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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.