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VOL, III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 1888 NO.30. TlE LAMU OF ICE. HARDY RESIDENTS OF ICELAND TALK OF LEAVING. - A Movement on Foot to Remove the En tire Population of 7,OOO People to Manitoba--The Land and People. (From the Philadelphia Cal.) In the western part of Pembina coun ty, D. T., but a few miles from the Canadian houndary, lie three townships settled entirely by Icelanders, most of whom lived a short time in Manitoba before crossing into the United States. Neat Sioux Falls, in the same territory, are a few Icelanders; there is another settlement in Iowa, and still another in Wisconsin, while in Manitoba the flour ishing settlements of Ginili, Thingvalla and New Iceland contain several thou sand of the same people. All these set tlements, in both countries, have much the same history, and illustrate the pain ful fact that for the third time in its history Iceland is threatened with de population. For the third time the climate of .that strangely interesting island is changing for the worse; and this time the change is so prolonged that a scheme is projected in the Canadian northwest to bring all the remaining 75,000 in Iceland to the new world. The extinction of such a people would be a calamity to the sentimental, and we may well refuse to believe it possible; for no doubt a remnant will remain, wil find life much more tolerable when the surplus population is removed, and, when nature again becomes genial, will thoroughly re-people the old land. Iceland is the most interesting island in the world. About as large as Ohio, it contains as many volcanoes as this con tinent; and with a population never as large as a Congressional district, it has produced more poets and ro mance writers than any State, and has a history as fascinating as that of any nation. When all Europe was sunk in the barbarism that followed the Northmen's destruction of Borne, Irish priests and scholars found a religious community in Ireland; and when civilization had revived in only a few Mediterranean provinces, and that but feebly, Iceland was in its golden age of poets, preachers and scholars. There is good evidence that Columbus ob tained his first ideas of the western world in Iceland, and there is undoubted history that people of that race discov ered America long before the Spaniards. Once in its 1,014 years of authentic his tory a blight fell on Iceland, its popula tion sank to a minimum, and for 200 yersit had neither scholars nor histo- I rians; at another time the cold increased for a term of years and threatened gen eral destruction, and now the same phe nomenon is being repeated, with the additional evil that the ice flow from Greenland comes later in the season and has formed a permanent mass against the north side of the island. No class of foreigners become Ameri canized so rapidly and easily as the Scandinavians. This is true of the Swedes, Danes, Norwegians, and pre eminently true of the Icelanders. Those in Manitoba are enthusiastic for the con federation, and liberal supporters of all English-Canadian schemes of progress; they have several newspapers in their own language, and maintain good schools and churches. In the three Ioelandic townships in Dakota are some .600 voters, and the high standard of in telligence is remarkable. In the church library in the little village of Mountain (containing less than fifty houses) are several hundred volumes in Engls,1 French, German, Norwegian, Iceadc Greek and Latin, and the resident1 preacher (Lutheran) is a most accom plished scholar, both in the classic and modern languages. There is no country inthe world, probably, where educationis so universal as in Iceland; the morals of the people are good, save the one vice of the ticandinavians. We may judge the extent of that from a clause in the latest trade report to the effect that the import of brandy has "declined to twenty-four quarts per capital" If the 75,000 people in Iceland must leave there (which all scholars will pray will not be) Manitoba could not get better settlers, and should they follow their kinsmen into the United States, they will add a valuabie element to the much composite Yankee. Naddodr, a Norwegian viking, discov ered Iceland in 860, and four years later Garthar Svafarrson sailed around it. Ten years later Norwegians colonized it, but soon found that Irish Christians had located there at least 150 years before. Their record adds that the remaining Irish left "when the Norse - pagans came." The Norwegian settlers were disaffected citizens, unwilling to submit to a new form of government just estab lished in Norway and in 928 they made Iceland a republic; but 354 years after ward they renewed allegiance to Haeo, Eing of Norway, Iceland retaining her separase legislature. In 1387 Norway and Denmark were united, and when again divided Iceland fell to Denmark, to which it is still attached. Ln 1874 the Icelanders celebrated the 1000th anni versary of settlement, which attracted visitors from all parts of the world. The first era of cold and famine is but im perfectly reported, but about 1750 a series of calamities began, including volcanic eruptions. Nearly all the do mestic animals died, and the population shrank to 39,000. Prosperity returned, and the population soon exceeded 100, 000. Now it has