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ESTABLISHEI) IN 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., TIIURS)AT, FEBRUARY 16, 1888 PRICE $1.50 A YEAR HILL AND CLEVELAND. New Yorkers Gatheriug at the National Capital. Special to the Crouicle. WAsING(T_oN, February 11.-The appointment to-day, by the Presi dent, of Alexander McCue, solicitor of t the treasury, to be assistant United I States treasurer in New York city, has given impetus to Presidential political talk, which has been very active since the Tilden anniversary banquet at Brooklyn two nights ago. Yesterday and to-day politicians have swarmed to Washington. By far, the largest number of Democrats who have come favor Gov. Hill for President. With pride they recite that at the banquet referred to, the r names of prominent Democrats were , received with applause, but that on the announcement of Gov. Hill for a speech the audience cheered vocifer ously, .nd rose and continued cheer- g ing until it became even boisterous. f The editor of the Buffalo Courier is uere. In an interview, he asserts that he has been through New York State, and that from close observa tion and constant inquiry, he does not think President Cleveland can carry New York over Governor Hill. Much is made of the fact that of the fourteen congressmen of the districts running up to Yonkers two members are Republicans, while of the twelve Democrats only two, Sunset Cox and Perry Belmont, are outspoken friends of the President, and the other ten are avowed Hill men. It is in every one's mouth the last / few days that Secretary Whitney's friends regard him as a possible can didate for the Presidency, and that the secretary would prefer Governor a Hill to President Cleveland. O1 course this seems improbable, but it has become such general talk that Secretary Whitney ought to deny the y rumor or resign. Certainly his father in-law, Senator Payne, he standard oil boss, is n-t for President Cleve land, and Senator Payne's friend j McLean, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, t is not tearing his hair for President h Cleveland's renomination. Senator Payne expresses fully his objection, I among his friends, to the President. 3 THE SOUTH DICTATED TO. e Every one watching New York a causes the idea that the South is 11 again to have the President dictated h by New York, and, therefore, a New Yorker. If the State prefers Gover- n nor Hill, the South's 153 electorial I votes will not count against that t preference; the South must and will d leave the settlement of the question t to New York State. There is noth- v ing worse for the South, which now v wants her rivers and harbors im. s proved, than to have a President v from New York. It is to the interest of that State not to have the rivers j. of other States made navigable to ports because, in a greater or less a degree, it affects the commerce of the metropolis. History proves that no New York Pesident ever favored the C liberal improvement of rivers and r harbors. The last two vetoes of the ? River and Hlarbor bill have been by s New York Presidents, Aithur and c Cleveland. Nevertheless the South, 2 year after year, submits the dictation s of the succeesful Democratic faction t of a State. or rather of the city of New York, and cast her 153 votes accordingly in spite of the fate of her neglected rivers and harbors, a fact that none can successfully deny. e THE DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZER. I Scott of Pennsylvania Said to be the v Corning Man. Special to Newes and Courier. WAsHINGTON, February 8.-It is whispered around in D)emocratic cir cles that Representative Scott, of Pennsylvania, will probably be se lected to succeed Ex-Senator Barnum as chairman of the national Demo-L cratic committee. That body is to5 meet in this city on the 22nd of March next to lay tihe foundation for the next Presidential contest, and it is e expected that Mr. Scott will formally selected as the corner-stone of that ~ great structure. The members of the national committee who are now in I this city will neither confirm r.or deny the rumor, but they appear exceed. ingly anxious that nothing shall be said about it at this time in the news- e papers. One of the committeemen, without intending to commit himself on the subject, remarked a few daysr ago that nothing less than a miracle can prevent the renomination of Cleveland and, in view of that fact, Mr. Scott seemed to be just the man to manage the President's campaign. HIe is probably on more famihasr terms with the President than any other setive member of the i'arty and 0 knows his wishes and desires on all2 the leading issues of the day. Mr. I Scott has no personal ambition to it gratify beyond being recognized as one of the leaders of his party, and is well provided with wealth, influ ence and experience. ti It is also pretty well understood l among committeemen in this vicinity a that Chicago is the most desirable city in which to convene