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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.
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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.
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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.
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