shrunk to 75,000, not by famine this time, but by emigration. The climate is remarkable. Though the Arctic circle touches on the north, the average winter, in the valleys, is milder than that of Ohio, while the sum mer temperature very rarely reaches 60 degrees. The ice drifte from Greenland lodge on the north and northwest coasts, usually in February and March, but for many years past they have renuiined through the summer, so chilling the air that no considerable crops could be raised in the northern valleys. The only grain used is imported; but heavy crop of vegetables are grown. The weath of the country is in cattle and sheep, fish and birds. The latter are wonderfully numerous, among them the elder duck, whose nests are strictly pro tested by the ple. The white bear Ofinn names eioo from Greenland. Such are but a few of the interesting points of Iceland. Its literature is so voluminous that we cannot even give a list of the more important of its books. THE TWO STATE CONVENTIONS. Opinions of the State Press on an Interest ing Subject. Anderson Journal: Two State Con ventions of the Democratic party will probably be held in South Carolina this year, the first in May to select delegates to the National Convention at St. Louis on June 5th, and the other later in the year, August possibly, to nominate can didates for State oflices, etc. It has been suggested that it would be well to hold one of these conventions in the up country, but there seems to be no good reason why this should be done. Laurens Advertiser: The News and Courier is in favor of postponing the nomination of State officers until nearer the time for the election. This is well, but we regret that our contemporary omitted to favor a canvass of the State in the meantime. This is the most important matter that will come before the people of this State during the present campaign. There can be no intelligent exercise of the elective franchise without a discussion of the questions in which the people as a whole are interested. Let there be light. Aiken Journal and Review: As to the first suggestion we think everybody will agree with the News and Courier that two State Conventions should be held. As to the place of meeting, we are op posed to any change. Pee Dee Index: It seems to be the better plan, however, to have two con ventions. A convention held later in the year would, we believe, have a better opportunity of learning the popular will than a convention held in May, and for that reason a ticket pleasing to the peo ple could the more easily be selected. Laurensville Herald: As the National Democratic Convention will meet on June 5th, it will be necessary for the State Convention to meet some time in May. This is regarded-and we think properly so-too early to make nomina tions for State officers. Hence, the ne cessity of two State Conventions. It may be objected that to hold two con ventions will entail double trouble. The additional trouble should not be regard ed as a serious objection, when the im portance of the matter is considered. A good deal has been said by the State press regarding the matter of primary elections to nominate State officers. Let that question be renewed and thorough ly discussed, and let the delegates for the several counties of the State to the State Convention be instructed regard ing the wishes of the people touching the question. Heretofore the business of nominating State officers has been whipped through too hurriedly. Slates were generally fixed up before hand, and the work of nominating was a mere matter of form rather than of deliberation. Keowee Courier: Why have two con ventions? It is so generally believed as to amount to an accepted fact, that the the terms of office of State officers should be four years instead of two, that in ac cord with this view the practice has been to nominate for re-election for a second term the incumbents of such offices. This has been the practice since 1886 and we hardly think this a good time to depart from it, unless for some reason. We know and have heard no reason for departure from the rule and the State Convention in May might dis eharge the duty of both conventions. rhe State officers are executive officers md could have no influence on reforma bory measures, if they desired to, and we do not believe they desire such influ mece further than for the public good. rhe only exception is the Governor, arough the veto power, and we feel mure tthis would not be exercised agaiflst my proposed reformatory legislation or gainst the best interests of this Stale. rhis is a year when we neither desire nor can afford changes, likely to distract or excite the people. We advocate and believe in many reforms, but we are willing to trust them to the people and the Legislature. Of course we feel a local interest in the upper part of the State, but see no reason for changing the place of meet ing of the State Convention from Co umbia to any point. The Florida Travel. The trains passing southward over the Atlantic Coast Line continue to be rowded with people, and advices from New York are~ that for at least two weeks the movement to Florida will be un abating. The probabilities are, how ever, that the great rush will be over by the 25th instant. It is estimated that there are from 50,000 to 100,000 visitors in Florida, and as the season is approaching for the exodus of the crowds bound homeward, the railroads are preparing to meet the rush that will set in towards the North. The Atlantic Coast Line people ex pect to transport about 25,000 of these people from the Land df Flowers, and from now on five sleeping cars will leave Jacksonville daily on train No. 78, ad four daily on train No. 14. The vetibule trains will leave Jacksonville daily, except on Tuesdays and Satur days. In addition to these trains, com mencing March 20th, a special train of five Pullman cars will leave Jackson ville, bound North, every Tuesday and every Friday, until April 20. A great many tourists are already homeward bound.