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t.ewis m. grist, proprietor | Jiidepemlent Jainili) Jlru'spaper: jf'or flic promotion of the political, Social, ^jricultmal and (!' omnui rial Jntcrests of the ^oiith. |TERMS?-$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. 35. YORKVILLE, S. O., WEDNESDAY, A.TJGLTST 7, 1889. NO. 32. ^ Serial Jdotn. 0.. If ^ Mystery of Dcadman's Flat CHAPTER IX. Mr. Snares brook was sitting, white, faint and trembling, as if smitten with ague, on the inverted barrel which served him as a chair. lie had touched no stimulants that i morning, and the loss of their intoxica- j ting strength left him as palsied jis an old man in his dotage?a pitiful wreck! The girl's eyes, gleaming with a hard expression of fierce despair, suddenly soft oned as she burst into tears. He looked at her, a father's love giving back to the bleared dull eves some of their old manliness and beauty. Then ho gently stroked her hair with the trem. bling hand which had so long lost its ^ cunning. Sho sobbed on convulsively, B that tender touch, half fearful, as if he felt his own unworthiness, grieving her more than all else. "What is it?" he asked at lust. "Oh, father," she cried between her W sobs, "can't we save him? Is thero no w way? Can't we do anything?' A strange look came into her father's eyes as that sobbing cry?the wail of a woman's broken heart?burst from her lips. The look was almost pitiful in its amazement and horror?that cry was ^ such a terrible revelation to him. Ho raised her face that he might look down into her tear dimmed eyes, which betrayed the sacred secret of the girl's stricken heart. They did not flinch before his gaze, neither did the white cheeks flush. It was too supreme a moment for any display of maidenly shyness. "Oh, father!' she cried again, hiding her face against his shoulder. There was a moment's silence, and then she sprang to her feet. "Oh, something must bo done! Perhaps they have condemned him! Oh, come?come. He must be saved, whether ho is guilty or not!" "Why do you think he is guilty?" ho asked, rising slowly. It was dreadful for her to hear her thought put into words. She started, gasping for breath, and for a moment her father thought sho was going to faint. But the knowledge of Redfern Churchill's awful peril steadied her wavering senses. "Come and save him, father! You must speak for him." "How can I do anything in this condition?" lie exclaimed in a sudden outhurst of qucrulousuess. "I must have something to keep myself up; I might as well be dead already for any good I am." She turned away desperately, hopelessly. What help could such a father bo to her in this her hour of agony? surely the most terrible that a woman who loved could pass through? The father noticed his daughter's heavy sigh, and it seemed to disturb him. "Why are you so afraid?" he asked fretfully. "I will help you both?I promise you." "Oli, father," she cried, in a tone of impatient bitter contempt, "how can you help me or any one?" It was tho first time she had ever used such a tone towards him. She turned away, a sudden wild resolve seizing her. She would go before those stern faced judges herself and plead tho prisoner's cause. "Come it%d sace him, father! low must k speak for him." r As she moved swiftly away from the cabin, Mr. Snaresbrook sat down again. He was trembling from head to foot, and now it was not only from the weakness i of over drinking. "She's quite right," ho muttered to himself, "but it's hard. I know she has j thought it all along, but she has never said it before?not even when I've been tho greatest brute. She has grown tired of me at last! Nor is it any wonder. Oh, my darling, what days of happiness I have deprived you of! All eternity will not bo long enough to atone." lie broke out into sobs?weak, childish, for even the dignity of manhood's grief had gone from him. As he sat there, miserably crying to himself, the trial in the spare parlor of tho "Red Unicorn" came to an end, and Redfern Churchill was found guilty. ' "But it is horrible?this!" cried Newenham as he stood facing tho condemned man in the corner of tho room, to which the}* had l>oen permitted to retire for a short interview at tho end of tho trial. I lie jury <uui one or two witnesses stood talking in undertones at the other end of the room. Newenlmm felt that ho could not believe it; he had pleaded, he had even threatened, until he saw that his interfereneo only made matters worse for the prisoner. Besides, even he could not but admit that the trial, rough and ready though it was, had been conducted with a fairness that gave the prisoner every opportunity of justifying himself. Un* fortunately his manner told against liim. Ilis answers were hesitating and some^ times confused; and as little by little links of evidence, so trilling that at first they scarcely seemed to bear upon the case, joined themselves together till their united strength formed a chain strong enough to hang a man, lie seemed to give up, with but little show of surprise, all hope of setting himself free. He had scarcely expected to bo convicted, though he knew that his peril was great; but, in his ignorance of what trifles can do in building up circumstantial evidence, he had imagined that they could hardly find proof enough against him to hang him. The tilings that told most against him were that letter and a revolver which was found lying hidden in the undergrowth near the body. It was proved to * bo his by some men who had often seen liirn with it. It happened that ho had given I?is revolver to Tom Cairnes as part payment of a debt, and unfortunately the matter had been kept quite private. Redfern Churchill had been too much disturbed at finding that woman's handkerchief to make search for anything else, and ho had not seen the re voiver as ii> my uiuier a iuic or rem. | There was no one to prove that ho had I given it to Tom Cairncs, and lie knew ! X that his word was not believed. As ho saw how small were the things that told against him, and thought how easily they might be gathered up against an' other, he became altogether silent, and finally declined to givo any more reasons why he should not bo hanged by the j neck till he was dead. Outwardly, though very pale, ho pre- j served a stoical indifference. Newen- I ham, watching him with keen, anxious I eyes, caught every now and then a j ; glimpse of a quivering muscle, of a sudden glow of hot life blood in the still, pale face, which betrayed inward trouble, lie could not guess that it was some thought of Elaine which stung his friend, that every now and then ho could not help a bitter longing that sho should have given him one sign of understanding before all cauio to an end. But she had hidden herself away and left him to his fate, without one look. When tho trial wjis over, however, he seemed to have Injconie really quiet. "It can't be helped!" he said. "After all"?with a faint smile parting his lips ?"I should have been an awkward relation." "Don't talk such confounded rubbish!" cried Jack Newenham, savagely, the undertone of pain excusing his apparent roughness. How often he had thought that himself, when contemplating the circumstances of his future brother-inlaw's life as connected with his own! "But never mind about me," Churchill went on with a touch of impatience. "I want to speak to you about Violet." Ilis voice faltered, but only for a moment. "There is no one who can help her like you. Tell her what you like?only not the truth. That would half kill her. T?..i 1 ol,o will lnnvn DUl 11 buc iillU^D uviiiui^ onv ?. at last not to look out for or expect to see me again. After all I shall be only one of many who disappear without word or sign; and she will learn to be happy with you and forget.'" Violet's lover promised, feeling that after all it was best. Why should her innocent, loving life be tortured by such knowledge as this? It was strange that neither of them thought of the other sister, who was a brilliant woman of fashion. She had felt her brother's disgrace bitterly, and had shown it, having grown almost to hate him in the'selfish and hard pride of her heart, which valued honor only so far as it gave her rank and position in the world of fashion. "There's another," began Churchill again, flushing a dull deep red. "She"? The word had scarcely left his lips when the door was suddenly flung open and "she" appeared on the threshold. For a few moments she stood, looking blindly about her. Then suddenly the confusion of objects, waving dimly