until the other could touch the pipe, a span of four feet." Fonr feet; that is not impossible, un- 1 lean the girl is short-limbed. "It is impossible, if in holding to the mnllion or the pipe the girl had to support j part of bar own weight. "Let us go up ana measure the width of the ledge," said Van Hoeck; "it may ap- 1 pear from below leee than it ia." We went up to my bedroom in the right < block, wbiob, as I have said, oorrsspoudod < fV -JHfc ) - in every oxlernal respect to the block on the left; nml from the oriel I measured the width of the stone ledg< outiide. V?n Hceck's supposition was Just; it was wider then I expected, measuring a trifle less than my span, which is nine inches. Van Hoeck placed himself flat ag'iiust a wall, and turning out his toes until hq obtained the limit of width uponwhioh ho conld sustain his eqmliluiam, bade me measure the distance between his heol and the wall. I fouud it was fully three inches within my span, and was astonished to ' perceive upon how narrow a space ono | may stand with safety. This settled the point. Lola might well have passed along the ledge with safety. "Now," said Van Hoock, "draw me a plan of the room), roughly and broadly, showing their relative position to the stairs, the bay, and the picture gallery." %{* > ~ m i ?r v_tc- * l\gc* :: f :: e I <* I of Tom raine?we almost said religiously?lie wrote pamphlets against Ohristianity, and delivered intide'i addresses. He made a fortune in Cincinnati printing patent-inside newspaper*, and then-fee retired from business, buying a farm in Indiana and building a beautiful and costly home. But growing restless for newspaper work he connected himself with The Chicago Lkdgf.r as humorous writer, in which line he excelled. In Chicago he was converted under the preaching of Mr. Moody, and immediately took up evangelical work, which ho has been pursuing vory successfully through preaching and lecturing ever since. The writer of this knew Mr. Brown well in Cincinnati, and can attest to his honesty, ability and thorough sincerity. He was a good fellow as an intidel, and it is not likely that his conversion has caused a deterioration of his good qualities. One Rainy Day. Drip! drip! drip! The clouds were black in the sky and the rain would not although Haddy and Bay st'jod^^ -Window wishing for the tnat tl ,.Trnn overdo auntie's to" see Oracle. xr ? i iuauiuin neany reside nersell with their noi -e and teasing, the had tritd every way to quiet them, and she was so tired. The door opened and Aunt Letty came in, wet and dripping. "Why, what's the matter with my boys?" sho asked. The story was soon told, and sho said, "Is that all ? I thought the express train was smashed up, or the rocking-horse had his leg broken. We'll soon have the sun shining, in the house, at least." Then she begged some old newspapers of mamma, and taking a pair of scissors sat down by the fire with a boy in a little aim-chair on each side. Such wonderful things as those sharp scissors cut from those old papers I There were team-horses and trottinghorses and saddle-horses with men on their backs, and horses that could only stand still. There were cows and pigs and hens and dogs and cats and?and ?e\wy thing 1 Uaddj- auu Bay shouted lor joy and forgot all about the rainy day, and when at last Aunt Letty said she must go, mamma bade her good-by with a r?Hiea iook in ner poor tired faco and 6aid ahe was a sunl earn. And the boys had paper animals enough to last them a week. Proverbs from the Talmud. Do not to others what you would not have others do to yon. A simple light answers as well for a hnndrod men as for one. A myrtle,even in the desert, remains a myrtle. Hospitality is an expression of divine worship. Thv friend has a friend, and thy frionil's friend has a fiiond; be dis- , or cot. i Deal with those who are fortunate. The weakness pf thy walls invites the j burglar. The place honors not the roan; 'tis I the man who gives honor to the 1 place. j If a word spoken in its time is worth i one piece of money, silenoe in its time I is worth two. The (lector who prescribes gratui- t tonsly gives a worth lens prescription. The rose grows among the thorns. 