The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, August 28, 1891, Image 2

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r s (o(d THE COUNTRY'S CROPS. Jhigust Returns to the De partment of Agriculture. Much Will Depend on the Weather of This Month. Th* August returns to the statistician of file Department of Agriculture make the con* dition of corn 90.8; spring wheat,95.5; spring rye, 89.6; oats, 89.5; barley, 93.8; buckwheat, 97.3; potatoes, 96.5; tobacco, 88.5; hay, 90.9. Corn has fallen off two points during the month, the decline being almost entirely in the States of the Ohio Valley and the Northwest. The decline was due to shy weather, approaching drought in por- tidos of Indiana and Illinois, and low tem perature in all sections of the corn surplus districts. In the surplus States the averages area Ohio, 93; Indiana, 88; Illinois, 85; Sowa, 90-Missouri, 87; Kansas, 88; Nebras ka, 80. It should be noted that only one of file surplus States returns an average higher fium the average for the country. The wheat returns i elate to spring wheat «oiy, the average for the whole breadth ad- wancing somewhat during the month. The .improvement is general except in Washing ton, where hot winds injured the prospec* ui «ocne districts. The State returns outside of this State and Wisconsin closely approach the standard for comparison. The principal {States are: Wisconsin, 79; Minnesota, 98; jlowa, 95; Nebraska, 97; North Dakota, 99; floirth Dakota, 98; Washington, 90. ; Oats have.improved two points daring the month, and the figures of condition indicate • medium yl«d per acr^, Averages in States larger production are: New York, 92; Pennsylvania, 91; Ohio, 86; Michigan. 86; Illinois; 86; Wisconsin, 89; Minnesota, 94; Iowa, 98; Kansas, 90; Nebraska, 96. Barley shows improvement and promises a large crop in most oT the districts of heavy ‘ luction. California returns condition at , or practically perfect. In New York , Wisconsin, however, the prospect is less favorable. The first return for buckwheat is the highest for eight years past, with slight in crease in acreage. Tlie condition of potatoes is returned re markably high, scoring a gain of a point ever last month. In fifteen years previous to the present season August shows con dition higher than July once only. Should the present prospect be continued, the crop -will be one of unusual proportions. The i eturns make the condition of cotton 98.9 for the whole breadth, practically the mme as last month. The improvement daring the month has been confined to sec tions of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Hississippi, and Arkansas. In other portions of the cotton belt there has been a decline in condition. The fact that the crop is decided ly late over almost the entire breadth makes the season during August of vital impor tance. i JAMES BUSSELL LOWELL. Death of the Well-Known 'American Poet at Boston. James Russell Lowell died a few days ago In Boston, of a complication of liver com plaint, aggravated by his age. This well-known American poet, man of letters and ex-Minister to England and Spain, was born in Cambridge, Mass., on "Washington’s Birthday, February 22, 1819. He was graduated from Harvard College in 1838, and studied law, opening a law offics In Boston in 1840. His literary career be gan with the publication of his first volume of poems in 1841. From the time of the publication of his first volume until his death Mr. Lowell gave to the world numerous volumes ia poetry and prose. The most characteristic of his prose works is “The Bigelow Papers,” which was inspired by the anti-alaverv movement. He passed the years 1851 and 1852 in Europe, and in 1854 delivered a course of twelve lec tures in Boston to large audiences, his sub ject being the British poets. In 1855 he was appointed Longfellow’s successor to the chair of Belles-Lettres in Harvard College, j: „ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. •Eastern and Middle States- Thxbx was a flurry in wheat speculation on the New \ ork Produce Exchange, price* advancing about five cents a bushel and 5,000,000 bushels being traded in. _Gk°rgz Jovzs, chief owner of the New i ork Times, died the other day at Poland ^ e ' was * K)rn at Poultney.Vt., in 1811, and there he and Horace Greeley worked together as boys for the same man. Mr. Jones assisted in placing on sale the first edition of the New York Tribune and started the Times in 1851. Jockzy Moxaghax. fifteen years old, was killed through injuries received while riding at the Jerome Park (New York City) races, and a similar fate befell Jockey Bushnell, twenty-eight years old, at the Gloucester cN. J.) race track. Mybox Adams, of Ashland, Mass., five years old, died of