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DAILY ENQUIRER • SUN: COLUMBUS GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1^6. Ahout Knrl lii|i)nkcM. Enquirer-Sun : Last Tuesday evening, 31st instant, as my family sat on the stone j porch of my place of residence, talking j over the nffairs of the day, etc., we were l suddenly startled by a strong vibratory j sound resembling the noise of a tornado of j wind coming from the north and approach- i ing at a rapid rate. This we heard for ! about ten or twelve seconds. While try ing to divine the cause of it, presently the windows of that firm and heavy house o mi- menced to rattle, the house to oscillate, and we decided, so Bensibly did we feel this shook, that it was an earthquake. The rattling of the windows continued for about thirty seconds, but we distinctly heard the passidg sound for about ten or twelve seconds thereafter—about one min ute in all after the first hearing—not a low rumbling sound, such as we" suppose a subterranean one, but atone indicating the letter D of the music gamut scale. After our fright had somewhat subsided we very naturally fell to discussing the whys and wherefores—the causes of such terrible and unexplained phenomena. Quoting the opinions of eminent scientists on the subject, one of the party said that “the earth was filled with red hot matter that was cooling otf, and naturally found places where explosive materials might be stored away, and thus an explosion, such as we just saw and heard might take place.” Another, that “volcanoes assisted the shocks and probably caused extensive land slides, changing and causing different levels of the earth’s surface in their vicini ty.” Quite a variety of conjectures were formulated and spoken, but none that met the writer’s theory of earthquakes, who joined the conversation by remarking as follows: “With due respect for all the learned theories advanced, I humbly offer my opinion, and at the same time it’s basis •of causation, proposing to show how the earth is constantly being built up and preserved, and the reverse of it. On this globe oil with wh which come in contact is matter, let it be much or little, large or small, its particle of matter here, or an orb, that floats in the space above us. Their principles of action are the same and are inherent. They all possess weight, size, shape, strength, breadth and length, which are the determinates of motion and velocities. The apple of Professor New ton descending to the centre of gravity of the earth rep resents relative motion. Why it did not fall upward or horizontally is the real question, and illustrates an indpendent motion, such as all bodies assume when left to themselves in space. Could they move in a straightforward line then ? Oil, no; that would destroy their harmony. Length would get the preference in such a journey, while breadth and depth would still struggle for their share of existence, which they must and will have. So in stead of dividing the mass of matter, nature kindly provides a motion, or force, for each part of the cube, length, breadth and depth. Here lies the principles of aggre gated forces so powerful in matter. Here, representing the centripetal forces of the earth, we get its daily revolution on its axis, passing a given point at the rate of a thousand miles an hour, carrying and sustaining, by its velocity, the greatest share of the earth’s weight, and in con nection with the yearly orbital motion or velocity, another share ofthis heavy labor, but takes 365 days to accomplish it. It represents depth, and moves with a veloc ity past a given point at about the same rapidity—one thousand miles an hour. These keep up the rotundity of the earth, and gives us the seasons. They are, in fact, the working forces of the earth, and intersect each other twice in the year, on the earth’s surface. Should they not act in perfect harmony and accord, disinte gration of the earth’s surface and of the atmosphere, would at once commence to take place. THE CENTRIPETAL FORCES OF THE EARTH. What are they? those inherent veloci ties of matter, that tend to unite, and build up, the opposite, ceutripegal, those that separate, and disintegrate parts of matter, it moves, it acts, there is nothing at rest; if there was, disintegration and separation would at once take place; so the forces that build up are conserative and are, un doubtedly, the daily and yearly revolu tions of the earth, and of every piece of matter, regardless of size or position. Ap ply these principles of action to the con vulsive shakings experienced, the last few days, and a similarity of active forces will at once be seen in regard to time, etc., etc. In July, 1885, one was felt in eight or ten eastern and western states, but could not learn of the earth’s being broken on the surface anywhere. Now this one at Charleston, about twelve months there after, beginning at about the same place, travels and shakes double the space, and makes but one place wh ’re we might ex pect an explosive shock. It will be no ticed that every twenty-four hours for five or six days tbe’shocks were felt at Charles ton, thus showing the lines of intersection connected with the daily and yearly revo lutions of the earth. That he believes nothing could so effect the earth and atmosphere, but the absence, by disturbance, of the above forces. That the aggregation of units or particles of matter, large or small, is constantly aoing on, influenced and sustained by in herent principles common to matter. They move, they live, they animate, whether at the centre of gravity, or on the surface; hence, move a world by their united influence. Matter possesses length, breadth and