1 No man is impatient with his crod- , itors. Two pieces of coin in one bag make more noise than a hundred. < Man sees the mote in his neighbor's < ?ye, but knows pot the beam in bis ] >wn. , f JfX- ~ WI "i . r?~f\ u. ? ilC' 3BC.X f ~"-z?}?rn ft if * ' ^ / I * K ? ? t rt 1 iQT ? [TO BE CONTINUED.] A New Evangelist. Mr. E. P. Brown, who is spoken of in the papers as "the reformed Chicago humor id and infidel," is drawing crowds in the West with a lecture entitled "From Ingersoll Park to Beulah Land," says Texas SiJtings. Mr. Brown was an infidel from youth, and was an early disciple of Bob Ingersoll. For Years he celebrated the birthday THE NEWS, i B'shop Shan ley, of North Dakota, appealod to a larga congregation in the Philadelphia Cathedral for aid for the Cbippawa Indiana, whose coalition be described as moat deplorable, hundreds of them on the government reservation having neithor sufficient food nor ahelter. H. W. King, prefect or the Pennsylvania institution for the Instruction of the Blind, In Philadelphia, was arretted on the charge of immoral, conduct made by the pupils.? A quarrel over a pew in 8t. Mar>'a Catholic Church, at Pougbkeepsie, N. Y. .caused a fliht, in whiob tbe priest and several of the congregation participa'a.1. Fire csujhI a panic among tbe inmates of the 1100*0 of O xxi Shepherd, EngiDh and Irish girls in a attf led to a striksoC the Mt^-r.-W?-A post1 bf the Grand Army of the Ra^ubllo is to be formed in Montreal of Canadians wlio served the Union. Frank Grottner, of Allegheny City, Ta., murdere I his ten year old stepdaughter. John Williams, an Englishman owner of a large cattle ranch in Montana, while on his way to New York to sail for Liverpool, stopped iu Milwsukee, where he met Eroil Constanta, who showed bim the sights and relieved bis pocketpook of $1,410. Governor Thayer, Of Nobrankn, is again after the railroad manager.* for a lower freight rate on corn for the benefit of the farmers. Henry Boea and bis wife were fatally injured at Holland, Mich., by a fas1 train on tbe Chicago aud West Michigan striking their carrage. Eli Stahlnaker, in a (It of insinlty, attempted to murder Constable Prater, and then committed suicide, at P easant Hill, Mo. A laudslide at Troy, N. Y., d-'stroyed a dwelling, and three persons were killed. Two children of Mrs. John Cline, o? Greenhurg, Pa., were poisoned by eating wild paiif'ya?Ucnry P?rJ?, his wife and daughter were all killed by a locomotive striking their carriage at Jackson, Mich. By nn explosion of boilers in a colliery engine-roomnt Carbondale, Pa.,two ra.'n were killed. The Philadelphia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church rej -oted a proposition to increase the lay representation to tha General Conference. The federal contract labor inspectors ut Castle Garden have l?oen neglecting their duty and the commissioners of immigration have discovered that hundreds of men under contract have been permitted to land in direct vlolatio i of the law. Mrs. Grover Cleveland laid tbe cor not-stone of the new eye and ear infirmary in New York city. Tbe South Pennsylvania Railroad was sold at sheriff's sale to parties in the interest of the Reading Railroad.??Henry Sutliffe, of Plvmooth. Pa., committed suiolde bee nun his wife upbraided him for remaining out after ten o'clock at night, J". T. SanderspoajySV^*at JV*??Branch. N.C.,wai orrMted^^V^rMPtaoa^ahastfled with robbing the mdila^-^Tbe new method ist college, to in known as w?s University, I of the Northwest, is to be looited in Sioux City, Iowa. Two maiden sisters, aged 1 thirty-three and tbirty five, respectively, wore found dead In their borne, near Conj cordis, Kansas. Judge Andrew J. Davi?, | the richest man in Montana, died at Bu te, i Montana, aged seventy-ono years. His wealth was estimated at$ 10,00J.000 Forty women reoeived the degree of medical doctor at the Woman's Medical College in I'bils le." phis. Miss Allie Atkinson, aged eighteen years, was bound gagged, and brutally assaulted by a tramp near Tleaaant Hill, Mo. The Ohio and Northwestern Railroa