-Wilmaington Mes senger. DER~u MR. Eviroi:-Won't you please tell your male readers that 83 will buy a. fine, strong and serviceable pair of pants, made to order by the N. Y. Stan dard Pants Co., of 6G University Place, New York city? By sending 6 cents in postage stamps to the above firm, they will send to any address 25 samples of cloth to choose from, a fine linen tape measure, a full set of scientiuic measure ment blanks and other valuable informa tion. All goods are delivered by them through the U. S. Mails. A novel and practicaA idea. Advise your readers to try the firm. They are thoroughly re liable. Yours truly, * WirLriur VADERm3LT. A little boy recently informed us that his father was suffering with inflation of the lungs. We always thought he was a terrihle blower. THE NEGRO IN THE CHURCH. Bishop Howe's Appeal to the Diocese of South Carolina--The Dangers of Con tinued Divisions. CHARLESTON, March 10, 1S88. To the Parishes and Congregations entitled to elect Lay Deputies to the Diocesan Convention.-My Dear Breth ron: It is a provision in the canons of the General Convention of our Church that every Bishop from time to time should address pastoral letters to the people of his diocese as occasions may seem to him to suggest. In accordance with such canonical provision I beg now to gain your ear for a few moments while I write on a subject uppermost in my thoughts as Easter Monday draws near. On that day, according to ancient usage, you will elect vestrymen and wardens for the year ensuing, and also in many parishes, I presume, deputies to the Diocesan Convention; unless in regard to deputies, you decline to send any to Anderson in obedience to instruc tions recently issued, and also for rea sons which may seem to you satisfactory under existing circumstances. In this event the result would be that no Diocesan Convention could be convened for lack of a quorum. There can be no Convention, as you are aware, except ten (10) clergymen are present with a right to vote, and depu ties from ten (10) churches duly qualified to represent said churches in the Diocesan Convention. Should we fail, therefore, of securing the necessary quolum at Anderson, and for the reason of our differences, I feel it my duty to forewarn you that, in my judgment, the consequences of such non-attendance of my brethren of the laity may prove dis astrous to the well being of the diocese, already somewhat paralyzed in its mis sion work and higher spiritual interests. We cannot, my dear friends, much longer endure the strain of divided counsels and alienated hearts. If the present state of things continue, I fear the result will be, in the near future, vacant rectories, closed churches, sus pended and abandoned missions. The clergy will argue from your absence, under existing circumstances, that you will not sit with them in convention ex cept upon the humiliation of their Order. Moreover, they will argue that, if they are to hold their seats in conven tion at your will, and not in virtue of constitutional and canonical right, and if you can unseat them on the ground of color, then you may also unseat them on the score of ritual or other cause. I pray you then to consider this, and send deputies to Anderson. Let a pause be put there to differences which have so seriously disturbed our peace, and let them no more enter into debate. Am I asking too much of you that a truce should be put to debate? I am only asking that you, the laity, should do by the clergy as they have done by you. Permit me to remind you. In 1876, in Columbia, lay deputies from St. Mark's, a congregation of colored people, ap plied to be admitted into Convention. The clergy voted to receive them. You refused; and until- you give you-: con sent colored lay deputies cannot be re ceived. The clergy have respected your convictions, though not sympathizing with them. Since 1876 no application whatever has been made to admit lay delegates from St. Mark's into the Con vention. No effort has been made to reopen the question. Your convictions have been acquiesced in, newspapers to the contrary notwithstanding. In 1885 colored clergymen canonically connected with the diocese, under the laws of the General Convention, appeared on the Bishop's list and took their seats. Your deputies moved to strike their names1 from off the list, on account of color.I The clergy could not conscientiously concur with you, and the names of the, colored clergymen remained. In 1886 and in 1887 the question was renewed and finally ended, last May, in the with drawal of so many deputies as to imperil' the Convention. I believe some of you maintain that its organization was de stroyed. In all of this the Bishop thinks that the laity have not