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KILRALN CAUGHT. THE PUGILIST AT LAST IN THE CLUTCHES OF THE LAW. Arrested in Baltimore by Virtue of a Re quisition of the Governor of Mississippi. How He Looks and How He Talks-He is Willing to Go to Mississippi and Stand His Trial. BALTIMoRE, August 14.-The ex champion, Jake Kilrain, is now in the clutches of the law. He was captured at 7 o'clock this morning as he stepped from the Norfolk boat on his arrival at her wharf. When Kilrain walked off the gang plank, accompanied by his wife, Ser geant Frank Toner greeted him with these words: "How do you do, Jake? The Marshal wants to see you." "All right. I am ready to go with you." The Sergeant was armed with the proper authority, viz.: a warrant issued by Goverinor Jackson for Kilrain's ar rest, by virtue of a requisition made upon him by Governor Lowry of Missis sippi. When apprehended by the sergeant, Kilrain waited long enough to get his baggage together and sent with his wife to his residence in this city. He then entered a carriage and was driven to the central police station. He was not put under lock and key, as is customary with those apprehended for any misde meanor, but was allowed to rest himself in Captain Farnan's private room. Kil rain was not at all upset by his arrest, but took matters coolly, as he enjoyed a nice breakfast frQm a near-by restaurant. Kilrain is looking well. He is some what tanned, owing to exposure on the beach at Old Point. His eyes are bright and his general appearance is that of a 'man in perfect health. His moustache, which was shaved off prior to the fight, is growing now, and altogether he resembles his appearance when he was trained for the Areil Boat Club seve ral seasons ago. Jake weighs about two hundred pounds. Outwardly he bears no marks whatever of his recent en counter with Sullivan, and if ho- was injured, the rest he had and the surf bathing at Old Point has effected a cure. Jake regretted that he could not out line his future course, owing to the un certainty as to what would be done with him by Governor Lowery. He said : "I had intended all along to give myself up and was only waiting to see want they would do with Sullivan. I thought it, was better to do that than to keep dodging around the country trying to evade arrest. They would have hounded me anyhow until they captured me, and I did not care to leave the country as all my interests are here, and I think I can do well when once I am free. Unfortunately, however, I came home a few days too soon. Had I waited a little longer I would- have ,known what was done to Sullivan, and .t culd have known what to expect m If. Of course, T expect to get the saize that he does. If it's a fine and six mouths in jail, then I will get it too." "If that should be the result, Jake, 'wbat will you' do after serving your sentence?" inquired a reporter. . "Oh, I don't know. I have not made any plans for the future. I have several offers from combinations to go on the road, and any one of them would pay me pretty well I suppose I will have to -give up all such ideas now, until I find out what they are going to do with me d1own South." In relatioa to the fight, Kilrain said tliat Sullivan was in prime condition, and that he considered Muldoon the best man in the world to handle the big fellow. In fact, he could not have been dition Kilrain would say littT. Be said: "I was not as strong as I expected to be, and Sullivan was much stronger than we Boght him to be." -"A great many people think that -Mitchell did not handle you- properly, Jake," said the reporter, "Oh, I guess he did' as well as he -knew how," was the reply. About this time Kilrain's friends began to drop in. Amoag them was Joe White, his lawyer. It was at first thought that an attempt would be made to get out a habeas corpus writ for his release from custody, but later developments in the case showed that this course has been abandoned, Kilrain having decided le gCat once on the requisition to Mis '-'Marsbal Frey telegraphed the news of Kilrain's capture to Governor Lowry early this morning, and ithas been ar ranged to send Kilrain, accompanied by Captain Farnan and Sergeant Toner. They will probably leave to-night for Mississippi. Secrecy bas been maintained by the poie as it is now known that on the 29th~of July Governor Lowry made a requisitioin on Governor Jackson, who immediately issued a warrant for EXraiu's arrest. This was received by dt2arshal dn July 31st, and he at ne ~aialed officers to keep a sharp lookout ~forin iin, who was known to be in ~te -iiicinity of Norfolk, and every -iening for the past two weeks the in -coming boats have been watched. All this time Detective Norris has been cavorting around the country and the newspapers were full of reports about his doings. The town police, however, iaid low and finally were sue eessful. Marshal Frey is pertectly satisfied with the legality of Kilrain's arrest, and said : "I have had many illegal papers thrust at.me, but would not touch any of them until I got a warrant direct from Governor Jackson. Then I got to work. You see, if the papers were in the least faulty, then Kilrain's arrest would be illegal, and he coul move his release on habeas corpus. But as mat ters now stand, in my judgment, every thing is perfectly straight, and the oik thing is to turn-him over to the 3[Mississippi authorities. . There is no caeagainst him in this State, and all wehad todo was to arrest him on a requisition from another State." The latest developments are to the ef fect that Kilrain will do nothing here, but will go to Mississippi and make his fight before the courts of that State. He will certainly leave Baltimore, in charge of Captain Farnan and Ser geant Toner, to-night. - The Pugilists Indicted. Puuvis, Miss., August 14.-Indict ments have been presented to the court against Sullivan and Fitzpatrick. It is understood that Kilrain and his seconds have also been indicted. The grand jury is still in session. Xiirain Resorts to Habeas Corpus. BALT~IoRE, August 15.--A writ of habeas corpus in behalf of Jake Kilrain was sued out before Chief Judge Harlan this morning. Kilrain was released on $2 s;o00 bail for a hearing on Thursday, the 22d instant. The man sent by Gov. Lowry is expected to-morrow night, and will have to wait a week here before he can take Kilrain down South. A Plucky Farmer. A farmer in Buena Vista County, Ia., is plucky. He shipped 300 steers to Chicogo'and held them there two days, but could not get what he considered a fair price, so he shipped them back home and began buying more cattle. When he had 700 he shipped them to New York and chartered a steamer for $3,200 and took them to England. He realized a handsome profit on the venture. THAT G ORGIA DUEL. Two Brave Men-How the Difficulty Was Fnanly Adjusted Without Blood shed. A'rt .4, August 12-The duel be tween Mr. Patrick Calhoun and Mr. J. D. Williamson, both prominent railroad men, is still the sensation of the hour. It was fought at 7:20 last evening, just 200 yards across the Georgia line in Alabama. It was on the Rome and De catur Railroad, and the hour for the fight was delayed on account of their being chased by sheriffs and