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VOL. III. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1888. NO,12. THlE SICK M1AN OF EUROPE. ALL ETES FASTENED ON GERMA Y'S FEED LE KASEI. Talk of a Regecy-Coming Coustitutional Reforms-lBismarck's Place in the Pres ence of Royalty. (London Letter to the New York Time..) Despite all the official disclaimers and the vague and misleading reports of favorable symptoms Kaiser Frederick is really growing; worse week by week. Almost the last words a Prussian official &fiend said to me on Thursday when I was leaving Berlin were: "Be prepared for a declaration of a regency any day. The Kaiser will not much longer be able to stand the strain of even listening to State papers and signing his name." Sure enough, within forty-eight hours the announcement has come. The im perial rescript creates a sort of co-regen cy, enabling Prince William to act with authority solely on such matters as are referred to him by his father, but there is reason to believe that another rescript is already signed and in readiness for an emergency, devolving whole and full powers as regent on Prince William. It is fair to say that this action is a more valuable and trustworthy indica tion of the Kaiser's health than all that Dr. Mackenzie may whisper to the cor respondents to the contrary. A new Emperor who is unable even to receive the Presidents of the Chambers of the Prussian Diet when they bring an ad dress which is the most important that could possibly be presented is not a patient with a mere local throat ailment from which he is recovering. When I remember that last week he gave an audience to a mere delegation of the municipality of Berlin, it is obvious that his refusal now to see.a delegation from Parliament gives the lie to tie assertion that his health is improving. More than this for the moment it is impossible, to ssa . probably next week, when, if the one weather continues, the question of his removal to Weisbaden or Pottsda a will be settled, the public may learn something of the real facts of his condi tion. Hints about coming constitutional re forms throughout Germany continue in the air, but the prophecies are still with out tangible form. There is a good deal of disappointment in moderate German circles of Alsace Lorraine at the tone of the imperial proclamation to the people of these provinces. The Elaseer Journal says, for example: '.'We must openly ad mit that our people had hoped to find in the proclamation some allusion to the development which the Constitution would easily admit of or to the relaxa tion which might be made in the present system of government. This hope is not fulfilled." Liberal papers in Berlin, like the National Zeitung, also show certain signs of modifying their first .exuberant confidence that great steps to ward the liberalization of Prussia were impending. Dr. Friedberg, the imperi al minister of justice, is said to be hard at work on a big schedule of names to be included in the amnesty granted to political offenders which is expected next week, but beyond that nothing defnite is known. Prince Bi march's status under the new regime continues to be generally discussed. There is some danger that people outside of Germany not familiar with the habits o1 thought and actioD in grained in the Prussian character will draw false conclusions from the fact that there has been an evident desire by the new Kaiser to honor a lot of people whom Bisnmarck dislikes. It is difficult for a foreigner to realize how small, from the standpoint of Prussian Court dir-' cipline, Bismarek is as compared with royalty itself. Americans probably had in their mind's eye before last week's funeral a kind of fancy picture of the old Kaiser in his coffin, with the two great historic lieutenants, Bismnarck and: .M~oltke, as. the chief figures on either side. As a matter of fact, if they had attended the funeral, their places woul have been about half a mile behind the hearse, following in the humble wake of' every petty descendant of an obscure German Prince or ether pritieling who was able to pay his tare to Beriin. When I saw in the official programme the places assigned to them 1L said to a Ger-: man o6iicial: "This seems, from my. point of view at least, to be an outrage. I wonder they don't resent it." The official looked'at me in smiling surprise. "Oh, by no means," he answered, "they are too good Prussians not to know ex actly where they belong in the proces sion, and would never dream of desirirg to be somewhere else." The same. gen tieman told me an interesting at'cduote