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isj^l^^j^ ^ i ' y^ _ r' ^' "1 ^*" *f y " '? ? ? ~*^<L^^^^B^Wg?B8w"'"" ^ ~ . ~ ~~* ir , .,. ? ? i 'j. / VOE- XX^-'^?^^IE^:mm c" l^l^/j.V^MByjpi^rfii^ 2:?i,m>r -iiii, r ?? NUMBER!. fr>sr\York has an official, alleges tho | . -tffaw Orleans Picayune, who draws a salary of $1000 a year for doing nothing, at all. He is George L. Greene, "attend* ani in the Court of Common Pleas." '' . There is nothing for him to do and ho does It. The city has tried in vain to 1 get rid of him. His salary was refurod, hut that did not worry him. Every ? 'h he files his'claim and brings suit, ^oraptly gets a judgmeut for the 1 / aud $30 costs, and New York is I ied what to do about it. U3o of the most Interesting expori/oos of tho Uuited 8tstes troopors is ^--*-_/atrol daty in ths Yosemite reservation. /Captain A. E. Wood, of tho Fourth C*vAjilry, who recently returned to San Frau/ cisco fro.n a tour pf this attractive / region says that he - time of it keeping /he feservation clear of cattle. Uatil ta^uJorerameat interfered, the herders tonk in as many at 2000 cattlo and 00,000 sheep ovory surn: mcr for pasture. This has all been stoppe J. It is the duty of the soldiers to keep on the trot in every part of the ronervation, turn the herds bick and warn ...^owners not to trespass. Bat, in spite this vigilance, cattlo slip in. Tho inlera are promptly arrested and escorted to the other side of the reservation, a journey which takes fivo days. /Meanwhile their flocks are unprotected, Y and bears and wolves attack the animals / and kill the n. By the time the herder I secures a permit, gets his dock together I and leads them out of the reservation, ho tt taught a salutary, if a severe, lesson. n. A laAibrtw * 4 * ^ -vuwuuoi uuij ui mo troopers t9 to lay *?.. j#t traili. Captain Wood bad the au^vn&rity to hire a guide, but bo found no / 'ono who wan familiar with tjf. wild country, and explored it himself. During the summer tho soldiers laid out twenty-fivo miles of trail passable to mounted men, often over mountains that * ibad been declared inaccessible.' IB??-2*?**' Houlton, tho shire town of Aroostook County, Mo., is, doclsros the York Sun, one of the uiost remarkable of border settlements, and strangers aro surprised to find/ u place of suali wealth and 'importance biddeu a iu the forests of ild jNortheast. Thu town wmrMmed was n'milltarv post, and it was the base of operations on the Americau side during the socalled Aroostook war of 1839. The "Var^ldidn't amount to much so far as was concerned, but it was a gl-wl thiug for Houltou, as it sorved to bring the ))lace into promineuce, and prosperity ho3 reigned there ever since. Tc-day the Aroostook metropolis has tho air of a very old and substantial town, such as one would oxpect to find in tho thickly settled parts of the Middle States. The streets are wldo aud well kept, the business structures arc well built, aud the bouses are handsome. The far-reaching timber forests, broad pastures, and the deep, rich sq'iI aro unfailiug sources of wealth, and Houlton, with its thrifty people, thrives accordingly. It is a true saying that a man who can't get along well iu Aroostook County ouirht to ha . buried. ] An uuiquo character is Mrs. Mary ] Chynowcth, tho millionaire "Christian ^ Scientist" of Sin J033, Cal. On her ' MNfcitul estate of Elen Vale she has built a house of 109 rooms, in which she , lives with tho families of her two sons, 1 devutiu r all her time to making converts 1 ] among her neighbors. In a large build- | lag on the property she Droichos "in spired" scrnous every Suaday, aad i afterward publishes them in a volume I entitled "Tho True Life." She believes ( ho possesses miraculous powers, and in- j rites the afflicted to come to her for cure. Nevertheless sho declares she is < not a spiritualist, and explains her pe- : culiar habits of life by saying that sho ] Is "influence V to do nnd say certain i things. Sho is a woman of sixty, and 1 until sho was thirty-eight sho had nevor ! read the Bible. Yet when sho (list made Is religious address, she quoted freely from tho Bible, a fact which is not so strange when one considers tbeUricks of 1 memory. Mrs. Chynoweth's income is ( derived from iron mines in Wisconsin, l and her wealth is estimated at $3,000,- s 000. Sho says that sho discovered tho ^ mines under the "influences" that shape all her actions, and bne of her sons cor- t roborates this statement, declaring that test pits wore sunk in a locality pointed ? eat by her near Ashlattd in Wisconsin, i where rich vein* are being worked to. ^ day. In speaking of her powers she % lays: "I have healed the sick by mira- j elet, but what the means of heaUnfe aro I don't know, save that I believe it is the influence of the Holy Spirit. * I ac- J r^%^lty took the sickness of others* upon ? myself and suffered the physloal pain /that thej suffered, and they were made * well. At a time predicted the eiokness IN OTHER SKIES. 