hydrophobia. He had been bitten by a mad dog a month previous. Abraham Backer, the New York note broker, who failed recently for 14,000,000. has been arrested on a charge of grand larceny. Two more Chinamen suffering from lep rosy have been nnearthod by the New York authorities. C. 8. Wolfe, a prominent Pennsylvanian, bad just been elected Executive Commis sioner of the Pennsylvania World’s Fair Commission, and was on his way to attend a meeting of the Executive Committee at Harrisburg, when he fell dead of heart dis ease on the pavement. The price of rye has advanced heavily in the New York Produce Exchange. Eighteen- persons were hurt, several seriously, by a collision between an express and freight train at Egg Harbor City, N. J. Many notable people attended the funeral of James Russell Lowell at Harvard Col lege, Boston. The city bells were tolled as the body was borne to Mt. Auburn Ceme tery. South and West. Camp Douglas, a Wisconsin town, has been almost destroyed by fire. Loss, $150,- An expras train ran into a freight train near Fort Wayne, Ind. The engineer and fireman of the express were killed, eight freight cars destroyed and the baggage and express cars of the passenger train were ditched. Work on the World’s Fair buildings is being pushed rapidly at Jackson Park, Chi cago. Mrs. J. Robertson and her step-daughter were murdered at St. Martinsville, La by a burglar. J Late heavy rains in Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and Indiana have saved the corn crop. All work on the World’s Fair buiHings, at Chicago, has been temporarily slopped because the foundations are not rtrong enough. William Armstrong, who, it is sail, was the oldest living Odd Fellow in the United States, has just died in Salem, Ore., aged eighty-nine. He was initiated into theOr- der at Buffalo, N. Y..-in 1834. Under an enormous pressure of wheat an elevator wall at Minneapolis gave way, crushing in an adjoining feed mill. Sixty thousand bushels of wheat were let out. Damage, $50,000. A terrific hail storm in the vicinity of Melrose, Minn., ruined thousands of acres of wheat. Henry Henson was hanged at St. Louis for killing his wife, aud Chris. Young at Lexington, Mo., for killing Stephen Fergu son. R. Dudley Frayser, a Memphir capital ist, was lured into meeting a stranger at a hotel, chloroformed and robbed. Miss Clyde Ragland,daughter of Squire J. P. Ragland, a wealthy farmer of Louis ville, Ky., was thrown from a horse; and, her feet catching in the stirrup, she was kicked to death. Two men were instantly killed, a third was fatally injured and two others were badly hurt by an explosion in a powder fac tory at Kellogg, W. Va. Congressman John R. GAMBLE,of South Dakota, is dead. He was born DARING BAM ROBBER. A Reckless Bandit Secures §1200 in Ohio. After Killing a Farmer.He Shoots Two Others and Escapes. A reckless bandit of the Jesse James order entered the Keystone Bank at Columbus Grove, a small town near Lima, Ohio, about 9 o’clock on a recent day and shot the cashier and another man, terriorized the whole town, and escaped with $1200 that he took from the bank. The man is described as about five feet seven inches tall, of heavy build, with full face and small black moustache. He wore a black alpaca skull cap,long alpaca sack coat, blue striped trousers, and no vest. He appeared to be about thirty-five years old. He jumped off a freight train that morning, and going to the hardware store of John Crawford asked to see some revolvers. He selected two and asked the storekeeper to load them. When Mr. Crawford had done so, his customer coolly pointed the pistols at his head and said: “Fll pay you in cold lead if you want mo to.” He then left the store a . went to the Keystone Bank near by. T. J. Maple is cashier. He had opened the bank as usual in the morning. A heavy business was ex pected, and he had taken out $1200 in green backs and had placed them near the paying teller’s window. To protect money lying on the counter a plate glass about two feet high runs around the top of the desk. Sitting on a chair in the lobby was O. L. Byford, a big, strong man, and courageous. His chair was tilted back, and he was chat ting with the cashier, who was not yet busv. Suddenly a man entered the bank. In »ch hand he flour, shed a revolver. He cast his eyes wildly about the room, and without t word began shooting. The first ball flew harmlessly through the air and lodged in the wall above the cash iers head. Before Mr. Maple could make a move to lecure the revolver that was always kept in his desk for such an emergency a second •hot shattered the bones of his right arm. Another shot followed, and the cashier fell from his chair, pierced in the side. Turning So Syford, the desperado