depth. The cubes, deter minates of motion. It also holds weight, the most important force of all. ’Tis the apple of gravitation, the eminent New ton saw as he lay under the tree, with thoughts no doubt akin to the above. The earth caught the apple; but, remove the obstacle, you And yourself in space; then in what direction does your apple go—up, down or horizontal ? Disintegration would at once take place, unless a triplex motion comes to the rescue, viz.: the daily revolution of the earth’s axis, tho yearly orbit, and tne other slow and conservative of the other two forces or velocities, but not not less positive an orbit of thousands of years. Here you see the groundwork of the writer’s objections to tlie present explana- tion causing earthquakes, of which the two last shocks, one of July, 1885, and the recent one at Charleston. Their re currence at the time of the crossing of the intersectional lines, of the daily and yearly revolution of the earth, give strong grounds to wake up a difference of opinion. Were these two forces so disturbed that their centripetal action was modified, lessening the pressure of the aimosphere and of the impact air thirty-three pounds to the square inch, the earth’s surface downward, thus causing a pressure that passes matte!* quite near, disintegrating and a separation of the earth’s aggregation of units. This is more plausible, for if an explosive force sufficient to shake and oscillate a continent found vent at Charles ton, it would have blown the city one hun dred miles from its present location and left an opening large enough to engulf ten such cities. Again, there was a daily shock, agreeing with the earth’s intersect ing lines of travel, etc., etc. President Tyler’s Son. New York World. One of the most striking figures in Wash ington is the son of ex-President Tyler. He is now an old man. He is bent with weight ot years. His long, white, patri archal beard sweeps down from his ven erable face, nearly covering his broad breast* He wears a soft hat slouched well down over his deeply-set eyes, and is dressed generally in a careless suit of badly cut black. He is rarely noticed, and walks the street to most people unknown. Yet ciety of Washington. When his father was president lie was the leader among the young men who went in Washington society. He was tall then, straight as an arrow, and with a most magnificent pro - ence, if one can judge of the glowing tales of his contemporaries. He used to wear a tong, shaggy coat trimmed with Astrakhan fur, which was ir. that day a rarity. When he walked the avenue swinging his cane, twirling his brown moustache, with his fur coat thrown back, he was hailed as the hero of his time. Women bowed down and worshipped before him and tlie num ber of his conquests was legion. To-day he is a poor, broken old man who walks, insignificant and unknown, about the streets where lie once reigned us a social king. A WONDERFUL CLOCK. An Klmrlenl 'I'lnieplei-.- Ihiil l’rinnliu’s tu HiTnli:. 11 on l*o tlio ticker World—A Himlln Comity Mini’s Invention. Elizabethtown, Ky., September 14. Hardin county has contributed to the scientific world an electric clock,'which surpasses everything of the kind ever in vented. It lias been placed on display at the exposition by Mr. C. B. Gifford, of Colesburg, and will doubtless attract a great deal of attention. Unlike previous electrical time-keepers, this clock regu lates itself automatically under all varia tions of temperature and the pendulum re mains the same length under all tempera ture changes. This requires what is called compensation in metal, and is effected by an ingenius arrangement of iron and brass rolls acting upon a lever so that the dis tance between the points of suspension and oscillation of the pendulum remains unaltered by variations of temperature. The ordinary- compensating pendulum consists of a mass of rods, which forma part of itself, thus increasing the surface exposed to atmospheric influences, while in the Colesburg pendulum the compen sating portion is fixed and the vibrating portion consists simply of a pendulum bob, and approaches as near as possible the form of the theoretical pendulum. The electrical device which keeps it in motion, while ingenious, is exceedingly simple. All wheel escapements are dispensed with, and the pendulum is kept in motion by the successive itnpulsations of a magnetic armature. The magnet varies in strength according to the condition of the battery, but by a simple arrangement this variation of magnetic force makes no corresponding change in the arc of vibration, which re mains constant under all conditions of the battery. So delicate is this pendulum that one cell of gravity battery is amply sufficient to run the pendulum and a primary clock, and the pendulum will run any kind of electric clock, either primary or second ary, and the number is unlimited. Mr. Gift'ord has been testing the electrical wonder for four or five months, and not even the slightest variation has been de tected. Nothing of the kind was found in the patent office at Washington, and let ters patent were secured without any trouble whatever. Had it been the inven tion of the wizard of Menlo pard it would long ago have attracted p lblic attention, but as it is the result of long and laborious experiments of a modest gentleman who thirsteth not for popular applause, its ex istence is known to but few persons. PROF. LEROUX’S LEAP. A Feat Which ltlorkaili’il the Streets of l’lillu- delphla. Philadelphia, September 13.