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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;
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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
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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."
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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.
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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 ]
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[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.
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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,