spoke for the first time, and in foul language ordered him not So stir or he would meet a similar fate. At this juncture William Vanderrark ap peared on the scene. He was a prominent farmer living in Union Township. He had iriven into town that morning with some logs and received a check on the bonk for Ills money. The desperate man without a word faced the old farmer and levelled his revolver. The unfortunate victim had turned half way iround when the ruffian fired. The ball struck him in the side just above 2ie thigh, and passed almost through his aody. He fell bleeding and senseless. Still Byford sat horrified and spellbound. That evening Vandemark died. With his revolvers the robber broke the plate glass, ind shoving his arm through the ragged iperture raked all the money amount- iig to about $1209 and thrust it into the side pocket of his long sack coat. By this time several people had been attracted >y the sounds of the shots. The desoerado realized that it was time for him to he noving. Again brandishing his revolvers le dashed out on the street. There was a wild scattering on the part of the people. No one w is looking for thieves and mur- ierers, and there was not a weapon in the jrowd. One poor fellow failed to gee out of ;he way in time. Honry Ruck fell pierced by a ball from th* •evolver that already scored two victims. Che robber fired several times aud shouted: “Pm a second Jesse James!” The fellow ran down an alley and was last teen disappearing into a big cornfield at the tdge of town. W T. Maple, a brother of the cashier came to Lima, rind the local police and citizens from there and all towns near by went in fruitless pursuit of the robber. It has been learned that after the chase was given up that night the man sto NEW 0. A. B. COMMANDEB. Sketch ot the Career oUCaptain John Palmer. A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER. t CAPTAIN JOHN PALMER. Captain John|Palmer, who was elected by the Assembly at Detroit Commander-in- Chief of the Grtwid Army of the Republic, was born on Staton Island, N. Y., March 22, 1842, and removed in early manhood to Al bany, where he has been twice elected Com mander of the New York State G. A. R., and has also been Senior Vice-Commander- In-Cbief, r ks during the war es- f a gallant soldier and mrade Palmer enlisted ty-first New York Vol unteers, September 10, 1861, and during his continuous service with the regiment in camp an i field wa^ successively promoted from private to Corporal-Sergeant, Ser geant-Major, Second and First Lieutenant, Ad jutant and Captain. Captain Palmer is a charter member of Lew Benedict Poft, G. A. R., of Albany, which was organized in 1867, and during its existence bas speclover $50,009 in charity. He bas been comi^Bider of the post five the National En- held at Dayton, Commander-in- His four vearsl tablished his recoJ an efficient officer, in Company B, Ni times, and he pre campment of the Ohio, while Sent Chiei. He was enairman pointed at the nati President Cleveland departments in Was! of the veterans of th the exertions of this veterans were retai: vice. Captain Palmer hai ness of boss painter years. PROMINE] jimittee ap- ent to visit eads of the [the interest eas through that many public ser in the busi ly for many iOPLE. fcto University, endow with >r and aged ^from Du- kdistanca Com- y, is Prof. Roehrig, of speaks thirty languagi Verdi, the com; $80,000 a hospital at M artists. Dr. Talmage recem buxue, la., to Sioux Cii of 254 miles in 254 mi The son of Gener^ mander-in-Chief of thl the only foreign cade Hamilton Fish JRBUBKIebrated his eighty-third birthdayTHe is one of the three surviving Secretaries J>f State, and is in ex cellent health. f M. Waddington, the French Ambassador in London, receives 4 salary of $60,000 a year, the largest amount that is paid to any diplomatist for his ser^pces. The Czar is the least sovereigns of Europe i but because of his gr man of distinguished Judge Field, of preme Court, is modern Greek, reads and can converse Italian. Edison is now at . motor to replace the ol It is designed to take up central rail and to de horse-power. " The venerable moth Austria and the ex- -Duchess Louise Wi ntatious of all the the matter of dress, d/size he is always a [ppearance. te United States Su- voughly versed in urkish with avidity itly in French and rk on an electric [inary locomotive, ilectricity from a lop at least 1000 k the Empress of of Naples, the k is one of -the i and Bright. i me of the most ica, is paid $500 a |S1b has a hand- fCoan., and when ' livts there in lux- L gig( shop of the Episco- P the greatest girth [Walker, of North above six feet and has a ice. His hair and Bishop is an enter- man who shines as the pulpit. fB. Roberts, of