1 went across the snowy flfld, Au eerie wind swept whistling by, Fardft a church bell slowly pealed, Then silence filled tho hollow sky, As if the dhyllght held Its breath? The very seal and sign of death. 80 late the sparrow's plpo did drown Murmurs of leaves and wash of air, The bluebird shook a measure down, The robin wh'stlel everywhere, The bobolink's wild spurt of song Bubbled and spark lo lull day long. So Into fromcoverUof tho woodStars trembling, flowing waters still? The spirit of the solitude Bang soft, sang far, tho wbippoorwill, Aud tbrushoi made the glad tears stm t,. While dim strange joy half broko the heart So late, so late, from every hough Mad music trembling far and near As if the sunshine sang, and now The fjroit of empty silence here! , So might a dead world sink and swoon j Beyond the dark si Jo of the uioon! Ob, songs of unforgotten mood?, lu joyanco whither have you flown? Within whnt sweeter latitude*, On what screner breoz.'s blown?. Upon what bloom, what gol Iwfbough, Ob, singers, do yon warble now? Within what other heaven showers The lavish measure of your tune? Are other skies more soft than ours? Are other skies uiore fair than June? All crystal safo from sun an 1 drougli, Is there a Inn i moro south thnu south. ?Harriet Spofford, in H'trpers Bazar MR. WILKENNLNG'S~H0BBY. nr V. 11. AUGLMt. "Mary, lam going to quit business." Miss Wilkcuuiug, sewing away with niinblc fingers and cugrosscd in her own thoughts, had not noticed that her brother had ceased reading; and this abrupt remark startled her. She looked up quickly nnd found his calm gaze resting on her fnce. "Quit business!'' she exclaimed. "What do you nicau?" Mr. Wilkenning laid his paper on the table, put his hands iu his trousers pockets aud crossed his legs, while his sister waited. "I mean," ho said, whou he had adjusted himself satisfactorily, "that I'm going to turn over tho whole thing to Whuitou ?iu?i retire, go out; quit." ~Bqt, Alfred! you're ouly forty-six years old V" "I've got montj enough." 'liut you ro an activV, .ngergctic man. What will yoi> do vr.UL?_ when you have no busin es#~ roTtTt v-enr Toy the work in her lap and placed it ou the table, while her brother lowered his eyes from the ceiling nndL^ookcd at her with a half furtivo expression on his goodhutuored face. "Alffcd," raid Miss Wilkeuning, solemnly, folding her bauds in her lap; ".vpu ate going to give up busiuess 011 pentose to go iuto the country ami buy n (arm. You have hud that ou your mind for two years?over since you gave Mr. Wharton h half interest in the busice s. You look baclr to the days of your boyhood, and you imagine that you could ngain be as happy and free as you were then. You don't consider that the conditions have changed; that you have changed. You will relinquish all thy coinV rt?, all the luxuries you have bc<*.r accustomed to lierc^ ajl tho friouds whose society "is a pleasure, an incentive to you; you will go away from the city aud i ust out in somu isolated country place, among narrow, plodding people whom you cannot sympathize with or care for. Iu is folly. Why won't you put the idea out of your head aud he contented where you are ccrtaiu to be happiest?" Mr. Wilkenniug arose and walked two or three times across the room. Then he stopped iu front ol his sister. "diary," suid be, "the love of the country was Lorn iu ine. I have lost sight of that flfcet while I slaved at business; but now, when I am able to free myself, a longing for the old life comes back to me with u force you can't uttQerstaud. I've trotted nrouad on slabs of stone for as many years as I care to. I'd iiTL nu tiuimrs i[us minute if 1 just :ould take of! my varnished boots and tilk stockings aud plant my bare feet on the damp, cold turf." Mr. Wilkeoniug took another turn iround the room and stopped, facing bis uster again. "Every chestnut tree in the pasture ot"?ho went on?"every apple tree in he orchard?every old zig-zag fence on :hat farm is everlastingly fixed in my neinory; aud thoy seem to bo waiting for mo to come back." lie stopped abruptly and then added; "But you don't want to go, Miry." Miss Wilkeuning took her work oil he table and began to sew again. "I urn making some warm clothes foi ?ne of my children," she said; "you inow I huve forty-seven of thoiu. What vould they do if I should go away?" "Ab, yes! your mission. Vou have a lobby, too. I had forgotten that." Miss Wilkonniog looked earnestly into ler brother's face. "Alfred," she said; "you aro tired ol j-our homo life/'You are tired of seeing iothirf^^f oi-old mnld'% face morning md?v?