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liEwis m. grist, Proprietor.! Dili Jitdrpcndcnt Jamile ^jEcicfipnper: Jbr-fltt promotion of tte political, jlotial, Dflricitlturat and (Gommrrciat Jntcrosts of the #o#tft. ]TERMS'?$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. 5VOL. 35. " YOEKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 1889. ' NO 18. ... . - . .. i v.? unonanfmn. i tup. oklahoma frazr. I in a wiId and uninhabited country re- I excited divers, but their presence #rffrtel ? flfteg. MY LOVER. Yean agone, In my days of youth, I married a man for aye; I never asked if my love would last . Until we both should die. He to gmwn stout and stooping now, His baed is gray and bald; And sometimes I half forget me He ever was aaght but old. But I had a handsome lover! A bold, bad woman am I ? Howoould I resist his sweet, sweet kiss, Or help if my heart leap high Wbdn nisStrong young arms enfold me, His red oheek's laid to mine, Andmy spold is drnnk with loving As men are drunk with wine? Mtr husband Jeans o'er my shoulder, He eeee what I have writ; I clasp, like a band, bis dear old hand, And alio pay own in it. This handsome and gay young lover As well his heart has won; An* We Worship him together, '' For my lover is my sen. ' - ?P Sam in Rnatnn Glnbo. H Jwial Jtog. JldGfeat WarSyadicate. dim Bj mHI B. 8TOOXTOH. hi t 1 IHiii of "Rodder Grange," "Amot Kil. bright," "The Boo Hu of Orn," "The Christmas Wreck." "The Lady or the Tiger," "The Late Mrs. Noll," "The Hundredth Man," "The Caatlng Away of Mm. Leaks and Mis. Aleshlne," "The Dusantes," etc. (Copyrighted by P. 7. Collier, of Collier's Once Week, and published by special arrangement with him through the American Press Association. All rights reserved.) No thought of actual danger entered the mind of the commandant It had been easy enough to sink a great torpedo fat the harbor, and the unguarded bluffs of Fort Pilcher offered every opportunity to the scoundrels, who may have worked at their mines through the nights of several months. But a mine under the fort which he commanded was an impossibility; its guarded outposts prevented any such method of attack. At a bomb, or a dozen, or a hundred of the syndicate's bombs, he snapped his fingers. He could throw bombs as well. ' Nothing would please him better th&r. that those ark like ships in the offing should come near enough for on artillery fight A few tons of solid shot and shell * dropped on top of them might be a very conclusive answer to their impudent demands. The letter from the syndicate, together with h is o wtf .Convictions on the subject, were communicated by the commandant to the thiilitary authorities of tho port, and to the war office of the Dominion. The news of what hod happened that day had already been cabled across the Atlantic back to the United States, and all over the world; and the profound im "THEKK AIN'T NO ANSWER, SIP." preesion created by it was Intensified when it became known what the syndicate projKwed to do the next day. Orders and advices from the British admiralty and war office sped across the ocean, and that night few of the leaders in government circles in England or Canada closed their eyes. The opinions of the commandant of the fort were received with but little favor by the military and naval authorities. Great preparations were already ordered to repel and crush this most andaojpua attack upon the port, but in the meantime it was highly d<*lrablo that the utmost caution and prudence should be observed. Three men-of-war had already been disabled by the novel and dartTuctive machines of the enemy, and it had been ordered that for tho present no more vessels of the British navy be allowed to approach the crabs of the syndicate. Whether it was a mine or a bomb which had been used in the destruction of the unfinished works of Fort Pilcher, It would be impossible to determine until an official survey had been made of the ruins; but, in any event, it would be wise and humane not to expose the garrison of the fort on the south sido of the harbor to the danger which had overtaken the works on the opposite shore. If, contrary to the opinion of the com< mandant, the garrisoned fort were really ? mined, the following day would probaMr nmrn tKo fnnt T7r?f 11 iVita nninf should be determined it would bo highly judicious to temporarily evacuate the fort. This could not be followed by occupation of the works by tho enemy, for all approaches, either by troops in boats or by bodies of confederates by land, could be fully covered by the inland redoubts and fortifications. When the orders for evacuation reached the commandant of the fort, he protested hotly, and urged that his protest be considered. It was not until the command bad been reiterated both from London and Ottawa, that he accepted the situation, and with bowed head prepared to leave his post. All night preparations for evacuation went on, and during the next morning the garrison left the fort, and established itself far enough away to preclude danger from the explosion of a mine, but near enough to be available in case of necessity. During this morning there arrived in the offing another syndicate vessel. This had started from a northern part of the United States, before the repellers and the crabs, and it had been engaged in laying a private submarine cable, which ? should put the office of the syndicate in New York in direct communication with its naval forces engaged with the enemy. cable boat and Bepeller No. 1 having been established, the syndicate soon received from its director-in-chief full and comprehensive accounts of what had been done, and what it was proposed to do. Great was the satisfaction among the members of the syndicate when these direct and official reports came in. Up to this time they had been obliged to depend upon very unsatisfactory intelligence communicated from Europe, which had been supplemented by wild statements and rumors smuggled across the Canadian border. To counteract the effect of these a full report was immediately made by the indicate to the government of the United States, and a bulletin distinctly describing what had happened was issued to the people of theoountry. These reports, which received a world wide circulation in the newspapers, created a popular elation in the United States, and gare rise to serious apprehensions and concern in many other countries. But under both elation and concern there was a certain doubtfulness. So for the gyudicate had been successful, but its style of warfare was decidedly experimental, jmd its forces, in numerical strengtlrat least, were weak. What would happen when the great naval power of Great Britain should be Drought to bear upon the syndicate, was a question whose probable answer was likely to cause apprehension and oanoern in the United States and elation in many other countries. The commencement of active hostilities had been precipitated by this syndicate. In England preparations were making by day and by night to send upon the coast lines of the United States, a fleet which, in numbers and power, would be greater then that of any naval expedition in the history of the world. It is no wonder that many people of sober judgment in America looked upon the affair of the crabs and the repellers as but an incident in the beginning of a great and disastrous war. On the morning of the destruction of Fort Pilcher the syndicate's vessels moved toward the port, and the steel net was taken up by the two craba, and moved nearer the mouth of the harbor, at a point from which the fort, now in process of evacuation, was in full view. When this had been done, Repeller No. 2 took up her position at a moderate dis tance behind the net,, ana we ouier vessels stationed themselves near by. The protection of the net was considered necessary, for although there could be no reasonable doubt that all the torpedoes in the harbor