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i >|Mynhe: I ?9999*99 BY ST. QEORQ Coi'TBIonT 183T, Roi ? ^ ^ ? ?- ? ,.-*> CHAPTER II. [Continued.] ,-tye loots into eye as Sandy Barlow Stands there; then the correspondent exclaims, with a ring of satisfaction In his voice: . "Mynlieer Joe, for all the world!" ' "Sandy, isf it you, my dear fellow? IWhere under the sun did you drop from:" asks the other, holding out the hand that has bet u used to shied his eyes from the light, though lie does not alter his position one particle. ? ,?^ ?? 1,^1,1 ?r ihn Xlie rOZTl'S;'UIUIl-Ul fnm.i uviu VI | band thus o;Toied in greeting. his very | enthusiasm showing what he feels at ? tearf. "*! "Bless you, old boy, it's good for tore eyes io see you again, and looking ns natural as ever. Never have I leased to remember the days of 'auld fang syne,' when we two did the Nile In company. Talk a'oout fate in our ; fclrst meeting?it doesn't hold a candle ; to this! Same old grasp, same old Joe!" and lie works the prodigal's arm tike a pump-handle, while rattling ; long in this strain. : "Quartered In Cairo. Sandy?writing cp the beauties of lower Egypt as a Winter resort, or have you bien ap- ; j>oiuied a Consul here?" asks the Other, with a jolly laugh that causes ' Mr. Grimes to wonder what stuff this ^ ^tnan can be made of to bo so composed And even merry aftir what he has . Aone through. "That's not my luck. Still pegging Away at the old business. Makes both ends meet and gives mc a chance to ?ee the world. But see here! Confound my stupidity! Here's a friend of jours waiting to meet you, and I've been monopolizing your time." Mynheer Joe raises himself to a sitting posture and faces the silver king, who hesitates for a few seconds and then comes forward. "Pardon me!" lie soys rranuiy. "inn have made a mistake, Sandy. I did not claim to be a friend of Mynheer Joe, only a fellow-countryman, and one who has heard much about him and takes a deep interest in his welfare. Obed Grimes, at your service, Mr. Miner." The explorer possibly catches some algnifleance back of his words. At any rate, he looks at the stout gentleman with the florid countenance as thongh intent upon studying out a problem; but noticing the outstretched hand, accepts it in his usual hearty tray. Now and then, during the subsequent interview, while the correspondent plies him with questions, Mynheer Joe can be seen to keep a reflective eye upon Mr. Grimes. Perhaps he Is endeavoring to place the wealthy miner: and yet the latter has y -declared they have not met before. Sandy thinks only of one thing now. True, he has been especially pleased to meet with oue he regards so highly; hut his feeling has now given way to the instinct of his craft. He has t>een educated up to being a newspaper above all else, and. like all ethers of his calling, has a keen nose lor news. To be the first at the wire .with startling information is the <lreaiu of Sandy Barlow's daily life. Here he sees a golden opportunity for making a ten-strike. The whole civilized world hangs ia suspense awaiting definite news of the heroic Chinese Gordon's fate. Humors have ' been rife almost daily, sometimes detailing his death and again giving accounts of some wonderful victory over fifty thousand dervishes, as the followers of El Mahdi are called, his own . xorce nuinoering out uvu iuuus;:u?. hike a shuttle-cock, dashed hitb??r ?nd yon by the battledoors. has this subject been kept on the go for weeks, and up to this black night in February eo definite *new3 has been received S which settles Gordon's fate. ' Thus Sandy's dreadful impatience 4s explained; the wide-awake correspondent is aroused to the exigencies *f the hour, and for the benefit of the Waiting civilized world would seize 4n(1 sei^d out an authentic account of >* tragedy of ill-fated Khartoom. 'Mechanically he draws out his note book and, pencil in hand, prepares to ?ke down in shorthand what may be id?a proceeding Mynheer Joe eyes With a smile. "Pardon rue, ray friends, but I am almost starved. When I went to sleep the captain here said he would have ? meal ready for me when I awoke. I >yvas hungry then, hut could uot keep ftwal:e only long enough to take a cup of coffee and a bite. IIow is It, captain? Will you keep your word?" The dusky Ben IIas?an Effendi nods ftnd gives a signal with his hands. Immediately two fellahin appear. One carries a tray covered with a white napkin; the other lays a cloth upon the little round table. Almost like magic. * savory, stealing c~eal ia thus gjiaced In front of the hungry Mynheer Jfoe, after which the magician waves his hands, and his followers vanish as If into thin air. > "Your pardon, gentlemen. I have fasted for some days now, and the ftroma arising from this spread is too attach for me to withstand. Captain, how long have I slept?" , "Twenty-seven hours, gentlemen," gravely announces the old rcis. "Incredible!" exclaims Mr. Grimes. 