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SUPPLEMENT -TO THE Laurens Advertiser. A. "tjareful obsorvor" has discovered ! Hat Airing tho winter months a radial ?rccpof ono hundred milos, doscribed from $>o city of Philadelphia, and touch ing tbs cities of New York, Harrisburg, , jjud Dlltimorc, will include in tho day- ; timo, i^i it* western semicircle, fn ly two Hirds of tho crows inhabiting North j America, and at night an cqn:d propor? : tion i? ita eastern half. Tho eastern | area of this circle, with thc exception of more fertilo portion? of west and north Jersey, is ?H notably devoid of thom by ,'ny as it is infosted with them by ni gilt, (.cnornl Booth of thc Salvation Army pvc a Toronto reporter this account of tHJ naming of tho Anny: "One of my teen taries was writing a littlo tract do genbirr,' the movement, and he wrote on tho title page: 'Tho Christian mission i< s volunteer army.' I leaned over his shoulder, took his pen out of his hand, rrosscd ont tho word 'volunteer,' and wrote 'salvation.' Wo liked tho sound of it, f o ing that, it really describ d what the organization was-a body formed ??nd united after tho fashion of an anny, with thc purpose of delivering men from .in and thc devil. So wo adopted the name Salvation Army niuo or ten yearn ago. Thc terms general, captains, lieu tenants, etc., soon followed. Thc drums, flags, banners, and the I ?ko were adopted gradually, in carrying on thc purpose of attracting the people." A Spanish che ph ord killed by bela ning recently was made tho subject of a gcicntiflc post mortem to discover how tho electric bolt had done its fatal work. Hie eyebrows and eyelashes were burned off, his eyeballs were dried up, all his left Mdo was scorched and bumed in ?pots down to thc ankle, while tho right .ido of the body and ri^ht leg wore mihi jurcd. Serio.is ns tlv so injuries were, nono of them appeared sufllcient to have rausod his instant death. But a- soon as the breast was opunod tho cante of death was apparent. The lung-? w< r ? frightfully congested and tlie hcait w.a enormously d.lated and filled with conciliated blood. With ?di tl?i? damage to the man his clothing was very littlo injured, thc only '.races of thu lightning upon it being a small hole bored through tho rim of tho hat and a slight singeing nf thc shiit collar. At tho meeting of tho Emperors re cently hchl at t?astein tho (crinan (rinces wore tho Austrian und.uni. ?Boy h ?ve been m the habit of doing so row (rr many years. Tho Pall Milt Ga die says that thc origin of this custom tfab.s from the courtesy of a monarch dioso lifo is moro associated with feats rf war than with tho scrupulous ob i'rvan' c of thc details of a chamberlain's office In 1770 Frederick tho <?rent had to pay a visit to the Emperor of Austria, flio visit, which was rather a critical erne, was paid at the castle of Neustadt, in Morav.a. It wa-, only seven years be fore that Prussia had been engaged in her great strugglo with tho Km piro, and hid thoroughly beaten Austria. Fred ?rick fear, d that tho too familiar blue uniform might now awaken unpleasant memories. Ho did not. indeed, .dh to discard thc costume which bolongcd to his country, BO he discreetly adopted a compromise. Ile and all his stiff ap peared at Neustadt, not. indeed, in Aus trian uniform, but in colors that were: ootfar removed from it. The < tats wen: white, tho ornaments and facings of (?Iver, and thero wero no epaulettes. If it were not Austrian costume it certainly was not Prussian, That ^as tho pro? ?clent for a rule that now obtains, ut !?aet on tho continent, that when a ?owned head visits a brothor sovcrign's wurt, ho and his suite wear tho uniform ti thc country in which they arc guests, A representation of Marshal Barnine as ?tage villain has nearly caused a riot in is. What long memories those Pa? Miana htvo! If Marshal Ha/aine lal been an American, says thc Now York Graphic, ho might have created and lost do?en governments and bi on forgotten five years. Tno Mexican "expedi tion," on which tho play i-. founded, has more of romance in it than anything else the continental or international poli of the last thirty years It ha. ma? lerial for an excellent p'ay. It has not heen half written up for books, 'lhere We never a moro interesting character Iban Maximilian, tho only import-d Em peror that Mexico has had ; and thc uoism attending his execution has not n half celebrated. His wife, Culotta, till lives in one of tho so.-picatorcd cstab thonnts of the Hapsburgs. hopelessly Mane. Tho Princesa Balm Salm, orig't Hy a circus-rider, was ono of thc most Munt members of tho O mt at Qsretaro. The misfortunes of the t Napoleon a* a ruler bogan Mexico, to b ; endel ot Se ian, srehal Bazaino led tho French force< st were to eda'dlsh a French io thold Mexico. His Emperor was exiled, sxlmilian was shot. Tho Prince Iuipe ?I died with a spear in his silo in thc .?dry of the Zulus. Cf thnt Imperial tsbliahment only Eugenio rt mains, rtsore and old. Tho only victory ol ?Mhal Bazaine in Mexico waa winning young Mexican woman, who nccompa >?d him to France as his bride In the W with (ic i many that followed the lost f Mexico, thc death of Maximilian ant? end of our Civil War, the Marsha' *. hopelessly disgraced for military in poclty and sentenced to continemonl ?term of years. Tho Mexican lady 'ped him to escape, and since then lu . pssscd ont of the memory and inter * of thia busy world. I