the began as a rodman. Sstant to the Presi- iborate organization generally graduates iPresidency itself. The [ iliiam A. Patton, who id has grown from bociation to resemble ['ell as in method. who recently visited of Suez Canal fame, Imestic scene. In one 1 on a sofa, a rug over erect, bright-eyed as reary-looking. Fac- i and devoted wile in e room the most de- plks that one might i beautiful children, md curly hair. De ben years old. lCCIDENTS. ih at Boston and fisconsin. drowning accident r, off what is known rhich six lives were lue entirely to a lack part of those who knd the carelessness Poccupants. Nine per- [for a sail during the small yacht and a short distance id all were thrown into [hree of the party were ned are John Burke aud iged eleven and fourteen Thomas Carmody, ages years, and Thaddeus Jty-five years. I, children of prominent ] men, were drowned at They were out in a three other young |ck the boat, capsizing ballasted and sank Reaving the seven peo- rater. The names of and Emma Barth, »d Clara Siegler, their i to twenty yean; UAKE’S W0BK. [ographical Changes ;me Southwest. I region of Sonora, on the irt a wonderful change ihy and appearance Many old landmarks prominent natural ob- Jthe face of the eartn, and k unexpected places. The JncipaUy to stockmen, who ba of cattle. The Cocopah Tlosers. The small stream rth of Lerdo, which, prevent earthquake, was has become im pass- depth. It is now nec- I e water coarse six miles lorado. The Cocopah In- another earthquake liable ley say natural signs indi- lArtny of Seattle has been of the will of J. W. ic old philanthropist, | at Honolulu, and was ti Army post at that " the meetings of the four yean. Ha leaves Array of that place. Fall of an Excursion Barge’s Upper Deck. THE LABOR WORLD. Fourteen Pei sons Killed and Forty More Injured. Four hundred employes of Theodore Kay- sersdry goods establishment at 197 Graham avenue, Brooklyn, went on an excursion a few days since to Cold Spring Grove, on Long Island Sound. The steamer Crystal Stream and the barge Republic left the foot Df South Fifth street in the morning. The trip was a merry one, and when the party was landed at the grove every one was in the best of spirits. After spending a few honrs in the grove the excursionists made ready to return to Brooklyn at 4 o’clock. Just as the barge and steamer drew away from the Cold Spring dock a big squall sprang up. The barge lay close to the pier head, and was connected by a gang plank to the steamer, which was fast alongside. The last of the excursionists was on board at 3:45 when the pilot gave the word to cast off. The barge was fast to the pier by three haw sers—one from the bow, one from the stern, and one amidships. The forward and ’mid ship hawsers were loosed and the bow of the vessels pointed to midstream when the squall came. Rain poured in torrents and the sky be came black as night. An awning was low ered from the hurricane deck of the barge and fastened to the main deck to keep out the rain. A heavy gust of wind swept across the barge, struck this awning and tore it away. The force of the wind loosened the hurricane deck on the side from which the awning was swung. The excursionists huddled together under it heard the crack ing of the timbers aud rushed to the other ride of the barge. Every one became panic stricken. Before a single person had a chance to escape from the barge the upper deck fell. Fourteen persons were killed and forty or more seriously injured. The scene when the deck fell was inde scribable. Above the storm could be beard the groans of the injured and the shrieks of women and children. Many jumped into the foaming waters, and it is believed that some were drowned. During all this time the crowded barge and steamer were tossed about on the angry sea. In a few minutes rescuers came w the assistance of the affrighted excursionists. The debris on the barge was cleared away, and the mangled bodies of the dead and wounded placed on the dock. Physicians were summoned from near-by plaoee. Then the wounded were caref oily carried aboard of the Crystal Stream, which con veyed them around to Oyster Bay village, a distance of six miles, where they were at tended by several doctors. Th«. steamer then returned and carried another load to Oyster Bay, and again a third load. Eleven of the fourteen persons killed were women or children and vhree were men. Robert Schluer, pilot of the l>arge, was among the killed. Among the injured were several whose wounds it was believed would result fatally. THE NATIONAL GAME. Griffin, of Brooklyn, leads the League in sacrifice hits. In Cincinnati they consider Dickey John son the king of outfielders. Both of the Boston clubs are ahead of their expenses so