'L "Eat my boy I Jove! You may go iSr . ? v v-'-V ^ . %, er Toe. " E PATHBORNE. :rr.t Bosmb's So*?. to sleen ncraln. unless you get your jaws work'ng! I've heard of such things ns people sleeping for days." cries Sandy, with an air that plaiuiy marked the martyr, and says: "Dcn't consider me?1 cau wait." So Mynheer Joe does ample justice to the meal set before him and, when ten minutes have passed, very little remains of what was brought in. At the same time something of the pinched look lias kfr his face, and lie seems more like the man Sandy remembers. 'J^lie correspondent has ben surveying the interior of the cabin curiously, endeavoring to keep down the spirit of impatience that makes a minute seem an hour. lie knows his friend has great need of all the sustenance lie cau secure at present, ntul hence will not allow his ow u selfish motives to triumph. As he finishes his survey of the gay decorations upon the walls of the cabIn. where scores of novelties add to the picturesque appearance of the scene. Sandy hears a sigh of deep satisfaction. and, wheeling about, is just -* -x - -! iu time to see the captain, at a Mguui from the pilgrim. clap his hamls. when the two attendants uart iu, removing the debris. "Gentlemen?one favor. In the name of mercy, have either of you?a cigar?" asks the recent diner, iu a tragic voice. lie has a choice weed in a second, and ere three pass, fire has been applied to it. "Richard is himself again?first cigar in seven months?think of it," he says melodramatically. ; "Now, my dear feluw, pardon my : beastly haste, but after midnight 1 lose the wire. Can you tell me whether Gordon is dead or alive?" Mynheer drops his head sudden?y, and something like a groan comes from his lips. "Gordon Is dead," he replies, slowly. "with these eyes I saw him fall, and this right arm struck his murderer, clea\ing him to the chin." CHAPTER III. THE TBAGEDT OF THE XILE. At these words, both Americans look very grave, and even Ben Hassan, standing near by, seems as ! though appalled. Faith in the astonI Ishing powers of Chinese Gordon has always given those who know liira an 1 idea that nothine could ever overcome j hi in. He was a man absolutely without fear, with a line Christian character, respected everywhere by the natives, ' for his personality was something far beyond the ordinary. For six months J and more this valiant man has been 1 shut up within the walls of Khartoum, with a few thousand miserable native troops facing fifty thousand ' dervishes of El Mnlidl. Without the I presence of Cordon, these troops would not hold out a day against the ; enemy. There, with a few faithful officers j and friends, he has held out from week to month, hurling back the legions of the False Prophet and holding the debatable grouud against the slave-traders, waiting for the rescue that will come too late; for England, the more shame to her, being engaged ; in political discussions,, delays sendiu.2 ! a relief-column until it becomes a necessity or account of the clamor ol the people, which column will find Khartoom in the hands of the enemy, and Cordon?lost. "This is sad uews you bring, Joe." says the newspaper man, at length. ".Sad, yes; but true, too true. Eng land litis, by her vacillating policy murdered the bravest of her sons. How blind the powers +liat be! This will topple over the ministry quicker than anything else 011 earth. The poo' pie loved Gordon because his motives were always honorable." The inan from Khartoom speaks quietly, as if he has long since learned to look upon the disaster with compos ure. He is not given to emotion, ai any rate, as a glance iuto his face would inform an observer. "Tell us about it, Joe," bursts on' the impetuous Sandy, note-book and pencil in hand. The other passes one hand wearilj across his brow, as though he would Clear away tn codwcds time nas spur auout DI8 Dram. "It Is hardly a propitious time foi entering into details, my friend. I an willing to speak, but I know you wil pardon me if I simply sketch the mat ter lightly." "Yes, yes, tell what you please, Joe/ Mr. Grimes and the reis say nothing only moving a little closer to the mes senger from Khartoom, in