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s-V" ^ -jctl « 3C-' ^i^egg^CTry^aar^afti ^ ^ _j TT I H i < . X -kL. ■ '***•'x y maw i CHARLES E. R. DRAYTOX, HanaKer. AIKEN S. C., TUESDAY, SEPTE3IEE3 £1, < C'QO i O \) 0 TOLU KE7; JSJWClUBLfc JW1 Is It An Eartliquakc Yeai l»TARTLJXO PKEDICTI0X9 MADE UY THE SCIENTIFIC FKATEIl- NTTY. earth- The reful- | TerrHIc Earthquake*? Expected In the Northwest thin Month—A Uathei U*ly Outlook. If Prophets Speak True.Iy. . JVew York Star. The recent great earthquake, which cost the Queen City of the Carolinas $16 t 0Q0,00 In property and the lives of some sixty of her inhabitants, has bad $he effect of thoroughly arousing fcientlsta throughout the land from their lethargic slum quake caught them which,!! ihered and have 'in the )bservator>^^^^^^H0RFn^ and the members o^l^^gnal corps, under Gen.Hazon, Maj Powell and Prof,Men denhall, are silting up nights wait ing for developments. Theories, ex planations and prognostications rain down upon the ill-fated city of Charleston like ripe apples before a north wind id a New Jersey orchard The Mother Cary's chickens of science flit hither and thither over the coun try screeching their prophecies of roe and desolation. Every one of Riem, both Ligand little, lias ins own [particular theory to account for the (recent terrestrial phenomena; but up- >uone point theirunnniinity ofexpres- sion is remarkable. They all agree that America lias not seen the last of le earthquake during the current par. Recent dispatches from various 5tions of the country go far toward ^substantiating the earthquake year. The reoccurrence of the shocks at Charleston at intervals of about six teen hours tends toward confirming this belief. Hinco 1038, the first year when any historic record was kept, the Atlantic seaboard lias been shak en thirty-six several times by earth quakes. Basing their opinions upon the mass of data, yhich has accumulated in the past week, Prof. William M. Davis, of Harvard Uaiversity, and other sclen- tifle observers do not hesitate to pro claim that the recent earthquake is tbo greatest one which has in historic ktimes visited the seaboard of the fnited States. They say that, it was luch more disastrous in .ts effects, and more wide-reaching than the ter- ibio earthquake of 1775, which was ^lloiyed within a peiiodof a month ^tiy twodiLiei - severe snoers*- with a slight brown mustache. Not withstanding the fact that Lis theo ries are diametrically opposed to the deduction drawn by the most promi nent scientific observers, it is impossi ble to talk to him for five minutes without being convinced of Lis thorough good faith and his implicit confidence in himself and his tions, As an entering wedge ther conversation, tins question was put to him: “Professor, did you predict the re cent earthquake?'” “No,” was the prompt reply; “but had I been as conversant with the pro existing condition of the atmosphere about Charleston as I am now, I might have predicted it. The nearest I came to it was some two months ago when, conversing with my neighbor, Mr. Bcribner. Ha is a Yale man, at;d and we were turning over some rometric tables showing the state <>l the weather along the seaboard of the Southern Stales. “There,’ I exclaim ed, ‘if these storms continue, and I have every reason to believe they will there is a fair probability of an earth quake in that region;” ami I ran my finger througli the various States fro in Georgia to Pensyivania,” “Would you object to giving the readers of the Star an insight into your theory?” “Not at all,” replied the Professor and added after a pause: “It has As soon as the conditionc existing prior to the Charleston earthquake reoccur the earthquake must uecessily follow.” “When and where will such condi tions reoccur?” “On or about the 25th of this month. The earthquake may be expected be- predic- j tween that date and the 28th. It will for fur-! be a violent one, but its 'center will be in the northwestern part of the United States. Washington Territo ry, Idaho, Montana, Dakota, Oregan, California, Nevada and Untah will get the full benefit of it. We shall very possibly feel it here. From the 20th to the 25th of the month it will be intensely hot. Then will follow viol ent storms and immediately after- ward or simultaneously therewith, tiie earthquake. Impresed by the similarity of the to Prof. Hammond's nredic- a ,., AiuerviMwer asKefi Frot. ynether he had read the Western scientist’s prognostication. He hadn’t but after glaucing at it he remark ed : “I am glnd that my opinion meets with the corroboration of an able man who is actually upon the ground. It strengthens me in my conviction. By tlic way, I forgot to say that the eirthquakes always move from the southeast toward the northwest, or directly opposite to the movemeuts of storms.” SOUTH CAKOIilN'A GEYSEKS. is now bus ily engaged col- tteri&l preparatory to for- ais theory of earthquakes, interim he has refus- in specific terms that a of shocks might be expect- is hinted as much, however »t of bolder savants have not in placing themselves ou as adherents to the belief, i the cautious professor enunciat 1 only by innuendo. Prof. McGee, whose “displacement” has been so thoroughly venti- ln the columns of the daily press asserted that the last great “sea- slip” may quite