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VCM'Mii XXIII.
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civ n I'l< hhoiii. wet with dew,
k'i,. Mill tl'o nun • sweet ray,
mr-1 h*Ti.l had Broken- then,
K ,; thrown away ;
JH', 1 lit mill tho world’s delight,
n .-union bower
I I 1.,|,n11.1 IllnßSOUli bright,
' morning hour!
A Ilttlo word of lot.
went,.stray;
i .a tl.nuaand word,
mi* ■ *y: .
tmidor heart
iiN'l waited long
lIM ■ > i t nit perhaps some day
|. u vo rii'eiit'd into song!
■, r o ,jv r. H.iM with nut brown hair,
,j , m s cf hummer blue ;
i1) 11 • 'it leli Rblecp—
only two;
r li. l.t put out
K-ail t. e htarrv sky ;
!owu-iia red baby tied
lilt "by-uud-hy!’’
one—avo, only Clio!
ii tuer breast itrow cold
t n\ i' nil U},' iiiowli away
wind <> brav*- uni bold ;
w r. its petals crushed
i. it v.it- life s fair hour,
li.et was nil its pride !
Hjv & ittlc word, yet who
' l might know;
it illi; lit l.ave glorified
e li;, b ‘ti l ait i glow 1
K'l.iai.. \ .ih < r mine!
etii w lint is best!
,; ;i : t.ui. hoi a vanished hand
un tin- im ther's breast 1
■ll's FORTUNE!
I— on,
Be Stolen Heiress.
ItALE Or NEW YORK IN 1835.
Meypujf. wm. henry peck,
■ AUTHOR 07
(hi*- i ' >' rrrt,” “ The Tower of Gold, 9
ffß “ ,/' f' low'd," “//.irold's //ate, 9
g®j * The l.rule of Barcelona," Etc.
■ CHAPTER XXVL
CON-TIJKNATIoS OF THE CAPTAIN.
L • (i:ijijan.t placed her
up I. ti ( ujeuiu’s offered arm, and
ii; 1 i! s'.owly from the door of the
nun's hcTioom, her harsh features
v-iy <! uk with suppressed rage and
glooiu. Her eyes gleamed
II tr ih. ir i. a\ v b ack brows like coals o 1
lit-: wide, dec'*), and th-n nostrils rose
■: iV.I; s -be hivnthed hard and fast. Hej
ijuiveri'd with restrained desire U
nirwidi screeches of vindictive fury
..v su.ui seen while in the deac
- r o‘ m had given her much matter foi
a::il swifr* st thought. She plotted
H :a:r. .c.d revenge as she moved slowly
'’i'u well-feigned decrepitude.
;; n uriy ;it a stairway-landing on the
:!>or she halted and whispered to the
■Let us take scats in this room. We will
Ive the door wido open, so as to comman*
liew of the lauding. No one will be abi
■go up or down without be.ug seen by u
Iwe converse. Those in the countin;
Bui will not grow impatient for our re
fn. You have intimated a desire to with
pw from the compact which we have al
|dv nearly agreed to sign. Come, we wh.
t about that matter in this room.”
Bhey were soon seated in the room indi
pd. very close to each other, and almost
|e to face.
■ State your first objection to the com
fj- Captain,” said the dame, in the un-
Ftone in which most of the following con-
Batiou was maintained.
■“Since I have discovered that Senoriti
lland s lover is so rich, and since I hav<
pdied his face and maimer keenly, Senora
lave come to view the business as mori
Pgercus than you have portrayed it,” re-
Jonded the Captain, politely but firmly,
le is very rich, very audacious, very per
pent, very clever. He would search foi
Id find the girl —perhaps not find her to
rrr°w, or the next day, or within a moutl
But he would find her. ”
fHe will vanish to-night, also, Captain
r "'U never see to-morrow. ”
I ft® aware you intend that he shal
push, Senora. llut by whose means it
I to vanish?"
fbf course, by your aid. Captain. ”
i. . I thought you would say, Senora
J rich and clever men like him are nol
I easily made to vanish. I shall need
py dollar of the twenty-five thousand—
r lCa y-u insist lam to pay youinadvanci
FTour permission- to abduct the girl."
r-oy help m that v
■®i Captain."
I Your help, of course, Senora; but th<
Fj® 38 dangerous that I refuse now
icidedly, to pay you that sum in advance
■ after the prize-or so-called prize—ii
p® beyond redempt on by her lover oi
| r relatiyos, an English jury shall decide
l a ®he is the solo and lawful heiress ol
l e health you have declared her to mo U
you shall receive ten hundred
|i.? 8an T dolluis for your share. Ht
I , aave to assume all the danger here]
I : °'’ er will not be easy to handle! j
r.l eaa that in every line of h : s face.”
Lin e M riU h l )( ! or that presently, Cap-
P •. Meanwhile admit that Verneena Ro
is wondrously beautiful.”
Leant C f°i' lft i 8 indeed woudrouslj
lortK * ’ enora - But not at present
[ n twenty-five thousand dollars to me.’
L. av ® you over seen or known any lad]
as lovely?”
L.' W ®ll. as to that, Sonora, I onc<
1,1, V ai,y W * JO "'as in my opinion full.i
I iter o B Sellolita Boland.”
lit In *1 1,0 Captain sighed, scowled, nno
non i,i i ''i? 6 mustache nervously. Hit
P*vs wk * ew ' mc ' i twenty-one years, lotht
IJte 11011 ** e was young and of good re-
euju ) 6r neena Boland wonderfully re-
Mr v, t “ a! * ni '- T - Captain? Bo much si
o lt ' n star,f <l visibly when you first se
®nni,',r R 011 her in the room uuder till
iC %
1 ttom J ta,n ata redat Dame Grippardfoi
Piffled * m ft “azem*nt, and then ex
4\a} hen ou observed that faot?”
Captain e J nst remembered that I did,
as not ii ' Ut to 'he matter before us—
“teai Kn? 6 u ? ,ne °f the lady whom Ver
'esemblos—but wait
* a,r the lad y OW * on K ago ia it since you
*’ittl°n-r. tWeD^'one y ear s ago, Scnora.
to lin,,|‘ Pothapa. I was at that tim
h"i;n , 1 au oliicer of the navy oi
C >M. , . jots well received iu the higheai
hkililt ■ " * t-an'ajii Alfonso B.ilbata, 1
fiair, n er ‘Tt 0,1 '■“ Grippard, hei
tii-i 'v'Mb conceded knowledge oi
‘Bj ' a I nnl,,|, e, | eutr.