and river had been exploded, others might be sent out against the syndicate's vessels, and a torpedo under a crab or a repeller. was the enemy most feared by the syndicate. About 8 o'clock the signals between the repellers became very frequent, and soon afterwards a truce boat went out from Repeller No. 1. This was rowed with great rapidity, but it was obliged to go much farther up the harbor than on previous occasions, in order to deliver its message to an officer of the garrison. This was to the effect that the evacuation of the fort had been observed from the syndicate's vessels, and although it had been apparently complete, one of the scientific corps, with a powerful glass, had discovered a man in one of the outer redoubts, whose presence there was probably unknown to the officers of the garrison. It was, therefore, earnestly urged that this man might be instantly removed, and in order that this might be done, the discharge of the motor bomb would be postponed half an hour. 1x10 omcer recexveu hub measuge miu was disposed to look upon it as a new trick, but as no time was to be lost he sent a corporal's guard to the fort, and there discovered an Irish sergeant by the name of Kilsey, who had sworn an oath that if every other man in the fort ran away like a lot of addle pated sheep he would not run with them; he would stand to his post to the last, and when the couple of ships outside had got through bombarding the stout walls of the fort, the world would see that there was at least one British soldier who was not afraid of a bomb, be it little or big. Therefore he had managed to elude observation, and to remain behind. The sergeant was so hot headed in his determination to stand by the fort that it required violence to remove him; and it was not until twenty minutes past 4 that the syndicate observers perceived that he had been taken to the hill behind which the garrison was encamped. As it had been decided that Repeller No. 2 should discharge the next instantaneous motor bomb, there was an anxious desire on the part of the operators on that vessel that in this, their first experience, they might do their duty as well as their comrades on board the other repeller had done theirs. The most aocorate observations, the most careful calcnlationa, were made and remade, the point to be aimed at being about the center of the fort The motor bomb had been in the cannon for nearly an hour, and everything had long been ready, when at precisely thirty minutes past 4 o'clock the signal to discharge came from the director-inchief, and in four seconds afterward the index on the scale indicated that the gun was in the proper position, and the button was touched. Tiie motor oomo was sec to act toe instant it ahould touch any portion of the fort, and the effect was different from that of the other bombs. There was a quick, hard 6hock, but it was all in the air. Thousands of panes of glass in the city and in houses for miles around were cracked or broken; birds fell dead or stunned upon the ground, and people on elevations at considerable distances felt as if they had received a blow; but there was no trembling of the ground. As to the fort, it had entirely disappeared, its particles having been instantaneously removed to a great distance in every direction, falling over such a vast expanse of land and water that their descent was unobservable. In the place where the fortress had stood there was a wide tract of bare earth, which looked as if it had been scraped into a staring dead level of gravel and clay. The instantaneous motor bomb had been arranged to act almost hor izontally. Few persons, except those who from a distance had been watching the fort with glasses, understood what had happened; but every one in the city and surrounding country was conscious that something had happened of a most startling kind, and that it was over in the same instant in which they had perceived it Everywhere there was the noise of falling window glass. There were those who asserted that for an instant they had heard in the distance a grinding crash; and there were others who were quite sure that they had noticed what might be called a flash of darkness, as if something had, with almost unappreciable quickness, passed between them and the 6un. When the officers of the garrison mounted the hill before them and sur AND THE SUM SHONE INTO A GREAT HOLE WHERE FORT PILCHER I LAD BEEN. veyed the place where their fort had been, there was not one of them who had sufficient command of himself to write & report of what had happened. They gazed at the bare, staring flatness of the shorn bluff, and they looked at each other. This was not war. It was something supernatural, awful! They were not frightened; they w.re oppressed and appalled. But the military discipline of their minds soon exerted its force, and a brief account of the terrifio event was transmitted to the authorities, andSergt Kilsey was sentenced to a month in the guard house. No one approached the vicinity of the bluff where the fort had stood, for danger might not be over; but every possible point of observation within a safe distance was soon crowded with anxious and terrified observers. A feeling of awe was noticeable everywhere. If people could have had a tangible idea of what had occurred, it would have been different If tho sea had raged; if a vast body of water had been thrown into the air; if a dense cloud had been suddenly ejected from the surface of the earth, they might have formed some opinion about it But the instantaneous disappearance of a great fortification with a little more appreciable accompaniment than the sudden tap, as of a little hammer, upon thousands of window panes, was something wliich their intellects could not grasp. It was not to be expected that the ordinary mind could appreciate the difference between the action of an instantaneous motor when imbedded in rocfcs and earth, and its effect, when opposed by nothing but stone walls, upon or noar the surface of the earth. Early the next morning th? little fleet of the syndicate prepared to carry out its further orders. The waters of the lower bay were now entirely deserted, craft of every description having tdken refuge in the upper part of the harbor near and above the city. Therefore as soon as it was light enough to make observations Repel!er No. 1 did not hesitate to discharge a motor bomb into the harbor, a mile or more above where the first one had fallen. This was done in order to explode any torpedoes which might have been put into position since the discharge of the first bomb. There were very few people in the city and suburbs who were at that hour out [ of doom, where they could see the great cleud of water rise toward the sky, and behold it descend like a mighty cataract upon the harbor and adjacent shores; 1 but the quick, sharp shock which ran under the town made people spring from their beds, and although nothing was then to be seen, nearly everybody felt sure that the syndicate's forces had begun their day's work by exploding another?mine. A lighthouse, the occupants of which had been ordered to leave when the fort was evacuated, as they might bo in danger in case of a bombardment, was so shaken by the explosion of this motor bomb that it fell in ruins on tho rocks upon which it had stood. The two crabs now took the steel net from its moorings and carried it up the harbor. This was rather difficult on account of?the islands, rocks and sandbars; but the leading crab had on board a pilot acquainted with those waters. With the net hanging between them, the two submerged vessels, one carefully following the other, reached a point about two miles below the city, where the net was anchored across the harbor. It did not reach from shore to shore, but in the course of the morning two other nets, designed for shallower waters, were brought from the repellers and anchored at each end of the main net, thus forming a line of complete protection against submarine torpedoes which might be sent down from the upper harbor. n 11? 