probably be the junpr of others. Prof. Menden- 11, of the signal office, Washington ;came familiar with eartquakes luring a three year’s residence in Ja- }an. He hoots at the “displace- Inent” theory, but expects a recur- _rence pf the disturbances, although bot in such a severe form. Majop Joseph 8. Powell of the United States Signal Corps has made terrestrial and atmospheric pheuome- bis special study. He docs not 3lieve in “displacement,” but has [theory of his own to account for the marlcston manifestation. In brief )is theory is that the disturbance was lue to the recent spouting of a num- of dried up geysers in the far rest. The superheated gases and illiug water could not find a suffi cient outlet there, so they worked their way across the continent cntil they struck the Atlantic side, where the earth’s crust is thin ami sensitive, ic result was au upheaval, followed a series of cavings in. As it did not Appear reasonable to Major Powell that all this pc*nt-up liquid and gas- matter could have jsca^en in ciuHy l Ihis pi >een verified. Jt whether it will be st extent. and exact pre- is yet been enuuciut- Fntific fraternity comes P. Hammond, sojourn- Oregan. He dedans jptember 14 and 15,there will Ionic disturbances throughout festern portiou of the continent at to raise Fair of the settlers and miners as [ally as if a Sioux brave superintend the job, Prof. Hammond adds that ‘terrific cyclones,earthquakes and tor nadoes,” will devastate the United Statts in general and the Pacific sea board in particular on September *6, 87 and 28. His predictions cannot be dismissed in a summary fashion, as has been a devoted student of seis mology for many years, and residing Jo a country where such disturbances me of frequent occurence, he lias had opportunities for observation such as the merit of simplicity, which is more than can be said for the theories of some of the so-called scientists. In brief then, my theory is simply tills: Earthquakes and atmospheric distur bances go together. The latter is the promoting cause of the former. Now the normal external pressure of the atmosphere on the earth’s surface is about fifteen pounds to the square inch. A series of heavy storms come and displaced portion of the atmos phere, diminishing the external pres sure in that particular locality. The The internal presure—the volcanic forces at work within the earth—seeks vent wherever the external pressure is least. Result an earthquake.” “Is this all there is to your theory!” “Not quite all,” he answered, with a smile. ‘T paused in order to give you an opportunity to grasp the gen eral outline before I went into my theory more in detail. Now all storms, in my opinion, are attributa ble to the movements of the moon. The moon carries the atmospheric waves upward—attracts them toward herself. Scientists of the schools do- qy this because they cauuot weigh these suspended waves. I have a inuiWu ailgwer A DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT. aftorded to few scientists. But the startling corroboration of Prof, up lid’s forecast is furnished Ly [ to our . Andrew Jackson Dovoe, the self- • storms meteoi^iogist of New Jersey, medium height, and appareut- ; 37 years of ago. His eyes art ight. They have a peculiar look, *uch as is often re- eyes of students and deal by theiu- bat narrow. (Hngafl jection. Let U£ suppose that we have a small letter balance, before us on this table. I place a steel weight on the balance and it bears it down. Now, let me take a power ful magnet and hold it above the weight. Note the result. The balance returns to its normal position just as if the weight did not rest upon it How can I weigh that suspended weight now? Tell me, and I will show the scientists how to weigh a suspended atmospheric wave. My second answer is levelled at those who doubt the power of the moon’s attraction, It is simply au argument by analogy, The moon, according to the very generally accept ed scientific theory, cfuises the ebb and flow of the tide. What is this but attraction and repulsion? If the moon can lift a column of water thous ands of miles in area and hundreds of fathoms deep, why cannot it lift a volume of air? Now, to go back a little ways to where I said that the normal pressure upou the earth’s sur face was changed by a series of heavy storms, you will now comprehend that tins atmospheric displacement is directly attributable to the attraction of the moon. The moon causes the storms and then lifts the atmospheric waves. The pressure within the earth's crust has a diminished pres sure from without to contend against. An upheaval follows.” “Do the recorded facts concerning the state of the barometer at Charles ton and the condition of the moon im mediately preceding the earthquake bear out your theory?” “To the fullest possible extent thev do. There has never been an earth quake in any quarter of the globe where tiie previous meteorologk eoiuliiToTWKyo nor, ifel-.t Hub-aant’^ 1 such as I ■^^^pbfe'eribed. "to j Cliarleston^ram storm after rain «torm lias swept over the city during ttiepast twomonths. Destructive floods have been chronicled throughout that section of tiie country. Lastly a most important fact, the moon was directly over head at the time of tiie earth quake. In this position according to my theory, it ex ercises