of an interview Bismarck had wih Frederick III. when he went down to Leipsic on th'e 11th to meet th.e San Remo train and return with it to Berlin. The Kaiser showed the Cha cellor a draft of his famous letter to Bi-'march for approval before publication .iBis march read and returned it, suggestmng the alteration of a single word in the original. The draft referred to him as the "much-cherished fellow- worker of the late Kaiser." Bismarek suggested the word servant instead of fellow-' worker. Frederick shook the Chancel lor's hand warmly and made the altera tion. I relate this to indicate Bismarck's conception of his position. Whatever he may think of the new policy, it would have to be a very grave and momentous thing indeed which would induce him to exriress dissent from the decisions and instructions of his imnpeial master.. Even then it would be done with the* uimost caution and deference. As for - mutiny, that would be simply out of ti question. Another Account. BERLIN, March 27.-It is expects that the coronation of King Frederit and Queen Victoria of Prussia will tal place at Konigsberg in June. The mass of cartilage just remov< rom the Emperor's larynx is believea indicate that nature is making a curati eflort entirely independent of the phys cians, which belief is strengthened u the fact that a similar voluntary expr sion is unknown to the physicians : their experience in the treatment cancerous diseases. The circumstance also held to furnish incontrovertible .c dence of the correctness of Dr. Macke: zie's persistent contention that the di ease is not cancer. Empress Victoria, replying to ad dresses presented to her by seventec associations of which she is a patrones says her foremost and most sacred du will be the care of her suffering husban She is conscious of the task devolvix upon her as Queen and Empress, al will accomplish it to the best of h ability. At the same time, she is r minded than she has other social dutie The moral and intellectual education c women, the sanitary condition of tl laboring classes, and the improvement c the facilities by which wonen may ear a livelihood will be constantly befo: her. The noblest vocation of a princes she says, is an untiring activity in tl work of ameliorating the suffering the poorer classes. Owing to the dif culty of her task she is doubtful wheth she will succeed as well as her heart d sires. WAGES WORSE THAN SL AVEl. English Workwomen Who Might Envy ti Black Slaves of the Soud:u. (London saturLay leview ) The English drudge rises early at goes to bed late, woiking eight or twxelc hours a day, either in her miserable ga ret or in a huge manufacturing liv Pinched fith hunger and cold, worn o1 with labor, exposed to temptation at degradation, her joyless life stretchl behind her and before her, with r pleasures to look back upon, no hope t look forward to. The wages she earn; those wages which proudly separate he from the slave, are barely sufficient i keep body and soul together, till at la: the body gives way or the soul revolt Then comes the inevitable end, and verdict of "Death from starvation" < "Found drowned" closes the scene. The Soudani girl is taken from li parental hut of sticks and mnud and sol to a respectable family or perhaps a ver rich one. In the first case, she wi probably be alone; in the second, sb will find others like herself. She repr sents so much capital invested, and : looked after with equivalent care. SI is a servant whose wages have been pai twenty years in advance. It is true the have not been paid to her, but that is a the better for the girl. She is we housed and well fed, and wvans fc nothing. She. is immediately provide with decent clothes and set to hous< work. She has charge of the fami) washing and cleaning, and of the kitei en, and generally fultills these dutit much better than a native paid servat would do. She is under no special r, straint, accompanies her mistress sho ping or does the marketing herself, an gossips her till with the neighbors as si hangs out the linen on the house top o sweeps the front door, step. Her work is by no means hard, an after the fashion of Egypt, where ever man is a brother and every woman sister, she is looked upon by the fanmil quite as one of themselves. Speakin from personal observation, we maiy aflir, that the black women are almost ii variably treated with the utmost king ness and indulgence, and are ofte s oiled like children by the too gre good nature cf their masters or i tresses. They constitute a very merr3 happy portion of the population, and is seldom one can find a black girl witl