armed posses at every station. At dark the men were placed in position in a small open space on the edge of dense woods. and within fifty yards of the railroad track. They stood exactly twelve paces apart, both perfectly calm and cool. Capt. Harry Jackson, Mr. Calhoun s second, and Mr. Jack King, Mr. Wil liamson's second, then put the car tridges in two self-cocking, hammerless, five-shooting Smith & Wesson revolvers. The agreement was that each principal, at the word, should be allowed to empty his revolver, or shoot five times. Mr. Williamson stood. with the limbs of a scrub oak almost touching his face, while Mr. Calhoun stood in the open space. The pistols were placed in their hands. The seconds stepped aside, and Mr. King asked: "Gentlemen, are you ready?" Both replied: "Yes." "Then fire," he said. In rapid succession six shots rang out. Then the firing ceased, and both men remained firm. Neither had been touched. }fr. Williamson had fired all five of his shots, while Mr. Calhoun only fired once, his ball cutting the twig that touched Mr. Williamson's cheek. Mr. Williamson evidently shot to kill, but tried to shoot too fast, and there fore missed his man. Mr. Calhoun, who is a dead shot, having in his practice in the morning turned a half dollar three out of five times at twenty paces, and who was as cool as if in a target prac tice, apparently did not try to hit his man. After the shots Mr. Calhoun pointed his revolver at Williamson and ordered him not to move. 4Mr. Williamson, I have here four of my balls, which I am entitled to fire at' vou now. I do not wish to take your life. I now ask you to retract your re marks made before the Legislature." "I will do so," answered Williamson, "provided you withdraw the reflections upon my character involved in your re marks." Mr. Calhoun again asked an uncondi tional withdrawal, which Mr. William son again refused. Then Mr. Calhoun said: "Will you withdraw your remarks, or shall I fire?" Mr. Williamson replied: "If you withdraw the reflections upon my char acter. if not, no, and I am ready for your bullets. Fire your four shots. Then we shall load and fire again," and Mr. Williamson folded his arms. "I don't want ,o take your life," said Mr. Calhoun. "In speaking before the legislative co nmittee I intended tocover a business point, and Mr. Williamson personally did not occur to me." "Then I withdraw my statements," said Mr. Williamson. "Then," said Mr. Calhoun, pointing his pistol skyward, "I shall fire my re maining four shots in the air. I re servci them for this purpose." He then fired his remaining shots in the air. The principals then shook hands and left the field. Both are as brave men as live. Public opinion is that Mr. Calhoun simply gave Mr. Williamson his life. The most daring feat of journalistic enterprise on record in the South was accomplished by Mr. E. W. Barrett of the Constitution staff yesterday, when he, with his own engineer, secured from a dummy line, captm'ed an engine on the. Roine and Decatur Railroad at me." -h t fllwedth dul special, but was put off in the woods. He, however, immediately ran back to Rome, and captured the engine upon which he followed, and was on the scene when the fight occurred, giving the Constitution the only full detailed re port printed this morning. After the duel, which occurred after dark, he ran his wildcat engine back forty miles to Rome, whence his report was wired. Cahoun and Wmllamson to be Prose cuted bythe Alabama Authorities. Amm~T, Ga.., August 12.--Pat Cal houn returned to Atlanta yesterday and J. D. Williamson is in Rome. Governor Seay of Alabama has announced his in tention of demanding the extradition of the duelists. Governor Gordon of Geor gia says he will honor a requisition, as the duel was fought on the State line. There is just uncertainty enough about it to raise a troublesome question of ju risdiction. It is not certain that the spot could be identified, as the parties got off in the dark to fight the duel and hastily left the ground. Colone1 Echols and the Watermelons The following is an extract from an interview with Colonel Echols, counsel for Yeldell, which appeared in the Pitts burg Erening Leader of the 1 3th inst.: "As Flemon's trial progressed, he be came so subject to a nervous strain that his eyelids twitched spasmodically. On Saurday he was so badly broken down that he waived his right to be present and was sent back to jail, where he re mrined until the verdict of the jury was i. He did not appear again in the court hou:,e. When we got started on our way home, the reaction set in, and he became very quiet and uncommunica tive. Why, he hardly spoke to me. On the way wye came to the watermelon patch, and the boys dared me to raid it. I did so, and secured a couple of the finest melons I could lay my hands on. I gave Y'etdell a large piece of the heart of one oft themif, and as he put his teeth into it ai smile brightened his face-the first smile he had given expression to in a week. When we got to Columbia I was told that Teideli was iiot thankful for what had been donie for him. I begged the correspondents not to give currency to that suspicion, .as it might hurt his prospects, at the same time say ing that if I found upon my arrival in Pittsburg that he was not grateful,.I, myself, would denounce him as an in grate.' I find that he is most grateful for the interest that has been taken in his behalf, and that there is no necessity for any denunciation of him." A Museum of Princess' Garters. A. very curious collcition of ladies' garters is kept at the Hohenzollern Museum at Eerlin. Whenever there is a wedding in the Hohenzollern family a number of these short silk garters with the initials of the newly married prin cess are distributed among friends. The collection was begun by William I. They are all made of ribbed silk of different colors, braided with gold or silver, and many of them are finished off at both ends by heavy fringes.-Pall Mall Gazette. The Georgia Governorship. The Hion. W. J. North'in of Hancock County has announced himself as a can didate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia. Mr. Northen is well known all oyer Georgia. He served three terms in the Legislature and was quite prominent in that body. For several years he has been President of the State Agricultural Society and has adminis teed its affairs successfully. He is a practical farmer himself, and a pro gressive one. It is expected that sev eral other prominent Georgians will soon announce their candidacy, now that Mr. Nrthen has taken the field. BATTLE WITH STIC.Y DOORS. A Young New Yorker's Brief But Un pleasant Imprisonment. A good story is being told in fashion able New - Yor k circles regarding the predicament a young male member of society found himself in a few nights ago. It seems that the house in which dwells the only girl on earth had been under the care of the painters for sev eral days, and the day preceding the night he visited the object of his affec tions the knights of the brush had put the last coat of varnish on the outside doors, leaving them in a.