—The an nouncement that Prof. Charles Leroux, of New York, would jump from the top of the dime museum building drew a great multitude to the vicinity of Arch and Ninth streets to-day at noon. First on the ground were the newsboys and bootblacks. Then followed hundreds of school chil dren. Merchants, clerks and -artisans has tily swallowed their lunches and hurried, some coatless, some hatless, to witness the feat. Women and girls, and mothers with babies in their arms, joined the throng, which every moment grew denser. All traffic was suspended, and cars and vehi cles of all kinds were blockaded until Arch street from Eighth to Tenth was one solid mass of people, horses and vehicles. The blockade also extended for a longdis tance north and south on Ninth street. The windows and house tops were filled with people. Bovs climbed up on the ob structed wagons, paying 5 cents apiece for the privilege. Uniformed messenger boys were conspicuous in the crowd, and no amount of money could induce aiiy boy to do au errand at that hour. Promptly at 12:30 o’clock the professor appeared upon the high mansard roof, 100 feet above the pavement. He was greeted with loud cheers. His well-knit figure was displayed to advantage in iightrblue silk tights and satyi trunks. A parachute six teen ieet in diameter swayed back and forth in the wind, and as the professor seized the tower end of it the crowd called out a steady “one, two, three; one, two, three.” The policemen cleared a space twenty feet square on Arch street, directly in front of the place from which the leap was to be made. As the crowd oried “three” the third time the professor leaped into the air. His descent was very rapid. A light breeze carried the para chute and its passenger about thirty feet to the east, and the professor just missed the lamp post at the street corner. He struck a man upon the head, throwing the professor’s right knee against his own forehead and cutting a gash, which bled profusely. The jumper was led into the office as the crimson fluid dripped upon his bright-colored clothing. After the crowd was dispersed it re quired 20 minutes for the policemen to move the cars and carriages and restore travel to its accumtomed course. Prof. Leroux is 30 years old, and weighs 144 pounds. He is a professional aeronaut, having made 38 ascensions. He has leaped from High bridge in New York, and on July 27 he jumped 100 feet iu Paterson, N. 'J. SELMA’S WONDER. A Young Girl Who Talks With the Demi, Selma, September 14.—Selma to-day steps forth with a medium who, by her wondrous and inexplicable performances, holds spell-bound the community in which she lives, while scientific men throughout the city talk amazingly of the seemingly supernatural being. Her name is Miss Clara Owen, the daughter of .1. F. Owen, residing on Florence street, this city. She is sixteen years of age, of slim figure, has brown hair, blue eyes, and a very pleasing face. She is also full of life, and possesses the power of communicating with the spirit world, which she does in a most mysterious manner by- means of a slate, on which is used no pencil, but on which any question is answered, and in a bold and legible hand. Throngs of people are reported to be flocking to her, night after night, that they may hold communication with tlie friends and loved ones in the spirit land. Sealed questions have been placed in an envelope, which was done outof her sight, which are not only readily but correctly- answered from time to time, f hese facts, though monstrously wondrous, are readily certified to by her stable parents, as well as many of the best and most reliable citi zens of this city. Miss Owen is the won der of the Central City. An Editor Unlike the Rest or tin. London, September 16.—Sir Charles i has returnr■* T J * - - Competent Testimony. Some time ago Mr. D. R. Locke, so well known under the nom do plume Of Petroleum V. Nasby, went to New Orleans to investigate tlie workings of The Lou isiana State Lottery, about which he had hoard so much. lie went there preju diced against it, but, as will be seen from what he wrote home to his newspaper, the Toledo Blade, he fully satisfied himself of tlie honesty and lair dealing of this world-renowned company. The following is a portion of Ids letter, and is interest ing reading : “In Europe the lottery is a government instituti m ns much us the tax-gatherer. Germany. Austria, and Italy all have lot teries that area part of tin governmental system. In Austria loans are contracted, the interest being paid in prizes determined by lot, and almost every' Austrian and Italian purchases these tickets. The prin cipal is paid by the government at maturi ty, and the interest is divided among those making tlie loan. A man simply lends the government an hundred fionn> .it five per cent. Instead of receiving live florins in terest, he and all tho other holders throw it into a pool, and five lucky men draw the interest from a million ot such loans. Which is to say, they prefer to take u chalice of receiving 100,0;):) florins to a cer tainty of reeeh ing five. And so the hun dred florins bond lies from year to year, In the hope of its eventually making the holder an independent man. The same system is in vogue in Now Or leans. The city issues what are called “premium bonds,” the interest being dis tributed in blocks by lot. Those bonds they sell the same as other seeurlti ;s on which interest is paid in the usual way, u. fact they are preferred. The greatest lottery in tlie United States is located in New Orleans, and this is how it is. The people of the south, Louisiana es pecially, and New Orleans more especially, have always been devoted patrons of the lottery. Enormous sums were annually sent abroad to Havana, Vienna, Rome and everywhere else for tickets, all of which told severely upon the resources of the state. Taking