out an infectious broad grin on her po: ished face. If she chooses to marry, a she often does, with her owner's e"' sent, she receives a dower, and goes fort a "free" woman in the letter, thoug oten, as she linds to her cos-, a greate bond slave in the spirit than in the day of her servitude. We are prepared to Sdl Pianos an Organs of the best make at factor prices for Cash or easy Instalmert: Pianos from 3210 up; Organs from S2 up. The verdict of the people is tha they can save the frcight and twenty-fi per cent. by buying of us. Instrument delivered to any depot on fiitheen day: trial. We pay freight both ways if n. satisfactory. Order and test. in vou own homes. Rtespecifully, N. WV. TRUMP, * Columbia, S. C. l)EAR 'Mni. EI)rron:--WXoit vou e ell your male readers tliat 3 will buyv tine, strong and serviceable pair . pants, raade to order by the N. Y. Star dard Pauts Co., of 6 Unisty Plan New York city? yBy sendin ' centsi postage stamps to the above' firm, tue will send to any address '5 'sampics eloth to choose from, a iue liucu? tal: masre, a full set of scientin1e mesr ient blanks and other valuable' infori tion. All goods are delivered by thei through the U. S. Mails. A novel an practical idea. Advise your readiers t try the firm. They are thoroughly r~ liable. Yours truly, erabe men will be telling of the 31are starm of 1888! e TiE CRtEL) OF DESAI. A Play Showing the Great Growth of Anarchism. (From the r:ttshur:: Di'tatch.) e Nina Van Zandt is going on the stage, and is to devote her life to telling the d story of her lover's fate. Four persons 0 beside Miss' Nina know of this plan. One of them is an Anarchist leader and y another a newspaper man. The news 1- Ipaer man is writing her play. He is a n (ierman, imaginative, enthusiastic and f re-haded. ?or two months the pro is ject has been working, and the play is i- nearly finished, only lacking the polish i- which the friction wheel of intelligent s- work alone can give. Miss Tan Zandt is an enthusiast in the project. There - is no question that the young woman 'U possesses considerablae talent. She is stately, cuitivated, polished, self-pos sesseI. More than this, she is beautiful. 1. Not pretty, not piquantly winning, she 1 is statues uelv beautiful. Her features d are finely moulded. Their cast is noble. r Her beauty is chaste and pure. Her neck is queerly; she wears her beauty n haughtily. Her form is worthy of her >f face. Not tall, her fine proportions and ie erfect symmetry. combined with a cer > tain freedom and msjesty of movement, n make her presence striking, noble and C always full of grace. 3But this is n>t all, or rather this is enothing, when compared with the power If she possesses. Whatever may have been t" the ridiculous oositions in which she has r placed hers-li by her relations with August Spies, ridicule has never cracked his wi p of wit at her no: laughed at her his covert sneer. She has ennobled the situations in which she has been placed, and her tragic strength of mind has e given dignity to what in another would have been silliness. She has in addition to all this a low, sweet and strong voice. d Miss Van Zandt can be an actress, prob ably a great, surely a drawing one. But after all "the play's the thing." Even a peor actor an do something with a good play, and without it the a I best can do but poorly. Miss Van s Zandt's play is a good one or a had one, o as diitr'rent people may view it, but it is o at least a strong one. Briefly, the plot of the play is this: r A young, intelligent workman, at o peace with all the world, loved by his :t beautifdl wife, happy in his home, though interested in the welfare of his a class, takes little note of the supposed r oppression of money, nor of the grow ing spirit of communism that pours its r wild arguments in his ears. One day, d however, he hears several capitalists, one y of whom is his employer, discussing a i plan to increase their profits and feed e their greed by forming a combination with the deliberate purpose of forcing s their employees out, reducing their e wages to the lowest point, and by the d aid of hunger compelling their submis y sion. The man comes home burning tI with indignation. His wife soothes him 'i with love and words of hope and faith. r I L times come. Events-crowd each d other. Wages are reduced. Most of the m en strike. The rest are locked out. V The man's thoughts turn to those doc - trines he formerly despised, but still his wife keeps him true. .victions follow. tThe young workman and his beautiful young wife are turned into the street and their tfurnituro seized. They are not able to Jay the rent. Enraged by the e sulleriags of his wife, the young man r j adopts Anarchism-the creed of despair. He joins his feliow-workmen. He be d comes their leader. He says: "We will y go to our masters and ask them to treat a th us as men. If they refuse, we will y trv something else." Their employers grefuse to arbitrate with them. Their a cold answ~er was: "Return to your tasks. X e will pay you what we choose." Then thi'e yong ieader says: "Th ey have de 2 stroyed our means; of -xstence-our tlabor-. Let us destoy' theirs-their -property. ,A raid is made on a factory. It is met t by the police. 