*’ !l *>v no'm' D °n f ’ enora! Butof thatwa
Peril more
?oa hav^ f in t °vb aa 'd the dame, dryly,
v Jonnc, forgotten the name oi
' er “ ( 'in a j noble English lady whom
-y ?li ' a s ‘> wonderfully resembles.”
f(V ° ra er na ®e. like her face,
*#** h ei . i‘. ev ,' r on my memory. True
|? n J tut tbi r ,.„ “ 'Bbtly. J was in hercom
-tee years ol.i tlm f s - I was then twenty
-8 °ll. and full of passion. Im
The Georgia enterprise
p< rioiia us ii iinwn: tihe win uiiout . .. ht
ecu Ihe lircm.nl ago of t enon:,, \ ernecua
1 suppose. I firm met her „t i, dinner parts
of noble. Next I met her at . h nut ini
P'tv } >‘ B ‘bird nnd lint time I mol her,it
a ball of the nobility a> il gentry. Then 1
ventured to ask her to permit me to pay m\
tddreiseji to her. She gently refaied, anil
i noon after lenined that the wiih airendi
6ngaff6d to uu Eng ish baronet of enonuont
wealth. I never siw her nguia, but h r ini
a obis never faded in my heart. I lov
lier >et! Kenoritt Ro'and h wonderful re
semblance lo that lady caused me to lean
eagerly for a lime—townr 1 acceptance ol
your propod lion, Dame Oiippard.”
‘ Well, you ny you still remember per
fectly tne name of the lady with whom you
were so in atuated. Was it not Lady
Ethella I’ercluir? Was she not the only
child of Lord Henry t the Earl of Per cl air?'
**Ah!" exclaimed the Captain, nearly
springing from his chair, as he heard the
above name. “YuU knew that lady!”
“Very well, indeed, Captain. But bear
me further As \ erneena is the daughtei
of rady riLelln, should Bhe not resemble
her mother?”
Again the amazed Captain nearly spranfj
from bis seat. Staring wildly at the dame
whose grimace of exultation was fearful tc
behold, he asked in a deep and agitated
whisper:
“Is Senorita Boland the daughter ol
Lady Ethel in Perclair?”
“In truth she is, Captain. The daughtei
of the Indy whom you madly loved twenty
one years ago—the daughter of the lady
who knew you only ns tenor Del Burreta,
of the Spanish navy."
Thj Cnpiain now sprang erect, trembling
violently, and glaring menacingly at th€
dame. She had just uttered his true name;
a name which he had disgraced in Spain
twenty years before, and by which he had
never been called si ce the day he was ex
pelied from the Spanish navy for theft, and
outlawed for an assassination in which h
hud participated.
The d.ime returned his glare of threat
with one of defiance and derision, lie
leaned toward her with a scowling visage,
black with scarcely suppressed rage, shook
his finger fiercely in her face, and said in a
deep and grow ling tone, as if from the very
center of his enormous chest:
“1 hat name, Senora, was the name of a
man who has been dead twenty years! It
will he very dangerous for you to utter it
when more than you and I are together,
lteiuember this warning!"
“You cannot frighten me. Captain. Sii
down again. The man is not dead, though
his name may he. He is alive enough to
he hanged when I Bay the word to bring his
neck into a noose. Sit down, Captain.
Remember thatj-ou and I are to be friends
and partners. We are to snare in a smalt
fortune of five hundred thousand or mor<
rounds sterling--long waiting for onr hand
ling in merry England.”
The Captain wiped his heated brow, and
secretly cursed himself for having showed
so much wrath to one who evidently cared
less for it than he onld have cared for the
roar of a tied buffalo. He sat down si
lenlv.
“I do not fear to tell you w hat I am about
to do, Captain,” continued the dame, “foi
you are more in my power than you can
ever hope to have me in yours. To betray
my secret will not put a penny in your
parse. But were Ito set the law toward
that brig of yours, how long would it be
before you and all your crew would he in
prtSOl M uU..... .<
feit money—counterfoil notes of Spain,
counterfeit notes of France, counterfeit
Dotes of England, counterfeit notes of the
United States?”
“Take care, Senora! Threatened dogs
guard themselves," growled the Captain —
secretly terrified and hot with suppressed
rage. “You cannot frighten me, Senora.’’
“I am not threatening merely to frighten
you. Captain. 1 am warning you. Now
listen to what I have to tell you. I dis
covered yesterday that a great fortune, ovei
which for sixteen years 1 have held secret
and sure control so far as its inheritance by
tho rightful heir is considered, was about
to slip from mv grasp forever. I iuslantly
reserved to take swift steps to retain ms
power. Yon used to know me in England
twenty-one years ago, Captain.”
“That is very probable, I perceive, Sen
ora; hut I have no recollection of everhav,
ing seen you till we met here in this city—a
few years ago. ”
“I was a housemaid in the service ol
Lady Ethellu l'erclair, Captain, when yoq
proffered love to her. I am the womai|
whom you ; aid to deliver love-letters to
LadyEthel’a. I delivered but one to her.
She read that, tore it to bits, and com
manded me never to dare to bring anothei
from you to her.”
“Ah! But I gave you several, and yot
took pay for all, and told me you had givei
all to her.”
“I did, and I lied. lam not ashamed t<
admit that to you, Captain. The \ as now
Captain, it was my policy to always ge
what money I could, eo long as the gettui|
of it did not scorch my good name. Di
you remember the name of the gent'emai
who married your lady love?"
“I might remember it were it mentioned
in my hearing for my attention. Senora. 1
remember tho name and title of her father
that she was his only child, and that he hat
no near relatives besides. She was toinheri
from fi man immense fortune. I hat fa cl
first made me desirous to be her husband
But 1 quickly began to adore her for hoi
beauty alone. Had sho accepted mo 1
should have been a better man than I havt
been. What was the name of the baronet!
that is, of her husband?”
“Sir Edward Hawksworthy, Captain.”
"Ah! 1 remember that name now. Mj
faith, it is also the name of Senorita Bo
land’s lover below! I fancied in the oupoli
that I had hoard that name before—and i
longtime ago! Yes—Edward Hawksworthy
But what does this coincidence mean, Sen
ora?"