running from Cincinuatl to Portsmouth Oaio, was sold by United Btat.s Marsbul Biraraonds for (900,000 to the Philadelphia Investment Company. Tb> property is the old Ciucinuati and Eastern road, and had two mortgage* on it, aggregating f 170,000^ " Are being caused, it is supposed, by discharged work men. Loss (31,000. James Miller at Lexington, Va., was acquitted of the charge of killing Mrs. Dr. Z. J. Walker at Brownsburg. in November, 168j. The federal pillcials raided several illicit s'.ills in Wayne county, W. Va., and captured tho moonshiners Henry Nurse, a farmer of Clinton county, Iowa, was fouud murdered iu bis borne, qn i bis wife seriouily wouuded. By tbe mistake of a drug clerk iu New York oily, Mrs. J. B. McUuire was nearly ki.le receiving digitalis for lloorlce powder. Htate Treasurer Nolaud, of Missouri, is short in his accounts about (31,000. John Wi liams, of New York, passed flfiy counterfeit uuimn on saloon-keepers of Trenton, N. J. The snow along the llio Grand > Railroad, in the mountain passes of Colorado, is from forty to sixty feet deep. Twelve freight oars went down with a trestle tlfty feet on the Georgia Paoilio Railroad, near liirmingbam, Ala., and a number of trainmen were Injured.-^?Mrs. Kltaa Chester, mother inlaw of- U>aty.^y YfartUnKr, ut Philadelphia, died at his residence in that c? y, aged uiastyflve years.?Charles K.zinger, a jtweler, of Cleveland, Ohio, wrnttotbe theater, leaving Louis Uoldsoil, hie brother in law, aged nineteen, in charge of the store. Uoldsoil kipped with $4,000 worth of diamonds. MARKETS. BAI.TIMORB?Flour?City Mills,extra,$4.20 at?4'J. Wheat?Southern Kultz, b'Jitd; Corn?Southern White, 37u38 oU, Yellow $5*a35*o. Oate-Sonthern and Pen nay I van ta <TJV?Octa.; Rye?Maryland & Penusylvan a toa57ctB., Ilay?Maryland and Pennsylvania 12Joa$13 OJ-^wraw- Wheat, 7.50a $5.00,Butter, Eastern Creamery, 'JdaiaJc., near-by receipts 10a'A)cte: Chsees Eaetern Fancy Cream, 1 i alt* eta?Western, 9al0 cU; Eggs?12 alUU; Tobacco Laaf?Inferior, #la3.00, Good Common, 3 00a$4 00. Middling, #6a7.00 Good to tine rei,8a$2: Fancy, 10a$f3. New York?Flowr?Southern Common to i fair extra, $2.50a$4.8ft; Wheat?No I Whit* 87a?7V: Rye?State. 57a40; Corn?Southern Yellow, 37*17*.Oate-White, State 28*a29* , ;ta Butter?State, 8a 17* ots. Oaeew?Stat*, itfaio* cU; Egg#?14a 14* eta. i PaiuAU*hrma ' rancy, 4 25a41?; W h?ln^4^?^TVania anJ Southern Red, &Yi9l; Rye? Pennsylvania , ?aXTcorn-South.rn Yd low, ?4*k? eta | Sate- 23av?* ot-*; Butter -State, i?a2tf otr ; | Jheeee?N. Y. Factory, 0a0* Ota. Kggs? ( -State. 13*al4 eta 1 CATTLE. I Bat.Tl*OKa? Beef. \ 7-Val 91: Sheen?? no k& 7ft. Hogs?#4 Tftai '4> I ft?w Yo*C?Beef?Ift 0O?7 00; Sheep-?5 ftO 1 16 VJ5; Bogs?14.4014 OS I KA.nr Lib*8TT?B?*C?H 85*4 50; Sheep? >i 60Art 80; Hogs?-#4 30a4 43. Chief Jastioe F tiller stubbornly refasoe to riukft off his moustaoh >. Ever siaoe he su appointed to his presjut portion behts been urged on ell side* to take tbU stjp, i at up to toe pre-eat time he i maintains on his appjr lip e flowing birsum adornment. jA ?* State of bm Effects of the Weather on Mer- ,u chandise Movement; [< b; Ciip> hcil by I'loodm lit Ihr Month, mid ^ Improved in Hip Entnnd W'nl (, by Mild Wc.?t her. n: Asreportel in 8,'ieci.al telegram' to Hriul E street s, tho week has been marked by a no- C ticcable check In tho movement of general jj. merchandise through aut tho lower Missis* ^ sippl Valley owing to fliols and fears of a further overflows. Tliis is conspicuous in a l/ouisianu. Unfavorable weather end high ^ water have had an effect also throughout the \ Onlo River valley. Trade at Han Francisco ? continues depressed by tho "a'l Wintor storm," but the outlook is for an improve- 'J WlMstit moving rapidly in Califor- { nla, and is going abroad in large consign menta weekly. An Improved morchan iise *movement is reported from Beaton, Pitts- o bur*. Kansas City, Chicago and Omaha, ' stimulated in part by mild weather and most * c mspicuous in groceries, clothing, boots ami 1 shoes, drugs an 1 hardware. Hogs and cattle 1 are in better demand, and prices tead up- t ward. February gross