the Nation al Couvention. It offers, said a comn- r mitteeman recently. greater facilities. I from almost every standpoint, than t any other place yet mention; besides. it will be nothing more than a ratifi cation meeting. to formally endorse Cleveland's renomination and selecta a popolar Western man to go on the ticket with him. The Democratic i principles are about the same now as; they were four years ago, and the e party has no occaLsion to be ashamed 1 f leavoring to maintain those princi des during the present Alwinistra ion. Four years in control of the Tovernnent has not diminished )emnocratic ambition to continue in >ower. and tir'-re seems to be n,; out rv of the people for an imiediate hange. Many of the wounds that vere inflicted during the early sla-.es I 4 the present Adninistration have t >een healed, and the party apperars o be :n splendi; coniition for the t oming contest.b NEW YoitK 'I1ll ArTTI.I(ioI'N. 11 T-3e indications are that New York rill again be the principal battle round, and it therefore behooves he party leaders there to adjust their ersonal differences without any out ide indifference, and get into line pith as little delay as possible. The ecent controversity as to who shall ucceed Hubert 0. Thompson, de eased, as a member of the national otmmittee, was regarded here as un urtunate and not calculated to pro .uce good results. Mr. Flower's riends, at least some of them, were urprised that he should aspire to a lace on the co:wittee in view of be fact that in the last convention t e was mentioned as a presidential t ossibility, under certain circum tances. It is true he was a liberal con ributor to the campaign fiind, and y some it is said that his donations .mounted to about 50,000. There ore, if it would afford him any per onal gratification to be one of New 'ork's representatives in the Con ention, no harm should comie from ranting him that privilege. Romantic Affair Reported From n North Carolina. A romantic marriage was perfotmed ,t the little town of Newton, wh ch ttracts much attention, and is the equel of a curious complication. Seventeen years ago, Mrs. Eliza- t eth Ferguson was living in Rowan a ounty with her first husband, John a P. Ferguson. One day lie, on some h retext or other, went to Georgia. i he wife patiently awaited his re- i urn for two years, and finally heard ii e was dead. After many years of a upposed widowhood, she went to t le as housekeeper in the family of o Ir. A. Hale, a wealthy retired jew- s ler of Charlotte, who had moved on s farm he owned in her neighbor- s ood, on account of the delicate t ealth of his wife. c Mrs. iIale died, and eighteen '1 ionths ago Mr. Hale married Mrs. I 'erguson. They lived happily un- r 1 a month or two ago, when it was t, iscovered that Ferguson, after going g > Georgia, had married another I roman and was still alive. Steps e rere at once taken by Mrs. Fergu- i on, now Mrs. Hale, to obtain a di- p orce, and proceedings were begun v 2 Catawba County superior court by ublishing the facts, the court ata nce granted to Mrs. Ferguson ans bsolute divorce. Last night, at the IIaynes house, e. 2 the presence of Judge Boykin, ex ongressman Armfield and many rominent lawyers, Mr. IIale arid his rife were united firmlv. They were erenaded by the band, and a large rowd was attracted to the house. t dil felt in sympathy with the bride f nd groom over the happy termina- j ion of their trouble- r Mackey's Escapade. Mrs. Witherbee the woman who e loped from Washington with ex udge Mackey, has returned from e tsmarck to New York, where she is k iving her side to the reasons for a~ ranting a divorce from her husband. a she says that she was fooled into k, arrying him. IIe rep)resented that e was worth 86,000 a y-ear, but the scts proved that he was only a clerk n a salary of $75 per month. She ccuses her husband of deceiving hers ato lending him money, and ex-n resses the greatest contempt for im. According to the following. I :-om the Washington -Star, it wouldh ceem that Mrs. Mackey is seeking ae ivorce from her errant spouse : Tihea quity docket at the office of the :lerk of the Court shows the filling i f two bills by Mrs. Rosina Mackeyt gainst lTfhms .J. Mackey. Tie apers have been withdrawn, but itb an be stated that one is for a di orce on the grounds of desertion. 'he other bill is to have tihe p)rop) rty on Capitol Ilill, standiing in r e-f pondent's name as trustee, vested I 1 her. She alleges that said prop rty was puchased with money deC ived from the sale of her property 1 South Carolina.f Not a Great Man. New Bork Sun. We read with interest the columns a f our esteem contemporary, theb 'roy Press; but we have at last r und there an expression with which I ,'is impossible to wholly agree : -'Lincoln was a great man, and( so 'as Grant." About Mr. Lincoln this is entirelv -ue; but about Gen. Grant it is only artly true, lie had many ad mirable ualities, and in suoduinig the rebel on lhe did great things. which will ot be forgotten ; but he was probna-g ly the worst president that the nited States has ever had. IIis di s egard for the principles of personal .berty and personal honor was ex t eme; jobs aboumnded and corruption ourished under him as it never ourished before; and we trust in t 'od that it will never floturish so gain. Think of Boss Shephnerd's windles. of the whiskey ring, and of tobeson's stealing in the ravv. nd President Grant pnrotected and ncouraszed it allh He was a Vreat andm SCENE IN TIE SENATE. Ir. Rtiddleberger Ordered to it Down, but He lRefut:ed to Obey the Order. .p.i.l 1" .tlanta (G,us/iIta fl/on. \\'.nmrox. February 'S.