^ru*\l 'rafter year* You don't tnow is the trouble. If you had a family around i> onr nrn . / . ,, U"Stilf co,re Miss Tfflkenniog would hare stopped ibout here, anyhow; for her voice and ips were tremulous. Her brother came iround to the back of her chair. "Lat'a aee that old maid's face," he aid; apd he took it between his hands. "You are the one that ought to have i husband and a house full of children o lore and care for," he said; "you nri wasting yeur life on a cranky old bachelor brother. It's a shame?a downrigh' shame! Hut there!"?Ire kissed her? "I couldn't get along without you; no, I could not, possibly. I have not thought of such a thing as a wife, Mary, io twenty-Sve years. I don't waut a wife, i I wouldn't have one around. Now, let'i stop our nouscuse about getting married, and talk of somcthiug that is among tin possibilities. And here is one theme? your unreasoning prejudice against the country. I'm going to removo that or else I'm going to give up to it. 1 have a scheme which will result iu one of those two things. Want to hear it?"' Miss Wilkeuuing bowed her head. "Wei!, I'm goiug up to Ityetieldfl, Massachusetts, amoug the farmers ?thost plodding farmers who never leave thcii homes for three days at a time; and 1'n going to huut up tho brightest, most progressive one of them all; and I'u goiug to ask him to come here and sta' (Wo weeks ? do you follow mcT?-to stay two weeks as our gueSt. "ff ho turut out to ho a wide-awake, agreeable, wellbred man, one whoso intellectual attaiu meats are up to your standard, thci you've got toacknowlcdge that that kinc of people can grow in the country, am that 1 might live in tUo country withou getting rusty. If I can't find such a inau, thcu we'll stay iu New York. "llow's thatf "If I've takeu your breath away, I'll wait lihtil you get it back. Take your time." Mr. Wilkenuirrg sat down aud pretended to read the paper. When he sought iiis sister's face again, she was ga/.ing at him with au amused saiile. , "Well?" said he. "I'll accept that test," she said; "but I wonder if you have auy particular person in miud. Do you thiuk of any one of your country acquaintances who would be likely to convert me?" "I've thought of several young fellows whom I knew years ago, Mary. There's that third or fourth cousin of ours, Tom j Beverly, fcr one. He's n bright sort of fellow, ch?" "lie was?fifteen years ago." "I wonder how He'd do for a test case?" "You can call on htm and sen." , "He's living there with his sister, Grace, isn't he?" "Yes; I wonder why neither of them married?" "Had too much sense. Well, they ought to he a typical country yair b/ 1 this time; but I'll wager thnt Tom ' Beverly is as bright as a new dollar. I'll 1 take those two for my subjects. I'll ask 'em both to come down and see us. That's exactly what I'll do; and I'll go up there to-morrow uioruiug." , **YoU're.uot wasting any time, Alfrodr: ^ " All right, ^tid Miss Wltkenning. " {j The conversation ceased, aud Mr. e Wilkenuiug began once more to pacstho j, floor. His face was radiant, aud his (j tread was quick and elastic. The con- ,, temptation of a visit to Kycfields tilled y him with joy. q w And Mr. Wilkenuiug went to Ilyc* u fields on the following day. He an- 1 nouncecl bis arrival there iu a letter to ei his sister, from which the followiug is <1 an extract; s' * * * itut isn't it a very singular coineideuce that To n Beverly should havo loft here for New York at tho very time I was ' starting for Ryofields. Grace says he has n been talking of visiting New York for a year or two; and finally, lie made a sudden resolve to go, and posted himself ofit. Be VN intended to go straight to our house; and of hi course vou kept him there. How do you like y, him? Ishtll not tell you what sort of a v woman Grace is, though; you must wait until you sea hor. * * * Thoy haye a c? magnificent farm, and I'm not going to leavo ta it for a day or two, now th\t 1'vo got tin y here. 1'eil Tom that, anl keep him uutil I eo.no home. Give him this letter of intro- (l( du.'lion to Wharton, an I toll him to make M I hims If at boat a at the olll :e as well as at H1 tho house. When I get back, I'll take him around to see tin sights. Grace says he lias had a great longing t> visit the city?thinks hi he'd Use to live there; and I bdievj it wor- i>: ries her a little. Doa't 1st hiui get into mis- ... uUL'r' . lil The answer to this letter was in part as tallows c] < '> * But don't stay too long. If you I won't tell ine about Grace, I think I'll not ti( lake tho trouble to describe Tom for you. * * * * J should say he did like the city. , Hs'a a regular boy. You'll have very littK to show him, unless you hurry to come home; at for be is "taking in the town" pretty thor- ?