DOWNHEARTED? Downhearted! PBLaw7tkore'8 seldom teen A lane without a turning! Karu Resort lias n spot of green, lu ?pito of bright Sol s burniug. Your friends have fui led you? Well, what then? Remember changing Peter; Konow has tried tho ixot of mon, An 1 lifo is all th* sweotor*, wind a ids n /pst to Bummer's joy! Is it not ? winter weary) Pea o would ? o (ame without alloy, Pant grief makes s .Ince cheery. All cannot wlu thou (h all must nm When ono* HIV*, raco is started: Yet nil niny hear I ho words: "Wol! dono," Bo nevor bo downhearted. CLEM^URR BY PA Uh lill AYTON What's thc matter! What's tho mat ter, my I cyr sit down. Sit down ami Millet yourself and then tell mo what's tho matter!" That's the way I ta'kcd to Clem-short for Clemence -A I bur tis as I took him by thc arm ono day when ho rushed wild-eyed and thick speeched Into my olt'co, and scated him on tho lounge. "Doo." he said in a holplcss tone my profession is that of a physician "I'm crazy, I can't collect my thoughts, and tue pain in my head drlvos mo mad.-' 'I know lt." I sfiid. -'I've told von it would bc so many times You have a buzzing in thc ears, black specks floating liefere thc eyes, nnd-" "Yes I Yrs! that's it. Nervous twitches of thc muscles of the face and numbness of ihe limbs, and-" ' Depression of mind and melancholia," I went on. "A d sposition to suicide," he almost shouted. "If. ol it almost necessary to commit sui-ide. Doc, what'd I 'do? How ll 1 stop it.' Eh/ llow'll I keep from blowing out my brains;" "Nonsen.'o: ' I Said, angrily. "Don't talk to me about brains. If you goon tho way you're going now, you won't have any brains to blow out* in a few dava. You'll bc in thc lunatic asylum, .is brainless as a born idiot." "I know lt! I know it"' and ('lcm wr ing his hands wildly, and endeavored to spring from thc lounge, but 1 forced him back into his scat. "And so I am dc ermined to put an end to my lifo at once. Cod bless you (?ood by! 1 can't enduro this agony anj longer!' And ouco moro ho made ar eft'' rt to rise. "Sit still!" I thundered out, now al mist angry myself, "or I'll scad for i policeman and have you committed t( tho Charities an l Cori cottons to bc ex nmino l ns a lunatic. Now, do youroalb want to bo cured of this attack of tee veewe- /ens you've got I "Yes," lie said, a little more calmly finding he had a Bupcri r power to con 1 tend with. "Very well, then, give up all boo! work, bay asi c pens, ink and paper go into tho country, fish, walk into th woods, feed tho chi ?kens, do anything but don't read anything but trash fo t vo months, and. abo e all, don't t li i n 1 of aa j thing soiontillc until next wintc with ut my i crmission " ' But what's to become of my psper o 'Tko Origin of the Megatheriumi' Vt to rca 1 it before tho Fe Fi Fo Furn Sc i ?oty on tho 16th of next month, yo know, an I it i n t half d >nc \ct.'' " on found your ileguthc ?urns!" I e> el limed, angr ly. "I von wad to barta \our life, or what you b .ve left ol yon senses, f. r a Megatherium, why tak your Megatheriums and doit, but don como bothering mc ab ait your Bymj toms. J tell you that you must have complete montai and physical diversen or you'll bc a lunatic or a dead man in m nth " ' And drop my book on 'Th Pucrilit ff Prehistoric Power?'" said Clcn mournfully. "Drop every book, writton and ut written, and w rite n it a line but un m cassional letter until I tell you that yo may. " Thc poor fellow b med his face in h bunds, and nit thc picture of despair,bi 1 knew ! v. ..H right. Clem bad gradi atcd from college with high honors, au gone to thc bur with high hopes, whe suddenly his mind had, somehow, bi como diverted to science, in which, Ul fortunately, he could ilford to Indulg? from thc fact that he possessed a Rina but comfortable incomo, left him by h grandmother, ?< that law could bo ma< only an ornamental part of h s lifo. Moro than this, bc was a remnrkah handsome fedow, and, outside of ll bcient flo studies, possessed moro tin ordi: ai J common sense. The fact w he had overdone tho matter, and he w suffering accordingly, from insomnia ar over brain-work. Entire and COmplc cessation from study wa< h s only hop Just as I had told him this there ( ame gentle tap at my door, and to my MI mons of it ''Como," it opone and two ladies entered- one. Ml Martha Mogrims, an old maid of ?Ixl live, my patient, with nothing at ? the maller with her but the want of e preise and employment, and who woa not wait for mo to call on her, b hunted me down with hor moans ai troubles dally. Her companion was li niece Lillian, nnd "airy, bury Lillian"s waa. A moro beautiful litt.c creature inver saw, und never expect lo s again, and as go d as she was pretty. Their coming ju-t then enibnrrass m exceedingly. I could not diam! Mi-s >b giims, and I must boar with li ii.-ual ha f hour of groans and gruntb, whiih I was so well remunerated, and thc sanio time I did not dare to let ( h go, for I knew ho was in a dangero condition of mind, and might carry e h s tiireut. Introducing him and brin lug him into our conference was out the question, and there waa but one w for it. which w as to stud him into r '.?tile back room, from whence there w no escapo but by a skylight or tho do which lcd Into the otiice. This I turned on him to do win n I S? that ho had risen from tb; lounge ai waa standing na one entranced, gazi on Miss Lillian Br wu with a rn st ii mi takab e look of admiration, whi-li fancied was retinue I shyly by the you i"dv. .. ", "Clem, you'll oblige me if you'll st into the next loom for a few minutes, sa d, "I'd soon bo disengaged." ' i ertainly! certainly! ' bc said, nu ?ng i-lowly neross tho office, bowing Ihe two ladlca aa bc went, but not shi ting tho dooraftor him on his disappoi arno, >o that ho could hear all tl might be ?aid. 