“It is simply a coincidence, Captain, and
nothing more. Sir Edward Hawksworthy
never was the father of a soil. This youug
officer is not in the least related to the
Hawkßworthys of England."
“Avery strange coincidence, Senora.
“ Yes, for the name of your rival for the
love of Lady Ethella l’erclair was the
same as that of your rival for tho love oi
her daughter. ” . .
“This lad below will not be my n\al,
Senora, if I am to pay anything in advance
for the privilege! All may he as you so
confidently assert, but too much remains
for the decision of a jury in Englnnd.
“You emphatically refuse to |ay me
twenty-five thousand dollars here to-day,
and to sign tho contract whioh I showed to
y °“Most emphatically 1 do, and I defy yon.
Senora, andlhe world to find auy counterfeit
money aboard my brig! And as for what I
may have done years ago in Spam. please
remember that we are not in Spain but in
the good city of New York where nc
criminal deed can be even pointed toward
al *'what' ) Not even the murder that wai
done in the cupola of Old Anchors last
m Ue' sVaTtTviotontly, turned very pale,
glared at her in sudden dismay. Nofoie he
could speak, she added with quick tierce
□esH find clutching his arm.
“Remember that I cnn have you hanged
hv the neck till you are dead, in this good
? f -v* York Captain, for the murdei
of James Bratton! You murdered him lasi
n o t in this ho tse- in his bedroom, Al-
Balbita or whatever other name
?r e , r oTay me twice twenty-bve thou
sand dollars here this day.
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE LETTER of THE DEAD MAN.
It was evident that the Captain was fear
he cast' rapid and aßriguted g ance. tn
every direction. SLo ad t< rnly:
“xou me guilty. Balbata. That is per
rectly plain to me. t h ill I proceed tc
make the same | Inn to others, or will you
iiiituiitlj content to sign the contract
wliii-li I showed you yesterday, and which
l ha e with me now?”
Scnoia Uiippurd,” gisped the Captain,
again mopping h s hot and ►teaming foro
be*d, “jf Senor Bratton vas murdered 1
swear to you I had naught to do with
the deed. Dali! llis dra’li has just
been legally declared to bo suicide! You
cun not fri.’liten me, Senor*. 1 admit that
T wis somewhat san tied for a moment by
your suddeu and violent m tuner. Bah!
Listen. I can easily p.ove, by ten or more
persons, that I was i.i my roo u at my
hotel every niinuto of last night from
eight at night, mind you, till nine this
morning. Bah! I owe you no res; ect,
Scnoia, for accusing mu of such a crime!’
“Do not talk bo fast, Captain. Cun yon
prove even by one person that your uccie
tirv, supercargo, or w hatever ho is to you
I mean this Bazil o Alfaiti whs in \oiu
hotel every hour of lust night? ilo! 'You
turn very pale again. Captain! And can
you prove that this new tirst mate of yours,
this Urban It, was iu your hotel every houi
of last night? ’
“110. as to thit man, I "
“Wait a moment, Captain. I know now
that you owed -lames Bratton five thousand
founds b erling twenty-five thousand dol
lars, say. IDs clerk, Townly, told me the
other day that you had once borrowed that
amount of Bratton- obtained the loan by
false pretenses, remember. I gathered this
morning from what was said by Pettis that
you and this fellow DftzUio Alfanti were
were about sunset of yesterday tliat Brat
ton went with you to where he had sta
tioned men to keep keen watch upon your
brig. When 1 said iu the room under tLf
cupola that I believed the Swede hud mur
dered Bratton, you and this Ba/.ilio —whom
I have always detested- exchanged glances
of delight— I know now that they w re
glances of delight. 1 did not suspect bo
much then. In fact, I 6impu ted i oiling
then. I began to 8U c ~*ect yi * and la ilio
ind your man Urlmndt ouiy a. N rrcadi v
this letter. Bead the address. It is the
handwriting of Jainos Era ton! Bead it.
Captain. ”
As she said this she held cautiously, for
the Captain’s perusal, the back of a folded
tet er.
“Saints of Spain!” mentally exclaimed
the astounded Captain, a6 ho read on the
back of the letter those words, in the hand
writing of the dead mau:
“To Mrs. Helen Grippard, Yorkville,
N. Y.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
A Southern Fair.
“Some time ago,” says a traveling
man, “I was delayed for nearly a week
in a Southern town, in which a fair was
being held. The first thing to attract
my attention was a motley collection of
booths and stands, which occupied a
vacant lot at the intersection of the two
principal streets, and from which arose
a confused babble of voices. I caught
sight of the muscle testers, striking ma
chines, etc., which are ttsunlly seen on
the grounds of a county fair, but the
_ i uvviwu <nso air itumuuao
cane rack, as it was called, holding fully
five hundred canes, and before which
was a surging crowd, chiefly negroes,
busily throwing rings at the canes in an
endeavor to ‘ring’ one, in which event
it became the property of the lucky
thrower.
“To enhance the attractions which tho
canes held out to the colored portion of
the inhabitants of the town, tho enter
prising proprietor of the cane stand had
various prizes in the shape of sides of
bacon, sour hams, several battered nickel
clocks which had seen their best days,
and high above all a capital prize in the
shape of a watch, resplendent with gild
ing and with the movement fully expos
ed to the dust —which was constantly
swirling about in heavy clouds. The
proprietor had left it open to convince
his colored brethren that the watch was
a ‘really truly’ one. From the prizes
ran a string, the end of which was at
tached to a cane, and tho winner of the
cane took with it the attached prize.
“It happened to bo Saturday night
and most of the darkies had a few dol
lars. That is, they had them until they
saw the bacon and hams and the watch.
At the sight of the last their eyes would
roll and they’d begin pitching rings as
if their lives depended on it. Everything
was sacrificed to the watch, but it re
fused to be wooed from its retirement.
One darkey, on his last ring, purchased
with his last money, was fortunate
enough to win one of tho hams, but so
much did he covet the watch that he
traded his prize back for 10 more rings
after furtively licking the bone at its
upper end and casting an agonized
glance after it as it was laid back in its
place. Seven rings of the ten were
thrown without success. Eight!—
nine! —
“His under lip wobbled, and he leaned
over until lie almost overbalanced him
self as he threw the last. It won! The
crowd heaved a mighty sigh and looked
at him in awe. With a tear in his eye
the cane man handed over the watch,
after vainly endeavoring to buy it back
for seventy-five cents. Above this
amount he refused to go, and retired to
mourn in silence.