-Mr. Ziddieher,-,er created quite a seisa ion in the senate this afternoon. lIle utertd in his normal condition, as a ebuher expressed it, -drunk as a iled owl, and arose to speak, unhlin^ out sentence after sen in"ee. not a word of which any one ould catch. President Ingalls im ediately struck the sounding board -ith the elephant's tooth, and in a evere voice ordered the gentleman rom \irginin to be seated. However, he "gentleman from Virginia" re used to be seated, and in the most ienacing attitude folded his arms nd sent a piercing glance at the resident, which, but for his nerve, roul have shot him through the oor. The "gentleman from Virginia' ben turned and walked directly to "ard President Ingalis, presenting bie appearance of one who was bound ' take some one's scalp. Every one xpected the senate to be disgraced y a scalping match, and a messen er was quickly dispatched for the ergent.at arms. However, "the gentleman from 'ir<ginia" must have changed his iind, for lie walked to the president's eat, turned quickly at right angles. nd passed out through the rear door ito the lobhv. The sensation was of hort duration, and not many' people -itnessed it, but it has been the eneral conversational topic to night. The linundations in China. Landon Timles. It is hardly possible for Europeans o realize, or even to conceive, a dis ster which counts its victims liter llr by millions. Yet this is what as actually happened through the verflow of the Iloang 11. Twice u the last ten years the river Theiss, u Hungary. has burst through its rtificial banks and spread devasta ion far and wide in the neighborhood f Szegedie. But the mischief irought on each occasion, though uflicient to excite a thrill of comnpas ion throughout Europe, was posi ively insignificant by the side of the alamity now reported from China. 'be number of persons drowned in lonan, says our corrsspondent, can ever be reckoned with any approach : accuracy, and can hardly even be uessed. Ilazzarding a conjecture, should say that it cannot well be ass than one million, and probably s not so high as two. Still the Euro ean in Pekin, who by his relations rith the China Government is in . 'osition to be better informed than ny one else, has p)ut the number at even millions. rrhe D)eluge alone fWords a p)arallel to this applalling atastroph le. A Romance of tihe Blizzard A Siouxz City dispatch to tire New ork Tribune says: "The recent lizzard was not without romantic eatures. Nestling close to the Chey nne River, within the shades of the ugged blutTs of' that treacherous tream was once a rude log cabin. in rhich dwelt what in Westen parlance ~as known as a "squaw man," one f' the ivorst renegades and despera oes that terrorize that section of the ountry'. He was a French-Canadian, nown as Robeaun, and lie married comely Indihan. They had one child. rosy-cheeked, browned-eyed girl nown as Lillian. Old Robeaun was anged by a b?rd of vigilantes and is wife soon after died. The yong irl became the protege of a family t Chamberlain. and grew up a hand omne and accomplished young wo >an. .Juist previous to the recent hizzard Lillian visitedl friends at luron, andI on the day of thre storm ad gone a short distance in the ouintry' to see a friend. Among tire rrivals at Iluron on .January 11 w.as tarry ( WhIee, a traveler fory a St. ,Ouis wholesale house. The day oh hart d read furl storm lie foun d him-in elf in thle suburbs of' IIluron. Tlhec l izzarid came uplonl himi. A fler ;andiering about for half an hour, he~ ~as astonished to come across in a eep) drif't a woman. Assisting her 'om what most likely would have roved her temporary grave thre pair et out togelber to seek for shelter. Efter struggling through thre snow .)r nearly an !-our, they reached a arm house. where kindly care re tored them. The woman was Il an lRobeaun. 