'I his was not much tl could entertain or Instruct him, conal ing only of tho old w01111111'? usual counting of tho maladies which she coi not havo possibly had if ?hs ha I hi poor and obliged to walk hmtend of ri? and tho occasional musical tones of Han answer ng my qU8 terns, oremoi a dng bc- aunt. ? ?vcr ft quarter of hour was parsed in this wat, Wh would have b. en longer had not Lilli knowing that I had Clem In anot room waiting for mc, hurried M Megrims away. "Who is thur, Doc? " said Clem, ea-' gerly, as ho rushed back into tho room as tqp'-i ns tho ollie? door had closed on tho ladle?. "That's tho rich Miss Megrims,'' I said. "S! c's got moro money than she's got time to spend it in, and so plays sick." .'Oh, pshaw I " lie said petulantly, "I don't mean thc old one. "Ah! that's her nicco and supposable heiress. Miss Lillian Brown!" I replied, carelessly "She's rather protty ! " "bather pretty I" ho almost shouted "By the great Ichthyosaurus, sir, shes lovely: simply lovely. I never saw any thing more beautiful in my entire exist ence. " "Cone!" I thought to myself. "His brain has given way." anti i tooK poor Clem by tho hand and felt his pulso. "<>h, I'm all right. I me,'' ho said, laughing, and then resuming his scat upon tho lo'.mgo and bccom'ng quite Calm. "But really she is very handsome and I don't know that I've ever s en any ono that has made such an impression on mc. Can't you introduce mo, ?lo tor'." "< h, you re too much mixed up with Megatheriums and Prehistoric Power to even talk sensibly to a lady, and Miss drown isa verv sensible and practical girl." "Ob! bother tho m^gathoriumf and prehistories. I'm not thinking of them just now. I want an introduction to Miss Brown," said ( lom, oarnestly. "I'll give it to you to-morrow," I an Bwcred, 'if you'll promise to do just what 1 tell you until then." " crtninly, I will," ho exclaimed eagerly. "\ cry wed. I am to call on Miss Me grims to-morrow nt )'? c. M. Promise me that y u won't open a b >ok. touch a pen. or think of mognthcriums or prehistories until then, and that you will go to the tin at re with me to-night, and 1 will take you with mo to-morrow." "Done'." ho said, enthusiastically. .Then we'll go and take a walk in the Park," and I sh-ok hinds with ( lemon tho ba ,; lin. mi 1 we inarched away tor a smoke aad a talk ali about Lillian Brown. That night I took Clem to seo nu ex ceedingly funny burlesque, and was grat ified at his appro iation of it in hearty bursts of laughtcr.and tho following day j ho made his appearance nt tho ofllcc faultlessly dressed, som-thing I had not known him to bc sirco ho embraced science and looking -o much handsomer and better than the day bofore that i> hardly teemed he w s tho same man. Of cou se I carr'n d out my promise, and of course Mt*s Megrims looked stli'| riced at my bringing Clem, hut I ?lia not caro for that, for nt thc same time I Baw Miss Lili an was gr ditio I. For thc lir-t time within my memory Miss Megrims seem d to for et her n I ments, and devoted herself to Clem.who li ad cor nilled Li ll ian on thc opposite side of thc room and appeared to Lc making tho Lest use i ossiblo of his time, willoh,] had warned him, could not bo mon- than fif teen minutos. She eyed him with a look that amounted almo t to a glare, and ponied in broadside after broadside of i tl stlo'is about him that would have taken ti o skill of a diplo mat to answer, though of course I did it ns fn o ably a> I could for ( lcm, but I came out of thc encounter strongly inr-re BO 1 w th tho iden that Miss Me grims did no! want her niece to marry at all, or have gentlemen friends, nod that she consider d her too voun jr-sh. . was twenty - to think of su h a thing at all. When Clem got bro tho street he was in raptures. Lillian was an angel; nor beauty was almost beyond tho earth, and her voice mu ic itself. Ile was ii love, and Lillian had a-ked him to call nga:n -which, bv thc way, Hind noticed was more than Miss Megrims did. Well, time aped on. and I saw plainly that Clem had dropped everything but Lillian. I saw him every day. and hoard all about it Ile had called again an I had been rebuffed by Miss Megrim-. Ho bad called several times moro, but Mis Megrims never left the room. < lcm did not intend to bo rebuffed, but Miss Me grims tinnily <lcniol him tho house or an opportunity of seeing l illian. Then I s't pped i ' and carried a formal propo-al to ?li s Megrims, which I lacked up with my best efforts, but received a for? mal refusal. Viss Megrims did not in tend that her niece should many for S'ncc years to come. My reply to this selfishness was my be coming letter b ai r between the lovers, and a few days af tel ward they m t ii (..'entrai Park, although it must have been a bard Job for Lilli m t > ! ave got ten tho chanco, I ront tho meeting Clem rushed into tho olllco, oxclnlm'ti ff: . It's all right. Doc. We're engaged. Lillie's going to try and soltcn th old hippogriff, and. if sho ran t, we'll get married anyh <w and go abroad." ('?om had carrie i tho wi r int > Africa, and mo nt to stay there all the time, he said. (Ie had