to and fro in what seemed a blood stained mist, cleared, and the undefined forms grouped themselves into distinct shapes. At the farther end of the room, discussing the matter with Quaker Joe, who had managed to elude the vigilance of his better half - d slip into the room, were the jury. A few yards nearer to her were the other two men, gazing at her with startled eyes. There was something about the whole scene that told her it was all over. To the end of lior life she could have de scribed the strange pale faces of tho two near her?every pose of the judges? every detail of the room, disordered by hats and coats lying about it, and 6eats disarranged?even the ludicrous appearance of Quaker Joe, who in his excitement had rubbed up his stubby hair till it stood on end like a hedgehog's bristles. She took a step forward into the room, all turning to look at her. She opened her lips, but she could only utter a sharp, low cry, that seemed to freeze tho blood of every man in tho room. They were men who had faced death in many shapes; but there was not one present who would not rather have faced it once more in its most dread form than have heard such a cry again. "Let me speak to him!" she whispered at last, in a husky voice; but in the hush that had followed that cry the whisper reached every man in tho room. With one accord they moved towards the door, treading softly past her, not once glancing aside at her, as she stood there, like some white ghost, in their midst. The door closed gently behind them, and she was alone with Redfern Churchill. He?though still stirred to his soul's depths by that cry, the meaning of which he vaguely understood?recovered himself first, and stepped slowly towards her. "This is not a fit place for you," he said gently. "Why did you come?" "Why did I come?" she echoed, her white face crimsoning with passion. "That is a hard question to ask a woman. Yet why should I not tell you? What does it matter what any woman says at such a moment as this? You may despise me?perhaps to-morrow I shall despise, loatho myself?but I can't help it! Are you not going to die, and did I not drive you away from me only yesterday with such unkind, wicked words? Oh, will you ever forgive me?" A moment later and Churchill's arms were about her neck. VYou love me," he exclaimed?"mo? I can't believe it! I thought you hated me; and all the time I loved you with every breath I drew!" Then he raised her pale face with gentle but imperious force, and kissed it until it was crimson. Only for one moment did sho yield to the supreme passion of their love. Sho withdrew nerself hastily from his arms; the shadow of his terrible fate closed down upon the glory of their suddenly acquired happiness. "Oh, why did you do it?" she cried sharply. "Oh, could any enemy be worth such a sin? Oh, surely you should have pardoned him twenty times rather than have done so base a thing!" "I?have done so base a thing?" Ho too had stepped back a few paces, and ho looked at her, pain, bewilderment and doubt expressed in his eyes. "I? Why" He could say no more, and she came a step forward. "What did you mean?" she asked, slowly, in a voico that was strangely calm after the passion of the moment before. "Did you mean that you did not do that?" "I do it?" His voice trembled with Indignation, in spite of his effort at self control. "Why"?ho was going to say, "you know I did not!" but changed his mind. "Hush, darling! Don't let us sp.ak of that!" ho began. But she checked him, coming close to him and laying her hand upon his arm. "You did not do it? So you know" "Elaine, what is the uso of speaking of it?" he exclaimed, feeling all the sharpness of his pain. "Is it not enough that I am willing" "Don't?don't tell me an untruth! You know who it is! Tell me!" He did not answer. She looked up into his face for a few moments, but his eyes did not meet hers. Presently her hand fell from his arm, and she moved away, then stood still, her face turned towards the window. "You thought that I did it," she said slowly, in a faint tone. "Elaine, dear," he said, striding swiftly to her side?"oh, my love!" lie was dazed by the joy of the revelation that had come from her lips. Remorse . his shameful doubts had as yet no place in his heart. lie could feel only the wild delight of knowing that sho was innocent. "Elaine!" he repeated. But she was stunned by the new shock, and felt powerless to move or speak. There was a soft knocking at the door, and Churchill understood the signal. He looked at her, and saw how the blood was fading from her face and lips. Sho had believed in his guilt. To have found him innocent would have lilled her heart with joy; but to find him innocent, but believing in her guilt, was the last stroke she could bear. As his arms closed round her, she sank senseless uj>o? his breast. He kissed her?once?twice?with lips as gray as her own, then laid her gently down and hurried to the door. He found Newenham standing outside, having come to call him. The committeemen felt that it was time to reinstate justice in its rightful position, yet from a certain delicacy thev sent the message which was to end that interview by his friend. They felt it would be easier for him and her to bear. "I know," said Churchill, not waiting for Newenham to speak. "Go in and set after her. I would rather? For her sake, and mine, too. Don't you see? I couldn't bear that you"? His voico faltered, and a tremor shook him. It was the first sign he had shown of shrinking from the fate that awaited him. lit ould meet it bravely enough, but ht coulil not boar that Newcnham should Ik? a witness of his ignominious end. Newenham understood. Neither of the ! men cared to speak another word; there j was a clinging hand shake, and then lied- I fern Churchill stepi>od out to join the I men who awaited liiin. CHAPTER X. The understanding which had come about between Elaine and Redfern hud considerably altered the young man's views regarding his fate, lie would havo died willingly in her place, keenly as he had felt her strange conduct in allowing him to do so. He had not expected her for one moment to come for1 -- 1 r ---1.-4. l.- 1._.1 waru aim com ess wiuit no uuu ucuvivu her to be guilty of; but lie had hoped that bIio would give one sign?to him alone?that sho understood and appreciated the sacrifice he was making. He did not want gratitude?only recognition, to show that she was what ho believed her to be. Now he had discovered her innocence, lie was overwhelmed at his own mad and even shameful suspicions. How ho could thus have suspected her seemed incredible to his understanding.' Every word, every look, every sign of fear and confusion ho could interpret now in tho light of her own suspicions of himself. His soul was filled with remorse at his infamous doubts of her, and he felt no bitterness against her for her doubts of him. If lie, like the base, unchivalrous madman ho had been, could have suspected her, was it even surprising that sho should have suspected nim? Ho glanced up, for he had been walking silently and mechanically along by the side of tho two citizens of Deadman's Flat who had been elected his warders; tho rest of the men had dropped a little behind. There was something in his face that they respected. And, after all, it would not be easy for him to escape. Tho first attempt at flight would bring a dozen bullets about him. It would only be hastening the sentence by a few moments. Itctlfern Churchill, however, had been too much absorbed in his thoughts to think of trying to escape, evett if ho had imagined it possible. It was only now that, raising his eyes from that troubled meditation, ho saw how near they had come to tho fatal rendezvous. Then suddenly a great and terrible revulsion of feeling set in. In one swift thought he tasted to the full all the delights and triumphs of life, all the bitterness of death. He was innocent. Why should he suffer for an unknown murderer's crime? He stopped abruptly, turning sharply round in tho dusty road, his face flush ing with wrathtuiness against mo men who had condemned him 60 unjustly. Sudden as the movement w'Jls, the closing up of the men loitering behind him was quite as swift. Careless as it apparently was, their guard was as stern as their faces were pitiless. He saw that, and saw how hopeless it was to attempt to escape?nevertheless, ho resolved to try. It would be death, he knew; but it should not bo the ignominious death of a dog! He drew in his breath hard between his clenched teeth and turned to