earnings of 136 railroads 1 companies reported to BradstrccVs aggre- 1 gate 123,984.530, with a toial mileage of 7",- t 385 against 25,837,195 and a mileage of 7 ?, * 581 in February lost year, a gain in earnings 1 of 13.1 per cent, and in mileage of 2 1 [ or c cent. For two uioutbs the total earniiigHng- > gregate (61,03 >, 679, a gain over last year of * 13.2 per cent. t ll9ports to Iiradslrret s of ova lable stools s of grain East of the Kocky Mountains, United Htates and Canada, shows uniform d 'creases * last week. The decrease of only 817,35 I bash- ' eis of wheat was surprisingly small, la- < creased stocks at Minneapol.s, Duluth, Moil- < itoba and Northwestern Ontario points ex < plain why the decrease was not 1,500,9.0 < busho'.R. Exports of wheat (and flour m i wheat) this week, both coasts, the largest for * montus, equal 3,007,031 bushels against 2,481,- t 869 busuels last week aud 1,250,851 bus le s t the lirat week of Maroh, 1889 Since July 1 1 last, the tout! exports of wheat have equaled t 74,433,333 bushels, as compared with 64,931,- > 456 bushels in a like portion of 1388 89. Wheat prices, after declining on the Government I report of 156,000,000 bushels in farmers' ban is March 1, advanced on toreigu takings and I reported damage to Winter sown wheat, cioung i cent to l'j coats up on lb.? week. i Brads reefs reports as to stocks of wheat in < termor's hands March 1 po nt to a lot tl ot I abou i 136,000,000 bushels. i Dry goods are fairly acti vo but the ietnatd ' has not equaled expectations, except from th > 1 South. Agents ivport re u8>orting denvin is 1 moderate. Prices are generally well Inld < except tor coiorodcottons, which rule in buy- I ers tavor. Foreign go ids are slow aud the < who esate clothing trade is quiet, llaw wool ' is in better demand at Boston. Territory an I ] Australian grades are active. Cotton is 1-10 to ft cent higher in all markets on generally ! gooa demand, small stocks and light crop ' movement. ' Exports of cotton for six months ot thecrop year aggregate 4,077,300 bales, valued at 1*363,060,50*3, n gain ot 16 per Cent, in quantity nmi is.5 per cent, in va!u; over lest year. Breadstuff* exports for eight months aggr igate 101,647,578, au Increase over last year ot 15 per cent. DISASTROUS FLOODS. Tbe Mlaalnalppl RiverHtrctchoa Over the I.cver*. Ths river at New Orleans at 8 A. M. was sixteen feet and tbres-tenths; at 2.45 it wits reported by tbe harbor station at sixteen feet nine inches, and at 3.50 they reported tho water at seventeen foul; but it remained at that point but a short while, when it receded to sixteen feet eight inches, where it seemed to make a stand. This was six inches above tho record of other years. The city is lower than the river. The water is all through the streets, an 1 ?s being pumpe l out at the back part ot the city into Lake 1'ontcbar train. Tbe fall of water may exceed the capacity ot the pumps and flood ibo whole back ot the town, but all possible efforts are being made to check the o^erfl>w._ I MKurutu, jk.nn.?The rivers are in an alarming condition. The highest flood-.'evel I ever recorded has alrea ly boeu reached at many points south of here, and will likely lie I attained from Cairo to the Uulf wittalu tbs I The r4iMtfW<A"t5o sum* up a total of from two to three inches over the oountry lying west of the Mississippi to the Indian Territory and south ot the Ox irk range, and from two to Hvj inches b.tweia the Ohio and Cumberland valleys. Th j river at this point is three-tenths above the great rise of lStW and one-tenth below that of 18b?, the highest on record. The Kmsas City, Fort Scott and Meinptvs, the Iron Mountain an 1 the Little Itx'k and Memphis railroads, wnose tracks lie through the 11 loded districts opposite hore, are conti- , deut of escaping inundation, the roadbeds , having been put in excellent conditiondur- , lag past year. Ahkaxuas City, Ahk ?The wator from , the buppiugton break has Hooded the town and surrouuding country. Hundreds of bogs , and sheep have been drowned and the people are in constaut fear of a break in the levee , ia front of the city where the water is four inches upon the sand bags on top of thelovee. lteports from the Black River Valley show t'.iat the lowlands are now uuder water at , places so deep that tree tops are uloae visible. | Jacksonport is und r water from two to , four feet. I Telegraph and t -lephone wires are down in ( all directions, and no estimate of the damage can be made. That it wid be heaw u i.