far this season. Long John Ewing, of the New Yorks, has pitched three complete shutouts this season. There are four players in the Chicago Club who have made one hundred hits this season. In Merritt, the Chicagos have secured an other promising catcher. He is cool, plucky and reliable. __ Bob Barr, the new pitcher secured by the New York Club, comes from the Buffalo Eastern League Club. Tim Keefe, released by the New Yorks, has been signed to pitch for the Phiiajei-- phjas tjjg HI I ' Since the palmy days of Ezra Sutton no man has ever thrown to first with the speed and accuracy that Nash, of Boston, has this season. One of the Chicago players said that Hutchinson had held the team up this sea son, and that without him Anson’s men would not be better than fourth. The Pittsburgs have been defeated sixteen times by one run, aud been victorious six times. They have played seven ton-inning games this season and won only one of them. Dahlen has proven to be another great all-around player. He has been playing third base, left field and short stop for the Chicagos. In Boston he made som& heavy hits. If a pitcher gives Hamilton a base on hits it is almost a .certainty that he will steal second. He is the high-priced man of the Phillies, but he is a winning ball player and worth the money. The fight for the National League oham- p.onship is the closest in the history bf the game. A few days ago but four points sepa rated the three leaders—the Chicagos, Bos tons and New Yorks. Catcher Dailey, of Brooklyn, has taken a wonderful up among League batters, and he is not onijAleading his team but he is only surpassed by Hamilton, of Philadelphia, and Tiernan, of New York. Clements and Zimmer are running a race to see who will catch the most games this season. The Philadelphian, up to recent date, had caught in seventy-six and the Cleveland backstop in seventy-eight. . ^ the League there have been eighty-two single run victories, eighteen extra inning games and thirty-three shutouts. The Asso ciation clubs have had seventy-nine single figure victories, twenty-two extra inning games and thirty-three shutouts. James Wolf, of the Louisville Club, has been given his unconditional release. He was found inefficient in batting and fielding on account of being too fat. iShelhasse, the Evansville catcher, has been signed. He caught part of last season with the Boston Brotherhood team. There has been a good deal of experiment ing this year among the Association teams. Baltimore, however, has tried the fewest players, having signed but fifteen. Columbus has had eighteen, St. Louis nineteen. Boston and Philadelphia twenty each, Cincinnati twenty-two, Louisville twenty-nine and Washington thirty-two. A most amusing incident occurred at Ebensburg. Penn., the other day. The home team was three runs behind in the ninth. Two men struck out, three men on bases, when the ball was struck bv the batter over the fence on to the road close by where Father Christy’s big dog lay The centre- fielder jumped the fence and after the ball, but the dog would not let him touch it.’ While all this was taking place the three men on bases as well as the batter went home and won the game. NATIONAL LEAGUE RECORD. London has 509,009 factory hands. Copenhagen has 15,090 union men. Spain polled 250,009 votes for labor candi dates. The Journeymen Tailors’ Union has 11,000 members. New York railroaders have a building and loan association. Sixteen labor papers have been excluded frotn the German mails. The first trades union of women in Bel gium is an organization of women tobacco workers in Antwerp. Ten thousand men are employed repair ing the Chinese palace. The carvers struck and got $5 a day and three meals. England’s representatives in the Labor Congress at Brussels will ba trade unionists, and will form about one-third of the Con gress. 1 In many of the agricultural districts of the United States it is difficult to get first class help, although the wages range from $18 to $40 a month. Statistics show that for unskilled labor women are paid at least one-third less than men for the same work. For skilled labor they are paid much more than men. Women in Australia, according to dence given before the Workshops and Foo- tories Commission, are generally paid least one-third less than men for the same work. Three years ago Austria had 103 labor organizations with 12,000 members, and eleven labor papers with 15,400 subscribers; it has now 209 labor organizations with 47,- 000 members, and forty-one labor papers with 127,850 subscribers. The four children of Jeau Culina, who was sent to prison for six years for alleged instigation to riot at Fourmies, France, on May 1, have been adopted by the National Executive Committee of