31onday night's train ) this city hand aboard two happy o)unt people and at the hotel a quiet 7edding too k pla:ce. Lillian, tIhe andsome daughrter of the once noto ious Robeann, brecamie thre iife of Larry (Oglehee." sec'retary' Lanmar's Leavetaking M1r. Lamar was unquestionably the lost popular secretary that ever eld thre initerior portfolio. r:iis man er towards his subordinates was thre ery essence of' kindness. and thre oun 0! people of' thre department >okedl upon himi with a respect that -as ahu~ost filial. There were mrany >uebin!! sc'enes on Tuesday when lie adle f'arewell to his associates and >ok Ihis formnal leav'e of' the depart rent. It was a rainy', dhisagreeable ay,. hat the employes of the bureau rat are located ontside tire main uil di ng didi not minid the wea then. iith umbrellas and waterproofs they rarched over to the department to rake the hand of their chief. many Our Strides in Population. .Ilanta Conslibition. Tie recent estimates of our popu lation, published in the New York I;old(1 almanac for 188S. are valua ble and interesting. The total population of this coun try, with the exception of the Indian territory, is now supposed to be 62,874.272, as compared with the re turn of 50.155,783, given in the last census. This increase of about thir teen mil!ions in eight years, makes it fair to predict that by 1890, our population will reach 66,000.000. Each State has made large gains in the last eight years, but the most notable are in Kansas, Minuesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsyl vania, North Carolina, Georgia, Tex as and Dakota. It is believed that in Georgia we have gained 500,000 since 180. The estimated population of the large cities will be a surprise to many people. New York figures with 1,500.000, Philadelphia with 1,043,698, Brooklyn with 759,755. Chicago with 850,000, and St. Louis with 500,000. At this rate of progress it is plain to see that we are going to have a great country, with some of the big. gest cities on the face of the earth. Brazil's Coffee Crop. From the Rio News, December 5. Five months of coffee crop year have elapsed, and as we approach the end of the calendar year the position of Brazil's great product becomes more and more interesting. For the five months the total clearances, for eign, do not reach 700,000 bags, and our stock on the 30th ult, was 289,000 bags. On .June 30th the stock was estimated to be 190,000 bags; con sidering this and adding receipts for the five months, or about 760,000 bags, we have only distributed, in cluding local comsumption. about 660,000 bags for five months, or an average of very little over 130,000 bags per month. This is so very small that the statistical position of coffee must be considered favorable, and that consuming markets would appear to be using up their former accumulations of stocks would seem c,ear, could any estimate be made as to the progress of adulteration and substitution abroad. Lacking this it is impossible to say what the real position is. Another feature of the market is, that if the lowest estimates of the present crop be accepted there must have remained about 1,000,000 bags for shipment on 30:h Novem ber, or an average supply of 140,000 bags per month for the remaining seven months of the crop year. We incline to believe this estimate is too low, and that we are to receive new coffees early in 1888 is generally ac cep)ted in the trade. WVe thus have our stock of 289,000 bags and from one to one and a quarter millions, or say a total supply of 1,500,000 bags for the supply of the world for about six months. T his seems moderate also, but does not lead to a belief in anything like famine prices. The whole position strengthens our belief that prices abroad are justified by statistics, and that if an advance is likely to be resisted by consumers any sharp decline wil be followed by a very considerable reaction. Old Keepsakes Recovered. Representative D)ibble has call ed at the treasury department and recovered, under a recent Act of Congress, two 01(1 pieces of silver ware, a knife and a folk marked '-Shand-Smyth," which have been locked up in the vaults of the treas ury for so many years, with other property that fell into the hands of the G3overnent and abandoned prop) erty division after the war closed. The knife and fork mentioned are claimed by one of Mr. D)ibble's con stituenits residirng in Charleston. iIe says there is also a silver spoon marked Emily F. Boag, and a watch seal, thme design of w hich represents a p)elican heeding her young. These articles are also suplposed to be owned in Charleston. Thiey have but little intrinsic value, but the memories which cluster around them render them very dear to their rightful own ers. -__ Edgefleld's Boomlet. Co7'lumbia Register. EnEmmstD, February 8.