>< >ughly. * * + Ho ssys you will tiu 1 ! Dolly a fino animal to drive, if you want fire, but you must keep a closs eye on her. Gray cr -Not, he says, is a goo I road horse, too, but mori? intvla-okv t 1 ** ' ??v . * htnud j uu u ujner us1? ma gray horse an 1 let the other oni aloae. Bhall you bo ho ne soon? It was two or throe days after this 03 was written, when Thomas Bjverly, in the city-, got a letter from his sister. nn Ti He say.-, every day he's cpiug home to- of morrow, shi wrote; but hi dossn't go. He J ' is driving ovet the country, culling on all the people ho ever hoard of, to get p >ints ou in1 farming, he says. I do bolievj he was cut j out for n farmer. Yesterday, Mr. Hendrioks criuo down fron Cloarorook to loo t I'S it those yearlings, And Mr. Wilkontiing took tin him in hand au 1 sold him seven of theui an 1 S(r the sorrel colt. I told him how muo'i you expected to get an 1 he did batter by about seventy do'lara. Did you forget your up- trc poiutaieut with Mr. Hendricks? IIow much pj longer are you going to stay in New York? Nearly a week more elapsed, and then S.' Mr Willff'nnini of Pot*!U1/lt. ..uo-Ua/I ?. ? MjWilVIUS, ITC<-1 t% Wt short letter from his sister, closing with ag these words: "Alfred yo i must come no home." JJt Aud Mr. Wilkenniug did come home. He reached New York very early in the ^ morning, arriving at the house before - ,' hi* sister had come down stain. His by guest, however, was io the library, of with inorniug paper spread out before, to hiui. ' Mi "Say, you're a great fellow l" ex- ko claimed Mr. lleverly, when the two had! oil greeted each other with genuine warmth; pr "why didn't you stay up there? I art wanted to have a <piail hunt with, thi you." lia "The deuce you did 1" said Mr. Wil-. ini kenning. "Why didn't you say so? I'd; fit have stayed. But I've ?.ome hotnfe to cutertain you?partly?and partlyj because Mary wrote me that I uiust come." . 4 ; 'She didu't, thoygh?" said iMr. Beverly, with a peculiar expression of countouance. ! She did, though," said Mr. Willenniug. "What do you find of in'.ercs in the paper this morning, Torn?" J .Mr. Beverly had suddenly buniedlhis face in the newspaper. "I was just looking up a little adwrtisencat of mine," he raid; "I?1-r.o tell the truth, Alf, I'm desperately tin ' love with New York, and I've otTcieuu ?a desirable couutry place .in exchnnVo for?" (ho was seurchtug-f^r tlo advi\tisemcul) "for a city house, Hire < Want to read it?'1 / ,i V* / ? "Do you de ^rs or own: crs?" inquired A.'" ^^MXug. ^7 "Owners; positc ^ / 1' i'bcu I'll talk witl^M|l wAt that farm of yours." , t "Tho deuce you d< l"^V * "Will you swap places?" "Yes," said Mr. Boveil^, throwing 1 his paper aside; "I will." / "Even ?" ! / "Yes; even.'" ./ t "It's a go!" . / i They grasped hands. t "My sister can't bear to ^link of lcav- ? ing New York, though," qdd Mr. Wilkenniug, with a troubled l^ok. flnc won t have to," saitMr. Beverly, tightening his grip; "vw'vo settled that. It's tough on you, olA fellow, and i she?she's cried over it a lot,' Alf, I know i sin- has, aud I believo ske's afraid to "i meet you; but don't rcprmch her, old i mail. You'll get used tf" it. Brothers r and sisters can't always J-''( t 4 Go ou," said Mr. Wll kenning, whose 1 expression was anything ?h t reproachful; "what were you Baying 1 tout brothers ' and sisters?" ' ,4I wasthicking about n jt sister," said J Mr. Beverly, 4,it would "r/c ak her lipart 1 to leave Reyedolds." 'nC "Torn," cried Mr. Will enuing, "she c wou't have to!" "What!" [ ".We've settled that." * * "B it a swap?" - t "It I 1 "Event" \ ? "Even- . { ... . . I And Miss Wilkenning, coming softly * tlowu tho stain) at' this lioment, found c these two big' fellows crisped in each I other") arois. -?Puck. }. Martin Vau lityeti. '* 3Iart'm Vau Bafen. ejghth Pres^ dent, bin were ige school, and EpR I cgan the study of law,- w^Rvsto^rtcen f ightceu ho represented the i the Congressional convention of' hiini istrict. lie begun tho practice Jaw^ i liia twenty-tirst year, and married Lisa Hanuah Hoes in hit twonty-tmrd. T~ 'no years after he had hit drat partjto^iyi ard from tho Republicans, an 1 trt* i..) ndc Surrogate of Columbia Count'- 10 SOS. lu 1815 lie wa? A.ttorney-Gcn- ni ral of tho State. Ho tools up his resi- t< enccin Albany,aud went into partner- >1 lip with his pupil, Benjamin F. Butler. s' 1 the great question of the time, tho J j ImUsion of Wisconsin into tho Union, * ir. Van Bureu was ouo of the promi "J ent men who insisted most warmly of . le prohibition of slavery.