%sticky condi tion. He was a very mild young man and mildly remained in the dim parlor with the only girl in the world until after the 10:30 mark had been passed. When he finally sought the front door the only girl went there with him. She knew nothing about the clinging attachment existing between the outer doors. Neither did he. There was nothing in the wide world to them but themselves, and paint and doors and stickiness were things to them unknown. After a while there was a sound some thing like that heard on a muddy Jersey road when horses struggle along it, and a sudden cessation of the low murmur ings which had filled the hall. The only girl fled up the stairs, and the mild young man opened the inner front door, passed out and carefully closed it behind him. Then he tried the outer doors. The knob turned all right, but a gentle pull did not make the door budge. A harder one and an improvised tug of war were equally futile. Then the young man hunted for a possible bolt that might have been shot. He found one, but it was free and he tugged again. The doors never moved. They had been separated for a whole day, and, reunited, they clung to each other with all the youthful enthusiasm so beautiful to con template in young persons of tender na tures and opposite sexes. It was a warm evening and there wasn't much air in that little compart ment between the two sets of doors. The mild young man perspired and tug ged at the unyielding knob, shed his coat and tugged again, vainly tried to open the doors behind hin, hunted wildly for a door bell, couldn't find it, perspired considerably more, loosened his collar and wondered, in a strange, weird way, why be had ever been born. It got hotter and hotter in there and more sticky and slightly sulphurous. The young man who had entered that house as mild and as peaceful and as law-abiding as any young man with no knowledge of sticky doors could be, gradually took upon himself-had it thrust upon him-something of the na ture of a professional lunatic, and the manner in which he imperiled the safety of his immortal soul would have made the good Colonel Shepard shed tears of scalding woe. This sort of thing couldn't last for ever. After a period there came to this mild young man's delighted ears the sound that was like the sound of a trickling rivulet to the poor wretch whose life is ebbing away for the lack of just a drop .of water-the sound of footsteps on the stoop outside. There was a rusty rasping of iron at the bell handle, a sullen bang of the bell down somewhere in the bowels of the earth, and after a long, long time the sable handmaiden, roused from her virgin slumbers, and clad in a wrapper and a spreading frown, climbed slowly up the basement stairs and opened the inner doors. She east one horrift d glance at the coatless, disheveled figure standing there before her, and in a second she seemed transformed into a pair of fleet ing, ebony legs. The mild young man ran after her, calmedfher f her to be quiet and him open the outer door. Togethe led and shook the door, ~r mewbat by thie person on ,an at last, with a smackc -ike preceaedtate-1rst opening of the other doors,, they were separated from each other, and, with his coat still on his arm, the ruffled young man rushed past the messenger boy who hact rung the bell, rushed down the steps, rushed madly into the street and drowned hisserrow in the flowing bowl Rosy wine -alaimed him for its own. There are things 'twere better not to dwell on, but when that young man calls again upon the enly girl in the world, he will carry in his inside pocket a crow bar and a monkey wrench to help him out of possitrle entanglements with the outside doors. A Celebrated Case. From Turiti, Italy, comes the news of the acquittal of Ginvra Dina, the young and beautiful wife of the banker Dina, of that city, whose sensational trial on charge of murder has kept the whole city in a fever of excitement for a week. The husband of the accused is well known as one of the boldest speculators on the It alian bourses,'and until recently, when misfortune overtook him, he was counted among the wealthiest bankers of Turin. Not long since he met with a severe loss on 'change and attempted suicide by poison, but through the ef forts of the doctors his life was saved, though for many weeks he lingered be tween life and death. While in this con dition t wo of his creditors made persist ent efforts to get access to him, which the banker's devoted wife, watching at his hedside, denied them, but they, be lieving the banker's illness feigned, one day called at his house and threatened to break into his ro')m by force if pre vented. The brave wife seized a revolver and fired it in the air, but this did not frighten her assailants, who quickly wrenched the weapon from her grasp and proceeded toward the apart ment where the banker lay at the point of death. Crazed by fear for her hus band's life, she armed herself with a sharp (lagger and followed tbe two men, one of whom, a note broker named Coen Cagli, attem'pted to wrest the dagger from her hands. A desperate struggle ensued, in tne course of which both fell to the floor together, and in the fall, as is claimed by the defense, the dagger entered Coen Cagli's side, causing his death in a few minutes. Before dying, however, the unfortunate broker statedl to the officer whio arrived on the spot that the fault wa entirely his own and that the lady was blame less. Notwithstanding this the young woman was arrested on the charge of murder. She was ably defended, and the trial, which attracted attention all over Europe, finally resulted in her be ing set free. Signora Dina was sen tenced to two months' imprisonment, but the sentence was remitted by the Judge in view of her long imprison ment awaiting trial. This decison gives eneral satisfaction in Turin, where the acused moved in the best society. A New Industry. There is a big Chinese colony in New Orleans which makes a good deal of money the year through catching shrimp ad fish, mainly for the Chinese trade. They get them from the river and Lake Pochartrain. The river shrimps are the most sought after by the people of ~ew Orleans, though not as large or fat as the lake shrimps. The latter the Chi nese boil, then remove the shells and dry over the smoke of a slow hickory fire. Whenrepared this way the shrimp flesh can be preserved for three or four years. They are sent to New York, San Francisco and other cities with large Chinese populations, and to the West ndies. The industry is a growing one. The leading dealer, Moy Ah, commenced business with less than $500, and now is worth $50,000 and made it entirely from himps and fish. At Last. When on my day of life the night is falling, And, in the winds from unsunned s aces bl wn, I hear far voices out of darkness calling My feet to paths unkifown. Thou who hast made my home of life so pleasant, Leave not its tenant when the walls decay; 0 Love divine, 0 Helper ever present, Be Thou my strength and stay! Be near me when all else is from me drifting, Earth, sky, home's pictures, days of shade and shine. And kindly faces to my own uplifting, The love which answers mine. I have but Thee, 0 Father; let Thy Spirit Be with me then to comfort and uphold; No gate of pearl, no branch of palm, I merit, Nor street of