<?. yond a doubt. F bi.ack Hock. Ark ?A vast amount of j timber iaus imu wasueu away by tbe Oiol. * Workmen with their families ara lit great j want, and considerable distress is felt among , the settler*. Every house in Powhatan is uaiier water except the postoftloe. Bridge* Q have beeu washed away, boraen, cattle und n hog* hare been drowned, and ttio damage n is $50,0.10 The people at the mouth of tin 0 Black Hi ver are leaving their homes in 11 >cka, _ seeking protection from the flood that is ? almost certain. A REIGN OF TERROR. 5 8 Si* Slew Killed Within Oaly Ten Days I Along Tni III ver lu W. Vs. Information received from tbe border* of Wayne and Ligan counties on Tug Hi ver is that a reign of terror ex sts there. Tb j Norfolk and Western railroad has brought a T ~?u(cruin element int> this county, and a largo number of floating saloons have boon plying up and down the streams, and lawlessnesa reigns suprem \ No fewer than six men have been killed in Y drunken brawls within the spaoe of 10 day a m Two negro* named Allen nn i Smith quarreled in'a beat-bouse on Tug Riser and in . the light both were killed. Preceding this Bell Lambert,Charles Adkinsaud two whisky " tellers, whose names are not known, were ? Idled in various fight*, while several have *?' tteen serious y injured. The country Itetween the oentre of disturbance an I Wayne Court iou'o is so thinly sett ed and mountainous ~ that the county oOloers are power.eei to do tnytblng. To odd to the complication, there l. ' .breatsns to be a revival of the fjmdy leudy ' oug raging in that section, on l peaca .de set 1 lers are alarmed for tb?.ir sa ety. c Madame Do Mendonea, wife of the Iirasib ri Ian member of the i'an- American delegation talk* politics as well as weather, in the best n of English. She is pronounced t-y strangers K "a perfect type of Spanish beauty." Both it her beauty and hir English are ludigenous, * however, as >h>> was boui in Maine, of gen- w sratious of Yankee ancestors. a FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Mennte SfMlonv. 55th Day.?Mr. H >ar called up the resoition reported by bim (or tbo exclusion om the record of the sentences interpolate 1 y Mr. Call iu the report of his rem irks iu lo d smssion with Mr. Chandler some weeks jo. Mr. George opposed the resolution as eing without a precedent. Ksinarks were Hide at length oy Messrs George, Hoar, idmunds, Daniel, Gray anl Pugb. Mr. all submitted some remarks iu his own vinicntiou, and quoted some of Mr. Chandler's xpression in tue same debute imputing to , irn the possibility of provoking homicide, ud of adding to "the silent voters of Florida" j nd assured the Senate that he bad no idea f violating its rules. The vote was taken ! nd resulted yeas 27, niys 11?ao quorum. Vitbout disposing of the matter the Senate djourned. 5?ith Dat.?The Senate voted on the reso tition to exclu le from the Conyrcsaional iecord the interpolations mado t?y Mr. Call n the report of the discussion with Mr. Ibandler on the 3Jlb of February. The resilution was ogro.il to?yeas 80, naya 14. iVben the llloir Fducalional bill was token ip as unfinished business, Mr. P.umb asked ilr. Dluir to tell the S-note when lie would >? ready to have a vote tnkeu on it. The mater wns discussed by Senators P.umb, Hawey, Piatt and Frye, the latter stating that here was no des ro ou the part of senators to isten to sp?