advantage of this tendency of the people, irresponsible lottery com panies were formed all over the state, which were swindles of tho commonest order. To remedy this the legislature of the state in 1868 authorized the incorporation of one lottery company, to be known as the “Louisiana State Lottery Company,” with a capital of $1,000,000, and enacted that this company should alone have tlie right to prosecute the business within tlie state. Tlie methods of conducting the business were all set fortli with great ex actness, and a certain percentage of the profits were required to be devoted to the support of the hospitals of the city; and it was also provided that all drawings should be conducted by a board of commissioners appointed by the state. Under this act the company was organ ized and its stock taken by tho very best citizens of the state, all classes of business men being included in the list of stockhold ers, and the best citizens accepting posi tions in its management. In 1879 tlie same provisions were included in the revised constitution of the state, giving the com pany the double seal of legality, legislative and" constitutional. Under this charter, or rather charters, the company has operated ever since. The stock in the company is quoted regularly upon the stock exchange; its stockholders and those in the management from year to year are among the best known business men of the city and state, men not only of recognized financial, but social position. It is essentially a state institution. The state hospital, one of the largest, best con ducted, and best equipped in the United States, is supported by the company, not by donation, but in pursuance of a provi sion in its charter. The payments to the hospital are made quarterly. It is a large contributor to every charity, and it is the most important factor in the material prosperity of the city. Its stock holders are planters, mill owners, sugar refiners, and real estate owners, who have an interest in tho city and state greater than any association within its borders. Consequently the company is the very centre and heart of all enterprises directed to the development of the state, it is the promoter of the various railroad enter prises and manufacturing schemas which have since the war done so much toward the development of the resources of the state. The company has to-day a larger capital than any bank in the state, anil its finan cial resources are practically unlimited. No one in New Orleans questions its in tegrity. No matter what may be thought of the'morais of lotteries in the abstract, the state of Louisiana believes in them, and it has made a giant corporation, and so hedged it around that it stands the severest possible tests. The character and standing of those who from time to time have been in its man agement has never been questioned, either on the legislative floor or in the press. It owes its existence to a vote of the people of the state, who twice indorsed it, once by a majority of 60,000 votes, and it is so hedged with safeguards that it pos sesses their entire confidence. The managers know nothing of the drawings—the commissioners, who are really state officials, have sole control of every detail. They have always actual possession of every ballot placed in the wheels, and they can reap no benefit whatever from airy drawing. Added to this source of confi dence is the additional fact that men of the very highest commercial integrity are active in it, owning its stock and controll ing its operations. There is scarcely a banker or merchant iu New Orleans who is not directly interested iu it, and they take as much pride in its reputation as they do in their own private business. The company own a very fine building on St. Charles street, in which its vast busi ness is transacted, and an army of clerks and accountants are required. It has the appearance, internally and externally, of a systematically conducted bank, which it really is, only it does more business than any ten banks in the city. This would be impossible in the north ern states. No merchant, shipowner, or manufacturer in Boston would want, it known that he was concerned in a lottery, even as a ticket buyer, much less as a stockholder or manager; while here in New Orleans it is considered not only not disreputable, but absolutely legitimate, as much so as any other business. When the company was organized and the stock placed upon tffc market, it was considered the same us any other stock; men of the highest character, financially and socially, invested in it, and went into its direction, and it is managed with just as nice a re gard to mercantile honor and commercial integrity as any stock company in the south. The difference between Boston and New Orleans in this respect is in the moral sense of the community. In this particu lar, New Orleans is where New England was an hundred years ago. That is ail. Whatever may be public opinion as to lotteries in general, it is only justice to say that the company perform all promises with rigorous fidelity, and its bitterest op ponents have never questioned its integ rity. how the drawings are conducted. All the drawings of the Louisiana Com pany are under the personal supervision of Generals G. T. Beauregard and Jubal A. Early, assisted by a Htate commission. The managers have no interest iu the drawing, nor have they anything whatever to do with it. Everything is in the hands of commissioners, and they alone manage the distribution. The method is very Staple. There are - * ticket*sol/i NnmKo ranging in value from $75,000, which is the great prize, down to $25, the smallest. The prizes ranging from $25 to $76,000 are printed upon