'They ire into the crowd. -?he leade~r falls. Then a fearful cry is . heard, the beautiful young wife rushes sto the spot and throws herself on her - n'usband'sa corpse. She 1s rudely dis Ii turbedt by the police. She ~rises, and a wha her hands upraised to heaven prayrss r for venggeance. Sh~e applies to the au torties to have theO police~ who (lid -the shot.ng punished. .It is in vain; the nolice are the authiorities Ten for re -enige' she is driven into A.narchim. She organi""s an ince'ndiary band. They apply thle tor ch. 1'earful destruction ensues LTe rolice are on their track. -A traitc.r revea.s the'ir plans and the leaers Thei conspirators are arrestcdL t while plaiming furthe ruin. e T'he woiman is arraig.ned. Calmly she s admits her ga'ijt; bitterly she accuses the moneed~ couspirators who caused the wrong, triump'hantly she asserts her r vctory in revenge. Witha terrible scorn1 she d .uonnes their bravery in hunting4 down~ a womau. She dties thmem. Swftly a'natching a vial of poison eon ecaled in her hair, she dr:is it, and e fals corpse at the atl'righted feet of a justice. Tis woman is Nina Van Zandt. Thfe charascter is weil suited to her. She - cn well portray the cahun strength of wifl love an..i thle tierc: torrent of pas ~There is place fo'r '.*veral lne clma.tes. The evietion sec.:, the killing of the husban~d, the. we.ira meeting of the con - praos the. .'win'. death iu the court,1 - ai furnish gand and. striking tabicaux. The emo! ton rang' erm <iiet love to ittusest iiate direst Vt va:iige, and, in )the closing~t teeicu ehaiate in a stm - o raionendngin despair, uit preinide t'o. deat. . Iarge parti of ti:e lines are writt'u, especia'ly th'ose that fall to that par io tir heroine, and to the con '-ruct~ion of thes Mis.Ls Van Zandt has ve much personal attention. A fair I smph. of tnem are hei words when torn from the police. She turns on them with: Wolves. would yon rend his flesh? Ease, murderous slaves! oh, my dead love! Foul fienls, gaze on your work! Dead! Dead? Dead! May that sweet L1,ood its Incense send To hcav'n, and call down the wrath of God On your accursed heals. May tire Burn your homes, want. pinch your limbs, and Hunger :naw your hearts until he gluts Hiim with your deaths. Gold-bought cut. throats. My vengeance will pursue you still. Drive Coura;c from your veins and put fear there. (urses upon you! ltcl's torments seize! l:eyenge! Rleveng"! lievenge! The last act is not completed, but promises to be a strong one both in ac tion and language. The play will be finished in a short time, and will be put ^l tLe- sin.g in September. Meanwhile Miss Van Zandt will work assiduously in preparing for the presentation. Mrs; Van Zandt, Nina's mother, when asked about her daughter'splan of going on the stage, said: "Who told you she was going on the stage? I do not favor it, and it is entirely Nina's plan." She said she could not talk about it, as nothing had yet been definitely settled. She tacitly admitted the fact, but re fused to enter into details. "Nina," she said, "has not yet completed her plans." The beautiful Miss Nina heraif, when asked to tell the public about her plans, replied: "I am not ready to talk to the public yet, for when I go upon the stage, if ever I do, I fear they will think I talk too much." ELEPHANT'S FOOT IN AFRICA. !l Dish Which Knocks Gut Anything at Delnon iCO's. Speaking of elephant's foot takes us naturally to the Kaflirs, where this dish is the crowning triumph of their bill of fare. Night is the time generally se lected by the Kaiflr for the enjoyment of this prime luxury. Other portions of the elephant are eaten with great gusto, but the feet are esteemed the delicacies of the feast. A'hole is dug in the ground and a fire made on the bottom. It is allowed to burn down to a heap of coals, which are scraped cut by the cooks. When this oven has been freed of em bers, the foot is rolled into it and cover ed with twigs, and green leaves. After