the strongest attractive force.” “Do you not think, it possible that the thinness of the earth’s crust in the neighborhood of Charleston might have much to do with the re cent earthquake?” “I am not a believer in that thin crust theory,” said he. “Now,scien tists say that the earth’s crust is sixty five miles thick here and only twenty five at Charleston. If that be so how do they account for the fact that we experienced quite a severe shock of earthquake here in New Jersey two years ago, and that they didn’t feel it in Charleston at ail. Now they haven terrific shock and we scarcely a per ceptible one. Deiieve me the storm theory is the only reliable one. Prior earthquake of 1SS4 terrible and destructive floods raged throughout this State.” “Do you think we have seen the list of tbo earthquakes for this 3* car?” ;rv The Odd Fellows to Run Monster Ex cursion Train from Chicago to R< >s ton. Chicago, September 15.—Next Sat- urda3 T morning an extraordinarily large excursion party will leave this city for Boston over the Chicago Trunk Railway. Tiie contract with the company calls for sixty Pullman and forty Wagner sleeping coaches and twenty baggage cars. The first section of this remarkable train will leave Chicago on Saturday 9 a. m., and the remaining sections of the train will leave every twenty minutes thereafter until the entire party is on tiie move. « The Grand Trunk Companj r will clear tiie tracks of ail other traffic, as far as possible, and fast time will be made to Niagara, where the first stop will be made for breakfast the follow ing morning. This great excursion is going to the Odd Fellows’ celebration at Boston next week when tiie Sove reign Grand Lodge of the world will hold its meeting. Tiie Odd Fellows are vainly trying to get lower rates -i+Hes. --They entered into the contract with the jo p oil trip. Since that da* i . ing roads have made concessions. After the rates were arranged 75,000 circulars were sent out to the whole Western country asking the various Orders (*» rendezvous at Ch^iago ai from there make a grand (start for Boston. Responses already received indicate that from.S,000 to 10,000 of the frater nity will assemble and pass througli Chicago. The celebration at Boston is expected to eclipse anything ever attempted by the Odd Fellows before. Tiie Patriarchs Militant ( a Military Branch of the Order) will for the first time participate in the annual festivi ties and it is estimated that 10,000 chevaliers aud 60,000 subordinates will make up the parade. The Convnlsctl Region—What lied to the Tidal Wave Story—Spouting Water* Around Charleston-Subsid ences. i Rations and Ivong Fissures | A'cw York World. Charleston. 8. C., Sept. 11.—So many extraordinary reports have readied this city of the efforts of the earthquake and the appearance of the earth’s surface throughout the coun try southwest of here and cast of the Edisto River, that the World’s cor respondent went down there yester- ter and drove over a large extent of it. It is a remarkable fact that no dis turbances of the earth’s surface have been reported from the country west of the Edisto River. Within the re gion above indicated, Aiiere are abundant evidences of an aston ishing convulsion. The face of the V jt..: v »-»■'. r\ r i-nving been inundated. Previous to the earth quake there had been a prolonged drought, aud the ponds and swamps had dried up. The moruiug after the earthquake people saw water every- wliere. When they were sent by* the shock from their houses into the dark ness of a moonless night they were thrown into a state of utter consterna tion by finding water auklo-deep at the foot of their door-steps, hearing the rush of-water in the darkness all around them, and seeing it dripping from the trees while the stars were shinning quietly from a cloudless sky overhead. It was this extraordinary^ phenomenon that, in the absence of communication with Charleston,caus ed the first reports to be sent out that the city had been swept by a tidal wave. Not knowing where the water came from, the terrified people natur ally thought that the ocean had rolled in a great wave over the land and sub merged O o seacoast. A man at Ravenel’s Station, on the Charleston^ and Savannah Railroad, eighteen miles from Charleston, heard shrieks and calls for help emanating from his son’s house, a few hundred feet awa3*. He rushed to his son’s assistance and was transfixed with astonishment at finding a column of water spouting up from an opening in tiie earth be tween the j-oung man’s gate posts. The 3*oung man and his family were clinging to each other upon the piazza of tiie shaking house, expecting to be crushed by the fall of the building, yet afraid of being drowned by the waterspout if they left the piazza. At Adams’ Run, seven miles further west, the earth was rent by inuumera- ble g03’sers, some of them larger than af5"t8 L JjSj’ouud anywhqa^Jae. Some of the craters by the DONE BY T?lE EARTHQUAKE. —f Has There Becnift Change in Colum bia's Unpogi-aphy? ColumHr Register. A Register reporter, while standing at the intersectit-n of Richardson aud Washington streets yesterday, was ac costed bj' a gen Jem an, who said: “Step into ttjD middle of Richard son street, look Korth and tell me if you see anythitj’*.” The reporter \iid ns requested, and replied that thejiostoffiec didn’t seem to he as high ai eminence as it was previous to the «cent disturbances. ‘That is just ex, illy what a dozen men have aid. ThJ e is scarce^* a man who looks at It ut doesn’t notice that something is wi >ng—that is, the post office end of i ichardson street has -Legn depressed ilse the State House end This Vixui fljfva ted. ’ ’ The scribe wujded his wa3* to the Fostoffice ano-fjokecl towards the inly seeing tiie hot- entering from the aseof the Confeder n front of the build “THAT TIDATj WAVE.’’ TI E RIGHT KIN MAN. A VAi.H W! T}l Dit. \EI DEU. State Houae, p tom of the ste plaza, while tl ate monument ing was clea*/ outlined. passed riding o asked how Ion iumbia. He re A man a dray, and he was he had lived in Co- *ed that he had lived here most all lilfl life, and was there upon asked to Iftk towards the State House and see S there was anything stange.” “By Georgel’l he said, “the street dont look like mise to. j dont know what’s the matfer, but there’s sorae- thing wrong somewhere,” Others also unde similar observa tions. Number* of citizens could be seen throughomthe day stepping into the middle of tl$ street, and almost unanimously they agreed that the ae- clivity at the ptstoffice could not be seen as plainly as formerl}’. Some thought they ceuld see further up the street than they ever could, while a very fow were incredulous about the biatter. Some of the “oldest citizens” were called on, and they agreed that there was something wrong. They asserted that the postofliee had heretofore been on a considerable eminence, that the street was an inclined plane lending to it from the South, and that it could be plainly seen all the way up. The “oldest citizen” and all the ob servers may be mistaken as to the for mer topography of the street, but sure it is that nov there is no inclined plane looking Nortli from Washington street. An incline begins about Washington street aud then declines to the vicinity of Taylor street, the brow of the iijHiue almost complete^’ C.nLLi*~r—ythe postofflee. GETTTING DOWN TO FACTS. BOTTOM The Special Geological Agent’s New Discoveries. yews and Courier. Mr. Sloan, who is engaged in inves tigating the earthquake phenomena for the United States Geological Sur- vey, spent yesterday taking observa tions in the cemeteries and other places around, aud succeeded in making a number of interesting dis coveries. Among them was the shifting of the enormous guano shed at the South Carolina Railway wharf on Cooper River. The shed is 400 feet long to six ty feet wide, ^udis supported ou bents which rest on piles. The building contained about 150Q tons of guano at the time of the earthquake, and yet notwithstanding its great size and weight, the entire structure was shift ed 8 feet : , l 2 inches towards the south- tb-.:* the vast energy ma " ed by the earth wave. Aimt. er discovery of interest, a- showing the direction of the force, was that the brick casing or well of the gas reservoir on Washington street, although buried in the ground, had been'forced eight inches towards the southeast aud had then recoiled into its original position. Tiie evidence of its displacement was found in an opening or indentation about eight inches wide in the ground showing where the brick curbing had pressed back the dirt. Mr. Sloan will continue his obser vations to-day, operating in the sec- • .r. ...... 1 mtxtruwn up bear evidence of having spouted with inconceivable energy. Indeed, the water must have been thrown to an astonishing height. The people could not see how high the water spouted, but they say it went up with noise like a mighty escape of steam. One of these geysers, on the edge of a deep pond about ten acres in extent, threw up sand enough to fill up nearly an acre of the pond to the level of surrounding surface:* The sides of this crater form an irregular curve. The crater itself is thirty feet in length,, fifteen in the narrowest, and twenty feet in width at its widest part. It is full of water. In depth it measures about two and a half feet above the surface of the water, and the water is between five and six foot deep. Beneath the water is a bot tom of soft mud, through which a pole may be sunk to any depth. This crater is on the north side of the pond, and on the south side of it are two other craters of very nearly equal dimensions. The grass and underbrush of the surrounding pine forest in- dioate from tiie marks left on them that the surface of the country was covered with water to a depth of more than four feet. A remarkable fact coueerning these geysers, as well as Hie fissures in the earth’s surface, is that they are chiefly confined to a strip of country not more than two miles wide, or three at the outside, extending from Summerville, in a southeasterly direction, to the Wil- town Bluffs, on the Edisto River, a distance of fulli* thirt3 r miles. The subsidence that occurred on last Tuesday afternoon, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, between New Hoad and Adams’ Run Station, is in this belt. That s)ibsj«l»*i in" I or wilTbe ealletv ter. Almost but Not Quite Married, , BrOoksviUe {Fla.) News. An amusing hut disgusting affair tiappened in the town of Leesburg one day’ last week. We will mention no names for the sake of the family* of the young lady. A ymung man, a resident of Fernaudina, took the young lady apoken of, who lives in the country, near Leesburg, out driv ing, aud while on the trip he proposed (presumably in a jesting manner) that they get ruirried. She accepted and the young turn ordered the driver to turn aroumj and drive to town, evidentl^think ngthat the young lady was jesting and * r ould back out, before they reached the town, but as they neared town aii *J.he young lady did not say anyth’ iiad considered! that he was in scheme to devijj get out of the tion of country* and Lamb’s. between Raveuel’s ‘'Indeed I do not,” was tiie reply. “In fact tiie condition of thentmos- phere tends to confirm me in the be lief that at least one violent earth- quakc will come within 6 short time. * ^ _ . ^.. v .. -v - A Fanner's Discovery. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 13.—The ravages of hog cholera in the central part of the State are a matter of seri ous study by* those concerned. An important discovery isal'egod t > have been made by a fanner named Shep hard, near New Castle, Henry Com - ty. He had long believed that tiie disease is nothing hut parasites or trichina. 1 in the stomach of the hog, aud to vindicate his judgment he heid a post mortem examination upon a hog that died this week. With the naked eye could bo seen many of tiie parasites in the second lining of the stomach- He communicated the fact of the discovery to the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, who has referred the subject to a miero- scoplpt for examination and report. rangUf Than was at first reported. It extended for at least 300 feet and was directly below the track. The track did not simply sink down. The earth went down and left the crossties hanging to the rails. In the immedi- aie vicinity of the subsidence there is a very large fissure measuring one or two hundred ten feet in length aud several feet in width. At Ravenel’s there is a slightly rounded elevation of ihe earth’s surface mark ed by’ parallel lines of narrow fissures measuring trom ten to fifteen feet in width and about two aud a half miles in length. Tiie general direction of| this elevation is from northeast to southwest. A Family Catastrophe. Liiele Rtck, Auk., Sept. 15.—The 12-year-son of Joseph Morse was bath ing in a pond near his home yester day, when lie was attacked with crump. His brother jumped in to save him and both drowned. Mrs. Morse had run from tiie house when the first warning was given, and wit nessed the death of her two sons. She f diited afthe sight, and when restored to consciousness it was found that she had become a raving maniac. > he found that she lie thing earnest, and trap. So he began to e a plan by’ which to llemma in which he had placed bin (elf. He hit upou the plan of escapi^, from tiie young lady under the pretg se of having to cash a check at t)o batik, expecting to make his way* 3 ! the depot, where lie hoped to find ferain going out, which lie intended b- hiina:, and thus escap ing. Kavingjjincocted this scheme, when they rt-ihed the city he told the young lad&s they intended leav ing ou the tran as soon as the cere mony was pe rmed, it was necessa ry for him tiT^t a check cashed at the bank, antSld her to go down to tiie hotel and/ wait his coming; that he would tra&iot his business at the hank, procure*he services of a Jus- tic of the Peso aud have the mar riage take plajfc V —nr seems tli*J1!i*ymung lady was a little suspieieW th»t all was not right, so, after waiti* awhile and her future intended not Jtting in an appearance she set out \ hunt for him. Site went to the Ipk, and on being told that the youniuan in question had not been seenjhe became convinced that he inten^J to deceive her. She went to the **pot and found him waiting for a jin. When he sa*w her coming he trfc to dodge around the corner of the (ilding and escape, but she caught upith him aud marched him up towniuending to take him before a Justiiof the Peace and have tiie knot tiethen and there. But while going c town he broke away from her, audiaking his way to the depot this ti> struck a train that was leaving, iich he boarded, and was soon farWay from what DeYVitt Ta’mage makes Fnn ot Die Scientists ami their Theories. In his last “Friday Evening Talk” at the Brooklyn Tabernacle the Rev. T. DeWitt Talmave referred to the terrible earthquake in Charleston a.- followers: “Among other things to rejoice over in this week’s history is the munifi cent supply sent from fill parts of the land to sufTering Charleston. Y< here is now the old quarrel between Fort SumterandFortMoultrie? AH tr.e past drowned out in the magnificent sym pathy of the present. Yet I notice there has been some contro% ersy among worldly* scientists and the re ligionists of this city, but the Chris tian people are coming out ahead. The philosophers, it seems, are disgusted that the ministers and churches down there should have been praying and learning pious lessons about the eai th- q iakc when nothing hut natural causes were at work. Yet never did science so conspicuously show its impotency* for the work of comfort as in Charleston this week. It lias been trying to find out the cause of that toi- rible shaking up, aud the only help it gave to the afflicted people was to tell them that a tidal wave would rush in and sweep off everything that the other calamity had left. What a mighty consolation it mustfliave been to those citizens logding in the parks and on the Battery of Charleston, be cause their homes were gone, to have the scientists rush out from their laboratories and practically say . ‘Men and women of Charleston, your houses are gone and your churches gone, and all I have to say by way o' comfort is that a wave of the -A-’^anlic Ocean, about fifty* feet hi" 4lj ^ v iji soon roll over and put ye u rji ou t G f your misery.’ But ‘^ence lied, thank God! And ‘he t i(]al wave did not come, and even the September rains have '.,cen withheld, and that city will be rebuilt and her churches reconstruc ted and her storehouses filled, aud better days than Charleston ever saw will yet come to that suffering city. That is God’s way of doing things— “Beauty for ashes.” In proportion to the trial, the victoLv. It is through great and overwlWlraing suffering that individuals and cities and na tions rise to their highest throne. Had I been in the awful scene and my home destroyed and my children dead under the fallen walls, rather than all the learned things that tiie scientists of the earth could tell mo about seismographs and seismometers, and tide guages and spiral springs and the certain coming of the tidal wave, I would im v — menis own name, but had the grace of God in his heart, come and pray for my soul aud assure me that the moun tains may depai t and the hills be re moved, but that God’s loving kind ness never fails. My friends, we all want something to hold on to. We want an arm that never wearies, that is God’s arm; aud a heart that always pities, that is God’s heart; and a promise that never fails, that is God’s promise. There is a tidal wave that comes in not to overwhelm us, but to lift us into peace and pardon and life and heaven. On its briglit surges what multitudes have floated into the har bor of God’s consoiatiou. May we this moment feel its power amid the wreck of all other prospects. ‘This foundation standeth sure, the Lord knoweth them that are His.’ Com fort one another with these words.” M. the was perhaps the n|rest approach to mar riage a man c<r got without aeluaiiy Imagined She xvas Chloroformed The residents of First ward, Atlan ta, near the corner of Mitchell and Haynes streets, were aroused Tues day morning about 3 o’clock by* the cries of Mrs. William Postell foi help. Mrs. Postell lives on Haynes street, one door from tiie corner of Mitchell. She stated to citizens who responded to her call for assistance that some one had administered chloroform to herself and family’ with the view of robbing their house. She said that the drug had been squirted through the key-hole of her door, and that when she stepped out into the yard to see who had done it, some one squirted more clhoroform on her from the opposite side of the street. Her story’ was regarded improbable, as tiie street was full forty feet wide, and there was no smell of the drug about the house. •The police, however, were telephoned for at her request,and upon their arrival a careful inspection of tiie premises was made. The odor of the drug was net detected, and the officers left. They place no depen dence upon the statements of Mrs. Postell. They think that she was under the influence of either morphine or other medicinal drugs when they’ were at the house. Mr. Postell works at the Air Line Depot, being employed as a night watchman. When sent for he paid no attention to the matter, and did not go home until ids usual hour tiiis morning When his wife told him of tiie chloroform business lie told her that there was nothing in it. Mrs. Postell frequently acts strangely. She is about 55 years of age aud has three children. When the police called the children were sleeping soundly, and did not seem to lie drugged in any way. AssLslam .Seeieiary Xiioinnson’s I> tion to Civil Service Reform, New York Times. Washington,*Sept. 13.—Mr. J. Thompson, a young man from South, who lias been in business in a : cotton house in Memphis, and whose i health was suffering in consequence j of an uncongenial climate, came to j Washington a short time ago, and de- i siring to enter tiie Government ser-i vice, he made application to the civil j service commission to he examined as a bookkeeper. He was examined and passed successfully, with a rating of 85. On Wednesday or Thursday last Second Auditor Day, of the treasury department, made a requisition upou the civil service commissioners, as he needed a bookkeeper. Four names were sent to him, hut of < lie four, after an examination of the papers of all, 1 ho selected Mr. Thompson in conse quence of his excellence as a penman together with his ability as a book keeper, On Thursday Secretary Fair- child, upon the recommendation of Auditor Day, and without knowing that the candidate was related to As- sistantant Secretary Thompson, ap pointed Mr. Thompson to a fourteen- hundrcd-dollar clerkship, and he took service under Auditor Day in the Winder building. The next day* As sistant Secretary Thompson,the father of this young man, who had been ab sent in Columbia, S. C., for Several days, returned, He v; rtS met by his son, who gleofu^y imparted the news. Assist**Secretary Thompson was bought fully rather than delighted. On Tuesday it was stated that