slips of paper and depos ited in another wheel, securely packed in paper tubes us are tlie numbers of tlie tickets. All the tubes are exactly alike in both wheels, arid these wheels are so turned that they are mixed beyond any possibility of knowledge on the part of anybody. A number is drawn out of the wheel containing 100,000 numbers, and another out of tlie wheel containing the prizes. Ilotli are opened, and tlie holder of the number is awarded the prize indicated on the slip taken from the large wheel. In tlie drawing I witnessed, the first number drawn from the wheel was 71,541, and the prize that came from tho other was $24. Who was the holder? No one knew, it was somebody. Ho might be a barber iu New Orleans, a farmer iu Minne sota, or a millionaire in New York. All these classes are patrons of the company. The .naiuigemem know no more who holds tho tn-kets that draw Uio prizes than do the bystanders; ail there is of it, when the ticket is presented the holder receives a check on the New Orleans National bank for the amount it calls for, and the traits action is over, so far as the company is concerned. The drawing that I witnessed took place at tlie Aeadi my of Alusic March 11th. The theatre commenced filling up at about 10 o’clock, with people of all ’ grades, from the wealthy merchant who lias his wine at his dinner, to tho bootblack whose days jire skirmishes with hunger. They all had ’an interest in the proceedings. At about 10:30 a dozen men appeared upon the stage, two evidently in charge, fine of these two, a rather under-sized man, with a sparkling blek eye, togs Hlightly curved, a not large but exceedingly well-proportion ed body, a face expressive ol peculiarly quick intelligence, hair, moustache and Imperial silvery white. That is Gen. G. T. Beauregard, of whom the United tSates knows much. The other of the two is a very tall man, with a head us bald us au egg on the top, and a long white beard that sweeps his bosom, slightly stooped, with a white slouched hat, under which there is a face that would mark its bearer as a Baptist clergyman rather than as a sanguinary warrior. It is a kindly face, with nothing blood-thirsty in it; the face of a rather pros porous planter, who attended strictly to business, and worked his land well. That is Gen. Jubal A. Early, of Virginia. These men were in the public gaze twen ty years ago—they are not now. They are, to-day the commissioners who supervise tho druwings of The Louisiana Lottery, and they arc responsible for everything connected with it. There nro two wheels on tlie stage. Into one, an immense affair, are emptied tubes of pasteboard, which contain slips of paper, on which are numbers running from one to one hundred thousand. The other wheel, much smaller, contains tubes to the number of 1967, which is the number of prizes to be awarded. There is a tre mendous difference between the wheel containing the prizes and the wheel hold ing the numbers. The one requires the muscle of two stalwart negroes to turn it while the other a child might whirl. One represents the blanks in life, the other the prizes. Tile proportion runs about the same in everything in this imperfect world. It takes a great many thousand men to build a railroad, but only one Vanderbilt to own it. The numbers are placed in the wheel; they are turned so as to be thoroughly mixed. One boy, blindfolded, at the great wheel lakes out a tube and hands it to Gen. Early, who opens it and announces it “Two thousand one hundred and sixty four.” A boy. also blindfolded, at tne other wheel takes out a tube and hands it to Gen. Beauregard, who opening it an nounces “Fifty dollars.” The number of the ticket and the prize it lias drawn are both recorded, and the operation is repeat ed till the 1967 tickets are’ taken from the smaller wheel. Those present sit and watch carefully. There is no sensation while the smaller prizes are being drawn. As a matter of course there will be five or ten minutes during which the prizes will be $25’s and $50’s, with an occasional $100. These ex cite no special attention. But t here conies one which does excite attention. Gen. Early pronounces a number, and Gen. Beauregard, when the correspondent num ber is drawn, hesitates for a moment, and slowly announces “ Six thousand dollars !” There is a perceptible movement among the audience, for $6000 is a very tidy sum of money for any one to have, especially when the investment that procured it was only $5. Presently there is another sensation. A number is drawn, and Gen. Beauregard is a trifle more slow, as if to whet the impa tience of the throng. “Twenty-five thous and dollars!” is announced. That is some thing like it. Six thousand dollars does very well as a starter in life, but the lucky winner of .$25,000 can, if he be it man of moderate tastes, retire on that. Still this is nothing, or at least it isn’t what they are ail waiting for. Presently a number is announced, and Gen. Beaure gard, with provoking slowness, announces "S-e-v-e-n-t-y-fi-v-e thousand dollars.” There is a sensation, for that is the capital prize. The one that everybody who buys a ticket hopes to draw. Only one gets it, however. It is Vanderbilt and his laborers over again. In this scheme there is one prize of .