walk on again, and the men dropped into their previous jxtsitions. They had not said a word; but their watch was more vigilant than before. He knew tiio place they wevo going to, and he thought over a plan as they marched along. The tree which had been set apart for the use of an avenging justice stood, solitary, on a mound, which, sloping down gently on three sides into the great pine woods, on the fourth dipped abruptly into a ravine some two hundred feet deep, the sides of which were rooky, covered with a short furze and thorn undergrowth, with here and there a pine. There was no foothold?at least none tc be found for a man who would not wait to searcli for one, and ho knew that no time would be given him to choose his steps. He would go over it headlong? to certain death; but ho would go. The only difficulty would be to reach the edge of that precipice, as there would be so many willing hands to prevent him. Now, for the first time, ho noticed how limited the witnesses of the approaching tragedy were to be. Generally, such an event attracted nearly all the town and outlying settlements. He wondered what had happened to assuage so suddenly that grewsome curiosity. He could not guess that, out of sympathy with that girl, with that cry of hers still ringing | in their earB, the committeemen had quietly, but decisively, dismissed the crowd awaiting to escort tho prisoner. They had told the peoplo that they had better depart quickly?that, if they chose, they might hasten on to the mound, and there await the fulfillment of the sentence. As tho party turned off from the road and began to ascend the mound, they caught sight of various members of the population of Deadman's Flat also making their ascent When the procession emerged from among the trees there was assembled on the bare eminence a goodly concourse of spectators. They were contemplating the tree, which stood outlined clearly against tho brilliant blue sky, at tho summit of tho mound. Many were discussing with much gravity various matters which to less interested spectators might have seemed ghastly and revolting. Churchill glanced from tho tree to tho grave, earnest crowd; then ho set his teeth more closely, for there wero but a few paces between him and death, with a swift look round his eyes took in the ridge some yards beyond the tree, behind which the mound dropped sharply down into the abyss. The sun shone, and the air w,is full of the sweet breath of the pines. There was a twitter of birds in bush and trees, the Hash of their wings through the hot, fragrant air. Far oil in the distance was the purple outline of tho everlasting hills, above was the dazzling bluo of a cloudless sky, and before him that ghastly tree, where his life, with its grand possibilities and its newly found love, was suddenly to end. For a moment his heart and brain seemed to burn in lierce, mad revolt against his unmerited doom; then suddenly passion, tumult, rebellion died away, and perfect calmness remained. He reached the summit a yard or two in front of his guards. Tho crowd falling back a little as ho approached, lor there was not sufficient space on the highest point for all to stand there, it happened that for a moment he stood raised above spectators and executioners, his graceful athletic figure as clearly outlined against that distant hluo sky as tho treo itself. "Look here," he said, slowly and distinctly, raising his hand to insure a hearing?"I did not commit that murder!" Thero was a dead silence. Then one of the jury, in a tone of contempt, iisked why he took tho trouble to make such a statement now. "Not because I aui-ufraid to-die. While I was being tried I had a reason for silence. Now I know it was a false one, and seo no cause why I should die in the place of an unknown blackguard!" "It is reyther late in the day to try to gull us. If you thought sicli foolery wouldn't take us in before, it ain't much uso bringin* it forrard now." "Very well," said Churchill, "I'll die, because I must; but not as a murderer, for I am innocent!" Before they could take in his meaning he had turned and run lightly up to the top of the ridge behind the tree, then for i one moment he stood poised on that edge, cool, defiant, a picture of life, strength and youthful vigor; the next, the straining eyes of the spectators saw him leap > forward into that awful space that lay beyond, and then there was left only the lino of blue sky, clear and unbroken, beyond the sharp edge of the cliff. There i was a moment's breathless silence, then ; a general rush forward up to the summit > of the mound. ) The rush, however, was checked by the introduction of a new clement?a horse spurred on by an apparently frantic man came dashing up between the scattered trees of the slope. "Stop?stop!" cried the man at the top of his voice. "Stop?stop.'" cried the ?<a?i at the top oj his voice. His impetuous approach, I)is stentorian tono of command, had the effect of momentarily checking tho majority of that excited crowd. "Old Snaresbrook como to seo the fun!" exclaimed one man. "He's too late." Mr. James Snaresbrook was soon among them, and springing from th. back of tho steaming, panting animal he had ridden. "Good heavens!" he exclaimed, his face ghastly pale with horror, "you haven't hanged him?" Tho words ended in almost a wail of agony as he faced the crowd gathering swiftly round him. Many at onco rushed off to the cliff, Snaresbrook's words bringing back to them prominently Uedfern Churchill's fate; tho rest lingered, overpowered by a still deeper curiosity. They all instinctively felt that this was only tho beginning of the tragedy. "Don't tell me he's dead?for heaven's sake don't tell me I'm too late!" he cried, that note of agony still in his voice and largo drops of moisture gathering on his brow as he gazed from one stern face to another. "It's too horrible! I came to take his place, and now I am too late! I have murdered him, too!" "Speak up clearly, Snaresbrook," said one man, stepping to the front and motioning back the expectant, staring crowd, which obeyed, leaving the two men in the center of a little circle. It was one of the committeemen who had taken up the command. lie was beginning to see that they had made some terriblo mistake. His anxious but pitiless eyes were fixed upon the agonized, quivering features of James Snaresbrook. "I murdered Thomas Cairnes!" A thrill of horror and excitement stirred the crowd; but the people controlled themselves as Snaresbrook went on. "I met him in tho woods by appointment to pay him something that I owed him. Ho had given me the choice?either to pay up, or give him my daughter. He had seen her in 'Frisco with me and pestered her with his hateful attentions. I could not pay up, and in the place of my daughter I meant to give him a bullet through his heart. It was murder, if you like, for I went out with the intention of killing him. He had no mercy in him. He would have taken her, though it would have killed her. I was half drunk when 1 got to tho place appointed, but not drunk enough not to know what I was about. I waited till his back was turned. I knew my hand was not steady, and I was afraid of missing. He might have had time to kill me?and there was my daughter. Then I fired. That was ail! I came back to Deadman's Flat. I knew it would come out sooner or later, so I stopped about. I didn't want any other man to swing in my place, so I just hung about till tho murderer was wanted, and here I am! But don't say I'm too late!" His voice had become gradually unsteady, and at last broke out again into that anguished appeal. It might have stirred the hearts of more tender folk; but there was no pity in the faces of his listeners. Redfern Churchill's desperate act of heroic defiance had already caused a current of feeling to setitin in his favor, and now to hear that he was innocent was more than they could bear calmly. A growl of rage, hate, contempt and remorse broke from tho spectators. "Lynch him!" shouted one man, and the ominous cry was taken up by a dozen voices. A surging wavo of furious men broke in upon tho little group which, still desirous of keeping order, had gathered about James Snaresbrook. The news was communicated from one to another, starting from the edge of tho precipice, and reaching tho crowd surrounding the author of this horrible disaster, that somoof the searchers had succeeded in discovering Redfern Churchill's body lying, faco downward, on the ledgo of an unattainable rock. The sight of tho young man's body stretched there broke down the last barrier of self control, and " *- 11 1 1.1.