order t( hear how Gordon fell. Millions will later on, read the story of his deser tion and death in that town on tin Nile, nu<J from every country undei the sun will oreathe curses againsi Old England for the cowardly policj that has ended in this way. "You know what took Gordon t< Khartoom and the sacred work t< which he devoted his life. He was th< deadly enemy of the slave-trader, ant long ago declared that his life woult he spent .n endeavoring to break uj list terrible trade on the upper Nile '.'he rattle of slave-chains was th< r.cst hated sound lie knew, and It wai this that mad? him hold on oven when doom si a red him in the face. "I know ins mind, fvir I have talked with him day by day. and found Cordon a rock. He could a dozen times have saved himself by flight, but he would not desert his post. Ilcavcn sent hhn there, and at Khartoom lie would remain, the rock of Egypt, unlil the longed-for line of British troops appeared in view or doom came. "What we went through with during those months heaven alone knows. Day after day we fought ihe black dervishes of the desert, and thousands laid down their lives in front of Khartoom's walls. Now it waa a sally; anon, an attack. W# might have even won on a certain occasion !>nt for the tronehorv of certain 'e.?dr crs. Gordon fried them later. aflTT all were shot. He would not stand insubordination. "Thus months passed. We endured all that can come during that pestilential season from July, when the city was invested. The weeks passed us by in a way that was maddening, j Gar eyes were strained looking for the 1 succor that never came. Through it j ,?!! Gordon was the same man I have j ever know him. cheerful, r.'?ber. and ' m ver faltering. If it was his fate to die at his post, death would find him ready. "I shall never, while I have breath, eea?e to remember that man with .'ill 4V.? nnil rwltntvnMnn mr ? ml can express. Ood never made a human heinp more in the mold of a hero than when he pave us Cordon. The world will keep his memory preen forever. "Thus, as the months passed away, our stores prew low. and a spirit of discontent arose. Money was scarce, and the soldiers were in a state of constant irritation borderinp on frenzy. Mutiny would lonp since have broken out but for the astonishinp power this man seemed to have over his subjects, i I marveled at it then, and it will never i cense to be a source of wonder to me. "At last came the fatal hour when ; this mapnetism could no longer hold . the fragments of Ills little army to- : p ther. I knew it tots coming as well ; as I knew anything. Signs pointed to i it from all quarters, and each morn- , lap as the sun rose in the oast I wondered whether it would ever bo my pood fortune to look on its setting again. "Cordon never despaired of a rescue. ! ;l!e had no doubt prepared for the 1 worst, but his faith in the ultimate l.'o swm'trnilne tvik snblim-V : ** *? , i 'They will come to-morrow.' l'.e would say each night as the darkness settled ; about us, and deep down in my heart j I firmly believed that to-motrow , would never arrive. j "Thus the days moved along, each j i sun showing n.w difficulties that at: its setting Gordon had managed to ! rmooth over in a way that was simply i marvelous: but each time I noticed'j that things looked worse, and it was j only a question of how long it would ! be ere certain matters came into con- J > junction, and bore us under. What I j most dreaded was a mutiny during: one of the enemy's fierce assaults. Should a portion of our troops turn , upon us, even the fierce ardor of the Baslii Bazouks who remained faithful ; could not keep Gordon's life sacred. i4,r * ~ J 4 ? Ka ????1 1 /VM/M 1M/1 i "Aiy iears pruvi-u 10 uc ?cu muumr | . d, as you shall soon see. It hap- ' , ;>oned on the 20th day of January, and that should be a day of moruning for , all time to come in England. , "Cordon came from his room that , , morning as cheerful as was his wont, . and ready to meet the duties of the ; i day, whatever heaven might send him. , The storm was gathering, but his j . presence had chased away the clouds i . so often that all of us had come to be* , lieve him Invincible. , "We knew the enemy was about to : make a desperate assault, but, we had I hurled them back from the walls of . Khartoom so often in bleeding masses j [ that we aid not doubt our ability to do ' > the same thing again, although animu-j [ nition was beginning to grow scarce. | "I have since come to the conclusion ! that during the night of the 23th j > SUUIL" UHUUgt-UlVill. liiuoi