the French Labor party. They will be cared for and educated at the expense of the organizatiou. About thirty local and central labor unions were represented at the recent con vention of the Massachusetts State Labor Federation. During the past year three unions were disbanded, while twelve have been organized. The Legislative Committee reported that several bills proposed by them had been adopted by the Legislature, among which the abolition of the fine system, amendments to the Weekly Payment act, nine hours for county employes, restricting child work, regulating the sweating system, raising school age to fifteen, appointing wo men factory inspectors, aud tenement house statistics. MRS. JAMES K. POLK DEAD. The Wife of the Tenth President Dies at Her Home in Nashville. Mrs. James K. Polk, wife of the tenth President of the United States, died a few mornings ago in Nashville, Tenn. She was in good health until a few days previous, when, on returning from a short drive, was taken suddenlv ill. She was eighty-seven years old. The bells in the city were tolled throughout the afternoon. Mrs. Polk was born September 4, 1803, at Murfreesboro. She was married to Mr. Polk when still in her teens, and had lived con tinuously in Nashvile except wnen in Wash ington, during the Congressional career of her distinguished husband, and while mis tress of the White House. For the past fifty years she had lived in seclusion. President Polk left a very large estate at tfle time of his death, which was kept to gether until the Civil War, when nearly everything was destroyed or lost. Mrs. Polk’s income kept dwindling until a half dozen years ago, when she found herself nearly penniless. A bill was then introduced in Congress to grant to the widow of President Lincoln a pension of S5000 a year. It lacked one vote in the Sen ate to secure its passage. That was the vote of Senator Howell E. Jackson, of Tennessee. He offered to vote for the bill provided it was so amended as to give annual pensions of $5000 to Mrs. Polk and to the widow of President Tyler, as well as to Mrs. Lincoln, and the bill became a law. Since that time 3fl¥. folk had lived on this pension. 1 “resideiiL—k£i^o T 'o .of the queerest wills that was ever left by as intelligent man. Everything was given to his wife, and at her death was to be transferred “to the most deserving member of tho family bearing the name of Polk,” the decision to be made by the State Legislature. The nearest relative until recently was State Treasurer Polk, of Ten nessee, to whom it was supposed the estate would go. It will be remem bered that a few years ago be be came a defaulter to a large amount and fled the country, finally dying in Mexico. His dishonesty cut him aud his family off, and just how the matter will be settled is now a mystery. There ar? no other deserv ing members of the family bearing the name of Polk, and now that Mrs. Polk is dead the courls v/ili have to decide the matter. Per I Won. host. ct. I Chicago...55 39 .585; Boston....53 38 .582 New York.50 36 .581 Philadel.. .48 44 . 522 AMERICAN ASSOC Jrr IFon. Lott. «-t. Boston....67 31 .684 St. Louis..64 37 .634 Baltimore.55 3!) .585 Athletic...50 46 .521 .463 .40, .381 .fw Von. Lott. ct. Brooklyn..44 46 .489 Cleveland.44 51 Cincin’ati..38 56 Pittsburg. .35 57 IATIOX RECORD. „ her Voo.hott. el. Columbus .47 52 .475 Cincinnati. 43 55 ,4cU Louisville..35 68 .349 Wash’gt’n.30 63 .323 RUSSIA’S GRAIN FAMINE, Restriction and Possible Prohibi tion of the Export of Corn. The grave situation created by the failurt of the crops in Russia is causing the greatest apprehension in all circles. A St. Peters burg paper declares that the local adminis trations will be unable to make provision for the inhabitants of the distressed provinces by drawing upon the surplus of other provinces if speculators are allowed to export corn or if the artificial rise in the price of corn is not checked. The paper demands that the Gov ernment immediately place a heavy export duty on rye. The Financial Messenger de clares that it will be almost impossible for Russia to export corn this year. It is officially announced'that the Govern ment has not as yet contemplated issuing a decree totally prohibiting tbe export of grain from Russia, but the partial failure of the crops demands that provision ba made for the people living in the distressed prov inces, and consequently the export of grain from those provinces will be restricted by tbe authorities. FATAL TORNADO. Circus Tent Blown Down—Three Killed and Fifty Injured. A tornado swept over Ashland, Wis., aid the town of VTasbburne, just across the bay from there, doing an immense amount of damage. At Washburne the tent of Williams’s circus was blown down, three people being killed and about fifty injured, many of them fatally. About one hundred houses were de molished at Washburne, but the onlv casual ties were those at the circus grounds. In Ashland about fifty houses were blown down, many of them the best business build ings. All of the shipping in the As iland harbor suffered severely, much of it being destroyed altogether. THE MARKETS. 