the young man had decided, with his father’s approval, to ask to have the appointment revoked. The Reason given was that the supposition might go abroad that he secured his place through the exercise of his father’s official influence. When Assistant Secretary Thomp son was asked about the matter he ad mitted that the facts were as stated, and that it was true he had counselled his son to decline the appointment. Ho had not advised him to resign be cause he doubted the honesty of tiie examination and report, but because he did not wish to give the enemies of civil service reform any grounds upon which to assail the operation of the law. “I am for civil service reform, and stronger in my advocacy of it since I have been in office than I was before, and I do not wish to afford anybody a chance to suspect my’ de votion ta it.” Auditor Day arnj-Sec retary Fah».‘ 1 ' naot^n^ippoi nmien _, do not consider that Assistant Secre tary* Thompson should discriminate for or against his son in such a matter, and believe that as the young man passed examination on his merits and was chosen for his proficiency as a penman and bookkeeper, he is enti tled to hold his place. He Tells a IV.lhei ir si.*ry of How Che Norih Feels Toward Charleston. The Rev. Dr. Veddcr and wife have returned to the eity and are staving at tiie Mansion House on Broad street. Dr. Veddcr, in conversation with a Re porter for the News and (’mirier, said that lie was in Schenectady, N. Y.,on tiie fateful Tuesday. He had no in timation of the earthquake until the following morning, when the morn ing papers gave a whole page to the terrible event, with the appalling declaration that no single word could t>e received from Charleston. “The New York Sun contained Uio suggestion of a tidal wave,” said Dr. Veddcr, “which had swept-the dear old city and its inhabitants out of ex istence. Fearful ns must have been the reality of what was suffered here, second only to it was the uncertainty and suspense endured by* me aud mine for more than twenty-four hours, j until telegraphic communication was re-opened. Then it was impossible to get private intelligence. Dispatches remaiued unanswered, and seeming- inglv unnoticed. There was a reason for tills well known now, but then in explicable. The torture of all those hours need not he dwelt upon. When the first tidings of the awful catastrophe came, the whole heurt- the people of the i-xovth seemed to? throb with a, single impulse of sym- pftCiy for Charleston. I have never 1 seen — scarcely ever conceived —so spontaneous, universal and abound ing an omotiou thrilling every class of the people. Everything was for gotten, but the historic and beautiful city and Ur, woes. Having an ap pointment to preach in the church of HVy childhood, I was requested to speak upon the all-engrossing event,, and did so in the few broken words at my command, and I am ^ftire no speaker ever addressed an audience more in sympathy with his theme, more considerate of his inability to give voice to his feelings. Assurances of help were given to every degree aud in every form needed, and this same spirit was manifest everywhere and in all ways. Alf these things are known here, and I only mention them because you a >k. It i 8 un ailevi- tion, even of so fen: ful a calamity as that which has bef u’len Charleston, that the tenderest thoughts of the whole land have been lovingly drawn out towards her, and t he band ol help ungrudgingly and gla tfiy extended. If any heart hero dee V 011 ^ 8 h*r the dear city.it may find cou tago in the iu* terest of all the country i 5 Lefc it be high treason to despair of her future.” GARFIELD PROBED XO IkJSATH. VOLCANOS AND EARTHQUAKES. America Hast More Than Her Share of the Earth’s Chimneys. The name volcano is derived from Vulcanus, the god of fire of the an cient Romans. They are generally divided into three classes—active, in termittent and extinct. Stramboli, n tiie Mediterranean, is a good ex ample of the first class, making a fiery beacon light for sailors on the neigh boring sea. Etna and Vesuvius are <ood examples of the second kind. To the popular mind they are the himneys of the vast roaring furnace if heat in the bowels of tiie earth, and undoubtedly serve as vents for the powerful gusts that might, if con fined, created a total destruction to the crust upon which we live. There are supposed to be some 330 and over of these chimneys upon the face of the earth, two-thirds being situated upon islands. America has about 114 of these, and more than any other geographical division of the globe. Earthquakes appear to be from the same cans as volcanic erup tion , tiie energy of vapors and gases in the earth struggling to find a vent. Tiie same night ihatthe.city of Lima, South America, was shaken down four now volcanic vents were found in the Andes. Soon after the earth quake in Libson in 1735 there were some of the most violent eruptions ever known. After the destruc tion of Caracas the volcano of St. Vincent became active, and at tin beginning tiie eartli was shaken foi a space of nearly 29,000 square miles. The movement of the eartli during au earthquake may bo vertical, hori zontal or whirling. The most destruc tive shocks are generally tin* shortest in duration. That of Lisbon, Nov. 1. 