shown that respect and forbearance to the convictions of the clergy that the cleargy have meted out to yours. I do not in this fault you altogether. I too must bear my por tion of the blame of your retirement. Had I been a letter parliamentarian, possibly such a result might have been avoided. I say this in all frankness and fairness to you, not conceding tor a mo ment, however, that my ruling was wrong on the main issue, viz.: That clergymen canonically connected with the diocese hold their seats in conven tion in virtue of such canonical connec tion and not by a vote to admit them. But ag'ain, suppose there should be a diocesan convention at Anderson and another so-called convention in Charles-I ton, in such an event have you consid-I ered the scandal to the diocese and to Christianmty which such a spectacle would present? Are you willing to see the Church in which your fathers lived and died, in which you yourselves were baptized, rent still further asunder, dragged, possibly, through the civil Courts, a sad sight to angels and to men? Such things have been, and may yet be again. In conclusion, I may have written feebly, but nevertheless from the heart. On you, the laity, will rest a grave le sponsibiity on the coming Easter Mon day. Shall the diif'erences between your seves and the Bishop and clergy be closed or widened? Let me quote here, without being charged with arrogance and conceit, the words of an ancient Bishop on his way to martyrdom in ? D. 111, Writing to the church in Smyrna, he says: "Shun divisions as the beginning of evil. Do ye follow your Bishop as Jesus Christ followed the Father, and the presbytery as the Apostles. Let no man do aught of things pertaining to the Church apart from the Bishop." (Lightfoot's Epistles of St. Ignatius.) It remains with you, my brethren, to say, on Easter Monday, whether you stand with your Bishop and presbyters "in things pertaining to the Church," or with those who withdrew from the last Diocesan Convention. I remain faith fully and sincerely yours, W. B. W. HowE, Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina. The Reply to the 6tatement of the D~eputin. Who Withdrew fronm the Last Episcopal Con iendion. There has been recently published in ampnblet form a reply to the statement of~ certain deputies as to the causes of their withdrawal from the Episcopal convention of 1887. The purpose of this paper is a vindica tion of the bishop. clergy and deputies who remained in the convention. The follow ing extracts, showing the position of the Southern Episcopal Diocese on the question at issue, are both interesting and important. Virginia.-In Virginia there are ten min isters, se(eral of whom are presbyters, They have had seats in the council for some years and so far no trouble has arisen. There are more than ten negro congrega tions, but none have applied for representa tion in the council, as none of them were self-supporting, the canons requiring the same. In the last convention of the'Epis copal church in Virginia it was moved by theRev. W. Hlubbard that the right of col orcd clergymen to a seat in the convention be referred to a committee to report upon. The Virginia convent:u. declined even to I have the matter rererred to t committee, by the following vote: Ayes, 115; nays, :5. Texas.-In Texas the is one colored congregation and one colored clergyman in the convention: admitted without question; no trouble. Florida.-In Florida there are two col ored Parishes in the convention and colored clergymen; no trouble, Kentucky.-In Kentucky the c bred congregations are so far organized into missions and are not represented in the Diocesan Council. but the colored priests and deacons are admitted to seats in the council; no trouble. Missouri.-In Missouri "three colored congregations and two (2) colored ministers are admitted in the convention, exactly on same basis with others." and "no trouble." -Maryl:nd.-In Maryland there are three (3) colored priests admitted to seats in the convention; no trouble. Tennessee.-In Tennessee there are four I colored clergymen in the convention; no I colored parishes have applied for admission a into the convention, being unable to com- f ply with the canonical requirements, which require them to be self-supporting. North Carolina.-In North Carolinathere 1 are two colored parishes in the convention and colored clergymen. In East Carolina.-There are several col ored parishes and two colored clergymen in the convention. Georgia.-In Georgia, there are two col ored churches admitted into union with the convention-the colored clergy and lay del egates of which are admitted into the con vention, and there has been no trouble re sulting from their admission. Alabama.-In Alabama there is one col ored parish (rector white) admitted into the t convention. Mississippi.-In Mississippi there is one I colored congregation in the convention. A a colored clergyman was ordained deacen t sirce the last convention, and will be ad mritted into the next convention. Louisiana.-In Louisiana "there are no separate colored parishes-the work among the colored people has been done in con nection with parishes- the canon law for bidding the organization of a parish unless it be self-supporting.'' "In November, 1576, the Rev. Charles H. Thompson, D. D). (colored), was ordained, and has sat in C every council except the last and voted on - all ouestions.t Arkansas.