- .1 ?A IlOllling COU1U KUUp uiu (juiuguu uuwu in clicck. Wlien tlio townsmen of Deadman's Flat returned about noonday to their dinners and daily occupation, they were minus ono of their number. James Snaresbrook met his fate bravely, horrible though it was. The measure of his punishment was filled; for ho was too late to save an innocent man, ^ lorn his daughter loved, and ho died without one kiss or ono word of farewell from tlio lips of that daughter, the only being on earth who cared for him. She was still unconscious when ho had gone in to see her before starting on bis last ride, and ho had not dared to linger for an instant. In his last moments his thoughts were of her; ho remembered that, on her recovery to consciousness, she would learn tlio news that her father was a twofold murderer, and at onco death lost all its terrors. Redfern Churchill did not dio after all. It was confidently asserted in Deadman's Flat, where belief in such tilings was not common, that ho was saved by a Divine miracle. Perhaps it may 6afely be said tliat the inhabitants of Deadman's Flat never rejoiced so keenly or so gratefully over anything as they did over the return to life of the man they had once gone out so cheerfully to hang. It was Jack Newenhani who, at the imminent risk of his own life, went down the preci picc to recover what ho believed to be the dead body of his friend. It was ho who, finding that life still lingered, nursed Churchill back to consciousness. Then followed a long, weary, anxious time. Months passed by, and even then Itcdfcrn Churchill was not, nor ever could be, the same strong athletic man who had taken that desperate leap to savo himself from a shameful death. He never murmured; ho knew that, as a man sows, so he must reap. The road that led to that awful precipice had been chosen of his ownfreo will when ho first plunged recklessly into folly and sin. To him, as to Elaine, earthly happiness wjis long in coming. The shock of her father's shameful death was a terrible blow to her; but at last thero came a day when the two turned back to lovo and hope. Together she and Redfern Churchill lived down the past. It was hard work, but they succeeded. After Tom Cairnes' death there was no fear of tho real facts of his disgrace being publicly known. The man whoso notes he had taken, holding a high position in business and society, had no desire to publish tho fact that he had been robbed in a low gambling house. A day came, too, when Kedfern Churchill paid him back to the full all that he had taken, and then ho had still less motive for mentioning the affair. Churchill himself felt the disgraco to the end of his days? to him nothing could wipo it out. lie had committed the crime in a moment of desperation, tempted by Cairnes. By an | accident ho had picked" up the bundl.' of j notes justat the time when the gambling | fever was high upon him. There were j hut a dozen 6teps l>etween him and the ! tahle, whero ho thought that luck, in a I second, would con vert him from u ruined, j desperate man to one who would resolvo I never to enter such a place again. "You can pay him hack with interest in an hour," Tom Cairnes had urged, as the young man began to put the pocketbook back into the coat from which it had fallen. "Sowerby is in the next j room, as drunk as a fiddler; he'll never ; know you borrowed it. Luck must i change," and so on, until Churchill, I scarcely knowing what lie did, fell. As for the Hon. Jack Newenham, a j distant relative died beforo even he j could leave tho bedside of his friend, and j left him a considerable fortune, which ; effectually silenced tno taunts of Mr. Churchill, senior, on the subject of the folly of marrying younger sons. Violet went with him to England to look after his new property, and all his friends dei clared that there was no happier couple in the land than tho Hon. John and Mrs. Newenhaui. Redfern Churchill and his wife often exchanged visits with the Newenhams, and tho friendship l;<jtween the American and English households' was reckoned by them as not the least good thing among the many that had come into their lives. THE END. JllistcUnncous Reading. MANY SENSATIONS. (I UK AT EVENTS OF 100 YEA ICS OF A ME11ICAN 1NDEVENDECE. - ? While tho average school boy is familiar with tho geuoral history of his country, thero aro a good many salient events connected with our country's growth during the last hundred years that havo been forgotten by even grown men. It is obviously impracticable, howover, in tho limits of this article, to do moro than refer to them briofly and thus present a bird's oye viow of those things that have become memorable and aro interesting in viow of the rocent centennial colebration of Washington's inauguration. After tho revolution tho first serious trouble which tho government had to encounter was an organized rebellion in 17S6. Whilo the spirit of turbulence permeated tho whole of Now England, tho center of lawless vio loncowos In the state of Massachusetts, whore Daniel Shays, placing himself at the head of a strong insurgent force, attempted to prevent the sitting of the courts and the execution of the laws. The rallying cry was "taxation and tyranny," a mass of war debt having accumulated that had become oppressive especially to those dependent on the Now England fisheries. The rebellion was suppressed by the veteran Gen. Lincoln, who, at the head of 4,000 militia, scattered the insurgents and secured tho imprisonment of the principal leaders. THE COTTON GIN. It is a significant fact that almost contemporaneous with tho organization of tho government Eli Whitney invented tho cotton gin, which, in an industrial point of view, revolutionized tho manufactures and commerce of tho world. It was tho first key that unlocked tho wondorful natural capabilities of tho now born republic and mado cotton "king." This occurred In 1793. In 1794, tho country was excited by tho Whisky Insurrection in Pennsylvania, resulting from excise duties imposed upon spirits manufactured in tho United Stutcs. Washington himself declared that tho Union was in peril and ho prepared to head an army of fifteen thousand militia, but before thoy moved tho rebels were dispersed and tho law was enforced. Thus, in tho words of Washington, was decided "tho contest whether a small proportion of tho United States shall dictate to tho wholo Union." Tho corner stone of tho Capitol having been laid by Washington in 1793, tho archives of the government wero removod from Philadelphia in tho summer of 1800, and the first session of congress in its new quarters took place in tho ensuing November. Washington City, including the Capitol, was burned by tho British In August, 1814. In 1803 tho young republic bad a ruction with tho Barbnry States, growing out of the tributes exacted by their piratical cruisers upon American commerce. Tho punishment was prompt, severe, and tho submission com-plcto. KILLING OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON. The following year tho country was plunged in mourning by the killing of Alexander Hamilton in a duel with Aaron Burr, then the vice president of the United States. Tho affair took place at Weehawken, New Jersey, opposite the city of Now York. Hamilton's widow survived him some fifty years. In 1S0C Burr was tried for conspiracy in attempting to establish a separate government in the southwest. The prosecution failed, but Burr bocame an exile; returning to this country, ho found himself banished from society and died in disgraco. Next in importance to the invention of the cotton gin was Fulton's triumphant application of steam to navigation in 1807, his first trip being made down tho Hudson from Albany to Now York. From this timo steam navigation becanio a fixed fact and extended with astonishing rapidity. Thero are peoplo yet alive who recall a calamitous oarthquako in 1811. It began at Now Madrid, on tho Mississippi, and extended over a region three hundred miles in longth. Tho shocks continued from December until February, during which tho ground ro60 and sank in great undulations, lakes wero formed, boats and houses were wrecked and tho ehtiro surface of the country changed. Passing over tho war of 1812 with its great achievements on land and sea, because they are familiar to tho genoral reader, the next memorable event was tho visit of Lafayetto to America as tho guest of tho republic. This took place in 1824, and from the time ho landed on