- In 182L hi as elected to the United States Benai^P ad re elected in 1827. ^^i'ho followim Jn ear I10 was made Governor of No rjj L sj ork, and tho very next year he was jj tiled by Andre v Jacks.>n to be SeVc- pj iry of State. When Jackson retired, f? au Bur on succeeded him in the Prcil- t| sutial chair. This Presidency begah w arch 1, 1837. In the elections of 18 H idl811 lie was defeated as the candii lto for his party. In 18 IS he appeared ;aiu as the candidate of the Free Soil irtv, but did not receive tho electoral >te of a single State. After this hi3 jj fe was spent in travel and retirement, c died on the 21th of July, 1862. His inractcr was remarkable for its serenity, lie masses accepted him as a leader, but sver worshiped him as a hero; nor did w ; ever inspire tho enthusiasm than An- ti ew Jackson did. As you saw him h Ipp hn TVfia fl) era rc c?on r" ?? .. wiiimji wwh ocu v' )9?csseJ, dressing well, living well, and iving a fondness for the society of lit- 1" ary men.?Detroit Fre* Preu, ? .#>- of Uncle S.nu's first Stumps. W lo The first stamps issued wore the do yt > ni nations of five a id ten cent3. These tli sups are now obsolete, and they would it he recognize I by the postofflce?. ' T1 l? five cent stamp coatainei a portrait tn Franklin, made after a piloting by Yi !n B. Longaere, iu which ihe first Di istinsstcL-Geueral i9 represented wear- <>? f a white neckerchief and a coat with *h 'ur collar. The color of the stamp is a ;ht brown, and thero is a border of e straight liues around the entire W( i n p. 111 The tea cent stamp contained a por- S_? lit of Washington made from Stuart's i 1 inting. Its color was black, nod it 1 ^ d in the upper corners the letters "U. I 1 " These two atvnos were nil that "1 ;ro used until 1851, whoa letter post- ' 0 was reduced to three cents, and a w series of stamps oamo iu.?Bjtlon nc 'raid. ... ul few Molo of Cato'ilu; Bleplikati.. ,v Tha'luiiau mode of cate^ift?elopannti f?x driving thc.n Into iasloiiroi formed (,f t el led trees in the forests seems likely th bo definitively abandoned by the th< idras Government in favor of what is on own ns the pit system. The forest icer^ are of opinion that if the pits are rei operljr constructed and due precautions sp 1 takenx to break the full of the anTmils tn e pitfall method of capture is the leas th ble of the two to cause Injury and ortality.?jty* fork Commercial Aden'm ' V hxi Wli if ; ' FARMERS' ALLIANCE. Something Interesting Abont the Co-operative Stores. How the Flan is Successfully Carried Out in England, and Its Adaptability to This Country. Senator Stanford, of California, introduced a bill in the Senate Inst Tuesday to provide for more money in circulttiou. ****** Spain is one step in advance of America iu the the use of electricity for acriaultural work. Iu some parts of that couutry the farmer plows his fields with electricity as a motive power. ****** , The Alliance will hang .out, a little while longer down in Texas befOro banding in its checks. Between November 1st nild I."ill ttim-n worn f! f? -> tO.-U i I ?mv?v ??v?v miyiMU ^UU'Al* iances organized iu that Stato. . ****** A largo Citizens,' Alliance cfnb has >eou organized at Indianapolis, Ind.,ind a People's Cougrcss was also formed o discuss the economic questions of the lay. ****** CO-OI'EIl ATION AMONG FARMEI1S. .'The political results growing out of the "fanners' convention at Ocala may or amy not vanish like smoke. But that igsembly originated one movement which, f faithfully followed up, Mill end in noat substantial good to all the agricullujflits engaged in it. This is the movement toward co-operative stores. One state depot of the National Union company has already becu established at .Quisvilic. Thirty-live branch stores arc o be founded elsewhere in Kentucky. I'he farmers' couuty organizations will elect agcuts aud place them in charge >f the branch stores. There will remain meshing to insure the success of the noTCineut to enable farmcis to control heir own purchases and secure them on dvantageous terms. Talk will he that he agent s of I heir choosing must be >oth honest and shrewd business men. With the example of the great co oper itive stoic system before them in Engand, the farmers cannot fail in their chcmo if it is well managed. Members if the first English co operative society >nt their means together and formed a iut stock company. At first they couined their work merely to hu'yiug articles t wholesale and distributing them among heir members, adding to the price mere'. the expe"<?