nine uevu made between our native troops and the sheiks wlio led the hordes of the Prophet. Certainly, the events of the day justified such a conclusion. , "Gordon, as usual, assembled hi? . lenders and harangued them. Up t? . now, he had never once failed to irn. part some of his own enthusiasm to those in charge of his men, so that . they went to their several stations inI spired to fight like heroes in the cause . of this magnetic man.x t "With wonder and uneasiness I saw . that his words on this morning appeared to fall upon deaf ears. The i. uar'a faces grew moody. As it liapI pened, I was the only white man close by. though I could hear some of his , officers giving orders near the govern. I or's house. i "One man threw the snark that exploded the magazine. lie dared an swer Gordon back :#ul tell him it i would be best to give tip Khar loom I while El Malidi was willing to let . them depart ia peace, since the doom of the city was a settled thiug, any? how. ; "The general's face flamed up as he . heard this cowardly plea. I can see ) him now, as 111 scathing terras he rebuked the officer. The man hung his . head. I expected to see him fall on ? his anees and beg for pardon. r "My attention was drawn from him t tor just a few seconds, while I swept f my eyes around to see how the others were taking It I found that they, too, > scrowled and looked ugly. ) [To be Continued.] % 1 Mr. Gaston Leroux has recently 1 gathered statistics which seem to dem> onstrate that an enormous percentage . of the children who annually die in ; France are literally pojdoned by bad i1 milk. r* r i BILL ALP'S LETTER. The Ba-tow Philosopher Talks This Week on History. HAS GOTTEN OUT A NEW BOOK Mr. Arp Develops Some Historical Facts Not Heretofore Generally Accepted. Dr. Conway is rignt about jam?s Madison's mother. She was Nellie Conway and not Fanny Taylor. Fanny was his grandmother. But the good doctor is wrong about Thomas Jefferson. He did not rnarry Miss Martha Skelton, for she was a widow and her maiden name was Martha Wales, as 1 said. Neither did Andrew Jackson marry Miss Rachel Robards. She was not a miss, but a divorced wife and her maiden name was Rachel Donelson. Jackson had to marry her twice in different slates to comply with tne law. Ot course George Washington married the widow Custis. Everybody knows that. It was the typo that made it Curtis. Dr. Conway says that Millard Filmore never married. He is mistaken. His first wife was Abigail Powers and his second was Caroline Mcintosh. It is singular how many of the presidents married widows. Madison's wife. Dolly Payne, was a widow Todd. Her maiden name was Dorothy Coles. I reckon we will get this matter straightened out after a while. Mr. Thaxton. of Tennessee, writes me that the full list of mothers and wives can be found in the "World Almanac' of 1S94. Friend Thaxton is not mad, but he is grieved that I said Johnson's parents were too poor and ignorant to be named in the biography. That was not my assertion, but was a bit of sarcasm on the compiler, who makes spec ial mention of their poverty and lack of education and records that Andrew and nis motner ana sieprsaner moved from Ralc-igh, N. C., to Greenville. T^nn., in a two-wheeled cart drawn by a Mind pony, but does not give their ncrtipg. Mr. Tiiaxton says his wife's father was an own cousin to Andrew Johnson and Andrew's mother's name was Mary McDonough, but he does not mention the stepfather. Who did Mary marry the second time? The biography in Appleton was written by James Phclan, editor of The Memphis Avalanche, and seems to be very fair and favorable to Johnson and his wife and children. Tt says that Johnson's father died when Andrew was oniy four years old ami Mr. T-haxton says his mother had many marc children. It says that Johnson's father dicu when Andrew v.*as only ; years old. and Mr. Thaxton says his mother had many more children. Mr. Phclan says that Andrew learned his alphabet on the tailo-.* bench, and his wife. Eliza McCardle, oiiorhf hir.* in r?>?