forgotten ali about mega* therlums and prehistories, and had no more symptoms and tendencies to suicido. In la t he was completely cured, and. stranger stilt. Miss Megrims had become as robust as a prizefighter, and not a word ever carno out of her month about panis or aches, though Bl o would not give up daily calls, but al ways tilled them up with denunciations ol ( lcm and declarations that if ! lilian married him. she should nover touch a ( t nt of her money. "Doctor," she said one day, "I never knew a runaway marriage to turn out well in my life." "( >:i ! that's a mistake, Miss Megrim"," I said. "I have known many, Mr. Al bert I s's own parents wore a runawny match. vho was n groat belle, a Miss lillis Clark, and -" "What." scr. amcd Miss Megrims" ! jumping to her feet. ' His mothor my Ellice, my darling Ellice I It can', be! Why didn't you say B> before, doctor? Tho dearest girl friend I over had in my life, nu l I ve treated her BOH SO badly. lt's shameful in you, doctor, (?o and bring tho dear fellow hero directly." 1 did. anti when ho carno she scriptur ally fell upon bis neck and wept, and then they foll to talking about Clem's mother until ? hm cried in concert, i Well, they did not have a runaway, but did np thc Sf?air in style, and all went to Kuropo together, and the last letter I Lavo from Clem declares tho hippogriff to be one of the most charm? ing obi maids tho world ever produced. -Ano York Ular. A Destroyer of an Orchard Pest. Robert Williamson, of Sacramento, who owns n largo fi ult ranch nenr Penryn, in this county, has boen introducing the two-Bpottcd ladybug, or BCalo destroyer, in tho orchards of bia neighborhood. They ai o MI d tobo a vory thorough mid ettie Lmt remedy for the San .lose . cale. The stale lives on the ti co and the lady bug liven on tho scale, lt is sa d that whole orchards in t-an Jose valley h.vo been entirely cloared of the pest that threatened their destruction by thin little bug. In ono eise a twenty a rc orchard ha 1 boen abandon d to tho seato, tho owner having despaired of a lotnedy. Tho ladybug came ulong ond attacked thc Beale in that orchard; in one year it hnd much improved, and in two yaars ' every scnlo was annihilated, and the I orchard 1? now as healthy and t li i rf ty as : I ito vor was.-Placer (Ont.) Herald. | SABINE PASS TO RISE AGAIN, Tat* JCIIIOH Tu Inj it reit aud tho roonle luke Now Courage Grave apprehension existed that tho storm which recently engulfed Sabine Pass had inllic cd irreparable injury to thc harbor improvement in cour>o ot , construction at that point. KoporU batt neon sent out from an irresponsible source to that oiTeot, declaring that a further expenditure of the work by the general government would be useless and oxtravavant, ?nd suggesting that tho sum of $100,000 already appropri?t eu for this improvement should bc ro culed and applied to some other use. To ascertain tho truth relativo to the harbor im|>rovcmcut at Sabino Puss un investigation was ordered by the chief ongineur to determino tho damage doue to tho jottics by tho recent st rms. This was dono yesterday under tho ditcct ons ot Major W. II. Honer, of thc I'nitcd states Engineer Corps, stationed at Now Orleans, who had gon er d supervision over tho works Ho wm accompanied to tho mouth of thc pass by Thomas L 1 tay mond, I'nitcd rt ute i engineer, in local charge of tho Improvements; Captain .?. A Hyatt, general manager of thc Louisiana .letty und Lightering Company : Major .leroniu Swinford and Captain W. A. .luukcr. I bo party left Orango on tho steamboat L. (J. C. Lamar. Tho trip down the Sibiuo Uiver, across thc lako and trtough tho pass to tho jetties proved a most delightful one, ?.nd tho bar was roached in tho aftornoon while it was yet brigid and carly. Tho soundings wore ma o by Major Honer in person, assisted by Lnglocur Il'iymon I. TU Iv ll A lt UOH UNINJC1IKI). So far as could b . ascertained, there is every probability that tho recen cyclone that left tho jetties entirely tint injured In refutation of thc statement that there were hut seven feet tcaat on the bir and confirmatory of Major tteller's report Lieutenant O. S Wiley, if tho United Stales steam launch Pell rose, who went to thc relief of (lie stif ie rc rs hy the -torin, in speaking of the I depth of tho water in the p iss sn\s.~ .I did not Icr.c ? before carefully sound I mg the pass und found that by following j the ca-t jetty until abreast of thc dit ton and then bearing over toward the l i X is shore we had not less than ten feet of water. Along thc west jetty there is not less than seven feet, and ' from eight to nine feet can lie found in he middle. I would not hesitate n iioinont to hiing in ti -teamer drawing nine and one-half feet with the tide we tin a b ul.'' H A Ul N"K CASS lo m. Ul Ul III Active preparations arc in progr?s t.. .build Hie ?own of Sabine Puss in II nore substantial m muiron elev ?ted |?il .IL. Tnt* houses that wire left standing ty the rush of wipers have I? cn pitch i up ii inporarily, and alford shelter ir 2'Jo persons who have returned to lc o is-, Several schooners laden willi lumber ure lying in th i-trcain, ..i i\b.ul.nug will rapidly set in .hortly. The people, despite their late eirible calamity, llrmlj believe that Sabine Pass with deepwater will become m i np nt int commercial point. Tin luhcalt hy odor said ut ono tune to arise I rom thc decaying carcasses of drown, d attie bas entirely disappeared, no