< ? of distribution. Then a ;rcat vista opeued before the co opera ionUts. They began a retail store of hoir J ' UOllCSt 3Kfc3SfiS iit Ubh'l" mIm?vc the whcletale, though it was still below tlu.1 ihargesl by-ordinqiy retail stores. Then it the rod of a given timo they divided lie profits among the stockholders. Outsiders were nlbw-od to purchase goods, ?;? had no share in the profits, which vei' reset I i ?r tuembc c ' tae co opjratiye c< coin j g-Tne i lan aho . outlined has bech lb* lie which seemed to wear tlielicH^ Url^rltian, where the systcm^^ f^fiSrgticli o$ the d/hci'euce of country tid'people would demand, this appears j he the plan which would succeed best i America The old scheme of (Jrange ores was a failure naturally. But now ic agriculturists have gained experience, hcv w ili lie benefactors of their fellow ian it they can inaugurate successfully le system of co-operative stores in the nil d States, wh>. re all attempts to lake it work on a largo scale bavo liithto tailed. The fact that it has been so larvelous a success in Kugland, how ever, lows that it can be brought to perfeeon. Honesty, patience and business irewdncss will perfect the plan, and liners will have opportunity to show nit they can manage tlieii own business itliout on side assistance. THAT AWFUL WRECK. .eartrending Scones at tho Wreck The Unfortunates Wero Pinned Down and Scalded to Death. New Yohk, |Special, j - The accident liicli occurred <m the Now York Conid railroad at llastings-on-thclludson. ?s proven to he much greater than stnt1 by reports received. The official list the dead, as given out, numbers olevea eonle. * The accident was due to carelessness a brakomau, Albeit E. Iierrick, of tho uffalo express, which was lying still bew )Insling3. Merrick fled aud has not it been found. lie left his uuiform in ie tjaiu aud put ou citizen's clothes. Flout an official report given out by bird Vice President Webb, of the Coital road, train No. 98, which left New ork at 0:40 o'clock p. m., stopped at obb's Ferry to make some slight repaiis > tho CDgine. A distaut. signal was rown out and following the train, was e Buffalo and Niagara Falls special, hich left here at ? :30 o'clock p. m. and us ntimnol olinnt tlirM /..i.a... - i!e south of Dobb's Ferry station. The nductor of No. 45 immediately sent akcmun Herrick back to signal the rning tiftin. He proceeded as far as e station at Hastings. He went inside d talked with the station master, waitg for the Cincinnati aud 8t. Lou's exess No. 7, which left this city at 8 dock. While Herrick was standing nr the door the St. Louis express iizzed past, running at the rate of formiles an hour. Lngiueer J. Donohue, of the St. Louis prea?, received no warning whatever the presence of the Buffalo express on s track ahead, until he was almost on e track. He reveised his engine, put airbrakes and jumped for his life. The engine of No. 7 crashed into the ir sleeper. Gibialtar, of the Buffalo ecinl, with tenific force. There were enty-two people in the sleeping car at e time. The remains of J. W. White, porter, 10 died of his injuries, were shipped to ? home in Virginia. I fl PLANS OF VIRGINIA'S CREDITORS. A Surrender of Defaultod Bondi Proposed in Place of a Cash Deposit. New YonK City, [Specinl.J?Frederic P. Olcott, William L. Bull, Henry Budge, Charles D. Dickev. Jr. yd I ugh R. Garden, aud John Gill, the committee of Virginia bondholders, met here Saturday. An Advisory -Board, composed of Grover Cleveland, Edward J. Phelps, Thomas F. Bayard, George 8. Coo, and George G. Williams, is associated with the bondholders' committee in the effort to bring about a settlement of the Virginia debt on terms euuitablo alike to the Old nominion and to its creditors. Cables were received yesterday from the English creditors announcing their concurrence in the negotiations conducted bji the two committees with Gov. McKinney and his associates on theJVirginia Commission. J 'fha pbin-V-ir?' he.1' issue nineteen millions -trf -it u .^snfftla to take up twenty-eight millions of indebt cducss, the new bonds to pay two per cent, for ten years and three per cent, for the remaining ninety years. In ap proving it the Advisory Board says: "We should consider it unfortunate for the creditors and all concerned, if the subject of this indebtedness and its settlement should he allowed to again fall into the vortex of popular political discussion and dispute. * * *.. * We are decided in our judgement that, if the terms of settlement now proposed are rejected, the prospect of an advantageous agreement in the future is far from encouraging." Gov. McKinney has reminded the Olcott and Cleveland committees that under the resolution of the Virginia I.cgb laturc by which he and his Commission were appointed it is provided that "no proposition shall he entertained by the Commission which is not supported by a deposit in cash of not less than one million