*cht s on the E luc itional bill, as le had frequently counted as few as seven enators present. The Senate Anally ordered hut a vote on the hill should lie taken three ('clock Thursday, March 3d. The resolution n regard to the proildent pro tempore was aV.en up an 1 discussed at length. The resoluion was agreed to without division. After a ihort ex cutive session the Sena'.e adjourned57th Day?Mr. Frye, from the Commerce Joniuutteo, reported u bill to repeal the law :( 1 st Congress requiring steamship) to :arry guns and rock-ts lor casting lines in :use of distre-s. The reason for the passage if the bill, be said, was that "the gr ed of e tain companies might receive the not.ee -. quired." He explained that after the pasmgo of the act the companies furnisbing th i pin) and rockets bid exorbitant y raised ti-ir prices. The bill wai placed oil tbo cal iiiiar. neariy mo enure session was then aken up with a political disscussion, tins .inakrr* being Mewri. Basils, Hoar, ChanIK-r, 8'uermati kii 1 Butler. Alter an execulixe session the Senate adjourned. 5sxii L)av.?Mr. Hale, from tho Committee on Appropriations, reported the Urgent Deficiency 1<1 1, nr.d said that, he woul.l call it up for action next xveek. The Blair Kdu national bill was taken up as "the unfinished business," und Mr. Teller at Ir.ssed the Smite in support of if. The bill then went over without action. Mr. Cu'lom presented resolutions relative to the death, on March 0, 13S9, of Representative Townshend, of Illinois, declaring that the S.*nate shared with th > House in its express.on of sorrow, and lirecting copies of tho resolutions to be forwarded to tho family of tho decease!. He j pronounced aeulogium on the dead member. I After foding and appropriate remarks by ' Senators Vest, Hale an I Jones, of Arkansas, j the Senate, as a further mark of respect, ad- i journod. house ncmsious. filar Day.?Mr. Biker, (X. Y.) fiom tho Cuuiuiitteeoo Terr.toi ie*.report d the bill for the admission of Wyoming, lie asked for the immediate consideration of the bill, which, under the new rule is a privi eged measure. The House decided to consider the bill- veas i'd"!, nays 114, a party tot*. On a point ot order, raised by Mr. Springer, tho hill was referred to the committee ot tun wuuie, and Mr. Baker moved thai the house go into such committee. Mr. Springer interjected a motion to adjourn, which wus (leieate 1?yeas 116, nays 1J2. Mr. Baker's motion was agretd to?yeas 116, nays 108?and accordingly the House went into committee of the whole, Mr. Burrows (M cb.) in the chair. The bill was read and Uiscus.eJ, Fending further discussion ths committee arose, and the llou-e adjourned. 62nd Day.?The House went into committee ot the whole (Mr. Fayson, of Illinois, in the chair) on tho Oklahoma bill. The bill was discussed at lemrth und on,, nr tvrr% .,?.?^,i men is adopted. On motiou of Mr. liolmm, of Indiana, an amendment was adopted that none of the lands embractd in the territory shall inure to the use or benefit of the railroad corporations, except the right of way heretofore granted. PenJiug further discussion the committee rose, and the House adjourned. 03rd Day. ?At the conclusion of the morn1?; hour, the House went into committee of uio whole, Mr. Payson. of I.linoi*, in the chair, for the further consideration of the O iluhoma bill. The hour of four o'clock havii.ic arrived, the committee arose and reportOvTiuo o?i? .v. The amendment adopted in committee of the a hole providing that sec to n 313'J. Revised Statutes, prohibiting the introduction of intoxicating liquors into the Indian Territory, shall be In torce in Oklahoma until after the adjournment of tho tirst session of the legislative assembly, was agreed to?yeas 134, nays 103. Tne bill was tbon passed?yeas 100, nays 35. It is a substitute for the Smate hi.Ion the sa aesubj ct. The House then adjourned. oltfl Day.?The Hous> went into cam nittee ot ibo whole (Mr. Allen, of M.cliigan, in the chair) ou tho private calendar. The In 1 taken up was o io auth irizing tho President to retire General J. C. Fremont, with the rank of major general. Mr. Kilgoro, of Texas, off-re i an amendment for tbi retirement of General Fremont with the rank of brigadier general. Mr. Ki gore's amendment was rejected?7 to lit] -and tiie toll was laid aaulo w itb a favorable recommend ition. These bills together with one appropriating $10,000 for t he relief of I lie ow ners, otlio-rs and crew of the British B irk C.iuuto w r> \ subsequently reported to tho House, out no inanciul actiou was taken, andat live o'clock the House took a recess until eight o'clock, the evening eossion being lor tho consideralon of private pension tills. 