1 XUjptUiei 1 UUVY DICOIUCU Uit^ IUO harbor, accompanied by Crab A, and anchored about a quarter of a mile seaward of the net The other repeller, with her attendant crab, cruised about the mouth of the harbor, watching a smaller entrance to the port as well as the larger one, and thus maintaining an effective blockade. This was not a difficult duty, for since the news of the extraordinary performances of the crabs had been spread abroad, no merchant vessel, large or small, cared to'approach that port; and strict orders had been issued by the British admiralty that no vessel of the navy should, until further instructed, engage in combat with the peculiar craft of the syndicate. Until a plan of action had been determined upon, it was very desirable that English cruisers should not be exposed to useless injury and danger. This being the state of affairs, a messago was sent from the office of the syndicate across the border to the Dominion government, which stated that the seaport city which had been attacked by the forces of the syndicate now lay under the guns of its vessels, and in case of an overt act of war by Great Britain or Canada alone, such as tho entrance of an armed force from British territory into the United States, or a capture of or attack upon an American vessel, navel or commercial, by a British man-of-war, or an attack upon an American port by British ves Bels, the city would be bombarded and destroyed. This message, which was of course instantly transmitted to London, placed the British government in tho apparent position of being held by the throat by the American War Syndicate. But if the British government or tho people of England or Canada recognized this position at all it was merely as a temporary condition. In a short time the most powgrfnl men-of-war of the royal navy, as well as a fleet of transports carrying troops, would reach the coasts of North America, and then the condition of affairs would rapidly be changed. It was absurd to suppose that a few medium Gized vessels, however heavily armored, or a few new fangled submarine machines, however destructive they might be, could withstand an armada of the largest and finest armored vessels in the world. A ship or two might be disabled, although this was unlikely, now that the new method of attack was un'derstood; but it would soon bo tho ports of the United States, on both tho Pacific and Atlantio coasts, which would lie under tho guns of an enemy. But it was not in the power of their navy that the British government and the people of England and Canada placed their greatest trust, but in the incapacity of their petty foe to support its ridiculous assumptions. The claim that the city lay under the guns of the American syndicate was considered ridiculous, for few people believed that these vessels had any gun3. Certainly there had been no unv shots had been fired from them. In the opinion of reasonable people the destruction of the forts and the explosions in the harbor had been caused by mines?mines of a new and terrifying power?which were the work of traitors and confederates. The destruction of the lighthouse had strengthened this belief, for its fall was similar to that which would havo been occasioned by a great explosion under its foundation. But however terrifying and appalling had been the results of the explosion of# these mines, it was not thought probable that there were any more of them. The explosions had taken place at exposed points distant from the city, and the most careful investigation failed to dis' cover any present signs of mining operations. This theory of mines worked by confederates was received throughout the civilized world, and was universally condemned. Even in the United States the feeling was so stroDg against this uppare: it alliance between the syndicate and British traitors that there was reason to believe that a popular pressure would bo brought to bear upon the government sufficient to force it to break its contract with the syndicate and to carry on tho war with the national army and navy. Tho crab was considered an admirable addition to the strength of a navy, but a mine under a fort, laid and fired by perfidious confederates, was considered unworthy an enlightened people. Tho members of the syndicate now found themselves in an embarrassing and dangerous position; a position in which they were placed by tho universal incredulity regarding the instantaneous motor, and unless thoy could mako the world belierve that they neally used 6uch a motor bomb, tho war could not be prosecuted on tho plan projected. It was easy enough to convinco the enemy of the terrble. destruction the syndicato was able to effect; but to make that enemy and the world understand that this was done by bombs, which could bo used in one placo as well as another, was difficult indeed. They had attempted to prove tbrig by announcing that at a certain time a bomb should be projected into a certain fort. Precisely at tho specified timo tbe fort had been destroyed, but nobody believed that a bomb had been fired. Every opinion, official or popular, concerning what it had dono and what might bo expected of it, was promptly forwarded to the syndic ate by its agents, and it was thus enabled to boo very plainly indeed that the effect it had desired to produce had not been produced. Unless tho enemy could Jbo made to understand that any fort or ships witliin ten miles of ono of tho sy ndicatc's cannon could 1k> instantaneously dissipated in tho shape of fine dust, :tliis war could not be carried on..upon ..the principles adopted, and therefore might as well pass out of the hands of the syndicate. Day by day and night by night the 6tato of affairs was anxiously considered at the offico of the syndicate in New York. A new and important undertaking was determined upon, and on the success of this the hopes of the syndicate now depended. During the rapid and vigorous preparations which the syndicate were now making for their new venture, several events of interest occurred. Two of the largest Atlantic mail steamers, carrying infantry and artillery troops, and conveyed by two swift and powerful men-of-war, arrived off the coast of Canada, considerably to the north of the blockaded city. The departure and probable time of arrival of the vessels had been telegraphed to the syndicate, through one of the continental cables; and a repeller with two crabs had been for some days waiting for them. The English vessels had taken a high northern course, hoping they might 4lta r\P flf T omrnnoc mifliAnf OUMU uiQ uuu v* mv? uanAcuvy niMiuuv subjecting themselves to injury from the enemy's crabs, it not being considered probable that there were enough of these vessels to patrol the entire coast But although the crahs were few in number, the syndicite was able to place them where they would be of most use, and when the English vessels arrived off the northern entrance to the gulf, they found their enemies there. However strong might be the incredulity of the enemy regarding the powers of a repeller to bombard a city, the syndicate felt sure there would be no present invasion of the United States from Canada, but it wished to convince the British government that troops and munitions of war could not be safely transported across the Atlantic. On the other hand, the syndicate very much objected to undertaking the imprisonment and sustenance of a large body of soldiers. Orders were therefore given to the officer in charge of theTepeller not to molest the two transportB^but to remove the rudders and extractthfe screws of the two war vessels, leaving them to be towod into port by the troop ships. This duty was performed by the crabs, while the British vessels, both rams, were preparing to make a united and vigorous