dollars, to insure the faithful performance of the proposals, if accepted and ratified." Gov. McKinney adds, in it ivncr 10 uic committees: "You make no mention of this fact, which the law makes a condition precedent to the con sideratiou of your important proposition." Mr. Olcott. replying, says that his committees represent 85 per cent, of the creditors, and arc prepared to make delivery to the proper officers of Virginia of the defaulted bonds to that amount, aud Mr. Olcott adds: "This, we suppose, is a far more complete and satisfactory guarantee for performance on our part than a deposit of one or oven five million of dollars. The object of the act was evidently to insure the performance of the contract with the State, if made. And if, fr?m the nature <>f the rmjposal *.e slr.ii make, a far better k,ia?M*tec t* givon^ w|piT?utn? {hat t !rJplrffi?tq(pffc up a inrmmvItT without nssttlieal benefit to any one. 1 Yirgi|r*? through MoK u.ny. i vet t;'rcP^y to this. " ~ 'i he Olcott Committee, it will ho rem^kcred, offered to accept $18,ooo.ouo w three per cent, bonds, or $ 19,000,O#0 of two per cent, bonds, rising to Q J I C fit'c years, ami three per cent, after a ' yoai.s. litis olTcrjuis uiwof*i?w. i i l.c bonds ami interest coupon* n?c v., lysof the same character as the Hiddlebi#ger bonds, ami not receivable for taies. It is stated in the agreement that there are only $28,000,000 of the old bonds Outstanding, but this, it has been added, is probably arrived at by ignoring the coupons maiming on the bonds since the were deposited. The Souths Progress. While the low j>rice of cotion and iron UMtunhjriut^ a ?fvjn'e-i.?inxr infltV"""* >(<<>'< the general trade of the South and rcstii/Uc u 1 .<mivv.iiwii9, nifii! is no uatufer 01 lliis section not sharing in the prosperity and activity which promise to make 1 802 noted as a year of great development throughout the entire country. The past week has shown considerable activity in the organization of new industrial enterprises in the South, not withstanding the nearness of the holiday season. There is seen a constant tendency tow ards the diversification of industrial enterprises w hich promises well for the South'* prospe rity. At Birmingham a $150,000 company has been organized to establish large works for manufacturing cotton handling machinery; Augusta, Ga . wiii manufacture heavy saw mill and woodworking machinery, which will he altno t a new industry for this section; at Middleshorough the coutrnct has been let for the foundations of the latge buildings of the South Boston lion Works; at Abilene, Texas, a $100,000 water works company has been orgauized; in Kentucky a $650,000 coal mining compnay; East Nnshville, Tenu., is to have an ice factory; Central City, W. Va., has a $20,0.'0 milling company; a $100,000 lumber company has been orgauized in Hardeman eountv. Texas fcton ono limit improvement company at Walnut Drove, Ala. ; $20OuG0tt cotton compress company at Norfolk: $50,000 water works company at Orange Ci'y, Fla ; a saw mill with a daily capacity of 100,000feet near Alexandria, La.: a $100,000 laud iinproveinen' iOinpanyat Alderson. W. Va : foundry and in chine shop at Durham. N. . a $050,000 land improvement company in Notth (,'aroliua; a $100,000 coal company to West Virginia; a $100.000 luick company at Wellsburg, W. Va.; $100,000 water works company at llaniinan, Tcnn.; enlaigemont of sloe) works at Wheeling, W. Va.; $250,0(>0 water works construction company at Dallas, Texas.; a $">00,000 phosphate company in Florida, etc. Rails Spread and 17 Persons Ware Injured. Att.akta, Qa . [Special.]?Vestibule train No. 11 on East Tcunessee railroad going South ian off the track in a cut near Williams Station, seventeen poisons were injured, but none badly. The accident was caused by the rails spreading. Four ? aches were derailed. Fifty feet beyond the cut was a tiestlo. The liain whs almost on the brink of it when it ran off "Washington was a cclonel in the armj at twenty-two, commander of the forcer nt forty-two. President at fifty-isren. EX PLOSIVES FOR TH E NAVY. HOW THE AMMUNITION' FOR OUR WAR SHIPS IS PREPARED. Londlnx'.ho "Tanks" tor the Big Ten. Inch Guna and the Right-Inch Ritlcs? Powder In Sacks. Inside the damp and gloomy casemates of the old water battery at Fort Wadsworth a force of experienced men has been kept hard at work the past few weeks preparing the ammunitiou for the war ships titting out at tho various navy yards. These mcti are skilled in the handling of explosivos, and the officer in charge, Gunner John A. McDonald, has had long experience in thi^rind of work luring tho thirty yeai^^^^as been in the naval service. When a Recorder reporter called upon Mr. McDonald