>'! My friend Thaxtcn says that he did not know that poverty and ignorance were tied together. As a general rule they are. That second husband must have been both shiftless and ignorant if he couldn't prove any better transportation for his wife and stepson than a two-wheel cart and a blin 1 pony for a long journey. If Mr. Thaxton was to see such a cavalcade as that coming down the big road now he would say that poverty and ignorance were tramping along together. But this much we have learned from Mr. Thaxton?that Andrew Johnson's mother's maiden name was Mary McDonough. All honor to him who rose from poverty and obscurity and all honor to his devoted wife and to his accomplished daughter, Mrs. Patterson. who presided so worthily in the white house. UnnonMlt mnrriprl twice? AUU 1W/OVTVIV, . ... that's right! He ought to have a good woman at his elbow all of the time. I reckon he must have been a widower when he wrote those slanders against Jefferson Davis and the people of the South. I am still waiting for him to retract and apologize. But now he is a candidate and is scheming for the solid northern vote, and the Southern negroes thrown in, he won't retract. If he is to be elected president, I want Miles to be coupled with him on the ticket for vice president. The champion chainer and the champion defamer ought to be paired. One to work on live men and the other on dead ones. And here is a letter from Mrs. Luoy Harrison Gay Whitfield, of Siddonsville, Ala., who informs me that William Henry Harrison's mother was Elizabeth Bassett. She is Mrs. Whitfield's great-great-grandmother and was the wife of Ben Harrison, who signed the Declaration of independence. His mother was Anne Carter, an aunt of Robert Lee. I believe that supplies all the missing links. I've been enjoying some rich and racy reading?the reply of Horace Greelv to the committee who sum moned him to trial for signing tne bail bond of Jefferson Davis that released him from prison. There were twenty-one who signed it, but Greely was the first and the only Republican abolitionist. He volunteered to do it and did it willingly, going from New York to Richmond for that purpose, and it raised a howl all over New York and New England. The northern extremists demanded that Mr. Davis be tried and hung for treason, or for the assassination of Lincoln, or for something or anything, so he was hung. Greely belonged to the Union Club of New York, a powerful organization. and they were outraged and enraged at his signing that bond and cited him for trial. His reply is a long one and some parts of it are most delightful sarcasm. "You say you will give me reasonable time for reflection. I want none, nor shall I attend your meeting. It is not my habit to take part in any discussion that may arise among other gentlemen as to my fitness to enjoy their society. That is their affair, and to them I leave it. No, I shall not attend your meeting this evening. I have an engagement out of town and shall keep it. I do not recognize you as capable of judging me. You regard me as a wea': sentimentalist. I arraign ycu as a set of narrow-minded blockheads, /who would like to be useful, but don't know how. Your attempt to base an enduring party on hate and wrath \ i "S \ is like planting a colony on an iceberg that had drifted into, a tropical sea. The singing of that ball bond will do more for freedom and humanity than you all can do though you live to the age of Mathusaleh. I ask nothing of you but that you proceed in a frank, manly way. Don't slide off into a cold-resolution of censure, but make your expulsionss. Make it a square stand-up fight and record your Judgment by yeas and nays. I dare you and I defy you. and I propose to flghi it out on the line I have had ever since General Lee's surrender. I give you full notice that I shall urge th? pardon and reenfranchiseraent of ail those engaged in the rebellion and those now in exile." Well, they did not expel him nor censure him. They were afraid. The pamphlet to which I have heretofore alluded is now ready. It contains Henry R. Jackson's great speech on the "Wanderer" and Daniel Webster's speech at Capon Springs, Va.. the last and greatest he ever made. There is also a brief biography of General Jackson by Joe M. Brown and a few remarks bv myself. There is enough in this little pamphlet to establish the faith and stimulate the pride of every Southern man. According to Jackson, the South was not responsible *? and according to ' Webster we were justified in seced| lng. And so the Northern saints were "** triAUHnff iV?A /inn. ill UI** v.iUi'.Q LKJi. Viuiauii5 iuv; www stitution and precipitating that most unrighteous war, and ought to make apology and restitution to us. They owe to our people millions and billions of dollars. They owe to me right now $20,000 damages, and if Roosevelt don't retract and apologize, I think I will attach his trunks and his bear guns when he tomes in reach. He did not do the stealing, but he is an accessory after the fact, and that is just as bad. Now, I have no interest in the sale of that