$75,000, one of $25,000, one of $10,000, two of $6000, five of $2000, ten of $1090, twenty of $500, 100 of $200, and so oil down to 1000 of $25 each, with approximation prizes of $750, $500, and $200. Who bagged the great prize ? Who was he or she ? No one knows. One man may hold the whole ticket and will receive the whole amount, or it may he divided into fifths, and may be held by five persons, iu which event the comfortable sum will be divided into five parts. The successful numbers with the amount the}’ have drawn are published the next day after the drawing, and within a week or two the prizes are mostly claimed and paid. In this ease the capital prize went to some one in Illinois, who sent for it through the bank in his village, and the sum was sent him in a draft. What will be do with it? It is a comforta ble sum to have for any man, old or young, and it may make him or mar him, accord ing to his bent. Invested in first mortgages at six per cent., he has $4500 per year to live upon all his life. If he becomes infat- ! uated and goes to Chicago to gamble in I grain, or to New York in stocks, it will ' last him a few weeks, and he will be no | better oft’than before. ! It would lie a curious study to know ] what has iieen done with the untold i millions the company have distributed; but | who shall ever write their history? The drawing requires about four hours | of time, for it is done with the utmost ■ exactness and system. Several records are | made of each number drawn, with the i prize accompanying, and there are so i many checks anil counter checks that a ; mistake is impossible. ! Then the announcement is made up and published in the official papers of thecom- i pany, and the prizes are paid as fast as the ' holders present their tickets. Those near by come and get their money. Those at a distance send their tickets t hrough their j own banks to the banks here, who collect and remit. Everybody in New Orleans invests in this lottery just as regularly as they pay their | rent, and the sale of tickets is considered I an entirely legitimate business. I saw men on the morning of the day at within five minutes of the time the drawing com menced, send out for a fifth of a ticket, they having forgotten that, to ♦ how iffffynminf*.*- r)—*— m l J - money back. And the grand prize ! Who knows but they may strike that,? Tho Louisiana State Lottery is as much | of an institution in Louisiana as the Legis lature, and is recognized as being jus,, ns legitimate. It has now, and always had. a solid hold upon tho peopk of the state.' —D. R. Locke, in Toledo lOhlot Blade. REPORTS ABOUT THE CORN. liiilicntloiis find tin* I'ruji is IVell I’nitt Aliy SrrlmiK IliulKi’r i,f Frost. Tin- following summary will appear in this week’s issue of tho Chicago Farmer’s Review: ’' Tlie corn crop had a week of hot and crowding weather, and llie mujoi’lty of the reports received at the dose ol the present week indicate that the crop is well past any serious danger of j frost. Amlin portions of Illinois, Mis souri, Kan.-,.is. Iowa and Wisconsin the grain is already sufficiently matured to le- sint any injury from light frosts. The gene ral averages indicated by the reports during the past four weeks have not changed in any particular degree. In a general way the pros pects are still very good for a full average yield in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Minnesota. The average prospective yield is lowest, in llfinois, Wisconsin, Mis souri and Iowa, and ranges low in Kansas and Nebraska. The averages given last week are varied from only slightly. The average for Illinois, according to reports from twenty-two of the principal corn- growing counties, is between 62 and 85 per cent., and five of tlie counties report that the crop is out of all danger from frost. The most encouraging reports from Illi nois come from Lee, Ford and Morgan counties, and are the only ones reporting a prospect of a full average yield. The average is the lowest in Edwards and Mercer counties. In twenty counties of Iowa the general average ranges from 59 to 63 per cent. In Cass and Carroll counties the reports show the crop will give a full average yield. In Madison, De catur, Marion and Appanoosn counties tlie average falls from 20 to 35 per cent, of au average yield. The telegraphed average of 61 per cent.sent last week should have been applied to Iowa instead ofOhio. In Kansas tlie lowest average reported is 25 per cent, and the highest 100. The average for the state ranges from 66 to 72 percent. In Missouri the average for the fifteen scattered counties falls below 50 per cent, with a general average of 58 per cent. In Wisconsin some of tlie counties indi cate very low averages. In Grant,Fond du Lac aim Sheboygan counties the yield is placed at from ten to fifteen bushels an acre. The average for the state runs very low. Fully one-half the counties of Minnesota predict a full average yield. In Ripest,one county the yield promises to be the largest ever raised in that county. In Michigan the yield will be nearly a full average, and in Indiana will probably exceed the yield of a year ago. In Nebraska the yield will be fully 85 per oent. of ail average yield. “The reports continue to indicate that early planted potatoes promise a fair yield, while nearly all late planted potatoes are very poor, indicating generally less than one-fourth the usual yield. The totnl yield will exceed very little more than one-half the usual yield. “Late rains have improved the pastures somewhat in Iowa and Illinois, where the grass in maiiy sections is reported short but green, in other large sections past tires are reported dry and short and cattle lean. In many portions of Illinois, Mis souri, Iowa, Minnesota and Kansas corn is being cut in large quantities for fodder. Hogs are reported light but generally healthy. Hog cholera is reported in Jas per county, Illinois, and in Osage county, Missouri, hogs are dying from an unknown disease.” Mi'h, II, ( . Hmii-h Deserts a Blind IIukIihihI mail Three- Little Chllilmi. Cincinnati, September 14.