33 NEW YORK. Beeves. 3 50 @625 Milch Cows, com. to good.. .25 00 @45 00 Calves, common to prime... 3 00 @ 6 25 Sheep. 4 00 @ 5 123-* Lambs 5 25 @ 6 00 Hogs—Live 5 50 @ 5 70 Dressed ~% ( & Flour—City Mill Extra 5 00 <@ 5 15 Patents 5 15 @ 5 50 Wheat-No. 2 Red 1 02>£@ 1 05^ Rye—State To @ 76 Barley—Two-rowed State... 90 @ 92 Corn—Ungraded Mixed ^ Oats—No. 1 White Mixed Western....... Hay—Fair to Good Straw—Long Rye Lard—City Steam Butter—State Creamery.... Dairy, fair to good. West. im. Creamery Factory Cheese—State Factory Skims—Light Western Eggs—State and Penn. BUFFALO. Steers—W estern Sheep—Medium to Good.... 4 00 @ Lambs—Fair to Good 5 25 @ Hogs—Good to Choice Yorks 5 70 @ Flour—Winter Patent 4 65 @ Wheat—No. 1 Northern..... 1 Corn—No. 2, Yellow........ — @ Oats—No. 2, White 383^@ Barley—No. 2 Canada — @ BOSTON. _ @ 50 41 @ 45 65 @ 70 70 ® 75 6.15 @ 6.20 16;. 20 15 ® 18 12 ® 15 ^ 12 ® 13* 8* 3 ® 6 5W@ 7* 17 2 00 ® 3 69 Egg—Near-by 22 @ 23 Seeds—Timotny, Northern.. 2 00 @ 2 25 Clover, Northern.... 10 @ II Hay—Fair 14 00 @15 00 Straw—Good to Prime — @15 00 Butter—Firsts...... 15 @ 18 WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Beef—Dressed weight @ 7* Sheep—Live weight Lambs 4 7 K Hogs—Northern 5 6% PHILADELPHIA. Flour—Penn, family — @ 4 80 Wheat—No. 2 Red. Aug.... 1 Cl#® 1 01>f Corn—No. 2 Mixed, Aug 7i @ 73 Oats—Ungraded White — @ 46>^ Potatoes 90 @ 95 Butter—Creamery Extra.... 18 @ 19 Cbeeae—Part skims 5 <a 6W RELIGIOUS READING.’ THE MOTHER'S PRATER. Lord, give me this soul! 1 have waked for it when 1 should fcave slept. I have yeaned over it and I have wept. Till in my own the thought of it has sway All through the night aud day. Lord, give me this soul! If I m^ght only lift its broken strands. To lay them gently in Thy loving hands; If I might know it had found peace in Thee, What rest, what peace to me! Thou wi t give me this soul! Else why the joy, the grief, the doubt, the pain. The thought perpetual, tbe one refrain. The leaseles-s longing that upon Thy breast Tiie teinpest-toj-f-ed may rest? Dear Lord, give me this soull “she died an hour ago.” One day the conversation at dinner, in a family well known to the writer, turned up on a lady who was so unfortunate as to have incurred (he d slike of certain members of the househo:d, because of some little peculi arities. After several had expressed their views in no gentle terms, the married sister added: “I can t endure her, and I believe I will not leturn her call if she comes here Ugain.” Her husband, who had remained sil ent, replied: “She wili not trouble you again, my dear; as she died an hour ago." “Ycc do not mean it? Surely you are only teasing u£ for our uncharitableness?” “She is really dead. I learned it on my way home to din ner." Overwhelmed with shame, the little group realized for tbe first time the solem nity of such sinful conversation. Let us take warning, and speak of those about us as w* shall wish we had done when they are taken from us.—fl’resbv terian WiUniaa. TESTING GOD. A short time ago I handed to one of God’s own children, who was not a member of my church, some monev I had secured for him and his family in tEeir time of need. Tbe tears came to his eyes. The act had touched the tenderest emotions of his soul. Ho be gan to tell me of the severe trials through which he bad been passing. Said he, “I took it to the Lord. 1 told Him lie knew how si.-k I had been, how long out of work, how dark everything looked, how I and my wife had been fertting, but that for the future I would not fret, but would trust Him, no matter what should come.” Said he, “Immediately help began to come.’’ It pays to trust God. God seems to summon us to the high and exalted privi lege of testing Him, hence he says, “Prove- ■Me," “Try Me," “See if I will not.” Dear reader, have you fulfilled the conditions? If so, joyously and confidently wait till there shall come the blessing—full, abundant, run ning over.