this the hot embers are replaced and a roaring fire started over the heap. In this manner the foot is baked, and when the fire has burned low the contents of the oven are lifted cut by several men and the feast opens. Travelers who have feasted with the Kaffirs on occa sions of this kind have paid glowing compliments to their cookery. The na tives are said to love elephant foot next to he marrow taken from the leg bones of the giraffe or eland, but the prepara tion of this food does not afford the en joyment which is associated with the :ish we have described. The Kanfirs r.. fc-d of locusts also. They eat tl-em whole, just as more civil zed people devour shrimps. They have, too, a certain fondness for lion's flesh, about the toughest dish any one can sit lown to. The late Gordon Cumming, who was familiar with the secrets of the Kaffir kitchen, used to say that "a very good idea of the meat which is usually >btained in Kaffirlani may be gained by aking the very worst part of the tough t possible beef, multiplying the tough st by ten and substracting the gravy." COLOR I. THlE CHURCH. : Northern View of the Ditlicultles In the Soutih Carolina Diocese. The New York Tribune, referring to he color question in the churches, has his to say in regard to the admission of ,olored clergy to the South Carolina Diocesan Convention: "At the coming Easter vestry elections hie question of admitting colored clerical lelegates to the Converation will be the yaramlount issue, and it is likely that restries opposed to this will be generally -lected. That will mean the continu mee of theschism, with the Bishop and nost of the clergy on one side and the aity on the other. The immediate rc ult of this will be, as the Bishop says, acant rectories, closed churches and uspended and abandoned missions. "Buat it will bring about at least one ood result. It will compel the next ieeral Convention of the Episcopal hurch, which meets in this city next rear, fairly and squarely to answer the luestion whether clergymen and laymen > that church in good standiog can be leprived of their constitutional rights, >ecause of the accident of color, in any of ts dioceses. That it will answer this inestion in the negative may be fairly nferred fromi its history and traditions. it fails to do so, it will encourage o'h r denominations to take the same tand, and there will then be nothing eft for the colored race but to withdraw rom the existing churches and organize: hurches of their own, in wvhich it is to eC hoped a more comprehensive and bristain conception of church member hip will prevaiL" IDevelopinent of the Salh. The- 'i Chtanooga 'Trmldesman's reports of le- inutstrie-s aictually organized andi~ 1 td in the~ Southi since Jlanuary 1, 1888.' uaiiant no :ib!atemenit im its mndustriad row:h0. TIhe reports -lhow great activity n1 ct tt-l and woen factLories. Within~ -en formed, andu in mos)t cases5 all the nec-. essary .-tock hast been su~b cribied. There. s aso muchl activity in minig operattions, he toital numtber of miniun and1( quarrying o!mlpanies formecd in the Soth sinice Jn try 1, being 1ifty--ix, in wood-wvorking yraimhes. however, the developmnent has en gretest t nuber of new plnt II three moinths beitng eighty-six. Retports a show that Souttherni umber lands are nI demIfaud. chiely by lumbermeLn fronm the Korthlwest. Over- 50,000O acres have beenl old since January 1. Northiwestern nuanl uncturers are erecting mills in various enthrn State A MILLIONAIRE'S START. SENATOR STANFORD SENT WEST BY A CHICAGO MAN. From a Brielless Lawyer in a Wisconsin Village to a California Nabob. PORT WASHINGTON, Wis., March 29. Forty years ago Senator Leland Stan ford, the California millionaire, here laid the foundation of his fortune of $70,000,000; here it was that Mr. and Mrs. Stanford spent their honeymoon and the first three years of their married life, and here they suffered more and greater hardships than they experienced before or since. It was here, too, that Leland Stanford received the blow which sent him away in chagrin and disgust to build for himself and his young wife a new home in the West-the blow that was the direct means of changing his position in life from that of a strug gling country lawyer to the one he now holds. Mr. Stanford came to Port Washing ton intending to make it his permanent home. In the forties the village was a lusty rival of Chicago and. Milwaukee and was enjoying a healthy boom foster ed by Chicago men whose confidence in the village at the head of the lake had been shaken. Stanford was at this time studying law in Albany. N. Y., where