shining gold. Suffice it if-my good and ill unreckoned, And both forgiven through Thy abounding grace I find myself by hands familiar be.konod Unto my fitting place: Some humble door among Thy many man sions, Some sheltering shade where sin and striv ing cease, And flows forever through heaven's green expansions, The river of Thy peace. There, from the music round about me steal ing, I fain would learn tlio new and holy song, And lind, at last, ben. ath Thy tree of healing, The life for which I long. 1 Whiter. OUT OF CIVILIZATION'S WAY. A Man Who Lives 1,200 Miles from a Railroad Station. A gentleman, accompanied by- his wife, called the other day at a Portland (Me.) ticket office and asked for a ticket to his home, which he stated was Fort Vermillion. lie was not surprised when told that the office did not have such a ticket, and contented himself with a ticket to Montreal, remarking, inci dentally, that he hardly expected to be ticketed through, since his home is 1,200 miles from any railroad station. Such a remarkable distance from a railroad in these days of quick transportation was surprising, nor was his next state ment any less so. It is 700 miles from his home to a postoffice. A newspaper pub lished more than two months before is a great rarity in their far-away Northern home. In reply to questions by the Port land Ex-press, the gentleman said that he leaves the Canadian Pacific road at Galgary and travels by stage 250 miles to the post called Edmundton. This is the end of the stage route, and travelers have to secure their own conveyances for the rest of the distance. They take along in the journey a regular commis sary department, camping wherever nightfall overtakes them. It requires six weeks to make this trip. The jour ney takes~him down the Athalasca River, across Little Slave Lake and through the wilderness to the junction of the Peace and Smokly Rivers, and down the valley of the for.ner river to Fort Ver million. The gentleman is a trader of furs, and this is his first visit into the civilized world for ten years. His trade has been a prosperous one, and after a few years more oftrade he proposes to re turn to Montreal and pass his last days in luxury. A GORILLA'S BRIDE. The Strange Adventures of a Captive African Woman. "The natives of Africa are cowards in war," said Carl Steckleman, the ex plorer, who started for New York pre paratory to going to the Congo region. "They pefer to take prisoners, and comparatively few of their enemies are killed outright. They are afraid to strike, for fear they wilt receive a -'orc damaging blow in return. ma slaves of tb *n*ers and the captives enn ytime.* Of all enemies they dread the gorilla most. And he is a foe no man dares despise. He will fight at sight. Num bers do not deter him. He is so human and so desperate in his defense and at tack that, the Africans have long learned tat to fight with the gorilla is to fight to the death. This dreadful animal keeps to the woods, as it is necessary for him to grasp hold of the boughs as he walks on his hind legs. A man is there fore comparatively safe if he is on the praire. "There are some extraordinary things told of the jkorilla. I will relate one of them. I had always heard it said that the male gorilla would not harm a wo man. This is the common belief in some tribes. One day we came to a village in which one hut had been built a a rest. We inquired for tn esnof tni~ und that it had been dedicated to a wie. 'witch was greatly revered. She had bee "ttc wife of a gorilla. The woman had lived in the village in a house which stood on the edge of the forest. A great tree over hung her shanty. In the village all the trees had been cut down as a precaution against the gorillas. One night one of these animals came out of the forest, got up into the big tree which overhung the woman's house, climbed down on to the roof, threw the roof off, swung down into the hut, seized the woman, climbed through the hole in the roof, up into the tree and went away into the woods, car rying the woman with him. His great strength made this an easy thing for him to do. He could hold her in one arm and with his two hind legs and his one free forearm make his way up and down trees or through the woods. The woman was gene for many :lays. The people-saw that her house roof had been torn off. They looked carefully around the house and saw that there were no tracks whatever. Then they knew that the dread enemy had carried her off. One day she came back. She told a wonder ful story. The gorilla had carried her for miles into the woods, and finally had clmbed a great tree and deposited her in his home. There he treate~d her very kindly, brought her food arid drink, but would not permit her to leave. After watching her earefully for many days he finally left her, probably intending to return in a short time, convinced that she would ren.iain. The woman came down to the ground, and, af ter wander ing in the forest for several days, made her way back to the village. The people at first were about to kill her, but they finally concluded that she was possessed of extraordinary powers. They therefore built her a house for herself,-supplied her with every comfort, and looked up to her as a sacred person." Lively Scenes in Salt Lake. There were lively scenes in Salt Lake ity Monday evening of last week after the Gentile victory became known. 'orches, horns, cowbells, drums, can non crackers and Roman candles were brought forth. Men "hugged one an~ ther in their excitement, and almost :ried for joy." Says the Salt Lake Tri S'une: "The victory was not won wholly by Gentiles. The quickened consciences md expanding Americanism in many a young Mormon's heart helped to swell :he glory of yesterday." Ex-Governor West, whom Cleveland appointed Gov rnor, stumped the Territory against the hurch, and, with others, made a con fratulatory speech from a hotel balcony tfter the results were announced. Smokeless Powder in Battle. BRLIN, August 15.-All accounts f the experiments with the smokeless yowder at the Spandau sham fight yes ierday concurs in saying that no smoke vas visible at a distance of 300 yards, md that no sound was heard beyond a light tapping. A strange effect was >rodued by the spectacle of a la-ge mass >f troops -in firing position seeming nactive but really pouring forth deadly A BRAVE CONFEDERATE. How He Kept His Word at the Risk of His Life. Lieutenant C. A. Coryell, formerly of the One Hundered and Forty-first New York Volunteers, Twentieth Army Corps, was with Sherman on the famous march to the sea. One bright Sunday in December, 1864, the Lieutenant was detailed to take charge of the picket line in front of Savannah, on the edge of a rice swamp. There was a truce between the pickets, and everything wore a Sab bath-like stillness. Coryell had notlhing to do and was out of tobacco. How to get a chew was the question. Finally a handsome yo.ing officer from the Confederate side strolled out between the lines. Coryell hailed him at once: "I say, Johnny, if I come over to you can I get tobacco and return safely to my lines?" "Come along, I'll treat you right." "How do I know that I'll not be taken prisoner?" "You have the word