“The winner departed with his prize
in high glee, and his subsequent discov
ery that it required to be wound hourly,
pounded occasionally, and that it would
then reward its owner by moving one
hand and going as long as he shook it,
only increased nis delight, as it enabled
him to pull it out oftener and made him
tho envy of all his companions.”
A Job In View.
Omaha Man—" Want to borrow an
other quarter, eh? You told me some
time ago you were going to Washington
to get a job.”
Tramp —"I went there and applied for
the job, but I couldn't pass the civil ser
vice examinations. They said I didn’t
know enough to come in when it
rained.”
"What did you apply for?” “Fourth
assistant cleaner of the Congressional
spittoons. But you needn’t be afraid to
lend me money. I’ve got a job in view.”
", h, you have? What is it?”
"A man is to be tried for his life, and
I’ve been drawn on the jury.” —Omaha
Wwld.
Stormier When She Came.
One stormy night about four months
ago a little girl came into a family up
town where there was already a boy 3 or
4 years old. One bad evening this week
the father and mother were going out
and tlie boy wanted to go along and
take the baby. To this tlie mother ob
jected strenuously, and for a final argu
ment she said:
“But, my son, don’t yon know we
can t take little sister out such a stormy
night as this?”
“Well, I don’t care,” he replied. “It
was a good deal stormier than this the
night she come here.”— Washington
Vrilir-
“MT COUNTRY MAT BUS RVRR US RIOUT. RIOUT OR WRONG MY COUNTSY.
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1888,
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
INTEKESTIKU HOTS ABOUT OUR
UNITED STATES’ OFFICIALS.
Atmiii i|i Walt* llanar-Arm? nml
Navy .tlattei • Om ltrlniini Wllb Other
CoNiiirlrn hiiil Niitlnu*.
CON O It EBB I ON AL.
In ili Senate, House bills to remove
I lie political disabilities of William W.
Mackall, of Virginia, and in regard to
term* of United States courts at Vicks
burg, Mbs., were rcjiorted from the Ju
diciary committee and passed. Mr. Wil
son, of lona, addressed the Senate on
the subject of the president’s annual mes
n„ r c. The Senate then proceeded to the
consideration of the bill to provide the
establishment of a bureau of animal in
dustry to faiililatc the exportation of line
slock and their pioducts and extirpate
contagions pleuro pneumonia anil other
diseases among done Stic animals. After
a couple of hours spent in the reading of
the bill and report, and of various com
munications (one of them from the com
missioner of agriculture, criticising the
bill adversely,) and after some discussion,
the bill was laid aside without action. ...
A dead lock has occurred in the House
on the diivct tax bill, and the day was
spent in roll calls.
In the Senate, the bill for the with
drawal of public lands in Mississippi
from sale at ordinary private entry, and
to re-district them for homestead set
tlers, was reported from the committee
on public lauds and placed on the calen
dar. The Senate took up the bill to re
imburse depositors of the Freedman's
Savings and Trust Company, for losses
mcuried by the failure of that company.
When the bill was last before the Senate,
Mr. Vest had objected to the provision
to pay “legal representatives” of depos
llors, and Mr. Evarts had suggested the
amendment of “personal representa
tives.” Mr. Platt insisted on taking up
the unfinished business—the bond pur
chase Gill— and so the Freedman’s bank
bill went over without action on any of
the amendments.. . .After the reading of
the journal in the House, an effort was
made by friends of the special order—the
direct tax hill—to make an arrangement
by which the final vote upon the measure
would be insured, but Mr. Breckinridge,
of Arkansas, objected to tlie proposition.
Mr. E. Ik Taylor, of Ohio, thereupon
moved to limit the general debate to one
hour. Opponents of the bill then re
sorted to filibustering tactics. The en
tire day was consume 1 in voting upon
dilatory motions submitted by opponents
of the bills, Messrs. Oates, of Alabama,
and Beckcnridge, of Arkansas, being
most active in this respect.
The Senate, after two hours spent in
secret legislative session, opened its
jkiftiiftebergrf’* reoftiit'C(i’'tb WftWVcrX’iT.-
fisheries treaty in open session, was the
only subject of debate, but several seno
tois ventured to discuss briefly the merits
of the treaty itself, being however,called
to order for so doing, jles-rs. Edmunds
and Hoar made a strong tight against the
resolution.... The House proceeded to
the consideration of measures reported by
the committee on military affairs. The
followiug bills were passed: Appropri
ating $.100,000 fortlie construction of an
arsenal for the repair, storage and distri
bution of ordnance and ordnance stores
in Columbia, Tenn. Providing for the
promotion of officers of the army after
twenty years’ continuous service iu one
grade! ' A bill was passed, appropriating
$15,000 for the construction of a road to
the national cemetery at Baton Rouge,
La. The House then went into commit
tee of the whole for the consideration of
the Senate direct tax bill. Mr. Oates, in
opposing the bill, said that tire tax paid
in Northern states, with the exception of
Delaware, had been paid in by the state
assuming to collect it from
the people and retaining 15 per
cent. as it was entitled to.
In the Southern states after the War the
tax had been called directly from the
people. There had been many irregu
larities in that collection. For the last
twenty years, though the law remained
unrepealed, no attempt bad been made
to enforce it, $7,000,000 had been col
lected, leaving $2,500,000 uncollected.
Mr. Elliott, of South Carolina, favored
the bill, and gave instances of irregular
ities in collections in the direct tax in
the Southern states, mentioning
the fact that the entire town of Beau
fort had been sold for the payment of
tax.
Attorney-General Earle, of South Car
olina, argued a case before the I nited
States Supreme Court, Louis D. DeSaus
sure against Peter C. Gnillnrd, involving
the validity of #OOO,OOO of South Caro
lina bonds.
Under the provisions of the direct tax
bill, which is under discussion, Georgia
will receive back from the government,
provided the bill passes, the sum of
$117,982; Alabama, $18,283; Florida,
$4,700; South Carolina, $222,390; Ten
nessee, $392,004; North Carolina, $377,-
452.