—A distress ing ease of family trouble came to light at Hammond street station last night. H. C. Roach, the well-known caterer, who has become blind, entered the station house, led by his little, daughter, scarcely ten years old. With teara streaming down his cheeks, the old gentleman told that hit little boy, three years old, had been stolen from his home, 91 Court street, in the af ternoon, and lie wanted the officers to look into the case. Lieutenant Pistner, by close questioning, learned that Mr. Roach s wife had deserted him and three Hnir.il children last Thursday, and had not been seen since. Tlie old gentleman is almost helpless, and his children are aged ten years, three years and nine months. Lieutenant Pistner detailed an officer to look into the ease, and on information furnished by Roach the recreant wife was found on New street at the house of Mrs. Meads. There it was found that it was she who had stolen the child. As soon as her husband told her what he wanted she thrust the little boy into his father’s arms and slammed the door in the face of both husband and children. She said she would never return to her home or children. Later she appeared .at Hammond street station with her baby in her arms. She says she is unwilling to take her husband’s abuse. She is employed in the laundry at the Palace Hotel, and is said to be a very hard-working woman. The trouble be tween the two seems to be the inclination on the part oi the wife to drink too much beer, and to associate with women of bad character. .41A It KLIN It Y Kinaiicial. London, September 15. —4 p. in.— Consols— money lOO;*, account PK) 13-16. NEW YOKE MONEY MARKET. New York, September 15— Noon—Stocks active and steady. Money quiet, 5"i 6. Exchange lung $4.8iv>$i.82, short $4.84%(i $4,84 : .%. State bends dull, steady. Government bonds dull but firm. New York, September 15.—Exchange $1.81%. Money 7(" 1 per cent. Government’s dull, firm; new four per cents l‘Z6 7 >,; three per cents 126% bid. Slate bonds dull. SOB-TREASURY BALANCES. Gold in the Sub-Treasury $127,728,000; currency $28.185,000. STOCK MARKET. New York, September 15. —The following were closing quotations of the stock exchange: Ala class A 2 to 5 ... 105% (.' & N 65 do class H 5s 108 IN. U. Pac. Ists 75% Ga O’s IN. Y. Centrtyl 111% Oa 8’s mortgage.... 111' J Norfolk &\V’flpre. 15% sellers; September and Getober, 5 8-6-ld buyers; October and November. 6‘P64d value; November and December, 5 3-Old sellers; December and Jaiiury, 5 8-o-ld sellers; January and February. 5 3-64rl buyers; February and March, 5 5-64d sellers; March and April, 5 7-6-ld sellers; April and May, 5 9-fl-td sellers. Futures quiet. -1:00 p. M. -September delivery, 5 13-64d sellers; Septembei an I October. 5 8-Md sellcis; October and November, 5 3-84(1 sellers; November and December, 5 2-Old sellers; December and January, 5 2-Old sellers; January and February, 5 3-64d sellers; February and March, 5 4-6-Id buyers. March nnd April.5 8-84(1 buyers; April and May, 6 8-64(1 value. Futures closed easy. New York, September 15.—Cotton firm; sales 761 bales; middling uplands 9%c, Orleans 0 7-ltlc. Consolidated net receipts 0,701 hales; exports Great Britain 1810, continent. 350, France 00; stock 201,573. NEW YORK AND NEW ORLEANS FUTURES. New York. September 15—Net recelDtsO, gross 0012. Futures closbd linn: sales 70,700 bales, as follows: September 9 lH-100f« 9 17-100 October 9 19-100®9 20-100 November 0 21-100'a9 22-100 December 9 93-100(1.9 24-100 January 9 fO ioum.9 31-100 February 9 38-100"'9 39-100 March- 9 16 loom9 47-100 April ■May July 0 ..!. 7...... 9 71-lOOui 0 72-100 9 79-100'" 9 80-100 New Orle Mt'ndy;* sales September... October vns, September 15—2:40 p. m—Futures 16.800 bales, as follows: 8 82-lOOd'8 84-100 8 78-100'" 8 80-100 November.... December.... January February 8 76-100'" 8 77-100 8 79-1001"'8 80-100 8 88-100'" 8 89-1( 0 8 99-100(0)9 00-100 9 09-100'". 9 11-100 April.!.......!.'. May 9 20-100'" 9 21-100 9 30-100(4*9 31-100 9 40-100(1 9 41-100 July 9 48-100W.-9 49-100 Galveston, September 15— Cotton firm ; mid- lings 9c; net receipts 3769, gross 3759; sales 1675: stock 33,555; exports to continent 00, Great Britain 00. Norfolk, September 15.— Cotton steady; mid dlings 9c; net receipts 194, gross 19-1; sales 15; stock 3161; export! to Great Britain 00. Baltimore, September 15. -Cotton firm: mid dlings 9%c; net, receipts 00, gross 00; sales 2009, spinners 2,109; stock 3389; exports to Great Brit ain 00, to continent 00. Boston, September 15.—Cotton quiet; middlings 9'I h (i,9%c; net receipts 2, gross 15; sales 0; stock —; exports to Great Britain 00. Wilmington, September 15.—Cotton steady; middlings 8t>,c; net receipts 104, gross 104; sales 0; stock 037; exports to Great Britain 00. Philadelphia, September 16—Cotton dull; mid dlings if 1 fie; net receipts 32, gross 32; sales 00; stock 0948; exportH to Great Britain 00. Savannah, September 15. -Cotton very firm; middlings H%c; net receipts 2774, gross 2774; sales 1800; stock 19,618. New Orleans, September 15.-Cotton market firm: middlings at 9c; net receipts 1903, gross 1981; sales 300; stock 21,900; exports to Great Britain 00, to continent 00. Mobile, September 15. -Cotton market steady; middlings H : !.|C; net reoeiptsSl, gross73; sales 100; stock 30-10. Memems,September 15 -Cottonquiet; middling 8%c; receipts 211; shipments 300; sales 250; stock 3792. Augusta, September 15.-—Cotton firm; mid dlings 8’’„c; receipts 247; shipments 00; sales 308; stock —. Charleston, September 15.-Cotton market linn; middlings 8%c; net receipts 914, gross 914; sales .1000; stock 876-1; exports to Great Britain 00. Atlanta, September 15.—Cotton recoipts 91 hales middlings 8%c. PrOViNlWIIN. Chicago, September 16.