of a gentleman and a Confederate officer." Coryell thought a moment and then decided to make the venture. He laid aside his sword and belt and started across the high and narrow dike leading to the Confederate-line. On either side of the dike the water in the rice fields was five feet deep. The Lieute.ant reached the opposite shore without any misgivings. The Confederate produced some tobacco and a trade was made in no time. Then the two fell into a pleasant conversation. Suddenly Coryell saw a signal flutter from some distance in the rear of the Confederate line. "What does that mean?" he asked sharply. "I don't know," replied the Confede rate. Just then an orderly dashed up on horseback and with a dignified salute said to the Confederate officer: "Lieutenant, the General orders you to take the Yankee officer to headquar ters." Coryell was dumfounded. Then he looked at the Confederate Lieutenant and noted his honest eyes and his manly face. "Am I your prisoner?" asked Coryell. The Confederate extended his right hand. "I offered you my protection," he said. "Go to your lines. I will follow you over the dike, and if my body can shield you trom Confederate lead, you shall reach your command in safety. Good-bye, and God bless you!" The Federal started on his return trip. He was half way across when the first shot came. There was another, and another, until the whole brigade seemed to be firing at him. The fugitive walked rapidly onward until he reached the Federal lines and vaulted over the breastwork. Then he looked back and saw his protector stand ing on the dike. The Confederate waved his- hand, turned about and marched back to his own side. He had kept his promise like a true soldier. Atlanta Constitution. A FAMOUS COUNTERFEITER. Nelson Driggs and His Wife Known to All Officers. The arrest of Nelson Driggs and his wife-Gertrude'by United States Se cret Service officers at Dayton, 0., and the finding of $25,000 in. coiterfeit money in their possssion~~~ ecalls,.te career of-Daddy Wriggs in Illinois 'Awaty back in 1835 Driggs kept a coun try sto)re in Southern Illinois, which was used as headquarters for a gang of "Koniackers." Driggs was arrested and s pt to the old Alton prison for ten years, buteieved a pardon from the govern men~ on August 12, 18.56. He was then 48 years of age. In 1876, when Elmer Was was at the head at the secret service, he ted a gang of counter feiters on the Mississi iver across from Lyons, Iowa, and can . .the whole gang. Ben Boyd was theen graver, Nelse Driggs, Gertrude Stadl felt, Chas. Stadifelt and Win. Lang, alias Nick Horn, were the shovers of the queer. The woman turned out to be old man Driggse's wife and was prosecuted. Boyd got ten years, Driggs fifteen years Lang seven years andshbarley Stadlfelt two years at Joliet, and they all served their terms. Driggs was released on November 11, 1884. Driggs was con victed on three separate charges, viz.: Having and keeping in possession coun terfeit United States securities, for which he was given ten years; having in pos., session counterfeit metallic plates, for which he received three years, and hay ing in possession counterfeit obligations of the United States, two years more total, fifteen years. The famous coun terfeit $5 bill on the Traders' National Bank, Chicago, the plate of which was engraved by Ben Boyd, was the queer that was handled by the gang. Driggs is now 80 years 01(d, while his wife is a nice looking young woman of 35. The old man was reputed to be worth $100, 000 while he was confined in Joliet, and his wife spent many thousands in her endeavors to procure his release, but she was unable to secure the pardon.-Chi cago Tribune. Japanese Bathers. The Japanese take to water as natu rally as young ducks and with the same indifference touching the feelings of the spectators. The sensation which we will call shame has no existence in the minds of these people. They are per fectly innocent of any impropriety of conduct upon .these occasions. Every one goes to the bath-houses three or four times a day to perform their ablu tions. Men and women, young men and young girls-all in a state of na ture-meet together in numbers of fifty orsixty to each bath-house. Crouching or springing upon an inclined plane, surrounded by pyramids of little tubs covered with leather and filled with hot water, these human frogs sprinkle themselves from head to foot till they gradually become as red as lobsters. They rub and scrub themselves unmer ifully, then walk about and gayly beg a cigarette from the foreigners looking on. The splendid tattooing of the men shines amid the soft rose color of the sprightly nymphs, who are soaped and dried by professional rubbers with the utmost sangfroid. as though it was the most natural thing in the world.-De troit Journal. A Hereo Deed. Recently at Aurora, Missouri, a miner by the name of William Friend had pre pared and lighted two shots in a shaft forty feet deep, and was being hoisted ut by William Oberland, when upon reaching the top of the shaft the barrel upon which he was standing became de cached from the rope, and Friend was precipitated to the bottom upon the burning fuse. His right leg was broken n two places below the knee. He was inconscious, and a horrible death from h explosion to follow was apparently nevitable, when Oberland threw the ope down again, made it fast to the windlass, descended thereon, snatched ;he burning fuse from the loaded hole, mnd saved his unfortunate fellow-work nan's life.- Oberland's hands were badly urned by going down the rope. Slugger Sullivan Convicted. Praavis, Miss., August 16.-The jury ias returned a verdict finding John L. sullivan guilty of prize fighting. A me ion in arrest of judgment will be made END OF ANOBLE LIFE. - An American Missionary's Remarkable Labors Among the Chinese. The Department of State at Washing ton has received from the legation at Pekin, China, under date of the 3d of July, an account of the death and extra ordinary life-work of the Rev. J. Cros sett, an independent Ameilcan mission ary in China. His career appears to have been a very remarkable one, char acterized by absolute self-devotion. He died on the steamer El Dorado en route from Shanghai to Tientsin on the 21st June last. He leaves a widow living at Sehnylersville, New York. In speaking of Mar. Crossett Minister Denby couples his name with that of Father Damien. the French missionary, who lately died on the Island of Molokai, anl says: "Mr. Crossett's life was devoted to doing good to t be poorest classes of Chinese. He had charge of. a winter refuge for the poor at Pekin during several winters. He would go out on the streets the coldest night and pick up destitute beggars and convey them to the refuge, where he provided them with food. le also buried them at his )wn expense. He visited all the prisons, and often procured the privilege of re moving the sick to his refuge. The officials had implicit confidence in him, and allowed him to visit at pleasure all the prisons and charitable institutions. He was known by the Chinese as the 'Christian Buddha.' He was attache'] to no organization of men. HP was a missionary pure and sim ple, devoted rather to charity than