There is no doubt that President
Cleveland will sign the river and harbor
bill, provided the Senate does not un
reasonably increase the items as they now
stand. In a recent conversation with a
leading member of Congress the Presi
dent referred to the suVplua in the treas
ury, and in making a hasty calculation ns
to tlie appropriation bills which would
tend to decrease the amount included in
theriverand harbor bill. The gross amount
provided for in the bill is a trifle in ex
cess of $19,000.000.
SHARP DIED.
Jacob Sharp, the railroad briber, died
at his late residence in New York. IBs
two daughters and grandson, George
Sharp, wire present. -Mr. Sharp’s doc
tors said, “His recent sickness, us is pret
ty well known, was brought about by
cold contracted during the blizzard in
Home, N. Y. He had been a very side
man for several years. I was convinced
in my own mind that his term of life
was short. He had been unconscious for
several days before bis death, and died
without recognizing his relatives around
his bed. When we were alone in his
room, lie looked up and abruptly said:
“Doctor, I don’t think I shall ever live
to be tried.” Ho spoke earnestly, and
without laying another word, lay back
on the pillow and closed his eyes. But
for the cold, which indirectly caused
his death, Mr. Sharp might have lived
for several years, despite the other
troubles. The immediate cause of death
was heart disease, though he had been
troubled with heart and kidney troubles,
and diabetes, for several years.”
SOUTHEIL\ GOSSIP.
BOIL ID 7)0 IIV CUTS ASD FAN-
I ll s l \Ti:it U'TINOLT STATED.
4i*f ••Irni* on I .ii ml nml i Sin New Knlrr
r>! <• ’'Mirlilo* -ICclltflout. Tnnpernni’o
iimil .social Muller*.
The Augusta, Ga., exposition w ill be
p|“u from October 10, to D.cetnber 13.
William Porter, a young farmer of Cos
lunibiu, Tenn , committed suicide, by
taking morphine.
The dry-goods house of Joliu Gilgan &
Cos., of Nashville, Tenn., has assigned foi
th*|lH-nelit of their creditors.
Fifteen |Hrsons have left Oconee
Comity, i\ C., for Utah, and Mormon
“missionaries” are muking many converts.
Cross, the Raleigh, N. C. bank pres
ident and forger, has confessed, and
eays Cashier White is blameless in the af
fair.
Out of 1,2(10 applications for Confed
erate soldier pensions in North Carolina,
nearly one-third were rejected for irregu
larities or fraud.
Augusta, Ga., has inaugurated a cook
ing class among the fashionable young
ladies, and it promises to develop into n
delightful craze.
Tlie steamer, Gen. H. D. Rucker,
which left Memphis, Tenn., for St. Louis,
burned near Mount Pleasant, Mo. She
was valued ut SIO,OOO.
Vjhn Haw kins, assistant postmaster at
Newberry, S. C., and SSOO disappeared,
in • Mrs. Herbert, the postuii-tress is on
hU trail, which leads to Florida.
Judge Sharp, of Lexington, Ky., has
been appointed state treasurer by Gov
ernor Buckner, to succeed defaulting
Treasurer Tate. The nomination was
confirmed by the Senate.
Jesse Hall, agent of the Comanche and
Wi 'hita Ind ians, in Indian Territory, has
hern indiete I by the grand jury of the
northern Texas district, on the charge of
ctAezzling $14,000 belonging to the
Ut'ted States government.
There is a remarkable outbreak of mea
slflr at the town of Manchester, in Cum
beyland county, N. C. The population
ccu-ists almost entirely of factory opera
tives, as some large cotton mills are lo
ciilv|*ft#re. Nearly every operative is
sick, f *omc dangerously so, and ail the
mi Uhave been forced to shutdown.
light prisoners confined in the Miller
county jail, at Texarkana, Texas, with
augers, furnished them from the outside,
bored through the walls of the jail, mak
ib; their escape. The greater number
were confined for forgery and burglary.
Bloodhounds have been placed upon the
trad of the fleeing parties.
Henry Rosenburg, a millionaire hanker
of Galveston, Texas, in a communication
WllPtWi rate erection of a
substantial public school building, for
the education of white children exclus
ively. Mr. Rosenburg is a native of
Switzerland.
The stockholders of the Market street
bridge, over the Tennessee river, at Chat
tanooga, Tenn., have arranged to begin
work on that structure soon, and it is to
be completed inside of ten months. The
bridge will cost $200,000. It will have
a fifteen-foot span in the center, and will
be built by the Decatur Bridge Company,
of Decatur, Ala.
J. H. Renncker, lumber merchant of
Charleston, S. €., assigned and it is
stated that liabilities were SIIO,OOO and as
sets $40,000. It now turns out that liabili
ties will reach perhaps $70,000. ltenneker
was doing business w ith .1. C. Rigby,
owner of two lumber mills in the coun
try. Rigby flooded the town with ne
gotiablc notes at thirty-sixty and ninety
days, indorsed by Rennekcr.
The United States man-of-war Rich
mond, the flagship of Rear Admiral Luce,
commanding the North Atlantic squad
inn, while seeking anchorage at Key
West collided with the Swedish hark
Lima. The flagship had considerable
damage done to her bow r and quarter
dt ck railing,(while the bark lost her jib
boom and bowsprit,)but may be patched
up iu time to take*part in the Pensacola
sham-fight.
The board of trustees of the University
of Tennessee, by unanimous vote elected
Prof. Lannon Scribner, at present chief
of the bureau of mycology in the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington, D.
(’.. to the chair of botany and horticul
ture in the University of ’Tennessee; also,
botanist to the agricultural experiment
station of Tennessee. Prof. Henry E.
Summers, of Cornell Univcr-ity, N.
was elected professor of zoology and en
tomology, and Prof. Win. E. Stern, for
merly of" Massachusetts experiment sta
tion and Houghton farm station, who is
now at the University of Goettiug, Ger
many, wasAlected chemist.
TENNESSEE BRIEFLF.TS.
Thomas Meeelmn, of Chattanooga,
foolishly exhibited a roll of SI,OOO while
buying a drink iu the Brunswick saloon.
A man of slialy reputation named Sillier,
grabbed the money, but was captured and
jailed.... A serious collision took place
on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad neai
Spring City, and seveial cars were
smashed up, but no lives were lost ....