Staton Island, where tho first to greet him was Joseph Bonaparte, tho brother of the great Napoleon, until his departure, ho received a national ovation. During his tour ho traveled ovor 5,000 miles and visited overy ono of tho twenty-four states of tho Union. DKATll OK ADAMS A.YD JEFFERSON. In 1820 was celobratod tho fiftieth anniversary of tho republic. Tho day, 4th of July, was ono of mingled joy and profound national sorrow, for whilo tho people wero rojoicing amid tho peals of artillery and strains of music, John Adams and Thomas Jofferson, two ex-presidents of tho United States, passed away. Passing in quick reviow tho famous dobato between Hayno and Daniel Webster in congress, in 1830, now familiar to overy schoolboy; tho rise and progress of tho Mormons under Joseph Smith, beginning in 1830; tho eapturo and execution of Gibbs, tho most noted pirate of tho century, in 1S31, a man who by his own confession had destroyed) a scoro of r.hips and murdered their crows; tho nullification outbreak in South Carolina in 1832, that roused tho wrath of President Jackson and threatened to sever tho Union; tho marvelous moteoric showers of 1S33, when tho most brilliant celestial phenomenon over beheld by man occurred, tho whole firmament being in fiery commotion all over tho United States, and putting half a contineut in presumed jeopardy; tho attempted assassination of President Jackson on the steps of tho Capitol in Washington in 1835 by Richard Lawrence, an insano artist, ono may pauso for a moment to contemplato that modern mechanical miracle, tho evolution of tho electric telegraph. TOE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. As an artist, S. P. B. Morso had exhibited beforo tho Royal Academy of England a picture of colossal size, entitled "Tho Dying Ilerculos," and attained no little distinction. Whilo roturning from Europe in 1832 a cusual conversation with a fellow passenger brought up tho question as to tno longtn or tixuo occupied by the electric fluid in passing through a given length of wire. Tho thought on which Morso subsequently worked was here developed, and threo years afterwards ho was able to exhibit a working model of his recording electric telegraph. No effort was uiado to bring tho matter definitely before the public until 1837, and the invention was treated as a mere chimera When application was mado to Congress for an appropriation of $30,000 to establish a lino between Washington and Baltimoro a singlo vote, that of Governor Walluco of Indiana, in coinmittoo, decided whother tho bill should bo reported to tho houso. After much delay in both branches of congress the appropriation was mado at tho last moment, aud tho possago of tho bill was announced to Professor Morso by Miss Annie Ellsworth, tho daughter of tho commissioner of patents. "Your bill," she said, "was tho last acted on, and I begged permission to convoy to you the news." Thanking tho young lady over and over again, Professor Morso grasped her by tho hand and said. "As a reward for being I tho first bearer of this nows, you shall send over t! 10 telegraph tho first inessngo it convoya" In May, 1844, tho line was laid, the recording instruments being attached to the end of tho wires in Baltimore and in tho supremo court chamber in Washington. When tho circuit was complete Mr. Morse sent a messenger to Miss Ellsworth to inform her that tho telegraph awaited her message. S[>cedily responding, sho sent for transmission the following, which wus the Hrst formal disjiateli over sent through a telegraphic wiro connecting remote pluces with each other: "What God hath wrought!" Tho original of this message is now among tho urchivesof tho Historical society in Hartford, Conn. It is unnecessary to tell the story of the telegraph j or describe its wonderfnl influence on the desI liniesof the world since that momentous time. We have the telenhouc and tho electric motor already What inoro is to follow can only Ijo conjectured. THE UIO Ft RE Of 1833. The sensation of tlio j'ear 1833 was the tromondous flro in New York, when nearly seven hundred warehouses tilled with costly merchandise were burned in the heart of the commercial center of America with a loss of $18,000,000. The next year witnessed the beginning of the anti-slavery struggle in congress, when John Quiney Adams made his famous fight for the right of petition, and was denounced with cries of "Expel the old scoundrel," but before the cud of tho debate ho was vindicated and received honor oven from his opponents. In 1833 wo have records of tho expedition to tho South Polo under command of Cupt. Charles Wilkes of tho United States navy, tho iirst of tho kind over undertaken, in which the expedition sailed U0,000 miles in four years. Tho great temperanco movement of 1840 was another important featuro of the century, bringing to tho front Gough, Dow, Father Mathow and scores of other workers who have left their impress on tho ago. In 1842 Fremont began his explorations of the hitherto unknown regions of tho northwest, Oregon and California. Thomas W. Dorr, in tho same year, undertook to organize a rebellion in Rhodo Island; and tho fumous mutiny occurred on tho United States brig of war Somers that resulted in tho hanging of Midshipman Spencer, tho son of a United States cabinet officer. Tho year 1843 was characterized by tho ap pcarance of a great and fiery comet that for several weeks swept through tho heavens. This was attended by the remarkublo Miller excitement, in which tho Second Adventists predicted tho destruction of tho world, and thousands waited on their roofs in grave clothes for tho approach of tho flual duy. EXPLOSION OF THE PEACEMAKER. In 1844 Commodore Stockton's great gun, tho "Peacemaker," exploded on tho United States steamship Princeton, killing tho secretaries of state and navy and other eminent persons, President Tyler barely escaping with his life. In 1840 other was discovered, and hfts since proved tho most magnificent boon ever conferred by science upon tho human race. Tho same year witnessed tho invention and introduction of tho sowing machine, which, according to the best estimates, has saved to tho industrial interests of tho country upwards of flvo hundred millions of dollars annually. During 1847 the wonder of tho country was the manifestation of Spiritualism by tho Fox sisters. Ireland's famine also claimed a largo share of public attention and relief. War was declared with Mexico, and in 1848 tho first gold in California was discovered at Sutter's Mill, producing a rovolution in commerce that is still sweeping on. The year 1S49 is mcinorablo for tho Astor place riots, resulting from a feud between tho partisans of Macready aud Forrest, tho English and American actors. During this year tho cholera swept through tho country with frightful fatality. Dr. Georgo Parkruan, a notoxl millionaire of Boston, was killed by Professor Webster, of Harvard college, and the latter was hanged. From 1850 to 1853 Dr. Elisha Kane was in search of Sir John Franklin with tho Griunoll expedition. Jenny Lind arrived and began her famous tour. Californians in 1851 wore stirred by tho reign of the vigilance committees, and all England was surprised by tho victory of tho yacht Amorica in tho groat international regatta. Kossuth, tho Hungarian exilo, arrived as tho invited guest of tho nation and made a tour of tho country. In 1852, Commodoro Perry's expedition to Japan opened to the world tho ports of that hitherto exclusive nation. In 1853, tho Collins steamship Arctic was sunk with nearly all on boanL In 1850, lion. Proston S. Brooks, of South Carolina, assaulted Charles Sumner in tho United States senate. In 1857, Dr. Burdell, a wealthy Now York dentist, was mysteriously murdered in his own offlco. Tho steamship Central Amorica foundered off Capo Hattoras, with a loss of moro than four hundred lives and two millions of treasure. A panic occurred in tho business and financial world. In 1858, Paul Morphy astonished tho world of chess players by his phenomenal performances; more than five hundred men, women and children wero lost by the burning of tho steamship Austria, ar che bloody prize fight took placo between John Morrissoy and John C. Heennu. In 1859, PhiL Barton Key was killed by Hon. Daniel Sickles in Washington; tho first petrolei^m wells wero bored in Pennsylvania; Hon. D. C Broderick was killed in a duel near San Francisco by Hon. D. S. Terry; and John Brown made his celebrated raid on Harper's Ferry. The year 18G0 was signalized by tho arrival of