onset t on the repeller, and the two men-of-war were left helplessly tossing on the waves. One of the transports, a very fast steamer, had already entered the straits, and could not be signaled, but the other one returned and took both the war ships in tow, proceeding very 6lowly until, after entering the gulf, sho was relieved by tugboats. Another event of a somewhat different character was the occasion of much exoited feeling and comment, particularly in tltti United States. The descent and attack by British vessels on an Atlantic port was a matter of popular expectation. The syndicate had retailers and crabs at the most important points, but in the minds of naval officers, and a largo portion of the people, little dependence for defense was to be placed upon these. As to the ability of the war syndicate to prevent invasion or attack by means of its threats to bombard the blockaded Canadian port, very few believed in it. Even if the syndicate could do any more damage in that quarter, which was improbable, what was to prervent the British navy from playing the same game, and entering an American seaport, threaten to bombard the place if the syndicate did not immediately run all their "queer vessels high and dry on some convenient beach? A feeling of indignation againstthe syndicate had existed in the navy from the THE ARREST OF THE IRISH BEROEANT. time that the war contract had been made, and this feeling increased daily. That the officers and men of the United State& navy should be penned up in harbors, ports and sounds, wliilo British ships and the hulking mine springers and rudder pinchers of the 6yndicato were allowed to roam the ocean at will, was a very hard thing for bravo sailors to bear. Sometimes the resentments against this state of affairs rose almost to a revolt. The great naval preparations of England were not yet complete, but single British men-of-war wcro now frequently seen off the Atlantic coast of tho United States. No American vessels had been captured by these since the message of tho syndicate to the Dominion of Canada and tho British government. But one good reason for this was tho fact that it was very difficult now to find upon the Atlantic ocean a vessel sailing under the American flag. As far as possible these had taken refugo in their own ports or in those of neutral countries. At tho mouth of Delaware bay, behind tho great Breakwater, was now collected a number of coastwiso sailing vessels and steamers of various classes and sizes; and for tho protection of theso maritime refugees two vessels of tho United States navy were stationed at this point. Theso were tho Lenox and Stockbridge, two of tho finest cruisers in tho service, and commanded by two of tho most restless .and bravest officers of tho American navy. Tho appearance eariy on a summer morning of a largo British cruiser off tho mouth of tho harbor filled tlioso two commanders with xmcontrollablo belligerency. That in time of war a vessel of tho enemy should bo allowed, undisturbed, to sail up and down before an A % ? I* n-vK/M* wln'ln f*r> AmAiiVyiTi /XtLUJl 1UOII UUl L/Vl ? iiliv IM? vessel filled with bravo American sailors lay insido like a cowed dog, was a thought which goaded tho soul of each of Lheso commanders. Tliexo was a certain rivalry between tho two ships, and considering the insult offered by tho flaunting red cross in tho offing, and the humiliating restrictions imposed by the naval department, each commander thought only of his own ship, and not at all of tho other. It was almost at tho samo time that tho commanders of tho two chips separately camo to tho concision that tho proper way to protect the fleet behind tho breakwater was for his vessel to boldly steam out to sea and attack tho British cruiser. If this vessel carried a long rango gun, what was to 1 tinder her from suddenly running in closer and sei ding a few shells into tho midst of tho defenseless merchantmen? iTn fact, to go out and fight her was tho OE?ly way to protect tho lives and property in the harbor. It was truo that ono of those buastly repcllers was sneaking about off the cape, accompanied, probably, by an under water tongs boat. But as ncitiher of these had dono anything or seemed likely to do anything, the British cruiser should be attacked without loss at time. When tho commander of tho Lenox camo to this decision, his ship wias well abreast of Capo Henlopen, and he therefor? proceedod directly out to 6ea. There was a little fear in his mind that tho English cruiser, which was now bearing to tho southeast, might sail off and get away from him. Tho Stockbridgo was detained by tho arrival of a dispatch boat from tho shoro with a messngo from tho naval department. But as this incs6ago related only to tho measurements of a certain deck gun, her commander if' tended as soon as an :mswia* coi\ld be Bent off, to sail out ana give battio to tno British vessel. Every bou! on board the Lenox was now filled with fiery ardor. Tho ship was already in good fighting trim, but every possible preparation was mado for a contest which should show their country and tho world what American sailors were mado of. Tho Lenox had not proceeded more than a mile out to sea when she perceived Repeller No. 0 coming toward her from seaward, and in a direction which indicated that it intended to run across her course. Tllo Lenox, however, went straight on,J'an? in a short timo tho two vessels were quite near each other. Upon tho deck of the repeller now appeared tho director in charge, who, with a speaking trumpet, hailed tho Lenox and requested her to lay to, as ho had something to communicate. Tho commander of the Lenox, through his trumpet, answered that he wanted no communica tions, and advised the other vessel to keep out of his way. The Lenox now put on a greater head of steam, and as she was in any case a much faster vessel than the repeller, she rapidly increased the distance between herself and tba/yndicate's vessel, so that in. a few tribmeSrfBhailingwas impossible. Quick signals now shot up in jets of black smoke from the repeller, and in a very short tine afterward the speed of the Lenox slackened so much that the repeller was able to come up with her. When the two vessels were abreast of each other, and at a safe hailing distance apart, another signal went up from the repeller, and then both vessels almost ceased to move through the water, although the engines of the Lenox were working at high spoed, with her propeller blades stirring up a whirlpool at her stern. [to be continued next week.] [This story was commenced in No. 1G. Back numbers will be furnished on application.] pfeMaiMms grading. THE FIRST INAUGURATION. General Washington, President. The day was Thursday, April 30, 1789. New York was then a city of about thirty thousand inhabitants, most of whom lived on the narrow southernmost half of Manhattan Island. For several days people had been coming into the city by road and river to witness the inauguration, until every house was full of guests, every tavern overflowing with inmates and many tents had been erected. Late comers were sadly incommoded, but regarded it not. 4iWe 11 ? ?LU /\rin fuoK_ snail remain iieie, hiuw uho ioouionable young lady, "if we have to sleep in tents, as so many have to do." Nothing could exceed the enthusiasm of all classes of people. General Washington had been six days in the city, at the house provided for him, No. 3 Cherry street, waiting until congress had agreed upon the details of the ceremonial, and every hour of those six days seemed to increase the interest felt in the coming event. The dawn of the great day was obscured by the clouds. At sunrise a salute of thirteen guns was fired on Bowling Green by the local company of artillery. The early risers were already astir, and soon the streets of the little city were filled with people; their numbers were swelled continually by new-comers