-Iu Arkansas there are no col- C ored Parishes yet formed, but there is one 3 in the process of formation. "A year ago, 1 at the meeting of the council, a colored f candidate for orders was present, and, by x a vote of the council, was invited to a seat. a and subsequently, in response to its invita- 2 tion. addres.ed it on woik among the col- o ored people." The position of the clergy is thus defined: "It is this, that as clergymen of the Pro testant Episcopal Church, and ambassadors of Christ, they cannot deny a priest seat in the convention, who has been ordained according to the sacred rite of ordination of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which t holds the same commission that they do and who has all the qualifications pre- e scribed by the constitution and canons of 1 this diocease, simply on account of his r color. It is a solemn matter of conscience js with them; they feel that if they did so t they would he acting not only against the Protestant Episcopal Church, which be- a stows on coloretd mn its high office, that of i bishop, but ag:.inst the teachings of their ~ Master, Jesus Christ. and would be comn- t mitting a grievous sin, which could not be justitied before Almighty God at the final judgment. We feel profoundly grateful ~ that we arc blessed with such clergymen who realize the high responsibility of their ~ holy calling, and follow the dictates of con scece uninfluenced by popular passion d and pr-judice, or by the leadings of 'kith and kin.'" A circular to South Carolina Farmers. Copies of the circular given below have been sent out by Mr. D). Ki. Norris, President oi the Farmers' AssociationC of South Carolinia: 1 The farmers of the State through their t association asked the Legislature to es- ' tablish a separate agricultural college in I behalf of the languishing agriculture of the State and for the control of theirs money in the custody of the State, viz.: The inspection fee on guanos and the a two donations from Congress, amount ing to upwards of $50,000 annually. I Both of these demands were denied us. I Is public opinion, as voiced by the farmers of your neighborhood, satisfied with the action of the Legislature on I these qiuestions? Is itthe sentiment of your communityc of farmers to acquiesce in the action of f the Legislature, whereby the South Car-. olina University was enlarged and thei separate agricultural college denied us? t In your judgment, as made up fromc such expression of general opinion asc you have been able to gather, can your county be car-ried for a separate college if the question is submitted to the farm ers in the approaching canvass?t Please give the names and postoffices t of one or two farmers who are actively interested in the aims and objects of thec Farmers' Association in your vicinity. t Please answer and return as soon as t convenient.1 Assassination in Columbia. Columbia is still considerably exeited over the killing of Jack Fenton, a negro, on the night of the 11th inst. Besides killing hinm the murderers'- badly beat t Mr. Buff, the keeper of the Broad River bridge, and his wife. They are in a precarious condition. The killing was dome with the butt of a rifle, found near Fenton's dead body. The motive of the killing was manifestly robbery. Several parties were arrested on suspicion, but upon being taken to the Buffs these 'ailed to identify thenm. The coroner and the police are still working on the case. It would be a good idea to have about ,u00 of those shivering New. Yorkers in Columbia. They would appreciate our A BATTLE WITH BATS. A Desperate Fight for Life in a Seweiwith Thousands of Rodents. (From the 31emphis Avalanche.) It is the custom of the Ninth Street Cable Company, in Kansas City, and, in fact, of all the cable companies, to send men into the conduits after the cable has been stopped at night, to oil the wheels or pulleys over which the cable runs. The grease used for this purpose is of the consistency of tallow, of which it is largely composed. Beeswax is another constituent of the "dope," as the men call the material. The presence of this "dope" attracts to the conduit large numbers of rats, which feed upon it. The rodents are larger than ordina ry house rats, and are possessed of greater strength and courage. One morning Edward Daffy, one of the dope men, entered the conduit at the opening just west of Walnut street. lie carried with him a bucket of dope and an ordinary railroad lamp. Duffy was dressed in a suit of yellow oilcloth such as butchers wear when at work in large packing houses. A slight rain was [alling and a stream of muddy water was running through the bottom of the conduit.' When Duffy entered the open ing he left a companion, McMahon, on the outside. Duffy had moved west to :he second wheel, and was applying the lope, when a sqealing noise in the front attracted his attention. Thiough the ;loom he could see the forms of an army >f rats pressing toward him up to the nlining conduit. At sight of the light he foremost ones seemed endeavoring ;o stop, but so great was the pressure of he swarm behind that the rats in the ear were piling pell-mell over those in ront. Duffy had often encountered the rats while at his work, but they had never efore come Eo close to him. As they pproached he cried at the top of his rice and gesticulated