a grand embassy from Japan with a treaty of peaco; tho arrival of the Prince of Wales and his tour through the United States; and the arrival and exhibition of tho iron steamship Great Eastern. Gen. Walker's filibustering expedition to Nicaragua carao to grief, and ho was shot. Fort Sumter was bombarded in 1SGI by tho Secessionists and war begun between the north and south. In 1S03, President Lincoln issued his proclamation of emancipation, and in 1SC5 the war ended by the surrender of Gen. Leo to Gen. Grant. President Lincoln was assassinated in Washington by J. Wilkes Booth. After ten years of experiment and difficulty, the telegraph cable was laid across tho Atlantic and tho event celebrated with great ceremonies. Tho ovents of the last twenty years are so fresh in memory that it is unnecessary to recall them in this connection, but they servo to illustrato the increased activities of tho ago and tho growth and prosperity of tho uation. F. G. De Fontaine. Qkj.ii Things That auk Patkntkd.?There is a claim in thepasent office for a patent on the Lord't Prayer, the specifications being that the repetition of the same "rapidly, and in a loud tone of voice," will cure stammering. Among odd inventions are "chicken hopples," which walk theehickeii right out of the garden when she triesto scratch ; "the bee moth excluder," which automatically shuts up all the beehives when the hens go to roost; "the tapeworm fish-hook," which speaks for itself; the "educational balloon," a toy balloon with a map of the world on its surface; "side-hill annihilators," stilts to tit on the down-hill legs of a horse when he is I - ' > : 1 . ...1,1 il.,1 I III uif; 11111^ >i .^nn-iini , << >> i..v "hull surprise]*," :t device that drop? the newly-laid egg through the hotturn of the nest, with intent to begnih and wlieedle the lien into at unci laying another. One of the latest patents is an automatic bath-tub, which starts the hot and cold water at a given moment in the morning to which it has been set, maintains exactly the right temperature of it by graduating the How of water, rings a hell when all i> ready, and two minutes later suddenly drops the sleeper's pillow about si loot and turns him out. Mo.vakch's A(?ks.?Queen Victoria having completed her Tilth year the following statement of the age.* of various reigning monsirchs, ranging from the oldest to the youngest, may prove interesting: The kingol the'Netherlands, aged I'l; the king of Denmark, aged 71 ; the king ol Wurtemburg, aged (><i; the cm perm of Brazil, siged (>.'!; the king of Saxony, aged HI ; the king of Swedes: .....i voiMt-.i\' .ui-oil an - the (Uniterm aim iu? w.. , fc.., f of Austria, aged ">H ; the king of tlx Belgians, apodal ; the king of Per tugal, aged ">0; the king of Kounia ilia, aged the sultan of Turkey aged Hi; the king of Italy, aged to the emperor of Russia, aged 44 ; tlx king of llelenes, aged 4.4; tlx* kinj. of Bavaria, aged 41 ; the king o Siani, aged .'lo ; the German emperor aged -40; the emperor of China, age< 17 ; the king of Kervia, aged 12, aix the king of Spain, aged .4.?[Londoi Standard. tug" Be thankful every time a frieix deserts you, and thus forces you t< strengthen yourself. FROM LONDON TO PARIS. A DELHI JITFUL FEAST ON THE IIO.VDEliS OF THE WOULD. \ Crossing the Rnyjislt Channel Iannis j ai Dieppe - (Joes to Rouen ami Paris l>y Raii?Asoends I lie Ridel Toner ) anil Takes in the Great City at a < Glanee, then {joes to the Ivvposi- 1 tion and afterwards visits diderent ] Places of "World-wide Fame. ('iirri'sponili'iiri! of tin; Yorkvillr Kiu|iiir< r. ( 1 'a it is, July In.?1 sot out for Paris ; last Wednesday, liy way of the London, Brighton anil South ('oast rail- 1 road, and sifter a few hours' ride arrived at Xewhavon, an unimportant, i sleepy looking old town, of about ( four thousand inhabitants. Theonly things of interest to he seen are the stronir fortifications, and a number of ] large cannon awaiting such time as 1 they may he called upon to take part in the defence of the coast. We did not have to remain long at this place, < however. The steamer was soon ' ready to sail, and we were on our way across the English channel. The trip across the channel, though short, i is certainly not a pleasant one. The water is fearfully rough and decidedly calculated to bring about sensations suggestive of those I tried to describe in my first letter. It don't quite have time, however, as you don't get out of sight of land during the trip, it being only about sixty miles from shore *to shore. About half way across, and the coast of France is plainly outlined, the great white chalk cliffs standing out in bold relief and looking like churches and castles in the distance. After about four or five hours we arrived at Dieppe, France, which is a quaint old town of about 20,000 inhabitants. From .Dieppe wo took the train to Rouen, situated on the Seine about fifty miles distant, and on the route to Far is had the opportunity of seeing just a little of the country, and a most wonderful country it is. I had read of French farmers and heard of French farming, but from all I had heard and read I didn't have the slightest conception of the remarkable state of perfection to which agriculture has reached in this country. And of course I have no hope of making the readers of Tick Enquirer realize it by a description. It seems that ten or twelve acres is a big farm, and very often a large family is found living in comparative luxury on considerably less than that. The farmers grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables, wheat, barley, oats, hay, etc. The farms are fenced in with stone walls, and every inch of space is utilized, even to the top of the walls, which are surmounted with trellis work" and made to support grapes and other vines. As you go along, you sometimes see whole acres covered with glass roofs, looking like what thev are. vast hot bouses in which ordinary field crops arc grown. Practically independent of heat or cold, rain or shine, such farms, gardens or nurseries as these, know no seas<ms, and go on producing during the entire year almost any fruit or vegetable that grows on the face of the earth. It is said that all the lands in this country are naturally poor and have been brought up to their present high state of fertility through persistent manuring, and I believe sqme of them will yield greater values to the acre than our fanners get off of twenty or thirty acres. I can't give the reason, but I notice that all of tin* streams are skirted on one side by rows of trees, while the other side* as a rule, is bare. It may be that the trees are left as a shade for cattle, as I notice they make great use of them for that purpose. All of these trees seem to lie of a species of willow and white poplar. They are kept neatly trimmed and show off the landscape in handsome style. On Thursday, the 11th, I arrived in Paris, and how to begin to tell of the wonderful grandeur of this magnificent city is a problem that I will not attempt. Were I fully equal to the task, my readers could hut regard my statements as absurdly ridiculous. At 1.30 ]>. m. J ascended the Eiffel tower which is the loftiest structure ever erected by the hand of I num. It is made entirelv of iron, rises 1,100 feet above the surface of the ground, and may he ascended either by a stairway or an elevator, the latter method, which 1 adopted, requiring seven minutes. Arriving at the top, T at first felt so bewildered that I could scarcely collect my senses. "And the panorama beneath ! A birdseye view of Paris, beyond doubt the most magnificent city in the world! Helow a great sesi of houses intersected with numerous streets and avenues thronged with hurrying Lilliputians. And over the vast space are to be seen innumerable monuments, towers, spires and domes. Through the whole length of the city winds the beautiful Seine like a great steel ribbon; further off is seen the green circle of hills which surround Paris; and beyond these, again the wide horizon which stretches 112 miles from north to south." It is said that the view from the tower at night is no less beautiful, and that the lights of Paris present all the glories of fairyland. After descending from the tower, having taken the whole scene in at one view, so to speak, I felt somewhat relieved of the feelings of awe which were at first occasioned, and felt as if 1 u*<?n? now nrenarod to take in all I the sights that were to he seen. Of course I had preconceived notions of the exposition, hut I soon