05th Day.?The House adoptol a reso'.uion oiYerel by Mr Brtckinridge, of Arkanias, cillingon tho Secretary of War for in urniBUOQ on to whether there are sufTiniont no'icy and fao litirs at command of the War Department to guard tbe levers an l other vorks aod tbe plant of the government, from leatruct on and injury by the pres >nt tl > nl, ind if not, to report what m ?y be n< c ssary; I no to inform the House if there is reaso-i to ipprohmd unusual danger to human life, nd what steamers can bo used by the de- . isrtmentor the Mississippi rivercommisdon o rescue those in peril. Publio business was hen suspended, and the House procte led to >ay the last trlbut of respecte to the memory if tbe late Hon. Wm. D. Kelley, of Penn* ylvania. Eulogies were delivered by rep<s>ntatives O'Neill, Holman, M lis, Banks, IcKinley, Wilson, (W. Va.,) Breckinridge, ICy.,) and others. INTO THE STREAM BELOW. he Fall of is Bridge Carries Nrvrral | nommNi to Their Dniim. Tha (Jaeensberry a pan of the old Queens>rry Moreen bridge at Glens Kails, Near ork, fell into the Hulaon River with workion upon it. Nothlug but flooring was left, and support* ad been put underneath while removing tat. Work noon were taking away a slide ism on the upper side when the supports are way. The whole span roiledforer, upream, and fell into the fails below. Nelson Sansouoi, a prominent mirab>r of unningbam lloee Cotnpxov of G.ens Kails, ruok on the rooks below, Before asiistance >uid reaob uim be rolled over Into tba riser. I j was seen to rise twice, but must bare been rowned. Tbe remains of tbe bridge floated off with irea men clinging to It. The body of George arr, aret-ran fiouth Glens Kails mail-oarer, waa taken our on tb? Morgan sid Tbomas Holleran, of Houth Glens K.?i s was wound, badly cut about the bead. Tnomna arley, of Wln-isor, t'onn., an employee of lierl n Bridge Cc:?P?ny, was taken out ith bia right arm ' rosea. A companion a uninjured. Two are still missing nd perhaps mora. % SUNDAY SCHOOLT^^I INTERNATIONAL. LESSON FOR MARCH SO The Q uarterly Review?Golden Text Acta iv , 12. REVIEW EXERCISE. Superintendent.?What did an angel prom-^ tee Zaebarias? School.?A son who should be the forerunner of the Saviour. Supt.?How did Zaebarias begin his song at the birth of John the Baptist? nrnooi -mrsson iio i ill' lyorti ?ton 01 israei; for He Imth visile! and redeemed His people. Supt?What (li<l ho predict concerning hisinfant son? School.?Thou shalt be called the prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before tho' face of the Lord to prepare his ways. Supt.?What good tidings of great ioy did. an angel bring to tho shepherds of Bethlehem? - , School.?Unto you is born this day in tho city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Supt.?What was tho song oT tho angels at the birth of the Saviour? School.?Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men. Sunt. ? What did Simeon say when he took the cnild Jesus in his arms? School.?Lord, now lettcst Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word; for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation. Supt.?Whore did Jesus live during His ohildnood? School.?With His parents at Nazareth, a town of Galilee. Supt.?Whore did His paronts go every year? School.?His parents went to Jerusalem every year nt the feast of the pnssover. Supt.?When did they take Jesus with theni? School.?When lie was twelve years old. Supt.?What took place when they returned? School.?Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem. Supt.?Where did His parents find Him? School.?After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, l-it!. hearing them, and asking them questions. Supt.? Where did Jesus then go with Hia parents? School?He weut down with them to Nazareth, ami was subject unto them. Supt.?How did John the Baptist foretell the Messiah? School?One mightier than 1 cometh; He shall baptize j*ou with the Holy Ghost and with fire. Supt.?What took place at the baptism of Jesus? School?i'he heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape liko a dove, unon llim. Supt.?What was the Father's testimony at His baptism? School.?Thou art My beloved Son; in Thee 1 am well pleased. Supt.?Where did Jesus go after His I baptism? I School.?Jesns was led bv the Suirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. 