wildly in an effort o frighten them, but they seemed im )elled by greater fear and on they came. Che man saw that he was in danger, and brust his hand under his oilskin over lls in a vain effort to reach his pocket nife. The cramped position made him awkward, and in his hurry threw him rom his balance. The left hand, on rhich he had been leaning, slipped on he muddy side of the conduit and he ell upon his face. In an instant, before te could rise, the vermin were upon him ad bore him down by the very force of heir accumulated weight Duffy says that in the danger of his position he seemed to think with a apidity that he never knew the human atellect was capable of. Hts whole life assed in review before him. He soon ound himself arguing the reason of the trange attack. He thought, as was the ase, that the water had filled up the onduit in the down grades, and had triven the rats up the incline. All these houghts oceurred to him in the moment ,f his fall and the rush of the rats. The ext moment the teeth of the rats called is energies to the defensive. He could eel them-on, nearly every portion of his >ody, but moit-cuelly upon his neck nd hands. Duffr eamed for Mc lahon, and fought with theldesperation j f a dying man. He clutched the rats in a grip that rushed their bones into a pulp, but the ew he thus disabled were nothing to the ost he had to meet. Fortunately for )uffy, jnst as he was about to succumb, ie lamp he carried was overturned and ie globe broken. In a second the ames caught the rope and communicat d to the greasy coats of the rats. With reams that were almost human, the ats fled in every diretion, leaving long treaks of flame behind them like the rails of living comets. McMahon by thjs time reached a trap ear Duffy, and catching him by the eels drew him, more'dead than alive, to e street. Restoratives were adminis ered, and the sinking man was carried a a drug store, where his wounds were ressed. An ambulance was then called, nd Duffy was sent to his home. The fair was kept as quiet as possible, as it ras feared Dluffy's experience would eter others from engaging in the work. THE STORM IN THE NORTH. ome Features of the Weather Prevalent Around New York. A dispatch from New York to the harleston World says that Broadway las been thronged with people making heir way home through the slnsh and ater which have been collecting from siles of snow shrinking under the sun hine. Broadway is a sea of mingled now and slush, through which wagons awn by two and four horses splash d reel along with difficulty. The Broadway cars are not running elow twenty-third street. Some of the rincipal avenues are partially cleared d traffic is resumed under great ifficulties. Gutters run rivers, and treets are generally flooded. Fears of a amine are checked, though the scarcity if milk and some other articles is still President Coleman, of the street clean ag department, is the busiest man in he city. The work to be done by the Lepartment exceeds any call ever made in it before. The day force employed s over three thousand. One of the most distressing circum tances connected with the blizzard was he inability to bury the dead. It is es imated that 800 bodies are at present ying in the hands of undertakers in the ity, who are entirely unable to convey hem to interments. Some were taken o the cemeteries Tuesday, and Thursday ut few. It will be the end of the week efore all can be buried. Meanwhile the orpses are on ice at the undertakers' hops through the city. It is impossible to estimate the loss of ife during the storm. Scores of casual is are reported, and many persons nissing are still-unaccounted for. Almost ourly reports are coming in from the state and immediate surrounding coun ry of fatalities resulting from the storm. Lhe total number of deaths is said to be nore than one thousand. It is feared that over two hundred ives have been lost in Essex county, few Jersey. Cuban ladies do not talk to each other vhen they go shopping. They do not ~egard a store as the proper place to en ertain their friends. Cubans, always were uncivilized and strange in their as, a this clearly nroves. "GENTLEMEN TO LE ".' One of the Queer Features of Wnhing ton Life. (Philadelphia Telegraph.) The complaint at Washington, as in many other cities, is the scareity of men compared with the number of ladies at all social gatherings. The deficiency is supplied by a number of young men possessing the requisite dress suit, who let themselves out for the evening. They are not exactly hired as the waiters, nor are they ordered from one supply sta tion, so many for the night. They are regularly invited guests, but they have no especial standing except in their dress suits about the refreshment table, or to fill up the floor in a ball-room, and they fully understand their position, acting accordindly. The only compensation they get is the refreshments and the pleasure of enjoying good society. The former seems the more weighty consid eration. These young men are gener ally, though not always, of very limited means, and they have not had the best advantages of early training. They have dress suits and a laundry bill, spire to good society, and are found present on almost every great occasion. 