found that i they were far too homely. It is said i that Parisians don't do anything l>y 1 halves, and this exposition is the grandest of their grand achievements. I The French government alone has expended somethingover fifteen milI lion dollars on the show, and two i hundred million would hardly buy I the whole exposition. Our govern' mont is undoubtedly a big thing at i home, hut Americans are not proud ! of it here. Kven some of the South i American States have much bigger displays than ours, and the resources 1 of America are scarcely better repre sented than they were at the Atlanta exposition. Hut to enter into a de scription of the exposition, or even parts of it, would take tip too much timeand would probably betiresome. i That is not the reason why I don't - attempt it, however. It is because 1 know I couldn't do it even if it were ! desirable to do so. One might re main here seeing new anil novel i sights indefinitely, hut I find more than enough to occupy all of my time even without falling hack on theex position. , The main exposition building is an ; immense structure surmounted by a great dome :{<)(? feet high and lot) feet , ill diameter. Over the entrance is f sprung a grand areli, on the right r sideaif which is a large bronze male ' figure representing Coiimieree, and on the left, a female figure of like proportions, representing Industry. i Directly in front of the main entrance and midway between Commerce and > Industry,stands the Goddess of Peace, - in marble, and about twentv feet . hi-h. In one hand she holdsaii olive , branch and in the other a lion's head, ; and in front of the Goddess of Peace > is the grand fountain in the centre of r a large pond. In the pond is a boat f drawn by a ram and containing a tig, lire representing the Goddess of 1 Light, surrounded by sprites and 1 six water nymphs, each riding liidi eons monsters from whose mouths jet streams of water. Hut to go on with the description would only tend 1 to multiply a task already difficult. > I will say, though, that I saw that wonderful painting, "Christ before Pilate," and numerous other beautiful paintings and sculptures. Before I left England, I was cautioned to make a study of several points in French manners and customs, and have found reason to congratulate myself upon having followed the wholesome advice. Every waiter, every cab driver and coachman, the guides and everybody else who performs any service for you expects you to give them a "tip," in addition to your hill, and the guidebooks, for your convenience, specify the gratuity expected for each service. Besides this, another thing for which Americans must be on their guard, is the fact that the hotels charge for everything on the bill of fare separately, and although the waiters are exceedingly polite, they put in their bill for saying yes and no. A peeuii? H?ll rUMUin Willi i illinium ir> iiuii [)f dining on the streets, which is followed alike by nil classes and certainly struck me as a novel sight. This is on the pavements just outside the L'afes or restaurants, and ladies also sit at the tables. The French people talk with their eyes, hands, feet, shoulders, heads, and sometimes with their tongues. This latter mode of communication I cannot very well understand, however. The streets of Paris are themselves a beautiful sight to behold. They are not only broad and straight, but paved with the nicety of perfection. The paving of some of them is as smooth as glass and is swept and actually washed- every day. Looking down them at night in the glare of the electric lights, they gleam and glisten like sheets of ice. * The houses are not so tall as those of New York, but generally of a uniform height and are kept clean and well painted. The whole city is simply beautiful, and I can now well understand why Parisians say "See Paris and die." On Friday I went to the Versailles palace situated about eleven miles out of Paris, and said to be the most magnificent palace in the world. It was built by Louis XIV who commenced the work in KJS4, and spent upon it more than one hundred million dollars. It was several years in building, and during the whole time more than forty thousand men and six thousand horses were employed in its construction. With these facts before them my readers can easily see what a tremendous task it would be to go into a detailed description, and of course will be patient with my rambling. In the first place, before I saw it, I scarcely knew there was such si place as the Versailles, and I have no doubt that many of my readers are in the same fix.* Gathering his court, consisting of over ten thousand nobles, around him, Louis XIV lived here in such magnificence as bankrupted the nation, and the extravagances committed by him and his immedi ate successors contriuuteu not a nine to the bringing about of the French revolution, during which the populace made considerable havoc with the structure. When Louis Philippe ascended the throne in 18110, this palace was almost abandoned except by the ancient servants of the Bourbons, who had their cows and goats installed under the same roof. Louis Philippe conceived the idea of converting the castle into a museum, which was done in 1837, and so it remains to-day, and is said to be the only one of the kind in the worlddevoted to historical subjects and decorative art. In this museum are to be seen numerous paintings representing battle-scenes in the many wars in which France has been engaged, statues of all the kings of France from Clovis to Napoleon III, and innumerable specimens of fine furniture. The paintings are the grandest that J have ever seen. Among them are the "Maid of Orleans," "The Four Seasons," "France," "Crossing the Rhine," and others too numerous to mention. ()ne thing worthy of mention is one of the magnificent state carriages, every part of which is covered with gold and cost ?240,(MM). It has only been used twice?once at the coronation of Charles X, and the other time in bearing the body of the Prince Imperial, who was killed by the Zulus in Africa some years ago. But I might go on indefinitely speaking of the things that are to be seen here. I only spent one day in the palace, and even as I write, I am constantly possessed of a strong desire to go 'back and try again to take in more of the grand place. Saturday I spent seeing the city generally, and although I had but a few minutes to spare at each place of interest, I managed to get over considerable srround. Among the first places visited was the "Place de la Concorde," a public place near the centre of the city that is of much interest. At this place stands the Obelisk of Luxor that was brought from Egypt and is a mate to Cleopatra's Needle. During the reign of terror in 170:}, the guillotine occupied the spot ui)on which the obelisk now stands, and it was here that more than 2,000 people were beheaded, among them Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. During a great display of lireworks, celebrating the marriage of Louis and Marie, it is said that a panic ensued here from some cause and resulted in the death of about 1,200 people and the serious crushing of upward of 2.000 more. About one mile from the Place de la Concorde down the great street Champs Ply see, is the "Arc de Triomphe de 1' Etoile," a triumphal arch erected by Napoleon I. It cost $2,000,000 and is situated in the centre of a large circle from which radiate twelve magnificent avenues. Carved on the arch in high relief and in gigantic proportions are the "Departure of the troops for the frontier in 1702," "Funeral of General Marceau," "Triumph of Napoleon I after the peace of Vienna," the "Capture of Mustapha Pacha at Aboukir." I next visited the tomb of Napoleon 1, which is situated in the church of St. Louis. His remains are in a magnificent sarcophagus upon the entrance of which is inscribed these words of his will: "1 desire that my ashes may rest on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people whom 1 had so well loved." From here I went to the Palais Royal, which is also a magnificent place, but a description would be monotonous. It was built by Cardinal Richelieu in KiSP and is now occupied by restaurants and shopkeepers. The next place was the Roisde Holougne, which is the principal park of Paris, and a beautiful place it is. There are numerous walks and drives and two large artificial lakes thronged with waterfowls. Among the wonders of this place is an artificial cascade with forty-five feet fall. It issues from an artificial grotto, but is only allowed to play on Sundays and during the exposition. From here I went to thoTuillcries, which is another magnificent garden similar to that of the Versailles, li; this garden is the celebrated statue of Joan of Arc in which the maid is represented bareheaded sitting astride a magnificent horse and carrying in her right hand the flag of France. I crossed the Seine over the Pont Neuf, which is a magnificent bridge yards long and 2o yards wide, and went to the Louvre, passing the grand Palais de Justice, situated on an island in the Seine. The Louvre is certainly worthy of an extended description. It is another magnificent palace and museum, the erection of which was commenced by Charles V and finished by Napoleon III who alone spent $1 "),()(10,000 in completing the north gallery. It has been used as a museum since 171)8 and contains many interesting works of art and also Egyptian, Jewish, Assyrian, Asia Minor, and Grecian antiquities. The originals of the fine paintings of lteubens are to he seen here, the masterpiece of which is "The Crucifixion," and also "The Ascension," by Murillo. Here are also kept the crown jewels of Franco, among which is to l>o soon the second largest diamond in the world. 