-Active work on the old Carolina, Cuimber land Gap and Chicago Railroad, which promises to connect us with Aiken and the South Carolina Rail way in the next three months, seems to have imparted new vigor and life Iinito our town and surroundings. IAnd while it cannot be said to have Iassumed the dimensions of a boom Iof the Birmingham and Columbia type, it is at least a boomlet. Sev eral weeks ago real estate was changing hands at a lively rate, and several of the lonmzbeaded citizens laid in a good supply. But before it gttbe an epidemic the bottom see-ned to dirop omut, simp)ly because owners shut down on reasonable fig ures, going at once to the top notch of real boom quotations, andl the re sult has been that real estate has ad vanced 200 per cent. since the begin ning of the year. Revenge. F'r"m tIe Collin. Texas, MJeurij It is sad, vet true. that we didnt even get an invitation to that leap Iyear p)arty the other night, and we have made up our mind to enjoy the pleasure of single life for another yeae r atlast. N girl neeaply.nl REG ULATORS IN CO.LLETON. The Unlawful Destruction of a Cros roads Barroom. The flagrant violation of the 1. in Colleton county as regards t illicit barrooms which can be foui in almost any corner of the count is a subject of general comment, ai public sentiment, as on such subjeci is much divided. An effort was mai during the last session of the Legis1 ture to allow a license system, b the Representatives were equally < vided, and the bill went by for not ing. Now, the evil has not bei abated, and the small sized cro; roads barrooms are growing in. nui ber and paying not a cent of reveni into the county coffers. To some communities the system it now stands is exceedingly odiot and here is the way they abate t nuisance over in St. George's Paris Colleton County. Mr. G. Albe Beach, of St. Bartholomew's Paris opened across the Edisto river in ; George's Parish, sometime in Decei ber last, a flourishing little bar < the roadside. The proprietor w immediately served with the noti anonymously that it would be be for him to close by January 1. this no attention was paid, and t roadside "resort" continued to flot ish until exterminated by a band masked regulators. Mr. Beach says that about o'clock at night about twenty m well disguised came up to his b and three of the number seized t clerk, G. W. Shaw, an I forcibly c ried him a hundred yards off and d tained him until the band finish< their unlawful act o;destruction. The regulators then took the ic in their own hands, destroying 1i United States license and breaking the heads of two barrels and thr kegs of whisky, tearing off the sid and front of the building. As a r ward for their unlawful exertio: they carried off about two quarts whiskey each. They did not confii their depredations alone to the liqu< but also carried away a box of cigat a pistol and a fine umbrella. This took place in the same neig borhood that was visited by a simil band who cut up a cc,rn field lI year. In all probability these reg lators are the same band, and belie alike in free cows and free whisk Ex-Treasurer Vincent Dying of Co sumption in a Convict Camp. MONTGOMERY, Ala., February -President R. H. Dawson of t State board of penitentiary inspe tors, reported that ex-Treasurer Vi cent, who was convicted iu the ci court last summer for the embezz: ment of two hundred and fifty the sand dollars, and sentenced to t penitentiary for fifteen years, is n< very much broken in health a1 spirits and on the rapid down gra to the grave. He is unable to wo and is kept at the Pratt coal min in an idle and almost helpless con< tion. His friends say that he is net ing the end. He was examinedI two prominent physicians in Moi gomery before he was a consumpti' Mrs. Vincent and children are livi: in Montgomery, and the is t proprietress of a boarding-house he The A dvantage of a Thick 14kull. RamorG, N. C., Februory 7. Yesterday, near Egypt. in Chathi County, while James Gilmore w operating his cotton gin it sudden stop)ped. He was puzzled to accou for this sudden stoppage. On ca: ful exanination he found a negi one of the employes, lying undert overshot wheel, his head wedged I tween the wheel and a rock in t bed of the stream. The negro, wh riding on the shaft of the wheel, h been thrown from his balance, I head striking under the wheel. G more pulled him out in an unconscic state and went for a doctor. On1 turning, to his great surprise, found the negro walking about. T adamantine skull of the negro say his life. The case is without a p: allel in this State. The Size of a Ladies' Pocketbook. Albany Argu.. Trhe evolution of the ladies' poc books is wondarful. One year a; the ladies were satisfied with a< minutive affair they could hide in t palms of their hands. In 365 da the pocketbook has grown to t length of a good-sized healthy ear corn. Here are illustrations sho ing the length the pocketbook b grown every three months: January 1, 1887. April 1, 1887. July 1, 1887. October 1, 1887. January 1. 