trace if lt i mailling. (ll'AKKS IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Itui: Alarm < nu so tl in 111 at* rc n I Sect loan ni ii.:. Sinte. Since the big earthquake shocks lust I1* rid ay the residents of Columbia, S c., have felt some h .If a do/en faint tremors and several vigorous shake-. Loud suO terrnncaii noises resembling the blasting of rock have preceded und n< companied them. ?Sunday a t-harp and pro onged shock occurred nt oightcen m Hutes after one o'clock and lasted foi ty live secomb, it was percep Ibly fe I by people allover the city Houses vibrated and window ghi ? rallied Many persona who were dining at tho limo left their tables and ran out of t .cir house Glassware and dishes eic rudely shake.? A deep, san pressed nndangry roar ushered III thc visitant mid added terror to thc situa tion. Mnny people were badly s and. A party of Northern visitors w ho arrived hero this mo ning expressed a desire to bc introduced to a genuine earth |iiako. Tlioy got tho introduction sooner than they es peo ted and took the first train idr i'lorida No matorinl damage to building-, is reported in the city RXTKN r OK TUB silo. KS. The shock was felt Bimultanoously in many places in Houth landina; at Le\ iligtou it was exceedingly St ong, and nt sumter it was also SUVOrO In tue lower part of 11 io st de it wits not so violent ns it was in thc inn!.ile sud upper region During the past twenty four hour- moro shocks have beon felt in Columbia and ti.': up country towns than in Chai lesion uni Sumiliervil'O. I he negroes wire bully frightoi.ed S ii day. and their churches wiro crowded. Homo fer vid earth ,u..kc serinons have been preached by thc colore? pastor-. As fl ecu ra thing the tn groes regard the re lent carthquako us a premonition ol the end of the world, ami to tho neglect of di worldly interests they aro looking for t ti i s momentous event. Many whim people share.thia belief w ith them It catino! he enied that thc fie tient rope titi n of shocks which, despito tho con fident prediction ot thc scientists, have conic with increment of force, bus stim ulated tho fe r of tho misses and set in telligent i copie to thinking seriously about this di omi fol manifestation of na lime's hidden energies. Tho ti u t ti of the mutter ?8 th ! earthquake scum is by no means over in < olumbia. SWEPT BY LAVA. _ Seven Vlllngen Destroyed br n I ol. unir Eruption. The steam* r Muri poss, from Sydney, N. S W , and Honolulu, which arrived d Ban Francisco, Sat ut day last, brought thc following advicci? : IlilelligenCQ has bot n received at Auck* lund, New Zealand, that mi September Bl seven native VlllllgCfl were destroyed by a volcanic erupt ion on the island of Ni.do, in thc Tonga group Of thc Friend ly Islands TllO w hole island bus been devastated by volcanic deposits White Islund, in the Hay of Plenty, is in a state of activo ?ruption, a vast col I limn of smoke ascend i tig from thc island I to the height of u thousand feet. SIX HANGINGS IN ONE DA V, Bis i'nitcd Statis prisoners wore sentenced to bo hanged ut Port Smith, Ark., Friday, Jan. l b for murder com mitted In t ic indian Territory. Tiny are Pal McCarthy, Albert Odell, James Lamb, .John W. Varroll, John F. Iv hols and John I). Slcvens. All ure white ne n but St evens.u negro, and none were assooiatod in thc same crime except odell and Lumb. THE PACKERS' STRIKE GENERAL Over ii.oiin. tim Out at Chlcimo foi Bight llonm-Otlior I.nbor Trouble?. Tho packing-house strike became gen eral shortly after 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, when ?1 general oidor of thc (Sxcoullvo committee of the Knights of I abor won4 into effect. Nearly 25, lOO nen ;?r<> effected by this order, and over 1 !,000 have tiuit* work. All tin neu of I he great houses of Fouler Bios, and John Cudahy, and nearly all of Armour's nu n loft their work ard very few men lO.nniuod in Iho y.ud?. Tile men demand, it is understood, that 0 hours sh di ct n.titule a day's lobar, thc working nu n agreed to ' OOjit at 10 per cent reduct! in in their present wages. What the packers will do is not yet known, bul it is bclh ved ?tlmt th-y will advertise for nun to take tho places of titi t ik'i . (?u . prominent packer siid he was willing to sim flown br ?ixty tlayt if all tho other packers will d'? tho san c .Mr. Berry, of thu knight) of Labor 6emr.1l KMC nive Boaid, who was sent hero during 1 he li st strike, is a' th ? ya ds. iccouipanio I by tu o ber representative <>f t ie order Georgia,- thc factories have voluntarily ?educ, d tho hours of labor from sixty eight to sixty live b< urs per w ck and lill mills will bein operation on Monday, i 'omni i tl ci m m Wright, who compromis cd thc differences, is engaged in paving of debts incurred during the lockout. II . will pay Ollt ab U' $25,000 for gio cries and supplies fo.-the kniifhts. MT. CAIIMKI., Pa., dj/ t ! und red 11 in ors employed at the C. m r m Collie y, th" largest in o peral iou intlio Shainokin Valley, liavo decide I to strike on Mon day next unl< ss tin- Mineral Mining (Jomprny advunciB v/agts loper cent l'lie advance is improbable, l i e hun dred E.