1755, lasted about six minutes. Tin three shocks that red need Caracas te ruins, March - r >, 1812, were over in a minute and most of the damage to the | city* of Conception, Foil. 20, 1835, was done in six seconds. At Lima, Peru, an average of nearly fifty’ shocks in a year are expected, and in some parts of South America over sixty have been counted iu a year, not reckoning the slight ones, which were sM’* That is the Rolled Down < •pKJon of the Best Medical Mei '* Tiie death of Dr. Ilamilt? *•' w ^ , ° with Dr. Aguew, was consult. geon iu the treatment of the ’ ^und inflicted by the assassin Guiteau the body of President Garfield, only revives that sad affair, but h to some new facts. Not long bef his death Dr. Hamilton wrote a rii. u tiuguished surgeon giving his opinion on the treatment of this case, which confirmed the views other eminent authorities have entertained, but ' which have been withheld from the public. Dr. Bliss, who had charge of the case, has long been an invalid and his friends say he cannot survive long. A recent analysis of tiie case and its treatment bv Dr. Esnach, of Germany the acknowledged greatest surgeon of Europe, and an author on surgical subjects, charges the case with having been badly managed; that had the wounded man been a common soldier, subjected to tiie ordinary course of hospital treatment, he would have had largely more than uneven chance of recovery. His idea is that tiie Presi dent’s death was caused not by the 3L:I more y i Far-famed Editor Cutting is nearly destitute, his half interest in the Mexican paper, £7 Centinct, which he owned in Paso del Norte having been absorbed by the expense of his im prison men t and trial. young sue man going througKjp ceremony. The youngady finding that was baffled ai that the had left, retutd home. It is said l father of the young lady, when lit arued of the disgrace ful conduct oiib daughter—although the young la is all of 22 years of age—became incensed that he gave her a sound fcging. A level-lMied writer says that when you heb man talking against his county Xspaper you may just, put it dqwmat he owes for about two years’ s icriplion, and is mad; because the (tor wants the money. 1 irnm Afar. yews euid C->url> r. If one t^U'.'h of nature makes the whole world kin, a shock <<f nature should make the relationship very manifest indeed, and the earthquake has certainly* hud this effect. Here are the good people in far away Lon don, with tiie Lord Mayor at head, opening a fund for tiie relief oi the sufferers iu they* have never seen and will never see, and from whom they are separat ed by thousands of miles of safe inter val. Without comparison with other offers, it is a kiudlv aud utterly un selfish thought which prompts the The Steel IJuii Tribute. Philadelphia Record (Deni.) a i Tiie diff y on sto? ] ra Is which Mr. Blaine lias invested with such won der-working powtr, *> * far from in- their ! creasing the prosperity of the country ief oi [ has created and enriehed a gigantic mo Cluu’lcstOL—whoru.j nopoiy at the expense of the public Interests. It levies tribute upon every' new line of railroad and upon every old lino that is obliged to re new Its rails. And this enhances the cost of frieghts to every comsmner in. , •*»« i the laud. Yet this is the tariff tender of aid from this far city, aud i idol in whoso honor tho Maiue states- It will be appreciated accordingly. * man has erected au altar. wound, hut by too much probing and other interferences with the processes of nature. This view of tiie case is generally'sustuined by physicians who were familiar with the treatment at the time. It l a? not yet been explained why Drs. Hamilton and Agncw permitted such now alleged inefficient treatment to go on without interceding. It is known that the President’s suffering was greatly increased by the tinkering treatment lie received at tiie hands of Bliss with Lis probe and Professor Bell wjth his electric balance, which latter tiie post mortem showed was the biggest piece of humbuggery of the series. The fact that the ball was encysted indicated that no further trouble was to bo feared from that source, and tiie course of the hall hav ing been kept open it is believed by experts it would have healed but for the persistent probing. A surgeon who had his imfonnation directly from witnesses to the post mortem says that the entire absence of knowledge of the principal facts in tho case was then demonstrated. After, cutting down with tiie course of the wound to ha end and not finding the ball there was a pa«iic among the operators. Tho bowels were then taken out and placed in a basin on a t'and. Exai.i^luation there failed to show any traces ot tho hall. Then there was another panic. Tiiis is supposed to have shown how thoroughly* the process of healing had gone on, and with less officious care would have resulted in recovery. After !• eg search the ball was found near the spine, nicely healed in Us surrounding sack. It is charged that the excessive probing was too severe a strain upon the vital forces of the patient. Parties who are familiar with the case say that “Garfield was probed to death.” $ llv . -:-*i -L'JI .3*®$ -Mi “I am willing to give a young man a start in lift;, said old Hunks as he kicked Jones out of the dbor, but I don’t consider my daughter to be thrown into the ell CitiMen. r. *