1888. If this thing keeps on the pock' book will grow in another year loi enough to be used as a walking stic They are now as big as a policemar club and are growing at a marvelo rate. rhey beat the growing of tl smelling-salt bottle. If a man w struck over the lhe d with the fas ionable ladies' pocketbook load< with silver dollars he would not s .ny stars, but crape would very lik Ly hang from bis door bell. A load pocketbook in the hands of ani turiated woman would be just effective over a man's head as slungshot. The male population Albany are wondering where ti volution of these pocketbooks roin:r to sto p. Spring Oats. "" a ~ulthernt Cult(rt rf. The acreage sown in fall oats is much less than usual. The freezing w out of a large portion of the crop of he 1887 by the hard freezes of Januarv lt 1887. had a most discouraging effect, - which prevailed in some parts of the c)untry during the sowing season. s' Tne out crop, however. is too valua-' e ble, and in the long run too reliable to be given up. Spring sowing costs ut little more than the seed, even if the crop fails from drouth; and a good h" breadth-eight or ten acres at least ,n to each plow run-should be put in. s In our judgment-founded upon ex w perience and observation-oats sown ue in February are much less liable to injury by freezing than if sown in as January. Sowing in the "old twelve is, days" smacks more of superstition he and sentiment than sound reason. h, Our hardest weather is usually from rt December 25 to February 1, and it is not often that oats in February are 't. killed by freezing. The soil for spring oats if not already fertile, >n should be well manured and deeply as and closely plowed-the latter to ce guard against drouth as much as pos st sible. If the land be cross plowed l'o so as to leave the furrows partly be open, the seed may be sown broad ir- cast and harrowed in with good re of suits. Cotton ' seed, or the meal alone, or in compost with acid phos 1 phate and potash. makes an excel an lent fertilizer for oats. The crop re ar quires rather more ammonia and be potash than the percentage usually found in commercial ammoniated e- phosphates. !d Undoubtedly the Burt oat is the saftest for spring sowing, as it will mature in 100 to 120 days when is sown in February or March, accord in ing to latitude. Sow plenty of seed; ee the later the sowing, the heavier es should be t.e seeding. Allow for e yield of twenty fold, is a pretty safe s general rule, unless the expecting o' yield, or capacity of the land is ae small, in which case the seeding >r, should be somewhat heavier than s, this rule would indicate, and vice -versd. ar TOt) COLd) TO MARRY. ,st U- Jachiel was Averse to Going Out Ve When the Temperature Was Below y. Zero. . HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Febuary 7.-Moneton society is agitated over the arrest of Jahiel Duffy, a wealthy farmer, who was lodged in jail yes e terday, at the instance of a pretty c- 17-year-old, Jennie Jonah, who brings suit for $10,000 damages, for breach t of promise and betrayal. Jahiel is le a generation Jennie's senior. They became acquainted in the Sons of he Temperace division. The acquaint ance soon ripened into ardent affec 3tion, and Duffy pressed his suit with dle so much earnestness, that Jennie was rk induced to consent to become an old es man's darling. December 24, last, was set for the rwedding day. The minister and frienis were on hand. but the bride groom did not app ear. Messengers e,were sent for him, and returned with the answer that Jabiel would not go hout that night; it was too cold. The rewedding party then broke up in con fusion. The next day Jahiel called upon his intended father-in law and ex plained that he had an aversion to -going out evenings when the ther m mometer was b)elow zero, and ar as ranged for the wedding to take place ly .on the following Tuesday. The at friends were again invited, and a re. large company assembled. Jahiel o,was on time, but a technical irregu. he ;larity was discovered in the marriage >e license. This was re'.tified by the he magistrate, who was one of the le guests. Just as the minister ad wvas commencing t'ae ceremony is he bridegroom asked to be il- excused for one minute. Ie wantedl us to get a whiff of fresh air. That was re the,"last seen of him that night. His ec he centricities caused great indignation he among the assembled friends of the ed expectant bride and groom, and scan r. dalized the whole country. Jenny has taken p)eremp)tory meas ures. Besides being muleted for heavy damages for breach of prm ise, the timid .Jahiel is liable to two years in the penitentiary. k. The State Could Airordi It. he '-Once upon a time my father was ys a clerk of a district court in Onio," he said Baz Armstrong. "One day a of lawyer by the name of Dubbs per w- sisted in smoking~ in court. Thne as Judge finally fined him $10 for con tempt of court and ordered him to be committedl until the fine was paid. Just before the sessions of court ad journed D)ubbs approached the Bench and the fGllowing dialogue took place : ".Judg(e, lend me $10.' requested Dubbs. "Wbat for ?" inquired the .Judge. "Why, you have fined me $10 for it- contempt of court. Now. I haven't 1g got the necssary "tenner'' and I k. dont want to go to jail," said the n's lawyer. as "The clerk will please enter up a de remittance of that fine. rThe State of as Ohio can afford to lose that $10) a h- blanked sight better than I can." ad quoth the Judge. solemnly. ee - - - --+ e- A F'oolishi Childi. d A little girl while playing with a n. cat, at Easton, l'a.. p)ut her tongue sthrough the folds of