\ elsior miners are still on a strike, ai thc Luke. Fi idler and Ho le orv Swamp miners will probably j ?in t loni. VENGEANCE AND BLOODSHED I Fifteen Men Killed in H Clghl In Honorn, A special from Nogales, A. T., says : I "It has just conic to light herc that Gov ernor Torres of Sonora is implicated in a murder which bad for its motive political consequences. Thc Governor learned that tl.e parties who killed his cousin were in the village of Montezuma, From reliable Mexican gentlemen who nrc res idents of this town it was learned that after thc killing of ProfectO Toares the Govi mor resolved upon some sorl of vig . nous retaliation. A couple of weeks ago the Governor, acct m pa ni cd by Com mandante ToiTC*, tl cousin of his. with K.O State troops, started for Monlc/.uma district. At tim town of Montezuma, the capital of thc district, they met thc ri Vohltioilists, lu a<ted by Senor Yallarde. This was thc same parly that killi cl Pre fecto Torres. liol 1)1,00U \M) OJ li K HIIOOTINO. G ?vernor Torre-, on seeing tho party, made ready for light, but subsequently au armistice was luid, but the blood 011 either side being warm no amicable con clusion was arrived ul, and Governor Torn -, pulling his pistol, (ired and killed Valhudc in Ins tracks. A tierce light then ensued, which resulted in li ft cen men being killed and several wounded. , H is impossible to get thc facts relating to tho number of (bo wounded ami the nature of their wounds, but enough is know n to warrant tho statt mi nt that a goid deal of blood was shed. Com mandante Torres, who accompanied tho Governor, is thc brother of tho prefecto recently killed near Campus by the rev olutionists. Tins light occurred cn Tin sdnv last. FELL VT THE FIRST FIRE. \ Duel with lt I flex r.tuis mpaMroiittly to lin- c im Henge r. Particulars of a shooting affray at lim le's lunn, B"ino two mles inst of of Pi Ore nco, Texas, have been received, it seems that a man limned miles (layne had spoken disparagingly of Henry Hoyle, accusing him of slea log cotton. Aftorward liayno met Hoyle an I apolo gized for thc remark, and the matter was apparently am cably settled Satur div liny nc rode up to Hoyle's house armed with a Winchester aud invited Hoyle down into a hollow tol'uht it out. Hoyle thereupon went into thc house and armed himself with a lille. 1 layne rodo oil a short distance and turned and raised his rille to his thoulder to tire. Hoyle, however, got in the first shot, hitting 1 layne, knocking him ol? his horse and indicting a dangerous wound . liayno came in Sunday and gave bimself up. WHOLESALE MURDER. Au Entire Family A<MMI nut na tel lu Ten n tourne. A special from Knoxville. Tenn., ! says: A dastardly attempt was made lo ?n i-se,ute William Carr find family, of i Union County, on Wednesday. Corr ! and he- son wire unloading corn at tho j barn, a daughter of ?b alt nine \oars old being on ton el thc wagon, when they were; surprised by a volley of shots from ii tbiokct near by *. Each of thc l h reo received a portion of two loads of huck I shot, ami it is th night that all was fatally injured. Corr cannot possibly recover. Tom Berry, a distant relative of of thc Carrs, has ' cen arrested and made a confession. He was lodged in jail, and lt is feared now that he will b ? lynched despite all that tl c officers ian do t " prevent it. EARTHQUAKE ON NINAF0U. ? A Flaming Mountain KIM na From n Luke io Hie Ut lulu of .100 Feel. SAN PH AM isl O, NOV. 1.-- A letter published in thi-. evening's Bulletin, un der dato of Apia, Oct. 10, IsayS that au ihcntlC news has reached Samoa to tho effect that on thc morning of Sept. 10 over I'D' heavy shooks of eaithtpiake 00 ( inn d on thc Island of Ninafou, on" of tho Tonga Rroup, ami that from the bot tom of Mic luke, w hich is 2,000 feet deep, a mountain has arisen to the height of ?100 feet above its surface; also that this mountain lins burst out into llames and thrown out hot stones ami sand in such quantities as to destroy two thirds of thc cocoanut I rees on thc island. In Samoa light shocks of earthquake occur so fre quently now that they no longer cause any alarm . FAST MAIL TO CUBA. A tri weekly Government mail service between tho United States and Cuba, will go Into effect next Tuesday, steam ships of tho Tampa ard Havana linc leave Tampa triweekly on thc arrival O." the West India fast mail train, making th.; distance between New York and Tampa in forty-one hours. News In Brief. San Francisco is indulging in n pnpcr carnival, to continue six days. The Hov . Dr. Talmage made a verv earnest attack on tho mania for gambling'. Snow hus fallon in various places, depths of live, six seven and even eleven tidies being reported. Rosenthal's picture of ''Elaine'' is coming from Sun Praneisco t<> Now york for exhibition, it is said. Mr. 13cocher was warmly welcomed by his Hock on tho occasion of his first ser mon since his rcturu homo. .Mary Waters was burned to death hy her clothes taking lire from a stove at her home in I larve de Grace Md. A liberty pole 150 foot high fell in New Haven, giving churchgoers in the vicinity a narrow escape from injury. Our St. Paul (Minn.) correspondent sends us particulars of President Stick ney o stock yard pckemc at Staten Island. Mrs. Cleveland attended Trinity Churchill Boston Mass, and subsequently ascended to tho dome of thc State House. President Cleveland has intimated to tho authorities of Harvard University his nnwillingness to receive the degree of L. !.. D. Hov. Francis G. Peabody and Hov, Philip Brooks both d livered noteworthy serinons at Cambridge ill connection with Harvard celebration, Columbia, S. c. and adjacent towns suffered a rather severo shook of earth quake. There was little damage done, lint much terror resulted from thc shake. The schooner city of Sheboygan, stun k a rook, during a furious storm oil Dolour, hike Michigan, and sank in in deep water. The cook was drowned. Civil Service Com missioner Egerton is to settle un election wager by making a speech from thc front door stops of Hie residence of Lieutenant Governor elect Kobinsou, of Indiana. . Experts in naval architecture point out tho advantages otlcicd by tho proposed nev/ dynamite cruiser They dwell, however, on tho ddlicult problems which her construction ol?ors. Returns already indicate that a large majority has been cast for no license in Arkansas. Thc prohibitionists declare that they will nominate straight tickets hereafter and control thc State. Tho fad of jumping from tho Suspen sion Bridge into the Niagara River, a drop of lil."