8upt.~To what place did Jesus come* School.?He came to Nazareth, where Ho had been brought up. Supt.?How were tho people affected by His preaching'' School.?They wondered at His words and sntrt : is not this Joseph's son? ^ Supt.?Where did Jesus go when rejected at Nazareth? School.?He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. Supt.?What did Jesus do on the Sabbathday in Capernaum? School ?He taught in the synagogue, cast out demons, and cured many that were sick. Supt.?Whom did Jesus find at the Lake of Gennesaret? School.?Simon and Andrew his brother, nnd James and John, whom He had before called to be His disciples. Sunt.?What did Jesus say to Simon after the draught, of fishes? School.?Fear not, from henceforth thou shall catch men. Supt.?What did these disciples then do? School.?They forsook all, and followe I Him. Supt.?What did Jesus say to one sick of the palsy? School.?Man. thy sins are forgiven thee. 1 Supt.?How did He prove His power on earth to forgive sins? School.?Ho said unto the sick of the palsy, 1 say unto thee. Arise, nnd take up thy couch, and go unto thine house. And immediately ho rose up before them, nnd took up that whereon he lay,and departed to his own house, glorifying God.? Westminster Question Book. BOOMERS IN HIGH GLEE. 1'OIIR I.incs ul Prnirie SrhoonerN t'r.i?s>iig Into flicroticc Strip. Since the news came thai the hill passed the Home declaring tho Cherokee Strip public domain, the city has been a scene of wfl 1 excitement, w.th the I oomers, in their excitement, running to and Iro half dresstd, ma'iI Ing propuration to start at daybreak for the ; (rip. Before the sun was no fh? wtini, wm wild, and a continuous stream of people of every description, from the poorest tramp to the speculative real e?tate agent, men, women and children of every nationality, has I eon pouring in the strip, i'ne ne wscomei from the strip that th> cuttle have already been *t impeded, frightened at the unusual ecouo, on 1 huve become unmanageable. The cattlemen are in great straits to know what to do >iith their stock, inasmuch as the force of men at their command is as nothing before the irresistabie stream of immigration. Ten thousand people have entered the strip with tho Intentions of atayiug thereat Aft hnz.rds, and nothing short ot (be regular United States army can drive them front the Mecca to.vards which they have been tt.ug? gling so long. DISMEMBERED BY DYNAMITE. An llxploslon little Two Men nnd I'ntHlly Injures Two Oilier*. An explosion ot dynamite occurred at the Brooklyn tN. Y ) Water Works, near Kookvillo Centre, by which two men were killed and a number injured. The explosion occurred at 0*40 o'clock. The dynamite was being used for blowing up tree stumps on the line of the extension of tho Brooklyn aqueduot, half a inile east of K>ckville Centre. Two laborers who were wa king dear,were blown to pieces, parts of their boJies U tug thrown in every direction. Two others were fatally injnrod. Tue shoctc of the explosion created consternation. Many bouses were shaken, and a '? number of window panes were broken. TWO MEN TORN TO PIECES. Bursting Boilers Kill Two kn<t Fatally Ia|nre Many Other*. Two boiler* at th# Northwest Colliery, three mil a north of Cirbondale, Pa, exploded with terrifio force daring the noon hoar, while a large number of men were in tba room eating their lunch. The bulldlnge were hnrled to the ground and the (lying pteoeeof the boilers wjnt hundreds of feet in the air. Two of Ihi men, George Roes of Carbondale and Peter Titeon, of Northwest, were torn into piroea Several others were painfully injured by scalding steam and the debris under whioh they were burled, and three or four of theui will die,