'they have little else to do, and extend their circle of acquaintances further than one to the manner born could find time, if inclina tion, to do. They feel that society is in a manner dependent upon them, and they are exacting in their demand for at tention and consideration. They are not "marrying men" and the young so ciety belles, to whom they are most as siduous in their attentions, never think of them in a matrimonial way. They are merely of the general society make up, as are the candles, and the flowers, the music, the punch or the dignified man-servant who receives cards at the door. They have from six to a dozen invita tions every evening. They get into their dress-suits immediately after the dinner hour, and forage or feast until after midnight. They flit from house to house, leave their cards, mingle in the company a few minutes, and then make for the supper-room, where they give way to their natural instincts, showing that if they are butterflies in other par ticulars they are not so in appetite. They do not travel together in droves, -but when it comes to the refreshment tabb it frequently happens that enough of them have got there at the same time to get control of the table, which they sur round and attack in quite a business like way. They are very useful persons "to fill'up with," and they never neglect to fill up. They get out of their dress suits about 1 o'clock in the morning with the satis faction of having fed well and of being "quite swell," and in the morning go late and languidly about their various employments-those who have any. FACTS ABOUT HENS. Where Eggs Come From and Why South ern Egg are smnall. (From the New York Telegram.) "Eggs begin to come from the South in January', said a Dey street dealer to a Telegram reporter, "and they rnn up just like shad or strawberries. A few come from Texas. There is big money in the business there if it is only devel oped, Liut there is the trouble. North Carolina starts in first. In about four weeks after that we get some from Wash ington which come from the Shenandoah valley, in Virginia. Then come the eastern shore eggs. Pennsylvasia eggs are next, and then come Ohio, Wct Virginia and Kentucky. Ohio usually drops in a month after North Carohna, ut this year she was even with her. he far west and southwest, by way of Kansas and St. Louis, are next in the rocession; after that Iowa and fllinois. hen come northern Indiana, Minnesota, Dakota, northern Iowa and Michigan. We get some eggs, though not many from Dakota. "How about New York?" "This State has so many large towns that most of her eggs are consumed in the interior markets. After they get hrough pickliug, however, New York State dealers send us some fresh eggs in the summer. Canada comes next to the far west. Foreign eggs have been barred out this season beccause prices have been bAter in England. They took very well where they could be sold for enough less o make it an object for the people to use them." "Why are Southern eggs so much smaller than others?" "Because they raise game fowls down there. The difference is not only in size, but in the quality of the meat. The ochins, Plymouth Rlocks or any other Northern breeds afford altogether more utriment in their eggs than the South ern fowl. "The best way to ship is in free cases with patent dividing pasteboards, unless the shipper is very skilltul, when the best way to ship them is in barrels packed in ut straw. There arc firms in this State that pickle from 100 to 1,000 barrels, 840 eggs to the barrel. Iowa has single picklers that put away from 500 to 5,000 barrels, and so has Minnesota. Chicago has refrigerators that can hold 50,000 cases; in this city refrigerators are only used in cases of emergency. "But talk about pickling eggs, Ger :any takes the lead. There are some vats in this country that hold 25,000 eggs, but one German pickler has a vat that holds 500 barrels, or 420,000 eggs. He pickles yearly from 75,000 to 100,000 barrels of eggs, or from 63,000,000 to 4,000,000 eggs." A Negro's Leg~ Turns White. A few nights ago a p)arty of negroes were hunting coons near O)cala swamp, in the southern part of Georgia. Zeke Mason, ne of the party, while attempting to cut a tree that a coon was supposed to occupy. :ut a deep gash in his leg Ihis first act was to run to a marshy stagnant pool near by and, gathering handfuls of slimiy mud, poulticed the wound, thereby obstructing the flow of blood. The next day the wound had healed. and the entire p~art of the leg on which the mud had been placed had turiied almost white. Negroes from far and near are now making a pilgrimage to the pool1 daubing themiselves with mud, in the hope of turuing white. The cross-eyed man has found his prov ince at last. It is love-making on the sly. A farmer, whose daughter ran a-vay with a cross-eyed farm-hand, declared that he never could tell when his hired man was looking at his daughter, and therefore he idn't sunpect him. PALACES OF NEW YORK. THE WAY IN WHICH AMERICAN Cit(ESUSES ARE HOUSED. The Dw.e11inas of People Who Have Near ly alI the Money they Want-Some Inter esting Facts. (.'pecial Correspondence of the American.) NEW YonK, March 15.