from from Long Island, New Jersey and the upper country. There was everywhere an eager crowd, and the windows bore witness to the excite- j ment and expectation of the inmates. Men in uniform were already in the streets, for even at that early day the city of New York was noted for its volunteer companies, each of which indulged its own idea of a picturesque uniform. These martial citizens were preparing for the day, some buckling on their swords, surrounded and assisted by their admiring families. Some were already going to the rendezvous, gazed at with bated breath by the crowd. It had been arranged that at nine l- -1 1 ^3 in tne morning me peupie miiuuiu repair to the churches, and engage in a religious service appropriate to the august occasion. When the bells broke forth announcing the approach of the appointed hour, the clouds gave way, and the glorious April aun shone forth clear and warm. The churches rapidly filled with attentive and grateful people; or, as one of the newspapers of the week recorded, "the people in prodigious numbers thronged the sacred temples, and with one voice put up their prayers to Almighty God for the safety of the president." But neither the president-elect, nor the vice-president, nor congress attended these edrly services, for they reserved their act of worship until a later hour, according to the official programme sanctioned by both houses of congress. The congregations were late in coming out of the church. When again the people were in the streets, the hour of noon, appointed for the ceremony, was near at hand. The great struggle then was to get places commanding a view of the procession, and, above all, a sight of the supreme act to be performed by the president, that of taking the inauguration oath. This was to be done, not within the senate chamber, as at first proposed, but on the open balcony adjoining the chamber. The old City Hall of New York had ben recently remodelled for congress, and named Federal Hall. The senate chamber, in the second story, opened into the balcony. This historic ediftoe stood in Wall street, upon the present site of the subtreasury building, in front of which, as near as possible to the scene of the inauguration, there is now a statue of General Washington, Wall street is so narrow that no very great number of people could stand in it so as to get a good view of the balcony of Federal Hall; but every spot which commanded even I the remotest glimpse of the balcony was occupied : not merely every loot of the space, but every window, fence, tree and house-top. Wherever the eye turned there were swarms and crowds of witnesses. The distance from No. 3. Cherry street to the hall was about half a mile. When the people came out of the churches, the military companies were marching; to their appointed stations near the president's house, and the city was filled with the animating; strains of martial music. At half-past twelve the signal was fiven for the procession to move. 'irst, rode the marshal, Colonel Morgan Lewis with his staff, and these were followed by the volunteer companies, all in their best uniforms, some then worn for the first time. The sheriff of New York rode next, and after him a committee of the United States senate. Next came the president-elect, in a chariot drawn by four horses, with a numerous company of city officials marching on each side of it. Every man's head was uncovered as he passed. Behind the carriage rode the committee of the house of representatives. Then followed John Jay, foreign secretary, General Knox, Chancellor Livingston, and after them "several gentlemen of distinction." The procession halted about two hundred yards from the principal entrance of Federal Hall, and the troops formed in two lines from the president's carriage to the door. Between these lines General Washington walked, followed by the gentlemen, who accompanied him, and so he proceeded up stairs to the senate Ill a Li J UCl f YTIJCiC UUlll IIV/UOVO v? CUUgress were already assembled. With them sat the ministers from France and Spuin, the three secretaries under the late confederation, the chaplains of congress in their robes, the governor and lieutenant-governor of New York, the judges of the State courts, and the mayor of the city. As soon as the president-elect appeared at the great door, the whole assembly rose and remained standing while he was conducted to his seat, and until he had actually taken his seat. Vice-President Adams rose, and addressed the presidentelect in the following words: "Sir, the senate and the house of representatives of the United States are ready to attend you to take the oath required by the constitution, which will be administered by the chancellor of the State of New York." General Washington replied: "I am ready to proceed." Mr. Adams then conducted him to the balcony, and they were followed, so far as the balcony could accommodate them, by the two Houses. A a YVaoMncrf/m ramp intn t.hp vipw of the people, the men removed their hats, but there was no cheering, the whole multitude preserving a respectful silence. Both the president and the vicepresident were clad in a complete suit of American manufacture; Washington in brown broadcloth, with white silk stockings and silver buckles, his hair powdered and tied in a queue. A large square stone had been Jdaced for him to stand upon, a few nches high, so as to give the people a better view of him. Upon that very stone the statue now stands 1 which adorns the spot. He stepped' upon the stone, an(? stood in view of the people ready for the ceremony, a commanding and beautiful figure. On one side of him stood Vice-President Adams, and on the other side Chancellor Livingston. Mr. Otis, the secretary of the senate, held between the chancellor and the president-elect a large open Bible upon a square crimson cushion. Behind the principal figure was Governor George Clinton, Baron Steuben, General Knox, St. Clair and others. The Bible was opened, as Mr. Lossing informs us, at the last chapter of Genesis. When Chancellor Livingston waved his hand, announcing that he was ready to administer the oath, General Washington laid his hand upon the Open page, and there it remained until the chancellor pronounced the well-known words, in which he swore to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. When the chancellor ceased, the president said, "I swear." He then bowed and kissed the book. He stood erect, and, closing his eyes, said, with Rrofound solemnity of manner, "So elp me God!" The Chancellor then said, in a loud tone, "It is done! Long live George Washington, president of the United States!" The suppressed feeling of the multitude broke forth in enthusiastic and long continued cheering. The flag was drawn up to the summit of thecupolaon Federal Hall. This was the concerted signal, and instantly all the bells of the city were rung, 3alutes of cannon were heard from Bowling Green and from the shipf)ing in the harbor, and every colection of people far and near burst into ecstatic cheers. The president and the two houses, with their distinguished guests, returned to the senate chamber and when all were again seated, the president rose, and in a low voice, tremulous with emotion, delivered his brief inaugural address. It was thought at the time that the sentence which he uttered with the deepest earnestness was the one in which he declared that "there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty andadvant age, between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity." The speech having been concluded, the president, accompanied by both houses of congress and their guests, went on foot to the chapel of St. . Paul's in Broadway, where prayers were read by the Bishop of New York. The pew in which Washington sat during his presidency is still shown to visitors. It is a large, oblong pew, with a seat all round it except at the door, resembling an elegant little room more than a modern pew. After the service was ended, the whole company escorted the president to his abode. In the evening the city was brilliantly illuminated, and there was a splendid exhibition of fireworks. The president viewed them with interest from a house in the lower part of Broadway, and walked hotne about 10 o'clock through crowds of people which filled every street, to the exclusion of vehicles. The inauguration ball occurred one week later, at the assembly rooms in Broadway. It was attended only by persons of some social eminence, and the company was attired in the style of an old English comedy. Both General Washington and his wife were fond of dancing, and excelled in it. On this brilliant occasion the president danced three times, one of his dances being a stately and graceful minuet.?