1 saw the largest in London Tower. I visited tlie (Jobolins, which is an establishment for the manufacture of carpets and belongs to the State, it is said to have once l>een one of the principal sights of I'aris, and is not without considerable interest at present. In olden times it employed thousands of workmen, but now scarcely more than two hundred. The carpets are all manufactured by hand, and nothing but silk and wool are used. These materials are woven into the most beautiful portraits and landscapes. Some of tneni require from six to ten years for completion. The designs are painted on canvas and placed behind the weaver, who follows them out from a mirror in front. The Pantheon is another grand structure surmounted by an immense dome, and is situated about one mile south of the L,ouvre. i>n ine portico of this building is a splendid group of statuary, representing St. Genevieve imploring Attila, leader of the Huns, to spare Paris. At this place are buried the bodies of Mirabeau, Murat, Voltaire and Victor Hugo. Of course 1 visited the Grand Opera, which is the largest theatre in the world, covering three acres, and costing over $2,100,000. Everybody who comes to Paris must see this place and are well repaid for their visit. ] Put I believe I will take a rest for this time. Such imperfect descriptions as I can give only serve to detract from the grandeur of the objects I attempt to describe. T. Baxter McClaix. CONCERNING CLOl'I) BURSTS. The deadly and destructive work of cloud bursts at the two Johnstowns has drawn public attention to these dangerous catclysms. Thirty years ago our people knew nothing about cloud bursts. For several years they were occasionally heard of in the far west, but they were not expected to visit the Atlantic States. The New York Herald gives the following condensed facts concerning this new danger: The phenomena of a cloud burst, which can only occur in a tornado or whirlwind, are not generally understood. The whirl in which it forms is not a very broad and shallow disk, but a tall, columnar mass of rotating air, similar to that in which the Atlantic waterspout of the famous pillar-like dust storm in India is generated. While this traveling aerial pillar, perhaps a few hundred yards in diameter, is rapidly gyrating, the centrifugal force, as Professor Ferrel has shown, acts as a barrier to prevent the flow of external air from all sides into its interior, except at and near the base of the pillar. Their friction with the earth retards the gyrations and allows the air to rush in below and escape upward through the flue-like interior as powerful ascending currents. The phenomenon, however, will not be attended by terrific floods unless the atmosphere is densely stored with water vapor, as it was in the Cayadutta valley and as it was 011 May 31st in the Conemaugh valley. When such is the case the violent ascending currents suddenly lift the vapor laden clouds several thousand feet above the level at which they were previously floating and hurl them aloft into rarified and cold regions of the atmosphere, where their vapor is instantly condensed into many tons of water. Could the water fall as fast sis condensed it would be comparatively harmless. But the continuous uprushing currents support this mass of water at the high level, and as their own vast volumes of vapor rising are condensed, they add to the water already accumulated thousands of feet above the earth's surface?making, so to speak, a lake Ill lli?ll 4111 As the whirlwind weakens or passes from beneath this vast body of water, which its ascending currents have genenerated and upheld in the upper story of the atmosphere, the aqueous mass, no longer supported, drops with ever increasing gravitational force to earth. In severe cloud bursts the water does not fall as rain, but in sheets and streams, sometimes unbroken for many seconds. The cloud burst of 18:18, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., excavated many holes in the ground, varying from twenty-five to thirty feet' in diameter, and from three to six feet deep. In a similar but milder storm, which visited Boulogne last May, fissures were cut in the streets eight feet deep and openings made large enough to engulf a horse and cart. It will be seen that human skill can afford little or no protection against such a terrific force. We may guard against ordinary floods, and even cyclones, but when an immense volume of water suddenly descends in a solid torrent from mid-air, nothing can stand against it. The fate of the two Johnstowns may befall any other town. It is not safe to say that liecause a region lias heretofore escaped such visitations it will be exempt. frxkkal Rites of the Jute Trust.?The farmers of Georgia and South Carolina have already decided to take 4,(KM),(MM) yards of cotton bagging, such as can be readily supplied by mills in Georgia and Louisiana, and now the farmers of Louisiana pledge themselves to take 2,000,000 yards more, making 0,000,000 for the three States. This action definitely settles the jute trust troubles. Even if the farmers of no other State were to move in the matter?though they will all fall into line heartily?the jute trust will be destroyed. The loss on the stile of yards would cut such u hole in the profits of the combine that the mills which have stocks on hand would be glad to sell jute bagging to the farmers at greatly reduced prices; but the Alliance men are pledged not to buy jute bagging on any terms, so that the bagging trust may be said to have crawled into a very deep hole, and pulled it in after them. Hut the Alliance movement i- more far reaching than any attempt to break up the jute triist could be. It contemplates happier results than the mere breaking up of a jute bagging combine; it contemplates the creation of a new market for the lower grades of cotton, which will be used in the manufacture of bagging; and it will, in fact, give to the South a new industry. The exchanges and cotton insurance companies appear to favor the change and there seems to be no reason whatever why the cotton planter should not forever give up the use of coolie bagging. ? - ? \V u i t i x< j 2x,:l< to \V< mi >s i >x a Postai. Card.?It is said that the champion microscopic penman of the world lives in Belfast, Waldo county, Me. His name is liila Kittredge, and, although past 77 years of age, his hand is as steady and his sight as good as ever. lie wrote one of President Cleveland's messages to congress?about 1 (>,()<Ml words?on the back of a postal card, but lately he has done some fine scribbling which throws that performance in the shade. He has written the Lord's prayer eight times on a space the size of a five cent silver piece, eighteen columns of the Boston Post upon a postal card, and is now engaged in the work of putting 2X,.'!<>"> words upon another postal card. The work is so fine that a powerful microscope has to be used in reading it, but then every letter appears distinct and beautiful. Mr. kittredge uses a common steel pen and wears spectacles. He has autograph letters from several presidents and other distinguished men who have receivea samples 01 his work, President Garfield having sent him his photograph and a kind letter, which are highly prized by the old man.?[Bangor Letter.