-The other day I met a gentleman who is an authority on a subject of peculiar interest. "You see how many foreigners," he said, "are coming over here every year to marry our young American heiresses. You hear of American millionaires buying the antiqne and historic furniture and decor ations of Europe. You see men of wealth living here in New York in a styvie that few of the nobility of Europe can emulate. What does it mean? It means that the drift of wealth is towards this country. It means that the star not only of political empire but of financial power Westward takes its way. In Ireland, in England and on the continent the nobility are going to the wall. The feudal system was like a great comet; it disappeared centuries ago, but its luminous trail was stretched across the intervening epochs to the present time, and even this is now dying out. D. 0. Mills, the well-known million aire, paid more than $400,000 for the in terior decorations of his New York palace, with its inlaid woods, mosaic work, carved woods of every description, ceilings of painted canvas anda hundred other items of luxurious ornamentation which would have astonished a Doge of Venice or a Lorenzo de Medici. Among the other notable mansions, which, indeed, are veritable palaces, are those of Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockfeller, who ma le his fortune by driving everybody else out of the kerosene oil business; Judge Henry Hilton, who owes his fortune to the late A. T. Stewart; Mrs. W. H. Vanderbilt, Robert and Ogden Goelet, descendants of a successful mer chant; John Jacob Astor, Wm. B. Astor, Henry Clews, whose palace ranks fourth among the dwellings of New York mil lionaires; Mayor Abraham S. Hewett, who lives on Lexington avenue, in a house inherited from the late Peter Cooper, and which he has converted into a palace; Mrs. R. L. Stuart, the widow - of the millionaire sugar-refiner; Henry G. Marquand and Secretary of the Navy Whitney, not to mention others. And, by the way, there is a little story connected with the house occupied by Secretary Whitney which illustrates a peculiar phase of New York life. It was formerly the residence of Mrs. Frederick W. Stevens. Sheis the daughter of one of the old auctioneers of New York, named Samp-on, who died years ago, leaving her an income of $400,000 a year. She married Frederick Stevens, who was a poor lawyer, and several children were born to them. They lived in compara tive happiness until in an unlucky mo ment she received a visit from the Marquis de Talleyrand, a grandson of the celebrated political trickster of the great Napoleon's day. The talk of so ciety concerning the sentiments enter tained by the auctioneer's daughter for . the titled Frenchman, need not be re peated, but the gossips did not fail to remark that not long after the return of he Marquis de Talleyrand to France, the accttoneer's daughter decided that here was soetl' in the climate of Europe, especially oi ir c asltl ssential to the preservain hier ealth. She went to Europe, lalg~.~ er husband here; and for several years, t is stated, maintained relations with he s weet-scented sprig of French nobili y which need not be particularized. 'hen she came back to this country, and n a wonderlul court at Newport, ob aned a divorce from her husband on he ground of "neglect and incompati ility of temperament." This legal iracle accomplished, she returned to rance and became the wife of the Mar quis de Talleyrand. The father of this model French guest, to introduce into American homes, was too poor to prop rly maintain his ducal title, and he herefore reinquished it in favor of his son, who had been so successful in snaring a rich and ambitious woman inm he matrimonial waters, and now the mutioneer's daughter is a Duchess of rance. To be sure, the title only goes ack to the First Napoleon, who manu fatured titles in order to fill up his avenue court, but the lady is never heless a D)uchesse. 1Her New York palace occupied four ots at the corner of Fifth' avenue and ifty-seveneth street, where ordiary ravel is about as valuable as gold dust. Vhen she finally took up her abode in Paris, she offered the residence for sale, and it was bought by 0. H. Payne, one f the Standard Oil corporation, for 560,000. He presented it to his sister, he wife of the present Secretary of the Navy. And it may be added that on the irthi of Mrs. Whitney's first child, ho resented to the mother, to be held in rst for the youngster, the sum of one illion dollars. Secretary Whitney's palatial home in New York is said to be furnished in princely style. The most luxuriously furnished house n the cuntinent, however, is that of Win. Ki. Vanderbilt, at the corner of ifth avenue and Fifty-second street. Ihe houses of the Astors, in respect to artistic decoration and refined luxury, are distinctly inferior to those of many peple of far less wealth. A few years ago there were only two or three notable :wellings in New York. They were .ouble mansions-that is, houses with a frontage of at least fifty feet, with a epth of from one to two hundred feet nd the houses of the Astors figured prominently among the palatial homes, but now they are behind the swift pace of the times. Other millionaires are ansacking Europe for bric-a-brac. American financiers are despoiling the tendal palaces of Europe for costly souvenirs of varnished epochs to fis he more splendid palaces reared by America's commercial greatness. The Countess de Chambrun, one of the leaders of French society, gives ovel receptions. The guests are first onducted to a private chapel and, after short prayer by the ehaplain, a sacred conce iperformed by thie organi choir.