pamphlet, but I want every young man and woman to have one. The price is only 23 cents, postpaid. Apply to my friend Ed. Holland, Atlanta. Ga., care of ) Franklin Printing Company. But I nave a book in press?a new : and handsome book?my last and I best. It contains my letters and i ruminations from the uncivil war to i date?1S61-1903. Price, postpaid $1.2?. i Write to C. P. Byrd, Atlanta. Ga.? i Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution. Will Build a New Town. The Carrollton Shortline Railway i has built an 11-mile extension from Carrollton, Ala., to Alice City, Pickens ! county, Alabama, via Dilburg anc ! Franconia. The new line is to be ope! ,cd for business on December 20. Tt i will make the entire road twenty-oi miles long. Alice City is the name of new place at the terminus of the extension. It is situated two miles south of Franconia ,and tlie company expects to build up a good-sized town .there, i Mr. John T. Cochrane is president aai' | general manager of the line. Killed By Blast. i Cr,As>ial ?Tvcn men were in abu v iiic, - - ? killed outright, three others fatally injured and seven painfully hurt Monday afternoon by a delayed explosion of a blast at Baker's hill, 13 miles north of here on the Evansville & St. Louis division of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The victims were Italians and were at work in a cut which wa3 being constructed by the Louisville & Nashville road. The spot is remote from telegraph or telephone communication and details are meagre. The i-.ames of the victims are not knowa No Signs of Weakening. Berlin, By Cable.?It was learned Tuesday evening that the ultimatum* to Venezuela did not fix a time limit for an answer, but that the officials of the German and British legation were instructed to leave Caracas at the end of 24 hours after their delivery if there was no prospect of a favorable reply. This, however, was left to their discretion. The officials could have extended their stay at the Venezuelan capital if they thought it advisable to do so, and the fact that they left is taken to mean that President Castro does not show signs of giving in. ? , LABOR WORLD. Plasterers in England are paid $11 a week. Millwrights at Memphis (Tenn.) have formed a union. Nearly 2000 shoemakers are idle at Leicester, England Canadian labor unions "will agitate for free and compulsory education. Hoboken scliool teachers may organize and affiliate with the A. F. of L. Telluride, Col., labor unions have posted a boycott on Chinese laundries. Fifty Ihousnnd people are employed in Switzerland in the manufacture of embroideries. New York. Ohio and New Jersey nil have laws preventing the night work of children. There are 20,000 children under fourteen working in Illinois factories,t mainly in C'uicago Fro'videnee. It. I., has a union composed of Italian painters and one of Italian carpenters. Police ami firemen at Toronto. Can., have decided to organize unions of their respective members. Uniun snwmakers at Indianapolis demand an increase of eleven per cent, on the present scale of wages. Ironworkers in ilie Midland district of England have received a general advance of two and one-half per cent. The Lake Seamen's Union has started a movement to prevent in the future the employment of women cooks on lake vessels. More strikes occur In times of prosperity than in hard times, according . to statistics obtained by the Department of Labor. Labor exchanges in Snezia, Brescia and other Italian cities have built homes for workingmen under municipal administration. It is the opinion of experts that the j opening of China and Siberia will (lis- j close large deposits of gold, and that Asia after a while will furnish a large part of the world's supply. 1 *' ? . T' LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest (a Short Paragraphs. Tlfe Sunny South. Bishop, the man who shot Wilson ia the latter's own parlor, at Charlotte. N". C., Is still at large. The Governor has offered a reward of $400 for his apprehension. In a head-end collision between & ???? IX.!/lntf tn ArnJn or flt pasenger nam mua; iuu>u>ue ?-?. High Point, N. C., a number of people were seriously hurt and two enginea completely demolished. Goldey Tyus. convicted of murdering Jeff Godwin, on October 28, "was hanged at Thomasville, Ga. He was perfectly cool and prayed with the minister before the execution. He exonerated Wallar, the negro convicted of being his accomplice and sentenced to imprisonment for life.