a missionary sent out H. C. Stone, of Chicago, found him and induced him to cast his lot in Wisconsin. His mind once made up, it did not take the young lawyer long to get his valuables together, his baggage consisting of a small hide bound valise containing half a dozen pairs of home knit woollen socks, a few linen collars of the kind that fastened at the back and four or five cotton hand kerchiefs as large as small table cloths, which, with his law books-the latter forming a small but excellent library, the gift of a brother-were packed in a single trunk. It has been said that when Leland Stanford came to Port Washington he walked into the village, his wardrobe on his back and his valuables tied in a red cotton handkerchief. There appears to be no foundation for this story. Gray haired men who well remember Stan ford's arrival here, say there is no doubt that the journey from Albany was made by rail to the terminus of the Lake Shore road, which was then in course of construction, thence by stage to Chicago and by boat, to this place. There are a number of early settlers who recall the young lawyer's arrival, He was a stout built, dark complexioned young man, 22 or 23 years old, with thick lips and an impediment in his speech that made him appear at bad advantage in social gath erings and tended to make him bashful and retiring. Standford secured board at the Pow ers' House-a two story frame hotel owned by H. O. Stone, of Chicago, and managed by the late Judge O'Conner. He looked the town over, liked the loca tion and its prospects, and decided to settle here. A room was rented on the second floor of a frame store building and furnished as a law office. The apart ment was small-8x12-and plainly fur nished, the furniture consisting of a rough, unpainted table, three chairs and a book case. A shingle was hung out and Leland waited for a client. Whether or not the-client ever came history does not relate, but true it is the court records of Wash county bear no evidence that Leland Stanford had a case on the calen dar during the three years he was -a member of this bar. In fact, business was so poor that Stanford secured an appointment as notary public in order to increase his income by the fees accruing from the office. To-day there is many a deed and mortgage on file bearing the signature: "Leland Stanford, Notary Public." In the fall of 1848 Stanford returned to Albany to be married. Charles Miller, a prominent citizen of West Bend, in the adjoining county, declares with con siderable pride that he furnished the money to pay the expenses of that wed ing and bridal tour. The fact was, Leland Stanford had found his hands full in keeping the wolf from. the door, and had been unable to save much from his small income; but he would not dis appoint his betrothed by asking her to postpone the wedding, and pluckily took a friend into his confidence and borrowed the money to carry him through. Mr. and Mrs. Stanford did not come to Port Washington prepared to begin housekeeping. All their worldly goods ere contained in one trunk of very moderate size and they found no difficul y in getting everything into the one small room in the Powers' House, occu ied by them. Their apartment was on he second floor, directly over the bar oom and was warmed by a stovepipe] hat passed through the chamber from he office. The young couple were very appy here for several months; they ere welcomed in society-sucn as there was, and it is said the lines were drawn ery closely-attended- the dancing par ties given in "the section," as the long, ow hail in the garret of the hotel was ermed and became a part of the life ofi3 he little village. At last, however, Mr. tanford became tired of being contiu aly invited out without being able to etertain in return and sighed for a ome of her own. It was decided to egin housekeeping, and a story anda alf brick cottage was rented. Purni ure came from the East-a gift of Mrs.I Stanford's father, as an envious and gos siping neighbor once said-and the oung people moved into their plain but retty home. The house stood on the ak of a brook, so close to the water that one day during a spring freshet the water rose and carried it out into Lake Michigan, together with its contents. For a time Stanford seemed to prosper in a small way, but a year after his mar riage dame fortune's smile turned to a frown. Business fell off to nothin2, and the young lawyer's income stopped. Then Mrs. Stanford thought it advesable 'o return to the home of her parents until things picked up. A fire came and swept away Stanford's office, destroying