—[J. W. Totten. CHILDREN STILL. I am interested in the religious character of children. What change is necessary in a child of a dozen years to become a Christian? What are the marks of a child who is & Christian? Should he be expected to be spiritual? Should he think much about hie* sins? Should his Christian life be retro spective or free from self-consciousness? I know a little girl who is a member of a church, who is obedient to her father and mother, who is as happy as the day is long, who is healtfiy in body and mind, but as soon as you begin to talk with her about her sins, or about the love or power of God, she will probably at once turn the conver sation upon tbe pranks of her. kittie, or how far she can ride on her velocipede. Her ex perience is about as far from the experience of some saint-like child, as bro vn earth is unlike white snow. Yet, T am heathen enoimh to believe a Cbristia child should be a Christian child, and sho>.ld think and speak tc a child, and that the Christian life of the child, like the other life of the child, should not be retrospective, but free Irom self-consciousness. Let us not piat for our children to be pale-faced saints, t '. own- cheeked boys and girls who love c.. .ist in their play and in their study. Oh, .or the natural Christian 1—lFarmton in, Advance. A PTH A religion with ncs sonal Saviour from all" the name of religion. __ A religion which does not purport a holy heart and life, and which does not set forth or show a power sufficient to enable one to practice its precepts, is not the true religion. A religin that does not afford strength and relief under affliction, joy in sorrow, help in time of need, deliverance in time of temp tation, and satisfy the longing of the human l.eart, is not the religion of the Bible. A religion which ~we cannot freely and safely recommend to everybody, and which will not tit every case, is not the religion of our Lord Jesus Christ. A religion which we do not enjoy, but which brings - us into bohdage and only makes us miserable, is no better than no re ligion. A religion in which we are not kept un spotted from the world and enabled to show a consistent and unselfish life, is not the pure and undefiled religion. Anyone who practically embraces the re ligion of our Lord Jesus Christ will have no u-e for any of the new-fanirled religions of today. for’“tbe old-time religion" satisfies in every respect. Anyone who claims to have tbe religion of our Lord Jesus Corist, and ia not saved end kept from sinning, and does not find hanpiness and satisfaction in it, is either a hvpoerite or greatly deceived.— [Times of Rejoicing. THE SOURCE OF STRENGTH. Jesus has commanded me to open my heart and to stretch out my hands. It is enough for me to do as Jesus tells me. The apostles implored from God the recovery of a friend. When they were in prison they asked to get out of it. When they were per secuted, beaten, they cried to Him for help, and yet they were well aware that afflictions await us; that our sorrows enter into the Divine plan; but submissive and persever ing at the same time, they prayed to God to deliver them, and God did deliver. I speak to this God at every hour of the day. The command. “Pray ’without ceas ing," which scares so many people, consti tutes my safety and makes my happiness. It is not enough for me to think about God; my soul must pour itself before Him. When you have some beloved being be side you. does it suffice you to think of him, i o; to speak to him—why, would not that be a torture? Every time an idea occurs to you. a feeling overflows, you speak. Ah, if the fear of wearying did not restrain us, bow far more freely would our heart give it self expression. One can never weary God. "VYbat is it I say to him? What does one say to one’s father and tp one's mother? What does one not say? Is any subsequent eloquence re quired? All fear over, embarrassment gone, the lips move as the heaat prompts, and the mother is satisfied, the father rejoices. — [Madame de Gasparin. . True turning unto God and the remaininst in the practice of any one sin, cannot stand together.—[K. Bolton. Learn from the earliest days to inurt^^jir principles against the points of ridiucW^^^ can no more exercise your reason if^ in constant dread of laughter than yj enjoy your life if you are in constant lear death.— [Sidney Smith. You have chosen the kingdom of God and his righteousness; other things, therefore, shall be added unto you; and if any which you desire should not be added, comfort yourself with the thought that you have the good part which can never be taken away.— [Whitefield. IN various ex cnanges, at this season, one reads the accounts of many cases- In 'which persons are rescued from drowning, and he cannot fail to bo im pressed with the fact that the succored person is going down “for the last time." This may be strictly true, as ho Is rescued before he has a chance to go down again, but w* arc watching for the story of the rescue of a man when he is makins his first plunge. "Perplexed” wants to know how "a man with a long and drooping mus tache” ought "to eat his soup.” He ought to eat it in the dark.