* W. L. Lawrence, of Jonesboro,, Ga., was found dead locked in a box car at Camp's saw mill. Lawrence had' been shot twice in the back with a revolver. It is believed that the young man was shot while at work. Matty Matthews, former welterweight champion, and Owen Zeigler met at the Savannah Athletic Club for 20 rounds, for a decision. In the second round Zeigler knocked Matthews to the mat with a right to the point of the jaw. The referee stopped the flgbt and gave the fight to Matthews. The Bridgers & McKeithan Lumber Co's store or commissary at Florence, S. C., was destroyed by fire last week. The loss is estimated at about 1500, partly covered by insurance. The Norwegian steamship Hirrundo was loading last week at Gulfport, Miss., 1.300,000 feet of long-leaf yellowpine lumber from the L. N. Dantzler mills, and sailed on the 25th for Buenos Ayres. Tne seventn street riaium^ ??? ? the name of a new corporation organized at Owensboro, Ky., last week. The capital stock is $10,000. The incorporators are G. C. Lettell, J. H. Robertson and J. G. Stuart. The Citizens' Lumber Co., of Waco., ' Texas, has been chartered, with a capital stock of $125,000. The incorporators are L. Simpson, Thomas Watles, John Sentell, H. W. Morris, V. W. Lonerker, D. D. Fairchilds and W. W. Cameron. A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says: "The National Plumbers' Marble Association will meet in second annual session Tuesday. President W. R. Higbee, of Proctor, Vt., and Secretary John R. Hugg, of Baltimore, were among the arrivals. Other prominent members who are here are Peter Gray and John F. Jacoby, of Philadelphia; Wm. Buess, of New York, and M. D. Flavin, of Chicago. The sessions may continue a week." A Wilmington, N. C., dispatch says: 'Captain Miller, of the schooner Eva A. Danehower, which arrived here Sunday, reports having passed off Frying Pan lightship, about noon, a dismasted schooner, name unknown, in tow of a Savannah Line steamer. The British steamer Rosewood McGregor, which arrived from Villa Reit, reports an extremely rough voyage, and the loss of a man washed overboard." At The National Capital. v A two-year-old child of Mr. J. E. Fite, a citizen of Rutherford ton, N. C., fell into the fire at his home and was r, frightfully burned, ant} is not expected to live. Senator Cullom reported to tho Sen-' ate to executive session the new treaty of amity and commerce between the United States and Spain, which has been under consideration by the committee on foreign relations. Announcement has been made of the appointment of Janvier Arrangoic, Director General of Customs, and Pedro M. Del Paso, c,! Vera Cruz,, as representative of Mexico at the congress to meetin the city of New York next month. The treaty between the United States and Great Britain regarding commercial relations between the United States and New Founland, was mado I.1U TTa./ta>i. (la nrnvlslnna raw cot JJUUUU. UUUC1 no |/t V V .w.w?y ton. cotton yarn and cotton seed oil imported from the United States are admitted to New Foundland fieo of duty. At The North. A New York dispatch says: "The report of the coroner's physician made tonight in the case of Mrs. Sarah Ann Waters, who died at the age of nearly 100, and over whose will there is a contest, dees not support the theory that the old lady was the victim of foul play. The autopsy revealed conditions which indicate that death resulted from natural causes. Senator Proctor made an argument before the Senate committee on edu- < cation and labor for the eight-hour bill so as to make clearer some of hi3 provisions. He said that as the bill stands it would be necessary to take it to the courts for interpretation. Ex-Secretary Herbert and others appeared before the <onira!ttee in the interest of the ship-building industry. They opposed the bill. wiiiinm fensidine. match-mak?r for the Metropolitan Athletic Club, of Detroit. reaeeived a dispatch from John Considine. o! New York, manager of Young Corbctt. stating that Detroit has been awarded the McGovern-Corbitt fight. The President sent tbe# nomination of Fred Taylor as postmaster at Titusville, Fla., to the Senate. Miscellaneous Matters. A French investigator has recently come to the conclusion that the brains of military men give out most quickly. , He states that out of every 100,000 mill- J^| fary men 199 are hopelessly lunatics,Of the liberal professions artists ere the first to succumb to the brain strain, next the lawyers, followed at some, dis| '.^nce by doctors, clergymen, literary i men and civil servants. Striking an J | average of this group, 177 go mad to m each 100,000. i, m i J