his library and leaving him with no way to continue his business. About this time a political campaign was at hand and the nomination to the office of prosecuting attorney for the county was tendered him. He accepted it and when the votes were counted found he was snowed under. Disgusted, disheartened and poor, Stanford accepted an invita tion of his brother, who had gone to California and emigrated to the Pacific Coast. It is interesting to know that the man who defsated Stanford and sent him to Frisco and wealth, is employed as a copyist in a Milwaukee law office. Since his departure Mr. Stanford has not set foot in Port Washington. Notes About Ball Players. Johnny Ward of the New Yorks is stopping in Philadelphia. Big Chief Roseman is still unsigned. He is practicing pitching. Jimmy Fogarty, the Philadelphia's right fielder, is still in California. The Sporting Times prints a photo graph of the New York's mascot. Pitcher Baldwin of the Detroits and Manager Watkins have agreed on salary. Pete Browning and young Chamber lain have refused to sign with the Louis ville club. It will cost the American Association $18,00 this year for umpires and prizes. All the members of the St. Browns are now hard at work getting themselves in trim. Jim O'Rourke and Back Ewing are satisfied to play almost any position on the team except third base. The Brooklyn players' new uniforms will be padded heavily,- so as to enable them to steal bases without being in jured. President Young has at last selected the men who will umpire the games. They are Lynch, Decker, Daniels and Valentine. Al Spaulding, the president of the Chicago club, is making preparations to send two base ball teams to Australia next fall. The Brooklyn's spare material are still unsigned, and it looks as if none of the association clubs w nt any of the players. Otterson, the young short stop, who played with the Brooklyns last season while Smith was sick, will captain the Wheeling club. Bashong, now of the Brooklyn club, played with the Worcester team in 1879 for $80 a month. His salary now is over five times that amount. Morrill of the Boston club will have plenty of work to do this season. Be sides playing first base he will manage the club, and also captain the nine. The Athletic club's new players, Glea son and Welch, have reached Philadel phia, and reported at the rink where the rest of the players are practicing. President Nimick of the Pittsburg club is beginning to be disliked by his players. Galvin and Miller are angry at him because he stated that they were a third-rate battery. Bd Andrews has arrived in Philadel phia, and was met at the depot by Presi dent Reach. The latter stated Andrews had no ill-feeling against the club and was willing to sign a contract. The case of Pitcher Clarkson is one that cannot be arranged in short order. The Chicago club will hold on to him as long as there is a ghost of a chance of retaining him, and will only let him go after every attempt to hold him has failed. Another Bad Storm. CmrcAto, March:26.-Another bad storm is prevailing in the West. Dispatches from many points in North-.rn Illinois and Iowa report the prevalence yesterday of a severe leet storm. Everything is covered with ice, and in many places large limbs have broken from trees under the weight Great Jamage to wheat and fruit is feared. In his city and vicinity the sleet which fell ill of yesterday changed this morning to a ieavv rain. A "dispatch from St. Ignace, Mich., says: 'The first p)assenger train from Marquette itee Wednesday arrived last night. This uorning another howling blizzard prevails tud no trains have gone out. The train which left here last night is fast in the m'ow near Allenville and the prospects are ood for another blockadc of several days." Dispatches from '$ioux City say that a lisastrous tlood is threatened there, and romn Yanktou comes the news that the dissouri River near there is rising rapidly d threatens life and property. "1 GAVE UP TO DIE." KNOXvITLE, TENN., July 2, 18g7. I have had catarrh of the head for six rears. I went to a noted doctor and he r ated me for it, but could not cure me, ie said. I was over fifty years old and I ave up to die. I had a distressing :ough; my eyes were swollen and I am :ontident I could not have lived without Schange. I sent and got one bottle of tour B. B. B., used it, and felt better. Chen I got four more, and thank God! t cured me. Use this any way you may ish for the good of sufferers. MRs. MATIzL>A Nicuox~s. 27 Florida Street. Gentleness makes children endurable, rmen lovable, and men admirable.