a curtain '"to a make pussy believe that it was a of piece of meat." T1hne cat seized the ie child's tongue and tore it so badly is that was cured only after much diffi culty nde sufrering. rilE EIOME OF THE BLIZZARD, In luteresting Theory of the Origin of Them. In speaking of blizzards even the scientific signal service man is ac. :ustomed to say that a "Manitoba' wave is coming, and this has been so >lten reiterated that many people isave at last come to believe that bliz. r.ards are home productions of that section of the Canadian Dominion. Manitoba, however, can hardly carry >f the credit for raising the wind in his extraordinary manner. The on in and operation of the blizzards and their partiality for Dakota, west ?rn Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska and the territory even far ,her south are worth at least a little beorizing. Why is it that east of the Missis gippi river they %re only felt with di inished force, and east of the Ohio line; for instance, that is in the cen ral States, New York and New Eng fand, hardly at all? The reply seems o be a simple one. The southern ?art of British America, from Labra bor west to the upper shores of Lake Superior, is traversed by what is known as the Laurentian, and at the !xtreme west of'the Huronian moun ains, composed in reality of an en >rmous rock formation, the oldest cet discovered, with no shells or fos sils to tell us its age or at what time t lifted its great wall above the wa ers. It is the oldest sedimentary ock found on the globe. The thick iess of its beds has been estimated at 30,000 feet. It rises in hills and nountains 4,000 feet high, and on he gorges of the Saguenay forms ;heer cliffs 1,400 feet high. It makes a solid, everlasting rock barrier no wvind, be it blizzard or tornado, can )ass. It shelters all the country to ,he south of it from the icy blasts sweeping down from the Arctic re ions. At its western limit they may strike against it and deflect like wa. er meeting an obstacle, and in Wis :onsin, eastern Minnesota, Michigan, nd Illinois they 'nay be felt with liminished force. West of that limit, owever, there is no break. Between a line from that point north and ;outh and the Rockies and Sierras, which guard all to the west of them, stretches one vast unbroken plateau from the polar regions straight south o the Gulf of Mexico. Along the plateau Boreas, starting from the role, finds no obstruction in his path He comes down with a rush, sweep ing everything before him, chilling and freezing everything he encoun ters, and planting his snow, sleet and ice even on the shores of the far of Guff of Mexico. The more favored regions south of these gigantic moun tains of rock interposing their friend ly barrier know little of the terrors of these bitter Arctic currents, which carry death and destruction along with them to the dwellers on the plain. Manitoba is only a mid-statioi on the road from the pole te-. the gulf it is not the home of the blizzard. A isTOtY- YOUCHED FOR. A Cow that Yilded Fine Chowdes After Eating a Mess of Fish. Maine Paper. One of Augusta's good citizens who is a devotee of Izaak Walton tells a good story which he vouchef for. While he and a party of friend: were on a fishing trip they left theil boat fastened to the shore while the' were in camp eating dinner. In th4 bows of the boat was a bag contain ing about a bushel of white perch which they had taken from a net. A~ cow came along and tore the bag open and ate nearly all the fish Such were the statemerits ot this citi zens, who declared he could bring forward those who saw the occur rence. Furthermore said he, "Yoi may take fresh fish to this same coy if she han't gone on to the retirinl list, and I bet $50 she'll eat then heartily as corn meals." "WVhy," said a listener, "old Jone: says that you take pickerel, whit4 perch and black bass and put then before a cow, and she will eat thi pickerel first and bass the last of all.' A well known public man, who i: something of a wit, remarked: "h fisherman, for a wonder, is too mod est to tell the whole story. You see when they came out from their ten1 and saw what the old cow had done their anger wss naturally excited Well, they drove the old bovine intc an angle of the fence and proceeded to take milk in pay for the fish. Il you will believe it, they milked fron: that cow a ten quart pail full of the finest fish chowder you ever tasted and what's better, there wasn't bone in it." Senator's Butler's Piety. From the .Yew York Sum. Senator Butler of South Carolina is gaining the reputation of being one of the most devout members of the Senate. During the present sessior he has been regular in his attendance at op)ening prayer, and on one occa sion he was the only Senator in his seat when Chaplain Butler, a Luther an inisiter, invoked Divine blessing Luponl the almost empty Senate chain ber. Senator Butelr, notwithstanding Wec additions to the Senatorial racei >n m:e 4th of March last, still retains