M. F. House, chief clerk in the treas
urer's office, lias completed the quarterly
n port of the condition of the treasury.
The total receipts amount to $714,781.71.
1 he totul disbursements amount to $919,
181.23 James B. Pickens, for several
years chief of police of Knoxville, but
at present engaged as engineer at Jones 1
brickyard, across the river, met withs
serious accident. Ho lost his footing
and fell among the wheels of the brick
machine Neaily all of the pokei
rooms at Knoxville have closed up.... Miss
Rebecca Bates, a beautiful young lady,
about eighteen years of age, is confined
in the Cleveland jail, a raving maniac.
The unfortunate young lady’s home is
near Charleston, anil until a short
time ago she was a bright intel
ligent society belle of that place....
Every large wagon factory in the South
was represented at Nashville at a meeting
at the Maxwell house. The meeting was
secret, but committees were appointed on
systematizing the prices and on guaran
tee funds. It is denied that a trust is
the object or that any substantial advance
in price is coutcmpla cd, but that is the
view entertained by outsiders.... Avery
heavy shower of rain fell at South Pitts
burg, accompanied by sharp flashes oi
lightning, one of which struck the South
Pittsburg Pipe Works. That poition of
the works known as the testing and
weighing department was soon in flames
and was totally destoyed, involving a
loss of less than SI,OOO.
VETERANS’ REUNION.
The arrangements for the reunion of
the survivors of the army of the Potomac
with the survivors of tho army of
northern Virginia are progressing very
satisfactorily. Hon. Geo. Wm. Curtis
will deliver the oration, Geo, Parsons
L.ithrop the poem, and Bishop Horatio
l’ottcr, of New York, the address of wel
come. Borne distinguished Confederate
general will be selected to mako the re
ply to the address of welcome. The re
union will be on the Ist, 2d and 3d of
July next at Gettysburg aud will con
clude with a grand banquet. Tho presi
dent of the United States, Gen. Sher
man, Gen. Sheridan, and many other dis
tinguished officers on both aides of the
contest will he present. The following
is the committee from the Army of the
Potomac and Confederates can address
any of them for furlher information:
Gen. John C. Robinson, U. S. A.; Gen.
Abner Doublodny, U. S. A.; Cnpt. James
Beale; Gen, Francis C. Barlow; Maj. C.
A. Rice; Col. W. L. Tidlmll; Gen. Dan
iel F. Sickles; Gen. Joseph B. Carr; Gen.
Chas. K. Graham; Col. W. C. Church;
Gen. E. D. Keyes; Gen. D. VV. Couch;
Gen. Daniel Butterfield; Gen. F. J. Por
ter; Gen. S. \V. Crawford; Gen. C. A.
Whittier; Gen. M. T. McMahon; Gen. T.
W. Hyde; Gen. J. F. Hartranft; Gen.
John G. Paike; Gen. C. O. Howard,
Gen. Charles Devins; Hen. Carl Schurz;
Gen. 11. W. Slocum, Gen. H. A. Bar
num, Gen. Geo. S. Greene, Gen. A.
Pleasant, Gen. J. B. Mclntosh. Gen.
John Hammond, U. S A., Gen. H. J.
Hunt, U. S. A., Col. Andrew Cowan,
Maj James E. Smith, Gen. Nathaniel P.
Banks, Gen. H. A. Williams, Gen. N.
W. Day, Col. R. B. Erwin, Maj. Chas.
Appleby, Geu. E. L. Mollincnux. Gen.
Benjamin F. Butler, Gen. N. M. Curtis,
Gen. Joseph R. Hawley, Gen. George H.
Sharpe, Gen. E. Tremaine, Gen. Maj. J.
B. Fassitt. Officers Army of the Poto
mac Society; Geu. Horatio C. King,
Secretary, 38 Park Row, N. Y.; Col.
Samuel Trucsdell, Treasurer, 18 Broad
way, N. Y.
DEATH HOVERS NEAR
Emperor Frederick of Germany during
his sleep is watched constantly by either
Dr. Hovell or Dr. Mackenzie, who, when
there is any excess of coughing, go to
the emperor’s assistance. The necessity
for this precaution was seen recently
when the emperor was seized with a se
vere fit of roughing—during which a
pi- ce of cartilage wa9 detached which,
hut for the instant assistance of Dr. Mac
kenzie, might have caused £suffocation.
During the Easter holidays the empe
ror was received with enthusiastic greet
ings and ringing hurrahs along the route.
The weather was extremely mild, and as
the carriage was driven slowly the empe
ror was fully seen. He saluted by rais
iac.bL-g..Vj“,'d.cf '‘sL.’sYp, '>ato
of illness being his waxy eomplexior..
Despite the semblance of health and his
increased power, however, German ex
pert opinion that the disease will have an
early and fatal termination is still un
abated. The end will come quickly when
it does come. Any night a sudden crisis
may declare itself. It will be announced
to the public and will he followed in a
few hours by an intimation of the empe
ror's death. The report that Dr. Mac
kenzie will take a prolonged leave is un
true. The reaction among the Berlin
populace in his favor is complete. As he
drives to Unter den Linden by himself he
is greeted with cheers and salutes. The
Crown Prince William goes to Ems. The
state of his health continues to cause
grave disquietude.
BAD BUSINEB3.
Hrcretary Itnynrd’s I’nctflc Ituerancca
Canae the Aloom to llrfy Uncle Snm.
The situation remains unchanged at
Tangiers. The correspondents say that
the United States war ship Enterprise,
which in appearance is not imposing, is
the laughing stock of the Mediterranean.
A few days of Arm, dignified action after
the arrival of the Enterprise would have
settled the difficulty. Two days after
wards, however, the local French and
Spanish papers there republished a cable
gr: m which had appeared in the Madrid
Bpoca under a Washington date, stating
that Secretary Bayard, on being inter
viewed, had said that C'apt. McCalla, of
the Enterprise, had orders under no pos
sible contingency to use his guns. Had
this nuivc remark, with which Secretary
Bayard is credited, not been uttered
there would never have been the slightest
danger or necessity for armed inter
ference. Now, however, some show of
earnestness will have to bo made. The
Moors are intriguing to get rid of Consul
Lewis, hoping to secure his recall and
the return there of the former consul,
Matthews. The latter’s real name was
Mathco, and lie was a Spaniard by birth.