proselytism. He literally took Christ as his exemplar. He traveled all over China and the East. He took no care for his expenses. Eood and lodging were vol untarily furnished him. inn keepers would take no pay from him, and pri vate persons were glad to entegain him. It must be said that his wants were few. lie wore the Chinese dress, had no regu lar meals, drank only water, and lived on fruit, with a little rice or millet. He aimed at translating his ideal Christ into reality. He wore long auburn hair, parted in the middle, so as to resemble the pictures of Christ. Charitable people furnished him money foi his refuge, and be never seemed to want for funds. He slept on a board or on the floor. Even in his last hours, being a deck passenger on the El Dorado, he refused to be trans ferred to the cabin, but the kindly cap tain, some hours before he died, removed him to a berth, where he died, still speaking of going to Heaven and en treating the bystanders to love the Lord. "As an instance of the character of the man I will state that when on one occasion 1 gave my annual dinner on Thanksgiving day to the Americans, Mr. Crosset wrote to me beseeching that I would have no dinner but would give the cost to the poor. He attended the din ner, but touched nothing but water and rice. "In theology he can hardly be said to have been orthodox. He found gooa in all religions. After a long. conversa tion with him one day, I told him be was not a Christian, but a Buddhist. He answered that there were many good things in Buddhism. "The last important work of Mr. Crossett was an effort to provide for the deaf and dumb. To further this project he traveled to Han-Kow and thence to Canton, establishing evcrywhere schools fo'r these unfortunates. He was success ful wherever he went. "This man taught the pure love of God and of goodness. He completely sacrificed himself for the good of the principles to the letter. He was as poo: and lived as plainly as the poorest oi his patients. On charitable subjects ht Iwrote well. The ideal to him was ~practical. "Let this American, then, be en shrined, along with the devoted Freneb man, in the annals of men who loved their fellow-men." A WONDEBFUL WATCH. It Cost $2,500 and Is Both a Timepiece and a Calendar. . Huntington of Cleveland is the owner ',Mn u watch presented to him by his fatherJ '-intnton -a watch that is one of two, Mrlaiint ington, Sr., carrying the duplicate. For both these, it is said, the latter paid $5,000 in gold to the makers, Messrs. J. Badollet & Co. of Geneva. . The case of the one described is of pure gold, four ounce, while the works are of the most delicate and intricate character and number fully 400 pieces. On the large dial appear four smaller dials. The one at the top shows by a diagram of the sky the changes of the moon, the firma ment being of lapis-lazuli studded witn golden stars. The next dial to the right shows the leap year, the tiny hand mov ing airound the circle once in four y ears, and an auxiliary hand shows each month. On the dial at the bottom is a hand marking the quarter seconds,' and one showing the day of the month. At the left on the fourth miniature dial is a hand pointing out the day of the week, andl another the tide as it ebbs and flows. Around the large dial, besides the usual hour and minute hands, moves a second hand, and an extra horsedime so arranged that the distance betwe two horses at the finish is accurately noted in quarter-seconds. By pressing a button the last hour is struck on a deep-toned bell, one of a fairy chime; the quarters are a more silvery note, and a rapidly tinkling companion gives the minutes. The wat ch is a stem-winder and one spring furnishes the motive power. A Long-Lost Ring Found. Mrs. L. H. Morton, the widow of James Morton, late of Stafford County, Va., lost in 1867 a double gold ring. This ring had the initials of herself and husband engraved on the inside. Mrs. Morton has been living in Washington for the past two years. She returned to Stafford about a month ago and visited her home, "Spring Hill," now occupied by W. P. Payne, two (lays ago. LIst week she visited Spring Hill again and found that between her two visits Mrs. Payne had found her ring, (lost twenty two years before.) in the garden. The ring was perfectly preserved and bright as a dollar. She values it very highly, it being a gift from hor late husband. Mechanic's Lien. Judge Pressley has filed with the clerk o Kershaw County his opinion in the suit brought by Taylor & Elme" against the Massacnusetts and Southern Construction Company to set up a mechanic's lien gainst the road bed of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, to se cre the amount due the plaintiffs on their contract for laying the track of the road from Camdem to Blacksburg. The uestion involved was whether the plaintiffs had any such lien. Judge Pressley decides that they are entitled to no such rights; that the mechanic's lien does not apply to railroads, and he ismissed the proceedings. The plain is have appealed to the Supreme ourt. Forest Fires in Montana. MIL.Es CITY, Mont., August 15.-The rairies a few miles to the North and Southeast of here are on fire. The fires over an area of thousands of acres. he timber No-th and South of ton a, hich are separate from each other, eem to have caught fire simultaneously, ad were probably struck by lightning unday eve 205 Extensive prairie fires are also raging in this County below allon, traveling towa .d Glendive, and it is feared tLat the range in the vicinity will be lost - Grest-Boicirg. In times past many remarkable events must have escaped general attention; but in these days the newspaper reporter Is everywhere at once, as it were. One of these busy and useful public servants, connected with The New York Dispatch, recently rescued from oblivion a scene, "a thrilling incident," he calls it, of which, but for his timely appear ance, the world might never have heard. A brawny man, clad in a blue shirt and overalls, and with a dinner pail in his hand, walked slowly down an east side street one evening last week. He seemed to be thinking of something pleasant, for, as he walked, he smiled and muttered to himself. Near the middle of the block he paused, for right before him was a group of children standing in front of a tenement house. The children were evidently waiting for him, for they broke out at once. "Here hecomesi" and began to dance and caper like mad. A broad grin broke over the face of the workman, but when he tried to move on the children flocked around him so that he was compelled to stop. The door of the house opened, and a young woman came out, lead ing a little boy by the hand. The children with one voice exclaimed, "Ah!" and the boy ran to the man and was quickly seized in his arms and repeatedly kissed. The crowd had by this timo grown veery large, and women and children, in a babel or voices, shouted themselves hoarse. Finally the man and the boy went into the house and the crowd began to scatter. Still lingering the scribe essayed again to learn what the matter was. Seeing a little girl come out of the door, he went to her and in quired: "Sissy, what is the matter here!" "Oh," she