? feet, was successfully per formcd by Larry Donovan, who recently jumped from thc Brooklyn Bridge. At Lacrosse Wis. the law ami Order League has compelled tho authorities to enforce i:i their entirety the Sunday laws ni tho State. Great inconvenience to the citi/icns followed as a matter of course. Patrick Newman, au Fast New York blacksmith, was taken dead from a shal ow cistern, thc wa cr being only four feet three inches deop His wife sa d he fell in while pursuing her and was drowned. Kdward Kelly, an un ploy o of an electric light company, while repairing a defect ive wiro at Cleveland Ohio, inadvertent Iv touched a portion >?f the uncovered conductor and wa1- instantly killed by ibo shoi k. A seaman named Brown, with a boy passenger, was picked up from the wreck of tho Now Vork schooner A/.chin and Laura, thc captain of which and three mon and a passenger nie believed to bc lost. Tioublc is hourly experted at the Chicago stock yards, and ample pr?p arations have b en made to resist an outbreak. A crowd of drunken men attacked Swift's retail .'torc, but were quickly dubbed away by thc police, Tho rec .mt decision of Attorney G< n end Garland that called bonds could not bo II ed as a basis for nationnl bank cir culation wa? merely confirmatory of the nracticc of the Treasuiy Department, .' nd that line of po'icy will be rigidly adhered to. lt is not believed, howo^cr, th t any material contraction of circula tion will bc caused thereby. SI H MU: AFTER TWO WEEKS' DE LIBERATION. TKRNTOX, S. C.. N V. l. - Last night, about 0 o'clock, Mr. Jacob !L Long, a I young niau 23 years ol' tige, committed I suicide by discharging a pistol bull I through his brain. From thc testimony nf tho witnesses it appears that thc de ceased, for several weeks previous to thc killing, had considered with favor this means of ending Iiis youthful M?e. His parents aro buried within half a milo of Trenton, and about two weeks since lu; engage d a carpenter, repaired the fencing around their burying plot, ( hared away the grow th from II spin c m ar his mother's grave, and remarked thal '.oro long that would bo his resting place." Jacob Long was n gi.unison nf Major Abram Jones, one of our oldest and mos! respected cit izens Possessed of un affectionate dis position, a marked fondness for his ri 1 i lives, a strong attachment for his friends, he gained thc highest place in the affec tion of his Kindred, and thc esteem of his associates, His faults b? ing few, his vii tues many, those w ho know him hi st loved him most. THE RECENT KXPKLSS ROBBERY. A spec iii! ti om Nevada, Mo , siys that Frank James has sent to Superintendent Dan.s. l, of thc Adams Express Company, a lotter purporting to come from Jun Cuinniii g>, and also money enclosed in that lettir* Janus says that Cummings in no rc peet an wi rs the < e-ci iptiou of of tho mau whom Messenger Fill hering, ham describes QB thu perjetrator of the recent robbery. Jaine, say-, he does l.ot know whether Cummings is alive or dead A special from Kansai City, how over, Bilya that tho chut tin rc has in formation to the effect that thc originial Cummii g-, member of tho notorious James gang, has w ithin tho past week returned I nun Wyoming ranches, w here he has been employ? d ni his old home in Liberty, Clay "County. His return was public and voluntary, and he can be had at any time if wanted. Ho oxprcbs ( s a determination to BpCnd the b dence of his days in Clay County. A CLUE TO TUE MISSOURI EX. I'KEHN ROBBER? It is now said that thc amount stolen from tho Adams Express Company's car on tho St. Louis ami Sui Francisco road hst Monday night is at least $100,000. and possibly $120,000. Supt, Weir dc parted hastily from St. Louis and his destination is kept a secret. Mr. Damsel, manager of the St - Louis office, said important advices had callid Mr. Weir away, that Ibo detectives had ut last struck the right clue, was sure of their man and would *oon arrest lum. MOKE EARTHQUAKE. A Might ?Shock felt itt Cbttrloston and Columbia? A slight tremor was felt nt twenty minutes pa^t two. Sunday afternoon, hot caused no dam ige uad excited uo uiu.iu. It was not felt by tho majority of peo ple Shortly niter tho shock a spring of clear water appeared in thc Custom House yard, tllltl is still running at tho rate of a gallon n minute. Thc wnter is said to have I coi h >t when tin flow be gan. INDIAN CHILDREN FOR THE CAK LISLE SCHOOL. Tbity Apaeho Indian children, six of them girls from old Fort M ir.on, Flo. havo passed through Jackson vi le bound for tho inri! m school at ( ardslc, Pa. Tin y an J-cnt there under a recent older of thc Indian Department. There are over sixty