American Consul Lewis lias received a
reply from the Moorish government de
clining to accede to the demands of the
United States with reference to persons
under consular protection imprisoned at
Rabat. Fears are intertained that the
American government will adopt vigor
ous measures against the Moors.
TERRIBLE SCENE.
On Easter Sunday afternoon about 5
o’clock, the hull ring at Celaya, Mexico,
while crowded with spectators, was set
on fire by several prisoners, who were
witnessing the fight under guard. A
panic seized the vast assemblage, and a
frightful loss of life resulted. Eighteen
lives were lost by persons being burned
to death, while ten others were so badly
burned that they will probably die. Two
hundred others were more or less burned,
bruised, trampled upon by the crowd,
and tossed by the maddened bulls, which
escaped from the pens into the crowd. In
tin; contusion the prisoners who had set
the ring on lire made their escape. The
best society of Celaya was in attendance.
HOTEL MOVED.
Hotel Brighton,at Coney Island, N.Y.,
was successfully moved 120 feet back
from the ocean. Six powerful locomo
tives were used. The building will be
pulled as far as the tracks have been pre
pared, 200 feet. There was a large crowd
of spectators present, including many la
dies. Some of the latter, upon invita
tion, were allowed to ride. The hotel is
440 feet long and 200 wide, with a cal
culated weight of 5,000 tons.
EUROPEAN FLOODS.
Reports from the flooded districts in
Germany, state that the Rhine and
Warthe are subsiding somewhat, but that
the Vistula has broken out again and now
covers from 300 to 400 square miles with
its waters. Seventy-nine villages have
been submerged and 30,000 inhabitants
are homeless.
WORLD AT LARGE.
I‘EN PICTURES PAINTED BT A
CORPS OF ABLE ARTISTS.
What U Uilm n Neria, Kail kdil \Val
nml Arm* lta„ tValer—Ttae I ruling Kn
roprim Mlrriu.
Benjamin Harrison Brewster, cx-United
States attorney-general, died recently in
Philadelphia, Pa.
Two railroad watchmen were murdered
in Chicago, 111. A nqeirt that strikers
did it proved groundless.
The entire cost of the Western rate
war, now ending, to the railroad com
panies involved has been $15,01)0,000.
Abner Ingalls Bergen, late president of
the Pacific National Bank of Boston,Mass.,
a noted defaulter, has died in Canada.
Rockville, Conn., was almost totally
destroyed by a fire which started in the
basement of the Second Congregational
Church.
Jake Sharp, the' New York railroad
briber, is to he tried again. His counsel
flooded the court with certificates of his
ill health.
A movement is being made by lawyers
of the country to raise a fund for the
benefit of Mrs. Waite, widow of the late
chief justice.
Prince Bismarck has just celebrated
his 73d birthday, and received many
presents, a large proportion coming from
the royal latuily.
A union of the interests of the Knights
of Labor and Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineeht is lieing agitated with every
prospect of success.
One of the largest fires ever known in
the town of Ameshury, Mass., where a
large proportion of the carriages of the
country are manufactured, took place re
cently. Loss nearly $500,000.
The Czar of Russia and Pope Leo have
approved the preliminaries of a conven
tion between Russia and the Vatican.
When details arc settled, Russia will ac
credit a minister to the Vatican.
The ladies, whose election to the offices
of mayor and council at Oskaloosa, Kan
sas, caused some excitement, took the
oath of office and assumed their official
duties. They declare for law and order
and public improvements. j. r
A train on the St. Paul Railroad was
derailed near New Hampton, lowa, and
plunged into a creek. The engineerand
tirenran’werc instantly killed along with
ten passengers snd three times that num
ber more were injured.
Claus Sgreckles, of San Francisco, Cal.,
located his opposition sugar refinery at
Philadelphia, Pa., purchasing a site on
the Delaware river front, paying a half
million in cash. The refinery is expected
to be in operation within a year.
PRISONERS CREMATED.
Just before daylight the jail at Friar’s
Point, Miss., was discovered on fire. Des
perate efforts were made to release five
prisoners it contained, but without suc
cess, and they perished in the flames.
They were William Gray, under sentence
of ten years for arson nnd robbery; Fred
Powers, a partner of Gray’s, who was
also under sentence of five years for rob
bery. Powers, under arrest for an as
snult with intent to kill; Andy Brown,
(colored) under dcatli sentence for mur
der, and a negro boy, aged fifteen, who
was crazy. Gray set the jail on fire, as
lie had threatened to do so. The jail
was a substantial brick building, a por
tion being occupied by chancery and cir
cuit court clerks, who succeeded in sav
ing the county records.
A KING S PUZZLE.
The King of Dahomey has considerably
embarrassed the invalid Kingof Portugal
by sending him a present of a conscript
of half a dozen negro girls, w ith the mes
sage that they had been selected from
tile prettiest and plumpest damsels in his
dominions. On reaching Lisbon these
nymphs were attired much after the fash
ion of the Garden of Eden, but they have
since been decorously dressed by order of
King Louis. They were first sent to the
Marine barracks, where they were kept
for a few days in a carefully guarded
wing, but this arrangement caused both
scandal and inconvenience, so they were
relegated to a house in the botanical gar
dens, where they still remain.
HIGH LICENSE
A St. Paul paper publishes interviews
with about 200 prominent representatives
of Minnesota, regarding the workings of
high license in that state, where the law
has been in effect for about eight
months. It is agreed that the law has
worked well in all cities, and that the
effect has been good not only in the sense
of an increased revenue, but in lessening
the number of saloons and in bettering
the character of those that are in opera
tion under the law.
PENSACOLA’S SHOW.
Orders were issued from Washington,
I). C., for tlie vessels of the North At
lantic squadron to rendezvous at Pensa
cola, Fla., April 17, for the purpose of
fleet drill and exercises, both afloat and
ashore. The following named vessels
will participate: Richmond, Galena, At
lanta, Yantic and Ossipee. They will
probably visit New Orleans prior to the
drill. The citizens of Pensacola are ar
ranging for a grand reception during the
visit of the squadron.
BISMARCK’S OBJECTIONS.
The proposed marriage of Prince
Alexander, of Hattenberg, and Princess
Victoria, of Prussia, for reasons of state,
meets with great opposition from Prince
Bismarck, and the people generally side
with Bismarck. The affair is a love
match, and Queen Victoria will go to
Germany to endeavor to bring the mar
riage about. Bismarck threatens to re
sign if tlie marriage is sanctioned.