said, "don't you know. Johnny Green has just got on his first pair of pantar Superstitions Remedies. " For sore eyes a touch from an old gold wed ding ring is a popular remedy, and many an old woman's ring has earned for itself a great name as an eye healer. Apparently reliable people can be found who assert that they have been cured by a touch of this descrip tion. Borlase asserts as a fact that a halter with which,. any one has been hanged will cure headache instantly if tied around the head, and he adds: "Moss growing upon a human skull, if dried and powdered and taken as snuff, is no less efficacious." -Brand tells of several superstitious rem edies or charms: "Hollow stones are hung up in stables at night to prevent nightmare or ephialtes. They are usually called in the north of England 'holy stones.' The chips of gallows and places of execution are used as amulets against agues. I saw lately some sawdust in which blood was absorbed taken for some such purpose from off the scaffald on the beheading of one of the rebel lords, 1746. For warts we rub our hands beforethe moon, and commit any maculated part tothe touch of the dead. The Rev. Mr. Shaw, in his history of the 'Province of Moray,' says that in hectic or consumptive diseases they pare the nails of the fingers and toes of the patients, put these parings into a rag cut from his clothes, then wave the hand with the rag thrice round the hand, crying 'Dees Soil.' After this they bury the rag in some unknown place. He tells us he has seen this done, and Pliny, in his 'Natural History,' mentions it as practiced by the magicians or Druids of his time."-St. Loi Globe-Democrat. Toe Joint. I fear I have lost my credit asaman of science among my Acadian neighbors for ever. I spent the day, not long since, at the house of one of them, and, during the fore noon. one of the tribe of small boys killed a joint snake in front of the veranda on which we were sitting. This led, of course, to the remark from one of the company that th pieces would reunite before sundown and the snake be whole again. I ought to have held ry t~mgue, but no; I must needs demur t. the statement, and the controversy was final ly settled by both parties agreeing to the cru clal test of letting the remains lie undisturbed and allow'gt" ~ eie .was forgotten by all of us until we broke ul: to go home after supper, when some one re membered it, and we all went to see which disputant was right.- Alas for me! ever) joint but one had disappeared, and there, but a fewr feet from where they had been, lay coiled-a jointed snake! On my attempting' feebly to hold may own by evidence of the ene joint that was left, arguing that this was. consequently another snake, and not the "original Jacobs" at all, I was met with the triumphant statement that this snake was just that one joint shorter, and that, in the hurry and agitation of his reconstruction' move-;ent, he had overlooked this one mem ber, and thus failed to incorporate it Into the new body politic. "Logic is logic," and I re tired defeated from the field.-Forest and Stream. _________ .-4. E _ M Things to Remember. Here are a few ieelnihi~hints, rules and facts worth remembering: A cord of stone, three bushels of lime anid a cubic yard of sand will lay 100 cubic feet of walL One thousand shingles, laid four Inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet of sur face, and five pounds of shingle nails will fasten them on. A box 16 inches square and 8f-5 inches deep will contain one bushel. One cent saved each day and put out at ti per cent.~Interest will accumulate to $t050 In fifty years. Eight bushels of good lime, sixteen bushelE of sand and one bushel of hair will make enough good mortar to plaster 100 square yards. A stone, used by grocers, Is equal to four teen pounds. It takes from 1%~ to 2 bushels of wheat to sow one acre of ground. To find the amount of hay in a mow allow 512 cubic feet for a ton. A thousand laths will cover seventy yards of surface, and eleven pounds of lath nails will nail them on. -New York Evening World. __________ A Fabalous Price. Wide as the public opened their eyes at the astonishing sum of Wi00 at which Seymour's "six original drawings for 'Pickwick' " were knocked down to Mr. Quaritch, they would open themi wider still could they see what It was for which the amount was paid. The scrap book in which they were pasted was a child's ordinary exercise book, which was dis figured by coarsely colored scraps, "painted" doubtless, by one of the unhappy artist's chil dren. The sketches themselves were so small that four of them were stuck on to one page and threeof them are said to be torn. A Lon don expert valued the "lot" at s'70, and yet so eager was American competition and so doughty was British opposition-in the per son of Mr. Quaritch-that it was only the champion dealer's final ?5 advance on 2495 that saved the little Pickwicklan relies to the L country.--Londlon Letter. Not in Effigy. Tenderfoot-What did the boys do about that horso stealing case? Arizona Joe-Hung the thief, strang-er. Tendrfoot-In effigy, I suppose? Arizona Joe - Naw! In that patch o' soods over yander.-Epoch. A Georgia Marriage Knot. An amusing marriage took pi: ce in ElIerton the other day. A couple came into the court house to be married. A new Justice was called in. He hr'd no form, and improvised a ceremony. He asked the groom these questions: "Will you stick to this woman through thick and thin, up and down, right and left, hot or cold, wet or dry, and have no other wife but her ? If you will you can have her for wife." Similar questions having been propounded to the woman, and affirmative answers given, he pro nounced them husband and wife. -At lant Onu/2titultionl. Died From Tight Lacing. A verdict of death from tight hacing :omes from a Birminbghamn jury, ex :ressed as a verdict "Death from presv ure round the waist." The subject was a servant girl who died after a fright, nd her death was attr'buted by the 1 nedical witness to the fact that she was laced too tightly to enable her to'stand 1 ny sudrlen emotion. She was a noto ious tight lacer, not only at the waist. 1 Icr collar fitted so closely that it was 1 .mposs'ble to loosen it at the critical t noment. Under her corsets she wore I , ghtly buckled belt.