[James Parton in Youth's Companion. SHARP ATTTRADE. A betting-man is so dominated by his passion for gambling that he will make a wager on anything into which the element of chance enters. Years ago, when the cholera was dscimating the English in India, it is said that the officers of a certain regiment used to make bets as to the next man who should die. Horrible as is such an act in the nppapnpp nf death, it is matched bv the deed of certain T'linkits, an Indian tribe in Alaska. They are noted for driving hard bargains, and stop at nothing in order to enforce their demands. Lieutenant Schwatka tells the story in the Independent: A white man ventured in a canoe to pass through the surf ou a reef in the outer habor of an Alaskan port. The canoe was capsized, and the man was rescued by several T'linkits, who happened to be near in their boat, one of whom grasped him by the hair as he was going down "for good." The Indian, instead of pulling the half-drowned man into the large canoe, held him in the water until he had promised to pay a handsome sum of money, to be divided among the crew. Lieutenant Schwatka fell a victim to a sharp T'linkit woman. He had bargained with her to do some washing. She took the soiled clothes, and in an hour returned and demanded her pay. On being told that she would be paid when the washing was brought back, she led the lieutenant out of doors, and showed him the washed clothes hanging on the bushes. Her contract only called for washing. She had not agreed to bring the clothes back. Mineral Shoe Blacking.?In Rush Valley, Utah, there is a farm upon which has been discovered a mineof natural shoe blacking, which produces a tine polish not easily dimmed. Truly, there are more things in the earth, Horatio, than were ever dreampt of by the old philosophers. Up in th-> Wind river country there was found some years ago a deposit of natural soap. No doubt if we keep on digging we shall find in due time towels, tooth-brushes and such things all fully developed. She's a great old Mother Earth, and no wonder so many people want all of it. A territory overrun with a population of 50,000 in a single day! Such was the unparalleled achievement in this fast age of steam and greed and gain on the soil of Oklahoma territory on Tuesday of last week. For the past two years land grabbers, specu-lators and would-be settlers have looked with longing eyes upon the Indian reservation known as Oklahoma, lying between the Indian territory and Kansas, and only the strong arm of the military branch of the government wassutficient to prevent encroachments upon soil reserved by the government as a part of the Red man's possessions. But so great was the clamor by the white people for settlement in what has been regarded as a naturally rich section of countrv. abundant in resourc es of soil, water, minerals and timbers, that the government finally made a purchase from the Indians of the coveted lands, and by proclamation of President Harrison, Tuesday, of last week, at 12 o'clock M. was appointed as the day for entering, upon the ground. For weeks preceding the appointed day people commenced gathering upon the border?to the north, the south, the east and west. These included not only new comers, induced to the supposed El Dorado after the issuing of the proclamation, but also the original "boomers," many of whom without warrant or authority, had staked off claims two ye^rs ago and by governmental authority were forced to abandon them. But when the appointed time for lawful occupancy arrived, the rush was made not only by steam?for a'railroad already penetrates the land, but also every other means of locomotion, and on Tuesday evening the uninhabited wilderness of Monday was peopled with thousands of eager settlers. It may be said that a populous territory was the growth of but a few hours, and where on one day wild beasts roamed at will, on the next they were driven from their haunts by the reuosant sounds of the saw, the hammer and the trowel. Such are the rapid strides of the present day. While one hundred and fifty years ago the Indian moved slowly and stolidly before the advance of civilization on his vastdomain, resenting with tomahawk and torch the white man's trusty rifle, now the more peaceful methods of steam and electricity move him on and on, to make way for the aggressive Caucasian. There was no doubt bloodshed and much strife in Oklahoma on Tuesday, and it will be kept up perhaps indefinitely, but it is only another phase of human nature, the result of human PTpprl and nasslon. evoked bv the D ? I t - v desire of gain and possession. What may be the outcome of this unprecedented eyent?the creating of u Slate as it were in day?remains yet to be seen, and the experiment will be watched with interest. From the reports of special correspondents we publish the following account of the scenes attending the rush of settlers on the first day: Lieutenant Foster, who started the pilgrims Saturday coming via the Arkansas City trail, estimates that at least 4,000 outfits and 10,000 people ranged along the border of his trail started at the sound of the bugle. Lieutenant Waite, a nephew of the late Chief Justice Waite, started those entering at the Caldwell trail, I and Colonel Ware started those on 1 the Hunnewell trail, he being in charge of this territory. Captain Hays started those entering by the Black Bear trail. It seems like a fairy story, but there is scarcely a doubt that from 20,000 to 30,000 entered by these trails while the six trains that came in from Arkansas City to Guthrie brought at least G,000 people. The wagon road runs within 100 yards of the railroad all the way. The Cimarron ford, in the Cimarron, or Little Arkansas river, is just three-quarters of a mile from where the railroad crosses that stream near the old site of Camp Russell. All along the route were to be seen deer, antelope, prairie chickens and quail. Two deer were within ten rods of the train and at least fifty shots were fired at them from the car windows and those on the roof, without effect. Prairie chickensand quail that were near enough to the train to be in sight were also treated to a similar salute. When the train crossed the last stream, Cottonwood creek, just before entering Guthrie, the passengers began Jumping off and rushing up the hill on the east side of the track toward the land office where the town site is to be laid out. One fellow became so excited that he jumped through the car window. When the train stopped at Guthrie station there was an indiscriminate rush, men and boys running over each other toget to the land office first or squat on a claim. The scarcity of water will cause suffering until wells are dug, unless the water in Cottonwood creek can be filtered. An enterprising real estate man had a carryall at the depot when the train arrived and ottered to carry people to his lots over on the east side and sell the lots at one dollar apiece. The crowd around the land office is too great to be numbered, and those who did not get in to file their claims on Monday night