PREACHERS KILLED.
Rev. Clayton Mumma, of Reading,
Pa., and Rev. John Connard Lenver,
Lancaster county, Pa., while walking on
the tracks of the Pennsylvania Schuyl
kill Valley Railroad, near Bushong Fur
nace, were struck by a passenger train.
Mumma was almost instantly killed and
Connard was so badly injured that he
died.
Frederick Schumackkr, a California
German, ninety-one years old, committed
stiiriile on hearing of the death of Emperor
William. He tied a chalk line round his
throat and rolled out of bed. He hail often
expressed a wish to die at the same time as
the Emperor.
NUMBER 23.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Our greatest evils come from ourselvex.
The fish that gets away always looks
is big as the sea *erpent.
Crafty men condemn studies, simple
men admire them, and wise 'men use
them.
The only failure a man ought to fear
is fnilure in cleaving to tho purpose fie
sees to ho best.
Good sense and good natutc arc never
separated, though the ignorant world
Ims thought otherwise.
He that would live clear of envy must
lay his finger on his mouth, ami keep
his hand out of the inkpot.
There is something in resolution which
has an influence beyond itself; all is
prostration where it appears.
There is always hope in a man that
actually and earnestly works. In idle
ness alone there is perpetual despair.
To be a gentleman does not depend
upon the tailor or the toilet. Good man
ner* count for more than good clothes.
Confidcnceof success is almost s iccess;
snd obstacles often fall of themselves be
fore a determination to overcome tie m.
Let not your recreations he lavish
senders of yurr time, hot choose such
as are healthful, recreative, and apt to
refresh you; but at no hand dwell upou
them.
The cares which are (he keys of riches,
hang often so heavily at the rich man'
girdle, that they clog him with weary
days and restless nights, when others
sleep quietly.
The lightsome passion of joy was nol
that whirh now usurps the name; that
trivial, vanishing, superficial thing that
only gilds the apprehensions and plays
upon the surface of the soul.
Every man is a debtor to his profes
sion ; from the which as men of course
do seek to receive countenance and profit,
so ought they of duty to endeavor them
selves, by way of amends, to he a help
and ornament thereto.
Discontent is like iak poured into
water, which lilies the whole fountain
full of blackness. It casts a cloud over
the mind, and renders it more occupied
about the evil which disquiets it, than
about the means of removing it.
Every point in which a man excels,
every true virtue which he cherishes,
every good habit which he acquires,
every beauty of spirily to which he at
tains, will make his friendship pu?*r,
stronger, and better wortli having.
Beware, my sou, of the man whose
dreary platitudes are never transfigured
by the cclest’-*-s.dow- of humor. Other
wise it may happen that your own heart
will become as dry and rnisTy as ms.
Huch a man may be as wise as Solomon, t
possibly. But the chances arc-that he is
in ass. w
A Cowboy’s Wonderful Nerve.
The jiAinevuLal *-- v-— f ..riu.at*ce ol
-alt t iao Dei Norte Mex
ico, were enlivened during the proceed
ings recently by the daring exploit of a
Texas cowboy who was cheered to the
echo by the densely packed audience
who tilled every- ascessiblc nook in the
vast amphitheatre. The performance
lagged a little, and the bulls would not
fight in spite of all the picadores might
do.
One or two of the bulls after having
been successfully goaded and worried
without working them up to the proper
fighting point, had been ignominiously
driven out of the arena and anew one
full of fight and fairly bellowing with
rage, had just been turned into the am
phitheatre, when a Texas cowboy who
was present announced for the honor
ami glory of Texas ho would ride the
bull, his legs tied around tlie animal’s
neck, his face to tlie tail, if they would
first throw the bull so that lie could get
his legs properly around and underneath
the beast's neck.
lie was at once taken at his word, and
the mounted Mexican bull lighters soon
lmd the animal lassoocd and thrown.
The cowboy then had himself fixed in
the proper position, and the now furi
ous bull was turned loose. To the won
der and astonishment and intense
delight of tlie audience, tlie animal
was unable to shake the daring
cowboy off. who not only kept his
perilous seat, but after some wild plunges
succeeded Tty some means in so manip
ulating the beast’s horns that he was
thrown. The Mexican performers rushed
at once to the struggling mass, and in a
twinkle had the Texan untied and re
leased. it was a wonderful piece of dar
ing and dare-dcviltty, and exceeded any
thing done by the Mexicans.
Benner’s I’rophecies for ISSB.
Famuel Benner, an Ohio farmer, who
has gained considerable notoriety
through tlie newspapers for his p:edi
tions of future events, and who a few
years ago published a small volume on
the ups and downs of prices, which had
a great sale, has now communicated to
the lienl Ex-ate .lo'tn.al , of New York
City, his prophecies for tlie year 1888, in
which he says:
“This year, 1888, being the closing
year in this cycle of low prices—seven
years from 1881—is the golden oppor
tunity to commence the foundation for a
business. If there is any benefit to be
derived from a knowledge of these cycles
in trade, it will he in taking advantage
of them.
“Young men who arc about to com
mence their business career should em
brace their present opportunity. There
are few of these characters in an or.li
nary life. It requires about ten years to
complete an up and down in general
trade.
“When the (lepressious”whieh follow
commercial crisci reacii their lowest
limit, as determined by these price
cycles, they afford the best opportunities
for investment, and the height of specula
tive eras are the most dangerous periods
to make a commencement in any enter
prise.
“This is tlie opportunity for investors
to open a mine, to build a furnace, to
erect a mill, to build a ship, to equip a
railroad, and to make investments in
agricultural, commercial and industrial
operations.
“Geergc Peabody laid tho foundation
for his fortune by buying American
securities in one of our commercial de
pressions.”
The Greenwood mines, of Michoacan,
Mexico, have yielded sixty nuggets of
native silver, weighing from one to fifty
and one-half pounds. The largest, which
is almost pure silver, is one of tlie most
remarkable ever found, and is said to have
been twelve pounds heavier in its original
state.
The debating club at Centralia, 111.,
recently discussed the proposition: “If
my hen flies over into your yard and lays
an egg, and your hen hatches a cliickeu
from it, which lien is the mother of the
chicken?”