hie credit of being the neatest .resser in the Senate. His linen is always faultlessly clean, his neck wear is of the latest pattern, and is clothes are well made and fit his well-proportioned figure like a kid liove. His foot-he hasbut one that s sound, the other is artificial-is not luite as small as those of Senator Lakburn of Kentucky, but it is_of a better shape and more universally THE GOLDEN GATE. MA1 DE ANNULET ANDRE S. They had entered the thorny w:-r ness, and the goldengates of their child hood had forever closed behind them. Mill on the Floss. The golden gate I stand beside Is pearl-adorned, and glorified With rubies rare, whose radiant gleams Reflect the shining sunlight's beams. Alas ! I wait With yearning heart outside the gate. I see the garden through the bars; The roses blush, the jasmine stars Gleam out upon a sky of green. The poplars show their silver theen. I cry to fate, "Open thou for me the golden gate !" It seems but yesterday I tripped Those dewy paths-a child who dipped Her face 'mid roses born in May. Ah, me ! that now were yesterday! Now, it grows late, And locked against me is the gate. A poppie's crimson lips have stopped To kiss a white rose 'neath her drooped ; The kiss of love on marble death But death has far the sweeter breath. She lies in state, Will she be turned from out the gate. Oh ! I am tired, travel-worn! Heart-sick and sad, with garments torn, I stand and hark the sound that stirred My soul of yore ; a mocking bird Unto his mate Sings gaily o'er the golden gate. Within that garden, how I sang ! The meadows and the woodlan=d rang With childish music now, alas, The morning breezes, as they pass With bliss elate, Waft weary sighs across the gate. Against the bars I beat my hands, "Forbear!" the voice of fate com mands, "The years have thrust you from this place, If nevermore can know your face !" Cold hinges grate ! In sorrow bowed, I leave the gate. CLIPS AND SLIPS: There are no less than twenty. three localities calling themselves "the garden spot of America," and thirteen of them have been buried under the snow drifts for the past six weeks. Gardening won't begin with them much before June. "Madam, you are on the high road to the devil's headquarters," said Sam Jones to a Kansas woman who had a silk dress on, and she answer ed, "Then we shall probably meet again, sir !" At which Samuel turned strawberry color. "I never saw," said an officer who has done duty for a long time, "a bald headed tramp. Whether they stop tramping when their hair falls out, or whether those who tramp nev. er lose their hair, I can't say but tramps are never bald headed." Professor Richard A. Procter has written a number of articles on scien tific poker playing, yet he told a Kansas City reporter the other day that he had never taken a hand in a game. Procter is not the first man who has undertaken to describe some thing he knows nothing about. Ladies "of rank" in England can now go safely into business, that is if they have no money to support their rank. They may even become milliners and dressmakers. It poor, they will not be ostracised by their set. "Gone into business"~ is no lon ger a mark of social degradation for "my lord" or "my lady," but rather something to be proud of. The titles will be the next to go. Friend (to plaintiff): "Well, I see you won your suit. I congratulate you." Plaintiff: "Thanks. Yes I beat the scroundrel." Same friend (to defendant): "I'm sorry to hear you lost your suit, old man." Defendant: "Yes, the scoundrel beat me.'' Says the Arrizona Howler: "The bandy legged dude from Boston, who keeps 'The Ripsnorter' going while the measly old editor is sobering up, professes to be afraid of us, and passes our office on a run. The little fellow needn't be afraid. Brought up as we have been, in the stern old school of journalism, whose rule was to take a man of your size, we are incapable of warring on a tender foot dude. Ta ta, little creature, you are safe under the shield of the liowler's contempt.'' Presidential Trips. Washington Cr;tic. When President Van Buren went out West, nearly fifty years ago, his palace car consisted of an old Con cord coach that had to be pried out of the mud every few miles. Going to St. Louis in',those days was about as tough a journey as trip across the plains to Pike's Peak some twenty five years later. The National road from Cumberland, Md , to St. Louis was a terror to all travelers, yet was considered a great achievement for those times, and, according to a pleasing fiction, was looked upon as the grand connecting link between the Mississippi and the seaboard. Contrast the modes of travel then and the stinted accommodations by the way with the rapid transit and palatial hostelries of the present day, and the changes of half a century seem phenomenal-enough to make the bones of the Sage of Kinderhook rattle in their coffin. Renev.4 HEer Youtta. Mrs. Phcebe Chealey, Peterson. 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