slept where they were in the line to be on hand Tuesday morning. Two miles each way from Guthrie station town sites are staked off, and there was not a section between there and Alfred that did not have one or more quarter sections staked off. People here are dumbfounded, and look at the vast multitude crowding into the country in silent wonder. Returning on the train, hundreds of wagons were passed still wending their way to the promised land. As Guthrie was found already staked out when tno nrsi irani goi inert;, oumu rumors were at once started reflecting on the United States officers and officials of the Santa Fe road. It is claimed that the directors' car of that road has been at Guthrie for several days and they, as well as government officials, connived with men hiding in the brush on the west bottom, shielding them from the scrutiny of the soldiers ; that those officials on both sides had the town all laid out quietly and had an understanding with these brush hiders so that they all rushed on and staked off claims before any train arrived. Although the regular train from the south, which arrived about 12.45 p. ra., was not allowed to carry any boomers, when it reached Edmunds at 11.30 it laid there until 12.05, when a party of surveyors got off, said to be railroad men. When the people at Edmunds saw this they rushed out and began staking off claims also. Persons arriving on the regular train from the South say that hundreds of claims were staked out at Guthrie when they got there. A sixty-room hotel will be shipped from Kansas City and will be ready for business at Guthrie by Saturday. Fifteen thousand home seekers are camped on the grassy upland of Guthrie, the pioneer city of Oklahoma. Their camp fires gleam in the darkness and their tents athwart the sky look like anarmyin bivouac. Guthrie, hitherto an insignificant station mote from civilization, has now a population of more than 15,000. All this was gained in one afternoon. In no country, save America, and no part of that country save the great West, eould'sucha thing be possible. When the first train arrived at Guthrie froiri Arkansas City, the embryo streets and lots of the new city had already been laid out by enterprising citizens who had been early on the scene. Hardly had the cars slowed down at the station when eager men leaped from the car windows, slipped from the roof of the coaches and poured out of the doors in streams. In a minute the slope leaning up irom meaiauon was umch. with men rushing headlong, eager for the town lots. In two minutes not one of the men who had filled the train was left in speaking distance of the railway. By the time this crowd had reached the top of the slope near the land office the men who had been running parallel lines for streets and driven in stakes for town lots were well on their way along the level strip of land east of the land office. The crowd then rushed eastward at a tremendous rate. Menwhobk-ought along a.muslin sign bearing the wbrds "Bank of Guthriej" were compelled to take a lot one mile back from the station. The next train from Arkansas City brought a thousand home seekers. About five minutes later the men in this train hurried across the prairie like an army charging a wing of the enemy. They spread out north and south with axes and spades and stakes, and began with wonderful energy the location of lots and streets. The third, fourth, fifth and sixth trains from Arkansas City, swelled the number to as many thousands. When the seventh and eighth trains came in later in the afternoon the crowd had overflowed all bounds. On the east streets and town lots had been extended two miles, on the north a mile and a half and on the south nearly a mile. No attempt had been made to lay out a town on the we9t side of the track. This west land had all been filed on for homesteads. Almost with the first rush of home seekers from the cars the home seekers who had started across the Oklahoma north line at noon in wagons and on horses began to pour into the new city. Their horses were reeking wet from the hot and furious drive. They took possession of such town lots in the future Oklahoma metropolis as they could lay claim to. Meanwhile the land office was besieged by an eager and determined crowd of men waiting to file claims upon homesteads. As the afternoon wore on this crowd grew larger until at closing time it reached in regular line down the street toward the railroad station. Business in the land office went rather slowly. The register and receiver did the best they could, but the pressure upon them was tremendous. The men who are waiting to file claims were forced into line two abreast. Dealers in real estate ucgan business before two o'clock in the afternoon. Oue enterprising dealer had as a back ground for the safe transaction of business a stack of rifles which had been placed there by the government troops on duty. At the land office near by was the tent of United States Marshal NeedIts. The tent was surmounted by a large American flag. Another dispatch from Guthrie says: The only recourse left to those disappointed in securing lots was to buy out such holders of lots as were willing to sell, or run the risk of staking outside the legal limit. Both courses were adopted, and a good number of Guthrie City lots changed hands. The first sale was made by a man named It. C. ltummells, of Malvin, Kansas, who sold a fine 25 foot front lot near the land office for $5 to an old doctor, a resident of one the Indian reservations adjoining Oklahoma. The purchaser refused $50 for the lot five minutes later. Several transfers were made and others who were determined to locate here drove stakes outside the town limits. This is preparatory to the purchase of homestead rights nnd the extension of the city limits. Guthrie already has its Main street, its Harrison street, its Guthrie avenue, and its Oklahoma avenue, and yesieruay morning it was a wiiuerness where the antelope'sported and the jack rabbit flapped its ears in the sun. In the afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the first municipal election occurred. The election notice appeared in the Oklahoma Herald, a daily paper published at Guthrie on tho first day of its existence. A council was elected at the same time. Nearly ten thousand votes were polled, as there are about that many men in Guthrie with the intention of becoming citizens. The leading candidates for mayor were Adjutant Keice, of Illinois, William Constantine, ofSpringfleld, O., and T. L. Sumner, of Arkansas City. A strong dark horse is T. Volney Haggatt, of Huron, Dakota. The new city is flooded with business cards of all descriptions, representing every lino of trade and business, every profession and every occupation imaginable. A mass of mail is expected to reach Guthrie postoflice every day. It is now being run by a postal clerk detailed for that purpose, but Mr. Flinn, of Kiowa, Kansas, lately appointed postmaster, will tako charge in a day or two. DIVING FOR PENNIES. Some sports, engaged in for fun or a penny, are so dangerous as to challenge the fear of all beholders. A traveler, whose vessel had anchored oft* the coast of Arabia, two-thirds of the distance down the Ked Sea, describes a perilous game of the urchins of that region. Goingondeck in the morning, he noticed some bobbing black objects in the water, and said to the captain, "What are those things swimming? Sharks, I suppose ?" "Well, fcoid-sharks you might call 'em, p'r'aps. Take my glass and try again." A look through the glass speedily transformed the black objects into the faces of Arab children, who were apparently not more than five or six years old. The vessel was at least a mile from the shore, and the water was deep enough at any point to drown the very tallest of these little adventurers. The Liliputian swimmers drew near, with shrill cries and elfish laughter; when a final stroke