—F’lour unchanged; southern winter wheat $115®4 50. Mess pork unsettled, closing 25(1,300 lower than yesterday— casli $10 85, October closed at $10 85(>i.$10 87%, November $10 57!-4«u$10 80. Lard weak and 20® 25c lower -cash and September $7 20, October dosed at $7 36(n7 87%, November at *7 25®7 27%. Short rib sides steady—cash $7 35. Boxed meats quiet, steady-dry salted shoulders $6 12%®6 25, short clear sides $7 25d $7 30. On the afternoon board grains were weak and closed a shade easier, and provisions a little steadier. St. Louih, September 15.—Flour (Rill, weak- choice $3 25(i 3 40, family $2 00tii2 75. Provision* weak ami unsettled. Mess pork lower-$ll 50; lard weak, $6 00(i 0 70; bulk meats lower—loose lots Jong clear and short rib sides $7 80, short dear sides $7 90; boxed lots—long clear sides and short rib sides $7 80, short clear sides $7 87%; bacon dull -long clearsides $8 12%®d 35, short rib sides $8 25, short clear sides $8 76®8 87%c; hums $12 26ftu$13 5(1. Cincinnati, .September 15. — Flour quiet— family $3 itfiirS 60. Pork firm—$1150. Lard dull --$7 00. Bulk meats easier—short rib sides $7 60. Bacon firm—shoulders $7 37%, short rib sides $8 25, short clear sides $8 60. New Orleans, September 15.— Rice firm, fair demand - Louisianna fair to prime 3%@ I' ,c. Molasses, steady; Louisiana open kettle —good prime to strictly prime 32c, prime 20c, lair 17'i 18. good common 13'i 14c; centrifugals, firmer- ;•:’me to strictly prime IOm 20c, fair to good fiiii .2 • 13c, common to good common 8® 130 100 rt lie lillc.. eltle Virginia 6s Virginia consols.. Chesap’ke A: Oliii Chicago & N. W do preferred Del. Si Lack Erie East Ten n L , Mem I Mob; Si N. : do pi Pacific Mail Heading I licit. A Allegiiai I (iclimond A: Iia tich & \V. P. Te I lock Island St. PauJ •Bid. ? Asked. Liverpool, September 15. — Noon.— Cotton market business large at advancing prices; mid dling uplands 5 .%-16d, Orleans 5 1 ,d; sales 18,000 bales—for speculation and export 8000 bales. * Receipts 2300 bales—all American. Futures steady at advance, at following quo tations : September 5 14-64(^5 15-64d September and October 5 8-64<a>5 9-6 Id October and November 5 4-64d November and December 5 3-64d December and January 5 3-64d January and February 5 3-64d February and March 5 5-64d March and April 5 7-54d April and May d Tenders of deliveries for to-day’s clearing 7300 bales of new docket and 00 bales of old docket. tic Louisvi -.i.i September 15.—Provisions, market dull ; if on, shoulders $6 75, clear rib $7 75, clear sides 00. Bulk meats—clear rib sides $7 25, clear . as $7 50; mess pork $11 00. Lard- choice leal ;8 IKK", 8 25; hams, sugar-cured, 13c. <4 ruin. Chicago, September 15.—'Wheat fairly active but closed :, h under yesterday September closed at 74'|C. October at 76 3-16c, November closed at 77 7 hC, No, 2 red 75':$c. Corn heavy and closed % under yesterday-cash 38> H (u 38 : k»c, September closed 38' -c, October closed 39 15-16c, November closed at 41 5-16c. Oats dull, closing j/«c lower— « asli 26' |C, September closed at 25 3-16e, October closed at 26'*c, November at 27' h c. St. Louis, September 15.— Wheat generally weak, closed 1 'ya l‘.iC below yesteaday—No. 2 red, cash 75P$c, October 755 h '« 76 7 h o, November e. Corn weak and closed below yester day—No. 2 mixed, cash 3fi l .,i«’37c, September —c. November 37 : V*.< 37?.,c. Oats easier—No. 2 mixed cash 25(ji26/4, October 26^c bid. Cincinnati, September 15. — WheaJ quiet— No. 2 red 77c. Corn dull—No. 2 mixed 41X C * Oats easy—No. 2 mixed 27%c. Louisville, September 15.— Grain dulfc Wheat No. 2 red 73c. Corn dull, No. 2 mixed 43c, white 45c. Oats, new No. 2 mixed 28c. Niitfiftr and ('oll’ee. New Orleans, September 15.—Coffee excited and higher—Rio, in cargoes, common to prime, 9>:F^12' ,c. Sugar quiet, steady; open kettlejprime 5^hC, good fair to fully fair 5*4(^5 7-16c, fair 4%c, common to good common 4^/u;4%c: centrifuala firmer; white hW(a$l H c, choice yellow clarified 5 7 „c, prime yellow clarified 5%(«'6c, seconds 4^ fit 414c. New York, September 15.—Coffee, spot,fair;Rio firm 11 1 $c; .No. 7 Rio, September $9 00(^9 05, October $9 05. November $8 9Bfa 9 20. Sugar firm, quiet Muscavadu 4 9-16, Barbadoes l 1 ,c, centrifu gal 55\(n 5 f>-16o; fair to good refining 4 %(a,4%q: refined firm extra C c, white extra (J 5 >-5'. 2 c, yellow ll-16c off A5 U-16fc«5%c; cut and mould 6‘ .c; standard A 5 7 h c, confec tioners A 6c, cut loaf and crushed 6%c, pow dered 6 ;l , h fn 6; ..c. granulated 6 1 ^ 6 3-16c, cubes 0>'4<gt0 5-16c. Chicago, September 15.—Sugar steady—stand ard A5%(af>Kc- Cincinnati, September 15.—Sugar steady; New Orleans 5, 1 y c. Ito-in and Turpentine. New York, September 15.—Rosin quiet- strained $1 00 " $1 05. Turpentine steady—3554c, 32’,‘qC. I Savannah, September 15.—Turpentine firm, at , 3hr; sales 00 barrels. Rosin firm -good strained 90c'<i $1 10; sales 400 barrels, i Wilmington, September 15.—Turpentine firm; ! 33*:jc. Rosin quiet—strained 75c; good 80c. Tar firm $1 30; crude turpentine firm—hard 75c, ; yellow dip $1 80, virgin $1 80. Cotton Seed Oil. i New Orleans. September 15.— Cotton seed j products scarce and firm— prime crude oil 1 delivered 25'" 26c; summer yellow 36'" 37c. Cake ' and meal, long ton, $19 00("20 00. New York, September 15.—Cotton seed oil, 24® 26c for crude, 40c for refined. Wool and Hides. New v York, September 15.—Hides steady—New Orleans selected. 45 and 60 pounds, 9;4@10o; Texas selected, 50 and 60 pounds, 10@1054o* New York, September 15.—Wool firm— —domestic fleece 30<v? 38c, Texas 10®25c. Whisky. Chicago, September 15.—Whisky steady—|l 15*. St. Louis, September 15.—Whisky firm—$1 10. Cincinnati, September 15.—Whisky firm— $1 10.