at the fort the officer had J^ov^^snrn^uorawii/vrahafcrrcd from the magazine down to the powder lighter at tho wharf. At the magazine the powder tanks or cases and the boxes of shell were loaded on to a truck by a working party of tho blue jackets from the ship. Arriving afj the wharf tli3 truck was unloaded and the contents passed by part of the blue jackets to others on the lighter, where it was carefully stowed below. A navy yard tug was lying at the wharf ready to tow the lighter and its dangerous cargo up the bay to where the Newark was onpltnrorl Oil entering the fort one ascend* several flights of winding stone steps between walls of gray stone and under a stsne < oiling. One could almost imagine liim-clf iu joule historic fortress or prison lejjlt during the mediaeval ages. The very air smells of dampness. The fort is shaped like the letter O and the inside is open and exposed to the elements. On the outside three rows of frowning gunporU face the Narrows, while "the waters of the bay beat against the base of the massive walls. The place has long been abandoned by the soldiers,! who are now quartered inside fortilieatious ou the hill above^^V e " 1 On what corresponds to the tnird floor, ore encounters long piles of wooden boxes. These are all empty,) but when received here from Wiluiing-' ton, Del., they coutaiued brown pris-malic powder. Hundreds of ^ions have been used in the past four trfontns. The, powder is uianufaetuared according to contract with the Navy Department by. the Du Pont Mills on the Delaware. The powder tauks for the tea-*iuob; guns of the new monitor MiauttfAumohL\ iiiulro'.i! iO^hapM*, ^ I 'i P^^Hoj-Ctilaj f r?., fjer*.' e.i ^ I | tea-iaeh guns weigh over ? <0 poitn .. * apiece. For tlie eight-inch rifles the tanks used, of course, arc not so large, and the weight of the projectile is 2ol) u>vmd? Only a small quantity of this * been prepared at the fort, the only ? ?? ntntlmore, Chicago, Atlanta and Boston; iu all only twelve guns. Most of the work is for the six-inch rifles, with which every cruiser of our new navy is nnncd. Each ship ha3 from one to twelve of these, and the quautity of ammunition expended in target practice and that nee led by new ships going into commission keeps the uieu at the magazine busy the year rouud loading shell and wdi',,uS uu" r"*"" n 4i.;_ ^.^ii hrn flirt nnvvilnr on a rrvoa i wr LiiiH i - i'" arc of two kinds, the full weight being forty-six pounds, and what is called the reduced charge for use at target practice being thirty-three pounds. This powder is put into sacks ready for use and inclosed in copper cylinders, which are then sealed to make them water tight. These cylinders arc vory easily stowed in a ship's magazines and being fitted with lings at the ends, can readily be hoisted to the gutidecks when needed. The projectile made for the six-inch guns weigh I t>r pounds, and is of two kinds. The armor-piercing shell is longer and sharper pointe 1 than the common 01 iron kind, and the point i? of heavy forged stee'. The burstiug charge, which is pla vl inside, weighs several pounds, au 1 is ignite 1 by a timed fu9o. Fixed ammunition for the rapid firit\g guns is also loaded here lojitio ulty. this kind the projectile ^ani powdei charge are fixed together in the form of * a cartridge to expedite tho loading and 4 tiring of the guns. The projectile weighs one, three or six pounds. The most of n the ammmilinn fur the |{<itehlri?a mint " in general use in the navy is furaishe I now bv the llotchkiss Company itself, and is made m Connecticut. The cartridges are packed in specially designed boxes. Loading blank saluting charges for the guns of the secondary batteries of the ships keeps the men busy part of the time, but this work can be done on shipboard. Then the old style smoothbore guns, such as are in use on the Lancaster. l'ensacola, Kcarsirgc and a few other of the remaining relics of ou"wooden walls," make a demand for an other for.n of projectile and size of powder charge. The gurnicr aud his assistants at Port Wadsworth do uof. manufacture auy of the powders, iorge auy of the shells or make any of the powder taak? and fuses, but the work of putting them together keeps them busily employed. Handling powder may be a dangerous occupation, but great cire is exercise! there and dtj is not often that an accident of any kind; io ^aoa.ia/1 XT-.- r 1. n j... IC^wiicu.?iTew i ur*- i\4cjracr? Einpcroi Wilhelra * latest project Is or n urnnd cathedral in Berlin to coat ?2.500,000. It is to be for the State religion. He is also bent on establish>Dg an "imperial cooking school." An infant at birth usually weighs onetwcntitft'^of the maximum weight it ought toattain in middle itfa. \ y/ -