young Indians at thc fort between twelve aud twenty-two years old, thc extremo that makes them eligible for admission to Carlisle, but thc examination by Dr. Wehl?, the post physician, disclosed the fact that only thirty of these could pass the school's physical examination. I'hc old Indians, it is said, have been greatly excited for tho past f w days about the going away of tho children. Tiley have ben holding medicine dances and indulging n all kinds of weird in cantations inmcntntions. Oofficcrs in charge say that probably they will have to ust: force when thc scperutlou is tinnily accomplished. THREE MEN SHOT FROM A WELL. While threo negroes were blasting out a we 1 in Durham county, N. C , a dyna mite cartridge w hich they were insert ing in il drill bolo exploded. All wera nt tho bottom of thu well, nud were thrown out. Harvey Btieet was torn to atoms, Dick Lcagan died in a fow minutes, and .Mack Kilpatrick's injuries arc very serious. THE COTTON SUPPLY. Tho total visible supplv of cotton for thc world is 2,000,12(3 bales, of which 1,001,020 bales are American, against. 2.l0?.:itj? and 1,810,107 bales respective ly last year, Tue receipts th's week nt ? all the interior towns was 20 5,730 bales. Tho reel pl from pla dations were 822, I ?G2 bibs. Thc crop in sight ii 2,086. ' 170 b iles. ! PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT. A Missouiian named Pitcher is run ning for congress. He probably wants a handle to his name. Will tam Smith. manager of the Western Associated Press, has as a hob by thc breeding ol' Jersey cattle. His hom-' is in Chicag >. Tom Acrcfoot is thc appropriate nome O? ll mau in Kev West whocs feet are ?(> inches long six and one half inches wide. His mother w as from Chicago. We have bei n assailed by an English? man mumd Mon.-., who thinks the ?American "tho worst type on earth." i This looks like a severe eas? ,.f soft Money . It is reported that only three of thc 1 Yale Freshmen ' ave "n morked fflection j of thc heart." Till number will be greatly increased before tho class leaves. ; New Haven. Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake cousiders i "delightfully inconsistent a Slatllu of Liberty embodied as a woman in n hind I where m> womon bas political liberty." Rut she has nu abundant of ev. ry Other I kind . Sam Small is trying to reform Alban}-. , Friday night be taken teinar.net: to an \ audience of 2,000 people. Due third j the audience wept as he described bis , flight against his thirst for liquor. Small implored his hearers lo rescue themselves from thc "hell aud damna I lion of th. nihilism of the future.'" Jnpanese Marriners. A marriage in Japan is preceded by ' thc ceremony of betrothal, at which all ? the members of thc. two families aro ; present. It often happens that thc par ; tie* concerned then for thc Iiis; time are informed of tho intentions of their pa , rents with regard to trum From th?3 ' time the couple arc allow d to se;; eich I other on every opportunity. \ isits, in vitations, presents, preparations for fur nishing their future h me, and the bo i trothed are soon satisfied with their ap ! proaching future. '1 he wedding gener \ ally takes place when tho bridegroom is i over twenty vcars ? ld, and the bride in I her seventeentn year or over. Theraorn ; ing of the appointed day thc gr oin j d.esses, and thc toilet articles of tho i bride are carried to the bridegroom's house an 1 arranged in tho room appoint ed tor tho ceremony. Among many dec? ; orations the small table supports figures representing ioagli c. such ns the stork and turtle, supp .sed to live longer than : any oth r creatures. In the oven ing a splendid procession enters thc hall, headed by tho y> ung ?wife. . lothcd and veiled In w hite silk, escorted by two brldomaidsnnd lollowed by a crowd of relatives and neighbors; also friends in fud costume, ail g.mering ' with brocaded scarlet and embroidery. The two br.de-maids and tw* > or three ; youn t girls who are friends of t io brido volunteer for thc service, perform the honors of the bouge, arrange the guests, and flutter from one place to another to * see that all are mndc comfortable. : Among tho objects displayed in tho middle of thc circle of guests there is a de, p saucer of soft ware made for thc j occasion, lt hus n metal vase wh ch is furnished with two spouts and o.egantly adorned with artificial Howers. At a given signal one of the br,de-maids filli the vase with "shake," a queer liquid poured into tho san cr. Tho br dc drinks one-h If of the liquid nnd thc bridegroom drinks the other half. Aftei this everybody is invited to the dining room, where the "best man" sn,ga tin happy 6ong and serves out th. groat dinner to all. With the exception of , certain budd.dst sects and Christians, e priest or clergyman never takes part in , the celebration. The person known ni i the "best man" acts as priest and per I forms the marriage ceremony. The naxl , day after tho marnago follow* a festival given by the police otHcerwho has given permission for the nuptials. He then fdacca tho newly-married couple on hil Ut. i The report is circulated that many Da? . kola farmers have mined llax this year . fur fuel, a ton of flax being considered ; more valuable for heating pnrpoie3 than a ton of soft coal. Queen Viotoria la sixty asven years old> and has reigned forty-nine years. Only two other English" soveuigns-Henryk HI. and George UL--have reigned so i lo??- ?