of their lean arms had brought them alongside, there arose a universal chorus of "Piastre, hoicailji/" (a penny, sir!) "Chuck 'em a copper, and you'll see something good," said the captain. One was tossed into the water, and instantly the smooth, bright surface was dappled with a forest of tiny brown toes, all turning up at once, as the boy-divers plunged together. By this time the entire crew had assembled to witness the sport, and a shower of exclamations was to be heard: "There's one of 'era got it!" "No, he aint!" "Yes, he has! I see him a-coming up with it!" The successful diver rose, and was at once surrounded by three or four piratical comrades, who did their best to snatch away the hard-won coin. As the boy reached the surface, he held up h-is prize triumphantly, and then popped it into his mouth, his only pocket. . In a moment, a crafty comrade swam up behind and tickled him under the chin, whereupoD the mouth opened, and out dropped the coin into the water. A genuine fight and scramble ensued, while the air rang with shouts and laughter. Meantime, two sharks appeared at a perilously short distance from the seemed to produce no effect whatev-. er upon the urchins. "Aren't they afraid of sharks?" asked the traveler of the captain. "Not they! they make too much row for any shark to come near them! Sharks are easy scared, for all they're so savage." Rut the observers, unaccustomed to the boys' game, would scarcely have cared to trust to a shark's timidity. DECISIVE. If all impostors could be dealt with as summarily as was a religious fanatic in the Pacific Islands, new and mushroom faiths would ifieet speedily with the fate they deserve. This man, a native minister, had declared that he was the bearer of a message fi?Arv? Kon tTftn in IUa AflTrtnf 4Kof In A jiuui iicavcuj iv uiu uucub uiai viic end of the world was at hand. It was not long before he had gathered a large circle of disciples, believing with all their hearts in the approaching catastrophe. Maafu, the viceroy of the Windward Islands, had never interfered in the religious leanings of his people. Now, however, he was rousea; a belief in the coming end ofthe world meant a lack of interest in the planting of yams, the paying of taxes and other temporal concerns. Maafu set sail for the island which had embraced the new religion. On his arrival the head men of the village were summoned before him. They came crouching before their ruler, who sat on the deck of his battered yacht, placidly splicing a rope. "Piiinns " coiH IVfoafu "lvhu Hn you not pay your taxes?" The men replied that they had been told by an angel from heaven that the end of .the world was at hand, and they therefore thought it advisable to spend their time and strength in prayer. "Fetch this angel," commanded Maafu. He was brought on board, and with him a woman carrying a baby. The fanatic stood before Maafu, who quietly went on splicing a rope. "So you are the man who tells these people to neglect their duties?" "I am an angel sent to warn them." "An angel! Ah!'Who is that woman ?" "My wife, she is an angel, too." "Ah, and is that child yours?" "Yes." "You are an angel, and you have a wife and child?" "Yes." Maafu rose and cried in a voice which awed those about him: "O Fijians! how can this thing be. When it is written, "In heaven there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage?" Fools! overboard to your canoes! Pay your taxes, and plant your yams, or it shall be the worse for you, men of Viti. And you, woman, go ashore and take care of your baby; you will not see your husband for seven years. Set sail!" So Maafu carried off the angel, and kept him a prisoner for that length of time; the new religion died? and the people returned to the ordinary duties of life. FRIGHTENED INDIANS. Those who have seen a diving-suit are aware of the frightful appearance of a man arrayed in it. The front of the head-piece is a large, circular pane of glass, giving the wearer the appearance of a hideoas Cyclops. From the top of the head runs a rubber tube for supplying air to the diver, and there is also a rope for hauling him up. In the early days of the gold excitement in California, says the Los Angeles Herald, a Mr. Potts and his partner, both miners, decided that tnere was gold at the head-waters of the San Joaquin. They discovered a deep hole in the bed of one of the forks, and concluded that if there was gold anywhere in the bed of the streams it was in that hole. They tried diving to the bottom, but the water was too deep, and they found themselves in a dilemma. Mr. Potts's partner bethought himself of a diving suit in San Francisco that he could procure, and the decision was reached that he go and bring it. This he did, arriving with it after some time. Mr. Potts's partner arrayed himself in the suit. Lying across the hole was a fallen tree, and Mr. Potts and his partner walked out upon the i log and his partner slipped down inI to the water and was instantly out of sight. Mr. Potts held the rope by which to pull him up. The agreed upon signal was a jerk on the rope. While Mr. Poit3 was thns sitting on the log and holding the rope, he appeared to be fishing with a 3tout line for big fish. He war, thus engaged when Chief Keweah and his squaws came down from the mountains, where they had been gathering nuts. He stopped and thus addressed Mr. Potts: "You ketchum fish ?" "No, not yet," was the reply, "but I expect a bite pretty soon." The old chief was evidently much interested in the scene, and without more ado he squatted on the bank and awaited developments, his numerous wives following his example. Pretty soon there came a jerk on the rope that rippled the surface of the water. Keweah became greatly excited when he saw Mr. Potts pulling heavily on the line, and the old chief got to his feet and watched the procedure with the deepest interest. Presently the monster of the deep came to the surface, with its hideous Cyclopean eye turned in Keweah's direction. "Ugh !" shouted the old warrior, and then he and his harem suddenly turned and tied, panic-stricken, over the plains. Unexpected.?A ministerial notebook could scarcely fail to bo amusing. The man who meets all sorts of people, in their moods of extreme joy "and sorrow, has every opportunity for getting at whatever kernel there may be in the human grain. Amusing occurrences are constantly to be met with in connection with the marriage ceremony. The following, related by a clergyman, is a fair sample of such oddities: A young man, a plain, good-hearted Irishman, was about to get married, and he came to arrange all the difficulties he thought connected with the ceremony. I assured him there would be no difficulty ; that I would see him through all right. "But," said he, "what about the ring?" I explained; and then, with a blush, he asked, "When must I kiss the bride?" I answered that at the close of the ceremony I would offer a prayer, and just as soon as I should say "Amen" he was to kiss the bride. The ceremony went through all right; I said "Amen" and looked at him in a knowing way. He suddenly remembered his duty, made a little jump, like a timid trout at a fly, and kissed?not the bride, but me. It was the heartiest kiss I remember ever to have experienced.- He had a short-cropped black mustache, and I can still feel the warm prickling of it on my lips. 565" The manufacture of what are termed veneered diamonds is a notable industry in Paris. The body of the gem is of quartz or crystal. After being cut into a proper shape it is put into a galvanic battery wnich coats it with a liquid, the latter being made of diamonds which are too small to be cut, and of the clippings taken from diamonds during the process of shaping them. In this way all the small particles of diamonds that heretofore have been regarded as comparatively worthless can, by means of this ingenious process, be made of service to the jeweler.