-Cicago Her- I ONE -IOU1N2QL' IFLE PITFALLS THAT LIE IN THE PATH OF THE YOUNG MUTTON. fins to Begin the Business of Life When Five Minutes Old-Like Man He Often Estimates Inaccurately, but the Shepherd and the Dog Are There to Help Him. About five minutes after the lamb is born he is on his feet. The unsteady earth under him now heaves to the right, surges up and ten down, and it whirls and it twirls with him while he staggers and struggles, and twists one leg around the other like a vine round a tree; or else he spreads those mem bers all out until they look like the forks under a weather vane. He tumbles down for the fiftieth time, and for the fiftieth time renews the fight to secure that footing in the great world from which only can he reach the life giving milk. His mother-particu larny if it is her first-in her crazy anxiety to help, knocks him down, steps on him, and does-without leaving out a possible excep tion-everything she should not do, while she leaves nearly everything undone that might help the little fellow to get the desired nourishment. "Oh, the poor, dear little thing; isn't it too bad," says the sympathetic stranger. "The confounded pair of idiots!" frets the im patient shepherd, who does not care to drive them until the lamb finds milk and "gets filled up." CBANGES HIs MDiD OFTEN. In half an hour his milk can is full: his sides bulge out with a surfeit of the pure. article warranted to stand the most rigid test for admixture of mater. And as the shepherd slowly urges the old ewe toward home, the lamb goes reeling and rolling along like an old tar just ashore from a year's voyage. About the first error the lamb makes in life is to mistake the shepherd or, his dog for its mother, and many are the maneuvers that must be gone through with to make the new arrival follow the right party. His next er -or is likely to be an attempt to walk on air. when he comes to a place where he should go lown hill. His ten minutes' experience in .ife has made him believe that all the earth s a level plain, and in broad daylight he steps aff the top of a hill just as serenely as a man steps off the top landing of the stairs in total darkness when he is certain that the stairs are yet twenty feet away. The result is a great surprise to man and lamb in each in tance. The lamb picks himielf up, and continues down the hill; hesocn comes to the conclu sion that everything in down the hill in this life, and not on a dead level. Upon getting to the foot of the hill he still tries to continue downward, and as a result runs his nose into the ground and looks surprised again. He now comes to a place to get up hill, and goes up just as our man starts to go up stairs in total darkness when he thinks the stairs are still twenty feet away. Our lamb is now getting very suspicious. He was pushed over and growled at for fol lowing the dog when he thought it was his mother; the shepherd kicked and abused him for following him; he tumbled down hill when he saw nothing unusual in the looks of the ground, and up hill again under similar circumstances. In this frame of mind he comes to a shadow cast by a neighboring hill. This is the most appalling thing he has yet seen in life. He stands in the bright sunshine; twelve inches ahead of him all the world Is black. How shall he get over that terrible line! It must be worse than going down hill or u^ hill, or running after a dog that growls or a man that kicks. It surely looks much more frightful than any of these things. His. mother is in the shadow, and coaxes him to come along, but he will not risk it-he stands on the edge and bawls at the top of his pow ers. The shepherd with his big foot comes to the rescue, and our poor lamb is lifted from nine boot. He trots along after his mother for a few yards and meets a new difficulty. This time It is from shadow to sunlight. It looks tough; the situations seems to present no end of diffi culties. He walks across the line with fear and trembling, only to find it very sinmple and easy, and concludes that things are not so bad as they look. He has already begun to find out that things which seem easy in life lead often to disaster, and forbidding things often preent no real danger. THERE'S" NoTHEI'G FUNNIER. At this time he is about one hour old; for a whole hour he has been rnnninghis respira tive, circulative and locomotive powers as an independent being, and has become quite a amb. Just at that instant a carriage drives rapidly along the road. His quick eye aees it; he thinks perhaps it is his mother, and that <e is running from danger. He strikes out after it. It iswonderful what an hour has *ono for him in the way of development; he runs faster than the shepherd, faster than his mother, and is in imminent danger of getting uter the horses' feet or the wheels of the :arrisgt It is hei'ethat the dog comes in play, if he understands is business. He runs up along side of the lamb,'shes it over with his nose, jumps upon It and holds it down upon the ground with his nose until the shepherd comes up. The shepherd takes the lamb and stands. it upon its feet so thatit can see its mother, who bas come to within a few feet. He holds it until It sees its mother on a move and then lets it go. The old ewe licks off the face of a adder and wiser lamb-lets him have another dose of liquid nourishment, and together they get home. There is only ore thing that is500 times as funny and provoking by turns as a lamb, and that is 500 lambs together when they are about a month old. The shepherd sits down and watches the.500 lambs all in abunch by themselves, playing, running and frolicking, and he laughs. When he has tried, and.tried in vain, to get the same 500 across a bridge or into acorral he sits down again, but he does not laugh this time. A young lamb has no way of telling which ewe is its mother and the mother only knows which lamb Is her own by the scent. Hence, while vetry young It is a bad plan to have too many together, for the ewe may be confused by so) many lambs, or become partially indif ferent, and the lamb perish for want of care. When a few weeks old, however, they know each other by the sound of the voice. In a band of 2,000 or 8,000 ewes, a ewe may call ier lamb, and the lamb will answer from the other side of the flock. They will go as straight to each other, right through the whle band, as they would if they were the :ly t wo animals' for a mile around.-Mon tana Wool Grower. Ilair 01H Advertised In Church. At the conclusion of the services of the African Methodist church in Cameron, Mo., Sunday night, Frank Chalfant,.,a member of the congregation, arose and announced that he was agent for A~very fine brand of hair oil. He then delivered quite a discourse on its good qualities, especially recommending: it as a preventive for Itching heads. After he had finished his discourse the congregation was dismise .with the bndcin-e York World.beeitn-ew Loose Divorce Laws. The New York newspape'rs have un-1 earthed a very ugly case against Sheriff i Flack, the Tammnany leader, and inci- I dentally against Judge Bookstaver. It appears that Flack has for t wenty years led a double lifc with two fairlies. De siring to be rid of his legal wife be had iivorce proceedings instituted in her name and put thlrough Judge* - Booksta rer's court secretly. Meanwhile his wife was at a New Jersey summer resort underi the charge of her son. She claims that shesigned no divorce papers, but didl ign a paper wh'ch she supposed to be n agreement for separation, and was~ nuch astonished upon d iscovermg. that se was div-orced. In consequence of~ :hs disclosures, Sheriff Flack has re-I signed his position mn Tammany. Gray Hair Turnina- Black. Mrs. Robert Stephens, who has just eturned from Eddyville, tells us that they lair upon the head of W. P. Emerson, hoa has for years been gray, is now~ urning black. It is claimed that no lye has been used to produce the effect, ut that it is a freak of nature. Mr. merson removed to Eddyville from his city about a year ago, amnd when lhe eft here his head was nearly whlite. T is abot. 60 years of age.-Frainkfort1 Ci.'. Roundabout.